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La Volpe

2014-09-18T00:18:49Z

69.248.98.23: /* Personality and characteristics */

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{{Quote|They call me many things: Murderer. Tagliagole (Cutthroat). Thief. But you may call me La Volpe.|La Volpe introducing himself to Ezio Auditore, 1478.|Assassin's Creed II}}
{{Character Infobox
|hideb = yes
|image = La Volpe v.png
|affiliates = [[Assassins]] [[Thieves]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Recollection]]''
|voice = [[Vito DeFilippo]]}}
'''Gilberto''', known mainly as '''La Volpe''' (English: ''The Fox''), was the leader of the [[Florence|Florentine]] and [[Rome|Roman]] [[thieves]], and a member of the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]]. Very little information was known about La Volpe, and any that was seemed mythical.

In 1478, La Volpe assisted [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] in locating an important [[Templars|Templar]] meeting, which resulted in Ezio preventing the [[Pazzi conspiracy|Pazzi Conspiracy]] from succeeding. Ten years later, La Volpe was present in [[Venice]], where the Assassins reclaimed an [[Ezio's Apple of Eden|Apple of Eden]] from [[Rodrigo Borgia]].

After the [[siege of Monteriggioni|fall of Monteriggioni]], La Volpe moved to Rome, where he fought the [[House of Borgia|Borgia]] influence in the city. However, he refused to work with the Assassins because of his suspicions towards [[Niccolò Machiavelli]]. Later, after Ezio had helped him by saving some of his thieves, as well as providing him with evidence of the [[Paganino|real traitor]], La Volpe agreed to assist the Assassins again.

==Biography==
===Early life===
Very little is known about La Volpe's early life, though there were multiple myths regarding him and his abilities as a thief. He was said to have robbed the [[Papacy|Papal]] carriage without any [[guards]] noticing him, including the Pope who was sitting inside.<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

In 1467, during a night in Florence, he was seen on the rooftops of the [[Palazzo della Signoria]], the [[Palazzo Medici]], and the [[Basilica di Santa Croce]] all at the same time. It was also said that he was immortal, could see through buildings,<ref name="AC2"/> and had bright violet eyes.<ref name="ACB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

===Helping Ezio Auditore===
{{Quote|Follow me. But we must move fast! Think you can keep up?|La Volpe to Ezio.|Assassin's Creed II}}
In 1478, La Volpe learned that Ezio Auditore da Firenze, the son of the late Assassin [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]], had returned to Florence to assassinate the Templar [[Francesco de' Pazzi]]. [[Leonardo da Vinci]] informed Ezio that La Volpe would be able to assist him, thus Ezio sought him out in the [[Mercato Vecchio]].<ref name="AC2"/>

[[File:FH 8.png|thumb|250px|left|Ezio requesting La Volpe's aid]]
While looking for the legendary rogue, a thief [[Pickpocketing|pickpocketed]] Ezio and fled. Ezio was able to catch up with him, but as he demanded his money back, La Volpe appeared and returned the stolen money, saying that he would be willing to aid Ezio if he could keep up with his own [[freerunning]] skills. La Volpe then led Ezio to the [[Basilica di Santa Maria Novella|Santa Maria Novella]], where the Pazzi conspirators were to convene later that day.<ref name="AC2"/>

From there, La Volpe waited for Ezio near to the sewers, where Ezio would later emerge after [[eavesdropping]] on the Templar meeting. Ezio informed him that the Templars were planning to kill the [[House of Medici|Medici]] during High Mass, in order to claim Florence for the Pazzi and place their own politicians in charge. La Volpe replied that it would be disastrous if [[Lorenzo de' Medici]] were to be killed, as he was a powerful ally of the Assassins, though Ezio assured him that he would not allow the Templars to slay him.<ref name="AC2"/>

In 1488, La Volpe and the other Assassins met in Venice to acquire an Apple of Eden from Rodrigo Borgia, the [[Grand Master]] of the Templar Order. When they arrived at Rodrigo's location, La Volpe saw him fighting with Ezio Auditore, and promptly intervened alongside the others.<ref name="AC2"/>

Eventually, Rodrigo fled, leaving the Apple behind for the Assassins. After answering many queries from Ezio, they proceeded to [[Initiation into the Assassin Order|induct him into the Assassin Order]], with each member, including La Volpe, performing a [[Leap of Faith]] afterwards.<ref name="AC2"/>

===Bonfire of the Vanities===
{{Quote|Find the Apple, Ezio! It can't be far.|La Volpe when the Assassins lost sight of the Apple.|Assassin's Creed II}}
In 1494, Florence was taken over by [[Girolamo Savonarola]], who had stolen the Apple that Ezio possessed after an [[Battle of Forlì|incident in Forlì]]. In 1497, La Volpe and [[Paola]], a fellow Assassin and the leader of the Florentine [[courtesans]], were contacted by Niccolò Machiavelli to help him liberate the [[Civilians|citizens]], after Ezio assassinated each of Savonarola's lieutenants.<ref name="AC2 - Bonfire">''Assassin's Creed II'' - ''[[Bonfire of the Vanities (DLC)]]''</ref>

[[File:BFV.png|thumb|250px|right|La Volpe and Paola rallying the citizens against Savonarola]]
After the lieutenants were eliminated, La Volpe, Paola, Machiavelli and Ezio gathered in front of the [[Palazzo Pitti]] to see the angry mob stand up to Savonarola. However, Savonarola tried to control the crowd with the Apple, but it was quickly knocked out of his hand by a [[Throwing knives|knife]] thrown by Ezio.<ref name="AC2 - Bonfire"/>

Following this, La Volpe and the others gathered once more to witness Savonarola's execution, though Ezio reconsidered, deciding that the "mad monk" should not have to suffer the pain and humiliation of being burned alive in front of a crowd. The Assassin hurried towards him, and managed to kill Savonarola with his [[Hidden Blade]] before the flames reached him.<ref name="AC2 - Bonfire" />

La Volpe then watched from the sidelines as Ezio began to give a speech, who, after looking towards his fellow Assassins, approvingly spoke of how he had been guided to his own path by "a few strangers."<ref name="AC2 - Bonfire"/>

===Finding the Vault===
In 1499, La Volpe gathered with his fellow Assassins in the [[Villa Auditore]] in [[Monteriggioni]], in order to unveil the location of a [[Vatican Vault|Vault]]. Through the [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex|Codex]] pages, they discovered that the Vault was located in Rome.<ref name="AC2"/>

They also discovered the true reason that Rodrigo Borgia had become Pope, as it had allowed him to obtain the [[Staves of Eden#Papal Staff|Papal Staff]], another artifact of [[First Civilization]] origin aside from Ezio's Apple of Eden. While Ezio planned to infiltrate the [[Cappella Sistina|Sistine Chapel]], La Volpe accompanied the other Assassins to Rome, where they created an opening for Ezio by distracting the Borgia forces.<ref name="AC2"/>

===Liberating Rome===
{{Quote|The guild will be run from here. Visit me whenever you like. There might be objectives to pursue that will help our cause in the city.|La Volpe in La Volpe Addormentata.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood}}
[[File:Double Agent 5.png|thumb|250px|left|La Volpe and Ezio spying on Machiavelli]]
After the Assassins returned from Rome, Monteriggioni was [[siege of Monteriggioni|besieged]] by the Borgia, and as a result, the Assassin [[Mario Auditore]] was killed by [[Cesare Borgia]]. After this, some members of the Assassin Order, including La Volpe, traveled to Rome to dispose of the Borgia's influence there.<ref name="ACB"/>

When Ezio found him in Rome, La Volpe was the leader of the local Thieves Guild, and with Ezio's funding, the two established [[La Volpe Addormentata]], a base of operations for the thieves under the disguise of an inn. However, unlike in Florence, La Volpe refused to cooperate with Niccolò Machiavelli, calling him a traitor to the Assassin cause.<ref name="ACB"/>

The thief believed that Machiavelli had betrayed them, citing that he was behind an attack on the Roman thieves, and had probably sided with the Borgia, since he had left Monteriggioni the night before it was besieged. However, La Volpe was willing to assist the Assassins after Ezio had helped him in saving some of his men from the Borgia guards.

[[File:CI 2.png|thumb|250px|right|The Assassins meeting in the [[Tiber Island headquarters|Tiber hideout]]]]
Ezio later found the real traitor, a [[Venice|Venetian]] thief by the name of Paganino, who happened to have remained behind at the siege of Monteriggioni. At this, the Assassin quickly rushed off to keep La Volpe from killing Machiavelli.<ref name="ACB"/>

Arriving just in time to inform him of the situation, Ezio handed over a document to La Volpe, making him realize that he was mistaken and subsequently concealing his weapon. Following this, La Volpe immediately grew warmer to an oblivious Machiavelli, greeting him as a friend and ally.<ref name="ACB"/>

La Volpe was also present during [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze]]'s induction into the Assassin Order, and the battle against Cesare's remaining followers before his arrest.<ref name="ACB"/>

==Personality and characteristics==
{{Dialogue|Ezio|How do you know my name?|La Volpe|It is my business to know everything in this city.|Ezio meeting La Volpe.|Assassin's Creed II}}
[[File:FH 5.png|thumb|250px|left|La Volpe introducing himself to Ezio]]
La Volpe was a very agile man, able to outrun Ezio despite being much older than him. He was the epitome of an Assassin, working in the shadows to such an extent that his very existence was considered to be a myth.<ref name="AC2"/>

However, La Volpe seemed to be quite wary of those who had not earned his full trust, immediately suspecting his fellow Assassin Niccolò Machiavelli of treachery as soon as he began working suspiciously. However, he completely trusted Ezio, deeming him worthy of such faith after working at his side on several occasions.<ref name="ACB"/>

La Volpe was shown to be very fond of his thieves, often going off to defend them should they be in danger, and even asking Ezio to aid them through several assignments.<ref name="ACB"/>

==Trivia==
;Name
*The definite article ''"la"'' in La Volpe's name referred only to the fact that ''"volpe"'', the Italian word for "[[Foxes|fox]]", is a feminine noun. Contrary to popular belief, this does not mean "vixen."
*The database files simply noted that "La Volpe" was his pseudonym, one he gained since it was said that only a fox could match his cunning.
**It was only in the novels of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' that his name was revealed to be Gilberto. Nevertheless, he said that he preferred to be called "La Volpe."

;Equipment
*La Volpe was shown using a [[Butcher Knife]] as his primary weapon during the fight against Rodrigo Borgia.
*In ''Assassin's Creed: Renaissance'', La Volpe used a [[crossbow]] with expert proficiency in both long-ranged and melee combat.
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'', La Volpe was the only other Assassin besides Ezio who had a hood on, one of the most iconic features of the Assassins. The hood he wore, however, was neither white nor cut in the shape of an eagle's beak.
*Despite possessing it for a long time until given to Ezio, La Volpe was never seen using [[La Volpe's Bite|his personal sword]] in combat, favoring his dagger over it.

;Other
*[[Il Lupo]] shared certain characteristics with La Volpe; such as the style of his cloak and hood, as well as the format of his name.
*La Volpe was rumored to have accomplished a feat that Ezio couldn't, in being seen atop the Palazzo Medici, one of the few rooftops that could not be reached by the Assassin.
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'', La Volpe did not seem to have aged at all, and in fact, he seemed to have fewer wrinkles on his face than in ''Assassin's Creed II''.
*A glitch could occur in the PS3 version of ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'', during "The Fighter, the Lover and the Thief" sequence, wherein La Volpe could be seen in two places at once. In the middle of "[[Double Agent]]", after Ezio rescued [[Claudio]], La Volpe could be found sitting on a bench next to La Volpe Addormentata; however, he could also be located on the roof of the building from which he and Ezio spied on Machiavelli at the beginning of the memory.
*It was possible for La Volpe to be 'killed' within the memory "[[All Roads Lead To...]]", although he would simply lie on the ground and move as though he had been beaten in a [[Fists|fistfight]].

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
HoodlessVolpe.jpg|La Volpe concept art
NVS 24.png|La Volpe in Florence with Ezio
Double Agent 4.png|La Volpe conferring with one of his thieves
Stand-ins 2.png|La Volpe insisting that Ezio take action with Machiavelli
Intervention 6.png|Niccolò, Volpe, and Ezio talking about the traitor
Roads lead to 3.png|La Volpe with his fellow Assassins
</gallery>

==References==
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[[Category:Thieves]]
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Uberto Alberti

2014-09-08T01:12:39Z

69.248.98.23: /* Death */

{{Era|AC2|2book|ACL|Templars|Good}}
{{Quote|As Gonfaloniere it is my duty to ensure that the city of Firenze remains a shining beacon of justice. Corruption and its ilk shall find no purchase here so long as I am in control.|Uberto Alberti, on his role as Florence's ''Gonfaloniere'', 1476.|Assassin's Creed II}}
{{Character Infobox
|image = UbertoAlbertiDatabaseRender.png
|birth = 1416
|death = 31 December 1476 [[Florence]], {{Wiki|Republic of Florence}}
|affiliates = [[House of Medici]] [[House of Auditore]] [[House of Pazzi]] [[Assassins]] [[Templars]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage|Lineage]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' [[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance|''Renaissance'']]
|voice = [[Michel Perron]]}}
'''Uberto Alberti''' (1416 – 1476) was the ''Gonfaloniere'' of [[Florence]] during the [[Renaissance]], and a member of the [[Templars|Templar Order]]. Despite his reluctance, Uberto turned against his former allies [[Lorenzo de' Medici]] and the [[House of Auditore|Auditore family]].

Before his defection, Uberto was close friends with [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]], though he personally authorized the arrest and execution of Giovanni and his family by order of the Templar [[Grand Master]], [[Rodrigo Borgia]], in exchange for the promises of his own family's financial wellbeing.

==Biography==
===Early life===
{{Quote|According to the history books, this guy was a saint.|[[Shaun Hastings]], regarding Uberto Alberti.|Assassin's Creed II}}
Uberto Alberti lived in Florence for most of his life, and was a well-known and respected lawyer, with a majority of the prosecutions he made being successful, despite the fact that his legal skills were entirely self-taught. During his time as a lawyer, the [[House of Medici|Medici]] bank evicted his family, which made him thirst for revenge against the Medici family.

From this resentment, he came into contact with the Templars, who promised to give him what he desired in exchange for his cooperation. With this, Uberto agreed, and secretly conspired with them after his election in the Signoria, to which he began making ties with the Medici to gain Lorenzo's trust.

===Working with the Medici===
Uberto advised both Giovanni and Lorenzo on certain matters, and was involved in an interrogation of one of Rodrigo Borgia's men regarding the pre-planned [[assassination of Galeazzo Maria Sforza]]. He was put in charge of decoding a letter Giovanni had intercepted in [[Venice]], though after it was deciphered by [[Antonio Maffei]], Uberto disposed of it as part of his agreement.

Uberto then had a copy of the letter created in its pre-deciphered state. From there, he then passed on the letter to Giovanni and had him deliver it to [[Rome]], in the Assassin's hopes of following the conspirator's trail. After the near escape of Rodrigo Borgia from Giovanni in Rome, Uberto was among those called to a meeting held by the Spaniard. Taking part alongside the other Templars, Uberto was informed that Giovanni had to be disposed of in order for their plans to succeed.

===Auditore execution===
{{Quote|In the absence of any compelling evidence to the contrary, I am bound to pronounce you guilty.|Uberto to Giovanni.|Assassin's Creed II}}
Some time later, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] stumbled upon Uberto in Giovanni's office, where his father and the Gonfaloniere were conversing about something urgent; Ezio was dismissed by Giovanni before he could understand their discussion. Soon after, Uberto warranted the arrest of Giovanni, Federico, Petruccio, and Ezio for the crime of treason. However, Ezio was running errands for his father when the guards arrived and therefore managed to evade arrest. After visiting Giovanni in prison, he ordered Ezio to deliver a letter to Uberto containing incriminating evidence of the conspiracy against the Medici family, to which Ezio complied.

[[File:LMS 1 v.png|thumb|250px|left|Uberto at the Auditore execution]]
Once Ezio arrived, Uberto asked the young Florentine noble if he would like to stay at his house, presumably with the intent of murdering him, though Ezio declined. Moments before Ezio left, he caught a glimpse of a shadowy figure, who was in fact Rodrigo Borgia – the man behind the events that were yet to come.

Afterwards, on the day of the execution at the [[Piazza della Signoria]], Giovanni angrily reminded Uberto of the evidence that had been given to him by Ezio which proved his family innocent, though Uberto purposely claimed that he had no recollection of such evidence, before sentencing the three to death.

At the sight of their demise, Ezio ran towards the stage with his sword, claiming that he would kill Uberto for what he had done, but a [[Brutes|Brute]] [[Guards|guard]] disarmed him before he was able to get close enough. However, on the urging of some of Giovanni's friends, a [[Thieves|thief]] and a [[Courtesans|courtesan]], Ezio fled from the scene.

Upon his escape from the guards, Ezio met up with the Auditore housemaid [[Annetta]], who directed him to go to her sister's house, near to the [[Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore|Duomo]]. Once there, Annetta's sister, [[Paola]], taught Ezio the skills necessary to elude attention and assassinate Uberto, and kept his [[Maria Auditore da Firenze|mother]] and [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze|sister]] safe until he had managed to do so.

===Death===
{{Dialogue|Uberto|You would have done the same, to save the ones you love.|Ezio|Yes, I would. And I have.|Uberto's final moments, 1476.|Assassin's Creed II}}
[[File:JJE 3 v.png|thumb|250px|Ezio killing Uberto in a fit of rage]]
After a few days of training Ezio, Paola had her courtesans track down Uberto's location so that Ezio's act of vengeance could take place. Following this, Ezio followed Uberto to the [[Basilica di Santa Croce|Santa Croce]] cloister, where he was attending an art exhibition of [[Andrea del Verrocchio]].

On his way there, Uberto conversed with Lorenzo de' Medici about the executions, and subsequently insulted him. After Ezio had evaded the guards patrolling the courtyard of Santa Croce, Uberto spoke with various attending nobles, who lauded him for the executions. Afterwards, Uberto noticed Ezio approaching, but was too shocked to call the guards.

Seizing the opportunity, Ezio brutally killed Uberto with the [[Hidden Blade]], stabbing him multiple times in the chest. Accompanying this, Ezio avenged his father and brothers' death, and proclaimed to everyone in attendance that the Auditore were not dead, with himself being alive and that his family's legacy lived on through him.

==Personality and characteristics==
Uberto was a confident man whose belief in himself and his power bolstered on becoming an ally of the Templars. Even so, all of his actions were manipulated by Rodrigo Borgia, who promised Uberto the wealth that he required to keep his family secure.

Because of this, Uberto carried out any of Rodrigo's demands, never defying him, even when he was asked to execute his close friend's family. However, Uberto kept his true allegiances to himself, never sharing it with the family he loved and cared for, in the hope that the cost for keeping them safe outweighed his guilt for his betrayal.

==Trivia==
*According to the [[Animus]] [[database]], Uberto was not a Templar. However, Mario Auditore identified him as one when pressed by his nephew.
*During Uberto's database video, it could be seen that four ropes hung on the gallows in front of the [[Palazzo della Signoria]], instead of the three shown in-game. Presumably, this fourth rope was meant for Ezio. The same picture has the Auditore in a different order, wearing slightly different clothes, hung above the stage, not dropped below it.

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
CU UbertoAlberti.jpg|Original concept art of Uberto Alberti
Screen shot 5.png|Uberto in ''Lineage''
Screen shot 2.10.png|Uberto with Antonio Maffei
Screen shot 2.9.png|Uberto reading the courier's letter
Screen shot 2.12.png|Uberto with Giovanni and Lorenzo
Intro Uberto v.png|Uberto meeting Ezio
LMS 10 v.png|Uberto with Rodrigo Borgia
JJE 2 v.png|Uberto arguing with Lorenzo on the way to Santa Croce
JJE 4 v.png|Uberto's final moments
</gallery>

==Reference==
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
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Uberto Alberti

2014-09-08T01:09:45Z

69.248.98.23: /* Auditore execution */

{{Era|AC2|2book|ACL|Templars|Good}}
{{Quote|As Gonfaloniere it is my duty to ensure that the city of Firenze remains a shining beacon of justice. Corruption and its ilk shall find no purchase here so long as I am in control.|Uberto Alberti, on his role as Florence's ''Gonfaloniere'', 1476.|Assassin's Creed II}}
{{Character Infobox
|image = UbertoAlbertiDatabaseRender.png
|birth = 1416
|death = 31 December 1476 [[Florence]], {{Wiki|Republic of Florence}}
|affiliates = [[House of Medici]] [[House of Auditore]] [[House of Pazzi]] [[Assassins]] [[Templars]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage|Lineage]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' [[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance|''Renaissance'']]
|voice = [[Michel Perron]]}}
'''Uberto Alberti''' (1416 – 1476) was the ''Gonfaloniere'' of [[Florence]] during the [[Renaissance]], and a member of the [[Templars|Templar Order]]. Despite his reluctance, Uberto turned against his former allies [[Lorenzo de' Medici]] and the [[House of Auditore|Auditore family]].

Before his defection, Uberto was close friends with [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]], though he personally authorized the arrest and execution of Giovanni and his family by order of the Templar [[Grand Master]], [[Rodrigo Borgia]], in exchange for the promises of his own family's financial wellbeing.

==Biography==
===Early life===
{{Quote|According to the history books, this guy was a saint.|[[Shaun Hastings]], regarding Uberto Alberti.|Assassin's Creed II}}
Uberto Alberti lived in Florence for most of his life, and was a well-known and respected lawyer, with a majority of the prosecutions he made being successful, despite the fact that his legal skills were entirely self-taught. During his time as a lawyer, the [[House of Medici|Medici]] bank evicted his family, which made him thirst for revenge against the Medici family.

From this resentment, he came into contact with the Templars, who promised to give him what he desired in exchange for his cooperation. With this, Uberto agreed, and secretly conspired with them after his election in the Signoria, to which he began making ties with the Medici to gain Lorenzo's trust.

===Working with the Medici===
Uberto advised both Giovanni and Lorenzo on certain matters, and was involved in an interrogation of one of Rodrigo Borgia's men regarding the pre-planned [[assassination of Galeazzo Maria Sforza]]. He was put in charge of decoding a letter Giovanni had intercepted in [[Venice]], though after it was deciphered by [[Antonio Maffei]], Uberto disposed of it as part of his agreement.

Uberto then had a copy of the letter created in its pre-deciphered state. From there, he then passed on the letter to Giovanni and had him deliver it to [[Rome]], in the Assassin's hopes of following the conspirator's trail. After the near escape of Rodrigo Borgia from Giovanni in Rome, Uberto was among those called to a meeting held by the Spaniard. Taking part alongside the other Templars, Uberto was informed that Giovanni had to be disposed of in order for their plans to succeed.

===Auditore execution===
{{Quote|In the absence of any compelling evidence to the contrary, I am bound to pronounce you guilty.|Uberto to Giovanni.|Assassin's Creed II}}
Some time later, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] stumbled upon Uberto in Giovanni's office, where his father and the Gonfaloniere were conversing about something urgent; Ezio was dismissed by Giovanni before he could understand their discussion. Soon after, Uberto warranted the arrest of Giovanni, Federico, Petruccio, and Ezio for the crime of treason. However, Ezio was running errands for his father when the guards arrived and therefore managed to evade arrest. After visiting Giovanni in prison, he ordered Ezio to deliver a letter to Uberto containing incriminating evidence of the conspiracy against the Medici family, to which Ezio complied.

[[File:LMS 1 v.png|thumb|250px|left|Uberto at the Auditore execution]]
Once Ezio arrived, Uberto asked the young Florentine noble if he would like to stay at his house, presumably with the intent of murdering him, though Ezio declined. Moments before Ezio left, he caught a glimpse of a shadowy figure, who was in fact Rodrigo Borgia – the man behind the events that were yet to come.

Afterwards, on the day of the execution at the [[Piazza della Signoria]], Giovanni angrily reminded Uberto of the evidence that had been given to him by Ezio which proved his family innocent, though Uberto purposely claimed that he had no recollection of such evidence, before sentencing the three to death.

At the sight of their demise, Ezio ran towards the stage with his sword, claiming that he would kill Uberto for what he had done, but a [[Brutes|Brute]] [[Guards|guard]] disarmed him before he was able to get close enough. However, on the urging of some of Giovanni's friends, a [[Thieves|thief]] and a [[Courtesans|courtesan]], Ezio fled from the scene.

Upon his escape from the guards, Ezio met up with the Auditore housemaid [[Annetta]], who directed him to go to her sister's house, near to the [[Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore|Duomo]]. Once there, Annetta's sister, [[Paola]], taught Ezio the skills necessary to elude attention and assassinate Uberto, and kept his [[Maria Auditore da Firenze|mother]] and [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze|sister]] safe until he had managed to do so.

===Death===
{{Dialogue|Uberto|You would have done the same, to save the ones you love.|Ezio|Yes, I would. And I have.|Uberto's final moments, 1476.|Assassin's Creed II}}
[[File:JJE 3 v.png|thumb|250px|Ezio killing Uberto in a fit of rage]]
After a few days of training Ezio, Paola tracked down Uberto's location so that Ezio's act of vengeance could take place. Following this, Ezio followed Uberto to the [[Basilica di Santa Croce|Santa Croce]] cloister, where he was attending an art exhibition of [[Andrea del Verrocchio]].

There, Uberto conversed with Lorenzo de' Medici about the executions, and subsequently insulted him on his way to the exhibition. After Ezio had dispatched the guards patrolling the courtyard of Santa Croce, Uberto spoke with various attending nobles, who lauded him for the executions. Afterwards, Uberto noticed Ezio's approach, but was too shocked to call the guards.

Seizing the opportunity, Ezio brutally killed Uberto with the [[Hidden Blade]], stabbing him multiple times in the chest. Accompanying this, Ezio avenged his father and brothers' death, and proclaimed to everyone in attendance that the Auditore were not dead, with himself being alive and that his family's legacy lived on through him.

==Personality and characteristics==
Uberto was a confident man whose belief in himself and his power bolstered on becoming an ally of the Templars. Even so, all of his actions were manipulated by Rodrigo Borgia, who promised Uberto the wealth that he required to keep his family secure.

Because of this, Uberto carried out any of Rodrigo's demands, never defying him, even when he was asked to execute his close friend's family. However, Uberto kept his true allegiances to himself, never sharing it with the family he loved and cared for, in the hope that the cost for keeping them safe outweighed his guilt for his betrayal.

==Trivia==
*According to the [[Animus]] [[database]], Uberto was not a Templar. However, Mario Auditore identified him as one when pressed by his nephew.
*During Uberto's database video, it could be seen that four ropes hung on the gallows in front of the [[Palazzo della Signoria]], instead of the three shown in-game. Presumably, this fourth rope was meant for Ezio. The same picture has the Auditore in a different order, wearing slightly different clothes, hung above the stage, not dropped below it.

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
CU UbertoAlberti.jpg|Original concept art of Uberto Alberti
Screen shot 5.png|Uberto in ''Lineage''
Screen shot 2.10.png|Uberto with Antonio Maffei
Screen shot 2.9.png|Uberto reading the courier's letter
Screen shot 2.12.png|Uberto with Giovanni and Lorenzo
Intro Uberto v.png|Uberto meeting Ezio
LMS 10 v.png|Uberto with Rodrigo Borgia
JJE 2 v.png|Uberto arguing with Lorenzo on the way to Santa Croce
JJE 4 v.png|Uberto's final moments
</gallery>

==Reference==
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
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Claudia Auditore da Firenze

2014-09-07T08:51:19Z

69.248.98.23: /* Leading the Roman courtesans */

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{{Dialogue2|Ezio|My sister knows how to wield a knife.|Claudia|And I am ready to do it again.|Spoken like a true Auditore.|Ezio and Claudia after a Borgia attack, 1503.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood}}
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|name = Claudia Auditore da Firenze
|image = char_claudia.png
|birth = 2 January 1461 [[Florence]], {{Wiki|Republic of Florence}}
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|period = [[Renaissance]]
|affiliates = [[House of Auditore|Auditore]] [[Assassins]] [[Courtesans]]
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|actor = [[Devery Jacobs]]
|voice = [[Angela Galuppo]]}}
'''Claudia Auditore da Firenze''' (1461 – unknown) was a [[Florence|Florentine]] noblewoman during the [[Renaissance]], and a member of the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]]. She was the sister of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], who became the [[Mentor]] of the [[Italian Assassins]].

In 1476, Claudia became the financial accountant of the town of [[Monteriggioni]], which was under the leadership of her uncle [[Mario Auditore]]. The town flourished with Claudia's organization and the money made from Monteriggioni's shops and organizations, which had been opened once more.

In January 1500, Monteriggioni was besieged and largely destroyed by the [[House of Borgia|Borgia]] army, under command of [[Cesare Borgia]], leaving the [[House of Auditore|Auditore]] homeless. Against her brother's desire for Claudia and her mother [[Maria Auditore da Firenze|Maria]] to go to their hometown of Florence, Claudia and Maria followed Ezio to [[Rome]], where Claudia became the ''Madame'' of the [[Rosa in Fiore]], the city's most popular [[Brothels|brothel]].

Eventually, after proving herself to be a worthy fighter to her brother, Ezio inducted Claudia into the Order of Assassins. The following year, Claudia was captured by Borgia die-hards, and subsequently saved by Ezio and [[Niccolò Machiavelli]]. During this time, she stepped down as the ''Madame'' of the Rosa in Fiore, and stayed in Florence with her friend [[Paola]], in order to recover until 1507.

Three years later, in 1510, Claudia was given temporary control of the Italian Assassins when her brother left on a journey to the Middle East to find the [[Library of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad|library]] of the legendary [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]], which was said to be in [[Masyaf]]. She held this position until her brother returned in late 1512, after which Ezio resigned from the Order and assigned a successor.

==Biography==
===Early life===
{{Quote|Ezio! Where have you been?! They wouldn't let us leave. And mother... Uch! She hasn't spoken a single word since we left the house. Father will need to sort things out...|Claudia to Ezio, when he returned from the execution.|Assassin's Creed II}}
Claudia was born on the 2nd of January, 1461 in the city of Florence, as the daughter of the Florentine banker [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]] and his wife Maria. She had two elder brothers, [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]] and Ezio, and a younger brother named [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze|Petruccio]].<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

As of 1476, Claudia was betrothed to [[Duccio de Luca]], a member of another noble family in Florence. Eventually, Claudia heard rumors of Duccio's adulterous actions, and her brother Ezio noticed her emotional distress. On Claudia's behalf, Ezio went to see Duccio, confirming the rumors and beating him up in a fight. After this, the relationship between Claudia and Duccio ended.<ref name="AC2" />

A few days later, their home – the [[Palazzo Auditore]] – was attacked by [[House of Pazzi|Pazzi]] [[guards]]. The guards arrested Giovanni, Federico and Petruccio, and left Maria in shock. Claudia and the Auditore housemaid [[Annetta]] took Maria and hid themselves in the Palazzo, until Ezio arrived to find their home ransacked. Following this, on her brother's request, Annetta took Claudia and Maria to her sister Paola's home, while Ezio went to the [[Palazzo della Signoria]] to find their father and brothers.<ref name="AC2" />

Despite Ezio's efforts, Giovanni, Federico and Petruccio were executed on false accusations of treason by the Florentine Gonfaloniere [[Uberto Alberti]], working for [[Rodrigo Borgia]] – the [[Grand Master]] of the [[Templars|Templar Order]]. Claudia and Maria resided safely in Paola's home, which turned out to be a brothel, while Ezio exacted revenge on Uberto Alberti. This act would later become the stepping stone to Ezio's eventual induction into the Assassin Order, of which their father was secretly a member.<ref name="AC2" />

===Living in Monteriggioni===
{{Quote|Since SOMEONE decided we're going to stay here, Zio Mario suggested we try and find the money to repair the villa.|Claudia, about Mario making her run Monteriggioni's finances.|Assassin's Creed II}}
[[File:CDC 2 v.png|thumb|250px|left|Claudia telling Ezio about her dislike for Monteriggioni]]
After Ezio was successful in his objective, he took Claudia and Maria to travel to Monteriggioni with him, where their uncle Mario Auditore owned a villa.<ref name="AC2" />

Successfully fleeing the city, they traveled through the Tuscan countryside, until they were ambushed by Ezio's rival, [[Vieri de' Pazzi]], near to Monteriggioni. Ezio, trying to fend off Vieri's men, was eventually joined by their uncle Mario and his [[mercenaries]], who rescued them and led them into the town. Showing them around the city, Ezio made clear to Claudia that they were only staying there temporarily, as he planned to travel with them further west to [[Spain]].<ref name="AC2" />

Ezio was eventually persuaded by his uncle Mario to finish his father's work in the Assassin Order, and he decided to stay in the [[Villa Auditore]], to Claudia's displeasure. Some time later, Mario told Claudia to keep track off Monteriggioni's finances in a record book, which infuriated Claudia, who was used to a luxurious lifestyle. Over time, Claudia got used to her new job,<ref name="AC2" /> but missed Ezio while he was journeying around Italy to take down the Templars.<ref name="ACB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

During Ezio's journey, he occasionally returned to Monteriggioni with finances for rebuilding the town, and with Claudia's organization skills, the town sprung back to life again and became more populated.<ref name="AC2" /> Claudia also married Mario's captain, and in 1488, she was pregnant with his child.<ref name="Renaissance">''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''</ref>

[[File:Homecoming 2 v.png|thumb|250px|Claudia about to welcome her brother after his journey]]
On 1 January 1500, Claudia's brother and uncle returned from their [[Confrontation in the Vatican|journey to Rome]] to kill Rodrigo Borgia, who had become [[Papacy|Pope]] Alexander VI. Upon reuniting with Ezio, Claudia asked him if the Spaniard, Rodrigo Borgia, was finally dead, though he declined to answer straight away.<ref name="ACB" />

Coincidentally, the town was already preparing for Claudia's birthday the next day, though Claudia wished to keep the party a secret from her brother, in order to surprise him. Later the same day, Claudia joined Ezio, Maria, Mario, Niccolò Machiavelli, and [[Caterina Sforza]] in Mario's study, where Ezio told them about his choice to spare Rodrigo's life and his discovery in the [[Vatican Vault|Vault]] underneath the [[Vaticano District|Vatican]] – a projection of [[Minerva]], a member of the [[First Civilization]].<ref name="ACB" />

The following morning, on Claudia's birthday, Monteriggioni was [[siege of Monteriggioni|besieged]] by the Borgia, under the command of Rodrigo's son Cesare, Captain General of the Papal army. Claudia secured her mother and several other villagers in the [[sanctuary]] underneath her villa, but was found and attacked by Borgia soldiers upon leaving the villa. She was saved by her heavily-wounded brother, who led the survivors through a secret passage underneath Monteriggioni. Upon arriving outside safely, Ezio informed Claudia and Maria that Cesare had killed Mario, and told them to go to Florence. However, they both wished to aid Ezio, so they secretly followed him to Rome, the heart of Borgia and Templar power.<ref name="ACB" />

===Leading the Roman courtesans===
{{Dialogue|Ezio|You do this, Claudia, and you are on your own.|Claudia|I've been on my own for twenty years.|Ezio and Claudia, about her offer to lead the Roman courtesans.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood}}
[[File:Negotiations 11.png|thumb|left|250px|Claudia, Maria and Ezio in the Rosa in Fiore]]
Claudia and Maria made their way to the [[Tiber Island headquarters|Assassin headquarters]] on [[Tiber Island]] in Rome, where they met with Niccolò. Niccolò suspected Ezio to be visiting the [[courtesans]] at the Rosa in Fiore, and redirected the women to the brothel.<ref name="ACB" />

Conversing with the courtesans, Claudia and Maria were joined by Ezio, who had just came back from a failed attempt to save the brothel's owner, madonna [[Solari]], from [[Slavery|slave traders]]. Without anyone to lead the courtesans, Claudia offered to take over the ownership of the brothel, much to Ezio's dissatisfaction.<ref name="ACB" />

On Maria's request, Ezio agreed, and Claudia and her courtesans started retrieving intelligence for the Assassin Order from the Borgia, beginning to attain information on the location of Caterina Sforza. Meeting with Ezio and the other guild leaders at the Assassin hideout with the necessary information, the Assassins decided that their next step was to assassinate Rodrigo and Cesare Borgia.<ref name="ACB" />

Claudia continued to lead the courtesans for the coming years, and in 1503, she joined the Assassins at the hideout again, where she revealed that a senator named [[Egidio Troche]] was closely related with Cesare's "[[Juan Borgia the Elder|Banker]]". Claudia pointed Ezio in the senator's direction, and set her courtesans to follow Ezio when he went to assassinate the Banker, taking his money with them to the Rosa in Fiore.<ref name="ACB" />

However, these courtesans were followed by Borgia guards, and they infiltrated the brothel. Determined to protect her girls, Claudia armed herself with a knife, single-handedly taking out all the guards, right before Ezio entered the brothel in the hopes of saving her. Ezio was amazed by Claudia's efforts, and in August 1503, he called Claudia to the hideout again.<ref name="ACB" />

Entering the ceremony hall, Ezio inducted Claudia into the Assassin Order in the presence of the other Assassins, while Ezio himself was promoted to Mentor and leader of the Italian Assassins. Claudia proceeded to perform a [[Leap of Faith]] into the [[Tiber]] from the top of the hideout.<ref name="ACB" />

[[File:Ascension 9.png|thumb|250px|Claudia initiated into the Assassin Order]]
Ezio infiltrated the [[Castel Sant'Angelo]] soon afterwards, aiming to kill Rodrigo and Cesare. To his astonishment, however, Ezio witnessed Cesare kill Rodrigo with a poisoned apple, and without his father's power in the Church, Cesare saw his control over Rome weakening immensely.<ref name="ACB" /> Shortly after, Claudia informed Ezio that a [[France|French]] cardinal, [[Georges d'Amboise]], revealed that he was to meet with Cesare soon, and Ezio left to interrupt the meeting.<ref name="ACB novel">[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' novel]]</ref> Subsequently, Claudia joined Ezio, Niccolò, [[La Volpe]] and [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]] in defeating the last of Cesare's supporters, and witnessed his arrest at the hands of [[Fabio Orsini]] and the Papal Guard.<ref name="ACB" />

The next year, Maria grew weak and started talking of Giovanni, Federico and Petruccio again, and some time later, she died due to illness. With this, Claudia was left in sole control of the courtesans, but in the same year, she was kidnapped by a group of Borgia remnants, led by a Templar spy named [[Bruno]].<ref name="ACB novel" />

Bruno pretended to work for Niccolò, and directed both him and Ezio to where Claudia was being held captive, saying it was a secret Templar hideout. Claudia, bound and gagged, saw her clothes get ripped off by one of the Templars, until Ezio and Niccolò approached. Niccolò and Ezio were able to overcome the Borgia fanatics and rescue Claudia, but she eventually chose to resign as the ''Madame'' of the Rosa in Fiore. Claudia left for Florence, where she stayed with Paola to recover from the ferocious Templar attack. In response, La Volpe arranged for [[Rosa]], a [[Venice|Venetian]] [[Thieves|thief]], to take on her role as ''Madame''.<ref name="ACB novel" />

===Serving the Assassins===
{{Quote|It's true. This job wears one out. The Blessed Mother knows, I've only been doing it in your stead for two short years, but I have come to realize what you have been carrying on your shoulders for so long.|Claudia about the hardship of leading the Assassins.|Assassin's Creed: Revelations (novel)}}
Ezio continued to chase after Cesare, and eventually managed to kill the Templar Grand Master during the [[Siege of Viana]] in 1507. Returning to Rome from Spain, Ezio asked Machiavelli to send Claudia back to Rome as soon as he would reach Florence. Claudia returned to Rome some time later, having grown to love the city more than her home of Florence.<ref name="ACB novel" />

Claudia continued to serve the Assassins, acting as an advisor to Ezio. In 1510, Ezio discovered a letter from their father, which detailed the location of the library of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, the Mentor of the [[Levantine Assassins]] and one of the most legendary Assassins of the Order. Though not showing the letter to Claudia, Ezio revealed that he aimed to travel to Masyaf in hopes of finding the library. Wishing Ezio luck on his journey and asking him to write to her occasionally, Claudia was temporarily left in control of the Italian Assassin Brotherhood.<ref name="ACR novel">[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' novel]]</ref>

Occasionally, Claudia received [[Ezio Auditore's letters|letters]] from her brother detailing the progress of his journey, which eventually led him to [[Constantinople]]. He also revealed to her the feelings he was starting to have for a [[Venice|Venetian]] woman named [[Sofia Sartor]].<ref name="ACR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>

In Ezio's absence, Claudia faced the problem of Pope [[Julius II]]'s declining health, which troubled the Assassins due to Julius having been their protector for numerous years. Additionally, she received a letter from [[Desiderius Erasmus]], a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] scholar and the leader of the [[Northern European Assassins]].<ref name="ACR novel" />

In late 1512, Ezio returned to Rome with Sofia, who had become his wife after their marriage in Venice. Claudia revealed to him the good news of [[Leo X|Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici]], son of Ezio's late friend and ally [[Lorenzo de' Medici]], being close to the Papacy, and showed him Erasmus' letter.<ref name="ACR novel" />

Additionally, Claudia congratulated Ezio on his marriage, approving of his wife, "even if she [was] a Venetian." Ezio, having decided to resign from the Order, revealed that he had chosen [[Lodovico Ariosto]] as his successor as Mentor. Claudia, pointing out Ariosto's relationship to Alfonso d'Este and his wife [[Lucrezia Borgia]], heavily protested against this, and was even more infuriated upon hearing of Ezio's desire to build his own vineyard and to start writing.<ref name="ACR novel" />

===Later life===
Claudia eventually married again, and stayed with her new husband in Rome. Despite being angry at Ezio at first, Claudia came to enjoy her visits to Ezio and Sofia's villa in the Tuscan countryside, and grew to love her new niece and nephew, [[Flavia Auditore|Flavia]] and [[Marcello Auditore|Marcello]].<ref name="ACR novel" />

Despite being 15 years older than Sofia, Claudia didn't take up a motherly role to her sister-in-law and they became very close, with Sofia occasionally taking her children to visit Claudia in Rome.<ref name="ACR novel" />

==Personality and characteristics==
{{Quote|He's making me work! If father was here, I'd never be stuck behind a desk like this.|Claudia to Ezio, upon being given a job by Mario.|Assassin's Creed II}}
[[File:ACBSP 2011-04-12 22-29-06-54.png|thumb|250px|right|Claudia with Ezio behind the Rosa in Fiore]]
In her younger years, it was evident that Claudia had been too spoiled by Giovanni, and was unafraid to be violent when a girl merely "looked at her boyfriend." Due to her temper, Giovanni was forced to raise her dowry by 1,000 [[economic system|florins]], since she scared off all of her suitors. At times, she was also seen to be immature, complaining petulantly after Mario assigned her to manage Monteriggioni's finances.<ref name="AC2" />

Regardless, Claudia was quite capable of handling and keeping track of the town's bankroll, as well as of her brother's purchases and earnings.<ref name="AC2" /> Her capability in business management again became useful when she volunteered – despite Ezio's initial protest – to take over the brothel in Rome. Under her leadership, the Rosa in Fiore became the most popular brothel in the city, as well as an effective intelligence-gathering arm for the Assassins.<ref name="ACB" />

Claudia was also kind with her family, being especially emotional over her father and brothers' execution, her mother's emotional trauma, and leaving her home and her friends in Florence. Claudia was Ezio's only sister, and unlike her brothers, who were executed on the orders of Rodrigo Borgia to prove a point to the Assassins, she was spared, likely because of her gender.<ref name="AC2" />

==Trivia==
;''Assassin's Creed II''
*Claudia, as with most characters, did not appear to age over the course of the game, and remained at the same desk in the Villa Auditore for 23 years. After she complained about being put to work, her only interaction with Ezio was asking if he was there to look at the book of finances.
*When Ezio began to earn income from Monteriggioni, Claudia stated that she would keep any money past the chest's maximum capacity, with no explanation of what she intended to do with all the money.
*Although she was always sitting in the Villa Auditore through most of the game, Claudia appeared in a "[[Easter Eggs#Ghosts of the Past|vision]]" Ezio had at his home during the [[Bonfire of the Vanities]].
*There was a glitch where, if Ezio managed to bump into Claudia and knock her down, she would be given the voice of one of the guards, since knocking her down was not normally supposed to be possible.
*According to Mario in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]'', Maria and Claudia lived in a convent after the execution of the Auditore until the late 1480s, when they moved to Monteriggioni.
**Around that time, Claudia married Mario's senior captain and bore him child(ren). Their names were never mentioned, though.
*The name Claudia is generally thought to be derived from Latin ''claudus'', "lame, crippled", but can also be argued to come from ''claudo'', "to close; to enclose, encompass, surround, imprison, hide, confine."

;''Assassin's Creed'':'' Brotherhood''
*Claudia still appeared quite young, despite her being 38 years old at the beginning of the game. Her skin appeared to be paler than it was before as well.
*When Claudia was inducted into the Assassin Order, her outfit was similar to that of [[Maria Thorpe]] in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''.
*Like her brother, Claudia wielded a knife with an icepick grip, as shown in the memory "[[Paper Trail]]."

==Gallery==
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Arrivederci 3 v.png|Claudia devastated over the deaths of her father and brothers
ACoP 10 v.png|Claudia at her desk in the Villa Auditore
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Ascension 6.png|Claudia during her induction ceremony
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House of Pazzi

2014-09-02T11:18:24Z

69.248.98.23: /* The Battle at the Duomo */

{{Era|Renaissance|AC2|Templars}}
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{{Quote|The Pazzi were a potent and venerable family, reduced to rubble by one young Assassin.|Rodrigo Borgia, reflecting on the collapse of the Pazzi family, 1485.|Assassin's Creed II}}
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The '''House of Pazzi '''was a familial group of [[Tuscany|Tuscan]] nobles who owned banks throughout the [[Italy|Italian]] city of [[Florence]] during the 15th century. Affiliated with the [[Templars]], the Pazzi family became infamous for their failed attempt to gain control of the city through [[pazzi conspiracy|a conspiracy]] to murder its rulers, the [[House of Medici]].

==History==
===Plotting the Conspiracy===
Less powerful rivals of the Medici, the Pazzi family, along with [[Rodrigo Borgia]], the [[Grand Master]] of the Templar Order, planned a conspiracy to overthrow the [[House of Medici|Medici]] by killing the family's most prominent members, [[Lorenzo de' Medici]] and [[Giuliano de' Medici|Giuliano de'Medici]].
===The Conspiracy===
In 1476 [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni Auditore]][[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze| da Firenze]], Lorenzo's close friend and a member of the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]], discovered the involvement of the Pazzi family in a conspiracy against the Medici. Moving to forestall this, Giovanni managed to have [[Francesco de' Pazzi]] put in jail. However, the plot had already reached members of the Medici government itself. [[Uberto Alberti]], the Gonfaloniere of Justice, freed Francesco, and executed Giovanni for treason alongside his sons [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]] and [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze|Petruccio]], removing the [[House of Auditore|Auditore family]] from Florence.

With Giovanni dead, there was no barrier between the Pazzi and control of Florence, until [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]], Giovanni's only surviving son, decided to avenge his family's murder. Joining with his uncle [[Mario Auditore|Mario]][[mario Auditore| Auditore da Firenze]] and his [[mercenaries]], Ezio infiltrated [[San Gimignano]]. There he witnessed a meeting between the Pazzi family and Rodrigo Borgia. During the ensuing battle between the mercenaries and Pazzi forces, Ezio killed his brash and aggressive rival [[Vieri de' Pazzi]], the youngest of the Pazzi conspirators.

===The Battle at the Duomo===
In 1478, Ezio returned to Florence to spy on the Pazzi as they were meeting with other Templars in the catacombs under the [[Basilica di Santa Maria Novella|Santa Maria Novella]] church. It was in this meeting that they planned the assassinations of both Lorenzo de' Medici and his brother Giuliano de' Medici. Among the conspirators were [[Stefano da Bagnone]], [[Bernardo Baroncelli]], [[Francesco Salviati]], [[Antonio Maffei]], [[Jacopo de' Pazzi|Jacopo]][[Jacopo de' Pazzi| de' Pazzi]] and Francesco de' Pazzi. Rodrigo Borgia led the meeting and informed the conspirators that they had been given "spiritual" and military support from [[:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope Sixtus IV|Pope Sixtus IV]].

The [[Wolves in Sheep's Clothing|next day]], the conspirators executed their plan. They publicly attacked the Medici brothers in front of the Duomo with Francesco and Bernardo brutally stabbing Giuliano to death. At the same time, Stefano and Antonio severely wounded Lorenzo, but fled when he drew his sword. Francesco and others continued to attack Lorenzo, but withdrew when Ezio Auditore da Firenze intervened. Lorenzo was forced to retreat to his [[Palazzo Medici|Palazzo]], while Pazzi forces engaged Medici loyalists in earnest. As Ezio escorted Lorenzo back to his Palazzo, he loudly declared that Francesco de Pazzi would die and that his entire family would be erased.

Francesco gained control of the [[Palazzo della Signoria]], but Medici forces continued to resist. Meanwhile, Ezio fought his way to the roof of the palazzo and confronted Francesco. Francesco fled immediately, but was pursued over the city's rooftops, hunted down, and killed by Ezio.

===The Conspiracy's Failure===
When Jacopo arrived at the Palazzo with the support of many Florentine [[civilians|citizens]], it was far too late; Francesco's naked corpse had already been hung from the roof, causing the panicked Jacopo to flee the city on [[Horses|horseback]]. After their plot failed, the conspirators fled Florence to hide in the city of San Gimignano and in the surrounding Tuscan countryside. Despite this, Ezio hunted down and slew all of the conspirators. Jacopo went to plead his case to Rodrigo Borgia, meeting him covertly in an [[Antico Teatro Romano|ancient Roman theatre]], but was instead fatally wounded and used as bait to trap Ezio. Ezio fought his way out of the trap and ended Jacopo's suffering, and the Pazzi family with it. With its ruling family gone, San Gimignano was taken over by the Medici.

With the rule of the Medici, Lorenzo honored his promise and stripped the Pazzi family of everything, wiped their names from the tombstones, and threw them into prison, even those who played no part in the conspiracy.

==Trivia==
*The term ''pazzi'' is a plural of Italian ''pazzo'', which translates to either "crazy, fool, or madman" in English.
*Historically, the Pazzi family had members fight in the First Crusade during the Siege of [[Jerusalem]], the first {{Wiki|Christianity|Christian}} soldier to climb over the walls of Jerusalem was Pazzo Pazzi, an ancestor of the 15th century family members.
*The Pazzi's personal guards were the only guards to patrol Florence until Sequence 4. However, Medici guards did not appear in Florence from 1476 until 1478 even though the Medici were in power.
**The Pazzi guards were recognizable by their black, red and gold clothes.
*Francesco de' Pazzi was the only non-Assassin to perform a [[Leap of Faith]] in ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'', and can be difficult to pursue due to his exceptional [[freerunning]] abilities.
*There was also an unnamed member of the Pazzi family, Francesco de' Pazzi's cousin, whom Ezio assassinated during a [[Crash a Party|contract]] in Venice. It is unknown whether he was involved in the conspiracy or a member of the Templar Order.
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]'' it was stated that the Pazzi emblem was two dolphins on a blue background, as historically accurate, whereas in ''Assassin's Creed II'', it is shown as two dolphins on a red background.
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'', Ezio briefly sung a song about Vieri and Francesco de' Pazzi's deaths while masquerading as a minstrel.

==Gallery==
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AC2_Jacopo_de_Pazzi_render.png|Jacopo de' Pazzi
FrancescoTP3.png|Francesco de' Pazzi
Vieri_de_Pazzi.png|Vieri de' Pazzi
Novella's Secret 3.png|Jacopo de' Pazzi and the Pazzi Conspirators
WiSC 8.png|Francesco and Bernardo Baroncelli attacking Giuliano de' Medici
WGA 14 v.png|Ezio assassinating Vieri
Farewell Francesco 4.png|Ezio assassinating Francesco
With Friends 15 v.png|Ezio assassinating Jacopo
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