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Leonardo da Vinci

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
|image = Leonardo.png
|imgdesc = Leonardo da Vinci in the Animus database.
|birth = 15 April, 1452 [[wikipedia:Vinci|Vinci]], [[Italy]]
|death = 2 May, 1519 [[wikipedia:Amboise|Amboise]], [[France]]
|faction = [[Assassins]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
|period = [[Renaissance|Italian Renaissance (15th century)]]
|voice = [[Carlos Ferro]]
}}
{{quote|One thing I am not, is a man of violence.|Leonardo to [[Ezio Auditore de Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] and [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] in [[Valencia]], 1505.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)}}
'''Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci''' (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an [[Italy|Italian]] polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, botanist and writer.

==Biography==
===Early life===
Leonardo da Vinci was born out of wedlock in Vinci, Italy, a town outside of [[Florence]], in 1452, to a Florentine notary named [[wikipedia:Piero da Vinci|Piero da Vinci]] and a local woman named Caterina. He spent most of his early childhood in nearby rural [[Tuscany]] so as to spare his father the embarrassment of a scandal. However, young Leonardo's innate artistic prowess was obvious to his elders even then, and when he turned fourteen he was returned to Florence, apprenticed to the workshop of renowned painter [[Andrea del Verrocchio]]; while there, he is said to have collaborated with the Verroccio on his masterpiece, ''[[wikipedia:Baptism of Christ|Baptism of Christ]]''.

===Florence===

At age 20, Leonardo was titled a master by the [[wikipedia:Guild of Saint Luke|Guild of Saint Luke]], and opened his first workshop in Florence where he continued to collaborate with his old master. During his time there, he also befriended the [[House of Auditore|Auditore family]], which he sold most of his paintings to.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

In 1476, Leonardo met Ezio Auditore when the latter accompanied his [[Maria Auditore da Firenze|mother]] to pick up some paintings from Leonardo’s workshop. On the way back to the [[Palazzo Auditore]], Leonardo and Ezio conversed about his work, which sparked the lifelong friendship between the two young men.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

After the [[Auditore execution|execution]] of [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni]], [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]], and [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze|Petruccio Auditore]], Leonardo met Ezio once again, greeting him with a brotherly embrace. He was then requested by Ezio to repair the [[Hidden Blade]] and was immediately fascinated by its sophisticated and advanced design, despite its old age. After what was apparently several hours of work (as Ezio is shown to have fallen asleep for some time), Leonardo finally finished the repairs to the Hidden Blade. Just before handing the weapon over to Ezio, Leonardo claimed that Ezio's ring finger had to be removed because "the blade is designed to ensure the commitment of whoever wields it." It is shown that he was simply joking however, as the blade had been modified so that the removal of the finger was no longer necessary. Immediately after this, a Florentine guard took Leonardo into the latter's yard for interrogation, throwing him to the ground and kicking him several times in order to extract Ezio's whereabouts. Ezio promptly sneaked up behind the guard and assassinated him with his new weapon. Ezio hid the body inside the workshop with others upon Leonardo's request - the bodies were used for his anatomical research.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

[[File:Codexleo.png|thumb|Ezio handing Leonardo a Codex page.]]
Leonardo and Ezio didn't meet again until 1478, when Ezio visited him with another [[codex]] page attained from his uncle [[Mario Auditore]]. He deciphered the page and, while Ezio practiced the new [[Assassination Techniques|assassination techniques]] as explained on the codex page in Leonardo's yard with straw dummies, Leonardo constructed a second Hidden Blade to be put at his friend's disposal. This was when Ezio inquired about [[Francesco de' Pazzi]], which prompted Leonardo to discreetly tell him that he needed to seek out [[La Volpe]] ("the fox"). After this, Leonardo appeared at several instances in which Ezio simply visited him to decipher codex pages.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

After Ezio put an end to the [[Pazzi Conspiracy]], he received another codex page from [[Lorenzo de' Medici]] and again visited Leonardo in order to have it deciphered. He was astonished by the new [[Poison blade|blade design]], as it has been developed to allow the wielder to inject poison through it and into their enemies for a more subtle kill.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

[[File:EzioLeo2.jpg|thumb|left|Leonardo with Ezio on the ship to Venice.]]
Leonardo met Ezio again in the [[Apennine Mountains]] after the fall of the Pazzi Conspirators. He was faced with the problem of a broken [[wagon]] wheel and asked Ezio to lift the carriage, causing Ezio to notice the contraption strapped to the roof. This was the first conversation in which Leonardo mentioned his [[Flying Machine|flying machine]]. Amused by Leonardo’s idea, Ezio offered to drive, and they set off for [[Romagna]]. During the trip, the wagon was attacked by the soldiers of [[Rodrigo Borgia]], threatening their lives all the way through the Mountains. At the end of the trail, Ezio stayed behind to deal with the soldiers so Leonardo can get to Romagna safely. They met back up at the docks in Romagna where they were scheduled to set sail for [[Venice]], after Ezio went through an ordeal involving [[Caterina Sforza]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

===Venice===
Upon arrival in [[Venice]], Leonardo and Ezio were given a tour of the city by a baggage handler by the name of [[Alvise da Vilandino]] before being led to his new workshop. He and Ezio parted ways there with a brotherly embrace.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

Ezio again consulted Leonardo for his expertise, but this time for something other than decryption. He inquired about Leonardo’s Flying Machine that he learned of on the way to Romagna, hoping to use it in order to invade the [[Palazzo Ducale]] so that he could rescue [[Giovanni Mocenigo|Doge Mocenigo]] from the [[Templar]] [[Carlo Grimaldi]]. After one test flight, Leonardo deemed the machine useless and flew into a fit of rage, but was then inspired by a piece of burnt paper floating from the heat of the fire. He concluded that in order for Ezio to reach his destination, they had to light a dozen fires across the city which would cause the heated air to rise, therefore lifting the machine and allowing it to fly over a longer distance.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

After being accused of the murder of the Doge, Ezio came to Leonardo asking for a [[Carnevale]] mask so that he would not be noticed as the most wanted man in Venice. He also bore another codex page, much to Leonardo's interest, as he discovered it contained plans for a small [[Pistol|firearm]] that could be concealed upon Ezio's wrist. After testing the pistol, Leonardo gave Ezio the mask he requested and pointed him in the direction of Sister [[Teodora]] and [[Antonio de Magianis]] so he could plot to assassinate the new Doge: the Templar [[Marco Barbarigo]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

Leonardo also let Ezio know that [[Cristina Memories|Cristina Vespucci]] was in Venice at that time, attending Carnevale with her husband.

Leonardo and Ezio met again briefly outside the workshop, just after Ezio discovered the Templar ship was returning the next day. Leonardo pointed out several key facts that he discovered piecing together the markings on the backs of the codex pages such as the arrival of a 'prophet' on the day the [[Piece of Eden]] was brought to the floating city [[Venice]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

[[File:Zw-bof2.png|thumb|Leonardo, studying the Apple of Eden.]]
In 1488, Ezio, Mario, and [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] visited Leonardo to see if he was able to make sense of the Apple which they had successfully obtained from Rodrigo Borgia. Upon its activation, Leonardo bore witness to the symbols and projections the Apple emitted, while Machiavelli and Mario fell to the floor in pain.

To their dismay, Leonardo couldn't learn any more about the Apple than the Assassins and, following its accidental activation, it was decided that it should be taken to [[Forlì]] to be kept out of Templar hands. Mario also asked Leonardo to come and visit him at the [[Villa Auditore]].

Leonardo stayed at the villa until 1499,<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /> where he started to become interested in the findings of [[Pythagoras]] and the location of the [[Temple of Pythagoras]]. He had managed to create a map pointing out the temple's location, and he drew pieces of this map with invisible ink on his paintings that hung in the villa.<ref name="The Da Vinci Disappearance">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' - ''[[The Da Vinci Disappearance]]''</ref>

===Rome===
In late 1499, Leonardo was forcibly pressed into designing several [[War Machines|war machines]] for [[Cesare Borgia]], son of Rodrigo Borgia, who was in turn [[Grand Master of the Templar Order]]. Additionally, he was also forced to fashion the ''[[pistol]]a'' used to kill [[Mario Auditore]]. These firearms are also used by the [[Papal Guards]], and by Cesare in the [[Siege of Viana]]. Despite this, Leonardo remained an ally of the Assassins, secretly meeting with Ezio to inform him of Cesare's plans, turning over the locations of the Templars overseeing the war machines, and fashioning items for Ezio.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

[[File:Zw-acb-Leonardo-2.png|thumb|252px|Leonardo upon seeing Ezio again in Rome.]]
To avoid Templar scrutiny, Leonardo and Ezio would meet at different locations chosen by Leonardo and denoted with a drawing of a hand on a bench as a signal for Ezio to wait for him there. Leonardo agreed to reconstruct a second, smaller Hidden Blade that could fit against a standard glove to replace the one Ezio had lost during the [[Siege of Monteriggioni]], along with a [[Metal Cestus#Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood|reinforced glove]] to allow Ezio to climb leap, and a forearm-mounted [[Poison darts|poison dart]] launcher. However, due to being paid "very little" by the Templars, Ezio was required to pay him for the raw materials upfront. After the war machines were finally destroyed, he also designed a [[Parachutes|parachute]] that could be built by sympathetic Roman [[tailors]], though his design (or at least the materials used) would not survive the landings, and would need to be replaced after every use.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

[[File:Ezioleoapple.jpg|thumb|left|252px|Leonardo and Ezio discussing the Apple of Eden.]]
When the Assassins finally secured the Apple of Eden from the Borgia, Ezio and Leonardo met at the [[Assassins Guild]] on [[Tiber Island]]. Leonardo mourned the need to lock away the Apple, likening it to a masterpiece being hidden away from the world, though he did not oppose Ezio's decision. Additionally, as Leonardo's patron had been arrested and his income was still meager, Ezio turned over a sum of money to his friend, and they parted on good terms, although Leonardo would not accept the money as a goodbye gift.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

The following year, Leonardo traveled with Machiavelli and Ezio to Spain to chase Micheletto and stop him from freeing Cesare after surviving wild seas, a skirmish in a bar, long horse rides and constructing bombs. After this, Leonardo decided he had enough of travailing and fighting and returned to Rome, leaving Ezio and Machiavelli to destroy some war ships and battle Cesare.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood novel">[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' novel]]</ref>

[[File:Rollofthedice1.png|thumb|252px|Leonardo before being subsequently taken.]]Leonardo returned to Rome, where he made contact with the [[Hermeticists|Cult of Hermes]]. He visited the Cult's head's, [[Ercole Massimo]]'s, personal library frequently to do more research about [[Pythagoras]]. Eventually, he was kidnapped by the Hermeticists, who wanted him to give them the location of the temple. Ezio Auditore managed to gather the paintings that were seized by the Borgia during the [[Fall of Monteriggioni|attack on the Auditore Villa]] in January of 1500. With the help of Leonardo's assistant, [[Salaì]], Ezio pieced together the hidden map and the temple's location.

Leonardo had been taken away to the catacombs that led to the Temple of Pythagoras, and this is where Ezio caught up with them. He killed all the Hermeticists, including Massimo, and rescued Leonardo. They then ventured deeper to explore the Temple of Pythagoras together, when they eventually stumbled upon the final chamber.

Ezio recognized the room's architecture - a surviving [[Temples|Temple]] designed by [[Those Who Came Before]]. Though Ezio's DNA communed with a pedestal, revealing coordinates he decided it was best to leave it, despite Leonardo being eager to learn and explore more. Leonardo was distracted by Ezio, who asked him about his future plans, which Leonardo gladly revealed as they walked out of the temple.<ref name="The Da Vinci Disappearance" />

After Ezio killed Cesare in Navarre during the [[Siege of Viana]], Leonardo met again with Ezio and Machiavelli at Ezio's forty-eighth birthday party. Ezio offered Leonardo a place in the Assassin Order, though Leonardo refused, saying that he respected the Assassins' goals, but that he wanted to tread a different path; "a solitary one." Leonardo left for Milan afterwards, from which he would leave for [[wikipedia:Amboise|Amboise]] in [[France]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood novel" />

===Later life===
Leonardo spent his last years in France, at the home awarded him by Francis I. He took his most famous painting, the ''[[wikipedia:Mona Lisa|Mona Lisa]]'', with him when he retired to France in 1513. He died on his bed on May 2, 1519. The exact cause of his death is unknown, but could presumably have been a blood infection, due to him suffering from [[wikipedia:Gout|gout]].

==Legacy==
[[File:ACB-TDVD-LeonardoWorkshop.jpg|thumb|left|252px|Leonardo's workshop portrayed in ''[[The Da Vinci Disappearance]]''.]]
Leonardo is renowned primarily as a painter. Two of his works, the ''Mona Lisa'' and ''[[wikipedia:The Last Supper|The Last Supper]]'', are the most famous, most reproduced and most parodied portrait and religious painting of all time, their fame approached only by [[Michelangelo]]'s ''[[wikipedia:The Creation of Adam|Creation of Adam]]''. Leonardo's drawing of the [[wikipedia:Vitruvian Man|Vitruvian Man]] is also regarded as a cultural icon.

Perhaps fifteen of his paintings survive, the small number due to his constant, and frequently disastrous, experimentation with new techniques and his chronic procrastination. Nevertheless, these few works, together with his notebooks, which contain drawings, scientific diagrams and his thoughts on the nature of painting, are an invaluable contribution to later generations of artists; indeed, Leonardo could arguably be considered the most iconic artist of the Italian Renaissance, with only a handful of his contemporaries (most notably Leonardo's chief artistic rival and fellow Florentine, [[Michelangelo|Michelangelo Buonarroti]]) posing a realistic challenge.

[[File:Roleofthedice2.png|thumb|252px|The unfinished Mona Lisa, a part of his legacy.]]Leonardo is revered for his technological ingenuity. He conceptualized a helicopter, a tank, concentrated solar power, a calculator, the double hull and outlined a rudimentary theory of plate tectonics. Relatively few of his designs were constructed or even feasible during his lifetime, but some of his smaller inventions, such as an automated bobbin winder and a machine for testing the tensile strength of wire, entered the world of manufacturing unheralded. As a scientist, he greatly advanced the state of knowledge in the fields of anatomy, civil engineering, optics and hydrodynamics.

==Characteristics and personality==
His portrayal in ''Assassin's Creed II'' depicts Leonardo da Vinci as a cheerful and optimistic man. Ezio is his best friend, and as such, he treats him like a brother and has taken great risks to protect him, even though he says later in the game that courage is not his strong suit.

Despite being an accomplished and respected artist, as well as deeply curious about the world's wonders, Leonardo da Vinci was also a chronic procrastinator. Most of his commissioned works took years longer than anticipated, and many were never even finished. It is possible that this was because he did not feel his work to be important enough to devote his life to, as when he meets Ezio, he complains that it lacks purpose and he wishes to do something which has more impact on the world, such as architecture. Regardless, when Leonardo is intrigued by something, he becomes insatiably curious and often impossible to communicate with, as demonstrated when Ezio first brings him [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad|Altaïr]]'s [[Codex|Codex pages]] for decryption.

Leonardo is often forgetful and easily distracted. Ezio exploits this in the [[Pythagorean Vault]] by asking Leonardo about his projects, taking his mind off the mysterious images they were gazing at.

Leonardo is also hinted at being homosexual multiple times in both ''Assassin's Creed II'' and ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'', and appears to be in a relationship with his assistant, Salaì.

==Trivia==
[[Video:Assassin's Creed 2 - Focus On|thumb|250px|Leonardo da Vinci - Genius Inventor]]
===History===
*Leonardo had no surname; "da Vinci" simply means "from Vinci," identifying the town of his birth, much in the same manner that "Ezio Auditore da Firenze" shows that Ezio was born in Florence.
*Historically, Leonardo would later become a close friend and military engineer for Cesare Borgia, son of Rodrigo Borgia.
*Interestingly, in author Dan Brown's novel ''[[wikipedia:The Da Vinci Code|The Da Vinci Code]]'', it is suggested that Leonardo da Vinci was the Grand Master of a secret society known as ''[[wikipedia:The Priory of Sion|The Priory of Sion]]'', an organization that was allegedly connected with the Knights Templar.
*Ezio uses a wheel-lock firearm, based on a design found in the Codex pages, which historically wasn't developed until just after the time-frame of the game. Historically, Leonardo designed some of the first wheel-lock firearms.
*In ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'', Cesare said that Leonardo created the gun with which he shot Mario. However, Leonardo worked for Cesare only after 1502.

===Inventions and art===
*All of Leonardo's modifications on previously existing Assassin gear are based on designs detailed in Altaïr's Codex. It is possibly from these that Leonardo also designed some of his other inventions.
*Leonardo and Giovanni Auditore are the only known characters that can decipher and translate Altaïr's Codex.
*When Ezio accidentally activates the [[Sixth Apple|Apple of Eden]] in Venice, images similar to Leonardo's later designs for the [[Tank]] can be briefly glimpsed. This experience may have provided him with the ideas for his later inventions.
*[[File:Mapofimola.jpg|thumb|Leonardo's map of Imola.]]Additionally, when the Apple is activated, both Ezio and Leonardo are largely unaffected, although blinded by the light. Mario and Machiavelli are crippled by the noise and unable to stand.
*Eight of the thirty collectible [[paintings]] that are placed in the Villa Auditore were painted by Leonardo. This is significant for the new Brotherhood DLC, The Da Vinci Disappearance.
*A map of the city of Imola that Leonardo drew for Cesare Borgia appears frequently in-game; on a wall in the [[Hideout]], in Leonardo's workshop, as the Codex map that Caterina gives to Ezio, and in a [[Lairs of Romulus|Lair of Romulus]], on the ground.

===Appearance and behavior===
*In ''Assassin's Creed II'', like other main characters, Leonardo's appearance does not change throughout the 23 years he is shown in the game, from his first encounter to the decoding of the Codex in the villa in 1499. This was rectified in ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'', where Leonardo is depicted as more aged.
*In ''Assassin's Creed II'', the cut-scene when Ezio visits Leonardo is the same each time (even after Leonardo moves to Venice), except when the Codex pages provide new modifications to Ezio's equipment.
*In ''Assassin's Creed II'', Leonardo is shown as right-handed, but in ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'', he is left-handed, as he was known to be in real life.
*In ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'', after Leonardo mentions his work on the ''Mona Lisa'', Ezio warns him not to allow pretty girls to distract him from making the designs he needs. His arm around him, Leonardo lightly assures Ezio that women would ''"provide little distraction"'' to his work, to which Ezio replies, ''"Wait, I don't get it."'' This is a reference to the widely-held belief that the real-life Leonardo was homosexual.
*While exploring the [[Pythagorian Temple]], Ezio and Leonardo have a brief conversation about Leonardo's assistant Salaì. Leonardo asks where he is, and quickly clarifies that he is only concerned about Salaì's careless spending. Ezio, however, merely comments that Salaì fits Leonardo, and that he approves. Leonardo is left nervously speechless.

===Others===
*Leonardo has the same voice actor as the rafiq in Damascus, in Assassins Creed.
*In ''Assassin's Creed II'', the only time the player can explore Leonardo's Workshop is in [[Ace Up My Sleeve]].
*In one of Ezio Auditore's [[Cristina Memories]] in Venice, Leonardo tells Ezio that [[Cristina Vespucci|Cristina]] was attending Carnevale; even hinting that they might be close, despite Leonardo having nothing to do with Cristina in the rest of the story. However, in [[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]] it is revealed that he knew because Cristina was a guest of his patron.
*In the [[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)|novel for ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'']], Leonardo is invited to join the Brotherhood. However, he declines, saying that though he will always support their goals, he is on a different path, one that is solitary.
*You can kill Leonardo right before the mission (while you are walking with him) "All Things Come To He Who Waits".

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="150" captionalign="left">
Leonardoartwork1.jpg|Leonardo's concept art.
Leo.JPG|In-game ''Assassin's Creed II'' model.
Leonardo_workshop.jpg|Leonardo's workshop.
Leonardo's_Flying_machine_Design.jpg|Flying machine.
Armored_car.jpg|Tank.
Gun_l.jpg|12-barelled gun.
Leonardo Davinci.jpeg|Self-portrait
</gallery>

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Silvio Barbarigo

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|name = Silvio Barbarigo Il Rosso
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|imgdesc = Silvio Barbarigo in the Animus Database
|birth = 1435
|death = 1486
|period = [[Italy|Italian]] [[Renaissance]] (15th century)
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'''Silvio Barbarigo''' (1435–1486) was the cousin of [[Marco Barbarigo]], a government official, and a [[Templars|Templar]]. He was a state inquisitor of [[Venice]] but was angry that his relatives are far more powerful than him. He is somehow related to [[Emilio Barbarigo]]. His father was killed by Silvio's uncle when he was young. He became an advisor to his wealthy uncle, and uncovered a plot by the Soranzo family against his uncle. To prevent this, Silvio invited the family to an Easter celebration and toasted the family on the balcony. Unknown to everyone else, this was a signal for archers hidden behind the courtyard windows to fire on the family and kill them. Ten years later, he had his uncle murdered by hired [[courtesans]] and convinced everyone he had died in bed. He then took over his uncle's luxurious palazzo.

[[File:SILVIOBARBARIGO.png|thumb|150px|left|Silvio meets with other Templars in Venice.]]
Silvio is first seen at a meeting in Venice with Marco, [[Dante Moro]] and [[Carlo Grimaldi]]. They plot to kill the Doge of Venice, [[Giovanni Mocenigo]], and Silvio says he can get a shipment of [[cantarella]] to poison the Doge, as it is very hard to trace. He is next seen in Venice at the Carnival, where he cheats in order to stop [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]] from attending Marco's party and killing him. After Marco's death, Silvio hires Dante and various mercenaries to take control of the arsenal, the military quarter of Venice. However, he loses the arsenal to Ezio and [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]] and attempts to flee in a boat bound for [[Cyprus]] (which is sailing there to collect a [[Sixth Apple|Piece of Eden]]). Silvio and Dante are both killed while running toward the docks by Ezio.

==Final Words==
'''Ezio:'' '''What's happened here? Why the boats? I thought you sought the Doge's seat.''

'''Silvio: '''''Just a distraction. We were meant to sail...''

'''Ezio:''' ''Sail where?''

'''Silvio: '''''I'll never tell.''

''(Silvio dies)''

'''Dante: '''''Cyprus is their destination. They want....they....want...''

''(Dante dies)''

'''Ezio:''' ''Non temete l'oscurità - accettate il suo abbraccio. Requiescat in Pace.'' (Fear not the darkness - but welcome it's embrace. Rest in Peace.)

==Trivia==
[[Video:Assassin's Creed 2 - Targets: Silvio Barbarigo 9/9|thumb|300px|right|Database entry.]]
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'', Silvio Barbarigo is portrayed by [[Harry Standjofski]] though his appearance is minor – he is only heard talking with Marco and seen at the end of the film during the Templar meeting.
*In the [[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance|novel]], Ezio guts him with the [[Hidden Blade]].

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Dante Moro

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|name = Dante Moro
|image = Dante animus.jpg
|imgdesc = Dante Moro (right) in the Animus Database.
|faction = [[House of Barbarigo|Barbarigo family]], [[Templars]]
|birth = 1460
|death = 1486
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{{quote|I feel eyes on us.|Dante Moro to [[Marco Barbarigo]] in [[Venice]]}}
'''Dante Moro''' (1460–1486) was a [[Templar]] and personal bodyguard of Marco Barbarigo. He was previously the captain of the Venetian city [[Guards|guard]] and an heir to one of the most prestigious families in Venice.

Marco desired Dante's wife [[Carlotta Moro|Carlotta]], so he hired a hit on Dante. Dante was stabbed three times in the body and once in the head. While he miraculously survived, Dante was left with severe brain damage and the mind of a child. Marco then tricked Dante into annulling the marriage and becoming Marco's personal bodyguard.

[[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] first encounters him in Venice where Marco, [[Silvio Barbarigo]] and [[Carlo Grimaldi]] are plotting to kill the [[Giovanni Mocenigo|Doge]]. They next met in the [[Carnevale]] with Silvio, where he fought Ezio hand to hand to win a [[golden mask]], yet Ezio's skills proved better, and Dante lost. He and Silvio cheated to win the mask and prevent Ezio from entering Marco's private party, however Ezio managed to distract Dante long enough to [[pickpocketing|pickpocket]] the mask from him. Dante arrived at the party, along with other guards, and tried to look for Ezio, but failed, resulting in Marco's death at Ezio's hand. Dante subsequently fled to [[L'Arsenale]] with Silvio. Dante was killed along with Silvio Barbarigo while boarding a ship. Dante revealed that they were headed for [[Cyprus]], but died before he could say anything else. After the assassination of Dante Moro, Ezio recovers a letter intended for Dante from his ex-wife Carlotta. It read:

''My love,''

''I wonder if ever the day will come when these words might make sense to you once more. I am sorry for what I've done - for what you and I have both become. Though we could not be together , just knowing you were near was enough. And now, with Marco dead, I may yet find a way for us to be joined again.''

''But do you even remember me? Or were the wounds too grave? Do my words stir- if not your memory, then your heart? It doesn't matter what they say- I know you're still in there, somewhere.''

''I will find a way, my love. To remind you. To restore you...''

''Love always,''

''Carlotta''

==Final words==
'''Ezio:''' ''What's happened here? Why the boats? I thought you sought the Doge's seat.''

'''Silvio:''' ''Just a distraction. We were meant to sail...''

'''Ezio:''' ''Sail where?''

'''Silvio:''' ''I'll never tell.''

''(Silvio dies)''

'''Dante:''' ''Cyprus is their destination. They want... they... want...''

''(Dante dies)''

'''Ezio:''' ''Non temete l'oscurità – accettate il suo abbraccio. Requiescant in Pace.'' ''(Fear not the darkness – but welcome it's embrace. Rest in Peace.) ''

==Trivia==
*Dante wields an [[Axe]], and fights much like a [[Brute]].
*Despite [[Antonio]] telling you not to do so, the player will not fail the mission if they kill Dante after stealing the mask from him, but he will still appear at the party later.
*If the player is confronted by Dante after stealing the mask, the player cannot kill him, nor disarm him (unless you use a Two-Handed weapon's Special Attack), even if his health bar is all the way down. This is also the case after the party where Marco is killed, him being located on a bridge nearby. The only way to defeat him is to make him fall in the water. Even if the player does so, in the next missions he will be alive.
*In the [[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance|novel]], Ezio shoots Dante in the face with the [[pistol]] on the deck of the Templar ship. The text of Carlotta's letter to Dante is reproduced in it, as well.
*Dante differs from the other assassination targets in the game, as he is not deliberately a Templar. Simple-minded, Dante would not be in control of his actions and therefore can not be held accountable for them. Assassinating him would therefore be breaking the first tenet of [[the Creed|The Creed]], but Ezio is not bound by the tenets until he is inducted into the order.
*Dante is the only assassination target not to have a portrait in [[Ezio's room]], probably because his brain damage makes him unaware of his actions and not really a Templar. As well, he was only a consequential casualty of Silvio's assassination.
*Dante is also the only assassination target to be younger than Ezio in ''Assassin's Creed II''.
*An easy way to kill Dante while on the boat is to walk onto the thin gangplank, and when he follows you, either drop into the water, or attack him until he falls in, killing him.
*The database entry for the [[Madonna dell'Orto]] states that Dante was the only son of the Doge, Cristoforo Moro, who supposedly disowned him in 1468 after losing his title as Venetian Captain of the Guard. This would not be possible, as Dante would only have been eight years old in 1468.

==Gallery==

<center><gallery captionalign="left">
File:Dantemoro.png|Dante at the Venetian carnevale
File:AC2_S_061_Venice_Ezio_Fighting_Dante.jpg|Ezio fighting Dante
</gallery></center>

==Videos==
[[Video:Assassin's Creed 2 - Targets: Marco Barbarigo and Dante Moro 4/9|thumb|left|300px|Database entry video]]

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Silvio Barbarigo

2011-05-11T02:30:00Z

68.253.212.176: /* Final Words */

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Silvio Barbarigo Il Rosso
|image = Zw-silviobarbarigoilrosso.png
|imgdesc = Silvio Barbarigo in the Animus Database
|birth = 1435
|death = 1486
|period = [[Italy|Italian]] [[Renaissance]] (15th century)
|faction = [[House of Barbarigo]] [[Templars]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''
|actor = [[Harry Standjofski]]
|voice = [[Harry Standjofski]]
}}
'''Silvio Barbarigo''' (1435–1486) was the cousin of [[Marco Barbarigo]], a government official, and a [[Templars|Templar]]. He was a state inquisitor of [[Venice]] but was angry that his relatives are far more powerful than him. He is somehow related to [[Emilio Barbarigo]]. His father was killed by Silvio's uncle when he was young. He became an advisor to his wealthy uncle, and uncovered a plot by the Soranzo family against his uncle. To prevent this, Silvio invited the family to an Easter celebration and toasted the family on the balcony. Unknown to everyone else, this was a signal for archers hidden behind the courtyard windows to fire on the family and kill them. Ten years later, he had his uncle murdered by hired [[courtesans]] and convinced everyone he had died in bed. He then took over his uncle's luxurious palazzo.

[[File:SILVIOBARBARIGO.png|thumb|150px|left|Silvio meets with other Templars in Venice.]]
Silvio is first seen at a meeting in Venice with Marco, [[Dante Moro]] and [[Carlo Grimaldi]]. They plot to kill the Doge of Venice, [[Giovanni Mocenigo]], and Silvio says he can get a shipment of [[cantarella]] to poison the Doge, as it is very hard to trace. He is next seen in Venice at the Carnival, where he cheats in order to stop [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]] from attending Marco's party and killing him. After Marco's death, Silvio hires Dante and various mercenaries to take control of the arsenal, the military quarter of Venice. However, he loses the arsenal to Ezio and [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]] and attempts to flee in a boat bound for [[Cyprus]] (which is sailing there to collect a [[Sixth Apple|Piece of Eden]]). Silvio and Dante are both killed while running toward the docks by Ezio.

==Final Words==
'''Ezio:'' '''What's happened here? Why the boats? I thought you sought the Doge's seat.''

'''Silvio: '''''Just a distraction. We were meant to sail...''

'''Ezio:''' ''Sail where?''

'''Silvio: '''''I'll never tell.''

''(Silivio dies)''

'''Dante: '''''Cyprus is their destination. They want....they....want...''

''(Dante dies)''

'''Ezio:''' ''Non temete l'oscurità - accettate il suo abbraccio. Requiescat in Pace.'' (Fear not the darkness - but welcome it's embrace. Rest in Peace.)

==Trivia==
[[Video:Assassin's Creed 2 - Targets: Silvio Barbarigo 9/9|thumb|300px|right|Database entry.]]
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'', Silvio Barbarigo is portrayed by [[Harry Standjofski]] though his appearance is minor – he is only heard talking with Marco and seen at the end of the film during the Templar meeting.
*In the [[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance|novel]], Ezio guts him with the [[Hidden Blade]].

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Silvio Barbarigo

2011-05-11T02:28:56Z

68.253.212.176:

{{Era|ACL|AC2|Renaissance|Templars}}
{{WPtargets}}
{{Character Infobox
|name = Silvio Barbarigo Il Rosso
|image = Zw-silviobarbarigoilrosso.png
|imgdesc = Silvio Barbarigo in the Animus Database
|birth = 1435
|death = 1486
|period = [[Italy|Italian]] [[Renaissance]] (15th century)
|faction = [[House of Barbarigo]] [[Templars]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''
|actor = [[Harry Standjofski]]
|voice = [[Harry Standjofski]]
}}
'''Silvio Barbarigo''' (1435–1486) was the cousin of [[Marco Barbarigo]], a government official, and a [[Templars|Templar]]. He was a state inquisitor of [[Venice]] but was angry that his relatives are far more powerful than him. He is somehow related to [[Emilio Barbarigo]]. His father was killed by Silvio's uncle when he was young. He became an advisor to his wealthy uncle, and uncovered a plot by the Soranzo family against his uncle. To prevent this, Silvio invited the family to an Easter celebration and toasted the family on the balcony. Unknown to everyone else, this was a signal for archers hidden behind the courtyard windows to fire on the family and kill them. Ten years later, he had his uncle murdered by hired [[courtesans]] and convinced everyone he had died in bed. He then took over his uncle's luxurious palazzo.

[[File:SILVIOBARBARIGO.png|thumb|150px|left|Silvio meets with other Templars in Venice.]]
Silvio is first seen at a meeting in Venice with Marco, [[Dante Moro]] and [[Carlo Grimaldi]]. They plot to kill the Doge of Venice, [[Giovanni Mocenigo]], and Silvio says he can get a shipment of [[cantarella]] to poison the Doge, as it is very hard to trace. He is next seen in Venice at the Carnival, where he cheats in order to stop [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]] from attending Marco's party and killing him. After Marco's death, Silvio hires Dante and various mercenaries to take control of the arsenal, the military quarter of Venice. However, he loses the arsenal to Ezio and [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]] and attempts to flee in a boat bound for [[Cyprus]] (which is sailing there to collect a [[Sixth Apple|Piece of Eden]]). Silvio and Dante are both killed while running toward the docks by Ezio.

==Final Words==
'''Ezio:'' '''What's happened here? Why the boats? I thought you sought the Doge's seat.''

'''Silvio: '''''Just a distraction. We were meant to sail...''

'''Ezio:''' ''Sail where?''

'''Silvio: '''''I'll never tell.''

'''Dante: '''''Cyprus is their destination. They want....they....want...''

'''Ezio:''' ''Non temete l'oscurità - accettate il suo abbraccio. Requiescat in Pace.'' (Fear not the darkness - but welcome it's embrace. Rest in Peace.)

==Trivia==
[[Video:Assassin's Creed 2 - Targets: Silvio Barbarigo 9/9|thumb|300px|right|Database entry.]]
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'', Silvio Barbarigo is portrayed by [[Harry Standjofski]] though his appearance is minor – he is only heard talking with Marco and seen at the end of the film during the Templar meeting.
*In the [[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance|novel]], Ezio guts him with the [[Hidden Blade]].

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