Tiber Island headquarters

2011-10-04T09:11:35Z

86.142.144.191: Edited 'tunnel entrance' section

{{era|Brotherhood|Bbook}}
{{Location Infobox
|image =Page01 img 02.jpg
|imgdesc =The Assassin Headquarters on [[Tiber Island]].
|state =[[Rome]]
|rulers =[[Assassins]]
|founded =[[Niccolò Machiavelli]]<br>[[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]
|date =1500
|hidea =yes
}}
The '''Tiber Island headquarters''' was a building located on [[Tiber Island]] in [[Rome]], and acted as the base of the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]] following the destruction of the [[Villa Auditore]] in [[Monteriggioni]]. Originally a storage facility owned by the Orsini family, control of the building was handed over to the Assassins by [[Fabio Orsini]] in 1500, so as to allow the Order to establish a foothold in Rome.

==Function==
The headquarters could be found in the basement of the island's largest structure, and was accessible from the rooftop, the street, the river, and the [[tunnels]].

Function-wise, it was similar to the Villa Auditore, with a few additional features. Its rooms included an [[Armory]] that displayed [[armor]] sets and [[weapons]], a [[painting gallery]] that showcased purchased paintings and the portraits of fallen targets, and a ceremonial hall that was used to induct the [[Apprentices|Assassin recruits]] into the Order and grant them the rank of ''Assassino''. A [[View Points|view point]] on the roof was used for the initiation [[Leap of Faith]] performed by the recruits.

The appropriate guild's crest will appear on the wall near the fireplace upon completion of any of the five [[Guild Challenges]], and are labeled to have been awarded to Ezio by the other Assassins in tribute to his skill.

Any recruits of the Order can often be seen milling around or speaking to each other in the rooms of the guild when not out on missions.

Interestingly, all the plain red banners around the headquarters are in good condition, but the banners that show the [[Assassin insignia]] appear to be tattered and worn. Similar banners with the insignia were also present in the Villa Auditore.

==Contents==
===Entrances===
There were a total of seven entrances to the Tiber Island headquarters: the street entrance, rooftop entrance, tunnel entrance and four river entrances.

'''Street entrance:''' The street entrance was located at the south-west corner of the building, inside a brief tunelled enclosure.

'''Rooftop entrance:''' The rooftop entrance was located at the upper most point of the building. It was north-east facing, opposite an affiliated viewpoint.

'''Tunnel entrance:''' The tunnel entrance could be accessed from any of the other 18 tunnel entrances scattered around Rome at the time. Note: If the player has renovated all tunnels, when replaying a memory before the Hideout is given to the assassins, trying to access the Hideout through the tunnels causes an interesting animation. All is returned to normal once finished.

'''River entrance:''' There were four different river entrances situated around Tiber Island.

<gallery widths="145" position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="left">
Street entrance.jpg|<center>The street entrance</center>
Roofentrance1.jpg|<center>The rooftop entrance</center>
Tunnelentrance.jpg|<center>The tunnel entrance</center>
Riverentrance.jpg|<center>One of the river entrances</center>
</gallery>

===Main Hall===
The main hall was the focal point of the headquarters' interior. It housed entrances to all the other rooms, held a guild management area, a guild ranking board and once recruited, a total of three apprentices accumulated here
<gallery widths="145" spacing="small" position="center" captionalign="left">
Mainhall1.jpg|<center>A view of the Main Hall</center>
Mainhall2.jpg|<center>Alternate view</center>
Mainhall3.jpg|<center>Right perspective</center>
Mainhall4.jpg|<center>Left perspective</center>
Mainhall5.jpg|Two recruits converse in the Main hall
Mainhall6.jpg|Entrances to the weapon hall, rooftop and tunnels.
Mainhall7.jpg|The guild management area.
Mainhall8.jpg|Guild ranking chalk board.
</gallery>

===Armory===
The armory was located to the east of the main hall. The four guild crests were displayed here as a tribute to Ezio's skill, once the corresponding challenges had been completed. Along the eastern side of the armory were the armor sets purchased or unlocked by Ezio. There were five in total; The Roman armor set, the Rondelle armor set, the Plate armor set, the Seusenhofer armor set and the [[Armor of Brutus]]. The last remaining scale models of [[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s war machines were also on display here, the chariot machine gun, the naval cannon, the bomber and the tank. One recruit could be found here browsing through a book shelf.

<gallery widths="145" spacing="small" position="center" captionalign="left">
Armory1.jpg|The Armory
Armory2.jpg|The four guild crests.
Armory3.png|Assassin's Guild crest.
Armory4.png|Thief's guild crest.
Armory6.png|Mercenaries' guild crest.
Armory7.png|Courtesans guild crest.
Armory8.jpg|A model of the [[Naval Cannon]].
Armory9.jpg|A model of the chariot [[machine gun]].
Armory10.jpg|A model of the [[Flying Machine|bomber]].
Armory11.jpg|A model of the [[tank]].
Armory12.jpg|The Roman armor set.
Armory13.jpg|The Rondelle armor set.
Armory14.jpg|The [[armor of Brutus]].
Armory15.jpg|The Plate armor set.
Armory16.jpg|The Seusenhofer armor set.
Armory17.jpg|A recruit in the armory.
</gallery>

===Weapon Hall===
The weapon hall was located on the opposite side of the main hall. It held a [[feather ]]chest, for the ten feathers located around Rome, and the entirety of Ezio's purchased and unlocked weaponry. There were a total of three weapon racks, two heavy weapon racks and two small weapon stands.

====Weapon rack #1====
*[[Common Sword]]
*Sicilian Rapier
*Captain's sword
*[[Old Syrian sword]]
*Milanese sword

====Weapon rack #2====
*[[Sword of Altaïr]]
*Roman Longsword
*Venetian Falchion
*[[La Volpe's Bite]]
*[[Schiavona]]

====Weapon rack #3====
*Mercenario War Hammer
*Cavalieri Mace
*Lucerne Hammer
*Condottiero Mace
*[[Condottiero War Hammer]]

====Heavy weapon rack #1====
*Bearded Axe
*Bastard sword
*Spada Lunga

====Heavy weapon rack #2====
*[[Bartolomeo's Axe]]
*Stocco
*Spadone

====Small weapon rack #1====
*[[Knife]]
*[[Butcher Knife]]
*[[Maria's Dagger]]
*[[Stiletto]]

====Small weapon rack #2====
*[[Dagger of Brutus]]
*[[Dagger]]
*[[Bone Dagger of Romulus]]
*[[Notched Cinquedea]]

<gallery widths="145" spacing="small" position="center" captionalign="left">
waponhall1.jpg|<center>The weapon hall</center>
waeponhall2.jpg|<center>Weapon rack #1</center>
weaponhall3.jpg|<center>Weapon rack #2</center>
weaponhall4.jpg|<center>Weapon rack #3</center>
weaponhall5.jpg|<center>Heavy weapon rack #1</center>
weaponhall6.jpg|<center>Heavy weapon rack #2</center>
weaponhall7.jpg|<center>Small weapon stand #1</center>
weaponhall8.jpg|<center>Small weapon stand #2</center>
weaponhall9.jpg|<center>The feather chest</center>
</gallery>

===Painting Gallery===

<gallery widths="145" position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="left">
Gallery1.jpg|The painting gallery
Gallery4.jpg|A portrait of [[Juan Borgia the Elder]]
Gallery2.jpg|A portrait of [[Octavian de Valois]]
gallery6.jpg|A portrait of [[Micheletto Corella]]
gallery5.jpg|A portrait of [[Lucrezia Borgia]]
Gallery3.jpg|A portrait of [[Rodrigo Borgia]]
gallery7.jpg|A portrait of [[Cesare Borgia]]
G1Raphael_Marriage_of_the_Virgin.jpg|Raphael's ''Marriage of the Virgin''
G2Raphael_-_Saint_George_Fighting_the_Dragon.jpg|Raphael's ''St. George''
G3Raffael_-_Madonna_Solly.jpg|Raphael's ''Madonna Solly''
G4Vision_of_a_Knight.jpg|Raphael's ''Vision of a Knight''
G5mond-crucifixion-3455-mid.jpg|Raphael's ''Mond Crucifixion''
G6Raphael-Angel-fragment-of-the-Baronci-Altarpiece-2.jpg|Raphael's ''Angel''
G7St_Michael_Raphael.jpg|Raphael's ''St. Michael''
G8Raphael-Angel-fragment-of-the-Baronci-Altarpiece.jpg|Another Raphael painting titled ''Angel''
G9Raphael-The-Blessing-Christ.jpg|Raphael's ''Christ Blessing''
G10Raphael, StSebastian 1501f.jpg|Raphael's ''St. Sebastian''
G1178374-050-F9EB9999.jpg|Raphael's ''Resurrection of Christ''
G12Raphael-Sanzio-Portrait-of-Pietro-Bembo-Oil-Painting.jpg|Raphael's ''Portrait of Pietro Bembo''
G13Raphael_Self_Portrait.jpg|Raphael's ''Self Portrait''
G14madonna-del-cardellino-border.jpg|Raphael's ''Madonna del Cardellino''
G15Raphael-Young-Man-with-an-Apple.jpg|Raphael's ''Young man with an apple''
</gallery>

===Initiation Hall===

<gallery widths="145" position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="left">
initiationhall3.jpg|The Initiation Hall
Initiationhall1.jpg|Initiation Hall (front)
initiationhall2.jpg|Initiation Hall (back)
</gallery>

==Appearances==
{{GalleryBox|Tiber Island headquarters}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
*[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' novel]]

==See also==
*[[Alep]]
*[[Masyaf]]
*[[Monteriggioni]]
*"[[The Farm]]"
[[Category:Rome]]
[[Category:Landmarks]]
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Locations]]
[[Category:Assassin Order Headquarters]]

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