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Lorenzo de' Medici

2010-02-09T18:34:42Z

137.45.60.67: /* Assassin's Creed II */ Fixed a grammar error

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Lorenzo de' Medici
|image = Zw-lorenzodemedici.png
|faction = [[House of Medici|Medici Family]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''
|period = Italian Renaissance (15th Century)
|voice = [[Alex Ivanovici]]
}}

'''Lorenzo de' Medici''' (1 January 1449 – 9 April 1492) was an Italian statesman and de facto ruler of the [[Florence|Florentine Republic]] during the Italian Renaissance. Known as Lorenzo the Magnificent (Lorenzo il Magnifico) by contemporary Florentines, he was a diplomat, politician and patron of scholars, artists, and poets. His life coincided with the high point of the early Italian Renaissance; his death marked the end of the Golden Age of Florence. The fragile peace he helped maintain between the various Italian states collapsed with his death. Lorenzo de' Medici is buried in the Medici Chapel in Florence.

==Biography==
===Early Life===
Lorenzo was the most brilliant of Cosimo de' Medici's grandsons, and was already a successful diplomat as a child. His father, Piero, was sickly and relatively absent from Lorenzo and his brother Guiliano's lives, but managed to significantly increase the number of those opposed to the Medici reign of Florence. Lorenzo's mother was a poet, and managed to instill in him a love of art and beauty that would greatly influence his adult lifestyle. Like his brother, he enjoyed horseback riding and jousting, but spent more time studying art and literature.

===''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''===
[[File:Lorenzo in Lineage.png|thumb|left|Lorenzo hearing the report of Giovanni Auditore.]]
Lorenzo de' Medici is ruling over [[Florence]]. But a conspiracy is going on, trying to overthrow the [[House of Medici|Medici]] dynasty. Lorenzo hires [[Giovanni Auditore]], an [[Assassin]], to investigate. He brings to him a man of [[Rodrigo Borgia]]. After capturing one of his guards and handing him over to Medici for answers, he reveals the plan of assassinating the Duke of Milan, [[Galeazzo Maria Sforza]], a powerful ally of Lorenzo. He then sends Giovanni to Milan in order to prevent the assassination. Unfortunately for him, Giovanni fails, as the assassination attempt proved successful, but he retrieved a decoded paper from the thug that led the assassination.

===''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''===
[[File:Lorenzoingame.jpg|thumb|left|Lorenzo's concept art]]Two years after Giovanni Auditore's death, Francesco de Pazzi attempts to assassinate him, though he only succeeds in killing his brother by stabbing him in the chest several times and severely injuring Lorenzo. [[Ezio]], after consulting with [[La Volpe]], soon comes and saves Lorenzo from Francesco by killing all of his guards, forcing Francesco to flee. Lorenzo is then escorted back to his house by Ezio, in the war-infested Florence. Lorenzo then asks Ezio to save Florence by killing Francesco, which Ezio does. Lorenzo then gives him the Medici Cape which will allow Ezio to no longer become notorious in Florence or Tuscany if worn, but guards will still chase him if he is caught committing illegal deeds. Ezio works as Lorenzo's personal assassin by performing [[Assassination Contract]]s, until Lorenzo dies in 1492 (though you can still complete the assassination contracts for him long after his death).

[[File:Ezio and Lorenzo.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Ezio and Lorenzo.]]
Lorenzo's death might be portrayed in the story at the beginning of the new level, [[Bonfire of the Vanities]]. It is unknown how will he die, but it is assumed that Savonarola will kill him in bed. This references actual events in 1492, where Savonarola visited Lorenzo's palace when he was very ill.

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==Trivia==
*In order to ensure that the player always has the ability to complete all of the [[Side Missions]], the player is allowed to perform assassination contracts for Lorenzo in memory sequences that take place after Lorenzo's death. The Palazzo Medici [[Secret Locations|Secret Location]], which features Lorenzo, can be completed after Lorenzo's death as well.
*Though the people of Florence still love him even today, Lorenzo appears to be quite unpopular with other ruling powers in Italy. Besides the Templars and the Pazzi family; he is an enemy of [[Girolamo Riario]], Lord of Forli, and [[Giovanni Mocenigo]], Doge of Venice. According to ''Lineage'', the Pope does not have much goodwill towards Lorenzo. Or at least, supports Rodrigo Borgia's movement against the Medici.
*In his database entry, it is revealed that Lorenzo loved to write poetry, and this may have contributed to his downfall.

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Adam and Eve

2010-01-27T23:19:14Z

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[[Video:Assassin's Creed 2: The Truth|thumb|300px|right|The Truth video]]

'''Adam and Eve''' were the two humans shown in [[Subject 16]]'s [[The Truth]] video. They were humans who rebelled against [[Those Who Came Before]]. In the Truth video, they are seen running from someone or something. They use free-running to climb a large, futuristic looking building. While Adam and Eve are climbing the building, Eve can be seen holding a stolen [[Piece of Eden]] which helps her look through the darkened glass at the human slaves within the building. When they are on top of the building, Eve says: "Adam, I have it!". Adam then says "Eve" and Eve yells: "Look out!". This could be because they see someone or something behind them, or the [[The Apple|Apple]] gave them power enough to realize they were being watched by Subject 16, as it did with [[Minerva]] in the [[Vault]]. This explains why they did not react until after they had The Apple.

Both Adam and Eve seem to have white markings covering their bodies which occasionally glow blue. These lines do not follow blood vessels, indeed, the markings on the back are straight and angular. Their designs look slightly like circuit boards, and their perfectly angular, symmetrical design makes a natural origin less likely. The designs of these lines also are similar to those of the character Minerva, who [[Ezio]] encounters in The Vault, which hints that Adam and Eve could be part of the second generation humans that are a result of the first generation humans that procreated with Those Who Came Before e.g. Minerva, which would explain how Adam and Eve appear to be immune to the controlling power of the Apple. Them being children of Those Who Came Before would also explain the statement, "The seeds were planted as two worlds became one, behold, the Assassins, the children of two worlds!" found in a puzzle of the Truth. Furthermore, Eve appears to have something attached to her left arm, and attached around her neck, possibly a collar or necklace.

The Binary Code at end of The Truth video translates as: 01000101='''E''' 01000100='''D''' 01000101='''E''' 01001110='''N''' 

The couple appear to have disobeyed their [[Those Who Have Gone Before|masters]] by stealing a Piece of Eden - specifically, one of the Apples which presumably has given them immunity to hypnotism. The theft of the artifact could have been the first act of defiance which caused the conflict as described by Minerva. The 'innocence' of mankind was lost when they realized that the superiority of [[Those Who Have Gone Before]] was due to their technological advances. This prompted a war between the two species. Another possibility is that they were given the artifact by one [[Those Who Have Gone Before]], possibly one who is analogous to the religious entity of Satan.
Subject 16's record also shows that the artifacts (the Staff, the Apple, the Pieces of Eden) were tools that the First Civilization used to wield power over humans. Whether the artifacts were made to control humans, or if humans were made to obey the artifacts, is another matter. Even so, some are immune to their effects.

== Biblical ==
[[File:415px-Lucas_Cranach_the_Elder-Adam_and_Eve_1533.jpg|thumb|Adam and Eve by Lucas Cranach the Elder]]
Genesis tells the story of Adam and Eve in chapters 1, 2 and 3, with some additional elements in chapters 4 and 5:

'''Genesis 2''' opens with God fashioning a man from the dust and blowing life into his nostrils. God plants a garden (the Garden of Eden) and sets the man there, "to work it and watch over it," permitting him to eat of all the trees in the garden except the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, "for on the day you eat of it you shall surely die." God had already created the animals, and when Adam tried to find a help-mate, none of the animals are satisfactory, and so God causes the man to sleep, and creates a woman from his rib. The man names her "Woman" (Heb. ishshah), "for this one was taken from a man" (Heb. ish). "On account of this a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his woman." Genesis 2 ends with the note that the man and woman were naked, and were not ashamed.

'''Genesis 3''' introduces the Serpent, "slier than every beast of the field." The serpent tempts the woman to eat from the tree of knowledge, telling her that it will not lead to death; she succumbs, and gives the fruit to the man, who eats also, "and the eyes of the two of them were opened." Aware now of their nakedness, they make coverings of fig leaves, and hide from the sight of God. God asks them about what they have done. Adam blames Eve, and Eve blames the serpent. God curses the snake (who before this must have been able to walk before this because) vs 14 says "upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life." God then curses Adam and Eve with hard labor and with pain in childbirth, and banishes them from his garden, setting a cherub at the gate to bar their way to the Tree of Life, "lest he put out his hand ... and eat, and live forever."

'''Genesis 4 and 5''' give the story of Adam and Eve's family after they leave the garden: three children are named, [[Cain]], [[Abel]] and Seth, as well as other sons and daughters. Adam lived for 930 years. ("The woman" is given the name Eve in the closing verses of Genesis 3, "because she was the mother of all living"; Adam gets his name when the initial definite article is dropped, changing "ha-adam", "the man", to "Adam".)

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Adam and Eve

2010-01-27T23:18:02Z

137.45.60.67: Capitalized "truth" because of its use here as a title.

[[Video:Assassin's Creed 2: The Truth|thumb|300px|right|The Truth video]]

'''Adam and Eve''' were the two humans shown in [[Subject 16]]'s [[The Truth]] video. They were humans who rebelled against [[Those Who Came Before]]. In the Truth video, they are seen running from someone or something. They use free-running to climb a large, futuristic looking building. While Adam and Eve are climbing the building, Eve can be seen holding a stolen [[Piece of Eden]] which helps her look through the darkened glass at the human slaves within the building. When they are on top of the building, Eve says: "Adam, I have it!". Adam then says "Eve" and Eve yells: "Look out!". This could be because they see someone or something behind them, or the [[The Apple|Apple]] gave them power enough to realize they were being watched by Subject 16, as it did with [[Minerva]] in the [[Vault]]. This explains why they did not react until after they had The Apple.

Both Adam and Eve seem to have white markings covering their bodies which occasionally glow blue. These lines do not follow blood vessels, indeed, the markings on the back are straight and angular. Their designs look slightly like circuit boards, and their perfectly angular, symmetrical design makes a natural origin less likely. The designs of these lines also are similar to those of the character Minerva, who [[Ezio]] encounters in The Vault, which hints that Adam and Eve could be part of the second generation humans that are a result of the first generation humans that procreated with Those Who Came Before e.g. Minerva, which would explain how Adam and Eve appear to be immune to the controlling power of the Apple. Them being children of Those Who Came Before would also explain the statement "The seeds were planted as two worlds became one, behold, the Assassins, the children of two worlds!" found in a puzzle of the truth. Furthermore, Eve appears to have something attached to her left arm, and attached around her neck, possibly a collar or necklace.

The Binary Code at end of The Truth video translates as: 01000101='''E''' 01000100='''D''' 01000101='''E''' 01001110='''N''' 

The couple appear to have disobeyed their [[Those Who Have Gone Before|masters]] by stealing a Piece of Eden - specifically, one of the Apples which presumably has given them immunity to hypnotism. The theft of the artifact could have been the first act of defiance which caused the conflict as described by Minerva. The 'innocence' of mankind was lost when they realized that the superiority of [[Those Who Have Gone Before]] was due to their technological advances. This prompted a war between the two species. Another possibility is that they were given the artifact by one [[Those Who Have Gone Before]], possibly one who is analogous to the religious entity of Satan.
Subject 16's record also shows that the artifacts (the Staff, the Apple, the Pieces of Eden) were tools that the First Civilization used to wield power over humans. Whether the artifacts were made to control humans, or if humans were made to obey the artifacts, is another matter. Even so, some are immune to their effects.

== Biblical ==
[[File:415px-Lucas_Cranach_the_Elder-Adam_and_Eve_1533.jpg|thumb|Adam and Eve by Lucas Cranach the Elder]]
Genesis tells the story of Adam and Eve in chapters 1, 2 and 3, with some additional elements in chapters 4 and 5:

'''Genesis 2''' opens with God fashioning a man from the dust and blowing life into his nostrils. God plants a garden (the Garden of Eden) and sets the man there, "to work it and watch over it," permitting him to eat of all the trees in the garden except the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, "for on the day you eat of it you shall surely die." God had already created the animals, and when Adam tried to find a help-mate, none of the animals are satisfactory, and so God causes the man to sleep, and creates a woman from his rib. The man names her "Woman" (Heb. ishshah), "for this one was taken from a man" (Heb. ish). "On account of this a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his woman." Genesis 2 ends with the note that the man and woman were naked, and were not ashamed.

'''Genesis 3''' introduces the Serpent, "slier than every beast of the field." The serpent tempts the woman to eat from the tree of knowledge, telling her that it will not lead to death; she succumbs, and gives the fruit to the man, who eats also, "and the eyes of the two of them were opened." Aware now of their nakedness, they make coverings of fig leaves, and hide from the sight of God. God asks them about what they have done. Adam blames Eve, and Eve blames the serpent. God curses the snake (who before this must have been able to walk before this because) vs 14 says "upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life." God then curses Adam and Eve with hard labor and with pain in childbirth, and banishes them from his garden, setting a cherub at the gate to bar their way to the Tree of Life, "lest he put out his hand ... and eat, and live forever."

'''Genesis 4 and 5''' give the story of Adam and Eve's family after they leave the garden: three children are named, [[Cain]], [[Abel]] and Seth, as well as other sons and daughters. Adam lived for 930 years. ("The woman" is given the name Eve in the closing verses of Genesis 3, "because she was the mother of all living"; Adam gets his name when the initial definite article is dropped, changing "ha-adam", "the man", to "Adam".)

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