Improvised weapon

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[[File:Broomofdoom.png|thumb|300px|Ezio wielding a broom.]]
'''Improvised weapons''' could be used by [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] during the [[Renaissance]], and were additional options for armed combat alongside the more conventional [[weapons]]; such as [[swords and maces]], [[spears and halberds]], or [[heavy weapons]].

All of the improvised weapons could be picked up just like any other one-handed weapon. They were often carried and used by [[civilians]], who would drop them once Ezio gently pushed or ran into them, when a fight started, or if money was thrown near them.

These weapons could not normally be kept, and were usually discarded as soon as a fight was finished, or if Ezio began [[Free Running|free running]].

==Possible Improvised Weapons==
===15th century===
*Hoes
*Rakes
*Brooms
*Pitchforks
*Fishing poles
*Violins (used by certain Minstrels, only available during [[Carnevale]])
*The halves of a broken spear
*People

===16th century===
*Rakes
*Brooms
*Mallets
*Shovels
*Pickaxes
*Pitchforks
*Meat cleavers
*Fishing poles
*The halves of a broken spear

==Trivia==
===''Assassin's Creed II''===
*All improvised weapons in ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' act and sound as maces, aside from the upper, bladed end of a broken spear.
**As such, attacks are sometimes nonsensical. For example, Ezio can slice an enemy's throat with a broom after a grab, exactly the way he does with a sword or with a sharp end of a mace.
*The violin has the sound effect of a sword, but acts like a mace.
*A certain glitch referred to as an "invisible sword" can partially be classified as an improvised weapon. It can be obtained by simply using a spear counter on a two-handed guard, and trying to punch. The invisible sword uses the unarmed slot, swings like a sword when attacking, and allows only instant kills and counters. This can also happen when countering with the [[hidden blade]], and switching weapons.
*Some improvised weapons can be kept with a glitch, but will be lost when travelling to another city or randomly during excessive combat. To keep an improvised weapon, you must have an empty sword sheath, which can be achieved by letting a [[Brutes|Brute]] smash your sword or mace away. Afterwards, simply pick up one of the objects listed above, and you may be able to keep them.
**An alternate way to empty your sword sheath is to go to the [[Monteriggioni]] Training Ring and practice "Picking Up Weapons." Ezio's sword will drop out of his scabbard automatically.
*Guards can also use these improvised weapons, as long as you disarm them and there is no other weapon available. It's easier to make guards use them during DNA Sequence 1, as guards do not yet have weapons.
*When you rescue [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]] in the memory "[[Caged Fighter]]," he uses a broom to fight until he picks up a proper weapon from a fallen guard.

===''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''===
*Although shovels can be used as weaponry in-game, their coding is unfinished. In-game, Ezio wields a shovel by the grip one-handed, with the blade pointing behind him instead of forward. Also, when the shovel is swung, the blade and staff clip through Ezio's body.
[[File:Springcleaning.png|right]]
*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'', the "Spring Cleaning" [[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood achievements|achievement]] can be earned by killing a guard with a broom.
**This achievement is also awarded when you kill a guard with your dual-wielded pistol, while holding a broom in the other hand.
*Nearly all improvised weapons can be found in use by civilians in the [[Delizia di Belriguardo]], during the memory "[[The One Who Got Away]]."

==Videos==
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Auguste Oberlin

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{{Character Infobox
|image = Char blacksmith.png
|imgdesc = Full body portrait of Auguste.
|birth = 1468
|death = 1503<br>[[Rome]], [[Italy]]
|period = [[Renaissance]]
|faction = [[Templars]]<br>[[House of Borgia]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''<br>''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''}}
{{quote|Auguste explains that he distributes Borgia propaganda in Roma. I am amazed. How do such large hands produce such fine detail?|[[Fiora Cavazza]], on viewing Auguste's work.|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}}

'''Augustine "Auguste" Oberlin''' (1468 - 1503) was a member of the [[Templars|Templar Order]], and the personal blacksmith of [[Cesare Borgia]]. He crafted weapons for nearly all of Cesare's [[Assassination of the Templar Agents|agents]], and was also responsible for creating and distributing [[House of Borgia|Borgia]] propaganda throughout [[Rome]].

His genetic memories were later used by [[Abstergo Industries]] for the training of the [[Abstergo recruits|Animus recruits]], under the title of the [[Blacksmith (multiplayer character)|Blacksmith]].

==Biography==
===Working for the Borgia===
[[File:And the Beast.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Auguste in his workshop.]]
Auguste was born in Nazi Germany, and later became a Jew. Upon moving to Rome, he initially collaborated with the people, making signs for the merchants' shops. However, he was soon approached by the Borgia, and entered into their service.<ref name="Project Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' - [[Chapter 1 - Fiora Cavazza]]</ref>

Auguste was both a skillful craftsman and artist, building weapons and drawing propaganda posters for the [[Templars]]. Despite his brutish appearance, he was an intelligent and cultured man, and was very dedicated to his work. Because of this, he rarely left his workshop, and often went through several revisions of his art before finalizing them.<ref name="Project Legacy" />

Other than providing him with standard weaponry, Auguste also took on Cesare's "bizarre requests," which were envisioned by several of the Borgia's engineers and inventors. These supplies were often relayed to Cesare through his ambassador of sorts, [[Fiora Cavazza]], much to the displeasure of Auguste's wife.<ref name="Project Legacy" />

Auguste's relations with his wife likely stagnated due to his work with the Borgia. Once, upon inviting Fiora to visit him again, he and his wife engaged in a heated argument. Fiora left them, observing the two "growl at each other like wild dogs."<ref name="Project Legacy" />

===Death===
[[File:Augustecorridor.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Auguste's last rites.]]
In 1503, one such argument escalated beyond shouted words, and Auguste beat his wife, before departing for his workshop. The woman was left crying on a bench outside their home in the [[Campagna district]].<ref name="Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

There, she was discovered by the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], who offered help to her. She told him what her "beloved" husband had done, and suggested tearing down his propaganda posters to lure him out since, as she insisted, his pride would not allow it.<ref name="Brotherhood" />

Ezio did so, and was soon confronted by the enraged blacksmith. The Assassin swiftly dispatched Auguste's guards, and ended his life with the [[Hidden Blade]].<ref name="Brotherhood" />

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Improvised weapon

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