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Mausoleum of Augustus

2011-02-21T12:06:35Z

81.178.169.104: /* Database entry */

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|description = The tomb of Augustus.
|appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
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|location = [[Centro district]], [[Rome]], [[Italy]]
|date = Construction completed in 24 B.C.
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The '''Mausoleo di Augusto''' is a famous landmark located in the northern section of the [[Centro District]] in [[Rome]]. It is a circular shaped structure with large walls. It houses a smaller, round, roofed structure with a tree growing out of it. Several events in ''[[Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood]]'' occur here.
==Database entry==
''If you were anyone of importance in Rome and died between 24 B.C.E. and 98 C.E. you were buried in here. Occupied by the Colonna family in the Middle Ages, the Mausoleo was fortified and converted into part of the [[Castel Sant'Angelo]]. Yes, they lived with dead people. After the humiliating defeat of the Commune of Rome in 1167, the Colonna family was disgraced, banished from the city and their fortification was dismantled. Later, the family was allowed back into Rome and spent the duration of the [[Renaissance]] feuding with the rival Orsini family. If this teaches us anything, it’s that if you want to get rid of someone, hang them, because banishment is far too temporary.''

==Gameplay==
*It is located next to a [[tunnels|tunnel entrance]] which makes it a popular location for evading guards around the city.
*Once renovated, it will generate sixty florins every twenty minutes, which can be collected from a [[bank]].
*When Ezio arrives in Rome after the [[Fall of Monteriggioni]], he meets with [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] at the Mausoleo.
*In another mission, Ezio saves a courtesan being held captive in the Mausoleo.
*The Mausoleo is one of the [[Territories]] that can be bought in [[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]].
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Fiora Cavazza

2011-02-21T12:04:30Z

81.178.169.104: /* In the employ of Cesare Borgia */

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{{Character Infobox
|image = Char courtesan.png
|imgdesc = Full body portrait of Fiora Cavazza.
|birth = Unknown
|period = Italian [[Renaissance]]. 
(16th Century)
|faction = [[House of Borgia]] [[Templars]] [[Assassins]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''
|undefined|death = Unknown}}
'''Fiora Cavazza''' was a [[Courtesans|courtesan]] working in the [[Rosa in Fiore]] and later a member of the [[Templars|Templar Order]]. She appears as a playable character in the multiplayer mode of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'', under the title of the [[Courtesan (multiplayer character)|Courtesan]].

==Life in the Rosa in Fiore==
[[File:Playing Nice.jpg|framed|right|Fiora in the Rosa in Fiore.]]
{{quote|I am a fine wine served in a low class tavern.|Fiora, regarding the Rosa in Fiore.|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}}

In 1497 A.D., Fiora Cavazza was a [[Courtesans|courtesan]] who lived and worked in the [[Rosa in Fiore]] [[Brothels|brothel]] in [[Rome]], under the leadership of [[Madonna Solari]]. Fiora was not satisfied with her life under Madonna Solari, and was eager to build powerful connections with her clients, so that she would no longer have to work in the Rosa in Fiore. She often ventured outside to gather information and allies, and earned the jealousy of the other girls by her success in doing so.

During her stay in the Rosa in Fiore, she and another courtesan, Lucia, were dispatched to escort Madonna Solari's brother, Santino. Along the trip that they escorted him on, Santino treated Fiora and Lucia violently, and by the end of the night, Fiora had suspected that whatever it was that Santino was dabbling in, his trade was crumbling.

Not long after this event, the Rosa in Fiore was visited by a charming but mysterious client: [[Cesare Borgia]]. Fiora was attracted to Cesare's charm, and they spent some time conversing together. At first, Fiora thought he was there to enjoy her services, but Cesare explained that that is not the case; in return for their lives being spared, Madonna Solari and Santino had allowed Cesare to choose one of the girls for him to take, and he had chosen Fiora.<ref name="PL FC Who You Know">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' - [[Chapter 1 - Fiora Cavazza#Who You Know|Chapter 1 - Fiora Cavazza (Who You Know)]]</ref>

==In the employ of Cesare Borgia==
[[File:He Walked In.jpg|framed|right|Fiora's first glimpse of Cesare Borgia.]]
{{quote|I have served the Borgia for six years now. Done horrible things. Seen the fantastic. I regret none of it.|Fiora, on working for the Borgia.|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}}

From 1497 to 1503, Fiora served Cesare loyally, merely posing as a courtesan while living under his patronage and making various contacts, many of them [[Templars]]. Cesare had Fiora sleep with — and murder — his brother [[Juan Borgia the Younger|Juan]] in [[Tiber Island]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Ascendance]]''</ref>

Among the Templar agents Fiora encountered was [[Priest (multiplayer character)|Brother Ristoro]], a corrupt member of the clergy and frequent visitor to the Rosa in Fiore who supplied Cesare with religious items and letters for him to dispense at his will. Another supplier to Cesare was a smuggler named [[Lia de Russo]]. Fiora would meet with her, and Lia would hand her various trinkets and antiquities. Fiora also met [[Auguste Oberlin]], Cesare's own blacksmith, and [[Gaspar de la Croix]], Cesare's engineer, who Fiora describes as "a haunted man."<ref name="PL FC Black Market">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' - [[Chapter 1 - Fiora Cavazza#Black Market|Chapter 1 - Fiora Cavazza (Black Market)]]</ref>

==Final Assignments==
[[File:Hired Muscle.jpg|framed|right|Fiora and Rocco Tiepolo.]]
{{quote|[[Liberation of Rome|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.|Fiora, regarding the war in Rome.|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}}

Later, Fiora was trusted with the task of managing Cesare's underground army, a group of people she described as his "personal collection of misfits."

The first, [[Mercenary (multiplayer character)|Rocco Tiepolo]], was a condottiero, from whom Fiora was tasked to gather the finest mercenaries.

Fiora was later also sent to bribe [[Donato Mancini]], who was said to be Cesare's finest horseman, to let Cesare win a racing match that was to take place that day. Donato was unmoved by the bribe and threats that Fiora relayed, and managed to win the race despite Cesare's [[Teodor Viscardi|agent]] sent to deter him.

Fiora also met with the [[Cento Occhi]], a group of thieves led by a young man named [[Lanz]], who Cesare suspected had raided one of the Borgia carriages. Fiora managed to convince Lanz to return the stolen money, and have his gang work for Cesare and the Borgia.

Cesare also assigned Fiora to meet and work with [[Barber|Baltasar de Silva]], one of his agents posing as a mere barber, to study Cesare's enemies, a league of [[Assassins]]. Together, they watched as one of Cesare's senators was assassinated, and although Fiora felt defeat when the Assassin escaped, Baltasar was more optimistic with his finds.

Fiora's next assignment was to work with [[Cahin]] and [[Caha]], a brother-sister pair of harlequins. Together, the three of them killed a group of guests at what was disguised as a performance by Cahin and Caha.

Fiora also met with [[Il Carnefice]], a twisted executioner with a love of his carnage, and [[Silvestro Sabbatini]], Cesare's failed agent to whom she must deliver a second chance by giving him a prosthetic arm.<ref name="PL FC Underground Army">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' - [[Chapter 1 - Fiora Cavazza#Underground Army|Chapter 1 - Fiora Cavazza (Underground Army)]]</ref>

==Malfatto==
[[File:Scorned.jpg|framed|right|Fiora, moments after she is attacked by Malfatto.]]
{{Quote|He is a predator of women. A monster.|Fiora, on [[Malfatto]].|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}}

Cesare's last contact assignment was [[Malfatto]], a [[Doctors|doctor]] with a love for slaughtering the courtesans of Roma. Fiora was frightened with the prospect of meeting up with him, especially since she had seen one of his victims lying in a pool of blood, but Cesare insisted that she present a certain envelope to him. When she finally met Malfatto, Fiora was nearly attacked by him, but she managed to fend him off by shouting Cesare Borgia's name and handing over the letter she was to give him.

Later that night, Fiora returned to the house that Cesare had bought for her, but was unable to sleep. In the middle of the night, she felt a pricking sensation at her neck, and was shocked to find not an insect, but Malfatto injecting her with his [[syringe]]. The contents of the syringe began to take effect on Fiora, but she managed to wound Malfatto with her [[Fan|metal fan]] before losing consciousness. When she woke up, Malfatto had gone, but Fiora's loyalty to Cesare had diminished; she was determined to betray him to the Assassins. Fiora crafted a list, containing the names of Cesare's finest agents that she had worked with, and sent them to the Assassins. To her surprise, the Assassin who came to pick her up was the blossoming painter, [[Francesco Vecellio]].<ref name="PL FC The Bad Doctor">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' - [[Chapter 1 - Fiora Cavazza#The Bad Doctor|Chapter 1 - Fiora Cavazza (The Bad Doctor)]]</ref>

==Working with the Assassins==
[[File:Outplayed.jpg|framed|right|Fiora aiding the Assassins in attacking Baltasar de Silva's hideout.]]
{{Quote|I am done with Cesare. Done with the mad people who surround him.|Fiora, regarding leaving the Borgia's employment.|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}}

Fiora followed the Assassins as they targeted the names on the list she had given them. The first of the betrayed agents to be assassinated was Rocco Tiepolo, and his mercenaries. The fight against them proved a brutal massacre, but the Assassins overcame them surprisingly easily. Fiora and the Assassins targeted the siblings Cahin and Caha next, whom they found performing in the streets. Cahin was swiftly assassinated, and while Caha at first tried to fight back, she realized that she was fighting a losing battle and finally accepted death, cradling her dead brother and stroking his unmasked cheek.

Afterwards, Fiora led the Assassins to Baltasar de Silva's hideout, where they planned to ambush him, but Baltasar proved a crafty opponent and managed to escape them. When Fiora checked the remains of the burnt building, she found a letter from Baltasar for her. In the letter, he told her that he wanted them to meet, to discuss things. Fiora complied and visited the place Baltasar directed her to, but realized too late that it was a trap when marksmen appeared from the crates and aimed for her. Fiora bowed her head, but the gunshots never came. When she looked up, Baltasar and the marksmen were dead, shot by arrows; the Assassins had saved her.

[[File:Fair Game.jpg|framed|left|Fiora finishing off Il Lupo.]]
Fiora's final target was [[Il Lupo]], a Templar agent that she and Baltasar had once trained to imitate the Assassins as perfectly as possible, mimicking their clothes, techniques, and weapons. Fiora feared that Il Lupo would be the one link to reveal what harm she had done to the Assassins, and thus she confronted him alone. Although Il Lupo was stronger in an open fight, Fiora was able to kill him with poison when his back was turned.<ref name="PL FC Reaping the Whirlwind">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' - [[Chapter 1 - Fiora Cavazza#Reaping the Whirlwind|Chapter 1 - Fiora Cavazza (Reaping the Whirlwind)]]</ref>

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==The Apple of Eden==
[[File:Fate.jpg|framed|right|Fiora discovered by Cesare.]]
{{Quote|Papà asked Fiora to eat dinner with him. Papà is angry with her. He says she is a liar. I told him she is nice, but he says she is still a liar.|Giovanni Borgia, regarding Cesare's opinion of Fiora.|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}}
Some time after she was allied to the Assassins, Fiora paid a visit to Cesare Borgia upon his request, where she was noticed by Cesare's presumed son, [[Giovanni Borgia|Giovanni]]. Though she and Cesare calmly shared dinner, their distrust of one another was shallowly hidden. Cesare questioned Fiora on his lost allies, and on her relations with the Assassins, but she denied any knowledge of either.

That night, Giovanni witnessed Fiora sneaking around, searching the house for the [[Apple of Eden]]. Thinking that she was there to play, Giovanni snatched the Apple and ran off, calling gleefully for Fiora to catch him. Alarmed, Fiora attempted to take the Piece of Eden from the boy, but was subsequently frozen by its power. Woken by the clamor, Cesare advanced on the immobilized Fiora, calmly answering Giovanni that yes, he would hurt her.<ref name="PL FC Not While the Kid is Watching">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' - [[Chapter 1 - Fiora Cavazza#Not While the Kid is Watching|Chapter 1 - Fiora Cavazza (Not while the Kid is Watching)]]</ref>

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Rodrigo Borgia

2011-02-21T11:54:16Z

81.178.169.104: /* As the Pope */

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{{WP-REAL|Pope Alexander VI}}
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|name = Rodrigo Borgia
|image = char_rodrigo.png
|imgdesc = Rodrigo Borgia as Pope Alexander VI.
|birth = 1 January 1431 Xàtiva, Valencia, Crown of Aragon
|death = 18 August 1503 [[Rome]], [[Italy]]
|period = Italian [[Renaissance]] (15th Century)
|faction = [[House of Borgia]] [[Templars]] [[Papacy]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Ascendance]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
|actor = [[Manuel Tadros]]
|voice = [[Manuel Tadros]]
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{{quote|He is Rodrigo Borgia, one of the most powerful men in all of Europe, and leader of the Templar Order.|[[Mario Auditore]]|Assassin's Creed II}}

'''Rodrigo Borgia''' (1 January 1431 – 18 August 1503), born '''Roderic Llançol''', later '''Roderic de Borja i Borja''', was a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[Cardinal]], and the [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|leader]] of the [[Templars|Templar Order]] during the [[Italy|Italian]] [[Renaissance]]. He was elected as [[wikipedia:Pope|Pope]] from 1492 to 1503 as '''Alexander VI'''. He was one of the most controversial of the Renaissance Popes and his surname became synonymous for the corrupt standards of the papacy of that era.

==Biography==
===Early life===
Roderic Llançol was born at Xàtiva in the Kingdom of Valencia, one of the component states of the Crown of Aragon, now Spain. His parents were Jofré Llançol y Escrivá and his wife and relative Isabel de Borja. His family name is written Llançol in Valencian and Lanzol in Spanish. Roderic was adopted into his mother's family name of Borja on the elevation of his maternal uncle Alonso de Borja, to the papacy as Calixtus III in 1455.<ref name="Wikipedia: Pope Alexander VI">''[[wikipedia:Pope Alexander VI|Wikipedia - Pope Alexander VI]]''</ref>

Roderic de Borja studied law at Bologna and after his uncle Calixtus III's election as Pope, was created successively bishop, cardinal and vice-chancellor of the church, nepotistic appointments characteristic of the age. He served in the Roman Curia under five Popes (his uncle plus Pius II, Paul II, Sixtus IV and Innocent VIII) and acquired much administrative experience, influence and wealth, though not great power.<ref name="Wikipedia: Pope Alexander VI" />

===Conspiracies===
[[File:Borgia lineage.jpg|thumb|left|Rodrigo Borgia hiding from Giovanni Auditore in Florence.]]
By the time Rodrigo was under Pope Sixtus IV, he had become the Grand Master of the Templar Order. In this position, he apsired to unite all of Italy under the Templar banner. In doing so, he made plans to take down the leaders of Italy's main cities and place his own men in power.

====Milan====
Rodrigo devised a plan to kill [[Galeazzo Maria Sforza]], the Duke of Milan, in which [[Giovanni Andrea Lampugnani]], [[Carlo Visconti]] and [[Gerolamo Olgiati]] would kill Sforza on the day of Santo Stefano.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Lineage">''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''</ref>

One night in December of 1476, Borgia was on his way to leave Florence accompanied by several of his men in the dark streets of the city. Suddenly, [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni Auditore]], a member of the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]], intercepted him. Rodrigo fled immediately as the Assassin battled his men. Hidden behind a corner, he witnessed Giovanni capture one of his men, who later revealed the foreplanned assassination of Galeazzo Sforza, who was a powerful ally of [[Lorenzo de' Medici]]. Giovanni attempted to prevent this, though unfortunately, he failed as he had arrived too late. Rodrigo's plan had succeeded, thus he began to devise his next scheme.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Lineage" />

====Giovanni Auditore====
[[File:tadros.jpg|thumb|Rodrigo walking in [[Rome]].]]
Giovanni Auditore learned that Borgia's plans would lead him to the city of [[Venice]], after looting a Venetian [[wikipedia:Ducat|ducat]] from Giovanni Lampugnani, one of Sforza's murderers. Once there, he intercepted a message from [[Marco Barbarigo|Marco]] and [[Silvio Barbarigo]] to their master, Rodrigo. After [[Uberto Alberti]] and [[Antonio Maffei|Father Maffei]] "failed" to decode the letter, the Medici and Alberti had Giovanni carry a copied version of the message to [[Rome]], in order to discover who was behind the plot. Upon arriving in the city, he gave the message to a man. In this manner, the letter was passed through various hands before meeting its final destination: Rodrigo. Rodrigo then left to see Pope Sixtus IV to obtain military support in order to conquer Florence. After gaining Sixtus' favor, Rodrigo headed out of [[Vaticano district|the Vatican]], and into the streets of Rome once more.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Lineage" />

Giovanni was still on Rodrigo's trail, and followed him all the way into [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Peter's_Basilica St. Peter's Basilica]; however, there, he fell into an ambush set by Rodrigo. Rodrigo tried to offer Giovanni a position among the Templars, but the Assassin refused, stating that Rodrigo would be dead before he could see the Templars' fantasy become a reality. Disappointed, Rodrigo had his men attack Giovanni, but the Assassin routed all of them. Rodrigo, who had been watching from the sidelines, threw a [[Throwing knives|knife]] Giovanni's way, which hit him in the chest. Rodrigo then took the chance to flee the Basilica. Afterwards, he discussed the next step in his plan with his Templar brothers, and all agreed on one thing: to dispose of Giovanni Auditore.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Lineage" />

[[File:Rodrigolineage.png|thumb|left|Rodrigo Borgia.]]
In order to get rid of Giovanni, Rodrigo conspired with Uberto Alberti and the [[House of Pazzi|Pazzi family]]. After careful planning, the Templars were able to frame Giovanni for the crimes of treason, and had him and two of his sons arrested. The night before the trial of the [[House of Auditore|Auditore family]], Rodrigo was at Uberto's house. [[Ezio Auditore]], Giovanni's remaining son, came by to give Uberto his father's letters that would prove him innocent. Ezio noticed Rodrigo behind Uberto, but paid no further attention to him. The following morning, Rodrigo attended the judgment and execution of Giovanni, [[Federico Auditore|Federico]] and [[Petruccio Auditore]], thus Ezio was proclaimed a wanted man. Years later, Rodrigo would state that Ezio's brothers did not need to die, but he had them killed anyway to make a point to the Assassins.

====Florence====
[[File:Burgerking.png|thumb|Rodrigo discussing the Pazzi Conspiracy.]]
In 1478, Rodrigo conspired to take down Lorenzo de' Medici, the leader of [[Florence]], and his brother [[Giuliano de' Medici|Giuliano]]. He left for Florence again, where he had a meeting with the Pazzi and a couple of other conspirators (who were formerly Lorenzo's allies) in a catacomb under the Basilica of [[Santa Maria Novella]]. There, he reminded them to beware of the Assassins, and stated that the next day would be ''"a new dawn for Florence."''<ref name="Assassin's Creed II">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

After Ezio thwarted the Templars in Florence, Rodrigo was to meet with the remaining conspirators in [[Tuscany]], where the Pazzi would ask for asylum with Rodrigo in either [[Venice]] or Rome. However, before the meeting could even commence, most of the conspirators were killed by Ezio, one by one. Only [[Jacopo de' Pazzi]] actually made it to the meeting alive. There, Jacopo claimed that the blame rested with his nephew, [[Francesco de' Pazzi|Francesco]], for his impatience, and with [[Emilio Barbarigo]] for supplying the Pazzi troops with sub-standard weaponry. Enraged by Jacopo's sniveling excuses, Rodrigo lectured his subordinate on his failure, then stabbed him, aided by an all-too-eager Emilio. Ignoring Jacopo's pleas for mercy, Rodrigo stabbed him in the neck, then called out to 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 make sure the deed was done.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

====Venice====
[[File:Borgia ingame ac2.jpg|thumb|left|Rodrigo in Venice.]]
Soon after the Florentine attempt failed, Rodrigo was making plans to take over the city of Venice. In 1485, he met with [[Carlo Grimaldi]] and the [[House of Barbarigo|Barbarigos]] to murder the current Doge, [[Giovanni Mocenigo]], so that one of them could replace him and sieze control of Venice. He chastised the Venetian Templars for making their own plans, and arguing over who would be the new Doge after they took Venice. He appointed [[Marco Barbarigo]] as the next Doge, and then left them to carry out his plans. While Ezio was [[Hunt in Venice|hunting the Barbarigos]] in Venice, Rodrigo was tracking the location of the [[Piece of Eden]] that [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] had once taken from the Templars.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

===Apple of Eden===
By 1486, he had found out that the Piece of Eden was hidden on [[Cyprus]], and thus sent a battalion of his men to retrieve it. Two years later, the men returned with the [[Sixth Apple|artifact]], and Rodrigo met with the guards who were to bring it to him. However, Ezio, disguised as the carrier of the artifact, attempted to kill Rodrigo. Rodrigo had expected the attack, and readied himself to deal with Ezio personally. The two began an intense battle, with Ezio ultimately emerging as the victor. Realizing he could not defeat Ezio alone, Rodrigo called in a supply of guards to overwhelm Ezio. Suddenly, many of Ezio's allies appeared, all of whom revealed themselves to be Assassins. They held off the guards to allow Ezio to re-challenge Rodrigo, who then escaped from them before Ezio could kill him.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

That same year, Rodrigo found out that the late [[Girolamo Riario]] had created a map marking where all the [[Codex]] pages could be found, thus he hired the [[Orsi Brothers]] to retrieve it from Riario's city of [[Forlì]]. The Orsi discovered that Riario's wife, [[Caterina Sforza]], also had [[Sixth Apple|the Apple]], and thus they laid [[Battle of Forlì|siege]] to the city and took the artifact by force, planning to present it to Rodrigo for an extra pay off. Unfortunately for him, Ezio managed to kill both of the Orsi brothers, though the Apple eventually came into the hands of [[Girolamo Savonarola]], a later arch-enemy of Rodrigo.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

In 1491, Rodrigo fooled the Spanish Inquisitor General [[Tomás de Torquemada]] into capturing and killing Assassins in [[Spain]]. Tomás, who thought Rodrigo was as much as a believer of God as he was, blindly followed his orders. Rodrigo also found out about [[Christoffa Corombo]]'s plans to sail west; however he, knowing of the presence of the [[wikipedia:Americas|Americas]] and the treasures that lay there, did not want anybody to find it before he could. Therefore, Rodrigo arranged a meeting with Christoffa in Venice. Christoffa's friend, [[Luis de Santángel]], suspected a trap and called for the aid of his fellow Assassin, Ezio. Ezio rushed to Christoffa's aid, succesfully rescuing him and thwarting Rodrigo's plans.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II: Discovery">''[[Assassin's Creed II: Discovery]]''</ref>

===As the Pope===
Rodrigo was elected Pope in 1492, and established his power in Rome. Rodrigo's true intent, however, was simply to get into [[Vatican Vault|the Vault]] that lay under the Vatican, where, he believed, God rested.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

[[File:Poestaff.jpg|thumb|Rodrigo during a Papal procession.]]With the Apple, Savonarola [[Bonfire of the Vanities|took control]] over Florence in 1494 after Lorenzo's death. Rodrigo repeatedly sent his men to Florence in the hopes of acquiring the Apple, though he was unsuccessful. In 1498, Savonarola was assassinated by Ezio,<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /> causing the Borgia family to fall into a chaotic state upon losing track of the Apple.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''</ref>

In 1499, Rodrigo was followed into the Vatican by Ezio, who tried to assassinate him. Ezio snuck into and seemingly assassinated Borgia inside the [[Sistine Chapel]]. After Ezio finished speaking with Rodrigo, he left, only to see him rise from the ground and use his Piece of Eden, [[The Staff|the Papal Staff]], to strike down him and everyone else in the room. However, Rodrigo was surprised to see that Ezio was able to resist the power of his staff, as Ezio had brought his own Piece of Eden: the Apple that Altaïr had taken from [[Al Mualim]]. Ezio then summoned four clones of himself to assist in his battle against Rodrigo, eventually defeating him. However, [[File:Assassins-creed-2-rodrigo-borgia.jpg|thumb|left|Rodrigo with the [[The Staff|Staff of Eden]].]]Rodrigo tripped Ezio with the Staff, and snatched the Apple from his hands. He then 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 Rodrigo, unable to resist two combined Pieces of Eden.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

Rodrigo stabbed Ezio with a dagger and left him to die on the floor of the Sistine Chapel, before escaping into the Vault. Though injured, Ezio eventually made his way to the Vault, where Rodrigo was furiously pounding the door to the inner chambers. Ezio dropped down into the pit where Rodrigo was, and challenged him to one last fist fight, with no more weapons, no more plots, and no more decoys. Rodrigo accepted and the two had one last duel. During the battle, Rodrigo stated that he had never believed in the Bible or in God, and had only become Pope to gain access to the Staff and the Vault, in order to unify Italy under the Templars' rule. Ezio defeated Rodrigo, holding the Pope at blade-point and telling him he was not the Prophet, and had never been.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

Broken by this revelation and accepting defeat, Rodrigo told Ezio to kill him and put an end to it. However, Ezio refused, saying that killing him would not bring back his family. Additionally, 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.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /> When his son Cesare learned of this, he led a [[Siege of Monteriggioni|siege]] on [[Monteriggioni]], though without Rodrigo's approval, in order to reacquire the Apple of Eden and kill the last of the Assassins. By this time, Rodrigo was reduced to nothing but a figurehead, with Cesare ultimately taking over Rome.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

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===Later life and death===
Rodrigo had given up on fighting the Assassin Order and instead chose to preserve the balance of power in Rome he had managed to obtain. However, Cesare was eager to take over all of Italy, a plan that Rodrigo did not approve of. Cesare controlled Rodrigo's armies, however, and carried out his plans without his father's consent.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

In 1501, Ezio infiltrated the [[Castel Sant'Angelo]] to assassinate both Rodrigo and Cesare, however, the former was not there and the latter left before Ezio had a chance to kill him. Later on, at [[Juan Borgia the Elder|Juan Borgia]]'s pagan party, Rodrigo spoke to Cesare and reprimanded him.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

[[File:ACB Cesare Rodrigo.png|thumb|left|Rodrigo meeting with Cesare, moments before his death.]]
The following year, Rodrigo had grown heavily displeased with Cesare's ambition and entitlement, going so far as to seize the castle's supply of cantarella - the same poison that had been used for Doge Mocenigo - and poisoning a few apples for Cesare to unwittingly eat. However, Rodrigo's daughter [[Lucrezia Borgia|Lucrezia]] discovered the presence of the poison and warned Cesare about it before he could finish eating the rest of the apple. Cesare promptly spat out what he had eaten, before shoving the remaining apple down Rodrigo's throat. Rodrigo perished before Ezio arrived to kill him, but Ezio nevertheless gave Rodrigo his final blessing at last.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

=="Final words" - ''Assassin's Creed II''==
(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|[[Heraldry|Coat of arms]] of the Borgia. Can be seen on Borgia's personal guards (in black with red striped outfit) with slightly different colors.]]
[[File:Papal Arms of Alexander VI.svg|thumb|[[Heraldry#Rodrigo Borgia|Papal arms]] of Alexander VI. Can be seen on the Papal Guards in [[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]. ]]
*He was called "'''the Spaniard'''" by the Assassins, as he was of Spanish origin.
*As Ezio entered the Sistine Chapel to assassinate Borgia, he was proclaiming the Nicene Creed in Latin to the congregation. It is ironic, as the Nicene Creed confesses the wholeness of the Christian doctrine, in which Borgia later stated he did not believe.
* Although Ezio did not kill Borgia, he is listed as dead in the Animus' Conspirator Web after the player completes ''Assassin's Creed II'' and re-enters the [[Animus]]. This may be due to Ezio simply listing off Rodrigo as a target.
* In ''Assassin's Creed II'', during some of Rodrigo's appearances, a dim red lighting effect can be seen on Rodrigo's hood and upper body, even though there is no source for this light. This might be to make Rodrigo appear more sinister. An example of this occurence is when Ezio brings Uberto Alberti the conspiracy documents, and a hooded Rodrigo is seen standing behind Uberto briefly, where the red light appears.
* In a scene in ''Assassin’s Creed: Lineage'', he can be seen eating an apple, which is perhaps a hint at the Apple he later attempts to gain, as well as the poisoned apple that leads to his death in ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''.
* Rodrigo is the only assassination target Ezio has had to fight repeatedly in ''Assassin's Creed II'', and is also the most formidable fighter there.
* It is possible to kill Rodrigo while in the Sistine Chapel if you poison him. After this, you can wield the Staff of Eden, although you cannot use any of its powers.
* In Rodrigo's assassination target video, there is a scene with Rodrigo in his Papal robes standing next to his fellow Templars, who are seated at a table. This is impossible, because by the time Rodrigo became Pope, Ezio had killed all the other Templars in the game. The Pazzi, the Barbarigos and Carlo Grimaldi, for example, are shown at the table.
* He was the first Pope to be elected from a conclave in the Sistine Chapel.
* Sometimes, during the fight with Rodrigo in ''Assassin's Creed II'', he can be seen wielding a spear instead of the Staff.
* Rodrigo's fate differs in the novel, ''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]'', to that shown in ''Assassin's Creed II''. In the game, after Ezio defeated and spared him, Borgia was left alone to come to terms with his misery as Ezio entered the Vault. In the novel, however, when Ezio emerged from the Vault, Borgia committed suicide with poison. His last act was to ask Ezio what he saw in the Vault, to which Ezio replied ''"Nothing. No one,"'' leading Borgia to die believing everything he had done in life was for nothing.
** However, in the [[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)|novelization of ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'']], he survived this suicide attempt, and [[Mario Auditore]] suggested that he didn't take enough poison, or that he was faking.
* Rodrigo died in 1503 at the age of [[72]].

==Database entry==

<center>[[Video:Assassin's Creed 2 - Targets: Rodrigo Borgia 3/9|400px]]</center>

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Nikolai Orelov

2011-02-21T11:46:55Z

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{{quote|My father wanted this life, Anna, not I. |Nikolai Orelov to his [[Anna|wife]].|Assassin's Creed: The Fall}}
'''Nikolai Andreievich Orelov''' (Russian: Николай Орлов) was a [[Russia]]n [[Assassins|Assassin]] who lived during the late 19th and early 20th century. A member of the Russian sect of the Assassin Order, the [[Narodnaya Volya]], he was the great-grandfather of [[Daniel Cross]].

==Biography==
===Early life===
Orelov was born in the later half of the 19th century to a member of the Narodnaya Volya. His father decided for Nikolai to become an Assassin as well, and thus had him start his training at a young age. In the Assassin Order, he befriended [[Aleksandr Ulyanov]] and his younger brother [[Vladimir Lenin]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed: The Fall - Issue #1">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' - Issue #1</ref>

On May 20, 1887, Nikolai witnessed the execution of Aleksandr after the latter was captured after a failed assassination attempt of [[Alexander III of Russia|Tsar Alexander III]]. As the rope was put around Aleksandr's neck, he pointed his finger towards Nikolai, meaning that he found Nikolai guilty for not rescuing him. This event caused Nikolai to have nightmares for the next year.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: The Fall - Issue #1" />

===Borki train disaster===
{{quote|I have power [[Alexander II of Russia|he]] never dreamed of. You can strike at me a thousand times and you will never succeed.|[[Alexander III of Russia|Alexander III]] to Nikolai Orelov. |Assassin's Creed: The Fall}}
[[File:ACTF_1_Legion_CPS_013.jpg|thumb|left|Nikolai rides for the Imperial train.]]Sometime in 1888, Nikolai woke in bed after having another nightmare about the death of his close friend, [[Aleksandr Ulyanov]]. He confided in his partner, [[Anna]], that he felt deeply responsible for his death. She told him that Alek knew the risks when he joined the Brotherhood. Nikolai then told her that he had been tasked with assassinating Tsar Alexander III in order to loosen the [[Templar]] grip on the region. Anna wished him safety in his mission, for she needed him to help raise their child, with whom she was pregnant.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: The Fall - Issue #1" />

Nikolai rode on horseback for Crimea the next morning, chasing the Imperial train. After infiltrating the train and making his way to the royal carriage, Orelov burst through a door with his gun raised and was surprised to find the entire Royal family travelling, when he had been told only the Tsar was aboard. Alexander III attacked him from behind for threatening his family and the two fought as the train careened off the tracks and crashed.

[[File:Alex_&_Orelov_v.png|thumb|252px|Alexander throwing the Staff to Nikolai.]]Whilst Nikolai was recovering from the crash, Alexander III pulled out the Staff and challenged the Assassin to kill him with it, throwing the Staff to him. Despite wielding the Staff and relying upon his Assassin training, Nikolai was defeated by the physically superior Alexander, but was spared death when the Tsar's children came into view. Nikolai fled to report his failure to the Order.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: The Fall - Issue #1" />

At some point within the next twenty years, Nikolai and Anna's child was somehow "lost", before or after it was born, causing Nikolai to become bitter and filled with anger, which caught the attention of his Brothers.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: The Fall - Issue #2">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' - Issue #2</ref>

===Tunguska event===
{{Template:Dialogue|First Assassin|Are Brother Orelov's methods always so... savage?|Second Assassin|He was a gentler man when I met him, years ago. Before they lost the child.|Nikolai's Assassin cohorts discuss his motives.}}[[File:Orelov_&_Dolinsky_v.png|thumb|282px|Nikolai tortures Dolinsky.]]
In 1908, the Assassins captured a Templar named [[Dolinsky]] and Orelov tortured the man in order to reveal where the Staff had gone following his failure. Two other Assassins were present and one noted that his methods were extremely harsh, while the other replied that it was because Orelov had previously lost a child. Under threats to his family, Dolinsky revealed that the facility that housed the Staff was located in Siberia and Orelov set off for [[wikipedia:Tunguska|Tunguska]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed: The Fall - Issue #2" />

The Mentor requested that Nikolai and his fellow Assassins would destroy the Staff, which was being tested with electrical machines stolen from their ally, [[Nikola Tesla]]. While approaching the facility, which had a Tesla coil built above it, Orelov explained to the others that Tesla stood ready with his teleforce weapon, in America, ready to destroy it.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: The Fall - Issue #2" />

[[File:Nikolai_lying-The_Fall2.jpg|thumb|252px|Orelov, after the explosion at Tunguska.]]Nikolai and his comrades stormed the facility, killing all of the Templar guards within. When Orelov reached the top, the Staff had been activated by the electrical current. He heard voices coming from it, saying things like "Always the fighter," "[[Adam]], I have it," "[[Rodrigo Borgia|Just like your father]]," and "[[Eve]]." At that moment, Tesla activated his weapon with the words "Rot in hell, [[Thomas Edison|Thomas]]," and the tower was destroyed. Orelov was the only survivor, laying with his clothes in tatters, on the edge of the explosion mumbling that the Staff had been destroyed. Nikolai returned home to Anna, "bleached and broken," who welcomed him with a look of horror and grief.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: The Fall - Issue #2" />

Nikolai and Anna had another child, a daughter, a few years afterwards.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: The Fall - Issue #3">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' - Issue #3</ref>

===Russian Revolution===
{{quote| I began as a crusader for change and now I am no better than a common grave-robber.|Nikolai Orelov to his [[Anna|wife]], after recovering the shard of [[The Staff]] from [[Grigori Rasputin|Rasputin's]] grave.|Assassin's Creed: The Fall}}[[File:Orelov_Rev_v.png|thumb|250px|right|Nicholas II watches as Orelov reaches for the fake Staff.]]
In 1917, Vladimir Lenin was leading a revolution against the Tsarist royal house. Lenin had personally sent a letter to Nikolai, asking for him to dispose of Tsarevich [[Nicholas II of Russia|Nicholas II]] and thus eliminate the last symbol of Imperialism. Nikolai did infiltrate Nicholas II's residence, asking him for the location of the Staff, which he had spotted on a picture of the Tsarevich. Nicholas II, threatened, brought Nikolai to the Staff, though Nikolai was quickly able to conclude that it was a fake. He said that the real Staff had a light shining from within and that when looked into it, one could see "the turn of the world and a glimpse of what lies beyond."

He broke the fake Staff, proving it was indeed a replica. When Nicholas II asked him to spare his family just like he spared his father's if he would kill him, he replied that he wouldn't kill him, saying that he did "not care any longer" and that he only wanted to make sure that the Staff was indeed destroyed. He did warn Nicholas II that the next Assassin to come after him wouldn't be as objective as him, however.

Nikolai proceeded to leave the building via a window, but not before hearing Nicholas II inform him that [[Grigori Rasputin]] wore a splinter around his neck, which was of the same material as the Staff, according to Nikolai's description.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: The Fall - Issue #3" />

[[File:Orelovs on ship.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Nikolai with his family, on the boat to America.]]
Nikolai and two other men went to search for Rasputin's grave and upon finding it, dug him up. Examining the corpse, Nikolai searched for the splinter that Nicholas II had mentioned, until he found what he was after and then returned to Anna, who was waiting for him in their carriage.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: The Fall - Issue #3" />

===Later life===
Some time after taking the splinter from Rasputin's corpse, Nikolai chose to retire and abruptly cut his ties with the Assassin Order. Along with their [[Nikolai Orelov's daughter|daughter]], Nikolai and Anna crossed Russia's borders and boarded a ship bound for the [[Wikipedia:United States of America|United States]], where they started a new life together and had at least one more child.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: The Fall - Issue #3" />

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==Appearance==
Orelov wore a large fur coat with the traditional Assassin's hood. He wielded one [[Hidden Blade]], a [[dagger]], a [[wikipedia:sabre|sabre]] and a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosin%E2%80%93Nagant rifle]. He wore a sash and a baldric with the [[Assassin insignia|Assassins' emblem]] on it.

==Trivia==
*Nikolai's surname, Orelov, is not a Russian name; the closest match being "Orlov" (Оpлов), which means ''"сын орла"'' (syn orla), or "son of oryol," where "oryol" means "eagle." It could also come from Orel, which is Czech, Slovenian and Bulgarian for "eagle." This is in continuation of the series' tradition of referencing the protagonist's name to that of the eagle in the Assassin's native language, or some derivation.

==Gallery==

<center><gallery captionalign="center" widths="160">
File:Nikolai_Orelov.jpg|An early image of Nikolai Orelov.
File:Nikolai.png|Nikolai without his Assassin attire.
File:Old Nikolai.jpg|Nikolai in 1917
File:ACTF 2 Legion CPS 023.jpg|Nikolai during the Tunguska event.
File:Rasputin's Grave.png|Orelov searching Rasputin's body.
Orelov_&_Anna_v.png|Orelov shows his wife the shard of the Staff.|link= The Staff
</gallery></center>

==References==
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Nikolai Orelov

2011-02-21T11:46:27Z

81.178.169.104: /* Early life */

Staves of Eden

2011-02-21T11:45:22Z

81.178.169.104: /* Owners */ Moses lived around 1500 BC, before Shabataka and Alexander

[[File:Zw-eden-4.png|thumb|The Staff.]]
{{Quote|Better in the hands of the Earth, than in the hands of Man.|Mario Auditore regarding the Staff after being lost during the Renaissance.}}The '''Staff of Eden''' was a [[Piece of Eden]], shaped like a staff. The Staff of Eden was used most notably by various Pharaohs,<ref name="Assassin's Creed II">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref> Popes<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref> and [[Russia]]n Tsars.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><ref name="Assassin's Creed: The Fall">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]''</ref>

==Powers==
Designed to control men's minds and bodies, it has a cradle in the headpiece where an [[Piece of Eden|Apple of Eden]] can be placed, in order to enhance its mind control effects. This conjunction of two Pieces of Eden can also be used to open the door to the [[Vatican Vault]]. Its bottom end is sharpened, and can be wielded as a spear in combat. It also grants the possessor the ability to conceal his presence entirely, and the ability of levitation; though whether these are physical effects, or simply manipulations of the viewers' perceptions, remains unknown.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /> It also had, somehow, the ability to change its shape, as its appearance had changed to various different forms over the course of time.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><ref name="Assassin's Creed: The Fall" />

When [[Nikolai Orelov]] approached the Staff in 1908, he heard several voices emanating from it, speaking things such as ''"Always the fighter"'', ''“[[Adam and Eve|Adam]], I have it”'', ''“Just like your father”'', and ''“Eve.”''
<ref name="Assassin's Creed: The Fall">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]''</ref>

==Status==
[[File:Zw-ACBH-2.jpg|thumb|left|252px|The Staff in the Vault.]]
After leaving the Vault, [[Ezio Auditore]] tried to remove the Staff from the center of the Vault, which was secured in the Vault floor. Upon doing so, Ezio activated something forcing the Staff to descended underground, despite Ezio's efforts to retrieve it.

It was somehow recovered at some point in the future, confirmed by the fact it had come into the possession of the Russian Tsars during the 1800s. It was late destroyed during the [[Tunguska explosion]].

However a shard of the staff can into the possession of [[Grigori Rasputin]]. However, after his assassination [[Nikolai Orelov]] concluded that even a shard of the staff would be a threat. Thus he dug up Rasputin's body and retrieved the shard and later destroyed it. With this the threat of the Staff of Eden ended.

==Owners==
*[[Those Who Came Before]] (? - ?)<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />
*[[Moses]] (? - ?)<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />
*[[Shabataka]] (? - ?)<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />
*[[Alexander the Great]] (? - ?)<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />
*[[Saint Peter]] (? - ?)<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />
*[[Rodrigo Borgia|Pope Alexander VI]] (1492 - 1499)<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />
*[[Alexander III of Russia|Tsar Alexander III]] (? - 1894)<ref name="Assassin's Creed: The Fall" />
*[[Nicholas II of Russia|Tsar Nicholas II]] (1894 - 1908)<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />
*[[Grigori Rasputin]] (1908)<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

==Trivia==
*It is possible to kill [[Rodrigo Borgia]] without triggering the cinematic cutscene while in the [[Capella Sistina|Sistine Chapel]]. After this, the staff can be wielded though none of the powers can be used.

==Gallery==
<gallery position="center" bordersize="medium" captionalign="left">
Tsar_3_v.png|The Staff during the 19th century.|link=Alexander III of Russia
Shard_of_Staff.png|A shard of The Staff found on Rasputin's body.|link=Grigori Rasputin
</gallery>

==References==
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