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Niccolò Machiavelli

2010-03-26T18:49:25Z

86.184.110.105: /* Trivia */

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
|image = Zw-niccolomachiavelli.png
|imgdesc = Niccolò Machiavelli in the Animus Database.
|faction = [[Assassins]], [[Mercenaries]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|period = Italian Renaissance (15th century)
|voice = [[Shawn Baichoo]]
}}

'''Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli''' (3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527) was an Italian philosopher, writer, and is considered one of the main founders of modern political science. He was a diplomat, political philosopher, musician, and playwright, but foremost he was a civil servant of the Florentine Republic.

==Description==
Niccolò was in secret a member of the [[Assassin]] Order, and the leader of the Florentine [[Mercenaries]]<ref>[http://assassinscreed.uk.ubi.com/assassins-creed-2/dlc/ Assassin's Creed II DLC Official Site]</ref>. This was perhaps why he was such a secretive person, to not reveal too much about himself.

Niccolò and the other Assassins were to attack [[Rodrigo Borgia]], who was at that point in possession of the Apple of Eden. Unbeknownst to them, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] also knew about Rodrigo having the Apple and had already attacked him. The other Assassins went to help him fend off Rodrigo's guards. Eventually, Rodrigo ran away, leaving the Apple behind. Niccolò revealed himself along with the other Assassins, who had helped Ezio assassinate the Templars before.

Niccolò was present at Ezio's initiation into the Assassin Brotherhood, performing a [[Leap of Faith]] along with the other Assassins.

Eventually, Niccolò helped Ezio defend [[Caterina Sforza]] and the city of [[Forlì]]. He also aided him during the [[Bonfire of the Vanities]], in which [[Girolamo Savonarola]] acquired the Apple of Eden.

==Trivia==
*It is possible that the game's developers chose Machiavelli because of his supposed character during the Renaissance, as he is thought to have been a very secretive person.
*However, he did write several books about how he would have preferred the government to take control of the people, which seems to be a Templar belief, not an Assassin belief.
*In real life, Machiavelli witnessed the execution of Girolamo Savonarola (Main Antagonist in The Bonfire Of The Vanities DLC), and wrote about it the night of the event. The location, or even the name of these writings are unknown today.
*In reality, many historians speculate that Machiavelli may actually of been an evil man, with intentions of controlling Italy, instead of just serving it's people. A detailed description can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2_Machiavelli#Realist_or_evil.3F

==References==
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==Gallery==
<center><gallery>
Image:AC2-M.jpg|Concept art for Niccolò Machiavelli.
Image:Machiavelli pose.jpg|Machiavelli with a longsword.
Image:Battle for forli.jpg|Battle of Forlì: Machiavelli (left) and Ezio (right) protecting Caterina Sforza from the Templars.
</gallery></center>

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Isu

2010-03-26T16:21:20Z

86.184.110.105: /* Knowledge */

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[[File:Zw-Minerva-3.png|thumb|250px|[[Minerva]] is the only known representative of "Those Who Came Before"]]
{{quote|We simply… came before.|Minerva|Assassin's Creed II}}
'''Those Who Came Before'''<ref name="Assassin's Creed">''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref>, also known as '''the First Civilization'''<ref name="Assassin's Creed II">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>, were an ancient and advanced species on Earth who created the [[Piece of Eden|Pieces of Eden]], as well as the Human race itself. Exactly who they were, where they came from and when they disappeared is largely unknown. With early humans unable to comprehend the First Civilization for what they truely were, they were viewed upon as Gods. However, when Ezio asks Minerva if she was a God, she chuckles and replies "We simply came before."
==Knowledge==
Though various religious beliefs seem to have been based on aspects and misinterpretations of Those Who Came Before, their existence was largely unknown to humanity<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. As early as the 12th Century, both the [[Assassins]] and the [[Knights Templar]] knew that the focus of human religions, the Gods, did not truly exist, and that miracles and other supernatural were simply manifestations of the powers of the [[Pieces of Eden]]<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />; devices created by Those Who Came Before to control the Human race<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. However, it is unclear if the Assassins and Templars understood the origin of the Pieces at that time. By the 15th century, at least one Templar, [[Rodrigo Borgia]], was aware of the nature of Those Who Came Before; but he mistakenly believed that [[The Vault]] underneath the Sistine Chapel housed THE living God<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.

The first known instance of a human becoming aware of their existence following their disappearance was that of [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]], who made mention of them in his [[the Codex|Codex]]. However, it would not be until the year 1499 that humanity would first "meet" Those Who Came Before; [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], an Assassin, encountered a hologram of a being calling herself [[Minerva]] in The Vault. While Ezio likely told his fellow Assassins of Minerva, it is possible they still did not understand her true nature; Ezio showed great difficulty in understanding [[Minerva]]'s explanation of her existence.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

By 2012, the Templars in [[Abstergo Industries]] had a sizeable understanding of the true nature of Those Who Came Before. Whether they learned this information through the use of the [[Animus]] or had found evidence of it earlier is unknown. However, none of the Assassins seen in this time period indicated that they had previous knowledge of the existence of Those Who Came Before<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.

==History==
===Creation===
{{Quote|We built you in our own image, we built you to survive.|Minerva|Assassin's Creed II}}
[[File:Zw-eden-slave.png|thumb|350px|A frame from [[The Truth]] video, showing "Those Who Came Before" using a [[Piece of Eden]] to control humans]]
The origin of the First Civilization are unclear; Minerva simply stated that they "came before". They were however, responsible for the creation of humanity, creating them in their own image to be a docile workforce. Research by [[Subject 16]] seemed to suggest that Those Who Came Before radically altered the genetic make-up of a pre-existing species on the planet to create humanity; leaving a sizeable gap in terms of transitional species between archaic hominids and modern humans. By 1997, the Templars had taken note of this and arranged for fake skeletons to be planted in Ethiopia, so as to limit human exposure to the possibility of the existence of Those Who Came Before<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.

Control of humanity was assured through use of the Pieces of Eden, which tapped into a neuro-transmitter located deep within the human brain. However, there were humans who born without the neuro-transmitter, and could subsequently live without being influenced by the First Civilization through such means<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.

===War===
{{Quote|When we were still flesh, and our homes still whole, your kind betrayed us. We who made you, we who gave you life.|Minerva|Assassin's Creed II}}
Eventually, despite humanity and the First Civilization living in peace for some time, war broke out. Possibly the result of at least two immunes stealing a Piece of Eden from their masters. The fate of these two – [[Adam and Eve]] – following their attempt is unknown, however humanity and Those Who Came Before soon found themselves at war with each other. While Those Who Came Before were more technologically advanced and powerful, humanity had the advantage of numbers<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.

Somehow, the Piece's of Eden had lost their ability to influence humanity, whether it be through deactivation or by natural immunity building up within the Human race, remains unknown<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.

====Catastrophe====
The war did eventually end, although with casualties greater than the First Civilization could have ever anticipated. The distraction of war had blinded them to all else, and their preoccupation prevented them from seeing the signs of an impending danger "heavens"; by the time they had noticed it, it was too late. [[Shaun Hastings]] and [[Lucy Stillman]] later hypothesized that this "danger" could have been a massive solar flare, that had flipped the Earth's weakening magnetic field, reversing the polarity and making the planet geologically unstable. This hypothesis was supported by evidence found by Subject 16;

*"Near the day of purification, there will be cobwebs spun back and forth in the sky. - Hopi"
*"A container of ashes might one day be thrown from the sky, which could burn the land and boil the oceans. - Hopi"
*"They died in the fire from the heavens."
*"[[w:Toba catastrophe theory|Toba, 75ka was not a volcano]]."<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

===Aftermath===
{{Quote|You may not comprehend us, but you will comprehend our warning. […] And as life returned to the world, we endeavoured to ensure that this tragedy would not be repeated.|Minerva to [[Desmond Miles]], through the memories of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]|Assassin's Creed II}}
Both races survived the catastrophe, however, few of either species remained. Working together, they rebuilt their world, though humanity continued to view Minerva's kind as Gods<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. Despite their survival, Those Who Came Before were unable to fully recover and began heading toward extinction. They knew however, that the catastrophe that had burned their world before would eventually reoccur and took steps to prevent it. Recording a holographic, yet interactive, message to serve as a warning to those who entered [[the Vault]]. In it, Minerva warned of the impending doom, and spoke of the [[Temples]] that could save Earth from destruction, built by those who "knew to turn away from war"<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />.

Delivering their message to the Assassin Desmond Miles, who was viewing the memories of his ancestor [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], Minerva warned that time was short, and that "the Cross" would stand in their way. With the deliverance of that message, the last vestages of the First Civilization died away, the Gods had become extinct<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.

==Characteristics==
{{Quote|The rest is up to you, Desmond.|Minerva to Desmond Miles, through the memories of Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Assassin's Creed II}}
The First Civilization were a technologically advanced and poweful race, who seemed to possess precognitive abilities; either natural or technological. This was proven when Minerva told Ezio within the The Vault that he was simply a conduit and spoke directly to the invisible [[Desmond Miles]], who was viewing his ancestor's memories. Furthermore, [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] mentioned in [[the Codex]] that his Piece of Eden not only possessed a catalog of past events, but also future events, implying that the Pieces contain predictions made by Those Who Came Before<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.

Those Who Came Before also have connections with many of Earth's religions, and likely influenced their developments directly. During her warning to Desmond, [[Minerva]] made mention of her former names, as well of those of her; Menrva, Uni and Tinia, who were later became known as Minerva, Juno and Jupiter, respectively. The former names correspond to the Etruscan Triad of Deities, while the latter are the names of their Roman counterparts, who make up the Capitoline Triad. This shift in names may be indicative why various religions have numerous similarities, as they are all based on the story of Those Who Came Before<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.

==Legacy==
{{Quote|They're gifts, Mr. Miles. From those who came before.|Dr. [[Warren Vidic]]|Assassin's Creed}}
Despite the mark they left behind on Earth, the First Civilization faded into obscurity rapidly after their decline; the inability of humans to comprehend their creators as anything but Gods did however allow their names at least, to live on. The lack of evidence for their existence did not prevent all humans from learning about them however, and by the 21st Century the Knights Templar had a limited understanding of the nature of those who had lived before<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />. Indeed, the technology used to view the genetic memories of ones ancestor – the [[Animus]] – was based off of technology utilised by the First Civilization<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />.

The Templars also knew of the existence of the Pieces of Eden, and believed them to be gifts left behind by the First Civilization for them to utilise<ref name="Assassin's Creed" />. Ironically however, this situation was a significant contrast to the situation in the 15th Century, where it had been the Assassins who knew explicitly of the existence of Those Who Came Before, whilst the Templar Grand Master [[Rodrigo Borgia]] merely believed the Vault to be the location of God himself. This changed however, and five hundred years later, the Order of Assassins knew nothing of the First Civilization existence.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />

===Bloodline===
{{Quote|Why is it that we have these gifts, these abilities? Because it's in our blood! […] The seeds were planted as two world became one. Behold the Assassins, the children of two worlds!|[[Subject Sixteen]]|Assassin's Creed II}}
The mysterious individual known only as [[Subject 16]] at one point theorised that the true reason behind the [[Eagle Vision|abilities]] of some Assassins was genetic, suggesting a lineage including both human and creator blood. 16's own [[The Truth|genetic memories]] indicated him to be a direct descendant of both Adam and Eve, suggesting that his bloodline, if not many more, would all have access to these abilities. Indeed, Subject 16, Altaïr, Ezio and Desmond Miles all possessed [[Eagle Vision]], while Ezio and Altaïr both showed themselves resistant to the affects of the Apple<ref name="Assassin's Creed" /><ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />. In addition, Ezio was able to use the Staff and the Apple to open The Vault, while Rodrigo Borgia could not<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" />, and Altaïr had previously used the Apple to enlighten the people of Cyprus to [[Armand Bouchart]]'s lies<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]''</ref>.

==Trivia==
*Though they play an important part in the plot of ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'', Those Who Came Before are first mentioned by [[Warren Vidic]] in ''[[Assassin's Creed]]''. When talking to Desmond, Vidic claims that Abstergo is responsible for all major human technological advances in history, though he denies that the Templars invented them, calling them "gifts...from Those Who Came Before."

==Notes and references==
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Federico Auditore da Firenze

2010-03-26T16:18:48Z

86.184.110.105: /* Assassin's Creed II */

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Federico Auditore da Firenze
|image = Zw-federicoauditore.png
|imgdesc = Federico's database picture.
|faction = [[Assassins]]
|appear = [[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]], [[Assassin's Creed II]]
|period = Italian Renaissance (15th Century)
|voice = [[Elias Toufexis]]
}}

{{quote|It is a good life we live, brother.|Federico, to Ezio}}

'''Federico Auditore da Firenze''' is the eldest son of [[Giovanni Auditore]] and [[Maria Auditore]] and the older brother to [[Ezio]], [[Claudia Auditore|Claudia]] and [[Petruccio Auditore|Petruccio]].
He is described as a witty, sharp and funny individual who likes to tease his little brother Ezio, but won't tolerate that someone else harms him. He started his training as an [[Assassin]] with his father before Ezio, who is unaware of this.
He is portrayed by [[Jesse Rath]] in both [[Assassin's Creed II]] and [[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]] and is voiced by [[Elias Toufexis]].

==Biography==
===[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]===
[[File:Federicochess.png|thumb|left|Federico playing chess with Ezio.]]
In the first part of Lineage, Federico is seen eating dinner with the rest of the Auditore family as Giovanni leaves to intercept Rodrigo Borgia.

Later on he is seen again; this time playing Ezio in a game of chess. He beats him quite handily.

Federico's last appearance in the Lineage series is near the end of Part 3, when Father Maffiet shows up at the house of Auditore and tries to capture Giovanni for the first time. Giovanni, having not yet recovered from his last fight, elects to escape. He tells Federico to buy him time, telling him to "protect the family" at all costs. Federico succeeds in delaying the guards long enough for Giovanni to leave. Federico then kicks them all out of the mansion, reminding them "not to doubt the word of an Auditore again".

===[[Assassin's Creed II]]===
[[File:QuickTimePlayer 2009-09-25 20-14-39-52.png|thumb|left|Federico (left) is going to be executed.]]

Federico first appeared during his brother Ezio's fight with another member of a noble family, [[Vieri de' Pazzi]]. He is proven to be an excellent fighter and it can also be noted that he probably taught Ezio how to do [[Free Running]]. After Ezio and he won the fight, Federico teaches Ezio how to loot money from defeated enemies. After telling Ezio to loot the fallen, he directed him to a [[doctor]]. It is said that Federico worked in one of the Medici banks, but was eventually removed from the payroll due to his slacker personality and also put money on the roof of the bank as a prank, but he got out of trouble because he was an Auditore. Federico also enjoyed teasing Ezio such as when Ezio shows the Doctor his cut, Federico calls Ezio's face "his only asset". Afterwards, he and Ezio climb to the top of the nearby church and take in the sights of [[Florence]]. The next day he lounges about at home while Ezio runs around, doing errands for their father (Ezio calls him a penis for this). Federico is later beaten and captured by the city guards, along with his father Giovanni and little brother Petruccio. He is held prisoner overnight while Ezio frantically tries to secure the release of his family. The next morning, Federico is hanged with his father and brother, as the victims of a Templar conspiracy. Years later, [[Rodrigo Borgia]] would tell Ezio that there was no need to kill him and Petruccio too; he just wanted to make a point.

It is not clear how much about his true heritage Federico knew, if any. But he seemed to take Giovanni's instruction: "Protect the family", to heart; as evidenced in his appearance at the beginning of [[Assassin's Creed II]], no doubt making sure Ezio did not get himself seriously hurt while fighting the Pazzi. It is clear that Free Running was taught to him by Giovanni, and he in turn probably taught it to Ezio (as mentioned above).

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Federico Auditore da Firenze

2010-03-26T16:16:02Z

86.184.110.105: /* Assassin's Creed II */

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Federico Auditore da Firenze
|image = Zw-federicoauditore.png
|imgdesc = Federico's database picture.
|faction = [[Assassins]]
|appear = [[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]], [[Assassin's Creed II]]
|period = Italian Renaissance (15th Century)
|voice = [[Elias Toufexis]]
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{{quote|It is a good life we live, brother.|Federico, to Ezio}}

'''Federico Auditore da Firenze''' is the eldest son of [[Giovanni Auditore]] and [[Maria Auditore]] and the older brother to [[Ezio]], [[Claudia Auditore|Claudia]] and [[Petruccio Auditore|Petruccio]].
He is described as a witty, sharp and funny individual who likes to tease his little brother Ezio, but won't tolerate that someone else harms him. He started his training as an [[Assassin]] with his father before Ezio, who is unaware of this.
He is portrayed by [[Jesse Rath]] in both [[Assassin's Creed II]] and [[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]] and is voiced by [[Elias Toufexis]].

==Biography==
===[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]===
[[File:Federicochess.png|thumb|left|Federico playing chess with Ezio.]]
In the first part of Lineage, Federico is seen eating dinner with the rest of the Auditore family as Giovanni leaves to intercept Rodrigo Borgia.

Later on he is seen again; this time playing Ezio in a game of chess. He beats him quite handily.

Federico's last appearance in the Lineage series is near the end of Part 3, when Father Maffiet shows up at the house of Auditore and tries to capture Giovanni for the first time. Giovanni, having not yet recovered from his last fight, elects to escape. He tells Federico to buy him time, telling him to "protect the family" at all costs. Federico succeeds in delaying the guards long enough for Giovanni to leave. Federico then kicks them all out of the mansion, reminding them "not to doubt the word of an Auditore again".

===[[Assassin's Creed II]]===
[[File:QuickTimePlayer 2009-09-25 20-14-39-52.png|thumb|left|Federico (left) is going to be executed.]]

Federico first appeared during his brother Ezio's fight with another member of a noble family, [[Vieri de' Pazzi]]. He is proven to be an excellent fighter and it can also be noted that he probably taught Ezio how to do [[Free Running]]. After Ezio and he won the fight, Federico teaches Ezio how to loot money from defeated enemies. After teaching Ezio how to do loot, he directed him to a [[doctor]]. It is said that Federico worked in one of the Medici banks, but was eventually removed from the payroll due to his slack personality and also put money on the roof of the bank as a prank, but he got out of trouble because he was an Auditore. Federico also enjoyed teasing Ezio such as when Ezio shows the Doctor his cut, Federico calls Ezio's face "his only asset". Afterwards, he and Ezio climb to the top of the nearby church and take in the sights of [[Florence]]. The next day he lounges about at home while Ezio runs around, doing errands for their father (Ezio calls him a penis for this). Federico is later beaten and captured by the city guards, along with his father Giovanni and little brother Petruccio. He is held prisoner overnight while Ezio frantically tries to secure the release of his family. The next morning, Federico is hanged with his father and brother, as the victims of a Templar conspiracy. Years later, [[Rodrigo Borgia]] would tell Ezio that there was no need to kill him and Petruccio too; he just wanted to make a point.

It is not clear how much about his true heritage Federico knew, if any. But he seemed to take Giovanni's instruction: "protect the family", to heart; as evidenced in his appearance at the beginning of [[Assassin's Creed II]], no doubt making sure Ezio did not get himself seriously hurt while fighting the Pazzi.

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Giovanni Auditore da Firenze

2010-03-26T16:14:09Z

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Giovanni Auditore da Firenze
|image = Zw-giovanniauditore.png
|imgdesc = Giovanni Auditore in the Animus Database
|home = Florence
|birth = 1436
|death = 1476
|period = Italian Renaissance (15th century)
|faction = [[Assassins]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|actor = [[Romano Orzari]]
|voice = [[Romano Orzari]]
}}

{{quote|I am Giovanni Auditore, and like my ancestors before me, I am an Assassin.|''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'''s headline
}}
'''Giovanni Auditore da Firenze''' was the husband of [[Maria Auditore]] father of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]], [[Federico Auditore]], [[Petruccio Auditore]] and [[Claudia Auditore]]. He was a nobleman, working as a banker for the [[House of Medici|Medici]], but was truly an [[Assassin]]. He was raised and trained along with his brother [[Mario Auditore|Mario]] as an Assassin, and has been aware of the [[Templars|Templar Order]] for almost all of his life. He also knew of Ezio's ability: [[Eagle Vision]]. He was a descendant of [[Altair]] and an ancestor of [[Desmond Miles]]. He secretly trained his son, Federico, of the ways of an Assassin, even before the beginning of ''Lineage'', though Federico was unaware of it.

Giovanni is the main character of the ''Assassin's Creed'' world-based short film: ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage|Assassin's Creed: Lineage,]]'' where he is portrayed by [[Romano Orzari]].
==Biography==
===''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''===
[[File:Giovanniassassin.png|thumb|left|Giovanni Auditore, during his work as an Assassin.]]
Giovanni Auditore is a Florentine nobleman who lived in 15th century Italy: the Renaissance. He is also an Assassin, a descendant of Altair. He serves for the powerful [[Lorenzo de' Medici]] and justice. In 1476, a conspiracy is plot to overthrow Lorenzo and the Medici family from their position. One night, hiding from his children, Giovanni is about to execute a mission for Lorenzo. In his secret chamber, hidden behind the hearth of the fireplace, Giovanni dons his Assassin's outfit and weapons, including an updated [[Hidden Blade]]. Before he leaves, he peeks in on his family having dinner, smiling as he makes eye contact with his wife, Maria. His teenage son, Ezio, spots the exchange, but says nothing. Giovanni presses a pressure panel on the fireplace mantel, which lowers the active hearth, revealing the chamber's entrance. From the chamber he exits through a long, dark passage way, emerging onto the rooftops.

He intercepted, 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 brought him to Lorenzo, and the prisoner reveals through torture that the Duke of Milan, [[Galeazzo Maria Sforza]], will be assassinated in the church during the feast of Santo Stefano. Giovanni heads to Milan, but arrives too late as he sees through the crowds the assassination of Sforza. Despite his efforts to capture at least one of the murderers for interrogation, the killers are all dispatched by Giovanni and Sforza's vengeful guards. After his mission, Giovanni goes back home to see his family. He then meditates on the death of Sforza and its consequences.

Observing the [[wikipedia:Ducat|Ducat]] he looted from one of Sforza's murderers, he understands that his next quest will lead him to [[Venice]]. He immediately goes to the floating city, infiltrating the [[Palazzo Ducale]]. There, he spies the conversation between the Barbarigo cousins. A messenger leaves the room he was watching, and is charged by [[Marco Barbarigo|Marco]] to deliver the message to [[Rome]]. Giovanni tails him by the rooftops and once he arrived in a quiet place, he attempts to assassinate him from above which fails, leading him to enter in combat against him. After a brutal fight, Giovanni manages to take the advantage. On top, and holding his Hidden Blade under the man's chin, he threatens to kill the messenger if he does not reveal his masters' plot. The man refuses, preferring to keep his secrets until death. He unexpectedly grabs onto Giovanni's wrist with both hands and drives the weapon into his own throat. Giovanni curses the messenger as a fool and takes the letter he was carrying. He then brings it to Lorenzo, but the letter is encrypted, and [[Uberto Alberti]] suggests Giovanni to take some rest while he gives it to be decoded by Father [[Antonio Maffei|Maffei]]. Once the letter is decoded, Uberto tells Maffei to keep quiet about the success of the letter's decoding, and sends him to bring Giovanni and Lorenzo. It is night in Florence; Giovanni kisses tenderly his wife Maria before leaving his home, under the peeping of their son Ezio (which they know). Ezio asks him what a "banker" is doing so late at night out of his home. Giovanni replies with it being a ''"business call"''. Ezio insists that he wants to go with him, but Giovanni refuses as he affirms he is already helping him ''"more than he knows"''. Uberto pretends they weren't able to decode the letter, his tone blaming Maffei, and suggests to deliver an exact copy of the letter in order to find the leaders of the conspiracy. Giovanni accepts the mission as he knows where it must be delivered. Having been told by Lorenzo to find the conspirators and to show no mercy, Giovanni then leaves Florence for Rome.

Once he arrived in Rome, Giovanni gives the letter to a man. Then, it travels from hand to hand until arriving into its final destination: in the hands of Rodrigo Borgia. Rodrigo brings the message to Pope Sixtus IV at the Vatican and tries to persuade Sixtus to give military support for a [[Pazzi|scheme to remove Lorenzo de Medici]]. While not agreeing at first, he eventually accepts. Satisfied, Rodrigo leaves him and walks in the streets of Rome while being followed by Giovanni. He eventually notices his presence and manages to draw him into a church. Rodrigo proposes him to join his [[Knights Templar|side]], but Giovanni refuses. Rodrigo then leaves him to his men. Giovanni wins the intense combat where he loses his [[Hidden Blade]], but he eventually gets hit by a [[Throwing Knives|throwing knife]] from Rodrigo which injures him badly. He is able to escape the attack. Back in Florence, his wife treats his wound. She notes that the blade almost reached his heart. Giovanni is worried: he fears that the murder of Sforza was just the beginning of a conspiracy that will strike Florence. Federico, the eldest son suddenly warns his parents of the arrival of Father Maffei, with armed guards. Giovanni prefers to leave discreetly and tells his son to buy him some time. He lastly adds to Federico that as the oldest, it is his responsibility to protect the family in his absence. Federico is clearly disconcerted that the lives of his mother and siblings are on his shoulders, but accepts this. He goes down to answer the door. Giovanni leaves the house by the chamber's secret passage. While walking around the dark streets of Florence, he sees his son Ezio flirting with a girl. He smiles with fondness at the sight, and manages to disappear before his son could see him.

<blockquote>''{{quote|My dear sons, dark skies are rising over Florence and time is running low. The enemy is closer than I thought. Now, the final battle is about to unfold. Every man is mortal, every life bounds to an end but certain things will never change. Federico and Ezio, my sons, always remember: WE are the Auditore da Firenze and WE are Assassins.| Giovanni's monologue in the end of Lineage}}''</blockquote>

===''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''===
{{quote|Tu sei un Auditore. Sei un combattente. Perciò Combatti! (You are an Auditore, You are a fighter. So fight!)|Giovanni Auditore speaking to Ezio at his birth}}
Giovanni Auditore is first seen in ''Assassin's Creed II'' at Ezio's birth sequence in the [[Animus]] (1.0), in which he holds Ezio in his arms and remarks that he is a born fighter. After [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]] enters the [[Animus 2.0]], Giovanni is seen once again at the Auditore's house, in which he says he is proud that Ezio reminds him of himself when he was younger. Giovanni then gives Ezio two separate quests ("Paperboy" and "Special Delivery"). Soon after completing the quests, city guards take Giovanni and his sons, Federico and Petruccio, to prison, being accused of treason. Ezio soon ventures to his father's cell window and learns that they are being detained in for answers of their imprisonment, but Giovanni instead tasks his son to find the hidden room inside his office (which hides his Assassin equipment) and take everything that he finds. Shortly after, Ezio arrives at where the execution takes place, [[Uberto Alberti]] declares Giovanni, Federico and Petruccio guilty of treason, therefore executed, becoming victims of a conspiracy. His execution has driven Ezio into the life of a self-trained Assassin and Maria into silence.

In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]'', Ezio eventually goes back for the bodies of his father and brothers. He gives them a proper burial by cremating them and setting them adrift in boats down the river.

==Gallery==

<center><gallery>
File:Giovannilineage2.png|Giovanni in his usual clothes.
File:Giovanni lineage 1.png|Giovanni in the Assassin robe.
File:Giovanniac2ingame.jpg|Giovanni behind his desk, talking to Ezio
File:QuickTimePlayer 2009-09-25 20-14-39-52.png|Giovanni (center) moments before being executed with his sons
</gallery></center>

==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.
*Giovanni died before telling Ezio (as well as his youngest son, Petruccio and his daughter Claudia) of their assassin heritage which disappointed his brother, Mario. It is believed however, that he began training his eldest son Federico in secret, but couldn't actually get far enough to teach him any intermediate Assassin skills.
*Giovanni's close friendship with the Medicis began when Giovanni's father saved young Lorenzo's life from drowning.
*Giovanni knew about Ezio's Eagle vision, but it is unknown if he himself possessed this gift.
*While Ezio's Short Blade is next to his sword, Giovanni's Short Blade is kept on his leggings.
*Giovanni is never seen wearing actual Armor.
*Giovanni only ever seemed to carry two throwing knives at once, which is far less than any other Assassin shown using them.
*Giovanni leaves his assassin outfit behind for Ezio to find, however in the short-film '[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]', it does not have the 'Eagle's beak', as Ezio has on his hood, while it is safe to assume that the outfit seen in Lineage is likely the same outfit Ezio finds in the Auditore Ville.

{{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

2010-03-26T16:13:14Z

86.184.110.105: /* Trivia */

{{revamp}}
{{Era|AC2|Assassins|Ren}}
{{Character Infobox
|name = Giovanni Auditore da Firenze
|image = Zw-giovanniauditore.png
|imgdesc = Giovanni Auditore in the Animus Database
|home = Florence
|birth = 1436
|death = 1476
|period = Italian Renaissance (15th century)
|faction = [[Assassins]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|actor = [[Romano Orzari]]
|voice = [[Romano Orzari]]
}}

{{quote|I am Giovanni Auditore, and like my ancestors before me, I am an Assassin.|''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'''s headline
}}
'''Giovanni Auditore da Firenze''' was the husband of [[Maria Auditore]] father of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]], [[Federico Auditore]], [[Petruccio Auditore]] and [[Claudia Auditore]]. He was a nobleman, working as a banker for the [[House of Medici|Medici]], but was truly an [[Assassin]]. He was raised and trained along with his brother [[Mario Auditore|Mario]] as an Assassin, and has been aware of the [[Templars|Templar Order]] for almost all of his life. He also knew of Ezio's ability: [[Eagle Vision]]. He was a descendant of [[Altair]] and an ancestor of [[Desmond Miles]]. He secretly trained his son, Federico, of the ways of an Assassin, even before the beginning of ''Lineage'', though Federico was unaware of it.

Giovanni is the main character of the ''Assassin's Creed'' world-based short film: ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage|Assassin's Creed: Lineage,]]'' where he is portrayed by [[Romano Orzari]].
==Biography==
===''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''===
[[File:Giovanniassassin.png|thumb|left|Giovanni Auditore, during his work as an Assassin.]]
Giovanni Auditore is a Florentine nobleman who lived in 15th century Italy: the Renaissance. He is also an Assassin, a descendant of Altair. He serves for the powerful [[Lorenzo de' Medici]] and justice. In 1476, a conspiracy is plot to overthrow Lorenzo and the Medici family from their position. One night, hiding from his children, Giovanni is about to execute a mission for Lorenzo. In his secret chamber, hidden behind the hearth of the fireplace, Giovanni dons his Assassin's outfit and weapons, including an updated [[Hidden Blade]]. Before he leaves, he peeks in on his family having dinner, smiling as he makes eye contact with his wife, Maria. His teenage son, Ezio, spots the exchange, but says nothing. Giovanni presses a pressure panel on the fireplace mantel, which lowers the active hearth, revealing the chamber's entrance. From the chamber he exits through a long, dark passage way, emerging onto the rooftops.

He intercepted, 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 brought him to Lorenzo, and the prisoner reveals through torture that the Duke of Milan, [[Galeazzo Maria Sforza]], will be assassinated in the church during the feast of Santo Stefano. Giovanni heads to Milan, but arrives too late as he sees through the crowds the assassination of Sforza. Despite his efforts to capture at least one of the murderers for interrogation, the killers are all dispatched by Giovanni and Sforza's vengeful guards. After his mission, Giovanni goes back home to see his family. He then meditates on the death of Sforza and its consequences.

Observing the [[wikipedia:Ducat|Ducat]] he looted from one of Sforza's murderers, he understands that his next quest will lead him to [[Venice]]. He immediately goes to the floating city, infiltrating the [[Palazzo Ducale]]. There, he spies the conversation between the Barbarigo cousins. A messenger leaves the room he was watching, and is charged by [[Marco Barbarigo|Marco]] to deliver the message to [[Rome]]. Giovanni tails him by the rooftops and once he arrived in a quiet place, he attempts to assassinate him from above which fails, leading him to enter in combat against him. After a brutal fight, Giovanni manages to take the advantage. On top, and holding his Hidden Blade under the man's chin, he threatens to kill the messenger if he does not reveal his masters' plot. The man refuses, preferring to keep his secrets until death. He unexpectedly grabs onto Giovanni's wrist with both hands and drives the weapon into his own throat. Giovanni curses the messenger as a fool and takes the letter he was carrying. He then brings it to Lorenzo, but the letter is encrypted, and [[Uberto Alberti]] suggests Giovanni to take some rest while he gives it to be decoded by Father [[Antonio Maffei|Maffei]]. Once the letter is decoded, Uberto tells Maffei to keep quiet about the success of the letter's decoding, and sends him to bring Giovanni and Lorenzo. It is night in Florence; Giovanni kisses tenderly his wife Maria before leaving his home, under the peeping of their son Ezio (which they know). Ezio asks him what a "banker" is doing so late at night out of his home. Giovanni replies with it being a ''"business call"''. Ezio insists that he wants to go with him, but Giovanni refuses as he affirms he is already helping him ''"more than he knows"''. Uberto pretends they weren't able to decode the letter, his tone blaming Maffei, and suggests to deliver an exact copy of the letter in order to find the leaders of the conspiracy. Giovanni accepts the mission as he knows where it must be delivered. Having been told by Lorenzo to find the conspirators and to show no mercy, Giovanni then leaves Florence for Rome.

Once he arrived in Rome, Giovanni gives the letter to a man. Then, it travels from hand to hand until arriving into its final destination: in the hands of Rodrigo Borgia. Rodrigo brings the message to Pope Sixtus IV at the Vatican and tries to persuade Sixtus to give military support for a [[Pazzi|scheme to remove Lorenzo de Medici]]. While not agreeing at first, he eventually accepts. Satisfied, Rodrigo leaves him and walks in the streets of Rome while being followed by Giovanni. He eventually notices his presence and manages to draw him into a church. Rodrigo proposes him to join his [[Knights Templar|side]], but Giovanni refuses. Rodrigo then leaves him to his men. Giovanni wins the intense combat where he loses his [[Hidden Blade]], but he eventually gets hit by a [[Throwing Knives|throwing knife]] from Rodrigo which injures him badly. He is able to escape the attack. Back in Florence, his wife treats his wound. She notes that the blade almost reached his heart. Giovanni is worried: he fears that the murder of Sforza was just the beginning of a conspiracy that will strike Florence. Federico, the eldest son suddenly warns his parents of the arrival of Father Maffei, with armed guards. Giovanni prefers to leave discreetly and tells his son to buy him some time. He lastly adds to Federico that as the oldest, it is his responsibility to protect the family in his absence. Federico is clearly disconcerted that the lives of his mother and siblings are on his shoulders, but accepts this. He goes down to answer the door. Giovanni leaves the house by the chamber's secret passage. While walking around the dark streets of Florence, he sees his son Ezio flirting with a girl. He smiles with fondness at the sight, and manages to disappear before his son could see him.

<blockquote>''{{quote|My dear sons, dark skies are rising over Florence and time is running low. The enemy is closer than I thought. Now, the final battle is about to unfold. Every man is mortal, every life bounds to an end but certain things will never change. Federico and Ezio, my sons, always remember: WE are the Auditore da Firenze and WE are Assassins.| Giovanni's monologue in the end of Lineage}}''</blockquote>

===''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''===
{{quote|Tu sei un Auditore. Sei un combattente. Perciò Combatti! (You are an Auditore, You are a fighter. So fight!)|Giovanni Auditore speaking to Ezio at his birth}}
Giovanni Auditore is first seen in ''Assassin's Creed II'' at Ezio's birth sequence in the [[Animus]] (1.0), in which he holds Ezio in his arms and remarks that he is a born fighter. After [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]] enters the [[Animus 2.0]], Giovanni is seen once again at the Auditore's house, in which he says he is proud that Ezio reminds him of himself when he was younger. Giovanni then gives Ezio two separate quests ("Paperboy" and "Special Delivery"). Soon after completing the quests, city guards take Giovanni and his sons, Federico and Petruccio, to prison, being accused of treason. Ezio soon ventures to his father's cell window and learns that they are being detained in for answers of their imprisonment, but Giovanni instead tasks his son to find the hidden room inside his office (which hides his Assassin equipment) and take everything that he finds. Shortly after, Ezio arrives at where the execution takes place, [[Uberto Alberti]] declares Giovanni, Federico and Petruccio guilty of treason, therefore executed, becoming victims of a conspiracy. His execution has driven Ezio into the life of a self-trained Assassin and Maria into silence.

In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]'', Ezio eventually goes back for the bodies of his father and brothers. He gives them a proper burial by cremating them and setting them adrift in boats down the river.

==Gallery==

<center><gallery>
File:Giovannilineage2.png|Giovanni in his usual clothes.
File:Giovanni lineage 1.png|Giovanni in the Assassin robe.
File:Giovanniac2ingame.jpg|Giovanni behind his desk, talking to Ezio
File:QuickTimePlayer 2009-09-25 20-14-39-52.png|Giovanni (center) moments before being executed with his sons
</gallery></center>

==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.
*Giovanni died before telling Ezio (as well as his youngest son, Petruccio and his daughter Claudia) of their assassin heritage which disappointed his brother, Mario. It is believed however, that he began training his eldest son [[Federico]] in secret, but couldn't actually get far enough to teach him any intermediate Assassin skills.
*Giovanni's close friendship with the Medicis began when Giovanni's father saved young Lorenzo's life from drowning.
*Giovanni knew about Ezio's Eagle vision, but it is unknown if he himself possessed this gift.
*While Ezio's Short Blade is next to his sword, Giovanni's Short Blade is kept on his leggings.
*Giovanni is never seen wearing actual Armor.
*Giovanni only ever seemed to carry two throwing knives at once, which is far less than any other Assassin shown using them.
*Giovanni leaves his assassin outfit behind for Ezio to find, however in the short-film '[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]', it does not have the 'Eagle's beak', as Ezio has on his hood, while it is safe to assume that the outfit seen in Lineage is likely the same outfit Ezio finds in the Auditore Ville.

{{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

2010-03-26T16:12:06Z

86.184.110.105: /* Trivia */

{{revamp}}
{{Era|AC2|Assassins|Ren}}
{{Character Infobox
|name = Giovanni Auditore da Firenze
|image = Zw-giovanniauditore.png
|imgdesc = Giovanni Auditore in the Animus Database
|home = Florence
|birth = 1436
|death = 1476
|period = Italian Renaissance (15th century)
|faction = [[Assassins]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|actor = [[Romano Orzari]]
|voice = [[Romano Orzari]]
}}

{{quote|I am Giovanni Auditore, and like my ancestors before me, I am an Assassin.|''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'''s headline
}}
'''Giovanni Auditore da Firenze''' was the husband of [[Maria Auditore]] father of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]], [[Federico Auditore]], [[Petruccio Auditore]] and [[Claudia Auditore]]. He was a nobleman, working as a banker for the [[House of Medici|Medici]], but was truly an [[Assassin]]. He was raised and trained along with his brother [[Mario Auditore|Mario]] as an Assassin, and has been aware of the [[Templars|Templar Order]] for almost all of his life. He also knew of Ezio's ability: [[Eagle Vision]]. He was a descendant of [[Altair]] and an ancestor of [[Desmond Miles]]. He secretly trained his son, Federico, of the ways of an Assassin, even before the beginning of ''Lineage'', though Federico was unaware of it.

Giovanni is the main character of the ''Assassin's Creed'' world-based short film: ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage|Assassin's Creed: Lineage,]]'' where he is portrayed by [[Romano Orzari]].
==Biography==
===''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''===
[[File:Giovanniassassin.png|thumb|left|Giovanni Auditore, during his work as an Assassin.]]
Giovanni Auditore is a Florentine nobleman who lived in 15th century Italy: the Renaissance. He is also an Assassin, a descendant of Altair. He serves for the powerful [[Lorenzo de' Medici]] and justice. In 1476, a conspiracy is plot to overthrow Lorenzo and the Medici family from their position. One night, hiding from his children, Giovanni is about to execute a mission for Lorenzo. In his secret chamber, hidden behind the hearth of the fireplace, Giovanni dons his Assassin's outfit and weapons, including an updated [[Hidden Blade]]. Before he leaves, he peeks in on his family having dinner, smiling as he makes eye contact with his wife, Maria. His teenage son, Ezio, spots the exchange, but says nothing. Giovanni presses a pressure panel on the fireplace mantel, which lowers the active hearth, revealing the chamber's entrance. From the chamber he exits through a long, dark passage way, emerging onto the rooftops.

He intercepted, 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 brought him to Lorenzo, and the prisoner reveals through torture that the Duke of Milan, [[Galeazzo Maria Sforza]], will be assassinated in the church during the feast of Santo Stefano. Giovanni heads to Milan, but arrives too late as he sees through the crowds the assassination of Sforza. Despite his efforts to capture at least one of the murderers for interrogation, the killers are all dispatched by Giovanni and Sforza's vengeful guards. After his mission, Giovanni goes back home to see his family. He then meditates on the death of Sforza and its consequences.

Observing the [[wikipedia:Ducat|Ducat]] he looted from one of Sforza's murderers, he understands that his next quest will lead him to [[Venice]]. He immediately goes to the floating city, infiltrating the [[Palazzo Ducale]]. There, he spies the conversation between the Barbarigo cousins. A messenger leaves the room he was watching, and is charged by [[Marco Barbarigo|Marco]] to deliver the message to [[Rome]]. Giovanni tails him by the rooftops and once he arrived in a quiet place, he attempts to assassinate him from above which fails, leading him to enter in combat against him. After a brutal fight, Giovanni manages to take the advantage. On top, and holding his Hidden Blade under the man's chin, he threatens to kill the messenger if he does not reveal his masters' plot. The man refuses, preferring to keep his secrets until death. He unexpectedly grabs onto Giovanni's wrist with both hands and drives the weapon into his own throat. Giovanni curses the messenger as a fool and takes the letter he was carrying. He then brings it to Lorenzo, but the letter is encrypted, and [[Uberto Alberti]] suggests Giovanni to take some rest while he gives it to be decoded by Father [[Antonio Maffei|Maffei]]. Once the letter is decoded, Uberto tells Maffei to keep quiet about the success of the letter's decoding, and sends him to bring Giovanni and Lorenzo. It is night in Florence; Giovanni kisses tenderly his wife Maria before leaving his home, under the peeping of their son Ezio (which they know). Ezio asks him what a "banker" is doing so late at night out of his home. Giovanni replies with it being a ''"business call"''. Ezio insists that he wants to go with him, but Giovanni refuses as he affirms he is already helping him ''"more than he knows"''. Uberto pretends they weren't able to decode the letter, his tone blaming Maffei, and suggests to deliver an exact copy of the letter in order to find the leaders of the conspiracy. Giovanni accepts the mission as he knows where it must be delivered. Having been told by Lorenzo to find the conspirators and to show no mercy, Giovanni then leaves Florence for Rome.

Once he arrived in Rome, Giovanni gives the letter to a man. Then, it travels from hand to hand until arriving into its final destination: in the hands of Rodrigo Borgia. Rodrigo brings the message to Pope Sixtus IV at the Vatican and tries to persuade Sixtus to give military support for a [[Pazzi|scheme to remove Lorenzo de Medici]]. While not agreeing at first, he eventually accepts. Satisfied, Rodrigo leaves him and walks in the streets of Rome while being followed by Giovanni. He eventually notices his presence and manages to draw him into a church. Rodrigo proposes him to join his [[Knights Templar|side]], but Giovanni refuses. Rodrigo then leaves him to his men. Giovanni wins the intense combat where he loses his [[Hidden Blade]], but he eventually gets hit by a [[Throwing Knives|throwing knife]] from Rodrigo which injures him badly. He is able to escape the attack. Back in Florence, his wife treats his wound. She notes that the blade almost reached his heart. Giovanni is worried: he fears that the murder of Sforza was just the beginning of a conspiracy that will strike Florence. Federico, the eldest son suddenly warns his parents of the arrival of Father Maffei, with armed guards. Giovanni prefers to leave discreetly and tells his son to buy him some time. He lastly adds to Federico that as the oldest, it is his responsibility to protect the family in his absence. Federico is clearly disconcerted that the lives of his mother and siblings are on his shoulders, but accepts this. He goes down to answer the door. Giovanni leaves the house by the chamber's secret passage. While walking around the dark streets of Florence, he sees his son Ezio flirting with a girl. He smiles with fondness at the sight, and manages to disappear before his son could see him.

<blockquote>''{{quote|My dear sons, dark skies are rising over Florence and time is running low. The enemy is closer than I thought. Now, the final battle is about to unfold. Every man is mortal, every life bounds to an end but certain things will never change. Federico and Ezio, my sons, always remember: WE are the Auditore da Firenze and WE are Assassins.| Giovanni's monologue in the end of Lineage}}''</blockquote>

===''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''===
{{quote|Tu sei un Auditore. Sei un combattente. Perciò Combatti! (You are an Auditore, You are a fighter. So fight!)|Giovanni Auditore speaking to Ezio at his birth}}
Giovanni Auditore is first seen in ''Assassin's Creed II'' at Ezio's birth sequence in the [[Animus]] (1.0), in which he holds Ezio in his arms and remarks that he is a born fighter. After [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]] enters the [[Animus 2.0]], Giovanni is seen once again at the Auditore's house, in which he says he is proud that Ezio reminds him of himself when he was younger. Giovanni then gives Ezio two separate quests ("Paperboy" and "Special Delivery"). Soon after completing the quests, city guards take Giovanni and his sons, Federico and Petruccio, to prison, being accused of treason. Ezio soon ventures to his father's cell window and learns that they are being detained in for answers of their imprisonment, but Giovanni instead tasks his son to find the hidden room inside his office (which hides his Assassin equipment) and take everything that he finds. Shortly after, Ezio arrives at where the execution takes place, [[Uberto Alberti]] declares Giovanni, Federico and Petruccio guilty of treason, therefore executed, becoming victims of a conspiracy. His execution has driven Ezio into the life of a self-trained Assassin and Maria into silence.

In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]'', Ezio eventually goes back for the bodies of his father and brothers. He gives them a proper burial by cremating them and setting them adrift in boats down the river.

==Gallery==

<center><gallery>
File:Giovannilineage2.png|Giovanni in his usual clothes.
File:Giovanni lineage 1.png|Giovanni in the Assassin robe.
File:Giovanniac2ingame.jpg|Giovanni behind his desk, talking to Ezio
File:QuickTimePlayer 2009-09-25 20-14-39-52.png|Giovanni (center) moments before being executed with his sons
</gallery></center>

==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.
*Giovanni died before telling Ezio (as well as his youngest son, Petruccio and his daughter Claudia) of their assassin heritage which disappointed his brother, Mario. It is believed however, that he began training his eldest son [[Frederico]] in secret, but couldn't actually get far enough to teach him any intermediate Assassin skills.
*Giovanni's close friendship with the Medicis began when Giovanni's father saved young Lorenzo's life from drowning.
*Giovanni knew about Ezio's Eagle vision, but it is unknown if he himself possessed this gift.
*While Ezio's Short Blade is next to his sword, Giovanni's Short Blade is kept on his leggings.
*Giovanni is never seen wearing actual Armor.
*Giovanni only ever seemed to carry two throwing knives at once, which is far less than any other Assassin shown using them.
*Giovanni leaves his assassin outfit behind for Ezio to find, however in the short-film '[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]', it does not have the 'Eagle's beak', as Ezio has on his hood, while it is safe to assume that the outfit seen in Lineage is likely the same outfit Ezio finds in the Auditore Ville.

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