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{{Quote|Supplying the Templars with secret contraband, Lia de Russo lied and murdered her way into some of the best deals of the century.|Ubisoft description}}
[[File:Zw-thesmuggler.png|thumb|150px|Smuggler]]
The '''Smuggler''' is a multiplayer character in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''.

Sailing from port to port, the Smuggler never sleeps. Although she makes her money by selling her victims to the highest bidder, some of her best prizes never make it to market. Introduced to her [[Inverted Hidden Blade|inverted hidden blade]], those strong fools who try to fight are left to float out to sea with the tide. She carries a unique version of the [[Hidden Blade|hidden blade]], with the blade extending from the top of her forearm, instead of the orthodox blade below the wrist.

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="left">
smuggler_colors.jpg|The Smuggler's colors in Multiplayer
smuggler_gear.jpg|The Smuggler's gear in Multiplayer
</gallery>

==Trivia==
*In the PS3 beta, she was unlocked when the player had reached Level 17. In the actual game, she is available from Level 1.
*Lia de Russo was earlier dubbed as the 'Female Hunter', having similar outfit concepts as The Hunter, (now known as The Prowler) but was later revealed as The Smuggler.
*So far, The Smuggler is the first female known to be assassinated by Ezio.
*In the campaign, she does not have a cloak

==Videos==
[[Video:Assassins Creed Brotherhood - Smuggler Reveal|thumb|left|300px|The Smuggler Reveal]]

[[Video:Assassin's Creed Brotherhood Red Handed|thumb|300px|right|Lia De Russo]]{{-}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{ACBrotherhood}}
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Multiplayer Characters]]

Claudia Auditore da Firenze

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Claudia Auditore da Firenze
|image = char_claudia.png
|imgdesc = Claudia, as she appears in [[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]].
|hideb =
|birth = January 1461<br>[[Florence]], [[Italy]]
|death =
|period = [[Renaissance]]
|faction = [[House of Auditore|Auditore]]<br>[[Assassins]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''<br>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''<br>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
|actor = [[Devery Jacobs]]
|voice = [[Angela Galuppo]]
}}

'''Claudia Auditore da Firenze''' (born 1461) was a [[Florence|Florentine]] noblewoman during the [[Italy|Italian]] [[Renaissance]]. She later became a member of the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed II">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref><ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

==Biography==
===Early life===
Claudia Auditore da Firenze was born in Florence, the daughter of [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni]] and [[Maria Auditore da Firenze]] and sister to [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]], [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]] and [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze|Petruccio]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

In 1476, Giovanni, Federico and Petruccio were [[Auditore execution|executed]] as they were accused of treason against Florence. In fact, they were executed by the [[Templars]], the sworn enemies of the [[Assassins]], the latter of whom her father was a member of. Following this, her brother Ezio exacted revenge on [[Uberto Alberti]], the city's Gonfalioniere, and left Florence with Claudia and their mother. They fled to [[Monteriggioni]], the city ruled over by their uncle [[Mario Auditore|Mario]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

Although Ezio at first meant only to stay in Monteriggioni for a day, he decided it was best to stay at the [[Villa Auditore]] so that he could finish his father's work.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

===Monteriggioni's treasurer===
Mario assigned Claudia to being Monteriggioni's treasurer, keeping track of all of Monteriggioni's incomes and objects Ezio brought in from the outside.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

She kept on doing this for twenty-three years, with occasional visits from her brother.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /> She was quite bothered by the fact that her brother rarely visited her, but she "thought the world of him" nonetheless.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

===Member of the Assassin Order===
{{dialogue3|Claudia|What?|Ezio|So, my little sister knows how to wield a knife.|And I'm ready to do it again.|Spoken like a true [[House of Auditore|Auditore]].|Claudia and Ezio, after Claudia killed four guards single-handedly.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood}}
In January of 1500, Ezio, along with Mario and other family friends were preparing for Claudia's birthday party, but the town of Monteriggioni was besieged by the [[House of Borgia|Borgia]], the most prominent Templar organization, under the command of [[Cesare Borgia]]. As a result, Mario was killed and Ezio left for [[Rome]], the Templars' headquarters, to exact revenge. Ezio told her and her mother to go to Florence, but feeling obligated to take revenge as well, Claudia and Maria followed Ezio to Rome. There, Claudia took control over the [[Rosa in Fiore]] after the former owner, [[Madonna Solari]], was killed. With the use of the courtesans, Claudia was able to find the location of [[Caterina Sforza]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

[[File:Zw-acb-ceremony-4.jpg|thumb|Claudia being initiated into the Brotherhood.]]

Three years later, she assisted her brother in assassinating [[Juan Borgia]] by sending her courtesans to the pagan party that he held. Her courtesans stole [[Egidio Troche]]'s money and brought it back to the brothel. However, several Borgia guards followed them back to the brothel. When Ezio heard this, he was alarmed and immediately went into the brothel, but instead discovered an unharmed Claudia standing above several corpses, holding a knife nonchalantly.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

After the events of the passion play, Claudia, in her brother's recommendation, joined the Order of Assassins, undergoing the initiation process of burning her ring finger as well as performing a [[Leap of Faith]] into the [[Tiber River]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

She later fought alongside Ezio, [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], [[La Volpe]] and [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]] against [[Cesare Borgia]]'s last remaining followers, after which Cesare was arrested.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

==Characteristics and personality==
It is evident that she had been too spoiled by Giovanni, unafraid to be violent when a girl "looked at her boyfriend" and at times immature, such as when Mario assigned her to manage Monteriggioni's finances. Due to her violent streak, Giovanni had to raise her dowry by 1,000 florins because she scared off all of her suitors.

Regardless, Claudia was very capable of handling and keeping track of the town's bankroll and her brother's purchases and earnings. Her capability in business management again came to play when she volunteered - despite Ezio's initial protest - to take over the brothel in Rome when its previous owner was killed, and under her management it turned from a run-down joint to the most popular brothel in Rome, as well as a far more effective intel-gathering arm for the Order of Assassins.

She was also kind with her family, being especially emotional over her father and brothers' execution and her mother's emotional trauma.

==Gallery==
{| align="center"
|<gallery width="auto" perrow="3" style="font-size:95%; padding:0;" widths="170" captionalign="left">
File:CLaudia ..jpg|Claudia, some time before her family's execution.
File:Ezio_and_Claudia.JPG|Claudia speaking about her trouble with [[Duccio]].
File:Ezio_Claudia_Maria.jpg|Claudia reuniting with Ezio after the execution.
File:claudia_in_brotherhood_by_ladyve-d31a3bd.jpg|Ezio talking with Claudia in 1500.
File:vlcsnap-2010-11-12-19h17m08s89.jpg|Claudia with Ezio.
File:Vlcsnap-2010-11-12-17h54m41s96.jpg|Claudia with Bartolomeo d'Alviano and La Volpe, waiting for Ezio.
File:Zw-acb-claudia-2.jpg|Claudia in her Assassin robes.
</gallery>
|}

==Trivia==
*Claudia, as with most of the characters, appears not to age over the course of the ''Assassin's Creed II''. She remains at the same desk in the Villa Auditore for 23 years. After she complained about being put to work, her only interaction with Ezio was asking if he was "... [there] to look at the book" of finances.
*She was Ezio's only sister and unlike her brothers who were executed in order for Rodrigo Borgia to prove a point to the assassins, she was spared, likely because of her gender.
*When Ezio started earning income from Monteriggioni, Claudia stated she would keep any money past the chest's maximum capacity (based on your collectibles and renovations to Monteriggioni), with no explanation of what she intends to do with all that money.
*Although she is always sitting in the Villa Auditore most of the game, she along with Maria, appear in the "memory" Ezio has at his home during the [[Bonfire of the Vanities]].
*There is a glitch is Assassin's Creed II where, if you manage to bump into Claudia and knock her down, she will be given the voice of one of the guards (since normally knocking her down is not supposed to be possible).
*When Claudia is inducted into the Assassin Order her outfit is almost identical to her ancestor [[Maria Thorpe|Maria Thorpe's]] outfit in [[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines|Assassin's Creed:  Bloodlines]] and [[Assassin's Creed II]]
*While she has aged considerably in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, she looks quite young despite the fact she is 42 at the time

==References==
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