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Fun fact: Altair held the apple for decades and learned wisdom beyond measure and decided to make a glock. This detail shows that he's truly from the hood.
😂😂😂😂 "Here, we've found the ancient scroll that's been written by the legendary Altair himself!! At last!!!" "What secret knowledge does it contain?" Opens scroll: STOP PUTTING YOUR FINGER IN FRONT OF THE DAMN BLADE
Coming from someone who’s obviously such a great warrior and has slayed many men and knows what’s it like to be in a sword fight to the death.. stfu dude you sound silly
@@darthva31Wait, you're onto something. An Asian Assassin's Creed where the hidden blade fighting style in open combat revolves around martial arts, and they have extra blades in their shoes
@@BgYaannntechnically if you play the game, after bayek obtained the hidden blade, you need to sneak to the royal palace first to look for the target's identity and you it is hard do it without killing a few guards. And you can also kill Gennadios first. So it is not the first time he uses the hidden blade.
The last part is wrong, just wrong. The finger never needed to be cut off. Bayek used the blade before without cutting his finger but during the scene, he was struggling and couldn't pull his fingers back up because his fingers were held while he was trying to punch. The only reason they do it is because it shows devotion like a mark of the brotherhood. Which is actually cool when you remember that Ezio was devoted to the hood and didn't complain about the tradition when Da Vinci joked about it.
And then after da vinci's modification, learned from altair's codex, the blade won't cut the finger even when an assassin is struggling, e.g. when the fingers are all curled, like bayek. The finger cutting tradition, besides for swearing loyalty to the brotherhood, also for preventing accidents like bayek's mid mission. We can see the tradition still held even after da vinci's modification, however instead of finger cutting, the brotherhood replaced it with burning the ring finger
It was a retcon. Before Origins, it has already been established that the Levantine hidden blade can only be unsheathed with a clenched fist motion, and the blade runs through the space of what used to be an Assassin's ring finger. It was made that way until Altair created the Codex and modified the design of the hidden blade so that the unsheathing motion was changed into an open-hand wrist flick, eliminating the need to cut off one's ring finger.
The reason why Bayek even lost his finger in the first place was because he used the blade wrong, Darius the original owner of the first hidden blade wore it on top of his arm and used it as an fist blade where he would strike in a punching motion, Bayek though it goes to the underside of the wrist tho which is why he lost his finger and created both the tradition to cut the finger of as a sign of dedication and the practice to wear the blade like that
In the early games you could actually use it in combat and it was a staple of the franchise, in odyssey the assasinations didnt even kill the enemy or used a hidden blade
@@BradSimkisswell tbh clip of bayek using a hidden blade is in its own the explanation. No one expects a blade to pop out of your wrist. The guy probably didn’t have time to put it all in a one min video. Tho he should’ve probably followed up in the comments.
Nah He got the 2nd blade when he learned to fix the blade to no longer need the ring finger sacrifice. In AC revelations, old mad altair has 2 blades. But his right hand has ALL his fingers intact
Im guessing he used the apple to find a better way at producing a more effective hidden blade. I forgot where it was stated, but the hidden blade was kinda costly to make, i think it was in one of Altair's codex
Because prior to Altair you would have to cut your finger to use the hidden blade at ALL TIMES so Altair makes a safe way to use the blade on both wrists without needing to cut the fingers and if you didn't notice Assassin's prior to Altair uses the sword with the hand that has the finger intact ,it would affect your ability to use a weapon
Removal of the ring finger was symbolic. Representing the sacrifices one makes for the greater good. The sacrifice Bayek made to ensure the elimination of his target was the catalyst of the tradition.
Yeah but he thought that the weapon was supposed to go on the bottom of his arm it was supposed to go on the top of his arm like they did in assassin's Creed Valhalla
@@Fenris2 the idea from the beginning was to be concealed, hidden. Interpretation along the way was personal choices. Like the choice to brand your finger rather than cut it off. I'm still a fan of the top mounted blade regardless.
@@Fenris2it wasn't though? The models of Blades that went on top (Darius and Eivor ) were bulkier compared to the blade(same blade but different mechanism and body ) that bayek used which is much thinner and would work under the wrist than top as it would allow much more control
The hidden blade in AC syndicate might have been the most advanced version. It had poison darts, brass knuckle gloves, a grapple hook/zip line, and additional armor protection. The Swiss army knife of hidden blade gauntlets.
Wasn't da Vinci the one who made all these hidden blade alterations in AC2 and then Altaïr used the apple of Eden to see into the future or something? Because when Ezio recieved his hidden blade it was still made to cut off a finger but da Vinci modified it. He also added the gun
No, it was altair who made various modifications to th hidden blades during his mentorship n years on th run after maria's death. He modified th blade so that it wasn't longer necessary to cut off a finger, as he considered it a 'false promise of paradise'. He transcribed all his changes in his diary, th pages of which then ended up in th hands of leonardo who copied th notes to work on ezio's blade. Altair, w/ th apple, had visions of th past n th isu, n in 'revelations' he tells abbas that he also saw th future, but isn't very specific on this point. Leonardo, in ac2, simply tells ezio that th blade was modified to avoid cutting th finger, he doesn't say that it was he who modified it at that moment. Th gun was also invented by altair, during his last years of exile before returning to masyaf. Th only things leonardo invented were th modification to th poison blade in ac brotherhood, now giving th possibility of shooting poisoned darts frm a distance, n then a small crossbow to place on th blade, which would later become th phantom blade seen in ac unity. Leonardo invented th proto phantom blade for a student of ezio to replace th gun, as ezio didn’t yet consider him expert enough to use a firearm like that
I know that Altair used the apple to modefy the hidden blade but did bro really need the help of the apple to think "hey imma put a blade on my right arm BAM dual hidden blades"
Considering the need to cut off the ring finger, and the fact that the Assassins Brotherhood started to accept other members instead of just people indoctrinated and bred for combat since a very young age, yes he did need the Apple for that. Though, it is more of a consequence of the modded HB instead of just "wait, I have two hands, HOLY SHIT" and before anyone says anything, 🤓
RIGHT i was thinking a similar thing like did no one just think to rub regular poison on the hidden blade or just put another hidden blade on the other arm the only thing i can see would be complicated was the hidden gun because a gun is already complicated to make but to add to a hidden blade is more difficult but still no one thought of the idea to add a ranged to a hidden blade😭
@@Hunnybun_Band1tthey werent poisoning the blades because it was against their rules. It was seen as a pathetic and unhonorable way to kill people. They preffered flashy killings right in the middle of the crowds. That changed when Altair became the leader
The whole losing the finger part wouldn't even have become a thing if Bayek would have worn the balde right, Darius intended it to go on top of the forarm not on the wrist So Bayek created two practices which one lead to the other
Really, making a hidden blade was just really difficult. And altair only decided to have 2 when he discovered how to NOT sacrifice the ring finger anymore. You can see in AC revelations that old man altair has two hidden blades, BUT his right hand has ALL his fingers intact.
I believe it was actually Leonardo DaVinci in Assassin’s Creed 2 who tinkered with the Hidden Blade who made it so you no longer needed to chop off your finger to use it. It was also Ezio who started dual wielding them if I remember correctly.
He didnt explain them so I will from my PoV: like the name suggests they're hidden, having a weapon your enemy does not know about can help tge assassin in combat and allow versatile moves like blocking enemies sword and finishing them off with the hidden blade also since they're concealed well they will never be unarmed and will always have a weapon thats quick to deploy and deadly and since they're tied to the wrist of tge assassin their hands will be free and they will still be able to fight even while running and climbing without slowing down or having to pull out a weapon its also good for assassinating targets in public since you can deploy and retract them easily and fast and still eliminate your target without exposing any weapon to bystanders
Are you sure about that? In the scene where she stabs julius There was one shot which shows aya's hidden blade hand. She has no ring finger with the blade.
Wrong. As the video said, Altiar made that change long ago, and Leonardo just had to fix the blade since the mechanism was broken. He said the blade once required a sacrifice, but the tradition was down away with long ago. Why do you think that the blades original onwer- Ezio's dad- had all of his fingers?
I get wanting the hidden blade in the prequels but getting know the history of the assassins like the actual beginning of it is really cool to me. I miss rhe hidden blade but I always wanted to know when I was younger when everything started
Funny how the ring finger ritual became a thing because the first assassin recruit cut her finger to prove her devotion and loyalty to the cause despite Bayek's disapproval. Its like everyone at the office staying late because one guy just wouldn't leave on time.
Definitely would be cool, Darius after all was the first true Assassin, Bayek might have created the Hidden ones and there for the Brotherhood but Darius was the first to discover the Order and that they secretly run the world from the shadows He's the one that set everything in motion between the ancient fued of the Order and Assassins Would definitely make an amazing story to be *The Assassin*
I know people that don’t like the newer games as much as the old ones, but one thing that made me smile is that both Darius and Eivor wear the hidden blade the same way, since at heart they’re both warriors not assassin
I love the symbolism of Bayeks event it shows the resolve one has to have as an assassin because in that moment Bayeks hidden blade is the only thing that saved him in a way the brotherhood itself saved him
Ooooh I thought Leonardo made the new mechanism. I know its been a while, but for some reason I guess my mind is making up a memory of Leo talking to Ezio about it.... hmm...
The practice to cut of the ring finger wouldn't have been created if Bayek would have used the blade correctly, Darius the creator of the hidden blade intended it to go on top of the forarm not on the wrist Bayek not knowing how the blade is properly used created the practices to wear it on the wrist and to lose on finger
In ac Valhalla, we learn that the over arm mount is more visible than the under arm one. Eivor said she wants to show it off. So depending on how stealthy or battle ready you want to be, either is correct. But as a "hidden blade" The traditional under arm mount is the correct way.
Ancient alien artifact with untold forbidden knowledge, granting a mere mortal visions of technology beyond the imagination of humankind: “Try wearing two of them”
For everyone saying Leonardo made the no finger removal, gun, and poison dart modifications, no, he didn't. The Codex outright shows that Altair removed the requirement of cutting your finger off to make it less obvious who was an Assassin...despite the fact they still wear white hoods and robes even centuries later. The poison was introduced by him as well, to get rid of traditions saying certain methods of killing were forbidden. He invented the hidden gun with the help of visions from the Apple to take care of targets from long range. The dual hidden blades idea came from the discovery of metals allowing the crafting of many more HBs. For a time, only certain Assassins were allowed to use dual HBs. The new metal, or new forging methods at least, also made it possible to allow hidden blades to be used in open combat rather than just as stealth kills or to counter kill someone. Please replay AC2 and read every codex after our bro Leo translates them. Also, hug him in Venice or you're a monster!
Thanks to Leonardo Di Vinci, his work with the context of artifacts blueprint has a modern alternative of keeping the finger. But the thing is, the prototype allowed more space for the killing to be completely inconspicuous limiting the weight of everything else that comes with it such as the gadgets. That’s why Altair has always been the superior assassin after Ezio Alditore. He simply didn’t need all that. 🤣
It’s discussed in a letter in Mirage that the idea of dual wielding hidden blades was an idea, but that nobody was really down for losing a second finger It’s not so much an innovation rather than just an idea waiting on a change to the mechanism itself
I've always liked the idea of the blade cutting off your ring finger, because in my head, it means that no matter what relationships you hold, once you become an assassin you're essentially married to the Creed, permanently.
The reason they had them is so if they stabbed someone and the knife was not seen they would walk away faster after the initial stab because it can penetraite muscle,bone,skin faster and it can be easily taken out without lifting a finger and it takes less energy to use it
Idk man they should kept the missing ring finger thing. Could be like a “an assassin cannot marry for it is but a distraction from your purpose in life, therefor you must sacrifice the finger meant to hold such a burden in order to stay true to the brotherhood” or some shit like that
Unpopular opinion: Origins was the last game that felt like an assassins creed game. It had a lot of changes but the story and everything truly felt like an assassins creed game.
Such an iconic weapon, even Leonardo DaVinci was baffled by the design 😂. Hopefully in Mirage they bring back hidden blades as useable weapons. Better yet… dual hidden blades 🔥
That reaction to getting stabbed in the neck was fucking authentic. The look around the stab and watch the body reaction. The eye twitching is a nerve failure
Fun fact: while in later centuries, the removal of the ring finger was no longer a necessity, many branches of the brotherhood still did something similar to initiate new members. Some of the more hardcore sects still removed the ring finger out of tradition. Others put a tattoo of a ring on the finger. Others had a brand. Others still had actual, physical rings. An interesting way to show the evolution of tradition.
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Fun fact: Altair held the apple for decades and learned wisdom beyond measure and decided to make a glock. This detail shows that he's truly from the hood.
he got that dawg in him
@@smileyboy3400Altair name is derived from "Eagle". Boi got that freedom bird and freedom breathing style
Its crazy how those hidden blades are actually futuristic weapons dating back to the precursors.
@@friendlynhvamp3400Actually altair means "the bird" in arabic while "Nsr" would mean eagle.
The hood with the torches.
Altair invented the mechanism that removed the need to cut of one’s ring finger. It’s called *STOP PUTTING YOUR FINGER IN FRONT OF THE DAMN BLADE*
Not always that easy in the middle of a fight, as demonstrated by bayek himself.
He also create the hidden Glock
😂😂😂😂 "Here, we've found the ancient scroll that's been written by the legendary Altair himself!! At last!!!"
"What secret knowledge does it contain?"
Opens scroll:
STOP PUTTING YOUR FINGER IN FRONT OF THE DAMN BLADE
😂😂 well jokes aside the earlier blade was too close to the wrist so it risked cutting the ring finger. Later versions had some elevation.
Coming from someone who’s obviously such a great warrior and has slayed many men and knows what’s it like to be in a sword fight to the death.. stfu dude you sound silly
"Oh cool! So what alterations did you ma-"
" *G U N* "
The hidden 9
It's for the American assassin's
I dont know why they needed apple and codex for the second blade. Just double it and give it to the next person
Codex was basically altairs journal, and he used apple to tell him how to make it.
then the next person double it and give to the next person 😂
@@23mhegslvrankle hidden blades
And then the Chinese Brotherhood put their Hidden Blade under their feet.
@@darthva31Wait, you're onto something. An Asian Assassin's Creed where the hidden blade fighting style in open combat revolves around martial arts, and they have extra blades in their shoes
That wasn't first time Bayek used hidden blade. He just couldn't move hand to right position at that moment as he was being drowned.
That was the first time bayek using hidden blade for killing people,
@@BgYaannntechnically if you play the game, after bayek obtained the hidden blade, you need to sneak to the royal palace first to look for the target's identity and you it is hard do it without killing a few guards. And you can also kill Gennadios first. So it is not the first time he uses the hidden blade.
Cannon8cally, i think it's his first time using it.
Which means that the whole finger thing was a cult sacrifice more than a functional prerequisite
He also put on the wrong side of his arm was supposed to be on top
The last part is wrong, just wrong. The finger never needed to be cut off. Bayek used the blade before without cutting his finger but during the scene, he was struggling and couldn't pull his fingers back up because his fingers were held while he was trying to punch. The only reason they do it is because it shows devotion like a mark of the brotherhood. Which is actually cool when you remember that Ezio was devoted to the hood and didn't complain about the tradition when Da Vinci joked about it.
And then after da vinci's modification, learned from altair's codex, the blade won't cut the finger even when an assassin is struggling, e.g. when the fingers are all curled, like bayek. The finger cutting tradition, besides for swearing loyalty to the brotherhood, also for preventing accidents like bayek's mid mission. We can see the tradition still held even after da vinci's modification, however instead of finger cutting, the brotherhood replaced it with burning the ring finger
Also it wasn't 5bc seeing as cleopatra died in 30bc so it wouldn't make sense aswell as it's used during alexio/kassandra start which was in 431 bce
why did altair need the apple of eden to make what had already been made 😭
It was a retcon. Before Origins, it has already been established that the Levantine hidden blade can only be unsheathed with a clenched fist motion, and the blade runs through the space of what used to be an Assassin's ring finger. It was made that way until Altair created the Codex and modified the design of the hidden blade so that the unsheathing motion was changed into an open-hand wrist flick, eliminating the need to cut off one's ring finger.
The reason why Bayek even lost his finger in the first place was because he used the blade wrong, Darius the original owner of the first hidden blade wore it on top of his arm and used it as an fist blade where he would strike in a punching motion, Bayek though it goes to the underside of the wrist tho which is why he lost his finger and created both the tradition to cut the finger of as a sign of dedication and the practice to wear the blade like that
I hate how the later games butchered such a iconic weapon
How did they butcher it
How did they butcher it
In the early games you could actually use it in combat and it was a staple of the franchise, in odyssey the assasinations didnt even kill the enemy or used a hidden blade
@@Anas_0401 they didn’t use the hidden blade enough, and so it is ruined? Also, usually you can assassinate someone instantly with enough adrenaline.
Odyssey was placed before the blade was made.
Didn’t really explain why they use them though
Does it really need explaining...pretty straight forward no? It's hidden under your wrist so It can't be seen until it's already in your neck
@@dylanvail5116 he literally said “here’s why”
@@BradSimkisswell tbh clip of bayek using a hidden blade is in its own the explanation. No one expects a blade to pop out of your wrist. The guy probably didn’t have time to put it all in a one min video. Tho he should’ve probably followed up in the comments.
To kill
Its just a fancy knife you hide then push out when someone insults your drip bro. Stop being an idiot.
I find it so funny that Altair needed the apple to learn how to put on two hidden blades
Nah
He got the 2nd blade when he learned to fix the blade to no longer need the ring finger sacrifice.
In AC revelations, old mad altair has 2 blades.
But his right hand has ALL his fingers intact
Im guessing he used the apple to find a better way at producing a more effective hidden blade. I forgot where it was stated, but the hidden blade was kinda costly to make, i think it was in one of Altair's codex
Because prior to Altair you would have to cut your finger to use the hidden blade at ALL TIMES so Altair makes a safe way to use the blade on both wrists without needing to cut the fingers and if you didn't notice Assassin's prior to Altair uses the sword with the hand that has the finger intact ,it would affect your ability to use a weapon
Removal of the ring finger was symbolic. Representing the sacrifices one makes for the greater good. The sacrifice Bayek made to ensure the elimination of his target was the catalyst of the tradition.
Yeah but he thought that the weapon was supposed to go on the bottom of his arm it was supposed to go on the top of his arm like they did in assassin's Creed Valhalla
@@Fenris2 the idea from the beginning was to be concealed, hidden. Interpretation along the way was personal choices. Like the choice to brand your finger rather than cut it off. I'm still a fan of the top mounted blade regardless.
@@Fenris2it wasn't though? The models of Blades that went on top (Darius and Eivor ) were bulkier compared to the blade(same blade but different mechanism and body ) that bayek used which is much thinner and would work under the wrist than top as it would allow much more control
The hidden blade in AC syndicate might have been the most advanced version. It had poison darts, brass knuckle gloves, a grapple hook/zip line, and additional armor protection. The Swiss army knife of hidden blade gauntlets.
Connors hidden blad turned into a knife always liked that
Love that Altair had to ponder an orb for decades to figure out he could use two of the thing he’d been using to murk people most of his life
Wasn't da Vinci the one who made all these hidden blade alterations in AC2 and then Altaïr used the apple of Eden to see into the future or something? Because when Ezio recieved his hidden blade it was still made to cut off a finger but da Vinci modified it. He also added the gun
No, it was altair who made various modifications to th hidden blades during his mentorship n years on th run after maria's death. He modified th blade so that it wasn't longer necessary to cut off a finger, as he considered it a 'false promise of paradise'. He transcribed all his changes in his diary, th pages of which then ended up in th hands of leonardo who copied th notes to work on ezio's blade. Altair, w/ th apple, had visions of th past n th isu, n in 'revelations' he tells abbas that he also saw th future, but isn't very specific on this point. Leonardo, in ac2, simply tells ezio that th blade was modified to avoid cutting th finger, he doesn't say that it was he who modified it at that moment. Th gun was also invented by altair, during his last years of exile before returning to masyaf. Th only things leonardo invented were th modification to th poison blade in ac brotherhood, now giving th possibility of shooting poisoned darts frm a distance, n then a small crossbow to place on th blade, which would later become th phantom blade seen in ac unity. Leonardo invented th proto phantom blade for a student of ezio to replace th gun, as ezio didn’t yet consider him expert enough to use a firearm like that
I know that Altair used the apple to modefy the hidden blade but did bro really need the help of the apple to think "hey imma put a blade on my right arm BAM dual hidden blades"
Considering the need to cut off the ring finger, and the fact that the Assassins Brotherhood started to accept other members instead of just people indoctrinated and bred for combat since a very young age, yes he did need the Apple for that.
Though, it is more of a consequence of the modded HB instead of just "wait, I have two hands, HOLY SHIT"
and before anyone says anything, 🤓
RIGHT i was thinking a similar thing like did no one just think to rub regular poison on the hidden blade or just put another hidden blade on the other arm the only thing i can see would be complicated was the hidden gun because a gun is already complicated to make but to add to a hidden blade is more difficult but still no one thought of the idea to add a ranged to a hidden blade😭
@@Hunnybun_Band1tthey werent poisoning the blades because it was against their rules. It was seen as a pathetic and unhonorable way to kill people. They preffered flashy killings right in the middle of the crowds. That changed when Altair became the leader
The whole losing the finger part wouldn't even have become a thing if Bayek would have worn the balde right, Darius intended it to go on top of the forarm not on the wrist
So Bayek created two practices which one lead to the other
Really, making a hidden blade was just really difficult.
And altair only decided to have 2 when he discovered how to NOT sacrifice the ring finger anymore.
You can see in AC revelations that old man altair has two hidden blades, BUT his right hand has ALL his fingers intact.
I believe it was actually Leonardo DaVinci in Assassin’s Creed 2 who tinkered with the Hidden Blade who made it so you no longer needed to chop off your finger to use it. It was also Ezio who started dual wielding them if I remember correctly.
Pretty sure Altair just added that to the scroll which Leonardo DaVinci was using to reconstruct the blade.
@@scrubsodiumYup, Altair wrote it down and Leo made it for Ezio.
Altair made the codex pages for the alterations, Leonardo just copied them
Was thinking the same thing
Yeah, because Ezio was tpld during the initiation that the finger-cutting thing was replaced by the burning of them ages ago.
I love double hidden blades. Especially in black flag the combat was great
AC unity's hidden blade and it's upgrades are some of the reasons it is in my top 3 games over all.
Plus God, those stealth kill moments..just walking by *shink* keep walking so smooth😮
Hook blade is crying alone in the corner
Bayek intentionally chose to extend the blade sacrificing his finger in order to win the fight.
Bayek was lucky not to lose all his fingers considering how his fist is clenched and that blade is wide AF
He didnt explain them so I will from my PoV: like the name suggests they're hidden, having a weapon your enemy does not know about can help tge assassin in combat and allow versatile moves like blocking enemies sword and finishing them off with the hidden blade also since they're concealed well they will never be unarmed and will always have a weapon thats quick to deploy and deadly and since they're tied to the wrist of tge assassin their hands will be free and they will still be able to fight even while running and climbing without slowing down or having to pull out a weapon its also good for assassinating targets in public since you can deploy and retract them easily and fast and still eliminate your target without exposing any weapon to bystanders
Great comment. 1 minute for shorts mean I can’t explain everything in-depth so thank you!
And in addition, even with it partially exposed, it's ability to extend means it's almost impossible for your opponent to guess it's range
It was acctually Tahira that started the tradition, bayek tried to stop her but she wanted to show her devotion, aya kept her ring finger
Are you sure about that?
In the scene where she stabs julius
There was one shot which shows aya's hidden blade hand.
She has no ring finger with the blade.
@@TheHammerGuy94 really? Wow I’ll have to go back n check that I coulda swore she didn’t
One thing he didn't mention is that Leonardo da Vinci helped Ezio with the hidden blade making it so he didn't need to lose it
I was about to say this.
Wrong. As the video said, Altiar made that change long ago, and Leonardo just had to fix the blade since the mechanism was broken. He said the blade once required a sacrifice, but the tradition was down away with long ago. Why do you think that the blades original onwer- Ezio's dad- had all of his fingers?
I get wanting the hidden blade in the prequels but getting know the history of the assassins like the actual beginning of it is really cool to me. I miss rhe hidden blade but I always wanted to know when I was younger when everything started
*Bayek accidentally cuts his finger*
Assassins : Let's make this a trend.
Funny how the ring finger ritual became a thing because the first assassin recruit cut her finger to prove her devotion and loyalty to the cause despite Bayek's disapproval.
Its like everyone at the office staying late because one guy just wouldn't leave on time.
Altair prolly looked into the past and saw Bayek accidentally cut his finger off and go “shiiiiiiit why we still doin that” 😅
Hope they make a game were u play as darius set in Persia. Would be interesting to see tbh
Definitely would be really nice to see. Especially uncovering the Order and maybe somewhere in the game you’d go to Macedonia too
Definitely would be cool, Darius after all was the first true Assassin, Bayek might have created the Hidden ones and there for the Brotherhood but Darius was the first to discover the Order and that they secretly run the world from the shadows
He's the one that set everything in motion between the ancient fued of the Order and Assassins
Would definitely make an amazing story to be *The Assassin*
@@_Chaosnight_ he’s also the one who invented the hidden blade
I know people that don’t like the newer games as much as the old ones, but one thing that made me smile is that both Darius and Eivor wear the hidden blade the same way, since at heart they’re both warriors not assassin
Bro needed a magic apple to tell him he has the ability to put another hidden blade on the other wrist lmao
I love the face bayek lost his ring finger struggling against a naked guy covered by a towel in a bath house
Altair Ibn La Ahad was oficially the first man to ever blast a fool
I love that something Altair learned from the apple was "hey you know what would be cooler then one blade... two blades"
If only the hidden blade were just like that in odyssey
Fax
Altair really said "No more losses, spin on the templars"
Fun fact:Evior used his hidden blade on top of his risk instead of under because he didn’t want to loose his ring finger
I love the symbolism of Bayeks event it shows the resolve one has to have as an assassin because in that moment Bayeks hidden blade is the only thing that saved him in a way the brotherhood itself saved him
Altair didn’t remove the need for losing your ring finger that was Leonardo Di Vinci after being asked by Ezio
Exactly. Wtf.
No Leo learn it from codex of altaïr
No Leo learn it from codex of altaïr😊
bro never played revelations
Altair: "Ive lived for so long, and the apple has taught me so much. Like how to spin the block on my enemies."
These are the best games I've ever played the way they use history to make these games is unreal
Funny thing is DaVinci joke with Enzio about his ring finger with a butcher's nife before making the hidden blade lol
Bayek: *accidentally cuts off ring finger because it’s in the way, starts tradition that lasts centuries, thousands of years even*
Eivor: hold my ale.
Fun fact:
The original depiction of darius in AC shows him with a "under the wrist" hidden blade like AC1 not "over the wrist" like in Odyssey
I think it was Leonardo during Ezios era who adjusted the hidden blade.
He did. Leonardo repaired ezio's blade following th instructions altair wrote in his diary
Ooooh I thought Leonardo made the new mechanism. I know its been a while, but for some reason I guess my mind is making up a memory of Leo talking to Ezio about it.... hmm...
I like the blade becoming a dagger in the Assassin creed 3
Also one of the major reasons the hidden blade was altered to not require the loss of the ring finger was because it became easier to find hidden ones
The practice to cut of the ring finger wouldn't have been created if Bayek would have used the blade correctly, Darius the creator of the hidden blade intended it to go on top of the forarm not on the wrist
Bayek not knowing how the blade is properly used created the practices to wear it on the wrist and to lose on finger
In ac Valhalla, we learn that the over arm mount is more visible than the under arm one.
Eivor said she wants to show it off.
So depending on how stealthy or battle ready you want to be, either is correct.
But as a "hidden blade"
The traditional under arm mount is the correct way.
@@TheHammerGuy94either are viable depending on its usage
Bayek be like: I cut it off to show my devotion the creed, not accidentally, no sir, uh-uh, it's new tradition, roll with it.
Me: wants to use a assassins creed costume
The codex: it’s cutting time
The Assassin's never had to cut off their ring finger. What happened to Bayek was just an accident because he used the blade wrong.
Bro needed a magic apple to understand he can put another blade on the other arm
Love these lore type videos, could you make one for AC Red when it releases
If there's good AC lore in there, then I will for sure!
I wanna make one with a hidden crossbow and grappler
Juul💨 hidden blades 🔥
Ancient alien artifact with untold forbidden knowledge, granting a mere mortal visions of technology beyond the imagination of humankind: “Try wearing two of them”
Tldr: because their cool as fuck
Odyssey: fk the brotherhood, we have divine weapons
I still dont understand why only the ring finger got chopped off.
The blade is wide enough to cut atleast 3 fingers
Love your vids I hope to be as successful as you one day
Thank you so much! Keep it up and you’ll do great
Leonardo made mechanism where you don't have to cut off your ring finger
Altair then made the assassins free he’s literally the goat bro he made history in the ac time line
For everyone saying Leonardo made the no finger removal, gun, and poison dart modifications, no, he didn't.
The Codex outright shows that Altair removed the requirement of cutting your finger off to make it less obvious who was an Assassin...despite the fact they still wear white hoods and robes even centuries later.
The poison was introduced by him as well, to get rid of traditions saying certain methods of killing were forbidden.
He invented the hidden gun with the help of visions from the Apple to take care of targets from long range.
The dual hidden blades idea came from the discovery of metals allowing the crafting of many more HBs. For a time, only certain Assassins were allowed to use dual HBs. The new metal, or new forging methods at least, also made it possible to allow hidden blades to be used in open combat rather than just as stealth kills or to counter kill someone.
Please replay AC2 and read every codex after our bro Leo translates them. Also, hug him in Venice or you're a monster!
The day I didn’t press a button in time to hug leonardo killed me😤
I bet Altali wishes the improvement to the hidden blade to where you don't have to sacrifice a finger came sooner.
Also Connor has Upgraded hidden blades. They can be used as a primary weapon in AC lll and are also knifes
Forgot to mention that it was Da Vinci who helped with the mechanism to prevent the ring finger loss
In AC2 you can find a schematic showing, that the blades mechanic is literally tied to the tendonof the ring finger, rendering it useless.
I find it kinda funny that the guy who killed Xerxes has the same name with Xerxes' father.
Thanks to Leonardo Di Vinci, his work with the context of artifacts blueprint has a modern alternative of keeping the finger. But the thing is, the prototype allowed more space for the killing to be completely inconspicuous limiting the weight of everything else that comes with it such as the gadgets. That’s why Altair has always been the superior assassin after Ezio Alditore. He simply didn’t need all that. 🤣
Double hidden blades are now mentioned in Mirage too. That’s before Altair.
i like the part were they explained why the assassin's used the hidden blade
ring finger got the best cut scenes
In a way that meams anyone who knew about that tradition would easily be able to identify assassin's by just seeing which finger went missing
phenomenal
It’s discussed in a letter in Mirage that the idea of dual wielding hidden blades was an idea, but that nobody was really down for losing a second finger
It’s not so much an innovation rather than just an idea waiting on a change to the mechanism itself
The ring firnger removal was kinda the point of being an assassin. It means you'll do anything or sacrifice a finger for the creed.
I like the part where he says why they use the hidden blade and not saying Altair made alterations to the blade
Yea they just realized Bayek had it on backwards 😂 no need to lose a finger
"Juul hidden blades"💨💨💨‼️
I've always liked the idea of the blade cutting off your ring finger, because in my head, it means that no matter what relationships you hold, once you become an assassin you're essentially married to the Creed, permanently.
I loved the part when they tell us why they use them
Edward Kenway over there with pistol swords and can slaughter an entire galleon in open combat with hidden blades.
Ok but why did Altair need a codex to make another hidden blade. Like just grab another one and strap it to your wrist
Hidden blade are life saver in hard times or hard situation
Respect for the 1s who lost there finger 💯🤙🏽🙌🏽
The reason they had them is so if they stabbed someone and the knife was not seen they would walk away faster after the initial stab because it can penetraite muscle,bone,skin faster and it can be easily taken out without lifting a finger and it takes less energy to use it
And Edward had the brilliant idea of just putting it on top of his hand instead of under his wrist
No? Edward has two hidden blades under his wrists
@@Bucket_with_a_hat i remember him putting them on top of his wrist
Very well good said
Altair needed an Apple of Eden to figure out YOU CAN PUT A SECOND HIDDEN BLADE ON YOUR OTHER HAND?!
Idk man they should kept the missing ring finger thing. Could be like a “an assassin cannot marry for it is but a distraction from your purpose in life, therefor you must sacrifice the finger meant to hold such a burden in order to stay true to the brotherhood” or some shit like that
Bro had to use an apple of eden to be like hey maybe I should wear two of these and mayhaps even... cost them in poison?
Poison was considered Taboo among the assassins before Altair. He did normalize it again making it fair game.
Altair learnt a secret knowledge when they had instructions on how to make a hidden blade the apple revealed the most secret step "do it again"
Unpopular opinion: Origins was the last game that felt like an assassins creed game. It had a lot of changes but the story and everything truly felt like an assassins creed game.
Such an iconic weapon, even Leonardo DaVinci was baffled by the design 😂. Hopefully in Mirage they bring back hidden blades as useable weapons. Better yet… dual hidden blades 🔥
Altair also made it possible to block weapons with the hidden blade, rather than having to dodge to counter with the hidden blade.
That reaction to getting stabbed in the neck was fucking authentic.
The look around the stab and watch the body reaction.
The eye twitching is a nerve failure
It went from cutting of your finger to using said finger
The Not So Hidden Blade always has a weird Position 💀
Fun fact: while in later centuries, the removal of the ring finger was no longer a necessity, many branches of the brotherhood still did something similar to initiate new members. Some of the more hardcore sects still removed the ring finger out of tradition. Others put a tattoo of a ring on the finger. Others had a brand. Others still had actual, physical rings. An interesting way to show the evolution of tradition.
Bayek deserved better