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'''Feathers''' were markers used by the [[Assassins]] to prove that they had successfully assassinated their targets. However, after the [[Decline of the Levantine Assassins|fall of the Order]], the feather lost its importance.

In the [[Renaissance]], [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] collected feathers for his younger brother, [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze|Petruccio]]; first as a request from him, and later, in his memory.

== High Middle Ages ==
[[File:DBL feather.png|thumb|left|250px|[[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] receiving a feather at the Damascus Bureau.]]
For the [[Levantine Assassins]] in the High Middle Ages, feathers were used to both grant an Assassin permission to kill a target, as well as for them to prove that the assignment had been completed.<ref name="AC">''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref>

After [[investigation]]s on the target had been completed, [[Assassins' Bureau]] leaders would give the chosen Assassin a feather, allowing them to proceed with the actual mission. Upon killing his target, the Assassin would stain the feather with the blood of the slain, and present it to the Bureau leader.<ref name="AC" />

Among Assassins, the phrase having a "''feather on one's head''" meant a mark of death. For example, an [[Informants|Informant]] in [[Damascus]] once commented that "''a feather laid on top of [[Abu'l Nuqoud]]'s head,''" implying that the Merchant King was marked for assassination.<ref name="AC" />but he was a loca

== Renaissance ==
{{Quote|Ezio, look at her. I still can't get her to talk! She spends all day and night in front of those feathers Petruccio used to collect. She can't let him go.|[[Claudia Auditore da Firenze]], regarding her mother.|Assassin's Creed: Renaissance}}

[[File:Petruccio's secret v (1).png|thumb|250px|right|Ezio giving Petruccio a bundle of feathers.]]
As he was sickly and often confined to bed, Petruccio Auditore once asked his brother Ezio to collect feathers for him. Though Ezio asked him what they were for, he only said that it was a secret, which he would reveal in time.<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

After the murder of [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Ezio's father]] and two brothers ([[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]] and Petruccio), his mother [[Maria Auditore da Firenze|Maria]] was struck to silence for years. She would only remain praying over Petruccio's feathers in [[Maria Auditore's room|her room]] in the [[Villa Auditore]], in mourning of her lost child.<ref name="AC2" />

Ezio thus sought to collect feathers, both in memory of his brother, and to coax his mother into speaking again. As he traveled across [[Italy]], he gathered and placed any feathers he found into a box in his mother's room.<ref name="AC2" />

After Ezio had collected fifty feathers, [[Mario Auditore]] spoke with him about what he was doing, suggesting that he should give up in what he believed to be a wasted effort. In an attempt to have Ezio turn his attention to other matters, Mario also let him know that a new weapon, the [[Condottiero War Hammer]], was waiting for him at the [[Monteriggioni]] [[Blacksmiths|blacksmith]].<ref name="AC2" />

After collecting one hundred feathers, Ezio's efforts were rewarded. Maria spoke again for the first time in years, thanking Ezio for not giving up on her, and presenting him with the [[Assassin's Creed II Outfits#Auditore Cape|Auditore Cape]].<ref name="AC2" />

In later years, even after the [[Fall of Monteriggioni]], Ezio would continue to collect feathers in [[Rome]]; particularly those found on landmarks throughout the city. He placed these feathers in a chest at the [[Tiber Island headquarters]], which resembled the feather box that had once been kept in Maria's room.<ref name="Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

== The Revolutionary War ==
During the Revolutionary War, [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]] could collect feathers in memory of his village. After collecting them all, he would receive the [[Assassin's Creed III outfits#Kanien'kehá:ka Outfit|outfit]] he wore before becoming an Assassin.

== Trivia ==
[[File:Inmemoriam.png|right]]
*Due to his death, it was never revealed why Petruccio collected the feathers in the first place; although a line from the [[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance|novelization]] suggested that they were meant to be a present for his mother.
*Collecting all 100 feathers in ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' unlocked the [[Assassin's Creed II Achievements|achievement]] "In Memory of Petruccio."
*If Ezio placed all 100 feathers at once in Maria's feather chest, the cutscene with Maria occurred before the one with Mario.
*Collecting the 10 feathers in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' unlocked the [[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Achievements|achievement]] "In Memoriam."
*After Sequence 4 in ''Brotherhood'', a map detailing the locations of all the remaining feathers could be bought from any [[Art Merchants|art merchant]].
*Maria's feather chest was an [[Artifacts|artifact]] that could be found in modern Monteriggioni by [[Desmond Miles]].
*In ''Brotherhood'', feathers were easier to find and track by using [[Eagle Vision]] and an unlockable map.
*In [http://assassin's_creed_iii/ Assassin's Creed III], all feathers were found in the Frontier, and a map detailing their locations could also be bought.

== See also ==
*[[Flags]]
*[[Glyphs]]
*[[Rifts]]
*[[Animus data fragments]]

== References ==
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