Executioner

2010-10-19T09:03:32Z

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[[File:The_Executioner.jpg|thumb|Executioner]][[File:Axe.jpg|thumb|left|Axe]]{{Template:Quote
|A natural ally for the Borgia, Il Carnefice kills to the roar of an approving crowd.
|Ubisoft Description
}}

The '''Executioner''' (alias: '''Il Carnefice''') is a multiplayer character in ''[[Assassin's Creed Brotherhood|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''. The Executioner uses a sharp [[Axe|axe]] as his primary weapon. The [[Templar]] Cross is clearly visible upon his axe. It has been revealed by [[Ubisoft]] that he will make an appearance in the single-player mode of ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' (along with other multiplayer characters) as the first of Ezio's assassination targets, having apparently raped and hanged a Roman citizen's wife. The Executioner is considered the 'tough' characters in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, however his throne may be stolen by an uncomfirmed mulitplayer character whose name isn't known.

==Unique moves==
[[File:Bodysmash.png|thumb|left|250px|The Body Smash in action.]]
===Culling Blade===
The Executioner grabs his target from behind and pulls the victim down to his/her knees, while holding the victim with a firm grip, he raises his axe above his head and digs it into the victim's back with force.

===Body Smash===
The Executioner sneaks behind his target and grabs him/her from the side of his body, he then lifts the victim into the air and smashes the victim into the ground, head-first. The victim's weight will be pushed to the back of the neck and the weight will be too heavy for the neckbone, thus snapping the bone. This can be performed from the front as well.
[[Category:Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Multiplayer Characters]]

Cesare Borgia

2010-10-19T06:47:54Z

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|name = Cesare Borgia
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|birth = 13 September 1475<br>[[Rome]], [[Italy]]
|death = 12 March 1507 (aged 31)<br>[[wikipedia:Viana|Viana]], [[Spain]]
|period = Italian [[Renaissance]] (15<sup>th</sup> century)
|faction = *[[Templars]]
**[[House of Borgia]]
*[[Papacy]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
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{{Quote|Ezio Auditore. Brave of you to stand alone against me, but also quite foolish... |Cesare Borgia, 1503.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood}}

'''Cesare Borgia''' (13 September 1475 - 12 March 1507) was the son of [[Rodrigo Borgia]] and an arch-nemesis of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]. Like his father, he was a member of the [[Templars|Templar Order]]. Eventually, he became the commander of the [[Papacy|Papal]] army and a leader in the Templar Order.

==Biography==
===Early life===
Cesare Borgia was born in [[Rome]] in 1475, to Rodrigo Borgia, the [[Grand Master of the Templar Order]], and his long-term mistress [[wikipedia:Vannozza dei Cattanei|Vannozza dei Cattanei]]. He was one of [[Lucrezia Borgia]]'s brothers.

===Becoming a Templar leader===
In 1496, when his father waged war with the Orsini Family to seize their territory, Cesare joined the battle. Among the enemy's ranks was [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]], in secret an [[Assassin]]. When Bartolomeo's resources were down to three fortresses, Cesare cut off his supplies. When it looked like victory was near, Carlo Orsini arrived with his army and joined Bartolomeo, even wounding Cesare in the face.<ref name="Assassin's Creed II">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

His father placed the fate of the Templars in his brother [[Giovanni Borgia|Giovanni]]'s hands. Cesare, tasting power, killed his own brother in 1497.<ref name="Who is Cesare Borgia?">[http://assassinscreed.uk.ubi.com/brotherhood/news/12152.html ''Assassin's Creed Brotherhood'' Dev Blog - Fourth Entry: ''"Who is Cesare Borgia?"'']</ref>

===Siege of Monteriggioni===
{{Quote|I know you're there, Ezio! The Pope told me about you and your little group of [[Assassins]]! And [[First Apple|this]]!|Cesare Borgia to Ezio Auditore, 1499.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood}}
In 1499, Cesare, who had been brought up in the Templar ways, lead [[Siege of Monteriggioni|an assault]] on [[Monteriggioni]], headquarters of the Assassins in Italy in order to eliminate the [[Master Assassin]] Ezio Auditore da Firenze. Besieging the city, Cesare's forces overwhelmed the city's defenders and handed to him [[Mario Auditore]] and [[Caterina Sforza]]. Standing at the city gates, the [[First Apple|Apple of Eden]] in his hand, Cesare 'invited' Ezio to come and face him in [[Rome]] with a shot of his firearm that killed Mario. Ezio was then shot down and wounded by a team of [[arquebusier]]s and the battle was won. With Monteriggioni in ruins, Cesare returned to Rome with his prize.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

===War in Rome===
By 1500, Cesare had Rome under his iron fist, as he was commander of the Papal army. He used [[Borgia towers]] to keep control over the five districts of Rome. In 1502, [[Leonardo da Vinci]] was forced into service for the Borgia against his will. Cesare made Leonardo build the [[armored car|armored tank]] and another [[Flying Machine|flying machine]], but both of Leonardo's creations were stolen and destroyed by Ezio Auditore, in secret at Leonardo's own behest. In 1503, Cesare and his father Rodrigo paraded through Rome in the Papal parade, but were ambushed by Ezio and his apprentices.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

==Siege of Viana==
Cesare travelled to Viana, [[Spain]] to try and commandeer the King of Navarre's, his brother-in-law, vast army, only to die during the siege against the castle, and he would be buried there. <ref>http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=270248</ref> (Historically he actually entered that king's service.) In ''Brotherhood'' it is likely that Ezio killed him there, based on the storyline trailer, but the exact circumstances are unrevealed.

==Trivia==
[[File:Cesare Borgia-Brotherhood-1.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Cesare Borgia, 1503.]]
*Historically, it is said that [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] greatly admired Cesare.
*Cesare's comments about bloodshed and the need for cleansing may highlight the origin of the name [[Abstergo]] being adopted by the Templars, which is Latin for "I cleanse".
*It has been confirmed from the Brotherhood storyline trailer that the Siege of Viana will appear in the game.
*Cesare shows some respect towards Ezio as seen in the Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood - The Story Trailer.

==References==
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