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Lorenzo de' Medici

2012-05-16T18:29:13Z

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Lorenzo de' Medici
|image = Lorenzo.png
|imgdesc =
|birth = 1 January 1449 [[Florence]], [[Italy]]
|death = 9 April 1492 (aged 43) {{Wiki|Villa Medici at Careggi|Careggi}}, Italy
|period = [[Renaissance]]
|faction = [[House of Medici|Medici]] [[Assassins]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage|Lineage]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance|Renaissance]]'' [[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)|''Brotherhood'' novel]] {{mo}}
|actor = [[Alex Ivanovici]]
|voice = [[Alex Ivanovici]]}}
'''Lorenzo de' Medici''' (1449 – 1492) was an [[Italy|Italian]] statesman and de facto ruler of the [[Florence|Florentine Republic]] during the Italian [[Renaissance]]. Known as ''il Magnifico'' (the Magnificent) 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 next to his brother [[Giuliano de' Medici|Giuliano]] in the Medici Chapel in Florence.

Secretly, Lorenzo de' Medici was an ally of the [[Assassins]], particularly the [[House of Auditore]]. Lorenzo worked closely with [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]], a close friend and ally, against the corrupted [[House of Borgia|Borgia]]. After Giovanni's death, Lorenzo was saved by his son [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]] during the [[Pazzi Conspiracy]]. This caused a long-term relationship between them, with Ezio carrying out several assassination contracts in cities such as [[Forlì]] and [[Venice]] for Lorenzo.

==Biography==
===Early life===
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[[File:UbertoLorenzoGiovanni.png|thumb|left|250px|Uberto, Lorenzo and Giovanni in the Palazzo Medici.]]
Lorenzo de' Medici was ruling over Florence, but several parties had conspired against the Medici family, trying to overthrow and move themselves into a position of power in their place. Lorenzo assigned [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]], a close ally and an [[Assassins|Assassin]], to investigate.

Giovanni successfully captured one of [[Rodrigo Borgia]]'s men, and handed him over to Lorenzo for interrogation. The man revealed an [[Assassination of Galeazzo Maria Sforza|assassination plot]] to kill [[Galeazzo Maria Sforza]], the Duke of [[Milan]] and a powerful ally of Lorenzo's. Lorenzo then sent Giovanni to Milan in order to prevent the assassination. Unfortunately, Giovanni failed, and the assassination was successful; though Giovanni did manage to retrieve an encrypted paper from the thug that led the assassination.<ref name="ACL">''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''</ref>

===Pazzi Conspiracy===
{{Quote|Francesco de Pazzi! I'll kill him! I'll wipe his entire family from the city! They'll be ERASED!|Lorenzo de' Medici, after the Pazzi Conspiracy was instigated.|Assassin's Creed II}}
[[File:WiSC 6.png|thumb|250px|Lorenzo stabbed by Stefano da Bagnone.]]
On April 26th 1478, [[Francesco de' Pazzi]] unsuccessfully tried to [[Pazzi Conspiracy|assassinate]] Lorenzo and his brother Giuliano, striving to become the ruler of Florence. In a frenzy, he leaped on Giuliano and stabbed him nineteen times, killing him. Lorenzo was wounded by two of the other conspirators, [[Stefano da Bagnone]] and [[Antonio Maffei]], but rapidly drew his sword in a defensive attempt to stop them. He was quickly joined by [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], the son of the late Giovanni, and the two men fought of Francesco and the Pazzi guards. After emerging victorious from the battle, they proceeded onward to the [[Palazzo Medici]] to seek sanctuary. With the gate opened by Lorenzo's servant [[Poliziano]], Lorenzo was safely tended to inside his palazzo, and Ezio continued onward to assassinate Francesco de' Pazzi on Lorenzo's request.<ref name="AC2"/>

[[File:FTTF (3).png|thumb|left|250px|Lorenzo and Ezio conversing on the Ponte Vecchio.]]
Soon after, Ezio met with Lorenzo on the [[Ponte Vecchio]]. There, Lorenzo told him how he had been saved from drowning when he was six years old by one of Ezio's kinsmen. He also gave Ezio the names of several Pazzi conspirators, who Ezio left to kill.<ref name="AC2"/>

In 1479, Ezio returned to Florence and happened past the [[Palazzo Medici]]. Noticing that a red cross had been painted on one of the palazzo's doors, Ezio went inside, and found the corpses of some of Lorenzo's servants in the courtyard. He soon realized that Pazzi hitmen were searching for Lorenzo, who had gone into hiding. Ezio battled his way through the palazzo, killed the Pazzi soldiers and found Lorenzo hiding in one of his treasure rooms. Lorenzo once again thanked him, and as a reward, permitted Ezio to take whatever he wanted from the treasure room. After claiming his reward, Ezio left to continue his hunt for [[Jacopo de' Pazzi]].<ref name="AC2"/>

===Working with Ezio===
[[File:Road Trip 2.png|thumb|250px|Lorenzo rewarding Ezio with the Medici Cape.]]
In 1480, Ezio successfully found and killed Jacopo de' Pazzi, therefore successfully killing all of the major Pazzi conspirators. He met with Lorenzo in the Palazzo Medici's external courtyard, and Lorenzo thanked him once again and rewarded him with the Medici cape.<ref name="AC2"/>

Ezio worked as Lorenzo's personal Assassin by performing [[Assassination Contract]]s – which mainly involved weeding out the few remaining minor Pazzi conspirators – until Lorenzo died in 1492.<ref name="AC2"/>

==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 Contract|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 [[House of Pazzi|Pazzi family]], he was an enemy of [[Girolamo Riario]], Lord of [[Forlì]], and [[Giovanni Mocenigo]], Doge of [[Venice]]. Additionally, according to ''[[Lineage]] (specifically ''Rodrigo's meeting with the Pazzi conspirators just prior to the Pazzi Conspiracy), and reliable historical accounts, the Pope does not bear goodwill towards Lorenzo and 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.
*Though they had started to turn on Lorenzo, the people of Florence were so devastated by Lorenzo's early death that, according to historical accounts, the entire population of the city attended his funeral. His legacy remains today as one of the defining figures of Italian culture and art.
*Soon after the mission where he gives you the Medici cape, you will be able to see Lorenzo walking the streets of Florence. When you activate your [[eagle vision]], he is marked with blue; though you are still able to kill him, given time.
*If Lorenzo's assassination contracts are all completed in order, from Florence to [[Tuscany]] to Forlì to Venice, certain trends become apparent. In Florence and Tuscany, most missions revolve around putting down supporters of the Pazzi family. Most of the Forlì missions involve preventing Girolamo Riaro from causing trouble (foreshadowing the revelation that he has ties with the Templars). But in Venice the tasks become somewhat mundane; such as dealing with someone who is harassing a friend of Lorenzo's and killing a Judge who commissioned paintings that made him seem more important than he actually was. The very last mission has Ezio kill a bounty hunter who had been after him, and Lorenzo does not send Ezio any more missions after this. It could be that Lorenzo realized that he had been abusing Ezio's skills, and had put his friend in danger as a result.

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="left">
Zw-lorenzodemedici.png|Lorenzo's Database picture.
WiSC 16.png|Lorenzo and his wife at the Duomo.
WiSC_10.png|Francesco attacks Lorenzo.
</gallery>

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Al Mualim

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Al Mualim
|image = Al_Mualim_2.jpg
|imgdesc =
|birth =
|death = 1191 [[Masyaf]], [[Syria]]
|period = 12th century
|faction = [[Assassins]] [[Knights Templar]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed]]''
|voice = [[Peter Renaday]]
}}
{{Quote|The only difference between your master and I is that he did not want to share.|Robert de Sable to Altaïr.}}
'''Al Mualim''' (Arabic: المعلم (''The Teacher'' or ''The Master'')), was the [[Grand Master of the Assassin's Order|Grand Master]] of the [[Assassins|Assassins Order's]] Syrian sect during the Third Crusade and mentor to his successor, [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]]. He secretly was a member of the [[Knights Templar]].

==Biography==
===''[[Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles]]''===
In 1190 AD, Al Mualim tasked Altaïr to find the Chalice (revealed to be [[Adha]]) after he returned from another assignment. During this year, Al Mualim resided in Assassin's stronghold in [[Alep]]. His beard in this game is also much shorter and has a black color.

===''[[Assassin's Creed]]''===
{{dialogue2|Al Mualim|I've found proof.|Altaïr|Proof of what?|That nothing is true and that everything is permitted!|Al Mualim confronting Altaïr at Masyaf}}
[[File:Almualim.png|thumb|Al Mualim, leader of the Assassin Order during the Third Crusade.]]

In 1191, Al Mualim sent [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad|Altaïr]] to retrieve a treasure beneath Solomon's Temple and bring it back to [[Masyaf]]. Altaïr brought along two fellow [[Assassins]] on his journey, [[Malik A-Sayf]] and his brother [[Kadar A-Sayf]]. Inside the temple Altaïr broke one of the tenets of [[The Creed]] by killing the Old Man who was guarding the entrance. Once inside, Altair spotted Grand Master of the Knight's Templar, [[Robert De Sable]], entering the Temple with his guards. Altaïr broke another [[Tenet]] by trying to assassinate De Sable, but the [[Knights Templar|Templar]] deflected his blow. In the following moments Robert De Sable and his guards attacked the Assassins, Kadar A-Sayf was killed and Malik A-Sayf lost an arm. Altaïr managed to escape and return to Masyaf.

When Altaïr reported his failure to Al Mualim, he was angered, but his anger quickly turned to fury when Malik returned, bloody and wounded. Then to make matters worse, Robert and his Templars attacked Masyaf. Al Mualim kept Robert talking while Altaïr released a trap onto the Templars. Even though Altair saved Masyaf, Al Mualim demoted him from [[Master Assassin]] to [[Novice]], removing most of his equipment and his authority at the order. Al Mualim decided to give Altaïr a chance to redeem himself, his rank, and authority in the brotherhood by sending him to kill nine men who were orchestrating events of the Third Crusade from both Christian and Muslim sides.

Altaïr traveled through the Holy Land, hunting and killing the men. After killing the Grand Master of the Knights Templar, Robert de Sable, the dying Templar stated that Al Mualim was once a Templar himself. The treasure at [[Solomon's Temple]] was, in fact, a [[Piece of Eden]] and the Templars were planning to use its unimaginable power to control the minds of the population. However, Al Mualim didn't want to share that power. 

Altaïr then returned hastily to Masyaf to find that the people in the city had been put under a hypnotic trance by Al Mualim, and that he and a few of his fellow Assassins were unaffected by the mind control, and made their way to the fortress. After reaching the stronghold, Altaïr confronted Al Mualim after discovering that his former Master had used the Piece of Eden retrieved from Solomon's Temple to control the populace of Masyaf.

After fighting nine guards changed into copies of his nine assassination targets by the Apple, and replicas of Al Mualim himself, Altaïr finally managed to plunge his [[hidden blade]] into Al Mualim, ending the cause of the hypnotic trance. As he died, the leader of the Assassins said that he did it all to ensure absolute peace in the world, and claimed that Altaïr, as him, would not be able to destroy the Piece of Eden. After his death Altaïr took his rank as the Grand Master Assassin of Masyaf.

==Characteristics and Personality==
Al Mualim, though known for being a wise and soft-spoken leader, at times shows himself to be mysterious and unpredictable. He never talks about anything too personal or suspicious about himself, and always changes the subject or gives an unexpected answer when people start questioning him; Or as Altaïr says, "digging deeper". He shrouds not just his order, but himself in a great cover of secrecy; he reveals little about himself and almost nothing is known about his early life, let alone anything beyond his duty as the Master of the Assassins. [[Masyaf]], a discreet city in the mountain that acts as the fortress and headquarters of the Syrian sect of the Assassin Order, is where Al Mualim spends most of his time studying.

By his efforts, the Order has become a well-known, yet obscure faction, inspiring fear and uncertainty throughout the land and spreading rumors that increase the already legendary reputation of the brotherhood. This has been accomplished by the murdering of important, and sometimes "unreachable" public figures, in both public and silent assassinations, which made men of power aware of the constant danger.

Al Mualim does not just stress political assassination but education as well. He has a thorough understanding and knowledge ranging from philosophy to science. This wisdom he employs constantly for the people of the Holy Land and his order. In addition to preaching [[The Creed]] as the only way to achieve the brotherhood's goal of peace in all things, he emphasizes that the Creed pushes for peace within as well, on one occasion advising [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad|Altaïr]] not to demonize his enemies: "Never harbor hate for your victims, for such things are poison...". The leader of the Assassins often employs his "children" as political warriors, directed to fight as the voice of the people throughout the Holy Land, suppressing those who use their power and influence to commit impious acts against society. He rewards success richly, but despises failure and doesn't abide traitors.

== Appearance==
Al Mualim is a middle-aged man in his 50s. In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles]]'', Al Mualim has a short black beard. In ''Assassin's Creed'', set one year after ''Altair's Chronicles'', Al Mualim's beard is much longer and has grayed considerably. He wears the Black Robes of the [[Grand Master of the Assassin's Order]]. He is also blind in one eye.

==Final Words==

(Al Mualim collapses. The [[Piece of Eden]] falls from his hand and rolls away). 

'''Al Mualim:''' Impossible! The student does not defeat the teacher! 

'''Altaïr:''' (Arabic:) La shai' waqee mutlak bl kollin mumkin. (English : ''Nothing is true, everything is permitted* ''). 

'''Al Mualim:''' So it seems. You have won, then. Go and claim your prize. 

'''Altaïr:''' You held fire in your hand, old man. It should have been destroyed! 

'''Al Mualim:''' Destroy the only thing capable of ending the Crusades and creating true peace?! Never! 

'''Altaïr:''' Then I will! 

'''Al Mualim:''' We'll see about that...

*The actual translation would be'' "Nothing is absolute , everything is possible."''

==Gallery==

<center><gallery widths="120" captionalign="left">
File:Battle_of_Masyaf1.jpg|Al Mualim speaking out against Robert de Sable.
File:Al mualim look altair masyaf.jpg|Al Mualim's final stand.
File:Al Mualim 9 copies.jpg|The nine copies of Al Mualim against Altaïr.
File:Almuadet.jpg|Al Mualim perishing
File:Al_mualim.jpg|"Al Mualim"'s concept art
Al Mualim.png|Al Mualim holds the [[Piece of Eden|Apple of Eden]]
ppppp.jpeg|Al Mualim talking to a restrained Altair
913534_orig.jpg|Al Mualim in the Animus screen.
File:Al_Mualim_1.jpg|Al Mualim in his office in Masyaf.
</gallery></center>

==Trivia==
* Al Mualim in Arabic means "The Teacher" or "The Master".
* Al Mualim is likely based upon a real life figure named [[wikipedia:Rashid ad-Din Sinan|Rashid ad-Din Sinan]], a.k.a. ''The Old Man of the Mountain'', who led the Syrian Assassins and died within Assassin's Creed's time-line. However, this is unconfirmed.
* Despite being the Master of the Assassins, Al Mualim appears to have all ten fingers. The reason is believed that losing the ring finger represented an oath to the creed of the Assassins. Al Mualim believed that controlling the people to create peace, which was against the mission of the Assassins, therefore preventing him from taking the oath of the creed.
* In ''Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles'', set one year before the events of the original game, Al Mualim appears to be a bit younger, as his beard is black. He also has different clothes.
**Also, in the game his name is often spelled in dialogue as ''Al-Mualim''.
* He is around his 50's during the events of the first game.<ref name> Assassin's Creed: Official Game Guide </ref>
* When he teleports around the field and decreases your sync bar, you can easily distract him with a throwing knife and then move in for the kill.
*When he first attacks in the game, Altaïr can easily run up a wall and then drop down, assassinating Al Mualim with the [[Hidden Blade]], or by simply countering him when he first swings his sword.
*In an Assassin's Creed comic on the Penny Arcade website, the target Altair hunts implies that some assassins, including Altair, were fathered by Al Mualim and that their lives meant nothing to him. This is shown when he tells Altair, "For I think I see his (Al Mualim's) face in your's." However, no evidence is given to relate any such connection between Altair and Al Mualim but neither is there proof that they aren't family by blood.
*There seems to be a pattern in the memory segments of the [[Assassin's Creed series]] where their mentors are blind in their right eye. Al Mualim clearly has such an affliction, but one must peer hard to notice. [[Mario Auditore]] is the other one although it is in his left eye that he is blind, plus his is much more obvious. He also shares a trait with a future [[Templar]], [[Rodrigo Borgia]], as they both never have their hoods down throughout the entirety of their respective games.

==Video==
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|[[Video:Solomon's Temple and Masyaf|thumb|right|340px|Al Mualim demotes Altaïr for failure]]
|[[Video:Killing Al Mualim|thumb|right|340px|The final duel between Altaïr and Al Mualim]]
|}

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