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Garnier de Naplouse

2010-02-11T23:49:43Z

98.221.9.100: /* Final Words */

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{{Target Infobox
|image=Garnier.jpg
|faction=[[Knights Hospitalier]]
|name=Garnier de Naplouse
|location = [[Acre]] - Poor District
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed]]''
|period = Third Crusade (1191)
|voice=[[Hubert Fielden]]
}}
{{quote|It's not what I believe...it's what I know|Garnier's dying breath}}
'''Garnier de Naplouse''' is the second Templar assigned by [[Al Mualim]] for [[Altaïr]] to assassinate. He is a doctor and Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller in the city of [[Acre]] and a secret member of the [[Knights Templar]]s.

==Description==
Garnier de Naplouse was exiled from France for the cruel and inhumane treatment of his patients. He viewed them less as people, or more as test subjects. He later re-established mad business in the city of Acre where he treats his patients cruelly by conducting experiments on them, torturing them, and not allowing them leave (even going so far as having his men break their legs). In order to not draw attention to his acts he forcefully takes his patients from the surrounding cities of [[Jerusalem]] and [[Damascus]] with help of [[Talal]], a fellow member of the Templars. He has been protected in Acre due to the amount of money his family had donated towards the war effort.

Though claiming to be a man of knowledge, Garnier lacks ethics. He never sees the price of knowledge as too high, even if it must be paid with another man's blood.

==Death==
Garnier was assassinated within his Hospitalier Fortress by Altaïr while attending to his victims. Altair first sees him attending to a patient who was trying to escape. Garnier has his men break the man's legs so it wouldn't happen again. During his monologue after his assassination, he speaks of how he was actually helping people. He claims that the people he took were among the poorest and most ill of the other cities, and that many have recovered and thanked him for his help. He says his methods were necessary to free people from the "prisons of their own minds".

==Final Words==
'''Altaïr:''' ''Let go your burden''.

'''Garnier:''' ''Ah, I'll rest now, yes. The endless dream calls to me, but before I close my eyes, I must know: what will become of my children?''

'''Altaïr:''' ''You mean the people made to suffer your cruel experiments!? They'll be free to return to their homes!''

'''Garnier:''' ''Homes!? What homes!? The sewers? The brothels? The prisons that we would hide them from?''

'''Altaïr: '''''You took these people against their will!''

'''Garnier:''' ''Yes, what little will there was for them to have. Are you really so naive? Do you appease a crying child, simply because he wails? "But I want to play with fire, father". What would you say? "As you wish?". Ah, but then you'd answer for his burns''.

'''Altaïr:''' ''These are not children, but men and women, full grown.''

'''Garnier:''' ''In body, perhaps, but not in mind, which is the very damage I sought to repair. I admit, without the [[Piece of Eden]]-which you stole from us- my progress was slowed. But there are herbs, mixtures and extracts. My guards are proof of this: they were madmen before I found and freed them from the prisons of their own minds...and with my death, madmen they will be again''.

'''Altaïr:''' ''You truly believe you were helping them?''

'''Garnier: '''''It's not what I believe...it's what I know''.

==Trivia==
*Garnier de Naplouse (also known as Garnier de Nablus) was a real-life leader of the Knights Hospitalier, who ruled from 1190 to 1192. In contrast to the in-game depiction, the real-life Garnier was a courageous and brave individual who led the Hospitallers and the Crusaders to many victories: not a sadistic and cruel individual as portrayed in the game.
*It is much easier to air assassinate Garnier de Naplouse than to assassinate him from the ground, because his "patients" will push you around which will blow your cover very easily.

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Ezio Auditore da Firenze

2010-02-10T21:39:05Z

98.221.9.100: /* The Battle of Forlì */

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Ezio Auditore da Firenze
|image = Ezio.jpg
|imgdesc = A full portrait of Ezio Audiore da Firenze.
|faction = [[Assassins]]
|appear = [[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]], [[Assassin's Creed II]]
|period = Italian Renaissance (15th Century)
|voice = [[Roger Craig Smith]]
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{{Quote|The Auditore are not dead! I'm still here! Me! Ezio, Ezio Auditore!|Ezio Auditore, 1476.}}
'''Ezio Auditore da Firenze''' (born 1459) was an important figure during the Italian Renaissance - unbeknownst to most historians and philosophers - and a member of the [[Assassin's Order]]. He is a descendant of [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] and the ancestor of [[Desmond Miles]] and possibly [[Subject 16]] since the memory of Ezio was linked. Ezio was unaware of his Assassin heritage until he was 17-years-old, when following the murder of his [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|father]] and two brothers, [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]] and [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze|Petruccio]], Ezio fled from the Italian province of [[Florence]] - his hometown - and took refuge in the town of [[Monteriggioni]] in the Tuscan region at the [[Auditore Family Villa]].

After the mentoring and training from his uncle, [[Mario Auditore]], Ezio proceeded on his quest of revenge against the Grandmaster of the [[Knights Templar]], [[Rodrigo Borgia]], who had ordered the execution of his father and two brothers. During his 23 year quest for revenge, Ezio managed to not only unite [[The Codex]] pages Altaïr wrote, for the first time since [[Domenico Auditore]], but also to save the cities of Florence and [[Venice]] from the Templars' wrath. Later still, Ezio was responsible for the rescue of [[Christoffa Corombo]], uncovering a new plot to discover the "New World".

==Biography==
===Early life===
[[File:Eziolineagechess.png|thumb|left|A much younger Ezio, portrayed by [[wikipedia:Devon Bostick|Devon Bostick]].]]
Ezio Auditore da Firenze was born 1459 AD to [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni]] and [[Maria Auditore da Firenze|Maria Auditore]]. Until the age of 17, Ezio lived a life of luxury as a member of the Florentine noble class, unaware of his father's allegiance to the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]]. As a youth he was an apprentice to a Florentine banker, presumably to learn the ropes of banking, so that he could become the leader of the Auditore bank.

At the beginning of [[Assassin's Creed II]], Ezio, his older brother [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]], and friends of the family got into a fight with [[Vieri de' Pazzi]] and his gang. Ezio singlehandedly defeated several members of the opposing gang, but unfortunately, Vieri escaped the scene before Ezio could do anything to him. During the fight, Ezio was cut on the side of his mouth, so Frederico suggested that they visit the local doctor. After looting several people left unconscious from the fight, the two brothers ran across the rooftops to the [[Doctor]].

After the doctor had tended to his wound, a church nearby caught the eye of the brothers and Federico suggested a race. Ezio won and together the two looked out over the city. Realizing that they were nearby, Ezio traveled to the house of [[Cristina Vespucci]] and spent the night with her. Caught by Cristina's father the morning after, Ezio fled from a group of pursuing guards before meeting with his father at the Palazzo Auditore who assigned him the task of delivering several letters to his father's contacts.

After returning the palazzo, Ezio found his distraught [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze|sister]] crying after discovering her boyfriend had been unfaithful. After obtaining his whereabouts, Ezio beat the man and warned him to stay away from his sister. Upon returning to the palazzo again, his mother secured his services in picking up some paintings from a young artist that she patronized, [[Leonardo da Vinci]].

===Arrest and execution of his family===
After completing his errands, Ezio returned home to find his father and brothers missing and his mother and sister hiding. Learning that city guards had been ordered to arrest Giovanni and all of his sons, Ezio made his way to the [[wikipedia:Piazza della Signoria|Piazza della Signoria]], where his father and brothers were being held. Climbing the building and speaking to his father through the cell's windows, Ezio was instructed to find a chest hidden in his office, to take everything out of it and to deliver a sealed letter to [[Uberto Alberti]], the personal assistant of [[Lorenzo de' Medici]], and a close friend of the Auditore family. Doing so, Ezio found the assassin coat that he would be wearing for the next 23 years and the letter to contain details of a plot against the city of Florence and the Auditore family. Ezio brought the incriminating documents to Alberti and was assured that his family would be released the following day when the information was presented as evidence of their innocence.

The next day, Ezio returned to the Piazza della Signoria to find Alberti presiding over the execution of the Auditores (watched over all the while by a [[Rodrigo Borgia|mysterious stranger]] who had been present with Alberti that night). Giovanni claimed his innocence, citing the information given to Alberti as evidence, who denied any knowledge of such evidences existence. Ezio's efforts to prevent the execution were ultimately in vain. When he attempted to charge the scaffold to avenge his kinsmen, Alberti ordered the city [[Guards|guards]] to murder Ezio. At the urging of one of Giovanni's friends, (he said "You betta run kid!") a [[Thieves|thief]], Ezio fled the Piazza della Signoria and sought shelter in a [[Courtesans|brothel]], ran by the sister of the [[Annetta|Auditore housemaid]], a courtesan named [[Paola]].

Paola agreed to assist Ezio in his quest for vengeance, teaching him how to survive in the city as an outlaw through pickpocketing and blending in crowds. She further directed Ezio to Leonardo da Vinci to repair the [[Hidden Blade|hidden blade]] of the late Giovanni Auditore. After fixing the blade, Ezio sought out and assassinated Alberti in the courtyard of the [[wikipedia:Basilicia of Santa Croce, Florence|Basilica of Santa Croce]], stabbing him multiple times in the heart before proudly shouting his name to everyone present, marking Alberti as Ezio's first assassination.

===Start as an Assassin===
[[File:Zw-sequence3-00014.png|thumb|right|220px|Ezio yells at the corpse of [[Vieri de' Pazzi]].]]
Now the most wanted man in Florence, Ezio fled Florence with his mother and sister in the hopes of making their way to Spain, stopping beforehand at the Auditore family's [[Auditore Villa|villa]] in the town of [[Monteriggioni]], as a means of shelter. During their travel to Monteriggioni, the three were accosted by [[Vieri de' Pazzi]] and his followers, but were saved by the timely arrival of Ezio's uncle, Mario, and his [[Mercenaries]]. Mario informed Ezio of the Assassin Order, in an obvious attempt to induct him into the Order, revealing that many of his ancestors, including Giovanni, were a part of the Order. However, Ezio refused his ancestry, wishing only to continue onto Spain to ensure his mother and sister's safety. Enraged, Mario left Monteriggioni for the city of [[San Gimignano]], the location of Vieri de' Pazzi, in the attempt to relieve Monteriggioni of continual assaults by Vieri's minions. Guilt-ridden and knowing his presence was a primary reason for the ongoing attacks, Ezio traveled to San Gimignano to accept Mario's offer.

When Ezio arrived outside the city, he joined Mario and his mercenaries in their assault on the city, waiting until nightfall to make their way to Vieri de' Pazzi by killing guards patrolling the city near the gates. After briefly watching a meeting between [[Rodrigo Borgia]], [[Jacopo de' Pazzi]], [[Francesco de' Pazzi]] and Vieri, Ezio encountered and fought Vieri for the last time. After a brief duel, Ezio eventually overpowered and killed Vieri, stabbing him in the throat. Ezio tried to extract a confession from his old enemy, but to no avail as Vieri chose to be snide even to the very end. Infuriated by this, Ezio flew into a rage and threatened to exact terrible vengeance on Vieri's corpse until his uncle calmed him and reminded him of a tradition of the Assassins: showing respect to those they have killed.

===Killing the Pazzi===
[[File:Ezio and Lorenzo.jpg|thumb|Ezio conversing with Lorenzo de' Medici.]] Following the death of Vieri, Ezio returned to Florence to prevent the planned [[Pazzi]] [[wikipedia:Pazzi conspiracy|takeover]] and deaths of [[Lorenzo de' Medici]] and [[Guilani de' Medici]]. Arriving too late to save Guilani, Ezio managed to prevent the death of Lorenzo, the ruler of Florence, and restored his family's good name. However, the Pazzis had already succeeded in their plan and brought the city into a state of civil war. After learning the location of [[Francesco de' Pazzi]] at the Piazza della Signoria, Ezio chased and murdered him, although Jacopo de' Pazzi and several other conspirators were able to escape. Shortly afterward, the Medici publicly cleared the name of the Auditore family and provided Ezio with the names of the conspirators who had escaped.

[[File:Zw-thepazziconspirators.png|thumb|left|200px|[[Jacopo de' Pazzi]] and the fellow conspirators.]]
Learning that the Pazzi conspirators had fled to San Gimignano, Ezio tracked down and killed [[Antonio Maffei]], [[Stefano da Bagnone]], [[Bernardo di Bandino Baroncelli]] and [[Francesco Salviati]], extracting from each man information on the hiding place of Jacopo de' Pazzi. Using the information, Ezio located his quarry and tracked Jacopo to an ancient Roman theater. Once there, Ezio eavesdropped on a meeting between Jacopo de' Pazzi, Rodrigo Borgia and a Venetian merchant, [[Emilio Barbarigo]]. After fatally wounding Jacopo for his failure to capture Florence, Borgia revealed to Ezio that he knew that he was there and was apprehended by Borgia's bodyguards while Borgia and Emilio fled. Before the guards could kill him, Ezio overpowered and killed Borgia's men before swiftly putting the dying Jacopo out of his misery.

===Venice===
{{dialogue|[[Emilio Barbarigo]]|The assassin is here, in Venezia?|[[Carlo Grimaldi]]|He's been here for weeks!|Emilio Barbarigo and Carlo Grimaldi discuss Ezio.}}

With the Pazzi conspiracy ended, Ezio returned to Lorenzo and declared his success. Before leaving the city for [[Venice]], Ezio was granted a gift; a [[Outfits|Medici cape]], that would keep the city guards' attention from him. Ezio then made his way to the studio of Leonardo, only to find that he had just left for Venice himself. Meeting with Leonardo, the two made their way through the Appennine Mountains to the city of [[Forlì]], narrowly avoiding the Templar soldiers sent after them by Rodrigo Borgia.

Eventually arriving in [[Forlì]], the two made their way to the city docks, where Ezio was refused passage without a pass. It was at this moment that the two heard the screams of a noble lady stranded in the city's wetlands. Ezio swiftly hastened to her rescue and was able to row the woman ashore. Rescued, the lady introduced herself as [[Caterina Sforza]] and coerced the dockman to grant Ezio passage to Venice. Once in Venice, Ezio and Leonardo were given a brief tour by [[Alvise Da Vilandino|Alvise]] of the city before Ezio begun to seek out a way into the Palazzo of Emilio Barbarigo, although this effort proved to be in vain. Suddenly pushed aside, Ezio watched as a gang of [[thieves]] attempted and failed to breach the palazzo leading Ezio to subsequently aid in the escape of the thief [[Rosa]], who had been shot through the leg with an arrow. After successfully escaping the city guards, Ezio was introduced to the leader of the Venetian thieves guild, [[Antonio]], and together the two concocted a new plot to kill Emilio Barbarigo and liberate the merchant district.

The plot was successful, and gave Ezio the name of another Templar conspirator – [[Carlo Grimaldi]]. A government official and member of the Council of Ten, Carlo was close to Giovanni Mocenigo, the Doge of Venice and hoped to turn him to the Templar cause. Overhearing another meeting between Borgia and Carlo, Ezio uncovered a plot to poison the Doge and replace him with [[Marco Barbarigo]]. Returning to Antonio, the two sought to find a way into the [[wikipedia:Doge's Palace|Palazzo Ducale]], the Doge's Palace, searching the front gates, the rear walls and even passing over the [[wikipedia:St Mark's Bascilica|Basilica di San Marco]]; but were hampered at every turn. Returning to the piazza below, an enraged Antonio remarked at how only birds might get into the Doge's palace, reminding Ezio of Leonardo's [[Flying Machine|flying machine]] he had seen on the way to Forlì. After a somewhat unsuccessful test flight, Leonardo came up with a way to ensure Ezio reached his destination.

[[File:Ezio assassinates Carlo.jpg|thumb|Ezio assassinates Carlo Grimaldi.]]
After removing the city guards at four separate locations, Antonio's thieves proceeded to light massive bonfires throughout the city, giving Ezio the lift Leonardo's flying machine needed to make it to the Palazzo Ducale. The plan worked and Ezio breached the Palazzo Ducale, although he was too late to save the Doge. Carlo fled, crying out that Ezio had assassinated the Doge, although he himself did not survive long as his life was ended by Ezio's hands moments later. Blamed for killing the Doge though, Ezio was now the most wanted man in Venice, and was forced to flee the city guards. Returning to Leonardo's workshop for help, Ezio was directed to the brothel of [[Sister Teodora]], where Antonio was presiding. Under the cover of [[Carnevale]], Ezio made his way to the brothel and begun planning the death of Marco Barbarigo, competing in the four games of Carnevale to win the golden mask that would gain him entrance to Marco's private party. Ezio was successful but found himself denied the golden mask by Marco's cousin [[Silvio Barbarigo]] and Marco's personal slave-bodyguard, [[Dante Moro]], who intimidated and bribed the judges into denying Ezio his prize. However, Ezio was successful in regaining the mask and managed to assassinate Marco, leaving the door open for [[Agostino Barbarigo|Agostino]], a Barbarigo not entwined with the Templars and ally of Antonio, to legitimately become Doge.

With his quest nearly at an end, Ezio tracked down Silvio Barbarigo and Dante Moro, in the process liberating the mercenary leader, [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]], and his soldiers. Having tracked the Templars to the city Arsenal, Ezio managed to storm the Arsenal with the help of Bartolomeo and his men and kill Dante Moro and Silvio Barbarigo, but was astonished to learn that the plot to remove the Doge was merely a distraction so that the Templars could move their vessel to [[Cyprus]], although the reasons for this were unknown to Ezio.

===Induction into the Order===
[[File:Zw-renaissance-assassins.png|thumb|Ezio's acceptance to the Assassins order]]
{{Quote|It's been ten years since I watched my father and brothers die. Ten years hunting the men responsible. I'm close to the end now, but no closer to knowing what any of it was for!|Ezio discusses his life as an Assassin.}}

Two more years passed before word of the Templar vessel reached Ezio once again on his twenty eighth birthday, when Rosa brought him a shipping manifest detailing the return of the ship that very day. Sneaking into the Arsenal, Ezio watched as a Templar soldier carrying a [[Piece of Eden]] disembarked from the ship and made his way to a Templar base in the city. Following the soldier, Ezio assassinated and impersonated the guard, carrying the Piece of Eden to a meeting with Rodrigo Borgia himself. Finally able to confront the man ultimately responsible for the deaths of his father and brothers, Ezio spurned the Templar Grand Master for the non-appearance of the supposed "prophet" detailed in the [[Codex]] prophecy. Borgia responded, proudly naming himself the prophet before engaging Ezio in battle. The battle was short and Ezio easily bested the Templar. On the backfoot, Borgia called upon the city guards and insulted the assassin for the lack of "his people" showing up.

At this very moment Mario Auditore, Antonio, Paola, Teodora, [[La Volpe]] and Bartolomeo d'Alviano appeared, driving off Borgia and revealing themselves to Ezio as Assassins. With the arrival of [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], it is revealed to Ezio that he was in fact the supposed "prophet", and that for the past decade they had all worked together to induct Ezio into the Assassins Order. That night, they all met again and Ezio was formally inducted into the Order.

===The Battle of Forlì===
Shortly after his induction, Ezio met with Mario and Niccolò and travelled to the studio of Leonardo da Vinci, hoping he could shed some light upon the strange artifact Borgia had dubbed "[[Piece of Eden|the Apple]]". Leonardo remarked upon the unique device, commenting upon the metals that he believed should not exist, remarking the Apple was highly advanced despite its age. Briefly touching the Apple, Ezio accidentally activated the device, which started to glow and show strange images holographically. De-activating the device, Niccolò announced that he had arranged for the Piece of Eden to be held in the Rocca di Ravaldino, protected by an ally of the Assassin's – Caterina Sforza. Niccolò and Ezio met with Caterina in [[Romagna]], just outside the city of [[Forlì]]. After breifly discussing the Apple, the three made their way back to the city, only to find that it had been invaded by the Orsi brothers; [[Checco Orsi|Checco]] and [[Ludovico Orsi|Ludovico]].

Fighting their way to the city's locked gates, Ezio managed to find another way inside, and opened the the gates; and the group continued their way to the citadel. Reaching the Rocca di Ravaldino, they found out that two of Caterina’s children – [[Ottaviano Riario|Ottaviano]] and [[Bianca Riario|Bianca]] – were still missing, and in the hands of the Orsi brothers, who had recently arrived and begun attacking the Citadel. Repelling the attack, Ezio left the Apple in the hands of Caterina, before making his way to rescue her two children.

Making his way into Romagna, Ezio overpowered the guard detail assigned to imprison Bianca, who directed Ezio to her brother Ottaviano. As Bianca fled back to the city Ezio made his way the the lighthouse upon which Ottaviano was being held by Ludovico himself. Climbing the tower, Ezio dispatched the Orsi brother, and liberated Ottaviano; though not before learning that the distraction of the captured siblings had allowed the brothers to steal the Apple. Ezio swiftly tracked down and killed Checco Orsi and his remaining men. Retrieving the Apple, Ezio failed to notice that Checco had stabbed him in the abdomen. Injured, Ezio collapsed to the floor, the Apple rolling from his hand. Before losing consciousness Ezio saw a [[Girolamo Savonarola|monk]] with a missing finger pick up the Apple and walk away, despite Ezio's warnings against doing so.

Caterina’s guards later found Ezio next to Checco’s corpse and returned him to Forli, where Caterina nursed the assassin back to health. Returned to his senses, Ezio hurridly explained to Caterina that the Apple had been stolen from him by a man in black, who Sforza recognised to be a monk's robes; she told him to search for the monk at the church outside the city walls. There was no sign of the monk, but Ezio met with [[Brother O’Callahan]], who told him to search for the monk at San Vincenzo, in central Forlì. An abbot there identified Ezio as the killer of Stefano de Bagnone and ran away, but was intercepted by Ezio. Once convinced he was not about to die, the abbot gave Ezio the name of the four fingered monk; Girolamo Savonarola.

Ezio hurridly made his way to Florence, where Savonarola had been headed.

===The Spanish Inquisition===
While trying to locate Savonarola, he was told by a Thief to meet Antonio at the Thieves' Guild in Venice. After coming there, Ezio found Antonio accompanied by another man, [[Luis Santangel]]. Luis was looking for a good "killer" who could oversee a meeting. Luis needed Ezio to oversee a meeting involving Luis' friend [[Christoffa Corombo]], but Ezio expressed no interest. However, when he heard that Rodrigo Borgia was involved in the meeting, he rushed to Christoffa's location, finding out that it was indeed a trap. However, Christoffa was successfully saved by Ezio, and Christoffa explained that Rodrigo was interested in Christoffa’s plans to sail west. Soon afterwards, he met with Antonio again, who told him to go see both Luis and Christoffa in the gardens district. 
They then told him that the Templars were in possession of Christoffa's atlas, which featured the journey's route. Ezio quickly recovered the atlas and brought it back to Christoffa and Luis. 
Luis enlightened Ezio of the presence of Spanish Assassins, who were held captive by the Spanish Inquisitor General [[Tomas Torquemada]]. Thinking it to be his mission to rescue them, Ezio put a halt to his task to reobtain the Apple of Eden and set out to Spain, but not before Antonio gave him the names of two of his contacts.

After arriving in , he immediatly went on to look for one of the contacts. When he arrived at the location, he met a man who called himself [[Raphael Sanchez]], and soon after revealed himself to be an Assassin. He informed Ezio of the first captured Assassin's location, and Ezio rushed to save him. Right before the Assassin could be burned by the Inquisitors, Ezio killed all the guards and untied the Assassin. 
After returning to Raphael, he revealed that it was [[Gaspard Martinez]] who was ordered to capture the Assassins by Torquemada. Ezio went to Gaspard's location, and found both the latter, Torquemada and a guard surrounding a captured Assassin. Torquemada revealed to the captured Assassin, and indirectly to Ezio, that he was told by Rodrigo Borgia to capture Assassins in Spain, because they were "non-believers" [to the Catholic religion]. After the guard killed the Assassin, the group disbanded and Gaspard became unguarded. Ezio then met with Gaspard and asked him what he knew of the Templars, though Gaspard said he knew nothing of them and said that they "went away two centuries ago". Gaspard fell silently to Ezio's blade, and Ezio acquired a list of names of six other Assassins.

'''Rest follows'''

===The Bonfire of the Vanities===
With Lorenzo de’ Medici dead, Girolamo was able to easily take control over Florence with the Apple of Eden at his command. Girolamo taught the population of Florence that personal property and knowledge made the difference between the rich and the poor. Therefore, he burned everything related to the Renaissance in the Bonfire of the Vanities.

Ezio and Niccolò were there to put a stop to Girolamo’s rule over Florence and went to all the districts to undermine his plans, aided by their two comrades in Firenze: [[Paola]] and [[La Volpe|Volpe]]. Eventually, Girolamo was killed by Ezio, and the Apple of Eden returned to safe hands and Florence was freed.

===Battle with Borgia and The Vault===
[[File:Ezio Rome.jpg|thumb|280px|left|Ezio battles his way to the Sistine Chapel.]]
{{Quote|I thought... I thought I was beyond this. But I'm not. I've waited too long, lost too much – Requiescat in Pace (Rest in Peace), you bastard!|Ezio to [[Rodrigo Borgia]] during his first, failed assassination attempt.}}

The following year (1499), the Assassins finally came together once more at the Villa Auditore, with the Piece of Eden and the completed Codex in hand. Using the two objects, they discovered the location of [[the Vault]] to be in [[Rome]], specifically, beneath the Vatican. Unfortunately, Rodrigo Borgia had become Pope in 1492, although Mario believed he had only done so to gain access to the Papal Staff, another of the Pieces of Eden. Undeterred, Ezio traveled to Rome with a mission to assassinate Rodrigo Borgia.

Fighting his way along the entire length of the Passetto di Borgo, Ezio snuck into the Sistine Chapel and struck at Borgia from above. About to deal the killing blow, Borgia surprised Ezio by using the Staff to blast him away and drain the energy of those in the room. Ezio, possessing the Apple, was immune from the Staff's effects and the two engaged in a duel. Ezio invoked history by using the same technique [[Al Mualim]] utilized in his duel against Altaïr in 1191, by seemingly creating multiple clones with the Apple. Ezio seemingly bested Borgia, but the Pope counterattacked and overcame the Assassin: Borgia took the Apple, stabbed Ezio in the abdomen and left him to die before fleeing into the Vault. However, Ezio's wounds were not mortal and he was able to give pursuit. Outside the Vault, Ezio watched as Borgia tried in vain to open it. Laying down his arms, Ezio challenged and defeated Borgia in a fist fight, obtaining possession of both the Staff and the Apple, but refusing to take Borgia’s life.

{{Quote|Killing you won't bring my family back... I am done.|Ezio spares Borgia's life, having defeated him.}}

Entering the Vault, Ezio stood in shock as he was confronted by a hologram-esque individual naming herself "[[Minerva]]", and claiming to be one of "[[Those Who Came Before]]"; Ezio was further confounded when the hologram sought not to speak to Ezio, but through Ezio, to an unseen figure named [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]], before leaving abruptly and Ezio with many questions. After returning from Rome, Ezio sealed his Piece of Eden under the statue of Altaïr at the Villa Auditore.

At some point after this event, Ezio made his way to Spain once more, this time to liberate his fellow assassins in the country, who were being persecuted by the Templars under the guise of a religious inquisition.

== Personality and characteristics ==
[[File:QuickTimePlayer 2009-09-25 19-22-34-26.png|thumb|left|286px|A young Ezio gets approached by a Florentine guard after protesting at his father’s and brothers’ execution.]]

{{quote|Nulla è reale, tutto è lecito. Requiescat in Pace.|Nothing is true, everything is permitted. Rest in Peace.}}
Ezio was a young [[Florence|Florentine]] nobleman who lived during the 15th and 16th Century. Unlike his ancestor Altaïr, he was a brought up without knowing of the assassins' existence. A seducer of women and a playful man, Ezio possessed acrobatic skills beyond what most had, save for his brother and father. He came from an affluent background and had many friends until the deaths of his father and brothers drove him out of Florence.Forced to protect his [[Maria de' Mozzi|mother]] and [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze|sister]], Ezio became an [[Assassin]], exacting revenge on the conspirators who had betrayed his family and plotted to seize both [[Florence]] and [[Venice]].

Quick to anger, Ezio often allowed his emotions to overcome him, going so far as to disrespect the corpse of Vieri de' Pazzi just after his death. However, Ezio did manage to gain control of his anger, and by the time he had become a Master Assassin, could control it almost completely.

== Equipment and Skills==
[[File:Ezio kills guards.jpg|thumb|262px|Ezio kills a seeker with his hidden blade.]]
Ezio Auditore da Firenze was a highly skilled assassin during the Italian renaissance and a leader amongst the Order of Assassins. A master of multiple fields, including theft, blending, armed and unarmed combat, free-running and long-distance combat; he is able to use a variety of weapons including two [[Hidden Blade|hidden blades]], the longsword, throwing knives and more. Born with the ability to use [[Eagle Vision]], Ezio could access the ability to instinctively differentiate friend from foe.

An explorer, throughout his quests, Ezio scoured the cities in search of Codex pages and seals from the [[Secret Locations|six assassins tombs]] spread across northern Italy. Ezio's obtainment of the Codex pages allowed Leonardo di Vinci to upgrade his weaponry, including the addition of a wrist gauntlet, wheel lock firearm concealed beneath his left hidden blade, and a poison needle inside the other. Through the collection of the six tomb seals, Ezio gained access to the [[Altaïr's Armor|armor]] created by his ancestor, [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]]. Ezio is also a free-runner, possibly taught by his brother Federico, and he uses this often to his advantages against the guards and various other enemies.

In combat, Ezio's movements seem short, blunt, and visceral compared to Altair's more fluid and graceful fighting.

==Romantic Life==
[[File:Cristina.jpg|thumb|160px|left|Ezio and Cristina kissing in her room.]]
Ezio was known for his flirtatious nature, constant frolicking, and womanizing skills. He is portrayed as a very attractive character and irresistible to most women. Even though he seduced many, he shared more serious type of relationships at least with two women during his life as an assassin.

At the beginning of the game, Ezio has a relationship with [[Cristina Vespucci]], a young Florentine beauty. After racing with Federico, Ezio enters Cristina's room from the window and sleeps with her. It is the only interaction we see with these two characters in the game, but the novel expands their story: When Ezio leaves Florence for two years, he and Cristina will still love each other deeply, even when she enters marriage, probably thinking Ezio would never come back. Ezio and Cristina will meet again after those two years. But several years later, [[Girolamo Savonarola]]'s men kill Cristina, which deeply hurts Ezio.

[[File:Rosa.jpg|thumb|Rosa faints into Ezio's arms.]]
When Ezio arrives in Venice for the first time, he is knocked aside and robbed by an unknown young woman. Later the same day, Ezio witnessed the woman and a group of thieves attempt to scale the Palazzo della Seta: however, the attempt ended with the girl being shot in the leg by an archer. Ezio intervened, defending the woman from Emilio Barbarigo's thugs and helping her to get to safety, learning in the process that her name is [[Rosa]], and that she is a member of the city's thieves guild. At first, Rosa's attitude towards Ezio is very aggressive and unfriendly, but after he saves her, she becomes much more pleasant with him. Like Ezio and Cristina, the only things that happen between those two in the game is some flirting, but in the novel, Rosa and Ezio have a much more intimate relationship as the two will often kiss each other.

Ezio also attracted and was attracted by other women, though his relationship with them may not have been very important. It is sure that Ezio had many love interests with numerous Florentine girls before the beginning of the game. For example, at the ending of the short film [[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]] we can see Ezio seducing an unknown girl, and at the beginning of the game, Ezio says to Vieri de' Pazzi that his sister seemed "quite satisfied with the handling he gave her earlier".

[[File:Caterina Sforza and Ezio.jpg|thumb|left|Ezio helps Caterina Sforza.]]
When first arriving in [[Forlì| Forlì]] to find a way to Venice, Ezio encounters [[Caterina Sforza]]. Caterina was trapped on a small island and needed help. Right after Ezio had rescued Caterina she repaid the favor by granting him passage to Venice. She also promised Ezio that the next time he returned to Forli, it would be her "pleasure" to invite him over. Later, when sailing for Venice, Ezio says to Leonardo that she is his future conquest and his type of woman. Leonardo then tells him about Caterina's importance and that seducing her would not be such a good idea. The fact that Ezio may have had a romance with her is still discussed for she is an important historical figure.

[[File:Amelia and Ezio.jpg|thumb|Ezio seducing Amelia.]]
During a genetic memory known as "Horseplay", Ezio encounters a girl named [[Amelia]]. During this encounter, Amelia is telling a friend of hers that any stranger could beat his horseback-riding speed record. Ezio claims that he can do so, and after beating the record, he seduced Amelia to sleep with him. Until now it is unknown whether or not Ezio maintained a relationship with her.

During Sequence 10, while trying to acquire the Golden Mask, Ezio is seen flirting with many of [[Sister Teodora]]'s [[Courtesans]]. After the CTF Challenge, when Ezio goes up to accept his victory, he is seen going up with a Courtesan and after assassinating Marco Barbarigo and escaping to the brothel, Ezio is seen flirting with Sister Teodora, who invites several of her girls to "comfort" Ezio.

==Trivia==
[[File:Zw-ezioauditore.png|thumb|180px|Young Ezio]]
*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 due to a modification to the Hidden Blade made by Altaïr sometime after he defeated Al Mualim.
*Ezio uses a wheel-lock firearm, based off of a design found in the Codex pages; historically a type of weapon that didn't develop until just after the time-frame of the game, some of the first wheellock firearms were, in actuality, designed by da Vinci.
*Ezio's face in ''Assassin's Creed II'' seems to be a mixture of [[Francisco Randez]]'s ([[Desmond]]'s and [[Altaïr]]'s model) and Devon Bostick's from Lineage.
*It would appear that Ezio remained unaware of his bloodline, and that he is a descendant of Altaïr, despite learning about him in Monteriggioni. Ezio never truly understood why he was 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 upon his death 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 23 years of his life. His voice does deepen and mature through time, though, making him sound calmer and talk slower. Also when he has the beard, he appears to have lost his tan.
*Just like [[Altaïr]] and [[Desmond]], Ezio has a scar on his mouth, acquired after the mission "Boys Will Be Boys", when [[Vieri de' Pazzi]] threw the rock at his face during the first memory sequence.
*Of all the characters in [[Assassin's Creed II]] that appeared in [[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]], Ezio is the only character whose character model isn't based off of the actor in Lineage. This is because, as mentioned above, Ezio, in addition to Altaïr and Desmond, is based off of Francisco Randez. All other characters, such as Giovanni, Uberto, and even Petruccio are based off of the actors in Lineage.
*The Ezio in Assassin's Creed: Lineage bears little resemblance to the Ezio in the beginning of Assassin's Creed II, both in physical appearance and personality.
*Ezio, when countering (at least with his fists) will appear to have blank, soulless eyes (no iris or pupil), but only during the counter animation.
*According to the Database, Ezio was expelled from his school at the age of 17 due to a link to a crime (likely the assassination of Alberti).

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|name = Ezio Auditore da Firenze
|image = Ezio.jpg
|imgdesc = A full portrait of Ezio Audiore da Firenze.
|faction = [[Assassins]]
|appear = [[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]], [[Assassin's Creed II]]
|period = Italian Renaissance (15th Century)
|voice = [[Roger Craig Smith]]
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{{Quote|The Auditore are not dead! I'm still here! Me! Ezio, Ezio Auditore!|Ezio Auditore, 1476.}}
'''Ezio Auditore da Firenze''' (born 1459) was an important figure during the Italian Renaissance - unbeknownst to most historians and philosophers - and a member of the [[Assassin's Order]]. He is a descendant of [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] and the ancestor of [[Desmond Miles]] and possibly [[Subject 16]] since the memory of Ezio was linked. Ezio was unaware of his Assassin heritage until he was 17-years-old, when following the murder of his [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|father]] and two brothers, [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]] and [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze|Petruccio]], Ezio fled from the Italian province of [[Florence]] - his hometown - and took refuge in the town of [[Monteriggioni]] in the Tuscan region at the [[Auditore Family Villa]].

After the mentoring and training from his uncle, [[Mario Auditore]], Ezio proceeded on his quest of revenge against the Grandmaster of the [[Knights Templar]], [[Rodrigo Borgia]], who had ordered the execution of his father and two brothers. During his 23 year quest for revenge, Ezio managed to not only unite [[The Codex]] pages Altaïr wrote, for the first time since [[Domenico Auditore]], but also to save the cities of Florence and [[Venice]] from the Templars' wrath. Later still, Ezio was responsible for the rescue of [[Christoffa Corombo]], uncovering a new plot to discover the "New World".

==Biography==
===Early life===
[[File:Eziolineagechess.png|thumb|left|A much younger Ezio, portrayed by [[wikipedia:Devon Bostick|Devon Bostick]].]]
Ezio Auditore da Firenze was born 1459 AD to [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni]] and [[Maria Auditore da Firenze|Maria Auditore]]. Until the age of 17, Ezio lived a life of luxury as a member of the Florentine noble class, unaware of his father's allegiance to the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]]. As a youth he was an apprentice to a Florentine banker, presumably to learn the ropes of banking, so that he could become the leader of the Auditore bank.

At the beginning of [[Assassin's Creed II]], Ezio, his older brother [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]], and friends of the family got into a fight with [[Vieri de' Pazzi]] and his gang. Ezio singlehandedly defeated several members of the opposing gang, but unfortunately, Vieri escaped the scene before Ezio could do anything to him. During the fight, Ezio was cut on the side of his mouth, so Frederico suggested that they visit the local doctor. After looting several people left unconscious from the fight, the two brothers ran across the rooftops to the [[Doctor]].

After the doctor had tended to his wound, a church nearby caught the eye of the brothers and Federico suggested a race. Ezio won and together the two looked out over the city. Realizing that they were nearby, Ezio traveled to the house of [[Cristina Vespucci]] and spent the night with her. Caught by Cristina's father the morning after, Ezio fled from a group of pursuing guards before meeting with his father at the Palazzo Auditore who assigned him the task of delivering several letters to his father's contacts.

After returning the palazzo, Ezio found his distraught [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze|sister]] crying after discovering her boyfriend had been unfaithful. After obtaining his whereabouts, Ezio beat the man and warned him to stay away from his sister. Upon returning to the palazzo again, his mother secured his services in picking up some paintings from a young artist that she patronized, [[Leonardo da Vinci]].

===Arrest and execution of his family===
After completing his errands, Ezio returned home to find his father and brothers missing and his mother and sister hiding. Learning that city guards had been ordered to arrest Giovanni and all of his sons, Ezio made his way to the [[wikipedia:Piazza della Signoria|Piazza della Signoria]], where his father and brothers were being held. Climbing the building and speaking to his father through the cell's windows, Ezio was instructed to find a chest hidden in his office, to take everything out of it and to deliver a sealed letter to [[Uberto Alberti]], the personal assistant of [[Lorenzo de' Medici]], and a close friend of the Auditore family. Doing so, Ezio found the assassin coat that he would be wearing for the next 23 years and the letter to contain details of a plot against the city of Florence and the Auditore family. Ezio brought the incriminating documents to Alberti and was assured that his family would be released the following day when the information was presented as evidence of their innocence.

The next day, Ezio returned to the Piazza della Signoria to find Alberti presiding over the execution of the Auditores (watched over all the while by a [[Rodrigo Borgia|mysterious stranger]] who had been present with Alberti that night). Giovanni claimed his innocence, citing the information given to Alberti as evidence, who denied any knowledge of such evidences existence. Ezio's efforts to prevent the execution were ultimately in vain. When he attempted to charge the scaffold to avenge his kinsmen, Alberti ordered the city [[Guards|guards]] to murder Ezio. At the urging of one of Giovanni's friends, (he said "You betta run kid!") a [[Thieves|thief]], Ezio fled the Piazza della Signoria and sought shelter in a [[Courtesans|brothel]], ran by the sister of the [[Annetta|Auditore housemaid]], a courtesan named [[Paola]].

Paola agreed to assist Ezio in his quest for vengeance, teaching him how to survive in the city as an outlaw through pickpocketing and blending in crowds. She further directed Ezio to Leonardo da Vinci to repair the [[Hidden Blade|hidden blade]] of the late Giovanni Auditore. After fixing the blade, Ezio sought out and assassinated Alberti in the courtyard of the [[wikipedia:Basilicia of Santa Croce, Florence|Basilica of Santa Croce]], stabbing him multiple times in the heart before proudly shouting his name to everyone present, marking Alberti as Ezio's first assassination.

===Start as an Assassin===
[[File:Zw-sequence3-00014.png|thumb|right|220px|Ezio yells at the corpse of [[Vieri de' Pazzi]].]]
Now the most wanted man in Florence, Ezio fled Florence with his mother and sister in the hopes of making their way to Spain, stopping beforehand at the Auditore family's [[Auditore Villa|villa]] in the town of [[Monteriggioni]], as a means of shelter. During their travel to Monteriggioni, the three were accosted by [[Vieri de' Pazzi]] and his followers, but were saved by the timely arrival of Ezio's uncle, Mario, and his [[Mercenaries]]. Mario informed Ezio of the Assassin Order, in an obvious attempt to induct him into the Order, revealing that many of his ancestors, including Giovanni, were a part of the Order. However, Ezio refused his ancestry, wishing only to continue onto Spain to ensure his mother and sister's safety. Enraged, Mario left Monteriggioni for the city of [[San Gimignano]], the location of Vieri de' Pazzi, in the attempt to relieve Monteriggioni of continual assaults by Vieri's minions. Guilt-ridden and knowing his presence was a primary reason for the ongoing attacks, Ezio traveled to San Gimignano to accept Mario's offer.

When Ezio arrived outside the city, he joined Mario and his mercenaries in their assault on the city, waiting until nightfall to make their way to Vieri de' Pazzi by killing guards patrolling the city near the gates. After briefly watching a meeting between [[Rodrigo Borgia]], [[Jacopo de' Pazzi]], [[Francesco de' Pazzi]] and Vieri, Ezio encountered and fought Vieri for the last time. After a brief duel, Ezio eventually overpowered and killed Vieri, stabbing him in the throat. Ezio tried to extract a confession from his old enemy, but to no avail as Vieri chose to be snide even to the very end. Infuriated by this, Ezio flew into a rage and threatened to exact terrible vengeance on Vieri's corpse until his uncle calmed him and reminded him of a tradition of the Assassins: showing respect to those they have killed.

===Killing the Pazzi===
[[File:Ezio and Lorenzo.jpg|thumb|Ezio conversing with Lorenzo de' Medici.]] Following the death of Vieri, Ezio returned to Florence to prevent the planned [[Pazzi]] [[wikipedia:Pazzi conspiracy|takeover]] and deaths of [[Lorenzo de' Medici]] and [[Guilani de' Medici]]. Arriving too late to save Guilani, Ezio managed to prevent the death of Lorenzo, the ruler of Florence, and restored his family's good name. However, the Pazzis had already succeeded in their plan and brought the city into a state of civil war. After learning the location of [[Francesco de' Pazzi]] at the Piazza della Signoria, Ezio chased and murdered him, although Jacopo de' Pazzi and several other conspirators were able to escape. Shortly afterward, the Medici publicly cleared the name of the Auditore family and provided Ezio with the names of the conspirators who had escaped.

[[File:Zw-thepazziconspirators.png|thumb|left|200px|[[Jacopo de' Pazzi]] and the fellow conspirators.]]
Learning that the Pazzi conspirators had fled to San Gimignano, Ezio tracked down and killed [[Antonio Maffei]], [[Stefano da Bagnone]], [[Bernardo di Bandino Baroncelli]] and [[Francesco Salviati]], extracting from each man information on the hiding place of Jacopo de' Pazzi. Using the information, Ezio located his quarry and tracked Jacopo to an ancient Roman theater. Once there, Ezio eavesdropped on a meeting between Jacopo de' Pazzi, Rodrigo Borgia and a Venetian merchant, [[Emilio Barbarigo]]. After fatally wounding Jacopo for his failure to capture Florence, Borgia revealed to Ezio that he knew that he was there and was apprehended by Borgia's bodyguards while Borgia and Emilio fled. Before the guards could kill him, Ezio overpowered and killed Borgia's men before swiftly putting the dying Jacopo out of his misery.

===Venice===
{{dialogue|[[Emilio Barbarigo]]|The assassin is here, in Venezia?|[[Carlo Grimaldi]]|He's been here for weeks!|Emilio Barbarigo and Carlo Grimaldi discuss Ezio.}}

With the Pazzi conspiracy ended, Ezio returned to Lorenzo and declared his success. Before leaving the city for [[Venice]], Ezio was granted a gift; a [[Outfits|Medici cape]], that would keep the city guards' attention from him. Ezio then made his way to the studio of Leonardo, only to find that he had just left for Venice himself. Meeting with Leonardo, the two made their way through the Appennine Mountains to the city of [[Forlì]], narrowly avoiding the Templar soldiers sent after them by Rodrigo Borgia.

Eventually arriving in [[Forlì]], the two made their way to the city docks, where Ezio was refused passage without a pass. It was at this moment that the two heard the screams of a noble lady stranded in the city's wetlands. Ezio swiftly hastened to her rescue and was able to row the woman ashore. Rescued, the lady introduced herself as [[Caterina Sforza]] and coerced the dockman to grant Ezio passage to Venice. Once in Venice, Ezio and Leonardo were given a brief tour by [[Alvise Da Vilandino|Alvise]] of the city before Ezio begun to seek out a way into the Palazzo of Emilio Barbarigo, although this effort proved to be in vain. Suddenly pushed aside, Ezio watched as a gang of [[thieves]] attempted and failed to breach the palazzo leading Ezio to subsequently aid in the escape of the thief [[Rosa]], who had been shot through the leg with an arrow. After successfully escaping the city guards, Ezio was introduced to the leader of the Venetian thieves guild, [[Antonio]], and together the two concocted a new plot to kill Emilio Barbarigo and liberate the merchant district.

The plot was successful, and gave Ezio the name of another Templar conspirator – [[Carlo Grimaldi]]. A government official and member of the Council of Ten, Carlo was close to Giovanni Mocenigo, the Doge of Venice and hoped to turn him to the Templar cause. Overhearing another meeting between Borgia and Carlo, Ezio uncovered a plot to poison the Doge and replace him with [[Marco Barbarigo]]. Returning to Antonio, the two sought to find a way into the [[wikipedia:Doge's Palace|Palazzo Ducale]], the Doge's Palace, searching the front gates, the rear walls and even passing over the [[wikipedia:St Mark's Bascilica|Basilica di San Marco]]; but were hampered at every turn. Returning to the piazza below, an enraged Antonio remarked at how only birds might get into the Doge's palace, reminding Ezio of Leonardo's [[Flying Machine|flying machine]] he had seen on the way to Forlì. After a somewhat unsuccessful test flight, Leonardo came up with a way to ensure Ezio reached his destination.

[[File:Ezio assassinates Carlo.jpg|thumb|Ezio assassinates Carlo Grimaldi.]]
After removing the city guards at four separate locations, Antonio's thieves proceeded to light massive bonfires throughout the city, giving Ezio the lift Leonardo's flying machine needed to make it to the Palazzo Ducale. The plan worked and Ezio breached the Palazzo Ducale, although he was too late to save the Doge. Carlo fled, crying out that Ezio had assassinated the Doge, although he himself did not survive long as his life was ended by Ezio's hands moments later. Blamed for killing the Doge though, Ezio was now the most wanted man in Venice, and was forced to flee the city guards. Returning to Leonardo's workshop for help, Ezio was directed to the brothel of [[Sister Teodora]], where Antonio was presiding. Under the cover of [[Carnevale]], Ezio made his way to the brothel and begun planning the death of Marco Barbarigo, competing in the four games of Carnevale to win the golden mask that would gain him entrance to Marco's private party. Ezio was successful but found himself denied the golden mask by Marco's cousin [[Silvio Barbarigo]] and Marco's personal slave-bodyguard, [[Dante Moro]], who intimidated and bribed the judges into denying Ezio his prize. However, Ezio was successful in regaining the mask and managed to assassinate Marco, leaving the door open for [[Agostino Barbarigo|Agostino]], a Barbarigo not entwined with the Templars and ally of Antonio, to legitimately become Doge.

With his quest nearly at an end, Ezio tracked down Silvio Barbarigo and Dante Moro, in the process liberating the mercenary leader, [[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]], and his soldiers. Having tracked the Templars to the city Arsenal, Ezio managed to storm the Arsenal with the help of Bartolomeo and his men and kill Dante Moro and Silvio Barbarigo, but was astonished to learn that the plot to remove the Doge was merely a distraction so that the Templars could move their vessel to [[Cyprus]], although the reasons for this were unknown to Ezio.

===Induction into the Order===
[[File:Zw-renaissance-assassins.png|thumb|Ezio's acceptance to the Assassins order]]
{{Quote|It's been ten years since I watched my father and brothers die. Ten years hunting the men responsible. I'm close to the end now, but no closer to knowing what any of it was for!|Ezio discusses his life as an Assassin.}}

Two more years passed before word of the Templar vessel reached Ezio once again on his twenty eighth birthday, when Rosa brought him a shipping manifest detailing the return of the ship that very day. Sneaking into the Arsenal, Ezio watched as a Templar soldier carrying a [[Piece of Eden]] disembarked from the ship and made his way to a Templar base in the city. Following the soldier, Ezio assassinated and impersonated the guard, carrying the Piece of Eden to a meeting with Rodrigo Borgia himself. Finally able to confront the man ultimately responsible for the deaths of his father and brothers, Ezio spurned the Templar Grand Master for the non-appearance of the supposed "prophet" detailed in the [[Codex]] prophecy. Borgia responded, proudly naming himself the prophet before engaging Ezio in battle. The battle was short and Ezio easily bested the Templar. On the backfoot, Borgia called upon the city guards and insulted the assassin for the lack of "his people" showing up.

At this very moment Mario Auditore, Antonio, Paola, Teodora, [[La Volpe]] and Bartolomeo d'Alviano appeared, driving off Borgia and revealing themselves to Ezio as Assassins. With the arrival of [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], it is revealed to Ezio that he was in fact the supposed "prophet", and that for the past decade they had all worked together to induct Ezio into the Assassins Order. That night, they all met again and Ezio was formally inducted into the Order.

===The Battle of Forlì===
Shortly after his induction, Ezio met with Mario and Niccolò and travelled to the studio of Leonardo da Vinci, hoping he could shed some light upon the strange artifact Borgia had dubbed "[[Piece of Eden|the Apple]]". Leonardo remarked upon the unique device, commenting upon the metals that he believed should not exist, remarking the Apple was highly advanced despite its age. Briefly touching the Apple, Ezio accidentally activated the device, which started to glow and show strange images holographically. De-activating the device, Niccolò announced that he had arranged for the Piece of Eden to be held in the Rocca di Ravaldino, protected by an ally of the Assassin's – Caterina Sforza. Niccolò and Ezio met with Caterina in [[Romagna]], just outside the city of [[Forlì]]. After breifly discussing the Apple, the three made their way back to the city, only to find that it had been invaded by the Orsi brothers; [[Checco Orsi|Checco]] and [[Ludovico Orsi|Ludovico]].

Fighting their way to the city's locked gates, Ezio managed to find another way inside, and opened the the gates; and the group continued their way to the citadel. Reaching the Rocca di Ravaldino, they found out that two of Caterina’s children – [[Ottaviano Riario|Ottaviano]] and [[Bianca Riario|Bianca]] – were still missing, and in the hands of the Orsi brothers, who had recently arrived and begun attacking the Citadel. Repelling the attack, Ezio left the Apple in the hands of Caterina, before making his way to rescue her two children.

Making his way into Romagna, Ezio overpowered the guard detail assigned to imprison Bianca, who directed Ezio to her brother Ottaviano. As Bianca fled back to the city Ezio made his way the the lighthouse upon which Ottaviano was being held by Ludovico himself. Climbing the tower, Ezio dispatched the Orsi brother, and liberated Ottaviano; though not before learning that the distraction of the captured siblings had allowed the brothers to steal the Apple. Ezio swiftly tracked down and killed Checco Orsi and his remaining men. Retrieving the Apple, Eio failed to notice that Checco had stabbed him in the abdomen. Injured, Ezio collapsed to the floor, the Apple rolling from his hand. Before losing consciousness Ezio saw a [[Girolamo Savonarola|monk]] with a missing finger pick up the Apple and walk away, despite Ezio's warnings against doing so.

Caterina’s guards later found Ezio next to Checco’s corpse and returned him to Forli, where Caterina nursed the assassin back to health. Returned to his senses, Ezio hurridly explained to Caterina that the Apple had been stolen from him by a man in black, who Sforza recognised to be a monk's robes; she told him to search for the monk at the church outside the city walls. There was no sign of the monk, but Ezio met with [[Brother O’Callahan]], who told him to search for the monk at San Vincenzo, in central Forlì. An abbot there identified Ezio as the killer of Stefano de Bagnone and ran away, but was intercepted by Ezio. Once convinced he was not about to die, the abbot gave Ezio the name of the four fingered monk; Girolamo Savonarola.

Ezio hurridly made his way to Florence, where Savonarola had been headed.

===The Spanish Inquisition===
While trying to locate Savonarola, he was told by a Thief to meet Antonio at the Thieves' Guild in Venice. After coming there, Ezio found Antonio accompanied by another man, [[Luis Santangel]]. Luis was looking for a good "killer" who could oversee a meeting. Luis needed Ezio to oversee a meeting involving Luis' friend [[Christoffa Corombo]], but Ezio expressed no interest. However, when he heard that Rodrigo Borgia was involved in the meeting, he rushed to Christoffa's location, finding out that it was indeed a trap. However, Christoffa was successfully saved by Ezio, and Christoffa explained that Rodrigo was interested in Christoffa’s plans to sail west. Soon afterwards, he met with Antonio again, who told him to go see both Luis and Christoffa in the gardens district. 
They then told him that the Templars were in possession of Christoffa's atlas, which featured the journey's route. Ezio quickly recovered the atlas and brought it back to Christoffa and Luis. 
Luis enlightened Ezio of the presence of Spanish Assassins, who were held captive by the Spanish Inquisitor General [[Tomas Torquemada]]. Thinking it to be his mission to rescue them, Ezio put a halt to his task to reobtain the Apple of Eden and set out to Spain, but not before Antonio gave him the names of two of his contacts.

After arriving in , he immediatly went on to look for one of the contacts. When he arrived at the location, he met a man who called himself [[Raphael Sanchez]], and soon after revealed himself to be an Assassin. He informed Ezio of the first captured Assassin's location, and Ezio rushed to save him. Right before the Assassin could be burned by the Inquisitors, Ezio killed all the guards and untied the Assassin. 
After returning to Raphael, he revealed that it was [[Gaspard Martinez]] who was ordered to capture the Assassins by Torquemada. Ezio went to Gaspard's location, and found both the latter, Torquemada and a guard surrounding a captured Assassin. Torquemada revealed to the captured Assassin, and indirectly to Ezio, that he was told by Rodrigo Borgia to capture Assassins in Spain, because they were "non-believers" [to the Catholic religion]. After the guard killed the Assassin, the group disbanded and Gaspard became unguarded. Ezio then met with Gaspard and asked him what he knew of the Templars, though Gaspard said he knew nothing of them and said that they "went away two centuries ago". Gaspard fell silently to Ezio's blade, and Ezio acquired a list of names of six other Assassins.

'''Rest follows'''

===The Bonfire of the Vanities===
With Lorenzo de’ Medici dead, Girolamo was able to easily take control over Florence with the Apple of Eden at his command. Girolamo taught the population of Florence that personal property and knowledge made the difference between the rich and the poor. Therefore, he burned everything related to the Renaissance in the Bonfire of the Vanities.

Ezio and Niccolò were there to put a stop to Girolamo’s rule over Florence and went to all the districts to undermine his plans, aided by their two comrades in Firenze: [[Paola]] and [[La Volpe|Volpe]]. Eventually, Girolamo was killed by Ezio, and the Apple of Eden returned to safe hands and Florence was freed.

===Battle with Borgia and The Vault===
[[File:Ezio Rome.jpg|thumb|280px|left|Ezio battles his way to the Sistine Chapel.]]
{{Quote|I thought... I thought I was beyond this. But I'm not. I've waited too long, lost too much – Requiescat in Pace (Rest in Peace), you bastard!|Ezio to [[Rodrigo Borgia]] during his first, failed assassination attempt.}}

The following year (1499), the Assassins finally came together once more at the Villa Auditore, with the Piece of Eden and the completed Codex in hand. Using the two objects, they discovered the location of [[the Vault]] to be in [[Rome]], specifically, beneath the Vatican. Unfortunately, Rodrigo Borgia had become Pope in 1492, although Mario believed he had only done so to gain access to the Papal Staff, another of the Pieces of Eden. Undeterred, Ezio traveled to Rome with a mission to assassinate Rodrigo Borgia.

Fighting his way along the entire length of the Passetto di Borgo, Ezio snuck into the Sistine Chapel and struck at Borgia from above. About to deal the killing blow, Borgia surprised Ezio by using the Staff to blast him away and drain the energy of those in the room. Ezio, possessing the Apple, was immune from the Staff's effects and the two engaged in a duel. Ezio invoked history by using the same technique [[Al Mualim]] utilized in his duel against Altaïr in 1191, by seemingly creating multiple clones with the Apple. Ezio seemingly bested Borgia, but the Pope counterattacked and overcame the Assassin: Borgia took the Apple, stabbed Ezio in the abdomen and left him to die before fleeing into the Vault. However, Ezio's wounds were not mortal and he was able to give pursuit. Outside the Vault, Ezio watched as Borgia tried in vain to open it. Laying down his arms, Ezio challenged and defeated Borgia in a fist fight, obtaining possession of both the Staff and the Apple, but refusing to take Borgia’s life.

{{Quote|Killing you won't bring my family back... I am done.|Ezio spares Borgia's life, having defeated him.}}

Entering the Vault, Ezio stood in shock as he was confronted by a hologram-esque individual naming herself "[[Minerva]]", and claiming to be one of "[[Those Who Came Before]]"; Ezio was further confounded when the hologram sought not to speak to Ezio, but through Ezio, to an unseen figure named [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]], before leaving abruptly and Ezio with many questions. After returning from Rome, Ezio sealed his Piece of Eden under the statue of Altaïr at the Villa Auditore.

At some point after this event, Ezio made his way to Spain once more, this time to liberate his fellow assassins in the country, who were being persecuted by the Templars under the guise of a religious inquisition.

== Personality and characteristics ==
[[File:QuickTimePlayer 2009-09-25 19-22-34-26.png|thumb|left|286px|A young Ezio gets approached by a Florentine guard after protesting at his father’s and brothers’ execution.]]

{{quote|Nulla è reale, tutto è lecito. Requiescat in Pace.|Nothing is true, everything is permitted. Rest in Peace.}}
Ezio was a young [[Florence|Florentine]] nobleman who lived during the 15th and 16th Century. Unlike his ancestor Altaïr, he was a brought up without knowing of the assassins' existence. A seducer of women and a playful man, Ezio possessed acrobatic skills beyond what most had, save for his brother and father. He came from an affluent background and had many friends until the deaths of his father and brothers drove him out of Florence.Forced to protect his [[Maria de' Mozzi|mother]] and [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze|sister]], Ezio became an [[Assassin]], exacting revenge on the conspirators who had betrayed his family and plotted to seize both [[Florence]] and [[Venice]].

Quick to anger, Ezio often allowed his emotions to overcome him, going so far as to disrespect the corpse of Vieri de' Pazzi just after his death. However, Ezio did manage to gain control of his anger, and by the time he had become a Master Assassin, could control it almost completely.

== Equipment and Skills==
[[File:Ezio kills guards.jpg|thumb|262px|Ezio kills a seeker with his hidden blade.]]
Ezio Auditore da Firenze was a highly skilled assassin during the Italian renaissance and a leader amongst the Order of Assassins. A master of multiple fields, including theft, blending, armed and unarmed combat, free-running and long-distance combat; he is able to use a variety of weapons including two [[Hidden Blade|hidden blades]], the longsword, throwing knives and more. Born with the ability to use [[Eagle Vision]], Ezio could access the ability to instinctively differentiate friend from foe.

An explorer, throughout his quests, Ezio scoured the cities in search of Codex pages and seals from the [[Secret Locations|six assassins tombs]] spread across northern Italy. Ezio's obtainment of the Codex pages allowed Leonardo di Vinci to upgrade his weaponry, including the addition of a wrist gauntlet, wheel lock firearm concealed beneath his left hidden blade, and a poison needle inside the other. Through the collection of the six tomb seals, Ezio gained access to the [[Altaïr's Armor|armor]] created by his ancestor, [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]]. Ezio is also a free-runner, possibly taught by his brother Federico, and he uses this often to his advantages against the guards and various other enemies.

In combat, Ezio's movements seem short, blunt, and visceral compared to Altair's more fluid and graceful fighting.

==Romantic Life==
[[File:Cristina.jpg|thumb|160px|left|Ezio and Cristina kissing in her room.]]
Ezio was known for his flirtatious nature, constant frolicking, and womanizing skills. He is portrayed as a very attractive character and irresistible to most women. Even though he seduced many, he shared more serious type of relationships at least with two women during his life as an assassin.

At the beginning of the game, Ezio has a relationship with [[Cristina Vespucci]], a young Florentine beauty. After racing with Federico, Ezio enters Cristina's room from the window and sleeps with her. It is the only interaction we see with these two characters in the game, but the novel expands their story: When Ezio leaves Florence for two years, he and Cristina will still love each other deeply, even when she enters marriage, probably thinking Ezio would never come back. Ezio and Cristina will meet again after those two years. But several years later, [[Girolamo Savonarola]]'s men kill Cristina, which deeply hurts Ezio.

[[File:Rosa.jpg|thumb|Rosa faints into Ezio's arms.]]
When Ezio arrives in Venice for the first time, he is knocked aside and robbed by an unknown young woman. Later the same day, Ezio witnessed the woman and a group of thieves attempt to scale the Palazzo della Seta: however, the attempt ended with the girl being shot in the leg by an archer. Ezio intervened, defending the woman from Emilio Barbarigo's thugs and helping her to get to safety, learning in the process that her name is [[Rosa]], and that she is a member of the city's thieves guild. At first, Rosa's attitude towards Ezio is very aggressive and unfriendly, but after he saves her, she becomes much more pleasant with him. Like Ezio and Cristina, the only things that happen between those two in the game is some flirting, but in the novel, Rosa and Ezio have a much more intimate relationship as the two will often kiss each other.

Ezio also attracted and was attracted by other women, though his relationship with them may not have been very important. It is sure that Ezio had many love interests with numerous Florentine girls before the beginning of the game. For example, at the ending of the short film [[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]] we can see Ezio seducing an unknown girl, and at the beginning of the game, Ezio says to Vieri de' Pazzi that his sister seemed "quite satisfied with the handling he gave her earlier".

[[File:Caterina Sforza and Ezio.jpg|thumb|left|Ezio helps Caterina Sforza.]]
When first arriving in [[Forlì| Forlì]] to find a way to Venice, Ezio encounters [[Caterina Sforza]]. Caterina was trapped on a small island and needed help. Right after Ezio had rescued Caterina she repaid the favor by granting him passage to Venice. She also promised Ezio that the next time he returned to Forli, it would be her "pleasure" to invite him over. Later, when sailing for Venice, Ezio says to Leonardo that she is his future conquest and his type of woman. Leonardo then tells him about Caterina's importance and that seducing her would not be such a good idea. The fact that Ezio may have had a romance with her is still discussed for she is an important historical figure.

[[File:Amelia and Ezio.jpg|thumb|Ezio seducing Amelia.]]
During a genetic memory known as "Horseplay", Ezio encounters a girl named [[Amelia]]. During this encounter, Amelia is telling a friend of hers that any stranger could beat his horseback-riding speed record. Ezio claims that he can do so, and after beating the record, he seduced Amelia to sleep with him. Until now it is unknown whether or not Ezio maintained a relationship with her.

During Sequence 10, while trying to acquire the Golden Mask, Ezio is seen flirting with many of [[Sister Teodora]]'s [[Courtesans]]. After the CTF Challenge, when Ezio goes up to accept his victory, he is seen going up with a Courtesan and after assassinating Marco Barbarigo and escaping to the brothel, Ezio is seen flirting with Sister Teodora, who invites several of her girls to "comfort" Ezio.

==Trivia==
[[File:Zw-ezioauditore.png|thumb|180px|Young Ezio]]
*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 due to a modification to the Hidden Blade made by Altaïr sometime after he defeated Al Mualim.
*Ezio uses a wheel-lock firearm, based off of a design found in the Codex pages; historically a type of weapon that didn't develop until just after the time-frame of the game, some of the first wheellock firearms were, in actuality, designed by da Vinci.
*Ezio's face in ''Assassin's Creed II'' seems to be a mixture of [[Francisco Randez]]'s ([[Desmond]]'s and [[Altaïr]]'s model) and Devon Bostick's from Lineage.
*It would appear that Ezio remained unaware of his bloodline, and that he is a descendant of Altaïr, despite learning about him in Monteriggioni. Ezio never truly understood why he was 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 upon his death 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 23 years of his life. His voice does deepen and mature through time, though, making him sound calmer and talk slower. Also when he has the beard, he appears to have lost his tan.
*Just like [[Altaïr]] and [[Desmond]], Ezio has a scar on his mouth, acquired after the mission "Boys Will Be Boys", when [[Vieri de' Pazzi]] threw the rock at his face during the first memory sequence.
*Of all the characters in [[Assassin's Creed II]] that appeared in [[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]], Ezio is the only character whose character model isn't based off of the actor in Lineage. This is because, as mentioned above, Ezio, in addition to Altaïr and Desmond, is based off of Francisco Randez. All other characters, such as Giovanni, Uberto, and even Petruccio are based off of the actors in Lineage.
*The Ezio in Assassin's Creed: Lineage bears little resemblance to the Ezio in the beginning of Assassin's Creed II, both in physical appearance and personality.
*Ezio, when countering (at least with his fists) will appear to have blank, soulless eyes (no iris or pupil), but only during the counter animation.
*According to the Database, Ezio was expelled from his school at the age of 17 due to a link to a crime (likely the assassination of Alberti).

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Archer

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'''Archers''' are a type of [[guard]] who appear in both ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' and are commonly found on rooftops. They are always equipped with longbows and will shoot at the player when provoked, but will switch to their swords when the player gets near them.

==''Assassin's Creed''==
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{{-}}In assassins creed the archers are instantly provoked and will threaten to atack if you do not evacuate, but there also extremely easy to kill and will die easily. in the events of a rooftop chase you can either: 1) RUN LIKE HELL!!! 2) Throw them off the rooftop. 3) Fight like aman damn you! 4) Meet my friend, Mr G.B.E.H.B (Mr Gigantic Bloody Extendable Hidden Blade). 5) Maybe he hasn't learned about my strong hands that have beaten and will beat again.

==''Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines''==
Templar Archers are not as aware as the other archers in the other games and will usually only detect you and attack you when you are being chased. They are significantly dormant and oblivious to [[Altaïr]], except when he tries to climb a structure. Altaïr can now assassinate from ledges, making them the prime targets of this technique.

==''Assassin's Creed II''==
[[File:AC2 Rooftop archer.jpg|thumb|Ezio performing a ledge assassination on an Archer.]]

Archers will be provoked by anyone in sight, save for other guards, on the rooftops and will usually ready their bows when they see one. Archers chase anyone in the rooftops, not just [[Ezio]], such as [[Pickpocket]]s and [[Borgia Messengers]]. They can be easily killed by grabbing them and throwing them from a high enough place. Otherwise, they act like Militia in which they are significantly less skilled at combat than their other counterparts making them easy to fight with. When Ezio has hired [[Thieves]], he orders the thieves to ''attack'' the Archers, instead of just luring them away.
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Archer

2010-02-10T17:41:13Z

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'''Archers''' are a type of [[guard]] who appear in both ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' and are commonly found on rooftops. They are always equipped with longbows and will shoot at the player when provoked, but will switch to their swords when the player gets near them.

==''Assassin's Creed''==
[[File:Assassins-creed-directors-cut-edition-20080405062227736.jpg|thumb]]

{{-}}In assassins creed the archers are instantly provoked and will threaten to atack if you do not evacuate, but there also extremely easy to kill and will die easily. in the events of a rooftop chase you can either: 1) RUN LIKE HELL!!! 2) Throw them off the rooftop. 3) Fight like aman damn you! 4) Meet my friend, Mr G.B.E.B (Mr Gigantic Bloody Extendable Blade). 5) Maybe he hasn't learned about my strong hands that have beaten and will beat again.

==''Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines''==
Templar Archers are not as aware as the other archers in the other games and will usually only detect you and attack you when you are being chased. They are significantly dormant and oblivious to [[Altaïr]], except when he tries to climb a structure. Altaïr can now assassinate from ledges, making them the prime targets of this technique.

==''Assassin's Creed II''==
[[File:AC2 Rooftop archer.jpg|thumb|Ezio performing a ledge assassination on an Archer.]]

Archers will be provoked by anyone in sight, save for other guards, on the rooftops and will usually ready their bows when they see one. Archers chase anyone in the rooftops, not just [[Ezio]], such as [[Pickpocket]]s and [[Borgia Messengers]]. They can be easily killed by grabbing them and throwing them from a high enough place. Otherwise, they act like Militia in which they are significantly less skilled at combat than their other counterparts making them easy to fight with. When Ezio has hired [[Thieves]], he orders the thieves to ''attack'' the Archers, instead of just luring them away.
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Carnevale

2010-02-10T17:25:32Z

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[[File:Zw-carnevale-cape-2.png|thumb|180px|Temporary Cape during Carnevale]]
The '''Carnevale''' is an annual event held in [[Venice]], Italy. It is essentially a carnival unique to Venice where people wear [[wikipedia:Venetian masks|masks]].

[[Ezio]] obtains a mask and has his Plain Cape embroidered during this event to remain anonymous. It is during this event that Ezio retrieves the Golden Mask to gain entrance to [[Marco Barbarigo]]'s personal party. It is also in this party that Marco is assassinated.

Despite being featured in the trailer, Carnevale itself has no major role beyond the assassination of Marco Barbarigo.

==Attire==
[[File:Zw-carnevale-mask-2.png|thumb|left|150px|Carnevale Mask]]
During the Carnevale, Ezio wears a Carnevale Mask, given to him by [[Leonardo da Vinci]]. The mask makes him permanently anonymous and prevents any increase in Notoriety. Ezio also dons a Plain Cape that is embroidered, but does not affect gameplay at all.

After participating and winning the Carnevale's games, Ezio anticipates his prize, the Golden Mask. However, [[Silvio Barbarigo]] secretely bribes the one who was in charge to give the Golden Mask to [[Dante Moro]] instead. Ezio then stole the Golden Mask from Dante and wore it, replacing his plain mask and granting himself access to Marco Barbarigo's party.

 
==Trivia==
*Even after the events of Carnevale, the citizens will continue to celebrate it for the remainder of the game, albeit without fireworks, in the district of Dorsoduro.

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Genetic memory

2010-02-02T21:18:20Z

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{{dialogue|Dr. Vidic|Our DNA functions as an archive. It contains not only genetic instructions passed down from previous generations, but memories as well. The memories of our ancestors.|Desmond|And the Animus lets you decode and read these DNA files.|Vidic explaining genetic memory concept to Desmond}}

'''Genetic memory''' is the controversial theory that the memories of one's ancestors are genetically passed on to subsequent generations. In the ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' universe, genetic memory exists, and plays a critical role in the plot.

==The Theory==
The theory is controversial. Proponents point out examples of what seem to be genetic memory happening in reality, such as birds knowing where to migrate in the winter, and other forms of instinct.

{{quote|What if I told you the human body not only housed an individual's memories, but the memories of his ancestors as well? Genetic memory, if you will. Migration, hibernation, reproduction. How do animals know when and where to go? What to do?|[[Dr. Warren Vidic]]}}

However, a mechanism for the preservation of memories in DNA has not been found.

==The Animus==
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[[File:Animus.jpg|thumb|The [[Animus]], a machine used in ''Assassin's Creed'' to decode genetic memory.]]In the world of ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'', genetic memory exists. The [[Animus]] is a machine developed to read a subject's genetic memory, and, from it, create a simulation of the ancestor's life that the subject can interact with, "playing" as the ancestor.

In ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'', the Animus is used by [[Abstergo Industries]] on [[Desmond Miles]] to decode the memories of his ancestor, [[Altaïr]], who lived during the Third Crusade. In ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'', it is again used upon Desmond, this time to learn about his later ancestor [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], who lived during the Renaissance. Before [[Desmond Miles]], Abstergo had already used the Animus on 16 different subjects.

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User blog comment:Markyboy9696/AC2 rooftop traveling or street running?/@comment-98.221.9.100-20100122213935

2010-01-22T21:39:35Z

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well you can get places quicker using rooftops, the ground is much, much safer but when in venice i prefer boats.

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climb up the wall as far as you can go and jump towards the pole

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Official

2010-01-19T23:16:15Z

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'''Officials''' appear in ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''.

When [[Ezio]] commits crimes or assassinations, this causes officials, who are normally respected members of the society, or on rare occasions are guards, to declare that they have personally witnessed Ezio committing the crimes they attribute to him, without being true witnesses.

They are involved in the [[Notoriety]] system and killing one will silence them permanently, lowering your notoriety by 75%. It is worth noting that Officials are usually aware of your appearance and will flee on sight, in order to approach them successfully, ensure you are not in their line of sight or are approaching whilst blending with a group of civilians or  [[Courtesans]] .
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