Secret location

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[[File:Il_Duomo's_Secret_1.png|thumb|250px|Ezio activating the secret mechanism that indicated an Assassin Tomb.]]
'''Secret Locations rape niggers''' were memories that involved a combination of [[freerunning]] and puzzle solving. Many of these locations were scattered throughout [[Italy]] and [[Constantinople]], and were explored by the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] during the [[Renaissance]].

The locations were mainly an optional element, with the exception of the [[Assassin Tombs|Assassin Tomb]] inside the [[Santa Maria Novella]], the [[Lairs of Romulus|Lair of Romulus]] inside the [[Terme di Traiano]], and the four locations traversed in order to collect the [[Masyaf Keys]]. However, they offered various additional benefits once they had been fully explored, such as the armor and weapons of key Assassin and [[Templars|Templar]] figures, or a substantial sum of money.

==Renaissance Italy==
===Assassin Tombs===
[[File:NVS 23.png|thumb|250px|Ezio recovering one of the Assassin Seals.]]
The Assassin Tombs were seven landmarks around Italy, each containing the tomb of an Assassin who was said to have "protected the freedom of mankind when it was most threatened". They also contained an Assassin seal (with the exception of [[Domenico Auditore]]'s tomb), which were collectively used to obtain the [[Armor of Altaïr]] within the [[sanctuary]] beneath the [[Villa Auditore]].
*[[Santa Maria Novella]] - contained the tomb of [[Darius]].
*[[Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore|Il Duomo]] - contained the tomb of [[Iltani]].
*[[Auditore Family Crypt]] - contained the tomb of Domenico Auditore and his son.
*[[Torre Grossa]] - contained the tomb of [[Wei Yu]].
*[[Rocca di Ravaldino]] - contained the tomb of [[Qulan Gal]].
*[[Basilica di San Marco]] - contained the tomb of [[Amunet]].
*[[Santa Maria della Visitazione]] - contained the tomb of [[Leonius]].<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

===Templar Lairs===
[[File:Home_Invasion_8.png|250px|thumb|Ezio hiding from the Templars in the Palazzo Medici.]]
The Templar Lairs hid [[Treasure chests|treasure]] that presumably belonged to and funded the activities of the Templar Order (with the exception of the [[Palazzo Medici]]). All of these could be accessed through a wooden door marked with a large red cross.
*Palazzo Medici in [[Florence]].
*[[Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari|Santa Maria Dei Frari]] in [[Venice]].
*[[Arsenale di Venezia|Arsenal Shipyard]] in Venice.<ref name="AC2"/>

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==Rome==
[[File:Wolves_Among_the_Dead_6.png|thumb|250px|Ezio in a Lair of Romulus.]]
Secret locations were also found in [[Rome]], in the form of [[Lairs of Romulus]]. There were six of them in total, located throughout the city at various landmarks. Additionally, there were also two Templar Lairs that could be found in Rome.

Completing all of the Lairs of the [[Followers of Romulus]] would allow Ezio to obtain two of the treasures they guarded, which were the [[Armor of Brutus|armor]] and [[dagger of Brutus]]. Through traversing these locations, Ezio also obtained documents that gave background details on the cult, as well as the Assassin [[Marcus Junius Brutus]], a Roman senator during the time of [[Gaius Julius Caesar]].<ref name="ACB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

===Lairs of Romulus===
*[[Catacombe di Roma]].
*[[Terme di Traiano]].
*[[Colosseo]].
*[[Cloaca Maxima]].
*[[Palazzo Laterano]].
*[[Basilica di San Pietro]].<ref name="ACB"/>

===Templar Lairs===
*[[Aqueducts]].
*[[Mercati di Traiano]].<ref name="ACB"/>

==Constantinople==
In Constantinople, there were many secret locations that could be explored.<ref name="ACR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>

===Masyaf Keys===
[[File:Maiden_tower_18.png|thumb|250px|Ezio retrieving the Masyaf Key from Maiden's Tower.]]
As the main focus for Ezio Auditore's search for knowledge, he sought out the locations of the keys to the [[Altaïr's library|library]] of [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]]. A map to each location could be found in rare books, which were hidden within the city of Constantinople.
*[[Yerebatan Cistern]].
*[[Galata Tower]].
*[[Forum of the Ox]].
*[[Maiden's Tower]].<ref name="ACR"/>

===Others===
As well as locations that hid the Keys, two other secret locations resided in the city.
*[[Hagia Sophia]] - required [[Ishak Pasha's memoir pages|Ishak Pasha's memoirs]] to be found.
*[[Vlad the Impaler's Prison]] - available from a tome in [[Sofia Sartor]]'s [[Book Shops|book shop]].<ref name="ACR"/>

==British American colonies==
===[[Peg Leg]] trinkets===
Collecting trinkets for a man nicknamed "Peg Leg" allowed [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]] to explore secret locations in the search of [[William Kidd]]'s [[Shards of Eden|hidden treasure]]. These locations were unlocked after giving the trinkets to Peg Leg, to which the Assassin could access these locations by interacting with [[Robert Faulkner]].
*[[Fort Wolcott]]
*Dead Chest Island
*[[Northwest Passage]]
*[[Edinburgh Castle]]
*[[Oak Island]]<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref>

===Others===
*[[Cerros]]<ref name="AC3"/>

==Trivia==
*Ezio could encounter a [[Easter eggs#Giant squid|large figure]] in Santa Maria della Visitazione.
*In Amunet's tomb at the Basilica di San Marco, the banners clearly showed the poison seal, despite her Assassin seal bearing the symbol of a snake.

==References==
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[[Category:Assassin's Creed II gameplay]]
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[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Revelations gameplay]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed III gameplay]]

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