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Uberto Alberti

2010-01-26T06:34:37Z

98.154.209.149: /* Assassin's Creed II */

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Uberto Alberti
|image = Zw-ubertoalberti.png
|faction = [[Templars]]
|appear = [[Assassin's Creed II]]
|period = Italian Renaissance (15th century)
|voice = [[Michel Perron]]
}}
{{quote|You, and your collaborators, are sentenced to DEATH!|Uberto Alberti}}
'''Uberto Alberti''' (1416-1476) was a family friend of the Auditores and [[Lorenzo de' Medici|Lorenzo de' Medici's]] ally during the time of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'', but betrayed them by issuing an arrest on [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni]], [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]], [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze|Petruccio]] and [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]] (though he escapes it) by order of [[Rodrigo Borgia]]. He is also Ezio's first assassination target in the game. He is portrayed by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0674837/ Michel Perron] in both ''Assassin's Creed II'' and ''Lineage'' (casted as "Umberto Alberti" in the film). His family was evicted by the Medici bank and ached for revenge. He was given the opportunity by the [[Knights Templar|Templars]]. He is also considered one of the greatest lawyers in the Italian Renaissance, even though he had no formal education in Law, due to the fact that he was self-taught.

==Biography==
===''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''===
[[File:Uberto Alberti along with Lorenze de medici and Giovanni.jpg|thumb|left|Uberto Alberti in the front, along with Lorenzo de Medici and Giovanni]]
Uberto aids both Giovanni and Lorenzo by giving them advice, but when Giovanni discovers possible evidence of the Templar's plans, Uberto gets rid of it, revealing his true allegiance.

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===''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''===
[[File:Uberto Alberti.png|thumb|left|Uberti at Florence]]
Ezio meets Uberto for the first time in Giovanni's office conversing about something urgent, though Ezio is dismissed by his father before he can understand what they were talking about. Soon, Giovanni sends Ezio with a letter containing evidence that he must give to Uberto. Ezio does as his father asks, swiftly making it to Uberto's house (where Rodrigo is currently at). Uberto immediately knows what's in the envelope and asks Ezio if he would like to stay at his house, though Ezio declines. Soon after receiving the letter, Uberto accuses Giovanni, Federico, Petruccio and Ezio (though he escapes because of his errands) of treason. At the day of the execution, Giovanni reminds Uberto of evidence given to him by Ezio that proves his family innocent, but much to his surprise, Uberto claims that he doesn't know what he is talking about, sentencing the three to death. With the sight of their deaths, Ezio runs up to the front the stage claiming that he will kill Uberto for what he has done, but a Brute Guard disarms Ezio before he could get close enough. Escaping the guards, Ezio heads for [[Paola]], leader of the courtesans, who is watching his mother and sister. After a few days of training Ezio, Paola tracks down Uberto for Ezio's vengeance. Ezio follows Alberti to the Santa Croce cloister where he is attending an art exhibition of Maestro Verrochio"s work. He is seen speaking with [[Lorenzo de' Medici]] about the executions and insults Lorenzo. After Ezio dispatches the guards watching the courtyard of the Santa Croce, he sees Uberto speaking with various attending nobles who are congratulating him for the executions. Afterwards, he sees Ezio approaching but, before he can call the guards, Ezio brutally kills Uberto with his hidden blade, stabbing him 5 times in the chest. Avenging his father and brothers, Ezio proclaims to everyone in the courtyard that the Auditore have returned.

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==Final Words==
[[Video:Assassin's Creed 2 - Targets: Uberto Alberti 2/9|thumb|300px|right|Uberto Alberti database video.]]
'''Uberto:''' ''You...(if left alive for a few moments he will call for the guards)''

(Uberto is stabbed in the chest several times)

'''Uberto:''' ''You would have done the same. To save the ones you love...''

'''Ezio:''' ''Yes...I would. And I have!''

==Trivia==
*Uberto saved the Templars from many close calls by destroying evidence of their conspiracy and hindering their enemies' progress
*It should be noted that Ezio assassinates Alberti in a rather "sloppy" manner when you consider that he does so by stabbing the man with the hidden blade at least six or seven times on the chest, rather than plunging the blade into his target's throat, which is the traditional assassination technique used by other assassins, including his ancestor Altair. Of course, this could be easily explained and understandable to most, since it is Ezio's first time tracking down an assassination target, and he has not been trained extensively by that point or he is simply venting his fury on the man who destroyed his family.
*According to the Animus database's filter, Uberto is not a Templar (while plotting with them). However, when viewing the portraits of Ezio's victims in his room of the Villa Auditore, Uberto's portrait says he IS a Templar.
*The reason why guards tried to take only the boys of the Auditore family could be so that they could no longer conventionally carry on their family name, quite effectively wiping out the Auditore.
[[Category:Assassin's Creed II Assassination Targets|Alberti, Uberto]]
[[Category:Templars|Alberti, Uberto]]

Marco Barbarigo

2010-01-26T06:33:57Z

98.154.209.149:

{{Era|AC2|Characters|Templars}}
{{Character Infobox
|name = Marco Barbarigo
|image = Zw-marco-and-dante.png
|imgdesc = Marco Barbarigo (left) in the Animus Database.
|faction = Barbarigo family, [[Templars]]
|appear = [[Assassin's Creed II]]
|period = Italian Renaissance (15th century)
|voice = Tony Robinow
}}

[[File:Marcobarbarigo.png|thumb|left|Marco meets with other Templars in Venice.]]
'''Marco Barbarigo''' (1413-1485) was the cousin of [[Silvio Barbarigo]], the older brother of [[Agostino Barbarigo]] and secretly a [[Templar]]. He belongs to a rich and powerful family. A tyrant since a young age Marco was used to getting whatever he wanted.

Marco's wife, Carlotta, was previously married to his personal bodyguard and close friend [[Dante Moro]]. Marco orchestrated an attempt on Dante's life, which failed to kill him, but lead to brain damage, leaving Dante Moro with the mind of a child. Now with the mind of a child. Later, Marco had Dante annul the marriage and kept him as his personal slave.

== Assassins Creed 2 ==
Marco and Dante are first seen at a meeting in Venice with Silvio and [[Carlo Grimaldi]]. The meeting oddly takes place outside in broad daylight where anyone can hear and follow them (they are walking all over Venice). Marco also informs Silvio and Carlo of his cousin [[Emilio Barbarigo|Emilio's]] death at [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]]'s hands. They are followed by Ezio throughout the entire meeting (unknowingly to them). They plot to kill the current Doge so that Marco can take his place and take control of the Venetian fleets. Their plan works as the Doge is poisoned and dies shortly afterward. A few years later Ezio returns to Venice to kill Marco where it is learned that he never leaves the palace for any such reason at all except during Carnival (which coincidently starts the same day Ezio returned to Venice). After completing the games and getting the Golden mask he is seen on a barge making a speech and is killed by Ezio with the hidden gun.

== Final Words ==
'''Marco:''' No, it's too soon. I'm not ready.

'''Ezio:''' We rarely are.'' Che la morte non sia crudele.'' (Death be not unkind.) ''Requiescat in pace. ''(Rest in peace.)
[[Video:Assassin's Creed 2 - Targets: Marco Barbarigo and Dante Moro 4/9|thumb|300px|left|Database entry.]]

==Trivia==
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'', Marco Barbarigo is portrayed by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0284804/ Frank Fontaine] who is 90 years old.

[[File:Marcolineage.png|thumb|Marco talking to his messenger in ''Lineage''.]]

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[[Category:Assassin's Creed II Assassination Targets|Barbarigo, Marco]]
[[Category:Templars|Barbarigo, Marco]]

Carlo Grimaldi

2010-01-26T06:32:37Z

98.154.209.149:

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Carlo Grimaldi
|image = Zw-carlogrimaldi.png
|imgdesc = Carlo Grimaldi in the Animus Database
|faction = [[Templars]]
|appear = [[Assassin's Creed II]]
|period = Italian Renaissance (15th century)
|voice = Roc LaFortune
}}
[[File:Carlogrimaldi.png|thumb|left|Carlo in Venice.]]'''Carlo Grimaldi''' (1445-1485) was a Templar and a government official. He was close to Doge Mocenigo of Venice and plotted to kill him. He was also a member of the Council Of Ten.

Carlo craved political power, and knew the Doge of Venice very well. Emerging from his palace in Monaco he used this to his advantage, and had heard that the Doge's daughter was in love with a servant but her father would not allow it. Carlo told them to escape on a boat that very night. When they arrived at the boat, they found Carlo waiting for them with a few guards and the Doge himself. The servant was killed and the Doge trusted Carlo enough to allow him into the Council Of Ten.

Carlo is first seen meeting with [[Emilio Barbarigo]] in the Palazzo della Seta and informing him of Ezio's arrival in Venice. He also informs Emilio of a meeting in Campo San Stefano later with other Templars. He leaves just before Emilio is assassinated. He is next seen in Venice meeting with [[Marco Barbarigo]], [[Dante Moro]], [[Silvio Barbarigo]], and [[Rodrigo Borgia]] as they plot to poison the Doge so Marco can replace him. He doesn't seem to trust or like Silvio very much.

Carlo is later encountered in the Palazzo Ducale (Doge's palace), prior to [[Ezio Auditore]]'s arrival via [[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s Flying Machine, where he is playing chess with the Doge after hearing a commotion outside the Palace. Ezio rushes in only to realize that it was too late, the Doge has been poisoned. Carlo blames Ezio and runs out of the room, yelling to the guards that Ezio killed the Doge. Ezio pursues him and assassinates him in the courtyard.

== Final Words ==
'''Ezio:''' It takes one Assassin to kill another, it seems.

'''Carlo:''' We kill thinking it's best for us, do we not, Messer Ezio?

'''Ezio:''' I do this not for myself. ''Compio questo sacrificio per il bene superiore''. (I make this sacrifice for the greater good.) ''Requiescat in Pace''. (Rest in peace)
[[Video:Assassin's Creed 2 - Targets: Carlo Grimaldi 5/9|thumb|300px|left|]]

==Trivia==
*The fictional character Carlo comes from the real [[wikipedia:House of Grimaldi|House of Grimaldi]] which still rules over Monaco today.
*According to the Animus database's filter, Carlo is not a Templar (while ploting with them). However, when viewing the portraits of Ezio's victims in his room of the Villa Auditore, Carlo's portrait says he IS a Templar.
*Carlo's death was featured in the E3 demo, but greatly differed from the one in the released game. Carlo's assassination was during Carnevale, instead of Marco Barbarigo's assassination. The death of Doge of Venice was also excluded and an extra scene with Carlo and a guard was added; the guard running to Carlo, screaming about Ezio's flying machine, with Carlo replying, "Coward! The Devil is not the one you need to fear," before stabbing the guard in the chest, "Tell him hello for me! I know you're here, assassin! show yourself, or are you afraid?"

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[[Category:Assassin's Creed II Assassination Targets|Grimaldi, Carlo]]
[[Category:Templars|Grimaldi, Carlo]]

Marco Barbarigo

2010-01-26T06:30:03Z

98.154.209.149: /* Assassins Creed 2 */

{{Era|AC2|Characters|Templars}}
{{Character Infobox
|name = Marco Barbarigo
|image = Zw-marco-and-dante.png
|imgdesc = Marco Barbarigo (left) in the Animus Database.
|faction = Barbarigo family, [[Templars]]
|appear = [[Assassin's Creed II]]
|period = Italian Renaissance (15th century)
|voice = Tony Robinow
}}

[[File:Marcobarbarigo.png|thumb|left|Marco meets with other Templars in Venice.]]
'''Marco Barbarigo''' (1413-1485) was the cousin of [[Silvio Barbarigo]], the older brother of [[Agostino Barbarigo]] and secretly a [[Templar]]. He belongs to a rich and powerful family. A tyrant since a young age Marco was used to getting whatever he wanted.

Marco's wife, Carlotta, was previously married to his personal bodyguard and close friend [[Dante Moro]]. Marco orchestrated an attempt on Dante's life, which failed to kill him, but leads to brain damage. Now with the mind of a child, Marco had Dante annul the marriage and is kept as Marco's personal slave.

== Assassins Creed 2 ==
Marco and Dante are first seen at a meeting in Venice with Silvio and [[Carlo Grimaldi]]. The meeting oddly takes place outside in broad daylight where anyone can hear and follow them (they are walking all over Venice). Marco also informs Silvio and Carlo of his cousin [[Emilio Barbarigo|Emilio's]] death at [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]]'s hands. They are followed by Ezio throughout the entire meeting (unknowingly to them). They plot to kill the current Doge so that Marco can take his place and take control of the Venetian fleets. Their plan works as the Doge is poisoned and dies shortly afterward. A few years later Ezio returns to Venice to kill Marco where it is learned that he never leaves the palace for any such reason at all except during Carnival (which coincidently starts the same day Ezio returned to Venice). After completing the games and getting the Golden mask he is seen on a barge making a speech and is killed by Ezio with the hidden gun.

== Final Words ==
'''Marco:''' No, it's too soon. I'm not ready.

'''Ezio:''' We rarely are.'' Che la morte non sia crudele.'' (Death be not unkind.) ''Requiescat in pace. ''(Rest in peace.)
[[Video:Assassin's Creed 2 - Targets: Marco Barbarigo and Dante Moro 4/9|thumb|300px|left|Database entry.]]

==Trivia==
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'', Marco Barbarigo is portrayed by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0284804/ Frank Fontaine] who is 90 years old.

[[File:Marcolineage.png|thumb|Marco talking to his messenger in ''Lineage''.]]

{{ACII}}
[[Category:Assassin's Creed II Assassination Targets|Barbarigo, Marco]]
[[Category:Templars|Barbarigo, Marco]]

Ezio Auditore da Firenze

2009-12-19T04:21:00Z

98.154.209.149: /* Plot */

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{{Character Infobox
|name =Ezio Auditore da Firenze
|status =Alive
|image =Ezio.jpg|250|
|imgdesc =Full Portrait of Ezio with his Hidden Blades revealed.
|faction =[[Assassins]]
|appear =''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|period =Italian Renaissance (15th Century)
|voice =[[Roger Craig Smith]]
}} {{quote
|1 = Nulla è reale, tutto è lecito. Requiescat in Pace.
|2 = Nothing is true, everything is permitted. Rest in Peace.
}} '''Ezio Auditore da Firenze''' (1459 - ?) is the protagonist of ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed II: Discovery]]''. He is an ancestor of [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]] and a descendant of [[Altaïr]], as well as being the latest known link between the lineages of Subject 16 and that of Desmond.

==Character Biography==
=== ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'' ===

[[File:Eziolineagechess.png|thumb|left|Ezio portrayed by [[wikipedia:Devon Bostick|Devon Bostick]].]]
'''Ezio Auditore da Firenze''', is a young member of the Florentine Nobility and the second son of [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni Auditore]], an [[Assassin]]. He is ignorant to his father's true profession, and his hereditary duties. He has slight skills at playing chess, and he is "learning fast" according to his mother (though he lost against his older brother, [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]]).

=== ''[[Assassin's Creed II|Plot]]'' ===

Ezio Auditore da Firenze's story begins moments after he exits the womb of his mother, [[Maria Auditore]]. Originally it seemed like Ezio was a stillborn, but after his father arrives the newborn begins to move his limbs and cry. Giovanni Auditore, his father, welcomes Ezio into the world and bestows his name upon him. We rejoin Ezio years later during a rousing pre-fight speech, addressing his friends. Ezio is holding one side of a bridge against [[Vieri Di Pazzi]] and his men, whom insult the [http:///index.php?title=House_of_Auditore&action=edit&redlink=1 House of Auditore], and Ezio's mother and father personally. Reprimanded gently by his elder brother, Federico and his father, Ezio becomes more involved with his family's affairs. He would then sleep with [[Cristina Vespucci]] that night. His father, Giovanni, and another man, [[Uberto Alberti]] are discussing secret matters that Ezio can't make sense of, but seem urgent. Eventually, guards raid Palazzo Auditore and arrest Giovanni, Federico, and Petruccio, leaving just Maria and Claudia at the home. Ezio delivers evidence that can prove his family's innocence to Uberto, who promises to defend them at the hearing. But it turns out Uberto is a traitor who destroyed the evidence and sentenced the three Auditore men to death. Swearing vengeance, Ezio is forced to hide his mother and sister and learn the ways of the Assassin. He is first taught stealth by Paola of the [[:File:Zw-ezio-altair-statue-2.png|Courtesans]], mainly in survival in the streets. After assassinating Uberto, apparently a city official in charge of the law, Ezio balances his life between assassinations and protecting his sister and mother, who refuses to speak after Ezio's father and brothers were murdered. Now wanted in Florence, Ezio flees Florence to Tuscany with his family to the Auditore villa. He meets up with Uncle Mario, whose mercenaries save his family from an attack by Vieri and his men. He is taught basic combat, by his [[Mario Auditore da Firenze|Uncle Mario]], of the [[Mercenary]] faction and agrees to continue his father's work as an Assassin.

For the next 23 years, Ezio works as an Assassin, killing off the Templars responsible for the murder of his father and brothers. Rodrigo Borgia, the leader of the Templars, starts to become aware of his movements, and attempts to safeguard the other Templars. However, all of them die by Ezio's hands. Two of Ezio's last targets, Silvio Barbarigo and Dante Moro, reveal that he and the rest of the Templars were going to sail away. When Ezio asks Silvio where they were planning to sail to, Silvio refuses and dies. Dante Moro reveals that they were planning to sail to Cyprus and was going to tell Ezio why, but he dies before he can finish his statement. Later on, Leonardo da Vinci informs Ezio that one of the Codex Pages reveal that only the Prophet can open the Vault. Ezio finally learns that Rodrigo Borgia arrived at Venice and was receiving a package from Cyprus. He believed that Rodrigo was expecting the arrival from the prophet and tries to find a way to infiltrate and prove Rodrigo wrong. Ezio assassinates the deliverer and dresses in his armor. He is able to infiltrate the delivery, and tells Rodrigo that the Prophet does not exist. Rodrigo laughs and tells Ezio that he, Rodrigo Borgia, was the Prophet. Ezio fights Rodrigo and many other guards for the package. All of Ezio's past allies arrive and reveal that they are Assassins as well. After defeating Borgia, he flees the area and the Assassins tell Ezio that Rodrigo is not the prophet, but that Ezio may be the prophet. Ezio is officially initiated into the Assassins Order that night.

At the end of the game, Ezio travels to Rome to assassinate Rodrigo Borgia, who has now become the Pope, the most powerful man in all of Italy, if not all of Europe. Ezio traverses through the walls and towers of Rome and eventually reaches the Sistine Chapel, where he seemingly assassinates Borgia without being seen. To Ezio's suprise, Borgia arises with the Staff and attempts to kill Ezio and everyone else in the chapel with the Staff. Ezio had the Apple, and was able to resist the Staff's power. A surprised Borgia taunts Ezio and challenges him to a duel. Summoning four clones, Ezio duels Borgia. It appears that Ezio defeats Borgia, but Borgia uses the Staff to turn himself invisible and takes the Apple from Ezio. Borgia then lifts Ezio in the air with the Staff and stabs him, but Ezio was able to survive and using his Eagle Vision, he finds and faces Borgia one last time. The two fist fight, and Ezio emerges victorious, and uses the Staff and the Apple to access the Vault. Inside the Vault, he is greeted by a 'goddess' who identifies herself as Minerva. She explains to Ezio the true history of humanity and her race and warns that humanity is 'due for a second round'. Strangely though, she seems to be talking to another person, even though only Ezio is in the room. When Ezio asks her this, she admits that she does not wish to speak to Ezio but through him, as he is the Prophet. At the end of her speech, she says, "The rest is up to you... Desmond." A confused Ezio demands to know who Desmond is, but Minerva disappears and Ezio's story ends there.

===Assassin's Creed II: Discovery===
Sometime in late 1491, [[Antonio]] asks Ezio to pay him a visit. When Ezio arrives, Antonio is accompanied by man named [[Luis Santangel]]. Luis asks if Ezio will protect his friend, [[Christoffa Corombo]] (Christopher Columbus), who is currently on his way to meeting with Rodrigo Borgia. Seeing this an opportunity to kill Borgia himself, Ezio agrees. But Borgia is a no-show and has sent one of his own agents to the meeting to murder Christoffa. Ezio halts the attack just in time and is quickly entangled in a Templar plot to steal a mysterious atlas from Christoffa. With this atlas the Templars hope to establish a secret trade route to the Orient ... or so their cover story goes. Ezio travels to Spain to find out the Templars' new plans and to rescue a number of Assassins imprisoned by the Inquisition.

== Background ==
[[File:QuickTimePlayer 2009-09-25 19-22-34-26.png|thumb|left|286px|Young Ezio being approached by a guard (a Brute) after protesting at his fathers and brothers execution.]]

Ezio is a young [[Florence |Florentine]] nobleman who lives during the 15th and 16th century. Unlike Altaïr, he is a seducer, and easily blends with any social class. He comes from an affluent background and has many friends until a life-changing event, wherein he and his family are betrayed, victims of a conspiracy that takes his [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|father]]'s, [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|elder brother]]'s, and[[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze| younger brother's]] lives. Forced to protect his [[Maria de' Mozzi |mother]] and his [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze |sister Claudia]], his remaining family, he becomes an [[Assassin]], exacting vengeance on the conspirators who betrayed his family, his first victim, the [[Uberto Alberti |one who sentenced his father's and brothers' public execution]], [[Uberto Alberti]]. From that day on, Ezio and the rest of the Auditore family are considered criminals and traitors, and he flees Florence to the safety of his [[Auditore Family Villa |ancestral home]] in the Tuscan countryside. Ezio is helped not only by his uncle [[Mario Auditore da Firenze|Mario]], but also Leonardo da Vinci, who becomes his best friend and his personal engineer, as well as [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], [[Lorenzo the Magnificent |Lorenzo de' Medici]] and other famous Renaissance figures.

[[File:Ezio and Lorenzo.jpg|thumb|Ezio conversing with Lorenzo de Medici]]
Ezio will travel across Italy to various locations like [[Venice]], [[Tuscany]] and [[Rome]]. In ''Assassin's Creed II'', all players will live approximately 23 years of his life from when he was 17 years old (a Novice), to 40 years old (a Master Assassin), or 1476 to 1499.

After he returns from Spain, he sealed his piece of Eden under the statue of Altair at the Villa. It is also speculated that Ezio does in fact have the ability to live forever due to the Staff's powers. Another popular rumor is that Ezio meets Altair at least once through out his life.

== Equipment and Skills==

[[File:Iexplore_2009-09-25_20-01-09-16.png|thumb|left|300px|Ezio assassinating two guards at once with the Dual-Hidden Blades.]]
Ezio Auditore da Firenze is a highly skilled assassin (when a Master Assassin) equaled only by his ancestor [[Altair]] . He is so skilled that to several fields of combat (fistfighting, hidden blades combat etc)  and free-running. He is able to use a variety of weapons including two [[Hidden Blade|hidden blades]], allowing him to assassinate two enemies simultaneously. Combat is also available with the hidden blade, as when countering an enemy, Ezio will kill the enemy, whether by stabbing repeatedly in the chest/stomach, or stabbing in the head. He can also steal (and use) several enemy weapons such as axes, hammers, maces, spears, halberds and two different sword types (one and two-handed). Ezio is also able to use Leonard Da Vinci's flying machine in some parts of the game, gaining altitude from bonfires set throughout the city by his allies. Ezio will gain many upgrades from Da Vinci on his wrist gauntlet like a wheel lock firearm concealed near his left hidden blade, and a poison needle inside one other hidden blade. Ezio possesses the ability to use [[Eagle Vision]] while moving. He can visit Blacksmiths to purchase weapons and armors including Helmschmeid and Metal Plate, or tailors to customize the colors of his clothing. After obtaining all six seals from hidden Assassin's Tombs, Ezio can open the locked gate to [[Altair's Armor]] inside the Villa Monteriggioni, created by Altair after the defeat of Al-Mualim. It is easily the best armor available in the game, giving much more health and resistance points than any prior suit or piece, and it is unbreakable.

The Codex pieces alludes to the possibility of the armor being forged from, or including parts of, the Golden Fleece - which could be a Piece of Eden. Considering that the armor is unbreakable, this is likely. The Sword of Altair can also be bought from the Monteriggioni blacksmith any time after the 8th Sequence.

==Trivia==

[[File:Zw-ezioauditore.png|thumb|right|Ezio's database picture]]
* The Italian name 'Ezio' derives from the Greek word 'Aetos', which means "Eagle", similar to Altaïr whose name means "The Flying One".
* Unlike Altaïr (who had his ring finger removed as a commitment to make way for the [[Hidden Blade]]), Ezio has all ten fingers. A modification to the Hidden Blade made sometime after Altaïr defeated Al-Mualim spared Ezio's left ring finger. Leonardo Da Vinci deciphers a Codex Page written by Altaïr on which said modification was illustrated. Instead of said removal of the ring finger, Assassins now have a mark burned into the ring finger as a sign of their lineage.
* It is stated in the Philosophical Codex that after Altaïr defeated Al-Mualim at the end of the first ''Assassin's Creed'' and became the leader, the Assassins were forced to realize the scope of their fight against the Templars, and had to abandon many of their traditions: like the removal of the ring finger or the ban on using poison, in order to survive.
* Ezio uses a wheel lock firearm, a type of weapon that Europe didn't start developing until the very late 1400's and early 1500's, sometime during the Italian Renaissance, making this weapon most likely one of the very first of its type to appear in Europe. Thus, many in-game citizens do not know what the weapon is. The earliest firearms were single shot and took time to reload, so will most likely be only used as a last resort weapon. Leonardo Da Vinci didn't create the firearm mentioned, but found instructions to make one from a Codex page, meaning Altaïr was the one who invented the Hidden Gun. Through knowledge gained from the Apple of Eden. Also note that Da Vinci created some of the first modern wheel lock pistols, so this could be a shortened version of one.
* Ezio's face in ''Assassin's Creed II'' seems to be a mixture of Desmond's ([[wikipedia:Francisco Randez|Francisco Randez]]) and Devon Bostick's from ''Lineage'' .
* It would appear as though Ezio is unaware that he of his lineage to Assassins or that he is a descendant of Altaïr, despite learning about Altaïr in Monteriggioni and what kind of assassin he was, he never truly understands why he is such a successful assassin himself.
* Ezio is 40 years old in 1499 (15 years older than Altaïr's age in 1191); the same age as his father when his father died in 1476.
* If you move the camera to a certain angle in the game, Ezio's face has barely aged, except for the beard, even if you played through 20 plus years of his life. His voice does deepen and mature through time, though.
* It seems that his father's [[Hidden Blade]] has survived over almost 500 years (from 1499 to 2012) since [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]] is seen using a similar looking one at the end of the [[Assassin's Creed II|game]].
* The scar on Ezio's mouth was acquired after the mission "Boys Will Be Boys", when Vieri De Pazzi threw the rock at his face during the first memory sequence
* If you look at Desmond's face and Ezio's, they have an identical scar on their mouths(this also applies to [[Altair]]).

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[[Category:Assassin's Creed II Characters|Auditore da Firenze, Ezio]]
[[Category:Assassins|Auditore da Firenze, Ezio]]
[[Category:Descendant of Altaïr|Auditore da Firenze, Ezio]]

Ezio Auditore da Firenze

2009-12-18T22:17:00Z

98.154.209.149: /* Plot */

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{{Character Infobox
|name =Ezio Auditore da Firenze
|status =Alive
|image =Ezio.jpg|250|
|imgdesc =Full Portrait of Ezio with his Hidden Blades revealed.
|faction =[[Assassins]]
|appear =''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|period =Italian Renaissance (15th Century)
|voice =[[Roger Craig Smith]]
}} {{quote
|1 = Nulla è reale, tutto è lecito.
|2 = Nothing is true, everything is permitted.
}} '''Ezio Auditore da Firenze''' (1459 - ?) is the protagonist of ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed II: Discovery]]''. He is an ancestor of [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]] and a descendant of [[Altaïr]], as well as being the latest known link between the lineages of Subject 16 and that of Desmond.

==Character Biography==
=== ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'' ===

[[File:Eziolineagechess.png|thumb|left|Ezio portrayed by [[wikipedia:Devon Bostick|Devon Bostick]].]]
'''Ezio Auditore da Firenze''', is a young member of the Florentine Nobility and the second son of [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni Auditore]], an [[Assassin]]. He is ignorant to his father's true profession, and his hereditary duties. He has slight skills at playing chess, and he is "learning fast" according to his mother (though he lost against his older brother, [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]]).

=== ''[[Assassin's Creed II|Plot]]'' ===

Ezio Auditore da Firenze's story begins moments after he exits the womb of his mother, [[Maria Auditore]]. Originally it seemed like Ezio was a stillborn, but after his father arrives the newborn begins to move his limbs and cry. Giovanni Auditore, his father, welcomes Ezio into the world and bestows his name upon him. We rejoin Ezio years later during a rousing pre-fight speech, addressing his friends. Ezio is holding one side of a bridge against [[Vieri Di Pazzi]] and his men, whom insult the [http:///index.php?title=House_of_Auditore&action=edit&redlink=1 House of Auditore], and Ezio's mother and father personally. Reprimanded gently by his elder brother, Federico and his father, Ezio becomes more involved with his family's affairs. He would then sleep with [[Cristina Vespucci]] that night. His father, Giovanni, and another man, [[Uberto Alberti]] are discussing secret matters that Ezio can't make sense of, but seem urgent. Eventually, guards raid Plazzo Auditore and arrest Giovanni, Federico, and Petruccio, leaving just Maria and Claudia at the home. Ezio delivers evidence that can prove his family's innocence to Uberto, who promises to defend them at the hearing. But it turns out Uberto is a traitor who destroyed the evidence and sentenced the three Auditore men to death. Swearing vengeance, Ezio has to hide his mother and sister and learn the ways of the Assassin. He is first taught stealth by Paola of the [[:File:Zw-ezio-altair-statue-2.png|Courtesans]], mainly in survival in the streets. After assassinating Uberto, apparently a city official in charge of the law, Ezio balances his life between assassinations and protecting his sister and mother, who refuses to speak after Ezio's father and brothers were murdered. Now wanted in Florence, Ezio has to flee Florence to Tuscany with his family to the Auditore villa. He meets up with Uncle Mario, whose mercenaries save his family from an attack by Vieri and his men. He is taught basic combat, by his [[Mario Auditore da Firenze|Uncle Mario]], of the [[Mercenary]] faction and agrees to continue his father's work as an Assassin.

For the next 23 years, Ezio works as an Assassin, killing off the Templars responsible for the murder of his father and brothers. Rodrigo Borgia, the leader of the Templars, starts to become aware of his movements, and attempts to safeguard the other Templars. However, all of them die by Ezio's hands. Two of Ezio's last targets, Silvio Barbarigo and Dante Moro, reveal that he and the rest of the Templars were going to sail away. When Ezio asks Silvio where they were planning to sail to, Silvio refuses and dies. Dante Moro reveals that they were planning to sail to Cyprus and was going to tell Ezio why, but he dies before he can finish his statement. Later on, Leonardo da Vinci informs Ezio that one of the Codex Pages reveal that only the Prophet can open the Vault. Ezio finally learns that Rodrigo Borgia arrived at Venice and was receiving a package from Cyprus. He believed that Rodrigo was expecting the arrival from the prophet and tries to find a way to infiltrate and prove Rodrigo wrong. Ezio assassinates the deliverer and dresses in his armor. He is able to infiltrate the delivery, and told Rodrigo that the Prophet does not exist. Rodrigo laughs and tells Ezio that he, Rodrigo Borgia, was the prophet. Ezio fights Rodrigo and many other guards for the package. All of Ezio's past allies arrive and reveal that they are Assassins as well. After defeating Borgia, he flees the area and the Assassins tell Ezio that Rodrigo is not the prophet, but that Ezio may be the prophet. Ezio is officially initiated into the Assassins Order that night.

At the end of the game, Ezio travels to Rome to assassinate Rodrigo Borgia, who has now become the Pope, the most powerful man in all of Italy, if not all of Europe. Ezio traverses through the walls and towers of Rome and eventually reaches the Sistine Chapel, where he seemingly assassinates Borgia without being seen. To Ezio's suprise, Borgia arises with the Staff and attempts to kill Ezio and everyone else in the chapel with the Staff. Ezio had the Apple, and was able to resist the Staff's power. A surprised Borgia taunts Ezio and challenges him to a duel. Summoning four clones, Ezio duels Borgia. It appears that Ezio defeats Borgia, but Borgia uses the Staff to turn himself invisible and takes the Apple from Ezio. Borgia then lifts Ezio in the air with the Staff and stabs him, but Ezio was able to survive and using his Eagle Vision, he finds and faces Borgia one last time. The two fist fight, and Ezio emerges victorious, and uses the Staff and the Apple to access the Vault. Inside the Vault, he is greeted by a 'goddess' who identifies herself as Minerva. She explains to Ezio the true history of humanity and her race and warns that humanity is 'due for a second round'. Strangely though, she seems to be talking to another person, even though only Ezio is in the room. When Ezio asks her this, she admits that she does not wish to speak to Ezio but through him, as he is the Prophet. At the end of her speech, she says, "The rest is up to you... Desmond." A confused Ezio demands to know who Desmond is, but Minerva disappears and Ezio's story ends there.

===Assassin's Creed II: Discovery===
Sometime in late 1491, [[Antonio]] asks Ezio to pay him a visit. When Ezio arrives, Antonio is accompanied by man named [[Luis Santangel]]. Luis asks if Ezio will protect his friend, [[Christoffa Corombo]] (Christopher Columbus), who is currently on his way to meeting with Rodrigo Borgia. Seeing this an opportunity to kill Borgia himself, Ezio agrees. But Borgia is a no-show and has sent one of his own agents to the meeting to murder Christoffa. Ezio halts the attack just in time and is quickly entangled in a Templar plot to steal a mysterious atlas from Christoffa. With this atlas the Templars hope to establish a secret trade route to the Orient ... or so their cover story goes. Ezio travels to Spain to find out the Templars' new plans and to rescue a number of Assassins imprisoned by the Inquisition.

== Background ==
[[File:QuickTimePlayer 2009-09-25 19-22-34-26.png|thumb|left|286px|Young Ezio being approached by a guard (a Brute) after protesting at his fathers and brothers execution.]]

Ezio is a young [[Florence |Florentine]] nobleman who lives during the 15th and 16th century. Unlike Altaïr, he is a seducer, and easily blends with any social class. He comes from an affluent background and has many friends until a life-changing event, wherein he and his family are betrayed, victims of a conspiracy that takes his [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|father]]'s, [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|elder brother]]'s, and[[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze| younger brother's]] lives. Forced to protect his [[Maria de' Mozzi |mother]] and his [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze |sister Claudia]], his remaining family, he becomes an [[Assassin]], exacting vengeance on the conspirators who betrayed his family, his first victim, the [[Uberto Alberti |one who sentenced his father's and brothers' public execution]], [[Uberto Alberti]]. From that day on, Ezio and the rest of the Auditore family are considered criminals and traitors, and he flees Florence to the safety of his [[Auditore Family Villa |ancestral home]] in the Tuscan countryside. Ezio is helped not only by his uncle [[Mario Auditore da Firenze|Mario]], but also Leonardo da Vinci, who becomes his best friend and his personal engineer, as well as [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], [[Lorenzo the Magnificent |Lorenzo de' Medici]] and other famous Renaissance figures.

[[File:Ezio and Lorenzo.jpg|thumb|Ezio conversing with Lorenzo de Medici]]
Ezio will travel across Italy to various locations like [[Venice]], [[Tuscany]] and [[Rome]]. In ''Assassin's Creed II'', all players will live approximately 23 years of his life from when he was 17 years old (a Novice), to 40 years old (a Master Assassin), or 1476 to 1499.

After he returns from Spain, he sealed his piece of Eden under the statue of Altair at the Villa. It is also speculated that Ezio does in fact have the ability to live forever due to the Staff's powers. Another popular rumor is that Ezio meets Altair at least once through out his life.

== Equipment and Skills==

[[File:Iexplore_2009-09-25_20-01-09-16.png|thumb|left|300px|Ezio assassinating two guards at once with the Dual-Hidden Blades.]]
Ezio Auditore da Firenze is a highly skilled assassin (when a Master Assassin) equaled only by his ancestor [[Altair]] . He is so skilled that to several fields of combat (fistfighting, hidden blades combat etc)  and free-running. He is able to use a variety of weapons including two [[Hidden Blade|hidden blades]], allowing him to assassinate two enemies simultaneously. Combat is also available with the hidden blade, as when countering an enemy, Ezio will kill the enemy, whether by stabbing repeatedly in the chest/stomach, or stabbing in the head. He can also steal (and use) several enemy weapons such as axes, hammers, maces, spears, halberds and two different sword types (one and two-handed). Ezio is also able to use Leonard Da Vinci's flying machine in some parts of the game, gaining altitude from bonfires set throughout the city by his allies. Ezio will gain many upgrades from Da Vinci on his wrist gauntlet like a wheel lock firearm concealed near his left hidden blade, and a poison needle inside one other hidden blade. Ezio possesses the ability to use [[Eagle Vision]] while moving. He can visit Blacksmiths to purchase weapons and armors including Helmschmeid and Metal Plate, or tailors to customize the colors of his clothing. After obtaining all six seals from hidden Assassin's Tombs, Ezio can open the locked gate to [[Altair's Armor]] inside the Villa Monteriggioni, created by Altair after the defeat of Al-Mualim. It is easily the best armor available in the game, giving much more health and resistance points than any prior suit or piece, and it is unbreakable.

The Codex pieces alludes to the possibility of the armor being forged from, or including parts of, the Golden Fleece - which could be a Piece of Eden. Considering that the armor is unbreakable, this is likely. The Sword of Altair can also be bought from the Monteriggioni blacksmith any time after the 8th Sequence.

==Trivia==

[[File:Zw-ezioauditore.png|thumb|right|Ezio's database picture]]
* The Italian name 'Ezio' derives from the Greek word 'Aetos', which means "Eagle", similar to Altaïr whose name means "The Flying One".
* Unlike Altaïr (who had his ring finger removed as a commitment to make way for the [[Hidden Blade]]), Ezio has all ten fingers. A modification to the Hidden Blade made sometime after Altaïr defeated Al-Mualim spared Ezio's left ring finger. Leonardo Da Vinci deciphers a Codex Page written by Altaïr on which said modification was illustrated. Instead of said removal of the ring finger, Assassins now have a mark burned into the ring finger as a sign of their lineage.
* It is stated in the Philosophical Codex that after Altaïr defeated Al-Mualim at the end of the first ''Assassin's Creed'' and became the leader, the Assassins were forced to realize the scope of their fight against the Templars, and had to abandon many of their traditions: like the removal of the ring finger or the ban on using poison, in order to survive.
* Ezio uses a wheel lock firearm, a type of weapon that Europe didn't start developing until the very late 1400's and early 1500's, sometime during the Italian Renaissance, making this weapon most likely one of the very first of its type to appear in Europe. Thus, many in-game citizens do not know what the weapon is. The earliest firearms were single shot and took time to reload, so will most likely be only used as a last resort weapon. Leonardo Da Vinci didn't create the firearm mentioned, but found instructions to make one from a Codex page, meaning Altaïr was the one who invented the Hidden Gun. Through knowledge gained from the Apple of Eden. Also note that Da Vinci created some of the first modern wheel lock pistols, so this could be a shortened version of one.
* Ezio's face in ''Assassin's Creed II'' seems to be a mixture of Desmond's ([[wikipedia:Francisco Randez|Francisco Randez]]) and Devon Bostick's from ''Lineage'' .
* It would appear as though Ezio is unaware that he of his lineage to Assassins or that he is a descendant of Altaïr, despite learning about Altaïr in Monteriggioni and what kind of assassin he was, he never truly understands why he is such a successful assassin himself.
* Ezio is 40 years old in 1499 (15 years older than Altaïr's age in 1191); the same age as his father when his father died in 1476.
* If you move the camera to a certain angle in the game, Ezio's face has barely aged, except for the beard, even if you played through 20 plus years of his life. His voice does deepen and mature through time, though.
* It seems that his father's [[Hidden Blade]] has survived over almost 500 years (from 1499 to 2012) since [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]] is seen using a similar looking one at the end of the [[Assassin's Creed II|game]].
* The scar on Ezio's mouth was acquired after the mission "Boys Will Be Boys", when Vieri De Pazzi threw the rock at his face during the first memory sequence
* If you look at Desmond's face and Ezio's, they have an identical scar on their mouths(this also applies to [[Altair]]).
* After Each assassination Ezio says ¨ Nulla è reale, tutto è lecito Requiscat in Pace ¨ (Nothing is true , Everything is permitted . Rest in Peace )

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[[Category:Descendant of Altaïr|Auditore da Firenze, Ezio]]

Ezio Auditore da Firenze

2009-12-16T21:26:52Z

98.154.209.149: /* Plot */

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{{Character Infobox
|name =Ezio Auditore da Firenze
|status =Alive
|image =Ezio.jpg|250|
|imgdesc =Full Portrait of Ezio with his Hidden Blades revealed.
|faction =[[Assassins]]
|appear =''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|period =Italian Renaissance (15th Century)
|voice =[[Roger Craig Smith]]
}} {{quote
|1 = Niente è vero, tutto è permesso.
|2 = Nothing is true, everything is permitted.
}} '''Ezio Auditore da Firenze''' (1459 - ?) is the protagonist of ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed II: Discovery]]''. He is an ancestor of [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]] and a descendant of [[Altaïr]], as well as being the latest known link between the lineages of Subject 16 and that of Desmond.

==Character Biography==
=== ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'' ===

[[File:Eziolineagechess.png|thumb|left|Ezio portrayed by [[wikipedia:Devon Bostick|Devon Bostick]].]]
'''Ezio Auditore da Firenze''', is a young member of the Florentine Nobility and the second son of [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni Auditore]], an [[Assassin]]. He is ignorant to his father's true profession, and his hereditary duties. He has slight skills at playing chess, and he is "learning fast" according to his mother (though he lost against his older brother, [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]]).

=== ''[[Assassin's Creed II|Plot]]'' ===

Ezio Auditore da Firenze's story begins moments after he exits the womb of his mother, [[Maria Auditore]]. Originally it seemed like Ezio was a stillborn, but after his father arrives the newborn begins to move his limbs and cry. Giovanni Auditore, his father, welcomes Ezio into the world and bestows his name upon him. We rejoin Ezio years later during a rousing pre-fight speech, addressing his friends. Ezio is holding one side of a bridge against [[Vieri Di Pazzi]] and his men, whom insult the [http:///index.php?title=House_of_Auditore&action=edit&redlink=1 House of Auditore], and Ezio's mother and father personally. Reprimanded gently by his elder brother, Federico and his father, Ezio becomes more involved with his family's affairs. He would then sleep with [[Cristina Vespucci]] that night. His father, Giovanni, and another man, [[Uberto Alberti]] are discussing secret matters that Ezio can't make sense of, but seem urgent. Eventually, guards raid Plazzo Auditore and arrest Giovanni, Federico, and Petruccio, leaving just Maria and Claudia at the home. Ezio delivers evidence that can prove his family's innocence to Uberto, who promises to defend them at the hearing. But it turns out Uberto is a traitor who destroyed the evidence and sentenced the three Auditore men to death. Swearing vengeance, Ezio has to hide his mother and sister and learn the ways of the Assassin. He is first taught stealth by Paola of the [[:File:Zw-ezio-altair-statue-2.png|Courtesans]], mainly in survival in the streets. After assassinating Uberto, apparently a city official in charge of the law, Ezio balances his life between assassinations and protecting his sister and mother, who refuses to speak after Ezio's father and brothers were murdered. Now wanted in Florence, Ezio has to flee Florence to Tuscany with his family to the Auditore villa. He meets up with Uncle Mario, whose mercenaries save his family from an attack by Vieri and his men. He is taught basic combat, by his [[Mario Auditore da Firenze|Uncle Mario]], of the [[Mercenary]] faction and agrees to continue his father's work as an Assassin.

For the next 23 years, Ezio works as an Assassin, killing off the Templars responsible for the deaths of his father and brothers. Rodrigo Borgia, the leader of the Templars, starts to become aware of his movements, and attempts to protect the other Templars. However, all of them die by Ezio's hands. Two of Ezio's last targets, Silvio Barbarigo and Dante Moro, reveal that he and the rest of the Templars were going to sail away. When Ezio asks Silvio where they were planning to sail to, Silvio refuses and dies. Dante Moro reveals that they were planning to sail to Cyprus and was going to tell Ezio why, but he dies before he can finish his statement. Later on, Leonardo da Vinci informs Ezio that one of the Codex Pages reveal that only the Prophet can open the Vault. Ezio finally learns that Rodrigo Borgia arrived at Venice and was receiving a package from Cyprus. He believed that Rodrigo was expecting the arrival from the prophet and tries to find a way to infiltrate and prove Rodrigo wrong. Ezio assassinates the deliverer and dresses in his armor. He is able to infiltrate the delivery, and told Rodrigo that the Prophet does not exist. Rodrigo laughs and tells Ezio that he, Rodrigo Borgia, was the prophet. Ezio fights Rodrigo and many other guards for the package. All of Ezio's past allies arrive and reveal that they are Assassins as well. After defeating Borgia, he flees the area and the Assassins tell Ezio that Rodrigo is not the prophet, but that Ezio may be the prophet. Ezio is officially initiated into the Assassins Order that night.

At the end of the game, Ezio travels to Rome to assassinate Rodrigo Borgia, who has now become the Pope, the most powerful man in all of Italy, if not all of Europe. Ezio traverses through the walls and towers of Rome and eventually reaches the Sistine Chapel, where he seemingly assassinates Borgia without being seen. To Ezio's suprise, Borgia arises with the Staff and attempts to kill Ezio and everyone else in the chapel with the Staff. Ezio had the Apple, and was able to resist the Staff's power. A surprised Borgia taunts Ezio and challenges him to a duel. Summoning four clones, Ezio duels Borgia. It appears that Ezio defeats Borgia, but Borgia uses the Staff to turn himself invisible and takes the Apple from Ezio. Borgia then lifts Ezio in the air with the Staff and stabs him, but Ezio was able to survive and using his Eagle Vision, he finds and faces Borgia one last time. The two fist fight, and Ezio emerges victorious, and uses the Staff and the Apple to access the Vault. Inside the Vault, he is greeted by a 'goddess' who identifies herself as Minerva. She explains to Ezio the true history of humanity and her race and warns that humanity is 'due for a second round'. Strangely though, she seems to be talking to another person, even though only Ezio is in the room. When Ezio asks her this, she admits that she does not wish to speak to Ezio but through him, as he is the Prophet. At the end of her speech, she says, "The rest is up to you... Desmond." A confused Ezio demands to know who Desmond is, but Minerva disappears and Ezio's story ends there.

===Assassin's Creed II: Discovery===
Sometime in late 1491, [[Antonio]] asks Ezio to pay him a visit. When Ezio arrives, Antonio is accompanied by man named [[Luis Santangel]]. Luis asks if Ezio will protect his friend, [[Christoffa Corombo]] (Christopher Columbus), who is currently on his way to meeting with Rodrigo Borgia. Seeing this an opportunity to kill Borgia himself, Ezio agrees. But Borgia is a no-show and has sent one of his own agents to the meeting to murder Christoffa. Ezio halts the attack just in time and is quickly entangled in a Templar plot to steal a mysterious atlas from Christoffa. With this atlas the Templars hope to establish a secret trade route to the Orient ... or so their cover story goes. Ezio travels to Spain to find out the Templars' new plans and to rescue a number of Assassins imprisoned by the Inquisition.

== Background ==

[[File:QuickTimePlayer_2009-09-25_19-22-34-26.png|thumb|left|286px|Young Ezio being approached by a guard (a Brute) after protesting at his fathers and brothers execution.]]Ezio is a young [[Florence |Florentine]] nobleman who lives during the 15th and 16th century. Unlike Altaïr, he is a seducer, and easily blends with any social class. He comes from an affluent background and has many friends until a life-changing event, wherein he and his family are betrayed, victims of a conspiracy that takes his [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|father]]'s, [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|elder brother]]'s, and[[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze| younger brother's]] lives. Forced to protect his [[Maria de' Mozzi |mother]] and his [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze |sister Claudia]], his remaining family, he becomes an [[Assassin]], exacting vengeance on the conspirators who betrayed his family, his first victim, the [[Uberto Alberti |one who sentenced his father's and brothers' public execution]], [[Uberto Alberti]]. From that day on, Ezio and the rest of the Auditore family are considered criminals and traitors, and he flees Florence to the safety of his [[Auditore Family Villa |ancestral home]] in the Tuscan countryside. Ezio is helped not only by his uncle [[Mario Auditore da Firenze|Mario]], but also Leonardo da Vinci, who becomes his best friend and his personal engineer, as well as [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], [[Lorenzo the Magnificent |Lorenzo de' Medici]] and other famous Renaissance figures.

[[File:Ezio_and_Lorenzo.jpg|thumb|Ezio conversing with Lorenzo de Medici]]Ezio will travel across Italy to various locations like [[Venice]], [[Tuscany]] and [[Rome]]. In ''Assassin's Creed II'', all players will live approximately 23 years of his life from when he was 17 years old (a Novice), to 40 years old (a Master Assassin), or 1476 to 1499.

After he returns from Spain, he sealed his piece of Eden under the statue of Altair at the Villa. It is also speculated that Ezio does in fact have the ability to live forever due to the Staff's powers. Another popular rumour is that Ezio meets Altair at least once through out his life.   

== Equipment and Skills==

[[File:Iexplore_2009-09-25_20-01-09-16.png|thumb|left|300px|Ezio assassinating two guards at once with the Dual-Hidden Blades.]]
Ezio Auditore da Firenze is a highly skilled assassin (when a Master Assassin) equaled only by his ancestor [[Altair]] . He is so skilled that to several fields of combat (fistfighting, hidden blades combat etc)  or free-running, he is superior even to Altair. He is able to use a variety of weapons including two [[Hidden Blade|hidden blades]], allowing him to assassinate two enemies simultaneously. Combat is also available with the hidden blade, as when countering an enemy, Ezio will kill the enemy, whether by stabbing repeatedly in the chest/stomach, or stabbing in the head. He can also steal (and use) several enemy weapons such as axes, hammers, maces, spears, halberds and two different sword types (one and two-handed). Ezio is also able to use Leonard Da Vinci's flying machine in some parts of the game, gaining altitude from bonfires set throughout the city by his allies. Ezio will gain many upgrades from Da Vinci on his wrist gauntlet like a wheel lock firearm concealed near his left hidden blade, and a poison needle inside one other hidden blade. Ezio possesses the ability to use [[Eagle Vision]] while moving. He can visit Blacksmiths to purchase weapons and armors including Helmschmeid and Metal Plate, or tailors to customize the colors of his clothing. After obtaining all six seals from hidden Assassin's Tombs, Ezio can open the locked gate to [[Altair's Armor]] inside the Villa Monteriggioni, created by Altair after the defeat of Al-Mualim. It is easily the best armor available in the game, giving much more health and resistance points than any prior suit or piece, and it is unbreakable.

The Codex pieces alludes to the possibility of the armor being forged from, or including parts of, the Golden Fleece - which could be a Piece of Eden. Considering that the armor is unbreakable, this is likely. The Sword of Altair can also be bought from the Monteriggioni blacksmith any time after the 8th Sequence.

==Trivia==

[[File:Zw-ezioauditore.png|thumb|right|Ezio's database picture]]
* The Italian name 'Ezio' derives from the Greek word 'Aetos', which means "Eagle", similar to Altaïr whose name means "The Flying One".
* Unlike Altaïr (who had his ring finger removed as a commitment to make way for the [[Hidden Blade]]), Ezio has all ten fingers. A modification to the Hidden Blade made sometime after Altaïr defeated Al-Mualim spared Ezio's left ring finger. Leonardo Da Vinci deciphers a Codex Page written by Altaïr on which said modification was illustrated. Instead of said removal of the ring finger, Assassins now have a mark burned into the ring finger as a sign of their lineage.
* It is stated in the Philosophical Codex that after Altaïr defeated Al-Mualim at the end of the first ''Assassin's Creed'' and became the leader, the Assassins were forced to realize the scope of their fight against the Templars, and had to abandon many of their traditions: like the removal of the ring finger or the ban on using poison, in order to survive.
* Ezio uses a wheel lock firearm, a type of weapon that Europe didn't start developing until the very late 1400's and early 1500's, sometime during the Italian Renaissance, making this weapon most likely one of the very first of its type to appear in Europe. Thus, many in-game citizens do not know what the weapon is. The earliest firearms were single shot and took time to reload, so will most likely be only used as a last resort weapon. Leonardo Da Vinci didn't create the firearm mentioned, but found instructions to make one from a Codex page, meaning Altaïr was the one who invented the Hidden Gun. Through knowledge gained from the Apple of Eden. Also note that Da Vinci created some of the first modern wheel lock pistols, so this could be a shortened version of one.
* Ezio's face in ''Assassin's Creed II'' seems to be a mixture of Desmond's ([[wikipedia:Francisco Randez|Francisco Randez]]) and Devon Bostick's from ''Lineage'' .
* It would appear as though Ezio is unaware that he of his lineage to Assassins or that he is a descendant of Altaïr, despite learning about Altaïr in Monteriggioni and what kind of assassin he was, he never truly understands why he is such a successful assassin himself.
* Ezio is 40 years old in 1499 (15 years older than Altaïr's age in 1191); the same age as his father when his father died in 1476.
* If you move the camera to a certain angle in the game, Ezio's face has barely aged, except for the beard, even if you played through 20 plus years of his life. His voice does deepen and mature through time, though.
* It seems that his father's [[Hidden Blade]] has survived over almost 500 years (from 1499 to 2012) since [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]] is seen using a similar looking one at the end of the [[Assassin's Creed II|game]].
* The scar on Ezio's mouth was acquired after the mission "Boys Will Be Boys", when Vieri De Pazzi threw the rock at his face during the first memory sequence
* If you look at Desmond's face and Ezio's, they have an identical scar on their mouths(this also applies to [[Altair]]).

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

Ezio Auditore da Firenze

2009-12-16T06:56:51Z

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{{Character Infobox
|name =Ezio Auditore da Firenze
|status =Alive
|image =Ezio.jpg|250|
|imgdesc =Full Portrait of Ezio with his Hidden Blades revealed.
|faction =[[Assassins]]
|appear =''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|period =Italian Renaissance (15th Century)
|voice =[[Roger Craig Smith]]
}} {{quote
|1 = Niente è vero, tutto è permesso.
|2 = Nothing is true, everything is permitted.
}} '''Ezio Auditore da Firenze''' (1459 - ?) is the protagonist of ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed II: Discovery]]''. He is an ancestor of [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]] and a descendant of [[Altaïr]], as well as being the latest known link between the lineages of Subject 16 and that of Desmond.

==Character Biography==
=== ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'' ===

[[File:Eziolineagechess.png|thumb|left|Ezio portrayed by [[wikipedia:Devon Bostick|Devon Bostick]].]]
'''Ezio Auditore da Firenze''', is a young member of the Florentine Nobility and the second son of [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni Auditore]], an [[Assassin]]. He is ignorant to his father's true profession, and his hereditary duties. He has slight skills at playing chess, and he is "learning fast" according to his mother (though he lost against his older brother, [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]]).

=== ''[[Assassin's Creed II|Plot]]'' ===

Ezio Auditore da Firenze's story begins moments after he exits the womb of his mother, [[Maria Auditore]]. Originally it seemed like Ezio was a stillborn, but after his father arrives the newborn begins to move his limbs and cry. Giovanni Auditore, his father, welcomes Ezio into the world and bestows his name upon him. We rejoin Ezio years later during a rousing pre-fight speech, addressing his friends. Ezio is holding one side of a bridge against [[Vieri Di Pazzi]] and his men, whom insult the [http:///index.php?title=House_of_Auditore&action=edit&redlink=1 House of Auditore], and Ezio's mother and father personally. Reprimanded gently by his elder brother, Federico and his father, Ezio becomes more involved with his family's affairs. He would then sleep with [[Cristina Vespucci]] that night. His father, Giovanni, and another man, [[Uberto Alberti]] are discussing secret matters that Ezio can't make sense of, but seem urgent. Eventually, guards raid Plazzo Auditore and arrest Giovanni, Federico, and Petruccio, leaving just Maria and Claudia at the home. Ezio delivers evidence that can prove his family's innocence to Uberto, who promises to defend them at the hearing. But it turns out Uberto is a traitor who destroyed the evidence and sentenced the three Auditore men to death. Swearing vengeance, Ezio has to hide his mother and sister and learn the ways of the Assassin. He is first taught stealth by Paola of the [[:File:Zw-ezio-altair-statue-2.png|Courtesans]], mainly in survival in the streets. After assassinating Uberto, apparently a city official in charge of the law, Ezio balances his life between assassinations and protecting his sister and mother, who refuses to speak after Ezio's father and brothers were murdered. Now wanted in Florence, Ezio has to flee Florence to Tuscany with his family to the Auditore villa. He meets up with Uncle Mario, whose mercenaries save his family from an attack by Vieri and his men. He is taught basic combat, by his [[Mario Auditore da Firenze|Uncle Mario]], of the [[Mercenary]] faction and agrees to continue his father's work as an Assassin.

For the next 23 years, he works as an Assassin, killing off the Templars responsible for the deaths of his father and brothers. Rodrigo Borgia, the leader of the Templars, starts to become aware of his movements, and attempts to protect the other Templars. However, all of them die by Ezio's hands. Two of Ezio's last targets, Silvio Barbarigo and Dante Moro, reveal that he and the rest of the Templars were going to sail away. When Ezio asks Silvio where they were planning to sail to, Silvio refuses and dies. Dante Moro reveals that they were planning to sail to Cyprus and was going to tell Ezio why, but he dies before he can finish his statement. Later on, Leonardo da Vinci informs Ezio that one of the Codex Pages reveal that only the Prophet can open the Vault. Ezio finally learns that Rodrigo Borgia arrived at Venice and was receiving a package from Cyprus. He believed that Rodrigo was expecting the arrival from the prophet and tries to find a way to infiltrate and prove Rodrigo wrong. Ezio assassinates the deliverer and dresses in his armor. He is able to infiltrate the delivery, and told Rodrigo that the Prophet does not exist. Rodrigo laughs and tells Ezio that he, Rodrigo Borgia, was the prophet. Ezio fights Rodrigo and many other guards for the package. All of Ezio's past allies arrive and reveal that they are Assassins as well. After defeating Borgia, he flees the area and the Assassins tell Ezio that Rodrigo is not the prophet, but that Ezio may be the prophet. Ezio is officially initiated into the Assassins Order that night.

At the end of the game, Ezio travels to Rome to assassinate Rodrigo Borgia, who has now become the Pope, the most powerful man in all of Italy, if not all of Europe. Ezio traverses through the walls and towers of Rome and eventually reaches the Sistine Chapel, where he seemingly assassinates Borgia without being seen. To Ezio's suprise, Borgia arises with the Staff and attempts to kill Ezio and everyone else in the chapel with the Staff. Ezio had the Apple, and was able to resist the Staff's power. A surprised Borgia taunts Ezio and challenges him to a duel. Summoning four clones, Ezio duels Borgia. It appears that Ezio defeats Borgia, but Borgia uses the Staff to turn himself invisible and takes the Apple from Ezio. Borgia then lifts Ezio in the air with the Staff and stabs him, but Ezio was able to survive and using his Eagle Vision, he finds and faces Borgia one last time. The two fist fight, and Ezio emerges victorious, and uses the Staff and the Apple to access the Vault. Inside the Vault, he is greeted by a 'goddess' who identifies herself as Minerva. She explains to Ezio the true history of humanity and her race and warns that humanity is 'due for a second round'. Strangely though, she seems to be talking to another person, even though only Ezio is in the room. When Ezio asks her this, she admits that she does not wish to speak to Ezio but through him, as he is the Prophet. At the end of her speech, she says, "The rest is up to you... Desmond." A confused Ezio demands to know who Desmond is, but Minerva disappears and Ezio's story ends there.

===Assassin's Creed II: Discovery===
Sometime in late 1491, [[Antonio]] asks Ezio to pay him a visit. When Ezio arrives, Antonio is accompanied by man named [[Luis Santangel]]. Luis asks if Ezio will protect his friend, [[Christoffa Corombo]] (Christopher Columbus), who is currently on his way to meeting with Rodrigo Borgia. Seeing this an opportunity to kill Borgia himself, Ezio agrees. But Borgia is a no-show and has sent one of his own agents to the meeting to murder Christoffa. Ezio halts the attack just in time and is quickly entangled in a Templar plot to steal a mysterious atlas from Christoffa. With this atlas the Templars hope to establish a secret trade route to the Orient ... or so their cover story goes. Ezio travels to Spain to find out the Templars' new plans and to rescue a number of Assassins imprisoned by the Inquisition.

== Background ==

[[File:QuickTimePlayer_2009-09-25_19-22-34-26.png|thumb|left|286px|Young Ezio being approached by a guard (a Brute) after protesting at his fathers and brothers execution.]]Ezio is a young [[Florence |Florentine]] nobleman who lives during the 15th and 16th century. Unlike Altaïr, he is a seducer, and easily blends with any social class. He comes from an affluent background and has many friends until a life-changing event, wherein he and his family are betrayed, victims of a conspiracy that takes his [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|father]]'s, [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|elder brother]]'s, and[[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze| younger brother's]] lives. Forced to protect his [[Maria de' Mozzi |mother]] and his [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze |sister Claudia]], his remaining family, he becomes an [[Assassin]], exacting vengeance on the conspirators who betrayed his family, his first victim, the [[Uberto Alberti |one who sentenced his father's and brothers' public execution]], [[Uberto Alberti]]. From that day on, Ezio and the rest of the Auditore family are considered criminals and traitors, and he flees Florence to the safety of his [[Auditore Family Villa |ancestral home]] in the Tuscan countryside. Ezio is helped not only by his uncle [[Mario Auditore da Firenze|Mario]], but also Leonardo da Vinci, who becomes his best friend and his personal engineer, as well as [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], [[Lorenzo the Magnificent |Lorenzo de' Medici]] and other famous Renaissance figures.

[[File:Ezio_and_Lorenzo.jpg|thumb|Ezio conversing with Lorenzo de Medici]]Ezio will travel across Italy to various locations like [[Venice]], [[Tuscany]] and [[Rome]]. In ''Assassin's Creed II'', all players will live approximately 23 years of his life from when he was 17 years old (a Novice), to 40 years old (a Master Assassin), or 1476 to 1499.

After he returns from Spain, he sealed his piece of Eden under the statue of Altair at the Villa. It is also speculated that Ezio does in fact have the ability to live forever due to the Staff's powers. Another popular rumour is that Ezio meets Altair at least once through out his life.   

== Equipment and Skills==

[[File:Iexplore_2009-09-25_20-01-09-16.png|thumb|left|300px|Ezio assassinating two guards at once with the Dual-Hidden Blades.]]
Ezio Auditore da Firenze is a highly skilled assassin (when a Master Assassin) equaled only by his ancestor [[Altair]] . He is so skilled that to several fields of combat (fistfighting, hidden blades combat etc)  or free-running, he is superior even to Altair. He is able to use a variety of weapons including two [[Hidden Blade|hidden blades]], allowing him to assassinate two enemies simultaneously. Combat is also available with the hidden blade, as when countering an enemy, Ezio will kill the enemy, whether by stabbing repeatedly in the chest/stomach, or stabbing in the head. He can also steal (and use) several enemy weapons such as axes, hammers, maces, spears, halberds and two different sword types (one and two-handed). Ezio is also able to use Leonard Da Vinci's flying machine in some parts of the game, gaining altitude from bonfires set throughout the city by his allies. Ezio will gain many upgrades from Da Vinci on his wrist gauntlet like a wheel lock firearm concealed near his left hidden blade, and a poison needle inside one other hidden blade. Ezio possesses the ability to use [[Eagle Vision]] while moving. He can visit Blacksmiths to purchase weapons and armors including Helmschmeid and Metal Plate, or tailors to customize the colors of his clothing. After obtaining all six seals from hidden Assassin's Tombs, Ezio can open the locked gate to [[Altair's Armor]] inside the Villa Monteriggioni, created by Altair after the defeat of Al-Mualim. It is easily the best armor available in the game, giving much more health and resistance points than any prior suit or piece, and it is unbreakable.

The Codex pieces alludes to the possibility of the armor being forged from, or including parts of, the Golden Fleece - which could be a Piece of Eden. Considering that the armor is unbreakable, this is likely. The Sword of Altair can also be bought from the Monteriggioni blacksmith any time after the 8th Sequence.

==Trivia==

[[File:Zw-ezioauditore.png|thumb|right|Ezio's database picture]]
* The Italian name 'Ezio' derives from the Greek word 'Aetos', which means "Eagle", similar to Altaïr whose name means "The Flying One".
* Unlike Altaïr (who had his ring finger removed as a commitment to make way for the [[Hidden Blade]]), Ezio has all ten fingers. A modification to the Hidden Blade made sometime after Altaïr defeated Al-Mualim spared Ezio's left ring finger. Leonardo Da Vinci deciphers a Codex Page written by Altaïr on which said modification was illustrated. Instead of said removal of the ring finger, Assassins now have a mark burned into the ring finger as a sign of their lineage.
* It is stated in the Philosophical Codex that after Altaïr defeated Al-Mualim at the end of the first ''Assassin's Creed'' and became the leader, the Assassins were forced to realize the scope of their fight against the Templars, and had to abandon many of their traditions: like the removal of the ring finger or the ban on using poison, in order to survive.
* Ezio uses a wheel lock firearm, a type of weapon that Europe didn't start developing until the very late 1400's and early 1500's, sometime during the Italian Renaissance, making this weapon most likely one of the very first of its type to appear in Europe. Thus, many in-game citizens do not know what the weapon is. The earliest firearms were single shot and took time to reload, so will most likely be only used as a last resort weapon. Leonardo Da Vinci didn't create the firearm mentioned, but found instructions to make one from a Codex page, meaning Altaïr was the one who invented the Hidden Gun. Through knowledge gained from the Apple of Eden. Also note that Da Vinci created some of the first modern wheel lock pistols, so this could be a shortened version of one.
* Ezio's face in ''Assassin's Creed II'' seems to be a mixture of Desmond's ([[wikipedia:Francisco Randez|Francisco Randez]]) and Devon Bostick's from ''Lineage'' .
* It would appear as though Ezio is unaware that he of his lineage to Assassins or that he is a descendant of Altaïr, despite learning about Altaïr in Monteriggioni and what kind of assassin he was, he never truly understands why he is such a successful assassin himself.
* Ezio is 40 years old in 1499 (15 years older than Altaïr's age in 1191); the same age as his father when his father died in 1476.
* If you move the camera to a certain angle in the game, Ezio's face has barely aged, except for the beard, even if you played through 20 plus years of his life. His voice does deepen and mature through time, though.
* It seems that his father's [[Hidden Blade]] has survived over almost 500 years (from 1499 to 2012) since [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]] is seen using a similar looking one at the end of the [[Assassin's Creed II|game]].
* The scar on Ezio's mouth may have been acquired after the mission "Boys Will Be Boys", when Vieri De Pazzi threw the rock at his face during the first memory sequence
* If you look at Desmond's face and Ezio's, they have an identical scar on their mouths(this also applies to [[Altair]]).

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Ezio Auditore da Firenze

2009-12-16T06:30:40Z

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{{Character Infobox
|name =Ezio Auditore da Firenze
|status =Alive
|image =Ezio.jpg|250|
|imgdesc =Full Portrait of Ezio with his Hidden Blades revealed.
|faction =[[Assassins]]
|appear =''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|period =Italian Renaissance (15th Century)
|voice =[[Roger Craig Smith]]
}} {{quote
|1 = Niente è vero, tutto è permesso.
|2 = Nothing is true, everything is permitted.
}} '''Ezio Auditore da Firenze''' (1459 - ?) is the protagonist of ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed II: Discovery]]''. He is an ancestor of [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]] and a descendant of [[Altaïr]], as well as being the latest known link between the lineages of Subject 16 and that of Desmond.

==Character Biography==
=== ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'' ===

[[File:Eziolineagechess.png|thumb|left|Ezio portrayed by [[wikipedia:Devon Bostick|Devon Bostick]].]]
'''Ezio Auditore da Firenze''', is a young member of the Florentine Nobility and the second son of [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni Auditore]], an [[Assassin]]. He is ignorant to his father's true profession, and his hereditary duties. He has slight skills at playing chess, and he is "learning fast" according to his mother (though he lost against his older brother, [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]]).

=== ''[[Assassin's Creed II|Plot]]'' ===

Ezio Auditore da Firenze's story begins moments after he exits the womb of his mother, [[Maria Auditore]]. Originally it seemed like Ezio was a stillborn, but after his father arrives the newborn begins to move his limbs and cry. Giovanni Auditore, his father, welcomes Ezio into the world and bestows his name upon him. We rejoin Ezio years later during a rousing pre-fight speech, addressing his friends. Ezio is holding one side of a bridge against [[Vieri Di Pazzi]] and his men, whom insult the [http:///index.php?title=House_of_Auditore&action=edit&redlink=1 House of Auditore], and Ezio's mother and father personally. Reprimanded gently by his elder brother, Federico and his father, Ezio becomes more involved with his family's affairs. He would then sleep with [[Cristina Vespucci]] that night. His father, Giovanni, and another man, [[Uberto Alberti]] are discussing secret matters that Ezio can't make sense of, but seem urgent. Eventually, guards raid Plazzo Auditore and arrest Giovanni, Federico, and Petruccio, leaving just Maria and Claudia at the home. Ezio delivers evidence that can prove his family's innocence to Uberto, who promises to defend them at the hearing. But it turns out Uberto is a traitor who destroyed the evidence and sentenced the three Auditore men to death. Swearing vengeance, Ezio has to hide his mother and sister and learn the ways of the Assassin. He is first taught stealth by Paola of the [[:File:Zw-ezio-altair-statue-2.png|Courtesans]], mainly in survival in the streets. After assassinating Uberto, apparently a city official in charge of the law, Ezio balances his life between assassinations and protecting his sister and mother, who refuses to speak after Ezio's father and brothers were murdered. Now wanted in Florence, Ezio has to flee Florence to Tuscany with his family to the Auditore villa. He meets up with Uncle Mario, whose mercenaries save his family from an attack by Vieri and his men. He is taught basic combat, by his [[Mario Auditore da Firenze|Uncle Mario]], of the [[Mercenary]] faction and agrees to continue his father's work as an Assassin.

For the next 23 years, he works as an Assassin, killing off the Templars responsible for the deaths of his father and brothers. Rodrigo Borgia, the leader of the Templars, starts to become aware of his movements, and attempts to protect the other Templars. However, all of them die by Ezio's hands. Two of Ezio's last targets, Silvio Barbarigo and Dante Moro, reveal that he and the rest of the Templars were going to sail away. When Ezio asks Silvio where they were planning to sail to Silvio refuses and dies. Dante Moro, who reveals that they were planning to sail to Cyprus and was going to tell Ezio why, but he dies before he can finish his statement. Later on, Leonardo da Vinci informs Ezio that one of the Codex Pages reveal that only the Prophet can open the Vault. Ezio finally learns that Rodrigo Borgia arrived at Venice and was receiving a package from Cyprus. He believed that Rodrigo was expecting the arrival from the prophet and tries to find a way to infiltrate and prove Rodrigo wrong. Ezio assassinates the deliverer and dresses in his armor. He is able to infiltrate the delivery, and told Rodrigo that the Prophet does not exist. Rodrigo laughs and tells Ezio that he, Rodrigo Borgia, was the prophet. Ezio fights Rodrigo and many other guards for the package. All of Ezio's past allies arrive and reveal that they are Assassins as well. After defeating Borgia, he flees the area and the Assassins tell Ezio that Rodrigo is not the prophet, but Ezio may be the prophet. Ezio is initiated into the Assassins Order that night.

At the end of the game, Ezio travels to Rome to assassinate Rodrigo Borgia, who has now become the Pope, the most powerful man in all of Italy, if not all of Europe. Ezio traverses through the walls and towers of Rome and eventually reaches the Sistine Chapel, where he seemingly assassinates Borgia without being seen. To Ezio's suprise, Borgia arises with the Staff and attempts to kill Ezio and everyone else in the chapel with the Staff. Ezio had the Apple, and was able to resist the Staff's power. A suprised Borgia taunts Ezio and challenges him to a duel. Summoning four clones, Ezio duels Borgia. It appears that Ezio defeats Borgia, but Borgia uses the Staff to turn himself invisible and takes the Apple from Ezio. Borgia then lifts Ezio in the air with the Staff and stabs him, but Ezio was able to survive and using his Eagle Vision, he finds and faces Borgia one last time. The two fist fight, and Ezio emerges victorious, and uses the Staff and the Apple to access the Vault. Inside the Vault, he is greeted by a 'goddess' who identifies herself as Minerva. She explains to Ezio the true history of humanity and her race and warns that humanity is 'due for a second round'. Strangely though, she seems to be talking to another person, even though only Ezio is in the room. When Ezio asks her this, she admits that she does not wish to speak to Ezio but through him, as he is the Prophet. At the end of her speech, she says, "The rest is up to you... Desmond." A confused Ezio demands to know who Desmond is, but Minerva disappears and Ezio's story ends there.

===Assassin's Creed II: Discovery===
Sometime in late 1491, [[Antonio]] asks Ezio to pay him a visit. When Ezio arrives, Antonio is accompanied by man named [[Luis Santangel]]. Luis asks if Ezio will protect his friend, [[Christoffa Corombo]] (Christopher Columbus), who is currently on his way to meeting with Rodrigo Borgia. Seeing this an opportunity to kill Borgia himself, Ezio agrees. But Borgia is a no-show and has sent one of his own agents to the meeting to murder Christoffa. Ezio halts the attack just in time and is quickly entangled in a Templar plot to steal a mysterious atlas from Christoffa. With this atlas the Templars hope to establish a secret trade route to the Orient ... or so their cover story goes. Ezio travels to Spain to find out the Templars' new plans and to rescue a number of Assassins imprisoned by the Inquisition.

== Background ==

[[File:QuickTimePlayer_2009-09-25_19-22-34-26.png|thumb|left|286px|Young Ezio being approached by a guard (a Brute) after protesting at his fathers and brothers execution.]]Ezio is a young [[Florence |Florentine]] nobleman who lives during the 15th and 16th century. Unlike Altaïr, he is a seducer, and easily blends with any social class. He comes from an affluent background and has many friends until a life-changing event, wherein he and his family are betrayed, victims of a conspiracy that takes his [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|father]]'s, [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|elder brother]]'s, and[[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze| younger brother's]] lives. Forced to protect his [[Maria de' Mozzi |mother]] and his [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze |sister Claudia]], his remaining family, he becomes an [[Assassin]], exacting vengeance on the conspirators who betrayed his family, his first victim, the [[Uberto Alberti |one who sentenced his father's and brothers' public execution]], [[Uberto Alberti]]. From that day on, Ezio and the rest of the Auditore family are considered criminals and traitors, and he flees Florence to the safety of his [[Auditore Family Villa |ancestral home]] in the Tuscan countryside. Ezio is helped not only by his uncle [[Mario Auditore da Firenze|Mario]], but also Leonardo da Vinci, who becomes his best friend and his personal engineer, as well as [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], [[Lorenzo the Magnificent |Lorenzo de' Medici]] and other famous Renaissance figures.

[[File:Ezio_and_Lorenzo.jpg|thumb|Ezio conversing with Lorenzo de Medici]]Ezio will travel across Italy to various locations like [[Venice]], [[Tuscany]] and [[Rome]]. In ''Assassin's Creed II'', all players will live approximately 23 years of his life from when he was 17 years old (a Novice), to 40 years old (a Master Assassin), or 1476 to 1499.

After he returns from Spain, he sealed his piece of Eden under the statue of Altair at the Villa. It is also speculated that Ezio does in fact have the ability to live forever due to the Staff's powers. Another popular rumour is that Ezio meets Altair at least once through out his life.   

== Equipment and Skills==

[[File:Iexplore_2009-09-25_20-01-09-16.png|thumb|left|300px|Ezio assassinating two guards at once with the Dual-Hidden Blades.]]
Ezio Auditore da Firenze is a highly skilled assassin (when a Master Assassin) equaled only by his ancestor [[Altair]] . He is so skilled that to several fields of combat (fistfighting, hidden blades combat etc)  or free-running, he is superior even to Altair. He is able to use a variety of weapons including two [[Hidden Blade|hidden blades]], allowing him to assassinate two enemies simultaneously. Combat is also available with the hidden blade, as when countering an enemy, Ezio will kill the enemy, whether by stabbing repeatedly in the chest/stomach, or stabbing in the head. He can also steal (and use) several enemy weapons such as axes, hammers, maces, spears, halberds and two different sword types (one and two-handed). Ezio is also able to use Leonard Da Vinci's flying machine in some parts of the game, gaining altitude from bonfires set throughout the city by his allies. Ezio will gain many upgrades from Da Vinci on his wrist gauntlet like a wheel lock firearm concealed near his left hidden blade, and a poison needle inside one other hidden blade. Ezio possesses the ability to use [[Eagle Vision]] while moving. He can visit Blacksmiths to purchase weapons and armors including Helmschmeid and Metal Plate, or tailors to customize the colors of his clothing. After obtaining all six seals from hidden Assassin's Tombs, Ezio can open the locked gate to [[Altair's Armor]] inside the Villa Monteriggioni, created by Altair after the defeat of Al-Mualim. It is easily the best armor available in the game, giving much more health and resistance points than any prior suit or piece, and it is unbreakable.

The Codex pieces alludes to the possibility of the armor being forged from, or including parts of, the Golden Fleece - which could be a Piece of Eden. Considering that the armor is unbreakable, this is likely. The Sword of Altair can also be bought from the Monteriggioni blacksmith any time after the 8th Sequence.

==Trivia==

[[File:Zw-ezioauditore.png|thumb|right|Ezio's database picture]]
* The Italian name 'Ezio' derives from the Greek word 'Aetos', which means "Eagle", similar to Altaïr whose name means "The Flying One".
* Unlike Altaïr (who had his ring finger removed as a commitment to make way for the [[Hidden Blade]]), Ezio has all ten fingers. A modification to the Hidden Blade made sometime after Altaïr defeated Al-Mualim spared Ezio's left ring finger. Leonardo Da Vinci deciphers a Codex Page written by Altaïr on which said modification was illustrated. Instead of said removal of the ring finger, Assassins now have a mark burned into the ring finger as a sign of their lineage.
* It is stated in the Philosophical Codex that after Altaïr defeated Al-Mualim at the end of the first ''Assassin's Creed'' and became the leader, the Assassins were forced to realize the scope of their fight against the Templars, and had to abandon many of their traditions: like the removal of the ring finger or the ban on using poison, in order to survive.
* Ezio uses a wheel lock firearm, a type of weapon that Europe didn't start developing until the very late 1400's and early 1500's, sometime during the Italian Renaissance, making this weapon most likely one of the very first of its type to appear in Europe. Thus, many in-game citizens do not know what the weapon is. The earliest firearms were single shot and took time to reload, so will most likely be only used as a last resort weapon. Leonardo Da Vinci didn't create the firearm mentioned, but found instructions to make one from a Codex page, meaning Altaïr was the one who invented the Hidden Gun. Through knowledge gained from the Apple of Eden. Also note that Da Vinci created some of the first modern wheel lock pistols, so this could be a shortened version of one.
* Ezio's face in ''Assassin's Creed II'' seems to be a mixture of Desmond's ([[wikipedia:Francisco Randez|Francisco Randez]]) and Devon Bostick's from ''Lineage'' .
* It would appear as though Ezio is unaware that he of his lineage to Assassins or that he is a descendant of Altaïr, despite learning about Altaïr in Monteriggioni and what kind of assassin he was, he never truly understands why he is such a successful assassin himself.
* Ezio is 40 years old in 1499 (15 years older than Altaïr's age in 1191); the same age as his father when his father died in 1476.
* If you move the camera to a certain angle in the game, Ezio's face has barely aged, except for the beard, even if you played through 20 plus years of his life. His voice does deepen and mature through time, though.
* It seems that his father's [[Hidden Blade]] has survived over almost 500 years (from 1499 to 2012) since [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]] is seen using a similar looking one at the end of the [[Assassin's Creed II|game]].
* The scar on Ezio's mouth may have been acquired after the mission "Boys Will Be Boys", when Vieri De Pazzi threw the rock at his face during the first memory sequence
* If you look at Desmond's face and Ezio's, they have an identical scar on their mouths(this also applies to [[Altair]]).

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

Ezio Auditore da Firenze

2009-12-16T06:30:06Z

98.154.209.149: /* Plot */

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{{Character Infobox
|name =Ezio Auditore da Firenze
|status =Alive
|image =Ezio.jpg|250|
|imgdesc =Full Portrait of Ezio with his Hidden Blades revealed.
|faction =[[Assassins]]
|appear =''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|period =Italian Renaissance (15th Century)
|voice =[[Roger Craig Smith]]
}} {{quote
|1 = Niente è vero, tutto è permesso.
|2 = Nothing is true, everything is permitted.
}} '''Ezio Auditore da Firenze''' (1459 - ?) is the protagonist of ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed II: Discovery]]''. He is an ancestor of [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]] and a descendant of [[Altaïr]], as well as being the latest known link between the lineages of Subject 16 and that of Desmond.

==Character Biography==
=== ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'' ===

[[File:Eziolineagechess.png|thumb|left|Ezio portrayed by [[wikipedia:Devon Bostick|Devon Bostick]].]]
'''Ezio Auditore da Firenze''', is a young member of the Florentine Nobility and the second son of [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni Auditore]], an [[Assassin]]. He is ignorant to his father's true profession, and his hereditary duties. He has slight skills at playing chess, and he is "learning fast" according to his mother (though he lost against his older brother, [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]]).

=== ''[[Assassin's Creed II|Plot]]'' ===

Ezio Auditore da Firenze's story begins moments after he exits the womb of his mother, [[Maria Auditore]]. Originally it seemed like Ezio was a stillborn, but after his father arrives the newborn begins to move his limbs and cry. Giovanni Auditore, his father, welcomes Ezio into the world and bestows his name upon him. We rejoin Ezio years later during a rousing pre-fight speech, addressing his friends. Ezio is holding one side of a bridge against [[Vieri Di Pazzi]] and his men, whom insult the [http:///index.php?title=House_of_Auditore&action=edit&redlink=1 House of Auditore], and Ezio's mother and father personally. Reprimanded gently by his elder brother, Federico and his father, Ezio becomes more involved with his family's affairs. He would then sleep with [[Cristina Vespucci]] that night. His father, Giovanni, and another man, [[Uberto Alberti]] are discussing secret matters that Ezio can't make sense of, but seem urgent. Eventually, guards raid Plazzo Auditore and arrest Giovanni, Federico, and Petruccio, leaving just Maria and Claudia at the home. Ezio delivers evidence that can prove his family's innocence to Uberto, who promises to defend them at the hearing. But it turns out Uberto is a traitor who destroyed the evidence and sentenced the three Auditore men to death. Swearing vengeance, Ezio has to hide his mother and sister and learn the ways of the Assassin. He is first taught stealth by Paola of the [[:File:Zw-ezio-altair-statue-2.png|Courtesans]], mainly in survival in the streets. After assassinating Uberto, apparently a city official in charge of the law, Ezio balances his life between assassinations and protecting his sister and mother, who refuses to speak after Ezio's father and brothers were murdered. Now wanted in Florence, Ezio has to flee Florence to Tuscany with his family to the Auditore villa. He meets up with Uncle Mario, whose mercenaries save his family from an attack by Vieri and his men. He is taught basic combat, by his [[Mario Auditore da Firenze|Uncle Mario]], of the [[Mercenary]] faction and agrees to continue his father's work as an Assassin.

For the next 23 years, he works as an Assassin, killing off the Templars responsible for the deaths of his father and brothers. Rodrigo Borgia, the leader of the Templars, starts to become aware of his movements, and tries to protect the other Templars. However, all of them die by Ezio's hands. Two of Ezio's last targets, Silvio Barbarigo and Dante Moro, reveal that he and the rest of the Templars were going to sail away. When Ezio asks Silvio where they were planning to sail to Silvio refuses and dies. Dante Moro, who reveals that they were planning to sail to Cyprus and was going to tell Ezio why, but he dies before he can finish his statement. Later on, Leonardo da Vinci informs Ezio that one of the Codex Pages reveal that only the Prophet can open the Vault. Ezio finally learns that Rodrigo Borgia arrived at Venice and was receiving a package from Cyprus. He believed that Rodrigo was expecting the arrival from the prophet and tries to find a way to infiltrate and prove Rodrigo wrong. Ezio assassinates the deliverer and dresses in his armor. He is able to infiltrate the delivery, and told Rodrigo that the Prophet does not exist. Rodrigo laughs and tells Ezio that he, Rodrigo Borgia, was the prophet. Ezio fights Rodrigo and many other guards for the package. All of Ezio's past allies arrive and reveal that they are Assassins as well. After defeating Borgia, he flees the area and the Assassins tell Ezio that Rodrigo is not the prophet, but Ezio may be the prophet. Ezio is initiated into the Assassins Order that night.

At the end of the game, Ezio travels to Rome to assassinate Rodrigo Borgia, who has now become the Pope, the most powerful man in all of Italy, if not all of Europe. Ezio traverses through the walls and towers of Rome and eventually reaches the Sistine Chapel, where he seemingly assassinates Borgia without being seen. To Ezio's suprise, Borgia arises with the Staff and attempts to kill Ezio and everyone else in the chapel with the Staff. Ezio had the Apple, and was able to resist the Staff's power. A suprised Borgia taunts Ezio and challenges him to a duel. Summoning four clones, Ezio duels Borgia. It appears that Ezio defeats Borgia, but Borgia uses the Staff to turn himself invisible and takes the Apple from Ezio. Borgia then lifts Ezio in the air with the Staff and stabs him, but Ezio was able to survive and using his Eagle Vision, he finds and faces Borgia one last time. The two fist fight, and Ezio emerges victorious, and uses the Staff and the Apple to access the Vault. Inside the Vault, he is greeted by a 'goddess' who identifies herself as Minerva. She explains to Ezio the true history of humanity and her race and warns that humanity is 'due for a second round'. Strangely though, she seems to be talking to another person, even though only Ezio is in the room. When Ezio asks her this, she admits that she does not wish to speak to Ezio but through him, as he is the Prophet. At the end of her speech, she says, "The rest is up to you... Desmond." A confused Ezio demands to know who Desmond is, but Minerva disappears and Ezio's story ends there.

===Assassin's Creed II: Discovery===
Sometime in late 1491, [[Antonio]] asks Ezio to pay him a visit. When Ezio arrives, Antonio is accompanied by man named [[Luis Santangel]]. Luis asks if Ezio will protect his friend, [[Christoffa Corombo]] (Christopher Columbus), who is currently on his way to meeting with Rodrigo Borgia. Seeing this an opportunity to kill Borgia himself, Ezio agrees. But Borgia is a no-show and has sent one of his own agents to the meeting to murder Christoffa. Ezio halts the attack just in time and is quickly entangled in a Templar plot to steal a mysterious atlas from Christoffa. With this atlas the Templars hope to establish a secret trade route to the Orient ... or so their cover story goes. Ezio travels to Spain to find out the Templars' new plans and to rescue a number of Assassins imprisoned by the Inquisition.

== Background ==

[[File:QuickTimePlayer_2009-09-25_19-22-34-26.png|thumb|left|286px|Young Ezio being approached by a guard (a Brute) after protesting at his fathers and brothers execution.]]Ezio is a young [[Florence |Florentine]] nobleman who lives during the 15th and 16th century. Unlike Altaïr, he is a seducer, and easily blends with any social class. He comes from an affluent background and has many friends until a life-changing event, wherein he and his family are betrayed, victims of a conspiracy that takes his [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|father]]'s, [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|elder brother]]'s, and[[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze| younger brother's]] lives. Forced to protect his [[Maria de' Mozzi |mother]] and his [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze |sister Claudia]], his remaining family, he becomes an [[Assassin]], exacting vengeance on the conspirators who betrayed his family, his first victim, the [[Uberto Alberti |one who sentenced his father's and brothers' public execution]], [[Uberto Alberti]]. From that day on, Ezio and the rest of the Auditore family are considered criminals and traitors, and he flees Florence to the safety of his [[Auditore Family Villa |ancestral home]] in the Tuscan countryside. Ezio is helped not only by his uncle [[Mario Auditore da Firenze|Mario]], but also Leonardo da Vinci, who becomes his best friend and his personal engineer, as well as [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], [[Lorenzo the Magnificent |Lorenzo de' Medici]] and other famous Renaissance figures.

[[File:Ezio_and_Lorenzo.jpg|thumb|Ezio conversing with Lorenzo de Medici]]Ezio will travel across Italy to various locations like [[Venice]], [[Tuscany]] and [[Rome]]. In ''Assassin's Creed II'', all players will live approximately 23 years of his life from when he was 17 years old (a Novice), to 40 years old (a Master Assassin), or 1476 to 1499.

After he returns from Spain, he sealed his piece of Eden under the statue of Altair at the Villa. It is also speculated that Ezio does in fact have the ability to live forever due to the Staff's powers. Another popular rumour is that Ezio meets Altair at least once through out his life.   

== Equipment and Skills==

[[File:Iexplore_2009-09-25_20-01-09-16.png|thumb|left|300px|Ezio assassinating two guards at once with the Dual-Hidden Blades.]]
Ezio Auditore da Firenze is a highly skilled assassin (when a Master Assassin) equaled only by his ancestor [[Altair]] . He is so skilled that to several fields of combat (fistfighting, hidden blades combat etc)  or free-running, he is superior even to Altair. He is able to use a variety of weapons including two [[Hidden Blade|hidden blades]], allowing him to assassinate two enemies simultaneously. Combat is also available with the hidden blade, as when countering an enemy, Ezio will kill the enemy, whether by stabbing repeatedly in the chest/stomach, or stabbing in the head. He can also steal (and use) several enemy weapons such as axes, hammers, maces, spears, halberds and two different sword types (one and two-handed). Ezio is also able to use Leonard Da Vinci's flying machine in some parts of the game, gaining altitude from bonfires set throughout the city by his allies. Ezio will gain many upgrades from Da Vinci on his wrist gauntlet like a wheel lock firearm concealed near his left hidden blade, and a poison needle inside one other hidden blade. Ezio possesses the ability to use [[Eagle Vision]] while moving. He can visit Blacksmiths to purchase weapons and armors including Helmschmeid and Metal Plate, or tailors to customize the colors of his clothing. After obtaining all six seals from hidden Assassin's Tombs, Ezio can open the locked gate to [[Altair's Armor]] inside the Villa Monteriggioni, created by Altair after the defeat of Al-Mualim. It is easily the best armor available in the game, giving much more health and resistance points than any prior suit or piece, and it is unbreakable.

The Codex pieces alludes to the possibility of the armor being forged from, or including parts of, the Golden Fleece - which could be a Piece of Eden. Considering that the armor is unbreakable, this is likely. The Sword of Altair can also be bought from the Monteriggioni blacksmith any time after the 8th Sequence.

==Trivia==

[[File:Zw-ezioauditore.png|thumb|right|Ezio's database picture]]
* The Italian name 'Ezio' derives from the Greek word 'Aetos', which means "Eagle", similar to Altaïr whose name means "The Flying One".
* Unlike Altaïr (who had his ring finger removed as a commitment to make way for the [[Hidden Blade]]), Ezio has all ten fingers. A modification to the Hidden Blade made sometime after Altaïr defeated Al-Mualim spared Ezio's left ring finger. Leonardo Da Vinci deciphers a Codex Page written by Altaïr on which said modification was illustrated. Instead of said removal of the ring finger, Assassins now have a mark burned into the ring finger as a sign of their lineage.
* It is stated in the Philosophical Codex that after Altaïr defeated Al-Mualim at the end of the first ''Assassin's Creed'' and became the leader, the Assassins were forced to realize the scope of their fight against the Templars, and had to abandon many of their traditions: like the removal of the ring finger or the ban on using poison, in order to survive.
* Ezio uses a wheel lock firearm, a type of weapon that Europe didn't start developing until the very late 1400's and early 1500's, sometime during the Italian Renaissance, making this weapon most likely one of the very first of its type to appear in Europe. Thus, many in-game citizens do not know what the weapon is. The earliest firearms were single shot and took time to reload, so will most likely be only used as a last resort weapon. Leonardo Da Vinci didn't create the firearm mentioned, but found instructions to make one from a Codex page, meaning Altaïr was the one who invented the Hidden Gun. Through knowledge gained from the Apple of Eden. Also note that Da Vinci created some of the first modern wheel lock pistols, so this could be a shortened version of one.
* Ezio's face in ''Assassin's Creed II'' seems to be a mixture of Desmond's ([[wikipedia:Francisco Randez|Francisco Randez]]) and Devon Bostick's from ''Lineage'' .
* It would appear as though Ezio is unaware that he of his lineage to Assassins or that he is a descendant of Altaïr, despite learning about Altaïr in Monteriggioni and what kind of assassin he was, he never truly understands why he is such a successful assassin himself.
* Ezio is 40 years old in 1499 (15 years older than Altaïr's age in 1191); the same age as his father when his father died in 1476.
* If you move the camera to a certain angle in the game, Ezio's face has barely aged, except for the beard, even if you played through 20 plus years of his life. His voice does deepen and mature through time, though.
* It seems that his father's [[Hidden Blade]] has survived over almost 500 years (from 1499 to 2012) since [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]] is seen using a similar looking one at the end of the [[Assassin's Creed II|game]].
* The scar on Ezio's mouth may have been acquired after the mission "Boys Will Be Boys", when Vieri De Pazzi threw the rock at his face during the first memory sequence
* If you look at Desmond's face and Ezio's, they have an identical scar on their mouths(this also applies to [[Altair]]).

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Bartolomeo d'Alviano

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|name=Bartolomeo d'Alviano
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|appear=''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|period=Italian Renaissance (15th century)
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'''Bartolomeo d'Alviano''' is a ''condottiero'' (mercenary) leading the [[Mercenaries]] in [[Venice]]. He is a big, strong man and extremely virile. He is always taunting his enemies... and his allies.

==Trivia==
*This fictional character is based on a real ''condottiero'' of the Italian Renaissance: [[wikipedia:Bartolomeo Colleoni|Bartolomeo Colleoni]].
*When you first free him he uses a broom in combat.
*He has a large sword (looks like a scottish [[wikipedia:claymore|claymore]]) he calls "Bianca".

{{ACII}}
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[[Category:Assassins|Alviano, Bartolomeo de]]

Short blade

2009-12-16T05:16:01Z

98.154.209.149: /* Assassin's Creed II */

The '''Short Blade''' is a short, curved blade that is a smaller, more agile weapon than the longsword. The [[Animus]], in its hints and tips given to the player, recommends the Short Blade for killing off large numbers of enemies.

==Assassin's Creed==

In [[Assassin's Creed]], the short blade is first available after Altaïr has reached level 3. Like the Longsword, Altaïr's Short Blade increases in quality and power with his rank. Altair carry's the short blade on his back with the handle facing down.

While the Short Blade is selected, the player can also use throwing knives by holding down the modifier key and pressing the weapon hand key ([[File:PlayStationSquare.svg]] on Playstation 3, X on Xbox 360, Left Mouse Button for PC default layout).

==Assassin's Creed II ==

[[File:AC2_CA_009_Daggers.png|thumb|130px|Short Blades in Assassin's Creed II]]
[[Ezio]] can carry a short blade in addition to his longsword. Various short blades can be purchased at blacksmith shops with unique speed, damage and deflection properties. Unlike Altaïr, he won't carry it on his back but next to his longsword. The special attack of most short blades can only be preformed from behind, and takes the form of slitting their neck, and stabbing them in the shoulder or the back.

===Statistic===

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!width="10%"|Speed
!width="10%"|Deflect
|-
!Dagger
|1 
|1 
|2
|-
!Knife
|1 
|2 
|3
|-
!Stiletto
|2
|4
|1
|-
!Channeled Cinqueda
|3
|3
|4
|-
!Dark Oracle's Bone Dagger
|2
|4
|4 
|-
!Sultan's Knife
|3
|5 
|3 
|-
!Butcher Knife
|4 
|3 
|5 
|-
!Notched Cinqueda
|5
|5
|4
|}

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[[Category:Assassin's Creed Weapons]]
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Short blade

2009-12-16T05:15:37Z

98.154.209.149: /* Assassin's Creed II */

The '''Short Blade''' is a short, curved blade that is a smaller, more agile weapon than the longsword. The [[Animus]], in its hints and tips given to the player, recommends the Short Blade for killing off large numbers of enemies.

==Assassin's Creed==

In [[Assassin's Creed]], the short blade is first available after Altaïr has reached level 3. Like the Longsword, Altaïr's Short Blade increases in quality and power with his rank. Altair carry's the short blade on his back with the handle facing down.

While the Short Blade is selected, the player can also use throwing knives by holding down the modifier key and pressing the weapon hand key ([[File:PlayStationSquare.svg]] on Playstation 3, X on Xbox 360, Left Mouse Button for PC default layout).

==Assassin's Creed II ==

[[File:AC2_CA_009_Daggers.png|thumb|130px|Short Blades in Assassin's Creed II]]
[[Ezio]] can carry a short blade in addition to his longsword. Various short blades can be purchased at blacksmith shops with unique speed, damage and deflection properties. Unlike Altaïr, he won't carry it on his back but next to his longsword. The special attack of most short blades can only be preformed from behind, and takes the form of slitting their neck, or stabbing them in the shoulder.

===Statistic===

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!width="15%"|Name
!width="10%"|Damage
!width="10%"|Speed
!width="10%"|Deflect
|-
!Dagger
|1 
|1 
|2
|-
!Knife
|1 
|2 
|3
|-
!Stiletto
|2
|4
|1
|-
!Channeled Cinqueda
|3
|3
|4
|-
!Dark Oracle's Bone Dagger
|2
|4
|4 
|-
!Sultan's Knife
|3
|5 
|3 
|-
!Butcher Knife
|4 
|3 
|5 
|-
!Notched Cinqueda
|5
|5
|4
|}

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Glyphs

2009-12-16T05:14:14Z

98.154.209.149: /* Notes */

'''Glyphs''' are encrypted messages in the Animus 2.0 created by [[Subject 16]]. Just before he died, he left messages in the original Animus to tell anybody who finds it an important secret. The only way somebody would find these is to solve the puzzles relevant to the information given. There are a total of 20 glyphs found in Italy. Each provides, whether through Subject 16 or the coded messages hidden in some files, snippets of backstory to the Templars and Pieces of Eden.

==Locations==
===Florence===
===Monteriggioni===
===Tuscany/San Gimignano===
===Romagna/Forlì===

==Truth Files==

{|border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%"
!width="10%"|File Number
!width="20%"|Location
!width="35%"|Solution
!width="40%"|Story/Secret Messages
|-
!Truth File 1 - In The Beginning
|While standing on a roof, it’s on a wall at Santa Croce
|Solve the puzzle by choosing the paintings with an apple in them
|
Subject 16 explains that everything he's been told is a lie and has split 20 codes in the animus, and along the way, the truth would be revealed.
|-
!Truth File 2 - Sixty-Four Squares
|While standing on a roof, it’s on a wall at Ospedale Degli Innocenti
|Solve the puzzle more easily by rotating the circle puzzle pieces from smallest circle to the largest
|-
!Truth File 3 - Descendants
|While standing on a roof, it’s on a wall at La Rosa Colta
|Solve the puzzle by highlighting the circular object in each photo
|
*Pigpen cipher on the photo of Roosevelt reads "The Masons brought it across the sea. George Washington passed it on". George Washington was a member of the Masons, along with a number of the founding fathers, who supposedly they were the Knights Templar reborn.
*Morse code on the photo of Houdini reads "They hit him in the stomach". This is reference to the fact that after he was hit in the stomach for a trick, he died of a ruptured appendix.
*Morse code on the photo of Gandhi reads "The bullet hit him in the chest".
|-
!Truth File 4 - Infinite Knowledge
|While hanging from the roof, it’s on a wall at Villa Auditore
|Solve the puzzle by taking the hints literally
|
*Hexadecimal cipher on the photo at Brest reads "Antikythera Mechanism, much older than 150 B.C.E."
*Caesar number cipher on the photo at the US civil war reads "Ancient city, Rajastan, Inda, irradiated by PoE".
*Binary code reads "Sumerian. Me 23.".
|-
!Truth File 5 - Instruments of Power
|In the bottom dwellings of Santa Maria Assunta, it’s on a wall near pillars
|Solve the puzzle by choosing the paintings with a sword in them, then, in the next set, all those with a staff
|-
!Truth File 6 - Brothers
|While standing on a roof, it’s on a wall at Torri Dei Salvucci
|Solve the puzzle more easily by rotating the circle puzzle pieces from smallest circle to the largest, while keeping an eye on the two outer layers that will connect
|
*Morse code text reads "Templar texts adapted by Mr. Smith"
*The Templar emblem is revealed as the Mark of Cain, showing Cain to be the first Templar.
|-
!Truth File 7 - Keep On Seeking, And You Shall Find
|While standing on a roof, it’s on a wall at Torre Del Diavolo
|
Solve the puzzle by choosing the paintings with red in them, this can be done in any order
|-
!Truth File 8 - Martyrs
|While standing on a roof, it’s on a wall at San Lorenzo
|Solve the puzzle by finding the Pieces of Eden (success is indicated with a sound). Then putting the flame over Joan on the world map. And finally, by moving Rasputin’s photo to the top of Czar Nicholas II’s photo
|
*Binary code on photo of Czar Nicholas II reads "17th July 1918". This date was the day the Czar and his family were killed off.
* Binary code on painting of Joan of Arc reads "30th May 1431" The day Joan was burned at the stake.
*It is revealed that the Templars stole the Sword from Joan of Arc.
* Rasputin stole the Staff from Czar Nicholas II.
|-
!Truth File 9 - Hat-Trick
|While standing on a roof, it’s on a wall at Mercato Vecchio
|
Solve the puzzle by taking the hints literally, with the last one being 6=1

Since i can't type in the next block over, i'll have to type what i need here: According to the letter, JFK was a planning on giving the people of the US the right to vote to something, so the templars decided to kill him and extract #3 at the same time
|-
!Truth File 10 - Apollo
|While standing on a roof, it’s on a wall at Monte Oliveto Maggiore
|Solve the puzzle by not looking for the Eagle Apollo lander on the moon. When found, it’s best to rotate the layers of the puzzle from the inside out until they all align, but note that inner layer 1 rotates on its own despite being connected to layer 4 as well in one instance, same story for layer 6. Lastly, the Piece of Eden is on the Moon’s surface.
|
*Pigpen cipher reads "Johnson was one of them. The bees drone too. Follow the money."
*The title of the Moon photo reads "Apollo 11 photograph released to public". Underneath it reads "Original unreleased negative".
*The flag of the USA contains the Abstergo logo.
*The white flag contains the Templar emblem.
|-
!Truth File 11 - The Inventor
|While standing on the floor, it’s under a stone arch at Antico Teatro Romano
|Solve the puzzle by highlighting the light bulbs. After that highlight the middle of the photo above the doorway. Then highlight Nikola Tesla’s lap.
|
*The picture of Wardenslyffe contains 3 quotes of Tesla's
*Caesar cipher in the picture of Tesla's lab reads "He used it to develop a bottomless source of energy. Telefunken Wireless Station".
|-
!Truth File 12 - Titans of Industry
|While standing on a roof (not the church tower itself), look down to the side of a wall attached to where you stand at Abbazia Di San Mercuriale
|>this first code is wrong someone find the right one cause i havent been able to figure it out > Solve the puzzle by aligning red 1 with gray 4 on the wheel and entering the related code. Then turn off all the lights on the globe. Select the orb in the middle of the next photo. Solve the last puzzle by lining up the wheel like this: 1=II. 2=III 3=I..
|
*Morse code reads "They used it to make Tesla go insane. The organization took his research. Alien property, custodian office".
|-
!Truth File 13 - "I am Become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds"
|Climb the base lookout tower until you see it on part of the stone walling on Avamposto Veneziano
|Solve the puzzle by lining up the wheel like this: 5=circle, square, square. 2=circle 3=triangle. Next press the red button so-to-speak. The last part you’ll find near the left-middle bottom of the letter
|-
!Truth File 14 - Bloodlines
|Swim under the Ponte Di Rialto bridge, where you’ll find it on a wall near the edge of the water
|Solve the puzzle by choosing the paintings with Gods in them: Jupiter, Zeus, Cupid, the Swan and Europa
|-
!Truth File 15 - Guardians
|While standing on a roof, it’s on a higher up wall at Gilda Dei Ladri Di Venezia, right above a wooden hatch
|Solve the puzzle by working from the inside out, and realizing that these layers are connected: 1 to 6, the middle two, and 4 to 5
|-
!Truth File 16 - The Cavalry
|Climb up the Campanile Di San Marco bell tower, until you can climb in, at which point you’ll find it on the floor
|Solve the puzzle by selecting Tunguska. It's ok if you select others first but Tunguska solves the puzzle. Give the staff to the picture.
|-
!Truth File 17 - The Bunker
|Climb up the Torre Dell ‘Orologio and on the floor you’ll find it
|Solve the puzzle by lining up the wheel like this: 7=broken square symbol, 9=six-sided hourglass symbol, 1=square with little square inside of it. Then the attic on the top-right will reveal an Assassin symbol for you to ID
|Cipher reads "His double was killed in his bunker"
|-
!Truth File 18 - Synapses
|While standing on a roof (not the highest roof), it’s on a wall at San Pietro Di Castello
|
Solve the puzzle by allining up the wheel like this: 6=YYY, 0=the equivalent of 17 (in summerian) <YYY,YYY,Y, 3= (31) or <<<Y.
|-
!Truth File 19 - The Fourth Day
|It’s on the back of one of the rounded-top walls that stick out on the side-parts of Scuola Grande Di San Marco
|
Solve the puzzle by choosing the paintings with a sun in them. I’m not sure if this has to be done in any specific order, if so it’s: Aztec Calendar, Easter Gate, Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Nazca Textile and Book of the Dead. Then find the part of the sun photo that has the most radiation and ID it
|-
!Truth File 20 - The Origin of the Species
|From the roof with a fire near it, it’s there when you look down to a wall on the side of San Giacomo Di Rialto
|Solve the puzzle by working from the inside out, and realizing that these layers are not connected: 2nd inner layer, 5th outer layer. Then ID the sun. Next you can line up the code wheel any way you want to complete the puzzle. Use the set of numbers that only has 3 lines in it. Add up each line and start counting the number of times you change the puzzle piece, start by going down first. In the final puzzle, move the cursor over the bones to change the skeleton from a ape into a human
|}

==Notes==
Despite what order you find the glyphs in, the story behind it of Subject 16 will be seen in its correct order, so even if you found Glyph 20 first, the puzzle will relate to Glyph 1. If you, for example, then found Glyph 10, it will then relate to Glyph 2, and so on. Also if you are unsure as to where to find the Glyphs, go to the Animus menu page, then database, and finally locations. Specific location pictures have a Glyph symbol in the top right corner. It will tell you where you can find them (and the Assassin's Tombs) in each area.

== List of Glyphs ==
This list of glyphs is in no particular order:

*Japanese Tori Gate
*Chinese Writing
*Nazca Line: The Monkey
*Eye of Horus
*Omega
*Butterfly
*Twin Pagodas
*Step Pyramid
*Macchu Picchu
*Eye of Providence
*Hebrew Writing
*Mt. Fuji and the Sun
*12212012 Barcode
*Nazca Line: The Spider/Ant
*The Apple and Pyramid of Eyes
*Pyramids of Giza
*Pentacle/Pentagram
*Nazca Line: The Hummingbird
*The Mandelbrot Set
*The Trefoils
[[Category:Assassin's Creed II]]

Glyphs

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'''Glyphs''' are encrypted messages in the Animus 2.0 created by [[Subject 16]]. Just before he died, he left messages in the original Animus to tell anybody who finds it an important secret. The only way somebody would find these is to solve the puzzles relevant to the information given. There are a total of 20 glyphs found in Italy. Each provides, whether through Subject 16 or the coded messages hidden in some files, snippets of backstory to the Templars and Pieces of Eden.

==Locations==
===Florence===
===Monteriggioni===
===Tuscany/San Gimignano===
===Romagna/Forlì===

==Truth Files==

{|border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="100%"
!width="10%"|File Number
!width="20%"|Location
!width="35%"|Solution
!width="40%"|Story/Secret Messages
|-
!Truth File 1 - In The Beginning
|While standing on a roof, it’s on a wall at Santa Croce
|Solve the puzzle by choosing the paintings with an apple in them
|
Subject 16 explains that everything he's been told is a lie and has split 20 codes in the animus, and along the way, the truth would be revealed.
|-
!Truth File 2 - Sixty-Four Squares
|While standing on a roof, it’s on a wall at Ospedale Degli Innocenti
|Solve the puzzle more easily by rotating the circle puzzle pieces from smallest circle to the largest
|-
!Truth File 3 - Descendants
|While standing on a roof, it’s on a wall at La Rosa Colta
|Solve the puzzle by highlighting the circular object in each photo
|
*Pigpen cipher on the photo of Roosevelt reads "The Masons brought it across the sea. George Washington passed it on". George Washington was a member of the Masons, along with a number of the founding fathers, who supposedly they were the Knights Templar reborn.
*Morse code on the photo of Houdini reads "They hit him in the stomach". This is reference to the fact that after he was hit in the stomach for a trick, he died of a ruptured appendix.
*Morse code on the photo of Gandhi reads "The bullet hit him in the chest".
|-
!Truth File 4 - Infinite Knowledge
|While hanging from the roof, it’s on a wall at Villa Auditore
|Solve the puzzle by taking the hints literally
|
*Hexadecimal cipher on the photo at Brest reads "Antikythera Mechanism, much older than 150 B.C.E."
*Caesar number cipher on the photo at the US civil war reads "Ancient city, Rajastan, Inda, irradiated by PoE".
*Binary code reads "Sumerian. Me 23.".
|-
!Truth File 5 - Instruments of Power
|In the bottom dwellings of Santa Maria Assunta, it’s on a wall near pillars
|Solve the puzzle by choosing the paintings with a sword in them, then, in the next set, all those with a staff
|-
!Truth File 6 - Brothers
|While standing on a roof, it’s on a wall at Torri Dei Salvucci
|Solve the puzzle more easily by rotating the circle puzzle pieces from smallest circle to the largest, while keeping an eye on the two outer layers that will connect
|
*Morse code text reads "Templar texts adapted by Mr. Smith"
*The Templar emblem is revealed as the Mark of Cain, showing Cain to be the first Templar.
|-
!Truth File 7 - Keep On Seeking, And You Shall Find
|While standing on a roof, it’s on a wall at Torre Del Diavolo
|
Solve the puzzle by choosing the paintings with red in them, this can be done in any order
|-
!Truth File 8 - Martyrs
|While standing on a roof, it’s on a wall at San Lorenzo
|Solve the puzzle by finding the Pieces of Eden (success is indicated with a sound). Then putting the flame over Joan on the world map. And finally, by moving Rasputin’s photo to the top of Czar Nicholas II’s photo
|
*Binary code on photo of Czar Nicholas II reads "17th July 1918". This date was the day the Czar and his family were killed off.
* Binary code on painting of Joan of Arc reads "30th May 1431" The day Joan was burned at the stake.
*It is revealed that the Templars stole the Sword from Joan of Arc.
* Rasputin stole the Staff from Czar Nicholas II.
|-
!Truth File 9 - Hat-Trick
|While standing on a roof, it’s on a wall at Mercato Vecchio
|
Solve the puzzle by taking the hints literally, with the last one being 6=1

Since i can't type in the next block over, i'll have to type what i need here: According to the letter, JFK was a planning on giving the people of the US the right to vote to something, so the templars decided to kill him and extract #3 at the same time
|-
!Truth File 10 - Apollo
|While standing on a roof, it’s on a wall at Monte Oliveto Maggiore
|Solve the puzzle by not looking for the Eagle Apollo lander on the moon. When found, it’s best to rotate the layers of the puzzle from the inside out until they all align, but note that inner layer 1 rotates on its own despite being connected to layer 4 as well in one instance, same story for layer 6. Lastly, the Piece of Eden is on the Moon’s surface.
|
*Pigpen cipher reads "Johnson was one of them. The bees drone too. Follow the money."
*The title of the Moon photo reads "Apollo 11 photograph released to public". Underneath it reads "Original unreleased negative".
*The flag of the USA contains the Abstergo logo.
*The white flag contains the Templar emblem.
|-
!Truth File 11 - The Inventor
|While standing on the floor, it’s under a stone arch at Antico Teatro Romano
|Solve the puzzle by highlighting the light bulbs. After that highlight the middle of the photo above the doorway. Then highlight Nikola Tesla’s lap.
|
*The picture of Wardenslyffe contains 3 quotes of Tesla's
*Caesar cipher in the picture of Tesla's lab reads "He used it to develop a bottomless source of energy. Telefunken Wireless Station".
|-
!Truth File 12 - Titans of Industry
|While standing on a roof (not the church tower itself), look down to the side of a wall attached to where you stand at Abbazia Di San Mercuriale
|>this first code is wrong someone find the right one cause i havent been able to figure it out > Solve the puzzle by aligning red 1 with gray 4 on the wheel and entering the related code. Then turn off all the lights on the globe. Select the orb in the middle of the next photo. Solve the last puzzle by lining up the wheel like this: 1=II. 2=III 3=I..
|
*Morse code reads "They used it to make Tesla go insane. The organization took his research. Alien property, custodian office".
|-
!Truth File 13 - "I am Become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds"
|Climb the base lookout tower until you see it on part of the stone walling on Avamposto Veneziano
|Solve the puzzle by lining up the wheel like this: 5=circle, square, square. 2=circle 3=triangle. Next press the red button so-to-speak. The last part you’ll find near the left-middle bottom of the letter
|-
!Truth File 14 - Bloodlines
|Swim under the Ponte Di Rialto bridge, where you’ll find it on a wall near the edge of the water
|Solve the puzzle by choosing the paintings with Gods in them: Jupiter, Zeus, Cupid, the Swan and Europa
|-
!Truth File 15 - Guardians
|While standing on a roof, it’s on a higher up wall at Gilda Dei Ladri Di Venezia, right above a wooden hatch
|Solve the puzzle by working from the inside out, and realizing that these layers are connected: 1 to 6, the middle two, and 4 to 5
|-
!Truth File 16 - The Cavalry
|Climb up the Campanile Di San Marco bell tower, until you can climb in, at which point you’ll find it on the floor
|Solve the puzzle by selecting Tunguska. It's ok if you select others first but Tunguska solves the puzzle. Give the staff to the picture.
|-
!Truth File 17 - The Bunker
|Climb up the Torre Dell ‘Orologio and on the floor you’ll find it
|Solve the puzzle by lining up the wheel like this: 7=broken square symbol, 9=six-sided hourglass symbol, 1=square with little square inside of it. Then the attic on the top-right will reveal an Assassin symbol for you to ID
|Cipher reads "His double was killed in his bunker"
|-
!Truth File 18 - Synapses
|While standing on a roof (not the highest roof), it’s on a wall at San Pietro Di Castello
|
Solve the puzzle by allining up the wheel like this: 6=YYY, 0=the equivalent of 17 (in summerian) <YYY,YYY,Y, 3= (31) or <<<Y.
|-
!Truth File 19 - The Fourth Day
|It’s on the back of one of the rounded-top walls that stick out on the side-parts of Scuola Grande Di San Marco
|
Solve the puzzle by choosing the paintings with a sun in them. I’m not sure if this has to be done in any specific order, if so it’s: Aztec Calendar, Easter Gate, Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Nazca Textile and Book of the Dead. Then find the part of the sun photo that has the most radiation and ID it
|-
!Truth File 20 - The Origin of the Species
|From the roof with a fire near it, it’s there when you look down to a wall on the side of San Giacomo Di Rialto
|Solve the puzzle by working from the inside out, and realizing that these layers are not connected: 2nd inner layer, 5th outer layer. Then ID the sun. Next you can line up the code wheel any way you want to complete the puzzle. Use the set of numbers that only has 3 lines in it. Add up each line and start counting the number of times you change the puzzle piece, start by going down first. In the final puzzle, move the cursor over the bones to change the skeleton from a ape into a human
|}

==Notes==
Despite what order you find the glyphs in, the story behind it of Subject 16 will be seen in its correct order, so even if you found Glyph 20 first, the puzzle will relate to Glyph 1. If you, for example, then found Glyph 10, it will then relate to Glyph 2, and so on. Also if you are unsure as to where to find the Glyphs, go to the Animus menu page, then database, and finally locations. Each location picture has a Glyph symbol in the top right corner. It will tell you where you can find them (and the Assassin's Tombs) in each area.

== List of Glyphs ==
This list of glyphs is in no particular order:

*Japanese Tori Gate
*Chinese Writing
*Nazca Line: The Monkey
*Eye of Horus
*Omega
*Butterfly
*Twin Pagodas
*Step Pyramid
*Macchu Picchu
*Eye of Providence
*Hebrew Writing
*Mt. Fuji and the Sun
*12212012 Barcode
*Nazca Line: The Spider/Ant
*The Apple and Pyramid of Eyes
*Pyramids of Giza
*Pentacle/Pentagram
*Nazca Line: The Hummingbird
*The Mandelbrot Set
*The Trefoils
[[Category:Assassin's Creed II]]

Ezio Auditore da Firenze

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{{Character Infobox
|name =Ezio Auditore da Firenze
|status =Alive
|image =Ezio.jpg|250|
|imgdesc =Full Portrait of Ezio with his Hidden Blades revealed.
|faction =[[Assassins]]
|appear =''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|period =Italian Renaissance (15th Century)
|voice =[[Roger Craig Smith]]
}} {{quote
|1 = Niente è vero, tutto è permesso.
|2 = Nothing is true, everything is permitted.
}} '''Ezio Auditore da Firenze''' (1459 - ?) is the protagonist of ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed II: Discovery]]''. He is an ancestor of [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]] and a descendant of [[Altaïr]], as well as being the latest known link between the lineages of Subject 16 and that of Desmond.

==Character Biography==
=== ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'' ===

[[File:Eziolineagechess.png|thumb|left|Ezio portrayed by [[wikipedia:Devon Bostick|Devon Bostick]].]]
'''Ezio Auditore da Firenze''', is a young member of the Florentine Nobility and the second son of [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni Auditore]], an [[Assassin]]. He is ignorant to his father's true profession, and his hereditary duties. He has slight skills at playing chess, and he is "learning fast" according to his mother (though he lost against his older brother, [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]]).

=== ''[[Assassin's Creed II|Plot]]'' ===

Ezio Auditore da Firenze's story begins moments after he exits the womb of his mother, [[Maria Auditore]]. Originally it seemed like Ezio was a stillborn, but after his father arrives the newborn begins to move his limbs and cry. Giovanni Auditore, his father, welcomes Ezio into the world and bestows his name upon him. We rejoin Ezio years later during a rousing pre-fight speech, addressing his friends. Ezio is holding one side of a bridge against [[Vieri Di Pazzi]] and his men, whom insult the [http:///index.php?title=House_of_Auditore&action=edit&redlink=1 House of Auditore], and Ezio's mother and father personally. Reprimanded gently by his elder brother, Federico and his father, Ezio becomes more involved with his family's affairs. He would then sleep with [[Cristina Vespucci]] that night. His father, Giovanni, and another man, [[Uberto Alberti]] are discussing secret matters that Ezio can't make sense of, but seem urgent. Eventually, guards raid Plazzo Auditore and arrest Giovanni, Federico, and Petruccio, leaving just Maria and Claudia at the home. Ezio delivers evidence that can prove his family's innocence to Uberto, who promises to defend them at the hearing. But it turns out Uberto is a traitor who destroyed the evidence and sentenced the three Auditore men to death. Swearing vengeance, Ezio has to hide his mother and sister and learn the ways of the Assassin. He is first taught stealth by Paola of the [[:File:Zw-ezio-altair-statue-2.png|Courtesans]], mainly in survival in the streets. After assassinating Uberto, apparently a city official in charge of the law, Ezio balances his life between assassinations and protecting his sister and mother, who refuses to speak after Ezio's father and brothers were murdered. Now wanted in Florence, Ezio has to flee Florence to Tuscany with his family to the Auditore villa. He meets up with Uncle Mario, whose mercenaries save his family from an attack by Vieri and his men. He is taught basic combat, by his [[Mario Auditore da Firenze|Uncle Mario]], of the [[Mercenary]] faction and agrees to continue his father's work as an Assassin. For the next 23 years, he works as an Assassin, killing off the Templars responsible for the deaths of his father and brothers. Rodrigo Borgia, the leader of the Templars, starts to become aware of his movements, and tries to protect the other Templars. However, all of them die by Ezio's hands. Two of Ezio's last targets, Silvio Barbarigo and Dante Moro, reveal that he and the rest of the Templars were going to sail away. When Ezio asks Silvio where they were planning to sail to Silvio refuses and dies. Dante Moro, who reveals that they were planning to sail to Cyprus and was going to tell Ezio why, but he dies before he can finish his statement. Later on, Leonardo da Vinci informs Ezio that one of the Codex Pages reveal that only the Prophet can open the Vault. Ezio finally learns that Rodrigo Borgia arrived at Venice and was receiving a package from Cyprus. He believed that Rodrigo was expecting the arrival from the prophet and tries to find a way to infiltrate and prove Rodrigo wrong. Ezio assassinates the deliverer and dresses in his armor. He is able to infiltrate the delivery, and told Rodrigo that the Prophet does not exist. Rodrigo laughs and tells Ezio that he, Rodrigo Borgia, was the prophet. Ezio fights Rodrigo and many other guards for the package. All of Ezio's past allies arrive and reveal that they are Assassins as well. After defeating Borgia, he flees the area and the Assassins tell Ezio that Rodrigo is not the prophet, but Ezio may be the prophet. Ezio is initiated into the Assassins Order that night. At the end of the game, Ezio travels to Rome to assassinate Rodrigo Borgia, who has now become the Pope, the most powerful man in all of Italy, if not all of Europe. Ezio traverses through the walls and towers of Rome and eventually reaches the Sistine Chapel, where he seemingly assassinates Borgia without being seen. To Ezio's suprise, Borgia arises with the Staff and attempts to kill Ezio and everyone else in the chapel with the Staff. Ezio had the Apple, and was able to resist the Staff's power. A suprised Borgia taunts Ezio and challenges him to a duel. Summoning four clones, Ezio duels Borgia. It appears that Ezio defeats Borgia, but Borgia uses the Staff to turn himself invisible and takes the Apple from Ezio. Borgia then lifts Ezio in the air with the Staff and stabs him, but Ezio was able to survive and using his Eagle Vision, he finds and faces Borgia one last time. The two fist fight, and Ezio emerges victorious, and uses the Staff and the Apple to access the Vault. Inside the Vault, he is greeted by a 'goddess' who identifies herself as Minerva. She explains to Ezio the true history of humanity and her race and warns that humanity is 'due for a second round'. Strangely though, she seems to be talking to another person, even though only Ezio is in the room. When Ezio asks her this, she admits that she does not wish to speak to Ezio but through him, as he is the Prophet. At the end of her speech, she says, "The rest is up to you... Desmond." A confused Ezio demands to know who Desmond is, but Minerva disappears and Ezio's story ends there.

===Assassin's Creed II: Discovery===
Sometime in late 1491, [[Antonio]] asks Ezio to pay him a visit. When Ezio arrives, Antonio is accompanied by man named [[Luis Santangel]]. Luis asks if Ezio will protect his friend, [[Christoffa Corombo]] (Christopher Columbus), who is currently on his way to meeting with Rodrigo Borgia. Seeing this an opportunity to kill Borgia himself, Ezio agrees. But Borgia is a no-show and has sent one of his own agents to the meeting to murder Christoffa. Ezio halts the attack just in time and is quickly entangled in a Templar plot to steal a mysterious atlas from Christoffa. With this atlas the Templars hope to establish a secret trade route to the Orient ... or so their cover story goes. Ezio travels to Spain to find out the Templars' new plans and to rescue a number of Assassins imprisoned by the Inquisition.

== Background ==

[[File:QuickTimePlayer_2009-09-25_19-22-34-26.png|thumb|left|286px|Young Ezio being approached by a guard (a Brute) after protesting at his fathers and brothers execution.]]Ezio is a young [[Florence |Florentine]] nobleman who lives during the 15th and 16th century. Unlike Altaïr, he is a seducer, and easily blends with any social class. He comes from an affluent background and has many friends until a life-changing event, wherein he and his family are betrayed, victims of a conspiracy that takes his [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|father]]'s, [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|elder brother]]'s, and[[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze| younger brother's]] lives. Forced to protect his [[Maria de' Mozzi |mother]] and his [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze |sister Claudia]], his remaining family, he becomes an [[Assassin]], exacting vengeance on the conspirators who betrayed his family, his first victim, the [[Uberto Alberti |one who sentenced his father's and brothers' public execution]], [[Uberto Alberti]]. From that day on, Ezio and the rest of the Auditore family are considered criminals and traitors, and he flees Florence to the safety of his [[Auditore Family Villa |ancestral home]] in the Tuscan countryside. Ezio is helped not only by his uncle [[Mario Auditore da Firenze|Mario]], but also Leonardo da Vinci, who becomes his best friend and his personal engineer, as well as [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], [[Lorenzo the Magnificent |Lorenzo de' Medici]] and other famous Renaissance figures.

[[File:Ezio_and_Lorenzo.jpg|thumb|Ezio conversing with Lorenzo de Medici]]Ezio will travel across Italy to various locations like [[Venice]], [[Tuscany]] and [[Rome]]. In ''Assassin's Creed II'', all players will live approximately 23 years of his life from when he was 17 years old (a Novice), to 40 years old (a Master Assassin), or 1476 to 1499.

After he returns from Spain, he sealed his piece of Eden under the statue of Altair at the Villa. It is also speculated that Ezio does in fact have the ability to live forever due to the Staff's powers. Another popular rumour is that Ezio meets Altair at least once through out his life.   

== Equipment and Skills==

[[File:Iexplore_2009-09-25_20-01-09-16.png|thumb|left|300px|Ezio assassinating two guards at once with the Dual-Hidden Blades.]]
Ezio Auditore da Firenze is a highly skilled assassin (when a Master Assassin) equaled only by his ancestor [[Altair]] . He is so skilled that to several fields of combat (fistfighting, hidden blades combat etc)  or free-running, he is superior even to Altair. He is able to use a variety of weapons including two [[Hidden Blade|hidden blades]], allowing him to assassinate two enemies simultaneously. Combat is also available with the hidden blade, as when countering an enemy, Ezio will kill the enemy, whether by stabbing repeatedly in the chest/stomach, or stabbing in the head. He can also steal (and use) several enemy weapons such as axes, hammers, maces, spears, halberds and two different sword types (one and two-handed). Ezio is also able to use Leonard Da Vinci's flying machine in some parts of the game, gaining altitude from bonfires set throughout the city by his allies. Ezio will gain many upgrades from Da Vinci on his wrist gauntlet like a wheel lock firearm concealed near his left hidden blade, and a poison needle inside one other hidden blade. Ezio possesses the ability to use [[Eagle Vision]] while moving. He can visit Blacksmiths to purchase weapons and armors including Helmschmeid and Metal Plate, or tailors to customize the colors of his clothing. After obtaining all six seals from hidden Assassin's Tombs, Ezio can open the locked gate to [[Altair's Armor]] inside the Villa Monteriggioni, created by Altair after the defeat of Al-Mualim. It is easily the best armor available in the game, giving much more health and resistance points than any prior suit or piece, and it is unbreakable.

The Codex pieces alludes to the possibility of the armor being forged from, or including parts of, the Golden Fleece - which could be a Piece of Eden. Considering that the armor is unbreakable, this is likely. The Sword of Altair can also be bought from the Monteriggioni blacksmith any time after the 8th Sequence.

==Trivia==

[[File:Zw-ezioauditore.png|thumb|right|Ezio's database picture]]
* The Italian name 'Ezio' derives from the Greek word 'Aetos', which means "Eagle", similar to Altaïr whose name means "The Flying One".
* Unlike Altaïr (who had his ring finger removed as a commitment to make way for the [[Hidden Blade]]), Ezio has all ten fingers. A modification to the Hidden Blade made sometime after Altaïr defeated Al-Mualim spared Ezio's left ring finger. Leonardo Da Vinci deciphers a Codex Page written by Altaïr on which said modification was illustrated. Instead of said removal of the ring finger, Assassins now have a mark burned into the ring finger as a sign of their lineage.
* It is stated in the Philosophical Codex that after Altaïr defeated Al-Mualim at the end of the first ''Assassin's Creed'' and became the leader, the Assassins were forced to realize the scope of their fight against the Templars, and had to abandon many of their traditions: like the removal of the ring finger or the ban on using poison, in order to survive.
* Ezio uses a wheel lock firearm, a type of weapon that Europe didn't start developing until the very late 1400's and early 1500's, sometime during the Italian Renaissance, making this weapon most likely one of the very first of its type to appear in Europe. Thus, many in-game citizens do not know what the weapon is. The earliest firearms were single shot and took time to reload, so will most likely be only used as a last resort weapon. Leonardo Da Vinci didn't create the firearm mentioned, but found instructions to make one from a Codex page, meaning Altaïr was the one who invented the Hidden Gun. Through knowledge gained from the Apple of Eden. Also note that Da Vinci created some of the first modern wheel lock pistols, so this could be a shortened version of one.
* Ezio's face in ''Assassin's Creed II'' seems to be a mixture of Desmond's ([[wikipedia:Francisco Randez|Francisco Randez]]) and Devon Bostick's from ''Lineage'' .
* It would appear as though Ezio is unaware that he of his lineage to Assassins or that he is a descendant of Altaïr, despite learning about Altaïr in Monteriggioni and what kind of assassin he was, he never truly understands why he is such a successful assassin himself.
* Ezio is 40 years old in 1499 (15 years older than Altaïr's age in 1191); the same age as his father when his father died in 1476.
* If you move the camera to a certain angle in the game, Ezio's face has barely aged, except for the beard, even if you played through 20 plus years of his life. His voice does deepen and mature through time, though.
* It seems that his father's [[Hidden Blade]] has survived over almost 500 years (from 1499 to 2012) since [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]] is seen using a similar looking one at the end of the [[Assassin's Creed II|game]].
* The scar on Ezio's mouth may have been acquired after the mission "Boys Will Be Boys", when Vieri De Pazzi threw the rock at his face during the first memory sequence
* If you look at Desmond's face and Ezio's, they have an identical scar on their mouths(this also applies to [[Altair]]).

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Ezio Auditore da Firenze

2009-12-16T04:58:58Z

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{{Character Infobox
|name =Ezio Auditore da Firenze
|status =Alive
|image =Ezio.jpg|250|
|imgdesc =Full Portrait of Ezio with his Hidden Blades revealed.
|faction =[[Assassins]]
|appear =''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|period =Italian Renaissance (15th Century)
|voice =[[Roger Craig Smith]]
}} {{quote
|1 = Niente è vero, tutto è permesso.
|2 = Nothing is true, everything is permitted.
}} '''Ezio Auditore da Firenze''' (1459 - ?) is the protagonist of ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed II: Discovery]]''. He is an ancestor of [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]] and a descendant of [[Altaïr]], as well as being the latest known link between the lineages of Subject 16 and that of Desmond.

==Character Biography==
=== ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'' ===

[[File:Eziolineagechess.png|thumb|left|Ezio portrayed by [[wikipedia:Devon Bostick|Devon Bostick]].]]
'''Ezio Auditore da Firenze''', is a young member of the Florentine Nobility and the second son of [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni Auditore]], an [[Assassin]]. He is ignorant to his father's true profession, and his hereditary duties. He has slight skills at playing chess, and he is "learning fast" according to his mother (though he lost against his older brother, [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]]).

=== ''[[Assassin's Creed II|Plot]]'' ===

Ezio Auditore da Firenze's story begins moments after he exits the womb of his mother, [[Maria Auditore]]. Originally it seemed like Ezio was a stillborn, but after his father arrives the newborn begins to move his limbs and cry. Giovanni Auditore, his father, welcomes Ezio into the world and bestows his name upon him. We rejoin Ezio years later during a rousing pre-fight speech, addressing his friends. Ezio is holding one side of a bridge against [[Vieri Di Pazzi]] and his men, whom insult the [http:///index.php?title=House_of_Auditore&action=edit&redlink=1 House of Auditore], and Ezio's mother and father personally. Reprimanded gently by his elder brother, Federico and his father, Ezio becomes more involved with his family's affairs. He would then sleep with [[Cristina Vespucci]] that night. His father, Giovanni, and another man, [[Uberto Alberti]] are discussing secret matters that Ezio can't make sense of, but seem urgent. Eventually, guards raid Plazzo Auditore and arrest Giovanni, Federico, and Petruccio, leaving just Maria and Claudia at the home. Ezio delivers evidence that can prove his family's innocence to Uberto, who promises to defend them at the hearing. But it turns out Uberto is a traitor who destroyed the evidence and sentenced the three Auditore men to death. Swearing vengeance, Ezio has to hide his mother and sister and learn the ways of the Assassin. He is first taught stealth by Paola of the [[:File:Zw-ezio-altair-statue-2.png|Courtesans]], mainly in survival in the streets. After assassinating Uberto, apparently a city official in charge of the law, Ezio balances his life between assassinations and protecting his sister and mother, who refuses to speak after Ezio's father and brothers were murdered. Now wanted in Florence, Ezio has to flee Florence to Tuscany with his family to the Auditore villa. He meets up with Uncle Mario, whose mercenaries save his family from an attack by Vieri and his men. He is taught basic combat, by his [[Mario Auditore da Firenze|Uncle Mario]], of the [[Mercenary]] faction and agrees to continue his father's work as an Assassin. For the next 23 years, he works as an Assassin, killing off the Templars responsible for the deaths of his father and brothers. Rodrigo Borgia, the leader of the Templars, starts to become aware of his movements, and tries to protect the other Templars. However, all of them die by Ezio's hands. Two of Ezio's last targets, Silvio Barbarigo and Dante Moro, reveal that he and the rest of the Templars were going to sail away. When Ezio asks Silvio where they were planning to sail to Silvio refuses and dies. Dante Moro, who reveals that they were planning to sail to Cyprus and was going to tell Ezio why, but he dies before he can finish his statement. Later on, Leonardo da Vinci informs Ezio that one of the Codex Pages reveal that only the Prophet can open the Vault. Ezio finally learns that Rodrigo Borgia arrived at Venice and was receiving a package from Cyprus. He believed that Rodrigo was expecting the arrival from the prophet and tries to find a way to infiltrate and prove Rodrigo wrong. Ezio assassinates the deliverer and dresses in his armor. He is able to infiltrate the delivery, and told Rodrigo that the Prophet does not exist. Rodrigo laughs and tells Ezio that he, Rodrigo Borgia, was the prophet. Ezio fights Rodrigo and many other guards for the package. All of Ezio's past allies arrive and reveal that they are Assassins as well. After defeating Borgia, he flees the area and the Assassins tell Ezio that Rodrigo is not the prophet, but Ezio may be the prophet. Ezio is initiated into the Assassins Order that night. At the end of the game, Ezio travels to Rome to assassinate Rodrigo Borgia, who has now become the Pope, the most powerful man in all of Italy, if not all of Europe. Ezio traverses through the walls and towers of Rome and eventually reaches the Sistine Chapel, where he seemingly assassinates Borgia without being seen. To Ezio's suprise, Borgia arises with the Staff and attempts to kill Ezio and everyone else in the chapel with the Staff. Ezio had the Apple, and was able to resist the Staff's power. A suprised Borgia taunts Ezio and challenges him to a duel. Summoning four clones, Ezio duels Borgia. It appears that Ezio defeats Borgia, but Borgia uses the Staff to turn himself invisible and takes the Apple from Ezio. Borgia then lifts Ezio in the air with the Staff and stabs him, but Ezio was able to survive and using his Eagle Vision, he finds and faces Borgia one last time. The two fist fight, and Ezio emerges victorious, and uses the Staff and the Apple to access the Vault. Inside the Vault, he is greeted by a 'goddess' who identifies herself as Minerva. She explains to Ezio the true history of humanity and her race and warns that humanity is 'due for a second round'. Strangely though, she seems to be talking to another person, even though only Ezio is in the room. When Ezio asks her this, she admits that she does not wish to speak to Ezio but through him, as he is the Prophet. At the end of her speech, she says, "The rest is up to you... Desmond." A confused Ezio demands to know who Desmond is, but Minerva disappears and Ezio's story ends there.

===Assassin's Creed II: Discovery===
Sometime in late 1491, [[Antonio]] asks Ezio to pay him a visit. When Ezio arrives, Antonio is accompanied by man named [[Luis Santangel]]. Luis asks if Ezio will protect his friend, [[Christoffa Corombo]] (Christopher Columbus), who is currently on his way to meeting with Rodrigo Borgia. Seeing this an opportunity to kill Borgia himself, Ezio agrees. But Borgia is a no-show and has sent one of his own agents to the meeting to murder Christoffa. Ezio halts the attack just in time and is quickly entangled in a Templar plot to steal a mysterious atlas from Christoffa. With this atlas the Templars hope to establish a secret trade route to the Orient ... or so their cover story goes. Ezio travels to Spain to find out the Templars' new plans and to rescue a number of Assassins imprisoned by the Inquisition.

== Background ==

[[File:QuickTimePlayer_2009-09-25_19-22-34-26.png|thumb|left|286px|Young Ezio being approached by a guard (a Brute) after protesting at his fathers and brothers execution.]]Ezio is a young [[Florence |Florentine]] nobleman who lives during the 15th and 16th century. Unlike Altaïr, he is a seducer, and easily blends with any social class. He comes from an affluent background and has many friends until a life-changing event, wherein he and his family are betrayed, victims of a conspiracy that takes his [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|father]]'s, [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|elder brother]]'s, and[[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze| younger brother's]] lives. Forced to protect his [[Maria de' Mozzi |mother]] and his [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze |sister Claudia]], his remaining family, he becomes an [[Assassin]], exacting vengeance on the conspirators who betrayed his family, his first victim, the [[Uberto Alberti |one who sentenced his father's and brothers' public execution]], [[Uberto Alberti]]. From that day on, Ezio and the rest of the Auditore family are considered criminals and traitors, and he flees Florence to the safety of his [[Auditore Family Villa |ancestral home]] in the Tuscan countryside. Ezio is helped not only by his uncle [[Mario Auditore da Firenze|Mario]], but also Leonardo da Vinci, who becomes his best friend and his personal engineer, as well as [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], [[Lorenzo the Magnificent |Lorenzo de' Medici]] and other famous Renaissance figures.

[[File:Ezio_and_Lorenzo.jpg|thumb|Ezio conversing with Lorenzo de Medici]]Ezio will travel across Italy to various locations like [[Venice]], [[Tuscany]] and [[Rome]]. In ''Assassin's Creed II'', all players will live approximately 23 years of his life from when he was 17 years old (a Novice), to 40 years old (a Master Assassin), or 1476 to 1499.

After he returns from Spain, he sealed his piece of Eden under the statue of Altair at the Villa. It is also speculated that Ezio does in fact have the ability to live forever due to the Staff's powers. Another popular rumour is that Ezio meets Altair at least once through out his life.   

== Equipment and Skills==

[[File:Iexplore_2009-09-25_20-01-09-16.png|thumb|left|300px|Ezio assassinating two guards at once with the Dual-Hidden Blades.]]
Ezio Auditore da Firenze is a highly skilled assassin (when a Master Assassin) equaled only by his ancestor [[Altair]] . He is so skilled that to several fields of combat (fistfighting, hidden blades combat etc)  or free-running, he is superior even to Altair. He is able to use a variety of weapons including two [[Hidden Blade|hidden blades]], allowing him to assassinate two enemies simultaneously. Combat is also available with the hidden blade, as when countering an enemy, Ezio will kill the enemy, whether by stabbing repeatedly in the chest/stomach, or stabbing in the head. He can also steal (and use) several enemy weapons such as axes, hammers, maces, spears, halberds and two different sword types (one and two-handed). Ezio is also able to use Leonard Da Vinci's flying machine in some parts of the game, gaining altitude from bonfires set throughout the city by his allies. Ezio will gain many upgrades from Da Vinci on his wrist gauntlet like a wheel lock firearm concealed near his left hidden blade, and a poison needle inside one other hidden blade. Ezio possesses the ability to use [[Eagle Vision]] while moving. He can visit Blacksmiths to purchase weapons and armors including Helmschmeid and Metal Plate, or tailors to customize the colors of his clothing. After obtaining all six seals from hidden Assassin's Tombs, Ezio can open the locked gate to [[Altair's Armor]] inside the Villa Monteriggioni, created by Altair after the defeat of Al-Mualim. It is easily the best armor available in the game, giving much more health and resistance points than any prior suit or piece, and it is unbreakable.

The Codex pieces alludes to the possibility of the armor being forged from, or including parts of, the Golden Fleece - which could be a Piece of Eden. Considering that the armor is unbreakable, this is likely. The Sword of Altair can also be bought from the Monteriggioni blacksmith any time after the eighth scenario.

==Trivia==

[[File:Zw-ezioauditore.png|thumb|right|Ezio's database picture]]
* The Italian name 'Ezio' derives from the Greek word 'Aetos', which means "Eagle", similar to Altaïr whose name means "The Flying One".
* Unlike Altaïr (who had his ring finger removed as a commitment to make way for the [[Hidden Blade]]), Ezio has all ten fingers. A modification to the Hidden Blade made sometime after Altaïr defeated Al-Mualim spared Ezio's left ring finger. Leonardo Da Vinci deciphers a Codex Page written by Altaïr on which said modification was illustrated. Instead of said removal of the ring finger, Assassins now have a mark burned into the ring finger as a sign of their lineage.
* It is stated in the Philosophical Codex that after Altaïr defeated Al-Mualim at the end of the first ''Assassin's Creed'' and became the leader, the Assassins were forced to realize the scope of their fight against the Templars, and had to abandon many of their traditions: like the removal of the ring finger or the ban on using poison, in order to survive.
* Ezio uses a wheel lock firearm, a type of weapon that Europe didn't start developing until the very late 1400's and early 1500's, sometime during the Italian Renaissance, making this weapon most likely one of the very first of its type to appear in Europe. Thus, many in-game citizens do not know what the weapon is. The earliest firearms were single shot and took time to reload, so will most likely be only used as a last resort weapon. Leonardo Da Vinci didn't create the firearm mentioned, but found instructions to make one from a Codex page, meaning Altaïr was the one who invented the Hidden Gun. Through knowledge gained from the Apple of Eden. Also note that Da Vinci created some of the first modern wheel lock pistols, so this could be a shortened version of one.
* Ezio's face in ''Assassin's Creed II'' seems to be a mixture of Desmond's ([[wikipedia:Francisco Randez|Francisco Randez]]) and Devon Bostick's from ''Lineage'' .
* It would appear as though Ezio is unaware that he of his lineage to Assassins or that he is a descendant of Altaïr, despite learning about Altaïr in Monteriggioni and what kind of assassin he was, he never truly understands why he is such a successful assassin himself.
* Ezio is 40 years old in 1499 (15 years older than Altaïr's age in 1191); the same age as his father when his father died in 1476.
* If you move the camera to a certain angle in the game, Ezio's face has barely aged, except for the beard, even if you played through 20 plus years of his life. His voice does deepen and mature through time, though.
* It seems that his father's [[Hidden Blade]] has survived over almost 500 years (from 1499 to 2012) since [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]] is seen using a similar looking one at the end of the [[Assassin's Creed II|game]].
* The scar on Ezio's mouth may have been acquired after the mission "Boys Will Be Boys", when Vieri De Pazzi threw the rock at his face during the first memory sequence
* If you look at Desmond's face and Ezio's, they have an identical scar on their mouths(this also applies to [[Altair]]).

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

Carlo Grimaldi

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Carlo Grimaldi
|image = Zw-carlogrimaldi.png
|imgdesc = Carlo Grimaldi in the Animus Database
|faction = [[Templars]]
|appear = [[Assassin's Creed II]]
|period = Italian Renaissance (15th century)
}}

[[File:Carlogrimaldi.png|thumb|left|Carlo in Venice.]]Carlo Grimaldi was a Templar and a government official. He was close to Doge Mocenigo of Venice and plotted to kill him. He was also a member of the Council Of Ten.

Carlo craved political power, and knew the Doge of Venice. He used this to his advantage, and had heard that the Doge's daughter wanted to be with a servant but her father would not allow it. Carlo told them to escape on a boat that very night. When they arrived at the boat, they found Carlo waiting for them with a few guards and the Doge himself. The servant was killed and the Doge trusted Carlo enough to allow him into the Council Of Ten.

Carlo is first seen meeting with [[Emilio Barbarigo]] and informing him of Ezio's arrival in Venice. He leaves just before Emilio is assassinated. He is next seen in Venice meeting with [[Marco Barbarigo]], [[Dante Moro]] and [[Silvio Barbarigo]]. They plot to poison the Doge so one of them can replace him.

Carlo is encountered in the Doge's palace, prior to Ezio's arrival via Leonardo's Flying Machine, where he is playing chess with the Doge after hearing a commotion outside the Palace. Ezio rushes in only to realize that it was too late, the Doge has been poisoned. Carlo blames Ezio and alerts the guards for his death as he runs out of the room. Ezio pursues him and assassinates him in the courtyard.

== Final Words ==
'''Ezio:''' It takes one Assassin to kill another, it seems.

'''Carlo:''' We kill thinking it's best for us, do we not, Messer Ezio?

'''Ezio:''' I do this not for myself. ''Compio questo sacrificio per il bene superiore''. (I make this sacrifice for the greater good.) ''Requiescat in Pace''. (Rest in peace)

==Video==
[[Video:Assassin's Creed 2 - Targets: Carlo Grimaldi 5/9|thumb|300px|left|]]

==Trivia==
*The fictionnal character Carno comes from the real [[wikipedia:House of Grimaldi|House of Grimaldi]] which still rules over Monaco today.

{{ACII}}
[[Category:Assassin's Creed II Assassination Targets]]
[[Category:Templars|Grimaldi, Carlo]]

Seeker

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[[File:Seeker.jpg|thumb|right|250px|CG art of Seeker guard]]
== Description ==
Seekers are fairly rare enemies of mediocre strength and speed. They are slightly more heavily armored than a normal guard but less than [[Brutes]] and carry long weapons such as spears or halberds.

== Combat ==
Seekers can be rather annoying in combat due to their special attack.

*Normal attacks: like the Brutes', Seekers' normal attacks can be blocked by [[Assassin's Creed II Weapons|any weapon]], but can't be countered with any [[Swords and Maces|sheathable weapon]] or [[Short Blade|short blade]]. They can be countered (lethally) with [[Heavy weapons|heavy weapons]], which are carried by [[Brutes]], by [[Spears and Halberds|long weapons]], carried by the Seekers themselves, or by [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]]'s [[Hidden Blade]](s), although the timing for the latter is rather hard to get because of how short the timing window is (a fraction of a second) and how difficult it is to know when this window is during the Seeker's attack. You can also counter a Seeker's normal attacks with [[Fists|fists]] (although the timing window is short), which will disarm the Seeker and, followed up by a quick attack to the unarmed foe, will kill him. Dodging a Seeker's attacks is another option, and should be followed up with an offensive of your own. The maximum length of a Seeker's combo is three hits. Seeker's attacks do mediocre damage, on par with a Standard's.
*Special attack: Sweep: The Seeker's only special attack, the Sweep, sweeps Ezio's feet out from under him. This special does no damage and does not open Ezio to attacks, since no enemy can strike Ezio while he is on the ground. It may slow Ezio down further, should he be caught in a fight and need, for whatever reason, to get out of the fight and be on his way quickly. It may also cost him the chance to kill a freshly disarmed enemy and, in this sense, may be considered more of a defensive move than an offensive one. This attack may be dodged, but you have to be quick, because it takes the Seeker only a fraction of a second to prepare this special. A Seeker is about to perform a Sweep if he raises his weapon up and to his right at an approximately 45 degree angle. He swings it quickly, so be ready to dodge.
*Attacking: the best times to attack a Seeker are after disarming him or dodging an attack. Another good way to kill a Seeker is to assassinate him when he is about to start searching a hiding spot. The fastest way to kill a Seeker is to simply grab and kill him (this can be done even if the Seeker is at full health).

== Weaponry ==
[[File:Long weapons ac2.png|left|thumb|350px|From top to bottom: spear, halberd (weapon part only shown)]]

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::5
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::3
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!scope="row"|Halberd
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::4
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::4
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== Intelligence, Agility, and Methods of Escape ==
Seekers are extremely intelligent, and are not fooled easily. In fact, even once you have gotten out of sight, hiding or blending is ill-advised unless out of the LKP (Last Known Position) circle, as Seekers have the ability to search hiding spots. Keep in mind, however, that their free-running skills are very limited, and they will not be able to follow you on rooftops, making a rooftop hiding place once you have broken his line of sight, or simply free-running away from him, excellent methods of escape.

== Ranking ==
Information and pictures on Seeker rankings would be excellent here, please.

== Special Seekers ==
Please leave information about any characters important to the AC2 storyline, such as Ezio's assassination targets or allies, that behave as Seekers in combat here.

Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad
|image = Alta-assassins-creed.jpg
|imgdesc = A full body portrait of Altaïr.
|faction = [[Assassins]]/Hashishin
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'', ''[[AC: Altaïr's Chronicles]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' (Gameplay Chase Scene)
|period = Third Crusade
|voice = [[Philip Shahbaz]]
}}
{{dialogue|Al Mualim|Remember... nothing is true.|Altaïr|Everything is permitted.|Al Mualim and Altaïr at the Masyaf fortress}}
'''Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad''' (الطائر ابن لا أحد in [[wikipedia:Arabic|Arabic]]) (1166 - unknown) is the main protagonist in ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'', as well as the ancestor of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] and [[Desmond Miles]].

==Biography==
=== Early Life ===
Altaïr was born to an unknown couple, consisting of a Christian woman and a Muslim man.  During his childhood his parents left [[Masyaf]] for unknown reasons, though Altaïr felt little at their departure due to the nature of the [[Assassins|Assassin]] order.  Prior to the events of the series, Altaïr trained under [[Al Mualim]] and quickly rose among his brethren in skill.  This caught Al Mualim's eye and favor, and Altaïr was eventually promoted to the rank of "[[Master Assassin]]".

In the codex pages Altaïr states that he never felt a connection between his parents and him and that when he left them it was nothing more than departing "two strangers". He also stated that it was Al Mualim that cared for him and that was enough for him during that stage of his life.

===''[[Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles]]''===

===''[[Assassin's Creed]]''===
{{quote|A small sacrifice to save many. It is necessary.|Altaïr}}

Altaïr, [[Malik]] and [[Kadar]] were sent by [[Al Mualim]] to go underneath the Temple Mount in [[Jerusalem]] to recieve an artifact from the [[Templars]]. Whilst in the temple underground Altaïr sees the Asssassin's arch-enemy, [[Robert de Sable]], Altaïr attempts to kill Robert but fails and is thrown from the temple. Malik and Kadar were trapped with Robert and his Templars. Upon return to [[Masyaf]], Al Mualim names Altaïr as a traitor to the Creed, but Malik returns with artifact. The Templars attack Masyaf, Altaïr defends the village and then he and two other Assassins climb the tower of the Castle and enact Al Mualim's plan, he performs a [[Leap of Faith]] of the tower to an area which leads to another tower full of logs which land on top of the Templars. After the attack Al Mualim deems Altaïr a failure and a traitor to the Creed and Al Mualim stabs him with a dagger, apparently killing him.

Altaïr wakes up from his ''"Sleep of the Dead" ''and Al Mualim strips him of his possessions and title. Altaïr now had to start from a novice once again and hunt down a traitor within Masyaf who had helped the Templars in the attack of Masyaf. On return to Al Mualim, Altaïr is ranked up and given his [[Hidden Blade]] and longsword back, he also is given a deal of nine lives for his own. He would later in the game find out that The nine people on the list were simply decoys for [[Altaïr]].

===The Nine===
{{dialogue3|Al Mualim|I hold here a list. Nine men adorn it, nine men who need to die. They are plague-bringers, war-makers... Their power and influence corrupt the lands, ensuring that the Crusades continue. Find them, kill them... In doing so, you will sow the seeds of peace, both for the region, and for yourself.|Altaïr|Nine lives in exchange for mine...|A generous offer indeed. Have you any questions?|Only where I need begin.}}

Altaïr starts his quest, leaving [[Masyaf]] and riding through the [[kingdom]] on horseback to [[Damascus]], location of the first target, [[Tamir]].
Arriving there, he goes to the local [[Bureau]] and asks permission for the assassination. The [[dai]] denies it, ordering Altaïr to first gather information about his target. Going through the city's poor district, Altaïr interrogates informants, pickpocket letters and maps and eavesdrop on conversations around him, acquiring the location of the target. Returing to the Bureau with this info, he receives a permission for the kill and a [[white feather]], to be wet in the victim's blood as proof of the murder.
In a plaza of the market district, Altaïr witness Tamir slaying a bussiness partner, and kills him while he does a round around the tends.
Returning to the Bureau, Altaïr is directed to Al Mualim again, who congratulates him by the accomplishment and rewards part of his equipment back. Altaïr the leaves to the other cities, [[Jerusalem]] and [[Acre]] to his next targets.

[[File:SS11.jpg|thumb|right|Altaïr chases [[Talal]] though the streets]]
Arriving at Jerusalem's Bureau, Altaïr is harshily received by Malik, that Bureau's new leader. Malik then sends him to the investigations, returning when he has the necessary information. After receiving the permission and the feather, Altaïr enters Talal's slave complex, but is ambushed by his followers. Dispatching of them, he chases Talal throughout the rooftops and streets, finally catching up to him and putting a [[hidden blade]] on his neck.

Altaïr returns to the Bureau, reports to Masyaf and then goes to Acre, where [[Garnier de Naplouse]] is to be killed.

[[File:SS4.jpg|thumb|left|Garnier's death from above]]
At Acre, he meets the Bureau leader and gather info about his target, then receives the feather and permission for the kill.
Infiltrating Garnier's hospital, Altaïr watches him make the rounds on his patients and strikes him from above. A city wide alert is issued, and after escaping from the hospital and hiding in the Bureau, Altaïr returns to Masyaf to a talk with Al Mualim.

After killing eight of the nine, Altaïr is left with the assassination of [[Robert de Sable]], who is in Jerusalem for a funeral. At the funeral Altaïr enters in a sword fight with "Robert" and his Templars, at the end of the fight Altaïr discovers that is wasn't Robert but a woman, [[Maria]], he lets her go, fleeing for [[Arsuf]] where Robert is convincing  [[Richard the Lionheart]] to join with [[Saladin]] to destroy the Assassins. Altaïr tries to convince Richard of Robert's plot to overthrow him, but Richard doesn't know who to trust and lets God decide. Altaïr and Robert then fight to the death, but Altaïr comes out victorious.

[[file: |thumb|Left|]]After the death of Robert, Altaïr discovers that Al Mualim was in fact a Templar and he returns to Masyaf to find out that the people of the Town had been put in a hypnotic trance, apart from him and few other Assassins. They make their way to the fortress. when Altair arrives he discovers that Al Mualim was responsible for this using the [[Piece of Eden]] which was recovered at Solomon's temple and after hearing many revalations Altair confronts his former master. After fighting many illusions, Altaïr manages to put his [[Hidden Blade]] into Al Mualim, ending the hypnotic trance. As Al Mualim dies he says that he did all this to ensure world peace and claims that Altaïr will not be able to destroy the Piece of Eden.

===''[[Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines]]''===
One month after the events of "Assassin's Creed", Altair fights and captures the Templar Maria Thorpe in Acre. Interrogating her, Altair learns that the sudden death of Robert de Sable has sent the Templars fleeing for the island of Cyprus. Altair decides to head there himself eliminate the remaining Templars. By the end of ''Bloodlines'', Altair learns that Cyprus has been a storehouse for a large number of Templar artifacts (all the Pieces of Eden) for quite some time. Due to Altair's relentless pursuit, however, the Templars have been forced to move the collection elsewhere, perhaps leading to their eventual scattering across the globe. By the conclusion of the story, Maria finally understands the depths of the Templars' wickedness. Her relationship with Altair, antagonistic for most of the game, soon becomes a friendly one... and ultimately romantic (as seen in AC2). It is at this same time that Altair begins writing the first pages of the [[Codex]]. The trip to Cyprus is mentioned in the Codex Pages in Assassin's Creed 2 as well.

=== Legacy ===
It is known that after Bloodlines, Maria bore at least two children with Altaïr, as the codex mentions he will have her talk with their sons. Also before his death, he wore a new armor, the same armor that would one day be worn by his descendant Ezio Auditore da Firenze as his Master Assassin Armor. This armor is the symbolic color of black, signifying the upper most rank in the Assassin Order. His death is unknown, but likely he died in old age with his children and Maria watching over him as he passed away. It should be noted however that in his last entry into the codex he remarks about his temptations and his ability to call for the Apple and use it to extend his life, as he states "I know the knowledge is there." The fate of Altaïr remains unclear.

===''[[Assassin's Creed II]] ''===
At the point in which Assassin's Creed II begins, Altaïr has been dead for hundreds of years. However, it is known that he left a [[Codex]] that his descendant, [[Ezio Auditore di Firenze|Ezio]], will find. In it, he left a secret map which reveals the locations of Pieces of Eden scattered all over the world.

It is also shown that Altaïr bore at least two children with Maria, the templar woman who took Robert de Sable's place in Jerusalem during the first Assassin's Creed.

Altaïr's armor is accessible in the game, but acquiring it is not necessary for completing the story. It is available to the player after exploring six Assassin`s Tombs and collecting the seals therein. When brought to the vault in the Villa Auditore, all six seals will open a gate, behind which lies Altaïr's armor.

You can also get a Altaïr costume in the game from the Uplay store for 30 points. Curiously, Ezio also loses Altaïr's missing finger while wearing the clothes. Not only that, but several glitches happen with the lower half of the robes, and the second hidden blade, and the poison blade, and the gun never show up, even though the animations do. Also, when Ezio has a goatee, equipping the Altair outfit will get rid of it. All of this is because it is not Ezio putting on the outfit, it is that the Animus put Altair's appearance into the visuals with data from the memory core that Lucy steals.

==Characteristics and personality==

[[File:SS5.jpg|thumb|left|400px|Altaïr free-running from rooftop to rooftop.]]
Altaïr is an ancestor of [[Desmond Miles]] and his memories are encoded into Miles' DNA. [[Abstergo Industries]] abducted Miles in order to use the [[Animus]] on him, which would decode his genetic structure and extract vital information from the memories of Altaïr, in a project bent on New World Order. Altaïr is a master assassin instructor, capable of extraordinary acrobatic feats, a master of social stealth, fully adept in the application of the deadly arts, and a member of the [[Assassins|Assassins' Order]]. Near the beginning of the game, he is demoted to the Assassins' [[Rank]] of [[Novice]] and removed of all his equipment save for his robes. In order to regain his status, he must publicly assassinate nine men who are involved in exploiting the war hostilities in the Holy Land.

Altaïr travels between the four cities ([[Jerusalem]], [[Masyaf]], [[Damascus]], and [[Acre]]) to kill his victims. His extensive knowledge in the deadly arts are without question at the level of an instructor, able to infiltrate any fortification completely unnoticed, brush shoulders with a primary assassination target without alerting them to his hostile presence and strike from any direction, a testament of his undeniable mastery over "Hiding in Plain Sight", showing his understanding of the "Assassins Creed" and the importance of the second [[tenet]]

. Altaïr, bound by the second tenet of the "Assassins Creed" has mastered the ability to become one with the crowd, so that his deadly presence and approach is masked entirely from his intended target. His ability to blend in and appear as just another face in the crowd, makes it much more possible to get in extremely close to a target and silently assassinate them using the Hidden Blade without alerting the immediate surrounding environment. Whether investigating or silently assassinating, Altaïr constantly remains anonymous out of his instinctive assassins nature, remaining anonymous for Altaïr is second nature, very briefly[[File:SS7.jpg|thumb|260px|The eagle watches the streets of Acre from a rooftop.]]exposing himself to the publics eye preparing (even though very rare and extremely short in length and for good reason) to strike during a public assassination of one of "The Nine", and even public assassinations do not guarantee Altaïr's exposed appearance, he is a master assassin instructor and is highly skilled in adapting to changing situations and the changing environment, knowing all too well in how to still maintain control in the constantly dangerous and changing environment, possession of such sharp perceptional skills carries over into how he reads the crowd for any slight sign of danger. Sharp sense of awareness, will aid Altaïr greatly in survival moving about the dangerous cities, and kingdom throughout the Holy Land. As stated Altaïr's acrobatic skills help in both assassination and escape, he uses these skills to strike from many different locations and directions, mainly from affront, above, and behind when performing public assassinations which have all been recorded in virtual history according to entry wound. Altaïr's assassination expertise is unquestionable, seeing how he can appear from the crowd undetected, and quickly kill anyone he focuses on silently, then blends immediately back into the crowd. During primary assassinations Altaïr clearly knows the meaning of subtlety. Altaïr stalks the district most affected by the targets corruption, obtaining information on where and when he will be so that he may plan to properly strike. Using that knowledge better prepares for the opportune moment to strike. Observing, and moving silently about the large crowds that usually gather within the kill zone as only a "blade in the crowd". Altaïr strikes without flaw or mercy making him very efficient in the exact moment of the strike. Highly educated upon the politics involving the Crusaders and Saracens and their religious philosophies, this educational training will help Altaïr in better understanding their territories, and the numerous factions within. It will give better perspective on perhaps why men choose certain paths in life and as the Assassins better know themselves and understand not to judge their targets but embrace their perspective on what they call justifiable action, but to put it after our own philosophy of "peace in all things". For any who threaten our cause will die under the shining sun in public. Altaïr knows that when the opportune time presents itself to strike, he must not show mercy to the target for their politically sanctioned death will ensure peace returns or so our philosophy depicts it when taught. Altaïr's social mastery ensures that low-profile kills performed while hiding amongst the crowd will succeed, allowing him to eliminate any guards patrolling the streets. Altaïr is a master at anonymous travel and the silent approach, when moving about the city streets seeking out his target Altaïr moves with the crowd as the crowd, then at the moment to strike his target, he moves as a cloaked white ghost. To get caught in the crowd with Altaïr silently stalking you is imminent death. It is as if the target is lost in a heavy and thick fog shrouding a forest of death, only its a sea of people moving about in different directions until one of those sudden bumps turns out to be the sharp Hidden Blade being extended into one of your vital organs. During escape such skills come in handy for quickly seeking high ground or space between the encroaching city guard. When ranked a novice, Altaïr was ordered to start tracking his targets personally by [[Al Mualim]]

. He showed that, in combination with social stealth mastery and tracking knowledge, blending into the crowd and becoming simply another face in the crowd allowed Altaïr to carry out his assassination target investigations more easily.[[File:SS2.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Altaïr escapes with the city on wide alert]]

His social stealth expertise helps when dealing with Crusaders and Saracen guards. When moving about a city looking for a highly public figure marked for assassination one must never call for attention, it runs the risk of possibly breaking the second and third tenet within the "Assassins Creed". Altaïr is trained extensively on how to traverse the city disguised as a holy scholar. Dressing as a scholar allows the silent eagle assassin to get close enough to a target without raising suspicion before striking. Scholar robe disguises aid in assassinations due to the simple facts they happen in broad daylight within the open public for the people to witness and spread news of its happening and the disguise masks your true appearance and intentions. This disguise also makes travel easier as scholars have less restraint within the cities, and applying the proper mannerisms to aide the disguise helps that much more. Through experience and instinct Altaïr keenly observes the environment remaining alert at all times to the extremely active guard presence that surrounds him.

[[file:SS3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Talal's follower is impaled]]
=== Equipment and skills ===
Like other assassins Altaïr is trained in stealth assassination techniques, hand to hand and weapons combat, blade throwing, climbing, urban acrobatics, eavesdropping, interrogation, and pick pocketing.

Altaïr's most interesting weapon is the Hidden Blade--a weapon similar to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katara_(sword) katara], which is used for close-range assassinations. It is mounted on the inside of his left hand gauntlet, and when deployed, extends between the space left by his amputated ring finger. He flicks a trigger on a ring to make the blade appear where his finger had once been. This amputation was part of the initiation for becoming an assassin of the Hashshashin sect. Altaïr also uses a combination of throwing knives, a sword, the Hidden Blade, and his fists. The throwing knives are very useful for taking down archers. Use of the sword is slower than use of the dagger, of which is fast and light and can be used in tandem with the throwing knives. However, attacking with the sword is much more damaging to the enemies than when using the dagger. Altaïr also uses an ability called "Eagle Vision," a sort of "sixth sense" that lets him see people's intentions. Guards appear in red, allies in blue, citizens with information in white and assassination targets in gold-yellow.

After the events of ''Assassin's Creed'' and ''Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines'', Altaïr dedicated more his life on studies (especially on the [[Piece of Eden]]) rather than field missions, and revealed to be a brilliant engineer and inventor. He actually invented (perharps with the help of the Piece of Eden) the new assassination techniques, the Hidden Blade upgrades and the way to create the special metal for his armor.

==Behind the Scenes==
The name Altaïr is an Arabic word, which means "The Flying Eagle". In interviews, the game's producer, [[wikipedia:Jade_Raymond|Jade Raymond]] has stated that while in mid-air, Altaïr's shadow resembles that of an eagle. This is because of his attire, which includes a point at the front of the hood (to resemble a beak) and slits through the back of the outfit (to resemble tail feathers). The second part of his name, Ibn-La'Ahad means 'son of no-one', reflecting his mysterious origins. It has been revealed by Raymond that his father was a Muslim and his mother a Christian. His appearance is remarkably similar to Desmond's, only a few scars seeming to separate their appearances at first glance. His rebellious nature and mission failure would lead to his severe demotion, placing him on the same level as a raw initiate to the Assassin Order. That same attitude cost [[Malik]] his left arm, as well as the life of his brother Kadar at the beginning of the story. As the situation progresses and Altaïr listens to the final words of his assassination victims, listening to their revelations involving them and their justified corrupt deeds within the Holy Land and their cities, his attitude changes and he becomes less impetuous, overconfident, demanding, arrogant, self-centred and impatient, learning to perceive more between the lines and actions of the world while drawing upon the teachings of the "Assassins Creed". Near the end of the conflict, all of his brash and rebellious nature, has vanished behind a demeanour of calm, focused, driven, humble, more patient and higher wisdom of understanding. But with this he learns what it is the "Assassins Creed" truly means, and recommends of him as an Assassin.

==Trivia==
*Jade Raymond, producer of ''Assassin's Creed'', revealed during an interview at the Ubidays 2007 that Altaïr was born to a Muslim father, and a Christian mother<ref>[http://www.gametrailers.com/video/ubidays-07-assassins-creed/19929 Ubidays 07 Jade Raymond Interview Pt. 2]</ref>.
* Altair also has three different voices throughout three of the Assassins Creed games. His voice in Assassins Creed: Altair's Chronicles sounded a bit higher and not as deep as the original Assassins Creed game. His voice in Assassins Creed Bloodlines had more of a Middle Eastern accent than the one in the original game.
* The Altaïr costume can be unlocked in the game Metal Gear Solid 4 by simply putting in the correct password at the extra's screen, or by having alert 50 times or below. It can also be unlocked for Prince of Persia(2009). Users have to register at the Ubisoft Website and then link that account to an Xbox 360 Gamertag or PSN screen name.
* Altair's Outfit can also be used in Assassin's Creed 2. It can be unlocked via UPlay (it's actually the Altaïr skin used during the dream). Ezio's ring finger will also vanish when this armour is worn.
* His first name, "Altaïr", means "The Flying One". His last name, "Ibn-La'Ahad", means "Son of None".
* His hood tip resembles an eagles beak.
* It is curious to note that the name Altair is in fact supposedly a feminine name in Arabic, however it is not uncommon as the name "Ashley" was once used for males in the past.
* In the game Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, the player can unlock Altair's costume for the main character (Old Snake).  One can obtain it by either password or getting the assassin emblem on any difficulty. It is available on the second playthrough after you earn it.

==Notes and references==
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Emilio Barbarigo

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Emilio Barbarigo
|image = Zw-emiliobarbarigo.png
|imgdesc = Emilio Barbarigo in the Animus Database.
|faction = Barbarigo family, [[Templars]]
|appear = [[Assassin's Creed II]]
|period = Italian Renaissance (15th century)
}}

[[File:Emiliobarbarigo.png|thumb|275px|left|Emilio consults with Carlo Grimaldi, a government official.]]
Emilio Barbarigo was a tyrant of [[Venice]] and was secretly a [[Templar]]. He is the first assassination target in Venice.

In Venice Emilio had taken control of and was holding it with an iron fist. He apparently single-handedly funded the city guard. He lived in a large ''palazzo'' surrounded by many guards.

He is first seen at a meeting with various Templars including [[Jacopo de' Pazzi]] and [[Rodrigo Borgia]]. Emilio is next seen meeting with [[Carlo Grimaldi]], a government official who informs him that Ezio has arrived in Venice. Emilio is assassinated by [[Ezio]] shortly after Carlo leaves.

He was related to [[Marco Barbarigo]] and [[Silvio Barbarigo]].

==Final Words==
Ezio: ''Do not be afraid.''

Emilio: ''I feel no fear, assassin.'' ''Only regret. I sought unity. Stability. Order.''

Ezio: ''At too great a cost.''

Emilio: ''Progress demands sacrifice.''

Ezio: ''Non trovo alcuna gioia in questo, ma non c'e altro modo. (I take no joy in this, but i see no other way.) Requiescat in Pace. (Rest in Peace).''

==Video==
[[Video:Assassin's Creed 2 - Targets: Emilio Barbarigo 6/9|thumb|300px|left|Database entry.]]

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House of Pazzi

2009-12-10T04:18:20Z

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== The Pazzi ==
the '''Pazzi family''' were Tuscan nobles who were [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank bankers] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence Florence] in the 15th century. They are now best known for the "Pazzi conspiracy" to murder [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_de%27_Medici Lorenzo de' Medici] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuliano_di_Piero_de%27_Medici Giuliano de' Medici] on April 26, 1478. Andrea de' Pazzi was also the patron for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filippo_Brunelleschi Filippo Brunelleschi]'s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapter_house chapter house] for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciscan Franciscan] community at Florence's Santa Croce church, often known as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pazzi_Chapel Pazzi Chapel]. After the conspiracy, the remaining Pazzi were rehabilitated and returned to Florence.

The family stemmed from Pazzo ("the madman"), one of the first soldiers over the walls in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Jerusalem_%281099%29 Siege of Jerusalem] during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Crusade First Crusade], who brought away with him and returned to Florence a stone from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_the_Holy_Sepulchre Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre]. A member of the Pazzi family was accorded the privilege of striking a light from this stone on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Saturday Holy Saturday] when all fires in the city were extinguished, from which the altar light of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Maria_del_Fiore Duomo] would be annually rekindled, and from it all the hearth fires of Florence. The following day, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter Easter], a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dove dove]-shaped rocket would slide on a wire from above the high altar to an oxcart loaded with fireworks in the piazza. From the fireworks' explosion (the ''scoppio del carro''), sparks would be carried to the city's hearths.

== The Conspiracy (Factual) ==
Less powerful and rivals of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medici Medici], the Pazzi were caught up in a conspiracy to replace the Medici as ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_facto de facto]'' rulers of Tuscany with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girolamo_Riario Girolamo Riario], a nephew of Francesco della Rovere, who was reigning as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Sixtus_IV Pope Sixtus IV]. Power politics, often ruthless in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Renaissance Italian Renaissance], was the main motive.

The Pazzi family were not the instigators. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salviati Salviati], Papal bankers in Florence, were at the center of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_%28political%29 conspiracy]. Sixtus was an enemy of the Medici. He had purchased the lordship of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imola Imola], a stronghold on the border between Papal and Tuscan territory that Lorenzo wanted for Florence. The purchase was financed by the Pazzi bank, even though Francesco dei Pazzi had promised Lorenzo they would not aid the Pope. As a reward, Sixtus granted the Pazzi [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly monopoly] at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alum alum] mines at Tolfa — alum being an essential [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordant mordant] in dyeing in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textile textile] trade that was central to the Florentine economy — and he assigned to the Pazzi bank lucrative rights to manage Papal revenues. Sixtus appointed his nephew [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girolamo_Riario Girolamo Riario] as the new governor of Imola, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Salviati_%28archbishop%29 Francesco Salviati] as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archbishop_of_Pisa archbishop of Pisa], a city that was a former commercial rival but now subject to Florence. Lorenzo ordered Pisa to exclude Salviati from his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_See See].

Salviati and Francesco de' Pazzi put together a plan to assassinate Lorenzo and Giuliano de' Medici. Riario himself remained in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome Rome]. The plan was widely known: the Pope was reported to have said, "I support it — as long as no one is killed." In 2004, an encrypted letter in the archives of the Ubaldini family was discovered by [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marcello_Simonetta&action=edit&redlink=1 Marcello Simonetta], a historian then teaching at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesleyan_University Wesleyan University] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut Connecticut], and decoded. It revealed that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federico_da_Montefeltro Federico da Montefeltro], Duke of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbino Urbino], a renowned humanist and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condottiere condottiere] for the Papacy, was deeply embroiled in the conspiracy and had committed himself to position 600 troops outside Florence, waiting for the moment. Marcello Simonetta recast the story of the conspiracy in light of the decoded letter and of other original documents in his ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Montefeltro_Conspiracy:_A_Renaissance_Mystery_Decoded&action=edit&redlink=1 The Montefeltro Conspiracy: A Renaissance Mystery Decoded]'', published by Doubleday in 2008.

On Sunday, April 26, 1478, during [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Mass High Mass] at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Maria_del_Fiore Duomo] before a crowd of 10,000, Giuliano de' Medici was stabbed 19 times by a gang that included a priest. As he bled to death on the cathedral floor, his brother Lorenzo escaped with serious, but non life-threatening wounds. Lorenzo appeared shortly after, locked safely in the sacristy by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_Humanism humanist] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poliziano Poliziano]. A coordinated attempt to capture the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonfaloniere_of_Justice Gonfaloniere] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signoria_of_Florence Signoria] was thwarted when the archbishop and head of the Salviati clan were trapped in a room whose doors had a hidden latch. The ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat coup d'état]'' failed, and the enraged Florentines seized and killed the conspirators. Jacopo de' Pazzi was tossed from a window. To finish him off, the mob dragged him naked through the streets, then threw him into the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arno_River Arno River]. The Pazzi family were stripped of their possessions in Florence, every vestige of their name effaced. Salviati was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging hanged] on the walls of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palazzo_della_Signoria Palazzo della Signoria]. Although Lorenzo appealed to the crowd not to exact summary justice, many of the conspirators, as well as many people accused of being conspirators, were killed. Lorenzo did manage to save the nephew of Sixtus IV, Cardinal [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raffaele_Riario Raffaele Riario], who was almost certainly an innocent dupe of the conspirators, as well as two relatives of the conspirators. The main conspirators were hunted down throughout [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy Italy]; however, the story of a wider retribution by Lorenzo, including hundreds of killings, is a myth.

In the actual aftermath of the so-called "Pazzi" conspiracy, the Della Rovere Pope placed Florence under interdict, forbidding [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_%28liturgy%29 Mass] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communion communion], for the execution of the Salviati archbishop. Sixtus enlisted the traditional Papal military arm, the King of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naples Naples], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_I_of_Naples Ferdinand I], to attack Florence. With no help coming from Florence's traditional allies in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bologna Bologna] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan Milan], only Lorenzo's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomacy diplomacy] saved the day. He sailed to Naples and put himself in the hands of Don Ferrante, who held him captive for three months before releasing him with gifts. Lorenzo's courage and his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2_Machiavelli Machiavellian] ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realpolitik realpolitik]'' convinced [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_I_of_Naples Don Ferrante] that the Pope would turn against him if he were too successful in the North.

== The Conspiracy (Game Canon) ==
It is a basic substitution of the simple trappings of power of man, like money, respect, and titles, with the overarching evil that the Templars represent. Within the game, the Pazzi were in league with Borgia against the Medici and the Auditore for the main reason of the knowledge of the lineages of both families. Florence stayed true to the people and its leaders were not only aware of the Templars but combating their influences within Florence. The Templar Alberti publicly ruined the Auditore name with his damnation and execution of Lorenzo Di Medici's close friend and ally Giovanni Auditore Da Firenze. This served as a symbolic message to Lorenzo, as his closest friend and advisor had been painted as the mastermind of the plots in public and had been executed in Lorenzo's name, no less. Knowing this would shake Lorenzo the Templars saw Giovanni and the males of the House of Auditore as their only obstacle in securing the state, support, leadership, and power of Florence.

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Dante Moro

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Dante Moro
|image = Zw-marco-and-dante.png
|imgdesc = Dante Moro (right) in the Animus Database.
|faction = Barbarigo family, [[Templars]]
|appear = [[Assassin's Creed II]]
|period = Italian Renaissance (15th century)
}}

[[File:Dantemoro.png|thumb|left|Dante at the Venetian carnival.]]'''Dante Moro''' is a [[Templar]] and personal slave of [[Marco Barbarigo]]. He was previously the captain of the city guard as well as personal body guard to Marco Barbarigo.

Marco was jealous of Dante's wife [[Carlotta]], so he hired a hit on Dante. During the attempt on his life Dante is stabbed 3 times in the body and once in the head. While he miraculously survives the attack Dante is left with severe brain damage and the mind of a child. After Marco coerces Dante into annulling his marriage to Carlotta, Marco makes Dante his personal slave.

He is first seen in Venice with Marco, [[Silvio Barbarigo]] and [[Carlo Grimaldi]] plotting to kill the Doge. He is next seen in the carnival with Silvio, where he fights Ezio in hand to hand to win a golden mask. He and Silvio cheat to win the mask and prevent Ezio from entering Marco's private party and killing him. Ezio then steals the golden mask from him and attends the party. Dante shows up and tries to look for Ezio, but fails, resulting in Marco's death. Dante goes with Silvio and escapes to a different part of [[Venice]]. Ezio finds them and kills them both when they are heading for a ship. Ezio asks them where they were going, and Silvio says he will not tell. Dante, however, says they are going to Cyprus, and is about to tell Ezio what for, but dies.

==Video==
[[Video:Assassin's Creed 2 - Targets: Marco Barbarigo and Dante Moro 4/9|thumb|300px|left]]

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La Volpe

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{{Character Infobox
|image=Zw-lavolpe.png
|faction=[[Assassins]], [[Thieves]]
|name=Unknown
|appear=[[Assassin's Creed II|Assassin's Creed II]]
|period=Italian Renaissance (15th Century)
|voice=
}}

'''La Volpe''' (''The Fox'') is a master [[thieves|thief]] and a member of the [[Assassins |Assassins Brotherhood]].  [[Ezio]] first meets him in [[Florence]] and is introduced by him to the Secret Assassin's Tombs.
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Uberto Alberti

2009-12-10T03:57:17Z

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Uberto Alberti
|image = Zw-ubertoalberti.png
|faction = [[Templars]]
|appear = [[Assassin's Creed II]]
|period = Italian Renaissance (15th century)
|voice = [[Michel Perron]]
}}

'''Uberto Alberti''' was a family friend of the Auditores and [[Lorenzo de' Medici|Lorenzo de' Medici's]] ally during the time of [[Assassin's Creed: Lineage|Assassin's Creed: Lineage]] and [[Assassin's Creed 2]] but betrayed them by issuing an arrest on [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni]], [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]], [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze|Petruccio]] and [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]] (though he escapes it) by order of [[Rodrigo Borgia]]. He is also Ezio's first assassination target in the game. He is portrayed by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0674837/ Michel Perron] in both ''Assassin's Creed II'' and ''Lineage'' (casted as "Umberto Alberti" in the film).

== Biography ==

=== ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'' ===
[[File:Uberto_Alberti_along_with_Lorenze_de_medici_and_Giovanni.jpg|thumb|left|Uberto Alberti in the front, along with Lorenzo de Medici and Giovanni]]
Uberto aids both Giovanni and Lorenzo by giving them advice but when Giovanni discovers possible evidence of the Templar's plans, Uberto gets rid of it, revealing his true allegiance.

=== ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' ===

[[File:Uberto_Alberti.png|thumb|left|Uberti at Florence]]
Ezio meets Uberto for the first time in Giovanni's office conversing about something urgent, though Ezio is dismissed by his father before he can understand what they were talking about. Soon, Giovanni sends Ezio with a letter containing evidence that he must give to Uberto. Ezio does as his father asks, swiftly making it to Uberto's house (Which Rodrigo is currently at). Uberto immediately knows whats in the envelope and asks Ezio if he would like to stay at his house, though Ezio declines. Soon after receiving the letter, Uberto accuses [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni]], [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]], [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze|Petruccio]] and [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]] (though he escapes because of his errands) of treason. At the day of the execution, Giovanni reminds Uberto of evidence given to him by Ezio that proves his family innocent, but much to his suprise, Uberto confesses that he doesn't know what he is talking about, sentencing the three to death. With the sight of their deaths, Ezio runs up to the front the stage claiming that he will kill Uberto for what he has done, but a Brute Guard disarms Ezio before he could get close enough. Escaping the guards, Ezio heads for Paola, leader of the courtesans, who is watching his mother and sister. After a few days of training Ezio, Paola tracks down Uberto for Ezio's vengence. After Ezio dispatches the guards watching the courtyard, he brutally kills Uberto with his hidden blade, stabbing him 5 times in the chest. Avenging his father and brothers, Ezio proclaims to everyone in the courtyard that the Auditore are not dead.
[[Video:Assassin's Creed 2 - Targets: Uberto Alberti 2/9|thumb|300px|right|Uberto Alberti database video.]]

== Final Words ==
'''Uberto:''' ''You would have done the same. To save the ones you love.''

'''Ezio:''' ''Yes. I would. And I have.''

== Trivia ==

*Uberto saved the Templars from many close calls by destroying evidence of their conspiracy and hindering their enemy's progress
*It should be noted that Ezio assassinates Alberti in a rather "sloppy" manner when you consider that he does so by stabbing the man with the hidden blade at least several times on the chest, rather than plunging the blade into his target's throat, which is the traditional assassination technique used by other assassins, including his ancestor Altair. Of course, this could be easily explained and understandable to most, since it is Ezio's first time tracking down an assassination target, and he has not been trained extensively by that point or he is simply venting his fury on the man who destroyed his family.
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Emilio Barbarigo

2009-12-10T03:51:49Z

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Emilio Barbarigo
|image = Zw-emiliobarbarigo.png
|imgdesc = Emilio Barbarigo in the Animus Database.
|faction = Barbarigo family, [[Templars]]
|appear = [[Assassin's Creed II]]
|period = Italian Renaissance (15th century)
}}

[[File:Emiliobarbarigo.png|thumb|275px|left|Emilio consults with Carlo Grimaldi, a government official.]]
Emilio Barbarigo was a tyrant of [[Venice]] and was secretly a [[Templar]]. He is the first assassination target in Venice.

In Venice Emilio had taken control of and was holding it with an iron fist. He apparently single-handedly funded the city guard. He lived in a large palazzo surrounded by many guards.

He is first seen at a meeting with various Templars including [[Jacopo de' Pazzi]] and [[Rodrigo Borgia]]. Emilio is next seen meeting with [[Carlo Grimaldi]], a government official who informs him that Ezio has arrived in Venice. Emilio is assassinated by [[Ezio]] shortly after Carlo leaves.

He was related to [[Marco Barbarigo]] and [[Silvio Barbarigo]].

==Final Words==
Ezio: ''Do not be afraid.''

Emilio: ''I feel no fear, assassin.'' ''Only regret. I sought unity. Stability. Order.''

Ezio: ''At too great a cost.''

Emilio: ''Progress demands sacrifice.''

Ezio: ''Non trovo alcuna gioia in questo, ma non c'e altro modo. (I take no joy in this, but i see no other way.) Requiescat in Pace. (Rest in Peace).''

==Video==
[[Video:Assassin's Creed 2 - Targets: Emilio Barbarigo 6/9|thumb|300px|left|Database entry.]]

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Carlo Grimaldi

2009-12-10T03:51:01Z

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Carlo Grimaldi
|image = Zw-carlogrimaldi.png
|imgdesc = Carlo Grimaldi in the Animus Database
|faction = [[Templars]]
|appear = [[Assassin's Creed II]]
|period = Italian Renaissance (15th century)
}}

[[File:Carlogrimaldi.png|thumb|left|Carlo in Venice.]]Carlo Grimaldi was a Templar and a government official. He was close to Doge Monicego of Venice and plotted to kill him. He was also a member of the Council Of Ten.

Carlo craved political power, and knew the Doge of Venice. He used this to his advantage, and had heard that the Doge's daughter wanted to be with a servant but her father would not allow it. Carlo told them to escape on a boat that very night. When they arrived at the boat, they found Carlo waiting for them with a few guards and the Doge himself. The slave was killed and the Doge trusted Carlo enough to allow him into the Council Of Ten.

Carlo is first seen meeting with [[Emilio Barbarigo]] and informing him of Ezio's arrival in Venice. He leaves just before Emilio is assassinated. He is next seen in Venice meeting with [[Marco Barbarigo]], [[Dante Moro]] and [[Silvio Barbarigo]]. They plot to poison the Doge so one of them can replace him.

Carlo is encountered in the Doge's palace, prior to Ezio's arrival via Leonardo's Flying Machine, where he is playing chess with the Doge after hearing a commotion outside the Palace. Ezio rushes in only to realize that it was too late, the Doge has been poisoned. Carlo blames Ezio and alerts the guards for his death as he runs out of the room. Ezio pursues him and assassinates him in the courtyard.

== Final Words ==
'''Ezio:''' It takes one Assassin to kill another, it seems.

'''Carlo:''' We kill thinking it's best for us, do we not, Messer Ezio?

'''Ezio:''' I do this not for myself. ''Compio questo sacrificio per il bene superiore''. (I make this sacrifice for the greater good.) ''Requiescat in Pace''. (Rest in peace)

==Video==
[[Video:Assassin's Creed 2 - Targets: Carlo Grimaldi 5/9|thumb|300px|left|]]

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Marco Barbarigo

2009-12-10T03:48:28Z

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Marco Barbarigo
|image = Zw-marco-and-dante.png
|imgdesc = Marco Barbarigo (left) in the Animus Database.
|faction = Barbarigo family, [[Templars]]
|appear = [[Assassin's Creed II]]
|period = Italian Renaissance (15th century)
}}

[[File:Marcobarbarigo.png|thumb|left|Marco meets with other Templars in Venice.]]
Marco Barbarigo was cousin of [[Silvio Barbarigo]] and a [[Templar]]. He belongs to a rich and powerful family. A tyrant since a young age Marco was used to getting whatever he wanted.

Marco's wife, [[Carlotta]], was previously married to his personal bodyguard and close friend [[Dante Moro]]. Being the good Catholic that Marco was, he had Dante murdered, which failed, but rather in his favor. Now with the mind of a child Marco had Dante annul the marriage and is kept as Marco's personal slave.

Marco and Dante are first seen at a meeting in Venice with Silvio and [[Carlo Grimaldi]]. Here they plot to kill the current Doge and it is decided Marco will take his place. He is next seen attending the Carnival in Venice on a barge. It is here that Ezio shoots him with the hidden gun amid the noise of the fireworks.

He is related to [[Emilio Barbarigo]].

==Video==
[[Video:Assassin's Creed 2 - Targets: Marco Barbarigo and Dante Moro 4/9|thumb|300px|left|Database entry.]]

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Ezio Auditore da Firenze

2009-12-08T06:45:28Z

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{{Character Infobox
|name =Ezio Auditore da Firenze
|status =Alive
|image =Ezio.jpg|250|
|imgdesc =Full Portrait of Ezio with his Hidden Blades revealed.
|faction =[[Assassins]]
|appear =''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|period =Italian Renaissance (15th Century)
|voice =[[Roger Craig Smith]]
}} {{quote
|1 = Niente è vero, tutto è permesso.
|2 = Nothing is true, everything is permitted.
}} '''Ezio Auditore da Firenze''' (1459 - ?) is the protagonist of ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''. He is an ancestor of [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]] and a descendant of [[Altaïr]], as well as being the latest known link between the lineages of Subject 16 and that of Desmond.

==Biography==
=== ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'' ===

[[File:Eziolineagechess.png|thumb|left|Ezio portrayed by [[wikipedia:Devon Bostick|Devon Bostick]].]]
'''Ezio Auditore Da Firenze''', is a young member of the Florentine Nobility and the second son of [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni Auditore]], an [[Assassin]]. He is ignorant to his father's true profession, and his hereditary duties. He has slight skills at playing chess, and he is "learning fast" according to his mother (though he lost against his older brother, [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]]).

=== ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' ===

[[File:Zw-sequence3-00006.png|thumb|254px|Ezio watches his prey from the rooftops]]Ezio Auditore da Firenze's story begins moments after he exits the womb of his mother, [[Maria Auditore]]. Originally it seemed like Ezio was a stillborn, but after his father arrives the newborn begins to move his limbs and cry. Giovanni Auditore, his father, welcomes Ezio into the world and bestows his name upon him. We rejoin Ezio years later during a rousing pre-fight speech, addressing his friends. Ezio is holding one side of a bridge against [[Vieri Di Pazzi]] and his men, whom insult the [[House of Auditore]], and Ezio's mother and father personally. Reprimanded gently by his elder brother, Federico and his father, Ezio becomes more involved with his family's affairs. He would then sleep with [[Cristina Vespucci]] that night. His father, Giovanni, and another man, [[Uberto Alberti]]

are discussing secret matters that Ezio can't make sense of, but seem urgent. Eventually, guards raid Plazzo Auditore and arrest Giovanni, Federico, and Petruccio,leaving just Maria and Claudia at the home. Ezio delivers evidence that can prove his family's innocence to Uberto, who promises to defend them at the hearing. But it turns out Uberto is a traitor who destroyed the evidence and sentenced the three Auditore men to death. Swearing vengeance, Ezio has to hide his mother and sister and learn the ways of the Assassin. He is first taught stealth by Paola of[[File:Zw-ezio-altair-statue-2.png|thumb|left|254px|Ezio at Altaïr statue]]the [[Courtesans]],mainly in survival in the streets. later in the game Ezio is taught basic combat, by his [[Mario Auditore da Firenze|uncle Mario]], of the [[Mercenary]] faction. After assassinating Uberto, apparently a city official in charge of the law, Ezio has to balance his life between assassinations and protecting his sister and mother, whom refuses to speak after Ezio's father and brothers were taken. Now wanted in Florence, Ezio has to flee Florence to Tuscany with his family to the Auditore villa. He meets up with Uncle Mario, whose mercenaries save his family from an attack by Vieri and his men. For the next 23 years, he works as an Assassin, killing off the Templars responsible for the deaths of his father and brothers. Rodrigo Borgia, the leader of the Templars, starts to become aware of his movements, and tries to protect the other Templars. However, all of them die by Ezio's hands.  

== Background ==

[[File:QuickTimePlayer_2009-09-25_19-22-34-26.png|thumb|left|286px|Young Ezio being approached by a guard (a Brute) after protesting at his fathers and brothers execution.]]Ezio is a young [[Florence |Florentine]] nobleman who lives during the 15th and 16th century. Unlike Altaïr, he is a seducer, and easily blends with any social class. He comes from an affluent background and has many friends until a life-changing event, wherein he and his family are betrayed, victims of a conspiracy that takes his [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|father]]'s, [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|elder brother]]'s, and[[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze| younger brother's]] lives. Forced to protect his [[Maria de' Mozzi |mother]] and his [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze |sister Claudia]], his remaining family, he becomes an [[Assassin]], exacting vengeance on the conspirators who betrayed his family, his first victim the [[Uberto Alberti |one who sentenced his father's and brothers' public execution]], [[Uberto Alberti]]. From that day on, Ezio and the rest of the Auditore family are considered criminals and traitors, and he flees Florence to the safety of his [[Auditore Family Villa |ancestral home]] in the Tuscan countryside. Ezio is helped not only by his uncle [[Mario Auditore da Firenze|Mario]], but also Leonardo da Vinci, who becomes his best friend and his personal engineer, as well as [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], [[Lorenzo the Magnificent |Lorenzo de' Medici]] and other famous Renaissance figures.

[[File:Ezio_and_Lorenzo.jpg|thumb|Ezio conversing with Lorenzo de Medici]]Ezio will travel across Italy to various locations like [[Venice]], [[Tuscany]] and [[Rome]]. In ''Assassin's Creed II'', players will live approximately 23 years of his life from when he was 17 years old (a Novice), to 40 years old (a Master Assassin), or 1476 to 1499.

== Equipment ==

[[File:Iexplore_2009-09-25_20-01-09-16.png|thumb|left|300px|Ezio assassinating two guards at once with the Dual-Hidden Blades.]]
Ezio is able to use a variety of weapons including two [[Hidden Blade|hidden blades]], allowing him to eliminate two enemies simultaneously. Combat is also available with the hidden blade, as when countering an enemy, Ezio will kill the enemy, whether by jabbing repeatedly in the chest/stomach, or stabbing in the head. He can also steal (and use) several enemy weapons such as axes, hammers, maces, spears, halberds and two different sword types (one- and two-handed). Ezio is also able to use Da Vinci's flying machine in some parts of the game, gaining altitude from fires set throughout the city by his allies. Ezio will gain many upgrades from Da Vinci on his wrist gauntlet like a wheel lock firearm concealed near his left hidden blade, and poison needle. Ezio possesses the ability to use [[Eagle Vision]] while moving. He can visit Blacksmiths to purchase weapons and armors including Helmschmeid and Metal Plate, or tailors to customize the colors of his clothing. After obtaining all six seals from the Assassin's Tombs, Ezio can open the locked gate to [[Altair's Armor]], created by Altair after the defeat of Al-Mualim. It is easily the best armor available in the game, giving much more health and resistance points than any prior suit or piece, and it is unbreakable.

The Codex alludes to the possibility of the armor being forged from, or including parts of, the Golden Fleece - which could be a Piece of Eden. Considering that the armor is unbreakable, this is likely. The Sword of Altair can also be bought from the Monteriggioni blacksmith any time after the eighth scenario.

==Trivia==
[[File:Zw-ezioauditore.png|thumb|right|Ezio's database picture]]
* The Italian name 'Ezio' derives from the Greek word 'Aetos', which means "Eagle", similar to Altaïr whose name means "The Flying One".
* Unlike Altaïr (who had his ring finger removed to make way for the [[Hidden Blade]]), Ezio has all ten fingers. A modification to the Hidden Blade made sometime after Altaïr defeated Al-Mualim spared Ezio's ring finger. Leonardo Da Vinci deciphers a Codex Page written by Altaïr on which said modification was illustrated. Assassins have a mark burned into the ring finger as a sign of their lineage.
* It is stated in the Philosophical Codex that after Altaïr defeated Al-Mualim at the end of the first ''Assassin's Creed'' and became the leader, the Assassins were forced to realize the scope of their fight against the Templars, and had to abandon many of their traditions: like the removal of the ring finger or the ban on using poison, in order to survive.
* Ezio uses a wheel lock firearm, a type of weapon that Europe didn't start developing until the very late 1400's and early 1500's, making this weapon most likely one of the very first of its type to appear in Europe. Thus, many in-game citizens do not know what the weapon is. The earliest firearms were single shot and took time to reload, so will most likely be only used as a last resort weapon. Leonardo Da Vinci didn't create the Hidden Gun, but found instructions to make one from a Codex page, meaning Altaïr invented the Hidden Gun (though it was a miniaturization of the first guns invented by the Moroccans at the time) through knowledge gained from the Apple of Eden. Also note that Da Vinci created some of the first modern wheel lock pistols, so this could be a shortened version of one.
* Ezio's face in ''Assassin's Creed II'' seems to be a mixture of Desmond's ([[wikipedia:Francisco Randez|Francisco Randez]]) and Devon Bostick's from ''Lineage'' .
* It would appear as though Ezio is unaware that he is the decendant of Altaïr, despite learning about Altaïr and what kind of assassin he was, he never truly understands why he is such a sucessful assassin himself.
* Ezio is 40 years old in 1499 (15 years older than Altaïr's age in 1191); the same age as his father when his father died in 1476.
* If you move the camera to a certain angle that shows Ezio's face, you see that his face has barely aged, except for the beard, even if you played through 20 plus years of his life. His voice does deepen and mature, though.
* It seems his father's [[Hidden Blade]] has survived over 500 years since [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]] is seen using a similar looking one at the end of the [[Assassin's Creed II|game]].
* The scar on Ezio's mouth may have been acquired after Vieri De Pazzi threw the rock at his face in the first memory sequence.

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Soldier

2009-12-08T06:43:54Z

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[[File:Custom 1248974456095 AC22.jpg|thumb|Ezio about to kill a "Seeker"]][[File:Giartnewenemies 2.jpg|thumb|From left to right: The Agile, the Archer, the Brute, the Standard, and the Seeker.]]

== Assassin's Creed ==
{{quote|Assassin!|Guard on [[Damascus]]}}
During the course of the first [[Assassin's Creed]], there are two types of guards: Soldiers and Archers. The archers are mostly the same, but the soldiers vary on skill, which can be identified by their helmets. The shinier the helmet, the stronger the guard.

== Assassin's Creed II ==
{{quote|Assassino!|Guard on [[Venice]]}}
In[[Assassin's Creed II| Assassin's Creed II]], there are five types of enemy guards:

One of the new guards is the "Agile", which, as the name suggests is a very fast, lightly armored enemy. They also have the ability to climb and run around rooftops like Ezio, leading to chase sequences.

Next, there is the archer, which is a guard armed with a bow and a sword.

There is also the brute, who is a heavily armored and equipped (weapons such as maces and axes), and rather slow guard type. Their armor makes them tough to bring down, but also makes them cumbersome and slow. They are not very intelligent, and won't be able to tell Ezio from anyone else in a crowd. A good way to make short work of them is to disarm them and counterattack.

There is the standard guard who is armed with a sword. They aren't particularly fast, strong, or smart.

Finally there is the Seeker, who is often called "paranoid"; they are a special guard type, because they have the ability to check haystacks and other hiding places, although Ezio can counter kill the seeker if that happens. They are armed with long spears or halberds, giving them an increased reach in combat. The best way to kill them is to grab them and cut their neck or disarm them and counterattack.
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Soldier

2009-12-08T06:43:26Z

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[[File:Custom 1248974456095 AC22.jpg|thumb|Ezio about to kill a "Seeker"]][[File:Giartnewenemies 2.jpg|thumb|From left to right: The Agile, the Archer, the Brute, the Standard, and the Seeker.]]

== Assassin's Creed ==
{{quote|Assassin!|Guard on [[Damascus]]}}
During the course of the first [[Assassin's Creed]], there are two types of guards: Soldiers and Archers. The archers are mostly the same, but the soldiers vary on skill, which can be identified by their helmets. The shinier the helmet, the stronger the guard.

== Assassin's Creed II ==
{{quote|Assassino!|Guard on [[Venice]]}}
In[[Assassin's Creed II| Assassin's Creed II]], there are five types of enemy guards:

One of the new guards is the "Agile", which, as the name suggests is a very fast, lightly armored enemy. They also have the ability to climb and run around rooftops like Ezio, leading to chase sequences.

Next, there is the archer, which is a guard armed with a bow and a sword (for close combat).

There is also the brute, who is a heavily armored and equipped (weapons such as maces and axes), and rather slow guard type. Their armor makes them tough to bring down, but also makes them cumbersome and slow. They are not very intelligent, and won't be able to tell Ezio from anyone else in a crowd. A good way to make short work of them is to disarm them and counterattack.

There is the standard guard who is armed with a sword. They aren't particularly fast, strong, or smart.

Finally there is the Seeker, who is often called "paranoid"; they are a special guard type, because they have the ability to check haystacks and other hiding places, although Ezio can counter kill the seeker if that happens. They are armed with long spears or halberds, giving them an increased reach in combat. The best way to kill them is to grab them and cut their neck or disarm them and counterattack.
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Rodrigo Borgia

2009-12-08T06:38:52Z

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{{WP-REAL}}
{{Character Infobox
|image=Zw-rodrigoborgia.png
|faction=[[Templars]]
|imgdesc=
|name=Roderic de Borja i Borja
|meaning=The one who protect (from Greek: ''alexein'' which means repulse, protect, and ''andros'', the man, the warrior)
|alias= Roderic de Borja i Borja (Italian: Rodrigo Borgia), "The Spaniard"
|appear=''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''
|period=Italian Renaissance (15th Century)
|voice=[[Manuel Tadros]]
}}
'''Pope Alexander VI''' (1 January 1431 – 18 August 1503), born '''Roderic Llançol''', later '''Roderic de Borja i Borja''', better know by '''Rodrigo Borgia''', was [[wikipedia:Pope|Pope]] from 1492 to 1503. His enemies call him "'''The Spaniard'''" (due to his Spanish origins) while his Templar followers call him "'''Maestro'''" ("Master" in Italian).

==Biography==
Rodrigo Borgia is the leader of the [[Knights Templar]] during the Renaissance in Italy.

In (real) History, he is one of the most controversial of the [[wikipedia:Renaissance|Renaissance]] popes, and his surname (Italianized as ''[[wikipedia:Borgia|Borgia]]'') became a byword for the debased standards of the papacy of that era.

===''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''===
[[file:Rodrigolineage.png|thumb|left|Borgia appearence on AC:Lineage]]
In Italy, during the Renaissance, the [[Medicis]] are the ruling family in [[Florence]]. But a conspiracy is being plotted in a attempt to overthrow the powerful [[Lorenzo de' Medici]], and Rodrigo Borgia is at the center of it. One night in 1476, Borgia is on his way to leave Florence with few of his men in the dark streets of the city. Suddenly, [[Giovanni Auditore]], an [[Assassins|Assassin]], intercepts him. Borgia flees immediately as the Assassin battles his men. Hidden behind a corner, he sees Giviovanni capture one of his men. The prisoner reveals to Rodrigo's enemy the plotted assassination of [[wikipedia:Galeazzo Maria Sforza|Galeazzo Maria Sforza]], Duke of Milan and a powerful ally of Lorenzo de' Medici. Giovanni quickly goes to stop the attempt, but arrives too late. Rodrigo and his accomplices' plan has succeeded and Borgia begins planning the next move.

===''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''===

[[File:Rodrigo acii.png|thumb|left|The Pope]]
We can see Rodrigo on the execution platform of Florence, attending the judgement of [[Giovanni Auditore]] and his sons. He is later seen during a meeting with the [[wikipedia:Pazzi#The conspiracy|Pazzi]] family and the [[Templars]] in a catacomb under the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella.

Borgia is later found in [[Venice]], planning with [[Carlo Grimaldi]] and the Barbarigos to murder the current Doge so that one of them can replace him and take control of Venice. He later appears to lay claim to the [[Piece of Eden]] the Templars found in Cyprus. [[Ezio]], disguised as the carrier of the artifact, attempts to kill Borgia, but Borgia is prepared for the attack. The two begin an intense battle against each other, with Ezio as the victor. Realizing he cannot defeat Ezio alone, Borgia calls in a supply of guards to overwhelm Ezio. Suddenly, many of Ezio's allies appear, revealing themselves to be Assassins. They hold off the guards to allow Ezio to re-challenge Borgia, who then escapes from them before Ezio can kill him.

In the Final Memory Block, Ezio travels to [[Rome]] to assassinate Borgia, who has now become the Pope. Ezio sneaks into the Vatican and seemingly assassinates Borgia without being seen, after Ezio finishes speaking with Borgia he leaves only to have him rise from the ground and uses his Piece of Eden, the Papal Cross to strike down Ezio and everyone else in the room. However, he is surprised to see that Ezio has not given up his will to stop him, instead he brings out his own Piece of Eden, The Apple, Ezio then summons 4 clones of himself to assist him in his battle against Borgia, eventually defeating him. Borgia snatches The Apple from Ezio's hands, and combines it with The Staff to open up the door to The Vault, which had been underneath Rome the whole time. Ezio tries to stop but he is lifted into the air by Borgia and stabbed with a sword, lying on the ground as Borgia escapes into the Vault. Ezio eventually finds the Vault, with Borgia furiously pounding the door to the inner chambers, Ezio drops down into the pit where he is, and challenges him to a battle with no weapons, Borgia accepts and the two have one last battle. During the battle, Borgia states that he never believed in The Bible or in God, and only became Pope to get the Staff and access to the Vault, wanting to unify Italy under the Templar rule. Ezio defeats Borgia but refrains from killing him, saying that killing him will not bring back his family, leaving him alone in the Vault.

It is presumed that he continued his war with the assassins until his death in 1503.

[[Video:Assassin's Creed 2 - Targets: Rodrigo Borgia 3/9|thumb|400px|right|Database entry.]]

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Uberto Alberti

2009-12-07T07:11:44Z

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Uberto Alberti
|image = Zw-ubertoalberti.png
|faction = [[Templars]]
|appear = [[Assassin's Creed II]]
|period = Italian Renaissance (15th century)
|voice = [[Michel Perron]]
}}

'''Uberto Alberti''' was a family friend of the Auditores and [[Lorenzo de' Medici|Lorenzo de' Medici's]] ally during the time of [[Assassin's Creed: Lineage|Assassin's Creed: Lineage]] and [[Assassin's Creed 2]] but betrayed them by issuing an arrest on [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni]], [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]], [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze|Petruccio]] and [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]] (though he escapes it) by order of [[Rodrigo Borgia]]. He is also Ezio's first assassination target in the game. He is portrayed by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0674837/ Michel Perron] in both ''Assassin's Creed II'' and ''Lineage'' (casted as "Umberto Alberti" in the film).

== Biography ==

=== ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'' ===
[[File:Uberto_Alberti_along_with_Lorenze_de_medici_and_Giovanni.jpg|thumb|left|Uberto Alberti in the front, along with Lorenzo de Medici and Giovanni]]
Uberto aids both Giovanni and Lorenzo by giving them advice but when Giovanni discovers possible evidence of the Templar's plans, Uberto gets rid of it, revealing his true allegiance.

=== ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' ===

[[File:Uberto_Alberti.png|thumb|left|Uberti at Florence]]
Ezio meets Uberto for the first time in Giovanni's office conversing about something urgent, though Ezio is dismissed by his father before he can understand what they were talking about. Soon, Giovanni sends Ezio with a letter containing evidence that he must give to Uberto. Ezio does as his father asks, swiftly making it to Uberto's house (Which Rodrigo is currently at). Uberto immediately knows whats in the envelope and asks Ezio if he would like to stay at his house, though Ezio declines. Soon after receiving the letter, Uberto accuses [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni]], [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]], [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze|Petruccio]] and [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]] (though he escapes because of his errands) of treason. At the day of the execution, Giovanni reminds Uberto of evidence given to him by Ezio that proves his family innocent, but much to his suprise, Uberto confesses that he doesn't know what he is talking about, sentencing the three to death. With the sight of their deaths, Ezio runs up to the front the stage claiming that he will kill Uberto for what he has done, but a Brute Guard disarms Ezio before he could get close enough. Escaping the guards, Ezio heads for Paola, leader of the courtesans, who is watching his mother and sister. After a few days of training Ezio, Paola tracks down Uberto for Ezio's vengence. After Ezio dispatches the guards watching the courtyard, he brutally kills Uberto with his hidden blade, stabbing him 5 times in the chest. By avenging his father and brothers, Ezio shouts to everyone in the courtyard that "(...)the Auditore are not dead."
[[Video:Assassin's Creed 2 - Targets: Uberto Alberti 2/9|thumb|300px|right|Uberto Alberti database video.]]

== Final Words ==
'''Uberto:''' ''You would have done the same. To save the ones you love.''

'''Ezio:''' ''Yes. I would. And I have.''

== Trivia ==

*Uberto saved the Templars from many close calls by destroying evidence of their conspiracy and hindering their enemy's progress
*It should be noted that Ezio assassinates Alberti in a rather "sloppy" manner when you consider that he does so by stabbing the man with the hidden blade at least several times on the chest, rather than plunging the blade into his target's throat, which is the traditional assassination technique used by other assassins, including his ancestor Altair. Of course, this could be easily explained and understandable to most, since it is Ezio's first time tracking down an assassination target, and he has not been trained extensively by that point or he is simply venting his fury on the man who destroyed his family.
[[Category:Assassin's Creed II Assassination Targets]]

Ezio Auditore da Firenze

2009-12-07T07:10:33Z

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Ezio Auditore da Firenze

2009-12-07T07:09:43Z

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{{Character Infobox
|name =Ezio Auditore da Firenze
|status =Alive
|image =Ezio.jpg|250|
|imgdesc =Full Portrait of Ezio with his Hidden Blades revealed.
|faction =[[Assassins]]
|appear =''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|period =Italian Renaissance (15th Century)
|voice =[[Roger Craig Smith]]
}} {{quote
|1 = Niente è vero, tutto è permesso.
|2 = Nothing is true, everything is permitted.
}} '''Ezio Auditore da Firenze''' (1459 - ?) is the protagonist of ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''. He is an ancestor of [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]] and a descendant of [[Altaïr]], as well as being the latest known link between the lineages of Subject 16 and that of Desmond.

==Biography==
=== ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'' ===

[[File:Eziolineagechess.png|thumb|left|Ezio portrayed by [[wikipedia:Devon Bostick|Devon Bostick]].]]
'''Ezio Auditore Da Firenze''', is a young member of the Florentine Nobility and the second son of [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni Auditore]], an [[Assassin]]. He is ignorant to his father's true profession, and his hereditary duties. He has slight skills at playing chess, and he is "learning fast" according to his mother (though he lost against his older brother, [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]]).

=== ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' ===

[[File:Zw-sequence3-00006.png|thumb|254px|Ezio watches his prey from the rooftops]]Ezio Auditore da Firenze's story begins moments after he exits the womb of his mother, [[Maria Auditore]]. Originally it seemed like Ezio was a stillborn, but after his father arrives the newborn begins to move his limbs and cry. Giovanni Auditore, his father, welcomes Ezio into the world and bestows his name upon him. We rejoin Ezio years later during a rousing pre-fight speech, addressing his friends. Ezio is holding one side of a bridge against [[Vieri Di Pazzi]] and his men, whom insult the [[House of Auditore]], and Ezio's mother and father personally. Reprimanded gently by his elder brother, Federico and his father, Ezio becomes more involved with his family's affairs. He would then sleep with [[Cristina Vespucci]] that night. His father, Giovanni, and another man, [[Uberto Alberti]]

are discussing secret matters that Ezio can't make sense of, but seem urgent. Eventually, guards raid Plazzo Auditore and arrest Giovanni, Federico, and Petruccio,leaving just Maria and Claudia at the home. Ezio delivers evidence that can prove his family's innocence to Uberto, who promises to defend them at the hearing. But it turns out Uberto is a traitor who destroyed the evidence and sentenced the three Auditore men to death. Swearing vengeance, Ezio has to hide his mother and sister and learn the ways of the Assassin. He is first taught stealth by Paola of[[File:Zw-ezio-altair-statue-2.png|thumb|left|254px|Ezio at Altaïr statue]]the [[Courtesans]],mainly in survival in the streets. later in the game Ezio is taught basic combat, by his [[Mario Auditore da Firenze|uncle Mario]], of the [[Mercenary]] faction. After assassinating Uberto, apparently a city official in charge of the law, Ezio has to balance his life between assassinations and protecting his sister and mother, whom refuses to speak after Ezio's father and brothers were taken. Now wanted in Florence, Ezio has to flee Florence to Tuscany with his family to the Auditore villa. He meets up with Uncle Mario, whose mercenaries save his family from an attack by Vieri and his men. For the next 23 years, he works as an assassin, killing off the Templars responsible for the deaths of his father and brothers. Rodrigo Borgia, the leader of the Templars, starts to become aware of his movements, and tries to protect the other Templars. However, all of them die by Ezio's hands.  

== Background ==

[[File:QuickTimePlayer_2009-09-25_19-22-34-26.png|thumb|left|286px|Young Ezio being approached by a guard (a Brute) after protesting at his fathers and brothers execution.]]Ezio is a young [[Florence |Florentine]] nobleman who lives during the 15th and 16th century. Unlike Altaïr, he is a seducer, and easily blends with any social class. He comes from an affluent background and has many friends until a life-changing event, wherein he and his family are betrayed, victims of a conspiracy that takes his [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|father]]'s, [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|elder brother]]'s, and[[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze| younger brother's]] lives. Forced to protect his [[Maria de' Mozzi |mother]] and his [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze |sister Claudia]], his remaining family, he becomes an [[Assassin]], exacting vengeance on the conspirators who betrayed his family, his first victim the [[Uberto Alberti |one who sentenced his father's and brothers' public execution]], [[Uberto Alberti]]. From that day on, Ezio and the rest of the Auditore family are considered criminals and traitors, and he flees Florence to the safety of his [[Auditore Family Villa |ancestral home]] in the Tuscan countryside. Ezio is helped not only by his uncle [[Mario Auditore da Firenze|Mario]], but also Leonardo da Vinci, who becomes his best friend and his personal engineer, as well as [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], [[Lorenzo the Magnificent |Lorenzo de' Medici]] and other famous Renaissance figures.

[[File:Ezio_and_Lorenzo.jpg|thumb|Ezio conversing with Lorenzo de Medici]]Ezio will travel across Italy to various locations like [[Venice]], [[Tuscany]] and [[Rome]]. In ''Assassin's Creed II'', players will live approximately 23 years of his life from when he was 17 years old (a Novice), to 40 years old (a Master Assassin), or 1476 to 1499.

== Equipment ==

[[File:Iexplore_2009-09-25_20-01-09-16.png|thumb|left|300px|Ezio assassinating two guards at once with the Dual-Hidden Blades.]]
Ezio is able to use a variety of weapons including two [[Hidden Blade|hidden blades]], allowing him to eliminate two enemies simultaneously. Combat is also available with the hidden blade, as when countering an enemy, Ezio will kill the enemy, whether by jabbing repeatedly in the chest/stomach, or stabbing in the head. He can also steal (and use) several enemy weapons such as axes, hammers, maces, spears, halberds and two different sword types (one- and two-handed). Ezio is also able to use Da Vinci's flying machine in some parts of the game, gaining altitude from fires set throughout the city by his allies. Ezio will gain many upgrades from Da Vinci on his wrist gauntlet like a wheel lock firearm concealed near his left hidden blade, and poison needle. Ezio possesses the ability to use [[Eagle Vision]] while moving. He can visit Blacksmiths to purchase weapons and armors including Helmschmeid and Metal Plate, or tailors to customize the colors of his clothing. After obtaining all six seals from the Assassin's Tombs, Ezio can open the locked gate to [[Altair's Armor]], created by Altair after the defeat of Al-Mualim. It is easily the best armor available in the game, giving much more health and resistance points than any prior suit or piece, and it is unbreakable.

The Codex alludes to the possibility of the armor being forged from, or including parts of, the Golden Fleece - which could be a Piece of Eden. Considering that the armor is unbreakable, this is likely. The Sword of Altair can also be bought from the Monteriggioni blacksmith any time after the eighth scenario.

==Trivia==
[[File:Zw-ezioauditore.png|thumb|right|Ezio's database picture]]
* The Italian name 'Ezio' derives from the Greek word 'Aetos', which means "Eagle", similar to Altaïr whose name means "The Flying One".
* Unlike Altaïr (who had his ring finger removed to make way for the [[Hidden Blade]]), Ezio has all ten fingers. A modification to the Hidden Blade made sometime after Altaïr defeated Al-Mualim spared Ezio's ring finger. Leonardo Da Vinci deciphers a Codex Page written by Altaïr on which said modification was illustrated. Assassins have a mark burned into the ring finger as a sign of their lineage.
* It is stated in the Philosophical Codex that after Altaïr defeated Al-Mualim at the end of the first ''Assassin's Creed'' and became the leader, the Assassins were forced to realize the scope of their fight against the Templars, and had to abandon many of their traditions: like the removal of the ring finger or the ban on using poison, in order to survive.
* Ezio uses a wheel lock firearm, a type of weapon that Europe didn't start developing until the very late 1400's and early 1500's, making this weapon most likely one of the very first of its type to appear in Europe. Thus, many in-game citizens do not know what the weapon is. The earliest firearms were single shot and took time to reload, so will most likely be only used as a last resort weapon. Leonardo Da Vinci didn't create the Hidden Gun, but found instructions to make one from a Codex page, meaning Altaïr invented the Hidden Gun (though it was a miniaturization of the first guns invented by the Moroccans at the time) through knowledge gained from the Apple of Eden. Also note that Da Vinci created some of the first modern wheel lock pistols, so this could be a shortened version of one.
* Ezio's face in ''Assassin's Creed II'' seems to be a mixture of Desmond's ([[wikipedia:Francisco Randez|Francisco Randez]]) and Devon Bostick's from ''Lineage'' .
* It would appear as though Ezio is unaware that he is the decendant of Altaïr, despite learning about Altaïr and what kind of assassin he was, he never truly understands why he is such a sucessful assassin himself.
* Ezio is 40 years old in 1499 (15 years older than Altaïr's age in 1191); the same age as his father when his father died in 1476.
* If you move the camera to a certain angle that shows Ezio's face, you see that his face has barely aged, except for the beard, even if you played through 20 plus years of his life. His voice does deepen and mature, though.
* It seems his father's [[Hidden Blade]] has survived over 500 years since [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]] is seen using a similar looking one at the end of the [[Assassin's Creed II|game]].
* The scar on Ezio's mouth may have been acquired after Vieri De Pazzi threw the rock at his face in the first memory sequence.

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

Rodrigo Borgia

2009-12-07T07:00:56Z

98.154.209.149: /* Assassin's Creed II */

{{WP-REAL}}
{{Character Infobox
|image=Zw-rodrigoborgia.png
|faction=[[Templars]]
|imgdesc=
|name=Roderic de Borja i Borja
|meaning=The one who protect (from Greek: ''alexein'' which means repulse, protect, and ''andros'', the man, the warrior)
|alias= Roderic de Borja i Borja (Italian: Rodrigo Borgia), "The Spaniard"
|appear=''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''
|period=Italian Renaissance (15th Century)
|voice=[[Manuel Tadros]]
}}
'''Pope Alexander VI''' (1 January 1431 – 18 August 1503), born '''Roderic Llançol''', later '''Roderic de Borja i Borja''', better know by '''Rodrigo Borgia''', was [[wikipedia:Pope|Pope]] from 1492 to 1503. His enemies call him "'''The Spaniard'''" (due to his Spanish origins) while his Templar followers call him "'''Maestro'''" ("Master" in Italian).

==Biography==
Rodrigo Borgia is the leader of the [[Knights Templar]] during the Renaissance in Italy.

In (real) History, he is one of the most controversial of the [[wikipedia:Renaissance|Renaissance]] popes, and his surname (Italianized as ''[[wikipedia:Borgia|Borgia]]'') became a byword for the debased standards of the papacy of that era.

===''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''===
[[file:Rodrigolineage.png|thumb|left|Borgia appearence on AC:Lineage]]
In Italy, during the Renaissance, the [[Medicis]] are the ruling family in [[Florence]]. But a conspiracy is being plotted in a attempt to overthrow the powerful [[Lorenzo de' Medici]], and Rodrigo Borgia is at the center of it. One night in 1476, Borgia is on his way to leave Florence with few of his men in the dark streets of the city. Suddenly, [[Giovanni Auditore]], an [[Assassins|Assassin]], intercepts him. Borgia flees immediately as the Assassin battles his men. Hidden behind a corner, he sees Giviovanni capture one of his men. The prisoner reveals to Rodrigo's enemy the plotted assassination of [[wikipedia:Galeazzo Maria Sforza|Galeazzo Maria Sforza]], Duke of Milan and a powerful ally of Lorenzo de' Medici. Giovanni quickly goes to stop the attempt, but arrives too late. Rodrigo and his accomplices' plan has succeeded and Borgia begins planning the next move.

===''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''===

[[File:Rodrigo acii.png|thumb|left|The Pope]]
We can see Rodrigo on the execution platform of Florence, attending the judgement of [[Giovanni Auditore]] and his sons. He is later seen during a meeting with the [[wikipedia:Pazzi#The conspiracy|Pazzi]] family and the [[Templars]] in a catacomb under the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella.

Borgia is later found in [[Venice]], planning with [[Carlo Grimaldi]] and the Barbarigos to murder the current Doge so that one of them can replace him and take control of Venice. He later appears to lay claim to the [[Piece of Eden]] the Templars found in Cyprus. [[Ezio]], disguised as the carrier of the artifact, attempts to kill Borgia, but Borgia is prepared for the attack. The two begin an intense battle against each other, with Ezio as the victor. Realizing he cannot defeat Ezio alone, Borgia calls in a seemingly endless supply of guards to overwhelm Ezio. Suddenly, many of Ezio's allies appear, revealing themselves to be Assassins. They hold off the guards to allow Ezio to re-challenge Borgia, who then escapes from them before Ezio can kill him.

In the Final Memory Block, Ezio travels to [[Rome]] to assassinate Borgia, who has now become the Pope. Ezio sneaks into the Vatican and seemingly assassinates Borgia without being seen, after Ezio finishes speaking with Borgia he leaves only to have him rise from the ground and uses his Piece of Eden, the Papal Cross to strike down Ezio and everyone else in the room. However, he is surprised to see that Ezio has not given up his will to stop him, instead he brings out his own Piece of Eden, The Apple, Ezio then summons 4 clones of himself to assist him in his battle against Borgia, eventually defeating him. Borgia snatches The Apple from Ezio's hands, and combines it with The Staff to open up the door to The Vault, which had been underneath Rome the whole time. Ezio tries to stop but he is lifted into the air by Borgia and stabbed with a sword, lying on the ground as Borgia escapes into the Vault. Ezio eventually finds the Vault, with Borgia furiously pounding the door to the inner chambers, Ezio drops down into the pit where he is, and challenges him to a battle with no weapons, Borgia accepts and the two have one last battle. During the battle, Borgia states that he never believed in The Bible or in God, and only became Pope to get the Staff and access to the Vault, wanting to unify Italy under the Templar rule. Ezio defeats Borgia but refrains from killing him, saying that killing him will not bring back his family, leaving him alone in the Vault.

It is presumed that he continued his war with the assassins until his death in 1503.

[[Video:Assassin's Creed 2 - Targets: Rodrigo Borgia 3/9|thumb|400px|right|Database entry.]]

{{ACII}}
[[Category:Assassin's Creed II Assassination Targets]]

Ezio Auditore da Firenze

2009-12-07T06:58:56Z

98.154.209.149: /* Assassin's Creed II */

{{Character Infobox
|name =Ezio Auditore da Firenze
|status =Alive
|image =Ezio.jpg|250|
|imgdesc =Full Portrait of Ezio with his Hidden Blades revealed.
|faction =[[Assassins]]
|appear =''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|period =Italian Renaissance (15th Century)
|voice =[[Roger Craig Smith]]
}} {{quote
|1 = Niente è vero, tutto è permesso.
|2 = Nothing is true, everything is permitted.
}} '''Ezio Auditore da Firenze''' (1459 - ?) is the protagonist of ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''. He is an ancestor of [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]] and a descendant of [[Altaïr]], as well as being the latest known link between the lineages of Subject 16 and that of Desmond.

==Biography==
=== ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'' ===

[[File:Eziolineagechess.png|thumb|left|Ezio portrayed by [[wikipedia:Devon Bostick|Devon Bostick]].]]
'''Ezio Auditore Da Firenze''', is a young member of the Florentine Nobility and the second son of [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni Auditore]], an [[Assassin]]. He is ignorant to his father's true profession, and his hereditary duties. He has slight skills at playing chess, and he is "learning fast" according to his mother (though he lost against his older brother, [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]]).

=== ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' ===

[[File:Zw-sequence3-00006.png|thumb|254px|Ezio watches his prey from the rooftops]]Ezio Auditore da Firenze's story begins moments after he exits the womb of his mother, [[Maria Auditore]]. Originally it seemed like Ezio was a stillborn, but after his father arrives the newborn begins to move his limbs and cry. Giovanni Auditore, his father, welcomes Ezio into the world and bestows his name upon him. We rejoin Ezio years later during a rousing pre-fight speech, addressing his friends. Ezio is holding one side of a bridge against [[Vieri Di Pazzi]] and his men, whom insult the [[House of Auditore]], and Ezio's mother and father personally. Reprimanded gently by his elder brother, Federico and his father, Ezio becomes more involved with his family's affairs. He would then sleep with [[Cristina Vespucci]] that night. His father, Giovanni, and another man, [[Uberto Alberti]]

are discussing secret matters that Ezio can't make sense of, but seem urgent. Eventually, guards raid Plazzo Auditore and arrest Giovanni, Federico, and Petruccio,leaving just Maria and Claudia at the home. Ezio delivers evidence that can prove his family's innocence to Uberto, who promises to defend them at the hearing. But it turns out Uberto is a traitor who destroyed the evidence and sentenced the three Auditore men to death. Swearing vengeance, Ezio has to hide his mother and sister and learn the ways of the Assassin. He is first taught stealth by Paola of[[File:Zw-ezio-altair-statue-2.png|thumb|left|254px|Ezio at Altaïr statue]]the [[Courtesans]],mainly in survival in the streets. later in the game Ezio is taught basic combat, by his [[Mario Auditore da Firenze|uncle Mario]], of the [[Mercenary]] faction. After assassinating Uberto, apparently a city official in charge of the law, Ezio has to balance his life between assassinations and protecting his sister and mother, whom refuses to speak after Ezio's father and brothers were taken. Now wanted in Florence, Ezio has to flee Florence to Tuscany with his family to the Auditore villa. He meets up with Uncle Mario, whose mercenaries save his family from an attack by Vieri and his men. During all the years he is busy being an assassin. Rodrigo Borgia, the leader of the Templars, starts to become aware of his movements, and tries to protect the other Templars. However, all of them die by Ezio's hands.  

== Background ==

[[File:QuickTimePlayer_2009-09-25_19-22-34-26.png|thumb|left|286px|Young Ezio being approached by a guard (a Brute) after protesting at his fathers and brothers execution.]]Ezio is a young [[Florence |Florentine]] nobleman who lives during the 15th and 16th century. Unlike Altaïr, he is a seducer, and easily blends with any social class. He comes from an affluent background and has many friends until a life-changing event, wherein he and his family are betrayed, victims of a conspiracy that takes his [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|father]]'s, [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|elder brother]]'s, and[[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze| younger brother's]] lives. Forced to protect his [[Maria de' Mozzi |mother]] and his [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze |sister Claudia]], his remaining family, he becomes an [[Assassin]], exacting vengeance on the conspirators who betrayed his family, his first victim the [[Uberto Alberti |one who sentenced his father's and brothers' public execution]], [[Uberto Alberti]]. From that day on, Ezio and the rest of the Auditore family are considered criminals and traitors, and he flees Florence to the safety of his [[Auditore Family Villa |ancestral home]] in the Tuscan countryside. Ezio is helped not only by his uncle [[Mario Auditore da Firenze|Mario]], but also Leonardo da Vinci, who becomes his best friend and his personal engineer, as well as [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], [[Lorenzo the Magnificent |Lorenzo de' Medici]] and other famous Renaissance figures.

[[File:Ezio_and_Lorenzo.jpg|thumb|Ezio conversing with Lorenzo de Medici]]Ezio will travel across Italy to various locations like [[Venice]], [[Tuscany]] and [[Rome]]. In ''Assassin's Creed II'', players will live approximately 23 years of his life from when he was 17 years old (a Novice), to 40 years old (a Master Assassin), or 1476 to 1499.

== Equipment ==

[[File:Iexplore_2009-09-25_20-01-09-16.png|thumb|left|300px|Ezio assassinating two guards at once with the Dual-Hidden Blades.]]
Ezio is able to use a variety of weapons including two [[Hidden Blade|hidden blades]], allowing him to eliminate two enemies simultaneously. Combat is also available with the hidden blade, as when countering an enemy, Ezio will kill the enemy, whether by jabbing repeatedly in the chest/stomach, or stabbing in the head. He can also steal (and use) several enemy weapons such as axes, hammers, maces, spears, halberds and two different sword types (one- and two-handed). Ezio is also able to use Da Vinci's flying machine in some parts of the game, gaining altitude from fires set throughout the city by his allies. Ezio will gain many upgrades from Da Vinci on his wrist gauntlet like a wheel lock firearm concealed near his left hidden blade, and poison needle. Ezio possesses the ability to use [[Eagle Vision]] while moving. He can visit Blacksmiths to purchase weapons and armors including Helmschmeid and Metal Plate, or tailors to customize the colors of his clothing. After obtaining all six seals from the Assassin's Tombs, Ezio can open the locked gate to [[Altair's Armor]], created by Altair after the defeat of Al-Mualim. It is easily the best armor available in the game, giving much more health and resistance points than any prior suit or piece, and it is unbreakable.

The Codex alludes to the possibility of the armor being forged from, or including parts of, the Golden Fleece - which could be a Piece of Eden. Considering that the armor is unbreakable, this is likely. The Sword of Altair can also be bought from the Monteriggioni blacksmith any time after the eighth scenario.

==Trivia==
[[File:Zw-ezioauditore.png|thumb|right|Ezio's database picture]]
* The Italian name 'Ezio' derives from the Greek word 'Aetos', which means "Eagle", similar to Altaïr whose name means "The Flying One".
* Unlike Altaïr (who had his ring finger removed to make way for the [[Hidden Blade]]), Ezio has all ten fingers. A modification to the Hidden Blade made sometime after Altaïr defeated Al-Mualim spared Ezio's ring finger. Leonardo Da Vinci deciphers a Codex Page written by Altaïr on which said modification was illustrated. Assassins have a mark burned into the ring finger as a sign of their lineage.
* It is stated in the Philosophical Codex that after Altaïr defeated Al-Mualim at the end of the first ''Assassin's Creed'' and became the leader, the Assassins were forced to realize the scope of their fight against the Templars, and had to abandon many of their traditions: like the removal of the ring finger or the ban on using poison, in order to survive.
* Ezio uses a wheel lock firearm, a type of weapon that Europe didn't start developing until the very late 1400's and early 1500's, making this weapon most likely one of the very first of its type to appear in Europe. Thus, many in-game citizens do not know what the weapon is. The earliest firearms were single shot and took time to reload, so will most likely be only used as a last resort weapon. Leonardo Da Vinci didn't create the Hidden Gun, but found instructions to make one from a Codex page, meaning Altaïr invented the Hidden Gun (though it was a miniaturization of the first guns invented by the Moroccans at the time) through knowledge gained from the Apple of Eden. Also note that Da Vinci created some of the first modern wheel lock pistols, so this could be a shortened version of one.
* Ezio's face in ''Assassin's Creed II'' seems to be a mixture of Desmond's ([[wikipedia:Francisco Randez|Francisco Randez]]) and Devon Bostick's from ''Lineage'' .
* It would appear as though Ezio is unaware that he is the decendant of Altaïr, despite learning about Altaïr and what kind of assassin he was, he never truly understands why he is such a sucessful assassin himself.
* Ezio is 40 years old in 1499 (15 years older than Altaïr's age in 1191); the same age as his father when his father died in 1476.
* If you move the camera to a certain angle that shows Ezio's face, you see that his face has barely aged, except for the beard, even if you played through 20 plus years of his life. His voice does deepen and mature, though.
* It seems his father's [[Hidden Blade]] has survived over 500 years since [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]] is seen using a similar looking one at the end of the [[Assassin's Creed II|game]].
* The scar on Ezio's mouth may have been acquired after Vieri De Pazzi threw the rock at his face in the first memory sequence.

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

Ezio Auditore da Firenze

2009-12-07T06:56:56Z

98.154.209.149: /* Biography */

{{Character Infobox
|name =Ezio Auditore da Firenze
|status =Alive
|image =Ezio.jpg|250|
|imgdesc =Full Portrait of Ezio with his Hidden Blades revealed.
|faction =[[Assassins]]
|appear =''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'', ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
|period =Italian Renaissance (15th Century)
|voice =[[Roger Craig Smith]]
}} {{quote
|1 = Niente è vero, tutto è permesso.
|2 = Nothing is true, everything is permitted.
}} '''Ezio Auditore da Firenze''' (1459 - ?) is the protagonist of ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''. He is an ancestor of [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]] and a descendant of [[Altaïr]], as well as being the latest known link between the lineages of Subject 16 and that of Desmond.

==Biography==
=== ''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]'' ===

[[File:Eziolineagechess.png|thumb|left|Ezio portrayed by [[wikipedia:Devon Bostick|Devon Bostick]].]]
'''Ezio Auditore Da Firenze''', is a young member of the Florentine Nobility and the second son of [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni Auditore]], an [[Assassin]]. He is ignorant to his father's true profession, and his hereditary duties. He has slight skills at playing chess, and he is "learning fast" according to his mother (though he lost against his older brother, [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]]).

=== ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' ===

[[File:Zw-sequence3-00006.png|thumb|254px|Ezio watches his prey from the rooftops]]Ezio Auditore da Firenze's story begins moments after he exits the womb of his mother, [[Maria Auditore]]. Originally it seemed like Ezio was a stillborn, but after his father arrives the newborn begins to move his limbs and cry. Giovanni Auditore, his father, welcomes Ezio into the world and bestows his name upon him. We rejoin Ezio years later during a rousing pre-fight speech, addressing his friends. Ezio is holding one side of a bridge against [[Vieri Di Pazzi]] and his men, whom insult the [[House of Auditore]], and Ezio's mother and father personally. Reprimanded gently by his elder brother, Federico and his father, Ezio becomes more involved with his family's affairs. He would then sleep with [[Cristina Vespucci]] that night. His father, Giovanni, and another man, [[Uberto Alberti]]

are discussing secret matters that Ezio can't make sense of, but seem urgent. Eventually, guards raid Plazzo Auditore and arrest Giovanni, Federico, and Petruccio,leaving just Maria and Claudia at the home. Ezio delivers evidence that can prove his family's innocence to Uberto, who promises to defend them at the hearing. But it turns out Uberto is a traitor who destroyed the evidence and sentenced the three Auditore men to death. Swearing vengeance, Ezio has to hide his mother and sister and learn the ways of the Assassin. He is first taught stealth by Paola of[[File:Zw-ezio-altair-statue-2.png|thumb|left|254px|Ezio at Altaïr statue]]the [[Courtesans]],mainly in survival in the streets. later in the game Ezio is taught basic combat, by his [[Mario Auditore da Firenze|uncle Mario]], of the [[Mercenary]] faction. After assassinating Uberto, apparently a city official in charge of the law, Ezio has to balance his life between assassinations and protecting his sister and mother, whom refuses to speak after Ezio's father and brothers were taken. Now wanted in Florence, Ezio has to flee Florence to Tuscany with his family to the Auditore villa. He meets up with Uncle Mario, whose mercenaries save his family from an attack by Vieri and his men. During all the years he is busy being an assassin. Rodrigo Borgia, the leader of the Templars, starts to become aware of his movements, and tries to protect the other Templars. However, all of them die by Ezio's hands.  

== Background ==

[[File:QuickTimePlayer_2009-09-25_19-22-34-26.png|thumb|left|286px|Young Ezio being approached by a guard (a Brute) after protesting at his fathers and brothers execution.]]Ezio is a young [[Florence |Florentine]] nobleman who lives during the 15th and 16th century. Unlike Altaïr, he is a seducer, and easily blends with any social class. He comes from an affluent background and has many friends until a life-changing event, wherein he and his family are betrayed, victims of a conspiracy that takes his [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|father]]'s, [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|elder brother]]'s, and[[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze| younger brother's]] lives. Forced to protect his [[Maria de' Mozzi |mother]] and his [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze |sister Claudia]], his remaining family, he becomes an [[Assassin]], exacting vengeance on the conspirators who betrayed his family, his first victim the [[Uberto Alberti |one who sentenced his father's and brothers' public execution]], [[Uberto Alberti]]. From that day on, Ezio and the rest of the Auditore family are considered criminals and traitors, and he flees Florence to the safety of his [[Auditore Family Villa |ancestral home]] in the Tuscan countryside. Ezio is helped not only by his uncle [[Mario Auditore da Firenze|Mario]], but also Leonardo da Vinci, who becomes his best friend and his personal engineer, as well as [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], [[Lorenzo the Magnificent |Lorenzo de' Medici]] and other famous Renaissance figures.

[[File:Ezio_and_Lorenzo.jpg|thumb|Ezio conversing with Lorenzo de Medici]]Ezio will travel across Italy to various locations like [[Venice]], [[Tuscany]] and [[Rome]]. In ''Assassin's Creed II'', players will live approximately 23 years of his life from when he was 17 years old (a Novice), to 40 years old (a Master Assassin), or 1476 to 1499.

== Equipment ==

[[File:Iexplore_2009-09-25_20-01-09-16.png|thumb|left|300px|Ezio assassinating two guards at once with the Dual-Hidden Blades.]]
Ezio is able to use a variety of weapons including two [[Hidden Blade|hidden blades]], allowing him to eliminate two enemies simultaneously. Combat is also available with the hidden blade, as when countering an enemy, Ezio will kill the enemy, whether by jabbing repeatedly in the chest/stomach, or stabbing in the head. He can also steal (and use) several enemy weapons such as axes, hammers, maces, spears, halberds and two different sword types (one- and two-handed). Ezio is also able to use Da Vinci's flying machine in some parts of the game, gaining altitude from fires set throughout the city by his allies. Ezio will gain many upgrades from Da Vinci on his wrist gauntlet like a wheel lock firearm concealed near his left hidden blade, and poison needle. Ezio possesses the ability to use [[Eagle Vision]] while moving. He can visit Blacksmiths to purchase weapons and armors including Helmschmeid and Metal Plate, or tailors to customize the colors of his clothing. After obtaining all six seals from the Assassin's Tombs, Ezio can open the locked gate to [[Altair's Armor]], created by Altair after the defeat of Al-Mualim. It is easily the best armor available in the game, giving much more health and resistance points than any prior suit or piece, and it is unbreakable.

The Codex alludes to the possibility of the armor being forged from, or including parts of, the Golden Fleece - which could be a Piece of Eden. Considering that the armor is unbreakable, this is likely. The Sword of Altair can also be bought from the Monteriggioni blacksmith any time after the eighth scenario.

==Trivia==
[[File:Zw-ezioauditore.png|thumb|right|Ezio's database picture]]
* The Italian name 'Ezio' derives from the Greek word 'Aetos', which means "Eagle", similar to Altaïr whose name means "The Flying One".
* Unlike Altaïr (who had his ring finger removed to make way for the [[Hidden Blade]]), Ezio has all ten fingers. A modification to the Hidden Blade made sometime after Altaïr defeated Al-Mualim spared Ezio's ring finger. Leonardo Da Vinci deciphers a Codex Page written by Altaïr on which said modification was illustrated. Assassins have a mark burned into the ring finger as a sign of their lineage.
* It is stated in the Philosophical Codex that after Altaïr defeated Al-Mualim at the end of the first ''Assassin's Creed'' and became the leader, the Assassins were forced to realize the scope of their fight against the Templars, and had to abandon many of their traditions: like the removal of the ring finger or the ban on using poison, in order to survive.
* Ezio uses a wheel lock firearm, a type of weapon that Europe didn't start developing until the very late 1400's and early 1500's, making this weapon most likely one of the very first of its type to appear in Europe. Thus, many in-game citizens do not know what the weapon is. The earliest firearms were single shot and took time to reload, so will most likely be only used as a last resort weapon. Leonardo Da Vinci didn't create the Hidden Gun, but found instructions to make one from a Codex page, meaning Altaïr invented the Hidden Gun (though it was a miniaturization of the first guns invented by the Moroccans at the time) through knowledge gained from the Apple of Eden. Also note that Da Vinci created some of the first modern wheel lock pistols, so this could be a shortened version of one.
* Ezio's face in ''Assassin's Creed II'' seems to be a mixture of Desmond's ([[wikipedia:Francisco Randez|Francisco Randez]]) and Devon Bostick's from ''Lineage'' .
* It would appear as though Ezio is unaware that he is the decendant of Altaïr, despite learning about Altaïr and what kind of assassin he was, he never truly understands why he is such a sucessful assassin himself.
* Ezio is 40 years old in 1499 (15 years older than Altaïr's age in 1191); the same age as his father when his father died in 1476.
* If you move the camera to a certain angle that shows Ezio's face, you see that his face has barely aged, except for the beard, even if you played through 20 plus years of his life. His voice does deepen and mature, though.
* It seems his father's [[Hidden Blade]] has survived over 500 years since [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]] is seen using a similar looking one at the end of the [[Assassin's Creed II|game]].
* The scar on Ezio's mouth may have been acquired after Vieri De Pazzi threw the rock at his face in the first memory sequence.

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Soldier

2009-12-07T06:44:38Z

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[[File:Custom 1248974456095 AC22.jpg|thumb|Ezio about to kill a "Seeker"]][[File:Giartnewenemies 2.jpg|thumb|From left to right: The Agile, the Archer, the Brute, the Standard, and the Seeker.]]

== Assassin's Creed ==
{{quote|Assassin!|Guard on [[Damascus]]}}
During the course of the first [[Assassin's Creed]], there are two types of guards: Soldiers and Archers. The archers are mostly the same, but the soldiers vary on skill, which can be identified by their helmets. The shinier the helmet, the stronger the guard.

== Assassin's Creed II ==
{{quote|Assassino!|Guard on [[Venice]]}}
In[[Assassin's Creed II| Assassin's Creed II]], there are five types of enemy guards:

One of the new guards is the "Agile", which, as the name suggests is a very fast, lightly armored enemy. They also have the ability to climb and run around rooftops like Ezio, leading to chase sequences.

Next, there is the archer, which is a guard armed with a bow and a sword (for close combat).

There is also the brute, who is a heavily armored and equipped (weapons such as maces and axes), and rather slow guard type. Their armor makes them tough to bring down, but also makes them cumbersome and slow. They are not very intelligent, and won't be able to tell Ezio from anyone else in a crowd. A good way to make short work of them is grab them and cut their neck or disarm them and counterattack.

There is the standard guard who is armed with a sword. They aren't particularly fast, strong, or smart.

Finally there is the Seeker, who is often called "paranoid"; they are a special guard type, because they have the ability to check haystacks and other hiding places, although Ezio can counter kill the seeker if that happens. They are armed with long spears or halberds, giving them an increased reach in combat. The best way to kill them is to grab them and cut their neck or disarm them and counterattack.
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Soldier

2009-12-07T06:40:30Z

98.154.209.149: /* Assassin's Creed II */

[[File:Custom 1248974456095 AC22.jpg|thumb|Ezio about to kill a "Seeker"]][[File:Giartnewenemies 2.jpg|thumb|From left to right: The Agile, the Archer, the Brute, the Standard, and the Seeker.]]

== Assassin's Creed ==
{{quote|Assassin!|Guard on [[Damascus]]}}
During the course of the first [[Assassin's Creed]], there are two types of guards: Soldiers and Archers. The archers are mostly the same, but the soldiers vary on skill, which can be identified by their helmets. The shinier the helmet, the stronger the guard.

== Assassin's Creed II ==
{{quote|Assassino!|Guard on [[Venice]]}}
In[[Assassin's Creed II| Assassin's Creed II]], there are five types of enemy guards:

One of the new guards is the "Agile", which, as the name suggests is a very fast, lightly armored enemy. They also have the ability to climb and run around rooftops like Ezio, leading to chase sequences.

Next, there is the archer, which is a guard armed with a bow and a sword (for close combat).

There is also the brute, who is a heavily armored and equipped (weapons such as maces and axes), and rather slow guard type. Their armor makes them tough to bring down, but also makes them cumbersome and slow. They are not very intelligent, and won't be able to tell Ezio from anyone else in a crowd. A good way to make short work of them is grab them and cut their throat or disarm them and counterattack.

There is the standard guard who is armed with a sword. They aren't particularly fast, strong, or smart.

Finally there is the Seeker, who is often called "paranoid"; they are a special guard type, because they have the ability to check haystacks and other hiding places, although Ezio can counter kill the seeker if that happens. They are armed with long spears or halberds, giving them an increased reach in combat. The best way to kill them is to grab them and cut their throat or disarm them and finish them off with their own weapon.
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Social stealth

2009-11-22T23:45:21Z

98.154.209.149: /* Assassin's Creed 2 */

[[File:Icons hud.jpg|thumb|px|right|The Stealth Meter (top to bottom): Unaware, Watched, Alert and Detected]]
'''Social Stealth''', or how inconspicuous one can remain in public environments, is a key ability to master in order to become a successful assassin.

=Philosophy=

A true master assassin knows that people cannot appropriately prepare themselves to an invisible strike. For the true assassin, remaining unexposed is the safest way to move about without catching the city guards' attention, arousing the crowd or alerting the target. Therefore, avoiding attention at all times is key to an assassin's survival during an assassination mission.

As the second tenet of the "The Creed", remaining anonymous is a top priority at all times and it is required within the Assassin's Order, since investigations and assassinations have a much larger chance of success when no one knows from where comes the blunt. To understand the people and know extensively how use that element to your advantage during your endeavors is the key. Let them mask your approach during assassinations and reveal yourself only when absolutely certain, using the crowd to create distractions and moving for the kill when everyone's attention is on something else that is not you.

Whether performing silent executions or public assassinations, one must strike at the most appropriate moment, time, and place where he/her can not only hit, but also run or hold his/her ground if it be necessary. Normally approaching someone from behind and putting a [[Hidden Blade|hidden blade]] between their ribs or gently pushing past a crowd and bursting through the guards on a rampage charge at the target's head, social stealth mastery is indispensable. Mastering the kill is your priority, mastering the approach should be too.

=In-Game=

==Assassin's Creed==

A major theme in this game is '''social stealth'''. Other games have worked with the idea of stealth play while out in the open, notably the disguises in the Hitman series, but few if any have included the crowd dynamics found in [[Assassin's Creed]].

The social stealth system keeps track of how much attention is being paid to Altaïr and his actions. Citizens and guards will react anyway you treat and interact with them. While walking around the city and kingdom, you can either force people out of the way and to the ground or you can gently push past them. The first will attract a lot of attention in your direction but get you through the crowd more quickly, and the person you knocked to the ground may get up and push you back risking exposure if close to a assassination target. Gently pushing past or moving past people will attract no attention but will take more time. Any socially unacceptable behavior will also increase the attention that people pay you. If you quickly climb the front of a building then you will attract a lot of attention, as will jumping from a rooftop and landing in a crowd. Slowly climbing a ladder or dropping quietly into the street will attract much less attention when moving about. Remaining anonymous, completely avoiding all arousing suspicion and publicly expressing only socially acceptable behavior will allow for safe travel through city streets.

With the social stealth system you won't find any shadows to hide in if you are being chased by guards. Instead you have to escape their sight and then blend in with the surrounding crowd, like joining a group of scholars or ducking into a rooftop garden. The [[scholars]] have the added benefit of being a mobile source of social camouflage. Other places to hide include bales of hay and even benches (while sitting between two people). The public is your greatest ally when used properly.

Remaining anonymous will also refill your sync bar. If you attract too much attention, the omnipresent guards will recognize you as an assassin and try to kill you, ruining your anonymity, and forcing you to hide. The guards are implacable and to a large degree always scanning the crowd for your presence another reason to remain one with the crowd, if easily dispatched, foes who will follow you over rooftops and chase you through streets, often while gathering reinforcements. A very important (slow paced) but guaranteed way to assure anonymity is to Blend. Dressed as a religious scholar Altaïr's mannerisms mimic theirs, an example folding the hands and being in the prayer stance ensures very slow yet extremely safe passage.

==Assassin's Creed 2==

[[Assassin's Creed II|"AC2"]]'s social stealth engine has been largely improved. You can now blend just by walking into a crowd, bribe guards, and hire courtesans or thieves to distract targets. You can now pickpocket for money and also run the risk of being pickpocketed. You can hide in carts of hay, fish and autumn leaves, sit in a bench and also can jump into water. Doing this will not save you all the time as Seekers can now search for you if you're hiding.

Crowds and AI in general are more intelligent and a notoriety system has been included. If you're caught doing bad deeds, your notoriety goes up. and you can reduce it by:
#Ripping down [[Wanted Posters]].
#Bribing Heralds. Also, take some time to listen to them. They speak about the different missions you have embarked on and finished.
#Assassinations. Simple, kill off the people giving false witness (of your very real crimes) or selected key guards.

When the Notoriety meter is full, the guards are on constant lookout and always suspicious of you.

There's also a new system called Social Status Indicator (SSI). It is divided in two parts.

'''NPC Arrows'''

There is an arrow above a guard's head that informs you if you're at a risk of being detected or not.

* If you're incognito, the guards will only notice you if you engage in illegal actions such as killing, looting or pushing them.
* When the arrow turns yellow it means the guard has started investigating and is alerted to his surroundings.
* When the arrow turns red, the guard has recognized you.

'''Mini Map Frame'''

The social status indicator, instead of being located left to the Synch Bar, is now a frame that surrounds the Mini-map located on the bottom right. The indicators colors are the same from AC1:

* White: You are Anonymous
* Red: You are in an Open Conflict with guards
* Yellow: You are in an Open Conflict with guards however you have broken the line of sight
* Blue: You are Vanishing (ie. you're in a hiding spot and the guards are still searching for you)
* Green: You are Hidden (ie. in a hiding spot)

==Social Status==

'''Social status''' is a measure of how much attention [[Altaïr]] is drawing to himself, and how much attention he is receiving from guards.

The player's current social status is displayed on the HUD, via the '''social status icon''' and '''witness indicator'''. The social status icon switches to the witness indicator under context- they are never displayed simultaneously. The witness indicator is only used when Altaïr is in the presence of guards who are ''not'' in open conflict with him- in all other cases, the social status icon is available.

===The social status icon===
[[File:Synchronization_Bar_2.png|thumb|200px|right|The indicator is the triangle on the left of the [[Synchronization|Synchronization Bar]].]]On the left of the [[Synchronization]] bar is the social status icon. This triangular-shaped icon changes color and shape to distinguish between different Social Statuses. The icon is used only when Anonymous, fleeing guards, or in Open Conflict.

====Anonymous====
[[File:Animuslogowhite.svg|75px]]

When Altaïr is not visible to ''any'' guards whatsoever, he is Anonymous. Represented by a white social status bar, this status is the ideal one to be in.

====Exposed====
[[File:Animuslogored.svg|75px]]

If Altaïr draws too much guard attention to himself, he will become Exposed. The social status icon changes shape and color, flashing red. He can either kill all the guards (instantly returning to Anonymous status) or flee.

====Unseen====
[[File:Animuslogoyellow.svg|75px]]

If Altaïr chooses to flee, breaking the line of sight of pursuing guards, the social status icon will flash yellow and an audible beeping may be heard, signifying Unseen status. Now, Altaïr should find a Hiding spot and hide. If the player chooses to instead keep running, Altaïr may eventually outrun the pursuers and skip immediately back to Anonymous status.

====Vanishing====
[[File:Animuslogoblue.svg|75px]]

If, while in Unseen status, Altaïr hides in a hiding spot unseen by the guards, he will enter Vanishing status. After a few seconds, the guards will appear. Unable to find Altaïr, they will give up the search. Altaïr has Vanished.

====Vanished====
[[File:Animuslogogreen.svg|75px]]

When the guards give up the chase, Altaïr has Vanished. While Vanished, he can not be Exposed again. He will remain in this state for as long as he remains in the hiding spot- once he leaves, he is again able to be Exposed.

===The witness indicator===
The witness indicator distinguishes between the different awareness levels of guards near Altaïr. Shaped differently from the social status icon, it has an eye in the center that glows either yellow or red, depending on soldiers' level of awareness.

====Unaware====
A yellow witness indicator means that the guards near the player are either unaware or suspicious.

An unaware soldier has his hands to his side, unaware of the danger posed by Altaïr.

====Suspicious====
A suspicious soldier is slightly suspicious of Altaïr, but not enough to attack or draw his sword. He rests his hand on his sword, ready to draw it. You shouldn't worry about unaware or suspicious guards- they are not very likely to attack unless provoked.

The witness indicator is yellow while soldiers are Suspicious of Altaïr, as well as when they are unaware of him.

====Informed====
A red witness indicator means that guards near the player are ''very'' suspicious, ready to attack Altaïr.

An informed soldier has his sword fully drawn, ready to fight. He is ''very'' suspicious of Altaïr, or has seen a dead body on the ground. When in this state, they are easy to provoke. [[Blend]] to get away, or kill the soldier.

All guards within the [[Kingdom]] are always Informed.
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