🥷 What is an Assassin : Historical Origins of Assassins 🥷 Independent of any video games, what is an Assassin really. A person specifically willing to risk their life to kill ? Any killer ? It is just the word for murderer in French and Portuguese and Italian. Google gives us 2 definitions "A person who murders an important person for political or religious reasons" or "A member of the Nizari branch of Ismaili Muslims at the time of the Crusades when the newly established sect ruled part of northern Persia". They were renowned military fanatics and were popularly reputed to use hashish before going on murder missions. Crucially the differences between them are often concerned with who the legitimate spiritual successor to the Prophet Muhammad should be. #assasins #nizari #crusade #persia #history #worldhistory