Assassin's Creed: Every Major Villain RANKED

Like all long-running gaming franchises, Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed series, which is due to get its 12th mainline instalment with Valhalla later this year, has had its fair share of highs and lows.

Taking us to a range of locations throughout history, all of which have been recreated in stunning detail thanks to scrupulous research, the Assassin's Creed games have allowed millions of players to live out some of their favourite historical fantasies.

Whether it's sliding down the Great Pyramids Of Giza in Assassin's Creed: Origins, running across the Colosseum in Brotherhood, or sailing your own pirate ship in Black Flag, the series is home to some of the best gaming moments of the last decade.

Fronting the series has been its roster of Assassin protagonists. Though not all of them have been as charismatic as the likes of Edward Kenway, the Frye Twins, and Ezio (we mean you, Connor and Arno), they're nevertheless our gateway to experiencing the series' worlds and action.

Of course, it wouldn't be an Assassin's Creed game without some Templars to stab with our hidden blades. But which of the collection of the series' many main villain was the biggest bad of them all?

-- Spoilers for the entire series within --

Despite being the final chapter in the outstanding Ezio trilogy that also consisted of Assassin's Creed II and Brotherhood, Revelations contained arguably the blandest and most unremarkable villains in the entire franchise to date: Prince Ahmet.

An ambitious outing that connected Ezio's story to that of the first game's protagonist Altair, Revelation's saw the Italian assassin venture to the historic city of Constantinople in search of keys to unlock a hidden library in Masyaf.

Naturally, the Templars also have their eyes on the same prize; and leading this sect of the order is Prince Ahmet. A real Ottoman prince who attempted to win the throne by recruiting a rebellion to join his cause, Ahmet was the obvious choice of villain given the game's setting.

While he was at the centre of some of the game's most memorable sequences, his motivations ultimately boiled down to wanting power, making him a cliched villain archetype. We didn't even have the opportunity to kill him ourselves as we watched him get pushed off a cliff by his brother instead.

Though still an enjoyable game, Ahmet was far from being the best part of Revelations or a villain worthy of Ezio's last game.