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Leonardo da Vinci

2009-11-28T23:04:09Z

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Leonardo Da Vinci
|image = Leonardoartwork1.jpg
|imgdesc = Artwork of Leonardo da Vinci.
|alias = Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|period = Italian Renaissance (15th century)
|voice = [[Carlos Ferro]]
}}
{{quote
|1 = Ezio, my friend! How may I be of service?
|2 = Leonardo Da Vinci
}}
'''Leonardo da Vinci''' (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an Italian polymath, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician and writer in the Renaissance.

[[Video:Assassin's Creed 2 - Focus On #1|thumb|382px|right|Leonardo Da Vinci First Apperrence]]

==Assassin's Creed II==

Leonardo da Vinci is the best friend of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]]. He will be his personal engineer, much like [[wikipedia:Q (James Bond)|Q]] in the ''James Bond'' series, making various gadgets, items, and weapons for Ezio. He constructs weapons such as [[Hidden Gun]], and the dual [[Hidden Blade]]s from the codex pages written by Altaïr as well as the [[Flying Machine]], ...etc. He will also decode the codex pages granting the player extra life for every four decoded.

Leonardo was a student in [[wikipedia:Andrea del Verrocchio|Verrocchio]]’s workshop until 1476 in [[Florence]]. In reality, there is little historical information on the real Leonardo's life between 1476 and 1481, giving the game developers the chance to supplement it as follows: the Auditore family patronized Leonardo to open his own workshop. Ezio met him in his workshop and became very close.

List of [[Hidden Blade]] upgrades:

*Hidden Blade (1)
*Hidden Blade (2)
*Poison Blade
*[[Hidden Gun]]

==Trivia==
All of Leonardo's modifications on previously existing assassin gear are designs created by Altaïr.  Leonardo just follows the designs detailed in Altaïr's codex, which only he (as far as we know) can decipher and translate.

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

Assassins

2009-11-28T22:50:45Z

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{{Faction Infobox
|image = Assassins Crest White.svg
|game = ''[[Assassin's Creed]]''<br>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|religion = Islam (AC1), Catholic (AC2)
|nationality = Saracen (AC1), Italian (AC2)
|location = [[Masyaf]] (AC1), [[Monteriggioni]] (AC2)
}}

{{quote|Nothing is true, Everything is permitted.|Hassan-i Sabbah, founder of the Assassins' order}}

The '''Assassins''', also known as the '''Hashshashin''', are an organized Order of Assassins, who are in a continuous low-grade war with their greatest adversaries: the [[Knights Templar]]. The order has existed for at least a millennium, and was active during the [[Assassin's Creed|Third Crusade]], the [[Assassin's Creed 2|Renaissance]], and even into the year 2012. The order believes in a firm creed of values that strictly govern their way of life, consisting of three [[tenets]]: stay your blade from the flesh of an innocent, hide in plain sight, and never compromise the Brotherhood. These tenets are lived daily by Assassins in the fight for "peace in all things". The Assassins carry out their duties through political strategic assassination, and by doing so, potential threats to peace are forever suppressed. By killing one individual, the Assassins believe that they can save tens of thousands.

Through their work, Assassins could be easily looked upon as keepers of peace. Assassins believe that they fight on behalf of those people who do not possess their abilities or resources to speak out against those in power who harm the powerless. Assassins speak to these corrupted men for the dispossessed by introducing them to the sharp edge of a [[Hidden Blade|blade]]. By doing so, the common people are freed from the shackles of oppression. Even though the Assassins fight for the people, they are feared, because no matter how one looks at the matter, killing above the bounds of the law for noble purposes is still killing, still an essentially evil act. The only way to justify the Assassins' deeds is to see them through the prism of long-term self-defense, though many moralists and philosophers claim this is just sophistry, a rationalization for murder. The Assassins were most feared due to their terrifying reputation for taking life in public places before many witnesses. The Assassins did so to create an atmosphere in which it was not safe to commit corrupt acts under the sun. This spread fear amongst their enemies, for they never knew when they might fall to an enemy who they could not see or hear.

Assassins used a particularly efficient weapon for assassinations: the Hidden Blade. A single thrust from this weapon could change the course of the Holy Land's future, as well as that of all future history. Such power could easily go to an Assassin's head, causing him to lift himself above others knowing he could change history, thus becoming as corrupt as the men whom he slew. But the devotion to the Assassins primary goal (peace in all things) and the knowledge of their "Assassin's Creed" provided the moral guidance necessary to keep the corruption caused by ultimate power at bay. This was not always the case. In order to have the precise political impact desired by an assassination, the Assassins possessed extensive political knowledge,  and remained always in tune with the ever-changing politics surrounding the many empires of the Holy Land and later of Western Europe during the Renaissance. They used this information to decide whose death would most benefit the people of their region.

Obtaining this information was done by stationing agents within the various cities of the Middle East and Europe to keep an eye on the actions of the various nobles and rulers. When deployed on missions, elite master assassins or blade hands were the ones responsible for carrying out public assassinations. They worked alone in the field, usually disguised as holy scholars of any of the three major monotheistic faiths or other suitable caricatures. When stationed in a particular city, the Assassins would spend an immense amount of time getting acquainted with their environment and learning where and when it would be best to strike at their chosen target. The actual strike itself always took place in public. By performing the murder in the public's eye, the Assassins knew without a doubt that news and information about the assassination would spread quickly amongst the common people, and those other corrupt men who served the one assassinated, effectively spreading fear and disrupting the chain of command among the corrupted regime that had been targeted by the Assassins.

==Known Assassins==
===Third Crusade===
*[[Al Mualim]] (Master and leader of Syrian-Assassins)
*[[Altair|Altair Ibn-La'Ahad]] (Master Assassin and field instructor)
*[[Malik]] (Dai over Jerusalem's Assassin Bureau)
*[[Kadar]] (Member of the Assassins and Malik's younger brother)
*[[Raoul]] (Member of the Assassins)
*[[Abbas]](Member of the Assassins)
*[[Masun]] (Traitor of Masyaf)
*The Instructors and Rafiqs
* Jamal (possible Assassin that betrayed Masyaf)
* Bahir (Damascus - Rooftop Race Informant PC version)
* Karim (Acre - Rooftop Race Informant PC version)

===Renaissance===
{{Spoiler}}
*[[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] (A nobleman and member of the Assassins)
*[[Mario Auditore da Firenze]] (Ezio's uncle and mercenary)
*[[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]] (Ezio's father and Nobleman)
*[[Federico Auditore da Firenze]] (Ezio's brother)
*[[Paula]] (Head of the Florentine Brothel)
*[[Sister Teodora]] (Head of the Venetian Brothel)
*[[Niccolò Machiavelli|Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli]]
*[[Antonio]] (Head of the Venetian Thieves Guild)
*[[La Volpe]](Head of the Florentine Thieves Guild)
*[[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]] (Head of the Venetian Mercenaries)
*[[Dante Alighieri]] (Poet and teacher of the Patriach, the first Auditore)
{{Spoiler End}}

=== Modern Times (2012) ===

*[[Desmond Miles]]
*[[Subject 16]]
*[[Lucy Stillman]]
*[[Shaun Hastings]]
*[[Rebecca Crane ]]
*Any remaining assassins alive (confirmed to be survivors by Lucy and Shaun)

=== Others ===
*Darius (The Male Persian Assassin; he killed Xerxes with the Hidden Blade.)
*Iltani (The Female Babylonian Assassin; she poisoned Alexander the Great.)
*Wei Yu (The Male Chinese Assassin; he killed Qin Shi Huang with a spear.)
*Qulan Gal (The Male Mongolian Assassin; he shot Genghis Khan's horse with a bow and arrow.)
*Amunet (The Female Egyptian Assassin; she killed Cleopatra with a snake.)
*Leonius (The Male Roman Assassin; he stabbed Caligula to death with a dagger.)

==[[Assassin's Creed]]==
In 1191, during the Third Crusade, the Assassins Order has its stronghold in the fortress of [[Masyaf]]. Led by [[Al Mualim]], the assassins battle with the Templars and their leader, [http://images.wikia.com/wiki/Robert_de_Sable Robert de Sable] over ideologies and the means with which to accomplish them. It is the Third Crusade and low-scale war with the Templar's that Altair must find wisdom within himself from the "Assassin's Creed" in order to accomplish the assassinations appointed for his redemption. As the war intensifies and Altair begins to understand the Assassin's true way of life, the "Creed", its meaning begins to open Altair's eyes and mind to question his cause and the lives he is meant to take in the name of the Assassin's peace. Is killing these men the true and only way to teach those that have strayed? Or do they not deserve a second chance; "misguided perhaps but pure in motive". Altair, after killing Robert de Sable, confronts his Master, Al Mualim, who has secretly been a high-ranking Templar the entire time. After a grueling struggle, Altair defeats Al Mualim and becomes the leader of the Assassins, though many lives were lost during Al Mualim's short reign of Terror. Altair then dedicates the Order to hunting down and destroying the remaining Artifacts, left by "Those Who Came Before," using the Piece of Eden to find them.

==[[Assassin's Creed II]]==
The May 2009 issue of ''Game Informer ''announced that the Assassins have "gone underground", but the order still continues their battle with the Templars. [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]], the game's protagonist, is an Italian nobleman who joins the order seeking revenge on the people that killed his father and brothers.

In Assassin's Creed II, you never know who the assassins are until memory block 11. They are all around you during the game, you just have no idea who they are.

==Real History==

{{WP-REAL|Hashshashin}}
The Hashshashin (also Hashishin, Hashashiyyin, or Hashasheen), from which the word assassin is thought to originate, was the Persian derived designation of the Nizari branch of the Ismā'īlī Shia Muslims during the Middle Ages.

{{AC}}

{{ACII}}
[[Category:Assassin's Order]]

Assassins

2009-11-28T22:48:49Z

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{{Faction Infobox
|image = Assassins Crest White.svg
|game = ''[[Assassin's Creed]]''<br>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|religion = Islam (AC1), Catholic (AC2)
|nationality = Saracen (AC1), Italian (AC2)
|location = [[Masyaf]] (AC1), [[Monteriggioni]] (AC2)
}}

{{quote|Nothing is true, Everything is permitted.|Hassan-i Sabbah, founder of the Assassins' order}}

The '''Assassins''', also known as the '''Hashshashin''', are an organized Order of Assassins, who are in a continuous low-grade war with their greatest adversaries: the [[Knights Templar]]. The order has existed for at least a millennium, and was active during the [[Assassin's Creed|Third Crusade]], the [[Assassin's Creed 2|Renaissance]], and even into the year 2012. The order believes in a firm creed of values that strictly govern their way of life, consisting of three [[tenets]]: stay your blade from the flesh of an innocent, hide in plain sight, and never compromise the Brotherhood. These tenets are lived daily by Assassins in the fight for "peace in all things". The Assassins carry out their duties through political strategic assassination, and by doing so, potential threats to peace are forever suppressed. By killing one individual, the Assassins believe that they can save tens of thousands.

Through their work, Assassins could be easily looked upon as keepers of peace. Assassins believe that they fight on behalf of those people who do not possess their abilities or resources to speak out against those in power who harm the powerless. Assassins speak to these corrupted men for the dispossessed by introducing them to the sharp edge of a [[Hidden Blade|blade]]. By doing so, the common people are freed from the shackles of oppression. Even though the Assassins fight for the people, they are feared, because no matter how one looks at the matter, killing above the bounds of the law for noble purposes is still killing, still an essentially evil act. The only way to justify the Assassins' deeds is to see them through the prism of long-term self-defense, though many moralists and philosophers claim this is just sophistry, a rationalization for murder. The Assassins were most feared due to their terrifying reputation for taking life in public places before many witnesses. The Assassins did so to create an atmosphere in which it was not safe to commit corrupt acts under the sun. This spread fear amongst their enemies, for they never knew when they might fall to an enemy who they could not see or hear.

Assassins used a particularly efficient weapon for assassinations: the Hidden Blade. A single thrust from this weapon could change the course of the Holy Land's future, as well as that of all future history. Such power could easily go to an Assassin's head, causing him to lift himself above others knowing he could change history, thus becoming as corrupt as the men whom he slew. But the devotion to the Assassins primary goal (peace in all things) and the knowledge of their "Assassin's Creed" provided the moral guidance necessary to keep the corruption caused by ultimate power at bay. This was not always the case. In order to have the precise political impact desired by an assassination, the Assassins possessed extensive political knowledge,  and remained always in tune with the ever-changing politics surrounding the many empires of the Holy Land and later of Western Europe during the Renaissance. They used this information to decide whose death would most benefit the people of their region.

Obtaining this information was done by stationing agents within the various cities of the Middle East and Europe to keep an eye on the actions of the various nobles and rulers. When deployed on missions, elite master assassins or blade hands were the ones responsible for carrying out public assassinations. They worked alone in the field, usually disguised as holy scholars of any of the three major monotheistic faiths or other suitable caricatures. When stationed in a particular city, the Assassins would spend an immense amount of time getting acquainted with their environment and learning where and when it would be best to strike at their chosen target. The actual strike itself always took place in public. By performing the murder in the public's eye, the Assassins knew without a doubt that news and information about the assassination would spread quickly amongst the common people, and those other corrupt men who served the one assassinated, effectively spreading fear and disrupting the chain of command among the corrupted regime that had been targeted by the Assassins.

==Known Assassins==
===Third Crusade===
*[[Al Mualim]] (Master and leader of Syrian-Assassins)
*[[Altair|Altair Ibn-La'Ahad]] (Master Assassin and field instructor)
*[[Malik]] (Dai over Jerusalem's Assassin Bureau)
*[[Kadar]] (Member of the Assassins and Malik's younger brother)
*[[Raoul]] (Member of the Assassins)
*[[Abbas]](Member of the Assassins)
*[[Masun]] (Traitor of Masyaf)
*The Instructors and Rafiqs
* Jamal (possible Assassin that betrayed Masyaf)
* Bahir (Damascus - Rooftop Race Informant PC version)
* Karim (Acre - Rooftop Race Informant PC version)

===Renaissance===
{{Spoiler}}
*[[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] (A nobleman and member of the Assassins)
*[[Mario Auditore da Firenze]] (Ezio's uncle and mercenary)
*[[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]] (Ezio's father and Nobleman)
*[[Federico Auditore da Firenze]] (Ezio's brother)
*[[Paula]] (Head of the Florentine Brothel)
*[[Sister Teodora]] (Head of the Venetian Brothel)
*[[Niccolò Machiavelli|Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli]]
*[[Antonio]] (Head of the Venetian Thieves Guild)
*[[La Volpe]](Head of the Florentine Thieves Guild)
*[[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]] (Head of the Venetian Mercenaries)
*[[Dante Alighieri]] (Poet and teacher of the Patriach, the first Auditore)
{{Spoiler End}}

=== Modern Times (2012) ===

*[[Desmond Miles]]
*[[Subject 16]]
*[[Lucy Stillman]]
*[[Shaun Hastings]]
*[[Rebecca Crane ]]
*Any remaining assassins alive (confirmed to be survivors by Lucy and Shaun)

=== Others ===
*Darius (The Male Persian Assassin; he killed Xerxes with the Hidden Blade.)
*Iltani (The Female Babylonian Assassin; she poisoned Alexander the Great.)
*Wei Yu (The Male Chinese Assassin; he killed Qin Shi Huang with a spear.)
*Qulan Gal (The Male Mongolian Assassin; he shot Genghis Khan's horse with a bow and arrow.)
*Amunet (The Female Egyptian Assassin; she killed Cleopatra with a snake.)
*Leonius (The Male Roman Assassin; he stabbed Caligula to death with a dagger.)

==[[Assassin's Creed]]==
In 1191, during the Third Crusade, the Assassins Order has its stronghold in the fortress of [[Masyaf]]. Led by [[Al Mualim]], the other assassins battle with the Templars and their leader, [http://images.wikia.com/wiki/Robert_de_Sable Robert de Sable] over ideologies and the means with which to accomplish them. It is the Third Crusade and low-scale war with the Templar's that Altair must find wisdom within himself from the "Assassin's Creed" in order to accomplish the assassinations appointed for his redemption. As the war intensifies and Altair begins to understand the Assassin's true way of life, the "Creed", its meaning begins to open Altair's eyes and mind to question his cause and the lives he is meant to take in the name of the Assassin's peace. Is killing these men the true and only way to teach those that have strayed? Or do they not deserve a second chance; "misguided perhaps but pure in motive". Altair, after killing Robert de Sable, confronts his Master, Al Mualim, who has secretly been a high-ranking Templar the entire time. After a grueling struggle, Altair defeats Al Mualim and becomes the leader of the Assassins, though many lives were lost during Al Mualim's short reign of Terror. Altair then dedicates the Order to hunting down and destroying the remaining Artifacts, left by "Those Who Came Before," using the Piece of Eden to find them.

==[[Assassin's Creed II]]==
The May 2009 issue of ''Game Informer ''announced that the Assassins have "gone underground", but the order still continues their battle with the Templars. [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]], the game's protagonist, is an Italian nobleman who joins the order seeking revenge on the people that killed his father and brothers.

In Assassin's Creed II, you never know who the assassins are until memory block 11. They are all around you during the game, you just have no idea who they are.

==Real History==

{{WP-REAL|Hashshashin}}
The Hashshashin (also Hashishin, Hashashiyyin, or Hashasheen), from which the word assassin is thought to originate, was the Persian derived designation of the Nizari branch of the Ismā'īlī Shia Muslims during the Middle Ages.

{{AC}}

{{ACII}}
[[Category:Assassin's Order]]

Giovanni Auditore da Firenze

2009-11-28T22:39:40Z

81.44.72.201: /* Assassin's Creed II */

{{Character Infobox
|image= giovanni lineage 1.png
|faction=[[Assassins]]
|imgdesc=
|name=Giovanni Auditore da Firenze
|meaning=
|appear=''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|period=Italian Renaissance (15th century)
}}
{{quote|I am Giovanni Auditore, and like my ancestors before me, I am a assassin.|[[AC: Lineage]]'s headline}}
'''Giovanni Auditore da Firenze''' is the father of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]. He's a nobleman, working as a banker for the [[House of Medici|Medicis]], but 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 his son's power: the [[Eagle Vision]]. Giovanni is the main character of the three ''Assassin's Creed'' world-based short films: ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''. Beside 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]].

==Biography==
===[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]===

[[File:Giovannilineage2.png|thumb|left|Giovanni in his usual clothes.]]
Giovanni Auditore is a [[Florence|Florentine]] nobleman living during the 15th century in Italy: the Renaissance. But he is also an Assassin, a descendant of [[Altaïr]] serving under the powerful [[Lorenzo de' Medici]] and most of all: justice. In 1476, a conspiracy is going on to overthrow Lorenzo the Magnificent. One night, hiding from his family, Giovanni is about to execute a mission for his master. 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 brings him to Lorenzo, and the prisoner reveals through tortures that the Duke of [[Milan]], [[Galeazzo Maria Sforza]] will be assassinated in the church during the feast of Santo Stefano (the day following Christmas). Giovanni heads to Milan, but he 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 this mission, Giovanni goes back to his nest seeing his family. He then meditates on the death of Sforza and its consequences.

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

[[File:QuickTimePlayer 2009-09-25 20-14-39-52.png|thumb|Giovanni (center) is going to be executed.]]
Giovanni Auditore is first seen in AC2 at Ezio's birth sequence in the Animus, in which he holds Ezio in his arms and remarks that he is a born fighter. After 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 seperate 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 inprisonment but Giovanni instead tasks his son to find the hidden room inside of his office (Which hides his assassin gear) and take everything that he finds. Shortly after Ezio arrives at where the execution takes place, 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 Cermony that instead of removing the ring finger it is instead burned in the form of a ring.
*Giovanni died before telling Ezio (And his two other sons) of their assassin heritage, which dissapointed his brother, [[Mario Auditore da Firenze|Mario]].

{{ACII}}
[[Category:Assassin's Creed II Characters|Auditore da Firenze, Giovanni]]
[[Category:Assassins|Auditore da Firenze, Giovanni]]
[[Category:Descendant of Altaïr]]

Giovanni Auditore da Firenze

2009-11-28T22:37:53Z

81.44.72.201: /* Trivia */

{{Character Infobox
|image= giovanni lineage 1.png
|faction=[[Assassins]]
|imgdesc=
|name=Giovanni Auditore da Firenze
|meaning=
|appear=''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|period=Italian Renaissance (15th century)
}}
{{quote|I am Giovanni Auditore, and like my ancestors before me, I am a assassin.|[[AC: Lineage]]'s headline}}
'''Giovanni Auditore da Firenze''' is the father of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]. He's a nobleman, working as a banker for the [[House of Medici|Medicis]], but 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 his son's power: the [[Eagle Vision]]. Giovanni is the main character of the three ''Assassin's Creed'' world-based short films: ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''. Beside 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]].

==Biography==
===[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]===

[[File:Giovannilineage2.png|thumb|left|Giovanni in his usual clothes.]]
Giovanni Auditore is a [[Florence|Florentine]] nobleman living during the 15th century in Italy: the Renaissance. But he is also an Assassin, a descendant of [[Altaïr]] serving under the powerful [[Lorenzo de' Medici]] and most of all: justice. In 1476, a conspiracy is going on to overthrow Lorenzo the Magnificent. One night, hiding from his family, Giovanni is about to execute a mission for his master. 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 brings him to Lorenzo, and the prisoner reveals through tortures that the Duke of [[Milan]], [[Galeazzo Maria Sforza]] will be assassinated in the church during the feast of Santo Stefano (the day following Christmas). Giovanni heads to Milan, but he 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 this mission, Giovanni goes back to his nest seeing his family. He then meditates on the death of Sforza and its consequences.

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

[[File:QuickTimePlayer 2009-09-25 20-14-39-52.png|thumb|Giovanni (center) is going to be executed.]]
Giovanni Auditore is first seen in AC2 at Ezio's birth sequence in the Animus, in which he holds Ezio in his arms and remarks that he is a born fighter. After 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, and gives him (Ezio) two seperate quests (Paperboy & Special Delivery) in Memory Block 1. Soon after completing the quests, guards take Giovanni (alongside 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 inprisonment but Giovanni instead tasks his son to find the hidden room inside of his office (Which hides his assassin gear) and take everything that he finds. Shortly after Ezio arrives at where the execution takes place, 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 Cermony that instead of removing the ring finger it is instead burned in the form of a ring.
*Giovanni died before telling Ezio (And his two other sons) of their assassin heritage, which dissapointed his brother, [[Mario Auditore da Firenze|Mario]].

{{ACII}}
[[Category:Assassin's Creed II Characters|Auditore da Firenze, Giovanni]]
[[Category:Assassins|Auditore da Firenze, Giovanni]]
[[Category:Descendant of Altaïr]]