Followers of Romulus

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|location = [[Rome]]
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|game = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
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{{quote|A place in heaven awaits those who serve the wolf!|A leader of the Followers of Romulus|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood}}

The '''Followers of Romulus''' were adherents of [[wikipedia:Romulus|Romulus]], the mythical founder of [[Rome]]. According to legend, Romulus and his brother Remus were raised by a wolf, and as a result, were said to be half wolf and half man. In tribute to this, the Followers' attire included a skinned wolf pelt.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

==Appearance==
The Followers of Romulus are portrayed as powerfully-built, rather brutish men covered in wolfskin pelts, who attack viciously in large packs.

They are armed with various [[short blade]]s and [[throwing knives]], and tend to growl and snarl when in a fight. They commonly employ a unique, spinning slash attack, a move that is not performed by any other in-game, aside from Ezio himself (with his [[Hidden Blade|hidden blades]]). When killed, and often before attacking, they howl or growl like a wolf.

The Followers are also adept [[Free Running|free-runners]], as the lairs that they occupy require such skills to traverse.They were trained to move swiftly and rapidly in order to perform ambushes.As shown in their first appearance in Terme di Traiano.

==Alliance with the Borgia<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />==
The leaders of the Followers are paid by the [[House of Borgia|Borgia]] to do their bidding, and as such, the Followers are mainly used to cause fear in the civilians and send them into the arms of the Catholic Church. However, the Followers themselves are misguided, with their leaders commanding them in the name of Romulus, despite not believing in his mystical existence themselves.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

==Lairs==
{{main|Lairs of Romulus}}
In Rome of the early 16<sup>th</sup> century, the [[Master Assassin]], [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], was able to enter the Follower's lairs, each of which was located below a famous landmark in Rome. By traversing them, he was able to find out more about them, and obtain their scrolls, which were located in shrines deep within their hidden enclaves.

By exploring and completing all six of their lairs, Ezio was also able to obtain six keys to unlock the Followers' secret treasure, the [[Armor of Brutus]]. This armor is equivalent to the [[Armor of Altaïr]] in that it is unbreakable and gives Ezio maximum health. The [[Dagger of Brutus]] was also unlocked along with the armor.

Each of the six keys was accompanied by a scroll, which, when combined, told the story of how [[Marcus Junius Brutus|Brutus]] and other [[Assassin]]s plotted the murder of [[Gaius Julius Caesar|Julius Caesar]]. In the scrolls, it was written that Brutus planned to hold the first meeting under the [[Colosseum]]. There, he found [[The Colosseum Vault|one of the vaults]] of [[Those Who Came Before]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

==Trivia==
*Although depicted with a heavy weapon in the database, the Followers of Romulus always use short blades, and are relatively weak attackers. Their attacks only perform slight damage to a single block of Ezio's health, rather than removing the block entirely.
*The Followers have unique death cries, as well as unique attack animations.
*They often use throwing knives before directly attacking which does a slight amount of damage to Ezio's health.
*It would seem that higher ranked Followers have fur vambraces to protect their arms as the Followers with the vambraces carry more ammunition when looted.

==Gallery==
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Romulus1.jpg|A Follower of Romulus guarding the lair in [[Nero's Golden Palace]].
Romulus2.jpg|Two Followers of Romulus, startled by the death of another.
Romulus.jpg|Ezio Auditore fighting a group of the Followers in the [[Terme di Traiano]].
Assassin's Creed - Brotherhood ( 58 )..jpg|A pack of Followers attacking Ezio in the lair of the [[Cloaca Maxima]].
</gallery>

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