Lia de Russo

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Lia de Russo
|image = Zw-thesmuggler.png
|imgdesc = Full body portrait of Lia de Russo.
||birth = 1476
|death = 1503<br>[[Rome]], [[Italy]]
|period = [[Italy|Italian]] [[Renaissance]]
|faction = [[Templars]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'<br/>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''}}
{{quote|I try to make conversation. She is uninterested. She hands me some blood-stained relic and smiles.|[[Fiora Cavazza]] meeting with Lia.|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}}

'''Lia de Russo''' (1476 – 1503) was a [[Templars|Templar]] [[Civil Oppressors|agent]] who engaged in smuggling and human trafficking, and who operated out of various bases in [[Rome]], such as the Terme di Caracalla in the [[Campagna district]].<ref name="Project Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' - [[Chapter 1 - Fiora Cavazza]]</ref><ref name="Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

==Biography==
===Serving the Borgia===
[[File:Go-To Girl.jpg|thumb|180px|left|Lia in Rome.]]
Between 1497 and 1503, Lia worked for [[Cesare Borgia]], and supplied him with various rare objects and contraband. These objects were commonly picked up by [[Fiora Cavazza]], who acted as Cesare's envoy.<ref name="Project Legacy" />

On one occasion, Fiora followed Lia into a shop that she had claimed as one of her storehouses, noting that it "smelled of death," and that she would not be surprised to find the shop owner's body somewhere.<ref name="Project Legacy" />

The items Lia gathered for Cesare varied from random objects to priceless treasures, though she always insisted on being paid - and tipped - properly for each of the items.<ref name="Project Legacy" />

===Death===
{{quote|Figlio di troia! Who sent you? Stop chasing me!|Lia, as she is pursued by Ezio.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood}}

In 1503, Lia took a contract to kill a young shopkeeper named Monica, as she had refused to close her store, even after the Borgia had declared jurisdiction over the area it was situated in. The [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] later came across Monica's grieving husband and, after hearing the details from him, decided to seek out Lia.<ref name="Brotherhood" />

[[File:Liadeath.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Lia fleeing from Ezio Auditore.]]
Ezio soon found Lia at the Baths of Caracalla, standing over the body of her latest kill. However, once she caught sight of him, she fled immediately, yelling at him over her shoulder as he pursued her. In time though, the Assassin caught up to her, and ended her life with his [[hidden blade]].<ref name="Brotherhood" />

==Trivia==
*Lia is the only female target Ezio has ever assassinated.
*Lia's weapons and attire resembles that of the Assassins, as well as [[Il Lupo]].
*Unlike multiplayer, Lia lacks both her cape and her [[Multiplayer Weapons#Inverted Hidden Blade|reverse hidden blade]] in singleplayer.
*Interesting enough, Lia can easily be killed in singleplayer by simply positioning Ezio on the roof where she will first climb up. Regardless of Ezio's presence, she will attempt to climb up the same roof.
*Her name may be based off two English words, "liar" and "ruse".
*A more knowledgeable reason for her name would be that "Russo" means "Russian", so her name would translate to Lia the Russian.

==Gallery==
[[Video:Assassin's Creed Brotherhood Templar Agents Memory 05 |thumb|250px|left|Lia's assassination.]]

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