Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad is the protagonist of the 2007 video game Assassin's Creed.
The game follows Altaïr, a highly ranked Assassin operating during the Third Crusade in the Holy Land. After a failed mission, he is demoted and must regain his rank by carrying out assignments for the Brotherhood's leader, Al Mualim.
Altaïr's targets include important figures in cities such as Jerusalem, Acre, and Damascus. The story presents the Assassins and Templars as rival secret organizations whose conflict stretches across different historical periods.
Players sometimes confuse Altaïr with Ezio Auditore, the hero of Assassin's Creed II and several later games. Altaïr is the central character of the original title, while Ezio's story begins in Renaissance Italy.