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Leonardo da Vinci

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
|image = Leonardo.png
|imgdesc = Leonardo da Vinci in the Animus database.
|birth = 15 April 1452 [[wikipedia:Vinci|Vinci]], [[Italy]]
|death = 2 May 1519 [[wikipedia:Amboise|Amboise]], [[wikipedia:France|France]]
|faction = [[Assassins]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
|period = [[Renaissance|Italian Renaissance (15th century)]]
|voice = [[Carlos Ferro]]
}}

{{quote|Ezio! So good to see you! How can I be of service?|Leonardo’s greeting to Ezio|Assassin's Creed II}}

'''Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci''' (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an [[Italy|Italian]] polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, botanist, writer, and best friend of the [[Assassin]] [[Ezio|Ezio Auditore]] in the Italian [[Renaissance]].
==Biography==
===Early life===
[[File:Leonardoartwork1.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Leonardo's concept art]]
Leonardo da Vinci was born out of wedlock in Vinci, Italy, a town outside of [[Florence]], in 1452, to a Florentine notary named [[wikipedia:Piero da Vinci|Piero da Vinci]] and a local woman named Caterina. He spent most of his early childhood in nearby rural [[Tuscany]] so as to spare his father the embarrassment of a scandal. However, young Leonardo's innate artistic prowess was obvious to his elders even then, and when he turned fourteen he was returned to Florence, apprenticed to the workshop of renowned painter [[Andrea del Verrocchio]]; while there, he is said to have collaborated with the Verroccio on his masterpiece, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptism_of_Christ Baptism of Christ]''.

===Florence===
At age 20, Leonardo was titled a master by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_of_St_Luke Guild of Saint Luke], and opened his first workshop in Florence where he continued to collaborate with his old master. During his time there, he also befriended the [[House of Auditore|Auditore]] family.

In 1476, Leonardo met Ezio Auditore when the latter accompanied his [[Maria Auditore da Firenze|mother]] to pick up some paintings from Leonardo’s workshop. On the way back to the [[Palazzo Auditore]], Leonardo and Ezio conversed about his work, which sparked the lifelong friendship between the two young men.

After the execution of [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni]], [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]], and [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze|Petruccio Auditore]], Leonardo met Ezio once again, greeting him with a brotherly embrace. He was then requested by Ezio to repair the [[Hidden Blade]] and was immediately fascinated by its sophisticated and advanced design, despite its old age. After what is apparently several hours of work (as Ezio is shown to have fallen asleep for some time), Leonardo finally finished the repairs to the Hidden Blade. Just before handing the weapon over to Ezio, Leonardo claimed that Ezio's ring finger had to be removed because "the blade is designed to ensure the commitment of whoever wields it." It is shown that he was simply joking however, as the blade had been modified so that the removal of the finger was no longer necessary. Immediately after this, a Florentine guard took Leonardo into the latter's yard for interrogation, throwing him to the ground and kicking him several times in order to extract Ezio's whereabouts. Ezio promptly sneaked up behind the guard and assassinated him with his new weapon, before hiding the body inside the workshop with others that Leonardo used for anatomical research.

[[File:Leonardo_workshop.jpg|thumb|250px|An overview of Leonardo's workshop.]]

Leonardo and Ezio didn't meet again until 1478, when Ezio visited him with another codex page attained from his uncle [[Mario Auditore]]. He deciphered the page and, while Ezio practiced the new [[Assassination Techniques|assassination techniques]] explained on the page, constructed a second Hidden Blade to be put at his friend's disposal. This was when Ezio inquired about [[Francesco de' Pazzi]], which prompted Leonardo to discreetly tell him that he needed to seek out [[La Volpe]] (“the fox”). After this, Leonardo appeared at several instances in which Ezio simply visited him to decipher codex pages.

After Ezio stopped the [[Pazzi conspiracy]], he received another codex page from [[Lorenzo de' Medici]] and again visited Leonardo in order to have it deciphered. He was astonished by the new [[Poison Blade|blade design]], as it has been developed to allow the wielder to inject poison into their enemies.

Leonardo met Ezio again in the [[Apennine Mountains]] after the fall of the Pazzi Conspirators. He was faced with the problem of a broken [[wagon]] wheel and asked Ezio to lift the carriage, causing him to notice the contraption in the back. This was the first conversation in which Leonardo mentioned his [[Flying Machine]]. Amused by Leonardo’s idea, Ezio offered to drive, and they set off for [[Romagna]]. During the trip, the wagon was attacked by the soldiers of [[Rodrigo Borgia]], threatening their lives all the way through the Mountains. At the end of the trail, Ezio stayed behind to deal with the soldiers so Leonardo can get to Romagna safely. They met back up at the docks in Romagna where they were scheduled to set sail for Venice, after Ezio went through an ordeal involving [[Caterina Sforza]].

===Venice===

[[File:Leonardo's_Flying_machine_Design.jpg|left|thumb|Leonardo's Flying machine drawing]]
Upon arrival in Venice, Leonardo and Ezio were given a tour of the city by a baggage handler by the name of [[Alvise da Vilandino]] before being led to his new workshop. He and Ezio parted ways there with a brotherly embrace.

Ezio again consulted Leonardo for his expertise, but this time for something other than decryption. He inquired about Leonardo’s Flying Machine that he learned of on the way to Romagna in order to invade the [[Palazzo Ducale]] so that he can rescue [[Giovanni Mocenigo|Doge Mocenigo]] from the [[Templar]] [[Carlo Grimaldi]]. After one test flight, Leonardo deemed the machine useless and flew into a fit of rage, but was then inspired by a piece of burnt paper floating from the fire. He concluded that in order for Ezio to reach his destination, they had to light a dozen fires across the city which would cause the air to rise, therefore lifting the machine.

After being accused of the murder of the Doge, Ezio came to Leonardo asking for a [[Carnevale]] mask so that he wouldn't be noticed as the most wanted man in Venice. He also bore another codex page, much to Leonardo's interest, as he discovered it contains plans for a small [[Pistol|firearm]] that could be concealed on Ezio's wrist. After testing the pistol, Leonardo gave Ezio the mask he requested and pointed him in the direction of Sister [[Teodora]] and [[Antonio de Magianis]] so that he could plot to assassinate the new Doge: the Templar [[Marco Barbarigo]].

Leonardo and Ezio met again briefly outside the workshop, just after Ezio discovered the Templar ship was returning the next day. Leonardo pointed out several key facts that he discovered piecing together the markings on the backs of the codex pages such as the arrival of a 'prophet' on the day the [[Piece of Eden]] was brought to the floating city (Venice).

In 1488, Ezio, Mario, and [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] visited Leonardo to see if he was able to make sense of the Apple which they had successfully obtained from Rodrigo Borgia. To their dismay, he couldn't learn any more about it than the Assassins and, following its accidental activation, it was decided that it should be taken to [[Forlì]] to be kept out of Templar hands. Mario also asked Leonardo to come and visit him at the [[Auditore Family Villa]], which he did at least once, in 1499.

===Rome===
In 1500, Leonardo was forcibly pressed into designing several [[War Machines|war machines]] for [[Cesare Borgia]], son of Rodrigo Borgia, who was in turn [[Grand Master of the Templar Order]]. Additionally, he was also forced to fashion the ''pistola'' used to kill Mario Auditore, and possibly the firearms used by the [[Papal Guards]], and by Cesare in the [[Siege of Viana]]. Despite this, Leonardo remained an ally of the Assassins, privately informing Ezio of Cesare's plans, and also turning over the locations of the Templars overseeing the war machines.

To avoid Templar scrutiny, Leonardo and Ezio would meet at different locations, often by Leonardo drawing a picture of a hand on a bench as a signal for Ezio to wait for him there. Over time, Leonardo agreed to reconstruct a second, smaller Hidden Blade that could fit against a standard glove to replace the one Ezio had lost during the [[Siege of Monteriggioni]], along with a [[Climb Leap Glove|reinforced glove]] to allow Ezio to climb leap, and a forearm-mounted [[Poison darts|poison dart]] launcher. However, due to being paid "very little" by the Templars, he would need Ezio to pay him for the raw materials. After the war machines were finally destroyed, he also agreed to design a [[Parachutes|parachute]] that could also be built by sympathetic Roman [[Tailors]], though his design (or at least the materials used) would not survive the landings, and would need to be replaced after every use.

When the Assassins finally secured the Apple of Eden from the Borgia, Ezio and Leonardo met at the [[Assassins Guild]] on [[Tiber Island]]. Leonardo mourned the need to lock away the Apple, likening it to a masterpiece being hidden away from the world, though he did not oppose Ezio's decision. Additionally, as Leonardo's patron had been arrested and his income was still meager, Ezio turned over a sum of money to his friend, and they parted on good terms.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

===Legacy===
[[File:Leo.JPG|thumb|An in-game model of Leonardo da Vinci.]]
He later worked in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bologna Bologna] and spent his last years in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France France], at the home awarded him by Francis I. He took his most famous painting, the ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa Mona Lisa]'', with him when he retired to France in 1513. He died May 2, 1519. The exact cause of his death is unknown, but could presumably have been a blood infection, due to him suffering from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gout Gout].

Leonardo is renowned primarily as a painter. Two of his works, the Mona Lisa and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Supper The Last Supper], are the most famous, most reproduced and most parodied portrait and religious painting of all time, [[File:Mo.jpeg|thumb|left|The Mona Lisa]]{{Era|AC2|Ren}}their fame approached only by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michaelangelo Michelangelo's] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creation_of_Adam Creation of Adam]. Leonardo's drawing of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitruvian_Man Vitruvian Man] is also regarded as a cultural icon.
Perhaps fifteen of his paintings survive, the small number due to his constant, and frequently disastrous, experimentation with new techniques and his chronic procrastination. Nevertheless, these few works, together with his notebooks, which contain drawings, scientific diagrams and his thoughts on the nature of painting, are an invaluable contribution to later generations of artists; indeed, Da Vinci could arguably be considered the most iconic artist of the Italian Renaissance, with only a handful of his contemporaries (most notably Leonardo's chief artistic rival and fellow Florentine, Michelangelo Buonarroti) posing a realistic challenge. Leonardo is revered for his technological ingenuity. He conceptualised a helicopter, a tank, concentrated solar power, a calculator, the double hull and outlined a rudimentary theory of plate tectonics. Relatively few of his designs were constructed or even feasible during his lifetime, but some of his smaller inventions, such as an automated bobbin winder and a machine for testing the tensile strength of wire, entered the world of manufacturing unheralded. As a scientist, he greatly advanced the state of knowledge in the fields of anatomy, civil engineering, optics and hydrodynamics.

==Characteristics and personality==
His portrayal in ''Assassin's Creed II'' depicts Leonardo da Vinci as a cheerful and optimistic man. Ezio is his best friend, and as such, he treats him like a brother and has taken great risks to protect him, even though he says later in the game that courage is not his strong suit.

Despite being an accomplished and respected artist, as well as deeply curious about the world's wonders, Leonardo da Vinci was also a chronic procrastinator. Most of his commissioned works took years longer than anticipated, and many were never even finished. It is possible that this was because he did not feel his work to be important enough to devote his life to, as when he meets Ezio, he complains that it lacks purpose and he wishes to do something which has more impact on the world, such as architecture. Regardless, when Leonardo is intrigued by something, he becomes insatiably curious and often impossible to communicate with, as demonstrated when Ezio first brings him [[Altaïr|Altaïr Ibn'La-Ahad]]'s [[Codex Pages|Codex pages]] for decryption.

==Trivia==
[[Video:Assassin's Creed 2 - Focus On|thumb|250px|Leonardo da Vinci - Genius Inventor]]
*All of Leonardo's modifications on previously existing Assassin gear are based on designs detailed in Altaïr's Codex. It is possibly from these that Leonardo also designed some of his other inventions.
*Leonardo and Giovanni Auditore are the only known characters that can decipher and translate Altaïr's Codex.
*In ''Assassin's Creed II'', 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 Codex in the villa in 1499.
*The cut-scene when Ezio visits Leonardo is the same each time (even after Leonardo moves to Venice), except when the Codex pages provide new modifications to Ezio's equipment.
*Interestingly, in author Dan Brown's novel [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Da_Vinci_Code The Da Vinci Code], it is suggested 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 allegedly connected with the Knights Templar.
*Historically, Leonardo would later become a close friend and military engineer for Cesare Borgia, son of Rodrigo Borgia.
*When Ezio accidentally activates the [[Apple of Eden]], images similar to Leonardo's later designs for the tank can be briefly glimpsed. This experience may have provided him with the ideas for his later inventions.
*Also, when the Apple is activated, Ezio and Leonardo are able to stand, although blinded by the light. Mario and Machiavelli are crippled by the noise and unable to stand.
*Ezio uses a wheel-lock firearm, based on a design found in the Codex pages, which historically wasn't developed until just after the time-frame of the game. Historically, Leonardo designed some of the first wheel-lock firearms.
*Leonardo had no surname; "da Vinci" simply means "from Vinci," identifying his homeland.
*Many gamers regret not hugging Leonardo in Venice during the quicktime event.<ref>[http://www.livescience.com/culture/assassins-creed-virtual-rome-renaissance-scholar-101112.html A Renaissance Scholar Helps Build Virtual Rome, ''Live Science'' article]</ref>
*8 of the 30 collectable [[Paintings]] that are placed in the Villa Auditore were painted by da Vinci.
*At the time of ''Assassins Creed: Brotherhood'', Leonardo had been under Cesare Borgia's patronage from 1500 to 1503. Comments made by designers in an interview at E3 suggest that Leonardo may be a spy for the Assassins working undercover for them as Cesare's military engineer, and his character is more developed than in ''Assassin's Creed II''.
[[File:Mapofimola.jpg|thumb|left|Leonardo's map of Imola]]
*A map of the city of Imola that Leonardo drew for Cesare Borgia appears frequently in ''Assassin's Creed II''; on a wall in the [[Hideout]], in Leonardo's workshop, as the Codex map that Caterina gives to Ezio, and in a [[Lairs of Romulus|Lair of Romulus]], on the ground.
*In ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'', after Leonardo mentions his work on the ''Mona Lisa'', Ezio warns him not to allow pretty girls to distract him from making the designs he needs. His arm around him, Leonardo lightly assures Ezio that women would ''"provide little distraction"'' to his work, to which Ezio replies, ''"Wait, I don't get it."'' This is a reference to the widely-held belief that the real-life da Vinci was a homosexual. Another reference is that sometimes when Ezio hugs him, his head leans on Ezio's shoulder, contrary to a normal "man hug."
*In one of Ezio Auditore's [[Cristina Memories]] in Venice, Leonardo tells Ezio that [[Cristina Vespucci|Cristina]] was attending Carnevale; even hinting that they might be close, despite Leonardo having nothing to do with Cristina in the rest of the story.
*In ''Assassin's Creed II'' Leonardo is shown as right-handed, but in ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'', he is left-handed, as he was known to be in real life.
*In the [[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)|novel for ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'']], Leonardo is invited to join the Brotherhood. However, he declines, saying that though he will always support their goals, he is on a different path, one that is solitary.
*Leonardo also seems fatter in Brotherhood.

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="150" captionalign="left">
EzioLeo2.jpg|Ezio and Leonardo on the ship to Venice.
Codexleo.png|Ezio hands Leonardo a codex page.
Zw-bof2.png|Leonardo studies the Apple of Eden.
LeonardoJH.jpg|Leonardo as he appears in ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''.
Zw-acb-Leonardo-2.png|Leonardo first greeting Ezio in Rome.
Zw-acb-Leonardo-1.png
</gallery>

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Claudia Auditore da Firenze

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Claudia Auditore da Firenze
|image = char_claudia.png
|imgdesc = Claudia, as she appears in [[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]].
|hideb =
|birth = January 1461 [[Florence]], [[Italy]]
|death =
|period = [[Renaissance]]
|faction = [[House of Auditore|Auditore]] [[Assassins]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
|actor = [[Devery Jacobs]]
|voice = [[Angela Galuppo]]
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'''Claudia Auditore da Firenze''' (born 1461) was a [[Florence|Florentine]] noblewoman during the [[Italy|Italian]] [[Renaissance]]. She later became a member of the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed II">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref><ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

==Biography==
===Early life===
Claudia Auditore da Firenze was born in Florence, the daughter of [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni]] and [[Maria Auditore da Firenze]] and sister to [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]], [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]] and [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze|Petruccio]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

In 1476, Giovanni, Federico and Petruccio were [[Auditore execution|executed]] as they were accused of treason against Florence. In fact, they were executed by the [[Templars]], the sworn enemies of the [[Assassins]], the latter of whom her father was a member of. Following this, her brother Ezio exacted revenge on [[Uberto Alberti]], the city's Gonfalioniere, and left Florence with Claudia and their mother. They fled to [[Monteriggioni]], the city ruled over by their uncle [[Mario Auditore|Mario]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

Although Ezio at first meant only to stay in Monteriggioni for a day, he decided it was best to stay at the [[Villa Auditore]] so that he could finish his father's work.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

===Monteriggioni's treasurer===
Mario assigned Claudia to being Monteriggioni's treasurer, keeping track of all of Monteriggioni's incomes and objects Ezio brought in from the outside.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

She kept on doing this for twenty-three years, with occasional visits from her brother.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /> She was quite bothered by the fact that her brother rarely visited her, but she "thought the world of him" nonetheless.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

===Member of the Assassin Order===
{{dialogue3|Claudia|What?|Ezio|So, my little sister knows how to wield a knife.|And I'm ready to do it again.|Spoken like a true [[House of Auditore|Auditore]].|Claudia and Ezio, after Claudia killed four guards single-handedly.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood}}
In January of 1500, Ezio, along with Mario and other family friends were preparing for Claudia's birthday party, but the town of Monteriggioni was besieged by the [[House of Borgia|Borgia]], the most prominent Templar organization, under the command of [[Cesare Borgia]]. As a result, Mario was killed and Ezio left for [[Rome]], the Templars' headquarters, to exact revenge. Ezio told her and her mother to go to Florence, but feeling obligated to take revenge as well, Claudia and Maria followed Ezio to Rome. There, Claudia took control over the [[Rosa in Fiore]] after the former owner, [[Madonna Solari]], was killed. With the use of the courtesans, Claudia was able to find the location of [[Caterina Sforza]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

[[File:Zw-acb-ceremony-4.jpg|thumb|Claudia being initiated into the Brotherhood.]]

Three years later, she assisted her brother in assassinating [[Juan Borgia]] by sending her courtesans to the pagan party that he held. Her courtesans stole [[Egidio Troche]]'s money and brought it back to the brothel. However, several Borgia guards followed them back to the brothel. When Ezio heard this, he was alarmed and immediately went into the brothel, but instead discovered an unharmed Claudia standing above several corpses, holding a knife nonchalantly.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

After the events of the passion play, Claudia, in her brother's recommendation, joined the Order of Assassins, undergoing the initiation process of burning her ring finger as well as performing a [[Leap of Faith]] into the [[Tiber River]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

She later fought alongside Ezio, [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], [[La Volpe]] and [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]] against [[Cesare Borgia]]'s last remaining followers, after which Cesare was arrested.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

==Characteristics and personality==
It is evident that she had been too spoiled by Giovanni, unafraid to be violent when a girl "looked at her boyfriend" and at times immature, such as when Mario assigned her to manage Monteriggioni's finances. Due to her violent streak, Giovanni had to raise her dowry by 1,000 florins because she scared off all of her suitors.

Regardless, Claudia was very capable of handling and keeping track of the town's bankroll and her brother's purchases and earnings. Her capability in business management again came to play when she volunteered - despite Ezio's initial protest - to take over the brothel in Rome when its previous owner was killed, and under her management it turned from a run-down joint to the most popular brothel in Rome, as well as a far more effective intel-gathering arm for the Order of Assassins.

She was also kind with her family, being especially emotional over her father and brothers' execution and her mother's emotional trauma.

==Gallery==
{| align="center"
|<gallery width="auto" perrow="3" style="font-size:95%; padding:0;" widths="170" captionalign="left">
File:CLaudia ..jpg|Claudia, some time before her family's execution.
File:Ezio_and_Claudia.JPG|Claudia speaking about her trouble with [[Duccio]].
File:Ezio_Claudia_Maria.jpg|Claudia reuniting with Ezio after the execution.
File:claudia_in_brotherhood_by_ladyve-d31a3bd.jpg|Ezio talking with Claudia in 1500.
File:vlcsnap-2010-11-12-19h17m08s89.jpg|Claudia with Ezio.
File:Vlcsnap-2010-11-12-17h54m41s96.jpg|Claudia with Bartolomeo d'Alviano and La Volpe, waiting for Ezio.
File:Zw-acb-claudia-2.jpg|Claudia in her Assassin robes.
</gallery>
|}

==Trivia==
*Claudia, as with most of the characters, appears not to age over the course of the ''Assassin's Creed II''. She remains at the same desk in the Villa Auditore for 23 years. After she complained about being put to work, her only interaction with Ezio was asking if he was "... [there] to look at the book" of finances.
*Claudia was Ezio's only sister, and unlike her brothers who were executed in order for Rodrigo Borgia to prove a point to the Assassins, she was spared, likely because of her gender.
*When Ezio started earning income from Monteriggioni, Claudia stated that she would keep any money past the chest's maximum capacity (based on your collectibles and renovations to Monteriggioni), with no explanation of what she intends to do with all that money.
*Although she is always sitting in the Villa Auditore through most of the game, she, along with Maria, appear in the [[Easter Eggs|"vision"]] Ezio has at his home during the [[Bonfire of the Vanities]].
*There is a glitch is ''Assassin's Creed II'' where, if you manage to bump into Claudia and knock her down, she will be given the voice of one of the guards (since normally knocking her down is not supposed to be possible).
*When Claudia is inducted into the Assassin Order in ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'', her outfit is almost identical to her ancestor [[Maria Thorpe]]'s outfit in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]'' and ''Assassin's Creed II''.
*Claudia still looks quite young in ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'', despite her being the age of 38.
*For some reason she knows how to do a Leap of Faith despite having no Assassin training, though the fact that she killed several trained guards with a dagger and showed no signs of fatigue or injury might prove otherwise, it is possible that she was trained when Ezio was in Roma in Assassin's Creed II.
*In the'' Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' novel, Claudia, some time during the three years between the Pope's death and Cesare's assassination, was assaulted by Borgia supporters, prompting her to step down as the Madam of the Rosa in Fiora. It was said that Rosa was called over from Venice to be her successor.

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