Psot 1195 Headcanon

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Malik in Egypt

1195
Malik leaves Masyaf and arrives in Alexandria at the end of the year.

1196

Winter/Spring

• Settles in Cairo after some travels to see various landmarks/ruins between there and Alexandria, and begins a mapmaker’s shop as cover with the help of Nasira, a member of the Egyptian Brotherhood


• is invited to visit court to negotiate a contract by Al-Adil (Saladin's brother), who recognized Malik as the mapmaker from Jerusalem.

Summer

• Malik sends word to Altaïr about the squabble between Saladin's sons and the upcoming attack on Damascus.


• Malik begins taking missions himself in the area, as well as cultivating a better network of informants for the Egyptian Brotherhood.


• Nasira becomes pregnant.

Autumn/Winter

• Malik and Al-Adil, begin a friendship during their visits to Court. This leads to Malik being introduced to Al-Aziz (Saladin's son, and ruler of Egypt) properly.


• Unrest begins to take seed in the area, keeping the Assassins busy.

1197

Spring

• Malik's son, Tazim, is born early after a difficult winter and Nasira succumbs to both illness and complications of the birth.


• Malik is formally invited to join the court as a mapmaker. His job is to gather information about the area and it's people.

Summer/Autumn

• Al-Aziz attempts to dismantle the Pyramids, but is sabotaged in to giving up by the Assassins with Malik's assistance.


• Malik discovers that the Templars are looking for another Piece of Eden, and uses his position at court to keep the Assassins a step ahead of them as much as possible.


• There is unrest in the court as Templars begin to move in to positions of influence.

Winter

• Al-Aziz is approached by the Templars while Malik travels Egypt to gain information. He visits Siwa.


• Malik intervenes in a series of events where shades of the dead are attacking caravans in the desert. He and a member of the Egyptian Brotherhood return a part of the structure to a strange fissure in the desert and the attacks stop.

1198

Spring

• Malik returns to Cairo.


• Al-Aziz joins the Templars as well as the search for the Piece of Eden. They begin to plot an attack on the rest of the empire to take it over and instigate another Crusade.

Summer

• The Egyptian Brotherhood and Malik meet in Alexandria. Malik is tasked with using his position in Court to get close to the inner members and it is left to him to decide how to handle Al-Aziz.


• Al-Adil visits Court and confronts Malik about being one of the “madmen” from Masyaf. He reveals he had been in Saladin's camp when they had besieged the fortress but does not hold ill will towards the Assassins as they have never attacked anyone who didn't deserve it. Malik convinces him to ally with him, revealing the plot to instigate another Crusade. He also explains the horrors of the Pieces of Eden and the two agree that they should not fall in to anyone's hands.

Autumn

• The Templars find the location of the Piece of Eden, Al-Aziz sets out from Cairo towards it with Malik in pursuit.


• Malik assassinates Al-Aziz. Al-Adil claims a hunting accident occurred. The Piece of Eden remains hidden.

Winter

• Malik decides to stay in Egypt for another few years, Tazim is too young to travel and infighting amongst Saladin's family over who will rule are beginning.


• Al-Adil asks Malik to join his forces, but Malik declines to do so formally. He will, however, make introductions between him and the Mentor of the Egyptian Brotherhood.

Comments

Letters - 1196

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Letter to Altair - Winter

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My Friend,

As I am writing to you it should be obvious that I have arrived safely in Alexandria. I do not think I will travel by ship again no matter how much faster it is, I dislike how they throw off my balance even more than it already is.

I will be taking the roads between here and Cairo. There are ruins and the like along the way that I have some interest in seeing as opposed to simply reading about. To think after so long of reading of this land and charting it with ink I am here in person.

I shall have to begin chronicling things properly.

Safety and Peace.

Letter to Maria - Spring

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Maria,

I find myself needing your advice instead of your husbands, though you are free to laugh with him at my newfound predicament.

I have been invited to court.

Apparently my mapwork is well regarded and they wish to speak with me. I have no idea of the rules of visiting a noble court or how to dress for such a thing. Nasira insists that I need better clothing but I fail to see what is wrong with what I own.

Nasira is the woman who manages Cairo's brothers and sisters. I think you would either like her greatly or the two of you would fight endlessly. I admit that it was very entertaining to deal with her attempt to prove her worth to me when I already regarded her as an equal if not a superior in some things. She can wield two weapons after all.

I do not think she has decided how to treat me yet, I have not let on that I am still able to climb and fight as well as anyone.

Regardless, your advice on how to navigate the intricacies of a court would be incredibly well appreciated.

Safety and Peace.

Letter to Altair - Autumn

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I have been introduced to Saladin's son, the ruler of Egypt as well as having begun something of a friendship with Al-Adil. Mostly we play shatranj and discuss philosphies. It is pleasant to know at least one person is not trying to use me as a pawn in their games at court.

There is unrest in the court, after the problems in Damascus that is to be expected however. I do not understand how brothers can wage war on one another but at least their uncle is a wise man who kept things from getting too out of hand.

To further complicate matters here, Nasira is with child and I am the father.

I do not know how to feel about this.

Malik

Unsent Letter - Winter

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Nasira is often ill and the fighting everywhere is wearing on all of us.

While I enjoy taking missions for myself and working to strengthen the network of informants there is too much to do and not enough time to do it in.

Letters - 1197

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Letter to Altair - Spring

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Tazim is so very small and Nasira did not survive his birth.

Winter was not kind to us.

Letters - 1198

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