Leonardo da Vinci

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Leonardo da Vinci
|image = Zw-leonardodavinci.png
|imgdesc = Leonardo da Vinci in the Animus Database
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|period = Italian Renaissance (15th century)
|voice = [[Carlos Ferro]]
}}

{{quote| Ezio! So good to see you! How can I help you?.|Leonardo's greeting to Ezio}}
'''Leonardo di ser Piero''', better known as '''Leonardo da Vinci''' (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an Italian polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, botanist and writer in the Italian Renaissance. He is generally considered the most talented person who ever lived.
==otary, Piero da Vinci, and a peasant woman, Caterina, at Vinci in the region of Florence, Leonardo was educated in the==
==[[Hidden Gun]]==

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Ezio with leonardo in workshop.jpg|Ezio having a chat with Leonardo
File:Leonardo workshop.jpg|Leonardo in his workshop
Ezio's_Hidden_Blade.jpg|The modified Hidden Blade concept art
</gallery>

==Trivia==
[[Video:Assassin's Creed 2 - Focus On|thumb|left|250px|Leonardo Da Vinci - Genius Inventor]]
*All of Leonardo's modifications on previously existing assassin gear are designs created by [[Altaïr]]. Leonardo just follows the designs detailed in Altaïr's codex, which only he and [[Giovanni Auditore]] can decipher and translate. It is probably from these that da Vinci designed some of his other inventions. Perhaps Ezio allowed Leonardo to experiment with the Apple himself, giving birth to some of his other inventions.
*Like other main characters, Leonardo's appearance does not change throughout the 23 years he is shown in the game, from his first encounter to the decoding of the the Codex in the villa in 1499.
*Unless it is a Codex page or something important to the story, such as the design for two hidden blades, the cutscene is the same when Ezio visits Leonardo each time (even after Leonardo moves to Venice).
* Leonardo's last name isn't actually da Vinci, he was adopted by a prostitute ([[Courtesans|courtesan]]), and Vinci being the town he was born in, he took on the name Leonardo da Vinci (meaning Leonardo of Vinci).
* According to the database, Leonardo was most likely homosexual, and his apprentice, a boy he nicknamed Salai ("little Satan"), was likely his lover.
* Ironically, in Dan Brown's book [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Da_Vinci_Code The Da Vinci Code], it is speculated that Leonardo da Vinci was the Grand Master of a secret society known as ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priory_of_sion The Priory of Sion], ''an organization that was alleged to have [[Knights Templar|Templar connections]].
* Also ironically Leonardo would later become a close friend and military engineer for [[Cesare Borgia]], son of [[Rodrigo Borgia]].
*In AC II's first DLC, the [[Battle of Forlì]], Leonardo was resistent to the Piece of Eden's powers, like the [[Assassins]].

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