It can be said that the Assassin's Creed franchise became popular largely through the fascinating richness of its warring factions. For most of the franchise's existence, the games told stories of the Assassin Brotherhood and the Templar Order, two antithesis organizations who work from the shadows, locked in a seemingly endless global war that has been raging for centuries.
More recently, however, fans of Assassin's Creed have been dealing with a different core faction instead of the coveted Assassin Brotherhood. Appearing extensively in newer installments of the franchise, the Hidden Ones are very important, being the first iteration of what would become the franchise-defining brotherhood.
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The beginnings of the Hidden Ones as an organization were outlined extensively in 2017 with the release of Assassin's Creed Origins. The title conveyed the establishment of the faction by its protagonist Bayek of Siwa, along with his wife Aya of Alexandria over the unjust loss of their son at the hands of a sinister organization.
Originally being formulated in Egypt in the year 47 BC, the Hidden Ones operated purely out of an unwavering commitment to protecting the free will and liberties of the people, doing whatever necessary to preserve these rights against tyrannical forces. This deeply important and commendable ethos was the lifeblood of the organization, and saw the Hidden Ones thrive and expand significantly across Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East in the years after the organization was founded.
The Hidden Ones existed for quite some time before becoming the Assassin Brotherhood, having significant influence over some of the most defining moments in
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