Memory Block 3: Telal (Jerusalem)
So Jerusalem.
I don’t know the best way to represent a city that is so holy we keep fighting
over it but they seem to have done a pretty good job. From outside the walls you
can see the gold dome belonging to the fabled Dome of the Rock that contains a
huge stone where Jesus preached and was crucified, Adam and Eve were kicked
out, Isaac was almost sacrificed, and Muhammad ascended to heaven, it is pretty
much the Forrest Gump of rocks.
When you get into the city, climb the first viewpoint you
find to synchronize with the city and to locate the Assassin’s Bureau. Then,
head off to it. The Bureau Chief is passively aggressive towards Altair but it
is for good reason. This is Malik, one of the two assassins accompanying Altair
on that failed mission to Solomon’s Temple.
His brother, Kadar, died and he lost his arm and is now, presumably, off the
force because of it. Shame really, some of the most famous assassins did their
best work with only one limb. Just look at the guy who killed Richard Kimble’s
wife.
The Investigation:
The target this time is Telal. He is a slave trader who
kidnaps lepers off of the streets. Soon, he will be in his slave warehouse to
inspect all of his captures before sending them off in a huge caravan. Although
he will be unaware, he is a shrewd one who is skilled with the bow and arrow and
his men are willing to sacrifice themselves to protect him.
The Kill:
Head up to the Northwest part of town and find the back
door of the warehouse to get in. Inside it is full of men in little cages. It’s
themed like the dungeon room in Ripley’s Believe-it-or-not and I tried to go find
the light house man but no beans.
Telal traps Altair in his warehouse shouts down at him
that he is not a slave trader but someone who is saving the troubled souls
(from the burden of freedom I imagine). He then drops in a few soldiers to kill
Altair but you can just run past them and up the walls towards Telal. He
scampers up the ladder and onto the roof. Follow him outside. He managed to get
a across a few houses and starts firing arrows at Altair. Now would be a really
good time to have that Crossbow we were promised in the trailer. Chase him down and do the same kill.
The Blue Screen of Death:
Finish Him!
Cool, he has corn rows. I wonder what they called them back
then considering corn was a New World crop. Telal says
that he doesn’t mind death since The Brotherhood will continue on regardless.
The target then manages to make slavery not sounds so bad because he is pulling
the crazies, druggies and lepers off the street. And now it is Altair who looks
like an ass because he stopped this noble cause.
FATALITY!
Assassin Debriefing:
Malak has this very dramatic and very sarcastic reaction to
the news that Telal is dead. He upbraids Altair for his un-assassin like
clumsiness. Back in Masayaf, Al Mualim figures that with the war dragging on,
both sides are desperate for troops and capturing slaves was one way of meeting
their quotas. Altair asks him about Telal’s easy justification of slavery and
Mualim says that the slave trader was just a mad man who was justifying
something that was so evil.
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