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 The Three Tenets of the Creed
The Creed is an unwritten set of rules orally passed down from generation to generation among the brotherhood of the Assassin Order and known by every member. It mainly emphasizes three simple moral tenets that focused on a successful mission, mastery of self-emotions, and ensured the safety of the brotherhood.

Stay your blade from the flesh of an innocent

"I would not have drawn attention to us. I would not have taken the life of an innocent."
―Malik A-Sayf at Solomon's Temple.

The goal of the assassins is to ensure peace in all things. The Assassins believe that political assassinations and the death of the corrupt will bring peace and a true sense of security to the common people. Slaying innocents and civilian bystanders who do not need to die goes a long way towards spreading strife and discord in addition to ruining the name of the Assassin Order itself.

Always be discreet

"Let the people mask you such that you become one with the crowd."
―Al Mualim

Be unseen. The Assassins aim is to get close to their target stealthily, usually in public, to perform awe-inspiring assassinations. The greatest illusion from an assassination is, an Assassin seemingly materializes from nowhere, kills a corrupt public figure, and vanishes into the depth of the crowd or environment. If an Assassin is spotted stalking their target, the supernatural effect is diluted, simply making it more difficult for the Assassin to reach his target.

Never compromise the Brotherhood

The actions of one must never bring harm to all. If an Assassin fails, is captured, or is being chased, he must never commit an action or say anything that can be tied back to the Brotherhood or Masyaf. For example, in the original Assassin’s Creed, in the beginning, Altaïr openly exposes himself to Robert de Sable and the otherTemplars and summarily fails to assassinate him. This failure compromised the brotherhood, which in turn cost the Assassin Malik his left arm, his brother Kadar his life, and led Robert de Sable to gather the other Templars and lay siege to Masyaf.

 Nothing is true, everything is permitted
"Laa shay'a waqui'n moutlaq bale kouloun moumkine."
―Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad

"Nothing is true, everything is permitted" is the Creed's maxim and primary guideline. The phrase was created by Hassan-i Sabbah during the 11th century (1000's), he was the first recorded Grand Master of the Assassin's Order.

The quote means that nothing anyone says about how we should be or should act is true, and that everything we could ever think of doing within the realm of actual possibility in this physical reality is permitted to happen, and so it does.

 Penalty for Disobedience
When Altaïr breaks all three tenets during an extremely important mission at Solomon's Temple, he is stripped of all his weapons and equipment, demoted to Novice rank and must earn his way back into the Brotherhood. By murdering an innocent (an old man who he thought could have alerted the guards), revealing himself to Robert de Sable, and leading the Templars back to the – until then, secret – location of Masyaf, he jeopardizes not only his own safety, but the livelihood of the entire Brotherhood. Al Mualim executes him for treason, based upon the severity of these crimes, but Altaïr mysteriously finds himself later alive.

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