Summary[]
Assassin is the Assassin-class Servant of Zouken Matou, summoned using the flesh of the false Assassin as a catalyst. To differentiate him from this Assassin, he is often referred to as True Assassin as he is a real assassin and not an irregularity.
His true name is Hassan-i-Sabbah, or, more specifically, Hassan of the Cursed Arm. He was one of the nineteen people to hold the title "Old Man of the Mountain", as the leader of the Hashshashin. His original name was Hanam, but was lost since taking up the mantle and title of Hassan-i-Sabbah and upon becoming a Heroic Spirit Candidate.
Powers and Stats[]
Dimensionality: 3D
Threat Level: At least Demon, likely higher
Powers and Abilities:
- Enhanced Senses (Can sense intruders in his immediate vicinity. States he can hear a pin drop from thousands of kilometers away. Is accustomed to the darkness and thus know where and what he's traveling on)
- Invisibility and Presence Concealment (Has the Presence Concealment skill at A+ rank; Assassin Servants with the same skill at Rank B are at the point where they can erase their presence completely from Magus and Servants alike until they attack)
- Limited Curse Manipulation and Status Effect Inducement with Zabaniya (Can create a cluster of ether that mimics a target's vital organ such as the heart, where Hassan can crush the fake that destroys the real one without ever having to physically destroy them)
- Absorption (Can devour others through eating their flesh, allowing him to take in their intellect and memories. body is the result of taking in the demon Shaytan's arm, giving him his epithet in the process)
- Possession (Can undo the curse of the demon Shaytan as a last resort which will possess and devour its victims, however he is also potentially at risk of this tactic)
- Limited Power Nullification (His Protection from Wind skill makes it so that he can ward off powerful storms, even those of magical nature such as Saber's Invisible Air attack. It also works off against explosions, seemingly coming to falling under the category of "powerful winds".)
- Resistance to Corruption (As an "impure" Heroic Spirit, he's resistant to curses such as All the World's Evil which is the curse of Angra Mainyu that bombards the victim of all 6 billion sins, corrupting anyone including Heroic Spirits.)
Physical Strength: At least City level
Attack Potency: At least City (Though he's stated in materials and even demonstrated in the works to not be suited for direct combat, Hassan is still able to at least contend and fight off his foes. Was able to fend off Archer. Nasu states he can kill Sasaki that can result to a draw at best), can ignore conventional durability with Delusional Heartbeat
Durability: At least City (Survived attacks from Lancer, Rider, and Archer)
Speed: Supersonic (Is as fast as Lancer when it comes to retreating, though it's noted the latter would have covered the distance soon enough. Can maintain distance between him and Saber despite being inferior in speed. Is fast enough to avoid and get outside of Saber's range though only after distracting her. He can throw his dirks at a speed meant to be difficult to perceive even for combat-abled Servants like Lancer and Saber; Said dirks are often FTE to normal humans and are even thrown "like bullets". He's also fast enough to easily catch up with Kirei and Shirou running through an uneven forest at 50kph)
Intelligence: Animal-like to Average at best initially, Above-Average post modification. In the Fifth Holy Grail War, Hassan started out with a more primal-like mindset, someone who was like a critter that had to be commanded by Zouken to remotely do anything purposeful. Despite that, Hassan was an expert assassin and skilled enough fighter to take on a command-sealed held back Lancer, long enough to have the Shadow of the Grail occupy him and even get him into a precise situation to use his Noble Phantasm. After taking in Lancer's heart, his intellect was raised tremendously as he is now able to talk coherently as well as fight more efficiently. Assassin is also particularly skillful with the use of his daggers, using them with far more utility than as killing tools such as to analyze his opponents skills and finding the perfect moment to use Zabaniya.
Stamina: High (Is able to endure well in fights like from Lancer and Rider, even enduring bone-crushing blows and throws from the latter. Hassan's stamina is big enough to still last a while longer after his master Zouken is killed by Kirei)
Range: Extended melee range (Can cover 3 meters with his Zabaniya), likely higher (was stated to be able to cover over the otherside of a riverside to attack Lancer with Zabaniya). Several meters with dirks (Can easily throw them at 7 meters away while maintaining distance to gauge his enemy' abilities).
Weakness: Standard Servant Physiology weaknesses. His dirks are more physical objects that he has to recover each time he throws them. It's stated that one can survive Zabaniya either by simply being out of its range, have sufficient magical energy levels to resist and dispel the curse, or sufficient luck to avoid it.
Arsenal[]
His dirks (has around 40 of them). The cursed arm of Shaytan.
Noteworthy Techniques and Abilities[]
- Presence Concealment: The ability to hide one's presence as a Servant. A staple Skill for those of the Assassin Class. At A+ rank, Hassan can not only make himself virtually impossible to detect in the perceptive eyes of well-trained Magus's and Servants-alike, but also sneak inside Shirou's home without alerting the Bounded Field set around it that's made to specifically detect intruders as well as evading Rider's senses for some time while conversing with Shirou with his presence never being found. However, the efficiency of this Skill drops when he prepares to attack making them more susceptible to being detected.
- Protection from Wind: A charm originating in the Middle East, used for protection against sandstorms and Jinns. By invoking Allah, Assassin is able to instantly dispel the harshest of winds, rendering such attacks useless against him. At A Rank, Hassan's usage allows him to defend against explosives and even those generated from magic attacks such as Saber's Invisible Air.
- Self-Modification: The ability to merge one's own flesh with body parts of others. The higher the ranking in this skill, the further away one is from being a proper hero. Assassin, a Servant whose physical abilities are lacking compared to those of other Heroic Spirits, uses this skill to make up those shortcomings. With Self-Modification, Hassan is able to consume the victims of Zabaniya in order to increase his intelligence and gain his foe's memories such as taking Lancer's heart. Additionally, this skill was made possible for Hassan to gain the arm of the evil spirit Shayṭān as he didn't have any special talent unlike the other Hassan's before and after him, making it up with using said evil spirit that has later ingrained itself as his Noble Phantasm.