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Manuel Palaiologos

2012-04-03T03:46:33Z

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{{Quote|...I am not the only one with this vision, Assassin. The dream of our Order is universal. Ottoman, Byzantine... these are only labels. Costumes and facades. Beneath these trappings, all Templars are part of the same family.|Manuel to [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] in 1512|Assassin's Creed Revelations}}
{{Character Infobox
|name = Manuel Palaiologos
|image = Manuel_Palaiologos.png
|imgdesc =
|birth = c. 1454
|death = March 1512 [[Derinkuyu]], [[Cappadocia]], [[Ottoman Empire]]
|period = [[Renaissance]]
|faction = [[Byzantines]] [[Templars]] [[Ottomans]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''
|voice = [[Vlasta Vrana]]}}

'''Manuel Palaiologos''' (c. 1455 – March 1512) was an heir to the Byzantine throne at the time of the collapse of the [[Byzantine Empire]]. Following its breakdown, he surrendered his claim to the throne in exchange for a comfortable life as an [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] subject.

==Biography==
===Early life===
Manuel was born circa 1455, two years after the [[wikipedia:Fall of Constantinople|Fall of Constantinople]], as an heir to the Byzantine throne. He lived with his family in Morea, but they fled in 1460 to Corfu. The family later traveled to [[Rome]], where his father, [[wikipedia:Thomas Palaiologos|Thomas Palaiologos]], was recognized as the Byzantine Emperor.<ref name="Wikipedia">[[wikipedia:Manuel Palaiologos|Manuel Palaiologos]]</ref>

===Templar Connection===
Manuel and his brother later developed a friendship with the Templar Grand Master, Rodrigo Borgia, in the hopes of restoring Byzantine control over Constantinople. However, this came to nothing when Rodrigo lost interest in any kind of eastern uprising against the Ottomans, preferring to devote his time to consolidating his power in Italy.

===Life in Constantinople===
Under Sultan [[Bayezid II]]'s rule, Manuel returned to [[Constantinople]], where he received a pension in exchange for his rights to the Byzantine throne. Here he had two sons, Loannes and Andreas, and lived a luxurious life. Eventually he joined the Ottoman Navy and converted to Islam.<ref name="Wikipedia"/><ref name="GameInformer">''[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/05/17/the-characters-of-assassin-s-creed-revelations.aspx?PostPageIndex=2 ''GameInformer'': The Characters Of Assassin's Creed Revelations]</ref>

In 1511, surviving members of the Byzantine Empire, who were secretly [[Templars]], aimed to remove the Ottomans from power and resurrect their empire. It was unclear to the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]] whether or not Palaiologos was siding with the Templars, and thus [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], the [[Mentor]] of the [[Italian Assassins]], tasked himself with finding Manuel's true allegiance.<ref name="GameInformer"/>

===Work in Cappadocia and death===
[[File:Manuel-death.png|thumb|250px|Manuel's final moments]]
Ezio discovered Manuel was working for the Templars in [[Cappadocia]], and went to the underground city to locate the Templar. While in Cappadocia, Ezio discovered that the Templars had an army stationed there, and that Manuel's lieutenant, [[Shahkulu]], was torturing Ottoman spies. Ezio assassinated Shahkulu, and then chased after Manuel who fled and called for his [[guards]]. However, Ezio caught Manuel later and the two fought, with Ezio eventually killing Manuel.

In his final words, Manuel expressed his desire to be Byzantine emperor, and said he had devised many plans for the position. Ezio responded by saying that his empire was already dead and that Manuel's desire was only a dream. However, Manuel believed that his dream was also that of the Templars' dream, which was of universal order and peace. Manuel gave the Assassin the [[Masyaf Keys|key]] he held to [[Altaïr's library]], but told Ezio he would be killed before he even could even get to the secret library.

==Last words==
*'''Manuel:''' ''I should have been Constantine's successor. I had so many plans.''
*'''Ezio:''' ''Your dream dies with you, Manuel. Your empire is gone.''
*'''Manuel:''' ''Ah, but I am not the only one with this vision, Assassin. The dream of our Order is universal. Ottoman, Byzantine... these are only labels. Costumes and facades. Beneath these trappings, all Templars are part of the same family.''
*'''Ezio:''' ''Enough prattling. I am here for the Masyaf Key.''
*'''Manuel:''' ''Then take it. Take it and seek your fortune. See if you get within one hundred leagues of that library before one of us finishes you off.''

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="180" position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="center" captiontextcolor="#ffffff">
TAG 1.png|Manuel meeting Tarik Barleti at Constantinople.
Ezio-eavesdrop.png|Ezio spying on Manuel and Shahkulu
Ezio-cornering-manuel.png|Ezio cornering Manuel
ACR Manuel Art HD.png|Artwork.
</gallery>

==References==
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Ottomans

2012-04-03T03:45:06Z

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The '''Ottomans''' were the leading faction of the [[Ottoman Empire]].

==History==

The first appearance of the Ottomans was under their leader Osman I, after whom the group was named.

They fought continuous was with the Byzantine Empire and won several victories. In the year 1453, under Sultan Mehmet, the Ottomans took over Constantinople on 29 May and ended Byzantine rule, deposing the last Emperor, Constantine XI Palaiologos.

The Ottomans entered a war with Wallachia, whose Count was a Templar. The Assassin [[Ishak Pasha]], who was also a vizier of the Ottoman Empire killed the Count, and let the Turks ake over Wallachia.

During the later half of the 15th century, they had brokered a truce with the [[Turkish Assassins|Ottoman Assassins]], via their leader Ishak Pasha. This act led to the Sentinel's betrayal of the assassins as he was Wallachian.

Under Sultan Bayezid the Ottomans entered a war with the remnants of the Byzantine Empire, led by Manuel Palaiologos.

==Trivia==
*The Ottomans on the radar show up as yellow dots, while the Byzantines show as red.
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'', [[Ezio]] can easily escape Ottoman Guards by stirring up tensions between them and [[Byzantines|Byzantine]] Guards, usually by luring the two factions together using distractions such as a [[Bombs|bomb]] or dead body.

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="left">
Ottomans.png|An example of a 16th century Ottoman soldier.
ACR Shahkulu Art HD.png|Artwork.
Agile Ottoman fighter Artwork.jpg|Agile Ottoman fighter.
Jannisaries Artwork.jpg|Ottoman Janissary.
Ottoman Rifleman Concept Image.JPG|Ottoman Rifleman.
</gallery>

==Source==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''

{{ACR}}
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Ottomans

2012-04-03T03:43:28Z

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The '''Ottomans''' were the leading faction of the [[Ottoman Empire]].

==History==

The first appearance of th Ottomans was under their leader Osman I, after whom the group was named.

They fought continuous was with the Byzantine Empire and won several victories. In the year 1453, under Sultan Mehmet, the Ottomans took over Constantinople and ended Byzantine rule, deposing the last Emperor, Constantine XI.

The Ottomans entered a war with Wallachia, whose Count was a Templar. The Assassin [[Ishak Pasha]], who was also a vizier of the Ottoman Empire killed the Count, and let the Turks ake over Wallachia.

During the later half of the 15th century, they had brokered a truce with the [[Turkish Assassins|Ottoman Assassins]], via their leader Ishak Pasha. This act led to the Sentinel's betrayal of the assassins as he was Wallachian.

Under Sultan Bayezid the Ottomans entered a war with the remnants of the Byzantine Empire, led by Manuel Palaiologos.

==Trivia==
*The Ottomans on the radar show up as yellow dots, while the Byzantines show as red.
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'', [[Ezio]] can easily escape Ottoman Guards by stirring up tensions between them and [[Byzantines|Byzantine]] Guards, usually by luring the two factions together using distractions such as a [[Bombs|bomb]] or dead body.

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="left">
Ottomans.png|An example of a 16th century Ottoman soldier.
ACR Shahkulu Art HD.png|Artwork.
Agile Ottoman fighter Artwork.jpg|Agile Ottoman fighter.
Jannisaries Artwork.jpg|Ottoman Janissary.
Ottoman Rifleman Concept Image.JPG|Ottoman Rifleman.
</gallery>

==Source==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''

{{ACR}}
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Manuel Palaiologos

2012-04-03T03:40:39Z

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{{Quote|...I am not the only one with this vision, Assassin. The dream of our Order is universal. Ottoman, Byzantine... these are only labels. Costumes and facades. Beneath these trappings, all Templars are part of the same family.|Manuel to [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] in 1512|Assassin's Creed Revelations}}
{{Character Infobox
|name = Manuel Palaiologos
|image = Manuel_Palaiologos.png
|imgdesc =
|birth = c. 1454
|death = March 1512 [[Derinkuyu]], [[Cappadocia]], [[Ottoman Empire]]
|period = [[Renaissance]]
|faction = [[Byzantines]] [[Templars]] [[Ottomans]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''
|voice = [[Vlasta Vrana]]}}

'''Manuel Palaiologos''' (c. 1455 – March 1512) was an heir to the Byzantine throne at the time of the collapse of the [[Byzantine Empire]]. Following its breakdown, he surrendered his claim to the throne in exchange for a comfortable life as an [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] subject.

==Biography==
===Early life===
Manuel was born circa 1455, two years after the [[wikipedia:Fall of Constantinople|Fall of Constantinople]], as an heir to the Byzantine throne. He lived with his family in Morea, but they fled in 1460 to Corfu. The family later traveled to [[Rome]], where his father, [[wikipedia:Thomas Palaiologos|Thomas Palaiologos]], was recognized as the Byzantine Emperor.<ref name="Wikipedia">[[wikipedia:Manuel Palaiologos|Manuel Palaiologos]]</ref>

===Templar Connection===
Manuel and his brother later developed a friendship with the Templar Grand Master, Rodrigo Borgia, in the hopes of restoring Byzantine control over Constantinople. However, this came to nothing when Rodrigo lost interest in any kind of eastern uprising against the Ottomans, preferring to devote his time to consolidating his power in Italy.

===Life in Constantinople===
Under Sultan [[Bayezid II]]'s rule, Manuel returned to [[Constantinople]], where he received a pension in exchange for his rights to the Byzantine throne. Here he had two sons, Loannes and Andreas, and lived a luxurious life.<ref name="Wikipedia"/><ref name="GameInformer">''[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/05/17/the-characters-of-assassin-s-creed-revelations.aspx?PostPageIndex=2 ''GameInformer'': The Characters Of Assassin's Creed Revelations]</ref>

In 1511, surviving members of the Byzantine Empire, who were secretly [[Templars]], aimed to remove the Ottomans from power and resurrect their empire. It was unclear to the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]] whether or not Palaiologos was siding with the Templars, and thus [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], the [[Mentor]] of the [[Italian Assassins]], tasked himself with finding Manuel's true allegiance.<ref name="GameInformer"/>

===Work in Cappadocia and death===
[[File:Manuel-death.png|thumb|250px|Manuel's final moments]]
Ezio discovered Manuel was working for the Templars in [[Cappadocia]], and went to the underground city to locate the Templar. While in Cappadocia, Ezio discovered that the Templars had an army stationed there, and that Manuel's lieutenant, [[Shahkulu]], was torturing Ottoman spies. Ezio assassinated Shahkulu, and then chased after Manuel who fled and called for his [[guards]]. However, Ezio caught Manuel later and the two fought, with Ezio eventually killing Manuel.

In his final words, Manuel expressed his desire to be Byzantine emperor, and said he had devised many plans for the position. Ezio responded by saying that his empire was already dead and that Manuel's desire was only a dream. However, Manuel believed that his dream was also that of the Templars' dream, which was of universal order and peace. Manuel gave the Assassin the [[Masyaf Keys|key]] he held to [[Altaïr's library]], but told Ezio he would be killed before he even could even get to the secret library.

==Last words==
*'''Manuel:''' ''I should have been Constantine's successor. I had so many plans.''
*'''Ezio:''' ''Your dream dies with you, Manuel. Your empire is gone.''
*'''Manuel:''' ''Ah, but I am not the only one with this vision, Assassin. The dream of our Order is universal. Ottoman, Byzantine... these are only labels. Costumes and facades. Beneath these trappings, all Templars are part of the same family.''
*'''Ezio:''' ''Enough prattling. I am here for the Masyaf Key.''
*'''Manuel:''' ''Then take it. Take it and seek your fortune. See if you get within one hundred leagues of that library before one of us finishes you off.''

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="180" position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="center" captiontextcolor="#ffffff">
TAG 1.png|Manuel meeting Tarik Barleti at Constantinople.
Ezio-eavesdrop.png|Ezio spying on Manuel and Shahkulu
Ezio-cornering-manuel.png|Ezio cornering Manuel
ACR Manuel Art HD.png|Artwork.
</gallery>

==References==
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Constantinople

2012-04-03T03:36:27Z

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{{Quote|Many generations of men have ruled the city. But they have never subdued her. She always bounces back.|[[Yusuf Tazim]] regarding Constantinople.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations}}
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|name = Constantinople
|image = Constantinoplepic.png
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|state = [[Ottoman Empire]]
|rulers = Sultanate
|factions = [[Byzantines]] [[Templars]] [[Assassins]]
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|founded = {{Wiki|Constantine the Great|Constantine I}}
|date = c. 671 - 662 BC (as {{Wiki|Byzantium|Byzantium}})
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|landmark = [[Topkapı Palace]] [[Hagia Sophia]] [[Galata Tower]]
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|targets = [[Vali cel Tradat]] [[Cyril of Rhodes]] [[Georgios Kostas]] [[Lysistrata]] [[Mirela Djuric]] [[Odai Dunqas]] [[Tarik Barleti]] [[Ahmet]]
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'''Constantinople''', also known at various times as '''Byzantium''', '''Kostantiniyye''' or '''Istanbul''', was the capital of the {{Wiki|Byzantine Empire}} and its successor - the [[Ottoman Empire]] - following the conquest of 1453. The only pan-continental city in the world; during the [[Renaissance]], it was Europe's largest and wealthiest city, consisting of four distinct districts; [[Constantine District|Constantine]], [[Bayezid District|Bayezid]], [[Imperial District|Imperial]], and [[Galata District|Galata]].

==History==
In 1204, the city was visited by the [[Mentor]] of the [[Levantine Assassins]], [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]], who had hopes of introducing the [[Assassins|Assassin Brotherhood]] to the city. However, mass riots followed by the arrival of {{Wiki|Fourth Crusade|European Crusaders}} who sacked the city, forced him to retreat.<ref name="The Secret Crusade">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]''</ref>

In 1258, [[Niccolò Polo|Niccolò]] and [[Maffeo Polo]] established an Assassins Guild in Constantinople, after returning from the Assassin Fortress of Masyaf, thus forming the [[Turkish Assassins]] branch. They hid the five [[Masyaf Keys]] given to them by Altaïr in the [[Yerebatan Cistern]] entered by a secret door in Polo's old trading post; the [[Maiden's Tower]]; and beneath [[the Forum of the Ox]], [[Galata Tower]] and what would become [[Topkapı Palace]].<ref name="Revelations"/>

During the [[Renaissance]], at some point between 1501 and 1507, the Doge of [[Venice]], along with Sultan [[Bayezid II]], sought to ally their considerable naval powers through a free trade treaty. However, the [[Templars]] were wary of any peace between the two, and became intent on interfering with their alliance. The [[House of Borgia|Borgia]] dispatched a force of [[mercenaries]] to disrupt the agreement, but they were quickly intercepted by members of the [[Italian Assassins]], who set their ship aflame before they could depart.<ref name="Project Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''</ref><ref name="Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

By 1509, the Templars had started to relocate themselves to Constantinople due to their defeat in Italy and the disruption of their activities throughout Western Europe. The Templars formed a faction known as the [[Byzantines|Stewards of Byzantium]] and attempted to seize control of the city in the wake of Bayezid's absence, due to his civil war with his son [[Selim I|Selim]].

An {{Wiki|1509 Istanbul earthquake|earthquake}} uncovered the Key hidden beneath Topkapı Palace. Two years later, after traveling to Masyaf to reveal his Assassin heritage, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]], Mentor of the Italian Assassins, arrived in Constantinople to retrieve the other Keys before the Templars. His leadership enabled the Assassins to reclaim their [[Assassin Dens|dens]] from the Byzantines and liberated most of the shops from their control, much as he had in Rome, as well as training several Assassins to the rank of [[Master Assassin]], through the [[Eradication of the Byzantine agents|assassination]] of key Templar agents. However, when Selim took control of the throne, he banished Ezio from Constantinople, though allowed him one final visit to the city to sort out his affairs, by request of his son [[Suleiman I|Suleiman]].<ref name="Revelations">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref><ref name="Revelations novel">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations (novel)]]''</ref>

==Trivia==
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'', the city is slightly smaller than [[Rome]] was in Brotherhood. This is odd, as Constantinople was the world's largest and wealthiest city. But, in game, it has more buildings, and is more densely populated.
*[[Alexandre Amancio]], the Creative Director of the [[Assassin's Creed (series)|''Assassin's Creed'' series]], stated at E3 that Constantinople is a "really cool metaphor for Ezio meeting Altaïr", citing the fact that half of Constantinople was in Europe, and the other in Asia.
*It is also stated by [[Darby McDevitt]] that Constantinople would be a meaningful meeting of Ezio and Altaïr as the city itself was formerly under Christian control, then Muslim, which suits Altaïr and Ezio as the former hails from a Muslim culture in [[Syria]] and the latter hails from a Christian [[Italy]].

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="160" captiontextcolor="#ffffff" bordersize="medium" captionalign="center">
constantinople.png|Concept art of Constantinople.
PL MyEnemysEnemy.jpg|Artwork from ''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''.
Imageassassinscreedreve (2).jpg|The port of Constantinople.
ACR Constantinople Port.jpg|Concept art of Constantinople's Port
ACR Street Art HD.png|Ezio walks towards Hagia Sophia
ACR Constantniople Port.jpg|Constantinople port concept art.
ACR Street Art 2 HD.png|Ezio walking in Constantinople.
ACR Street Art 3 HD.png
ACR Constantinople Gates Art HD.png
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Constantinoplepanoramic.png|Constantinople as seen from the Bosphorus.
</gallery>
{{wide image|PanoramaConstantinople.jpg|1000px|Panorama of Galata during the 16thcentury.
|alt=Panorama of Constantinople}}

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Horse

2012-04-03T03:34:17Z

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{{quote|Any worthwhile [[Mercenaries|mercenary]] will know the value of a reliable, trained horse. Riding an animal that startles on the battlefield or loses speed quickly is a risk we will not take.|[[Mario Auditore]].|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}}
[[File:AC_horse_logo.jpg|thumb|250px|The Assassin Altaïr on a horse outside of Masyaf.]]

'''Horses''' are a species of hooved mammals used as a means of transport throughout most of recorded [[Humanity|human]] history. Their presence and use was widespread throughout the Middle Ages and [[Renaissance]] era.

==Appearance==
===Colors===
During the [[Third Crusade]], horses residing in the stables just outside [[Masyaf]] were always either white, black, or chestnut; however, those found within the [[Kingdom]], or at the entrances of cities, varied greatly in color.<ref name="AC">''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref>

Horses scattered throughout Renaissance [[Italy]] could also be found in a variety of colors.<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

===Breeds===
[[File:ACB_SP_S_55_AerialAssassinationOnHorse_1280.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Ezio assassinating a guard mounted on a Rouncey.]]
{{quote|The stable keeper gives me a short tour. He presents the different breeds - some bred stocky for labor, some wiry for travel, and of course, the unflinching steeds we will ride into combat.|Mario Auditore surveying the horses of Monteriggioni.|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}}

Three breeds of horse could be found and used throughout [[Rome]], and differed in both appearance and characteristics.<ref name="Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

The common horse or "[[Wikipedia:Rouncey|Rouncey]],"<ref name="Brotherhood User Manual">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' User Manual</ref> heavily laden with saddle bags, could usually be found in the [[Antico District|Antico]] and [[Campagna District]]s, with the [[guards]] riding them (possibly messengers) always pushing them into a quick gallop.<ref name="Brotherhood" />

[[File:ACB_SP_S_50_HorseTakeDown_1280.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Ezio facing a horseman on a Destrier.]]
The standard horse or "[[Wikipedia:Jennet|Jennet]]"<ref name="Brotherhood User Manual" /> was mostly found in the [[Centro District|Centro]] and [[Vaticano District|Vaticano]] districts, and was usually ridden by [[civilians]]. This horse was the fastest of the three breeds.<ref name="Brotherhood" />

The rarest type, the armored warhorse or "[[Wikipedia:Destrier|Destrier]],"<ref name="Brotherhood User Manual" /> could be found in any of Rome's districts still occupied by the [[House of Borgia|Borgia]], or at stables after all had been renovated. Despite being the slowest type of horse, these armored horses were able to withstand more damage from enemy attacks without tripping.<ref name="Brotherhood" />

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==History==
The horse and the [[Wagon|horse-drawn carriage]] were common modes of transportation, and indispensable for the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]] from the Third Crusade until the Renaissance.<ref name="AC" /><ref name="AC2" />

===Third Crusade===
The stables outside of Masyaf housed horses for the use of any Assassin who had been tasked to depart for any of the other cities, for missions or assassinations. A variety of horses could be found throughout the Kingdom as well, either in corrals and stables, or standing alone on the path, with their rider nearby.<ref name="AC" />

However, guards stationed along the paths of the Kingdom were always wary of horsemen, particularly if they were riding hard, or acted as if they were being pursued. As such, most Assassins made it a point to ride slowly when in the presence of alert guards.<ref name="AC" />

===Renaissance===
[[File:Animal Husbandry.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The stables of Monteriggioni.]]
By the Renaissance, though ridden horses still held their importance, horse-drawn carriages had also grown in popularity. [[Fast Travel Booths|Travel stations]] could often be found just outside of major cities, and offered citizens safe and easy carriage rides, for a price.<ref name="AC2" />

Horses were also essential for warfare. [[Mario Auditore]], as ruler and protector of Monteriggioni, always held the horses in high regard; since, as Mario once noted, ''"some of them will die alongside us; others will actually be key to keeping us alive."'' As such, each of his [[mercenaries]] were made to get to know their horse before riding out into battle.<ref name="Project Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''</ref>

Unlike in other cities previously, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] faced [[Horsemen|mounted opponents]] upon his arrival in Rome. As such, he learned to fight on horseback, assassinate horsemen, and dismount enemy riders, by either attacking them, or their horses.<ref name="Brotherhood" />

Roman horses were used by citizens, guards and Assassins alike, with the latter able to hijack horses from the former two.<ref name="Brotherhood" />

==Combat and movement==
[[File:Assassins-creed-altair-1.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Altaïr fighting on horseback against a [[Templars|Templar knight]].]]
[[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] was a skilled horseman, and was able to use his [[sword]] to combat opponents while on horseback. When fleeing enemies, horses could usually outrun most pursuers, though they could be tripped by a strike from an enemy sword.<ref name="AC" />

Though horses could easily plow through crowds, pulling the horse into a rear would normally startle nearby civilians, and clear a path.<ref name="AC" />

Ezio Auditore was equally skilled at riding and combat, though he could also use a horse directly before or after [[Free-Running|free-running]]. He was able stand on the saddle at any time, and jump from horseback onto a wall or beam. Inversely, he could also jump directly onto horseback from a nearby building, or from a [[Parachutes|parachute]].<ref name="Brotherhood" />

Unlike Altaïr, Ezio (as well as any opponent he faced) was able to use a variety of his weapons while on horseback, both long and short-ranged; however, this excluded any heavy or two-handed weapon and the [[Hidden Blade]].<ref name="Brotherhood" />

[[File:Horse_combat_1.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Ezio jumping from his horse to air assassinate a Borgia soldier.]]
Though Ezio could not remain on horseback while wielding his Hidden Blade, he could perform assassinations from horseback, or on enemy horsemen. He could leap from the saddle to assassinate either an enemy on the ground, or a mounted horseman (wherein he would subsequently steal their mount). When facing a mounted opponent while on the ground, Ezio could drag them from the saddle, and assassinate them.<ref name="Brotherhood" />

Upon dismounting a horse, depending on whether or not the steed had been stolen, it would either follow its rider, or flee immediately. Additionally, if their rider was in battle next to them, horses would often kick out at attacking guards, and cause them to fall.<ref name="AC" /><ref name="Brotherhood" />

==Trivia==
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'', horses taken from within the Kingdom have a tendency to abruptly change color when passing from one region to another.
*Though ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' was the first to allow horses inside cities, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2g-COZpMXs early gameplay videos] show that riding horses inside of a city was originally intended to be possible in ''Assassin's Creed''.
*Horses are only used by guards in ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' during one mission, "[[Romagna Holiday]]", wherein they attack [[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s carriage.
*So far throughout the [[Assassin's Creed (series)|''Assassin's Creed'' series]], only two rideable horses have ever died. The first died during the [[Fall of Monteriggioni]], when it was hit by a collapsing tower damaged by cannon fire, and the second during the [[Siege of Viana]], when it was struck by a cannonball.
**Never once in full, physical gameplay can a ridable horse die, only ever merely trip and cause the player to fall off. This can particularly be seen during the memory "[[Outgunned]]," as horses shot by the [[Machine gun]] will not die, and will only trip and get up again.
*In ''Assassin's Creed II'', if you run over 3-4 civilians accumulatively, your horse will automatically trip.
*Other than the breeds of ''Brotherhood'', ''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' also introduces the ceremonial [[wikipedia:Percheron|Percheron]], and two varieties of war horses.
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'', the only time horses are encountered is during the carriage missions, and they are not ridable. Selim I and a janissary are the only characters who are seen riding horses.

'''''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'''''
*''Brotherhood'' is the first game where citizens are shown on horseback; though this leads to a minor anachronism: female citizens are depicted as straddling their horse rather than side-saddle. Seeing a woman's legs spread apart was a most vulgar and insulting sight during the Renaissance period.
*Galloping is disabled throughout Rome; and is only possible in [[Viana]], Monteriggioni, [[Colli Albani]], and the [[Colosseo]]'s [[Lairs of Romulus|Lair of Romulus]].
**When the game was ported to the PC, the gallop option was reintroduced.
*Jumping from a horse onto a beam 20 times is a requirement for the completion of the [[Guild Challenges#Thieves Guild|Thieves guild challenge]].
[[File:Grand Thief Dressage.png|65px|right]]
*The [[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Achievements|achievement]] "Grand Theft Dressage" can be unlocked by stealing five horses in a row, without touching the ground. However, you need the DLC to be able to obtain it.
*Destriers cannot be found in any color but white, despite their image in the in-game manual showing a black-furred coat.
*A minor glitch may occur if Ezio is using his sword while on horseback. If he is knocked off while attacking, when he gets back to his feet, he will still hold his sword with his arm raised above his head. It will remain this way, even when supposedly attacking or countering, until the weapon is sheathed.
*Players are able to rear Ezio's horse, by using the attack button with [[Fists]] equipped.

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="left">
AC2_S_089_Tuscany_HorseLeapIntoSpears.jpg|Ezio on a horse jumping in [[Tuscany]].
www.totalvideogames.com_69739_AC2_S_082_Rome_HorseChase.jpg|Ezio on a horse running from soldiers on the [[Passetto di Borgo]].
Assassin s Creed Brotherhood 1 .jpg|A horseback battle between Ezio and a Borgia soldier.
Ground to Horse combat.jpg|Ezio throwing a spear at a mounted guard.
Mounted Assassins.jpg|Ezio and his [[Apprentices]] on horseback.
Ezio-San Gimignano.jpg|Ezio fighting from horseback.
Assassins-Creed-Brotherhood-horse-kill.jpg|Ezio performing an aerial assassination on a moving horseman.
1524387-996093_20100916_790screen004_super.jpg|Ezio attacking horseman with a spear.
Big Talker.jpg|Horses used in the [[Defense of Monteriggioni]].
</gallery>

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Pax Romana

2012-04-03T03:32:24Z

121.219.154.46: /* Outcome */

{{Era|ACB}}
{{WPmemories}}
{{Memory Infobox
|description = ''Chase Cesare Borgia across Navarrese battlefield at Viana and kill him.''
|type = Main
|previous = [[The Temple of Pythagoras]] (Chronologically) 
[[All Roads Lead To...]] (Game Wise)
|next = [[A Seed]]
|ancestor = [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]
|location = [[Viana]], [[Spain]]
|appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
|date = 12 March 1507
|image = Pax-romana-memory.png}}

'''Pax Romana''' is the final playable memory in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''.

==Description==
After four years of searching for [[Cesare Borgia|Cesare]], [[Ezio]] finally found Cesare at the [[Siege of Viana]]. Ezio chased the Captain General across the [[Spain|Spanish]] plains, trying not to get involved in the fighting. Ezio climbed a destroyed [[House of Borgia|Borgia]] siege tower, and battled Cesare on the [[Viana]] [[Viana Castle|castle battlements]].

==Dialogue==
[[File:PaxR_8.png|thumb|250px|Ezio attempts to kill Cesare]]
Ezio charged at Cesare through a raging battlefield, and attempted to stab Cesare. Cesare caught Ezio's arm and struggled against him.
*'''Cesare:''' ''How did you find me?!''
*'''Ezio:''' ''The [[Ezio's Apple|Apple]] you stole from [[Mario Auditore]] led me here!''
Ezio forced Cesare down, but Cesare threw Ezio off of him. Ezio still managed to graze Cesare's neck guard.
*'''Cesare:''' (To his soldiers) ''Kill him! Kill the [[Assassin]]! Tear the'' maledetto bastardo ''(old fucker) to pieces!''
Ezio fought several Naverrese soldiers, until a Spanish cannonball hit close by. Ezio was knocked unconscious, but awakened shortly after to find a dead Naverrese on him, which he rolled off.
*'''Ezio:''' ''I need munitions.''
Ezio began to loot dead [[Guards|soldiers]].
*'''Spanish Civilian:''' ''Help yourself! There's more than enough to go around!''
After looting, Ezio climbed onto a stray, unarmored [[horse]].
*'''Ezio:''' ''Faster to travel by horse.''
[[File:PaxR 2.png|thumb|250px|Ezio fighting off the Viana infantry.]]
Ezio charged after Cesare, using his horse to jump across a large gap in a destroyed bridge. Not long afterwards, the horse was killed by a cannonball. Ezio continued along the path to find the ruins of a Vianan village. Ezio sneaked past the Spanish soldiers that were on guard.
*'''Navarre Seeker: '''''I heard Cesare Borgia commands the Navarrese.''
*'''Navarre Brute:''' ''Who?''
*'''Navarre Seeker:''' ''He once ruled all of Roma.''
*'''Navarre Brute: '''''Really? What happened?''
*'''Navarre Seeker:''' ''I heard the Assassin killed his supporters. Great rulers rise and fall like leaves in the wind.''
*'''Navarre Brute: '''''I will give you wind ''(Both laugh).
Ezio continued through the ruins until he reached an intact portion of it. Navarrese and Vianan soldiers were fighting in the streets. A Spanish woman ran to Cesare and begged him for help.
*'''Spanish Woman:''' ''¡Ayúdeme! ¡Dañan a mi hijo! ''(Help! My son is injured!)
Cesare nodded, then carried on walking into the village towards the fortress. Two Naverrese soldiers pulled the woman aside and one stabbed her with a Stiletto and spat on her corpse. Ezio chased after them, and saw some women being chased by more of Cesare's soldiers.
*'''Woman''': ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>¡Déjame en paz! ''(Leave me alone!)
*'''Soldier:''' ''I will not hurt you.''
Ezio continued through, battling soldiers on his way. At one point, he heard a Navarrese priest attempting to dishearten the Spanish.
*'''Priest:''' ''You brought this upon yourselves through sin. This is how the Lord punishes you. Ours is a just God, and this is justice. Praise the Lord! Thank you God for teaching us to be humble. To see our punishment for what it is, a call to spirituality. The Lord he giveth and the Lord he taketh away. So the truth is written. Amen!''
[[File:PaxR 3.png|thumb|250px|Leap of faith from the tower.]]
Ezio climbed a burning siege tower, and saw soldiers jumping off it as he climbed. The tower broke at the base, forcing him to perform a [[Leap of Faith]] as it collapsed. He fought off attacking guards until he reached another (sturdier) tower that was next to a wall, and climbed it. Ezio fought his way along the wall to find Cesare finishing off two soldiers.
*'''Ezio''': ''Cesare! The walls surround you. There is nowhere to run.''
Cesare turned to face Ezio and raises his sword.
*'''Cesare''': ''Come then, Ezio!''
The two began fighting. Throughout the fight, soldiers rushed in to aid Cesare, and Cesare taunted Ezio.
*'''Cesare''': ''I cannot die.'' ''Fortuna (Fortune) will not fail me.'' ''I am the best fighter who ever lived.'' ''Stay back!'' ''Defeat will never taint me!'' ''An Auditore will never best me.'' ''Roma, [[Italy|Italia]], España. They will all be mine.'' ''Take that!''
[[File:PaxR 5.png|250px|thumb|Ezio and Cesare locked in combat.]]
Despite the seemingly endless waves of soldiers, Ezio managed to slowly whittle away Cesare's armor. Eventually, Ezio weakened Cesare enough so that he could jump on top of Cesare and prepared to stab him with his [[Hidden Blade]].
[[File:PaxR 6.png|thumb|250px|Cesare falling from the walls of Viana's Castle to his death.]]
*'''Cesare:''' ''The throne was mine!''
*'''Ezio:''' ''Wanting something does not make it your right.''
*'''Cesare:''' ''What do you know?''
*'''Ezio:''' ''That a true leader empowers the people he rules.''
*'''Cesare:''' ''I will lead mankind into a new world!''
*'''Ezio:''' ''Che nessuno ricordi il tuo nome.'' (May no one remember your name.) ''Requiescat in pace.'' (Rest in peace.)
*'''Cesare:''' ''You cannot kill me! No man can murder me!''
*'''Ezio:''' ''Then I leave you in the hands of Fate!''
Ezio threw Cesare from the wall.

==Outcome==
Cesare Borgia was killed.

Mario is avenged at last.

==Trivia==
*Despite being Spanish, during combat the guards use the same Italian dialogue as Roman guards.
*In the version of this memory viewed at the beginning of the game, part of the dialogue is edited, so as to prevent spoilers.
*In the beginning of the memory, the first guards Ezio encountered were actually Borgia guards, not Navarrese or Viana guards. This is odd because Borgia only had presence in Italy and were no longer in control during the Siege of Viana.

==Gallery==
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PaxR 1.png
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Giovanni Auditore da Firenze

2012-04-03T03:25:36Z

121.219.154.46:

{{Era|AC2|ACB|PL|Renaissance|ACL|Assassins|Featured}}
{{WPAssassins}}
{{Quote|I am Giovanni Auditore, and like my ancestors before me, I am an Assassin.|Giovanni Auditore.|Assassin’s Creed: Lineage}}
{{Character Infobox
|name = Giovanni Auditore da Firenze
|image = Zw-giovanniauditore.png
|imgdesc =
|birth = 1436<ref name="Assassin's Creed II">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref> [[Monteriggioni]], [[Italy]]
|death = December 1476 (aged 40)<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /> [[Florence]], Italy
|period = [[Renaissance]]
|faction = [[House of Auditore]] [[Assassins]] [[House of Medici]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
|actor = [[Romano Orzari]]
|voice = [[Romano Orzari]]}}

'''Giovanni Auditore da Firenze''' (3 May 1436 – 30 December 1476) was a [[Florence|Florentine]] nobleman, and head of the [[House of Auditore|Auditore family]] in Florence. A banker working for the [[House of Medici|Medici family]], Giovanni's true nature as an [[Assassins|Assassin]] was known only to a few. Raised and trained along with his brother [[Mario Auditore|Mario]] from birth to be an Assassin, Giovanni had been aware of the [[Templars|Templar Order]] for almost all of his life.

Giovanni was also the husband of [[Maria Auditore da Firenze|Maria Auditore]], and father to [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]], [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]], [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze|Claudia]] and [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze|Petruccio]]. He sought to induct his children into the Order, but had only revealed his allegiance to his wife by the time of his death; despite this, he had already begun to train his eldest son in the Assassin ways, albeit secretively.

==Biography==
===Early years===
{{quote|Tu sei un Auditore. Sei un combattente. Perciò combatti! (You are an Auditore. You are a fighter. So fight!)|Giovanni speaking to Ezio at his birth.|Assassin's Creed II}}
The second son, or grandson, of [[Ilario Auditore]], Giovanni was born in [[Monteriggioni]], in 1436, two years after his elder brother Mario. From an early age, both Giovanni and his brother were taught the [[The Creed|ways of the Assassins]], although Giovanni was also tutored in banking and other subjects as well.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II"/>

With time, Giovanni left the [[Villa Auditore|family Villa]] and joined Ilario in Florence, where he was serving as Gonfaloniere to [[Cosimo de' Medici]]. In 1452, Giovanni met and married Maria de' Mozzi, to whom he revealed himself to be an Assassin. After four years, their first son Federico was born, followed by Ezio in 1459, Claudia in 1461, and Petruccio in 1463.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II"/>

Sometime in 1454, Giovanni also aided the members of his Brotherhood in dealing with [[the Shroud]]. After Mario uncovered the artifact under Monteriggioni, he summoned his brother to bring it out of the city, and into the protection of the Order.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''</ref>

Giovanni also eventually revealed to [[Lorenzo de' Medici]], his patron, his true nature as an Assassin, and undertook several missions for him behind the back of his own children. In 1476, Giovanni tracked down [[Rodrigo Borgia]], [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] of the [[Templars]], in a Florentine alleyway.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Lineage">''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''</ref>

Although Giovanni managed to eliminate two of his bodyguards, and incapacitate the third, Rodrigo escaped. The Assassin handed the third guard over to [[Uberto Alberti]], the Gonfaloniere of justice, for questioning.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Lineage" />

===Pursuing Rodrigo Borgia===
[[File:Giovanniassassin.png|thumb|left|220px|Giovanni in his Assassin garb.]]
Through torture, the bodyguard revealed that [[Galeazzo Maria Sforza]], the Duke of [[Milan]] was to be assassinated by the Templars, and Giovanni was quickly sent to prevent this. Though he arrived too late to save the Duke, Giovanni was able to eliminate some of his murderers whilst the Duke’s bodyguards killed the rest. With all the assassins dead, Giovanni searched the corpse of [[Giovanni Andrea Lampugnani]], and found a pouch of coins stamped with the seal of [[Venice]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Lineage"/>

Arriving in Venice, Giovanni infiltrated the [[Basilica di San Marco]], and eavesdropped on a group of men conversing in a nearby room. [[Marco Barbarigo|The]] [[Silvio Barbarigo|two]] men then dispatched a courier, with a message for their master in [[Rome]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Lineage"/>

Giovanni chose to pursue the courier, before finally confronting him in a secluded area. After a lengthy battle, he overpowered and pinned down the courier, his [[hidden blade]] to the man’s throat. Refusing to answer his questions, the courier impaled himself on the blade, leaving Giovanni frustrated, albeit with a letter sealed with the crest of the [[House of Barbarigo]]. Returning to Florence, Giovanni presented the letter to Lorenzo de' Medici, although they found that it was encoded.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Lineage"/>

That night, Giovanni was summoned to meet with Lorenzo and Uberto. Before leaving, Maria reminded her husband that their son, Ezio, who was watching them from behind a nearby haystack, was becoming suspicious of his banker father having to leave the [[Palazzo Auditore|Palazzo]] at night so often. Giovanni promised that he would speak with him soon, and then left.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Lineage"/>

Arriving at the meeting, Uberto falsely claimed that Father [[Antonio Maffei]] had been unable to decrypt the letter, thus, the only course of action was for Giovanni to deliver the letter himself. Giovanni agreed, and headed for Rome with a copy of the letter in hand.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Lineage"/>

[[File:Giovanni's fight.jpg|thumb|280px|Giovanni defending himself from the ambush.]]
In Rome, he delivered the letter, and followed it until it reached the hands of Rodrigo Borgia. Giovanni followed Rodrigo into [[Basilica di San Pietro]], where the two finally exchanged words. Rodrigo remarked his respect for the Assassin's skills, and offered him the chance to join the Templar Order, and live to see the "[[New World Order|new world]]."<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Lineage"/>

Giovanni refused, and was subsequently attacked by a number of Rodrigo's henchmen. Despite being heavily outnumbered, he prevailed, although a [[Throwing knives|knife thrown]] by Rodrigo wounded him gravely, and allowed the Templar the opportunity to escape.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Lineage"/>

Returning home, Giovanni had his wife tend his wound, and confessed that he feared the assassination of the Duke of Milan had only been the beginning of a much wider conspiracy. Before he could go on however, the two were interrupted by their son Federico, who warned that Father Maffei had arrived with armed guards. Asking his son to provide him cover, Giovanni slipped out of the palazzo through a secret passage within the fireplace.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Lineage"/>

===Betrayal and execution===
{{Quote|You are the traitor, [[Uberto Alberti|Uberto]] - and one of them! You may take our lives this day, but we will have yours in return, I swear! We will-|Giovanni's final words.|Assassin's Creed II}}
[[File:LMS 1 v.png|thumb|left|250px|Giovanni and his sons at the execution.]]
At some point after this, Giovanni found evidence suggesting [[Francesco de' Pazzi]] had committed murder, and he thus had Uberto Alberti arrest him. As a result, Francesco's son [[Vieri de' Pazzi|Vieri]] developed an intense rivalry with Ezio Auditore.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II"/>

Following a brawl the two had on the [[Ponte Vecchio]], Giovanni scolded his son for his behavior, although he noted that it reminded him of himself when he was younger. He then tasked Ezio with delivering a letter to Lorenzo, but was surprised to learn that Lorenzo had left the city for a short while. Undeterred, Giovanni had Ezio deliver several more letters, as well as pick up a letter from a [[Pigeon coops|pigeon coop]] near the [[Piazza della Signoria]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed II"/>

Whilst his son was away, however, armed guards sent by Uberto suddenly invaded the Palazzo Auditore and arrested Giovanni and his two other sons, taking them to be imprisoned in the tower of the Piazza della Signoria. Before long, Ezio had managed to climb the clock tower, where Giovanni told his son to empty his chest in the room behind the fireplace, and retrieve the evidence exonerating him and his family. Ezio did so, and delivered the evidence to Uberto that night.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II"/>

The next day however, Giovanni was shocked to find Uberto and Rodrigo Borgia together, with Uberto denying ever receiving any evidence. Giovanni and his sons were then [[Auditore execution|sentenced to death]] on the grounds of treason. A horrified Ezio, watching from below, cried out that Uberto was lying, but was unable to prevent his father's hanging.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II"/>

Hours later, Giovanni's corpse was to be disposed of in the Arno, though Ezio was able to retrieve his, Federico's and Petruccio's bodies, and give them a [[Last Rites (Brotherhood)|proper funeral]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

==Legacy==
{{quote|My dear sons, dark skies are rising over Florence and time is running low. The enemy is closer than I thought. Now, the final battle is about to unfold. Every man is mortal, every life bounds to an end but certain things will never change. Federico and Ezio, my sons, always remember: WE are the Auditore da Firenze and WE are Assassins.|Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Assassin's Creed: Lineage}}

Despite his death, Giovanni's actions would have lasting consequences for his surviving son: Ezio Auditore.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II"/>

Having prepared for a turn of events similar to what ultimately happened, Giovanni had arranged for his live-in servant [[Annetta]] to take his wife and daughter to her sister's establishment, where they would be safe. There, Annetta's sister [[Paola]], a [[courtesan]] Giovanni had previously represented in court, and introduced into the Assassin's Order, provided Ezio with some basic training in blending, and gave him the skills necessary to execute his revenge on Uberto Alberti before he left the city.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II"/>

When Ezio arrived in [[Monteriggioni]], his uncle Mario was shocked to discover that his brother had never told Ezio of his Assassin heritage, or that Giovanni himself had indeed been an Assassin. Despite this, Ezio soon vowed to take up his fathers work, which included locating what remained of the [[Codex]], and to avenge his death with the blood of Rodrigo Borgia and his Templar allies.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II"/>

In 1510, Ezio discovered a letter by Giovanni written in 1458, referencing [[Altaïr's library]], setting in motion his [[search for knowledge]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>

==Personality and traits==
{{Quote|There will come a day in which men no longer cheat each other. And on that day we will see what mankind is truly capable of.|Giovanni Auditore.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood}}
[[File:Giovanniac2ingame.jpg|thumb|200px|Giovanni behind his desk, talking to Ezio.]]
Giovanni was trained from birth in the Assassin ways, alongside his brother Mario. Despite this mutual upbringing, the two parted ways later in life due to a philosophical divide over how to live their lives. Giovanni, who had been tutored in banking, preferred to live a calmer life, whereas Mario wished to live a life with more action. This divide eventually led to the two brothers losing touch with one another; to such a degree that upon his arrival in Monteriggioni in 1476, Ezio Auditore was unaware who exactly his uncle was.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II"/>

The divide also affected how Giovanni brought up his children, with none of them explicitly knowing of their heritage; however, although his children were unaware of his true nature, Giovanni did allow others to know of it, trusting in their secrecy. Among these were many of Giovanni's contacts within the [[mercenaries]], [[courtesans]] and [[thieves]] guilds, who knew the Assassin by name, suggesting a certain degree of mutual-trust between them.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II"/>

Despite never telling his children of their heritage, Giovanni did work to prepare them for life as an Assassin. By the time of his death, he had already begun preparing his eldest son, Federico, in the Assassin ways, and was preparing to begin training Ezio as well. A strict father, Giovanni nonetheless showed great affection for his children, and saw a younger version of himself in their antics at times.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II"/>

Giovanni was a skilled warrior, and proved able to hold his own against a number of opponents in combat with relative ease, armed only with a sword and his hidden blade. He was also a competent [[Free Running|free runner]], much like his sons, and would often use the skill when shadowing a target.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Lineage"/>

==Trivia==
*Giovanni knew about Ezio's [[Eagle Vision]], although it is unknown if he too possessed the skill.
*Giovanni leaves his Assassin outfit behind for Ezio to find; however, in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'', it lacks the characteristic eagle's beak on the hood, as well as several other details.
*The [[sword]] Giovanni left behind for Ezio is the common sword, but in the cutscene where Giovanni is killed, it is replaced by an old [[Syrian sword]].
*Giovanni died at the age of forty, the same age Ezio turned when he confronted Rodrigo Borgia in Rome.
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]'', Giovanni is the last member of the Auditore family to be hanged. He calls Uberto a traitor and that their deaths will be avenged, among other things, before walking towards the gallows and meeting his fate. In ''Assassin's Creed II'', he is killed before he can finish his sentence.
*The hidden blade bracer Giovanni used and passed on to Ezio was replaced in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' after the [[Fall of Monteriggioni]], and is not seen subsequently. However, years later, [[Desmond Miles]] receives a bracer identical to it in modern times.

==Gallery==

<center><gallery captionalign="left" widths="180">
File:Giovannilineage2.png|Giovanni in his usual clothes.
File:Giovanni lineage 1.png|Giovanni in his Assassin robes.
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giovanni.JPG|Concept Art of Giovanni Auditore da Firenze
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Mario Auditore

2012-04-03T03:23:50Z

121.219.154.46:

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{{dialogue|Ezio|Assassins, Templars, Codex pages...This is a lot to take in.|Mario|You need to open your mind, Ezio. Always remember: [[The Creed|Nothing is true, Everything is permitted]].|Mario, while training his nephew.|Assassin's Creed II}}

{{Character Infobox
|name = Mario Auditore
|image = char mario.png
|birth = 1434 [[Monteriggioni]], [[Italy]]
|death = 2 January 1500 (aged 66) Monteriggioni, Italy
|period = [[Renaissance]]
|faction = [[Assassins]] [[Mercenaries]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' [[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' novel]] [[Assassin's Creed: Revelations (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' novel]] {{mo}}
|voice = [[Fred Tatasciore]]
}}

'''Mario Auditore''' (1434 - 2 January 1500) was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[wikipedia:Condottiero|condottiero]] and the ruler of [[Monteriggioni]] from 1454 to 1500.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref> He was also the leader of the Italian [[Assassins]] until his death.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood novel">[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' novel]]</ref>

During his life, Mario worked with his brother, [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni]], also an Assassin, to gather the lost pages of [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]]'s [[Codex]], as well as fortifying and defending Monterrigioni to prevent invasions. Under his rule, Monteriggioni became a flourishing community again.

He was also responsible for the training of his nephew, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], into a fully-trained Assassin. After the training, he continued to provide guidance and advise, up to his death during the [[Fall of Monteriggioni]] in 1500.

==Biography==
===Early life===
Mario was most likely born in Monteriggioni, [[Tuscany]], and was the elder brother of Giovanni Auditore da Firenze, who was born when Mario was two years old. Mario came from a bloodline of notable Assassins, and thus also became one, beginning his training at a young age.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

When he was six years old, Mario played an important role in the [[Battle of Anghiari]], where he alerted the condottiero Micheletto Attendolo to dust clouds over the road which signaled a surprise advance on the [[Florence|Florentines]] by [[Milan]]ese troops. The attack was stopped, and the Florentines won the battle.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

In contrast to helping the Florentines, Mario spent most of his life defending Monteriggioni from their persistent attacks on the town.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

===Ruler of Monteriggioni===
In 1454, after Mario's younger brother Giovanni decided to move to [[Florence]] to pursue a career in banking, and after their father died, Mario became the lone ruler of Monteriggioni. Mario remained at the [[Villa Auditore]], and exchanged letters with Giovanni to keep in touch. In one of these letters, Mario defended his decision to stay in Monteriggioni by writing that he ''"preferred fighting like a man, to filling out balance sheets."'' It is insinuated that he rarely saw the family after that.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><ref name="Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' - [[Chapter 3 - Mario Auditore]]</ref>

Under Mario's rule, Monteriggioni experienced a time of prosperity. Mario opened several shops and guilds in the city and greatly increased the city's defenses in order to withstand Florentine attacks. In 1454, he discovered a Florentine informant, [[Luciano Pezzati]], living in Monteriggioni. Alongside his own [[mercenaries]], Mario faced Pezzati and his men.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy" />

Mario dueled Luciano, barely defeating him, and had him dragged back to the Villa Auditore. From Luciano, he discovered that Florence was sending the condottiero [[Federico da Montefeltro]] to lead an [[Defense of Monteriggioni|attack on Monteriggioni]]. However, under Mario's leadership, the city was successfully defended and the invasion attempt ended in failure.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy" />

Eventually, Luciano Pezatti confessed the truth behind the siege, that the Florentines had attacked Monteriggioni in search of a [[Pieces of Eden|mysterious artifact]]. Curious as to what this mysterious artifact might be, Mario gathered his architects and historians, eventually discovering that, years before, the city well had once been drained and excavated.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy" />

[[File:PL Warm Welcome.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Mario's injury, which resulted in his scar.]]
Together with a miner and some of his men, Mario entered the well. While at first they did not find anything, Mario saw that the miner's flame was flickering while near the back wall, indicating the presence of an opening. Together, they pushed against the wall and found a hidden corridor, filled with various deadly traps. Members of their group lost their lives to the traps and Mario himself was caught by a swinging pendulum trap, which blinded him in the left eye and left him with a scar across his face.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy" />

Finally, despite their injuries, the group finally found a wooden box within the well, from which a [[Shroud of Eden|presence]] told Mario's men that their ''"pain was temporary"'' and to ''"ignore it."'' Mario's men were certain that the presence would heal their wounds, but seeing as the box had been hidden for so long, Mario believed that there had to be a reason why it was there and that opening it would be unwise.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy" />

At this, Mario's men rebelled, and he was forced to strike them down. Mario was curious as to what the box might contain, but he promised himself not to open it. Instead, he carried it to the Villa Auditore, ignoring the artifact's offers for him to be healed. After storing it temporarily within the villa, he summoned his brother to pick it up, dismissing it as ''"the Brotherhood's problem."''<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy" />

===Family reunion===
In 1476, Giovanni and two of his sons, [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]] and [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze|Petruccio]], were [[Auditore execution|executed]] under the pretext of treason, by order of [[Rodrigo Borgia]], the [[Grand Master of the Templar Order]], the arch-enemies of the Assassins. After evacuating Florence to get to safety, Giovanni's remaining son [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]] escorted his mother [[Maria Auditore da Firenze|Maria]] and sister [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze|Claudia]] out of the city and towards Monteriggioni.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

[[File:RA 4 v.png|thumb|250px|Mario rescuing Ezio, Maria and Claudia.]]Just as the three neared Monteriggioni, they were ambushed by [[Vieri de' Pazzi]] and his soldiers. In the middle of the fight between his nephew and the gang, Mario and his mercenaries arrived and saved them, before he insisted that they accompany him back to Monteriggioni. There, Mario told Ezio of his Assassin heritage, and that he needed to be trained so that he could properly fight and defeat the Templars, as well as protect his mother and sister.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

Mario then started Ezio's training to become an Assassin, teaching him combat skills such as disarming and countering,Military tactics,as well as taunting his enemy. In 1478, Ezio announced his decision to take Maria and Claudia to [[Spain]], against Mario's wishes. Due to his pride in his Assassin heritage, he stormed off, and left for [[San Gimignano]] before Ezio could rethink his decision.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

Feeling guilty, Ezio followed Mario to San Gimignano to aid him in killing Vieri de' Pazzi. When Ezio successfully assassinated Vieri and began to abuse the body, Mario stepped in and urged him to have respect for the dead. Then, addressing Vieri's body, he delivered a short monologue and closed the corpse's eyes.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

[[File:ACoP 20 v.png|thumb|left|250px|Mario showing Ezio the Codex wall.]]
When they returned to Monteriggioni, Mario's men celebrated the victory, and Mario himself showed Ezio the [[Sanctuary]], an alcove for the memory of legendary Assassins, which was hidden under the villa. He also explained the importance of the Codex and talked about a few of the pages that he and Giovanni had collected and translated over the years, before placing the page from Vieri onto the [[Codex Wall]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

After having observed Ezio as he placed [[Feather|feathers]] in the chest in Maria's [[Maria's room|bedroom]], in an attempt to hearten his mother into speaking again, Mario intervened upon seeing Ezio deposit the fiftieth feather. He attempted to discourage Ezio from continuing something that he considered to be a "vain effort," and then departed after informing his nephew that he had left a new weapon at the city [[Blacksmiths|blacksmith]] for him to use.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

===Acquisition of the Apple===
{{Dialogue|Ezio|Uncle?|Mario|Don't worry, nipote (nephew)! You are not alone.|Mario and the other Assassins arrive to aid Ezio.|Assassin's Creed II}}
[[File:He who waits 4.png|thumb|250px|Mario keeping an eye on the Templars.]]
In 1488, Mario and some of the other leading Assassins met in [[Venice]], planning to acquire the "[[Ezio's Apple|Apple]]" from Rodrigo Borgia, knowing that it was to be delivered to him that day. When they found Rodrigo, they saw that they had been beaten to him by Ezio, who was locked in combat with Rodrigo and his men.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

The other Assassins rushed in to aid him, and after they had defeated Rodrigo's guards and almost killed Rodrigo himself, the Templar leader fled for his life, leaving the Apple behind in the process. Speaking with his nephew, Mario revealed to Ezio that all those who assisted him were members of the Assassins, much to his surprise. That same night, the group met atop a tower in the city, where Ezio was [[Initiation into the Assassin Order|inaugurated]] into the Assassin Order.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

[[File:Leo work 3.png|thumb|left|250px|Mario and the others upon activating the Apple.]]
After securing the Piece of Eden, Mario studied it alongside [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], [[Leonardo da Vinci]] and Ezio. When the Apple was activated, Mario and Niccolò were both affected by the artifact and collapsed, clutching their heads in discomfort. Ezio and Leonardo however, remained unfazed, though the two were slightly blinded by the bright flare of light that the Apple emitted.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II - Battle of Forlì">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' - ''[[Battle of Forlì (DLC)]]''</ref>

At this, Mario recognized the Apple's potential for great power, and urged Ezio to protect it by taking it to the [[Rocca di Ravaldino]] in [[Forlì]], as the citadel was protected by their ally [[Caterina Sforza]]. When they departed, Mario also invited Leonardo to visit the Villa Auditore in Monteriggioni.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II - Battle of Forlì" />

===Journey to Rome===
{{Quote|Better in the hands of the earth than in the hands of man.|Mario regarding the Staff.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood}}In December 1499, Mario, Ezio and several other Assassins gathered in the Villa Auditore to find out the prophecy hidden in the Codex. After Ezio had rearranged the pages, the group discovered that the pages concealed a world map with locations of the Temples. Ezio concluded that [[Vatican Vault|the nearest vault]] was in the [[Vaticano district|Vatican]], and that Rodrigo Borgia had became Pope so that he could have easy access to the Vault and [[the Staff|the Staff of Eden]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

[[File:Mass Exodus 6 v.png|thumb|250px|Mario assuring Ezio that he will keep the Apple for him.]]
Ezio then left for [[Rome]] to assassinate Rodrigo and enter the Vault, while Mario and his fellow Assassins caused trouble around the city to distract the Papal army's attention. Ezio spared Rodrigo, but was able to use the combined Pieces of Eden to enter the Vault. After communicating with [[Minerva]], one of [[Those Who Came Before]], he left the room, returning to the antechamber.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

Afterwards, Ezio met up with Mario in the [[Capella Sistina]], where he commented to his nephew that the Staff was "''Better in the hands of the earth, than in the hands of man''." From there, after Ezio had climbed his way up from the handholds in the room, the two of them fought their way back through the Vatican until they reached [[Tiber River]]. Once they reached the river, Mario encouraged Ezio to drop the Apple into the waters, but Ezio could not do it. Reassuring his nephew, Mario took the Apple from Ezio and told him that he would keep it in his possession, until the time that he made his decision.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

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===Siege of Monteriggioni and death===
{{Dialogue|Ezio|Uncle... be careful.|Mario|I will.|Mario and Ezio's last conversation.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood}}
Returning to Monteriggioni on horseback, Ezio and Mario made it back to the town by the afternoon of New Year's Day 1500. As they neared the gates, Mario listened to Ezio as he told him about what had occurred in the Vault, though Mario advised him that - as the foretold events were stated to happen in the future - they need not worry about them. Mario also told Ezio about the new cannons that he had had installed across the city battlements, after a cannonball startled his nephew when it crashed into the earth nearby.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

As the two rode into town, they were cheered for by the townspeople for their victory in the Vatican. Mario returned to the villa, while Ezio began to enjoy the new abundance of time he had.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

At dawn, on January 2, Claudia's birthday, Monteriggioni was besieged by the [[House of Borgia|Borgia]], under the command of [[Cesare Borgia]]. Mario quickly met Ezio, saying that he would keep the Apple safe with him and that Ezio had to stop the enemy's cannons, whilst he himself led a frontal assault on the Borgia.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

[[File:Vilified 9 v.png|thumb|250px|left|Mario collapsing before Cesare.]]
However, Mario became wounded during the battle, and as he attempted to flee back into the city, he collapsed within the town's gates. He was soon followed by Cesare and his three lieutenants: [[Octavian de Valois]], [[Juan Borgia the Elder|Juan Borgia]] and [[Micheletto Corella|Micheletto]]. As he attempted to regain his feet, Cesare approached him and called out for Ezio's attention.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

Holding the Apple in his hand, Cesare then [[Pistol|shot]] Mario in the head as he lay beneath him, killing the Assassin as an "invitation" from Cesare's family to Ezio's, and as an incentive for Ezio to go to Rome. Cesare then had Mario decapitated, and his head placed on a pike, which he later showed to Mario's nephew during the latter's escape.<ref name="Brotherhood novel">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)]]''</ref> After Mario's death, the town was destroyed, the Villa Auditore was desecrated, and the Assassin Order was forced to relocate to Rome, under the acting leadership of Niccolò Machiavelli.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

==Personality and characteristics==
[[File:Leo work 6.png|thumb|250px|Mario inviting Leonardo to the Villa Auditore.]]
Mario dressed in the flamboyant style of the Italian nobility of the Renaissance, and sported long, dark hair that he slicked back neatly. He also owned a scar over his left eye, which he was blind in. He was known as a boisterous man and made no apologies for his passion for fighting and alcohol, though he could be quite cold towards someone when they showed an ignorant attitude.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

Mario cared deeply for his family, and was extremely proud of his Assassin heritage. From his letter to Giovanni and their differences in fighting styles, it can be assumed that he was often playfully critical of his brother, much like his nephew Federico was with Ezio. He also enjoyed a very good relationship with his nephew, and the two became very close, with Mario often treating Ezio like a son.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

The [[Assassin insignia|insignia of the Assassins]] was embroidered onto the leather of Mario's left shoulder pad, while the [[House of Auditore|Auditore]] coat of arms was stitched onto the cape he wore.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

Upon closer inspection, one can note that Mario often placed his hand on the shoulder of the person he was speaking to, presumably as a sign of closeness or affection.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

==Trivia==
*The novel ''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]'' describes Mario as having a thick black beard, though in the game he has only a thin mustache.
[[File:Mario.jpg|Mario's concept art.|thumb|200px]]
*When he first introduces himself, Mario exclaims to Ezio that "''It's a-me, Mario!''". This is a [[Easter Eggs#Mario|reference]] to [[Wikipedia:Mario|Mario]] from the ''[[wikipedia:Super Mario Bros.|Super Mario Bros.]]'' game series, who often says the same line.
*Mario was often referred to as "ubriacone" ("drunkard" in Italian) by the [[House of Pazzi|Pazzi]].
*Although Mario lives in the villa, you are only able to see him during his scripted memories, or when you place your fiftieth feather in Maria's feather box.
*A rare glitch may occur in the memory "[[Homecoming]]." With [[Eagle Vision]] activated, Mario is occasionally not marked with blue; allowing him to be grabbed or attacked.
*During ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'', Mario had greying hair, indicating that he has aged significantly.
*It is implied in the [[Battle of Forlì (DLC)|''Battle of Forlì'']] downloadable content that Mario believed in [[wikipedia:Geocentric model|geocentrism]].
*In ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood,'' during the "[[Mass Exodus]]" sequence, you can harm or kill Mario without any penalty.
*One of the [[Artifacts|relics]] [[Desmond Miles]] can find in Monteriggioni is Mario's longsword embedded in a stone.
*Despite being 65 years old at the beginning of ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'', Mario remained a skilled freerunner, as shown by his escape with Ezio through the streets and rooftops of Rome.

==Gallery==

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Zw-marioauditore.png|Mario's database picture.
1723542-ac2__25__super.jpg|Mario talking to Ezio in the Sanctuary.
Play along 3.png|Mario joining Ezio in his fight against Rodrigo.
ACBSP 2011-05-29 11-25-29-94.jpg|Mario in the Vatican Vault.
</gallery></center>

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Carlo Grimaldi

2012-04-03T03:19:26Z

121.219.154.46:

{{Era|AC2|Renaissance|Templars|Good}}
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{{WP-REAL|House of Grimaldi}}
{{Quote|We kill thinking it's best for us, do we not, Messer [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]]?|Carlo Grimaldi pleads his case to Ezio Auditore.|Assassin's Creed II}}
{{Character Infobox
|name = Carlo Grimaldi
|image = Zw-carlogrimaldi.png|150px|thumb|left
|imgdesc =
|birth = 1445 [[wikipedia:Monaco|Monaco]]
|death = 14 September 1485 [[Venice]], [[Italy]]
|period = [[Renaissance]]
|faction = [[Templars|Templar Order]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''
|voice = [[Roc LaFortune]]}}

'''Carlo Grimaldi''' (1445 - 14 September 1485) was a [[Templars|Templar]], and a member of the [[Venice|Venetian]] Great Council, or the Council of Ten. He was also close to Doge [[Giovanni Mocenigo]].

==Biography==
===Early Life===
{{Quote|Carlo Grimaldi. Emerging from his palace in Monaco with a craving for political power, Carlo quickly became a key guest at the tables of Venetian nobility, while his reputation for discretion earned him entrance into the back rooms.|[[Shaun Hastings]] reads the database entry for Carlo Grimaldi.|Assassin's Creed II}}

Carlo was a political animal since childhood, longing for power through government and authority. He was lucky to know the Doge of Venice and worked hard to improve his relationship with him. Upon his departure from his palace in Monaco, Carlo discovered the secret of the Venetian politician [[Ignazio Contarini]]'s daughter; she wished to marry the son of a servant, completely against her father's wishes.<ref name="ACII">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref><ref name="ACRenaissance">''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''</ref>

Carlo used this information to trick the couple into attempting an escape with a boat that night. Unfortunately for the girl and her alleged lover, Grimaldi was waiting for them with a few hired men and Ignazio. The son was killed, the daughter recaptured and Carlo was given high recommendations by Ignazio to the Doge. As a result of this praise, the Doge gave him a position in the Council of Ten.<ref name="ACII" /><ref name="ACRenaissance" />

===Aiding the Templars===
{{dialogue2|Carlo|Never mind them. It's the [[Assassins|Assassin]] you should be worried about.|Emilio|Why? Is...is he in [[Venice|Venezia]]?|He's been here for weeks! How could you be so blind?!|Carlo warning [[Emilio Barbarigo]] of the presence of Ezio Auditore|Assassin's Creed II}}

[[File:EMG 4.png|thumb|250px|left|Carlo meeting up with Emilio.]]
Grimaldi went to meet with [[Emilio Barbarigo]] in the [[Palazzo della Seta]] in 1485, bearing news of the Templars' worst enemy in Venice. Emilio was very surprised to hear of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]]'s arrival, to the exasperation of his fellow Templar. After informing Emilio of a meeting to be held in Campo San Stefano, Carlo Grimaldi left with his men, avoiding death completelyby accident. Emilio was assassinated soon after this conversation.<ref name="ACII" /><ref name="ACRenaissance" />

Carlo went on to meet [[Marco Barbarigo]], [[Silvio Barbarigo]], [[Dante Moro]] and the grandmaster Templar [[Rodrigo Borgia]]. The group conversed as they traveled through the streets of Venice, discussing the need to murder the current Doge and the individual that would be chosen to take his place. Rodrigo reprimanded his men for thinking selfishly, as he would be the one to choose the next Doge.<ref name="ACII" /><ref name="ACRenaissance" />

After this secret gathering, Carlo left to attempt to persuade the Doge to join the Templar cause. The Doge was unheeding of Carlo's pleas of danger and a pretended concern for the Doge's safety.<ref name="ACII" /><ref name="ACRenaissance" />

===Death===
{{Dialogue2|Carlo|You are too late. The Doge is dead...|Doge|Carlo?|Apologies, signore, but you should have listened to me when you had the chance.|Carlo Grimaldi reveals himself.|Assassin's Creed II}}

Once certain of his failure to recruit the Doge to the Templar cause, Grimaldi arranged a meeting with him in the Palazzo Ducale, feigning interest in a game of chess. He poisoned the Doge's wine and encouraged him to play and drink with him. They were almost interrupted by a loud sound on the roof, which would have foiled Carlo's plans by preventing the Doge from drinking. Fortunately for his plan, he convinced the Doge that the sound was simply children with firecrackers.<ref name="ACII" /><ref name="ACRenaissance" />

[[File:IF 7.png|thumb|250px|Carlo's death.]]
Ezio swooped into the building on [[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s [[Flying Machine|flying machine]], dashing into the room and declaring Carlo a traitor. Unfortunately it was too late; the Doge had drunk wine poisoned with [[cantarella]], and he began to die almost immediately.<ref name="ACII" /><ref name="ACRenaissance" />

Carlo fled the scene, shouting to his men that the Assassin had killed the Doge. Ezio kept pace with him and eventually assassinated his target in the Palazzo's courtyard.<ref name="ACII" /><ref name="ACRenaissance" />

==Personality and characteristics==
Carlo was a politician to his core, cunning and greedy, ambitious for a place of power over his fellow man. His plans were plotted well, adapting to different situations very quickly and always aiming to bring himself more power. He appeared cowardly, but the fact that Carlo remained in Venice once he was aware of the Assassin's presence was a sign of either true courage or simple obstinacy. He refused to let go of his Templar ties even at the moment of death.<ref name="ACII" />

Carlo was also a very persuasive and charismatic man, easily gaining the friendship of the Doge whilst in competition with the Doge's other eager supporters. The Doge was unaware of his apparent friend's nature until the last moment. This shows a trust between Carlo and the Doge, along with the man's staff and personal guards.<ref name="ACII" /><ref name="ACRenaissance" />

He was a strategist unafraid of being in the thick of battle, though his style of battle was not waged with the sword. Once aware of his failure to recruit the Doge, Carlo did not hesitate to kill his apparent friend with the favored Templar poison of cantarella. His actions showed his true snake-like nature, using the love of two young people to gain a seat on the Council of Ten.<ref name="ACII" /><ref name="ACRenaissance" />

Grimaldi was an elderly man, though still capable of basic movement. He was skinny and wrinkled, but still lithe and strong at the point of his death. His hair was white and grey, and a possible bald spot was hidden by a small purple hat. The rest of his clothing followed this trend in being purple, lightly tasseled in some places and reaching down to his feet in a magnificent robe. A sword was always at his side, no matter how innocent a meeting appeared.<ref name="ACII" />

==Final Words==
*'''Ezio:''''' It takes one [[Assassin]] to kill another, it seems.''
*'''Carlo:''' ''We kill thinking it's best for us, do we not, Messer Ezio?''
*'''Ezio:''' ''I do this not for myself.'' Compio questo sacrificio per il bene superiore. ''(I'll make this sacrifice for the greater good.)'' Requiescat in pace. ''(Rest in peace).''

==Trivia==
*The fictional character Carlo comes from the real [[wikipedia:House of Grimaldi|House of Grimaldi]] that still rules over Monaco today.
*Carlo's death was featured in the E3 demo, but greatly differed from the one in the released game. Carlo's assassination was during Carnevale, in place of Marco Barbarigo's. The death of the Doge of Venice was also excluded, and an extra scene with Carlo and a guard was added; the guard running to Carlo, screaming about Ezio's flying machine, with Carlo replying, "Coward! The Devil is not the one you need to fear. Tell him hello for me!" He then stabbed the guard in the chest, continuing "I know you're here, Assassin! Show yourself, or are you afraid?"
*According to the [[Animus]] database's filter, Carlo was not a Templar (despite plotting with them). However, when viewing the portraits of Ezio's victims in his [[Ezio's room|room]] of the Villa Auditore, Carlo's portrait says that he was a Templar.
*At the time of his death, Carlo would have been around 40 years old (the same age as Ezio during the end of the game), yet he appears to be much older, with features such as gray hair/beard, whereas Ezio still has dark facial hair at 40.
*Before assassinating Emilio Barbarigo, if you use [[eagle vision]] on Carlo, he will be shown in red although you have not yet learned that he is a Templar.
*When you proceed to assassinate Emilio Barbarigo, it is possible for you to assassinate him while he is still talking to Carlo. If this happens, after the death scene Carlo will still be present briefly before disappearing from view.

==Gallery==

<center><gallery captionalign="left">
Carlo grimaldi assassination.jpg|Carlo's last words.
BoF 1.png|Silvio and Carlo talking.
BoF 2.png|Ezio following Carlo and Silvio.
BoF 5.png|The Templar meeting.
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==Source==
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Antonio Maffei

2012-04-03T03:18:33Z

121.219.154.46:

{{Era|AC2|Renaissance|ACL|Templars|Good}}
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{{Character Infobox
|name = Antonio Maffei
|image = Maffei.png
|imgdesc = The Pazzi Conspirators - Antonio Maffei (left-front)
|period = [[Renaissance]]
|faction = [[House of Medici]] (formerly) [[Templars]] [[House of Pazzi]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|actor = [[Shawn Baichoo]]
|voice = [[Shawn Baichoo]]
||birth = 1450
|death = 1478}}

'''Antonio Maffei''' (1450 – 3 May 1478) was a [[Florence|Florentine]] monk employed by [[Lorenzo de' Medici]], and one of the [[Pazzi Conspiracy|Pazzi conspirators]] who attempted to murder Lorenzo and his brother, [[Giuliano de' Medici|Giuliano]].

By the age of twenty-six, Maffei had joined the [[Templars|Templar Order]] after he witnessed the ransacking of [[Wikipedia:Volterra|Volterra]] by Florentine [[mercenaries]]. Maffei blamed Lorenzo, and joined the Templars seeking vengeance against the Prince.<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

==Biography==
===Aiding the Templars===
{{Quote|And Father, remember, you owe us your silence. Secrets are born here, and they die here. No one is to know about the content of this letter.|Uberto Alberti to Antonio, regarding the monk's silence.|Assassin's Creed: Lineage}} {C
In 1476, [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]], an [[Assassins|Assassin]] and ally of the [[House of Medici|Medici family]], intercepted a letter from the conspirators who participated in the [[Assassination of Galeazzo Maria Sforza|assassination]] of [[Galeazzo Maria Sforza]], the Duke of [[Milan]]. Giovanni brought the [[Venice|Venetian]] letter back to Florence, where he revealed it to Lorenzo and [[Uberto Alberti]], the city ''Gonfaloniere''.<ref name="ACL">''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''</ref>

Uberto quickly realized that the letter held the seal of the [[House of Barbarigo|Barbarigo family]], and that its contents were encrypted with a peculiar code. He determined that translating it would take several hours, and then handed the letter to Father Maffei in order for the monk to translate its contents.<ref name="ACL"/>

Later that night, Maffei gave the translation to Uberto, who lauded him for his skillful work, and told him to fetch Giovanni. Before leaving, Uberto made Antonio swear a vow of silence of not to inform anyone of the true contents of the letter, claiming the monk owed his silence to the Templars.<ref name="ACL"/>

As Giovanni later arrived, he witnessed Father Maffei completing a duplicated copy of the letter. Uberto claimed they were unable to decode it, and once Antonio had finished the duplicate, Uberto gave the copy to Giovanni for him to deliver to [[Rome]], as was its original destination.<ref name="ACL"/>

Later that same year, after Giovanni's failure to capture Templar [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] [[Rodrigo Borgia]], he returned to his [[Palazzo Auditore|home]] in Florence. While his [[Maria Auditore da Firenze|wife]] tended to his severe wounds, Father Maffei approached the Auditore residence with armed [[guards]], demanding entry to the home and custody of the Assassin. However, Giovanni ordered his [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|eldest son]] to stall Antonio, and was able to escape through a hidden passageway. Eventually gaining entry into the home, Antonio became irritated after he realized Giovanni's escape, and left the abode.<ref name="ACL"/>

===Pazzi Conspiracy===
[[File:PazziMeeting.jpg|thumb|250px|The Templar meeting in the catacombs.]] {C
On 25 April 1478, Maffei convened with other Templar conspirators in the catacombs beneath [[Santa Maria Novella]]. The conspirators discussed their plot to kill the Medici and usurp control of the city. Although Antonio himself did not speak, he made no objection to any of his fellow conspirators' comments regarding the plot. He ended the meeting by uttering the Templar motto alongside his fellow conspirators.<ref name="AC2"/>

As planned, the conspirators gathered at the [[Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore]] the following morning, and observed the Medici as they slowly walked towards the church. Upon catching sight of Giuliano, one of the conspirators, [[Bernardo Baroncelli]], charged at the Prince, shouting and stabbing Giuliano multiple times with his fellow conspirator, [[Francesco de' Pazzi]].<ref name="AC2"/>

Lorenzo, hearing the cries of the conspirators, quickly turned to look behind him. While he was distracted, [[Stefano da Bagnone]], another conspirator, slashed Lorenzo in the back of the neck with a small blade. With Lorenzo injured on the ground, Antonio attempted to stab the Prince, and struggled briefly with Lorenzo; however, Antonio was ultimately overpowered and thrown to the ground. Lorenzo then rose up and brandished his sword, causing Antonio and Stefano to sprint into the church.<ref name="AC2"/>

===Death===
{{Quote|Antonio Maffei has sought refuge atop the city's tallest structure - spouting scripture and arrows in equal measure. The man has clearly lost his mind.|A mercenary to the Assassin Ezio Auditore, 1478.|Assassin's Creed II}}
[[File:Town Crier 3.png|thumb|200px|left|Ezio assassinates Antonio atop the tower.]]
Following the Templars' failure in Florence, Antonio fled to the city of [[San Gimignano]] in the [[Tuscany|Tuscan]] region. There, he situated himself atop one of the city's soaring towers, and began to spout Bible texts, whilst defended by patrolling [[archers]].<ref name="AC2"/>

However, the late Giovanni Auditore's son and Assassin, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]], arrived in the city later that same year. Ezio met briefly with one of his [[Mario Auditore|uncle]]'s mercenaries, who informed him of Antonio's location. Armed with this information, Ezio then began his ascent up the tall tower.<ref name="AC2"/>

Eventually reaching the apex of Antonio's tower, Ezio stealthily assassinated the archers patrolling atop the tower. The Assassin then climbed up a small ladder, and engaged Antonio in a duel. After a brief skirmish with the monk, Ezio assassinated Antonio using his [[hidden blade]]. In his dying words, Antonio attempted to fight back against Ezio, and proclaimed him as a demon, before perishing.<ref name="AC2"/>

==Personality and characteristics==
Antonio was a strong religious man who frequently attempted to rely on God to save and protect him. While preaching in San Gimignano, he told the [[Civilians|citizens]] that because of their lack of faith in God, they had caused Ezio to invade their city. He then told the citizens to join him in prayer, so that together with God, they could defeat the Assassin. Antonio's beliefs in God remained with him throughout his life, as evident when even on his deathbed, he spoke with a religious tongue. {C
[[File:WiSC 6.png|thumb|250px|Antonio (back right) prepares to stab Lorenzo.]] {C
As a Templar and Pazzi conspirator, Antonio carried out his orders unquestioningly. He never found fault with anything his Templar brothers said, and remained silent throughout meetings and discussions. His insight was also never asked though, leading to wonder if his involvement in the conspiracy was truly necessary.

Once Antonio was confronted by Ezio atop the tower in San Gimignano, Maffei attempted to fight the Assassin, wielding a [[schiavona]]. Antonio attempted to taunt the Assassin; however, his fighting skill was weak, and Ezio easily bested the monk. Despite his minor fighting capabilities though, Maffei fled upon being faced in combat by Lorenzo, indicating his cowardice.

==Final words==
* '''Antonio:''' ''Away with you, demon!''
* '''Ezio:''' ''Have some respect for death, my friend.''
* '''Antonio:''' ''I'll show you respect! -''
* '''Ezio:''' ''No, I will. Che tu possa alfine trovare riposo nel corpo e nella mente''. (May your body and mind at last be still.) ''Requiescat in Pace''. (Rest in peace.)

==Trivia==
* Historically, Antonio sliced Lorenzo below his right ear, and later found refuge in the Badia Fiorentina across from the Palazzo Pazzi. He was later arrested, and hung from the [[Palazzo della Signoria]].
* Antonio does not actually speak in ''Assassin's Creed: Lineage''.

==Gallery==

<center><gallery captionalign="center">
Maffei Lineage 1.png|Antonio with another monk.
Maffei Lineage 2.png|Antonio with Uberto as the latter reads the letter.
Maffei Lineage 4.png|Antonio and his guards threaten Federico Auditore.
Town_Crier_4.png|Antonio's last moments.
Maffei Lineage 3.png|Antonio in ''Assassin's Creed: Lineage
</gallery></center>
==References==
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Emilio Barbarigo

2012-04-03T03:17:56Z

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Emilio Barbarigo
|image = Emilio_Barbarigo.png
|imgdesc =
|birth = 1421
|death = 11 September 1485 [[Venice]], [[Italy]]
|period = [[Renaissance]]
|faction = [[House of Barbarigo]] [[Templars]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''
|voice = [[Arthur Holden]]}}

'''Emilio Barbarigo''' (1421 - 10 September 1485) was a [[Venice|Venetian]] merchant and tyrant of Venice, and secretly a member of the [[Templars|Templar Order]].

==Biography==
===Early life===
Emilio rose to power through support from his powerful family, the [[House of Barbarigo|Barbarigo]]. He then cornered the market by edging out his competition and managing to lobby the government. He later funded the entire Venetian police force, which kept his finances tax-free. With the new police force, Emilio kept the streets safe from crime and managed to eliminate any opposition or competition.

===Meeting in Tuscany===
[[File:With_Friends_9_v.png|thumb|250px|Emilio with Rodrigo Borgia at the meeting.]]
In 1480, Emilio attended a meeting within an [[Antico Teatro Romano|outdoor Roman theater]] in [[Tuscany]], organized and conducted by [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Templar Grand Master]] [[Rodrigo Borgia]]. The gathering was meant for the [[Pazzi Conspiracy|Pazzi conspirators]], but the only conspirator present was [[Jacopo de' Pazzi]].

The [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] learned of this meeting, and tailed Jacopo to the theater. Once Ezio reached the meeting, he hid near a large column at the back of the theater, and eavesdropped.

During the meeting, Jacopo spoke about his failure in the plot to kill the Medici in [[Florence]] with Rodrigo and Emilio. Jacopo attempted to blame Emilio, claiming he did not supply them with quality weapons.

However, Rodrigo soon intervened, shouting at Jacopo, and eventually stabbing him with a [[stiletto]]. Jacopo then pleaded to be spared, before Emilio shoved him to the ground, laughing sadistically.

With Jacopo injured on the stage floor, Rodrigo brandished his blade, and thrust it through Jacopo's neck. Cleaning off his bloodied blade, Rodrigo called out to Ezio, and had his guards seize the Assassin. Rodrigo told them to kill Ezio, before both he and Emilio departed from the theater.

===Merchant of Venice===
{{Quote|He is attempting to unify the merchants beneath a single banner. There's been resistance, some of it violent.|[[Alvise da Vilandino]] speaking about Emilio's attempts to unify the merchants.|Assassin's Creed II}}
By 1481 in Venice, Emilio had taken control of [[San Polo District|San Polo]], the mercantile district, and was ruling it with an iron fist. He charged the merchants rent, and even had his guards destroy their stand if it was not paid promptly. He also had his guards patrol there often, to ensure the district remained under his control.
[[File:EMG 3.png|thumb|250px|left|Antonio's thieves replacing Emilio's archers stationed around Seta.]]

He also provided weapons to the other Templars in Florence, and was able to maintain a large role in Templar affairs. He resided in a large palace within San Polo, called the [[Palazzo della Seta]], which was heavily guarded with a large iron fence, vigilant [[archers]], and fierce [[brutes]].

His oppression over the district attracted the attention of the [[Venice Thieves Guild|Venetian Thieves Guild]] which was based in the same district. The [[thieves]], led by [[Antonio de Magianis]], then allied themselves with Ezio and together they began to work to end Emilio's tyranny. The allies freed their captured men, killed the traitorous thieves who had been bribed by Emilio, and acquired the [[armor]] of Emilio's archers. Eventually, on 11 September 1485, four years after starting their preparations, the thieves believed it was time to strike. Ezio made his way onto the rooftops of the Palazzo, and began to observe his target.

===Death===
{{Dialogue2|Carlo|Your little house of cards is crumbling, Emilio.|Emilio|A minor setback. It will be dealt with. This povero scemo Antonio and his thieves...|Never mind them! It's the Assassin you should be worried about!|Emilio and Carlo discuss the Assassin presence in Venice.|Assassin's Creed II}}
[[File:EMG_4.png|thumb|250px|Carlo warning Emilio.]]
Spying on the meeting, Ezio noticed Emilio meeting with fellow Templar and member of the Council of Ten, [[Carlo Grimaldi]]. During their discussion, Carlo informed Emilio that Ezio was targeting him, and that he should stay vigilant of the Assassin. Carlo also told Emilio of a meeting that was to take place three days from then at the [[Santo Stefano]], which had been organized by Rodrigo. Before leaving, Carlo advised Emilio to leave Seta and reside somewhere less conspicuous.

After his meeting with Carlo, Emilio ordered one of his men to fetch his boat and to begin loading it when it had arrived. While waiting for his boat, Ezio managed to make his way into the courtyard, and assassinated Emilio with his [[hidden blade]]. During his final moments, Emilio claimed that he had sought unity, stability, and order, but that this progress demanded sacrifice.

==Personality and characteristics==
{{Dialogue2|Guard|You were told to stay home!|Merchant|But the rent is paid! I have every right to sell here!|Emilio disagrees!|A guard destroys a merchant's stand by order of Emilio.|Assassin's Creed II}}
[[File:With Friends 5 v.png|thumb|230px|left|An injured Jacopo pleads for his life to Emilio.]]

Emilio was an oppressive and demanding man, making sure the merchants in San Polo paid him rent. When they did not, however, he had their stands destroyed. He also was a man who took pride in his accomplishments and success, claiming he had worked too hard to be defeated by Ezio and the Assassins.

Emilio was also critical and argumentative with his fellow Templars, often blaming them, rather than himself, when plans failed. He called Jacopo de' Pazzi a coward at their Tuscan meeting, and blamed him for their failure in Florence, though Jacopo had only a minor role in the conspiracy. He also argued with fellow Templar Carlo Grimaldi, even when Carlo was attempting to warn him.

In terms of attire, Emilio dressed as a member of Venetian nobility, wearing a large set of bluish-green and yellow robes that extended from his neck to his ankles. He also wore an orante hat on his head, symbolizing his wealth. On the back of his outfit hung a thin dark cape to match his robes, which extended to his knee level.

==Final words==
[[File:EMG_6.png|thumb|210px|right|Emilio's last moments.]]
*'''Ezio:''' ''Do not be afraid.''
*'''Emilio:''' ''I feel no fear, Assassin. Only regret. I sought unity. Stability. Order.''
*'''Ezio:''' ''At too great a cost.''
*'''Emilio:''' ''Progress demands sacrifice.''
*'''Ezio:''' ''Non trovo alcuna gioia in questo, ma non c'è altro modo.'' (I take no joy in this, but I see no other way.) ''Requiescat in pace.'' (Rest in peace.)

==Trivia==
*Emilio's [[Painting gallery|portrait]] in the [[Villa Auditore]] says that he died in 1484, when in fact he died in 1485.
**The same portrait of him can be seen in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Embers]]'', at Ezio's study.

==Gallery==

<center><gallery captionalign="left">
With_Friends_2_v.png|Emilio observing Jacopo attempting to reason.
EMG_5.png|Ezio assassinating Emilio.
Emilio Barbarigo portrait.jpg|A portrait of Emilio.
</gallery></center>

==Source==
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''

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Chiesa di Santo Stefano

2012-04-03T03:13:33Z

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{{Landmarks Infobox
|image = Santo_stefano.jpg
|description = A major Venetian church.
|appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|location = [[Venice]], [[Italy]]}}

The church of [[Santo Stefano]] (English: ''Saint Stephen'') is located in [[Venice]]. It is the final resting place of [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]].

==History==
This Gothic church was constructed in the 13th century, then rebuilt in the 14th century. It's notable for being the resting place of [[Wikipedia:Andrea Contarini|Doge Andrea Contarini]].

==Trivia==
*At the top of the church is a [[View Point|view point]].
*Ezio and Sofia get married in this church.

==Source==
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''

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Silvio Barbarigo

2012-04-03T03:05:58Z

121.219.154.46:

{{Era|ACL|AC2|Renaissance|Templars|Good}}
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{{Character Infobox
|name = Silvio Barbarigo Il Rosso
|image = Zw-silviobarbarigoilrosso.png
|imgdesc = Silvio Barbarigo in the Animus Database
|birth = 1435
|death = 1486
|period = [[Renaissance]]
|faction = [[House of Barbarigo]] [[Templars]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]
[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' novel]]{{mo}}
|actor = [[Harry Standjofski]]
|voice = [[Harry Standjofski]]}}
'''Silvio Barbarigo''' (1435–1486), sometimes called "'''Il Rosso'''", was a government official, and a [[Templars|Templar]]. He was a state inquisitor of [[Venice]], and jealous of the power his relatives commanded.

He was the cousin of [[Marco Barbarigo]], and was related to [[Emilio Barbarigo]].

==Biography==
===Early life===
{{Quote|Silvio was introduced to politics when his father was cut out of the family inheritance. From then on, Silvio worked for his uncle, his father's killer.|Part of Silvio's [[Database]] entry.|Assassin's Creed II}}

Silvio was born in Venice as one of the Barbarigo family, and was introduced to violence and greed at a very early age. His Barbarigo uncle killed Silvio's father in order to gain more power over the family's wealth.<ref name="ACII">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

With the father of Silvio's familial branch dead, he was forced to live with the murderous uncle in the man's palazzo. This proved to be the uncle's mistake- Silvio quickly became a trusted adviser of the wealthy man, and sank his claws deeper into the family affairs with every passing day.<ref name="ACII" />

Silvio discovered a plot against his uncle, soon to be instigated by the Soranzo family. In order to prevent their conspiracy against the Barbarigo, he invited the family to an Easter celebration, and planned for their meal to be eaten on the balcony as the family's children played in the courtyard. As he began the feast with a toast to their health, the [[archers]] placed in strategic points behind the courtyard windows began to fire on the Soranzo family. The Soranzo never plotted against the Barbarigo family again.<ref name="ACII" />

After a period of ten years, Silvio decided to exact revenge on the traitorous uncle for his actions against Silvio's father. He convinced his mother and sister to kill him that night. Silvio easily persuaded any curious bystanders that the man had died in bed, and took over the luxurious palazzo as his own.<ref name="ACII" />

===Aiding the Templars===
{{Dialogue|Carlo|Yes, myself, in person. I'm concerned that you don't trust me.|Silvio|As am I. Perhaps he'll arrive with the others. Walk with me.|Silvio and Carlo in Venice.|Assassin's Creed II}}

In 1485, Silvio was present at a meeting with the Templars [[Carlo Grimaldi]], Marco Barbarigo, [[Dante Moro]] and [[Rodrigo Borgia]] outside of the [[Palazzo Ducale]]; in order to plot the assassination of the Doge of Venice, [[Giovanni Mocenigo]]. Silvio was given the task of acquiring a suitable [[poison]] for the murder of the Doge, and replied that a particular poison called [[cantarella]] would be adequate for their needs. He left the meeting as Rodrigo disbanded it on the [[Ponte di Rialto]], their departure masked by a sudden flock of pigeons.<ref name="ACII" /><ref name="ACRenaissance">''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''</ref>

[[File:Zw-goldmask.png|thumb|150px|Silvio with the Golden Mask.]]
Silvio reappeared during the [[Carnevale]], in which he had his bodyguard Dante take part in the many contests held, ultimately winning the [[Golden Mask]]. Though [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] had fairly won the prize, Silvio bribed the judges, in order for the mask to be presented to Dante instead, as it guaranteed the individual wearing it entry into Marco Barbarigo's private Carnevale party.<ref name="ACII" /><ref name="ACRenaissance" />

Ezio stole the mask from Dante and entered the party, assassinating Marco with his new [[Hidden Gun|hidden gun]]. After this dramatic event, Silvio hired a small army of [[mercenaries]] to capture [[L'Arsenale di Venezia|L'Arsenale]], with Dante leading them into battle. They took over the location, and began attempting to convince [[Assassins|Assassin]] mercenaries to defect to the Templar side.<ref name="ACII" /><ref name="ACRenaissance" />

===Death===
{{Dialogue2|Silvio|Don't you see what's happened?|Dante|No.|Of course not, slow as you are. We've been betrayed! The ship has sailed - without us! And now the Assassin approaches. Perhaps there's still time for us to escape. If not to the island, at least away from here...|Dante and Silvio in panic.|Assassin's Creed II}}

Once alerted of the previous events, mercenaries poured into L'Arsenale and fought viciously with the Barbarigo-bought [[guards]], pounding them with axes and brute strength.<ref name="ACII" /><ref name="ACRenaissance" />

Through this, Ezio Auditore noticed that his mercenary ally [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]] was fighting with Dante, a man with unsurpassable strength in battle. Bartolomeo was losing to Dante until Ezio came to his friend's aid, and forced Dante to flee to the gates.<ref name="ACII" /><ref name="ACRenaissance" />

[[File:Onestone.jpg|thumb|250px|Silvio calling out to Dante.]]
Silvio taunted Ezio as he fought the men blocking the Assassin forces from defeating the corrupt official, claiming that Ezio had no idea what the [[Ezio's Apple|Apple]] was capable of, and threatening the sanctity of [[Maria Auditore da Firenze|his mother]] and [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze|sister]]. Unfortunately for Silvio, Dante was once again defeated, and the two men fled for a boat that had been planned as their escape from Venice.<ref name="ACII" /><ref name="ACRenaissance" />

Upon arrival at the docks, Silvio realized that their ship had already left in a cowardly betrayal by his fellow Templars. He had nowhere left to run, and was assassinated alongside his faithful bodyguard. Though Silvio still refused to betray any information, Dante revealed that the destination of the ship was [[Cyprus]].<ref name="ACII" /><ref name="ACRenaissance" />

With the deaths of the last Templars in Venice, L'Arsenale and Venice itself could enjoy peace and tranquility for a long time.<ref name="ACII" /><ref name="ACRenaissance" />

==Personality and characteristics==
Silvio was very ambitious and cunning, having planned the downfall of his murderous uncle since early childhood. He planned events thoroughly before acting them out and made sure that every individual knew of their part to play in said plan. As such, his plots often came to a successful conclusion, bringing wealth and good fortune to the Barbarigo family and to himself.<ref name="ACII" />

His Templar ties began sometime in his past, though it is unknown when and how they occurred. However, his ruthlessness and ambition were perfect examples of the Templar mentality for power. This may well have been why the Templars became interested in his services. The key supplier of poison in the coup of the Doge, Silvio was a stealthy killer that first practiced his art on his own uncle.<ref name="ACII" />

Silvio was no coward- he hired mercenaries and took L'Arsenale in a major fight, defeating the famous Bartolomeo d'Alviano and dealing a major blow to the Assassin Order. He was only defeated when betrayed by the cowardice of his own soldiers.<ref name="ACII" /><ref name="ACRenaissance" />

Silvio wore a thick blue coat with crimson gloves and crimson hood attached, in order to hide his features. He was rather overweight, but was capable of flight when threatened with death. He wore a golden crucible around his neck fixed with a ruby in its center, a lie of faith to the general public. His hair was orange or brown, just above shoulder-length and curly. His face was pudgy and unromantic, with thin lips, deep-set eyes and a very wide, fat nose.<ref name="ACII" /><ref name="ACRenaissance" />

==Final Words==
*'''Ezio:''' ''What's happened here? Why the boats? I thought you sought the Doge's seat.''
*'''Silvio:''' ''Just a distraction. We were meant to sail...''
*'''Ezio:''' ''Sail where?''
*'''Silvio:''' ''I'll never tell.''
''(Silvio dies)''
*'''Dante:''' ''Cyprus is their destination. They want... they... want...''
*''(Dante dies)''
*'''Ezio:''' Non temete l'oscurità - accettate il suo abbraccio. Requiescat in pace. ''(Fear not the darkness - but welcome it's embrace. Rest in peace.)''

==Trivia==
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'', Silvio Barbarigo is portrayed by [[Harry Standjofski]] in two minor appearances; being heard talking with Marco Barbarigo, and attending the Templar meeting at the end of the film.
*In the novel ''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]'', Ezio guts him with the [[hidden blade]].

{{-}}
==Gallery==
<center><gallery captionalign="left">
AC2CarloSilvio.jpg|Carlo and Silvio talking.
Ezioonestone.jpg|Silvio's death.
</gallery></center>

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Silvio Barbarigo

2012-04-03T03:04:40Z

121.219.154.46:

{{Era|ACL|AC2|Renaissance|Templars|Good}}
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{{Character Infobox
|name = Silvio Barbarigo Il Rosso
|image = Zw-silviobarbarigoilrosso.png
|imgdesc = Silvio Barbarigo in the Animus Database
|birth = 1435
|death = 1486
|period = [[Renaissance]]
|faction = [[House of Barbarigo]] [[Templars]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]
[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' novel]]{{mo}}
|actor = [[Harry Standjofski]]
|voice = [[Harry Standjofski]]}}
'''Silvio Barbarigo''' (1435–1486), sometimes called "'''Il Rosso'''", was a government official, and a [[Templars|Templar]]. He was a state inquisitor of [[Venice]], and jealous of the power his relatives commanded.

He was the cousin of [[Marco Barbarigo]], and was related to [[Emilio Barbarigo]].

==Biography==
===Early life===
{{Quote|Silvio was introduced to politics when his father was cut out of the family inheritance. From then on, Silvio worked for his uncle, his father's killer.|Part of Silvio's [[Database]] entry.|Assassin's Creed II}}

Silvio was born in Venice as one of the Barbarigo family, and was introduced to violence and greed at a very early age. His Barbarigo uncle killed Silvio's father in order to gain more power over the family's wealth.<ref name="ACII">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

With the father of Silvio's familial branch dead, he was forced to live with the murderous uncle in the man's palazzo. This proved to be the uncle's mistake- Silvio quickly became a trusted adviser of the wealthy man, and sank his claws deeper into the family affairs with every passing day.<ref name="ACII" />

Silvio discovered a plot against his uncle, soon to be instigated by the Soranzo family. In order to prevent their conspiracy against the Barbarigo, he invited the family to an Easter celebration, and planned for their meal to be eaten on the balcony as the family's children played in the courtyard. As he began the feast with a toast to their health, the [[archers]] placed in strategic points behind the courtyard windows began to fire on the Soranzo family. The Soranzo never plotted against the Barbarigo family again.<ref name="ACII" />

After a period of ten years, Silvio decided to exact revenge on the traitorous uncle for his actions against Silvio's father. He convinced his mother and sister to kill him that night. Silvio easily persuaded any curious bystanders that the man had died in bed, and took over the luxurious palazzo as his own.<ref name="ACII" />

===Aiding the Templars===
{{Dialogue|Carlo|Yes, myself, in person. I'm concerned that you don't trust me.|Silvio|As am I. Perhaps he'll arrive with the others. Walk with me.|Silvio and Carlo in Venice.|Assassin's Creed II}}

In 1485, Silvio was present at a meeting with the Templars [[Carlo Grimaldi]], Marco Barbarigo, [[Dante Moro]] and [[Rodrigo Borgia]] outside of the [[Palazzo Ducale]]; in order to plot the assassination of the Doge of Venice, [[Giovanni Mocenigo]]. Silvio was given the task of acquiring a suitable [[poison]] for the murder of the Doge, and replied that a particular poison called [[cantarella]] would be adequate for their needs. He left the meeting as Rodrigo disbanded it on the [[Ponte di Rialto]], their departure masked by a sudden flock of pigeons.<ref name="ACII" /><ref name="ACRenaissance">''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''</ref>

[[File:Zw-goldmask.png|thumb|150px|Silvio with the Golden Mask.]]
Silvio reappeared during the [[Carnevale]], in which he had his bodyguard Dante take part in the many contests held, ultimately winning the [[Golden Mask]]. Though [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] had fairly won the prize, Silvio bribed the judges, in order for the mask to be presented to Dante instead, as it guaranteed the individual wearing it entry into Marco Barbarigo's private Carnevale party.<ref name="ACII" /><ref name="ACRenaissance" />

Ezio stole the mask from Dante and entered the party, assassinating Marco with his new [[Hidden Gun|hidden gun]]. After this dramatic event, Silvio hired a small army of [[mercenaries]] to capture [[L'Arsenale di Venezia|L'Arsenale]], with Dante leading them into battle. They took over the location, and began attempting to convince [[Assassins|Assassin]] mercenaries to defect to the Templar side.<ref name="ACII" /><ref name="ACRenaissance" />

===Death===
{{Dialogue2|Silvio|Don't you see what's happened?|Dante|No.|Of course not, slow as you are. We've been betrayed! The ship has sailed - without us! And now the Assassin approaches. Perhaps there's still time for us to escape. If not to the island, at least away from here...|Dante and Silvio in panic.|Assassin's Creed II}}

Once alerted of the previous events, mercenaries poured into L'Arsenale and fought viciously with the Barbarigo-bought [[guards]], pounding them with axes and brute strength.<ref name="ACII" /><ref name="ACRenaissance" />

Through this, Ezio Auditore noticed that his mercenary ally [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]] was fighting with Dante, a man with unsurpassable strength in battle. Bartolomeo was losing to Dante until Ezio came to his friend's aid, and forced Dante to flee to the gates.<ref name="ACII" /><ref name="ACRenaissance" />

[[File:Onestone.jpg|thumb|250px|Silvio calling out to Dante.]]
Silvio taunted Ezio as he fought the men blocking the Assassin forces from defeating the corrupt official, claiming that Ezio had no idea what the [[Ezio's Apple|Apple]] was capable of, and threatening the sanctity of [[Maria Auditore da Firenze|his mother]] and [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze|sister]]. Unfortunately for Silvio, Dante was once again defeated, and the two men fled for a boat that had been planned as their escape from Venice.<ref name="ACII" /><ref name="ACRenaissance" />

Upon arrival at the docks, Silvio realized that their ship had already left in a cowardly betrayal by his fellow Templars. He had nowhere left to run, and was assassinated alongside his faithful bodyguard. Though Silvio still refused to betray any information, Dante revealed that the destination of the ship was [[Cyprus]].<ref name="ACII" /><ref name="ACRenaissance" />

With the deaths of the last Templars in Venice, L'Arsenale and Venice itself could enjoy peace and tranquility for a long time.<ref name="ACII" /><ref name="ACRenaissance" />

==Personality and characteristics==
Silvio was very ambitious and cunning, having planned the downfall of his murderous uncle since early childhood. He planned events thoroughly before acting them out and made sure that every individual knew of their part to play in said plan. As such, his plots often came to a successful conclusion, bringing wealth and good fortune to the Barbarigo family and to himself.<ref name="ACII" />

His Templar ties began sometime in his past, though it is unknown when and how they occurred. However, his ruthlessness and ambition were perfect examples of the Templar mentality for power. This may well have been why the Templars became interested in his services. The key supplier of poison in the coup of the Doge, Silvio was a stealthy killer that first practiced his art on his own uncle.<ref name="ACII" />

Silvio was no coward- he hired mercenaries and took L'Arsenale in a major fight, defeating the famous Bartolomeo d'Alviano and dealing a major blow to the Assassin Order. He was only defeated when betrayed by the cowardice of his own soldiers.<ref name="ACII" /><ref name="ACRenaissance" />

Silvio wore a thick blue coat with crimson gloves and crimson hood attached, in order to hide his features. He was rather overweight, but was capable of flight when threatened with death. He wore a golden crucible around his neck fixed with a ruby in its center, a lie of faith to the general public. His hair was orange or brown, just above shoulder-length and curly. His face was pudgy and unromantic, with thin lips, deep-set eyes and a very wide, fat nose.<ref name="ACII" /><ref name="ACRenaissance" />

==Final Words==
*'''Ezio:''' ''What's happened here? Why the boats? I thought you sought the Doge's seat.''
*'''Silvio:''' ''Just a distraction. We were meant to sail...''
*'''Ezio:''' ''Sail where?''
*'''Silvio:''' ''I'll never tell.''
''(Silvio dies)''
*'''Dante:''' ''Cyprus is their destination. They want... they... want...''
*''(Dante dies)''
*'''Ezio:''' Non temete l'oscurità - accettate il suo abbraccio. Requiescat in pace. ''(Fear not the darkness - but welcome it's embrace. Rest in peace.)''

==Trivia==
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'', Silvio Barbarigo is portrayed by [[Harry Standjofski]] in two minor appearances; being heard talking with Marco Barbarigo, and attending the Templar meeting at the end of the film.
*In the novel ''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]'', Ezio guts him with the [[hidden blade]].

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==Gallery==
<center><gallery captionalign="left">
AC2CarloSilvio.jpg|Carlo and Silvio talking.
Ezioonestone.jpg|Silvio's death.
</gallery></center>

==References==
{{reflist}}

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House of Pazzi

2012-04-03T01:11:24Z

121.219.154.46: /* Trivia */

{{Era|Renaissance|AC2|Templars}}
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{{Quote|The Pazzi were a potent and venerable family, reduced to rubble by [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|one young Assassin]].|[[Rodrigo Borgia]], reflecting on the collapse of the Pazzi family, 1485.|Assassin's Creed II}}
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The '''House of Pazzi '''was a group of [[Tuscany|Tuscan]] nobles who owned banks throughout [[Florence]] during the 15th century. Affiliated with the [[Templars]], the Pazzi family was most infamously known for their failed attempt to gain control of Florence through the [[Pazzi Conspiracy]].

==History==
===Plotting the Conspiracy===
Less powerful rivals of the Medici, the Pazzi family, along with [[Rodrigo Borgia]], the [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] of the Templar Order, planned a conspiracy to overthrow the [[House of Medici|Medici]] by killing the family's most prominent members, [[Lorenzo de' Medici]] and [[Guilani de' Medici|Giuliano de'Medici]].
===The Conspiracy===
In 1476 [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni Auditore]][[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze| da Firenze]], Lorenzo's close friend and a member of the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]], discovered the involvement of the Pazzi family in a conspiracy against the Medici. Moving to forestall this, Giovanni managed to have [[Francesco de' Pazzi]] put in jail. However, the plot had already reached members of the Medici government itself. [[Uberto Alberti]], the Gonfaloniere of Justice, freed Francesco, and executed Giovanni for treason alongside his sons [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]] and [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze|Petruccio]], removing the [[House of Auditore|Auditore family]] from Florence.

With Giovanni dead, there was no barrier between the Pazzi and control of Florence, until [[Ezio Auditore|Ezio]], Giovanni's only surviving son, decided to avenge his family's murder. Joining with his uncle [[Mario Auditore|Mario]][[Mario Auditore da Firenze| Auditore da Firenze]] and his [[mercenaries]], Ezio infiltrated [[San Gimignano]]. There he witnessed a meeting between the Pazzi family and Rodrigo Borgia. Ezio then killed his brash and aggressive rival [[Vieri de' Pazzi]], the youngest of the Pazzi conspirators.

===The Battle at the Duomo===
In 1478, Ezio returned to Florence to spy on the Pazzi as they were meeting with other Templars in the catacombs under the [[Santa Maria Novella]] church. It was in this meeting that they planned the assassinations of both Lorenzo de' Medici and his brother Giuliano de' Medici. Among the conspirators were [[Stefano da Bagnone]], [[Bernardo Baroncelli]], [[Francesco Salviati]], [[Antonio Maffei]], [[Jacopo de' Pazzi|Jacopo]][[Jacopo de' Pazzi| de' Pazzi]] and Francesco de' Pazzi. Rodrigo Borgia led the meeting and informed the conspirators that they had been given "spiritual" and military support from [[Wikipedia:Pope Sixtus IV|Pope Sixtus IV]].

The next day, the conspirators executed their plan. They publicly attacked the Medici brothers in front of the Duomo with Francesco and Bernardo brutally stabbing Giuliano to death. At the same time, Stefano and Antonio severely wounded Lorenzo, but fled when he drew his sword. Francesco and others continued to attack Lorenzo, but withdrew when Ezio Auditore da Firenze intervened. Lorenzo was forced to retreat to his [[Palazzo Medici|Palazzo]], while Pazzi forces engaged Medici loyalists in earnest.

Francesco gained control of the [[Palazzo della Signoria]], but Medici forces continued to resist. Meanwhile, Ezio fought his way to the roof of the palazzo and confronted Francesco. Francesco fled immediately, but was pursued, hunted down, and killed by Ezio.

===The Conspiracy's Failure===
When Jacopo arrived at the Palazzo with the support of many Florentine [[citizens]], it was far too late; Francesco's corpse had already been hung from the roof. After their plot failed, the conspirators fled Florence to hide in the city of San Gimignano and in the countryside of Tuscany. Despite this, Ezio hunted down and slew all of the co-conspirators. Jacopo went to plead his case to Rodrigo Borgia, but was instead fatally wounded and used as bait to trap Ezio. Ezio fought his way out of the trap and ended Jacopo's suffering, and the Pazzi family with it. With its ruling family gone, San Gimignano was taken over by the Medici.

With the rule of the Medici, Lorenzo stripped the Pazzi family from everything and threw them into prison, even those who played no part in the conspiracy.

==Trivia==
*The term ''pazzi'', roughly translated, means "crazy."
*The Pazzi's personal guards are the only guards to patrol Florence, until Sequence 4. However, Medici guards do not appear in Florence from 1476 until 1478 even though the Medici were in power.
*Francesco de' Pazzi is the only non-Assassin to perform a [[Leap of Faith]] in [[Assassin's Creed II|''Assassin's Creed II'']], and can be difficult to pursue due to his exceptional free-running ability.
*There is also another unnamed member of the Pazzi family, Francesco de Pazzi's cousin, whom Ezio assassinates in an [[Assassination Contract|assassination contract in]] Venice. It is unknown whether this family member was involved in the conspiracy or if he was a member of the Templar Order.
*Historically, the Pazzi family had members fight in the First Crusade during the Siege of [[Jerusalem]], the first Christian soldier to climb over the walls of Jerusalem was Pazzo Pazzi, an ancestor of the 15th century Pazzi family members.
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]'' it is stated that the Pazzi emblem is two dolphins on a blue background, however in ''Assassin's Creed II'', it is shown as two dolphins on a red background.
*In ''Assassin's Creed: Revelations, ''Ezio breifly sings a song about Vieri and Francesco de' Pazzi's deaths.

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="170" orientation="none" captionalign="left">
Zw-francescodepazzi.png|Francesco de'Pazzi
Zw-vieridepazzi.png|Vieri de'Pazzi
Zw-thepazziconspirators.png|Jacopo de'Pazzi and the Pazzi Conspirators
Assassins creed II 3.jpg|Francesco attacking Giuliano, with Ezio trying to stop him.
Jacopo de Pazzi's death.jpg|Jacopo's Death
Francesco hanged from that building.jpg|Francesco's Death
WGA 14 v.png|Vieri's Death
</gallery>

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Venice

2012-04-03T00:50:44Z

121.219.154.46: /* Carnevale */

{{Era|AC2|ACB|ACR|PL|Renaissance|Rbook|ACL}}
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{{quote|Ah, Venezia! What other place is as beautiful, as stable, as perfect?|[[Alvise da Vilandino]] to [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] and [[Leonardo da Vinci|Leonardo da Vinci]] regarding the city, 1481.|Assassin's Creed II}}
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*[[Assassins]]
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*[[Arsenale di Venezia]]
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*[[Carlo Grimaldi]]
*[[Marco Barbarigo]]
*[[Silvio Barbarigo|Silvio Barbarigo Il Rosso]]
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'''Venice''' (Italian: ''Venezia'') is a city located in northern [[Italy]]. During the 15th century, Venice was the capital and largest city of the [[Wikipedia:Most Serene Republic|Most Serene Republic]] of Venice, and consisted of five districts: [[San Polo District|San Polo]], [[San Marco District (Venice)|San Marco]], [[Dorsoduro District|Dorsoduro]], [[Castello District|Castello]], and [[Cannaregio District|Cannaregio]].

Historically founded by refugees from the Hunnic and Germanic invasion of Padua, Aquileia, and Altino, Venice developed into a major trade and naval power in southern Europe, becoming one of the wealthiest cities in the world, and by the year 1499 was engaged in sporadic conflict with the [[Ottoman Empire]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed II">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

==History==
===Establishment===
Likely established sometime around the late 7th century, Venice's lagoon-locked location was the result of [[Byzantines|Byzantine]] settlers attempting to hide from Lombard invaders. By the Middle Ages, the city had grown into a great naval power. Its strategic position at the top of the Adriatic meant that ships taking goods inland had to go through Venice, filling its coffers with money and commerce.
[[File:Venisegrandcanal.jpg|thumb|215px|The Grand Canal in Venice.]]
Entering the late Middle Ages, Venice exercised influence over both its neighboring states and the Church. When the Fourth Crusade rolled around in 1202, the crusaders required transport on Venice's ships, which the Venetian Doge, Enrico Dandolo, agreed on the condition that the crusaders retake the Dalmatian city of Zadar and then capture [[Constantinople]].

As Venice's wealth grew, so did its fleet. Through sea battles Venice gained Byzantine territory, Hungarian territory, and destroyed the Genoese fleet. Venice's fortunes were so entwined with the sea that every year the Doge would throw a ring into the lagoon while saying in Latin: "We wed thee, sea, in the sign of the true and everlasting Lord." Despite much eye-raising about the godliness of sea-human relations, the Pope sanctioned the marriage.

===Early Assassin presence===
As early as the 13th century, Venice had a notable [[Assassins|Assassin]] presence; the area surrounding Venice was home to an Assassin and his son – [[Domenico Auditore]]. Both enjoyed the patronage of the famed explorer [[Marco Polo]], an ally of the Assassins.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Auditore Family Crypt">''[[Auditore Family Crypt|Assassin's Creed II: Auditore Family Crypt]]''</ref> Assassins remained present in the city up into the 15th century, occupying positions of command amongst the [[Venice Thieves Guild|thieves]], [[mercenaries]], and [[courtesans]] of the city.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

===Renaissance===
====Templar underground====
{{quote|What are your masters plotting? Speak! As God is my witness I will cut your throat!|Giovanni threatening the Barbarigo courier.|Assassin's Creed II}}
[[File:GiovanniLineagePart2Meeting.png|thumb|250px|Giovanni spying on the Templar meeting.]]
After the Templar orchestrated [[Assassination of Galeazzo Maria Sforza|assassination of]] [[Galeazzo Maria Sforza]] in 1476, [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]] departed for Venice after finding a Venetian coin in [[Giovanni Andrea Lampugnani]]'s possession. Arriving in Venice, Giovanni Auditore assassinated a [[Guards|guard]] at the Doge's residential palace, the [[Palazzo Ducale di Venezia|Palazzo Ducale]], and made his way inside the building. Once inside, Giovanni spied on a meeting between two members of the [[House of Barbarigo|Barbarigo family]], and a courier, who was set to carry a letter to their master. Giovanni tailed the courier through the city streets, eventually attacking him in a deserted square. Giovanni fought fiercely with the courier, and eventually pressed his [[hidden blade]] to the courier's neck, demanding to know what his masters were plotting. However, the courier claimed that his life was not Giovanni's to take, and that his secrets would be gone with himself. He then told Giovanni to "go to Hell", before being impaled by the latter's blade. Giovanni then took the letter the courier had in his possession, and departed from the city.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Lineage">''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''</ref>

====Templar allegiances====
{{quote|I am two steps from the Doge himself. I am beside him day and night! You WISH you could be where I am!|Carlo to Silvio about his powerful influence.|Assassin's Creed II}}
[[File:BoF 1.png|thumb|250px|left|Carlo and Silvio talking on their way to the Templar meeting.]]
Following the [[Templars|Templar]] failure to usurp control of [[Florence]] during the [[Pazzi conspiracy]] in 1478, [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] [[Rodrigo Borgia]] and his allies – the Barbarigo family – stepped up their plans to take control of Venice. Influencing powerful members of the Venetian government, such as [[Carlo Grimaldi]], the Templars built up a network of allegiances in the city. However, these allegiances were severed as the Assassin, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], began to hunt these members of the Templar Order throughout Venice.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

====Hunting the Templars====
{{quote|There are still others I must hunt, Signore. They're already digging their claws into the heart of Venezia.|Ezio to Lorenzo de' Medici after the events of the [[Pazzi Conspiracy]].|Assassin's Creed II}}
{{main|Hunt in Venice}}
[[File:EMG 1.png|thumb|220px|Ezio, Rosa, and Antonio meeting at the Thieves Guild.]]
Ezio Auditore arrived in the city in 1481, and quickly allied himself with the Thieves Guild based in Venice. Ezio and the [[thieves]] gradually proceeded with a plan to assassinate the powerful Venetian merchant, [[Emilio Barbarigo]]. Once their preparations had been completed, Ezio left for the [[Palazzo della Seta]], the residence of Emilio. Before slaying the corrupt merchant, however, Ezio observed Emilio meeting with a government official, who informed the former of a Templar meeting to take place in three days at [[Santo Stefano]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

After assassinating Emilio, Ezio tailed the Templar meeting, and overheard discussions of a plan to assassinate the Doge of Venice, [[Giovanni Mocenigo]]. Confused and worried, Ezio decided to meet with [[Antonio de Magianis]], leader of the Thieves in Venice, and the two attempted to get Ezio inside of the Doge's palace using a [[Flying Machine|flying machine]] created by [[Leonardo da Vinci]]. However, the Assassin was unable to reach the Doge in time and prevent his death, but Ezio did manage to assassinate a fleeing Carlo Grimaldi. After this ordeal, the Templars placed one of their own, [[Marco Barbarigo]], on the Venetian throne.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

Once brought in as the new Doge, Marco was remarked as a terrible leader, and one who never left his Palazzo, for fear of the Assassin, Ezio Auditore.[[File:HaB_7.png|thumb|250px|Ezio aims his hidden gun at Marco.]]
Marco could not evade the Assassin forever, though, and in 1486 he hosted the annual private ball on [[Carnevale]] for select guests chosen by the Doge. However, there was a [[golden mask]] that allowed one person entrance to the private party, as long as they were able to win it through a series of games.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

With this in mind, another one of Ezio's allies in the city, [[Teodora Contanto]], brought Ezio to the Carnevale games, where he competed in four different games, utilizing his special skills to win each game. Despite his victory, [[Silvio Barbarigo]] and his bodyguard, [[Dante Moro]] knew of Ezio's plan, and bribed the host of the games to give the mask to Dante. Angry and desperate, Ezio then headed back and met with Teodora and Antonio, who advised him to steal the mask off of Dante, rather than Ezio's idea of killing him. After stealing the golden mask, Ezio headed for the Doge's party, and was allowed in without any hesitation by the guards. However, Dante arrived just after Ezio, and searched the crowd, unsuccessfully, for the Assassin. Ezio then emerged as Marco spoke on a boat offshore, and shot him with his [[Hidden Gun|hidden gun]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

[[File:Ezio_Antonio_Agostino_at_the_seta.jpg|thumb|215px|left|Ezio and Antonio meeting with Agostino.]]
Following the assassination of Marco Barbarigo and the ascension to power of his brother, [[Agostino Barbarigo]], an ally of the Assassins, Ezio began to search for Silvio Barbarigo, cousin to Agostino, and his bodyguard Dante Moro. Ezio learned that the two had barricaded themselves within a [[Arsenale di Venezia|shipyard]] with two hundred mercenaries accompanying them. In need of support and an ally, Ezio freed the notorious Venetian fighter and strategist, [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]], from a small prison in the military district, and the two plotted to rid the city of Silvio and Dante.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

After discussing a plan to kill both Silvio and Dante, Ezio liberated Bartolomeo's captured mercenaries, and then set them up in strategic points around the city in order to create chaos to cause Silvio to dispatch some of his men. With Silvio's mercenaries engaged in battles around the city, Bartolomeo and Ezio attacked Arsenale, with Bartolomeo battling Dante and Ezio fending off the guards at the gates. Eventually, Silvio ordered Dante back to the shipyard and sent out his reinforcements, as their Templar ship was about to set sail. However, Bartolomeo and his men fought off Silvio's reinforcements, and bought Ezio enough time to assassinate the two Templars.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

Although Venice was finally freed from its Templar oppression, Ezio learned from a dying Dante that the Templar plot to acquire Venice had merely been a distraction for the Assassins', so that the Templars might safely dispatch their vessel to [[Cyprus]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

====Removal of Agostino====
Between 1502 and 1503 [[Francesco Vecellio]] and his team of Assassins traveled to Venice to poison the corrupted and [[House of Borgia|Borgia]]-influenced Agostino Barbarigo. Before they left, he made sure that Agostino's successor was on the Assassins' side.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''</ref>

====Carnevale====
[[File:Carnevale_in_venezia.jpg|thumb|250px|Carnevale in Venice.]]
Venice hosted the famed Carnevale celebrations annually in the southern section of the city. Traditionally, the [[Civilians|citizens]] of Venice would don masks, allowing them to indulge in a variety of entertainments wilder than would normally be socially acceptable. Typically, Carnevale was celebrated with fireworks, carnival performers, and a series of games, with the winner of these games being awarded a golden mask that granted entrance to the Doge's personal ball.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

====Ezio's Wedding====
After Ezio's departure from Altair's library, he retired from the front lines of the Assassin Order and went to Venice with Sofia Sartor to be married.

====Modern Times====
By 2012, the centre of the San Marco district was used as a simulated training ground by [[Abstergo Industries]], in order to train their [[Abstergo recruits|recruits]].

==Landmarks==
*Cannaregio District
**[[San Giobbe]]
**[[Madonna dell'Orto]]
*San Polo District
**Palazzo della Seta
**[[Gilda del Ladri di Venezi]]
**[[Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari]]
**[[Bottega di Leonardo a Venezia]]
**[[San Giacomo di Rialto]]
**[[Ponte di Rialto]]
[[File:Saint marks basilica.png|thumb|230px|The Basilica di San Marco.]]
*San Marco District
**Santo Stefano
**[[Torre dell'Orologio]]
**[[Campanile di San Marco]]
**Palazzo Ducale di Venezia
**[[Basilica di San Marco]]
*Castello District
**[[Scuola Grande di San Marco]]
**[[San Giovanni e Paolo]]
**Arsenale di Venezia
**[[San Zaccaria]]
**[[San Pietro di Castello]]
*Dorsoduro District
**[[Santa Maria dei Carmini]]
**[[Squero di San Trovaso]]
**[[Santa Maria della Visitazione]]

==Trivia==
*Even after the events of the Carnevale, the citizens will continue to celebrate it for the remainder of the [[Assassin's Creed II|game]], albeit without fireworks, in the district of Dorsoduro.
*The guards in Venice are far more skilled than those in Florence, and are also better equipped.
*Venice is the only city where [[horses]] are unable to be used in ''Assassin's Creed II''.
*On the border of the San Polo and San Marco districts, there are two painters who are looking out across the river, yet are both painting a portrait of a person.
*The heart of the San Marco district in the city is host to a [[Multiplayer/ACBH#Locations|multiplayer map]] in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''.
*Along the many canals, there are many free running opportunities due to the pieces of wood jutting out of the buildings.

==Gallery==

<center><gallery captionalign="left">
File:Venice.jpg|An in-game map of Venice.
File:Grandcanal conceptart.png|The Grand Canal concept art during Carnevale.
File:Acwikivenice02.jpg|Piazza San Marco, the principal square of Venice.
Ac2-environment05.jpg|The Arsenale di Venezia.
File:Acwikivenice01.png|Ezio on the Rialto Bridge overlooking the Grand Canal.
File:Sneakattack from haystack.jpg|Ezio silently takes out a guard.
assassins_creed_2_dive1.jpg|Ezio diving into the water near the Palazzo Ducale.
AssassinsCreedIIGame-2010-05-03-16-54-53-551.jpg|Venice, as viewed from a tower viewpoint.
Venice- multiplayer.jpg|Venice, as it appears in ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''.
z_64f32a7f.jpg|A map of Venice in the ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' multiplayer.
ACB_MP_S_34_Venice_AllianceMode_SmugglerCo-opAssassination--article_image.jpg|A skirmish in Venice.
Venice MarketPlace Panoramic.jpg|Panoramic view of the marketplace in Venice.
Venice Waterways.jpg|Venetian waterways at night.
Basilica di San Marco Square Panoramic.jpg|A panoramic view of the Basilica di San Marco.
</gallery></center>

==References==
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[[Category:Assassin's Creed II: Discovery Locations]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Multiplayer Locations]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy Locations]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Revelations Multiplayer Locations]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Revelations (Novel) Locations]]

Silvio Barbarigo

2012-04-02T23:46:08Z

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Silvio Barbarigo Il Rosso
|image = Zw-silviobarbarigoilrosso.png
|imgdesc = Silvio Barbarigo in the Animus Database
|birth = 1435
|death = 1486
|period = [[Renaissance]]
|faction = [[House of Barbarigo]] [[Templars]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Novel (mentioned only)
|actor = [[Harry Standjofski]]
|voice = [[Harry Standjofski]]}}
'''Silvio Barbarigo''' (1435–1486), sometimes called "'''Il Rosso'''", was a government official, and a [[Templars|Templar]]. He was a state inquisitor of [[Venice]], and jealous of the power his relatives commanded.

He was the cousin of [[Marco Barbarigo]], and was related to [[Emilio Barbarigo]].

==Biography==
===Early life===
{{Quote|Silvio was introduced to politics when his father was cut out of the family inheritance. From then on, Silvio worked for his uncle, his father's killer.|Part of Silvio's [[Database]] entry.|Assassin's Creed II}}

Silvio was born in Venice as one of the Barbarigo family, and was introduced to violence and greed at a very early age. His Barbarigo uncle killed Silvio's father in order to gain more power over the family's wealth.<ref name="ACII">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

With the father of Silvio's familial branch dead, he was forced to live with the murderous uncle in the man's palazzo. This proved to be the uncle's mistake- Silvio quickly became a trusted adviser of the wealthy man, and sank his claws deeper into the family affairs with every passing day.<ref name="ACII" />

Silvio discovered a plot against his uncle, soon to be instigated by the Soranzo family. In order to prevent their conspiracy against the Barbarigo, he invited the family to an Easter celebration, and planned for their meal to be eaten on the balcony as the family's children played in the courtyard. As he began the feast with a toast to their health, the [[archers]] placed in strategic points behind the courtyard windows began to fire on the Soranzo family. The Soranzo never plotted against the Barbarigo family again.<ref name="ACII" />

After a period of ten years, Silvio decided to exact revenge on the traitorous uncle for his actions against Silvio's father. He convinced his mother and sister to kill him that night. Silvio easily persuaded any curious bystanders that the man had died in bed, and took over the luxurious palazzo as his own.<ref name="ACII" />

===Aiding the Templars===
{{Dialogue|Carlo|Yes, myself, in person. I'm concerned that you don't trust me.|Silvio|As am I. Perhaps he'll arrive with the others. Walk with me.|Silvio and Carlo in Venice.|Assassin's Creed II}}

In 1485, Silvio was present at a meeting with the Templars [[Carlo Grimaldi]], Marco Barbarigo, [[Dante Moro]] and [[Rodrigo Borgia]] outside of the [[Palazzo Ducale]]; in order to plot the assassination of the Doge of Venice, [[Giovanni Mocenigo]]. Silvio was given the task of acquiring a suitable [[poison]] for the murder of the Doge, and replied that a particular poison called [[cantarella]] would be adequate for their needs. He left the meeting as Rodrigo disbanded it on the [[Ponte di Rialto]], their departure masked by a sudden flock of pigeons.<ref name="ACII" /><ref name="ACRenaissance">''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''</ref>

[[File:Zw-goldmask.png|thumb|150px|Silvio with the Golden Mask.]]
Silvio reappeared during the [[Carnevale]], in which he had his bodyguard Dante take part in the many contests held, ultimately winning the [[Golden Mask]]. Though [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] had fairly won the prize, Silvio bribed the judges, in order for the mask to be presented to Dante instead, as it guaranteed the individual wearing it entry into Marco Barbarigo's private Carnevale party.<ref name="ACII" /><ref name="ACRenaissance" />

Ezio stole the mask from Dante and entered the party, assassinating Marco with his new [[Hidden Gun|hidden gun]]. After this dramatic event, Silvio hired a small army of [[mercenaries]] to capture [[L'Arsenale di Venezia|L'Arsenale]], with Dante leading them into battle. They took over the location, and began attempting to convince [[Assassins|Assassin]] mercenaries to defect to the Templar side.<ref name="ACII" /><ref name="ACRenaissance" />

===Death===
{{Dialogue2|Silvio|Don't you see what's happened?|Dante|No.|Of course not, slow as you are. We've been betrayed! The ship has sailed - without us! And now the Assassin approaches. Perhaps there's still time for us to escape. If not to the island, at least away from here...|Dante and Silvio in panic.|Assassin's Creed II}}

Once alerted of the previous events, mercenaries poured into L'Arsenale and fought viciously with the Barbarigo-bought [[guards]], pounding them with axes and brute strength.<ref name="ACII" /><ref name="ACRenaissance" />

Through this, Ezio Auditore noticed that his mercenary ally [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]] was fighting with Dante, a man with unsurpassable strength in battle. Bartolomeo was losing to Dante until Ezio came to his friend's aid, and forced Dante to flee to the gates.<ref name="ACII" /><ref name="ACRenaissance" />

[[File:Onestone.jpg|thumb|250px|Silvio calling out to Dante.]]
Silvio taunted Ezio as he fought the men blocking the Assassin forces from defeating the corrupt official, claiming that Ezio had no idea what the [[Ezio's Apple|Apple]] was capable of, and threatening the sanctity of [[Maria Auditore da Firenze|his mother]] and [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze|sister]]. Unfortunately for Silvio, Dante was once again defeated, and the two men fled for a boat that had been planned as their escape from Venice.<ref name="ACII" /><ref name="ACRenaissance" />

Upon arrival at the docks, Silvio realized that their ship had already left in a cowardly betrayal by his fellow Templars. He had nowhere left to run, and was assassinated alongside his faithful bodyguard. Though Silvio still refused to betray any information, Dante revealed that the destination of the ship was [[Cyprus]].<ref name="ACII" /><ref name="ACRenaissance" />

With the deaths of the last Templars in Venice, L'Arsenale and Venice itself could enjoy peace and tranquility for a long time.<ref name="ACII" /><ref name="ACRenaissance" />

==Personality and characteristics==
Silvio was very ambitious and cunning, having planned the downfall of his murderous uncle since early childhood. He planned events thoroughly before acting them out and made sure that every individual knew of their part to play in said plan. As such, his plots often came to a successful conclusion, bringing wealth and good fortune to the Barbarigo family and to himself.<ref name="ACII" />

His Templar ties began sometime in his past, though it is unknown when and how they occurred. However, his ruthlessness and ambition were perfect examples of the Templar mentality for power. This may well have been why the Templars became interested in his services. The key supplier of poison in the coup of the Doge, Silvio was a stealthy killer that first practiced his art on his own uncle.<ref name="ACII" />

Silvio was no coward- he hired mercenaries and took L'Arsenale in a major fight, defeating the famous Bartolomeo d'Alviano and dealing a major blow to the Assassin Order. He was only defeated when betrayed by the cowardice of his own soldiers.<ref name="ACII" /><ref name="ACRenaissance" />

Silvio wore a thick blue coat with crimson gloves and crimson hood attached, in order to hide his features. He was rather overweight, but was capable of flight when threatened with death. He wore a golden crucible around his neck fixed with a ruby in its center, a lie of faith to the general public. His hair was orange or brown, just above shoulder-length and curly. His face was pudgy and unromantic, with thin lips, deep-set eyes and a very wide, fat nose.<ref name="ACII" /><ref name="ACRenaissance" />

==Final Words==
*'''Ezio:''' ''What's happened here? Why the boats? I thought you sought the Doge's seat.''
*'''Silvio:''' ''Just a distraction. We were meant to sail...''
*'''Ezio:''' ''Sail where?''
*'''Silvio:''' ''I'll never tell.''
''(Silvio dies)''
*'''Dante:''' ''Cyprus is their destination. They want... they... want...''
*''(Dante dies)''
*'''Ezio:''' Non temete l'oscurità - accettate il suo abbraccio. Requiescat in pace. ''(Fear not the darkness - but welcome it's embrace. Rest in peace.)''

==Trivia==
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'', Silvio Barbarigo is portrayed by [[Harry Standjofski]] in two minor appearances; being heard talking with Marco Barbarigo, and attending the Templar meeting at the end of the film.
*In the novel ''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]'', Ezio guts him with the [[hidden blade]].

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==Gallery==
<center><gallery captionalign="left">
AC2CarloSilvio.jpg|Carlo and Silvio talking.
Ezioonestone.jpg|Silvio's death.
</gallery></center>

==References==
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Harry Standjofski

2012-04-02T23:42:20Z

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{{Era|Realworld}}''' '''[[File:Baldilocks.png|thumb|180px]]
'''Harry Standjofski''' (born May 2, 1959 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada), credited as Harry Stanjovski in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'', is a Canadian actor and voice actor. He has appeared in films such as A Sentimental Capitalism, Guy 'X, The Aviator, Protection, and Hidden Agenda and has voiced characters in video games such as Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, and Splinter Cell.

In the [[Assassin's Creed series|''Assassin's Creed'' series]], Standjofski provides the voice of [[William of Montferrat]] in ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' and [[Silvio Barbarigo]] in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''.

== ''Assassin's Creed'' works ==
*''Assassin's Creed: Revelations ''(2011)'' - ''Various Voices
*[[Assassin's Creed: Ascendance|''Assassin's Creed: Ascendance'']] (2010) - [[Juan Borgia the Younger]] / [[Oliverotto da Fermo]]
*''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' (2010) - [[Juan Borgia the Elder]]
*''Assassin's Creed: Lineage'' (2009) - Silvio Barbarigo
*''Assassin's Creed II'' (2009) - Silvio Barbarigo
*''Assassin's Creed'' (2007) – William of Montferrat

== External links ==
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0822092/ Harry Standjofski] at the Internet Movie Database

{{DEFAULTSORT:Standjofski, Harry}}
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[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Revelations Voice Actors]]

Harry Standjofski

2012-04-02T23:41:53Z

121.219.154.46: /* Assassin's Creed works */

{{Era|Realworld}}''' '''[[File:Baldilocks.png|thumb|180px]]
'''Harry Standjofski''' (born May 2, 1959 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada), credited as Harry Stanjovski in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'', is a Canadian actor and voice actor. He has appeared in films such as A Sentimental Capitalism, Guy 'X, The Aviator, Protection, and Hidden Agenda and has voiced characters in video games such as Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, and Splinter Cell.

In the [[Assassin's Creed series|''Assassin's Creed'' series]], Standjofski provides the voice of [[William of Montferrat]] in ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' and [[Silvio Barbarigo]] in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''.

== ''Assassin's Creed'' works ==
*''Assassin's Creed: Revelations ''(2011)'' - Various Voices''
*[[Assassin's Creed: Ascendance|''Assassin's Creed: Ascendance'']] (2010) - [[Juan Borgia the Younger]] / [[Oliverotto da Fermo]]
*''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' (2010) - [[Juan Borgia the Elder]]
*''Assassin's Creed: Lineage'' (2009) - Silvio Barbarigo
*''Assassin's Creed II'' (2009) - Silvio Barbarigo
*''Assassin's Creed'' (2007) – William of Montferrat

== External links ==
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0822092/ Harry Standjofski] at the Internet Movie Database

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[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Revelations Voice Actors]]

Harry Standjofski

2012-04-02T23:41:27Z

121.219.154.46: /* Assassin's Creed works */

{{Era|Realworld}}''' '''[[File:Baldilocks.png|thumb|180px]]
'''Harry Standjofski''' (born May 2, 1959 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada), credited as Harry Stanjovski in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'', is a Canadian actor and voice actor. He has appeared in films such as A Sentimental Capitalism, Guy 'X, The Aviator, Protection, and Hidden Agenda and has voiced characters in video games such as Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, and Splinter Cell.

In the [[Assassin's Creed series|''Assassin's Creed'' series]], Standjofski provides the voice of [[William of Montferrat]] in ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' and [[Silvio Barbarigo]] in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''.

== ''Assassin's Creed'' works ==
*''Assassin's Creed: Revelations (2011) - Various Voices''
*[[Assassin's Creed: Ascendance|''Assassin's Creed: Ascendance'']] (2010) - [[Juan Borgia the Younger]] / [[Oliverotto da Fermo]]
*''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' (2010) - [[Juan Borgia the Elder]]
*''Assassin's Creed: Lineage'' (2009) - Silvio Barbarigo
*''Assassin's Creed II'' (2009) - Silvio Barbarigo
*''Assassin's Creed'' (2007) – William of Montferrat

== External links ==
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0822092/ Harry Standjofski] at the Internet Movie Database

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[[Category:Assassin's Creed Voice Actors]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed II Voice Actors]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Voice Actors]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Revelations Voice Actors]]

Byzantine Empire

2012-04-02T23:37:05Z

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{{Era|Revelations|Rbook}}
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|name = Byzantines
|image = 500px-Palaiologos_Dynasty_emblem.svg.png
|imgdesc =
|hideo =
|founder = {{Wiki|Constantine the Great|Constantine I}}
|leader = Emperor
|headquarters = [[Constantinople]]
|locations =
|related = {{Wiki|Roman Empire|Romans}} [[Templars]] [[Assassins]]
|religion = {{Wiki|Religion in ancient Rome|Roman paganism}} until 391, {{Wiki|Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox Christianity}} tolerated after the {{Wiki|Edict of Milan}} in 313, and {{Wiki|State church of the Roman Empire|state religion}} after 380.
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|reorganised =
|collapsed = 1453
|hidea =
|notable = [[Manuel Palaiologos]] [[Leandros]]<ref name="Revelations">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>
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The '''Byzantines''' were the predominantly Greek-speaking citizens and supporters of the {{Wiki|Byzantine Empire}}.

==History==
===Templar infiltration===
During the early 16th century after the [[Templars]] were driven from [[Italy]] by the [[Assassins]], the members of the Templar Order were able to seize control of the remnants of the Byzantine Empire. Now in command, the Templars set up their primary headquarters at [[Cappadocia]]. The Byzantines' ultimate aim was to uproot the [[Ottoman Empire]] and take control of [[Constantinople]]. For a some time, however, they remained relatively quiet.<ref name="Revelations"/>

===Masyaf===
By 1509, the Templars became aware of the five [[Seals of Altaïr|seals]] of [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]]. In 1509, after the earthquake in Constantinople, the Templars discovered one of the seals under [[Topkapı Palace]], as the entrance to the seal's chamber had been opened by the earthquake. Following this discovery, the Byzantine Templars became more active and militant in their desire to retake Constantinople and find the remaining four seals. Shortly afterwards, this seal passed into the possession of the de facto Byzantine Emperor, the Templar in charge of the hunt for the seals, [[Manuel Palaiologos]]. By the beginning of 1511, a Byzantine Templar captain named [[Leandros]] had occupied the region surrounding Masyaf, where the [[Altaïr's library|library]] which the seals opened was located, though by May 1511, the region had been cleansed of Templars by the [[Mentor]] of the [[Italian Assassins]], [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], who had had a major role in the fall of the Italian Templars, and was visiting Masyaf to learn more of the Assassin Order. By May 1511, the Templars were searching the [[Forum of the Ox]] and the [[Yerebatan Cistern]] in Constantinople for seals, though they were beaten to both of these seals by Ezio, who had also begun hunting the seals.<ref name="Revelations"/>
===Constantinople===
As the Templars plotted to overthrow the Ottomans, many Byzantine soldiers were present in Constantinople by mid-1511. These soldiers rivaled the [[Constantinople Assassins Guild]], and by May, had seized all of the [[Assassin Dens]] for themselves, except two, one in [[Galata district|Galata]], and one in the [[Imperial District]], near the [[Grand Bazaar]]. Shortly after Ezio's arrival in the city in May 1511, the Templars launched an attack on both of the remaining dens, though they were routed at Galata, they managed to take the den at the Grand Bazaar, though this was a temporary victory, as the Assassins retook the den not much later.

Over the 11 months after his arrival in the city, Ezio retook the dens, one by one, and severely weakened the Templars, until, in March 1512, Ezio left for Cappadocia, in search of Palaiologos, who possessed the last seal. Ezio killed Manuel and claimed the seal for himself. As he was about to leave, he noticed Ahmet on a ship with Byzantines and he revealed that he was the true mastermind behind the Masyaf expedition.

===Cappadocia===
During the early 16th century, the Templars set up their headquarters in Cappadocia, after being driven from their previous base in [[Rome]] by the Assassins. There, the Templars set up prisons and instated themselves as the rulers of the city, filling the streets with Byzantine Templars.

Palaiologos resided in Cappadocia for some time after his family lost their hold on the Byzantine throne. He, along with his bodyguard and fellow Templar, Shahkulu, governed much of the city and held power within its walls until Ezio's arrival.

==Trivia==
* On the [[Animus]] interface radar, Byzantine soldiers appear as red dots.
* After game's completion, Byzantines are hardly ever found in Constantinople and only largely found in Cappadocia. However, those who remain in Constantinople are usually trying to demolish [[ziplines]], often in four-men cells and usually in the [[Constantine District|Constantine district]].

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="180" position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="center" captiontextcolor="#ffffff">
The_Wounded_Eagle_3.png|Byzantine soldiers with one of their Templar masters, Leandros.
ACR Soldier Art HD.png|Artwork.
Byzantines.png|An example of a 16th century Byzantine soldier.
Manuel Palaiologos.png|Heir to the Byzantine throne, Manuel Palaiologos
Guard-byzantine-ACR.png|Byzantine Militia
Guard-varangian-ACR.png|Byzantine Varangian
Guard-almogavar-ACR.png|Byzantine Almogavar
Byzantine Gunman Artwork.jpg|Byzantine Gunman.
Byzantine Leader Artwork.jpg|Byzantine Leader.
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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Constantinople

2012-04-02T23:22:21Z

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{{Quote|Many generations of men have ruled the city. But they have never subdued her. She always bounces back.|[[Yusuf Tazim]] regarding Constantinople.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations}}
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|name = Constantinople
|image = Constantinoplepic.png
|hidep =
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|rulers = Sultanate
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|hideh =
|founded = {{Wiki|Constantine the Great|Constantine I}}
|date = c. 671 - 662 BC (as {{Wiki|Byzantium|Byzantium}})
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'''Constantinople''', also known at various times as '''Byzantium''', '''Kostantiniyye''' or '''Istanbul''', was the capital of the {{Wiki|Byzantine Empire}} and its successor - the [[Ottoman Empire]] - following the conquest of 1453. The only pan-continental city in the world; during the [[Renaissance]], it was Europe's largest and wealthiest city, consisting of four distinct districts; [[Constantine District|Constantine]], [[Bayezid District|Bayezid]], [[Imperial District|Imperial]], and [[Galata District|Galata]].

==History==
In 1204, the city was visited by the [[Mentor]] of the [[Levantine Assassins]], [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]], who had hopes of introducing the [[Assassins|Assassin Brotherhood]] to the city. However, mass riots followed by the arrival of {{Wiki|Fourth Crusade|European Crusaders}} who sacked the city, forced him to retreat.<ref name="The Secret Crusade">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]''</ref>

In 1258, [[Niccolò Polo|Niccolò]] and [[Maffeo Polo]] established an Assassins Guild in Constantinople, after returning from the Assassin Fortress of Masyaf, thus forming the [[Turkish Assassins]] branch. They hid the five [[Masyaf Keys]] given to them by Altaïr in the [[Yerebatan Cistern]] entered by a secret door in Polo's old trading post; the [[Maiden's Tower]]; and beneath [[the Forum of the Ox]], [[Galata Tower]] and what would become [[Topkapı Palace]].<ref name="Revelations"/>

During the [[Renaissance]], at some point between 1501 and 1507, the Doge of [[Venice]], along with Sultan [[Bayezid II]], sought to ally their considerable naval powers through a free trade treaty. However, the [[Templars]] were wary of any peace between the two, and became intent on interfering with their alliance. The [[House of Borgia|Borgia]] dispatched a force of [[mercenaries]] to disrupt the agreement, but they were quickly intercepted by members of the [[Italian Assassins]], who set their ship aflame before they could depart.<ref name="Project Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''</ref><ref name="Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

By 1509, the Templars had started to relocate themselves to Constantinople due to their defeat in Italy and the disruption of their activities throughout Western Europe. The Templars formed a faction known as the [[Byzantines|Stewards of Byzantium]] and attempted to seize control of the city in the wake of Bayezid's absence, due to his civil war with his son [[Selim I|Selim]].

An {{Wiki|1509 Istanbul earthquake|earthquake}} uncovered the Key hidden beneath Topkapı Palace. Two years later, after traveling to Masyaf to reveal his Assassin heritage, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]], Mentor of the Italian Assassins, arrived in Constantinople to retrieve the other Keys before the Templars. His leadership enabled the Assassins to reclaim their [[Assassin Dens|dens]] from the Byzantines and liberated most of the shops from their control, much as he had in Rome, as well as training several Assassins to the rank of [[Master Assassin]], through the [[Eradication of the Byzantine agents|assassination]] of key Templar agents. However, when Selim took control of the throne, he banished Ezio from Constantinople, though allowed him one final visit to the city to sort out his affairs, by request of his son [[Suleiman I|Suleiman]].<ref name="Revelations">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref><ref name="Revelations novel">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations (novel)]]''</ref>

==Trivia==
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'', the city is slightly smaller than [[Rome]] was in Brotherhood. This is odd, as Constantinople was Europe's and the world's largest and wealthiest city. However, it has more buildings, and is more densely populated.
*[[Alexandre Amancio]], the Creative Director of the [[Assassin's Creed (series)|''Assassin's Creed'' series]], stated at E3 that Constantinople is a "really cool metaphor for Ezio meeting Altaïr", citing the fact that half of Constantinople was in Europe, and the other in Asia.
*It is also stated by [[Darby McDevitt]] that Constantinople would be a meaningful meeting of Ezio and Altaïr as the city itself was formerly under Christian control, then Muslim, which suits Altaïr and Ezio as the former hails from a Muslim culture in [[Syria]] and the latter hails from a Christian [[Italy]].

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="160" captiontextcolor="#ffffff" bordersize="medium" captionalign="center">
constantinople.png|Concept art of Constantinople.
PL MyEnemysEnemy.jpg|Artwork from ''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''.
Imageassassinscreedreve (2).jpg|The port of Constantinople.
ACR Constantinople Port.jpg|Concept art of Constantinople's Port
ACR Street Art HD.png|Ezio walks towards Hagia Sophia
ACR Constantniople Port.jpg|Constantinople port concept art.
ACR Street Art 2 HD.png|Ezio walking in Constantinople.
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Constantinoplepanoramic.png|Constantinople as seen from the Bosphorus.
</gallery>
{{wide image|PanoramaConstantinople.jpg|1000px|Panorama of Galata during the 16thcentury.
|alt=Panorama of Constantinople}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

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Constantinople

2012-04-02T23:21:50Z

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{{Era|Brotherhood|Revelations|PL|DYL|Rbook}}
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{{WPlocations}}
{{Quote|Many generations of men have ruled the city. But they have never subdued her. She always bounces back.|[[Yusuf Tazim]] regarding Constantinople.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations}}
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|image = Constantinoplepic.png
|hidep =
|state = [[Ottoman Empire]]
|rulers = Sultanate
|factions = [[Byzantines]] [[Templars]] [[Assassins]]
|hideh =
|founded = {{Wiki|Constantine the Great|Constantine I}}
|date = c. 671 - 662 BC (as {{Wiki|Byzantium|Byzantium}})
|abandoned =
|hidea =
|landmark = [[Topkapı Palace]] [[Hagia Sophia]] [[Galata Tower]]
|flags =
|targets = [[Vali cel Tradat]] [[Cyril of Rhodes]] [[Georgios Kostas]] [[Lysistrata]] [[Mirela Djuric]] [[Odai Dunqas]] [[Tarik Barleti]] [[Ahmet]]
}}
'''Constantinople''', also known at various times as '''Byzantium''', '''Kostantiniyye''' or '''Istanbul''', was the capital of the {{Wiki|Byzantine Empire}} and its successor - the [[Ottoman Empire]] - following the conquest of 1453. The only pan-continental city in the world; during the [[Renaissance]], it was Europe's largest and wealthiest city, consisting of four distinct districts; [[Constantine District|Constantine]], [[Bayezid District|Bayezid]], [[Imperial District|Imperial]], and [[Galata District|Galata]].

==History==
In 1204, the city was visited by the [[Mentor]] of the [[Levantine Assassins]], [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]], who had hopes of introducing the [[Assassins|Assassin Brotherhood]] to the city. However, mass riots followed by the arrival of {{Wiki|Fourth Crusade|European Crusaders}} who sacked the city, forced him to retreat.<ref name="The Secret Crusade">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]''</ref>

In 1258, [[Niccolò Polo|Niccolò]] and [[Maffeo Polo]] established an Assassins Guild in Constantinople, after returning from the Assassin Fortress of Masyaf, thus forming the [[Turkish Assassins]] branch. They hid the five [[Masyaf Keys]] given to them by Altaïr in the [[Yerebatan Cistern]] entered by a secret door in Polo's old trading post; the [[Maiden's Tower]]; and beneath [[the Forum of the Ox]], [[Galata Tower]] and what would become [[Topkapı Palace]].<ref name="Revelations"/>

During the [[Renaissance]], at some point between 1501 and 1507, the Doge of [[Venice]], along with Sultan [[Bayezid II]], sought to ally their considerable naval powers through a free trade treaty. However, the [[Templars]] were wary of any peace between the two, and became intent on interfering with their alliance. The [[House of Borgia|Borgia]] dispatched a force of [[mercenaries]] to disrupt the agreement, but they were quickly intercepted by members of the [[Italian Assassins]], who set their ship aflame before they could depart.<ref name="Project Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''</ref><ref name="Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

By 1509, the Templars had started to relocate themselves to Constantinople due to their defeat in Italy and the disruption of their activities throughout Western Europe. The Templars formed a faction known as the [[Byzantines|Stewards of Byzantium]] and attempted to seize control of the city in the wake of Bayezid's absence, due to his civil war with his son [[Selim I|Selim]].

An {{Wiki|1509 Istanbul earthquake|earthquake}} uncovered the Key hidden beneath Topkapı Palace. Two years later, after traveling to Masyaf to reveal his Assassin heritage, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]], Mentor of the Italian Assassins, arrived in Constantinople to retrieve the other Keys before the Templars. His leadership enabled the Assassins to reclaim their [[Assassin Dens|dens]] from the Byzantines and liberated most of the shops from their control, much as he had in Rome, as well as training several Assassins to the rank of [[Master Assassin]], through the [[Eradication of the Byzantine agents|assassination]] of key Templar agents. However, when Selim took control of the throne, he banished Ezio from Constantinople, though allowed him one final visit to the city to sort out his affairs, by request of his son [[Suleiman I|Suleiman]].<ref name="Revelations">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref><ref name="Revelations novel">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations (novel)]]''</ref>

==Trivia==
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'', the city is slightly smaller than [[Rome]] was in Brotherhood. This is odd, as Constantinople was Europe and the world's largest and wealthiest city. However, it has more buildings, and is more densely populated.
*[[Alexandre Amancio]], the Creative Director of the [[Assassin's Creed (series)|''Assassin's Creed'' series]], stated at E3 that Constantinople is a "really cool metaphor for Ezio meeting Altaïr", citing the fact that half of Constantinople was in Europe, and the other in Asia.
*It is also stated by [[Darby McDevitt]] that Constantinople would be a meaningful meeting of Ezio and Altaïr as the city itself was formerly under Christian control, then Muslim, which suits Altaïr and Ezio as the former hails from a Muslim culture in [[Syria]] and the latter hails from a Christian [[Italy]].

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="160" captiontextcolor="#ffffff" bordersize="medium" captionalign="center">
constantinople.png|Concept art of Constantinople.
PL MyEnemysEnemy.jpg|Artwork from ''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''.
Imageassassinscreedreve (2).jpg|The port of Constantinople.
ACR Constantinople Port.jpg|Concept art of Constantinople's Port
ACR Street Art HD.png|Ezio walks towards Hagia Sophia
ACR Constantniople Port.jpg|Constantinople port concept art.
ACR Street Art 2 HD.png|Ezio walking in Constantinople.
ACR Street Art 3 HD.png
ACR Constantinople Gates Art HD.png
78.jpg
Constantinoplepanoramic.png|Constantinople as seen from the Bosphorus.
</gallery>
{{wide image|PanoramaConstantinople.jpg|1000px|Panorama of Galata during the 16thcentury.
|alt=Panorama of Constantinople}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{ACRevelations}}
[[Category:Constantinople| ]]
[[Category:Cities of Europe]]
[[Category:Cities of Asia]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade Locations]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy Locations]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Revelations Locations]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Revelations (Novel) Locations]]

Constantinople

2012-04-02T23:20:20Z

121.219.154.46: /* History */

{{Era|Brotherhood|Revelations|PL|DYL|Rbook}}
{{WP-REAL}}
{{WPlocations}}
{{Quote|Many generations of men have ruled the city. But they have never subdued her. She always bounces back.|[[Yusuf Tazim]] regarding Constantinople.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations}}
{{Location infobox
|name = Constantinople
|image = Constantinoplepic.png
|hidep =
|state = [[Ottoman Empire]]
|rulers = Sultanate
|factions = [[Byzantines]] [[Templars]] [[Assassins]]
|hideh =
|founded = {{Wiki|Constantine the Great|Constantine I}}
|date = c. 671 - 662 BC (as {{Wiki|Byzantium|Byzantium}})
|abandoned =
|hidea =
|landmark = [[Topkapı Palace]] [[Hagia Sophia]] [[Galata Tower]]
|flags =
|targets = [[Vali cel Tradat]] [[Cyril of Rhodes]] [[Georgios Kostas]] [[Lysistrata]] [[Mirela Djuric]] [[Odai Dunqas]] [[Tarik Barleti]] [[Ahmet]]
}}
'''Constantinople''', also known at various times as '''Byzantium''', '''Kostantiniyye''' or '''Istanbul''', was the capital of the {{Wiki|Byzantine Empire}} and its successor - the [[Ottoman Empire]] - following the conquest of 1453. The only pan-continental city in the world; during the [[Renaissance]], it was Europe's largest and wealthiest city, consisting of four distinct districts; [[Constantine District|Constantine]], [[Bayezid District|Bayezid]], [[Imperial District|Imperial]], and [[Galata District|Galata]].

==History==
In 1204, the city was visited by the [[Mentor]] of the [[Levantine Assassins]], [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]], who had hopes of introducing the [[Assassins|Assassin Brotherhood]] to the city. However, mass riots followed by the arrival of {{Wiki|Fourth Crusade|European Crusaders}} who sacked the city, forced him to retreat.<ref name="The Secret Crusade">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]''</ref>

In 1258, [[Niccolò Polo|Niccolò]] and [[Maffeo Polo]] established an Assassins Guild in Constantinople, after returning from the Assassin Fortress of Masyaf, thus forming the [[Turkish Assassins]] branch. They hid the five [[Masyaf Keys]] given to them by Altaïr in the [[Yerebatan Cistern]] entered by a secret door in Polo's old trading post; the [[Maiden's Tower]]; and beneath [[the Forum of the Ox]], [[Galata Tower]] and what would become [[Topkapı Palace]].<ref name="Revelations"/>

During the [[Renaissance]], at some point between 1501 and 1507, the Doge of [[Venice]], along with Sultan [[Bayezid II]], sought to ally their considerable naval powers through a free trade treaty. However, the [[Templars]] were wary of any peace between the two, and became intent on interfering with their alliance. The [[House of Borgia|Borgia]] dispatched a force of [[mercenaries]] to disrupt the agreement, but they were quickly intercepted by members of the [[Italian Assassins]], who set their ship aflame before they could depart.<ref name="Project Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''</ref><ref name="Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

By 1509, the Templars had started to relocate themselves to Constantinople due to their defeat in Italy and the disruption of their activities throughout Western Europe. The Templars formed a faction known as the [[Byzantines|Stewards of Byzantium]] and attempted to seize control of the city in the wake of Bayezid's absence, due to his civil war with his son [[Selim I|Selim]].

An {{Wiki|1509 Istanbul earthquake|earthquake}} uncovered the Key hidden beneath Topkapı Palace. Two years later, after traveling to Masyaf to reveal his Assassin heritage, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]], Mentor of the Italian Assassins, arrived in Constantinople to retrieve the other Keys before the Templars. His leadership enabled the Assassins to reclaim their [[Assassin Dens|dens]] from the Byzantines and liberated most of the shops from their control, much as he had in Rome, as well as training several Assassins to the rank of [[Master Assassin]], through the [[Eradication of the Byzantine agents|assassination]] of key Templar agents. However, when Selim took control of the throne, he banished Ezio from Constantinople, though allowed him one final visit to the city to sort out his affairs, by request of his son [[Suleiman I|Suleiman]].<ref name="Revelations">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref><ref name="Revelations novel">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations (novel)]]''</ref>

==Trivia==
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'', the city is slightly smaller than [[Rome]] was in Brotherhood, but it has more buildings, and is more densely populated.
*[[Alexandre Amancio]], the Creative Director of the [[Assassin's Creed (series)|''Assassin's Creed'' series]], stated at E3 that Constantinople is a "really cool metaphor for Ezio meeting Altaïr", citing the fact that half of Constantinople was in Europe, and the other in Asia.
*It is also stated by [[Darby McDevitt]] that Constantinople would be a meaningful meeting of Ezio and Altaïr as the city itself was formerly under Christian control, then Muslim, which suits Altaïr and Ezio as the former hails from a Muslim culture in [[Syria]] and the latter hails from a Christian [[Italy]].

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="160" captiontextcolor="#ffffff" bordersize="medium" captionalign="center">
constantinople.png|Concept art of Constantinople.
PL MyEnemysEnemy.jpg|Artwork from ''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''.
Imageassassinscreedreve (2).jpg|The port of Constantinople.
ACR Constantinople Port.jpg|Concept art of Constantinople's Port
ACR Street Art HD.png|Ezio walks towards Hagia Sophia
ACR Constantniople Port.jpg|Constantinople port concept art.
ACR Street Art 2 HD.png|Ezio walking in Constantinople.
ACR Street Art 3 HD.png
ACR Constantinople Gates Art HD.png
78.jpg
Constantinoplepanoramic.png|Constantinople as seen from the Bosphorus.
</gallery>
{{wide image|PanoramaConstantinople.jpg|1000px|Panorama of Galata during the 16thcentury.
|alt=Panorama of Constantinople}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{ACRevelations}}
[[Category:Constantinople| ]]
[[Category:Cities of Europe]]
[[Category:Cities of Asia]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade Locations]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy Locations]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Revelations Locations]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Revelations (Novel) Locations]]

Bon Voyage

2012-04-02T23:17:21Z

121.219.154.46: /* Trivia */

{{Era|ACB}}{{WPmemories}}
{{Memory Infobox
|image = Bon-voyage-memory.png
|description = Recover [[Leonardo Da Vinci|Leonardo]]'s paintings before the merchant sails away with them.|undefined
|appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
|type = Restored Memory
|next = [[Last Minute Invite]]
|ancestor = [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]
|location = [[Rome]], [[Italy]]
|date = 1506||previous = [[Memento Mori]]}}

'''Bon Voyage''' is a memory in ''[[The Da Vinci Disappearance]]'' [[DLC|downloadable content]] pack for ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''.
==Description==

[[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] traveled to the home of Francesco Colonna in search of the remaining [[Leonardo da Vinci]] paintings. A woman greeted him at the door and informed him that all of Francesco's possessions have been seized by the [[Banks|banks]], and have been auctioned off to repay his debt. Ezio inquired about Leonardo's paintings, and was told that they had been sold to a Florentine merchant who was to set sail for [[Florence]] immediately. Ezio thanked the woman and left in search of the merchant.

==Dialogue==
Ezio arrived at Francesco Colonna's house and was greeted by a woman.

*'''Ezio:''' Buongiorno ''(Good day). Is this the home of Francesco Colonna?''
*'''Woman:''' ''It was, but now the banks own everything. We have lost it all.''
*'''Ezio:''' ''Even the Da Vinci paintings?''
*'''Woman: '''''A lesser part of'' Signore's ''(Sir's) collection.''
*'''Ezio:''' ''I have an interest in them nonetheless.''
*'''Woman: '''''The three paintings were put up for auction and purchased by a merchant of Firenze. He prepares to set sail from the harbor immediately.''
*'''Ezio:''' Grazie mille. ''(Thank you very much.)''

Ezio headed towards the harbor in search of the Florentine merchant. When he arrived, the man he searched for was revealed to be [[Duccio de Luca]].
[[File:ACBSP_2011-04-13_18-41-16-56.png|thumb|236px|Duccio and the woman.]]
*'''Duccio:''' ''Ezio Auditore.'' (To woman) ''Come back down to the harbor when I return to Roma. I will show you the inside of my ship.'' (To Ezio) ''Living in this third rate city, instead of beautiful Firenze? How low you have sunk.''
*'''Ezio:''' ''Duccio. We are not children anymore.''
*'''Duccio:''' ''Look around. I have help this time. And you are all alone.''
*'''Ezio: '''''I am warning you...''
*'''Duccio:''' ''We are only talking, are we not? I see this place has worked its magic on [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze|your sister]]. She did not want to open her legs in Firenze, but now she is the Madame of [[Rome|Roma]].''

Ezio punched Duccio in the face and he fell to the floor.

*'''Duccio:''' Cazzo! ''(Fuck!) Why are you just standing there? Hit him!''

Duccio and his henchmen attacked Ezio.[[File:ACBSP_2011-04-13_18-43-58-84.png|thumb|Ezio uppercuts Duccio]]

*'''Duccio:''' ''You can hit me, but that does not mean that Firenze will take you back! Dirty Roman! [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Your father]] pretended to be one of us, but we all knew you were outsiders. Get him!''

Ezio defeated Duccio and his henchmen.

*'''Ezio:''' ''You are going to shut your mouth, and give me what I want. The three Da Vinci paintings.''
*'''Duccio:''' ''One is on the boat. The other two were sold to a [[Cardinals|cardinal]], he is displaying them for high ranking members of the Church.''
*'''Ezio:''' ''How do I get in?''
*'''Duccio:''' ''How should I know? Go ask your whore of a sister, I am sure she has slept with a couple of cardinals.''

Ezio knocked Duccio unconscious with another punch to the face. He headed towards the boat to reclaim the painting being guarded by a group of [[Hermeticists]].

*'''Disciple #1:''' ''Where is Marco? He was to come here after examining another Da Vinci painting near [[Vaticano District|Il Vaticano]].''[[File:ACBSP_2011-04-13_18-46-54-10.png|thumb|Ezio scales the ship.]]
*'''Disciple #2:''' ''Imagine. Once we open [[Temple of Pythagoras|the temple]], the true [[Renaissance]] will be upon us and the teachings of Hermes will be known to all men.''
*'''Disciple #1:''' ''Patience, brothers. Soon we will reveal the secrets of this painting.''

==Outcome==
Ezio learned the locations of the remaining paintings and seized one from a ship guarded by Hermeticists.

==Trivia==

*To achieve full [[synchronization]], the player must not be detected by the robed disciples.
*There is no penalty for killing Duccio's henchmen, but killing him will result in desychronization.

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="left">
ACBSP 2011-04-13 18-31-37-87.png|Ezio speaks with the woman.
ACBSP 2011-04-13 18-46-22-51.png|Duccio lays beaten and bloodied.
ACBSP 2011-04-13 18-47-54-23.png|Ezio recovers the painting.
ACBSP 2011-04-13 18-41-49-30.png|Duccio's reaction to Ezio's first punch.
</gallery>

{{ACBHMemories}}
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Memories]]

Manuel Palaiologos

2012-04-02T21:19:10Z

121.219.154.46: /* Early life */

{{Era|Revelations|Rbook|Templars}}
{{WPtargets}}
{{WP-REAL}}
{{Revamp}}
{{Quote|...I am not the only one with this vision, Assassin. The dream of our Order is universal. Ottoman, Byzantine... these are only labels. Costumes and facades. Beneath these trappings, all Templars are part of the same family.|Manuel to [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] in 1512|Assassin's Creed Revelations}}
{{Character Infobox
|name = Manuel Palaiologos
|image = Manuel_Palaiologos.png
|imgdesc =
|birth = c. 1454
|death = March 1512 [[Derinkuyu]], [[Cappadocia]], [[Ottoman Empire]]
|period = [[Renaissance]]
|faction = [[Byzantines]] [[Templars]] [[Ottomans]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''
|voice = [[Vlasta Vrana]]}}

'''Manuel Palaiologos''' (c. 1454 – 1512) was an heir to the Byzantine throne at the time of the collapse of the [[Byzantine Empire]]. Following its breakdown, he surrendered his claim to the throne in exchange for a comfortable life as an [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] subject.

==Biography==
===Early life===
Manuel was born circa 1455, two years after the [[wikipedia:Fall of Constantinople|Fall of Constantinople]], as an heir to the Byzantine throne. He lived with his family in Morea, but they fled in 1460 to Corfu. The family later traveled to [[Rome]], where his father, [[wikipedia:Thomas Palaiologos|Thomas Palaiologos]], was recognized as the Byzantine Emperor.<ref name="Wikipedia">[[wikipedia:Manuel Palaiologos|Manuel Palaiologos]]</ref>

===Templar Connection===
Manuel and his brother later developed a friendship with the Templar Grand Master, Rodrigo Borgia, in the hopes of restoring Byzantine control over Constantinople. However, this came to nothing when Rodrigo lost interest in any kind of eastern uprising against the Ottomans, preferring to devote his time to consolidating his power in Italy.

===Life in Constantinople===
Under Sultan [[Bayezid II]]'s rule, Manuel returned to [[Constantinople]], where he received a pension in exchange for his rights to the Byzantine throne. Here he had two sons, Loannes and Andreas, and lived a luxurious life. Eventually, he joined the Sultan's navy and converted to Islam.<ref name="Wikipedia"/><ref name="GameInformer">''[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/05/17/the-characters-of-assassin-s-creed-revelations.aspx?PostPageIndex=2 ''GameInformer'': The Characters Of Assassin's Creed Revelations]</ref>

In 1511, surviving members of the Byzantine Empire, who were secretly [[Templars]], aimed to remove the Ottomans from power and resurrect their empire.

It was unclear to the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]] whether or not Palaiologos was siding with the Templars, and thus [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], the [[Mentor]] of the [[Italian Assassins]], tasked himself with finding Manuel's true allegiance.<ref name="GameInformer"/>

===Work in Cappadocia and death===
[[File:Manuel-death.png|thumb|250px|Manuel's final moments]]
Ezio discovered Manuel was working for the Templars in [[Cappadocia]], and went to the underground city to locate the Templar. While in Cappadocia, Ezio discovered that the Templars had an army stationed there, and that Manuel's lieutenant, [[Shahkulu]], was torturing Ottoman spies. Ezio assassinated Shahkulu, and then chased after Manuel who fled and called for his [[guards]]. However, Ezio caught Manuel later and the two fought, with Ezio eventually killing Manuel.

In his final words, Manuel expressed his desire to be Byzantine emperor, and said he had devised many plans for the position. Ezio responded by saying that his empire was already dead and that Manuel's desire was only a dream. However, Manuel believed that his dream was also that of the Templars' dream, which was of universal order and peace. Manuel gave the Assassin the [[Masyaf Keys|key]] he held to [[Altaïr's library]], but told Ezio he would be killed before he even could even get to the secret library.

==Last words==
*'''Manuel:''' ''I should have been Constantine's successor. I had so many plans.''
*'''Ezio:''' ''Your dream dies with you, Manuel. Your empire is gone.''
*'''Manuel:''' ''Ah, but I am not the only one with this vision, Assassin. The dream of our Order is universal. Ottoman, Byzantine... these are only labels. Costumes and facades. Beneath these trappings, all Templars are part of the same family.''
*'''Ezio:''' ''Enough prattling. I am here for the Masyaf Key.''
*'''Manuel:''' ''Then take it. Take it and seek your fortune. See if you get within one hundred leagues of that library before one of us finishes you off.''

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="180" position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="center" captiontextcolor="#ffffff">
TAG 1.png|Manuel meeting Tarik Barleti at Constantinople.
Ezio-eavesdrop.png|Ezio spying on Manuel and Shahkulu
Ezio-cornering-manuel.png|Ezio cornering Manuel
ACR Manuel Art HD.png|Artwork.
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{ACR}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Palaiologos, Manuel}}
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Revelations Characters]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Revelations Assassination Targets]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Revelations (Novel) Characters]]
[[Category:Templars]]
[[Category:Historical Characters]]

Manuel Palaiologos

2012-04-02T21:18:29Z

121.219.154.46: /* Life in Constantinople */

{{Era|Revelations|Rbook|Templars}}
{{WPtargets}}
{{WP-REAL}}
{{Revamp}}
{{Quote|...I am not the only one with this vision, Assassin. The dream of our Order is universal. Ottoman, Byzantine... these are only labels. Costumes and facades. Beneath these trappings, all Templars are part of the same family.|Manuel to [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] in 1512|Assassin's Creed Revelations}}
{{Character Infobox
|name = Manuel Palaiologos
|image = Manuel_Palaiologos.png
|imgdesc =
|birth = c. 1454
|death = March 1512 [[Derinkuyu]], [[Cappadocia]], [[Ottoman Empire]]
|period = [[Renaissance]]
|faction = [[Byzantines]] [[Templars]] [[Ottomans]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''
|voice = [[Vlasta Vrana]]}}

'''Manuel Palaiologos''' (c. 1454 – 1512) was an heir to the Byzantine throne at the time of the collapse of the [[Byzantine Empire]]. Following its breakdown, he surrendered his claim to the throne in exchange for a comfortable life as an [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] subject.

==Biography==
===Early life===
Manuel was born circa 1454, two years after the [[wikipedia:Fall of Constantinople|Fall of Constantinople]], as an heir to the Byzantine throne. He lived with his family in Morea, but they fled in 1460 to Corfu. The family later traveled to [[Rome]], where his father, [[wikipedia:Thomas Palaiologos|Thomas Palaiologos]], was recognized as the Byzantine Emperor.<ref name="Wikipedia">[[wikipedia:Manuel Palaiologos|Manuel Palaiologos]]</ref>

===Templar Connection===
Manuel and his brother later developed a friendship with the Templar Grand Master, Rodrigo Borgia, in the hopes of restoring Byzantine control over Constantinople. However, this came to nothing when Rodrigo lost interest in any kind of eastern uprising against the Ottomans, preferring to devote his time to consolidating his power in Italy.

===Life in Constantinople===
Under Sultan [[Bayezid II]]'s rule, Manuel returned to [[Constantinople]], where he received a pension in exchange for his rights to the Byzantine throne. Here he had two sons, Loannes and Andreas, and lived a luxurious life. Eventually, he joined the Sultan's navy and converted to Islam.<ref name="Wikipedia"/><ref name="GameInformer">''[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/05/17/the-characters-of-assassin-s-creed-revelations.aspx?PostPageIndex=2 ''GameInformer'': The Characters Of Assassin's Creed Revelations]</ref>

In 1511, surviving members of the Byzantine Empire, who were secretly [[Templars]], aimed to remove the Ottomans from power and resurrect their empire.

It was unclear to the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]] whether or not Palaiologos was siding with the Templars, and thus [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], the [[Mentor]] of the [[Italian Assassins]], tasked himself with finding Manuel's true allegiance.<ref name="GameInformer"/>

===Work in Cappadocia and death===
[[File:Manuel-death.png|thumb|250px|Manuel's final moments]]
Ezio discovered Manuel was working for the Templars in [[Cappadocia]], and went to the underground city to locate the Templar. While in Cappadocia, Ezio discovered that the Templars had an army stationed there, and that Manuel's lieutenant, [[Shahkulu]], was torturing Ottoman spies. Ezio assassinated Shahkulu, and then chased after Manuel who fled and called for his [[guards]]. However, Ezio caught Manuel later and the two fought, with Ezio eventually killing Manuel.

In his final words, Manuel expressed his desire to be Byzantine emperor, and said he had devised many plans for the position. Ezio responded by saying that his empire was already dead and that Manuel's desire was only a dream. However, Manuel believed that his dream was also that of the Templars' dream, which was of universal order and peace. Manuel gave the Assassin the [[Masyaf Keys|key]] he held to [[Altaïr's library]], but told Ezio he would be killed before he even could even get to the secret library.

==Last words==
*'''Manuel:''' ''I should have been Constantine's successor. I had so many plans.''
*'''Ezio:''' ''Your dream dies with you, Manuel. Your empire is gone.''
*'''Manuel:''' ''Ah, but I am not the only one with this vision, Assassin. The dream of our Order is universal. Ottoman, Byzantine... these are only labels. Costumes and facades. Beneath these trappings, all Templars are part of the same family.''
*'''Ezio:''' ''Enough prattling. I am here for the Masyaf Key.''
*'''Manuel:''' ''Then take it. Take it and seek your fortune. See if you get within one hundred leagues of that library before one of us finishes you off.''

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="180" position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="center" captiontextcolor="#ffffff">
TAG 1.png|Manuel meeting Tarik Barleti at Constantinople.
Ezio-eavesdrop.png|Ezio spying on Manuel and Shahkulu
Ezio-cornering-manuel.png|Ezio cornering Manuel
ACR Manuel Art HD.png|Artwork.
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Hippodrome of Constantinople

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|name = Hippodrome
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|location = [[Imperial District]], [[Constantinople]]
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|appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed Revelations]]''}}

The '''Hippodrome of Constantinople''' was a circus and the sporting and social center of [[Constantinople]]. It contained the [[Obelisk of Theodosius]] and a [[view point]] on one of its columns.

==History==
===Origins and disrepair===
The Hippodrome once stood as one of the purest examples of Constantinople’s [[wikipedia:Classiscal Greece|classical Greek]] origins. Though the original structure dates back to pre-Roman times when the city was still called Byzantium, the Hippodrome was enlarged and improved by Constantine the Great, and remained in use for nearly 800 years.

It began to fall into disrepair after 1200, around the time of the [[wikipedia:Fourth Crusade|Fourth Crusade]], when marauding Christian armies from the West, sent forth by [[wikipedia:Pope Innocent III|Pope Innocent III]], sacked the city on their way to the Holy Land.

By the time Byzantine Emperor Michael Palaiologos had recaptured the city in 1261, the Hippodrome was in poor state and he made no effort to restore it to its former glory. When the Ottomans took over in 1453, all hope that it would ever be repaired dwindled to nothing, as chariot-racing was not a Turkish hobby.

===Renaissance===
In 1511, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] met with [[Yusuf Tazim]] at the Hippodrome to discuss foiling an [[Attack on Suleiman I|attack on Prince Suleiman]]. Later that year, Ezio and another Assassin tailed the murderous actress [[Lysistrata]] to the Hippodrome and found the bodies of her victims. Ezio also returned to the Hippodrome to find [[Book Shops|a book]], ''[[The Travels of Marco Polo]]''.

===Modern times===
During [[Modern times]], it became a square named Sultanahmet Meydanı, or "Sultan [[Ahmet]] Square", which was sometimes referred to by Turkish residents as the Atmeydanı, or "Horse Square." By the 21st century, only a few fragments of the original structure remained.

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==Gallery==
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The Hippodrome of Constantinople.jpg|The Hippodrome.
The Hippodrome of Constantinople ART.jpg|Artwork.
ACR Artwork Hippodrome 2.jpg|Artwork.
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==Source==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''

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