Giovanni Auditore da Firenze

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{{Character Infobox

|name = Giovanni Auditore
|image = Zw-giovanniauditore.png
|imgdesc = Giovanni Auditore in the Animus Database.
|home = [[Florence|Firenze]], Repubblica Fiorentina
|birth = 1436
|death = 1476
|period = Italian Renaissance (15th century)
|faction = [[House of Auditore|Auditore family]]<br>[[Assassins]]<br>[[House of Medici|Medici family]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|actor = [[Romano Orzari]]
|voice = [[Romano Orzari]]
}}

{{quote|I am Giovanni Auditore, and like my ancestors before me, I am an Assassin.|''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'''s headline
}}
'''Giovanni Auditore '''(1436 - 1476) was the husband of [[Maria Auditore]], father of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]], [[Federico Auditore]], [[Petruccio Auditore]] and [[Claudia Auditore]]. He was a nobleman, working as a banker for the [[House of Medici|Medici]], but was truly an [[Assassin]]. He was raised and trained along with his brother [[Mario Auditore|Mario]] as an Assassin, and has been aware of the [[Templars|Templar Order]] for almost all of his life. He also knew of Ezio's ability: [[Eagle Vision]]. He was a descendant of [[Altair]] and an ancestor of [[Desmond Miles]]. He secretly trained his son, Federico, of the ways of an Assassin, even before the beginning of ''Lineage'', though Federico was unaware of it.

Giovanni is the main character of the ''Assassin's Creed'' world-based short film: ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage|Assassin's Creed: Lineage,]]'' where he is portrayed by [[Romano Orzari]].
==Biography==
===''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''===
[[File:Giovanniassassin.png|thumb|left|Giovanni Auditore, during his work as an Assassin.]]
Giovanni Auditore was a 15th-century Florentine nobleman, son of Ilario Auditore and descended from [[Altair]]. He served the powerful [[Lorenzo de' Medici]] and justice, however in 1476, a conspiracy plot to overthrow Lorenzo and the Medici family from their position. One night, hiding from his children, Giovanni was about to execute a mission for Lorenzo. In his secret chamber, hidden behind the hearth of the fireplace, Giovanni donned his Assassin's outfit and weapons, including an updated [[Hidden Blade]]. Before he leaves, he peeked in on his family having dinner, smiling as he makes eye contact with his wife, Maria. His teenage son, Ezio, spots the exchange, but says nothing. Giovanni pressed a pressure panel on the fireplace mantel, which lowers the active hearth, revealing the chamber's entrance. From the chamber he exited through a long, dark passage way, emerging onto the rooftops.

He intercepted [[Rodrigo Borgia]] and three of his men. Rodrigo fleed but Giovanni managed to capture one of his men. He brought him to Lorenzo, and the prisoner reveald through torture that the Duke of Milan, [[Galeazzo Maria Sforza]], was to be assassinated in the church during the feast of Santo Stefano. Giovanni headed to Milan, but arrives too late as he saw through the crowds the assassination of Sforza. Despite his efforts to capture at least one of the murderers for interrogation, the killers were all dispatched by Giovanni and Sforza's vengeful guards. After his mission, Giovanni went back home to see his family, and then meditated on the death of Sforza and its consequences.

Observing the [[wikipedia:Ducat|Ducat]] he looted from one of Sforza's murderers, he understood that his next quest will lead him to [[Venice]]. He immediately goes to the floating city, and infiltrates the [[Palazzo Ducale]]. There, he spies the conversation between the Barbarigo cousins. A messenger left the room he was watching, and was charged by [[Marco Barbarigo|Marco]] to deliver the message to [[Rome]]. Giovanni tails him by the rooftops and once he arrived in a quiet place, he attempted to preform an air assassination,which failed, leading him to enter in combat against him. After a brutal fight, Giovanni managed to take the advantage. On top, and holding his Hidden Blade under the man's chin, he threatened to kill the messenger if he does not reveal his masters' plot. The man refused, preferring to keep his secrets until death. He unexpectedly grabed onto Giovanni's wrist with both hands and drove the weapon into his own throat. Giovanni curses the messenger as a fool and takes the letter he was carrying. He then brought it to Lorenzo, but the letter was encrypted, and [[Uberto Alberti]] suggests Giovanni to take some rest while he gives it to Father [[Antonio Maffei|Maffei]] to be decoded .

Once the letter was decoded, Uberto told Maffei to keep quiet about the success of the letter's decoding, and sent him to bring Giovanni and Lorenzo. It is night in Florence; Giovanni tenderly kissed his wife Maria before leaving his home, under the peeping of their son Ezio. Ezio asks him what a "banker" was) doing so late at night out of his home. Giovanni replies with it being a ''"business call"''. Ezio insists that he wants to go with him, but Giovanni refuses as he affirms he is already helping him ''"more than he knows"''. Uberto pretends they weren't able to decode the letter, his tone blaming Maffei, and suggests to deliver an exact copy of the letter in order to find the leaders of the conspiracy. Giovanni accepts the mission as he knows where it must be delivered. Having been told by Lorenzo to find the conspirators and to show no mercy, Giovanni then leaves Florence for Rome.

Once he arrived in Rome, Giovanni gives the letter to a man. Then, it travels from hand to hand until arriving into its final destination: in the hands of Rodrigo Borgia. Rodrigo brings the message to Pope Sixtus IV at the Vatican and tries to persuade Sixtus to give military support for a scheme to remove [http://assassinscreed.wikia.com/wiki/Lorenzo_Medici Lorenzo de' Medici], while not agreeing at first, he eventually accepts. Satisfied, Rodrigo leaves him and walks in the streets of Rome while being followed by Giovanni. He eventually notices his presence and manages to draw him into a church. Rodrigo proposes him to join his [[Knights Templar|side]], but Giovanni refuses. Rodrigo then leaves him to his men. Giovanni wins the intense combat where his [[Hidden Blade]] is broken from the gauntlet, but he gets hit in the chest by a [[Throwing Knives|throwing knife]] from the escaping Rodrigo which injures him badly. He is able to make his way back home to Florence, where his wife treats his wound. She notes that the blade almost reached his heart. Giovanni is worried; he fears that the murder of Sforza was just the beginning of a conspiracy that will strike Florence. Federico, the eldest son suddenly warns his parents of the arrival of Father Maffei, with armed guards. Giovanni prefers to leave discreetly and tells his son to buy him some time. He lastly adds to Federico that as the oldest, it is his responsibility to protect the family in his absence. Federico is clearly disconcerted that the lives of his mother and siblings are on his shoulders, but accepts this. He goes down to answer the door. Giovanni manages to escape the house by the chamber's secret passage. While walking around the dark streets of Florence, he sees his son Ezio flirting with a girl. He smiles with fondness at the sight, and manages to disappear before his son could spot him.

<blockquote>''{{quote|My dear sons, dark skies are rising over Florence and time is running low. The enemy is closer than I thought. Now, the final battle is about to unfold. Every man is mortal, every life bounds to an end but certain things will never change. Federico and Ezio, my sons, always remember: WE are the Auditore da Firenze and WE are Assassins.| Giovanni's monologue in the end of Lineage}}''</blockquote>

===''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''===
{{quote|Tu sei un Auditore. Sei un combattente. Perciò Combatti! (You are an Auditore. You are a fighter. So fight!)|Giovanni Auditore speaking to Ezio at his birth}}
Giovanni Auditore is first seen in ''Assassin's Creed II'' at Ezio's birth sequence in the [[Animus]] (1.0), in which he holds Ezio in his arms and remarks that he is a born fighter. After [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]] enters the [[Animus 2.0]], Giovanni is seen once again at the Auditore's house, in which he scolds Ezio for his behavior but then says he is proud that Ezio reminds him of himself when he was younger. Giovanni then gives Ezio the quest "Paperboy". When Ezio completes the quest he returns to Giovanni, only to find him in a meeting with Uberto Alberti. Giovanni then tells Ezio that his mother and sister are looking for him. After that he gives Ezio the quest "Special Delivery". Soon after completing the quest, city guards take Giovanni and his sons, Federico and Petruccio, to prison, being accused of treason. Ezio, who fortunately wasn't captured, ventured to his father's cell window and learns that they are being detained in for answers of their imprisonment, but Giovanni instead tasks his son to find the hidden room inside his office (which hides his Assassin equipment) and take everything that he finds. Then he tells him that the chest contain documents that need to be delivered to Uberto. The next morning, Ezio arrives at where the execution takes place, [[Uberto Alberti]] declares Giovanni, Federico and Petruccio guilty of treason,and has them exeuted, becoming victims of a conspiracy. His execution drove Ezio into the life of a self-trained Assassin and Maria into silence.

In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]'', Ezio eventually goes back for the bodies of his father and brothers. He gives them a proper burial by cremating them and setting them adrift in boats down the river.

==Gallery==

<center><gallery>
File:Giovannilineage2.png|Giovanni in his usual clothes.
File:Giovanni lineage 1.png|Giovanni in the Assassin robe.
File:Giovanniac2ingame.jpg|Giovanni behind his desk, talking to Ezio
File:QuickTimePlayer 2009-09-25 20-14-39-52.png|Giovanni (center) moments before being executed with his sons
</gallery></center>

==Trivia==
*It should be noted that Giovanni was not actually born in Florence, but in Monteriggioni. And as such his name would simply be Giovanni Auditore
*Giovanni's ring finger remains intact due to improvements to the "Hidden blade" and changes to the tactics and traditions of the Assassin order made by Altaïr after the events of the first game.
*Giovanni died before telling Ezio (as well as his youngest son, Petruccio and his daughter Claudia) of their assassin heritage which disappointed his brother, Mario. It is believed however, that he began training his eldest son Federico in secret, but couldn't actually get far enough to teach him any intermediate Assassin skills.
*Before he was captured he said to Ezio that "there [were] some things [they] need to discuss". It is possible that he saw his death coming and wished to tell Ezio about being an assassin.
*Giovanni knew about Ezio's Eagle vision, and is most likely that he possessed the gift like his brother [[Mario Auditore]].
*Giovanni uses a sword and a short blade as well as Ezio. He also has a small knife/dagger on his boot
*Giovanni is never seen wearing actual Armor.
*Giovanni was carrrying two throwing knives only in the first episode in Assassin's Creed Lineage. In the second episode he had four knives with him.
*Giovanni leaves his assassin outfit behind for Ezio to find, however in the short-film '[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]', it does not have the 'Eagle's beak' on the hood; it is also missing several other details.
*If you go by the dates in the database Giovanni died when he was 40 years old.
*Intrestingly when you look up Rodrigo's database video you find Giovanni hanging in the right side and in different clothes.

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Lucrezia Borgia

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'''[[File:Cesare_with_the_Apple.jpg|thumb|244px|Lucrezia, shown with her brother]]Lucrezia Borgia''' (18 April 1480 – 24 June 1519) is a character who is mentioned in ''[[Assassins Creed II]]''. She is the illegitimate daughter of [[Rodrigo Borgia]] and younger sister of [[Cesare Borgia]]. She was betrothed ruthlessly by her father twice before her 13th birthday to secure political alliances. She is also rumoured to have been sexually abused by her father. After these incidents, she was taken care of by her brother Cesare.

==Biography==
===[[File:Lucrezia.jpg|thumb|left|Lucrezia Borgia]]Early years===
Lucrezia Borgia was born in Subiaco, a little town near [[Rome]], on 18 April 1480. Her mother was the Countess of Cattanei, Vanozza dei Cattenei, one of the many mistresses of Rodrigo Borgia.

At the young age of 13, she was engaged twice, but her father, Pope Alexander VI (better known as [[Rodrigo Borgia]]), called off the engagements and later forced her to marry Giovanni Sforza, the purpose being to establish an alliance with the powerful Milanese Ducal family.

But it was for a short time, due the Sforzas no longer being useful for Alexander VI. Soon after, he gave the order to Cesare and Lucrezia to send Giovanni away from Rome. Alexander VI made an offer to Giovanni’s uncle, the Cardinal Ascanio Sforza, to persuade him to agree for the divorce. Instead, Giovanni accused Lucrezia of having an incestuous relationship with her father and brother, and supposedly the marriage was not consummated, so the Pope said that the marriage was not valid.

===Second marriage===
The second marriage was with the Alfonso de Aragon (Duke of Bisceglie). Before the marriage took place, Cesare was impressed by the Duke's good looks and nature, but this soon changed to jealousy and hatred. It was said that Cesare did not like Alfonso because Lucrezia was very happy with him and had, since her marriage to him, stopped giving Cesare as much attention, and that might be the reason why years later Cesare sent his servants to kill him.

===Third marriage===
Lucrezia's third marriage was with Alfonso d'Este (Duke of Ferrara). After the death of her second husband, Alexander VI wanted to arrange a third marriage. This time she gave a number of children and proved at last to be a respectable Renaissance duchess, rising effectively above her questionable past and surviving the fall of the Borgias after Alexander VI's death.

[[File:Poison_ring.jpg|thumb|Poison Ring|100px]]
Lucrezia gave birth to seven or eight children. Giovanni Borgia, who seemed to be Cesare's child, Rodrigo Borgia de Aragon, Ercole II d'Este, Ippolito II d'Este, Alessandro d'Este, Leonora d'Este, Francesco d'Este. Isabella Maria d'Este was born sometime in 1519, but died later that same day. Sadly, complications of this birth caused the death of Lucrezia 10 days later.

One of the most notorious rumors of Lucrezia Borgia is that she is a collateral relative of the actress [[wikipedia:Brooke Shields|Brooke Shields]] and also of most of the royal families of Europe.

It is rumored that the famous term "Femme Fatale" was created as a result of her actions.This is because it is rumored that Lucrezia was in possession of a hollow ring that she used frequently to poison other people's drinks.

==''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''==
Lucrezia is stated to appear in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' along with her brother Cesare, but it is not yet known what role she will have within the game.

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