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	'''Diego Vázquez''' (died 1776) was a member of the [[Louisiana Rite of the Templar Order\|Louisiana Rite]] of the [[Templars\|Templar Order]] active in 18th-century [[New Orleans~~]]. Working for [[Madeleine de L'Isle]], otherwise known as the "Company Man", Vázquez was sent to the city during the 1770s to take control of the [[Louisiana Bayou~~]].		'''Diego Vázquez''' (died 1776) was a member of the [[Louisiana Rite of the Templar Order\|Louisiana Rite]] of the [[Templars\|Templar Order]] active in 18th-century [[New Orleans]].

	To ~~achieve~~ this, he gathered a large number of men, winning their loyalty through bribery. However, ~~his~~ operations ~~in the bayou~~ were sabotaged by the [[Louisiana Brotherhood of Assassins\|Louisiana Assassins]], in particular [[Aveline de Grandpré]], who ultimately ended ~~Vázquez~~'s life in 1776.		Working for [[Madeleine de L'Isle]], otherwise known as the "Company Man", Vázquez was sent to the city to take control of the [[Louisiana Bayou]]. To this end, he gathered a large number of men, winning their loyalty through bribery.

			However, Vázquez's operations were discovered and sabotaged by the [[Louisiana Brotherhood of Assassins\|Louisiana Assassins]], in particular [[Aveline de Grandpré]], who ultimately ended the Templar's life in 1776.

	==Biography==		==Biography==
	===Early activities===		===Early activities===
	By the 1750s~~, Vázquez~~ had joined the Templar Order and his activities had become known to the [[American Brotherhood of Assassins\|Colonial Assassins]]. In 1756, his name and picture, alongside those of other high-ranking Templars, were included on a board of assassination targets in the [[Davenport Homestead]]'s manor.<ref name="Freewill">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[Freewill]]</ref>		Little of Vázquez's past is known, but by the 1750s he had joined the [[Templars\|Templar Order]], and his activities had become known to the [[American Brotherhood of Assassins\|Colonial Assassins]]. In 1756, his name and picture, alongside those of other high-ranking Templars, were included on a board of assassination targets in the [[Davenport Homestead]]'s manor.<ref name="Freewill">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[Freewill]]</ref>

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	===Etymology===		===Etymology===
	Diego is the Spanish equivalent of James, a name of Hebrew origin meaning "he who supplants". Vázquez is a Spanish surname of Basque origins that means "son of Vasco", with Vasco being derived from the pre-Roman latinized "Velascus" - a name of uncertain origin and meaning.		Diego is the Spanish equivalent of James, a name of Hebrew origin meaning "he who supplants". Vázquez is a Spanish surname of Basque origins that means "son of Vasco", with Vasco being derived from the pre-Roman latinized "Velascus" – a name of uncertain origin and meaning.

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	Tracking down and eliminating one of Vázquez's recruiters,<ref name="Barracks">''Assassin's Creed III: Liberation'' – [[Rotten Barracks]]</ref> Aveline learned of the Templar's plans and subsequently went to warn her [[Mentor]], [[Agaté]], who was based in the bayou. On his instruction, she made a patrol believe they had become the victim of a voodoo curse, which temporarily set back Vázquez's progress.<ref name="Voodoo">''Assassin's Creed III: Liberation'' – [[Power of Voodoo]]</ref>		Tracking down and eliminating one of Vázquez's recruiters,<ref name="Barracks">''Assassin's Creed III: Liberation'' – [[Rotten Barracks]]</ref> Aveline learned of the Templar's plans and subsequently went to warn her [[Mentor]], [[Agaté]], who was based in the bayou. On his instruction, she made a patrol believe they had become the victim of a voodoo curse, which temporarily set back Vázquez's progress.<ref name="Voodoo">''Assassin's Creed III: Liberation'' – [[Power of Voodoo]]</ref>

	Around the same time, Vázquez made plans to retake the work site of [[Chichen Itza]], which had been freed from the Templars' control following the death of [[Rafael Joaquín de Ferrer]]. To achieve this, he assigned a group of his men to divert a [[Ship\|supply ship]] and use it to travel to [[Mexico]]. However, this scheme too was sabotaged by Aveline, who disabled the lighthouse on {{Wiki\|Lake Pontchartrain}} to make Vázquez's vessel run aground.<ref name="Lighthouse">''Assassin's Creed III: Liberation'' – [[The Lighthouse]]</ref> Working together with the [[Smuggling\|smugglers]] [[Élise Lafleur]] and [[Roussillon]], she then plundered the ship's goods, finding documents aboard that led her to discover the Templar's plans for Chichen Itza.<ref name="Stolen Goods">''Assassin's Creed III: Liberation'' – [[Stolen Goods]]</ref>		Around the same time, Vázquez made plans to retake the work site of [[Chichen Itza]], which had been freed from the Templars' control following the death of [[Rafael Joaquín de Ferrer]]. To achieve this, he assigned a group of his men to divert a [[Ship\|supply ship]] and use it to travel to [[Mexico]]. However, this scheme too was sabotaged by Aveline, who disabled the lighthouse on {{Wiki\|Lake Pontchartrain}} to make Vázquez's vessel run aground.<ref name="Lighthouse">''Assassin's Creed III: Liberation'' – [[The Lighthouse]]</ref> Working together with the [[Smuggling\|smugglers]] [[Élise Lafleur]] and [[Roussillon]], she then plundered the ship's goods, finding documents aboard that led her to discover the Templar's plans for Chichen Itza.<ref name="Stolen Goods">''Assassin's Creed III: Liberation'' – [[Stolen Goods (Liberation)\|Stolen Goods]]</ref>

	===Disrupting the smugglers' trade===		===Disrupting the smugglers' trade===

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	During the 1770s, Vázquez came to [[New Orleans]] to seize control of the nearby [[Louisiana Bayou\|bayou]], which was a valuable trading route. To achieve this, he sent out several men to bribe [[Spain\|Spanish]] soldiers into serving the Templar cause. These practices eventually caught the attention of the local [[Assassins\|Assassin]] guild, causing it to send one of their members, [[Aveline de Grandpré]], to investigate.<ref name="Prodigal Daughter">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]'' – [[Prodigal Daughter]]</ref>		During the 1770s, Vázquez came to [[New Orleans]] to seize control of the nearby [[Louisiana Bayou\|bayou]], which was a valuable trading route. To achieve this, he sent out several men to bribe [[Spain\|Spanish]] soldiers into serving the Templar cause. These practices eventually caught the attention of the local [[Assassins\|Assassin]] guild, causing it to send one of their members, [[Aveline de Grandpré]], to investigate.<ref name="Prodigal Daughter">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]'' – [[Prodigal Daughter]]</ref>

	~~Having tracked~~ down and ~~eliminated~~ one of Vázquez's recruiters,<ref name="Barracks">''Assassin's Creed III: Liberation'' – [[Rotten Barracks]]</ref> Aveline learned of the Templar's plans and subsequently went to warn her [[Mentor]] [[Agaté]], who was based in the bayou. On his instruction, she made a patrol believe they had become the victim of a voodoo curse, which temporarily set back Vázquez's progress.<ref name="Voodoo">''Assassin's Creed III: Liberation'' – [[Power of Voodoo]]</ref>		Tracking down and eliminating one of Vázquez's recruiters,<ref name="Barracks">''Assassin's Creed III: Liberation'' – [[Rotten Barracks]]</ref> Aveline learned of the Templar's plans and subsequently went to warn her [[Mentor]], [[Agaté]], who was based in the bayou. On his instruction, she made a patrol believe they had become the victim of a voodoo curse, which temporarily set back Vázquez's progress.<ref name="Voodoo">''Assassin's Creed III: Liberation'' – [[Power of Voodoo]]</ref>

	Around the same time, Vázquez made plans to retake the work site of [[Chichen Itza]], which had been freed from the Templars' control following the death of [[Rafael Joaquín de Ferrer]]. To achieve this, he assigned a group of his men to divert a [[~~Ships~~\|supply ship]] and use it to travel to [[Mexico]]. However, this scheme too was sabotaged by Aveline, who disabled the lighthouse on {{Wiki\|Lake Pontchartrain}} to make Vázquez's vessel run aground.<ref name="Lighthouse">''Assassin's Creed III: Liberation'' – [[The Lighthouse]]</ref> Working together with the [[Smuggling\|smugglers]] [[Élise Lafleur]] and [[Roussillon]], she then plundered the ~~supply~~ ship's goods, finding documents aboard that led her to discover the Templar's plans for Chichen Itza.<ref name="Stolen Goods">''Assassin's Creed III: Liberation'' – [[Stolen Goods]]</ref>		Around the same time, Vázquez made plans to retake the work site of [[Chichen Itza]], which had been freed from the Templars' control following the death of [[Rafael Joaquín de Ferrer]]. To achieve this, he assigned a group of his men to divert a [[Ship\|supply ship]] and use it to travel to [[Mexico]]. However, this scheme too was sabotaged by Aveline, who disabled the lighthouse on {{Wiki\|Lake Pontchartrain}} to make Vázquez's vessel run aground.<ref name="Lighthouse">''Assassin's Creed III: Liberation'' – [[The Lighthouse]]</ref> Working together with the [[Smuggling\|smugglers]] [[Élise Lafleur]] and [[Roussillon]], she then plundered the ship's goods, finding documents aboard that led her to discover the Templar's plans for Chichen Itza.<ref name="Stolen Goods">''Assassin's Creed III: Liberation'' – [[Stolen Goods]]</ref>

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	Having tracked down and eliminated one of Vázquez's recruiters,<ref name="Barracks">''Assassin's Creed III: Liberation'' – [[Rotten Barracks]]</ref> Aveline learned of the Templar's plans and subsequently went to warn her [[Mentor]] [[Agaté]], who was based in the bayou. On his instruction, she made a patrol believe they had become the victim of a voodoo curse, which temporarily set back Vázquez's progress.<ref name="Voodoo">''Assassin's Creed III: Liberation'' – [[Power of Voodoo]]</ref>		Having tracked down and eliminated one of Vázquez's recruiters,<ref name="Barracks">''Assassin's Creed III: Liberation'' – [[Rotten Barracks]]</ref> Aveline learned of the Templar's plans and subsequently went to warn her [[Mentor]] [[Agaté]], who was based in the bayou. On his instruction, she made a patrol believe they had become the victim of a voodoo curse, which temporarily set back Vázquez's progress.<ref name="Voodoo">''Assassin's Creed III: Liberation'' – [[Power of Voodoo]]</ref>

	Around the same time, Vázquez made plans to retake the work site of [[Chichen Itza]], which had been freed from the Templars' control following the death of [[Rafael Joaquín de Ferrer]]. To achieve this, he assigned a group of his men to divert a [[Ships\|supply ship]] and use it to travel to [[Mexico]]. However, this scheme too was sabotaged by Aveline, who disabled the lighthouse on {{Wiki\|Lake Pontchartrain}} to make Vázquez's vessel run aground.<ref name="Lighthouse">''Assassin's Creed III: Liberation'' – [[The Lighthouse]]</ref> Working together with the smugglers [[Élise Lafleur]] and [[Roussillon]], she then plundered the supply ship's goods, finding documents aboard that led her to discover the Templar's plans for Chichen Itza.<ref name="Stolen Goods">''Assassin's Creed III: Liberation'' – [[Stolen Goods]]</ref>		Around the same time, Vázquez made plans to retake the work site of [[Chichen Itza]], which had been freed from the Templars' control following the death of [[Rafael Joaquín de Ferrer]]. To achieve this, he assigned a group of his men to divert a [[Ships\|supply ship]] and use it to travel to [[Mexico]]. However, this scheme too was sabotaged by Aveline, who disabled the lighthouse on {{Wiki\|Lake Pontchartrain}} to make Vázquez's vessel run aground.<ref name="Lighthouse">''Assassin's Creed III: Liberation'' – [[The Lighthouse]]</ref> Working together with the [[Smuggling\|smugglers]] [[Élise Lafleur]] and [[Roussillon]], she then plundered the supply ship's goods, finding documents aboard that led her to discover the Templar's plans for Chichen Itza.<ref name="Stolen Goods">''Assassin's Creed III: Liberation'' – [[Stolen Goods]]</ref>

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	{{Quote\|We did meet one man who didn't seem so keen on the arrangement. Contrary fellow. Vázquez, I think was his name.\|The Patriot [[Hopton]] on Vázquez, 1776.\|Assassin's Creed III: Liberation\|Supplying the Revolution}}		{{Quote\|We did meet one man who didn't seem so keen on the arrangement. Contrary fellow. Vázquez, I think was his name.\|The Patriot Hopton on Vázquez, 1776.\|Assassin's Creed III: Liberation\|Supplying the Revolution}}
	With Aveline journeying to Chichen Itza to ascertain its continued safety, Vázquez's troops had an opportunity to recover and soon grew in number once more. In 1776, the Spanish Governor of [[Louisiana]] decided to support the [[United States\|American]] [[Patriots]] by having the smugglers send them supplies, an arrangement that Vázquez opposed. He subsequently ordered his men to steal the wares from the smugglers at the nearest opportunity, but in this too he failed, with Aveline once more obstructing his schemes.<ref name="Revolution">''Assassin's Creed III: Liberation'' – [[Supplying the Revolution]]</ref>		With Aveline journeying to Chichen Itza to ascertain its continued safety, Vázquez's troops had an opportunity to recover and soon grew in number once more. In 1776, the Spanish Governor of [[Louisiana]] decided to support the [[United States\|American]] [[Patriots]] by having the smugglers send them supplies, an arrangement that Vázquez opposed. He subsequently ordered his men to steal the wares from the smugglers at the nearest opportunity, but in this too he failed, with Aveline once more obstructing his schemes.<ref name="Revolution">''Assassin's Creed III: Liberation'' – [[Supplying the Revolution]]</ref>

	[[File:The Last Dance 6.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Vázquez dancing with Aveline]]		[[File:The Last Dance 6.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Vázquez dancing with Aveline]]
	That same year, Vázquez, having managed to evade detection by the Assassins for roughly five years, attended a prestigious ball at a [[~~Sugar plantations\|~~plantation]] in New Orleans. Unbeknownst to him, Aveline was also present at the ball, having come to track down and assassinate the Templar. After mingling with the guests, she managed to locate Vázquez and approached him.<ref name="Last Dance">''Assassin's Creed III: Liberation'' – [[The Last Dance]]</ref>		That same year, Vázquez, having managed to evade detection by the Assassins for roughly five years, attended a prestigious ball at a [[plantation]] in New Orleans. Unbeknownst to him, Aveline was also present at the ball, having come to track down and assassinate the Templar. After mingling with the guests, she managed to locate Vázquez and approached him.<ref name="Last Dance">''Assassin's Creed III: Liberation'' – [[The Last Dance]]</ref>

	Charmed by her noble appearance, the Templar danced with Aveline and then allowed her to lead him to a quiet balcony, where she stabbed him with her [[Hidden Blade]]. With his dying breath, Vázquez revealed that he was not the Company Man, as Aveline believed, and that it was actually a woman, but died before he could reveal her identity.<ref name="Last Dance" />		Charmed by her noble appearance, the Templar danced with Aveline and then allowed her to lead him to a quiet balcony, where she stabbed him with her [[Hidden Blade]]. With his dying breath, Vázquez revealed that he was not the Company Man, as Aveline believed, and that it was actually a woman, but died before he could reveal her identity.<ref name="Last Dance" />

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	With Aveline journeying to Chichen Itza to ascertain its continued safety, Vázquez's troops had an opportunity to recover and soon grew in number once more. In 1776, the Spanish Governor of [[Louisiana]] decided to support the [[United States\|American]] [[Patriots]] by having the smugglers send them supplies, an arrangement that Vázquez opposed. He subsequently ordered his men to steal the wares from the smugglers at the nearest opportunity, but in this too he failed, with Aveline once more obstructing his schemes.<ref name="Revolution">''Assassin's Creed III: Liberation'' – [[Supplying the Revolution]]</ref>		With Aveline journeying to Chichen Itza to ascertain its continued safety, Vázquez's troops had an opportunity to recover and soon grew in number once more. In 1776, the Spanish Governor of [[Louisiana]] decided to support the [[United States\|American]] [[Patriots]] by having the smugglers send them supplies, an arrangement that Vázquez opposed. He subsequently ordered his men to steal the wares from the smugglers at the nearest opportunity, but in this too he failed, with Aveline once more obstructing his schemes.<ref name="Revolution">''Assassin's Creed III: Liberation'' – [[Supplying the Revolution]]</ref>