Assassin’s Creed regards itself in high standards as an open-world stealth game that represents a secret society which is decentralized, anarchist and fights for freedom. Deployed against its counterpart, the templar order, an authoritarian society, players control various Assassins in different situations fighting for their rights.

From the ptolemaic period in Assassin’s Creed Origins, to 19th century industrial Britain in Syndicate, a vast network of people, events, and locations are covered.

Many believe that the source of inspiration for this gigantic franchise came from a highly secret and militarized sect/order in the 12th century known as Al-Hassasin.

The order of Assassins - other than influencing the English term as well - were a Shia Islamic religious and political order established by Hassan Sabaha who after capturing the castle, formed a state-like order that controlled much of the mountainous region in the area with the intention of halting and assassinating enemies of the Ismaili Shia state of Nizari.

With over 50 assassinations, the order proved critical against various sunni Islamic and Christian forces in the region, including the Seljuk empire that rapidly controlled the Middle East.

Location of the Alamut Castle in Iran. meaning “Eagle’s nest” from Persian.