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ĭuring the period between the 19th and 20th centuries, Nikolai Orelov, a member of the Narodnaya Volya sect of the Russian Assassins, was a Master Assassin. Arno Dorian, another notable member of the French Brotherhood, eventually also attained the rank of Master Assassin. In 1791, the French branch of the Order was led by a Council, which was comprised of four Master Assassins: Pierre Bellec, Sophie Trenet, Guillaume Beylier and Hervé Quemar, with the Mentor Mirabeau presiding over them. In 1690 Marechel was a Master Assassin of the French Assassin. Ratonhnhaké:ton himself obtained the rank at some point later in his life. Following the near complete collapse of the branch in 1763, Achilles removed himself from the Assassin affairs, but eventually returned to prominence as the Mentor of the Assassin Ratonhnhaké:ton. In the 18th century, Achilles Davenport was a Master Assassin of the Colonial Brotherhood. Hattori Hanzo was a Master Assassin in Japan during the Feudal Age.
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As well as those two, Dogan and Kasim, who were Yusuf's lieutenants, also held the rank of Master Assassin. Also, during the 16th century, Yusuf Tazim, the leader of the Constantinople Assassins Guild, alongside the famed Turkish navy admiral, cartographer, and bomb specialist Piri Reis, were Master Assassins. In 1499, Ezio Auditore da Firenze obtained the rank, before rising to be the Mentor of the Italian Assassins, following the liberation of Rome from the House of Borgia's grasp. Eventually he became Mentor of the Levantine Assassins. He eventually regained this title through several assassinations in support of the Order's interests, and held it during the assassinations of Robert de Sable and Rashid ad-Din Sinan. In 1191, Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad held the position, before being demoted to a novice following his failure to obtain the Apple of Eden beneath Solomon's Temple, along with his arrogance and disregard of the tenets of the Creed. However, Umar gave his life to spare the Brotherhood from a siege, in retribution for an assassination gone wrong. In 1176, Umar Ibn-La'Ahad and his fellow Assassin Faheem Al-Sayf held the title of Master Assassin.