Paper Trail

2011-02-02T11:38:46Z

121.54.71.130: /* Outcome */

{{Era|ACB}}
{{WPmemories}}
{{Memory Infobox
|image = Claudiakiller.jpg
|description = [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze|Claudia's]] [[Courtesans|girls]] have stolen the [[Juan Borgia the Elder|Banker's]] money, but there's trouble at the [[Rosa in Fiore]].
|appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
|type = Main
|previous = [[In And Out]]
|next = [[Gatekeeper ]]
|ancestor = [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]
|location = [[Rome]], [[Italy]]
|date =1500
}}
'''Paper Trail''' is a mission in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''.

After the assassination of [[Juan Borgia the Elder|Juan Borgia]], [[Cesare Borgia|Cesare's]] banker, [[Ezio Auditore|Ezio]] returns to the brothel to find that [[Claudia Auditore|Claudia]] is in trouble.

==Dialogue==
===Outside===
Ezio returns to the brothel to find two [[courtesans]] standing outside and crying.
*'''Ezio:''' ''Where are Claudia and [[Maria Auditore|Maria]]?''
*'''Courtesan:''' ''We came back with the money. They followed us home.''
Ezio rushes inside. Upon entering the brothel he is surprised to find the [[guards]] who followed the courtesan dead on the floor and Claudia standing with a blood-drenched Stiletto.
*'''Claudia:''' ''What?''
*'''Ezio:''' ''My sister knows how to wield a knife.''
*'''Claudia:''' ''And I am ready to do it again.''
*'''Ezio:''' ''Spoken like a true Auditore.''
*'''Maria:''' ''Finally, you two came to your senses. It's about time.''

==Outcome==
The [[House of Borgia|Borgia]] guards who followed Claudia's courtesans are killed and Ezio realises that his sister is capable of handling herself in combat.

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

Paper Trail

2011-02-02T11:38:04Z

121.54.71.130: /* Outcome */

{{Era|ACB}}
{{WPmemories}}
{{Memory Infobox
|image = Claudiakiller.jpg
|description = [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze|Claudia's]] [[Courtesans|girls]] have stolen the [[Juan Borgia the Elder|Banker's]] money, but there's trouble at the [[Rosa in Fiore]].
|appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
|type = Main
|previous = [[In And Out]]
|next = [[Gatekeeper ]]
|ancestor = [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]
|location = [[Rome]], [[Italy]]
|date =1500
}}
'''Paper Trail''' is a mission in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''.

After the assassination of [[Juan Borgia the Elder|Juan Borgia]], [[Cesare Borgia|Cesare's]] banker, [[Ezio Auditore|Ezio]] returns to the brothel to find that [[Claudia Auditore|Claudia]] is in trouble.

==Dialogue==
===Outside===
Ezio returns to the brothel to find two [[courtesans]] standing outside and crying.
*'''Ezio:''' ''Where are Claudia and [[Maria Auditore|Maria]]?''
*'''Courtesan:''' ''We came back with the money. They followed us home.''
Ezio rushes inside. Upon entering the brothel he is surprised to find the [[guards]] who followed the courtesan dead on the floor and Claudia standing with a blood-drenched Stiletto.
*'''Claudia:''' ''What?''
*'''Ezio:''' ''My sister knows how to wield a knife.''
*'''Claudia:''' ''And I am ready to do it again.''
*'''Ezio:''' ''Spoken like a true Auditore.''
*'''Maria:''' ''Finally, you two came to your senses. It's about time.''

==Outcome==
The [[House of Borgia|Borgia]] guards who follow Claudia's courtesans are killed and Ezio realises that his sister is capable in handling herself in combat.

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

Bartolomeo d'Alviano

2011-02-02T11:31:18Z

121.54.71.130: /* Later life */

{{Era|AC2|Brotherhood|PL}}
{{WP-REAL}}
{{Character Infobox
|name = Bartolomeo d'Alviano
|image = Zw-bartolomeodalviano.png
|birth = 1455 [[wikipedia:Alviano|Alviano]], [[Italy]]
|death = 1515 (aged 59 - 60) [[wikipedia:Brescia|Brescia]], Italy
|period = [[Renaissance]]
|faction = [[Assassins]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
|voice = [[Alex Ivanovici]]}}

{{Quote|Ezio Auditore! Come in, come in! I'll kill you if you don't.|Bartolomeo, upon meeting Ezio in Rome.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood}}

'''Bartolomeo d'Alviano''' (1455 – 1515) was an [[Assassin]] and [[Italy|Italian]] ''condottiero'' (mercenary leader).

==Biography==
===Early life===
Bartolomeo was born in the town of Alviano, and was the son of Francesco d'Alviano and Isabella degli Atti. His cousin is [[Fabio Orsini]].

Bartolomeo somehow found his way into the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]] and positioned himself in the [[Castello district]] of [[Venice]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed II">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

===Retaking the Castello district===
By 1486, the [[Templars|Templar]] [[Silvio Barbarigo]] had taken control over the Castello district, and had captured most of Bartolomeo's men, including Bartolomeo himself. Luckily for him, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]], the son of the late Assassin [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni Auditore]], came to his rescue and the two fought their way back to Bartolomeo's headquarters.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II"/>

After Bartolomeo found his precious sword "Bianca," he asked Ezio to rescue some of his men who had been captured by Silvio's. Ezio successfully rescued each of the mercenaries and, upon returning to Bartolomeo, was instructed by the latter to position some of the men throughout the district, in order to regain the lost territory. Bartolomeo explained that these men would stir up trouble once Ezio launched the signal, forcing Silvio to dispatch most of his guards, and in turn leave himself vulnerable. Ezio killed several guards on the marked locations and positioned the mercenaries there.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II"/>

Bartolomeo gave Ezio some fireworks upon his arrival, to be used to signal the attack. Ezio climbed the highest viewpoint and launched the fireworks, after which Bartolomeo and his men fought against [[Dante Moro]] and some other guards. Ezio rushed to Bartolomeo's aid, and Dante fled to [[Arsenal Shipyard|l'Arsenale]]. Bartolomeo and Ezio killed two [[brutes]] and followed Dante to the shipping port, where Ezio almost defeated Dante; though he escaped into l'Arsenale to run towards a docked ship with Silvio. The two of them were assassinated by Ezio before they could set sail on the ship, however. Bartolomeo thanked and congratulated Ezio on liberating the Castello district from Silvio's oppression, and the two parted ways.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II"/>

===Acquiring the Apple of Eden===
Two years later, Bartolomeo met with some of the other Assassins, those who had been guiding Ezio Auditore over the past 12 years, to acquire the "[[First Apple|Apple of Eden]]" from [[Rodrigo Borgia]], the [[Grand Master of the Templar Order]]. However, when they reached Rodrigo's location, they found Ezio already fighting Rodrigo and his guards, and thus the Assassins rushed to his aid. After killing all the guards and severely wounding Rodrigo, the group all revealed themselves to be Assassins, which was previously unknown by Ezio. They then inducted Ezio into the order atop a tall tower and all performed a [[Leap of Faith]] into a haystack.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II"/>

===Battle against Pope Alexander VI===
In 1496, Bartolomeo joined the Orsini in a battle against the [[House of Borgia|Borgia]], who were attempting to seize Orsini territory.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II"/>

Bartolomeo's resources were cut down to three fortresses by the Borgia, but Bartolomeo's fighting spirit kept him going. [[Cesare Borgia]] completely cut off his surprise when he thought victory was near, but Carlo Orsini arrived just in time to support Bartolomeo, even wounding Cesare in the face.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II"/>

===Under Ferdinand II and Nicolò Orsini===
In 1503, hired by Ferdinand II of Spain, Bartolomeo was determinant in the victory at the Battle of Garigliano over the French army, which started the Spanish domination over southern Italy. In 1507, together with Nicolò Orsini, Bartolomeo was rehired by the Republic of Venice. The following year, he defeated the Imperial Army of [[Maximilian I]], Holy Roman Emperor in Cadore, at Mauria and Pontebba, conquering Gorizia and Trieste. In the same year, Pordenone also fell, and the Serenissima assigned its seignory to Alviano himself.

===Battle of Agnadello===
In 1509, he fought in the [[Battle of Agnadello]]. He allegedly attacked the enemy without the authorization of the Orsini, then commander-in-chief. He was wounded as a result, but managed to recover and rally his troops. He won the hearts of the citizens of Agnadello, where the [[the Shroud|Shroud of Eden]] was located, and they in turn helped Bartolomeo and his men in getting resources.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''</ref>

However, he was still captured by the French; [[Louis XII]] placed Bartolomeo in jail. In 1513, after the alliance between France and Venice against the Duchy of Milan, he was freed and later fought under the French commander Louis de la Trémoille. He was defeated at Vicenza by the Spanish viceroy of Naples, Ramón de Cardona.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy"/>

===Later life===
Later, Bartolomeo conquered and sacked Pordenone, which in the meantime had fallen again to the House of Hapbsburg. He was subsequently a protagonist of the French victory at Marignano (September 1515), in which he attacked the Swiss mercenary with a corps of only 300 knights. Later, he also managed to conquer Bergamo, but died in October of the same year while besieging Brescia.

Venice welcomed his body home with a grand ceremony, and he was buried in the church of [[Santo Stefano]] in Venice.

==Trivia==
*Bartolomeo owned a large sword resembling a Scottish [[wikipedia:claymore|claymore]], which he called "Bianca," the Italian word for "white." He was shown to be very protective of the sword, treating it like his own child.
*His sword "Bianca" is also an exclusive item for ''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'', which is unlockable for 15 [[Uplay]] points, that gives more chance of winning in Skirmish
*It has been stated in an interview that you can acquire his sword by completing a mission for the mercenaries in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''. However, this statement is inaccurate, as you instead recieve an axe named "Bartolomeo's Axe." His sword, Bianca, is actually just a standard claymore that can be bought from blacksmiths or taken from Brutes.
*Although his axe is named "Bartolomeo's Axe," common brutes can occasionally be seen wielding this axe in Rome.
*In the battle where Ezio fights alongside Claudia, Bartolomeo, Niccolo Machiavelli and La Volpe against the Borgia, Bartolomeo can be "killed" but he will only appear knocked out, as if he lost in a fist fight.

==Gallery==

<center><gallery captionalign="left">
Bartolomeo 2.jpg|Bartolomeo, rescued by Ezio Auditore da Firenze.
Bartolomeo.jpg|Bartolomeo 'captured' by his own men and Ezio Auditore in disguises.
Vlcsnap-2010-11-12-17h54m41s96.jpg|Bartolomeo with Claudia Auditore and La Volpe, waiting for Ezio
Vlcsnap-2010-11-12-17h45m54s20.jpg|Bartolomeo and La Volpe with the Assassins Brotherhood
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</gallery></center>

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