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''For the faction in [[Assassin's Creed II]], see [[Courtesans]].''

{{quote|Fiora Cavazza's extraordinary talents earned her a place in Cesare Borgia's social circle.|Ubisoft Description}}

Fiora Cavazza, also known as the '''sexy bitch''', is a multiplayer character in ''[[Assassin's Creed Brotherhood|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''. She uses a vagina as her primary weapon. Her abilities include [[Smoke Bombs|Sex Bombs]], the Power Ride, the [[Multiplayer Abilities#Morph|Blowjob]] and the [[Pistol|Hidden Spit]]. She differs from the [[Courtesans|courtesans]] seen in ''Assassin's Creed II'', most notably by her different outfit and hairstyle.

She is the subject of a chapter in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'', where much of her back story is revealed. She began as a simple courtesan in the ''Rosa in''[[File:Zw-thecourtesan.png|left|thumb|180px|The Courtesan]]'' Fiore'' brothel until a twist of fate led her into the employ of [[Cesare Borgia]].

She served him for over six years, and played with him in [[Rome]]. During her assignments, she came in contact with all of the other multiplayer personas, and interacted with them in different ways. Additionally, in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Ascendance]]'', it is revealed that she killed Cesare's older brother, [[Juan Borgia the Younger|Juan Borgia]] for him.

Eventually Fiora grew sick of her employer, especially after a visit from [[Doctor (multiplayer character)|Malfatto]] in which he attemped to kill her (although he did not injest her with poison). She decided to seek aid from the Brotherhood of [[Assassins]], and was surprised to find the budding painter, [[Francesco Vecellio]], one of them. Together, they managed to assassinate [[Mercenary (multiplayer character)|Rocco Tiepolo]], [[Harlequin|Cahin]], [[Hellequin|Caha]], [[Barber|Baltasar de Silva]], and his twisted creation, [[Prowler|Il Lupo]].

==Life in the Rosa in Fiore==
''"I am a fine wine served in a low class tavern"''

Fiora once worked in the [[Rosa In Fiore]] Brothel under Madame Solari, who was a traitress to the Assassins, feeding the Templars Assassin secrets. The Rosa In Fiore was popular with the clergy and the more powerful he was, the more girls allowed in the room. Many of the clientele where described as disgusting, among them was [[Priest (Brotherhood multiplayer character)|Brother Ristoro]], a monk with a rather rapacious sexual appetite with a particular liking for Fiora, who disliked him.

Madame Solari often pressured her girls into making connections, Fiora wished to make a powerful client which would allow her to leave the Rosa in Fiore, presumably to work independently or live as a kept woman. The pressures of prostitution also worried Fiora, particularly sailors playing in foreign lands picking up exotic diseases, especially since Madame Solari was quick to expel girls from the brothel if they showed any symptoms.

It wasn't until the Jubilee of 1500 that she made the allies she desired, among them an ambassador, a man claiming to be a prince, a Florentine banker and a mysterious man with much insight into Italian political circles. Upon making such allies, the other girls where jealous.

One time in the brothel that Fiora remembered was when she and another girl Lucia, had to escort Santino Solari, the brother of Madame Solari, who was a swindler in the city of Rome. Fiora at first refused because she didn't like Santino, With Fiora and Lucia on either arm, he went to make various bribes to various contacts and threats, Fiora learned he had got involved in slave trading, when he questioned her about it, he smacked her across the face, Lucia tried to defend her and recieved the same enter. Santino told them to wait in an alley while he did business. He returned to them and threatened them with a knife and threatened them not to mention anything, even though they didn't know what they had saw. He told them that his sister will know of their assisstance.

Not long after the event, Cesare Borgia paid a visit to the Rosa in Fiore brothel. Fiora remembers him being intoxicatingly charismatic. He questioned her about the night she and Lucia escorted Santino. She tried to hide her opinions but he reads her face and Fiora tells him what she suspects and Cesare reveals that the Solari siblings have been getting involved in enterpises that should not concern them. He asks her about any Borgia clients she may have had, she replies she has never heard the name before, he passes her test. Fiora assumed he was a customer and began to undress rather eagerly, but he stops her and asks her her ambitions, the first person ever to do so. Cesare explains the situation and in exchange for their lives, the Solari siblings must relinquish one of the girls from their employ to work for him. Cesare chose Fiora. It can be assumed that Madame Solari and Santino further offended Cesare, due to the kidnap and murder of Madame Solari by slave traders.

Fiora left the Rosa in Fiore and moved into luxury funded by the Borgia, this time merely posing as a courtesan. She began training as a Templar under the Borgia.

==In the employ of Cesare Borgia==
''"I have served the Borgia for six years now. Done horrible things. Seen the fantastic. I regret none of it." ''

From 1500 to 1506, Fiora served Cesare loyally. Making many contacts among the Templars. Among them [[Priest (Brotherhood multiplayer character)|Brother Ristoro]], who supplied Cesare with various relics and Chruch documents, [[Smuggler|Lia de Russo]], a Smuggler who obtained various items for the Borgia cause, [[Blacksmith (Brotherhood's multiplayer character)|Auguste Oberlin]], Cesare's blacksmith, and [[Engineer|Gaspar de la Croix]], an pioneer of firearms.

Fiora had avoided Ristoro from the day she began working for Cesare Borgia. He was one of his regulars when she worked as a courtesan in the Rosa in Fiore brothel. However on one occasion, she had to go and see him in order to obtain certain items for Cesare. She had hoped after six years he would have forgotten her face, but he hadn't. He greeted her by stroking her cheek and reminding her she was always his favourite Courtesan at the Rosa in Fiore. She kicked him between the legs to teach him a lesson and threatened him with Cesare's wrath. She had brought with her a gaggle of inexperienced courtesans eager for experience. He provided her with relics and amulets that he believed would aid Cesare's caused, altough unconvinced Fiora accepted them regardless. She exaggerated Cesare's request to gain a little more money for herself, she justifies herself by describing it as "payment for having to gaze upon this wretched man. He also gave her a stack of stack of Church documents, filled with pardons and payments for Cesare's contacts. As she left he tried to grope her again, but the other girls stepped in his way, giggling as they pulled him away. Fiora almost felt sorry for them as they led him away as they "had a long night ahead of them"

Fiora would often have to go and pick up the various types of contraband, artifacts and trinkets, smuggled to Rome by the smuggler, Lia de Russo. Fiora was often amazed at how Lia obtained them, even more so baffled by why Cesare would want such random objects. Fiora often noticed how proud Lia would look, also noticing how uninterested she would look when Fiora tried to make conversation with her. Fiora would also tip her.

"My my, aren't you an ox of a man?" was what Fiora Cavazza thought when she saw the blacksmith, Auguste Oberlin. She was further shocked when she heard his voice and mannerisms, that of an articulate and intelligent gentleman. He was rather welcoming and hospitable to Fiora when she visited his shop to pick up weapons he had forged, which was a stark contrast to his wife who was quick to remind Fiora that she had overstayed her welcome and demanded that she leave. Auguste would shout back at her. Fiora once noticed that they would "growl at eachother like wild dogs". Auguste urged her to visit him again and Fiora promised he would. As she left his wife scowled at her, Fiora responded with a challenging wink.

Fiora found Gaspar de la Croix to be extremely unnerving, if not frightening. However, she did feel sorry for him as once she found him singing a sad song in French, she recognised loss in his voice and was intrigued to know what or who he had lost. Fiora would visit him to deliver payments and found his workshop uncomfortable as she could hardly move without fear of knocking one of his mysterious contraptions over. He would ask her strange and unnerving questions such as "Have you ever witnessed death?" "Is death driven by fate, chance or choice?" She wouldn't answer him. She was quick to leave, making sure her back wasn't facing the window for fear he would shoot her.

==Last Mission Assingment ==

''"A war has made its way to Roma, fought in the streets, the senate, and the churches. Cesare has tasked me to coordinate his shadow army."''

Before becoming disillusioned with the Templar cause, Cesare's last mission for Fiora was to oversee various agents he had contracted for his cause. A number of warriours, criminals and exotic agents number Cesare's forces. Among them [[Mercenary (multiplayer character)|Rocco Tiepolo]], a seasoned mercenary, [[Captain|Donato Mancini]], Cesare's finest horseman, the [[Cento Occhi]], rivals to the Assassin aligned Thieves' Guild, [[Barber (Brotherhood's multiplayer character)|Baltasar da Silva]], a spy masquerading as a barber, the perfomers, [[Harlequin|Cahin]] and [[Hellequin|Caha]], Il Carnefice, the notorious executioner and the slippery wannabe nobleman, [[Noble|Silvestro Sabbatini]].

==Gallery==

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Sword of Altaïr

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[[File:Sword_of_Altair.jpg|thumb|Real life replica of Altaïr's sword.]]
[[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] had a '''personal sword''' that he used throughout ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles]]'', and ''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]''. The blade's hilt is shaped like an eagle's wings, while the blade itself is both long and agile, making it a light and deadly weapon. The sword is apparently the weapon of choice for the guards at [[Masyaf]], and an all metal variation is available as a weapon in ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''.
=== ''[[Assassin's Creed]]''===

Altaïr starts the game with the Syrian sword, which he is very skilled at using, until [[Al Mualim]] demotes him to [[Novice]] for breaking all three tenets of [[The Creed]]. This decreases his abilities greatly. During his progression back into the ranks, he starts off with a basic sword similar to this, though it does not have a cross guard. After he assassinates four targets, he gets the Sword of [[Altaïr]]. He uses this sword until the Syrian sword is returned to him.

=== ''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]'' ===
Altaïr still possesses his sword during the events after ''Assassin's Creed'', in'' Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines''. In fact, his swords can be found hanging within [[Kantara Castle]]'s Great Hall (in [[Moloch|"The Bull"]] stage), as ornaments. During the game, this is the only sword that can be used. In the beginning, its attack power is quite low and enemies have to be hit with it multiple times to be killed. However, upgrades for the sword and other weapons of Altaïr can be purchased by collecting Templar coins.[[File:AltairsSword.png|thumb|left|200px|Altaïr equipping his sword.]]

=== ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' ===
Altaïr's sword is available in the [[Monteriggioni]] [[blacksmith]] for 50,000ƒ (or less if the store has been renovated) after DNA Sequence 8. This sword is one of the most powerful melee weapons, as all three stats are maxed out. It is interesting to note that the picture of the weapon's hilt in the blacksmith has a leather-wrapped hilt, however the weapon itself does not have this leather wrapping.

[[File:Altairsword1.png|thumb|left|200px|Ezio using his ancestor's sword.]]

===''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''===
Because ''Brotherhood'' takes place directly after ''Assassin's Creed II, ''Ezio wields the sword as he makes his escape from the Vault into Rome. He later loses it, along with the majority of his equipment. The sword is made available to Ezio once more after completing all 5 Assassins Guild challenges, where it becomes available at Ezio's Tiber Island Hideout. The sword can also be used by[[ apprentices]] once they have reached [[rank]] 10, or Assassino.

== Trivia ==
*It is unknown why the sword is available from the Monteriggioni blacksmith, since the sword (being [[Altaïr]]'s personal weapon) would be assumed to be available together with his [[Altaïr's armor|armor]] once it was unlocked. However, a possible cause is that the sword had been lost along with the [[Codex]], and was later found and sold to the blacksmith.
*The sword in the game is shorter compared to the other [[Swords and maces|longswords]] [[Ezio]] can use; the entire sword being only a little longer than the length of his arm. Despite this, Altaïr's sword is the strongest weapon available.
*Strangely, though Altaïr's sword is considered the best sword in the second game, in ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'', the [[Syrian sword]] (which in ''Assassin's Creed II'' was among the cheapest weapons) was the best sword.

*It is possible, however, that Altaïr made a new sword, likely out of the same metal as the [[Altaïr's armor|Armor of Altaïr]]. This would have made the sword more durable, and perhaps more resistant to aging, unlike the Syrian sword. However, a few facts make this theory less likely; for one, the metal used in the Armor of Altaïr is golden in color, while the Sword of Altaïr is silver. Also, Altaïr mentions in the Codex that one of the virtues of the metal he used in his new armor was that it was very light. While this would be a desirable trait in the ''armor'' of an [[Assassin]], since it would permit easier movement, it is not necessarily desirable in a ''sword'', which are made successful in blocking incoming attacks by and deliver more powerful blows because of the weight of the metal in the blade. A very light blade, after all, is much easier for an assailant to knock away or a defender to block than a heavier blade. Furthermore, there would be little need for Altaïr to use the golden metal in his ''weaponry'', since his enemies did not now how to duplicate this metal and whose armor would still be easily penetrable with weaponry made from the more commonplace steel. Finally, Altaïr also mentions in the Codex that he feared the knowledge of this new metal and how to obtain and work it falling into the wrong hands. With this in mind, it would have been inadvisable for him to create held ''weaponry'', which is far more easily lost in battle than ''armor ''attached to the user's body by straps or other means.
*It is interesting to note that, in later memory sequences of ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'', if the player has the sword equipped, it can quite possibly be knocked away from Ezio by [[Brute]] guards. It can, however, be re-equipped in the [[Auditore Villa|Villa]] if it is lost.
*There is a glitch in the Xbox 360 and PS3 version which automatically replaces this sword with the "Common Sword" in Ezio's inventory after it is bought. To fix this, you will have to go to the weapon room in the [[Villa Auditore|Villa]] and manually equip Altaïr's sword again.
*In the [[Codex]] released with ''[[Assassins Creed: Brotherhood]]'', Altaïr talks about strong poison, and says that "''The blade must be forged quarry following these instructions. Otherwise cracks could generate in the metal, with the risk of making the blade fragile or of breaking it.''" It explains that the sword has been reforged following the knowledge that Altaïr got from the [[Apple of Eden]], making it much better than the older one.
*During a mission in ''Brotherhood'', when Ezio kills and impersonates a guard named Luigi in order to assassinate [[Juan Borgia]], a fellow guard draws and raises the sword of Altaïr. This is rather unusual, and unclear if intentional or rendered accidentally by the developers.
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