Assassin's Creed - Initiation 

He acts like he's in no pain once he gets his finger cut off. Damn, Altair is tough. I were him i'd probably be screaming in pain.

we work in the bar to serve the drinks we are......... Bartenders

This is Assassin's Creed 1 should have been like reveling Altair's story from a tragic young boy, to a disgraced assassin to the Ultimate and greatest Grand Master assassin in history

altair jumping on the water ? *dead*

I bet that place is full of fingers.

Dude, send this to ubisoft and ask them to incorporate it into the next game for Desmond's clone or whatever

Nothing is true,everything is permitted. The wisdom of our creed is carried on by these words. We work in the dark, to serve the light..... We are assassins.

I first saw this video when I was 18 years old, and remember being in awe of what an incredible story this short work of art was. Now at 28, I’m still in just as much shock and awe as the first time I witnessed it. Thank you so much again for creating this incredible work.

We work in the dark To serve the light We are Assassins

6:46 Why can't more assassin's have hidden flame throwers?

The idea of leaving a mark on the wall is brilliant! Great job!

More Assassin's Creed fans should watch this

Finding out the where the hidden blade tradition comes from makes this even better

The entire universe around assassins creed being so deep and amazing Pirates: WHAT ARE YE GONNA DO WITH DRUNKEN SAILOR!

This is just wrong. at 8:23 it shows that below is a lake and Altair is going to do a leap of faith. If you've played the game, do you know what happens when Altair goes to a body of water?

This is by far the best non-canon video related to Assassin's Creed I have ever seen. I love this animation about the initiation of Altaïr to the brotherhood, and in my opinion, Ubisoft should make this official. Great job you have done here you all, keep up the good work!

Guys here is the correct information about Assassins and their originality, I have seen some of you have different ideas and thoughts about that so read carefully. the name of Assassins was not Assassyun or maybe some of the races at that time called them Assassyun (which in Persian means Assassins the same). But The correct name for them is Hashashin. The original base and leader was From Iran from Ismailis dynasty you can google it, the leader was called Hasani Sabbah. And they did not create that organization to fight during crusades against Catholics, they did fight with them but the major reason and purpose of that organization was to threw Arabs out of Persian Empire. which at that moment Ismailis Dynasty was ruling Iran and Syria (the country of Masiaf Castle) but their Major Castle is Called Alamut Castle which is located in Iran. As I'm from Iran I have visited the castle an god thats an incredible structure. Yes they was fighting against Abbasi Dynasty the muslim khalif government which they were located in Baghdad (Iraq) and Iranians was not happy to be under their government so they started revolutions which Hashashins is one of the Secret armies of that time. There are still many of their castles in Iran and open for public to visit. please tell your friends and let them know the correct history.

This is just wonderful, amazing, and really, really well done. I think this is the perfect prequel short to Altair's commitment to the brotherhood. I love how all the assassins before him had to leave their mark like that in their own blood. In many ways and even still today, nothing is stronger than a blood-oath.

8:22 o No Swim

Beautifully done and created. Best thing I've ever seen!

I love that the animation is a bit awkward, gives it more character. The art is just lovely, great job guys :D

The best short movie ever seen

Guys, the leaping into he water is symbolism. Like when getting baptised. It's a cleansing, removing the past and starting fresh. When he cut off his finger and left his print on the wall he proved he was a new person. The water was a way of removing the old and allowing the new. Who cares if he couldn't swim in the game. That only really mattered near the end anyways when your jumping around in the docks.

I salute altair ibn la ahad

That was awesome!!! I loved the part when the fire is lit and reviles all the others whose done it! Awesome job!

This was an amazingly animated video and I found it stunning and powerful it really hit all my emotions and Altair feelings this was really great

The narrator did a great job! I'm very proud of his work. Keep it up!

I remember seeing this God knows how long, I’m replaying AC 1-Unity just finished the Anzio trilogy. At the end some of this came back like a old dream, so happy I was able to see it again.

Awesome work guys! this should have been in the last episode of ezio's dreams of Altair! *shared*

Glad someone found it enjoyable :) It should have been in the bloopers, lol! XD

that's really cool! and I love the artwork! great job guys!

One of the best fan made about assassin's creed, just one word: again, again.

stunning story, keep it up!

OMG its wonderful created ı' m so impressed

an amazing video!! i particularlly like the add on you did of placing his handprint in the cave with all the assassins that have gone before him, amazing work! :-)

I thought it was actually an official short done by Ubisoft XD It's that good :D

"Remember,The Decisions are made below cannot be taken back" Like cutting his own finger lol , I know this is a ritual ,no disrespect though

So the hidden blade acted like a big knife and cut off his finger.

this needs more views, it was freakin awesome!!!

THAT WAS AMAZINGGGGGG

I love the look of it. Has to be coolest AC fan-made movie I've seen. Amazing work. PS: the cutting of the ring finger wasn't just a tradition, it was necessary for the use of the hidden blade, it was just later fixed so as to not make it necessary.

surely he'd be losing a lot of blood rapidly. ouch

soooo beautiful!!!! the art, the storey, EVERYTHING!!!! great job ^^

This was magical!

Can I just ask why we had a woman near the end as an Assassin? Don't take this to be me against equal rights or anything, but I'm pretty sure it's stated somewhere either in the first game or within the codex's in AC2 (I forget where exactly) that woman were not permitted to join the Brotherhood until after Altair had killed Al Mualim and finally took over. He refers to making the Order fairer and allowing women to join, and also if I remember correctly, about abolishing the cutting off of the middle finger by adapting the hidden blade. Being only an assassin recruit before the events of AC 1, and the fact women during the medieval period were treated like mere cattle to be married off etc., I highly doubt they'd have had a woman dressed as one of the Order before then. Other than that I did actually think this was a very good film, and fits in nicely with the storyline. Maybe you could do another one involving that rival of Altair's that went mad when he took over after Al Mualim died, as shown in AC Revelations.

This is Awesome :)

You made a master piece thank you my brother

This was beautiful. :') Thank so much for crafting such a fine work of art!

this seems a bit much even for the Levant Assassins.

I got a question for the initiation why do they have to cut off their ring finger

truely amazing

That artwork is dope af!

6:15 screen saver

Altairs inner mind: 0:11 "Hella, that's a long way to walk!" 0:49 "Lets get that fuckin hidden blade!" 1.01 *snore* 2:38 "Please tell me at least the ROPE is not 100 years old!" 4:01 "Oh my god, are they just like..dead?!!" 5:16 "Where is the bla-ade? There it is!" :D 5:35 "Well, helloooooo.."

Wow. Spectacular

I like the music you made for this. Good job. The mouth moving animation was a bit creepy but other then that it's better then what I ever could have put together, haha! And that was much more epic then some older Assassin chopping off his finger with a knife.

Only problems with the video are there weren't any women assassins during that time and Altair didn't swim (not saying he couldn't but he never really did lol)

Ezio riéndose de la que se salvó

That was amazing!

This was incredible! Gave me goosebumps.

altair can't swim

Yes, and AltaÏr jump in the water...and died....

That is amazing!

I liked how the hidden blade removed the finger, that was pretty cool!

how did his finger come off

Altair can't swim

I can see a lot of "Wilsons" on the wall. Great video.

Congratulations, it's a great video! I haven't met any pre-AC1 history arts/movies before. This movie is impressive) It must be a hard thing to draw the video like this, I admire your patience and montage skill. Though the movements of the characters were not perfect, there was more than technical part, there was heartfulness, especially when it came to retrieving of the blade. All the final part was awesome! And the music was perfect too. Good job, thank you!

Haha wtf! At least some initiates should have had enough common scene to move their hand out of the way when using the hidden blade... Jesus! do they not see the blade or do they just fall for it?

The artwork is beautiful!! Kudos to Eric H.!!

wow this was amazing

Wow this is awesome, I always imagined that there would be something like that(if it were real) but this video is SO AWESOME, so glad that it popped up in my Recommended Box ;)

this was awesome

dude this video is awesome

THATS EPIC

BRAVO! BRAVO! This is a SPECTACULAR short-film great work guys!

this was absolutly beautiful the artwork was amazing.

Duuuuude this is so cool...

Wow that was ......... Awesome

really good piece of work!!!!well done guys!!!!!

Amazing...

Omg this is an awesome video!! The art is gorgeous!!! well done!!!

that was exceptionally well made!! Better than I though it would be!! props are bestowed upon you!

ya know this is actually very cool. nice job man.

ok.. so all initiates cut off the ring finger that's connected to the heart. Great!!

Nobody talking about how beautiful this looks

that was beautiful

You did a really good job on this!

First of all, this is really cool. But imagine being one of the dudes that stand around the hole in the beginning. They are just waisting their morning to wait for Altair to get his ass back out of that hole.

that was amazing

8:29 Altair: I BELIEVE I CAN FLY!! *5 seconds later* Altair: *SPLAT*

EPIC.

This is great! I really really love this!

Just so epic.

This is actually a very cool idea. :) Great job!!!!

This is one of those videos on youtube that deserves alot more views...

Great art and idea

damn, that was so good

EPIC!

Love this sooo much I wish they made more games about Altair