Imam Ali

Imam Ali (also known as Amir al-Muminin or al-Murtaza) was the first cousin and son in law of Prophet Muhammad. He was the founding figure of Shia Islam and the first of the Twelve Shia Imams. He is the progenitor of the line of Imams that would continue in secret under the Brethren of Purity. Ali was assassinated in Iraq using a poisoned sabre well over a millennium before the Century War. Upon his death, he was succeeded by his son Imam Hasan.