Micheletto Corella

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|birth = 1470<br>[[wikipedia:Valencia|Valencia]], [[Spain]]
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|period = [[Italy|Italian]] [[Renaissance]]
|faction = [[Templars]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
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'''Micheletto Corella''' (1470 - 1508) was a ''condottiero'', and a member of the [[Templars|Templar Order]]. He was also, at one point, the governor of [[wikipedia:Piombino|Piombino]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

==Biography==
===Early life===
Micheletto Corella was born in Valencia, Spain, but grew up in [[Rome]], [[Italy]]. He was a childhood friend of [[Cesare Borgia]], and would later become his protector.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

===Serving the Borgia===
Micheletto would go on to serve the Borgia for the rest of his life, Cesare particularly. He became Cesare's personal executioner, killing any who stood in Cesare's way. He also became a ''condottiero'' and the governor of Piombino for a short time.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

====Siege of Monteriggioni====
In January 1500, Micheletto accompanied Cesare to [[Siege of Monteriggioni|lay siege]] to [[Monteriggioni]] in order to bring down the [[House of Auditore|Auditore]] and acquire the [[Sixth Apple|Apple of Eden]]. They went home victorious with the Apple and [[Mario Auditore]]'s life taken.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

====Murders====
Many of Micheletto's murders went unrecorded, though a few managed to be kept known throughout the years.

On 18 August 1500, [[wikipedia:Alfonso of Aragon|Alfonso of Aragon]], the husband of Cesare's sister [[Lucrezia Borgia]] was killed by Micheletto on Cesare's order, as the latter was jealous of Alfonso.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

In 1502, Micheletto killed Giulio Cesare da Varano and three of his sons in order for Cesare to be able to take over [[wikipedia:Camerino|Camerino]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

Micheletto killed [[wikipedia:Astorre III Manfredi|Astorre III Manfredi]], the Lord of [[wikipedia:Faenza|Faenza]], on 9 June 1502 inside the [[Castel Sant'Angelo]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

On 31 December 1502, Micheletto simultaneously strangled [[wikipedia:Oliverotto da Fermo|Oliverotto da Fermo]] and [[wikipedia:Vitellozzo Vitelli|Vitellozzo Vitelli]] for conspiring against Cesare.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" /><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Ascendance]]''</ref>

On New Year's Eve of 1503, Cesare ordered the arrest of all his top captains that had once left his ranks and later rejoined; two of which were strangled back to back by Micheletto. The rest were thrown in prison.

====Teaching Giovanni====
At times between 1500 and 1503, Micheletto was left to guard and teach [[Giovanni Borgia]], Cesare's adoptive son and Lucrezia's biological child. He attempted to instruct Giovanni to be tough and merciless, strangling an old man who was talking with Giovanni and beating him. Instead, Giovanni grew to hate Micheletto, which became one of the reasons for him to leave home.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''</ref>

===Final tasks===
In 1503, Micheletto accompanied Cesare to a meeting with [[Francesco Troche]], who had told his brother [[Egidio Troche|Egidio]] of Cesare's plans for [[Romagna]]. Egidio had sent letters to the ambassador of [[Venice]] to warn him, though these letters were intercepted. Francesco attempted to have Cesare spare his life, but he was ultimately strangled to death by Micheletto, and his body was thrown in the [[Tiber River]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

Micheletto then continued on to meet with some Borgia [[guards]], giving them costumes with which they could infiltrate the [[Colosseum Passion Play]] to kill [[Pietro Rossi]], Lurezia's latest lover. Unbeknownst to him, he was being followed by the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], who had sent his [[apprentices]] to take down all the aforementioned guards, and steal the costumes they had been given.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

Ezio continued to follow Micheletto to the [[Colosseum]], where he took down all the Borgia [[arquebusiers]] posted there. Donning his own costume, Ezio followed Micheletto onstage, where they both joined the play. As soon as Ezio came close to Micheletto, he attacked him with his [[hidden blade]]. However, Ezio did not finish him off, saying that Micheletto would bring himself down by aiding Cesare.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />

Cesare later killed his father, [[Rodrigo Borgia|Pope Alexander VI]], after the latter attempted to poison Cesare. As a result, the Borgias' influence over Rome was gone and Cesare became powerless. Cesare sent Micheletto to gather an army to take back Rome, though he never arrived and instead, Cesare was captured by the [[Papal Guard]]. Micheletto fled Rome, though he was later captured on the order of [[wikipedia:Pope Julius II|Pope Julius II]].

Micheletto escaped from the Signoria in Florence and later helped Chesere escape from his prison (la mota) in Spain. He then travelled with Chesere to Vanlencia but was killed by Chesere as punishment for failing to destroy the Assassins after they destroyed Chesere's invading fleet with [http://assassinscreed.wikia.com/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci Leonardo's] bombs.

==Final words==
(As Ezio attempts to stab Micheletto, he laughs.)

'''Micheletto''': ''You cannot save Pietro. The wine he drank was poisoned. As I promised Cesare, I made doubly sure.'' (Ezio gets up and leaves him.) ''I am not yet dead.''

'''Ezio''': ''I did not come here to kill you. He who is the cause of someone else becoming powerful is the agent of his own destruction.''

==Trivia==
*In the [[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (mobile game)|''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' mobile game]], Micheletto is called '''Michelotto'''.
*Upon "assassinating" Micheletto, he is wearing his Passion play costume; however, when he is saying his "final words", he is wearing his ordinary clothes.
*In the [[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)|novelization of ''Brotherhood'']], Micheletto helps Cesare escape. However, he later feels that he is being mistreated, and attempts to kill his master. He fails, however, and is instead shot in the face and maimed by Cesare's gun.

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Metal Cestus

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[[File:AC2 Metal Cestus.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Metal Cestus as it appears in ''Assassin's Creed II''.]]
The '''Metal Cestus''' is an upgrade to [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]]'s [[fists]] weapon slot. It can be purchased from any [[blacksmith]]. When equipped, it will boost the damage of fists from 1 to 3. It will be automatically equipped when purchased, and cannot be unequipped. The Metal Cestus upgrade will give you a slight advantage for [[Beat Up]] events, and other missions that involve unarmed fighting. A particularly useful moment to equip the Metal Cestus is on the last level against [[Rodrigo Borgia]], wherein you are disarmed of all weapons except the Metal Cestus. The origin of this weapon is the ancient Roman Empire, where gladiators used weapons similar to the Cestus in arena fights.

The Metal Cestus is the only small weapon you can have equipped along with another small weapon, though they can't be used together.

On Assassin's Creed Brotherhood when the armour glitch is performed (re-playing memory 4 sequence 2 with brutus or romulus armour equiped then purchasing the spualders from a blacksmith should remove all amour execpt the spualders) The Metal Cestus glove will be removed but the metal on it will remain on Ezio's hand. Making it look like the metal is attached to his hand.
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|5
|1
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!scope="row"|Metal Cestus
|3
|5
|1
|Sequence 6, Memory 1
|2000f
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==Gallery==
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Eziocestus.jpg|The Cestus makes fist fights easier
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