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<p>90.196.215.18: /* Trivia */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Era|AC2|Renaissance}}<br /> {{WP-REAL}}<br /> {{Character Infobox<br /> |name = Ottaviano Riario<br /> |image = OttavianoRiarioDatabaseRender.png<br /> |birth = September 1479<br /> |death = 1533<br /> |affiliates = House of Riario<br /> |appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''<br /> |voice = }}<br /> '''Ottaviano Riario''' (1479 - 1533) was an [[Italy|Italian]] condottiero, a Lord of {{Wiki|Imola}} and [[Forlì]], and the son of [[Girolamo Riario]] and [[Caterina Sforza]].<br /> <br /> ==Biography==<br /> In 1488, when the city of Forlì was attacked by the Orsi brothers, [[Checco Orsi|Checco]] and [[Ludovico Orsi|Ludovico]], the same pair which his mother had hired to kill his father, Ottoviano was taken prisoner by the two along with his sister, [[Bianca Riario|Bianca]].<br /> <br /> While he and his sister were held captive, Ottaviano was kept at a lighthouse in [[Romagna]], watched by Ludovico. However, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], an [[Assassins|Assassin]], soon came to Ottaviano's aid and killed Ludovico, after rescuing Bianca. With this, Ottaviano ran back to his mother at the [[Rocca di Ravaldino]].<br /> <br /> When he was 19, Ottaviano entered into the service of the [[Florence|Florentine Republic]] as a condottiero, at the request of his mother, Caterina Sforza, who wanted to cement amiable relations with Florence. He commanded 100 men from Forlì, but terminated his contract after only a year, since Florence didn't have the money to pay him.<br /> <br /> Despite accounts which described Ottaviano as obese, brainless and under his mother's thumb, Pope Alexander VI, [[Rodrigo Borgia]], offered his daughter [[Lucrezia Borgia|Lucrezia]] to Ottaviano, as Rodrigo decided that those were traits which he could tolerate in a son-in-law, as long as they were the key to controlling the territories of Forlì and Imola. Plus, as his viper of a daughter rarely stayed married to one man for long, with them tending to sign declarations of impotence or just simply disappearing, it would suit the Pope's ambitions quite well.<br /> <br /> Wisely however, Caterina denied the marriage, enraging the Pope and leading to his son, [[Cesare Borgia]], initiating an assault on Forlì.<br /> <br /> When Caterina was ousted by Cesare and entered her exile in Florence, under her guidance, Ottaviano attempted to convince the successor of Alexander VI, [[Julius II|Pope Julius II]], to give him back the Lordship of Imola and Forlì. Instead, Ottaviano ended up selling the Riario claim to Julius for a delayed payment, with him losing out in the long term.<br /> <br /> ==Trivia==<br /> *Ottaviano, his sibling, and [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze]] were the only non-adult characters to appear in ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''.<br /> *His face model was recycled in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'', appearing in the missions [[Homecoming]] and [[Human Cargo]].<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> *''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''<br /> {{AC2}}<br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Riario, Ottaviano}}<br /> [[de:Ottaviano Riario]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:1479 births]]<br /> [[Category:1533 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:Italians]]<br /> [[Category:House of Riario]]<br /> [[Category:Mercenaries]]<br /> [[Category:Condottieri]]<br /> [[Category:Individuals]]</div>

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