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Followers of Romulus

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{{Quote|A place in heaven awaits those who serve the wolf!|A leader of the Followers of Romulus.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood}}
{{Faction Infobox
|name = Followers of Romulus
|image = Followerspng.png|250px
|leader = [[Rodrigo Borgia]]
|locations = *[[Terme di Traiano]]
*[[Palazzo Laterano]]
*[[Piramide Cestia]]
*Il [[Colosseo]]
*[[Basilica di San Pietro]]
|related = *[[Templars]]
*[[House of Borgia]]
|religion = Pagan (allegedly)
|collapsed = 1503
|hidea = yes}}
The '''Followers of Romulus''', also known as '''Secta Luporum''' (English: ''Sect of the Wolves''), were adherents of {{Wiki|Romulus and Remus|Romulus}}, the mythical founder of [[Rome]], whom they worshipped as a god.

According to legend, Romulus and his brother Remus were raised by a wolf, and as a result, they were said to be half wolf and half man. In tribute to this, the Followers' attire included a skinned wolf pelt.

==Appearance==
The Followers of Romulus were portrayed as powerfully built, rather brutish men covered in wolfskin pelts, who attacked viciously in large packs.

They were armed with various [[short blades]] and [[throwing knives]], and tended to growl and snarl when in a fight. Once killed, and often before attacking, they howled in imitation of a wolf.

Being quite athletic and acrobatic in combat, they commonly employed a unique fighting move, a spinning slash attack. This move was not performed by any other, aside from [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] with his [[Hidden Blade]]s.

The Followers were also adept [[Freerunning|free-runners]], as the lairs that they occupied required such skills to traverse them. Additionally, they often attacked in ambushes, hiding above or in tunnels before springing onto their prey in large numbers.<ref name="Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

==Borgia alliance==
{{Quote|This band of false pagans has been terrorizing the city for months and driving the people into the arms of the church.|[[Niccolò Machiavelli]].|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood}}
[[File:A_Wolf_in_Sheep's_Clothing_4.png|thumb|250px|right|Two Followers speaking with a [[Cardinals|cardinal]]]]
The leaders of the sect were paid by the [[House of Borgia|Borgia]] to manipulate the Followers into doing their bidding, and would often do so through carefully scripted "sermons", and evocations of their god.

The Followers themselves were mainly used to cause fear in the civilians, and send them into the arms of the {{Wiki|Catholic Church}}. Later orders included having them specifically target the Borgia's enemies, the [[Assassins]].

However, the masses of the Followers were misguided, with their leaders commanding them in the name of Romulus, despite not believing in his mystical existence themselves.<ref name="Brotherhood" />

==Lairs==
{{Main|Lairs of Romulus}}
[[File:Terme di Traiano Lair Entrance.png|thumb|250px|left|An entrance to a lair of Romulus]]
The Followers occupied seven underground lairs, which could be found beneath famous landmarks in Rome. The lairs could be accessed through locked grates hung with a wolf's skull, or through ladders hidden beneath circular trapdoors.

Each lair contained a shrine dedicated to Romulus, which was always decorated with wooden crosses, treasure, and skulls. A single golden chest at the center of the shrine would also hold one of the six [[scrolls of Romulus]], and a corresponding key.

These six keys would unlock the gate to the Followers' central shrine, which held their cherished treasure, the [[Armor of Brutus|unbreakable armor]] and [[Dagger of Brutus|dagger]] of Romulus. However, in truth, the equipment had belonged to [[Marcus Junius Brutus]], and had only been entrusted to the Followers as an icon to worship.

In the early 16th century, the [[Master Assassin]] Ezio Auditore was able to enter all of the Followers' lairs. By traversing them, he was able to discover more about the Followers, and obtain their scrolls, keys, and treasured set of armor.<ref name="Brotherhood" />

==Trivia==
*In certain art (their [[Database]] image, and the image featured above), the Followers were depicted with a heavy weapon or a pair of short blades. In-game however, they used only a single short blade.
*The Followers were relatively weak opponents, and could only perform slight damage to a single block of Ezio's health, rather than removing the block entirely. They also possessed one of the weakest resistances in the game. Their spin attack is also easy to anticipate, thus easy to counter.
*The Followers often used throwing knives before directly attacking, had unique death cries, and displayed unique attack animations.
*In the Collector's Edition of the ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' Complete Official Guide, the Followers of Romulus were labelled '''Wolfmen'''.
*They were referred to as '''Sons of Remus''' in the [[Assassin's Creed: Revelations (novel)|novelization]] of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''.

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="180" spacing="small" position="center" captionalign="center">
Follower of Romulus concept illustration.jpg|Concept art of a Follower of Romulus
ACBH-Romulus Scroll 2.png|One of the shrines of Romulus
Nero 14.png|Two Followers startled by the death of another
Leader_of_the_Pack_3.png|A group of Followers ready to fight
Leader_of_the_Pack_1.png|Three leaders of the Followers conversing in the [[Cloaca Maxima]] lair
Thrown_to_the_Wolves_4.png|Ezio fighting a pack of Followers underneath the Colosseum
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{ACBH}}
[[Category:Cults]]
[[Category:Templar-affiliated groups]]

Micheletto Corella

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{{Quote|Micheletto. The best killer in Roma. No one escapes him.|[[La Volpe]].|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood}}
{{Character Infobox
|image = Mickypng.png
|birth = 1470 [[Valencia]], {{Wiki|Kingdom of Valencia}}, {{Wiki|Crown of Aragon}}
|death = 1506 Valencia, Kingdom of Valencia, Crown of Aragon
|affiliates = [[House of Borgia]] [[Templars]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood|Brotherhood]]'' [[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)|''Brotherhood'' novel]] ''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy|Project Legacy]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Ascendance|Ascendance]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Recollection|Recollection]]''
|voice = [[Tony Calabretta]]}}
'''Micheletto Corella''' (1470 – 1506), also known as '''Michele di Coreglia''' or '''Miguel de Corella''', was a ''condottiero'' and a member of the [[Templars|Templar Order]]. At one point, he was also the Governor of [[Piombino]].

==Biography==
===Early life===
Micheletto was born in [[Valencia]], [[Spain]], but was taken to live in [[Rome]], [[Italy]] at a fairly young age. As a young boy, he and [[Cesare Borgia]] were very close, and Micheletto would always act as his protector.<ref name="ACB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

Micheletto and Cesare grew up together in Rome, and Micheletto was given a lofty position due to his relationship with the son of [[Rodrigo Borgia|one so high in society]]. They never left each other's side, and eventually grew into the men that went on to conquer Rome with pure force.<ref name="ACB"/>

Micheletto stayed with Cesare in the position of loyal bodyguard and pet assassin, advancing his skills with the strangling cord until he became the perfect killer.<ref name="ACB"/>

===Cesare's right-hand man===
Micheletto would go on to become the most loyal of Cesare's servants, often acting as the executioner of those who stood in his master's way. All these services led to him being named Cesare's right-hand man, though he still served the Borgia family as a whole.<ref name="ACB"/>

Around this time, he became a ''condottiero'', and was named the governor of Piombino for a short period of time.<ref name="ACB"/>

In January 1500, Micheletto accompanied Cesare, [[Lucrezia Borgia]], [[Juan Borgia the Elder|Juan Borgia]], and [[Octavian de Valois]] to [[siege of Monteriggioni|lay siege]] to [[Monteriggioni]]. After destroying the [[House of Auditore|Auditore]]'s defenses, the group walked through the gates of the town, having subdued [[Mario Auditore]] and captured both [[Caterina Sforza]] and the [[Ezio's Apple of Eden|Apple of Eden]].<ref name="ACB"/>

Micheletto then watched his master speak to [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], before Cesare shot Mario through the head. Successful in their objective, the party returned to Rome.<ref name="ACB"/>

===Murders===
Many of Micheletto's murders went unrecorded, though knowledge of a few were kept known throughout the years. The Church often aided Micheletto by covering up or ignoring his killings.<ref name="ACB"/>

On 18 August 1500, {{Wiki|Alfonso of Aragon}}, the husband of Cesare's sister, Lucrezia Borgia, was killed by Micheletto on Cesare's orders, as the latter was jealous of Alfonso.<ref name="ACB"/>

In 1502, Micheletto killed Giulio Cesare da Varano and three of his sons, enabling Cesare to take over [[Camerino]]. Later that year, on June 9, he killed {{Wiki|Astorre III Manfredi}}, the Lord of {{Wiki|Faenza}}, in the [[Castel Sant'Angelo]].<ref name="ACB"/>

On 31 December 1502, Cesare ordered the arrest of all the top captains who had once left his ranks, who he later invited to rejoin him. Two of these, [[Oliverotto da Fermo]] and [[Vitellozzo Vitelli]], were strangled back to back by Micheletto. The rest were thrown in prison.<ref name="ACB"/><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Ascendance]]''</ref>

===Teaching Giovanni===
{{Quote|Micheletto asks if I have learned anything. I tell him no, but I am lying. I have learned to hate him.|Giovanni Borgia.|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}}
[[File:Humility PL.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Micheletto in a "lesson" with Giovanni]]
At times between 1500 and 1503, Micheletto was left to guard and teach [[Giovanni Borgia]], Cesare's adopted son and Lucrezia's biological child. He attempted to instruct Giovanni in how to be both tough and merciless, often beating him to force him to learn how to defend himself.<ref name="ACPL">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' - [[Rome: Chapter 2 - Giovanni Borgia]]</ref>

At one point, Micheletto brought Giovanni into the city and instructed him to engage an old man in conversation. As the boy spoke with him, Micheletto approached the old man from behind and strangled him to death, merely to teach Giovanni the cruelties of the world.<ref name="ACPL"/>

These lessons only resulted in Giovanni hating Micheletto, and eventually prompting him to run away from home.<ref name="ACPL"/>

===Final tasks===
{{Quote|You cannot save Pietro. The wine he drank was poisoned. As I promised Cesare, I made doubly sure.|Micheletto to Ezio.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood}}
[[File:Francesco Micheletto.png|thumb|250px|right|Francesco Troche being killed by Micheletto]]
In August 1503, not long after the death of Octavian de Valois, Micheletto accompanied Cesare to a meeting with [[Francesco Troche]], who had told his brother [[Egidio Troche|Egidio]] of Cesare's plans for [[Romagna]]. Egidio had sent letters to the ambassador of [[Venice]] to warn him, though these letters had been intercepted.<ref name="ACB"/>

Francesco pleaded Cesare to spare his life, but he was ultimately strangled to death by Micheletto, and his body was thrown in the [[Tiber|Tiber river]].<ref name="ACB"/>

Micheletto then went on to meet with a few Borgia [[guards]], giving them costumes with which they could infiltrate the [[Colosseo|Colosseum]] play to kill [[Pietro Rossi]], Lucrezia's latest lover. Unknown to him, he was being followed by the [[Assassins|Assassin]] Ezio Auditore, who had sent his [[apprentices]] to assassinate all the aforementioned guards and steal the costumes they had been given.<ref name="ACB"/>

Ezio continued to follow Micheletto to the Colosseum, where he assassinated all the Borgia [[arquebusiers]] posted there. Donning his own costume, Ezio followed Micheletto onstage, where they both joined the play.<ref name="ACB"/>

[[File:ESR 2.png|thumb|250px|left|Ezio about to kill Micheletto]]
As soon as Ezio came close to Micheletto, he stabbed him with his [[Hidden Blade]]. With the conversation that followed between the two, Micheletto revealed the fact that he had [[Cantarella|poisoned]] Pietro's wine as a fallback plan, and that Ezio would be too late to save him. However, Ezio did not kill Micheletto, instead sparing him and saying that in his quest to empower Cesare, Micheletto would cause his own downfall.<ref name="ACB"/>

Cesare later killed his father, Pope Alexander VI, after the latter attempted to poison Cesare. As a result, the Borgia's influence over Rome disappeared and Cesare became powerless.<ref name="ACB"/>

In a desperate attempt to retake the city, Cesare sent Micheletto to gather an army to take back Rome, though he never arrived. Instead, Cesare was captured by the forces of the [[Papal Guard]], under the command of the new Pope, [[Julius II]]. With his master imprisoned, Micheletto fled Rome.<ref name="ACB"/>

===Confinement and escape===
{{Quote|Chains will not hold me. Any more than they will hold my master.|Micheletto, upon being captured by the Assassins.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)}}
After Cesare's imprisonment, Micheletto fled from place to place, finally holing up in [[Zagarolo]]. Not long after, the Assassins located him and met him with a small battalion, and while Micheletto and his men fought bravely, they were no match for the Assassins.<ref name="ACB novel">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)]]''</ref>

After arresting Micheletto, the Assassins took him to [[Florence]], where he was imprisoned in the [[Palazzo della Signoria]]. He was then interrogated and tortured by [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], [[Piero Soderini]], and [[Amerigo Vespucci]]. Micheletto gave nothing away, and was then sentenced to execution.<ref name="ACB novel"/>

However, the day before the sentence was to be carried out, he escaped with the help of a few Borgia die-hards.<ref name="ACB novel"/>

===Rescuing Cesare and death===
{{Quote|Is this my reward? For all my years of faithful service?|Micheletto arguing with Cesare.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)}}
After escaping from his prison, Micheletto traveled to Valencia, where he stayed at the [[Lone Wolf Inn]]. He and his followers set up shop in the inn, however, they were confronted there by Ezio and Machiavelli. After a brief skirmish, in which most of Micheletto's men were killed, he fled the scene.<ref name="ACB novel"/>

Micheletto then made his way to the [[Castillo de la Mota]], where Cesare had been imprisoned. Using an intricate plan, Micheletto and his followers were able to free Cesare from his cell.<ref name="ACB novel"/>

Along with his master, Micheletto once again traveled to Valencia, where Cesare set to work mobilizing his forces. Their troops, however, were soon broken after an attack by the Assassins, and following this, Micheletto met with his master at their headquarters, the Lone Wolf Inn.<ref name="ACB novel"/>

While Cesare explained his further plans, Micheletto stated that he would aid him with his conquests. Cesare, however, merely commented that Micheletto had failed him, and enraged by this, Micheletto attacked his master.<ref name="ACB novel"/>

However, Cesare reacted faster than Micheletto, and fired a shot into his head, killing him.<ref name="ACB novel"/>

==Personality==
{{Quote|I obey, Cesare.|Micheletto to his master.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood}}
[[File:Stand-ins 7.png|thumb|250px|right|Micheletto receiving orders from Cesare]]
Micheletto was the most loyal of Cesare's followers, complying with his every demand, even after his fall from power. A man of steely determination, Micheletto often went to great lengths to see that his master's will fulfilled.<ref name="ACB"/>

Micheletto proved to be quite an insecure man as well, showing extreme discontent when his master did not reward him for his services, as was clear from his outburst when Cesare refused to acknowledge that he had saved him.<ref name="ACB novel"/>

Also a very cruel man, Micheletto had no qualms about killing the innocent, and even seemed to take enjoyment from doing so. In addition to his strong exterior, Micheletto was also very steadfast, traits which were useful to ensure that he did not give away his master's location when tortured.<ref name="ACB novel"/>

==Trivia==
*In the [[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (mobile game)|mobile phone version]] of ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'', Micheletto was called '''Michelotto'''.
*Upon "assassinating" Micheletto, he was wearing his Passion play costume, however, when he uttered his "final" words, he was shown wearing his ordinary clothes.
*During Micheletto's "final" words, Ezio would hold up his right Hidden Blade to Micheletto's throat, regardless of whether he had purchased the second blade from [[Leonardo da Vinci]].
*Historically, Micheletto later worked in Florence from 1505 to 1507, and was killed in Milan on January 1508.
*Ezio's last statement to Micheletto, ''"He who is the cause of someone else becoming powerful, is the agent of his own destruction,"'' could be found in Chapter 3 of Niccolò Machiavelli's ''The Prince'', albeit in more detail.
*Micheletto was the second target spared by Ezio, and the fifth to be spared in the [[Assassin's Creed (series)|''Assassin's Creed'' series]]. The others were [[Maria Thorpe]] (spared by [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]]), Rodrigo Borgia, [[Antonio de Ulloa]] (spared by [[Aveline de Grandpré]]) and [[Charles Vane]] (spared by [[Edward Kenway]]).
* He may be a reference to Agent 47, the Main Protagonist of Hitman series. Both are coldblooded killers who utilize strangulation, disguises and try to make their kills look like accidents.

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
Micheletto painting.jpg|Micheletto's portrait in the [[Tiber Island headquarters]]
MichelottoCesare.png|Micheletto strangling Oliverotto and Vitellozzo
Public Nuisance PL.jpg|Micheletto strangling a man in front of the young Giovanni
</gallery>

==References==
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[[Category:Spaniards]]
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[[Category:Condottieri]]
[[Category:Governors]]
[[Category:Templars]]