The assassin’s creed

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At some point in every Assassin's Creed game, the creed itself comes up, but I can never remember what it is. I know it has something to do with "everything is permitted" and there's another part about light and dark. Does anyone remember the full assassin's creed and what it means?

Also I seem to remember Altair losing a finger during a part of his initiation ritual, and some of the assassins in later games have something done to their fingers (removed?) and I seem to remember this having something to do with the hidden blade. What's the story with the fingers?

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From The Assassins Creed wiki:

The Assassin's Creed is the code and guiding philosophy of the Assassin Order, upheld from the Third Crusade, until modern days. It restricts unnecessary slaughter of innocents, preserves the reputation of oneself and of the Order, and is meant to create peace, not only within the world, but within the individual.

The three main rules (tenets) of the creed are (also from the wiki):

  1. Stay your blade from the flesh of an innocent
  2. Hide in plain sight
  3. Never compromise the Brotherhood

The Maxim is another part of the creed (wiki as well):

Nothing is true; everything is permitted