Thief

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{{Faction Infobox
|image = AC2 CA 014 Thief.png
|imgdesc = Artwork of a thief in ''Assassin's Creed II''
|religion =
|nationality =
|location = [[Florence]], [[Tuscany]], [[Forlì]], [[Venice]]
|targets =
|game = ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
}}
{{quote|We are with you, friend, only lead the way.|Thieves' greeting to Ezio}}
The '''Thieves''' are one of the three factions of ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' helping the main character [[Ezio Auditore di Firenze|Ezio]] (the other two being the [[Courtesans]] and the [[Mercenaries]]).

Led by [[Antonio]], their main hideout is located in the commercial district of [[Venice]]. The guild is more of an organization similar to the Mafia, rather than just a bunch of robbers. They don't target innocent citizens, and instead defy the local, corrupted nobility. In [[Florence]], the thieves are led by [[La Volpe]].

The thieves can help [[Ezio]] by distracting the [[guards]], and luring them away; however, this ability can be only used once for a single group of thieves, and once you use it, they are no longer in your service. On rooftops, the lure command is replaced with the fight command, directing the thieves to fight the guards instead of stealing from them. Otherwise, at any time, engaging in a fight while a group of thieves is following you will automatically prompt them to assist you. You can also hire a second group to help at this point, though only one group will follow you around when the fight is over.

Thieves are lightly armed, carrying only a [[Short Blade]], and wearing very light armor, though this allows them to follow Ezio in many of his acrobatic moves. They will not, however, follow him up very high towers (such as view points) or make far leaps, if they are able to find another route, no matter how lengthy it may be. They are surprisingly effective in combat, easily dodging or blocking enemy blows, and returning them. A group of four thieves can take on eight [[Medici]] Guardsmen and suffer very little damage. Their only vulnerability in combat are the [[Brutes]] and [[Seekers]].

Be careful when free running, however, for the thieves can easily fall into water and die (as they can't swim). Thus, if you have thieves following you, avoid jumping across canals from the roof, particularly in [[Venice]]. Also remember that thieves can be just as easily killed by falling while performing normal acrobatics.

In ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'', hired thieves act much as they did in the previous game, however they will also now pickpocket money for Ezio as they follow him through the streets of [[Rome]]. In order to aid Ezio, La Volpe based the local thieves guild in an inn called ''La Volpe Addormentata'' ("The Sleeping Fox"). The inn acted as both a hideout for the thieves, as well as a place where [[Civilians|civilians]] and [[guards]] could gamble, though the thieves made sure that they would never win. At the back of the bar lay La Volpe's office, which contained a board where he listed the top five best thieves based on their actions. Ezio later decided to join this competition, and was thus given the Thief Guild Challenges.

==Known members==
;Florence
*[[La Volpe]]
;Venice
*[[Antonio de Magianis]]
*[[Ugo]]
*[[Rosa]]
*[[Franco]]

==Trivia==
*During the mission "[[Cleaning House]]," [[Ezio]] has to hunt down and kill three traitor thieves in Venice. Strangely, unlike the other thieves, the three use [[Sword|swords]] instead of [[Dagger|daggers]].
*Like the guards, they are generally better equipped in Venice then they are in Florence.
*You can kill thieves by using your sword to throw them from rooftops.
*Faustina Collari of Rome and Rosa of Venice are the only female thieves in Assassin's Creed so far, they are also the only two characters to be a part of a faction and of the opposite sex, as there are no male courtesans or female mercenaries.

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="120">
File:Zw-thieves.png|Some thieves of Venice.
File:Assassin-s-creed-ii-playstation-3-ps3-026.jpg|Ezio followed by some thieves.
File:Ezio orderingthieves to target.jpg|Ezio ordering thieves to create a diversion.
assassins-creed-2-e3-oxcgn-31.jpg|Ezio fighting guards with thieves.
</gallery>

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Cesare Borgia

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Cesare Borgia
|image = Char_cesare.png
|birth = 13 September 1475 [[Rome]], [[Italy]]
|death = 12 March 1507 (aged 31) [[Viana]], [[Spain]]
|period = Italian [[Renaissance]]
|faction = *[[Templars]]
**[[House of Borgia]]
*[[Papacy]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
|voice = [[Andreas Apergis]]
}}

{{quote|Father, do you not see? I control all of this. If I want to live, I live. If I want to take, I take. If I want you to die, you die!|Cesare Borgia to his father, 1503|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood}}

'''Cesare Borgia''' (13 September 1475 - 12 March 1507) was the son of [[Rodrigo Borgia]] and a nemesis of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]]. Like his father, he was a member of the [[Templars|Templar Order]]. Eventually, he became the commander of the [[Papacy|Papal]] army and a leader in the Templar Order.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

==Biography==
===Early life===
Cesare Borgia was born in [[Rome]] in 1475, to Rodrigo Borgia, the [[Grand Master of the Templar Order]], and his long-term mistress [[wikipedia:Vannozza dei Cattanei|Vannozza dei Cattanei]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

At the age eighteen, Cesare became a Cardinal while his older brother, [[Juan Borgia the Younger|Juan]], Rodrigo's favorite, became captain general of the Papal armies. Realizing his life as a Cardinal would reach a dead end and his brother would get everything, Cesare had Juan killed and then took his place a captain general, becoming one of the most powerful men in Italy.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

===Becoming a Templar leader===
In 1496, when his father waged war with the Orsini Family to seize their territory, Cesare joined the battle. Among the enemy's ranks was [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]], in secret an [[Assassin]]. When Bartolomeo's resources were down to three fortresses, Cesare cut off his supplies. When it looked like victory was near, Carlo Orsini arrived with his army and joined Bartolomeo, even wounding Cesare in the face.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

===Siege of Monteriggioni===
[[File:Apple.jpg|thumb|250px|Cesare Borgia at Monteriggioni's gates, holding the Apple of Eden.]]
{{Quote|I know you're there, Ezio! The Pope told me about you and your little group of [[Assassins]]! And [[First Apple|this]]!|Cesare Borgia to Ezio Auditore, 1500.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood}}
In January 1500, Cesare, who had been brought up in the Templar ways, led [[Siege of Monteriggioni|an assault]] on [[Monteriggioni]], headquarters of the Assassins in [[Italy]] in order to eliminate the [[Master Assassin]] Ezio Auditore. Besieging the city, Cesare's forces overwhelmed the city's defenders and handed to him [[Mario Auditore]] and [[Caterina Sforza]]. Standing at the city gates, the [[First Apple|Apple of Eden]] in hand, Cesare "invited" Ezio to come and face him in [[Rome]] with a shot of his firearm that killed Mario. Ezio was then shot down and wounded by a team of [[arquebusier]]s, and the battle was won. With Monteriggioni in ruins, Cesare returned to Rome with his prize.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

===War in Rome===
[[File:Cesare_and_the_Papal_Guard.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Cesare speaking to the [[Papal Guard]].]]

By 1500, Cesare had Rome under his iron fist as commander of the Papal army, though it appeared that he and his father sometimes disagreed on his choices. He used [[Borgia towers]] to keep control over the five districts of Rome. Cesare was also away for periods of time, overseeing the advancement of his army in a bid to unite all of Italy under his rule.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

In 1502, [[Leonardo da Vinci]] was forced into service for the Borgia, wherein Cesare made Leonardo build several war machines for his army, including a [[Flying Machine|bomber]], an [[armored car]], a [[Boat cannon|naval cannon]], and a [[chariot machine gun|machine gun]]. However, all of Leonardo's creations were stolen and destroyed by Ezio Auditore, in secret, at Leonardo's own behest.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

In 1503, Cesare and his father Rodrigo argued over the former's insatiable lust for power. Rodrigo commented that he had given Cesare all he had, and still his son wasn't satisfied. Cesare demanded that his father give him the Apple of Eden, but Rodrigo refused. At this point, Lucrezia barged in, crying out to her brother that their father was attempting to poison him with the bowl of apples he'd left out. An angry Cesare responded by charging Rodrigo and shoving the apple he'd been eating into his mouth. The poison did its work and Rodrigo died within seconds. Cesare then demanded the Apple of Eden's whereabouts from Lucrezia, who confessed under much pressure. Unfortunately, Ezio beat Cesare to the [[Basilica di San Pietro]] (where the Apple was hidden), and retrieved the Apple before him, having witnessed the scene from the window.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

Cesare's rule met a downward spiral from there. As a final stab from his father, Cesare had consumed enough of the poison to lead him weak for months. While recovering, Ezio and the other Assassins used the Apple to dwindle his remaining forces and the Vatican fully rejected his request for support, seeing the Borgia's money as "tainted."<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

After being confronted by the highest-ranking Assassins, whom had eliminated Cesare's last remaining followers, [[Fabio Orsini]] arrived with the Papal Guard and a warrant for Cesare's arrest, by the order of [[wikipedia:Pope Julius II|Pope Julius II]]. Cesare was taken away and put in prison and later exiled to Spain.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

===Siege of Viana and death===
{{Quote|I will lead mankind to a new world! You cannot kill me! No man can murder me!|Cesare Borgia's last words, 1507.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood}}
Cesare spent several years in prison, when a Count gave him a rope with which he was able to escape. He fell 70 metres to the ground on top of a servant who had accompanied him. With several bones fractured, Cesare was ultimately able to escape to his brother-in-law, John III of Navarre, in [[Spain]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

In March of 1507, Cesare tried to regain his lost honor by commandeering John III's vast army during the [[Siege of Viana|Siege]] of [[Viana]], after which, should he be victorious, he would regain the support of the French. However, unbeknownst to him, Ezio caught wind of Cesare's involvement in the battle and set out for Viana.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

During the siege, Ezio located Cesare on the battlefield and charged, though Cesare held him back just long enough to dodge Ezio's left [[Hidden Blade]] and flee. Ezio's pursuit was delayed by several cannonball impacts that stunned him, and incapacitated the other soldiers in the area.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

Ezio would soon see him on the outskirts of the castle walls with his troops, there he had a civilian woman killed who was crying that her son was injured. Ezio eventually caught up with Cesare on the walls of [[Viana Castle|Viana's Castle]] and fought him, with Cesare wielding a sword and a ''pistola'' that was possibly the same with which he had killed Mario Auditore. Though Cesare was reinforced periodically by troops, Ezio nevertheless defeated him, eventually pinning him to the ground. When Cesare vowed not to die at the hands of man, Ezio declared that he would leave Cesare "in the hands of Fate," and threw him off of the castle wall to his death.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

==Final words==
'''Cesare''': ''The throne was mine!'' 
'''Ezio''': ''Wanting something does not make it your right.'' 
'''Cesare''': ''What do you know!?'' 
'''Ezio''': ''That a true leader empowers the people he rules.'' 
'''Cesare''': ''I will lead mankind into a new world!'' 
'''Ezio''': ''Che nessuno recordi il tuo nome.'' (May no one remember your name.) ''Requiescat in pace.'' (Rest in peace.) 
'''Cesare''': ''You cannot kill me! No man can murder me!'' 
'''Ezio''': ''Then I leave you in the hands of Fate!''

==Trivia==
*Historically, it is said that [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] greatly admired Cesare. However, in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'', while Machiavelli does respect his ability to enforce his will, he also seeks to eliminate Cesare and his [[House of Borgia|family members]] alongside Ezio.
*Cesare's comments about bloodshed and the need for cleansing may highlight the origin of the name [[Abstergo]], which is Latin for "I cleanse."
*When Ezio has to save [[Caterina Sforza]] from the [[Castel Sant'Angelo]], he encounters Cesare and [[Lucrezia Borgia]] kissing each other, revealing that they were lovers. Additionally, Cesare is later arrested on the grounds of incest, along with his other crimes.

==Gallery==

<center><gallery captionalign="left>
Zw-acb-Lucrezia-Cesare.jpg|Cesare and Lucrezia kiss intimately.
ACB Cesare Baron.png|Cesare and [[Octavian de Valois]].
ACB Cesare Lucrezia.png|Cesare and Lucrezia.
</gallery></center>

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