Assassin’s Creed Mirage Hints At The Origin Of An Iconic Ezio Weapon

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may take place in 9th century Baghdad, but there's an Easter egg that will likely remind longtime fans of Ezio Auditore, the famed assassin who lived roughly 800 years later during the Italian Renaissance. During Basim's story in, the Brotherhood of Assassins has yet to be established, still known as its precursor organization, the Hidden Ones. The Hidden Ones would become the Assassins in the following centuries, giving them a shared history, and through this has hinted at the origins of an iconic weapon best associated with Ezio.

2009's introduced Ezio, a charismatic young Florentine who is thrust into the life of an Assassin following the execution of his father and two brothers. It built upon the original game in nearly every possible manner, and lead to two well-regarded sequels, and, with the trilogy telling Ezio's story over the course of more than three decades as he traveled all throughout Italy, to Constantinople, and beyond. One of 's gameplay innovations was giving Ezio a second Hidden Blade, strapped to the inside of his other wrist.

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Ezio was the first Assassin to use two Hidden Blades in the games, but not the first in-universe. Ezio's two Hidden Blades were designed by Leonardo da Vinci, based on improvements to the weapon's design recorded in the codex of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, protagonist of the original. Simply strapping another Hidden Blade onto the other arm isn't really much of an innovation – Altaïr's greatest achievements regarding the iconic weapon was using the knowledge granted by the Apple of Eden to redesign the Hidden Blade so it no longer required the removal of the user's ring finger, and constructing it in a more sturdy manner