Assassin's Creed (Original) - Malik al-Sayf 

Malik deserves the "Most underrated character" award.

"Rest, prepare, cry in a corner... do whatever it is you do before a mission. Only make sure you do it quietly." Damn.

"I do not accept your apology." "I understand." "No, you don't. I do not accept your apology because you are not the same man who went with me into Solomon's Temple. And so _you_ have nothing to apologize for." This piece of dialogue has stuck with me since I first played this game a few weeks ago. AC 1 is very rough around the edges, particularly with showing Altair's redemption properly, but this part is perfect.

*For those who don't know what happened to Malik after AC1:* Shortly after subduing Abbas and recovering the Apple (as seen in Revelations), Altaïr put Malik in charge of Masyaf and went to Acre, where he came across Maria and took her hostage. He came to learn that the Templars had set up a base in Cyprus, and decided to go there with Maria in tow. He then travelled to Limassol, and killing a bunch of Templars (Frederick the Red, Moloch and his sons Shalim and Shahar) followed by Armand Bouchard, Robert de Sable's successor. Throughout the journey, Maria and Altaïr got to know each other and started falling for each other. (All this happens in AC: Bloodlines). A few weeks later, Altaïr and Maria got married in Limassol, and eventually returned to Masyaf. Maria gave birth to Darim and Sef, their sons. After the sons grew up, Altaïr placed Malik as the Grand Master of Masyaf before embarking on a decades long journey to the East with Maria and Darim, leaving Sef under Malik's care. Things started going downhill in Masyaf eventually. 2 years before Altaïr's return, Abbas murdered Sef and framed Malik, imprisoning him and taking over Masyaf. When Altaïr returned with Maria and Darim, he was told of Sef's demise at Malik's hands. Altaïr sneaked into the prison to confront Malik and know the truth, and upon learning it, rescued him. The next day, he and Maria went to face Abbas' council and demand justice, keeping a weak and wounded Malik in their quarter for safety. Unknown to them, Abbas' right hand man Swami snuck into thier place and *murdered* Malik, and framed Altaïr for the murder. What follows is shown in Revelations; the sequence where Maria dies. It happens a little different in the book; as Altaïr and Maria demad to know what happened to Sef, Swami brings Malik's severed head in front of the council, and frames Altaïr for the murder, after which things get heated up, and Maria dies. *Conclusion:* I wish Ubisoft had at least included Malik's death in Revelations. He was a great side character and deserved more screen time. Thanks for reading.

"Safety and peace, Malik." "Your presence here deprives me of both." Oh my *GOD*

"The deed is done. Talal is dead." "Oh I know, I know :) in fact, tHE ENTIRE CITY KNOWS"

I just realised that at 5.50, Malik points to his missing arm when he shouts "your actions very much concern me" and now I'm crying and I don't know why

I never noticed how often Malik puts that book on the counter. It's like he has an catchaction instead of a catchphrase like Connor (Where is Charles Lee!?) and Shay (I make my own luck) did.

it's upsetting that malik is the most underrated character in the franchise, smh. he was my favourite character next to altaïr.

Nobody: Absolutely No one: Malik: *Slaps book down* This desk can hold so many re-used animations.

14:38 The feels...THE FEELS.

Glorious... Altair re-learned the hard way the process of the Assassins. To ascertain facts, validate information and think throughly and carefully each action, as fast as one and your brothers can. "Always suspect that you're wrong...". From there you find a flaw, from there you get better, and better.

Altair character .. and how he speaks ... his words .... He is one of the best characters has ever made in Video games of all time

Malik was such a great character for the writing of this game. It was a stroke of genius to make that character. Characters like Malik do have a name. He’s a protagonist that interacts with the main protagonist in a way that helps illustrates the personalities of both characters. U get to know Altaïr the more u interact with Malik. How does Altaïr responds to his own comrades when they disapprove of his actions? How Altaïr interacts with Malik helps the player get to know both characters.

Thickest arab accent in the whole game :D

It took my second run to realize he was the same guy from the beginning

Malik is my favorite character. I Would like that ubisoft makes other character like him. Love love love love !

"-Safety and peace my friend. -Your presence here will deliver us both. " this say a lot a lot about their relationship. The best way to throw a last dialogue for such character, what a good script.

Whats stunning is that AC1 was so much ahead of its time. The Story is still better than most of the new titles.

This game still looks incredible after all this time.

Malik is the only character that changes his outfit within the game

Altair and Malik really deserved a 2nd game, hell even a trilogy, I was happy with the ezio series but Altair and Malik deserved atleast 1 more game, to me that's where ubisoft messed up going into this series when they could've added alot more into the AC franchise if they would've stuck with Altair and Malik for atleast one more game, now today after the ezio story ended it's just being milked with hits and misses after each game released

0:39 Malik: But this is not the wa-" Altair: "My way is better" Wow. The voice acting is epic and well timed.

This game is a masterpiece. A unique piece of art.

This game was so damn great... Yeah, sure, it’s combat system and missions are not nearly as defined/polished as AC2 or Blackflag, but regardless of that, this game has something going for it that none of the others have be able to recreate. It’s just felt so... right. The time period and atmosphere was PERFECT (not to mention this was the only period that the series portrayed when assassins ACTUALLY existed lol)... And it’s an inarguable fact that Altaïr was the most stoic and badass assassin in the series, hands down. Fantastic game. Needs to be re-released imo.

Malik is best guide to learn how to accept people who have change for the better

From "your presense here deprives me of both." To "Your presense here will deliver us both."

Time heals all wounds, life's the best teacher, and all that good stuff in these 2 men in 1 game

We need this to be remastered. Revive the series by remastering this, drop the assassin name, and make a good series again. I loved the games after 3, including the Mythology ones. But we need the purpose back

5:20 18:52 This call back always got me in the feels.

The development of his relationship with Altaïr has always been my favourite part of this game. Just notice how their dialogue changes throughout the game. "Safety and Peace, Malik." "Your presence here deprives me of both." "Safety and Peace, Brother." "Your presence here will deliver us both."

The arc between Malik and Altaïr is so satisfying and beautiful! I wish they expanded upon it more in Assassin’s Creed Revelations, I both love and hate how that game dealt with Altaïr’s story, we should’ve seen more of him in his prime, the relationships he built, the places he traveled. We don’t get to see him interact with Malik once, but regardless the ending is beautiful and given how franchises nowadays treat their lead characters, Altaïr got a respectful treatment in some regard

I'm glad these two came around on both ends. Safety & peace be upon them.

Now this is character's development

The best OTP in whole ac series.

15:46 funniest line in the game Altair and Malik sound so surprised and confused 💀

"It feels like everything i do troubles you" "Reflect on that" DAMN

Thay become friends in the books. Many years later, malik forgives him

After Connor my favorite 😍 such a perfect character for a game and a book 😍

I love the tone of this game😭❤

I died at 7:48!

The book that Malik puts out is really dusty...

One of my favorite gaming moments is when he forgives Altair

Altair: "Safety and peace Malik." Malik: "Your presence here deprives me of both." :(

"rest, prepare, cry in the corner" HAHAHA

... the whole game is about the Altairs conflict with Malik and how it gets resolved.

Such an underrated character!

Such a great character. He's a genuinely good person. Its so sad what happened to him, and despite that he tells Altair, the man who caused his suffering, that he doesnt have to apologize. Amazing.

4:04 “You probably don’t recognize me because of the red arm!”

I come to this every now and then to remind myself that a real relationship between two people looks a little something like this. We all need a Malik in life

You know so glad Altair said sorry to Malik during his final mission to Jerusalem about the fool jerk villain guy he was when they were in Solomon Temple for the loss of his baby brother Kadar and his left arm was cut off later because of Altair jerk villain moments of breaking the creed but still after killing the 8 other Templars before the final Jerusalem mission at least Altair has become mature and wiser hero type guy all the way hasn’t he right guys!

One of my favourite video game character dynamics of all time

altair used to be a cruel and naive man now he is mentor

It’s sad because Abbas killed Malik in AC Revelations

What does Malik call Altair at 18:36? Di? What does it mean?

15:46 My favorite piece of of this conversation.

the old assassin's creed games were incredible

Brings back memories

This is what I call voice acting

Altaïr's voice actor could not give _less_ of a fuck! XD

15:45 -Wait... DID YOU SAID SHE? -YES IT WAS A WOMAN 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳

Whenever I hear the English version it bugs me how they pronounce the names... I assume no English speaking person will ever achieve pronouncing Altaïr correctly without having real trouble with their tongue. ^.^ Anyway it's sad that there were no more stories with Malik in the following games. There was so much attention drawn to Ezio (although Altaïr is constantly mentioned in the triology and sometimes appears for a short sequence) and I often feel sad that Ubisoft didn't tell more to really bring the story of Altaïr (and Malik!) to an end. They ar both such interesting characters with many edges, but showing more character development in such a short time than any other char of the AC-series ever did in a whole row of games. The realization of following a wrong path and truth and to stand up to change those circumstances is something unique only the first game could offer to the player. It meant the game to be dark, yes. There's not that much to laugh about while there were many fun party with Ezio. But it's still a great storyline with interesting twists and most underrated characters by Ubisoft, that fans made great, when thinking of all the Altaïr/Malik-dedicated art that can be found in the net. Those two were an inspiration for many. :D

Wait did you say she

Favorite line from malik "I know, I know. In fact, THE ENTIRE CITY KNOWS!! Have you forgotten the meaning of subtlety??"

Altair is modern englishman

“Wait, did you say she?”

too damn proud love that

novice :333 xD

Why does Altaïr sound like stereotypical american?

Why did altair kill that guy again? He didn't look like a guard just some old man

The original is much better than the remastered.

king of the sword

It's weird that give every character except Altair an accent.

Altair was like Jacob

ac1-malik ac2 and brotherhood-leonardo ac revelations-yusuf

May I ask a question

So F unerrated character . If he die.. why not show it.. Jesus where is this AC with good story line

Admittedly things could have gone very differently either way had Malik not have tried to stop Altair @2:19

I'd say the game mechanics equal extremes to the story tbh. Mechanics were awful but the story was spectacular. You know you made a great game when the story can carry mechanics.

I am your superior in both title and ability you should know better than to question me ,, strong words from altiar

How'd it go.... I know how it went

Did Abbas killed Malik ?

5:50

1:11 "The Ark of the covenant" Did they mixed up AC with Halo

16:37

"safety and peace malik" "your presence here will deliver us both" D'''':

"Safety and peace." From "your presence deprives me of both" to "your presence will deliver us both". Solid character development for both characters right there.

Malik's attitude is like a "How far has Altaïr come in terms of character development" barometer and it's beautiful. Boss Bae and Sass Master.

Altair: Safety and peace Malik. Malik: Your presence deprives me of both (Wow)

Malik is my favorite character from assassins Creed. He is so forgotten tho. If it wasn't for him the assassins wouldn't have the apple

Such an incredible character. He goes from being envious of Altair and flat out hating him to eventually becoming Altair's best friend and his right hand man. Both he and Altair grew and I wish we could have seen more of Malik

"Have you forgotten the meaning of subtlety?" I use this line in ordinary conversation way too often. Man, this was a great game.

Malik: This is not the way- Altair: My way is better. Malik: *suprised pikachu face*

Malik needs to school the recent Assassin's Creed games on subtlety. 😆

Before: 5:19 "Your presence here deprives me of both'' After: 18:52 ''Your presence here will deliver us both"

i could listen to Malik all day, i love his voice and would love to have his voice actor do an audible XD

"You cannot KNOW anything, only suspect. You must expect to be wrong, to have overlooked something." The dialogues with Malik and Al Mualim are pure gold.

It *infuriates* me that Malik wasn’t in revelations

"Rest, prepare, cry in the corner. Do whatever you do before you start a mission. Only make sure you do it quietly" 😂

Why can’t they just fucking remaster this superb game and use the REAL OG voice actor for Altair. I always preferred this one over Revelations Altair.