Behind The Servants: Hassan-i Sabbah

[@Brutalyte616]

Let none of this distract you from the fact that King Hassan is a 7'2" walking suit of plate armor, carrying a greatsword and a greatshield, who is regularly wreathed in ghost fire, and who announces his presence verbally and with the tolling of a bell. And he's STILL the Grand Assassin.

[@wobby5325]

Who is to warn the enemies if they're all already dead?

[@Itachi45481]

His intimidation is stronger then his presence concealment

[@King_of_kings07]

I mean what makes an assassin the best at assassination is the ability to not be spotted, but how can someone spot you if everyone who spot you is dead

[@Brutalyte616]

@@Itachi45481 It actually counteracts his Presence Concealment, because the instant he targets someone they KNOW he's coming after them, even if they can't determine the approach.

[@Itachi45481]

@@Brutalyte616 oh i know i just think what i said is funnier

[@Rex10111]

Fun fact, his full name is literally just his lineage. As in "Hassan son of Ali son of Muhammad son of Jafar" etc

[@ahmadmirzatappi8142]

so hassan bin ali bin muhammad bin abu jaffar bin ect ect ect

[@jhm3346]

Reminds of the bell hop worker from the suite life

[@mohammadmurie]

@@jhm3346 Esteban Julio Ricardo Montoya De la Rosa Ramirez

[@cspcchcody]

I don't even surprise about his full name, just look how long D'eon 's full name is.

[@adamharith782]

Isnt that just how old Arabic/middle eastern name was?

[@JadedWarlock]

Never forget that Gramps' story involved him getting his initiates high as hell before turning them into assassins. Funniest shit I ever read, then heard.

[@tahaelhour690]

That was propaganda run against them, using hashish to initiate young men into a cult, they called them "hashashin". That's where the term assassin came from.

[@JadedWarlock]

@@tahaelhour690 I know but that doesn't change the fact it was put down on record. Still pretty funny.

[@wetrisolesse619]

Nazi did it on operation Blitzkrieg. Every personel in mobile division take meth

[@Orkunforpsyan]

​@@tahaelhour690 no, they didn't use it. He was just a good manipulater and he convinced people into joining his cult. He was also lucky.

[@MoonlightReaper14]

I remember seeing him fight a boss that is HEAVILY based around charm. He got charmed ONCE but other wise laughed it off, he is a literal badass

[@esdeathchan4354]

Who?

[@MoonlightReaper14]

@@esdeathchan4354 can't say, spoilers

[@esdeathchan4354]

@@MoonlightReaper14 please spoil me, i want to know

[@MoonlightReaper14]

@@esdeathchan4354 if someone yells at me for ruining fgo for them, it's your fault for asking. To answer your question however, it's the aphrodite boss fight from the Olympus Lostbelt.

[@esdeathchan4354]

@@MoonlightReaper14 ive been there in NA, but using Kama instead, and i thought when u mention charmed its about nero fest MEDB CQ thats more broken on charm lmao. And why so serius about something like this? Its on NA already and jp for so long. I thought its something new on lb 6.5 or event on jp

[@foolbio5471]

No servant will ever be as cool as grandpapa Hassan

[@esdeathchan4354]

He is death personification , thats already more than cool. But i think oberon is more edgy and cooler, but thats only my personal opinion ✌

[@azidahaka3882]

@@esdeathchan4354 of course it's mothman.

[@esdeathchan4354]

@@azidahaka3882 *YES*

[@King_of_kings07]

I know it's probably a coincidence considering this was from the community poll but hassan I sabbah having an analysis video on Ramadan is a funny coincidence

[@thedarkdevil1661]

In the order of when these Hassans mainly ruled: King Hassan: First Hassan Hassan of Sirenity: Has to have existed after King Hassan, but before cursed arm, since its implied a crusade wasn't happening at that time. Hassan of the Cursed Arm: he led the hashashin around the time of the 9th crusade (He says the 6th Singularity is his time period + his childhood love is alive, and his "possible" son is still very young, so he had to have died close to when the singularity started, which is after the 9th crusade), which ended around 3 years before the hashashin did (Probably the 18th leader, 17th if he died early in the crusade and another hassan was chosen before hundred face) Hassan of the Hundred Face: Known as the 19th/Final hassan before the state died in 1275. Also there's other hassans like: intoxicated smoke (uses the sprites of asako, the main face of hundred face) Shadow Peeling Quaking pipe (probably the one with the np, ichor of reverie, a magic circuit shattering scream) Shining Star (i think this is the 3rd war's midget due to the metaphor of the name meaning big explosion. Midget's Np blows people's heads up) Along with a few who only have np names. Febrile inspiration: (Diamon skin armor) Meditative Sensitivity: (No name Assassin uses it as enhancing the senses, although its unknown what its original use is) Raving Shadow Flash: (Thin, nearly invisible, hair manipulation) Unfeeling Patrolling Spirits: (Summoning creatures from a dense mist (sounds like the np for intoxicated smoke)) Then there's the hassans who we know of but it unclear who they are: FSF's true assassin: (has a deep voice, but hides in the shadows. Literally. He sounds like he could be Shadow peeling, based on his ability description) Fate Kaleid Liner Oath Under Snow Hassan: Appears like Cursed arm. Uses rope attached to darts + has blades on his feet + can make a giant golem, being able to separate this from his normal body + his np, dead heartbeat melody, touchs the target, before blowing a shaped hole through their chest. (Sakura's shape appeared like her command spell in FSN)

[@radicool21]

While he's not playable, Rashid ad-Din Sinan was confirmed to be the Hassan during the Fourth Crusade (same as irl), where he fought a Dead Apostle alongside Saladdin and Richard I.

[@thedarkdevil1661]

@@radicool21 I knew there's one who fought with Richard 1st, but was it confirmed as Rashid Al-Din Sinan?? Also apparently Hassan II was the leader before him. Ya there's a Real life Hassan II, but there's also a Hassan III aswell. XD

[@Ricky-re9lz]

I would like to add thanks to new information about FSF's true assassin that Hassan is the one who possess raving shadow flash and likely is the reason why he can kill people with seeming natural causes without them noticing. It is also worth noting that This Hassan has the greatest possible presence concealment of all assassins being EX rank and, using his shadow lantern skill, can become one with the shadows, draw magical energy from them and act from seemingly outside of existence.

[@thedarkdevil1661]

@@Ricky-re9lz i just checked the wiki and, ya, its confirmed, in FSF Volume 7, that Faldeus, after seeing No-Name Assassin use Raving Shadow Flash, strongly believes that that is the NP of FSF's True Assassin. It was due to True Assassin's ability to "become one with the shadows" that makes me think his true identity is Shadow Peeling. This is because his ability sounds like Shadow Melding (becoming a shadow on surfaces), and peeling could be either his shadow self can peel off other shadows, or, when he takes physical form, he "peels off the wall", metaphorically. The only reason I thought Shadow Peeling's NP wasn't Raving Shadow Flash (despite the obvious naming of Shadow) is because No-Name Assassin uses it as hair manipulation and not as "an attack from the shadows", as I thought Shadow Peeling may use. However, since it is True Assassin's NP, despite that, it's only enforcing my belief in my theory that FSF's True Assassin is actually Hassan of Shadow Peeling.

[@Taygon45]

Isn't Strange Fake's True Assassin's Presence Concealment so high ranking that even he himself can't tell if he exists or not? He had to write on a piece of paper to even communicate with his master

[@no.notfromRDR]

So gramps is more like the personification of the term assassin than Hassan-i Sabbah himself, something of a innocent monster of the Hassan's laws itself But one thing still bugs me. Why does he have a shield?

[@j_Snow]

Why bother with weapons when you can introduce the concept of death to everyone with anything as a weapon

[@Moon1tan]

Close enough, it's more like that the word "Assassin" came to be because of his name Because ppl referred to his assassins as "Hashashins" eventually pronunciations differed as time passed resulting in the term Assassin

[@Brutalyte616]

The shield is basically Gramps's way of saying he's here to fight, not assassinate and leave.

[@barghest8763]

king hassan blieves in islamic syiah, in syiah they believe in ali bin thalib as their last guidance(not muhammad). so... theres story that ali uses a giant door as a shield to fend off enemies, thats where king hassan big shireld came from, its from his beliefs

[@syedwamiq6671]

@@barghest8763 actually, the shia* belief system isnt that Ali (A.S) was the last messenger, it’s that he was the first successor/caliph of Muhammad. Muhammad was the last messenger, however shias believe that Ali was meant to be the first caliph after his passing. The story about the door is true tho, it comes from the battle of khyber where he breaks the door and uses it as a weapon, a door 40 men could not hold on their own

[@saxor96]

Another trivia: There are 19 Hasssans, and according to Zealot Assassin (the Hassan candidate that was rejected, and Hundred Faces was chosen instead), there ara 19 Zabaniyas (18 she can use, and the one from Hundred Faces that she can't use). So, having 19 Hassans and 19 Zabaniyas means one of these 3 things: - There's an extra Zabaniya that Zealot created based sorely on rumours, and doesn't belong to any prior Hassan. - A Hassan has two Zabaniyas. - King Hassan has a not-yet-revealed Zabaniya. The last one has some strong points in its favor: His NP parameter is way above Azrael's rank and FGO Material has a history of not listing all the NPs a Servant has (like Enkidu).

[@lucasbranc]

True

[@MaidKnightNoelle]

I like to imagine Gramps teaching us math in Chaldea and maybe probably judges us when we grab the calculator when we forget what's 1 + 1

[@carterwray3443]

Aaaah, yes. I get off my nightshift, have breakfast, and a new klidge behind the servant video arrives on my sub feed. What a happy easter indeed. I humbly request either beni-birb or big sis quetz for a near future video. Thanks for the Fate content as always boss.

[@klidge]

good news is ive done beni-enma in the Oni of Chaldea video, and quetz is on my doc!

[@carterwray3443]

@@klidge Easter just got better!

[@HelenaSan425]

King Hassan best grampa

[@thedoomslayer8900]

This guy is legit my #1 favorite Assassin and Servant as a whole

[@uninspiredname2974]

One of my favorite hassans is not in fgo and is Beautiful Hassan. A fanatic who was so devoted she learned *every single Zabaniya* somehow (and no the somehow isn't for emphasis, cause she was apparently able to use ones like Delusional Heartbeat that requires the arm of a demon to be grafted to your body, or even ones that she didn't really know what they did). The sect elders were in fact so terrified by her ability and fanaticism that they deliberately chose Hundred Faces to be the next Old Man of the Mountain. Ironically as I recall Delusional Illusion is the only Zabaniya she cannot reproduce

[@parkermaisterra8532]

*Is Easter Sunday* Wait something doesn’t feel right- *Remember it’s Ramadan* Oh wait never mind

[@Yaboyazrael]

Please stop praying for my grandpa, he’s become too strong.

[@dragonspring5932]

Wonderful video, and it's sad there won't be another grand assassin but giving what we know about gramps nothing will compare to his feats, that and I'm kinda have a head cannon that Hassan I sabbah had made a deal with Azreal and became something akin to a vessel for the angel of death but died and Azreal is running around in his body.

[@triplea5470]

Serenity is my favourite so I’m glad you briefly touched upon her.

[@Moon1tan]

Wasn't expecting the shout out but noice :D

[@devnotes00]

"Technically" he's still a grand assassin since no one can really fill that role better than gramps

[@barghest8763]

just adding another funfact why is king hassan usie a giant shield because of his beliefs in islamic syiah (ali bin thalib), ali once use a door as a shield to fight enemies

[@rellsyk6358]

Great video from one of my fav Fate characters😌

[@Slvrwlf]

Woo old Klidge is back!

[@redsky02]

I think intoxicating smoke is elf explanatory

[@akatsukigajou1639]

Lets not forget that he is also khyber from dc komicks who fought klark joseph kent a.k.a kal'el a.k.a man of steel.

[@tahaelhour690]

Baji Quan, Britain and Hassan Ibn Sabah seem to be favorites for Nasu storytelling wise.

[@DronesandMeat]

Assassins are cool

[@hmmmooops]

At this point the only ones who could step up for Grand Assassin are either Cain or John Wick

[@Eli-422]

Took me 4 years to get him. Totally worth

[@Kraigenerus]

Sad for not spooky hassan, head bomber hassan or zealot in the video. Anyway, fun fact: in apo timeline, hassans were kind of banned in the multiple small hgw that happened before the events of the novel cous they were too broken. Someday they are going to be good in a proper hgw (narita is going to finish strange fake someday right?).

[@MuhmmdSyhm]

A Hassan video in Ramadan?... Very halal...

[@malakzaiter2291]

So hassan pulled a dido move, dude took his education very seriously.

[@TheBelieveit1]

It should be noted that Azrael being the Angel of Death in Islamic tradition, lead the Zabaniya, 19 lesser angels that tortured sinners. Hence why not only is Gramps, the First Assassin, the one to use the Noble Phantasm of Azrael, but why all other Hassan have the same name for their Noble Phantasm as they merely follow him and punish those that have sinned

[@efecaktl5432]

I wish you mentioned the Strange Fake Hassan's too even if briefly...

[@noahlee8113]

Voyager cuz rocket ship go brrrr

[@mohamedelhediissa289]

Another fun fact though I am not sure how factual it is. He (and probably the assassins thay worked under him too) removed as much internal organs as possible (but enough to stay alive) for less amount of vital areas to be stabbed at

[@xzil2167]

They weren't assassin's dude

[@DiscoDachiff]

Lmao isn't the leather bag story from the Aeneid?

[@desmondmalone438]

11:43 yeah to NPCed for our taste lol

[@jakirachan]

Read the description That was a fun fact

[@sidrezig4449]

Try to do the grand lancer

[@Yunglex313]

Something to note, for people who haven't realized it yet, Hassan-i Sabbah and his guild forms much of the basis for the Assassin's Creed series, the Assassin's Guild in that game being the same guild Hassan started years ago.

[@Trubripes]

I think he's also the antagonist ? of the first assassin's creed ?

[@gabeolivera]

not adding bone daddy as one of the community nicknames Sadge

[@NewMe9013]

Can you please do a video on siegfried?

[@cuchulainn3309]

can you cover yan qing? ont of you're videos states that Yan qing was merged with the doppelganger.

[@desmondmalone438]

1:49 Hassan: KAHN!!!!! Sorry had to say it lol

[@dakotadoyle7573]

So, what other Classes could Gramps manifest as?

[@a760737]

Maybe a ruler?

[@klidge]

Ironically caster would fit him very well

[@wingedswordslayer]

Caster, doublely so if they play up the knowledge of mathematics, science, etc since advanced mathematics and sciences could easily be confused as magic back in the day.

[@JRedNose]

Ruler for holy man, Caster for intellectual, Rider for leader of men. Ironically, any of the above should logically be a better(and thus stronger) fit for him.. Knightly classes would probably be off the table, as I don't think there's any tales of his personal fighting skills. Berzerker maybe? There certainly weren't a shortage of people who viewed him that way.

[@lildozen42069]

So the Hassans are hashish users……… gramps really is cool gramps

[@dakotadoyle7573]

Wait I missed Hassan's actually name, could you repeat it?

[@serverfree7605]

King hassan was persian man❤🇮🇷💪

[@alanwolf313]

If there's one assassin I think could become the new grand, is Eleazar ben Ya'ir. Not only was he the leader of the (probably) first ever recorded band of assassin, the sicarim, he was also such a "proficient" assassin that he assassinated his enemies, his comrades, his family and then himself. Sorry for the joke, but he is such a badass

[@desmondmalone438]

13:20 my wife

[@triplea5470]

I will fight you for her hand