Memory Block 4: Abul Nuqoud (Damascus)
Wondering where to go in Memory Block 4?
To advance through
the city you will have to rush through the fog of undiscovered city
districts. Find the first eagle lookout point in these unexplored
districts and scan the area to clearout the fog and start your
investigation
Of all the
Assassin Bureau chiefs, the one in Damascus is my favorite. It goes to
show you that a good attitude can sugar coat any backhanded compliment.
With much enthusiasm he says that the target is Abu’l Nuqoud, the
city’s richest man.
Now that
the Garnier de Naplouse hospital is shutdown and Telal is no longer
trolling the streets for vagrants, the cities are over-run with this game’s most interesting character, the crazy street
urchin. The raving mad, nearly cadaver-esque street crazy pushes you if you
come close and exposes your position more often than you would like.
Considering this game was created in Montreal, and having visited there a few
times, I have no doubt that the city’s bums were quite the influence. One time
I went to an outdoor film screening and this one bum stumbled up to the screen
and pointed at the lead character and repeatedly yelled to the crowd “That’s
me, That’s me!” There is even a street guy who dresses like Spiderman and
dances for change (note that his web slinging makes whistling sounds.)
Investigation:
The city is abuzz with the talk of a party to be thrown
by the Merchant King Abu’l Nuqoud. A Koran reciting Englishman even brings wine
despite it being a verboten drink in this city. Abu’l Nuqoud throws these
parties regularly even though he hates them. He comes out to look on the disgusting
rabble of party monsters. The feeling is mutual though as the town’s people see
him as a coffer squandering aristocrat.
The Kill:
Follow the icon to the palace courtyard. To get in, climb
over the gate and head through the door. For all this talk of a party through
by a decadent Merchant King it is pretty chill. If there is anything I have
learned from historical sources such as Caligula, 300, and HBO’s Rome
it’s that parties from the pre-industrialized world must include tons of women
making out with each other, large cooked animals, leather, oh and a lot of
beads and cushions. Not so much in this one. The party seems to be going fine
though except when Abu’l Nuqoud appears and it turns into the Jonestown
massacre. The Merchant king poisoned all their drinks and this party was a trap
to kill the people he sees as xenophobes and religious zealots who blindly
promote Saladin’s war machine. Knowing they are poisoned, the crowd takes the
last few moments on this mortal coil to run around in circles and yell.
Navigate through this swarm and climb the back wall to
the upper deck. Kill the archers as you continue towards the balcony where the
Merchant King oversees the chaos. If you are quick, you can kill him before he
runs madly through the streets.
The Blue Screen of Death:
Altair grabs Abu’l Nuqoud by his fifth chin and asks what
he has doing with the money. The Merchant King has never diverted the funds to
Saladin because he does not believe in the gods the crusaders are fighting for.
Instead, the funds go to the mysterious Brotherhood that we have been hearing
so much about. Nuqoud then questions Altair’s motives and considers the two of
them the same because they both kill the supposed bad guys to bring about a
better tomorrow. Nuqoud slips away and oh my god I think we just killed
Jasmine’s Dad from Aladdin.
Assassin Debriefing:
Altair angrily reports that the assassination was
successful but Al Nuqoud was still able to poison (a way of killing Assassin’s despise)
his people.
In case you were sensing a trend, let me line it up for
you. Altair goes to a guy who is doing something unspeakable and then on his
deathbed, the targets confesses his sins which is always this Utilitarian
argument to justify the means.
For example:
Altair: You’re a drug dealer who ruins childrens’ lives
and you deserve to die!
Assassin Target: Do I? I am giving these kids who live
such hard lives the illusion of a normal life. It is you that is ruining lives
by killing me. Who will give the children their cracks after I am gone?
Altair: Damn that man makes a good point.
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