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{{Book Infobox<br />
|name = Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood<br />
|image = Assassin'sCreedBrotherhoodnovel.jpg<br />
|Publisher = Penguin Books<br />
|Writer = Oliver Bowden<br />
|US Date Released = November 30, 2010<br />
|UK Date Released = November 25, 2010<br />
|Genre = Action, Historic<br />
|Format = Paperback, Ibook<br />
|ISBN = ISBN 978-0-241-95171-2<br />
|Language = English, French<br />
|Pages = 544pp (548 with cover)}}<br />
'''''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''''' is a novel based on the [[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood|game of the same name]], released on November 25, 2010. Written once again by Oliver Bowden, it is a direct sequel to ''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]].''<br />
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==Description==<br />
"I will journey to the black heart of a corrupt Empire to root out my foes. But Rome wasn't built in a day and it won't be restored by a lone [[Assassins|assassin]]. I am [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]. This is my brotherhood."<br />
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[[Rome]], once mighty, lies in ruins. The city swarms with suffering and degradation, her [[citizens]] living in the shadow of the ruthless [[House of Borgia|Borgia family]]. Only one man can free the people from the Borgia tyranny - Ezio Auditore, the [[Master Assassin]]. Ezio's quest will test him to his limits. [[Cesare Borgia]], a man more villainous and dangerous than [[Rodrigo Borgia|his father]] the Pope, will not rest until he has conquered [[Italy]]. And in such treacherous times, conspiracy is everywhere, even within the ranks of the brotherhood itself...<br />
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==Differences in the Novel==<br />
*[[Mario Auditore]] is both shot and beheaded during the defense of [[Monteriggioni]]. Cesare then waves Mario's head at Ezio, shouting ''"You're next!"'' to him as he escapes with the townspeople.<br />
*Ezio and Cesare meet during the [[Siege of Monteriggioni]] and Ezio is shot by [[Octavian de Valois]]. In the game, Ezio and Cesare don't meet until later, and Ezio is shot by an [[Arquebusier|arquebusier]].<br />
*[[Leonardo da Vinci]] is present and stands with Cesare at the Siege of Monteriggioni, against his will.<br />
*Mario Auditore was said to be the [[Grand Master of the Assassin Order]] prior to his death during the Siege of Monteriggioni.<br />
*Leonardo reveals that he used the Apple to locate Ezio in Rome, similarly to how Ezio discovers where Cesare is headed after his escape from prison.<br />
*Ezio uses his [[Apprentices]] to destroy [[War Machines|Leonardo's inventions]], and to guard Leonardo from the Borgia. In the game, Ezio himself destroys the war machines, and he doesn't leave Leonardo with any protection.<br />
*In the novel it goes into more detail regarding Ezio's relationship with [[Caterina Sforza]].<br />
*Cesare's face had been mutilated by the "New Disease" (which is a reference to the recent outbreak of syphilis), leading him to wear a mask. In the game, however, his face is always fully shown without any signs of such deformities.<br />
*A more detailed account of Ezio's hunt for Cesare after he escapes from prison is given. It details [[Micheletto]] being killed, and has Ezio in Spain with Leonardo and [[Machiavelli]] trying to find Cesare.<br />
*Machiavelli is present when Ezio hides [[Sixth Apple|the Apple]] under the [[Colosseo]].<br />
*Leonardo is offered to join the Assassins, though he declines.<br />
*The fall of the Borgia loyalists is covered in more detail.<br />
*Ezio does not use the Apple as a weapon against Cesare.<br />
*Between 1504 and 1506, [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze]] steps down as the Madam of the [[Rosa in Fiore]], after being kidnapped by Borgia loyalists, and [[Rosa]] replaces her.<br />
*None of the events in The Da Vinci Disappearance are mentioned.<br />
*According to the ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' novel, Cesare excelled at bullfighting. Machiavelli believed he showed such an interest in the sport due to his aggressive nature and partly being Spanish, were the sport originated.<br />
*In the book, Ezio is a Christian while in the games he is nonreligious.<br />
*At the start of the book Mario Auditore makes reference to Claudia being married and then widowed; where as in the game this doesn't happen, or at least is not mentioned.<br />
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|Publisher = Penguin Books<br />
|Writer = Oliver Bowden<br />
|US Date Released = November 23, 2009<br />
|UK Date Released = November 26, 2009<br />
|Genre = Action, Historic<br />
|Format = Paperback<br />
|ISBN = ISBN 978-0-141-04630-3<br />
|Language = English, French<br />
|Pages = 528pp (532 with cover)<br />
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{{quote|While I thought that I was learning to live, I have been learning how to die.|[[Leonardo da Vinci]]}}<br />
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'''''Assassin's Creed: Renaissance''''' is a novel based on the [[Assassin's Creed series|''Assassin's Creed'' series]], written by Oliver Bowden and published by Penguin Books. It is a novelised version of the game ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''; however, rather than spanning a vast period of time, it is set only in the 15th century with no mention of the game's present-day events. The novel was released in the United Kingdom on November 26, 2009, six days after the UK release of ''Assassin's Creed II'', and was released in North America on February 23, 2010.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
*''See [[Assassin’s Creed II#Plot|Assassin's Creed II storyline]]''<br />
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<blockquote>''I will seek vengeance upon those who betrayed my family. I am [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]. I am an [[Assassin]]...''</blockquote><br />
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Betrayed by the ruling families of Italy, a young man embarks upon an epic quest for vengeance. To eradicate corruption and restore his family's honor, he will learn the art of the Assassin.<br />
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Along the way, Ezio will call upon the wisdom of such great minds as Leonardo da Vinci and [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] - knowing that survival is bound to the skills by which he must live.<br />
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To his allies, he will become a force for change - fighting for freedom and justice. To his [[Templars|enemies]], he will become a threat dedicated to the destruction of the tyrants abusing the people of [[Italy]].<br />
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So begins an epic story of power, revenge and conspiracy.<br />
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'''TRUTH WILL BE WRITTEN IN BLOOD.'''<br />
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==Differences and Extras==<br />
Despite being a textual version of the game, there are some mild differences present in the novel. There are also things added into the book that were not included in the game.<br />
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===Characters===<br />
*[[La Volpe]]'s name is revealed to be Gilberto, although he still wishes Ezio to call him "La Volpe." In the game, it is revealed that "La Volpe" is only his pseudonym (according to the database files) but no real name is mentioned.<br />
*[[Dante Moro]]'s ex-wife's name is changed from Carlotta to Gloria.<br />
*[[Cristina Vespucci]]'s name is changed to Cristina Calfucci.<br />
*[[Mario Auditore]] has a thick beard and is stated to be twice Ezio's size. In the game, however, Mario has a small mustache, and is roughly the same size as Ezio.<br />
*[[Antonio]]'s full name is given as Antonio de Magianis.<br />
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===Relationships===<br />
*In the novel, a short account on how Ezio first met Cristina is provided.<br />
*In the novel, it is revealed that Vieri also liked Cristina and once tried to kiss her by force, until Ezio came to the scene and fought Vieri off.<br />
*In the novel, Ezio heads over to Cristina's to spend the night after his father and brothers were taken to prison. In the game, the player is not given details as to where Ezio spent the night.<br />
**Different parts of the book detail him visiting Cristina's house several other times, such as hours after his father and brothers are executed to collect a pouch he left there, and before Ezio meets La Volpe, wherein he helps her fiancé. These visits are also not in the game.<br />
*Several of these events regarding Ezio's relationship with Cristina are further explored in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' through [[Cristina Memories|repressed memories]].<br />
*In the novel, Ezio's relationship with [[Rosa]] is explored in more detail; whereas in the game they merely flirt with each other. In the novel, it is confirmed that they are lovers.<br />
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===Equipment===<br />
*In the game, after becoming an [[Assassin]], Ezio's [[Assassin's Creed II Outfits|outfit]] generally stays the same except for the cape. In the novel, Ezio frequently changes his clothes to blend in better, such as wearing monks' robes when going to the monastery, or wearing poor civilian clothes within the village outside [[Forlì]].<br />
*In the novel, Ezio's first [[hidden blade]] is attached to his right forearm instead of his left.<br />
*In the novel, Ezio's second hidden blade is a double-bladed wrist weapon, not just a single blade as in the game.<br />
*In the novel, Ezio changes his hidden blade between the poison blade and the normal blade between missions; but in the game, when Ezio gets the poison blade, he can change it on the fly. This is most obvious when Ezio performs double assassinations.<br />
*In the novel, the bullets for Ezio's [[Pistol|hidden gun]] are provided by Leonardo, instead of the [[blacksmiths]].<br />
*In the novel, the hidden blade is more often referred to as the "[[Codex]] blade."<br />
*Unlike in the game, it is revealed in the novel that [[Mario]] is shown many times to be nervous of the fact that Ezio shares the knowledge of the Codex to Leonardo, because he is not sure if anyone can be trusted with it. Despite this, Ezio still goes to Leonardo to decode the pages and improve the hidden blade.<br />
*In the novel, Ezio finds many Codex pages on the dead remains of his enemies; such as retrieving one page from [[Vieri de' Pazzi]]'s pouch and another one from [[Francesco de' Pazzi]]'s. In the game, Ezio finds most of the Codex Pages in Templar banks, however he does find them on these people's bodies.<br />
*In the novel, Leonardo discovers that the Codex hides a map, even without having all of the pages. In the game, Ezio is the one to find out by using his [[Eagle Vision]].<br />
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===Assassinations===<br />
*In the game, Ezio angrily stabs [[Uberto Alberti]] multiple times in the chest, but in the novel, he stabs him in the throat.<br />
*In the novel, Ezio respectfully kisses [[Jacopo de' Pazzi]] on the forehead before his death. Instead of ending his slow suffering by stabbing him in the throat like in the game, Ezio instead stabs Jacopo's heart.<br />
*In the novel, Ezio cuts a cross mark onto some of the corpses of his targets, such as [[Silvio Barbarigo]]'s and Dante Moro's, likely as a symbol of the Templars.<br />
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===Other Events===<br />
*Eagle Vision is not mentioned at all during the events of the book.<br />
*In the novel, [[Vieri de' Pazzi]] throws a rock at Ezio and it hits him in the forehead. In the game, it hits him on the right side of his lip, giving him the characteristic scar also shared with [[Altaïr]] and [[Desmond]].<br />
*In the novel, during the first fight with Vieri, Ezio (including his allies and Vieri's thugs) is said to have a dagger with him; though in the game, Ezio gets his first weapon only when he finds [[Giovanni Auditore|his father]]'s Assassin robe. Also, the fight scene in the novel takes place late at night, while in the game, it is set in the afternoon.<br />
*In the novel, when Ezio heads over to the pigeon coop to receive the note for his father, he finds some graffiti behind the coop that reads: "HE THAT INCREASETH KNOWLEDGE INCREASETH SORROW" and "WHERE IS THE PROPHET?" This message is not mentioned in the game.<br />
*In the game, Ezio's father and brothers are executed simultaneously. In the novel, [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze|Petruccio]] is executed first, shortly followed by [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]], and then finally, [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni]].<br />
*In the game, Ezio receives [[Paola]]'s training after he sees his [[Maria Auditore|mother]] and [[Claudia Auditore|sister]]. In the book, he receives training before he sees them.<br />
*In the novel, Ezio gives his father and brothers their final rites by placing them in torched boats set adrift at sea.<br />
*Maria and Claudia Auditore stay in Mario's [[Villa Auditore|villa]] in the game; but in the novel, the two of them stay in a convent, where Claudia becomes a nun (although she later changes her mind and stays at the villa).<br />
*In the game, during the trip to Venice with Leonardo da Vinci, Ezio drives the [[wagon]] while avoiding [[Rodrigo Borgia|Borgia]]'s men. In the novel, he rides a single [[horse]] and slays the five riders.<br />
**Also in the novel, da Vinci has a group of wagon riders and bodyguards with him before the attack, all of whom run away at the first sign of trouble.<br />
*In the novel, when the other [[Assassins]] allow Ezio to join their Order, they are all wearing the iconic Assassin hood; but in the game they are wearing what they normally wear.<br />
*The events that cover the [[Battle of Forlì]] and the [[Bonfire of the Vanities]] are told in the novel. In the game, the two events are only accessible through [[DLC|downloadable content]].<br />
*In the novel, while Ezio is speaking to [[Minerva]] in The Vault, there is no mention of [[Desmond]] or the [[Modern Times|Modern Time]] Assassins. However, Minerva still mentions that Ezio only anchors the one for whom the message is intended, hence the message is still not meant for Ezio.<br />
*In the novel, Ezio walks out of [[The Vault]] to witness Rodrigo Borgia die after drinking poison, believing that he had failed his life's purpose of getting into the vault. In the game, Ezio spares his life, and the Pope is seen to be alive within ''Brotherhood''.<br />
**In the novel, this final scene takes place in 1503, unlike in the game, which took place in 1499.<br />
**This scene is reverted in the [[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)|new novel]], wherein Ezio sees Rodrigo as he leaves, but when he comes back to check if Rodrigo is dead, he has gone; leaving only the Papal Cape behind.<br />
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==Terminology==<br />
*''See [[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance/Terminology]]''<br />
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The novel uses Italian and Latin terminology, just like the game, but instead, releases the terms between numbered pages 509-516.<br />
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==Release==<br />
The novel was released in the United Kingdom six days after the release of ''Assassin's Creed II'' on 26 November, 2009 and was released in the United States until 23 February, 2010. A Kindle Edition can be purchased from Amazon.com, which was released November 26, 2009.<br />
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|name = Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci<br />
|image = Leonardo.png<br />
|imgdesc = Leonardo da Vinci in the Animus database.<br />
|birth = 15 April 1452<br>[[wikipedia:Vinci|Vinci]], [[Italy]]<br />
|death = 2 May 1519<br>[[wikipedia:Amboise|Amboise]], [[wikipedia:France|France]]<br />
|faction = [[Assassins]]<br />
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''<br>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''<br />
|period = [[Renaissance|Italian Renaissance (15th century)]]<br />
|voice = [[Carlos Ferro]]<br />
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{{quote|One thing I am not, is a man of violence.|Leonardo to [[Ezio Auditore de Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] and [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] in [[Valencia]], 1505.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)}}<br />
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'''Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci''' (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an [[Italy|Italian]] polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, botanist and writer.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
===Early life===<br />
Leonardo da Vinci was born out of wedlock in Vinci, Italy, a town outside of [[Florence]], in 1452, to a Florentine notary named [[wikipedia:Piero da Vinci|Piero da Vinci]] and a local woman named Caterina. He spent most of his early childhood in nearby rural [[Tuscany]] so as to spare his father the embarrassment of a scandal. However, young Leonardo's innate artistic prowess was obvious to his elders even then, and when he turned fourteen he was returned to Florence, apprenticed to the workshop of renowned painter [[Andrea del Verrocchio]]; while there, he is said to have collaborated with the Verroccio on his masterpiece, ''[[wikipedia:Baptism of Christ|Baptism of Christ]]''.<br />
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===Florence===<br />
At age 20, Leonardo was titled a master by the [[wikipedia:Guild of Saint Luke|Guild of Saint Luke]], and opened his first workshop in Florence where he continued to collaborate with his old master. During his time there, he also befriended the [[House of Auditore|Auditore family]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed II">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref><br />
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In 1476, Leonardo met Ezio Auditore when the latter accompanied his [[Maria Auditore da Firenze|mother]] to pick up some paintings from Leonardo’s workshop. On the way back to the [[Palazzo Auditore]], Leonardo and Ezio conversed about his work, which sparked the lifelong friendship between the two young men.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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After the [[Auditore execution|execution]] of [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni]], [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]], and [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze|Petruccio Auditore]], Leonardo met Ezio once again, greeting him with a brotherly embrace. He was then requested by Ezio to repair the [[Hidden Blade]] and was immediately fascinated by its sophisticated and advanced design, despite its old age. After what was apparently several hours of work (as Ezio is shown to have fallen asleep for some time), Leonardo finally finished the repairs to the Hidden Blade. Just before handing the weapon over to Ezio, Leonardo claimed that Ezio's ring finger had to be removed because "the blade is designed to ensure the commitment of whoever wields it." It is shown that he was simply joking however, as the blade had been modified so that the removal of the finger was no longer necessary. Immediately after this, a Florentine guard took Leonardo into the latter's yard for interrogation, throwing him to the ground and kicking him several times in order to extract Ezio's whereabouts. Ezio promptly sneaked up behind the guard and assassinated him with his new weapon, before hiding the body inside the workshop with others that Leonardo used for anatomical research.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[File:Codexleo.png|thumb|Ezio handing Leonardo a Codex page.]]<br />
Leonardo and Ezio didn't meet again until 1478, when Ezio visited him with another [[codex]] page attained from his uncle [[Mario Auditore]]. He deciphered the page and, while Ezio practiced the new [[Assassination Techniques|assassination techniques]] explained on the page, constructed a second Hidden Blade to be put at his friend's disposal. This was when Ezio inquired about [[Francesco de' Pazzi]], which prompted Leonardo to discreetly tell him that he needed to seek out [[La Volpe]] ("the fox"). After this, Leonardo appeared at several instances in which Ezio simply visited him to decipher codex pages.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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After Ezio stopped the [[Pazzi Conspiracy]], he received another codex page from [[Lorenzo de' Medici]] and again visited Leonardo in order to have it deciphered. He was astonished by the new [[Poison blade|blade design]], as it has been developed to allow the wielder to inject poison into their enemies.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[File:EzioLeo2.jpg|thumb|left|Leonardo with Ezio on the ship to Venice.]]<br />
Leonardo met Ezio again in the [[Apennine Mountains]] after the fall of the Pazzi Conspirators. He was faced with the problem of a broken [[wagon]] wheel and asked Ezio to lift the carriage, causing him to notice the contraption in the back. This was the first conversation in which Leonardo mentioned his [[Flying Machine|flying machine]]. Amused by Leonardo’s idea, Ezio offered to drive, and they set off for [[Romagna]]. During the trip, the wagon was attacked by the soldiers of [[Rodrigo Borgia]], threatening their lives all the way through the Mountains. At the end of the trail, Ezio stayed behind to deal with the soldiers so Leonardo can get to Romagna safely. They met back up at the docks in Romagna where they were scheduled to set sail for [[Venice]], after Ezio went through an ordeal involving [[Caterina Sforza]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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===Venice===<br />
Upon arrival in [[Venice]], Leonardo and Ezio were given a tour of the city by a baggage handler by the name of [[Alvise da Vilandino]] before being led to his new workshop. He and Ezio parted ways there with a brotherly embrace.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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Ezio again consulted Leonardo for his expertise, but this time for something other than decryption. He inquired about Leonardo’s Flying Machine that he learned of on the way to Romagna in order to invade the [[Palazzo Ducale]] so that he can rescue [[Giovanni Mocenigo|Doge Mocenigo]] from the [[Templar]] [[Carlo Grimaldi]]. After one test flight, Leonardo deemed the machine useless and flew into a fit of rage, but was then inspired by a piece of burnt paper floating from the fire. He concluded that in order for Ezio to reach his destination, they had to light a dozen fires across the city which would cause the air to rise, therefore lifting the machine.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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After being accused of the murder of the Doge, Ezio came to Leonardo asking for a [[Carnevale]] mask so that he wouldn't be noticed as the most wanted man in Venice. He also bore another codex page, much to Leonardo's interest, as he discovered it contains plans for a small [[Pistol|firearm]] that could be concealed on Ezio's wrist. After testing the pistol, Leonardo gave Ezio the mask he requested and pointed him in the direction of Sister [[Teodora]] and [[Antonio de Magianis]] so that he could plot to assassinate the new Doge: the Templar [[Marco Barbarigo]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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Leonardo and Ezio met again briefly outside the workshop, just after Ezio discovered the Templar ship was returning the next day. Leonardo pointed out several key facts that he discovered piecing together the markings on the backs of the codex pages such as the arrival of a 'prophet' on the day the [[Piece of Eden]] was brought to the floating city [Venice].<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[File:Zw-bof2.png|thumb|Leonardo, studying the Apple of Eden.]]<br />
In 1488, Ezio, Mario, and [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] visited Leonardo to see if he was able to make sense of the Apple which they had successfully obtained from Rodrigo Borgia. To their dismay, he couldn't learn any more about it than the Assassins and, following its accidental activation, it was decided that it should be taken to [[Forlì]] to be kept out of Templar hands. Mario also asked Leonardo to come and visit him at the [[Villa Auditore]]. He stayed at the villa until 1499,<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /> where he started to get interested in the findings of [[Pythagoras]] and the location of the [[Temple of Pythagoras]]. He had managed to make a map pointing out the temple's location, and he drew pieces of this map with invisible ink on his paintings that hung in the villa.<ref name="The Da Vinci Disappearance">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' - ''[[The Da Vinci Disappearance]]''</ref><br />
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===Rome===<br />
In late 1499, Leonardo was forcibly pressed into designing several [[War Machines|war machines]] for [[Cesare Borgia]], son of Rodrigo Borgia, who was in turn [[Grand Master of the Templar Order]]. Additionally, he was also forced to fashion the ''pistola'' used to kill [[Mario Auditore]]. These firearms are also used by the [[Papal Guards]], and by Cesare in the [[Siege of Viana]]. Despite this, Leonardo remained an ally of the Assassins, secretly meeting with Ezio to inform him of Cesare's plans, turning over the locations of the Templars overseeing the war machines, and fashioning items for Ezio.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref><br />
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[[File:Zw-acb-Leonardo-2.png|thumb|252px|Leonardo upon seeing Ezio again in Rome.]]<br />
To avoid Templar scrutiny, Leonardo and Ezio would meet at different locations chosen by Leonardo and denoted with a drawing of a hand on a bench as a signal for Ezio to wait for him there. Leonardo agreed to reconstruct a second, smaller Hidden Blade that could fit against a standard glove to replace the one Ezio had lost during the [[Siege of Monteriggioni]], along with a [[Metal Cestus#Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood|reinforced glove]] to allow Ezio to climb leap, and a forearm-mounted [[Poison darts|poison dart]] launcher. However, due to being paid "very little" by the Templars, Ezio was required to pay him for the raw materials upfront. After the war machines were finally destroyed, he also designed a [[Parachutes|parachute]] that could be built by sympathetic Roman [[tailors]], though his design (or at least the materials used) would not survive the landings, and would need to be replaced after every use.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" /><br />
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[[File:Ezioleoapple.jpg|thumb|left|252px|Leonardo and Ezio discussing the Apple of Eden.]]<br />
When the Assassins finally secured the Apple of Eden from the Borgia, Ezio and Leonardo met at the [[Assassins Guild]] on [[Tiber Island]]. Leonardo mourned the need to lock away the Apple, likening it to a masterpiece being hidden away from the world, though he did not oppose Ezio's decision. Additionally, as Leonardo's patron had been arrested and his income was still meager, Ezio turned over a sum of money to his friend, and they parted on good terms, although Leonardo would not accept the money as a goodbye gift.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" /><br />
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The following year, Leonardo traveled with Machiavelli and Ezio to Spain to chase Micheletto and stop him from freeing Cesare after surviving wild seas, a skirmish in a bar, long horse rides and constructing bombs. After this, Leonardo decided he had enough of travailing and fighting and returned to Rome, leaving Ezio and Machiavelli to destroy some war ships and battle Cesare.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood novel">[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' novel]]</ref><br />
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[[File:Rollofthedice1.png|thumb|252px|Leonardo before being subsequently taken.]]Leonardo returned to Rome, where he made contact with the [[Hermeticists|Cult of Hermes]]. He visited the Cult's head's, [[Ercole Massimo]]'s, personal library frequently to do more research about [[Pythagoras]]. Eventually, he was kidnapped by the Hermeticists, who wanted him to give them the location of the temple. Ezio Auditore managed to gather the paintings that were seized by the Borgia during the [[Siege of Monteriggioni|attack on the Auditore Villa]] in January of 1500. With the help of Leonardo's assistant, [[Salaì]], Ezio pieced together the hidden map and the temple's location.<br />
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Leonardo had been taken away to the catacombs that led to the Temple of Pythagoras, and this is where Ezio caught up with them. He killed all the Hermeticists, including Massimo, and rescued Leonardo. They then ventured deeper to explore the Temple of Pythagoras together, when they eventually stumbled upon the final chamber.<br />
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Ezio recognized the room's architecture - a surviving [[Temple |Temple]] designed by [[Those Who Came Before]]. Though Ezio's DNA communed with a pedestal, revealing corridinations he decided it was best to leave it, despite Leonardo being eager to learn and explore more. Leonardo was distracted by Ezio, who asked him about his future plans, which Leonardo gladly revealed as they walked out of the temple.<ref name="The Da Vinci Disappearance" /><br />
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After Ezio killed Cesare in Navarre during the [[Siege of Viana]], Leonardo met again with Ezio and Machiavelli at Ezio's forty-eighth birthday party. Ezio offered Leonardo a place in the Assassin Order, though Leonardo refused, saying that he respected the Assassins' goals, but that he wanted to tread a different path; "a solitary one." Leonardo left for Milan afterwards, from which he would leave for [[wikipedia:Amboise|Amboise]] in [[France]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood novel" /><br />
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===Later life===<br />
Leonardo spent his last years in France, at the home awarded him by Francis I. He took his most famous painting, the ''[[wikipedia:Mona Lisa|Mona Lisa]]'', with him when he retired to France in 1513. He died on his bed on May 2, 1519. The exact cause of his death is unknown, but could presumably have been a blood infection, due to him suffering from [[wikipedia:Gout|gout]].<br />
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==Legacy==<br />
[[File:ACB-TDVD-LeonardoWorkshop.jpg|thumb|left|252px|Leonardo's workshop portrayed in ''[[The Da Vinci Disappearance]]''.]]<br />
Leonardo is renowned primarily as a painter. Two of his works, the ''Mona Lisa'' and ''[[wikipedia:The Last Supper|The Last Supper]]'', are the most famous, most reproduced and most parodied portrait and religious painting of all time, their fame approached only by [[Michelangelo]]'s ''[[wikipedia:The Creation of Adam|Creation of Adam]]''. Leonardo's drawing of the [[wikipedia:Vitruvian Man|Vitruvian Man]] is also regarded as a cultural icon.<br />
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Perhaps fifteen of his paintings survive, the small number due to his constant, and frequently disastrous, experimentation with new techniques and his chronic procrastination. Nevertheless, these few works, together with his notebooks, which contain drawings, scientific diagrams and his thoughts on the nature of painting, are an invaluable contribution to later generations of artists; indeed, Leonardo could arguably be considered the most iconic artist of the Italian Renaissance, with only a handful of his contemporaries (most notably Leonardo's chief artistic rival and fellow Florentine, [[Michelangelo|Michelangelo Buonarroti]]) posing a realistic challenge.<br />
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[[File:Roleofthedice2.png|thumb|252px|The unfinished Mona Lisa, a part of his legacy.]]Leonardo is revered for his technological ingenuity. He conceptualized a helicopter, a tank, concentrated solar power, a calculator, the double hull and outlined a rudimentary theory of plate tectonics. Relatively few of his designs were constructed or even feasible during his lifetime, but some of his smaller inventions, such as an automated bobbin winder and a machine for testing the tensile strength of wire, entered the world of manufacturing unheralded. As a scientist, he greatly advanced the state of knowledge in the fields of anatomy, civil engineering, optics and hydrodynamics.<br />
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==Characteristics and personality==<br />
His portrayal in ''Assassin's Creed II'' depicts Leonardo da Vinci as a cheerful and optimistic man. Ezio is his best friend, and as such, he treats him like a brother and has taken great risks to protect him, even though he says later in the game that courage is not his strong suit.<br />
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Despite being an accomplished and respected artist, as well as deeply curious about the world's wonders, Leonardo da Vinci was also a chronic procrastinator. Most of his commissioned works took years longer than anticipated, and many were never even finished. It is possible that this was because he did not feel his work to be important enough to devote his life to, as when he meets Ezio, he complains that it lacks purpose and he wishes to do something which has more impact on the world, such as architecture. Regardless, when Leonardo is intrigued by something, he becomes insatiably curious and often impossible to communicate with, as demonstrated when Ezio first brings him [[Altaïr|Altaïr Ibn'La-Ahad]]'s [[Codex Pages|Codex pages]] for decryption.<br />
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Leonardo is also hinted at being homosexual multiple times in both ''Assassin's Creed II'' and ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'', and appears to be in a relationship with his assisstant, Salai.<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
[[Video:Assassin's Creed 2 - Focus On|thumb|250px|Leonardo da Vinci - Genius Inventor]]<br />
===History===<br />
*Leonardo had no surname; "da Vinci" simply means "from Vinci," identifying the town of his birth, much in the same manner that "Ezio Auditore da Firenze" shows that Ezio was born in Florence.<br />
*Historically, Leonardo would later become a close friend and military engineer for Cesare Borgia, son of Rodrigo Borgia.<br />
*Interestingly, in author Dan Brown's novel [[wikipedia:The Da Vinci Code|The Da Vinci Code]], it is suggested that Leonardo da Vinci was the Grand Master of a secret society known as ''[[wikipedia:The Priory of Sion|The Priory of Sion]]'', an organization that was allegedly connected with the Knights Templar.<br />
*Ezio uses a wheel-lock firearm, based on a design found in the Codex pages, which historically wasn't developed until just after the time-frame of the game. Historically, Leonardo designed some of the first wheel-lock firearms.<br />
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===Inventions and art===<br />
*All of Leonardo's modifications on previously existing Assassin gear are based on designs detailed in Altaïr's Codex. It is possibly from these that Leonardo also designed some of his other inventions.<br />
*Leonardo and Giovanni Auditore are the only known characters that can decipher and translate Altaïr's Codex.<br />
*When Ezio accidentally activates the [[Apple of Eden]] in Venice, images similar to Leonardo's later designs for the [[Tank]] can be briefly glimpsed. This experience may have provided him with the ideas for his later inventions.<br />
*[[File:Mapofimola.jpg|thumb|Leonardo's map of Imola.]]Additionally, when the Apple is activated, both Ezio and Leonardo are largely unaffected, although blinded by the light. Mario and Machiavelli are crippled by the noise and unable to stand.<br />
*Eight of the thirty collectible [[Paintings]] that are placed in the Villa Auditore were painted by da Vinci. This is significant for the new Brotherhood DLC, The Da Vinci Disappearance.<br />
*A map of the city of Imola that Leonardo drew for Cesare Borgia appears frequently in-game; on a wall in the [[Hideout]], in Leonardo's workshop, as the Codex map that Caterina gives to Ezio, and in a [[Lairs of Romulus|Lair of Romulus]], on the ground.<br />
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===Appearance and behavior===<br />
*In ''Assassin's Creed II'', like other main characters, Leonardo's appearance does not change throughout the 23 years he is shown in the game, from his first encounter to the decoding of the Codex in the villa in 1499. This was rectified in ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'', where Leonardo is depicted as more aged.<br />
*The cut-scene when Ezio visits Leonardo is the same each time (even after Leonardo moves to Venice), except when the Codex pages provide new modifications to Ezio's equipment.<br />
*In ''Assassin's Creed II'' Leonardo is shown as right-handed, but in ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'', he is left-handed, as he was known to be in real life.<br />
*In ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'', after Leonardo mentions his work on the ''Mona Lisa'', Ezio warns him not to allow pretty girls to distract him from making the designs he needs. His arm around him, Leonardo lightly assures Ezio that women would ''"provide little distraction"'' to his work, to which Ezio replies, ''"Wait, I don't get it."'' This is a reference to the widely-held belief that the real-life da Vinci was homosexual.<br />
*While exploring the [[Pythagorian Temple]], Ezio and Leonardo have a quick conversation about Leonardo's assisstant Gian Giacomo Caprotti, Salai. When Ezio says Salai is safe in hiding, Leonardo says that he is happy, then quickly clarifies that he's happy about Salai not wasting his money. Ezio then laughingly remarks that it's okay and he approves of them saying "he fits you." Leonardo is dumbstruck and speechless. This conversation shows that Leonardo and Salai are lovers and Ezio knows.<br />
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===Others===<br />
*In ''Assassin's Creed II'', the only time the player can explore Leonardo's Workshop is in [[Ace Up My Sleeve]].<br />
*In one of Ezio Auditore's [[Cristina Memories]] in Venice, Leonardo tells Ezio that [[Cristina Vespucci|Cristina]] was attending Carnevale; even hinting that they might be close, despite Leonardo having nothing to do with Cristina in the rest of the story. However, in [[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]] it is revealed that he knew because Cristina was a guest of his patron. <br />
*In the [[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)|novel for ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'']], Leonardo is invited to join the Brotherhood. However, he declines, saying that though he will always support their goals, he is on a different path, one that is solitary.<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery widths="150" captionalign="left"><br />
Leonardoartwork1.jpg|Leonardo's concept art.<br />
Leo.JPG|In-game ''Assassin's Creed II'' model.<br />
Leonardo_workshop.jpg|Leonardo's workshop.<br />
Leonardo's_Flying_machine_Design.jpg|Flying machine.<br />
Armored_car.jpg|Tank.<br />
Gun_l.jpg|12-barelled gun.<br />
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|name = Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci<br />
|image = Leonardo.png<br />
|imgdesc = Leonardo da Vinci in the Animus database.<br />
|birth = 15 April 1452<br>[[wikipedia:Vinci|Vinci]], [[Italy]]<br />
|death = 2 May 1519<br>[[wikipedia:Amboise|Amboise]], [[wikipedia:France|France]]<br />
|faction = [[Assassins]]<br />
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''<br>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''<br />
|period = [[Renaissance|Italian Renaissance (15th century)]]<br />
|voice = [[Carlos Ferro]]<br />
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{{quote|One thing I am not, is a man of violence.|Leonardo to [[Ezio Auditore de Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] and [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] in [[Valencia]], 1505.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)}}<br />
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'''Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci''' (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an [[Italy|Italian]] polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, botanist and writer.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
===Early life===<br />
Leonardo da Vinci was born out of wedlock in Vinci, Italy, a town outside of [[Florence]], in 1452, to a Florentine notary named [[wikipedia:Piero da Vinci|Piero da Vinci]] and a local woman named Caterina. He spent most of his early childhood in nearby rural [[Tuscany]] so as to spare his father the embarrassment of a scandal. However, young Leonardo's innate artistic prowess was obvious to his elders even then, and when he turned fourteen he was returned to Florence, apprenticed to the workshop of renowned painter [[Andrea del Verrocchio]]; while there, he is said to have collaborated with the Verroccio on his masterpiece, ''[[wikipedia:Baptism of Christ|Baptism of Christ]]''.<br />
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===Florence===<br />
At age 20, Leonardo was titled a master by the [[wikipedia:Guild of Saint Luke|Guild of Saint Luke]], and opened his first workshop in Florence where he continued to collaborate with his old master. During his time there, he also befriended the [[House of Auditore|Auditore family]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed II">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref><br />
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In 1476, Leonardo met Ezio Auditore when the latter accompanied his [[Maria Auditore da Firenze|mother]] to pick up some paintings from Leonardo’s workshop. On the way back to the [[Palazzo Auditore]], Leonardo and Ezio conversed about his work, which sparked the lifelong friendship between the two young men.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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After the [[Auditore execution|execution]] of [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni]], [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]], and [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze|Petruccio Auditore]], Leonardo met Ezio once again, greeting him with a brotherly embrace. He was then requested by Ezio to repair the [[Hidden Blade]] and was immediately fascinated by its sophisticated and advanced design, despite its old age. After what was apparently several hours of work (as Ezio is shown to have fallen asleep for some time), Leonardo finally finished the repairs to the Hidden Blade. Just before handing the weapon over to Ezio, Leonardo claimed that Ezio's ring finger had to be removed because "the blade is designed to ensure the commitment of whoever wields it." It is shown that he was simply joking however, as the blade had been modified so that the removal of the finger was no longer necessary. Immediately after this, a Florentine guard took Leonardo into the latter's yard for interrogation, throwing him to the ground and kicking him several times in order to extract Ezio's whereabouts. Ezio promptly sneaked up behind the guard and assassinated him with his new weapon, before hiding the body inside the workshop with others that Leonardo used for anatomical research.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[File:Codexleo.png|thumb|Ezio handing Leonardo a Codex page.]]<br />
Leonardo and Ezio didn't meet again until 1478, when Ezio visited him with another [[codex]] page attained from his uncle [[Mario Auditore]]. He deciphered the page and, while Ezio practiced the new [[Assassination Techniques|assassination techniques]] explained on the page, constructed a second Hidden Blade to be put at his friend's disposal. This was when Ezio inquired about [[Francesco de' Pazzi]], which prompted Leonardo to discreetly tell him that he needed to seek out [[La Volpe]] ("the fox"). After this, Leonardo appeared at several instances in which Ezio simply visited him to decipher codex pages.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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After Ezio stopped the [[Pazzi Conspiracy]], he received another codex page from [[Lorenzo de' Medici]] and again visited Leonardo in order to have it deciphered. He was astonished by the new [[Poison blade|blade design]], as it has been developed to allow the wielder to inject poison into their enemies.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[File:EzioLeo2.jpg|thumb|left|Leonardo with Ezio on the ship to Venice.]]<br />
Leonardo met Ezio again in the [[Apennine Mountains]] after the fall of the Pazzi Conspirators. He was faced with the problem of a broken [[wagon]] wheel and asked Ezio to lift the carriage, causing him to notice the contraption in the back. This was the first conversation in which Leonardo mentioned his [[Flying Machine|flying machine]]. Amused by Leonardo’s idea, Ezio offered to drive, and they set off for [[Romagna]]. During the trip, the wagon was attacked by the soldiers of [[Rodrigo Borgia]], threatening their lives all the way through the Mountains. At the end of the trail, Ezio stayed behind to deal with the soldiers so Leonardo can get to Romagna safely. They met back up at the docks in Romagna where they were scheduled to set sail for [[Venice]], after Ezio went through an ordeal involving [[Caterina Sforza]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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===Venice===<br />
Upon arrival in [[Venice]], Leonardo and Ezio were given a tour of the city by a baggage handler by the name of [[Alvise da Vilandino]] before being led to his new workshop. He and Ezio parted ways there with a brotherly embrace.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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Ezio again consulted Leonardo for his expertise, but this time for something other than decryption. He inquired about Leonardo’s Flying Machine that he learned of on the way to Romagna in order to invade the [[Palazzo Ducale]] so that he can rescue [[Giovanni Mocenigo|Doge Mocenigo]] from the [[Templar]] [[Carlo Grimaldi]]. After one test flight, Leonardo deemed the machine useless and flew into a fit of rage, but was then inspired by a piece of burnt paper floating from the fire. He concluded that in order for Ezio to reach his destination, they had to light a dozen fires across the city which would cause the air to rise, therefore lifting the machine.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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After being accused of the murder of the Doge, Ezio came to Leonardo asking for a [[Carnevale]] mask so that he wouldn't be noticed as the most wanted man in Venice. He also bore another codex page, much to Leonardo's interest, as he discovered it contains plans for a small [[Pistol|firearm]] that could be concealed on Ezio's wrist. After testing the pistol, Leonardo gave Ezio the mask he requested and pointed him in the direction of Sister [[Teodora]] and [[Antonio de Magianis]] so that he could plot to assassinate the new Doge: the Templar [[Marco Barbarigo]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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Leonardo and Ezio met again briefly outside the workshop, just after Ezio discovered the Templar ship was returning the next day. Leonardo pointed out several key facts that he discovered piecing together the markings on the backs of the codex pages such as the arrival of a 'prophet' on the day the [[Piece of Eden]] was brought to the floating city [Venice].<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /><br />
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[[File:Zw-bof2.png|thumb|Leonardo, studying the Apple of Eden.]]<br />
In 1488, Ezio, Mario, and [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] visited Leonardo to see if he was able to make sense of the Apple which they had successfully obtained from Rodrigo Borgia. To their dismay, he couldn't learn any more about it than the Assassins and, following its accidental activation, it was decided that it should be taken to [[Forlì]] to be kept out of Templar hands. Mario also asked Leonardo to come and visit him at the [[Villa Auditore]]. He stayed at the villa until 1499,<ref name="Assassin's Creed II" /> where he started to get interested in the findings of [[Pythagoras]] and the location of the [[Temple of Pythagoras]]. He had managed to make a map pointing out the temple's location, and he drew pieces of this map with invisible ink on his paintings that hung in the villa.<ref name="The Da Vinci Disappearance">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' - ''[[The Da Vinci Disappearance]]''</ref><br />
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===Rome===<br />
In late 1499, Leonardo was forcibly pressed into designing several [[War Machines|war machines]] for [[Cesare Borgia]], son of Rodrigo Borgia, who was in turn [[Grand Master of the Templar Order]]. Additionally, he was also forced to fashion the ''pistola'' used to kill [[Mario Auditore]]. These firearms are also used by the [[Papal Guards]], and by Cesare in the [[Siege of Viana]]. Despite this, Leonardo remained an ally of the Assassins, secretly meeting with Ezio to inform him of Cesare's plans, turning over the locations of the Templars overseeing the war machines, and fashioning items for Ezio.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref><br />
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[[File:Zw-acb-Leonardo-2.png|thumb|252px|Leonardo upon seeing Ezio again in Rome.]]<br />
To avoid Templar scrutiny, Leonardo and Ezio would meet at different locations chosen by Leonardo and denoted with a drawing of a hand on a bench as a signal for Ezio to wait for him there. Leonardo agreed to reconstruct a second, smaller Hidden Blade that could fit against a standard glove to replace the one Ezio had lost during the [[Siege of Monteriggioni]], along with a [[Metal Cestus#Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood|reinforced glove]] to allow Ezio to climb leap, and a forearm-mounted [[Poison darts|poison dart]] launcher. However, due to being paid "very little" by the Templars, Ezio was required to pay him for the raw materials upfront. After the war machines were finally destroyed, he also designed a [[Parachutes|parachute]] that could be built by sympathetic Roman [[tailors]], though his design (or at least the materials used) would not survive the landings, and would need to be replaced after every use.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" /><br />
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[[File:Ezioleoapple.jpg|thumb|left|252px|Leonardo and Ezio discussing the Apple of Eden.]]<br />
When the Assassins finally secured the Apple of Eden from the Borgia, Ezio and Leonardo met at the [[Assassins Guild]] on [[Tiber Island]]. Leonardo mourned the need to lock away the Apple, likening it to a masterpiece being hidden away from the world, though he did not oppose Ezio's decision. Additionally, as Leonardo's patron had been arrested and his income was still meager, Ezio turned over a sum of money to his friend, and they parted on good terms, although Leonardo would not accept the money as a goodbye gift.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" /><br />
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The following year, Leonardo traveled with Machiavelli and Ezio to Spain to chase Micheletto and stop him from freeing Cesare after surviving wild seas, a skirmish in a bar, long horse rides and constructing bombs. After this, Leonardo decided he had enough of travailing and fighting and returned to Rome, leaving Ezio and Machiavelli to destroy some war ships and battle Cesare.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood novel">[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' novel]]</ref><br />
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[[File:Rollofthedice1.png|thumb|252px|Leonardo before being subsequently taken.]]Leonardo returned to Rome, where he made contact with the [[Hermeticists|Cult of Hermes]]. He visited the Cult's head's, [[Ercole Massimo]]'s, personal library frequently to do more research about [[Pythagoras]]. Eventually, he was kidnapped by the Hermeticists, who wanted him to give them the location of the temple. Ezio Auditore managed to gather the paintings that were seized by the Borgia during the [[Siege of Monteriggioni|attack on the Auditore Villa]] in January of 1500. With the help of Leonardo's assistant, [[Salaì]], Ezio pieced together the hidden map and the temple's location.<br />
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Leonardo had been taken away to the catacombs that led to the Temple of Pythagoras, and this is where Ezio caught up with them. He killed all the Hermeticists, including Massimo, and rescued Leonardo. They then ventured deeper to explore the Temple of Pythagoras together, when they eventually stumbled upon the final chamber.<br />
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Ezio recognized the room's architecture - a surviving [[Temple |Temple]] designed by [[Those Who Came Before]]. Though Ezio's DNA communed with a pedestal, revealing corridinations he decided it was best to leave it, despite Leonardo being eager to learn and explore more. Leonardo was distracted by Ezio, who asked him about his future plans, which Leonardo gladly revealed as they walked out of the temple.<ref name="The Da Vinci Disappearance" /><br />
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After Ezio killed Cesare in Navarre during the [[Siege of Viana]], Leonardo met again with Ezio and Machiavelli at Ezio's forty-eighth birthday party. Ezio offered Leonardo a place in the Assassin Order, though Leonardo refused, saying that he respected the Assassins' goals, but that he wanted to tread a different path; "a solitary one." Leonardo left for Milan afterwards, from which he would leave for [[wikipedia:Amboise|Amboise]] in [[France]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood novel" /><br />
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===Later life===<br />
Leonardo spent his last years in France, at the home awarded him by Francis I. He took his most famous painting, the ''[[wikipedia:Mona Lisa|Mona Lisa]]'', with him when he retired to France in 1513. He died on his bed on May 2, 1519. The exact cause of his death is unknown, but could presumably have been a blood infection, due to him suffering from [[wikipedia:Gout|gout]].<br />
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==Legacy==<br />
[[File:ACB-TDVD-LeonardoWorkshop.jpg|thumb|left|252px|Leonardo's workshop portrayed in ''[[The Da Vinci Disappearance]]''.]]<br />
Leonardo is renowned primarily as a painter. Two of his works, the ''Mona Lisa'' and ''[[wikipedia:The Last Supper|The Last Supper]]'', are the most famous, most reproduced and most parodied portrait and religious painting of all time, their fame approached only by [[Michelangelo]]'s ''[[wikipedia:The Creation of Adam|Creation of Adam]]''. Leonardo's drawing of the [[wikipedia:Vitruvian Man|Vitruvian Man]] is also regarded as a cultural icon.<br />
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Perhaps fifteen of his paintings survive, the small number due to his constant, and frequently disastrous, experimentation with new techniques and his chronic procrastination. Nevertheless, these few works, together with his notebooks, which contain drawings, scientific diagrams and his thoughts on the nature of painting, are an invaluable contribution to later generations of artists; indeed, Leonardo could arguably be considered the most iconic artist of the Italian Renaissance, with only a handful of his contemporaries (most notably Leonardo's chief artistic rival and fellow Florentine, [[Michelangelo|Michelangelo Buonarroti]]) posing a realistic challenge.<br />
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[[File:Roleofthedice2.png|thumb|252px|The unfinished Mona Lisa, a part of his legacy.]]Leonardo is revered for his technological ingenuity. He conceptualized a helicopter, a tank, concentrated solar power, a calculator, the double hull and outlined a rudimentary theory of plate tectonics. Relatively few of his designs were constructed or even feasible during his lifetime, but some of his smaller inventions, such as an automated bobbin winder and a machine for testing the tensile strength of wire, entered the world of manufacturing unheralded. As a scientist, he greatly advanced the state of knowledge in the fields of anatomy, civil engineering, optics and hydrodynamics.<br />
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==Characteristics and personality==<br />
His portrayal in ''Assassin's Creed II'' depicts Leonardo da Vinci as a cheerful and optimistic man. Ezio is his best friend, and as such, he treats him like a brother and has taken great risks to protect him, even though he says later in the game that courage is not his strong suit.<br />
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Despite being an accomplished and respected artist, as well as deeply curious about the world's wonders, Leonardo da Vinci was also a chronic procrastinator. Most of his commissioned works took years longer than anticipated, and many were never even finished. It is possible that this was because he did not feel his work to be important enough to devote his life to, as when he meets Ezio, he complains that it lacks purpose and he wishes to do something which has more impact on the world, such as architecture. Regardless, when Leonardo is intrigued by something, he becomes insatiably curious and often impossible to communicate with, as demonstrated when Ezio first brings him [[Altaïr|Altaïr Ibn'La-Ahad]]'s [[Codex Pages|Codex pages]] for decryption.<br />
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Leonardo is also hinted at being homosexual multiple times in both ''Assassin's Creed II'' and ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'', and appears to be in a relationship with his assisstant, Salai.<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
[[Video:Assassin's Creed 2 - Focus On|thumb|250px|Leonardo da Vinci - Genius Inventor]]<br />
===History===<br />
*Leonardo had no surname; "da Vinci" simply means "from Vinci," identifying the town of his birth, much in the same manner that "Ezio Auditore da Firenze" shows that Ezio was born in Florence.<br />
*Historically, Leonardo would later become a close friend and military engineer for Cesare Borgia, son of Rodrigo Borgia.<br />
*Interestingly, in author Dan Brown's novel [[wikipedia:The Da Vinci Code|The Da Vinci Code]], it is suggested that Leonardo da Vinci was the Grand Master of a secret society known as ''[[wikipedia:The Priory of Sion|The Priory of Sion]]'', an organization that was allegedly connected with the Knights Templar.<br />
*Ezio uses a wheel-lock firearm, based on a design found in the Codex pages, which historically wasn't developed until just after the time-frame of the game. Historically, Leonardo designed some of the first wheel-lock firearms.<br />
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===Inventions and art===<br />
*All of Leonardo's modifications on previously existing Assassin gear are based on designs detailed in Altaïr's Codex. It is possibly from these that Leonardo also designed some of his other inventions.<br />
*Leonardo and Giovanni Auditore are the only known characters that can decipher and translate Altaïr's Codex.<br />
*When Ezio accidentally activates the [[Apple of Eden]] in Venice, images similar to Leonardo's later designs for the [[Tank]] can be briefly glimpsed. This experience may have provided him with the ideas for his later inventions.<br />
*[[File:Mapofimola.jpg|thumb|Leonardo's map of Imola.]]Additionally, when the Apple is activated, both Ezio and Leonardo are largely unaffected, although blinded by the light. Mario and Machiavelli are crippled by the noise and unable to stand.<br />
*Eight of the thirty collectible [[Paintings]] that are placed in the Villa Auditore were painted by da Vinci. This is significant for the new Brotherhood DLC, The Da Vinci Disappearance.<br />
*A map of the city of Imola that Leonardo drew for Cesare Borgia appears frequently in-game; on a wall in the [[Hideout]], in Leonardo's workshop, as the Codex map that Caterina gives to Ezio, and in a [[Lairs of Romulus|Lair of Romulus]], on the ground.<br />
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===Appearance and behavior===<br />
*In ''Assassin's Creed II'', like other main characters, Leonardo's appearance does not change throughout the 23 years he is shown in the game, from his first encounter to the decoding of the Codex in the villa in 1499. This was rectified in ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'', where Leonardo is depicted as more aged.<br />
*The cut-scene when Ezio visits Leonardo is the same each time (even after Leonardo moves to Venice), except when the Codex pages provide new modifications to Ezio's equipment.<br />
*In ''Assassin's Creed II'' Leonardo is shown as right-handed, but in ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'', he is left-handed, as he was known to be in real life.<br />
*In ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'', after Leonardo mentions his work on the ''Mona Lisa'', Ezio warns him not to allow pretty girls to distract him from making the designs he needs. His arm around him, Leonardo lightly assures Ezio that women would ''"provide little distraction"'' to his work, to which Ezio replies, ''"Wait, I don't get it."'' This is a reference to the widely-held belief that the real-life da Vinci was homosexual.<br />
*While exploring the [[Pythagorian Temple]], Ezio and Leonardo have a quick conversation about Leonardo's assisstant Gian Giacomo Caprotti, Salai. When Ezio says Salai is safe in hiding, Leonardo says that he is happy, then quickly clarifies that he's happy about Salai not wasting his money. Ezio then laughingly remarks that it's okay and he approves of them saying "he fits you." Leonardo is dumbstruck and speechless. This conversation shows that Leonardo and Salai are lovers and Ezio knows.<br />
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===Others===<br />
*In ''Assassin's Creed II'', the only time the player can explore Leonardo's Workshop is in [[Ace Up My Sleeve]].<br />
*In one of Ezio Auditore's [[Cristina Memories]] in Venice, Leonardo tells Ezio that [[Cristina Vespucci|Cristina]] was attending Carnevale; even hinting that they might be close, despite Leonardo having nothing to do with Cristina in the rest of the story.<br />
*In the [[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (novel)|novel for ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'']], Leonardo is invited to join the Brotherhood. However, he declines, saying that though he will always support their goals, he is on a different path, one that is solitary.<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery widths="150" captionalign="left"><br />
Leonardoartwork1.jpg|Leonardo's concept art.<br />
Leo.JPG|In-game ''Assassin's Creed II'' model.<br />
Leonardo_workshop.jpg|Leonardo's workshop.<br />
Leonardo's_Flying_machine_Design.jpg|Flying machine.<br />
Armored_car.jpg|Tank.<br />
Gun_l.jpg|12-barelled gun.<br />
</gallery><br />
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