Gaspar de la Croix

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{{quote|Gaspar de la Croix. Engineer. Marksman. Recluse. He frightens me, but his technical skills are unprecedented.|[[Fiora Cavazza]].|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}}
{{Character Infobox
|name = Gaspar de la Croix
|image = Char_engineer.png
|birth = 1466
|death = 1503<br>[[Rome]], [[Italy]]
|period = [[Renaissance]]
|faction = [[Templars]]<br>[[House of Borgia]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''<br>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''}}

'''Gaspar de la Croix''' (1466 - 1503) was a master engineer, marksman and a member of the [[Templars|Templar Order]]. He was frequently used by [[Cesare Borgia]] to take down easy targets on the field at the start of a battle.

His genetic memories were later used by the Templar-owned company [[Abstergo Industries]], for the training of their [[Abstergo recruits|Animus recruits]], under the title of the [[Engineer]].

==Biography==
===Working for the Borgia===
In 1503, Gaspar was visited by [[Fiora Cavazza]], who had come on Cesare's request to pick up several parts and equipment that the engineer had repaired. When she arrived at his workshop, she discovered him singing a remorseful song in French, and hesitated to interrupt him.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' - [[Chapter 1 - Fiora Cavazza]]</ref>

Throughout her stay, Fiora saw Gaspar as distant and haunted, particularly after he began asking her uncomfortable questions, such as whether she had witnessed death, and if death was driven by fate, chance or choice.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy" />

Finally, as she departed, Gaspar refused to accept the payment for his services, and was left tinkering with a firearm, which he thoughtfully aimed out his front window at the passing crowd.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy" />

===Death===
{{quote|I don't scare easily!|Gaspar as he is chased by Ezio|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood}}

[[File:Spare Parts.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Gaspar aiming his arquebus.]]
Later that same year in [[Rome]], Gaspar fought to suppress a group of citizens, who had attempted to form a resistance against the [[House of Borgia|Borgia]]. He wielded his arquebus skillfully, and was able to kill many from a distance. However, when the uprising had dwindled to the last man, the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] chanced upon the scene, and sought to help them.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

As Gaspar killed the final insurgent, a man whose wife or daughter, Anna, had previously been shot dead by Gaspar, Ezio charged at the engineer, who quickly chose to flee. Gaspar soon came to a dead end, and although he tried to fight back, he was fatally stabbed by the Assassin's hidden blade.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

==Trivia==
[[File:Gasparcorridor.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Ezio lays Gaspar to rest.]]
*"De la Croix" is of French origin and means "from the cross," likely a reference to his affiliation with the Templars.
*Gaspar fights like an [[Arquebusier]].
*Gaspar is one of the few targets that you cannot kill unnoticed.
*After the assassination, Ezio closes Gaspar's eyes the same way as he always does, even though Gaspar is wearing glasses.

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