Thief

2010-11-22T23:49:12Z

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{{Faction Infobox
|image = AC2 CA 014 Thief.png
|imgdesc = Artwork of a thief in ''Assassin's Creed II''
|religion =
|nationality =
|location = [[Florence]], [[Tuscany]], [[Forlì]], [[Venice]]
|targets =
|game = ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
}}
{{quote|We are with you, friend, only lead the way.|Thieves' greeting to Ezio}}
The '''Thieves''' are one of the three factions of ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' helping the main character [[Ezio Auditore di Firenze|Ezio]] (the other two being the [[Courtesans]] and the [[Mercenaries]]).

Led by [[Antonio]], their main hideout is located in the commercial district of [[Venice]]. The guild is more of an organization similar to the Mafia, rather than just a bunch of robbers. They don't target innocent citizens, and instead defy the local, corrupted nobility. In [[Florence]], the thieves are led by [[La Volpe]].

The thieves can help [[Ezio]] by distracting the [[guards]], and luring them away; however, this ability can be only used once for a single group of thieves, and once you use it, they are no longer in your service. On rooftops, the lure command is replaced with the fight command, directing the thieves to fight the guards instead of stealing from them. Otherwise, at any time, engaging in a fight while a group of thieves is following you will automatically prompt them to assist you. You can also hire a second group to help at this point, though only one group will follow you around when the fight is over.

Thieves are lightly armed, carrying only a [[Short Blade]], and wearing very light armor, though this allows them to follow Ezio in many of his acrobatic moves. They will not, however, follow him up very high towers (such as view points) or make far leaps, if they are able to find another route, no matter how lengthy it may be. They are surprisingly effective in combat, easily dodging or blocking enemy blows, and returning them. A group of four thieves can take on eight [[Medici]] Guardsmen and suffer very little damage. Their only vulnerability in combat are the [[Brutes]] and [[Seekers]].

Be careful when free running, however, for the thieves can easily fall into water and die (as they can't swim). Thus, if you have thieves following you, avoid jumping across canals from the roof, particularly in [[Venice]]. Also remember that thieves can be just as easily killed by falling while performing normal acrobatics.

In Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, hired thieves will pickpocket money for Ezio, as they follow him through the streets of Rome.

==Known members==
;Florence
*[[La Volpe]]
;Venice
*[[Antonio de Magianis]]
*[[Ugo]]
*[[Rosa]]
*[[Franco]]

==Trivia==
*During the mission "[[Cleaning House]]," [[Ezio]] has to hunt down and kill three traitor thieves in Venice. Strangely, unlike the other thieves, the three use [[Sword|swords]] instead of [[Dagger|daggers]].
*Like the guards, they are generally better equipped in Venice then they are in Florence.
*You can kill Theives from rooftops, Its possible by un-sheating the Sword and then keep hitting them with It and until they fall from the rooftop.

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="120">
File:Zw-thieves.png|Some thieves of Venice.
File:Assassin-s-creed-ii-playstation-3-ps3-026.jpg|Ezio followed by some thieves.
File:Ezio orderingthieves to target.jpg|Ezio ordering thieves to create a diversion.
assassins-creed-2-e3-oxcgn-31.jpg|Ezio fighting Guards with Thieves
</gallery>

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[[Category:Factions]]

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2010-11-21T22:34:41Z

68.11.37.134: Created page with "They could make it a CGI movie so that the characters could look exactly like they do in the game."

They could make it a CGI movie so that the characters could look exactly like they do in the game.

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