The people killed have a major role in the plot of the stories, but there are main ones that pop up in both books. In the Secret Crusades Altaïr is forced to search for the nine templars of the inner circle. Likewise in Renaissance Ezio is tasked with killing the inner circle of nine again from the list left by his dad. Although Ezio seems to have a change of heart and does not kill Rodrigo and instead leaves him to die in his own hands with poison. While Altaïr, having a very dark and vengeful heart, kills Robert and his master Al Mualim after he tried to take over the assassin’s using the apple of Eden. …show more content…
In Secret Crusade we see Altaïr using the apple to help take back control of some assassins, Al Mualim had taken control of with the apple. While in Renaissance we see almost no uses of the apple until at the very end when Ezio meets Minerva, also called Merva. Although they both had the apple of Eden this is where Renaissance split off adding the staff of the pope and the codex, created by Altaïr, to the list of items that Ezio is forced to uncover. It doesn’t stop there as the hearts of the two assassins’ were not the same either with Altaïr searching for the truth of the apple as he used it and Ezio using the apple to take revenge for his father’s