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Desmond Miles

2010-05-26T17:45:45Z

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|name = Desmond Miles
|home = [[The Farm|"the Farm"]]
|birth = 1987
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|faction = [[Assassins]]
|appear =''[[Assassin's Creed]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|period = [[Modern Times]] (21st Century)
|voice = [[Nolan North]]
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{{Quote|I'm a bartender, for Christ's sake! What do you want me to do, teach you how to mix a Martini?|Desmond to Vidic and Lucy|Assassin's Creed}}
'''Desmond Miles''' (b. 1987) is the main protagonist of the [[Assassin's Creed series|Assassin's Creed series]] and the descendant of a long line of ancestors who swore their allegiance to the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]]. He is initially forced to use a machine, called the [[Animus]], created by [[Abstergo Industries]] – the modern front of the [[Knights Templar]] – to relive the memories of his ancestor, [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] during the Crusader era, in their quest to locate the [[Piece of Eden|"Apple"]], a [[Piece of Eden]].

Eventually escaping with the aid of modern day [[Assassins]], Desmond once again uses an improved version of the Animus to explore the memories of his second ancestor, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], so as to learn the ways of the Assassins in a [[Bleeding Effect|much quicker way than normal]].

==Biography==
===Early life===
{{quote|You have any idea what it's like to be trapped in a place, knowing there was a whole world out there I'd never get to see?|Desmond to Lucy about his childhood|Assassin's Creed}}
Desmond Miles was born in an Assassin "hideout" in the desert, an "off the grid" compound with a population of about 30 people, much like the city of [[Masyaf]], where he was destined to be trained as an Assassin. He was frustrated by his parents' explicit instructions not to leave the compound, and believed them being overly concerned and paranoid. On his 16th birthday, he finally fled, "want[ing] to see the rest of the world." He later told [[Lucy Stillman]] that he had no regrets over leaving his parents, because as far as he was concerned, they were his "wardens". After leaving the Assassin compound, he went into hiding for nine years. While keeping a low profile, he did eventually become a bartender. Aware of the [[Knights Templar]], and wanting to avoid both them and the Assassins, Desmond never used his real name and used only cash to purchase items. However, he was eventually found, traced through a fingerprint needed for a motorcycle license and was brought to the Abstergo laboratory.<ref name="Assassin's Creed">''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref>

===Kidnapped by Abstergo===
[[File:Warren-vidic-assassins-creed-2-character.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Dr. Vidic watches Desmond inside the Animus.]]
{{Quote|I'm not an assassin… not any more.|Desmond Miles to Warren Vidic.|Assassin's Creed}}

In September 2012, Desmond Miles was kidnapped by [[Abstergo Industries]], a pharmaceutical company and front for the [[Knights Templar]], for use as a test subject in the [[Animus]], a device that can read the memories of Desmond's ancestors through the "genetic memory" left behind in their descendants' DNA. At first [[Warren Vidic]], attempted to pry the information he wanted from Desmond's mind, but met with failure. Whilst Desmond claimed to be nothing more than a bartender, Vidic revealed that they knew of his history as an Assassin, forcing Desmond to finally admit his past life. Vidic and [[Lucy Stillman]] told Desmond that they were trying to access a certain memory, but Desmond's subconscious was restraining. Vidic warned Desmond that if he refused to assist them, they would induce a coma, continue their work, and when done with Desmond, leave him to die. Without much choice, Desmond agreed to help them.

[[File:Eagle_vision.jpg|thumb|200px|Desmond's Eagle Vision]]

Desmond was made to explore the genetic memories of his ancestor – [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]], a member of a clan of Assassins during the [[Third Crusade]], specifically Altaïr's experiences during the year 1191 – and over several days does so under the watchful eye of Warren Vidic. During the nights however, Desmond discovered that he was able to explore the lab he was being held in, accessing the Animus computer after stealing Warren Vidic's pen, gaining access to his personal computer. Through these e-mails, Desmond learned of a [[Subject 16]] who had suffered from a "[[bleeding effect]]" due to prolonged exposure to the Animus, as well as titbits of information from the outside world. Eventually, with the aid of Lucy, the Assassins learned of Desmond's capture and attempted to liberate him, the gunfire being heard through an intercom device, although the rescue attempt failed. Vidic boasts that those Assassins were in fact the last of the group; their desert hideout having been previously destroyed. Lucy Stillman's actions, however, suggest otherwise, and when Desmond asked if Lucy knew anything about his parents, she responded by saying that she didn't know, but that they probably escaped. During this discussion, Lucy revealed herself to be an undercover member of the Assassins.

Desmond eventually achieved Vidic's goal and discovered the location of numerous Pieces of Eden. Executives of Abstergo Industries ordered his execution, but his life was saved by Stillman's intervention, who asked to keep Desmond alive in order to re-access his memories if need be. After the executives leave, Desmond suddenly accesses the "[[Eagle Vision|eagle vision]]" of his ancestor Altaïr, seeing Warren and Lucy for their true allegiances, as well as countless scrawled messages and puzzles on the floor of the main laboratory.<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />

===Escape to the [[Hideout]]===
{{Quote|Whoa... Alright, wasn't expecting that...|Desmond discovering the birth of his lineage|Assassin's Creed II}}
At the beginning of [[Assassin's Creed II]] Desmond was still being held within the laboratory at [[Abstergo]], continuing directly from the last game from a couple of hours. [[Lucy]] suddenly arrives, covered in blood and demanding Desmond to get into the [[Animus]] before Abstergo discovers what she's done. Desmond, rather confused, agrees and, inside the Animus, experiences the birth of another of his ancestors, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], a joint ancestor of his and Subject 16's. He was quickly pulled out, though, and both make their escape.

[[File:Zw-desmond-fighting.png|thumb|200px|Desmond fighting off the [[Abstergo]] guards]]

They were quickly spotted by Abstergo security forces and forced into an engagement which [[Lucy]] quickly ended, allowing them to continue on stealthily. The two soon entered a large open room filled with office blocks, and lined with a large number of Animus machines, although Desmond's questions about them are met with silence. Desmond once instinctively called upon his recently activated [[Eagle Vision]] when, at the door to an elevator, a password was needed that Lucy did not have. Once in the car park the two were halted by yet more Abstergo guards, but were able to overcome them and escape.

Arriving at the [[assassin's hideout]], Desmond was introduced to two more Assassins – [[Shaun Hastings]] and [[Rebecca Crane]] – who have worked with Lucy over the years. Lucy told Desmond that they wanted him to become trained in the ways of the Assassin, and thanks to the [[Bleeding Effect]], they could achieve this in a matter of days, although it required him learning the ways of an Assassin through a new ancestor; [[Ezio]]. Desmond agrees to help almost immediately, and was quickly plugged in the [[Animus 2.0]].

[[File:Zw-desmond-dream.png|thumb|250px|left|Desmond experiencing the [[bleeding effect]]]]

After learning the ways of the Assassin through Ezio's memories Desmond was retracted from the Animus, partly to test his retention of the memories, but also to prevent the mental degradation that [[Subject 16]] had suffered from being in the Animus for too long at a time. Tasking him with initiating security protocols around the Assassin hideout, Lucy left it to Desmond to work out how to reach them through the use of his [[Eagle Vision]] and new-found [[Free Running]] skills. Just as he begun, however, he started suffering vivid hallucinations of the [[Third Crusade|Crusader era]]. At first the vision were short, and that they were nothing to worry about, but after completing the task Desmond was incapacitated as the visions became more real. Taken back to [[Acre]], Desmond once again followed the memories of [[Altaïr]], this time without the use of the Animus, and watched as Altaïr and [[Maria Thorpe]] conceive their first child, Desmond's next ancestor.

[[File:Demsondanimus2.jpg|thumb|250px|Desmond sitting in the [[Animus|Animus 2.0]] next to [[Lucy]].]]

The next day, Desmond had recovered from the experiences and returned to the Animus, neglecting to tell the Assassins what had happened. He continued the watch over the genetic memories of Ezio Auditore, despite at one time being thrown out by a "corrupted memory sequence". Eventually they learn that Ezio's arch-nemesis, the Templar Grandmaster [[Rodrigo Borgia]] had, in 1492 become Pope Alexander VI, so as to gain access to yet another Piece of Eden, the Papal Staff and [[the Vault]]. As Ezio's story began to conclude, Desmond and the Assassins watched deep within [[the Vault]] beneath the Vatican. Ezio found himself confronted by a "[[Those Who Have Gone Before|god]]" hologram who called herself [[Minerva]]; Minerva warns the Assassins of the end of the world, as well as retelling the story of the war between "Those Who Came Before", and their human subjects. The Assassins are shocked when Minerva addresses Desmond by name, confusing even Ezio, and it is revealed that Minerva was in fact talking to Desmond ''through'' Ezio. Desmond was quickly pulled out of the Animus, though, seeing the three rushing to collect their belongings, the Templars having found their location.

Immediately after getting out of the Animus, Lucy tossed Desmond a [[Hidden Blade]] with the Assassin's emblem on it, and asks for his assistance in covering the escape. Making their way into the warehouse, Vidic appeared, flanked by Abstergo security officials with the intent of reclaiming Desmond. The two assassins fought off the Templars with Desmond, now fully synchronized with Ezio, masterfully using his Hidden Blade to kill many of the guards. With his entourage eliminated, Vidic was left to confront Desmond on his own, but instead retreats, promising that their victory is only temporary. The four Assassins then fled north, and Desmond was hooked up to the Animus inside the van and told to continue to search through his memories for anything useful. As Desmond's hooked up, the other Assassins begin to discuss the nature of [[Minerva]] and her talk.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

==Characteristics and personality==
[[File:Zw-desmond-bleeding.png|thumb|330px|Desmond's free-running skills.]]
Desmond has an uncanny resemblance to both Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad and Ezio Auditore da Firenze, despite having very little in common with their personalities. And being a discreet individual, he does not wear extravagant clothing, accustomed to a white hooded jacket, jeans and, white sneakers. Interestingly, when up, the hood exhibited a beak-like feature similar to Ezio and Altaïr.

Desmond was a gruff and cynical individual, who held a serious outlook on life, due to being aware of the Templars and Assassins since his youth, although he was unaware of Abstergo Industries being a Templar company. Despite this, he was not above jesting over his situation, and would occasionally make jokes, although they rarely elicited a good reaction. After his emancipation from Abstergo, Desmond's demeanor became considerably more relaxed and spent a noticeable amount of time talking to Lucy.

===Equipment and skills===
Being that Desmond was trained during childhood as an Assassin, he learned basic reconnaissance skills of eavesdropping and pickpocketing as well as being a competent fist fighter. After about a week of being forced to relive the memories of his ancestor, Altaïr, Desmond began to experience the [[Bleeding Effect]] and developed the extra-sensory ability: Eagle Vision. Later on, after willingly exploring the memories of another ancestor: Ezio Auditore, Desmond learned how to free-run like an assassin. Not long afterwards he was able to easily fend off a Templar attack with Ezio's combat skills. Desmond is now able to fight with a [[Hidden Blade]] and mace-like weapons. It can be assumed that Ezio's sword skills were carried over as well.

==Trivia==
*He is modelled after [[Francisco Randez]] and voiced by [[Nolan North]]. Curiously, Francisco Randez also used to be a bartender before he became a model. This may have inspired the makers of the game to give Desmond the same profession. His face slightly changes in Assassin's Creed II to match the look of Ezio, who's face also slightly differs from Altaïr's in the first game. In fact most of the characters who were in the first game look slightly different, due to a change in design; such as Desmond's wider face, and Lucy's more muscular physique. The change to Desmond's face also affects Altair's since they both look nearly identical.
*Desmond possesses the same scar on his lip as his ancestors Altaïr and Ezio had.
*Desmond and Altaïr share the same age during the first game, both being 25 years of age in 2012 and 1191 respectively.
*Desmond has A+ blood type. <ref>Assassin's Creed game manual</ref>
*Desmond's history shows he never wanted to be an assassin, nor does he have the skills yet before the second game to be one. However in the graphic novel, included with the limited edition of the first game, he does call himself an assassin and he shows skills of stealth and lethality. <ref name="Assassin's Creed: Graphic Novel">''[[Assassin's Creed: Graphic Novel]]''</ref>
*Desmond acquires a [[Hidden Blade]] at the conclusion of [[Assassin's Creed II]]. The original owner of the blade is uncertain, but it shares the same design as the one Ezio inherited from his father, [[Giovanni]].
*The etymology of Desmond's name "The World" (or Man of the World in Celtic and Latin) is not related to either of his ancestors, whereas [[Altaïr]]'s and [[Ezio]]'s names pertain to avians; Altaïr's being "The Flying One" and Ezio's "The Eagle".
**The name however suits him, as he wanted to leave his parents' watchful eyes to see the rest of the world outside the compound, and refers to his role in saving it from destruction.

==Notes and references==
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Armor of Altaïr

2010-02-13T19:52:56Z

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[[File:Zw-altair-armor-default-stand.png|thumb|right|150px|Armor at the [[Auditore Villa|Auditore's Villa's]] armory]]

{{Quote|It is possessed of great strength, yet so light to allow complete freedom...|Altair's description of the armor in [[The Codex|Codex]] page 19.}}

After becoming Master of the Order, [[Altaïr]] used the knowledge from within [[The Apple]] to construct an unbreakable and light '''Set of Armor'''.

==History==
Unlike the robe [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad|Altaïr]] wore during the events of ''Assassin's Creed'', this armor provides more protection against attacks and is dyed black/red. Due to its advanced design, it is more similar to the armor Giovanni and Ezio wear than Altaïr's original armor. The armor is seen in ''Assassin's Creed II''.

===''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''===
[[File:Zw-altairarmor.png|thumb|Ezio wearing Altaïr's Armor]]
[[File:Zw-sanctuary-altair-closeup.png|thumb|left|Altaïr's Armor locked by the 6 Assassins' Seals]]
Years later, Altaïr's Armor was stored inside a vault below the [[Auditore Villa]], locked behind bars which only open when all six seals from hidden Assassins' tombs are collected and placed on their respective statues. As each seal is placed, a bar (to which the placed seal corresponds) retracts into the wall. When all six seals are placed, the bars that block access to the Altaïr's armor retracts into the floor, granting access to the armor. Altaïr's armor is the most powerful armor in ''Assassin's Creed II''. Since it cannot break, it doesn't need to be repaired, which saves the user a great deal of florins. Unfortunately, the armor cannot be dyed visibly when worn. In Altaïr's [[Codex Pages]], he claims to have created a new metal which is incredibly strong whilst being light as a feather. In a contrast to other Asassin's robes, Altaïr's Armor is black, while Ezio and Altaïr originally wore white. The black color scheme can be attributed to the rank of Grandmaster of the Syrian Assassin's Sect, which Altaïr obtained after defeating [[Al Mualim]]. Once you've obtained it, it can be taken on and off in the [[Auditore Family Villa]] in the armor room. Altair's armor must be worn all at once, you can't mix it with other armor sets/types.

It is unknown what happened to this armor after the events of Assassins Creed 2. It could be that Ezio was buried with the armor, or he may have resealed the armor and scattered the keys again after he retired from the "field". It could be that the Assassins of the present have it in safekeeping for Altair's descendent, or the Templars may have seized it at some point. In any case, the armors location during Desmond's time is not clear. But given the armor's unbreakable nature, if Desmond is ever able to find this armor set; he will be able to use it as bullet-proof armor.

== Armor stats ==
{|class="wikitable"
!Armor Piece
!Health
!Resistance
|-
|'''Pauldrons of Altaïr'''
|4
|8 (Unbreakable)
|-
|'''Chest Guard of Altaïr'''
|6
|8 (Unbreakable)
|-
|'''Vambraces of Altaïr'''
|2
|8 (Unbreakable)
|-
|'''Greaves of Altaïr'''
|3
|8 (Unbreakable)
|}

==Trivia==
*According to a piece of [[:File:Art 14.jpg|concept art]], it seems that the armor was intended to be an invention by [[Leonardo da Vinci]] before being a creation of Altaïr.
*While wearing the armor the hood is never down during cut-scenes where it would normally be down if wearing the armor of Giovanni.
*The cloak for Altair's Armour, in addition to being black, is much longer than the one Ezio would wear with the other armours, and made up of three layers. Each layer is longer than the one above it, and the longest, lower layer is segmented, which gives the whole piece a look resembling Eagle's Wings. The back of the lower layer is also split down the middle, making it behave much like Altair's cloak from the original game, where each side would move up and down as the back of Altair's legs pushed against them.
*It is interesting to note that the Chest Guard of Altair and Pauldrons of Altair somewhat resemble Roman Lorica segmentata. Also, the cape-pauldron seems to be composed of leather. Plus, the Vambraces of Altair resemble Missaglias and Guard Captains wear similar vambraces. The Greaves of Altair also bear a strong resemblance to leather.
When you buy a new color for this suit, it will appear on the inside of the hood, but not the rest of the suit.
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Ezio Auditore da Firenze

2010-02-13T19:44:42Z

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Ezio Auditore da Firenze
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|imgdesc = A full portrait of Ezio Audiore da Firenze.
|faction = [[Assassins]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed II: Discovery]]''
|period = Italian Renaissance (15th Century)
|voice = [[Roger Craig Smith]]
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{{Quote|The Auditore are not dead! I'm still here! Me! Ezio, Ezio Auditore!|Ezio Auditore, 1476.}}
'''Ezio Auditore da Firenze''' (born 1459) was an important figure during the Italian Renaissance - unbeknownst to most historians and philosophers - and a member of the [[Assassin's Order]]. He is a descendant of [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] and the ancestor of [[Desmond Miles]] and possibly [[Subject 16]] since the memory of Ezio was linked. Ezio was unaware of his Assassin heritage until he was 17-years-old, when following the murder of his [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|father]] and two brothers, [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]] and [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze|Petruccio]], Ezio fled from the Italian province of [[Florence]] - his hometown - and took refuge in the town of [[Monteriggioni]] in the Tuscan region at the [[Auditore Family Villa]].

After the mentoring and training from his uncle, [[Mario Auditore]], Ezio proceeded on his quest of revenge against the Grandmaster of the [[Knights Templar]], [[Rodrigo Borgia]], who had ordered the execution of his father and two brothers. During his 23 year quest for revenge, Ezio managed to not only unite [[The Codex]] pages Altaïr wrote, for the first time since [[Domenico Auditore]], but also to save the cities of Florence and [[Venice]] from the Templars' wrath. Later still, Ezio was responsible for the rescue of [[Christoffa Corombo]], uncovering a new plot to discover the "New World".

==Biography==
===Early life===
[[File:Eziolineagechess.png|thumb|left|A much younger Ezio, portrayed by [[wikipedia:Devon Bostick|Devon Bostick]].]]
Ezio Auditore da Firenze was born 1459 AD to [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni]] and [[Maria Auditore da Firenze|Maria Auditore]]. Until the age of 17, Ezio lived a life of luxury as a member of the Florentine noble class, unaware of his father's allegiance to the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]]. As a youth he was an apprentice to a Florentine banker, presumably to learn the ropes of banking, so that he could become the leader of the Auditore bank.

At the beginning of [[Assassin's Creed II]], Ezio, his older brother [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]], and friends of the family got into a fight with [[Vieri de' Pazzi]] and his gang. Ezio singlehandedly defeated several members of the opposing gang, but unfortunately, Vieri escaped the scene before Ezio could do anything to him. During the fight, Ezio was cut on the side of his mouth, so Frederico suggested that they visit the local doctor. After looting several people left unconscious from the fight, the two brothers ran across the rooftops to the [[Doctor]].

After the doctor had tended to his wound, a church nearby caught the eye of the brothers and Federico suggested a race. Ezio won and together the two looked out over the city. Realizing that they were nearby, Ezio traveled to the house of [[Cristina Vespucci]] and spent the night with her. Caught by Cristina's father the morning after, Ezio fled from a group of pursuing guards before meeting with his father at the Palazzo Auditore who assigned him the task of delivering several letters to his father's contacts.

After returning the palazzo, Ezio found his distraught [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze|sister]] crying after discovering her boyfriend had been unfaithful. After obtaining his whereabouts, Ezio beat the man and warned him to stay away from his sister. Upon returning to the palazzo again, his mother secured his services in picking up some paintings from a young artist that she patronized, [[Leonardo da Vinci]].

===Arrest and execution of his family===
After completing his errands, Ezio returned home to find his father and brothers missing and his mother and sister hiding. Learning that city guards had been ordered to arrest Giovanni and all of his sons, Ezio made his way to the [[wikipedia:Piazza della Signoria|Piazza della Signoria]], where his father and brothers were being held. Climbing the building and speaking to his father through the cell's windows, Ezio was instructed to find a chest hidden in his office, to take everything out of it and to deliver a sealed letter to [[Uberto Alberti]], the personal assistant of [[Lorenzo de' Medici]], and a close friend of the Auditore family. Doing so, Ezio found the assassin coat that he would be wearing for the next 23 years and the letter to contain details of a plot against the city of Florence and the Auditore family. Ezio brought the incriminating documents to Alberti and was assured that his family would be released the following day when the information was presented as evidence of their innocence.

The next day, Ezio returned to the Piazza della Signoria to find Alberti presiding over the execution of the Auditores (watched over all the while by a [[Rodrigo Borgia|mysterious stranger]] who had been present with Alberti that night). Giovanni claimed his innocence, citing the information given to Alberti as evidence, who denied any knowledge of such evidences existence. Ezio's efforts to prevent the execution were ultimately in vain. When he attempted to charge the scaffold to avenge his kinsmen, Alberti ordered the city [[Guards|guards]] to murder Ezio. At the urging of one of Giovanni's friends, a [[Thieves|thief]], Ezio fled the Piazza della Signoria and sought shelter in a [[Courtesans|brothel]], ran by the sister of the [[Annetta|Auditore housemaid]], a courtesan named [[Paola]].

Paola agreed to assist Ezio in his quest for vengeance, teaching him how to survive in the city as an outlaw through pickpocketing and blending in crowds. She further directed Ezio to Leonardo da Vinci to repair the [[Hidden Blade|hidden blade]] of the late Giovanni Auditore. After fixing the blade, Ezio sought out and assassinated Alberti in the courtyard of the [[wikipedia:Basilicia of Santa Croce, Florence|Basilica of Santa Croce]], stabbing him multiple times in the heart before proudly shouting his name to everyone present, marking Alberti as Ezio's first assassination.

===Start as an Assassin===
[[File:Zw-sequence3-00014.png|thumb|right|220px|Ezio yells at the corpse of [[Vieri de' Pazzi]].]]
Now the most wanted man in Florence, Ezio fled Florence with his mother and sister in the hopes of making their way to Spain, stopping beforehand at the Auditore family's [[Auditore Villa|villa]] in the town of [[Monteriggioni]], as a means of shelter. During their travel to Monteriggioni, the three were accosted by [[Vieri de' Pazzi]] and his followers, but were saved by the timely arrival of Ezio's uncle, Mario, and his [[Mercenaries]]. Mario informed Ezio of the Assassin Order, in an obvious attempt to induct him into the Order, revealing that many of his ancestors, including Giovanni, were a part of the Order. However, Ezio refused his ancestry, wishing only to continue onto Spain to ensure his mother and sister's safety. Enraged, Mario left Monteriggioni for the city of [[San Gimignano]], the location of Vieri de' Pazzi, in the attempt to relieve Monteriggioni of continual assaults by Vieri's minions. Guilt-ridden and knowing his presence was a primary reason for the ongoing attacks, Ezio traveled to San Gimignano to accept Mario's offer.

When Ezio arrived outside the city, he joined Mario and his mercenaries in their assault on the city, waiting until nightfall to make their way to Vieri de' Pazzi by killing guards patrolling the city near the gates. After briefly watching a meeting between [[Rodrigo Borgia]], [[Jacopo de' Pazzi]], [[Francesco de' Pazzi]] and Vieri, Ezio encountered and fought Vieri for the last time. After a brief duel, Ezio eventually overpowered and killed Vieri, stabbing him in the throat. Ezio tried to extract a confession from his old enemy, but to no avail as Vieri chose to be snide even to the very end. Infuriated by this, Ezio flew into a rage and threatened to exact terrible vengeance on Vieri's corpse until his uncle calmed him and reminded him of a tradition of the Assassins: showing respect to those they have killed.

===Killing the Pazzi===
[[File:Ezio and Lorenzo.jpg|thumb|Ezio conversing with Lorenzo de' Medici.]] Following the death of Vieri, Ezio returned to Florence to prevent the planned [[Pazzi]] [[wikipedia:Pazzi conspiracy|takeover]] and deaths of [[Lorenzo de' Medici]] and [[Guilani de' Medici]]. Arriving too late to save Guilani, Ezio managed to prevent the death of Lorenzo, the ruler of Florence, and restored his family's good name. However, the Pazzis had already succeeded in their plan and brought the city into a state of civil war. After learning the location of [[Francesco de' Pazzi]] at the Piazza della Signoria, Ezio chased and murdered him, although Jacopo de' Pazzi and several other conspirators were able to escape. Shortly afterward, the Medici publicly cleared the name of the Auditore family and provided Ezio with the names of the conspirators who had escaped.

[[File:Zw-thepazziconspirators.png|thumb|left|200px|[[Jacopo de' Pazzi]] and the fellow conspirators.]]
Learning that the Pazzi conspirators had fled to San Gimignano, Ezio tracked down and killed [[Antonio Maffei]], [[Stefano da Bagnone]], [[Bernardo di Bandino Baroncelli]] and [[Francesco Salviati]], extracting from each man information on the hiding place of Jacopo de' Pazzi. Using the information, Ezio located his quarry and tracked Jacopo to an ancient Roman theater. Once there, Ezio eavesdropped on a meeting between Jacopo de' Pazzi, Rodrigo Borgia and a Venetian merchant, [[Emilio Barbarigo]]. After fatally wounding Jacopo for his failure to capture Florence, Borgia revealed to Ezio that he knew that he was there and was apprehended by Borgia's bodyguards while Borgia and Emilio fled. Before the guards could kill him, Ezio overpowered and killed Borgia's men before swiftly putting the dying Jacopo out of his misery.

===Venice===
{{dialogue|[[Emilio Barbarigo]]|The assassin is here, in Venezia?|[[Carlo Grimaldi]]|He's been here for weeks!|Emilio Barbarigo and Carlo Grimaldi discuss Ezio.}}

With the Pazzi conspiracy ended, Ezio returned to Lorenzo and declared his success. Before leaving the city for [[Venice]], Ezio was granted a gift; a [[Outfits|Medici cape]], that would keep the city guards' attention from him. Ezio then made his way to the studio of Leonardo, only to find that he had just left for Venice himself. Meeting with Leonardo, the two made their way through the Appennine Mountains to the city of [[Forlì]], narrowly avoiding the Templar soldiers sent after them by Rodrigo Borgia.

Eventually arriving in [[Forlì]], the two made their way to the city docks, where Ezio was refused passage without a pass. It was at this moment that the two heard the screams of a noble lady stranded in the city's wetlands. Ezio swiftly hastened to her rescue and was able to row the woman ashore. Rescued, the lady introduced herself as [[Caterina Sforza]] and coerced the dockman to grant Ezio passage to Venice. Once in Venice, Ezio and Leonardo were given a brief tour by [[Alvise Da Vilandino|Alvise]] of the city before Ezio begun to seek out a way into the Palazzo of Emilio Barbarigo, although this effort proved to be in vain. Suddenly pushed aside, Ezio watched as a gang of [[thieves]] attempted and failed to breach the palazzo leading Ezio to subsequently aid in the escape of the thief [[Rosa]], who had been shot through the leg with an arrow. After successfully escaping the city guards, Ezio was introduced to the leader of the Venetian thieves guild, [[Antonio]], and together the two concocted a new plot to kill Emilio Barbarigo and liberate the merchant district.

The plot was successful, and gave Ezio the name of another Templar conspirator – [[Carlo Grimaldi]]. A government official and member of the Council of Ten, Carlo was close to Giovanni Mocenigo, the Doge of Venice and hoped to turn him to the Templar cause. Overhearing another meeting between Borgia and Carlo, Ezio uncovered a plot to poison the Doge and replace him with [[Marco Barbarigo]]. Returning to Antonio, the two sought to find a way into the [[wikipedia:Doge's Palace|Palazzo Ducale]], the Doge's Palace, searching the front gates, the rear walls and even passing over the [[wikipedia:St Mark's Bascilica|Basilica di San Marco]]; but were hampered at every turn. Returning to the piazza below, an enraged Antonio remarked at how only birds might get into the Doge's palace, reminding Ezio of Leonardo's [[Flying Machine|flying machine]] he had seen on the way to Forlì. After a somewhat unsuccessful test flight, Leonardo came up with a way to ensure Ezio reached his destination.

[[File:Ezio assassinates Carlo.jpg|thumb|Ezio assassinates Carlo Grimaldi.]]
After removing the city guards at four separate locations, Antonio's thieves proceeded to light massive bonfires throughout the city, giving Ezio the lift Leonardo's flying machine needed to make it to the Palazzo Ducale. The plan worked and Ezio breached the Palazzo Ducale, although he was too late to save the Doge. Carlo fled, crying out that Ezio had assassinated the Doge, although he himself did not survive long as his life was ended by Ezio's hands moments later. Blamed for killing the Doge though, Ezio was now the most wanted man in Venice, and was forced to flee the city guards. Returning to Leonardo's workshop for help, Ezio was directed to the brothel of [[Sister Teodora]], where Antonio was presiding. Under the cover of [[Carnevale]], Ezio made his way to the brothel and begun planning the death of Marco Barbarigo, competing in the four games of Carnevale to win the golden mask that would gain him entrance to Marco's private party. Ezio was successful but found himself denied the golden mask by Marco's cousin [[Silvio Barbarigo]] and Marco's personal slave-bodyguard, [[Dante Moro]], who intimidated and bribed the judges into denying Ezio his prize. However, Ezio was successful in regaining the mask and managed to assassinate Marco, leaving the door open for [[Agostino Barbarigo|Agostino]], a Barbarigo not entwined with the Templars and ally of Antonio, to legitimately become Doge.

With his quest nearly at an end, Ezio tracked down Silvio Barbarigo and Dante Moro, in the process liberating the mercenary leader, [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]], and his soldiers. Having tracked the Templars to the city Arsenal, Ezio managed to storm the Arsenal with the help of Bartolomeo and his men and kill Dante Moro and Silvio Barbarigo, but was astonished to learn that the plot to remove the Doge was merely a distraction so that the Templars could move their vessel to [[Cyprus]], although the reasons for this were unknown to Ezio.

===Induction into the Order===
[[File:Zw-renaissance-assassins.png|thumb|Ezio's acceptance to the Assassins order]]
{{Quote|It's been ten years since I watched my father and brothers die. Ten years hunting the men responsible. I'm close to the end now, but no closer to knowing what any of it was for!|Ezio discusses his life as an Assassin.}}

Two more years passed before word of the Templar vessel reached Ezio once again on his twenty ninth birthday, when Rosa brought him a shipping manifest detailing the return of the ship that very day. Sneaking into the Arsenal, Ezio watched as a Templar soldier carrying a [[Piece of Eden]] disembarked from the ship and made his way to a Templar base in the city. Following the soldier, Ezio assassinated and impersonated the guard, carrying the Piece of Eden to a meeting with Rodrigo Borgia himself. Finally able to confront the man ultimately responsible for the deaths of his father and brothers, Ezio spurned the Templar Grand Master for the non-appearance of the supposed "prophet" detailed in the [[Codex]] prophecy. Borgia responded, proudly naming himself the prophet before engaging Ezio in battle. The battle was short and Ezio easily bested the Templar. On the backfoot, Borgia called upon the city guards and insulted the assassin for the lack of "his people" showing up.

At this very moment Mario Auditore, Antonio, Paola, Teodora, [[La Volpe]] and Bartolomeo d'Alviano appeared, driving off Borgia and revealing themselves to Ezio as Assassins. With the arrival of [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], it is revealed to Ezio that he was in fact the supposed "prophet", and that for the past decade they had all worked together to induct Ezio into the Assassins Order. That night, they all met again and Ezio was formally inducted into the Order.

===The Battle of Forlì===
Shortly after his induction, Ezio met with Mario and Niccolò and travelled to the studio of Leonardo da Vinci, hoping he could shed some light upon the strange artifact Borgia had dubbed "[[Piece of Eden|the Apple]]". Leonardo remarked upon the unique device, commenting upon the metals that he believed should not exist, remarking the Apple was highly advanced despite its age. Briefly touching the Apple, Ezio accidentally activated the device, which started to glow and show strange images holographically. De-activating the device, Niccolò announced that he had arranged for the Piece of Eden to be held in the Rocca di Ravaldino, protected by an ally of the Assassin's – Caterina Sforza. Niccolò and Ezio met with Caterina in [[Romagna]], just outside the city of [[Forlì]]. After breifly discussing the Apple, the three made their way back to the city, only to find that it had been invaded by the Orsi brothers; [[Checco Orsi|Checco]] and [[Ludovico Orsi|Ludovico]].

Fighting their way to the city's locked gates, Ezio managed to find another way inside, and opened the the gates; and the group continued their way to the citadel. Reaching the Rocca di Ravaldino, they found out that two of Caterina’s children – [[Ottaviano Riario|Ottaviano]] and [[Bianca Riario|Bianca]] – were still missing, and in the hands of the Orsi brothers, who had recently arrived and begun attacking the Citadel. Repelling the attack, Ezio left the Apple in the hands of Caterina, before making his way to rescue her two children.

Making his way into Romagna, Ezio overpowered the guard detail assigned to imprison Bianca, who directed Ezio to her brother Ottaviano. As Bianca fled back to the city Ezio made his way the the lighthouse upon which Ottaviano was being held by Ludovico himself. Climbing the tower, Ezio dispatched the Orsi brother, and liberated Ottaviano; though not before learning that the distraction of the captured siblings had allowed the brothers to steal the Apple. Ezio swiftly tracked down and killed Checco Orsi and his remaining men. Retrieving the Apple, Ezio failed to notice that Checco had stabbed him in the abdomen. Injured, Ezio collapsed to the floor, the Apple rolling from his hand. Before losing consciousness Ezio saw a [[Girolamo Savonarola|monk]] with a missing finger pick up the Apple and walk away, despite Ezio's warnings against doing so.

Caterina’s guards later found Ezio next to Checco’s corpse and returned him to Forli, where Caterina nursed the assassin back to health. Returned to his senses, Ezio hurridly explained to Caterina that the Apple had been stolen from him by a man in black, who Sforza recognised to be a monk's robes; she told him to search for the monk at the church outside the city walls. There was no sign of the monk, but Ezio met with [[Brother O’Callahan]], who told him to search for the monk at San Vincenzo, in central Forlì. An abbot there identified Ezio as the killer of Stefano de Bagnone and ran away, but was intercepted by Ezio. Once convinced he was not about to die, the abbot gave Ezio the name of the four fingered monk; Girolamo Savonarola.

Ezio hurridly made his way to Florence, where Savonarola had been headed.

===The Spanish Inquisition===
While trying to locate Savonarola, he was told by a Thief to meet Antonio at the Thieves' Guild in Venice. After coming there, Ezio found Antonio accompanied by another man, [[Luis Santangel]]. Luis was looking for a good "killer" who could oversee a meeting. Luis needed Ezio to oversee a meeting involving Luis' friend [[Christoffa Corombo]], but Ezio expressed no interest. However, when he heard that Rodrigo Borgia was involved in the meeting, he rushed to Christoffa's location, finding out that it was indeed a trap. However, Christoffa was successfully saved by Ezio, and Christoffa explained that Rodrigo was interested in Christoffa’s plans to sail west. Soon afterwards, he met with Antonio again, who told him to go see both Luis and Christoffa in the gardens district. 
They then told him that the Templars were in possession of Christoffa's atlas, which featured the journey's route. Ezio quickly recovered the atlas and brought it back to Christoffa and Luis. 
Luis enlightened Ezio of the presence of Spanish Assassins, who were held captive by the Spanish Inquisitor General [[Tomas Torquemada]]. Thinking it to be his mission to rescue them, Ezio put a halt to his task to reobtain the Apple of Eden and set out to Spain, but not before Antonio gave him the names of two of his contacts.

After arriving in , he immediatly went on to look for one of the contacts. When he arrived at the location, he met a man who called himself [[Raphael Sanchez]], and soon after revealed himself to be an Assassin. He informed Ezio of the first captured Assassin's location, and Ezio rushed to save him. Right before the Assassin could be burned by the Inquisitors, Ezio killed all the guards and untied the Assassin. 
After returning to Raphael, he revealed that it was [[Gaspard Martinez]] who was ordered to capture the Assassins by Torquemada. Ezio went to Gaspard's location, and found both the latter, Torquemada and a guard surrounding a captured Assassin. Torquemada revealed to the captured Assassin, and indirectly to Ezio, that he was told by Rodrigo Borgia to capture Assassins in Spain, because they were "non-believers" [to the Catholic religion]. After the guard killed the Assassin, the group disbanded and Gaspard became unguarded. Ezio then met with Gaspard and asked him what he knew of the Templars, though Gaspard said he knew nothing of them and said that they "went away two centuries ago". Gaspard fell silently to Ezio's blade, and Ezio acquired a list of names of six other Assassins.

'''Rest follows'''

===The Bonfire of the Vanities===
With Lorenzo de’ Medici dead, Girolamo was able to easily take control over Florence with the Apple of Eden at his command. Girolamo taught the population of Florence that personal property and knowledge made the difference between the rich and the poor. Therefore, he burned everything related to the Renaissance in the Bonfire of the Vanities.

Ezio and Niccolò were there to put a stop to Girolamo’s rule over Florence and went to all the districts to undermine his plans, aided by their two comrades in Firenze: [[Paola]] and [[La Volpe|Volpe]]. Eventually, Girolamo was killed by Ezio, and the Apple of Eden returned to safe hands and Florence was freed.

===Battle with Borgia and The Vault===
[[File:Ezio Rome.jpg|thumb|280px|left|Ezio battles his way to the Sistine Chapel.]]
{{Quote|I thought... I thought I was beyond this. But I'm not. I've waited too long, lost too much – Requiescat in Pace (Rest in Peace), you bastard!|Ezio to [[Rodrigo Borgia]] during his first, failed assassination attempt.}}

The following year (1499), the Assassins finally came together once more at the Villa Auditore, with the Piece of Eden and the completed Codex in hand. Using the two objects, they discovered the location of [[the Vault]] to be in [[Rome]], specifically, beneath the Vatican. Unfortunately, Rodrigo Borgia had become Pope in 1492, although Mario believed he had only done so to gain access to the Papal Staff, another of the Pieces of Eden. Undeterred, Ezio traveled to Rome with a mission to assassinate Rodrigo Borgia.

Fighting his way along the entire length of the Passetto di Borgo, Ezio snuck into the Sistine Chapel and struck at Borgia from above. About to deal the killing blow, Borgia surprised Ezio by using the Staff to blast him away and drain the energy of those in the room. Ezio, possessing the Apple, was immune from the Staff's effects and the two engaged in a duel. Ezio invoked history by using the same technique [[Al Mualim]] utilized in his duel against Altaïr in 1191, by seemingly creating multiple clones with the Apple. Ezio seemingly bested Borgia, but the Pope counterattacked and overcame the Assassin: Borgia took the Apple, stabbed Ezio in the abdomen and left him to die before fleeing into the Vault. However, Ezio's wounds were not mortal and he was able to give pursuit. Outside the Vault, Ezio watched as Borgia tried in vain to open it. Laying down his arms, Ezio challenged and defeated Borgia in a fist fight, obtaining possession of both the Staff and the Apple, but refusing to take Borgia’s life.

{{Quote|Killing you won't bring my family back... I am done.|Ezio spares Borgia's life, having defeated him.}}

Entering the Vault, Ezio stood in shock as he was confronted by a hologram-esque individual naming herself "[[Minerva]]", and claiming to be one of "[[Those Who Came Before]]"; Ezio was further confounded when the hologram sought not to speak to Ezio, but through Ezio, to an unseen figure named [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]], before leaving abruptly and Ezio with many questions. After returning from Rome, Ezio sealed his Piece of Eden under the statue of Altaïr at the Villa Auditore.

At some point after this event, Ezio made his way to Spain once more, this time to liberate his fellow assassins in the country, who were being persecuted by the Templars under the guise of a religious inquisition.

== Personality and characteristics ==
[[File:QuickTimePlayer 2009-09-25 19-22-34-26.png|thumb|left|286px|A young Ezio gets approached by a Florentine guard after protesting at his father’s and brothers’ execution.]]

{{quote|Nulla è reale, tutto è lecito. Requiescat in Pace.|Nothing is true, everything is permitted. Rest in Peace.}}
Ezio was a young [[Florence|Florentine]] nobleman who lived during the 15th and 16th Century. Unlike his ancestor Altaïr, he was a brought up without knowing of the assassins' existence. A seducer of women and a playful man, Ezio possessed acrobatic skills beyond what most had, save for his brother and father. He came from an affluent background and had many friends until the deaths of his father and brothers drove him out of Florence.Forced to protect his [[Maria de' Mozzi|mother]] and [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze|sister]], Ezio became an [[Assassin]], exacting revenge on the conspirators who had betrayed his family and plotted to seize both [[Florence]] and [[Venice]].

Quick to anger, Ezio often allowed his emotions to overcome him, going so far as to disrespect the corpse of Vieri de' Pazzi just after his death. However, Ezio did manage to gain control of his anger, and by the time he had become a Master Assassin, could control it almost completely.

== Equipment and Skills==
[[File:Ezio kills guards.jpg|thumb|262px|Ezio kills a seeker with his hidden blade.]]
Ezio Auditore da Firenze was a highly skilled assassin during the Italian renaissance and a leader amongst the Order of Assassins. A master of multiple fields, including theft, blending, armed and unarmed combat, free-running and long-distance combat; he is able to use a variety of weapons including two [[Hidden Blade|hidden blades]], the longsword, throwing knives and more. Born with the ability to use [[Eagle Vision]], Ezio could access the ability to instinctively differentiate friend from foe.

An explorer, throughout his quests, Ezio scoured the cities in search of Codex pages and seals from the [[Secret Locations|six assassins tombs]] spread across northern Italy. Ezio's obtainment of the Codex pages allowed Leonardo di Vinci to upgrade his weaponry, including the addition of a wrist gauntlet, wheel lock firearm concealed beneath his left hidden blade, and a poison needle inside the other. Through the collection of the six tomb seals, Ezio gained access to the [[Altaïr's Armor|armor]] created by his ancestor, [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]]. Ezio is also a free-runner, possibly taught by his brother Federico, and he uses this often to his advantages against the guards and various other enemies. Also throughout his life he collects [[capes]] that help him stay incognito. The only exception to this is the cape with the Auditore family crest on it, which makes the player notorious everywhere.

==Romantic Life==
[[File:Cristina.jpg|thumb|160px|left|Ezio and Cristina kissing in her room.]]
Ezio was known for his flirtatious nature, constant frolicking, and womanizing skills. He is portrayed as a very attractive character and irresistible to most women. Even though he seduced many, he shared more serious type of relationships at least with two women during his life as an assassin.

At the beginning of the game, Ezio has a relationship with [[Cristina Vespucci]], a young Florentine beauty. After racing with Federico, Ezio enters Cristina's room from the window and sleeps with her. It is the only interaction we see with these two characters in the game, but the novel expands their story: When Ezio leaves Florence for two years, he and Cristina will still love each other deeply, even when she enters marriage, probably thinking Ezio would never come back. Ezio and Cristina will meet again after those two years. But several years later, [[Girolamo Savonarola]]'s men kill Cristina, which deeply hurts Ezio.

[[File:Rosa.jpg|thumb|Rosa faints into Ezio's arms.]]
When Ezio arrives in Venice for the first time, he is knocked aside and robbed by an unknown young woman. Later the same day, Ezio witnessed the woman and a group of thieves attempt to scale the Palazzo della Seta: however, the attempt ended with the girl being shot in the leg by an archer. Ezio intervened, defending the woman from Emilio Barbarigo's thugs and helping her to get to safety, learning in the process that her name is [[Rosa]], and that she is a member of the city's thieves guild. At first, Rosa's attitude towards Ezio is very aggressive and unfriendly, but after he saves her, she becomes much more pleasant with him. Like Ezio and Cristina, the only things that happen between those two in the game is some flirting, but in the novel, Rosa and Ezio have a much more intimate relationship as the two will often kiss each other.

Ezio also attracted and was attracted by other women, though his relationship with them may not have been very important. It is sure that Ezio had many love interests with numerous Florentine girls before the beginning of the game. For example, at the ending of the short film [[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]] we can see Ezio seducing an unknown girl, and at the beginning of the game, Ezio says to Vieri de' Pazzi that his sister seemed "quite satisfied with the handling he gave her earlier".

[[File:Caterina Sforza and Ezio.jpg|thumb|left|Ezio helps Caterina Sforza.]]
When first arriving in [[Forlì| Forlì]] to find a way to Venice, Ezio encounters [[Caterina Sforza]]. Caterina was trapped on a small island and needed help. Right after Ezio had rescued Caterina she repaid the favor by granting him passage to Venice. She also promised Ezio that the next time he returned to Forli, it would be her "pleasure" to invite him over. Later, when sailing for Venice, Ezio says to Leonardo that she is his future conquest and his type of woman. Leonardo then tells him about Caterina's importance and that seducing her would not be such a good idea. The fact that Ezio may have had a romance with her is still discussed for she is an important historical figure.

[[File:Amelia and Ezio.jpg|thumb|Ezio seducing Amelia.]]
During a genetic memory known as "Horseplay", Ezio encounters a girl named [[Amelia]]. During this encounter, Amelia is telling a friend of hers that any stranger could beat his horseback-riding speed record. Ezio claims that he can do so, and after beating the record, he seduced Amelia to sleep with him. Until now it is unknown whether or not Ezio maintained a relationship with her.

During Sequence 10, while trying to acquire the Golden Mask, Ezio is seen flirting with many of [[Sister Teodora]]'s [[Courtesans]]. After the CTF Challenge, when Ezio goes up to accept his victory, he is seen going up with a Courtesan and after assassinating Marco Barbarigo and escaping to the brothel, Ezio is seen flirting with Sister Teodora, who invites several of her girls to "comfort" Ezio.

==Trivia==
[[File:Zw-ezioauditore.png|thumb|180px|Young Ezio]]
*The Italian name "Ezio" derives from the Greek word ''aetos'', which means "eagle", similar to Altaïr, whose name means "The Flying One".
*Unlike Altaïr (who had his ring finger removed as a commitment to make way for the [[Hidden Blade]]), Ezio has all ten fingers due to a modification to the Hidden Blade made by Altaïr sometime after he defeated Al Mualim.
*Ezio uses a wheel-lock firearm, based off of a design found in the Codex pages; historically a type of weapon that didn't develop until just after the time-frame of the game, some of the first wheellock firearms were, in actuality, designed by da Vinci.
*Ezio's face in ''Assassin's Creed II'' seems to be a mixture of [[Francisco Randez]]'s ([[Desmond]]'s and [[Altaïr]]'s model) and Devon Bostick's from Lineage.
*It would appear that Ezio remained unaware of his bloodline, and that he is a descendant of Altaïr, despite learning about him in Monteriggioni. Ezio never truly understood why he was such a successful assassin himself or why he possessed the Eagle Vision ability.
*Ezio is 40 years old in 1499 (15 years older than Altaïr's age in 1191); the same age as his father upon his death in 1476.
*If you move the camera to a certain angle in the game, Ezio's face has barely aged, except for the beard, even if you played through 23 years of his life. His voice does deepen and mature through time, though, making him sound calmer and talk slower. Also when he has the beard, he appears to have lost his tan.
*Just like [[Altaïr]] and [[Desmond]], Ezio has a scar on his mouth, acquired after the mission "Boys Will Be Boys", when [[Vieri de' Pazzi]] threw the rock at his face during the first memory sequence.
*Of all the characters in [[Assassin's Creed II]] that appeared in [[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]], Ezio is the only character whose character model isn't based off of the actor in Lineage. This is because, as mentioned above, Ezio, in addition to Altaïr and Desmond, is based off of Francisco Randez. All other characters, such as Giovanni, Uberto, and even Petruccio are based off of the actors in Lineage.
*The Ezio in Assassin's Creed: Lineage bears little physical resemblance to the Ezio in the beginning of Assassin's Creed II, but personality wise they are quite similar in the way they flirt with girls and are noticeably more perceptive that Federigo and Pertruccio.
*Ezio, when countering (at least with his fists) will appear to have blank, soulless eyes (no iris or pupil), but only during the counter animation.
*According to the Database, Ezio was expelled from his school at the age of 17 due to a link to some terrible crime, after which he "disappears from history". This is likely referring to the supposed plot by the Auditore to overthrow the Medici. Anything after that wouldn't be public knowledge; so as far as recorded history is concerned, Ezio simply disappeared after the death of his Father and Brothers.

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Desmond Miles

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{{Quote|I'm not an assassin… not anymore.|Desmond Miles to Warren Vidic.}}
'''Desmond Miles''' is the main protagonist of the [[Assassin's Creed series|Assassin's Creed series]] and the descendant of a long line of ancestors, who swear their allegiance to the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]]. He is initially forced to use a machine, called the [[Animus]], created by [[Abstergo Industries]] – the modern front of the [[Knights Templar]] – to relive the memories of his ancestor, [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] during the Crusader era, in their quest to locate the "Apple", a [[Piece of Eden]].

Eventually escaping with the aid of modern day Assassins, Desmond once again uses an improved version of the Animus to explore the memories of his second ancestor, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], so as to learn the ways of the Assassins in a [[Bleeding Effect|much quicker way than normal]].

==Biography==
===Early life===
Desmond Miles was born in 1987 at an Assassin "hideout" in the desert, an "off the grid" compound with a population of about 30 people, much like the city of [[Masyaf]], where he was destined to be trained as an Assassin. However, at the age of 16, Desmond fled the hideout, claiming that "he wanted to see the rest of the world", tired of his repressive parents and the inability to leave the compound. He later told [[Lucy Stillman]] that he had no regrets over leaving his parents, because as far as he was concerned, they were his "wardens". At some point after leaving the hideout, Desmond became a bartender. Aware of the [[Knights Templar]], and wanting to avoid both them and the Assassins, Desmond never used his real name and used only cash to purchase things. He was eventually found, however, traced through a fingerprint needed for a motorcycle license and was brought to the Abstergo laboratory.

===''[[Assassin's Creed]]''===
[[File:Warren-vidic-assassins-creed-2-character.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Dr. Vidic watches Desmond inside the Animus.]]

{{Quote|I'm a bartender, for Christ's sake! What do you want me to do, teach you how to mix a martini?|Desmond to Vidic and Lucy Stillman.}}
In September 2012, Desmond Miles was kidnapped by [[Abstergo Industries]], a pharmaceutical company and front for the [[Knights Templar]], for use as a test subject in the [[Animus]], a device that can read the memories of Desmond's ancestors through the "genetic memory" left behind in their descendants' DNA. At first [[Warren Vidic]], attempted to pry the information he wanted from Desmond's mind, but was met with failure due to Desmond’s subconscious lack of confidence in accessing that specific memory. As such, Desmond was forced to move back to an eariler memory that he ''could'' access and move forward from there; this then allowed Desmond to simulate the experiences of his ancestor, [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]]. Whilst he claimed to be nothing more than a bartender, Vidic reveals that they knew of his history as an Assassin, forcing Desmond to finally admit his past life. Vidic and [[Lucy Stillman]] tell Desmond that they're trying to access a certain memory, but Desmond's subconscious is restraining. Vidic warns Desmond that if he refuses to assist them, they will induce a coma, continue their work, and, when done with Desmond, leave him to die. Without much choice, Desmond agrees to help them.

Desmond was made to explore the genetic memories of his ancestor – [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]], a member of a clan of Assassins during the [[Third Crusade]], specifically Altaïr's experiences during the year 1191 – and over several days does so under the watchful eye of Warren Vidic. During the nights however, Desmond discovers that he is able to explore the lab he is being held in, accessing the Animus computer and, after stealing his keycard, the personal computer of Warren Vidic. Through these e-mails, Desmond learns of a [[Subject 16]] who had begun suffering from a "[[bleeding effect]]" due to prolonged exposure to the Animus, as well as tidbits of information from the outside world. Eventually, with the aid of Lucy, the Assassins learned of Desmond's capture and attempted to liberate him, the gunfire being heard through an intercom device, although the rescue attempt failed. Vidic boasts that those Assassins were in fact the last of the Assassin; their desert hidehout having previously been destroyed. Lucy Stillman's actions, however, suggest otherwise, and when Desmond asks if Lucy knows anything about his parents, she responds by saying that she doesn't know, but that they probably escaped. During this discussion, Lucy reveals herself to be a undercover member of the Assassins.

Desmond eventually achieves Vidic's goal, and discovers the location of numerous Pieces of Eden. Executives of Abstergo Industries order his execution, but his life is saved by Stillman's intervention, who asks to keep Desmond alive in order to reaccess his memories if need be. After the executives leave, Desmond suddenly accesses the "[[Eagle Vision|eagle vision]]" of his ancestor Altaïr, seeing Warren and Lucy for their true allegiances, as well as countless scrawled messages and puzzles on the floor of the main laboratory.

===''Assassin's Creed II''===
[[File:Demsondanimus2.jpg|thumb|250px|Desmond sitting in the [[Animus|Animus 2.0]] next to [[Lucy]].]]
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|1 = How many of these things are there?
|2 = Desmond to Lucy about the Animus.
}}
At the beginning of [[Assassin's Creed II]] Desmond is still being held within the laboratory at Abstergo, continuing directly from the last game from a couple of hours. Lucy suddenly arrives, covered in blood and demanding Desmond to get into the Animus before Abstergo discovers what she's done. Desmond, rather confused, agrees and, inside the Animus, experiences the birth of another of his ancestors, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], a joint ancestor of his and Subject 16's. He is quickly pulled out, though, and both make their escape.

They were quickly spotted by Abstergo security forces and forced into an engagement which [[Lucy]] quickly ends, allowing them to continue on stealthily. The two soon enter a large open room filled with office blocks, and lined with a large number of Animus machines, although Desmond's questions about them are met with silence. Desmond once instinctively called upon his recently activated [[Eagle Vision]] when, at the door to an elevator, a password was needed that Lucy did not have. Once in the carpark the two are halted by yet more Abstergo guards, but are able to overcome them and escape.

Arriving at the assassin's hideout, Desmond was introduced to two more Assassins – [[Shaun Hastings]] and [[Rebecca Crane]] – who have been working with Lucy over the years. Lucy told Desmond that they wanted him to become trained in the ways of the Assassin, and thanks to the [[Bleeding Effect]], they could achieve this in a matter of days, although it required him learning the ways of an Assassin through a new ancestor; [[Ezio]]. Desmond agrees to help almost immediately, and is quickly plugged in the Animus 2.0.

After learning the ways of the Assassin through Ezio's memories Desmond was retracted from the Animus, partly to test his retention of the memories, but also to prevent the mental degradation that Subject 16 had suffered from being in the Animus for too long at a time. Tasking him with initiating security protocols around the Assassin hideout, Lucy left it to Desmond to work out how to reach them through the use of his [[Eagle Vision]] and newfound [[Free Running]] skills. Just as he begun, however, he started suffering vivid hallucinations of the Crusader era. At first the vision were short, and that they were nothing to worry about, but after completing the task Desmond was incapacitated as the visions became more real. Taken back to [[Acre]], Desmond followed the memories of [[Altaïr]] once again, this time without the use of the Animus, and watches as Altaïr and [[Maria Thorpe]] conceive their first child, Desmond's next ancestor.

[[File:Zw-desmond-bleeding.png|thumb|left|330px|Desmond performing freerunning thanks to the [[bleeding effect]], a skill he obtained from his ancestor, [[Ezio]].]]

The next day, Desmond had recovered from the experiences and returned to the Animus, neglecting to tell the Assassins what had happened. He continued the watch over the genetic memories of Ezio Auditore, despite at one time being thrown out by a "corrupted memory sequence". Eventually they learn that Ezio's arch-nemesis, the Templar Grandmaster [[Rodrigo Borgia]] had, in 1492 become Pope Alexander VI, so as to gain access to yet another Piece of Eden, the Papal Staff and [[the Vault]]. As Ezio's story began to conclude, Desmond and the Assassins watched deep within [[the Vault]] beneath the Vatican. Ezio found himself confronted by a hologram-esque "[[Those Who Have Gone Before|god]]" who called herself [[Minerva]]; Minerva warns the Assassins of the end of the world, as well as retelling the story of the war between "Those Who Came Before", and their human subjects. The Assassins are shocked when Minerva addresses Desmond by name, confusing even Ezio, and it is revealed that Minerva is in fact talking to Desmond ''through'' Ezio. Desmond is quickly pulled out of the Animus, though, seeing the three rushing to collect their belongings, the Templars having found their location.

Immediately after getting out of the Animus, Lucy tosses Desmond a [[Hidden Blade]] with the Assassin's emblem on it, and asks for his assistance in covering the escape. Making their way into the warehouse, Vidic appears, flanked by Abstergo security officials with the intent of reclaiming Desmond. The two assassins fight off the Templars with Desmond, now fully synchronized with Ezio, masterfully using his Hidden Blade to kill many of the guards. With his entourage eliminated, Vidic is left to confront Desmond on his own, but instead retreats, promising that their victory is only temporary. The four Assassins then flee north, and Desmond is hooked up to the Animus inside the van and told to continue to search through his memories for anything useful. As Desmond's hooked up, the other Assassins begin to discuss the nature of [[Minerva]] and her talk.

==Characteristics, personality and skills==
[[File:Altairezio.jpg|thumb|left|280px|Desmond's two ancestors, [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] and [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]].]]
[[File:IMG_1520.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A close-up of Desmond's face, showing the striking resemblance to one of is ancestors, [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]].]]

Despite his amazing resemblance to both Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad and Ezio Auditore da Firenze, Desmond has very little in common with either of them. Although he was born into the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]], Desmond fled early on and lived his life independent from them; keeping to himself much of the time and preferring to stay off the radar. The only recorded incident of Desmond actually publicly appearing was for a fingerprint needed for a motorcycle license, which in turn allowed Abstergo Industries to locate him. A discreet individual, Desmond did not wear extravagant clothing, preferring only a white hooded jacket and jeans. Interestingly, when up, the hood exhibited a beak-like feature similar to both Ezio and Altaïr.

Desmond was a gruff and cynical individual, who held a serious outlook on life, having been aware of the existence of both Templars and Assassins all his life, although he was unaware of Abstergo Industries being a Templar company. Despite this, he was not above jesting over his situation, and would occasionally make jokes, although they rarely elicited a good reaction. After his emancipation from Abstergo, Desmond's demeanor became considerably more relaxed and spent a noticeable amount of time flirting with Lucy.

Being that Desmond was trained in his childhood as an Assassin, he could already eavesdrop and pickpocket. He was already a competent fist fighter too. After about a week of being forced to relive the memories of his ancestor, Altair, Desmond began to experience the effects of the [[Bleeding Effect]] and developed the extra-sensory ability: eagle vision. Later on, after willingly exploring the memories of another ancestor: Ezio Auditore, Desmond learned how to free-run like an assassin. Not long afterwards he was able to easily fend off a Templar attack with Ezio's combat skills. Desmond is now able to fight with a [[Hidden Blade]] and mace-like weapons. It can be assumed that Ezio's sword skills were carried over too.

==Trivia==
*He is modeled after [[Francisco Randez]] and voiced by [[Nolan North]].

*Although he is the main character in both games, players spend little time actually controlling him.

*Desmond possesses the same scar on his mouth as his ancestors Altaïr and Ezio did. He also looks a lot like both of them and he is 25 years of age in 2012, the same as Altaïr's age in 1191.

*Desmond's clothes are similar to those worn by both Ezio and Altaïr, albeit in a more modern style. He has a hood (although it is not worn over his head), and his jacket is white - similar to Altair's robes, and Ezio's clothing, which is originally referred to as "Assassin White". Concept Art of him with his hood up show that it has the "eagle-beak" shape his ancestors' clothes had.

*Desmond acquires a [[Hidden Blade]] at the conclusion of [[Assassin's Creed II]]. The original owner of the blade is uncertain, but it shares the same design as the one Ezio inherited from his father, [[Giovanni]]. Perhaps the design became the standard use for [[Assassins]] after Ezio defeated [[Rodrigo Borgia]].

*Desmond obtains [[Eagle Vision]] from Altaïr, and his fighting and free-running skills from Ezio through the [[Bleeding Effect]] in the [[Animus]].

*At times during the game, Desmond's eyes appear to be yellowish-gold, as do Ezio's, greatly resembling the eyes of an eagle, a bird of prey spotted throughout the Assassin's Creed series.

*Interestingly enough, the etymology of Desmond's name ("The World") is not related to either of his ancestors, whereas [[Altaïr]]'s and [[Ezio]]'s names shared similar kind of meanings; Altaïr's being "The Flying One" and Ezio's "The Eagle".

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Giovanni Auditore da Firenze

2010-02-01T03:56:37Z

71.190.209.239: /* Trivia */

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Giovanni Auditore da Firenze
|image = Zw-giovanniauditore.png
|imgdesc = Giovanni Auditore in the Animus Database
|faction = [[Assassins]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|period = Italian Renaissance (15th century)
|voice = [[Romano Orzari]]
}}

{{quote|I am Giovanni Auditore, and like my ancestors before me, I am an Assassin.|''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'''s headline
}}
'''Giovanni Auditore da Firenze''' (1436 - 1476) is the father of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]. He is a nobleman, working as a banker for the [[House of Medici|Medici]], but where his true face is the one of an [[Assassin]]. He was raised and trained along with his brother [[Mario Auditore da Firenze|Mario]] as an Assassin, and has been aware of the [[Templars]] for almost all his life. He also knows of his son's skill: the [[Eagle Vision]]. Giovanni is the main character of the three ''Assassin's Creed'' world-based short films: ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''. Besides his brother, he has a wife, [[Maria Auditore da Firenze|Maria Auditore]], three sons (Ezio, [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]] and [[Petruccio Auditore|Petruccio]]) and a daughter [[Claudia Auditore|Claudia]]. He is portrayed by [[Romano Orzari]]. He is a descendant of [[Altair]] and an ancestor of [[Desmond Miles]]. He secretly trains his son, [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]], on the ways of an Assassin, since before the beginning of ''Lineage'', even though Federico does not know about it.

==Biography==
===''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''===
[[File:Giovanniassassin.png|thumb|left|Giovanni Auditore da Firenze, the Assassin.]]
Giovanni Auditore is a Florentine nobleman living in 15th century Italy: the Renaissance. But he is also an Assassin, a descendant of Altair. He serves for the powerful [[Lorenzo de' Medici]] and justice. In 1476, a conspiracy is made to overthrow Lorenzo and the Medici family from their position. One night, hiding from his children, Giovanni is about to execute a mission for his master. In his [[Assassins]] lair, hidden behind the hearth of the fireplace, Giovanni dons his Renaissance Assassin's outfit and weapons, including an updated [[Hidden Blade]]. Before he leaves, he peeks in on his family having dinner, smiling as he makes eye contact with his wife, [[Maria Auditore da Firenze|Maria]]. His teenage son [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]] spots the exchange, but says nothing. Giovanni presses a pressure panel on the fireplace mantel, which lowers the active hearth, revealing the lair's entrance. From the lair he exits through a long, dark passage way, emerging onto the rooftops. He intercepts in the dark streets of Florence, Rodrigo Borgia and three of his men. Rodrigo flees but Giovanni manages to capture one of his men. He bring him to Lorenzo, and the prisoner reveals through torture that the Duke of Milan, [[Galeazzo Maria Sforza]] will be assassinated in the church during the feast of Santo Stefano (the day after Christmas or Boxing Day). Giovanni heads to Milan, but arrives too late as he sees through the crowds the assassination of Sforza. The murderers are all killed by Giovanni and one of Sforza's guards. After his mission, Giovanni goes back to his home seeing his family. He then meditates on the death of Sforza and its consequences.

Observing the [[wikipedia:Ducat|Ducat]] he looted from one of Sforza's murderers, he understands that his next quest will lead him to [[Venice]]. He immediately goes to the floating city, infiltrating the [[wikipedia:Doge's Palace|Palazzo Ducale]]. There, he spies the conversation between the Barbarigo cousins. A messenger leaves the room he was watching, and is charged by [[Marco Barbarigo|Marco]] to deliver the message to [[Rome]]. Giovanni tails him by the rooftops and once arrived in a quite place, he attempts to assassinate him from above which fails, leading him to enter in combat against him. After a brutal fight, Giovanni manages to take the advantage. On top, and holding his [[Hidden blade]] under the man's chin, he threatens to kill the messenger if he does not reveal his masters' plotting. The man refuses, preferring to keep his secrets until death. He unexpectedly grabs onto Giovanni's wrist with both hands and drives the weapon into his own brain. Giovanni curses the messenger as a fool and takes the letter he was carrying. He brings it to Lorenzo. The letter is encrypted, and [[Uberto Alberti]] suggests Giovanni to take some rest while he gives it to be decoded by Father [[Antonio Maffei|Maffei]]. Once the letter decoded, Uberto tells Maffei to keep quiet about the success of the letter's decoding, and sends him to bring Giovanni. It is night in Florence, Giovanni kisses tenderly his wife Maria before leaving his home, under the peeping of their son Ezio (which they know). Ezio asks him what a "banker" is doing so late at night out of his home. Giovanni replies "''business call''". Ezio insists he wants to go with him, but Giovanni refuses as he affirms he is already helping him "''more than he knows''". Uberto pretends they weren't able to decode the letter, his tone blaming Maffei, and suggests to deliver an exact copy of the letter in order to find the leaders of the conspiracy. Giovanni accepts the mission as he knows where it must be delivered. Giovanni then leaves Florence for Rome.

Once he arrived in Rome, Giovanni gives the letter to a man. Then, it travels from hand to hand until arriving at its final destination: in the hands of [[Rodrigo Borgia]]. Rodrigo brings the message to Pope [[Sixtus IV]] and tries to get military support from him. While not agreeing at first, he eventually accepts. Satisfied, Rodrigo leaves him and walks in the streets of Rome while followed by the Assassin, Giovanni. He eventually notices his presence and manages to draw him into a church. Rodrigo proposes him to join his [[Knights Templar|side]], but Giovanni refuses. Rodrigo then leaves him to his men. Giovanni wins the intense combat where he loses his [[Hidden Blade]], but he eventually gets hit by a throwing knife from Rodrigo which badly wounds him. He escapes again, while Giovanni is taking out the knife from his chest, lying on the ground. Back in Florence, his wife treats his wound. She notes that the blade almost reached his heart. Giovanni is worried, he fears that the murder of Sforza was just a beginning of a conspiracy that will strike Florence. Federico, the eldest son suddenly warns his parents of the arrival of Father Maffei, with armed guards. Giovanni prefers to leave discretely and tells his son to buy him some time. He lastly adds to Federico that as the oldest, it is his responsibility to protect the family in his absence. Federico is clearly disconcerted that the lives of his mother and sibilings are on his shoulders, but accepts this. He goes down to answer the door. Giovanni leaves the house by the lair's secret passage. While walking around the dark streets of Florence, he sees his son Ezio flirting with a girl. He smiles with fondness at the sight, and manages to disappear before his son could see him (though he most likely sensed his presence).

{{quote|My dear sons, dark skies are rising over Florence and time is running low. The enemy is closer than I thought. Now, the final battle is about to enfold. Every man is mortal, every life bounds to an end but certain things will never change. Federico and Ezio, my sons, always remember: WE are the Auditore da Firenze and WE are Assassins.|Giovanni Auditore
}}

===''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''===
{{quote|Tu sei un Auditore. Sei un combattente. Perciò Combatti! (You are an Auditore, You are a fighter. So fight!)|Giovanni Auditore speaking to Ezio at his birth
}}

[[File:QuickTimePlayer 2009-09-25 20-14-39-52.png|thumb|Giovanni (center) is going to be executed.]]
Giovanni Auditore is first seen in ''Assassin's Creed II'' at Ezio's birth sequence in the [[Animus]] (1.0), in which he holds Ezio in his arms and remarks that he is a born fighter. After [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]] enters the Animus 2.0, Giovanni is seen once again at the Auditore's house, where he is proud that Ezio reminds him of himself when he was younger. Giovanni then gives Ezio two separate quests (Paperboy & Special Delivery) in Memory Block 1. Soon after completing the quests, guards take Giovanni and his sons, Federico & Petruccio, to prison for being accused of treason. Ezio soon ventures to the prison window that they are being detained in for answers of their imprisonment, but Giovanni instead tasks his son to find the hidden room inside his office (which hides his Assassin gear) and take everything that he finds. Shortly after, Ezio arrives at where the execution takes place, [[Uberto Alberti|Uberto]] declares Giovanni, Federico and Petruccio guilty of treason, therefore executed, becoming victims of a conspiracy. His execution has driven Ezio into the life of an Assassin and Maria into silence.

In the novelization of Assassins Creed 2, Ezio eventually goes back for the bodies of his father and brothers. He gives them a proper burial by cremating them and setting them adrift in boats down the river.

==Trivia==
*Giovanni's ring finger remains intact due to improvements to the hidden blade and changes to the tactics and traditions of the Assassin order made by Altaïr after the events of the first game. It is revealed during Ezio's Assassins Ceremony that instead of removing the ring finger, it is instead branded with the assassins seal and covered with a ring.
*Giovanni died before telling Ezio (as well as his other sons, Petruccio and Federico, and daughter Claudia) of their assassin heritage which disappointed his brother, Mario.
*Giovanni's close friendship with the Medicis began when he saved young Lorenzo's life from drowning.
*At the end of his life, Giovanni seems to have also been a stronger sword fighter than Ezio. Ezio fought with Rodrigo Borgia several times over the years; but Giovanni was such a fearsome adversary that Rodrigo fled from his first confrontation with him, after nearly getting his throat cut, and never engaged him in direct combat again. Giovanni also seems to have been more agile in combat, being able to perform various kinds of flips as opposed to simply dodging.
*On the other hand, Ezio overall surpassed Giovanni as an Assassin, due in part to his advanced and more versatile arsenal, but also because of his superior skills in stealth and escape.
*Giovanni knew about Ezio's Eagle vision, but it is unknown if he himself possessed this gift.
*While Ezio's Short Blade is next to his sword, Giovanni's Short Blade is kept on his leggings.
*Giovanni is never seen wearing actual Armor.
*Giovanni only ever seemed to carry two throwing knives at once, which is far less than any other Assassin shown using them. The reason for this is unknown, but it is possible that he only carried them to have a complete arsenal since they clearly weren't his favored form of combat. In fact, the reason for the absence of multiple knives might be due to a lack of great skill in using them (as Giovanni is never shown actually killing someone with a throwing knife) therefore choosing not to weigh himself down with extra ammunition.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Giovannilineage2.png|Giovanni in his usual clothes.
File:Giovanni_lineage_1.png|Giovanni in the Assassin robe.
File:Giovanniac2ingame.jpg|Giovanni behind his desk, talking to Ezio.
</gallery>

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Petruccio Auditore da Firenze

2010-01-31T22:35:03Z

71.190.209.239: /* Trivia */

{{Character Infobox
|name = Petruccio Auditore da Firenze
|image = Zw-petruccioauditore.png
|imgdesc = Petruccio Auditore in the Animus Database
|faction = [[Assassin]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|period = Italian Renaissance (15th century)
}}

'''Petruccio Auditore da Firenze''' is the brother of [[Ezio]], [[Claudia Auditore|Claudia]] and [[Federico Auditore]]. His father [[Giovanni Auditore|Giovanni]] is as an [[Assassin]] but he doesn't know it. He is the youngest member of the Auditore family. He is portrayed by Conner Nikides Kokolakis in both ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''. He is a descendant of [[Altaïr]].

==Biography==
===''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''===
Petruccio Auditore is a [[Florence|Florentine]] young nobleman living during the 15th century in Italy: the Renaissance. He is one of the sons of Giovanni Auditore, an Assassin. He is briefly seen during the dinner next to Claudia, before Giovanni goes to his mission.

===''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''===
[[File:QuickTimePlayer 2009-09-25_20-14-39-52.png|thumb|left|Petruccio (right) is going to be executed.]]
Near the beginning of the game, Petruccio asks his brother, Ezio to retrieve some feathers for him. Ezio must return with the feathers quickly because Petruccio is not allowed outside due to his "illness". When Ezio brings the feathers to him, he asks what are they for, Petruccio responds "It's a secret" and will tell Ezio in time. The next morning, Petruccio is executed along with Frederico and Giovanni as part of a conspiracy. After Petruccio's death, Ezio decides to collect more feathers in memory of his brother. These can be stored in a chest in the Villa Auditore in [[Monteriggioni]]. However, after that he is no longer mentioned in the game.

When 50 of these feathers are collected and in-game cutscene will play in which Ezio's uncle Mario tells him to give up. He then tells his nephew that he has a special weapon prepared for him at the Monteriggioni blacksmith. The weapon is the Condottiero Warhammer, the most powerful hammer in the game.

When the player collects all 100 of these feathers an in-game cutscene plays in which Ezio embraces his mother, who speaks for the first time since the family's deaths. She thanks Ezio for "not forgetting [her]" and presents him with the Auditore Cape. This cape makes the player notorious at all times when outside Monteriggioni, and the methods of lowering notoriety (killing corrupt [[Officials]], bribing [[Heralds]] and tearing down [[Wanted Posters]]) are not available. Removing the cape returns the player's notoriety to the level it was at before the cape was put on.

===Trivia===
*Petruccio has you collect eagle feathers which were used in the first game (and by the real Hashashin) to signify the completion of an assassination after they were swiped along the bleeding neck of the victim.
*If Petruccio's profile at the Database is read, it states that he may have died from his "illness", although it is later revealed in the mission "Last Man Standing" that he was executed. The Templars probably had it recorded that Pertruccio died from his illness, so as to cover up their involvement in the child's death.

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Federico Auditore da Firenze

2010-01-31T22:30:54Z

71.190.209.239: /* Assassin's Creed: Lineage */

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Federico Auditore da Firenze
|image = Zw-federicoauditore.png
|imgdesc = Federico Auditore in the Animus Database
|faction = [[Assassin]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|period = Italian Renaissance (15th century)
|voice = [[Elias Toufexis]]
}}

{{quote|It is a good life we live, brother.|Federico, to Ezio}}
'''Federico Auditore da Firenze''' is the brother of [[Ezio]]. Federico is the oldest son of [[Giovanni Auditore|Giovanni]]. He is sharp and funny and likes to tease his little brother Ezio, but won't tolerate that someone else harms him. He started his training as an [[Assassin]] with his father before Ezio, but he doesn't know it. He is portrayed by [[Jesse Rath]] in both ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'' and is voiced by [[Elias Toufexis]].

==Biography==
===''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''===
[[File:Federicochess.png|thumb|left|Federico playing chess with his brother Ezio.]]

Federico Auditore is a young [[Florence|Florentine]] nobleman living during the 15th century in Italy: the Renaissance. He is one of the sons of Giovanni Auditore, an Assassin.

During part one of Lineage, he is seen eating dinner with the rest of the Auditore family as Giovanni left to intercept Rodrigo Borgia.

Later on he is seen again; this time playing Ezio in a game of chess. He beats him quite handily.

Federico's last appearance in the lineage series is near the end of part 3, when Father Maffiet show up at the family home to try and capture Giovanni for the first time. Giovanni, having not yet recovered from his last fight, elects to escape. He tells Federico to buy him time, telling him to "protect the family" at all costs. Federico succeeds in delaying the guards long enough for Giovanni to leave. Federico then kicks them all out of the mansion, reminding them "not to doubt the word of an Auditore again".

===''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''===
[[File:QuickTimePlayer 2009-09-25 20-14-39-52.png|thumb|left|Federico (left) is going to be executed.]]

Frederico first appeared during his brother Ezio's fight with another member of a noble family, [[Vieri de' Pazzi]]. He is proven to be an excellent fighter and it can also be noted that he probably taught Ezio how to do [[Free Running]]. After Ezio and he win the fight, Frederico teaches Ezio how to loot money from defeated enemies. After teaching Ezio how to do loot, he directed him to a [[doctor]]. It is said that Federico worked in one of the Medici banks, but was eventually removed from the payroll due to his slack personality and also put money on the roof of the bank as a prank, but he got out of trouble because he was an Auditore. Frederico also enjoyed teasing Ezio such as when Ezio shows the Doctor his cut, Frederico calls Ezio's face "his only asset". Afterward, he and Ezio climb to the top of the nearby church and take in the sights of Florence. The next day he lounges about at home while Ezio runs around, doing errands for their father (Ezio calls him a penis for this). Federico is later beaten and captured by the city guard, along with his Giovanni and Pertrucio. He is held prisoner overnight while Ezio frantically tries to secure the release of his family. The next morning, Federico is hanged with his father and brother, the victim of a Templar conspiracy. Years later, Rodrigo Borgia would tell Ezio that there was no need to kill him and Pertrucio too; he just wanted to make a point.

It is not clear how much about his true heritage Federico knew, if any. But he seemed to take Giovanni's instruction: "protect the family", to heart; as evidenced in his appearance at the beginning of Assassins Creed II, no doubt making sure Ezio did not get himself seriously hurt while fighting the Pazzi.

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Federico Auditore da Firenze

2010-01-31T22:23:08Z

71.190.209.239: /* Assassin's Creed II */

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Federico Auditore da Firenze
|image = Zw-federicoauditore.png
|imgdesc = Federico Auditore in the Animus Database
|faction = [[Assassin]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|period = Italian Renaissance (15th century)
|voice = [[Elias Toufexis]]
}}

{{quote|It is a good life we live, brother.|Federico, to Ezio}}
'''Federico Auditore da Firenze''' is the brother of [[Ezio]]. Federico is the oldest son of [[Giovanni Auditore|Giovanni]]. He is sharp and funny and likes to tease his little brother Ezio, but won't tolerate that someone else harms him. He started his training as an [[Assassin]] with his father before Ezio, but he doesn't know it. He is portrayed by [[Jesse Rath]] in both ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'' and is voiced by [[Elias Toufexis]].

==Biography==
===''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''===
[[File:Federicochess.png|thumb|left|Federico playing chess with his brother Ezio.]]

Federico Auditore is a young [[Florence|Florentine]] nobleman living during the 15th century in Italy: the Renaissance. He is one of the sons of Giovanni Auditore, an Assassin.

 
===''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''===
[[File:QuickTimePlayer 2009-09-25 20-14-39-52.png|thumb|left|Federico (left) is going to be executed.]]

Frederico first appeared during his brother Ezio's fight with another member of a noble family, [[Vieri de' Pazzi]]. He is proven to be an excellent fighter and it can also be noted that he probably taught Ezio how to do [[Free Running]]. After Ezio and he win the fight, Frederico teaches Ezio how to loot money from defeated enemies. After teaching Ezio how to do loot, he directed him to a [[doctor]]. It is said that Federico worked in one of the Medici banks, but was eventually removed from the payroll due to his slack personality and also put money on the roof of the bank as a prank, but he got out of trouble because he was an Auditore. Frederico also enjoyed teasing Ezio such as when Ezio shows the Doctor his cut, Frederico calls Ezio's face "his only asset". Afterward, he and Ezio climb to the top of the nearby church and take in the sights of Florence. The next day he lounges about at home while Ezio runs around, doing errands for their father (Ezio calls him a penis for this). Federico is later beaten and captured by the city guard, along with his Giovanni and Pertrucio. He is held prisoner overnight while Ezio frantically tries to secure the release of his family. The next morning, Federico is hanged with his father and brother, the victim of a Templar conspiracy. Years later, Rodrigo Borgia would tell Ezio that there was no need to kill him and Pertrucio too; he just wanted to make a point.

It is not clear how much about his true heritage Federico knew, if any. But he seemed to take Giovanni's instruction: "protect the family", to heart; as evidenced in his appearance at the beginning of Assassins Creed II, no doubt making sure Ezio did not get himself seriously hurt while fighting the Pazzi.

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Maria Thorpe

2010-01-31T22:10:40Z

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Maria Thorpe
|image = Zw-maria-ac2-2.png
|imgdesc = Maria in ''Assassin's Creed II''
|faction = [[Templars]] (retired) , [[Assassins]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|period = Third Crusade
|voice = [[Eleanor Noble]]
}}

'''Maria Thorpe''' was a English woman who impersonated one of [[Altaïr]]'s assassination targets, the [[Knights Templar|Templar]] Leader, [[Robert de Sable]]. 
She is also an ancestor of [[Desmond Miles]], after she bore a child with [[Altaïr]]. 
She is voiced by [[Eleanor Noble]].

=== [[Assassin's Creed]] ===

[[File:Maria as Templar.gif|left|thumb|200px|Altaïr confronts Maria after defeating her; this is where he learns her true identity.]]
Robert foresees his assassination. Eight of his comrades are dead. Surely his assassination is planned to occur at an outdoor event in Jerusalem. He leaves Maria to impersonate him and flees to [[Arsuf]]. As expected, [[Altaïr]] appeares, and a great swordfight ensues. Maria, impersonating Robert, is a surprisingly excellent fighter, but Altaïr defeats her. When he realizes that it is not Robert, but a woman, he spares her life and hurries to Arsuf to finish Robert once and for all. What happens to her afterwards is unknown.

=== [[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]] ===

She is confronted after the assault on the harbor in [[Acre]] by Altaïr, where they engage in another swordfight, but Altaïr decides to spare her life again. He interrogates her about the Templars' plan for Cyprus. Altaïr takes Maria prisoner and they discuss the current turmoil in Cyprus with another assassin.

She travels to [[Limassol]] with Altaïr, where they meet up with the assassin contact on Cyprus and she is referred to as "Robert de Sable's girl". She is then escorted to Resistance safe house. Whilst on a ship, Altaïr notices a ring on Maria's ring finger and asks her about it and she replies that the ring is a gift Robert de Sable gave to her after he took her under his wing. Altaïr then convinces Maria that the Templars' views are wrong and she agrees with him.

Maria escapes from Altaïr at docks in [[Kyrenia]], where he cuts her bonds and she kicks Altaïr down the ladder and escapes. She is found by Altaïr at the harbor, where she was being attacked by Templars along with a man named Markos. 
Altaïr helps the two in trouble. Maria is questioned about a man called "the bull" - Maria calls him Moloch. Maria and the assassins inside the Kyernia safe house were taken prisoner, but when Altaïr comes to rescue her, he is told that Moloch's son Shalim has taken Maria away.

Maria escapes for Shalim, and is found at the harbour again by Altaïr, disguised as a consort and about to sneak into a palanquin headed for St. Hilarion castle. She confronts Shahar in his private room and confronts him about the Templars plan for the "Apple of Eden". As Altaïr enters the room, Shahar invites Shalim into the fight and Maria flees, killing two guards trying to stop her. Altaïr and Maria are side by side faced against the two brothers, as Altaïr says "Two of them... Two of us," Maria laughs and flees.

While Altaïr shows the Mysterious Templar Warrior the Apple of Eden, the warrior lunges for Altaïr and he then pulls his sword and Maria pushes Altaïr's sword into the warrior. She then speaks to Altaïr about the Apple of Eden and she describes how she thinks that his hands are not the right ones. A Templar ambush takes place and she tries to lead him up the stairs but instead he is fighting the waves of Templars. After fighting them he runs up the stairs and exits through the hidden door, followed by Maria.

When she enters the Templar Archives she starts fighting Armand Bouchart, the Grand Master of the Order of Templars. Altaïr intercepts the fight as Maria is sent flying by Bouchart, knocking her unconscious. They both have to escape the archives as they fall fast. Altaïr helps her up to the top ledge as they both escape the archives. She then tells him that she no longer wants to be part of the Templars and does not wish to return to England and will go to somewhere in the East. During Altair's last journal entry it is revealed that he had decided to travel with her.

=== [[Assassin's Creed II]] ===
{{quote
|1 = Whoa... Alright, wasn't expecting that...
|2 = [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]] after watching [[Altaïr]] kiss [[Maria]]
}}

[[File:Zw-altairandmaria.png|thumb|200px|Maria and Altaïr in Assassin's Creed II]]
In [[Assassin's Creed II]], it is revealed that she was involved with Altaïr after the events of the first game, giving him two children. While reading the codex pages Altair reveals that he and Maria had two sons, one of whom at some point in their life, attempted to (or succeeded in) assassinating Genghis Khan and become Ezio and Desmonds newest ancestor.

Additionally, the second time the player controls Desmond, the [[Bleeding Effect]] causes him to have a dream in which the player controls Altaïr chasing after a woman. The two meet atop a high tower in [[Acre]], where the woman removes her hood and reveals herself to be Maria. She smirks and suggestively beckons Altaïr with her finger to come closer. He complies and they kiss, with the camera panning out as it gets more heated. It zooms back in with the two lying together in a pile of hay. Altaïr then kisses Maria's forehead and jumps from the tower, though not before Desmond realizes that Maria just became his distant grandmother with that encounter.

Also revealed was that the child conceived during that encounter was the next ancestor of [[Desmond Miles]]. This means that no more memories can be seen through Altaïr or Maria after this point because the child would not be able to store the memories that happened after it was conceived.

[[File:Zw-codex-25.png|thumb|right|210px|A hand drawn picture of Maria by Altaïr.]]

== Characteristics and personality ==
Maria is an ancestor to [[Desmond Miles]], and had two sons with [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]]. She was a part of the Templar order and could probably be a daughter of [[Robert de Sable]]. She was very high in the Templar ranks because of her relationship with Robert but after the assassination of Robert her rank dropped and she was not allowed to travel to Cyprus with the Templars. Afterwards, it is reveled that she bore two sons with Altair and became his wife, presumably joining his cause.

==Final Words==

'''Altaïr:''' ''I would see your eyes before you die''.

(Altaïr rips off the helm, only to see Maria's face).

'''Maria:''' ''I sense you expected someone else.''

'''Altaïr:''' ''What sorcery is this?!''

'''Maria:''' ''No sorcery, we knew you'd come. Robert needed to be sure he'd have time to get away''.

'''Altaïr:''' ''So he flees!?''

'''Maria:''' ''We cannot deny your success. You have laid waste to our plans: first, the [[Piece of Eden|treasure]], then our men. Control of the Holy Land slipped away, but then he saw an opportunity, to reclaim what has been stolen, to turn your victories to our advantage!''

'''Altaïr:''' ''[[Al Mualim]] still holds your treasure, and we've routed your army before! Whatever Robert plans, he'll fail again!''

'''Maria:''' ''Ah, but it's not just Templars you'll contend with now!''

'''Altaïr:''' ''Speak sense!''

'''Maria:''' ''Robert rides for [[Arsuf]] to plead his case, that [[Saracens|Saracen]] and [[Crusaders|Crusader]] unite... against the [[Assassins]]!''

'''Altaïr:''' ''That will never happen! They have no reason to!''

'''Maria:''' ''Had, perhaps. But now you've given them one: nine, in fact. The bodies you've left behind, victims on both sides. You've made the Assassins an enemy in common and ensured the annihilation of your entire order! Well done!''

'''Altaïr:''' ''Not nine, eight''.

'''Maria:''' (confused) ''What do you mean?''

'''Altaïr:''' ''You are not my target. I will not take your life. You're free to go, but do not follow me!''

'''Maria: '''''I don't need to. You're already too late!''

'''Altaïr:''' ''We'll see.''

==Model==
Maria is likely based on [[wikipedia:Marguerite de Sablé|Marguerite de Sablé]], the daughter of Robert de Sable and Clemence de Mayenne, born before Robert's promotion to Grand Master of the Knights Templar.

== Trivia ==

*If players connect the PS3 version of [[Assassin's Creed II]] with the PSP game [[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]], the weapons of the defeated bosses in Bloodlines will appear at the Auditore Family Villa. Maria's weapon is labeled as "Maria Thorpe's Longsword." This is the first mention of her surname.
*One can obviously tell that She is impersonating Robert because of her feminian voice while ordering the soldiers, but everyone was still fooled the first time they played.

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Malik Al-Sayf

2010-01-27T15:57:51Z

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{{Character Infobox

|name = Malik Al-Sayf
|image = Malik.png
|faction = [[Assassins]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed]]''
|period = Third Crusade
|voice = [[Haaz Sleiman]]
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{{quote|I know... in fact, the entire city knows!|About Altaïr's successful assassination}}
'''Malik Al-Sayf''' is the [[Dai]] and the leader of the [[Jerusalem]] [[Assassin's Bureau]]. He was a high ranking assassin, equipped with all of the same weapons as Altair, but he was likely removed from doing any "field work" after the loss of his arm.

==Biography==
[[File:Malik2.png|thumb|left|Malik back from Solomon's Temple with his arm heavily wounded.]]

===Solomon's Temple===
Malik, along with his brother [[Kadar]] and Altaïr, was charged with capturing the Templar's Treasure, later found to be the [[Piece of Eden]] by Al Mualim. He forewarns Altaïr of his blatant disregard of the Creed when Altaïr murders an innocent old man beneath the Temple to hide their presence and considers compromising the Brotherhood for the chance to kill [[Robert de Sable]]. Eventually, Altaïr's stubbornness, headstrong attitude, and arrogance leads to the tragic failure of the mission, costing Malik his left arm and his brother's life. Malik however successfully escaped with the Piece of Eden, and arrived at Masyaf with his arm still attached but bleeding badly, implying it was amputated later.

===Jerusalem: 1st Visit===
{{dialogue|Altaïr|Safety and peace, Malik.|Malik|Your presence deprives me of both!|Malik and Altaïr in Jerusalem}}

When first meeting up with Altaïr in Jerusalem, Malik makes no effort to disguise his newfound hatred of Altaïr. Pointing out even the most subtle of flaws and the small haughtiness of his attitude whenever possible, the two have an unpleasant meeting when discussing the assassination of [[Talal the Slave Trader|Talal]]. Even though the assassination was a success, he criticizes Altaïr for triggering the City Alarm and alerting the citizens of Jerusalem to Talal's demise.

===Jerusalem: 2nd Visit===
Though his cold attitude toward Altaïr has gone through little to no changes, he expresses a small level of satisfaction when Altaïr asks for advice and begins to respect the Creed more. After the assassination, he notes that Altaïr had performed just as an assassin should -- no more, no less. When Altaïr says, "It seems everything I do troubles you," Malik suggests snidely for him to "Reflect on that. But do so on your way to Masyaf."

===Jerusalem: 3rd Visit===
[[File:Malikbureau.png|thumb|300px|Malik and Altaïr in the Jerusalem Bureau.]]
When Altaïr visits Malik for the final time in Jerusalem, the easily angered and quick to criticize Malik has changed, speaking to Altaïr as a fellow assassin rather than the failure that had caused the tragedy in Solomon's Temple. After the skirmish at the funeral of [[Majd Addin]], Malik and Altaïr have a quick, heated argument over whether to chase [[Robert de Sable]] to [[Arsuf]] or return to [[Masyaf]] to seek the wisdom of Al Mualim. Altaïr argues that Malik uses the Creed as a shield, not seeing the entire truth but rather what Al Mualim wants him to see, and then suggests that Malik learns more of the Piece of Eden from the people of Jerusalem and Al Mualim while he hunts down Robert. Before their departure, Altaïr apologizes for his failure at Solomon's Temple, which Malik refuses because he feels that the Altaïr who stands before him at that moment is not the same one that had sparked their defeat at Solomon's Temple.

===Masyaf===
{{dialogue|Altaïr|Safety and peace, Malik.|Malik|Your presence will deliver us both.|Altaïr and Malik parting ways during the invasion of Masyaf}}
Malik makes his final appearance at Masyaf, aiding Altaïr in fending off the hypnotized assassins with loyal assassins still unaffected by the Piece of Eden. He then leads an assault at the back of the fortress, going on advice given from Altaïr as he personally deals with Al Mualim. His final appearance before the end of the Memory Block was at the revealing of the other locations of the Piece of Eden, where he catches up to Altaïr in time to witness the Piece of Eden display its holographic map.

=== After ''Assassin's Creed'' ===
At some point after the events of ''Assassin's Creed'', Malik became the "right hand man" of Altaïr while he was the Leader of the Assassins. Altaïr mentions in the first [[Codex Pages]] that Malik suggested that he should forget about trying to understand the Piece of Eden and that he should simply lock it away. Altaïr seemingly ignored this advice as shown in later codex entries. His eventual fate is unknown, but it can be assumed that he returned to Jerusalem at some point to continue his role as rafiq.

==Characteristics and personality==
Malik is a harsh, yet wise Assassin who dislikes [[Altaïr]] due to his skill and rank in the guild, as well his arrogant attitude in the beginning of the game. At first, his devotion to the Creed and [[Al Mualim]] is unbreakable and undeniable, yet he slowly gains respect for Altaïr as he changes on his quest to redeem himself.

==Trivia==
[[File:MalikAssassin.png|thumb|300px|Malik in his Assassin robe.]]
*Malik is the only Assassin seen wearing a similar outfit to Altaïr's in ''Assassin's Creed''. In this outfit, he is also equipped with a [[Hidden Blade]] though his ring finger was not cut, probably due to the inaccuracy of the character design.

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Leap of Faith

2010-01-24T16:36:36Z

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[[Image:Lof3.png|right|thumb|350px|[[Altaïr]], [[Rauf]] and another Assassin performing Leaps of Faith before the Templars.]]

The '''Leap of Faith''' is an acrobatic move in which [[Altaïr]] (or another [[Assassin]]) dives from atop a high structure to land, unharmed, in a conveniently placed pile of hay (or other soft landing material in ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''). The Leap is performed by Free Running at a ledge under which is located the target that will break your fall. The Leap of Faith is used to descend from [[View Points]], each of which always provides a suitable safe target for a Leap. However, it can be used to jump down from anywhere, if, of course, there is a safe target below.

[[Image:Zw-lof-7.png|left|thumb|250px|Ezio performing a Leap of Faith from a tower of Venice.]]
Leaps of Faith prove useful for quick descents, and are commonly used after climbing [[View Point]]s. The Leap of Faith is also handy in losing pursuers, as climbing to the top of a view point usually results in the pursuers to lose sight of the player. Then all he must do is perform a Leap of Faith and he will be at street level and hidden in the target that he landed on.

In ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'', [[Ezio]] can perform a Leap of Faith to dive into the water or wagons of fish in addition to jumping into piles of hay. Hay has also been expanded into other piles of soft material, such as piles of leaves. You can also perform a Leap of Faith when you are in the location of where pigeons mingle.

==Trivia==
*Near the beginning of the game, when [[Masyaf]] is attacked by Templars, three assassins display their devotion and faith by performing Leaps of Faith from a cliff. This is based on a real life incident involving the [[Hashshashin]], in which their leader proclaimed that his followers were more devout than any, and would follow all commands he gave. As shown in the game, he ordered several men to jump from a cliff to their deaths, which they did. Unlike in the game, however, they died.
*There is actually nothing coincidental about the placement of the bales of hay, their locations are entirely intentional. During the game, it is explained that the bales of hay and the birds that denote the location of a [[View Point]] have been programmed into the memory by [[Lucy]] as a way to help out in the navigation of the memory.
**In addition to pigeons marking a spot to perform a Leap of Faith, in ''Assassin's Creed II'' there is a white mark on the edge where the pigeons are perched. This is likely because when you get near the pigeons, they fly away, meaning the location would otherwise no longer be marked, as what happens in the original game. The "mark" is actually hay from the hay bale below. The birds were using it to construct a nest before the incoming Assassin scared them off. Either that or it's dung.
*When being pursued by Ezio, [[Francesco de' Pazzi]] leaps off the Palazzo della Signoria into a haystack for a quick escape. This is the only known example for a non-Assassin committing a form of a Leap of Faith.

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Giovanni Auditore da Firenze

2010-01-24T16:27:43Z

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Giovanni Auditore da Firenze
|image = Zw-giovanniauditore.png
|imgdesc = Giovanni Auditore in the Animus Database
|faction = [[Assassins]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|period = Italian Renaissance (15th century)
|voice = [[Romano Orzari]]
}}

{{quote|I am Giovanni Auditore, and like my ancestors before me, I am an Assassin.|''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'''s headline
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'''Giovanni Auditore da Firenze''' (1436 - 1476) is the father of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]. He is a nobleman, working as a banker for the [[House of Medici|Medici]], but where his true face is the one of an [[Assassin]]. He was raised and trained along with his brother [[Mario Auditore da Firenze|Mario]] as an Assassin, and has been aware of the [[Templars]] for almost all his life. He also knows of his son's skill: the [[Eagle Vision]]. Giovanni is the main character of the three ''Assassin's Creed'' world-based short films: ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''. Besides his brother, he has a wife, [[Maria Auditore da Firenze|Maria Auditore]], three sons (Ezio, [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]] and [[Petruccio Auditore|Petruccio]]) and a daughter [[Claudia Auditore|Claudia]]. He is portrayed by [[Romano Orzari]]. He is a descendant of [[Altair]] and an ancestor of [[Desmond Miles]]. He secretly trains his son, [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]], on the ways of an Assassin, since before the beginning of ''Lineage'', even though Federico does not know about it.

==Biography==
===''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''===
[[File:Giovanniassassin.png|thumb|left|Giovanni Auditore da Firenze, the Assassin.]]
Giovanni Auditore is a Florentine nobleman living in 15th century Italy: the Renaissance. But he is also an Assassin, a descendant of Altair. He serves for the powerful [[Lorenzo de' Medici]] and justice. In 1476, a conspiracy is made to overthrow Lorenzo and the Medici family from their position. One night, hiding from his children, Giovanni is about to execute a mission for his master. In his [[Assassins]] lair, hidden behind the hearth of the fireplace, Giovanni dons his Renaissance Assassin's outfit and weapons, including an updated [[Hidden Blade]]. Before he leaves, he peeks in on his family having dinner, smiling as he makes eye contact with his wife, [[Maria Auditore da Firenze|Maria]]. His teenage son [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]] spots the exchange, but says nothing. Giovanni presses a pressure panel on the fireplace mantel, which lowers the active hearth, revealing the lair's entrance. From the lair he exits through a long, dark passage way, emerging onto the rooftops. He intercepts in the dark streets of Florence, Rodrigo Borgia and three of his men. Rodrigo flees but Giovanni manages to capture one of his men. He bring him to Lorenzo, and the prisoner reveals through torture that the Duke of Milan, [[Galeazzo Maria Sforza]] will be assassinated in the church during the feast of Santo Stefano (the day after Christmas or Boxing Day). Giovanni heads to Milan, but arrives too late as he sees through the crowds the assassination of Sforza. The murderers are all killed by Giovanni and one of Sforza's guards. After his mission, Giovanni goes back to his home seeing his family. He then meditates on the death of Sforza and its consequences.

Observing the [[wikipedia:Ducat|Ducat]] he looted from one of Sforza's murderers, he understands that his next quest will lead him to [[Venice]]. He immediately goes to the floating city, infiltrating the [[wikipedia:Doge's Palace|Palazzo Ducale]]. There, he spies the conversation between the Barbarigo cousins. A messenger leaves the room he was watching, and is charged by [[Marco Barbarigo|Marco]] to deliver the message to [[Rome]]. Giovanni tails him by the rooftops and once arrived in a quite place, he attempts to assassinate him from above which fails, leading him to enter in combat against him. After a brutal fight, Giovanni manages to take the advantage. On top, and holding his [[Hidden blade]] under the man's chin, he threatens to kill the messenger if he does not reveal his masters' plotting. The man refuses, preferring to keep his secrets until death. He unexpectedly grabs onto Giovanni's wrist with both hands and drives the weapon into his own brain. Giovanni curses the messenger as a fool and takes the letter he was carrying. He brings it to Lorenzo. The letter is encrypted, and [[Uberto Alberti]] suggests Giovanni to take some rest while he gives it to be decoded by Father [[Antonio Maffei|Maffei]]. Once the letter decoded, Uberto tells Maffei to keep quiet about the success of the letter's decoding, and sends him to bring Giovanni. It is night in Florence, Giovanni kisses tenderly his wife Maria before leaving his home, under the peeping of their son Ezio (which they know). Ezio asks him what a "banker" is doing so late at night out of his home. Giovanni replies "''business call''". Ezio insists he wants to go with him, but Giovanni refuses as he affirms he is already helping him "''more than he knows''". Uberto pretends they weren't able to decode the letter, his tone blaming Maffei, and suggests to deliver an exact copy of the letter in order to find the leaders of the conspiracy. Giovanni accepts the mission as he knows where it must be delivered. Giovanni then leaves Florence for Rome.

Once he arrived in Rome, Giovanni gives the letter to a man. Then, it travels from hand to hand until arriving at its final destination: in the hands of [[Rodrigo Borgia]]. Rodrigo brings the message to Pope [[Sixtus IV]] and tries to get military support from him. While not agreeing at first, he eventually accepts. Satisfied, Rodrigo leaves him and walks in the streets of Rome while followed by the Assassin, Giovanni. He eventually notices his presence and manages to draw him into a church. Rodrigo proposes him to join his [[Knights Templar|side]], but Giovanni refuses. Rodrigo then leaves him to his men. Giovanni wins the intense combat where he loses his [[Hidden Blade]], but he eventually gets hit by a throwing knife from Rodrigo which badly wounds him. He escapes again, while Giovanni is taking out the knife from his chest, lying on the ground. Back in Florence, his wife treats his wound. She notes that the blade almost reached his heart. Giovanni is worried, he fears that the murder of Sforza was just a beginning of a conspiracy that will strike Florence. Federico, the eldest son suddenly warns his parents of the arrival of Father Maffei, with armed guards. Giovanni prefers to leave discretely and tells his son to buy him some time. He lastly adds to Federico that as the oldest, it is his responsibility to protect the family in his absence. Federico is clearly disconcerted that the lives of his mother and sibilings are on his shoulders, but accepts this. He goes down to answer the door. Giovanni leaves the house by the lair's secret passage. While walking around the dark streets of Florence, he sees his son Ezio flirting with a girl. He smiles with fondness at the sight, and manages to disappear before his son could see him (though he most likely sensed his presence).

{{quote|My dear sons, dark skies are rising over Florence and time is running low. The enemy is closer than I thought. Now, the final battle is about to enfold. Every man is mortal, every life bounds to an end but certain things will never change. Federico and Ezio, my sons, always remember: WE are the Auditore da Firenze and WE are Assassins.|Giovanni Auditore
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===''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''===
{{quote|Tu sei un Auditore. Sei un combattente. Perciò Combatti! (You are an Auditore, You are a fighter. So fight!)|Giovanni Auditore speaking to Ezio at his birth
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[[File:QuickTimePlayer 2009-09-25 20-14-39-52.png|thumb|Giovanni (center) is going to be executed.]]
Giovanni Auditore is first seen in ''Assassin's Creed II'' at Ezio's birth sequence in the [[Animus]] (1.0), in which he holds Ezio in his arms and remarks that he is a born fighter. After [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]] enters the Animus 2.0, Giovanni is seen once again at the Auditore's house, where he is proud that Ezio reminds him of himself when he was younger. Giovanni then gives Ezio two separate quests (Paperboy & Special Delivery) in Memory Block 1. Soon after completing the quests, guards take Giovanni and his sons, Federico & Petruccio, to prison for being accused of treason. Ezio soon ventures to the prison window that they are being detained in for answers of their imprisonment, but Giovanni instead tasks his son to find the hidden room inside his office (which hides his Assassin gear) and take everything that he finds. Shortly after, Ezio arrives at where the execution takes place, [[Uberto Alberti|Uberto]] declares Giovanni, Federico and Petruccio guilty of treason, therefore executed, becoming victims of a conspiracy. His execution has driven Ezio into the life of an Assassin and Maria into silence.

In the novelization of Assassins Creed 2, Ezio eventually goes back for the bodies of his father and brothers. He gives them a proper burial by cremating them and setting them adrift in boats down the river.

==Trivia==
*Giovanni's ring finger remains intact due to improvements to the hidden blade and changes to the tactics and traditions of the Assassin order made by Altaïr after the events of the first game. It is revealed during Ezio's Assassins Ceremony that instead of removing the ring finger, it is instead burned in the form of a ring.
*Giovanni died before telling Ezio (as well as his youngest son, Petruccio, and daughter Claudia) of their assassin heritage which disappointed his brother, Mario.
*Giovanni's close friendship with the Medicis began when he saved young Lorenzo's life from drowning.
*At the end of his life, Giovanni seems to have been more agile than Ezio would ever be, as he is shown to be able to perform various kinds of flips in combat. But in actual combat itself, Ezio surpassed his father; due in part to his greater arsenal, but also in that Ezio was able to take on far more enemies than Giovanni was ever shown fighting without getting hurt.
*Giovanni knew about Ezio's Eagle vision, but it is unknown if he himself possessed this gift.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Giovannilineage2.png|Giovanni in his usual clothes.
File:Giovanni_lineage_1.png|Giovanni in the Assassin robe.
File:Giovanniac2ingame.jpg|Giovanni behind his desk, talking to Ezio.
</gallery>

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Giovanni Auditore da Firenze

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Giovanni Auditore da Firenze
|image = Zw-giovanniauditore.png
|imgdesc = Giovanni Auditore in the Animus Database
|faction = [[Assassins]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|period = Italian Renaissance (15th century)
|voice = [[Romano Orzari]]
}}

{{quote|I am Giovanni Auditore, and like my ancestors before me, I am an Assassin.|''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'''s headline
}}
'''Giovanni Auditore da Firenze''' (1436 - 1476) is the father of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]. He is a nobleman, working as a banker for the [[House of Medici|Medici]], but where his true face is the one of an [[Assassin]]. He was raised and trained along with his brother [[Mario Auditore da Firenze|Mario]] as an Assassin, and has been aware of the [[Templars]] for almost all his life. He also knows of his son's skill: the [[Eagle Vision]]. Giovanni is the main character of the three ''Assassin's Creed'' world-based short films: ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''. Besides his brother, he has a wife, [[Maria Auditore da Firenze|Maria Auditore]], three sons (Ezio, [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]] and [[Petruccio Auditore|Petruccio]]) and a daughter [[Claudia Auditore|Claudia]]. He is portrayed by [[Romano Orzari]]. He is a descendant of [[Altair]] and an ancestor of [[Desmond Miles]]. He secretly trains his son, [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]], on the ways of an Assassin, since before the beginning of ''Lineage'', even though Federico does not know about it.

==Biography==
===''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''===
[[File:Giovanniassassin.png|thumb|left|Giovanni Auditore da Firenze, the Assassin.]]
Giovanni Auditore is a Florentine nobleman living in 15th century Italy: the Renaissance. But he is also an Assassin, a descendant of Altair. He serves for the powerful [[Lorenzo de' Medici]] and justice. In 1476, a conspiracy is made to overthrow Lorenzo and the Medici family from their position. One night, hiding from his children, Giovanni is about to execute a mission for his master. In his [[Assassins]] lair, hidden behind the hearth of the fireplace, Giovanni dons his Renaissance Assassin's outfit and weapons, including an updated [[Hidden Blade]]. Before he leaves, he peeks in on his family having dinner, smiling as he makes eye contact with his wife, [[Maria Auditore da Firenze|Maria]]. His teenage son [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]] spots the exchange, but says nothing. Giovanni presses a pressure panel on the fireplace mantel, which lowers the active hearth, revealing the lair's entrance. From the lair he exits through a long, dark passage way, emerging onto the rooftops. He intercepts in the dark streets of Florence, Rodrigo Borgia and three of his men. Rodrigo flees but Giovanni manages to capture one of his men. He bring him to Lorenzo, and the prisoner reveals through torture that the Duke of Milan, [[Galeazzo Maria Sforza]] will be assassinated in the church during the feast of Santo Stefano (the day after Christmas or Boxing Day). Giovanni heads to Milan, but arrives too late as he sees through the crowds the assassination of Sforza. The murderers are all killed by Giovanni and one of Sforza's guards. After his mission, Giovanni goes back to his home seeing his family. He then meditates on the death of Sforza and its consequences.

Observing the [[wikipedia:Ducat|Ducat]] he looted from one of Sforza's murderers, he understands that his next quest will lead him to [[Venice]]. He immediately goes to the floating city, infiltrating the [[wikipedia:Doge's Palace|Palazzo Ducale]]. There, he spies the conversation between the Barbarigo cousins. A messenger leaves the room he was watching, and is charged by [[Marco Barbarigo|Marco]] to deliver the message to [[Rome]]. Giovanni tails him by the rooftops and once arrived in a quite place, he attempts to assassinate him from above which fails, leading him to enter in combat against him. After a brutal fight, Giovanni manages to take the advantage. On top, and holding his [[Hidden blade]] under the man's chin, he threatens to kill the messenger if he does not reveal his masters' plotting. The man refuses, preferring to keep his secrets until death. He unexpectedly grabs onto Giovanni's wrist with both hands and drives the weapon into his own brain. Giovanni curses the messenger as a fool and takes the letter he was carrying. He brings it to Lorenzo. The letter is encrypted, and [[Uberto Alberti]] suggests Giovanni to take some rest while he gives it to be decoded by Father [[Antonio Maffei|Maffei]]. Once the letter decoded, Uberto tells Maffei to keep quiet about the success of the letter's decoding, and sends him to bring Giovanni. It is night in Florence, Giovanni kisses tenderly his wife Maria before leaving his home, under the peeping of their son Ezio (which they know). Ezio asks him what a "banker" is doing so late at night out of his home. Giovanni replies "''business call''". Ezio insists he wants to go with him, but Giovanni refuses as he affirms he is already helping him "''more than he knows''". Uberto pretends they weren't able to decode the letter, his tone blaming Maffei, and suggests to deliver an exact copy of the letter in order to find the leaders of the conspiracy. Giovanni accepts the mission as he knows where it must be delivered. Giovanni then leaves Florence for Rome.

Once he arrived in Rome, Giovanni gives the letter to a man. Then, it travels from hand to hand until arriving at its final destination: in the hands of [[Rodrigo Borgia]]. Rodrigo brings the message to Pope [[Sixtus IV]] and tries to get military support from him. While not agreeing at first, he eventually accepts. Satisfied, Rodrigo leaves him and walks in the streets of Rome while followed by the Assassin, Giovanni. He eventually notices his presence and manages to draw him into a church. Rodrigo proposes him to join his [[Knights Templar|side]], but Giovanni refuses. Rodrigo then leaves him to his men. Giovanni wins the intense combat where he loses his [[Hidden Blade]], but he eventually gets hit by a throwing knife from Rodrigo which badly wounds him. He escapes again, while Giovanni is taking out the knife from his chest, lying on the ground. Back in Florence, his wife treats his wound. She notes that the blade almost reached his heart. Giovanni is worried, he fears that the murder of Sforza was just a beginning of a conspiracy that will strike Florence. Federico, the eldest son suddenly warns his parents of the arrival of Father Maffei, with armed guards. Giovanni prefers to leave discretely and tells his son to buy him some time. He lastly adds to Federico that as the oldest, it is his responsibility to protect the family in his absence. Federico is clearly disconcerted that the lives of his mother and sibilings are on his shoulders, but accepts this. He goes down to answer the door. Giovanni leaves the house by the lair's secret passage. While walking around the dark streets of Florence, he sees his son Ezio flirting with a girl. He smiles with fondness at the sight, and manages to disappear before his son could see him (though he most likely sensed his presence).

{{quote|My dear sons, dark skies are rising over Florence and time is running low. The enemy is closer than I thought. Now, the final battle is about to enfold. Every man is mortal, every life bounds to an end but certain things will never change. Federico and Ezio, my sons, always remember: WE are the Auditore da Firenze and WE are Assassins.|Giovanni Auditore
}}

===''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''===
{{quote|Tu sei un Auditore. Sei un combattente. Perciò Combatti! (You are an Auditore, You are a fighter. So fight!)|Giovanni Auditore speaking to Ezio at his birth
}}

[[File:QuickTimePlayer 2009-09-25 20-14-39-52.png|thumb|Giovanni (center) is going to be executed.]]
Giovanni Auditore is first seen in ''Assassin's Creed II'' at Ezio's birth sequence in the [[Animus]] (1.0), in which he holds Ezio in his arms and remarks that he is a born fighter. After [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]] enters the Animus 2.0, Giovanni is seen once again at the Auditore's house, where he is proud that Ezio reminds him of himself when he was younger. Giovanni then gives Ezio two separate quests (Paperboy & Special Delivery) in Memory Block 1. Soon after completing the quests, guards take Giovanni and his sons, Federico & Petruccio, to prison for being accused of treason. Ezio soon ventures to the prison window that they are being detained in for answers of their imprisonment, but Giovanni instead tasks his son to find the hidden room inside his office (which hides his Assassin gear) and take everything that he finds. Shortly after, Ezio arrives at where the execution takes place, [[Uberto Alberti|Uberto]] declares Giovanni, Federico and Petruccio guilty of treason, therefore executed, becoming victims of a conspiracy. His execution has driven Ezio into the life of an Assassin and Maria into silence.

==Trivia==
*Giovanni's ring finger remains intact due to improvements to the hidden blade and changes to the tactics and traditions of the Assassin order made by Altaïr after the events of the first game. It is revealed during Ezio's Assassins Ceremony that instead of removing the ring finger, it is instead burned in the form of a ring.
*Giovanni died before telling Ezio (as well as his youngest son, Petruccio, and daughter Claudia) of their assassin heritage which disappointed his brother, Mario.
*Giovanni's close friendship with the Medicis began when he saved young Lorenzo's life from drowning.
*At the end of his life, Giovanni seems to have been more agile than Ezio would ever be, as he is shown to be able to perform various kinds of flips in combat. But in actual combat itself, Ezio surpassed his father; due in part to his greater arsenal, but also in that Ezio was able to take on far more enemies than Giovanni was ever shown fighting without getting hurt.
*Giovanni knew about Ezio's Eagle vision, but it is unknown if he himself possessed this gift.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Giovannilineage2.png|Giovanni in his usual clothes.
File:Giovanni_lineage_1.png|Giovanni in the Assassin robe.
File:Giovanniac2ingame.jpg|Giovanni behind his desk, talking to Ezio.
</gallery>

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Leonardo da Vinci

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Leonardo da Vinci
|image = Zw-leonardodavinci.png
|imgdesc = Leonardo da Vinci in the Animus Database
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|period = Italian Renaissance (15th century)
|voice = [[Carlos Ferro]]
}}

{{quote| In high enough doses, That what heals, kills.|Explaining to Ezio what poison has to do with a Doctor}}
'''Leonardo di ser Prero''', better known as '''Leonardo da Vinci''' (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an Italian polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, botanist and writer in the Italian Renaissance. He is generally considered the most talented person who ever lived.
==Biography==
===Early Life===
Born the illegitimate son of a notary, Piero da Vinci, and a peasant woman, Caterina, at Vinci in the region of Florence, Leonardo was educated in the studio of the renowned Florentine painter Verrocchio. Much of his earlier working life was spent in the service of Ludovico il Moro in Milan.
He started painting at the age of 14, and in 1472 enrolled at the Guild of St. Luke, where he received a master degree in Medicine and Botany. After university, his father set up his workshop, where Leonardo would work for most of his life. Many political figures and armies would often call for his help to design various items and buildings. In 1476, he met a young nobleman named [[Ezio Auditore]] at Florence, and began a friendship that lasted their whole lifes.

===''Assassin's Creed II''===
[[File:Leonardoartwork1.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Leonardo's concept art]]
He and Ezio met for the first time in the beginning of the game during one of Ezio's errands for his [[Maria Auditore|mother]]. Ezio carries a box of his paintings for him back to Ezio's house and the two became friends quite quickly after this. They don't see each other again until after Giovanni, Federico and Petruccio's execution and Ezio becomes notorious throughout [[Florence]]. Ezio showed him one of the [[codex]] pages to show how to fix the [[Hidden Blade]], which he does, while joking that Ezio must give up his ring finger so that it may function correctly (which was previously required). Leonardo is then questioned by a city guard and beat up by him until Ezio came and saved him using his new hidden blade. After this, Leonardo and Ezio don't see each other much unless you bring him codex pages to decrypt for you and to upgrade your Hidden Blade by making another one and the [[Poison Blade]] for you. A few years later, he meets up with Ezio who helps Leonardo get through the [[mountains]] safely from the attacking [[Templars]]. Leonardo is then taken to [[Venice]] and is escorted to his new home and given a tour of the city with Ezio by [[Alvise Da Vilandino]]. Leonardo stays at Venice for the remainder of the game and still does very little except for decrypting codex pages for you. He does not have another role for a while until Ezio asks to use his prototype [[Flying Machine]] to break into the Doge's palace in an attempt to save him. At first, it only flies for a short time until Leonardo gets an idea of lighting fires across Venice to lift the machine higher into the air. This works until it is shot down just as Ezio got into palace. A few years later, he saw Ezio once more during the [[Carnevale|carnival season]] and built him the [[Hidden Gun]] and gave him a mask to wear while out in the city. This is the last of his important roles throughout the game except for decrypting codex pages for you, but after that you are unable to see him again in the game.

===Legacy===
He later worked in Rome, Bologna and Venice and spent his last years in France, at the home awarded him by Francis I. His most famous painting, the Mona Lisa, was taken with him when he retired to France in 1513. His death is so far unspecified; It is unknown how he actually died, as it is presumed he could have died of a blood infection when he was diagonsed with Gout.

Leonardo is renowned primarily as a painter. Two of his works, the Mona Lisa and 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 Creation of Adam. Leonardo's drawing of the 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, comprise a contribution to later generations of artists only rivalled by that of his contemporary, Michelangelo.
Leonardo is revered for his technological ingenuity. He conceptualised 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 were 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.

====Hidden Blade upgrades====
*[[Hidden Blade]]
*Dual Hidden Blade
*[[Poison Blade]]
*[[Hidden Gun]]

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Ezio with leonardo in workshop.jpg|Ezio having a chat with Leonardo
File:Leonardo workshop.jpg|Leonardo in his workshop
Ezio's_Hidden_Blade.jpg|The modified Hidden Blade concept art
</gallery>

==Trivia==
[[Video:Assassin's Creed 2 - Focus On|thumb|left|250px|Leonardo Da Vinci - Genius Inventor]]
*All of Leonardo's modifications on previously existing assassin gear are designs created by Altaïr I. Leonardo just follows the designs detailed in Altaïr's codex, which only he and Giovanni Auditore can decipher and translate. It is probably from these that Da Vinci designed some of his other inventions. Perhaps Ezio allowed Leonardo to experiment with the Apple himself, giving birth to some of his other inventions.
*Leonardo, like some of the main characters, doesn't seem to experience any changes for the 23 years of the game he appears, from their first encounter to the decoding of the the Codex in the villa in 1499. (1476-1499).
*Unless it is a codex page or something important to the story, such as the design for two hidden blades, the cutscene is the same when Ezio visits Leonardo each time (even after Leonardo moves to Venice).
* Leonardo's last name isn't actually da Vinci, he was adopted by a prostitute ([[Courtesans|courtesan]]), and Vinci being the town he was born in, he took on the name Leonardo da Vinci (meaning Leonardo of Vinci).
* In his biography, it is speculated that Leonardo is homosexual. However, at a certain points in the game he himself implies that he regularly visits the girls at La Rosa Della Virtù, the ambiguity lives on.
* In 1476, 1 year after Assassins Creed II took place, it was speculated that he was convicted of sodomy, along with three other unknown people.
* Ironically, in Dan Brown's book [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Da_Vinci_Code The Da Vinci Code], it is speculated that Leonardo da Vinci was the Grand Master of a secret society known as ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priory_of_sion The Priory of Sion], ''an organization that was alleged to have [[Knights Templar|Templar connections]].
* Also ironically Leonardo would later become a close friend and military enginner for Cesare Borgia, son of Rodrigo Borgia.

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Rodrigo Borgia

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{{Character Infobox
|image=Zw-rodrigoborgia.png
|faction=[[Templars]]
|imgdesc=Rodrigo Borgia's database picture
|name='''Rodrigo Borgia'''
|appear=''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''
|period=Italian Renaissance (15th Century)
|voice=[[Manuel Tadros]]
}}

{{quote|He is Rodrigo Borgia; one of the most powerful men in all of Europe, and leader of the Templar Order|Mario Auditore}}
'''Rodrigo Borgia''' (1 January 1431 – 18 August 1503), born '''Roderic Llançol''', later '''Roderic de Borja i Borja''', was the Grand Master of the [[Knights Templar]] during the Renaissance in Italy. He was elected [[wikipedia:Pope|Pope]] from 1492 to 1503 as [[wikipedia:Pope Alexander VI|Alexander VI]]. His enemies called him "'''The Spaniard'''" (due to his Spanish origins) while his Templar followers called him "'''Maestro'''" ("Master" in Italian). He was one of the most controversial of the [[wikipedia:Renaissance|Renaissance]] popes, and his surname (Italianized as ''[[wikipedia:Borgia|Borgia]]'') became a byword for the debased standards of the papacy of that era.

==Biography==
===''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''===
[[File:Untitled.jpg|thumb|left|Rodrigo Borgia hiding from Giovanni Auditore in Florence.]]
The [[Medicis]] were the ruling family in [[Florence]]. But a conspiracy was being plotted in a attempt to overthrow the powerful [[Lorenzo de' Medici]], and Rodrigo Borgia was at the center of it. One night in 1476, Borgia was on his way to leave Florence with few of his men in the dark streets of the city. Suddenly, [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]], an [[Assassins|assassin]], intercepted him. Borgia fled immediately as the assassin battled his men. Hidden behind a corner, he saw Giovanni capture one of his men. The prisoner revealed to the plotted assassination of [[wikipedia:Galeazzo Maria Sforza|Galeazzo Maria Sforza]], Duke of Milan and a powerful ally of Lorenzo de' Medici, to Giovanni. Giovanni quickly went to stop the attempt, but arrived too late. Rodrigo and his accomplices' plan had succeeded and Borgia began planning the next move.

Deducing the origin of the Duke of Milan's murderers by looting a [[wikipedia:Ducat|Ducat]] from one of them, Giovanni headed to [[Venice]]. There, he intercepted a message from [[Marco Barbarigo|Marco]] and [[Silvio Barbarigo]] to their master, Rodrigo. After having decoded the letter by [[Uberto Alberti]] and [[Antonio Maffei|Father Maffei]], Giovanni carried the copied message to [[Rome]], in order to discover who is behind the plots. Once arrived in the city, he gave the message to a man. By tailing this one, it appears that the letter travels in various hands before arriving in its final destination: Rodrigo's. Rodrigo headed next to see pope Sixtus IV to obtain a military support in order to conquer Florence.

===''[[Assassin's Creed II| Assassin's Creed II]]''===
An enemy of Giovanni Auditore, Rodrigo masterminds every plot throughout the game, first to take Florence and Tuscany, then to take Venice and Forli. Later on he would try to take Florence again after Lorenzo De'Medici's death. He would become Ezio Auditore's most intimate enemy, haunting him from behind the scenes of every Templar plot he encountered: starting with the conspiracy against Ezio's father and brothers, all the way to the taking of the papacy, nearly thirty years later.

He is first seen behind Uberto Alberti in Alberti's home. Ezio noticed him, but did not know who he was yet. But perhaps his presence was what made Ezio decline taking shelter in Uberto's home for the night, where they definitely would have killed him. Later, Rodrigo attended the judgement of Giovanni and two of his sons. Years later, he would state that Ezio's brothers did not need to die, but he had them killed anyway to make a point to the assassins and to Ezio.

Two years later, Rodrigo went to a meeting with the [[Pazzi]] family in [[San Gimignano]] and with the [[Templars]] in a catacomb under the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella. There he reminded them to beware the assassins, and stated that the next day would be "a new dawn for Florence".

After Ezio thwarted the Templars in Florence, Rodrigo was to meet with the remaining conspirators in Tuscany. The Pazzi were going to ask for asylum with Rodrigo in either Venice or Rome. But before the meeting could even commence, most of them were killed by Ezio. Only Jacopo de' Pazzi actually made it to the meeting alive. There Jacopo claimed that the blame rested with his nephew, Francessco, and Emilio Bombarigo. Enraged by his weaseling, Rodrigo lectured, then stabbed, Jacopo. Ignoring Jacopo's pleas for mercy, Rodrigo stabbed him in the neck, then called out Ezio who had tailed Jacopo to the meeting. Sarcastically apologizing for killing Ezio's target for him, Rodrigo mocked Ezio; saying that he had been doing "this" for far longer than the novice assassin. He ordered his men to kill Ezio and left without bothering to watch. He might have guessed that Ezio would escape, and chose not to stick around for it.

Borgia was later found in [[Venice]], planning with [[Carlo Grimaldi]] and the Barbarigos to murder the current Doge, [[Giovanni Mocenigo]], so that one of them can replace him and take control of Venice. He chastised the Bombarigos for making their own plans and arguing over who would be the new Doge after they took Venice. He appointed Marco Bombarigo as the next Doge, and then left them to carry out his plans. While Ezio was hunting the Bombarigo's in Venice, Rodrigo was tracking the location of the Piece of Eden which Altair once took from the Templars. He sent ships to Cyprus in order to claim it from the Vault where Altair sealed it away before his death. He appeared in Venice to lay claim to the [[Piece of Eden]]; but [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]], disguised as the carrier of the artifact, attempted to kill him. Rodrigo was prepared for the attack, and told his men to stand down so that he could deal with Ezio personally. The two began an intense battle, with Ezio emerging as the victor. Realizing he could not defeat Ezio alone, Borgia called in a supply of guards to overwhelm Ezio. Suddenly, many of Ezio's allies appeared, revealing themselves to be assassins. They held off the guards to allow Ezio to re-challenge Borgia, who then escaped from them before Ezio could kill him.

During the following years, it is known that Rodrigo's son, Cesare, tried to take over Forli. Rodrigo, no doubt, supported him in this venture.

He also probably had a hand in the Bonfire of the Vanities, likely taking advantage of Lorenzo's death.

Borgia later became the Pope and traveled to [[Rome]]. Borgia's true intent however, is just to get in the vault that lays under the Vatican, where, according to himself, God rested. Ezio chased him to assassinate him. Ezio snuck into the Vatican and seemingly assassinated Borgia without being seen. After Ezio finished speaking with Borgia he left only to see him rise from the ground and use his Piece of Eden, the Papal Staff, to strike down Ezio and everyone else in the room. However, he was surprised to see that Ezio was able to resist the power of his staff, Ezio brought out his own Piece of Eden, The Apple that Altair took from Ali Mualim. Ezio then summoned four clones of himself to assist him in his battle against Borgia, eventually defeating him. But Borgia tripped Ezio with the staff, and snatched The Apple from his hands, and combined it with The Staff to open up the door to The Vault, which had been underneath Rome the whole time. Ezio tried to stop him, but he was lifted into the air by Borgia, unable to resist two combined Pieces of Eden. Borgia stabbed Ezio with a dagger and left him laying on the ground as Borgia escaped into the Vault. Ezio eventually made his way to the Vault, with Borgia furiously pounding the door to the inner chambers. Ezio dropped down into the pit where Borgia was, and challenged him to one last fist fight, with no more weapons, no more plots, and no more decoys. Borgia accepted and the two had one last battle. During the battle, Borgia stated that he never believed in The Bible or in God, and only became Pope to get the Staff and access to the Vault, wanting to unify Italy under the Templar rule. Ezio defeated Borgia but refrained from killing him, saying that killing him will not bring back his family. Besides, the knowledge that he was not the Prophet, as he had believed, was an even sorer blow than anything else that Ezio could have thought of.

===''[[Assassin's Creed II: Discovery]]''===
Soon after, he heard of [[Christoffa Corombo]]'s plans to sail west and arranged a meeting with him. Christoffa's right hand man [[Luis Santangel]] warned him that it was a trap, but Christoffa wouldn't listen. It was indeed a trap and Borgia ordered his men to give him proof of Christoffa's death.

== Final Words ==
(First assassination attempt by Ezio)

'''Ezio:''' ''I thought...I thought I was beyond this. But I'm not. I've waited too long, lost too much... Requiescat in Pace (Rest in Peace), you bastard!''

'''Rodrigo:''' ''I don't think so!''

(Second "death scene" with Rodrigo)

'''Rodrigo:''' ''You can't!! You can't!! It's MY destiny!! MINE!!! I am the prophet!!''

'''Ezio:''' ''You never were.''

'''Rodrigo:''' ''Get it over with then...''

'''Ezio''': ...''No. Killing you won't bring my family back... I'm done. ''Nulla è reale, tutto è lecito. Requiescat in Pace.'' (Nothing is true, everything is permitted. Rest in Peace.)''

==Trivia==
[[File:Blason famille it Borgia01_svg.png|thumb|Coat of arms of the Borgias. Can be seen on Borgia's personal guards (in black with red strip outfit) with slightly different colors.]]
*As Ezio enters the Sistine Chapel to assassinate Borgia, he is proclaiming the Nicene Creed to the congregation. It is befitting and dramatic irony that he is assassinated as he proclaims this, as the Nicene Creed confesses the wholeness of the Christian doctrine, which Borgia later states in the final battle that he does not believe in.
* Although Ezio did not kill Borgia, he is listed as dead in the Animus' Conspirator Web after the player completes the game and reenters the Animus. This may be due to Ezio simply listing off Rodrigo as a target.
* While it is known that Rodrigo would go on to have the most debauched bloody papacy in human history what occurs between of him and Ezio is completely unknown as Rodrigo dies of a fever 4 years later in 1503 leaving ample time to wage a sizeable campaign against the Assassins himself.
* Throughout the entire game, Rodrigo is always wearing something that covers his head. Not once is he without a hat or a hood.
* Rodrigo's cloak from before his rise to Pope resembles Al Mualim's robe from [[Assassin's Creed]].
* Rodrigo is the only assassination target Ezio has had to fight repeatedly as well as the only one he ever spared. He is also the most formidable fighter in-game.
* Rodrigo uses a [[Swords and Maces|Schiavona]] for his and Ezio's first fight. He then uses the Staff of Eden as Pope. It is interesting to note that he is the only opponent that can stab people when they are knocked down.

==Gallery==
[[Video:Assassin's Creed 2 - Targets: Rodrigo Borgia 3/9|thumb|400px|left|Database entry.]]
<gallery>
Image:Rodrigolineage.png|Borgia's appearance in Assassin's Creed: Lineage.
Image:Rodrigo acii.png|Borgia's appearance in Assassin's Creed II.
</gallery>

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[[Category:Assassin's Creed II Assassination Targets|Borgia, Rodrigo]]
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[[Category:Templars|Borgia, Rodrigo]]

Rodrigo Borgia

2010-01-24T15:50:09Z

71.190.209.239: /* Assassin's Creed II */

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{{Character Infobox
|image=Zw-rodrigoborgia.png
|faction=[[Templars]]
|imgdesc=Rodrigo Borgia's database picture
|name='''Rodrigo Borgia'''
|appear=''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''
|period=Italian Renaissance (15th Century)
|voice=[[Manuel Tadros]]
}}

{{quote|He is Rodrigo Borgia; one of the most powerful men in all of Europe, and leader of the Templar Order|Mario Auditore}}
'''Rodrigo Borgia''' (1 January 1431 – 18 August 1503), born '''Roderic Llançol''', later '''Roderic de Borja i Borja''', was the Grand Master of the [[Knights Templar]] during the Renaissance in Italy. He was elected [[wikipedia:Pope|Pope]] from 1492 to 1503 as [[wikipedia:Pope Alexander VI|Alexander VI]]. His enemies called him "'''The Spaniard'''" (due to his Spanish origins) while his Templar followers called him "'''Maestro'''" ("Master" in Italian). He was one of the most controversial of the [[wikipedia:Renaissance|Renaissance]] popes, and his surname (Italianized as ''[[wikipedia:Borgia|Borgia]]'') became a byword for the debased standards of the papacy of that era.

==Biography==
===''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''===
[[File:Untitled.jpg|thumb|left|Rodrigo Borgia hiding from Giovanni Auditore in Florence.]]
The [[Medicis]] were the ruling family in [[Florence]]. But a conspiracy was being plotted in a attempt to overthrow the powerful [[Lorenzo de' Medici]], and Rodrigo Borgia was at the center of it. One night in 1476, Borgia was on his way to leave Florence with few of his men in the dark streets of the city. Suddenly, [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]], an [[Assassins|assassin]], intercepted him. Borgia fled immediately as the assassin battled his men. Hidden behind a corner, he saw Giovanni capture one of his men. The prisoner revealed to the plotted assassination of [[wikipedia:Galeazzo Maria Sforza|Galeazzo Maria Sforza]], Duke of Milan and a powerful ally of Lorenzo de' Medici, to Giovanni. Giovanni quickly went to stop the attempt, but arrived too late. Rodrigo and his accomplices' plan had succeeded and Borgia began planning the next move.

Deducing the origin of the Duke of Milan's murderers by looting a [[wikipedia:Ducat|Ducat]] from one of them, Giovanni headed to [[Venice]]. There, he intercepted a message from [[Marco Barbarigo|Marco]] and [[Silvio Barbarigo]] to their master, Rodrigo. After having decoded the letter by [[Uberto Alberti]] and [[Antonio Maffei|Father Maffei]], Giovanni carried the copied message to [[Rome]], in order to discover who is behind the plots. Once arrived in the city, he gave the message to a man. By tailing this one, it appears that the letter travels in various hands before arriving in its final destination: Rodrigo's. Rodrigo headed next to see pope Sixtus IV to obtain a military support in order to conquer Florence.

===''[[Assassin's Creed II| Assassin's Creed II]]''===
He is first seen behind Uberto Alberti in Alberti's home. Ezio noticed him, but did not know who he was yet. But perhaps his presence was what made Ezio decline taking shelter in Uberto's home for the night, where they definitely would have killed him. Later, Rodrigo attended the judgement of Giovanni and two of his sons. Years later, he would state that Ezio's brothers did not need to die, but he had them killed anyway to make a point to the assassins and to Ezio.

Two years later, Rodrigo went to a meeting with the [[Pazzi]] family in [[San Gimignano]] and with the [[Templars]] in a catacomb under the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella. There he reminded them to beware the assassins, and stated that the next day would be "a new dawn for Florence".

After Ezio thwarted the Templars in Florence, Rodrigo was to meet with the remaining conspirators in Tuscany. The Pazzi were going to ask for asylum with Rodrigo in either Venice or Rome. But before the meeting could even commence, most of them were killed by Ezio. Only Jacopo de' Pazzi actually made it to the meeting alive. There Jacopo claimed that the blame rested with his nephew, Francessco, and Emilio Bombarigo. Enraged by his weaseling, Rodrigo lectured, then stabbed, Jacopo. Ignoring Jacopo's pleas for mercy, Rodrigo stabbed him in the neck, then called out Ezio who had tailed Jacopo to the meeting. Sarcastically apologizing for killing Ezio's target for him, Rodrigo mocked Ezio; saying that he had been doing "this" for far longer than the novice assassin. He ordered his men to kill Ezio and left without bothering to watch. He might have guessed that Ezio would escape, and chose not to stick around for it.

Borgia was later found in [[Venice]], planning with [[Carlo Grimaldi]] and the Barbarigos to murder the current Doge, [[Giovanni Mocenigo]], so that one of them can replace him and take control of Venice. He chastised the Bombarigos for making their own plans and arguing over who would be the new Doge after they took Venice. He appointed Marco Bombarigo as the next Doge, and then left them to carry out his plans. While Ezio was hunting the Bombarigo's in Venice, Rodrigo was tracking the location of the Piece of Eden which Altair once took from the Templars. He sent ships to Cyprus in order to claim it from the Vault where Altair sealed it away before his death. He appeared in Venice to lay claim to the [[Piece of Eden]]; but [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]], disguised as the carrier of the artifact, attempted to kill him. Rodrigo was prepared for the attack, and told his men to stand down so that he could deal with Ezio personally. The two began an intense battle, with Ezio emerging as the victor. Realizing he could not defeat Ezio alone, Borgia called in a supply of guards to overwhelm Ezio. Suddenly, many of Ezio's allies appeared, revealing themselves to be assassins. They held off the guards to allow Ezio to re-challenge Borgia, who then escaped from them before Ezio could kill him.

During the following years, it is known that Rodrigo's son, Cesare, tried to take over Forli. Rodrigo, no doubt, supported him in this venture.

He also probably had a hand in the Bonfire of the Vanities, likely taking advantage of Lorenzo's death.

Borgia later became the Pope and traveled to [[Rome]]. Borgia's true intent however, is just to get in the vault that lays under the Vatican, where, according to himself, God rested. Ezio chased him to assassinate him. Ezio snuck into the Vatican and seemingly assassinated Borgia without being seen. After Ezio finished speaking with Borgia he left only to see him rise from the ground and use his Piece of Eden, the Papal Staff, to strike down Ezio and everyone else in the room. However, he was surprised to see that Ezio was able to resist the power of his staff, Ezio brought out his own Piece of Eden, The Apple that Altair took from Ali Mualim. Ezio then summoned four clones of himself to assist him in his battle against Borgia, eventually defeating him. But Borgia tripped Ezio with the staff, and snatched The Apple from his hands, and combined it with The Staff to open up the door to The Vault, which had been underneath Rome the whole time. Ezio tried to stop him, but he was lifted into the air by Borgia, unable to resist two combined Pieces of Eden. Borgia stabbed Ezio with a dagger and left him laying on the ground as Borgia escaped into the Vault. Ezio eventually made his way to the Vault, with Borgia furiously pounding the door to the inner chambers. Ezio dropped down into the pit where Borgia was, and challenged him to one last fist fight, with no more weapons, no more plots, and no more decoys. Borgia accepted and the two had one last battle. During the battle, Borgia stated that he never believed in The Bible or in God, and only became Pope to get the Staff and access to the Vault, wanting to unify Italy under the Templar rule. Ezio defeated Borgia but refrained from killing him, saying that killing him will not bring back his family. Besides, the knowledge that he was not the Prophet, as he had believed, was an even sorer blow than anything else that Ezio could have thought of.

===''[[Assassin's Creed II: Discovery]]''===
Soon after, he heard of [[Christoffa Corombo]]'s plans to sail west and arranged a meeting with him. Christoffa's right hand man [[Luis Santangel]] warned him that it was a trap, but Christoffa wouldn't listen. It was indeed a trap and Borgia ordered his men to give him proof of Christoffa's death.

== Final Words ==
(First assassination attempt by Ezio)

'''Ezio:''' ''I thought...I thought I was beyond this. But I'm not. I've waited too long, lost too much... Requiescat in Pace (Rest in Peace), you bastard!''

'''Rodrigo:''' ''I don't think so!''

(Second "death scene" with Rodrigo)

'''Rodrigo:''' ''You can't!! You can't!! It's MY destiny!! MINE!!! I am the prophet!!''

'''Ezio:''' ''You never were.''

'''Rodrigo:''' ''Get it over with then...''

'''Ezio''': ...''No. Killing you won't bring my family back... I'm done. ''Nulla è reale, tutto è lecito. Requiescat in Pace.'' (Nothing is true, everything is permitted. Rest in Peace.)''

==Trivia==
[[File:Blason famille it Borgia01_svg.png|thumb|Coat of arms of the Borgias. Can be seen on Borgia's personal guards (in black with red strip outfit) with slightly different colors.]]
*As Ezio enters the Sistine Chapel to assassinate Borgia, he is proclaiming the Nicene Creed to the congregation. It is befitting and dramatic irony that he is assassinated as he proclaims this, as the Nicene Creed confesses the wholeness of the Christian doctrine, which Borgia later states in the final battle that he does not believe in.
* Although Ezio did not kill Borgia, he is listed as dead in the Animus' Conspirator Web after the player completes the game and reenters the Animus. This may be due to Ezio simply listing off Rodrigo as a target.
* While it is known that Rodrigo would go on to have the most debauched bloody papacy in human history what occurs between of him and Ezio is completely unknown as Rodrigo dies of a fever 4 years later in 1503 leaving ample time to wage a sizeable campaign against the Assassins himself.
* Throughout the entire game, Rodrigo is always wearing something that covers his head. Not once is he without a hat or a hood.
* Rodrigo's cloak from before his rise to Pope resembles Al Mualim's robe from [[Assassin's Creed]].
* Rodrigo is the only assassination target Ezio has had to fight repeatedly as well as the only one he ever spared. He is also the most formidable fighter in-game.
* Rodrigo uses a [[Swords and Maces|Schiavona]] for his and Ezio's first fight. He then uses the Staff of Eden as Pope. It is interesting to note that he is the only opponent that can stab people when they are knocked down.

==Gallery==
[[Video:Assassin's Creed 2 - Targets: Rodrigo Borgia 3/9|thumb|400px|left|Database entry.]]
<gallery>
Image:Rodrigolineage.png|Borgia's appearance in Assassin's Creed: Lineage.
Image:Rodrigo acii.png|Borgia's appearance in Assassin's Creed II.
</gallery>

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[[Category:Templars|Borgia, Rodrigo]]

Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad

2009-12-10T21:21:09Z

71.190.209.239: /* Equipment and skills */

{{Character Infobox
|name =Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad
|status =Deceased
|image =Alta-assassins-creed.jpg
|imgdesc =A full body portrait of Altaïr.
|faction =[[Assassins]]
|appear =''[[Assassin's Creed]]'', ''[[AC: Altaïr's Chronicles]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' (Gameplay Chase Scene)
|period =Third Crusade
|voice =[[Philip Shahbaz]]
}}
{{dialogue|Al Mualim|Remember... nothing is true.|Altaïr|Everything is permitted.|Al Mualim and Altaïr at the Masyaf fortress}}
'''Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad''' (الطائر ابن لا أحد in [[wikipedia:Arabic|Arabic]]) (1166 - unknown) is the main protagonist in ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'', as well as the ancestor of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] and [[Desmond Miles]].

==Biography==
=== Early Life ===
Altaïr was born to an unknown couple, consisting of a Christian woman and a Muslim man.  During his childhood his parents left [[Masyaf]] for unknown reasons, though Altaïr felt little at their departure due to the nature of the [[Assassins|Assassin]] order.  Prior to the events of the series, Altaïr trained under [[Al Mualim]] and quickly rose among his brethren in skill.  This caught Al Mualim's eye and favor, and Altaïr was eventually promoted to the rank of "[[Master Assassin]]".

In the codex pages Altaïr states that he never felt a connection between his parents and him and that when he left them it was nothing more then departing "two strangers". He also stated that it was Al Mualim that cared for him and that was enough for him during that stage of his life.

===''[[Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles]]''===
Altaïr's backstory before the events revealed through [[Desmond Miles]]' memories, Altaïr is still a high-ranking assassin who is tasked with recovering an artifact known as Chalice. On his way to find it, he has to acquire three keys and fight off Templars. It is later revealed that the Chalice is in fact a woman named [[Adha]], but she is kidnapped by Templars under the leadership of Basilisk. Altaïr succeeds in killing Basilisk, but is unable to save Adha, who is taken away by ship. Altaïr yells that he will find her, but has he eventually succeeded or heard of her again is unknown. In Assassin's Creed II, one of the Codex pages reveals that he later caught up to Adha and had found her corpse. In the text, Altaïr states that he held her corpse and exacted vengence on those that killed her. It is hinted that he loved her, and her death deeply hurt him. The circumstances of Adha's death are not made clear.

===''[[Assassin's Creed]]''===
{{quote|A small sacrifice to save many. It is necessary.|Altaïr}}

Altaïr, [[Malik]] and [[Kadar]] were sent by [[Al Mualim]] to go underneath the Temple Mount in [[Jerusalem]] to recieve an artifact from the [[Templars]]. Whilst in the temple underground Altaïr sees the Asssassin's arch-enemy, [[Robert de Sable]], Altaïr attempts to kill Robert but fails and is thrown from the temple. Malik and Kadar were trapped with Robert and his Templars. Upon return to [[Masyaf]], Al Mualim names Altaïr as a traitor to the Creed, but Malik returns with artifact. The Templars attack Masyaf, Altaïr defends the village and then he and two other Assassins climb the tower of the Castle and enact Al Mualim's plan, he performs a [[Leap of Faith]] of the tower to an area which leads to another tower full of logs which land on top of the Templars. After the attack Al Mualim deems Altaïr a failure and a traitor to the Creed and Al Mualim stabs him with a dagger, apparently killing him.

Altaïr wakes up from his ''"Sleep of the Dead" ''and Al Mualim strips him of his possessions and title. Altaïr now had to start from a novice once again and hunt down a traitor within Masyaf who had helped the Templars in the attack of Masyaf. On return to Al Mualim, Altaïr is ranked up and given his [[Hidden Blade]] and longsword back, he also is given a deal of nine lives for his own. He would later in the game find out that The nine people on the list were simply decoys for [[Altaïr]].

===The Nine===
{{dialogue3|Al Mualim|I hold here a list. Nine men adorn it, nine men who need to die. They are plague-bringers, war-makers... Their power and influence corrupt the lands, ensuring that the Crusades continue. Find them, kill them... In doing so, you will sow the seeds of peace, both for the region, and for yourself.|Altaïr|Nine lives in exchange for mine...|A generous offer indeed. Have you any questions?|Only where I need begin.}}

Altaïr starts his quest, leaving [[Masyaf]] and riding through the [[kingdom]] on horseback to [[Damascus]], location of the first target, [[Tamir]].
Arriving there, he goes to the local [[Bureau]] and asks permission for the assassination. The [[dai]] denies it, ordering Altaïr to first gather information about his target. Going through the city's poor district, Altaïr interrogates informants, pickpocket letters and maps and eavesdrop on conversations around him, acquiring the lcoation of the target. Returing to the Bureau with this info, he receives a permission for the kill and a [[white feather]], to be wet in the victim's blood as proof of the murder.
In a plaza of the market district, Altaïr witness Tamir slaying a bussiness partner, and kills him while he does a round around the tends.
Returning to the Bureau, Altaïr is directed to Al Mualim again, who congratulates him by the accomplishment and rewards part of his equipment back. Altaïr the leaves to the other cities, [[Jerusalem]] and [[Acre]] to his next targets.

[[File:SS11.jpg|thumb|right|Altaïr chases [[Talal]] though the streets]]
Arriving at Jerusalem's Bureau, Altaïr is harshily received by Malik, that Bureau's new leader. Malik then sends him to the investigations, returning when he has the necessary information. After receiving the permission and the feather, Altaïr enters Talal's slave complex, but is ambushed by his followers. Dispatching of them, he chases Talal throughout the rooftops and streets, finally catching up to him and putting a [[hidden blade]] on his neck.

Altaïr returns to the Bureau, reports to Masyaf and then goes to Acre, where [[Garnier de Naplouse]] is to be killed.

[[File:SS4.jpg|thumb|left|Garnier's death from above]]
At Acre, he meets the Bureau leader and gather info about his target, then receives the feather and permission for the kill.
Infiltrating Garnier's hospital, Altaïr watches him make the rounds on his patients and strikes him from above. A city wide alert is issued, and after escaping from the hospital and hiding in the Bureau, Altaïr returns to Masyaf to a talk with Al Mualim.

After killing eight of the nine, Altaïr is left with the assassination of [[Robert de Sable]], who is in Jerusalem for a funeral. At the funeral Altaïr enters in a sword fight with "Robert" and his Templars, at the end of the fight Altaïr discovers that is wasn't Robert but a woman, [[Maria]], he lets her go, fleeing for [[Arsuf]] where Robert is convincing  [[Richard the Lionheart]] to join with [[Saladin]] to destroy the Assassins. Altaïr tries to convince Richard of Robert's plot to overthrow him, but Richard doesn't know who to trust and lets God decide. Altaïr and Robert then fight to the death, but Altaïr comes out victorious.

[[file: |thumb|Left|]]After the death of Robert, Altaïr discovers that Al Mualim was in fact a Templar and he returns to Masyaf to find out that the people of the Town had been put in a hypnotic trance, apart from him and few other Assassins. They make their way to the fortress. when Altair arrives he discovers that Al Mualim was responsible for this using the [[Piece of Eden]] which was recovered at Solomon's temple and after hearing many revalations Altair confronts his former master. After fighting many illusions, Altaïr manages to put his [[Hidden Blade]] into Al Mualim, ending the hypnotic trance. As Al Mualim dies he says that he did all this to ensure world peace and claims that Altaïr will not be able to destroy the Piece of Eden.

===''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]''===
One month after the events of "Assassin's Creed", Altair fights and captures Maria in Acre. Interrogating her, Altair learns that, with the halt in the war, the Templars are retreating to the island of Cyprus. Altair decides to head there himself, and attempt to eliminate the remaining Templars. On the way there, Altair begins writing the first pages of the [[Codex]]. This trip to Cyprus is mentioned in the Codex Pages in Assassin's Creed 2 as well.

=== Legacy ===
It is known that after Bloodlines, Maria bore at least two children with Altaïr, as the codex mentions he will have her talk with their sons. Also before his death, he wore a new armor, the same armor that would one day be worn by his descendant Ezio Auditore da Firenze as his Master Assassin Armor. This armor is the symbolic color of black, signifying the upper most rank in the Assassin Order. His death is unknown, but likely he died in old age with his children and Maria watching over him as he passed away. It should be noted however that in his last entry into the codex he remarks about his temptations and his ability to call for the Apple and use it to extend his life, as he states "I know the knowledge is there." The fate of Altaïr remains unclear.

===''[[Assassin's Creed II]] ''===
At the point in which Assassin's Creed II begins, Altaïr has been dead for hundreds of years. However, it is known that he left a [[Codex]] that his descendant, [[Ezio Auditore di Firenze|Ezio]], will find. In it, he left a secret map which reveals the locations of Pieces of Eden scattered all over the world.

It is also shown that Altaïr bore at least two children with Maria, the templar woman who took Robert de Sable's place in Jerusalem during the first Assassin's Creed.

Altaïr's armor is accessible in the game, but acquiring it is not necessary for completing the story. It is available to the player after exploring six Assassin`s Tombs and collecting the seals therein. When brought to the vault in the Villa Auditore, all six seals will open a gate, behind which lies Altaïr's armor.

You can also get a Altaïr costume in the game from the Uplay store for 30 points. Curiously, Ezio also loses Altaïr's missing finger while wearing the clothes. Not only that, but several glitches happen with the lower half of the robes, and the second hidden blade, and the poison blade, and the gun never show up, even though the animations do. Also, when Ezio has a goatee, equipping the Altair outfit will get rid of it. All of this is because it is not Ezio putting on the outfit, it is that the Animus put Altair's appearance into the visuals with data from the memory core that Lucy steals.

==Characteristics and personality==

[[File:SS5.jpg|thumb|left|400px|Altaïr free-running from rooftop to rooftop.]]
Altaïr is an ancestor of [[Desmond Miles]] and his memories are encoded into Miles' DNA. [[Abstergo Industries]] abducted Miles in order to use the [[Animus]] on him, which would decode his genetic structure and extract vital information from the memories of Altaïr, in a project bent on New World Order. Altaïr is a master assassin instructor, capable of extraordinary acrobatic feats, a master of social stealth, fully adept in the application of the deadly arts, and a member of the [[Assassins|Assassins' Order]]. Near the beginning of the game, he is demoted to the Assassins' [[Rank]] of [[Novice]] and removed of all his equipment save for his robes. In order to regain his status, he must publicly assassinate nine men who are involved in exploiting the war hostilities in the Holy Land.

Altaïr travels between the four cities ([[Jerusalem]], [[Masyaf]], [[Damascus]], and [[Acre]]) to kill his victims. His extensive knowledge in the deadly arts are without question at the level of an instructor, able to infiltrate any fortification completely unnoticed, brush shoulders with a primary assassination target without alerting them to his hostile presence and strike from any direction, a testament of his undeniable mastery over "Hiding in Plain Sight", showing his understanding of the "Assassins Creed" and the importance of the second [[tenet]]

. Altaïr, bound by the second tenet of the "Assassins Creed" has mastered the ability to become one with the crowd, so that his deadly presence and approach is masked entirely from his intended target. His ability to blend in and appear as just another face in the crowd, makes it much more possible to get in extremely close to a target and silently assassinate them using the Hidden Blade without alerting the immediate surrounding environment. Whether investigating or silently assassinating, Altaïr constantly remains anonymous out of his instinctive assassins nature, remaining anonymous for Altaïr is second nature, very briefly[[File:SS7.jpg|thumb|260px|The eagle watches the streets of Acre from a rooftop.]]exposing himself to the publics eye preparing (even though very rare and extremely short in length and for good reason) to strike during a public assassination of one of "The Nine", and even public assassinations do not guarantee Altaïr's exposed appearance, he is a master assassin instructor and is highly skilled in adapting to changing situations and the changing environment, knowing all too well in how to still maintain control in the constantly dangerous and changing environment, possession of such sharp perceptional skills carries over into how he reads the crowd for any slight sign of danger. Sharp sense of awareness, will aid Altaïr greatly in survival moving about the dangerous cities, and kingdom throughout the Holy Land. As stated Altaïr's acrobatic skills help in both assassination and escape, he uses these skills to strike from many different locations and directions, mainly from affront, above, and behind when performing public assassinations which have all been recorded in virtual history according to entry wound. Altaïr's assassination expertise is unquestionable, seeing how he can appear from the crowd undetected, and quickly kill anyone he focuses on silently, then blends immediately back into the crowd. During primary assassinations Altaïr clearly knows the meaning of subtlety. Altaïr stalks the district most affected by the targets corruption, obtaining information on where and when he will be so that he may plan to properly strike. Using that knowledge better prepares for the opportune moment to strike. Observing, and moving silently about the large crowds that usually gather within the kill zone as only a "blade in the crowd". Altaïr strikes without flaw or mercy making him very efficient in the exact moment of the strike. Highly educated upon the politics involving the Crusaders and Saracens and their religious philosophies, this educational training will help Altaïr in better understanding their territories, and the numerous factions within. It will give better perspective on perhaps why men choose certain paths in life and as the Assassins better know themselves and understand not to judge their targets but embrace their perspective on what they call justifiable action, but to put it after our own philosophy of "peace in all things". For any who threaten our cause will die under the shining sun in public. Altaïr knows that when the opportune time presents itself to strike, he must not show mercy to the target for their politically sanctioned death will ensure peace returns or so our philosophy depicts it when taught. Altaïr's social mastery ensures that low-profile kills performed while hiding amongst the crowd will succeed, allowing him to eliminate any guards patrolling the streets. Altaïr is a master at anonymous travel and the silent approach, when moving about the city streets seeking out his target Altaïr moves with the crowd as the crowd, then at the moment to strike his target, he moves as a cloaked white ghost. To get caught in the crowd with Altaïr silently stalking you is imminent death. It is as if the target is lost in a heavy and thick fog shrouding a forest of death, only its a sea of people moving about in different directions until one of those sudden bumps turns out to be the sharp Hidden Blade being extended into one of your vital organs. During escape such skills come in handy for quickly seeking high ground or space between the encroaching city guard. When ranked a novice, Altaïr was ordered to start tracking his targets personally by [[Al Mualim]] . He showed that, in combination with social stealth mastery and tracking knowledge, blending into the crowd and becoming simply another face in the crowd allowed Altaïr to carry out his assassination target investigations more easily.[[File:SS2.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Altaïr escapes with the city on wide alert]]

His social stealth expertise helps when dealing with Crusaders and Saracen guards. When moving about a city looking for a highly public figure marked for assassination one must never call for attention, it runs the risk of possibly breaking the second and third tenet within the "Assassins Creed". Altaïr is trained extensively on how to traverse the city disguised as a holy scholar. Dressing as a scholar allows the silent eagle assassin to get close enough to a target without raising suspicion before striking. Scholar robe disguises aid in assassinations due to the simple facts they happen in broad daylight within the open public for the people to witness and spread news of its happening and the disguise masks your true appearance and intentions. This disguise also makes travel easier as scholars have less restraint within the cities, and applying the proper mannerisms to aide the disguise helps that much more. Through experience and instinct Altaïr keenly observes the environment remaining alert at all times to the extremely active guard presence that surrounds him.

[[file:SS3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Talal's follower is impaled]]
=== Equipment and skills ===
Like other assassins Altaïr is trained in stealth assassination techniques, hand to hand and weapons combat, blade throwing, climbing, urban acrobatics, eavesdropping, interrogation, and pick pocketing.

Altaïr's most interesting weapon is the Hidden Blade--a weapon similar to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katara_(sword) katara], which is used for close-range assassinations. It is mounted on the inside of his left hand gauntlet, and when deployed, extends between the space left by his amputated ring finger. He flicks a trigger on a ring to make the blade appear where his finger had once been. This amputation was part of the initiation for becoming an assassin of the Hashshashin sect. Altaïr also uses a combination of throwing knives, a sword, the Hidden Blade, and his fists. The throwing knives are very useful for taking down archers. Use of the sword is slower than use of the dagger, of which is fast and light and can be used in tandem with the throwing knives. However, attacking with the sword is much more damaging to the enemies than when using the dagger. Altaïr also uses an ability called "Eagle Vision," a sort of "sixth sense" that lets him see people's intentions. Guards appear in red, allies in blue, citizens with information in white and assassination targets in gold-yellow.

After the events of ''Assassin's Creed'' and ''Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines'', Altaïr dedicated more his life on studies (especially on the [[Piece of Eden]]) rather than field missions, and revealed to be a brilliant engineer and inventor. He actually invented (perharps with the help of the Piece of Eden) the new assassination techniques, the Hidden Blade upgrades and the way to create the special metal for his armor.

==Behind the Scenes==
The name Altaïr is an Arabic word, which means "The Flying Eagle". In interviews, the game's producer, [[wikipedia:Jade_Raymond|Jade Raymond]] has stated that while in mid-air, Altaïr's shadow resembles that of an eagle. This is because of his attire, which includes a point at the front of the hood (to resemble a beak) and slits through the back of the outfit (to resemble tail feathers). The second part of his name, Ibn-La'Ahad means 'son of no-one', reflecting his mysterious origins. It has been revealed by Raymond that his father was a Muslim and his mother a Christian. His appearance is remarkably similar to Desmond's, only a few scars seeming to separate their appearances at first glance. His rebellious nature and mission failure would lead to his severe demotion, placing him on the same level as a raw initiate to the Assassin Order. That same attitude cost [[Malik]] his left arm, as well as the life of his brother Kadar at the beginning of the story. As the situation progresses and Altaïr listens to the final words of his assassination victims, listening to their revelations involving them and their justified corrupt deeds within the Holy Land and their cities, his attitude changes and he becomes less impetuous, overconfident, demanding, arrogant, self-centred and impatient, learning to perceive more between the lines and actions of the world while drawing upon the teachings of the "Assassins Creed". Near the end of the conflict, all of his brash and rebellious nature, has vanished behind a demeanour of calm, focused, driven, humble, more patient and higher wisdom of understanding. But with this he learns what it is the "Assassins Creed" truly means, and recommends of him as an Assassin.

==Trivia==
*Jade Raymond, producer of ''Assassin's Creed'', revealed during an interview at the Ubidays 2007 that Altaïr was born to a Muslim father, and a Christian mother<ref>[http://www.gametrailers.com/video/ubidays-07-assassins-creed/19929 Ubidays 07 Jade Raymond Interview Pt. 2]</ref>.
* Altair also has three different voices throughout three of the Assassins Creed games. His voice in Assassins Creed: Altair's Chronicles sounded a bit higher and not as deep as the original Assassins Creed game. His voice in Assassins Creed Bloodlines had more of a Middle Eastern accent than the one in the original game.
* The Altaïr costume can be unlocked in the game Metal Gear Solid 4 by simply putting in the correct password at the extra's screen, or by having alert 50 times or below. It can also be unlocked for Prince of Persia(2009). Users have to register at the Ubisoft Website and then link that account to an Xbox 360 Gamertag or PSN screen name.
* Altair's Outfit can also be used in Assassin's Creed 2. You can download it on UPlay. Ezio's ring finger will also vanish when this armour is worn.
* His first name, "Altaïr", means "The Flying One". His last name, "Ibn-La'Ahad", means "Son of None".
* His hood tip resembles an eagles beak.

==Notes and references==
{{Reflist}}

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{{ACII}}
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles Characters|Ibn-La'Ahad, Altaïr]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed Characters|Ibn-La'Ahad, Altaïr]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines Characters|Ibn-La'Ahad, Altaïr]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed II Characters|Ibn-La'Ahad, Altaïr]]
[[Category:Assassins|Ibn-La'Ahad, Altaïr]]

Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad

2009-12-10T21:19:15Z

71.190.209.239: /* Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines */

{{Character Infobox
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|status =Deceased
|image =Alta-assassins-creed.jpg
|imgdesc =A full body portrait of Altaïr.
|faction =[[Assassins]]
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|period =Third Crusade
|voice =[[Philip Shahbaz]]
}}
{{dialogue|Al Mualim|Remember... nothing is true.|Altaïr|Everything is permitted.|Al Mualim and Altaïr at the Masyaf fortress}}
'''Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad''' (الطائر ابن لا أحد in [[wikipedia:Arabic|Arabic]]) (1166 - unknown) is the main protagonist in ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'', as well as the ancestor of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] and [[Desmond Miles]].

==Biography==
=== Early Life ===
Altaïr was born to an unknown couple, consisting of a Christian woman and a Muslim man.  During his childhood his parents left [[Masyaf]] for unknown reasons, though Altaïr felt little at their departure due to the nature of the [[Assassins|Assassin]] order.  Prior to the events of the series, Altaïr trained under [[Al Mualim]] and quickly rose among his brethren in skill.  This caught Al Mualim's eye and favor, and Altaïr was eventually promoted to the rank of "[[Master Assassin]]".

In the codex pages Altaïr states that he never felt a connection between his parents and him and that when he left them it was nothing more then departing "two strangers". He also stated that it was Al Mualim that cared for him and that was enough for him during that stage of his life.

===''[[Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles]]''===
Altaïr's backstory before the events revealed through [[Desmond Miles]]' memories, Altaïr is still a high-ranking assassin who is tasked with recovering an artifact known as Chalice. On his way to find it, he has to acquire three keys and fight off Templars. It is later revealed that the Chalice is in fact a woman named [[Adha]], but she is kidnapped by Templars under the leadership of Basilisk. Altaïr succeeds in killing Basilisk, but is unable to save Adha, who is taken away by ship. Altaïr yells that he will find her, but has he eventually succeeded or heard of her again is unknown. In Assassin's Creed II, one of the Codex pages reveals that he later caught up to Adha and had found her corpse. In the text, Altaïr states that he held her corpse and exacted vengence on those that killed her. It is hinted that he loved her, and her death deeply hurt him. The circumstances of Adha's death are not made clear.

===''[[Assassin's Creed]]''===
{{quote|A small sacrifice to save many. It is necessary.|Altaïr}}

Altaïr, [[Malik]] and [[Kadar]] were sent by [[Al Mualim]] to go underneath the Temple Mount in [[Jerusalem]] to recieve an artifact from the [[Templars]]. Whilst in the temple underground Altaïr sees the Asssassin's arch-enemy, [[Robert de Sable]], Altaïr attempts to kill Robert but fails and is thrown from the temple. Malik and Kadar were trapped with Robert and his Templars. Upon return to [[Masyaf]], Al Mualim names Altaïr as a traitor to the Creed, but Malik returns with artifact. The Templars attack Masyaf, Altaïr defends the village and then he and two other Assassins climb the tower of the Castle and enact Al Mualim's plan, he performs a [[Leap of Faith]] of the tower to an area which leads to another tower full of logs which land on top of the Templars. After the attack Al Mualim deems Altaïr a failure and a traitor to the Creed and Al Mualim stabs him with a dagger, apparently killing him.

Altaïr wakes up from his ''"Sleep of the Dead" ''and Al Mualim strips him of his possessions and title. Altaïr now had to start from a novice once again and hunt down a traitor within Masyaf who had helped the Templars in the attack of Masyaf. On return to Al Mualim, Altaïr is ranked up and given his [[Hidden Blade]] and longsword back, he also is given a deal of nine lives for his own. He would later in the game find out that The nine people on the list were simply decoys for [[Altaïr]].

===The Nine===
{{dialogue3|Al Mualim|I hold here a list. Nine men adorn it, nine men who need to die. They are plague-bringers, war-makers... Their power and influence corrupt the lands, ensuring that the Crusades continue. Find them, kill them... In doing so, you will sow the seeds of peace, both for the region, and for yourself.|Altaïr|Nine lives in exchange for mine...|A generous offer indeed. Have you any questions?|Only where I need begin.}}

Altaïr starts his quest, leaving [[Masyaf]] and riding through the [[kingdom]] on horseback to [[Damascus]], location of the first target, [[Tamir]].
Arriving there, he goes to the local [[Bureau]] and asks permission for the assassination. The [[dai]] denies it, ordering Altaïr to first gather information about his target. Going through the city's poor district, Altaïr interrogates informants, pickpocket letters and maps and eavesdrop on conversations around him, acquiring the lcoation of the target. Returing to the Bureau with this info, he receives a permission for the kill and a [[white feather]], to be wet in the victim's blood as proof of the murder.
In a plaza of the market district, Altaïr witness Tamir slaying a bussiness partner, and kills him while he does a round around the tends.
Returning to the Bureau, Altaïr is directed to Al Mualim again, who congratulates him by the accomplishment and rewards part of his equipment back. Altaïr the leaves to the other cities, [[Jerusalem]] and [[Acre]] to his next targets.

[[File:SS11.jpg|thumb|right|Altaïr chases [[Talal]] though the streets]]
Arriving at Jerusalem's Bureau, Altaïr is harshily received by Malik, that Bureau's new leader. Malik then sends him to the investigations, returning when he has the necessary information. After receiving the permission and the feather, Altaïr enters Talal's slave complex, but is ambushed by his followers. Dispatching of them, he chases Talal throughout the rooftops and streets, finally catching up to him and putting a [[hidden blade]] on his neck.

Altaïr returns to the Bureau, reports to Masyaf and then goes to Acre, where [[Garnier de Naplouse]] is to be killed.

[[File:SS4.jpg|thumb|left|Garnier's death from above]]
At Acre, he meets the Bureau leader and gather info about his target, then receives the feather and permission for the kill.
Infiltrating Garnier's hospital, Altaïr watches him make the rounds on his patients and strikes him from above. A city wide alert is issued, and after escaping from the hospital and hiding in the Bureau, Altaïr returns to Masyaf to a talk with Al Mualim.

After killing eight of the nine, Altaïr is left with the assassination of [[Robert de Sable]], who is in Jerusalem for a funeral. At the funeral Altaïr enters in a sword fight with "Robert" and his Templars, at the end of the fight Altaïr discovers that is wasn't Robert but a woman, [[Maria]], he lets her go, fleeing for [[Arsuf]] where Robert is convincing  [[Richard the Lionheart]] to join with [[Saladin]] to destroy the Assassins. Altaïr tries to convince Richard of Robert's plot to overthrow him, but Richard doesn't know who to trust and lets God decide. Altaïr and Robert then fight to the death, but Altaïr comes out victorious.

[[file: |thumb|Left|]]After the death of Robert, Altaïr discovers that Al Mualim was in fact a Templar and he returns to Masyaf to find out that the people of the Town had been put in a hypnotic trance, apart from him and few other Assassins. They make their way to the fortress. when Altair arrives he discovers that Al Mualim was responsible for this using the [[Piece of Eden]] which was recovered at Solomon's temple and after hearing many revalations Altair confronts his former master. After fighting many illusions, Altaïr manages to put his [[Hidden Blade]] into Al Mualim, ending the hypnotic trance. As Al Mualim dies he says that he did all this to ensure world peace and claims that Altaïr will not be able to destroy the Piece of Eden.

===''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]''===
One month after the events of "Assassin's Creed", Altair fights and captures Maria in Acre. Interrogating her, Altair learns that, with the halt in the war, the Templars are retreating to the island of Cyprus. Altair decides to head there himself, and attempt to eliminate the remaining Templars. On the way there, Altair begins writing the first pages of the [[Codex]]. This trip to Cyprus is mentioned in the Codex Pages in Assassin's Creed 2 as well.

=== Legacy ===
It is known that after Bloodlines, Maria bore at least two children with Altaïr, as the codex mentions he will have her talk with their sons. Also before his death, he wore a new armor, the same armor that would one day be worn by his descendant Ezio Auditore da Firenze as his Master Assassin Armor. This armor is the symbolic color of black, signifying the upper most rank in the Assassin Order. His death is unknown, but likely he died in old age with his children and Maria watching over him as he passed away. It should be noted however that in his last entry into the codex he remarks about his temptations and his ability to call for the Apple and use it to extend his life, as he states "I know the knowledge is there." The fate of Altaïr remains unclear.

===''[[Assassin's Creed II]] ''===
At the point in which Assassin's Creed II begins, Altaïr has been dead for hundreds of years. However, it is known that he left a [[Codex]] that his descendant, [[Ezio Auditore di Firenze|Ezio]], will find. In it, he left a secret map which reveals the locations of Pieces of Eden scattered all over the world.

It is also shown that Altaïr bore at least two children with Maria, the templar woman who took Robert de Sable's place in Jerusalem during the first Assassin's Creed.

Altaïr's armor is accessible in the game, but acquiring it is not necessary for completing the story. It is available to the player after exploring six Assassin`s Tombs and collecting the seals therein. When brought to the vault in the Villa Auditore, all six seals will open a gate, behind which lies Altaïr's armor.

You can also get a Altaïr costume in the game from the Uplay store for 30 points. Curiously, Ezio also loses Altaïr's missing finger while wearing the clothes. Not only that, but several glitches happen with the lower half of the robes, and the second hidden blade, and the poison blade, and the gun never show up, even though the animations do. Also, when Ezio has a goatee, equipping the Altair outfit will get rid of it. All of this is because it is not Ezio putting on the outfit, it is that the Animus put Altair's appearance into the visuals with data from the memory core that Lucy steals.

==Characteristics and personality==

[[File:SS5.jpg|thumb|left|400px|Altaïr free-running from rooftop to rooftop.]]
Altaïr is an ancestor of [[Desmond Miles]] and his memories are encoded into Miles' DNA. [[Abstergo Industries]] abducted Miles in order to use the [[Animus]] on him, which would decode his genetic structure and extract vital information from the memories of Altaïr, in a project bent on New World Order. Altaïr is a master assassin instructor, capable of extraordinary acrobatic feats, a master of social stealth, fully adept in the application of the deadly arts, and a member of the [[Assassins|Assassins' Order]]. Near the beginning of the game, he is demoted to the Assassins' [[Rank]] of [[Novice]] and removed of all his equipment save for his robes. In order to regain his status, he must publicly assassinate nine men who are involved in exploiting the war hostilities in the Holy Land.

Altaïr travels between the four cities ([[Jerusalem]], [[Masyaf]], [[Damascus]], and [[Acre]]) to kill his victims. His extensive knowledge in the deadly arts are without question at the level of an instructor, able to infiltrate any fortification completely unnoticed, brush shoulders with a primary assassination target without alerting them to his hostile presence and strike from any direction, a testament of his undeniable mastery over "Hiding in Plain Sight", showing his understanding of the "Assassins Creed" and the importance of the second [[tenet]]

. Altaïr, bound by the second tenet of the "Assassins Creed" has mastered the ability to become one with the crowd, so that his deadly presence and approach is masked entirely from his intended target. His ability to blend in and appear as just another face in the crowd, makes it much more possible to get in extremely close to a target and silently assassinate them using the Hidden Blade without alerting the immediate surrounding environment. Whether investigating or silently assassinating, Altaïr constantly remains anonymous out of his instinctive assassins nature, remaining anonymous for Altaïr is second nature, very briefly[[File:SS7.jpg|thumb|260px|The eagle watches the streets of Acre from a rooftop.]]exposing himself to the publics eye preparing (even though very rare and extremely short in length and for good reason) to strike during a public assassination of one of "The Nine", and even public assassinations do not guarantee Altaïr's exposed appearance, he is a master assassin instructor and is highly skilled in adapting to changing situations and the changing environment, knowing all too well in how to still maintain control in the constantly dangerous and changing environment, possession of such sharp perceptional skills carries over into how he reads the crowd for any slight sign of danger. Sharp sense of awareness, will aid Altaïr greatly in survival moving about the dangerous cities, and kingdom throughout the Holy Land. As stated Altaïr's acrobatic skills help in both assassination and escape, he uses these skills to strike from many different locations and directions, mainly from affront, above, and behind when performing public assassinations which have all been recorded in virtual history according to entry wound. Altaïr's assassination expertise is unquestionable, seeing how he can appear from the crowd undetected, and quickly kill anyone he focuses on silently, then blends immediately back into the crowd. During primary assassinations Altaïr clearly knows the meaning of subtlety. Altaïr stalks the district most affected by the targets corruption, obtaining information on where and when he will be so that he may plan to properly strike. Using that knowledge better prepares for the opportune moment to strike. Observing, and moving silently about the large crowds that usually gather within the kill zone as only a "blade in the crowd". Altaïr strikes without flaw or mercy making him very efficient in the exact moment of the strike. Highly educated upon the politics involving the Crusaders and Saracens and their religious philosophies, this educational training will help Altaïr in better understanding their territories, and the numerous factions within. It will give better perspective on perhaps why men choose certain paths in life and as the Assassins better know themselves and understand not to judge their targets but embrace their perspective on what they call justifiable action, but to put it after our own philosophy of "peace in all things". For any who threaten our cause will die under the shining sun in public. Altaïr knows that when the opportune time presents itself to strike, he must not show mercy to the target for their politically sanctioned death will ensure peace returns or so our philosophy depicts it when taught. Altaïr's social mastery ensures that low-profile kills performed while hiding amongst the crowd will succeed, allowing him to eliminate any guards patrolling the streets. Altaïr is a master at anonymous travel and the silent approach, when moving about the city streets seeking out his target Altaïr moves with the crowd as the crowd, then at the moment to strike his target, he moves as a cloaked white ghost. To get caught in the crowd with Altaïr silently stalking you is imminent death. It is as if the target is lost in a heavy and thick fog shrouding a forest of death, only its a sea of people moving about in different directions until one of those sudden bumps turns out to be the sharp Hidden Blade being extended into one of your vital organs. During escape such skills come in handy for quickly seeking high ground or space between the encroaching city guard. When ranked a novice, Altaïr was ordered to start tracking his targets personally by [[Al Mualim]] . He showed that, in combination with social stealth mastery and tracking knowledge, blending into the crowd and becoming simply another face in the crowd allowed Altaïr to carry out his assassination target investigations more easily.[[File:SS2.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Altaïr escapes with the city on wide alert]]

His social stealth expertise helps when dealing with Crusaders and Saracen guards. When moving about a city looking for a highly public figure marked for assassination one must never call for attention, it runs the risk of possibly breaking the second and third tenet within the "Assassins Creed". Altaïr is trained extensively on how to traverse the city disguised as a holy scholar. Dressing as a scholar allows the silent eagle assassin to get close enough to a target without raising suspicion before striking. Scholar robe disguises aid in assassinations due to the simple facts they happen in broad daylight within the open public for the people to witness and spread news of its happening and the disguise masks your true appearance and intentions. This disguise also makes travel easier as scholars have less restraint within the cities, and applying the proper mannerisms to aide the disguise helps that much more. Through experience and instinct Altaïr keenly observes the environment remaining alert at all times to the extremely active guard presence that surrounds him.

[[file:SS3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Talal's follower is impaled]]
=== Equipment and skills ===
Like other assassins Altaïr is trained in stealth assassination techniques, hand to hand and weapons combat, blade throwing, climbing, urban acrobatics, eavesdropping, interrogation, and pick pocketing.

Altaïr's most interesting weapon is the Hidden Blade--a weapon similar to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katara_(sword) katara], which is used for close-range assassinations. It is mounted on the inside of his left hand gauntlet, and when deployed, extends between the space left by his amputated ring finger. He flicks a trigger on a ring to make the blade appear where his finger had once been. This amputation was part of the initiation for becoming an assassin of the Hashshashin sect. Altaïr also uses a combination of throwing knives, a sword, the Hidden Blade, and his fists. The throwing knives are very useful for taking down archers. Use of the sword is slower than use of the dagger, of which is fast and light and can be used in tandem with the throwing knives. However, attacking with the sword is much more damaging to the enemies than when using the dagger. Altaïr also uses an ability called "Eagle Vision," a sort of "sixth sense" that lets him see people's intentions. Guards appear in red, allies in blue, citizens with information in white and assassination targets in gold-yellow.

After the events of ''Assassin's Creed'' and ''Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines'', Altaïr dedicated more his life on studies (especially on the [[Piece of Eden]]) rather than field missions, and revealed to be a brilliant engineer and inventor. He actually invented (perharps with the help of his fellow Assassins) the new assassination techniques, the Hidden Blade upgrades and the way to create the special metal for his armor.

==Behind the Scenes==
The name Altaïr is an Arabic word, which means "The Flying Eagle". In interviews, the game's producer, [[wikipedia:Jade_Raymond|Jade Raymond]] has stated that while in mid-air, Altaïr's shadow resembles that of an eagle. This is because of his attire, which includes a point at the front of the hood (to resemble a beak) and slits through the back of the outfit (to resemble tail feathers). The second part of his name, Ibn-La'Ahad means 'son of no-one', reflecting his mysterious origins. It has been revealed by Raymond that his father was a Muslim and his mother a Christian. His appearance is remarkably similar to Desmond's, only a few scars seeming to separate their appearances at first glance. His rebellious nature and mission failure would lead to his severe demotion, placing him on the same level as a raw initiate to the Assassin Order. That same attitude cost [[Malik]] his left arm, as well as the life of his brother Kadar at the beginning of the story. As the situation progresses and Altaïr listens to the final words of his assassination victims, listening to their revelations involving them and their justified corrupt deeds within the Holy Land and their cities, his attitude changes and he becomes less impetuous, overconfident, demanding, arrogant, self-centred and impatient, learning to perceive more between the lines and actions of the world while drawing upon the teachings of the "Assassins Creed". Near the end of the conflict, all of his brash and rebellious nature, has vanished behind a demeanour of calm, focused, driven, humble, more patient and higher wisdom of understanding. But with this he learns what it is the "Assassins Creed" truly means, and recommends of him as an Assassin.

==Trivia==
*Jade Raymond, producer of ''Assassin's Creed'', revealed during an interview at the Ubidays 2007 that Altaïr was born to a Muslim father, and a Christian mother<ref>[http://www.gametrailers.com/video/ubidays-07-assassins-creed/19929 Ubidays 07 Jade Raymond Interview Pt. 2]</ref>.
* Altair also has three different voices throughout three of the Assassins Creed games. His voice in Assassins Creed: Altair's Chronicles sounded a bit higher and not as deep as the original Assassins Creed game. His voice in Assassins Creed Bloodlines had more of a Middle Eastern accent than the one in the original game.
* The Altaïr costume can be unlocked in the game Metal Gear Solid 4 by simply putting in the correct password at the extra's screen, or by having alert 50 times or below. It can also be unlocked for Prince of Persia(2009). Users have to register at the Ubisoft Website and then link that account to an Xbox 360 Gamertag or PSN screen name.
* Altair's Outfit can also be used in Assassin's Creed 2. You can download it on UPlay. Ezio's ring finger will also vanish when this armour is worn.
* His first name, "Altaïr", means "The Flying One". His last name, "Ibn-La'Ahad", means "Son of None".
* His hood tip resembles an eagles beak.

==Notes and references==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Assassin's Creed Characters|Ibn-La'Ahad, Altaïr]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines Characters|Ibn-La'Ahad, Altaïr]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed II Characters|Ibn-La'Ahad, Altaïr]]
[[Category:Assassins|Ibn-La'Ahad, Altaïr]]

Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex

2009-12-08T06:29:45Z

71.190.209.239: /* Description */

'''The Codex''' are documents left behind by [[Altaïr]], containing cryptic messages. In [[Assassin's Creed II]], [[Ezio]] takes the Codex papers to [[Leonardo da Vinci]], who interprets them, and creates weapons using guidelines encrypted on the Codex. In order to complete Assassin's Creed II, the player must collect all 30 pages from the Codex. If the player doesn't have all the Codex once they are ready for Memory Block 14, all remaining pages will appear on the map.

==Codex Pages==
===Pages 1 to 10===
'''Page 1'''
I have spent days with the artifact now. Or has it been weeks? Months? I can no longer be certain...
The others come from time to time - offering food or distraction. They say I should separate myself from these studies... Malik has even suggested I abandon them entirely. But I am not yet ready to turn away. This Apple of Eden will be understood. It must be...
Is it a weapon? Is it a catalogue? Is it somehow both? "He who increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow..." The philosophy of such a statement I can understand... But for it to be truth - literally true? A society that waged wars with ideas and information in place of steel and swords...
Its function is simple. Elementary, even. Dominion. Control. But the process... the methods and means it employs... THESE are fascinating. Those subjected to its glow are promised all that they desire. It asks only one thing in return: complete and total obedience. And who can truly refuse? It is temptation incarnate.
I remember my own moment of weakness when confronted by Al Mualim, my confidence shaken by his words. He, who had been like a father, was now revealed to be my greatest enemy. Just the briefest flicker of doubt was all he needed to creep into my mind. But I vanquished his phantoms - restored my self confidence - and sent him from this world. I freed myself. But now I wonder... Did I really? For here I sit - desperate to understand that which I swore to destroy.
This is why: The Apple has a tale to tell. I sense the flickers of something - great and dangerous... We are all at risk. It is my duty to do something about it. I must not - cannot - turn away until I've found the truth.

'''Page 2'''

'''Page 3'''

'''Page 4'''
What follows are the three great ironies of the Assassin Order: (1) Here we seek to promote peace, but murder is our means. (2) Here we seek to open the minds of men, but require obedience to a master and set of rules. (3) Here we seek to reveal the danger of blind faith, yet we are practitioners ourselves.
I have no satisfactory answer to these charges, only possibilities... Do we bend the rules in service to a greater good? And if we do, what does it say of us? That we are liars? That we are frauds? That we are weak? Every moment is spent wrestling with these contradictions and in spite of all the years I've had to reflect, still I can find no suitable answer... And I fear that one may not exist.
Nothing is true. Everything is permitted. Does our creed provide the answer, then? That one may be two things - opposite in every way - simultaneously? And why not? Am I not proof? We of noble intentions, possessed of barbaric means? We who celebrate the sanctity of life and then promptly take it from those we deem our enemies?

'''Page 5'''
Who were The Ones That Came Before? What brought them here? How long ago? Centuries? Millenia? Longer still? So little remains of them... What drove them out? What of these artifacts? Messages in a bottle? Tools left behind to aid and guide us? Or do we fight for control over their refuse, giving divine purpose and meaning to little more than discarded toys?

'''Page 6'''
Robert de Sable may be dead, but his brotherhood survives. Though less conspicuous in appearance, I fear they remain a threat. Where once they proudly walked the streets - making for easier targets - now they retreat into the shadows. It grows difficult to track them. What wicked things will they weave in the darkness? Our work will be all the more complicated for it. Already there are rumors of a movement on Cyprus. I will have to investigate...

It's made me realize that our tactics, too, must change. It means an end to our fortresses. To our penchant for spectacular displays of public assassinations. We must weave our webs quietly. And we must do so differently than we have in the past.

Though I ask my brothers now to abandon their rituals, I do not ask that they abandon the creed. THIS is what makes us assassins. Not the removal of a finger. Not a false promise of paradise. Not the prohibition of poison. Our duty is to the people, not to custom. If we must sneak, we shall sneak. If we must use poison, we shall use poison. If our blades can be used without removing fingers, we shall not demand they be taken. And we shall not manipulate our initiates with lies and parlor tricks. We shall speak plainly and honestly. We shall be made anew...

'''Page 7''' I had thought Adha would be the one to lead me to rest, that I might lay down my blade and live as a normal man. But now I know such dreams are best left to sleep...

Her face.  I try to banish it from my mind as I remember the days and nights during which I chased her Templar captors across the sea.  I almost got to them in time.  Almost.  If I had only been faster.  Instead, I held her lifeless body in my arms - saw the terror reflected in her fixed, unblinking eyes...

I hunted each man - one by one - until all responsible were gone from the world.  But there was no joy in this.  No satisfaction or release.  Their deaths did not bring her back.  Did not heal my wounds.  After that, I was certain I would never again feel for a woman as I had for her.

I am fortunate to have been wrong.

'''Page 8'''
Why do our instincts insist on violence? I have studies the interactions between different species. The innate desire to survive seems to demand the death of the other. Why can they not stand hand in hand? So many believe the world was created by the hand of a divine power - but I see only the designs of a madman, bent on celebrating destruction and desperation. Our origins seem chaotic. Unintended. Purpose and being instilled solely by the passage of time. Imposed first by nature - and later men...

'''Page 9'''
Over time, any sentence uttered long and loud enough becomes fixed. Becomes a truth. Provided, of course, you can outlast the dissent and silence your opponents. But should you succeed - and remove all challengers - then what remains is, by default, now true.

Is it truth in some objective sense? No. But how does one ever achieve an objective point of view? The answer is you don't. It is literally, physically impossible. There are too many variables. Too many fields and formulae to consider. We can try, of course. We can inch closer and closer to a revelation. But we'll never reach it. Not ever...

And so I have realized, that so long as The Templars exist, they will attempt to bend reality to their will. They recognize there is no such things as an absolute truth - or if there is - we are hopelessly underequipped to recognize it. And so in its place, they seek to create their own explanation. It is the guiding principle of their so-named "New World Order"; To reshape existence in their own image. It is not about artifacts. Not about men. These are merely tools. It's about concepts. Clever of them. For how does one wage war against a concept?

It is the perfect weapon. It lacks a physical form yet can alter the world around us in numerous, often violent ways. You cannot kill a creed. Even if you kill all of its adherents, destroy all of its writings - these are a reprieve at best. Some one, some day, will rediscover it. Reinvent it. I believe that even we, the Assassins, have simply re-discovered an Order that predates the Old Man himself...

'''Page 10'''

===Pages 11 to 20===
'''Page 11''' Attis.  Dionysus.  Horus.  Krishna.  Mithra.  Jesus.  Similar stories color their lives.  Too similar, I think.  Divine birthright.  Persecution.  Disciples.  Miraculous acts.  Resurrection...

How is it possible?

Perhaps it isn't... Merely a single story told over the ages?  Borrowed then changed to fit the times? Evolving as our tools and language do?  Is this tale borne of fact or fiction?  A bit of both?  Could these figures be the same person - their life extended and transformed by a Piece of Eden?

Al Mualim spoke of Jesus as a real person - a mortal who had mastered the arts of manipulation.  But what if he was wrong?  If these men are real - and if they have walked amongst us many times before - does it mean they'll come again?  Perhaps they are here now?  So many questions, and every day, even more...

'''Page 12'''

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'''Page 14'''
Man seeks dominion over all that he encounters. I suppose it a natural tendency for us to aspire towards mastery of our surroundings. But this should not include other human beings. Every day more and more are pressed into service - by deception or by force. Others, though not so firmly imprisoned, are made to feel as if their lives are worthless. I have seen the ways in which men persecute women. Heard the cruel words hurled at those who come here from other lands. Watched as those who believe or act differently are made to suffer...

We discuss such things often - watching as we do from the spires of Masyaf. What can be done to stop this? To encourage tolerance and equality? Some days we speak of education, believing that knowledge will free us from immorality. But as I walk the streets and see slaves sent off to auction - my heart grows cold. When I see the husband hurl abuses and stones at his wife, insisting she exists only to serve him - my fists clench. And when I see children torn from their parents so that another man might profit - sent off to suffer beneath the desert sun and die...

...On these days, I do not think that dialogue will make a difference. On these days, I can think only of how the perpetrators need to die.

'''Page 15'''

'''Page 16'''
The Apple is more than a catalog of that which precedes us. Within its twisting, sparking innards I've caught glimpses of what will be. Such a thing should not be possible. Perhaps it isn't. Maybe it is simply a suggestion. How to know? How to be sure?

I contemplate the consequences of these visions: are they images of things to come - or simply the potential for what might be. Can we influence the outcome? Dare we try? And in so doing, do we merely ensure that which we've seen?

I am torn - as always - between action and inaction - unclear as to which - if either - will make a difference. Am I even meant to make a difference? Still, I keep this journal. Is that not an attempt to change - or perhaps guarantee - what I have seen?

'''Page 17'''

'''Page 18'''
We are obligated to hide. To be silent. To shape the course of history in secret. But some of my brothers and sisters disagree. They grow angry, insisting it is a mistake to shroud ourselves. They say it slows our work. But they do not understand the risks. To expose ourselves now would be too dangerous. I fear we would be branded madmen and attacked. So it goes. So it always has. If there is one thing I know for certain, it is that men do not learn by being told. Instead they must be shown. They must make the connections themselves. If I say unto a man, be kind, be tolerant, be of an open mind - these words will wither and die long before they've affected change. It would be a waste. And so we must maintain our course...

'''Page 19'''
Legends speaks of a golden fleece. Could the two be related?...

...I have further refined the metallurgic process, allowing for the production of a suit of armor the likes of which the world has never seen...

...It is possessed of great strength, yet so light as to allow complete freedom...

...I alternate between wonder and fear.Here we have crafted something that will surely change the face of warfare, making those who wear it nigh invincible...

Perhaps it was a mistake to create these pieces.I think it best to erase the formulae.What if it were to fall in the hands of our enemies?The risk is too great...

'''Page 20'''
I have studied the ancient pagan faiths that came before this more recent obsession with a single, divine creator. They seem to have focused more on the fundamental forces at play in the world around us and less on arbitrary moral rules...

The sun rises in the morning and sets in the evening. The tides ebb and flow. Grass grows, withers, dies, and then in time, emerges from the ground once more. The air turns warm then cools and back again. Some hidden energy keeps us fitted to the ground and pulls us back when we attempt to leave it.

Each of these movements was represented before by a god or goddess. Each force given face, but recognized as something distinct and powerful. Which is not to say there were not connections between these forces - a pantheon of individual spirits - of rules. Invisible hands guiding the progress of the world around us.

And so here there was an attempt to categorize, study, explain, and understand the way things work - even if it was flawed. But no more. Now we are asked to succumb to a far more simplified explanation. How naive to believe there might be a single answer to every question. Every mystery. That there exists a lone divine light which rules over all. They say it is a light that brings truth and love. I say it is a light that blinds us - and forces us to stumble about in ignorance.

I long for the day when men turn away from invisible monsters and once more embrace a more rational view of the world. But these new religions are so convenient - and promise such terrible punishment should one reject them - I worry that fear shall keep us stuck to what is surely the greatest lie ever told.

===Pages 21 to 30===
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'''Page 26'''
I have the answer now. I know the truth. I shall not touch that wretched thing again. Best that no one do, now or ever. I have tried - at last - to destroy it, but it will neither bend nor break nor melt. Oh the irony - I am certain if I asked, the Apple would tell me what need be done. But even this promise is insufficient. Always it holds one more gift to give. I must refrain. So it shall be sealed. We will take it to the island - once theirs, now ours. There is a treasury there - hidden well - and it shall have to suffice. Risky to separate myself from the artifact that others may discover it. Riskier still to keep it close. In time I will be tempted. I am weak. We all are. Who wouldn't be? Oh, the things I have seen... The tale is here - inside the text. Not between the lines but beneath them. Where only our eyes might peer. Go and see it for yourself. That you might succeed where I and the others have failed. Time marches on - bringing with it new discoveries and developments. And so at least one day the doorway might be opened and the message delivered. They will have their prophet.

'''Page 27'''
We are growing larger. More make their way to our fortresses every day. Men and women. Young and old. From different lands. Of different faiths. Each tells a similar story - of having discovered the first part of our creed: that nothing is true.

Too often, though, the revelation undoes them. They lose their morality, certainty, security. Many are driven mad. We must guide them. Help them to heal. Their minds must not be filled with more fairy tales, but with knowledge instead. Let them have answers - and let those answers be difficult and complex. Such is life.

'''Page 28'''

'''Page 29''' A dark tide rises to the east - an army of such size and power that all the land is made quick to worry.  Their leader is a man named Temujin, who has adopted the title Ghengis Khan.  He sweeps across the lands, conquering and subsuming all who stand in his way.  Whatever his motives, he must be stopped.  Were I younger, I might attempt to undertake this work in secret - as I suspect the presence of a Piece of Eden.  But those days are years gone, now.  The mantle must be passed.  It is time she and I spoke with our sons.  We will travel there together, that they may be tested and that this threat might be stopped.

'''Page 30'''
Soon I shall pass from this world. It is my time. All the hours of the day are now colored by the thoughts and fears borne of this realization. I know that the elements of my body will return to the Earth. But what of my consciousness? My identity? That is to say - what of ME? I suspect it will end. That there is no next world. Nor a return to this one. It will simply be done. Forever.

Our lives are so brief and unimportant. The cosmos cares nothing for us. For what we've done; Had we wrought evil instead of good. Had I chosen to abuse the Apple instead of seal it away. None of it would have mattered. There is no counting. No reckoning. No final judgement. There is simply silence. And darkness. Utter and absolute... And so I have begun to wonder - might there not be a way to stop - or at least delay - death's embrace?

Surely the ones who came before were not so frail and feeble as we. But I have sworn to be done with the artifact. To not gaze into its core. Still: faced as I am with the prospect of my end, what harm is there in one last look...

==Description==
The Codex of Altaïr was a document created and maintained by [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] sometime after he had recovered and first experienced the [[Piece of Eden]]. He considers the knowledge obtained as a 'necessary evil'. Within its pages were many philosophical observations as well as strategic and technological advancements. His main motivation in creating the document was to help him understand and document what the Pieces of Eden were exactly, as well as to serve as a resource for future sons of his Order. Mentioned in its pages alongside Altaïr's multiple philosophical insights, are his incidents of giving into temptation, and peering into the Apple on multiple occasions. He does this mainly out of fear, fear for his Order and mankind's ability to utilize free will, what he sees only reassures him of the need to use the apple for his own means. In doing so he is able to craft new alloys and lightweight materials, make several advancements to the mechanics of the housing of the hidden blade, as well as being the in-game canon inventor of black powder and the miniaturized gun within the hidden blade. Altaïr ultimately regrets doing this, as peering into the future has revealed to him no changes in the ultimate fate of humanity. Altaïr also struggles with the temptations of the Apple, often contemplating misusing it, which eventually leads him to leave the Apple of Eden on the island of Cyprus sometime during his mid-late life.

Altaïr makes multiple references to an unseen threat other than the Templars. he also details his observations of the warlord Genghis Khan's conquests, fearing he is a Templar conspirator and sensing a Piece of Eden Altaïr quickly prepares a mission to the near east to investigate, although he is ripe with age at this point and can only act as an advisor to the young assassins he has tasked with the work. It is not know what became of this, only that all the evidence points to Altaïr giving the codex to the team of or lone assassins tasked with investigating Genghis Khan.

It is possible that the statue dedicated to the assassin that shot Khan's horse is, in fact, one of Altair's sons.
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[[Category:Assassin's Creed II]]

Malik Al-Sayf

2009-11-23T02:48:00Z

71.190.209.239: /* Masyaf */

{{Character Infobox
|image=Malik.jpg
|imgdesc=
|name=Malik Al-Sayf
|faction = [[Assassins]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed]]''
|period = Third Crusade
}}
{{quote|"I know... and the whole damn city knows aswell!|Malik after AltaIr reports a sucessful assassination}}

'''Malik Al-Sayf''' is the leader of the [[Jerusalem]] [[Assassin's Bureau]]. One of the first assassins you meet in Solomon's Temple, he is a harsh, yet wise assassin who envies [[Altaïr]] due to his skill and rank in the guild. At first, his devotion to the Creed and [[Al Mualim]] is unbreakable and undeniable, yet he slowly gains a respect for Altaïr as he changes on his quest to redeem himself.

==History==

===Solomon's Temple===
{{dialogue|Altaïr|Safety and peace, Malik.|Malik|Your presence deprives me of both!|Malik and Altaïr in Jerusalem}}

Malik, along with his brother Kadar and Altaïr, was charged with capturing the Templar's Treasure, later found to be the [[Piece of Eden]] by Al Mualim. He forewarns Altaïr of his blatant disregard of the Creed when Altaïr murders an innocent old man beneath the Temple to hide their presence and considers compromising the Brotherhood for the chance to kill Robert de Sable. Eventually, Altaïr's stubbornness, headstrong attitude, and arrogance leads to the tragic failure of the mission, costing Malik his left arm and his brother's life. Malik however successfully escaped with the Piece of Eden, and arrived at Masyaf with his arm still attached but bleeding badly, implying it was amputated later.

===Jerusalem: 1st Visit===

When first meeting up with Altaïr in Jerusalem, Malik makes no effort to disguise his newfound hatred of Altaïr. Pointing out even the most subtle of flaws and the small haughtiness of his attitude whenever possible, the two have an unpleasant meeting when discussing the assassination of [[Talal the Slave Trader|Talal]]. Even though the assassination was a success, he criticizes Altaïr for triggering the City Alarm and alerting the citizens of Jerusalem to Talal's demise.

===Jerusalem: 2nd Visit===

Though his cold attitude toward Altaïr has gone through little to no changes, he expresses a small level of satisfaction when Altaïr asks for advice and begins to respect the Creed more. After the assassination, he notes that Altaïr had performed just as an assassin should -- no more, no less. When Altaïr says, "It seems everything I do troubles you," Malik suggests snidely for him to "Reflect on that. But do so on your way to Masyaf."

===Jerusalem: 3rd Visit===

When Altaïr visits Malik for the final time in Jerusalem, the easily angered and quick to criticize Malik has changed, speaking to Altaïr as a fellow assassin rather than the failure that had caused the tragedy in Solomon's Temple. After the skirmish at the funeral of [[Majd Addin]], Malik and Altaïr have a quick, heated argument over whether to chase [[Robert de Sable]] to [[Arsuf]] or return to [[Masyaf]] to seek the wisdom of Al Mualim. Altaïr argues that Malik uses the Creed as a shield, not seeing the entire truth but rather what Al Mualim wants him to see, and then suggests that Malik learns more of the Piece of Eden from the people of Jerusalem and Al Mualim while he hunts down Robert. Before their departure, Altaïr apologizes for his failure at Solomon's Temple, which Malik refuses because he feels that the Altaïr who stands before him at that moment is not the same one that had sparked the defeat at Solomon's Temple.

===Masyaf===
{{dialogue|Altaïr|Safety and peace, Malik.|Malik|Your presence will deliver us both.|Altaïr and Malik parting ways during the invasion of Masyaf}}
Malik makes his final appearance at Masyaf, aiding Altaïr in fending off the hypnotized assassins with loyal assassins still unaffected by the Piece of Eden. He then leads an assault at the back of the fortress, going on advice given from Altaïr as he personally deals with Al Mualim. His final appearance before the end of the Memory Block was at the revealing of the other locations of the Piece of Eden, where he catches up to Altaïr.

At some point after the events of Assassin's Creed, Altair mentions in the first codex page that Malik suggested that he forget about trying to understand the Piece of Eden and simply lock it away. Altair seemingly ignored this advice as shown in later codex entries.

His fate after the end of the first game is unknown; but it can be assumed that he either went back to Jerusalem. It is more likely though, that he stayed in Masyaf to help Altair rebuild the Assassin order.

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[[Category:Assassins]]

Warren Vidic

2009-11-23T02:40:20Z

71.190.209.239: /* Connection to Al Mualim */

{{Character Infobox
|image= Warren_Vidic_AC2.jpg
|imgdesc= Warren Vidic Infiltrating the Hideout
|name= Dr. Warren Vidic
|arabic=
|alias=
|meaning=
|faction= [[Templars]]
|appear= ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|period= Modern times (2012)
}}
{{quote| I believe there was a book that claimed the world was created in seven days. Best-seller too!|Dr. Vidic on the Bible}}
Doctor '''Warren Vidic''' is a scientist (the exact position is not clear) of [[Abstergo Industries]]. He is the head of research for [[genetic memory]].

He is shown to be somewhat of a ruthless, but clumsy man. This could be observed throughout the game if Desmond pickpockets the Doctor, being demonstrated through numerous emails in which he is constantly asking for passwords that he has forgotten, or he is thanking Lucy for returning his key pen to him. The fact that it is stolen from him could simply be him being the unaware klutz that he is shown as. It is possible again, that with all the cameras, that Vidic is in fact letting him out.

He did not admonish Desmond even after his cryptic reply to [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]]'s questions: "I think you know enough already." Desmond demands an explanation and Vidic offers "You know what I mean." This leads to the insinuation that he knows Desmond is viewing his emails, but does not retaliate harshly because he believes you have the right to know what is going on, to some extent at least. It may also just be him presuming Desmond knows more than he actually does. Initially, he attempts to push Desmond beyond his limits by keeping him in the [[Animus]], only to be accosted by [[Lucy Stillman|Lucy]]. Relenting slightly after Lucy's initial concerns, he is further pacified after Desmond agrees to not resist their work. He remains pushy throughout the game, chastising Desmond for wasting time at the Animus memory selection screen for delays or for walking around the room in the middle of a memory segment.

Emails accessible after the completion of a memory segment further show him to be impatient, perhaps to the point of being sloppy. His emails are written without capitalization, and he doesn't bother signing his emails. He wonders aloud to Lucy why she bothers signing hers, since it indicates the sender quite clearly in the header. On at least one occasion he loses his access badge, which Lucy finds and returns for him. He is dismissive of her calls for him to be more careful with it, replying that she should be more focused on the Animus and their work with Desmond.

Dr. Vidic, however, can be seen with a red aura once Desmond attains [[Eagle Vision]] at the end of the game. Despite his possibly honorable intentions, the red aura is similar to that of the ones that soldiers have when one uses Eagle Vision as Altaïr within the Animus. If you attain the access code to the locked room in the lab that is adjacent to the animus, you can discover that Alan Rikkin has sent Vidic emails regarding past experiments and ventures that Abstergo was apart of. In the email, Vidic is praised for his continued search of the Piece of Eden and it is alluded to that Vidic's work is extraordinarily important and that it will ultimately be instrumental in facilitating Abstergo's ability to control the planet. These revelations at the end of the game brings into question Vidic's motivation and allegiances to the assassins.

==Assassin's Creed II==
{{Spoiler}}
Vidic is not seen until the end of the story, furious about Desmond and Lucy escaping Abstergo, reminding Lucy that he saved her life once, he then brings out some Abstergo guards, quickly dispatched by the recently skill-honed Desmond and Lucy. Vidic is forced to leave the hideout, swearing that this is not the last they've seen of him, as he rides out in a truck.
{{End Spoiler}}

== Connection to Al Mualim ==
If you look closely at Vidic, you will see a striking resemblance to [[Al Mualim]]. Whether this is merely coincidence or part of the storyline is yet to be seen. Al Mualim could have very possibly fathered a child far before the events of Assassin's Creed and that he never raised the child for fear of losing power or raised it in secrecy. This could lead to yet a greater conspiracy and the actual role that Vidic plays is far greater in the grand scheme of things.
It should be noted, also, that those are all supositions and nothing is known or certain so far.

Nothing is true. Everything is permitted.

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[[Category:Assassin's Creed II Characters]]

Malik Al-Sayf

2009-11-21T02:07:35Z

71.190.209.239: /* Masyaf */

{{Character Infobox
|image=Malik.jpg
|imgdesc=
|name=Malik Al-Sayf
|faction = [[Assassins]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed]]''
|period = Third Crusade
}}

'''Malik Al-Sayf''' is the leader of the [[Jerusalem]] [[Assassin's Bureau]]. One of the first assassins you meet in Solomon's Temple, he is a harsh, yet wise assassin who envies [[Altaïr]] due to his skill and rank in the guild. At first, his devotion to the Creed and [[Al Mualim]] is unbreakable and undeniable, yet he slowly gains a respect for Altaïr as he changes on his quest to redeem himself.

==History==

===Solomon's Temple===

Malik, along with his brother Kadar and Altaïr, was charged with capturing the Templar's Treasure, later found to be the [[Piece of Eden]] by Al Mualim. He forewarns Altaïr of his blatant disregard of the Creed when Altaïr murders an innocent old man beneath the Temple to hide their presence and considers compromising the Brotherhood for the chance to kill Robert de Sable. Eventually, Altaïr's stubbornness, headstrong attitude, and arrogance leads to the tragic failure of the mission, costing Malik his left arm and his brother's life. Malik however successfully escaped with the Piece of Eden, and arrived at Masyaf with his arm still attached but bleeding badly, implying it was amputated later.

===Jerusalem: 1st Visit===

When first meeting up with Altaïr in Jerusalem, Malik makes no effort to disguise his newfound hatred of Altaïr. Pointing out even the most subtle of flaws and the small haughtiness of his attitude whenever possible, the two have an unpleasant meeting when discussing the assassination of [[Talal the Slave Trader|Talal]]. Even though the assassination was a success, he criticizes Altaïr for triggering the City Alarm and alerting the citizens of Jerusalem to Talal's demise.

===Jerusalem: 2nd Visit===

Though his cold attitude toward Altaïr has gone through little to no changes, he expresses a small level of satisfaction when Altaïr asks for advice and begins to respect the Creed more. After the assassination, he notes that Altaïr had performed just as an assassin should -- no more, no less. When Altaïr says, "It seems everything I do troubles you," Malik suggests snidely for him to "Reflect on that. But do so on your way to Masyaf."

===Jerusalem: 3rd Visit===

When Altaïr visits Malik for the final time in Jerusalem, the easily angered and quick to criticize Malik has changed, speaking to Altaïr as a fellow assassin rather than the failure that had caused the tragedy in Solomon's Temple. After the skirmish at the funeral of [[Majd Addin]], Malik and Altaïr have a quick, heated argument over whether to chase [[Robert de Sable]] to [[Arsuf]] or return to [[Masyaf]] to seek the wisdom of Al Mualim. Altaïr argues that Malik uses the Creed as a shield, not seeing the entire truth but rather what Al Mualim wants him to see, and then suggests that Malik learns more of the Piece of Eden from the people of Jerusalem and Al Mualim while he hunts down Robert. Before their departure, Altaïr apologizes for his failure at Solomon's Temple, which Malik refuses because he feels that the Altaïr who stands before him at that moment is not the same one that had sparked the defeat at Solomon's Temple.

===Masyaf===

Malik makes his final appearance at Masyaf, aiding Altaïr in fending off the hypnotized assassins with loyal assassins still unaffected by the Piece of Eden. He then leads an assault at the back of the fortress, going on advice given from Altaïr as he personally deals with Al Mualim. Before leaving Altaïr tells him "Safety and Peace" Malik respons "Your presence will diliver us both". This line coensides with when Altaïr first appeared in Jerusalem. Altaïr said the same line as above, but Malik's line was "your presence deprives me of both".   His final appearance before the end of the Memory Block was at the revealing of the other locations of the Piece of Eden, where he catches up to Altaïr.

At some point after the events of Assassin's Creed, Altair mentions in the first codex page that Malik suggested that he forget about trying to understand the Piece of Eden and simply lock it away. Altair seemingly ignored this advice as shown in later codex entries.

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[[Category:Assassin's Creed Characters]]
[[Category:Assassins]]

Maria Auditore da Firenze

2009-11-21T01:59:46Z

71.190.209.239: /* Assassin's Creed II */

{{Character Infobox
|image= Marialieage1.png
|faction=
|imgdesc=
|name=Maria Auditore da Firenze
|meaning=
|appear=''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|period=Italian Renaissance (15th century)
}}
'''Maria Auditore da Firenze '''(born '''Maria Mozzi''') is the mother of [[Ezio]] and the wife of [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni]]. She is from a great noble family of [[Florence]]. She likes to mix with the "real citizens", and that is how she met Giovanni. She is portrayed by [[wikipedia:Claudia Ferri|Claudia Ferri]] in both ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''.

==Biography==
===[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]===
Maria Auditore is a noblewoman living during the Renaissance (15th century) in Italy. She is the wife of Giovanni Auditore, an [[Assassin]]. She seems to be the only one in her family to know it.

===[[Assassin's Creed II]]===

[[File:Maria ingame.jpg|thumb|left|Maria Auditore in ''Assassin's Creed II''.]]
The day after Ezio's scuffle, Maria has him walk with her to pick up some paintings from an artist, who turns out to be none other than Leonardo DaVinci. After the tragedy that befell on the Auditore family at the beginning of the game, she is protected by Ezio along with her daughter, Claudia. Claudia reports that when the guards came for Giovanni, Maria tried to stop them. She implies that the guards did something traumatic enough to make her go into shock. What they did exactly is not revealed, but she refuses to talk to anyone. Despite her seeming breakdown, she is still able to travel at least as far as Mario's estate on foot. Once there, she confines herself to her bedroom and, according to Claudia, can't stop looking at the feathers that Pertruccio used to collect.

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