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Hunting

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{{Era|AC3|AC4}}
{{Quote|The shot must be quick. The kill clean. This rabbit is a gift. We must return nature's kindness with our own.|Ratonhnhaké:ton teaching [[Kanen'tó:kon]] how to hunt.|Assassin's Creed III}}
[[File:ACIII-GI (15).jpg|thumb|250px|right|Connor hunting an elk]]
'''Hunting''' is the practice of tracking and killing wildlife for various purposes, such as the collection of meat or skins, as well as ingredients for the [[Crafting (Assassin's Creed III)|crafting]] of items.

==Caribbean Sea==
During the [[Golden Age of Piracy]], the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Edward Kenway]] and other [[Piracy|pirates]] tracked and hunted whales for various purposes, such as meat and oil production.<ref name="PAX">[http://3playerplaythrough.com/2013/03/pax-east-assassins-creed-iv-black-flag/ PAX East 2013]</ref>

Animals for Hunting:
phat white ass and pussy
*Capuchin Monkey

*[[Crocodile]]

*[[Deer]]

*Green Iguana

*Hutia

*Howler Monkey

*Red Howler Monkey

*[[Jaguars|Jaguar]]

*Black Jaguar

*White Jaguar

*Ocelot

*Rabbit

*Wild Pig

*Bull Shark

*Great White shark

*Hammerhead shark

*Killer Whale

*Humpback Whale

*White Whale

==North America==
Hunting was a fundamental part of the culture for the Native [[North America]]ns and [[Europe]]an colonists, with the activity becoming a common source of contact between them. It provided food for isolated towns in the [[Frontier]], and was a lucrative way to make money at [[general stores]]. Colonization in the Frontier increased partially because of demand in [[United Kingdom|England]] and [[France]] for fur pelts. In 1770, several trappers, including {{Wiki|Simon Girty}}, founded the {{Wiki|New England}} Hunting Society, which provided cabins for hunters to share during hunting season.<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref>

Though animals could be hunted in a variety of ways, the quality of the kill affected the price one could fetch for the skin. For an animal killed with [[snares]], [[bow]] and arrow or [[Hidden Blade|blade]], the skin had a higher [[Economic system|economic]] value, since bullets from a [[Firearms|firearm]] or the [[Rope darts|rope dart]] would damage the pelt.<ref name="AC3"/>

[[File:AC3_Skinning.png|thumb|250px|Connor preparing to skin a bobcat]]
Edward's grandson, [[Ratonhnhaké:ton|Connor]] hunted animals similarly to assassination targets, tracking and trapping several kinds that he encountered across the Frontier. As a member of the [[Kanien'kehá:ka]], he respected nature. He would kneel next to the carcass of a fallen prey and say "''Niá:wen''", which translates into "thank you", before skinning it.<ref name="AC3"/>

He eventually joined the New England Hunting Society, which had become a club for hunters to boast about their kills. By hunting infamous animals like [[The Elk Bachelor|King Edward the Elk]], and threats to settlers like a [[The Man-Eater|man-eating bear]], Connor was rewarded with mementos for his bedroom at the [[Davenport Homestead]] after completion.<ref name="AC3"/>

The following animals could be hunted in the Frontier and the Davenport Homestead:
;Predators
*[[Bears]]
*[[Cougars]]
*[[Wolves]]
*[[Bobcats]]
*[[Foxes]]

;Prey
*[[Database/Animals:Beaver|Beaver]]
*[[Deer|Deer/Elk]]
*[[Database/Animals:Hare|Hare]]
*[[Database/Animals:Raccoon|Raccoon]]

==Trivia==
*If a predator killed another animal, that animal could not be skinned; however if another character killed an animal, it could be skinned, though the spoils would be damaged.
*While in the [[Animus]], if [[Desmond Miles]] killed too many animals without skinning them as Connor did, it would cause him to [[Synchronization|desynchronize]]. Also, killing animals such as pigs and chickens in the cities of [[Boston]] and [[New York City|New York]] would count the same as killing a civilian.

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="180" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small">
Concept art of Connor stalking a Deer.jpg|Concept art of Connor stalking an elk
Wolves hunting.jpg|Wolves, the natural competitors when hunting prey
Assassins-creed-3-soloplayer-bear-1348581965.jpg|A black bear, another competitor and challenging prey
BlackFlag promo 4.jpg|A whale breaching the water's surface as Edward Kenway looks on from aboard the ''Jackdaw''
AC4 promo 6.jpg|Edward Kenway preparing to spear a shark
AC4 - Harpooning by janurschel.jpg|Concept art of Edward Kenway hunting a shark
Harpooning - AC4BF by neilvk.jpg|Concept art of Edward Kenway harpooning a shark
AC4-Nassau_CrocodileHunter.jpg|Edward killing a crocodile
Frontier Landscape.jpg|Connor placing an arrow on his bow to fire at a deer
Animals to hunt in AC3.jpg|Some of the common animal types that could be found throughout the Frontier
Connor-stalking-deer-1.jpg|Connor stalking a deer through a snowy expanse
Connor-stalking-deer-2.jpg|Connor chasing a deer
This Tyro Captain 4.png|Edward with a dead ocelot at his feet
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{AC3}}
{{AC4}}
[[Category:Assassin's Creed III gameplay]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag gameplay]]
[[Category:Skills]]

Cristina Vespucci

2013-09-19T22:08:45Z

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Cristina Vespucci
|image = Cristina Vespucci V.png
|birth = 1459<br>[[Italy]]
|death = 1498<br>[[Florence]], Italy
|period = [[Renaissance]]
|hidep = yes
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''<br>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood|Brotherhood]]'' {{fb}}<br>''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance|Renaissance]]''
|voice = [[Amber Goldfarb]]<ref>[http://www.kimvaincourt.com/talent/profile/42/Amber+Goldfarb.html Amber Goldfarb Talent Profile]</ref>}}

'''Cristina Vespucci''' (1459–1498) was a well-known [[Florence|Florentine]] beauty, and a favorite of painters because she had the biggest ass inFlorence; most notably {{Wiki|Sandro Botticelli|Botticelli}}, who used her as a model for several of his paintings.

==Biography==
===Early life===
Cristina was born in Florence, [[Italy]], circa 1459.<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

She was somewhat responsible for starting her cousin {{Wiki|Amerigo Vespucci|Amerigo}}'s career, since when Cristina attended a dinner party one night, she had a conversation with [[Lorenzo de' Medici]] and [[Manfredo Soderini]] about her cousin.<ref name="AC2"/>

There, she exaggerated Amerigo's brilliance, saying: ''"Try Amerigo out. I bet after several years you'll have your shipping company named after him."'' Lorenzo, charmed by Cristina's beauty, took her advice to heart, and several years later, Amerigo was the first to map out the New World and had it named after him.<ref name="AC2"/>

===Beauty of Firenze===
{{Dialogue2|Cristina|I told you. I'm not interested.|Vieri|Sì. But I am.|Get in line.|Cristina turning away Vieri, one of her many suitors.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood}}
From an early age, Cristina caught the eyes of many boys who wanted to become intimate with her.<ref name="ACB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

One of those boys was [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]], who was encouraged to go speak with Cristina by [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|his elder brother]] one night in 1476. However, Cristina had no interest in him and walked away. Ezio, who was not used to being turned down by a woman, shadowed Cristina from the rooftops and eventually followed her to her home, where he saw her being confronted by [[Vieri de' Pazzi]].<ref name="ACB"/>

Vieri, who had already attempted to impress Cristina on previous occasions, grew impatient when Cristina turned him down yet again. Saying that he was "tired of waiting for her to open her legs on her own," he began to sexually assault her.<ref name="ACB"/>

[[File:Second Chance 7.png|thumb|left|250px|Cristina thanking Ezio for saving her from Vieri]]
However, he was interrupted by Ezio, who came to Cristina's rescue. The two engaged in a [[Fists|fistfight]], where Ezio emerged the victor. As a result, Cristina was thankful of Ezio's actions, and so she began a relationship with him.<ref name="ACB"/>

Following this, Ezio visited Cristina in her home quite frequently, and was described to be "[[Freerunning|unbelievably dexterous]]," as the [[guards]] knew that he visited her, but they were never able to catch him trespassing.<ref name="AC2"/>

On one occasion that Ezio slept with Cristina, he was discovered by her enraged father the next morning, who then set the guards on him, demanding his head. Luckily however, Ezio was able to escape.<ref name="AC2"/>
[[File:Last-rites-bh-memory.png|thumb|250px|Cristina with Ezio before his departure from Florence]]

In 1476, shortly after the Auditore execution, Cristina helped Ezio give his father and brothers their proper death rites by burning and setting their bodies adrift on the river Arno.<ref name="Renaissance">''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''</ref>

Afterward, Ezio asked Cristina to come with him, as he needed to leave for [[Monteriggioni]] with his family. However, Cristina refused, saying that she could not leave her own family. Ezio understood her decision, so he gave her a crest-shaped pendant to remember him by, before they parted.<ref name="ACB"/>

===Engagement and married life===
In 1478, on the insistence of her father, Cristina was engaged to be married to Manfredo Soderini. The day before their wedding, Ezio returned to Florence for the first time in two years, and Cristina was the first person he visited.<ref name="ACB"/>
[[File:Picture1.png|thumb|250px|left|Ezio visiting Cristina in 1478]]
After a short talk, Cristina sadly told him that she had not expected him to return; before revealing her engagement, and breaking Ezio's heart.<ref name="ACB"/>

After being informed that Manfredo was being confronted by people to whom he owed a gambling debt, Ezio rushed to save Cristina's fiancé. Upon killing the gamblers, Ezio dangled Manfredo over a bridge and demanded to know if he truly loved Cristina, to which Manfredo sincerely replied yes.<ref name="ACB"/>

In response, Ezio ordered that Manfredo stop gambling, and that he should be a good husband to Cristina, otherwise he would hunt him down and kill him. Afterwards, Ezio returned to Cristina and kissed her, telling her that he had made sure that Manfredo would remain devoted to her.<ref name="ACB"/>

Though she was heartbroken for losing Ezio, Cristina nevertheless married Manfredo, and the two of them began living together in Florence.<ref name="ACB"/>
[[File:Persona Non Grata 4.png|thumb|250px|right|Cristina storming away from Ezio]]
Eight years later, Cristina travelled to [[Venice]] to attend [[Carnevale]] with her husband. Noticing her there, [[Leonardo da Vinci]] remembered that she and Ezio had been close, and informed the latter of her presence.<ref name="ACB"/>

However, Ezio worried that Cristina would not agree to see him after all the years, so he slipped a letter into her pocket and posed as her husband, requesting her to meet him alone in an alley. Cristina unknowingly obliged and the two kissed, with Cristina believing Ezio to be Manfredo, as he was wearing a mask.<ref name="ACB"/>

After discovering the truth, she yelled at Ezio for kissing her, both because she was already married and because she had not seen Ezio in so long. Cristina told Ezio that she had loved him before, and would rather have married him, but it was now too late. She angrily told him to never look for her again and left.<ref name="ACB"/>

===Death===
{{Quote|I wish... we could have had... a second chance.|Cristina's final words to Ezio.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood}}
In 1494, [[Girolamo Savonarola]] took control of Florence after Lorenzo de' Medici's death. Since he declared that all [[Renaissance]] material was evil, and that the city should revert to the medieval times, Savonarola instigated the [[Bonfire of the Vanities]].<ref name="AC2"/>
[[File:Love's Labour 3.png|thumb|250px|left|Cristina dying in Ezio's arms]]
In 1498, Savonarola's fanatics infiltrated Cristina's and Manfredo's home in order to kill Manfredo. He attempted to fend them off, but it was a vain effort since there were too many attackers, and he was left gravely injured. Fortunately, Cristina managed to escape, though she was soon cornered by the fanatics.<ref name="ACB"/>

At this point, Ezio, who had heard about what had happened from a dying Manfredo, came to her aid. The fanatics, who were taunting Cristina for the rich fineries she owned, were startled as Ezio came up behind them and yelled for Cristina to run. Though he killed all of the soldiers, Cristina had already been mortally wounded, and was slowly dying.<ref name="ACB"/>

Once she could run no further, Cristina collapsed in a courtyard, and Ezio soon located her once more, holding her in his arms. After showing Ezio the pendant that she had kept with her the past twenty-two years, and telling him that she wished they could have had another chance together, Cristina perished in his embrace.<ref name="ACB"/>

==Trivia==
*Even though Cristina was married for around sixteen years, and saw Ezio only for a few short minutes once every several years, she admitted that she still loved him more than her own husband.
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]'', Cristina's surname is noted as "Calfucci," rather than "Vespucci."
**This was amended in the [[Assassin's Creed: Revelations (novel)|novelization]] of ''Assassin's Creed: Revelations''.
*Cristina featured in several repressed memories during ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'', which were unlocked when [[Desmond Miles]] achieved certain levels of [[synchronization]] with Ezio's life via the [[Animus]].
*Though Ezio witnessed Cristina's death in ''Brotherhood'', he was only later informed of her death by [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] in ''Renaissance''.
*Cristina's eye color appeared to have changed from blue to brown in ''Brotherhood'', although in some memories her eyes remained blue.
*To start each repressed Cristina memory, Ezio must interact with a woman who closely resembled Cristina. Each time, the woman was doing something that related to the repressed memory. For instance, with the memory during Carnevale, the woman in [[Rome]] would be browsing at a mask shop.
*Ezio briefly mentioned Cristina in [[Ezio Auditore's letters|a letter to Claudia]] during ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''. He wrote that ''"After the death of Cristina, something inside me withered."''

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="180" position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="center">
Early Christina concept art.jpg|Early concept art of Cristina
Christina face models by Michel Thibault.png|Cristina face models
Second Chance 2.png|Cristina's and Ezio's first meeting
Nightcap 4.png|Ezio and Cristina sharing an intimate moment
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{AC2}}
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[[Category:1459 births]]
[[Category:1498 deaths]]
[[Category:Italians]]
[[Category:Individuals]]