Checco Orsi

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{{Quote|Caterina! Caterina Sforza! I know you're in there. I have something you may want back. Are you missing any children?|Checco taunting [[Caterina Sforza]] after kidnapping her children, 1488.|Assassin's Creed II}}
{{Character Infobox
|name = Checco Orsi
|image = Checco O.png
|imgdesc =
|birth = 1458<br>Italy
|death = 1488<br>[[Romagna]], [[Italy]]
|period = [[Renaissance]]
|faction = [[House of Orsi]]<br>[[Templars]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' ([[Battle of Forlì]])<br>''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]||voice = [[Andreas Apergis]]}}

'''Checco Orsi''' (1458 - 1488) was a member of the [[House of Orsi|Orsi]] family of [[Forlì]], and brother to [[Ludovico Orsi|Ludovico]]. Bored with their life in the countryside, the two started a loan-sharking business, and murdered any who failed to pay their debts.

==Biography==
===Working for Caterina===
The brothers were hired by [[Caterina Sforza]] to kill her own husband, [[Girolamo Riario]], after she found out that he was a [[Templars|Templar]]. Riario, who was already in debt to the Orsi brothers, was killed by them during a meal.
===Battle of Forlì and Death===

Later on, [[Rodrigo Borgia]] hired them to kill Caterina and obtain the map Riario had made of the [[Codex]] pages. The Orsi agreed, and [[Battle of Forlì|laid siege]] to the city of Forlì. In the process, they captured two of Caterina's children, [[Bianca Riario|Bianca]] and [[Ottaviano Riario|Ottaviano]], and found out that [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], who was in possession of the [[Ezio's Apple|Apple of Eden]], was involved as well.

Using the two as a distraction for Ezio, Checco attacked the [[Rocca di Ravaldino]] (the ward in which Caterina was holding the Apple) after the Assassin had left to rescue the children. Caterina and [[Niccolò Machiavelli]]'s resistance was not enough to protect the [[Piece of Eden]], and Checco claimed it for himself.

Ezio chased after Checco as he fled to deliver the Apple to Rodrigo Borgia, and managed to intercept and assassinate him. However, with his dying breath, Checco stabbed Ezio in the right side of the stomach.His attempt was in vain as Ezio was able to recover at Forli.

==Final words==
'''Checco''': ''So... you have your prize again.''

(Ezio retrieves the Piece of Eden.)

'''Ezio''': ''Was it worth it? So much bloodshed?''

'''Checco''': ''A prize of such value, it will not remain yours for long.''

'''Ezio''': ''We shall see.''

(Ezio stabs Checco through the throat with the [[Hidden Blade]], killing him.)

'''Ezio''': Che miserie nascono dall'avidità. ''(What wretched things are born of greed.)'' Requiescat in pace. ''(Rest in peace.)''

==Trivia==
*Checco is one of the only two assassination targets in the ''Assassin's Creed'' series to be stabbed with the Hidden Blade while in the [[Animus]] scene; the other target being [[Majd Addin]] in ''[[Assassin's Creed]]''.
*The mission in which you assassinate Checco Orsi is named "[[Checcomate]]," a reference to the popular board game Chess. "Checkmate" is a phrase you may say when you are at the point of killing or taking the other player's King, and thus winning the game.
*When pursuing Checco, he will always run faster than Ezio, thus must be chased down on [[Horses|horseback]], or shot with the [[Hidden Gun]].
*Checco Orsi shares [[Francesco de' Pazzi]] and [[Cesare Borgia]]'s voice actor, [[Andreas Apergis]].

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="219" captionalign="left">
Orsibros.jpg|Checco with his brother, Ludovico.
Assassins-creed-2-forli-2.jpg|Checco being assassinated by Ezio.
Zw-orsibrothers.png|The brothers' database portrait.
images (2).jpg|Checco with his brother Ludovico
</gallery>

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