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Shaun Hastings

2011-03-01T00:10:54Z

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Shaun Hastings
|image = Shaunspng.png
|period = [[Modern Times]]
|faction = [[Assassins]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
|voice = [[Danny Wallace]]}}
{{quote|What am I – who are you, my mum?|Shaun Hastings, addressing a curious Desmond.|Assassin's Creed II}}

'''Shaun Hastings''' is a supporting character in ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''. He is modeled after and voiced by British author and comedian [[Danny Wallace]]. His job is to assist [[Desmond Miles]] by creating database entries on various people, places, and buildings that he encounters while in the [[Animus|Animus 2.0]]. As well as this, he gives tactical support, as well as relays messages from the higher command, to other [[Assassin]] teams across the planet, particularly to those who are on field duty.

==Biography==
===Early life===
From an early age, Shaun was always interested in conspiracy theories and the unknown. Though initially unaware of the existence of the [[Modern Times|modern-day]] [[Templars]] and Assassins, he did some investigating into a company called [[Abstergo Industries]], and realized that they were ''"up to no good"'' and thus decided to try and stop them. Shaun dug up as much information as he could on Abstergo's activities, and then tried to tell others about his findings by reporting it. Unaware that the Templars would try to silence him, he was eventually found by [[Alan Rikkin]], however, he was able to escape in the van that was taking him to Abstergo.<ref name="Abstergo's website (James Morse's e-mails)" />He was then contacted by [[Rebecca Crane]], who ''"rescued"'' Shaun, and recruited him into the [[Assassin Order]].

===Hideout===
[[File:Dan2.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Explaining to Desmond about the new location where he'll be... the Italian Renaissance.]]
After [[Lucy Stillman]] and Desmond Miles escaped to the [[hideout]], Desmond entered the Animus to relive his ancestor, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore's]] memories. Whilst inside the Animus, Shaun supplied Desmond with informative database entries, and the occasional piece of advice on [[glyph]] puzzles. However, as the de-facto historian of the Assassins, Shaun was constantly working on his computer, and rarely had the opportunity to speak with Desmond – telling him to ''"go away."''

===Sanctuary===
Upon escaping Abstergo and setting up camp at the [[sanctuary]] in [[Monteriggioni]], Shaun continued his research, as how he operated in the previous hideout. He, however, was more respectable and tolerate towards Desmond now, probably due to their only discussion involving Shaun's topics of interest. Though he is still disrespectful towards Rebecca, which causes Lucy to give him more work than the others. After Desmond completes the 9th Sequence of Ezio Auditore's memories, they are still left with the mystery of the location of the [[Sixth Apple|Apple of Eden]]. Desmond points out to the numbers on the wall, as well as the triple triad symbol, upon which Shaun correctly deduces, that they are relevant to God and God's number, [[72]], which he also states, is the same year that [[Rome|Rome's]] [[Colosseum]] was built. They all conclude that's where the Apple would be found, and begin their long road trip.

When they discovered the Apple, Desmond uses it to ask where the [[Temples]] are located. Shaun, upon seeing and identifying the Phrygian Cap, which stands for freedom, and the Eye of Providence, said both come together in only one place. However, before he could finish, [[Juno]] possessed Desmond through the Apple, causing a temporal freeze in time to those around him, and forced Desmond to stab Lucy in the abdomen.

At the point where Lucy and Desmond collapse (once the scene is revised after the credits), Shaun and Rebecca are still visibly conscious, and apparently unaffected by the Apple's power despite standing in the same positions they were since previously frozen.

==Characteristics and personality==

{{Quote|England is not in Europe actually, Rebecca; we, we tolerate Europe, you know? Like, like a person tolerates herpes.|-Shaun to Rebecca in Monteriggioni}}
Shaun is often cynical, condescending, sarcastic, and pessimistic, but does have a playful side, often inserting humorous tidbits into the database entries he creates. He will often have too little patience to talk to Desmond, though at other times, he will lead off into a long conversation. While Shaun's annoyance is usually directed at Desmond, he also insults Rebecca, and comments on her immaturity by saying ''"the grown-ups are talking now"'' – even though she has saved his life multiple times.

During the modern segments, Shaun is desperate to enter the Animus, even resorting to begging Lucy through [[Lucy's E-mail|her E-mail]], which she silently declines by not replying. Although when he is confronted about it, he'll say that ''"the job behind the desk"'' is much better. When talking about his status as an Assassin, Shaun states'' "I've killed before, I expect to kill again. It's just that I’d prefer not to". ''He often portrays the rather sarcastic role of the one who does all the work and never gets noticed or rewarded, as he has complained more than once, saying "''no one missed me''." His cynical attitude can be observed, when he points out that the Assassins are still killers, whatever their motives; making them no more the'' "good guys",'' than the Templars.

Despite his attitude towards Rebecca, he holds her in higher regard than he likes to admit, since she did save him from Abstergo. Only Lucy seems to be above his snide remarks, either as a sign of greater respect, or because he knows not to insult her.

==Trivia==
*Danny Wallace, the voice and model of Shaun, was contacted by [[Ubisoft]] when he attended the [[wikipedia:British Academy Video Games Awards|BAFTA video game awards]] with a friend. He was E-mailed, and asked if he would like to be a character in an unknown video game, which he accepted. The game turned out to be ''Assassin's Creed II''.
*Shaun's recruitment into the Assassin Order was rather unconventional, as Assassins are usually born into the Order.
*Shaun states during the corrupted sequences in ''Assassin's Creed II'', that he forgot [[Rodrigo Borgia]] eventually became Pope, even though there is a portrait of him on the wall next to his computer.
*In one conversation with Desmond, Shaun tells him that he has his own special type of ability, which allows him to see information and decode it more easily. He compares it to Desmond's [[Eagle Vision]], only more ''"useful"'' in his opinion. He is referring to his high intellect, rather than some kind of super-human ability.
*The character Shaun Hastings is named after [[wikipedia:Sean Hastings|Sean Hastings]], a cult hero in the computer industry.
*In ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'', Shaun has a portrait of [[Cesare Borgia]] near his desk, as well as pictures of famous landmarks in Rome, such as the [[Pantheon]], and some of [[Leonardo da Vinci|Leonardo da Vinci's]] designs, such as the [[crossbow]].
*Shaun once dated a girl named Kate, whom he fondly calls Kitty-Kat. However, he is embarrassed when Rebecca reveals that, over lunch, Kate had told Rebecca that Shaun had never made it to second base.
*Shaun's password for [[Shaun's E-mail|his E-mail]] account is GuyFawkes23, which likely refers to [[wikipedia:Guy Fawkes|Guy Fawkes]], a man who was instrumental in the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605.
*Guy Fawkes was also the pseudonym Shaun used for his attempted revelation of Abstergo's true nature, according to the inbox of Abstergo employee [[James Morse]].
*It is hinted that Shaun was an altar boy at some stage in his childhood, due to his priest saying ''"You know too much for your own good".''

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="left">
Shaun2.jpg|Shaun Hastings.
dannywallace.jpg|Shaun Hastings in the hideout.
Zw-acb-2012-shaun-1.png|Shaun speaking.
</gallery>

==Video==
===Interviews===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 200px;"
|[[Video:Danny Wallace interview|thumb|right|300px|Danny Wallace Interview Part 1]]
|[[Video:Assassin's Creed 2 Danny Wallace interview|thumb|right|300px|Danny Wallace Interview Part 2]]
|}

===Others===
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 200px;"
|[[Video:Assassin's Creed 2 Shaun argue to Desmond|thumb|300px|left|Shaun arguing with Desmond.]]
|[[Video:Danny Wallace - Shaun Hastings reveal video|thumb|300px|left|Shaun Hastings reveal video.]]
|}

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2010-10-27T03:04:35Z

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Having an Assassin's Creed game in china or japan or somewhere in south Asia would just turn it into another ninja game. No.

Mario Auditore

2010-10-26T02:00:31Z

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{{Character Infobox

|name = Mario Auditore
|image = Zw-marioauditore.png
|birth = 1434 [[Monteriggioni]], [[Italy]]
|death = 1499 [[Monteriggioni]], [[Italy]]
|period = Italian Renaissance
|faction = [[Assassins]], [[Mercenaries]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
|voice = [[Fred Tatasciore]]
}}
{{quote|Don't you recognize me? It's a-me, Mario!|Mario meeting Ezio.|Assassin's Creed II}}

'''Mario Auditore''' (1434 - 1499) was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[wikipedia:Condottiero|condottiero]] and the ruler of [[Monteriggioni]] since 1454. He was also a notable member of the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed II">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

==Biography==
===Early life===
Mario was most likely born in Monteriggioni, [[Tuscany]], alongside his younger brother [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni]]. Mario came from a bloodline of notable Assassins and thus also became one, starting his training at a young age.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

As a young man, Mario played an important role in the [[Battle of Anghiari]], where he alerted the condottiero Micheletto Attendolo to dust clouds over the road, signalling a surprise advance on the Florentines by the Milanese troops. The attack was stopped, and the Florentines won the battle. However, after this battle, most of his time was spent defending his home town of Monteriggioni and the Tuscan countryside from persistent [[Florence|Florentine]] troops determined to seize it.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

===Defense of Monteriggioni===
In 1454, Mario's younger brother Giovanni decided to move to [[Florence]] to pursue a career in banking. Mario remained at the Auditore family villa in Monteriggioni, and the two exchanged letters to keep in touch. In one of these letters, Mario defended his decision to stay in Monteriggioni by writing that he "preferred fighting like a man, to filling out balance sheets." It is insinuated that he rarely saw the family after that.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><ref name="Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''</ref>

Under Mario's rule, Monteriggioni temporarily had a time of prosperity. Mario opened several shops and guilds in the city and greatly increased the city's defenses, in order to withstand Florentine attacks. He discovered a Florentine informant living in Monteriggioni, [[Luciano Pezzati]], and faced his men with some of his own. He dueled Luciano, barely defeating him, and had him dragged to the [[Villa Auditore]]. From Luciano, he found out that Florence was sending the condottiero [[Federico da Montefeltro]] to lead a Florentine attack on Monteriggioni. Due to Mario's leadership, the city was succesfully defended and the attack was a failure.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy" />

===Training Ezio===
[[File:Ss_preview_AC2_S_051_UncleMario_Villa_jpg.jpg|thumb|300px|Mario and his mercenaries.]]
In 1476, Giovanni and two of his sons, [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]] and [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze|Petruccio]], were executed for being accused of treason, while secretly being executed by the [[Templars]], the arch-enemies of the Assassins. In order to get to safety, Giovanni's remaining son [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]] escorted his mother [[Maria Auditore da Firenze|Maria]] and sister [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze|Claudia]] out of Florence and towards Monteriggioni.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

When the three almost reached Monteriggioni, they were ambushed by [[Vieri de' Pazzi]] and his soldiers. Mario and his mercenaries saved the trio and he insisted that they accompanied him back to Monteriggioni. Mario told Ezio of his Assassin heritage and that he had to be trained so that he can properly fight and defeat the Templars and protect his mother and sister. He then showed Ezio the inside of his villa and the [[Sanctuary]] hidden at the back of a bookcase and explained the purpose of [[the Codex]]. He soon started Ezio's training to become an Assassin and was also shown to be extremely proud of his Assassin heritage after he stormed off when Ezio announced his decision to take Maria and Claudia to Spain, against Mario's wishes.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

Feeling guilty, Ezio rethought his decision and followed Mario to [[San Gimignano]] to kill Vieri de' Pazzi. When Ezio killed Vieri and began to abuse the body, Mario stepped in and urged him to have respect for the dead. "You are not Vieri," he said to Ezio, "do not become him." Then, addressing Vieri's body, he delivered a short monologue before uttering the words "''requiescat in pace (rest in peace)''," a term that Ezio adopted for further assassinations.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

===Acquisition of the Apple of Eden===
In 1488, Mario and some of the other Assassins met with each other in [[Venice]] to acquire the "[[First Apple|Apple]]" from the [[Grand Master of the Templar Order]], [[Rodrigo Borgia]], knowing that it was to be delivered to him that day. When they arrived at Rodrigo's location, they found Ezio fighting Rodrigo and joined his side. After defeating Rodrigo's guards and almost killing Rodrigo, the latter ran for his life and left the Apple behind. The group, excluding Mario, all revealed themselves to be Assassins, which was unbeknownst to Ezio when he first met them.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

After securing the Piece of Eden, Mario studied it alongside [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], [[Leonardo da Vinci]] and Ezio. When the Apple was activated, Mario and Machiavelli were both affected and collapsed, holding their heads. Mario recognized its great power and told Ezio to protect it by taking it to the [[Rocca di Ravaldino]] in [[Forlì]], as that citadel was protected by their ally [[Caterina Sforza]]. Mario then invited Leonardo to the Villa Auditore in Monteriggioni.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

After seeing Ezio place his fiftieth feather in the chest in Maria's room, Mario entered and attempted to stop Ezio from continuing on what Mario considered to be a vain effort and left after informing him that he left a new weapon at the blacksmith for Ezio to use.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

In 1499, Mario, Ezio and the other Assassin who Ezio previously met gathered in the Villa Auditore to find out the prophecy in the Codex. They found out that the Codex pages showed a map of all the locations of 'vaults' in the world. Ezio concluded that [[The Vault|the nearest vault]] was in the Vatican and that Rodrigo Borgia simply became pope so that he could have access to the vault and [[the Staff|the Staff of Eden]], which was in fact the papal staff. Ezio left for Rome to assassinate Rodrigo and enter the vault, killing several of his men along the [[Passetto di Borgo]]. Ezio eventually spared Rodrigo, but recovered the Staff of Eden from him and discovered the Vault.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

===Later life===
[[File:Mario_Auditore.JPG|thumb|300px|Mario Auditore, moments before being shot.]]
After Ezio discovered the Vault, he met with Mario and the two escaped from Rome back to Monteriggioni. Some time after they returned, Monteriggioni was besieged by the [[House of Borgia|Borgia]], under the command of [[Cesare Borgia]]. Mario quickly met Ezio, saying that he would keep the Apple safe with him and that Ezio had to stop the enemy's cannons. However, Mario became wounded and was captured by Cesare. Mario, who walked back to the city, collapsed at the city gate, followed by Cesare Borgia and his lieutenants. Cesare, holding the Apple in his hand, shot Mario dead as an 'invitation' from his family to Ezio's to go to Rome.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

==Personality and characteristics==
Mario dressed in the flamboyant style of the Italian nobility of the Renaissance, sported long, dark hair that he slicked back neatly and had a scar over his left eye, which he was also blind in. He was a boisterous man and made no apologies for his passion for fighting and alcohol. He cared deeply for his family and was extremely proud of his Assassin heritage. From his letter to Giovanni and their differences in fighting styles, it can be assumed that he was often playfully critical of his brother, much like his nephew Federico was with Ezio.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

The logo of the Assassins was embroidered/stitched onto the leather of Mario's left shoulder pad. The Auditore coat of arms was also stitched onto the cape he wore.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

Upon close inspection, one notes that Mario often put his hand on the shoulder of the person he was speaking to, presumably as a sign of closeness or affection.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

==Trivia==
[[File:Mario.jpg|Mario's concept art.|thumb|200px]]
*When he first introduced himself, he exclaimed to Ezio that "''It's a-me, Mario!''". This being a popular phrase of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario Mario's] from the [[wikipedia:Super Mario Bros.|Super Mario Bros.]] game series.
*In the [[wikipedia:Facebook|Facebook]] game ''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'', the player relives Mario's memories (of the year 1454). Although the reliving of his memories may not be canon, it may indicate that he did in fact have a son or daughter.
*He was often referred to as ''ubriacone'' ("drunkard" in Italian) by the [[Pazzi]].
*Although Mario lived in the villa, you only get to see him during missions or when you place your 50th feather in Maria's box.
*In a gameplay video for ''Brotherhood'', it can be noted that Mario had greying hair, indicating he has aged significantly.

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