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	==Memoirs==		==Memoirs==
	Throughout the crypt were seven stone plaques that were engraved with the memoirs of Domenico.		Throughout the crypt were seven stone plaques that were engraved with the memoirs of Domenico.
	~~:'''~~Venice, 1296~~'''<br>''~~I was raised in a small house by the [[Venice\|Venetian]] lagoon, within sight of the rough foam-capped waves of the sea. When I was barely old enough to walk, I became a sailor, navigating the [[Atlantic Ocean\|Atlantic]] first as an apprentice and then while carrying cargo for my [[Domenico Auditore's father\|father's]] patron, Messer [[Marco Polo]]. It was a good life.~~''<br><br>'''~~Ashore~~'''<br>''~~One day, while ashore in the harbor looking for work, I fell in love. [[Isabetta Auditore\|She]] was barely twenty, but when I looked into her eyes, the whole world was reflected back, clearer and brighter than the [[sun]]. After that, I still went to sea, but my heart remained on land with the girl, who had become my wife, and our young son.~~''<br><br>'''~~Birthright~~'''<br>''One afternoon~~ that summer, Messer Polo called me into his study. My father was already there, beside an older man, dressed in a strange hooded cape, watching us.<br><br>At that moment everything about my life changed, my father told me that he was an [[Assassins\|Assassin]]. Removing his ring, he showed me a [[Assassin insignia\|strange marking]] on his finger, explaining that our family came from an ancient order that [[Assassin-Templar War\|protected]] and defended [[Human\|mankind]].<br><br>He paused, and then, when I didn't speak, Messer Polo stepped forward. He told me that the stranger in the hood would teach me, and in return I would carry him across the [[Mediterranean Sea\|Mediterranean]] to [[Spain]]. And so began my [[Assassin apprentice\|apprenticeship]] with [[Dante Alighieri]], one that was to destroy every bit of happiness I would ever have.~~''<br><br>'''~~A Mentor~~'''<br>''In preparation for~~ our voyage, Messer Alighieri met with me repeatedly. At first, our meetings were about purchasing supplies, but soon they became about higher things, about life, love, honor and justice.<br><br>He taught me that society was set up in such a way as to control its members, to stop us from thinking, from seeing. Soon, I could look past all the laws and illusions. I understood that mankind was being used by its rulers, that we, the people, deserved freedom.<br><br>It was then that Dante began showing me pages from a book that Messer Polo had brought back from the palace of the great [[Genghis Khan]]. The manuscript, the [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex\|Codex]], was about our order, the Assassins.~~''<br><br>'''~~An Unexpected Farewell~~'''<br>''Our planned~~ voyage never took place. While returning to [[Ravenna]] to pick up the remainder of his belongings, Dante died. Dismayed at the loss of my [[mentor]], I went to inform my father and Messer Polo of the sad news. Before I could even speak, I was ushered into the study, and my father, his face white, locked the door behind me.<br><br>Shocked, I listened in silence as he spoke. Dante intended to take the Codex to Spain where it would be safe. But he was being watched. The enemy of the Assassins, the [[Templars\|Knights Templar]], [[Persecution of the Templars\|still existed]].<br><br>I recalled the stories he had told me of the Templars, and it all became clear. Dante had been murdered. The Templars knew about the Codex and they knew about us. Shaking, my father told me to take the Codex and leave for Spain at once with my wife and child.<br><br>As Messer Polo ushered me out the door, he handed me a small piece of paper with a number on it. With this number, I could draw on his credit, more [[ducat]]s than I had ever seen in my life, at any [[bank]] in [[Italy]].~~''<br><br>'''~~At Sea~~'''<br>''~~We set sail that night, the [[ship]] filled with cargo to sell in the markets at [[Barcelona]]. At first, all was well. Then, to avoid a coming storm, we laid anchor in the [[Otranto]] harbor. Cloaked in darkness, the [[Piracy\|pirates]] came. I didn't see them until they were already boarding my ship.<br><br>I hid with my family in the hold. Pulling out the Codex, I ran the worn leather cover through my hands, then, I broke the spine. The pages slid silently onto the floor. I scattered them into the chests, boxes and containers I was carrying to market.<br><br>The men who found us were drunk, I could smell it on their breath. When they asked for the Codex, I knew who had sent them. Holding back my rage, I said that I had thrown it overboard.<br><br>They started to laugh. Two held me down, still grinning, while the rest cut off my wife's clothes. She begged for mercy until her voice gave out. Once they were done, they threw her into the sea.<br><br>They took my cargo and sunk my ship, and left me, adrift, clinging to a piece of railing.<br><br>I made it to the beach with my son. My wife's body washed up on shore the next morning with the ~~tide.''<br><br>'''A New Name'''<br>''~~I never saw the sea again.<br><br>Making my way to [[Florence]], I rented a small room and then visited the bank. I had memorized Polo's account number.<br><br>With the vast sum I now had at my disposal, I went to Venice in disguise to find my father. I returned to Florence the next day. Both Polo and my father were already dead.<br><br>From that moment forward, I collected treatises on architecture, studied the classics and took vocal lessons. I adopted the name [[House of Auditore\|Auditore]], impersonating a noble at the Florentine Court. Accepted as one of their own, I took on the trappings of nobility and constructed this [[Villa Auditore\|villa]] for me and my son.<br><br>And then, I hunted them. I raised my son to fight, to find the Codex, and to kill Templars. Together, we would regain the honor of my wife and avenge the death of my father, two debts that would never, that could never, be repaid.<br><br>To the Auditore that reads this, remember that you are not a nobleman. You are not one of the deceivers, you are one of the people. Avenge us! — Domenico Auditore''		{{IUNote
			\|Title=Venice, 1296
			\|Text=I was raised in a small house by the [[Venice\|Venetian]] lagoon, within sight of the rough foam-capped waves of the sea. When I was barely old enough to walk, I became a sailor, navigating the [[Atlantic Ocean\|Atlantic]] first as an apprentice and then while carrying cargo for my [[Domenico Auditore's father\|father's]] patron, Messer [[Marco Polo]]. It was a good life.}}
			{{IUNote
			\|Title=Ashore
			\|Text=One day, while ashore in the harbor looking for work, I fell in love. [[Isabetta Auditore\|She]] was barely twenty, but when I looked into her eyes, the whole world was reflected back, clearer and brighter than the [[sun]]. After that, I still went to sea, but my heart remained on land with the girl, who had become my wife, and our young son.}}
			{{IUNote
			\|Title=Birthright
			\|Text=One afternoon that summer, Messer Polo called me into his study. My father was already there, beside an older man, dressed in a strange hooded cape, watching us.<br><br>At that moment everything about my life changed, my father told me that he was an [[Assassins\|Assassin]]. Removing his ring, he showed me a [[Assassin insignia\|strange marking]] on his finger, explaining that our family came from an ancient order that [[Assassin-Templar War\|protected]] and defended [[Human\|mankind]].<br><br>He paused, and then, when I didn't speak, Messer Polo stepped forward. He told me that the stranger in the hood would teach me, and in return I would carry him across the [[Mediterranean Sea\|Mediterranean]] to [[Spain]]. And so began my [[Assassin apprentice\|apprenticeship]] with [[Dante Alighieri]], one that was to destroy every bit of happiness I would ever have.}}
			{{IUNote
			\|Title=A Mentor
			\|Text=In preparation for our voyage, Messer Alighieri met with me repeatedly. At first, our meetings were about purchasing supplies, but soon they became about higher things, about life, love, honor and justice.<br><br>He taught me that society was set up in such a way as to control its members, to stop us from thinking, from seeing. Soon, I could look past all the laws and illusions. I understood that mankind was being used by its rulers, that we, the people, deserved freedom.<br><br>It was then that Dante began showing me pages from a book that Messer Polo had brought back from the palace of the great [[Genghis Khan]]. The manuscript, the [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex\|Codex]], was about our order, the Assassins.}}
			{{IUNote
			\|Title=An Unexpected Farewell
			\|Text=Our planned voyage never took place. While returning to [[Ravenna]] to pick up the remainder of his belongings, Dante died. Dismayed at the loss of my [[mentor]], I went to inform my father and Messer Polo of the sad news. Before I could even speak, I was ushered into the study, and my father, his face white, locked the door behind me.<br><br>Shocked, I listened in silence as he spoke. Dante intended to take the Codex to Spain where it would be safe. But he was being watched. The enemy of the Assassins, the [[Templars\|Knights Templar]], [[Persecution of the Templars\|still existed]].<br><br>I recalled the stories he had told me of the Templars, and it all became clear. Dante had been murdered. The Templars knew about the Codex and they knew about us. Shaking, my father told me to take the Codex and leave for Spain at once with my wife and child.<br><br>As Messer Polo ushered me out the door, he handed me a small piece of paper with a number on it. With this number, I could draw on his credit, more [[ducat]]s than I had ever seen in my life, at any [[bank]] in [[Italy]].}}
			{{IUNote
			\|Title=At Sea
			\|Text=We set sail that night, the [[ship]] filled with cargo to sell in the markets at [[Barcelona]]. At first, all was well. Then, to avoid a coming storm, we laid anchor in the [[Otranto]] harbor. Cloaked in darkness, the [[Piracy\|pirates]] came. I didn't see them until they were already boarding my ship.<br><br>I hid with my family in the hold. Pulling out the Codex, I ran the worn leather cover through my hands, then, I broke the spine. The pages slid silently onto the floor. I scattered them into the chests, boxes and containers I was carrying to market.<br><br>The men who found us were drunk, I could smell it on their breath. When they asked for the Codex, I knew who had sent them. Holding back my rage, I said that I had thrown it overboard.<br><br>They started to laugh. Two held me down, still grinning, while the rest cut off my wife's clothes. She begged for mercy until her voice gave out. Once they were done, they threw her into the sea.<br><br>They took my cargo and sunk my ship, and left me, adrift, clinging to a piece of railing.<br><br>I made it to the beach with my son. My wife's body washed up on shore the next morning with the tide.}}
			{{IUNote
			\|Title=A New Name
			\|Text=I never saw the sea again.<br><br>Making my way to [[Florence]], I rented a small room and then visited the bank. I had memorized Polo's account number.<br><br>With the vast sum I now had at my disposal, I went to Venice in disguise to find my father. I returned to Florence the next day. Both Polo and my father were already dead.<br><br>From that moment forward, I collected treatises on architecture, studied the classics and took vocal lessons. I adopted the name [[House of Auditore\|Auditore]], impersonating a noble at the Florentine Court. Accepted as one of their own, I took on the trappings of nobility and constructed this [[Villa Auditore\|villa]] for me and my son.<br><br>And then, I hunted them. I raised my son to fight, to find the Codex, and to kill Templars. Together, we would regain the honor of my wife and avenge the death of my father, two debts that would never, that could never, be repaid.<br><br>To the Auditore that reads this, remember that you are not a nobleman. You are not one of the deceivers, you are one of the people. Avenge us! — Domenico Auditore}}

	==Outcome==		==Outcome==
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	==Trivia==		==Trivia==
	*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'', Desmond Miles and [[Lucy Stillman]] passed through the Auditore Crypt, which caused Desmond to say ''"You know, when I'' [''as Ezio'']'' came here last—"''		*The entrance to the crypt was missing in the first memory sequence of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''. However during Desmond's exploration of Monteriggioni in [[modern times]], the entrance was present.
	*The entrance to the crypt was missing in the first memory sequence of ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''. However during Desmond's exploration of Monteriggioni in [[modern times]], the entrance was present.
	*Oddly, no mention of Renato's name was found throughout the crypt, and was later brought to light when it was displayed in [[Abstergo Files\|dossiers]] distributed among [[Abstergo Industries]]'s agents in the [[Assassin's Creed: Revelations\|second stage]] of the [[Animi Training Program]].		*Oddly, no mention of Renato's name was found throughout the crypt, and was later brought to light when it was displayed in [[Abstergo Files\|dossiers]] distributed among [[Abstergo Industries]]'s agents in the [[Assassin's Creed: Revelations\|second stage]] of the [[Animi Training Program]].

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==
	<gallery widths="180~~" spacing="small~~" position="center" captionalign="center">		<gallery widths="180" position="center" captionalign="center">
	~~Paying_Respects_1~~.png\|Ezio entering the crypt		Paying Respects 1.png\|Ezio entering the crypt
	~~Paying_Respects_2~~.png\|One of the memoir plaques		Paying Respects 2.png\|One of the memoir plaques
	~~Paying_Respects_3~~.png\|Ezio by one of the plaques		Paying Respects 3.png\|Ezio by one of the plaques
	~~Paying_Respects_4~~.png\|Ezio navigating the tomb		Paying Respects 4.png\|Ezio navigating the tomb
	~~Paying_Respects_5~~.png\|Ezio opening the burial chamber		Paying Respects 5.png\|Ezio opening the burial chamber
	~~Paying_Respects_6~~.png\|Ezio inside the burial chamber		Paying Respects 6.png\|Ezio inside the burial chamber
	</gallery>		</gallery>

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	[[Category:Memories of Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]		[[Category:Memories of Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]
	[[Category:Memories relived using Animus 2.0]]		[[Category:Memories relived using the Animus 2.0]]

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	==Memoirs==		==Memoirs==
	Throughout the crypt were seven stone plaques that were engraved with the memoirs of Domenico.		Throughout the crypt were seven stone plaques that were engraved with the memoirs of Domenico.
	:'''Venice, 1296'''<br>''I was raised in a small house by the [[Venice\|Venetian]] lagoon, within sight of the rough foam-capped waves of the sea. When I was barely old enough to walk, I became a sailor, navigating the [[Atlantic Ocean\|Atlantic]] first as an apprentice and then while carrying cargo for my father's patron, Messer [[Marco Polo]]. It was a good life.''<br><br>'''Ashore'''<br>''One day, while ashore in the harbor looking for work, I fell in love. [[Isabetta Auditore\|She]] was barely twenty, but when I looked into her eyes, the whole world was reflected back, clearer and brighter than the [[sun]]. After that, I still went to sea, but my heart remained on land with the girl, who had become my wife, and our young son.''<br><br>'''Birthright'''<br>''One afternoon that summer, Messer Polo called me into his study. My father was already there, beside an older man, dressed in a strange hooded cape, watching us.<br><br>At that moment everything about my life changed, my father told me that he was an [[Assassins\|Assassin]]. Removing his ring, he showed me a [[Assassin insignia\|strange marking]] on his finger, explaining that our family came from an ancient order that [[Assassin-Templar War\|protected]] and defended [[Human\|mankind]].<br><br>He paused, and then, when I didn't speak, Messer Polo stepped forward. He told me that the stranger in the hood would teach me, and in return I would carry him across the [[Mediterranean Sea\|Mediterranean]] to [[Spain]]. And so began my [[Assassin apprentice\|apprenticeship]] with [[Dante Alighieri]], one that was to destroy every bit of happiness I would ever have.''<br><br>'''A Mentor'''<br>''In preparation for our voyage, Messer Alighieri met with me repeatedly. At first, our meetings were about purchasing supplies, but soon they became about higher things, about life, love, honor and justice.<br><br>He taught me that society was set up in such a way as to control its members, to stop us from thinking, from seeing. Soon, I could look past all the laws and illusions. I understood that mankind was being used by its rulers, that we, the people, deserved freedom.<br><br>It was then that Dante began showing me pages from a book that Messer Polo had brought back from the palace of the great [[Genghis Khan]]. The manuscript, the [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex\|Codex]], was about our order, the Assassins.''<br><br>'''An Unexpected Farewell'''<br>''Our planned voyage never took place. While returning to [[Ravenna]] to pick up the remainder of his belongings, Dante died. Dismayed at the loss of my [[mentor]], I went to inform my father and Messer Polo of the sad news. Before I could even speak, I was ushered into the study, and my father, his face white, locked the door behind me.<br><br>Shocked, I listened in silence as he spoke. Dante intended to take the Codex to Spain where it would be safe. But he was being watched. The enemy of the Assassins, the [[Templars\|Knights Templar]], [[Persecution of the Templars\|still existed]].<br><br>I recalled the stories he had told me of the Templars, and it all became clear. Dante had been murdered. The Templars knew about the Codex and they knew about us. Shaking, my father told me to take the Codex and leave for Spain at once with my wife and child.<br><br>As Messer Polo ushered me out the door, he handed me a small piece of paper with a number on it. With this number, I could draw on his credit, more [[ducat]]s than I had ever seen in my life, at any [[bank]] in [[Italy]].''<br><br>'''At Sea'''<br>''We set sail that night, the [[ship]] filled with cargo to sell in the markets at [[Barcelona]]. At first, all was well. Then, to avoid a coming storm, we laid anchor in the [[Otranto]] harbor. Cloaked in darkness, the [[Piracy\|pirates]] came. I didn't see them until they were already boarding my ship.<br><br>I hid with my family in the hold. Pulling out the Codex, I ran the worn leather cover through my hands, then, I broke the spine. The pages slid silently onto the floor. I scattered them into the chests, boxes and containers I was carrying to market.<br><br>The men who found us were drunk, I could smell it on their breath. When they asked for the Codex, I knew who had sent them. Holding back my rage, I said that I had thrown it overboard.<br><br>They started to laugh. Two held me down, still grinning, while the rest cut off my wife's clothes. She begged for mercy until her voice gave out. Once they were done, they threw her into the sea.<br><br>They took my cargo and sunk my ship, and left me, adrift, clinging to a piece of railing.<br><br>I made it to the beach with my son. My wife's body washed up on shore the next morning with the tide.''<br><br>'''A New Name'''<br>''I never saw the sea again.<br><br>Making my way to [[Florence]], I rented a small room and then visited the bank. I had memorized Polo's account number.<br><br>With the vast sum I now had at my disposal, I went to Venice in disguise to find my father. I returned to Florence the next day. Both Polo and my father were already dead.<br><br>From that moment forward, I collected treatises on architecture, studied the classics and took vocal lessons. I adopted the name [[House of Auditore\|Auditore]], impersonating a noble at the Florentine Court. Accepted as one of their own, I took on the trappings of nobility and constructed this [[Villa Auditore\|villa]] for me and my son.<br><br>And then, I hunted them. I raised my son to fight, to find the Codex, and to kill Templars. Together, we would regain the honor of my wife and avenge the death of my father, two debts that would never, that could never, be repaid.<br><br>To the Auditore that reads this, remember that you are not a nobleman. You are not one of the deceivers, you are one of the people. Avenge us! — Domenico Auditore''		:'''Venice, 1296'''<br>''I was raised in a small house by the [[Venice\|Venetian]] lagoon, within sight of the rough foam-capped waves of the sea. When I was barely old enough to walk, I became a sailor, navigating the [[Atlantic Ocean\|Atlantic]] first as an apprentice and then while carrying cargo for my [[Domenico Auditore's father\|father's]] patron, Messer [[Marco Polo]]. It was a good life.''<br><br>'''Ashore'''<br>''One day, while ashore in the harbor looking for work, I fell in love. [[Isabetta Auditore\|She]] was barely twenty, but when I looked into her eyes, the whole world was reflected back, clearer and brighter than the [[sun]]. After that, I still went to sea, but my heart remained on land with the girl, who had become my wife, and our young son.''<br><br>'''Birthright'''<br>''One afternoon that summer, Messer Polo called me into his study. My father was already there, beside an older man, dressed in a strange hooded cape, watching us.<br><br>At that moment everything about my life changed, my father told me that he was an [[Assassins\|Assassin]]. Removing his ring, he showed me a [[Assassin insignia\|strange marking]] on his finger, explaining that our family came from an ancient order that [[Assassin-Templar War\|protected]] and defended [[Human\|mankind]].<br><br>He paused, and then, when I didn't speak, Messer Polo stepped forward. He told me that the stranger in the hood would teach me, and in return I would carry him across the [[Mediterranean Sea\|Mediterranean]] to [[Spain]]. And so began my [[Assassin apprentice\|apprenticeship]] with [[Dante Alighieri]], one that was to destroy every bit of happiness I would ever have.''<br><br>'''A Mentor'''<br>''In preparation for our voyage, Messer Alighieri met with me repeatedly. At first, our meetings were about purchasing supplies, but soon they became about higher things, about life, love, honor and justice.<br><br>He taught me that society was set up in such a way as to control its members, to stop us from thinking, from seeing. Soon, I could look past all the laws and illusions. I understood that mankind was being used by its rulers, that we, the people, deserved freedom.<br><br>It was then that Dante began showing me pages from a book that Messer Polo had brought back from the palace of the great [[Genghis Khan]]. The manuscript, the [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex\|Codex]], was about our order, the Assassins.''<br><br>'''An Unexpected Farewell'''<br>''Our planned voyage never took place. While returning to [[Ravenna]] to pick up the remainder of his belongings, Dante died. Dismayed at the loss of my [[mentor]], I went to inform my father and Messer Polo of the sad news. Before I could even speak, I was ushered into the study, and my father, his face white, locked the door behind me.<br><br>Shocked, I listened in silence as he spoke. Dante intended to take the Codex to Spain where it would be safe. But he was being watched. The enemy of the Assassins, the [[Templars\|Knights Templar]], [[Persecution of the Templars\|still existed]].<br><br>I recalled the stories he had told me of the Templars, and it all became clear. Dante had been murdered. The Templars knew about the Codex and they knew about us. Shaking, my father told me to take the Codex and leave for Spain at once with my wife and child.<br><br>As Messer Polo ushered me out the door, he handed me a small piece of paper with a number on it. With this number, I could draw on his credit, more [[ducat]]s than I had ever seen in my life, at any [[bank]] in [[Italy]].''<br><br>'''At Sea'''<br>''We set sail that night, the [[ship]] filled with cargo to sell in the markets at [[Barcelona]]. At first, all was well. Then, to avoid a coming storm, we laid anchor in the [[Otranto]] harbor. Cloaked in darkness, the [[Piracy\|pirates]] came. I didn't see them until they were already boarding my ship.<br><br>I hid with my family in the hold. Pulling out the Codex, I ran the worn leather cover through my hands, then, I broke the spine. The pages slid silently onto the floor. I scattered them into the chests, boxes and containers I was carrying to market.<br><br>The men who found us were drunk, I could smell it on their breath. When they asked for the Codex, I knew who had sent them. Holding back my rage, I said that I had thrown it overboard.<br><br>They started to laugh. Two held me down, still grinning, while the rest cut off my wife's clothes. She begged for mercy until her voice gave out. Once they were done, they threw her into the sea.<br><br>They took my cargo and sunk my ship, and left me, adrift, clinging to a piece of railing.<br><br>I made it to the beach with my son. My wife's body washed up on shore the next morning with the tide.''<br><br>'''A New Name'''<br>''I never saw the sea again.<br><br>Making my way to [[Florence]], I rented a small room and then visited the bank. I had memorized Polo's account number.<br><br>With the vast sum I now had at my disposal, I went to Venice in disguise to find my father. I returned to Florence the next day. Both Polo and my father were already dead.<br><br>From that moment forward, I collected treatises on architecture, studied the classics and took vocal lessons. I adopted the name [[House of Auditore\|Auditore]], impersonating a noble at the Florentine Court. Accepted as one of their own, I took on the trappings of nobility and constructed this [[Villa Auditore\|villa]] for me and my son.<br><br>And then, I hunted them. I raised my son to fight, to find the Codex, and to kill Templars. Together, we would regain the honor of my wife and avenge the death of my father, two debts that would never, that could never, be repaid.<br><br>To the Auditore that reads this, remember that you are not a nobleman. You are not one of the deceivers, you are one of the people. Avenge us! — Domenico Auditore''

	==Outcome==		==Outcome==

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Memoirs

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	==Memoirs==		==Memoirs==
	Throughout the crypt were seven stone plaques that were engraved with the memoirs of Domenico.		Throughout the crypt were seven stone plaques that were engraved with the memoirs of Domenico.
	:'''Venice, 1296'''<br>''I was raised in a small house by the [[Venice\|Venetian]] lagoon, within sight of the rough foam-capped waves of the sea. When I was barely old enough to walk, I became a sailor, navigating the [[Atlantic Ocean\|Atlantic]] first as an apprentice and then while carrying cargo for my father's patron, Messer [[Marco Polo]]. It was a good life.''<br><br>'''Ashore'''<br>''One day, while ashore in the harbor looking for work, I fell in love. [[Isabetta Auditore\|She]] was barely twenty, but when I looked into her eyes, the whole world was reflected back, clearer and brighter than the [[sun]]. After that, I still went to sea, but my heart remained on land with the girl, who had become my wife, and our young son.''<br><br>'''Birthright'''<br>''One afternoon that summer, Messer Polo called me into his study. My father was already there, beside an older man, dressed in a strange hooded cape, watching us.<br><br>At that moment everything about my life changed, my father told me that he was an [[Assassins\|Assassin]]. Removing his ring, he showed me a [[Assassin insignia\|strange marking]] on his finger, explaining that our family came from an ancient order that [[Assassin-Templar War\|protected]] and defended [[Human\|mankind]].<br><br>He paused, and then, when I didn't speak, Messer Polo stepped forward. He told me that the stranger in the hood would teach me, and in return I would carry him across the [[Mediterranean Sea\|Mediterranean]] to [[Spain]]. And so began my [[Assassin apprentice\|apprenticeship]] with [[Dante Alighieri]], one that was to destroy every bit of happiness I would ever have.''<br><br>'''A Mentor'''<br>''In preparation for our voyage, Messer Alighieri met with me repeatedly. At first, our meetings were about purchasing supplies, but soon they became about higher things, about life, love, honor and justice.<br><br>He taught me that society was set up in such a way as to control its members, to stop us from thinking, from seeing. Soon, I could look past all the laws and illusions. I understood that mankind was being used by its rulers, that we, the people, deserved freedom.<br><br>It was then that Dante began showing me pages from a book that Messer Polo had brought back from the palace of the great [[Genghis Khan]]. The manuscript, the [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex\|Codex]], was about our order, the Assassins.''<br><br>'''An Unexpected Farewell'''<br>''Our planned voyage never took place. While returning to ~~{{Wiki\|~~Ravenna}} to pick up the remainder of his belongings, Dante died. Dismayed at the loss of my [[mentor]], I went to inform my father and Messer Polo of the sad news. Before I could even speak, I was ushered into the study, and my father, his face white, locked the door behind me.<br><br>Shocked, I listened in silence as he spoke. Dante intended to take the Codex to Spain where it would be safe. But he was being watched. The enemy of the Assassins, the [[Templars\|Knights Templar]], [[Persecution of the Templars\|still existed]].<br><br>I recalled the stories he had told me of the Templars, and it all became clear. Dante had been murdered. The Templars knew about the Codex and they knew about us. Shaking, my father told me to take the Codex and leave for Spain at once with my wife and child.<br><br>As Messer Polo ushered me out the door, he handed me a small piece of paper with a number on it. With this number, I could draw on his credit, more [[ducat]]s than I had ever seen in my life, at any [[bank]] in [[Italy]].''<br><br>'''At Sea'''<br>''We set sail that night, the [[ship]] filled with cargo to sell in the markets at [[Barcelona]]. At first, all was well. Then, to avoid a coming storm, we laid anchor in the ~~{{Wiki\|~~Otranto}} harbor. Cloaked in darkness, the [[Piracy\|pirates]] came. I didn't see them until they were already boarding my ship.<br><br>I hid with my family in the hold. Pulling out the Codex, I ran the worn leather cover through my hands, then, I broke the spine. The pages slid silently onto the floor. I scattered them into the chests, boxes and containers I was carrying to market.<br><br>The men who found us were drunk, I could smell it on their breath. When they asked for the Codex, I knew who had sent them. Holding back my rage, I said that I had thrown it overboard.<br><br>They started to laugh. Two held me down, still grinning, while the rest cut off my wife's clothes. She begged for mercy until her voice gave out. Once they were done, they threw her into the sea.<br><br>They took my cargo and sunk my ship, and left me, adrift, clinging to a piece of railing.<br><br>I made it to the beach with my son. My wife's body washed up on shore the next morning with the tide.''<br><br>'''A New Name'''<br>''I never saw the sea again.<br><br>Making my way to [[Florence]], I rented a small room and then visited the bank. I had memorized Polo's account number.<br><br>With the vast sum I now had at my disposal, I went to Venice in disguise to find my father. I returned to Florence the next day. Both Polo and my father were already dead.<br><br>From that moment forward, I collected treatises on architecture, studied the classics and took vocal lessons. I adopted the name [[House of Auditore\|Auditore]], impersonating a noble at the Florentine Court. Accepted as one of their own, I took on the trappings of nobility and constructed this [[Villa Auditore\|villa]] for me and my son.<br><br>And then, I hunted them. I raised my son to fight, to find the Codex, and to kill Templars. Together, we would regain the honor of my wife and avenge the death of my father, two debts that would never, that could never, be repaid.<br><br>To the Auditore that reads this, remember that you are not a nobleman. You are not one of the deceivers, you are one of the people. Avenge us! — Domenico Auditore''		:'''Venice, 1296'''<br>''I was raised in a small house by the [[Venice\|Venetian]] lagoon, within sight of the rough foam-capped waves of the sea. When I was barely old enough to walk, I became a sailor, navigating the [[Atlantic Ocean\|Atlantic]] first as an apprentice and then while carrying cargo for my father's patron, Messer [[Marco Polo]]. It was a good life.''<br><br>'''Ashore'''<br>''One day, while ashore in the harbor looking for work, I fell in love. [[Isabetta Auditore\|She]] was barely twenty, but when I looked into her eyes, the whole world was reflected back, clearer and brighter than the [[sun]]. After that, I still went to sea, but my heart remained on land with the girl, who had become my wife, and our young son.''<br><br>'''Birthright'''<br>''One afternoon that summer, Messer Polo called me into his study. My father was already there, beside an older man, dressed in a strange hooded cape, watching us.<br><br>At that moment everything about my life changed, my father told me that he was an [[Assassins\|Assassin]]. Removing his ring, he showed me a [[Assassin insignia\|strange marking]] on his finger, explaining that our family came from an ancient order that [[Assassin-Templar War\|protected]] and defended [[Human\|mankind]].<br><br>He paused, and then, when I didn't speak, Messer Polo stepped forward. He told me that the stranger in the hood would teach me, and in return I would carry him across the [[Mediterranean Sea\|Mediterranean]] to [[Spain]]. And so began my [[Assassin apprentice\|apprenticeship]] with [[Dante Alighieri]], one that was to destroy every bit of happiness I would ever have.''<br><br>'''A Mentor'''<br>''In preparation for our voyage, Messer Alighieri met with me repeatedly. At first, our meetings were about purchasing supplies, but soon they became about higher things, about life, love, honor and justice.<br><br>He taught me that society was set up in such a way as to control its members, to stop us from thinking, from seeing. Soon, I could look past all the laws and illusions. I understood that mankind was being used by its rulers, that we, the people, deserved freedom.<br><br>It was then that Dante began showing me pages from a book that Messer Polo had brought back from the palace of the great [[Genghis Khan]]. The manuscript, the [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex\|Codex]], was about our order, the Assassins.''<br><br>'''An Unexpected Farewell'''<br>''Our planned voyage never took place. While returning to [[Ravenna]] to pick up the remainder of his belongings, Dante died. Dismayed at the loss of my [[mentor]], I went to inform my father and Messer Polo of the sad news. Before I could even speak, I was ushered into the study, and my father, his face white, locked the door behind me.<br><br>Shocked, I listened in silence as he spoke. Dante intended to take the Codex to Spain where it would be safe. But he was being watched. The enemy of the Assassins, the [[Templars\|Knights Templar]], [[Persecution of the Templars\|still existed]].<br><br>I recalled the stories he had told me of the Templars, and it all became clear. Dante had been murdered. The Templars knew about the Codex and they knew about us. Shaking, my father told me to take the Codex and leave for Spain at once with my wife and child.<br><br>As Messer Polo ushered me out the door, he handed me a small piece of paper with a number on it. With this number, I could draw on his credit, more [[ducat]]s than I had ever seen in my life, at any [[bank]] in [[Italy]].''<br><br>'''At Sea'''<br>''We set sail that night, the [[ship]] filled with cargo to sell in the markets at [[Barcelona]]. At first, all was well. Then, to avoid a coming storm, we laid anchor in the [[Otranto]] harbor. Cloaked in darkness, the [[Piracy\|pirates]] came. I didn't see them until they were already boarding my ship.<br><br>I hid with my family in the hold. Pulling out the Codex, I ran the worn leather cover through my hands, then, I broke the spine. The pages slid silently onto the floor. I scattered them into the chests, boxes and containers I was carrying to market.<br><br>The men who found us were drunk, I could smell it on their breath. When they asked for the Codex, I knew who had sent them. Holding back my rage, I said that I had thrown it overboard.<br><br>They started to laugh. Two held me down, still grinning, while the rest cut off my wife's clothes. She begged for mercy until her voice gave out. Once they were done, they threw her into the sea.<br><br>They took my cargo and sunk my ship, and left me, adrift, clinging to a piece of railing.<br><br>I made it to the beach with my son. My wife's body washed up on shore the next morning with the tide.''<br><br>'''A New Name'''<br>''I never saw the sea again.<br><br>Making my way to [[Florence]], I rented a small room and then visited the bank. I had memorized Polo's account number.<br><br>With the vast sum I now had at my disposal, I went to Venice in disguise to find my father. I returned to Florence the next day. Both Polo and my father were already dead.<br><br>From that moment forward, I collected treatises on architecture, studied the classics and took vocal lessons. I adopted the name [[House of Auditore\|Auditore]], impersonating a noble at the Florentine Court. Accepted as one of their own, I took on the trappings of nobility and constructed this [[Villa Auditore\|villa]] for me and my son.<br><br>And then, I hunted them. I raised my son to fight, to find the Codex, and to kill Templars. Together, we would regain the honor of my wife and avenge the death of my father, two debts that would never, that could never, be repaid.<br><br>To the Auditore that reads this, remember that you are not a nobleman. You are not one of the deceivers, you are one of the people. Avenge us! — Domenico Auditore''

	==Outcome==		==Outcome==

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	Throughout the crypt were seven stone plaques that were engraved with the memoirs of Domenico.		Throughout the crypt were seven stone plaques that were engraved with the memoirs of Domenico.
	:'''Venice, 1296'''<br>''I was raised in a small house by the [[Venice\|Venetian]] lagoon, within sight of the rough foam-capped waves of the sea. When I was barely old enough to walk, I became a sailor, navigating the [[Atlantic Ocean\|Atlantic]] first as an apprentice and then while carrying cargo for my father's patron, Messer [[Marco Polo]]. It was a good life.''<br><br>'''Ashore'''<br>''One day, while ashore in the harbor looking for work, I fell in love. [[Isabetta Auditore\|She]] was barely twenty, but when I looked into her eyes, the whole world was reflected back, clearer and brighter than the [[sun]]. After that, I still went to sea, but my heart remained on land with the girl, who had become my wife, and our young son.''<br><br>'''Birthright'''<br>''One afternoon that summer, Messer Polo called me into his study. My father was already there, beside an older man, dressed in a strange hooded cape, watching us.<br><br>At that moment everything about my life changed, my father told me that he was an [[Assassins\|Assassin]]. Removing his ring, he showed me a [[Assassin insignia\|strange marking]] on his finger, explaining that our family came from an ancient order that [[Assassin-Templar War\|protected]] and defended [[Human\|mankind]].<br><br>He paused, and then, when I didn't speak, Messer Polo stepped forward. He told me that the stranger in the hood would teach me, and in return I would carry him across the [[Mediterranean Sea\|Mediterranean]] to [[Spain]]. And so began my [[Assassin apprentice\|apprenticeship]] with [[Dante Alighieri]], one that was to destroy every bit of happiness I would ever have.''<br><br>'''A Mentor'''<br>''In preparation for our voyage, Messer Alighieri met with me repeatedly. At first, our meetings were about purchasing supplies, but soon they became about higher things, about life, love, honor and justice.<br><br>He taught me that society was set up in such a way as to control its members, to stop us from thinking, from seeing. Soon, I could look past all the laws and illusions. I understood that mankind was being used by its rulers, that we, the people, deserved freedom.<br><br>It was then that Dante began showing me pages from a book that Messer Polo had brought back from the palace of the great [[Genghis Khan]]. The manuscript, the [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex\|Codex]], was about our order, the Assassins.''<br><br>'''An Unexpected Farewell'''<br>''Our planned voyage never took place. While returning to {{Wiki\|Ravenna}} to pick up the remainder of his belongings, Dante died. Dismayed at the loss of my [[mentor]], I went to inform my father and Messer Polo of the sad news. Before I could even speak, I was ushered into the study, and my father, his face white, locked the door behind me.<br><br>Shocked, I listened in silence as he spoke. Dante intended to take the Codex to Spain where it would be safe. But he was being watched. The enemy of the Assassins, the [[Templars\|Knights Templar]], [[Persecution of the Templars\|still existed]].<br><br>I recalled the stories he had told me of the Templars, and it all became clear. Dante had been murdered. The Templars knew about the Codex and they knew about us. Shaking, my father told me to take the Codex and leave for Spain at once with my wife and child.<br><br>As Messer Polo ushered me out the door, he handed me a small piece of paper with a number on it. With this number, I could draw on his credit, more [[ducat]]s than I had ever seen in my life, at any [[bank]] in [[Italy]].''<br><br>'''At Sea'''<br>''We set sail that night, the [[ship]] filled with cargo to sell in the markets at [[Barcelona]]. At first, all was well. Then, to avoid a coming storm, we laid anchor in the {{Wiki\|Otranto}} harbor. Cloaked in darkness, the [[Piracy\|pirates]] came. I didn't see them until they were already boarding my ship.<br><br>I hid with my family in the hold. Pulling out the Codex, I ran the worn leather cover through my hands, then, I broke the spine. The pages slid silently onto the floor. I scattered them into the chests, boxes and containers I was carrying to market.<br><br>The men who found us were drunk, I could smell it on their breath. When they asked for the Codex, I knew who had sent them. Holding back my rage, I said that I had thrown it overboard.<br><br>They started to laugh. Two held me down, still grinning, while the rest cut off my wife's clothes. She begged for mercy until her voice gave out. Once they were done, they threw her into the sea.<br><br>They took my cargo and sunk my ship, and left me, adrift, clinging to a piece of railing.<br><br>I made it to the beach with my son. My wife's body washed up on shore the next morning with the tide.''<br><br>'''A New Name'''<br>''I never saw the sea again.<br><br>Making my way to [[Florence]], I rented a small room and then visited the bank. I had memorized Polo's account number.<br><br>With the vast sum I now had at my disposal, I went to Venice in disguise to find my father. I returned to Florence the next day. Both Polo and my father were already dead.<br><br>From that moment forward, I collected treatises on architecture, studied the classics and took vocal lessons. I adopted the name [[House of Auditore\|Auditore]], impersonating a noble at the Florentine Court. Accepted as one of their own, I took on the trappings of nobility and constructed this [[Villa Auditore\|villa]] for me and my son.<br><br>And then, I hunted them. I raised my son to fight, to find the Codex, and to kill Templars. Together, we would regain the honor of my wife and avenge the death of my father, two debts that would never, that could never, be repaid.<br><br>To the Auditore that reads this, remember that you are not a nobleman. You are not one of the deceivers, you are one of the people. Avenge us! – Domenico Auditore''		:'''Venice, 1296'''<br>''I was raised in a small house by the [[Venice\|Venetian]] lagoon, within sight of the rough foam-capped waves of the sea. When I was barely old enough to walk, I became a sailor, navigating the [[Atlantic Ocean\|Atlantic]] first as an apprentice and then while carrying cargo for my father's patron, Messer [[Marco Polo]]. It was a good life.''<br><br>'''Ashore'''<br>''One day, while ashore in the harbor looking for work, I fell in love. [[Isabetta Auditore\|She]] was barely twenty, but when I looked into her eyes, the whole world was reflected back, clearer and brighter than the [[sun]]. After that, I still went to sea, but my heart remained on land with the girl, who had become my wife, and our young son.''<br><br>'''Birthright'''<br>''One afternoon that summer, Messer Polo called me into his study. My father was already there, beside an older man, dressed in a strange hooded cape, watching us.<br><br>At that moment everything about my life changed, my father told me that he was an [[Assassins\|Assassin]]. Removing his ring, he showed me a [[Assassin insignia\|strange marking]] on his finger, explaining that our family came from an ancient order that [[Assassin-Templar War\|protected]] and defended [[Human\|mankind]].<br><br>He paused, and then, when I didn't speak, Messer Polo stepped forward. He told me that the stranger in the hood would teach me, and in return I would carry him across the [[Mediterranean Sea\|Mediterranean]] to [[Spain]]. And so began my [[Assassin apprentice\|apprenticeship]] with [[Dante Alighieri]], one that was to destroy every bit of happiness I would ever have.''<br><br>'''A Mentor'''<br>''In preparation for our voyage, Messer Alighieri met with me repeatedly. At first, our meetings were about purchasing supplies, but soon they became about higher things, about life, love, honor and justice.<br><br>He taught me that society was set up in such a way as to control its members, to stop us from thinking, from seeing. Soon, I could look past all the laws and illusions. I understood that mankind was being used by its rulers, that we, the people, deserved freedom.<br><br>It was then that Dante began showing me pages from a book that Messer Polo had brought back from the palace of the great [[Genghis Khan]]. The manuscript, the [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex\|Codex]], was about our order, the Assassins.''<br><br>'''An Unexpected Farewell'''<br>''Our planned voyage never took place. While returning to {{Wiki\|Ravenna}} to pick up the remainder of his belongings, Dante died. Dismayed at the loss of my [[mentor]], I went to inform my father and Messer Polo of the sad news. Before I could even speak, I was ushered into the study, and my father, his face white, locked the door behind me.<br><br>Shocked, I listened in silence as he spoke. Dante intended to take the Codex to Spain where it would be safe. But he was being watched. The enemy of the Assassins, the [[Templars\|Knights Templar]], [[Persecution of the Templars\|still existed]].<br><br>I recalled the stories he had told me of the Templars, and it all became clear. Dante had been murdered. The Templars knew about the Codex and they knew about us. Shaking, my father told me to take the Codex and leave for Spain at once with my wife and child.<br><br>As Messer Polo ushered me out the door, he handed me a small piece of paper with a number on it. With this number, I could draw on his credit, more [[ducat]]s than I had ever seen in my life, at any [[bank]] in [[Italy]].''<br><br>'''At Sea'''<br>''We set sail that night, the [[ship]] filled with cargo to sell in the markets at [[Barcelona]]. At first, all was well. Then, to avoid a coming storm, we laid anchor in the {{Wiki\|Otranto}} harbor. Cloaked in darkness, the [[Piracy\|pirates]] came. I didn't see them until they were already boarding my ship.<br><br>I hid with my family in the hold. Pulling out the Codex, I ran the worn leather cover through my hands, then, I broke the spine. The pages slid silently onto the floor. I scattered them into the chests, boxes and containers I was carrying to market.<br><br>The men who found us were drunk, I could smell it on their breath. When they asked for the Codex, I knew who had sent them. Holding back my rage, I said that I had thrown it overboard.<br><br>They started to laugh. Two held me down, still grinning, while the rest cut off my wife's clothes. She begged for mercy until her voice gave out. Once they were done, they threw her into the sea.<br><br>They took my cargo and sunk my ship, and left me, adrift, clinging to a piece of railing.<br><br>I made it to the beach with my son. My wife's body washed up on shore the next morning with the tide.''<br><br>'''A New Name'''<br>''I never saw the sea again.<br><br>Making my way to [[Florence]], I rented a small room and then visited the bank. I had memorized Polo's account number.<br><br>With the vast sum I now had at my disposal, I went to Venice in disguise to find my father. I returned to Florence the next day. Both Polo and my father were already dead.<br><br>From that moment forward, I collected treatises on architecture, studied the classics and took vocal lessons. I adopted the name [[House of Auditore\|Auditore]], impersonating a noble at the Florentine Court. Accepted as one of their own, I took on the trappings of nobility and constructed this [[Villa Auditore\|villa]] for me and my son.<br><br>And then, I hunted them. I raised my son to fight, to find the Codex, and to kill Templars. Together, we would regain the honor of my wife and avenge the death of my father, two debts that would never, that could never, be repaid.<br><br>To the Auditore that reads this, remember that you are not a nobleman. You are not one of the deceivers, you are one of the people. Avenge us! — Domenico Auditore''

	==Outcome==		==Outcome==
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	==Trivia==		==Trivia==
	*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'', Desmond Miles and [[Lucy Stillman]] passed through the Auditore Crypt, which caused Desmond to say ''"You know, when I [as Ezio] came here ~~last–~~"''		*In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'', Desmond Miles and [[Lucy Stillman]] passed through the Auditore Crypt, which caused Desmond to say ''"You know, when I'' [''as Ezio'']'' came here last—"''
	*The entrance to the crypt was missing in the first memory sequence of ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''. However during Desmond's exploration of Monteriggioni in [[modern times]], the entrance was present.		*The entrance to the crypt was missing in the first memory sequence of ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''. However during Desmond's exploration of Monteriggioni in [[modern times]], the entrance was present.
	*Oddly, no mention of Renato's name was found throughout the crypt, and was later brought to light when it was displayed in [[Abstergo Files\|dossiers]] distributed among [[Abstergo Industries]]'s agents in the [[Assassin's Creed: Revelations\|second stage]] of the [[Animi Training Program]].		*Oddly, no mention of Renato's name was found throughout the crypt, and was later brought to light when it was displayed in [[Abstergo Files\|dossiers]] distributed among [[Abstergo Industries]]'s agents in the [[Assassin's Creed: Revelations\|second stage]] of the [[Animi Training Program]].

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 ==Memoirs==
 Throughout the crypt were seven stone plaques that were engraved with the memoirs of Domenico.
+:'''Venice, 1296'''<br>''I was raised in a small house by the [[Venice|Venetian]] lagoon, within sight of the rough foam-capped waves of the sea. When I was barely old enough to walk, I became a sailor, navigating the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] first as an apprentice and then while carrying cargo for my father's patron, Messer [[Marco Polo]]. It was a good life.''<br><br>'''Ashore'''<br>''One day, while ashore in the harbor looking for work, I fell in love. [[Isabetta Auditore|She]] was barely twenty, but when I looked into her eyes, the whole world was reflected back, clearer and brighter than the [[sun]]. After that, I still went to sea, but my heart remained on land with the girl, who had become my wife, and our young son.''<br><br>'''Birthright'''<br>''One afternoon that summer, Messer Polo called me into his study. My father was already there, beside an older man, dressed in a strange hooded cape, watching us.<br><br>At that moment everything about my life changed, my father told me that he was an [[Assassins|Assassin]]. Removing his ring, he showed me a [[Assassin insignia|strange marking]] on his finger, explaining that our family came from an ancient order that [[Assassin-Templar War|protected]] and defended [[Human|mankind]].<br><br>He paused, and then, when I didn't speak, Messer Polo stepped forward. He told me that the stranger in the hood would teach me, and in return I would carry him across the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] to [[Spain]]. And so began my [[Assassin apprentice|apprenticeship]] with [[Dante Alighieri]], one that was to destroy every bit of happiness I would ever have.''<br><br>'''A Mentor'''<br>''In preparation for our voyage, Messer Alighieri met with me repeatedly. At first, our meetings were about purchasing supplies, but soon they became about higher things, about life, love, honor and justice.<br><br>He taught me that society was set up in such a way as to control its members, to stop us from thinking, from seeing. Soon, I could look past all the laws and illusions. I understood that mankind was being used by its rulers, that we, the people, deserved freedom.<br><br>It was then that Dante began showing me pages from a book that Messer Polo had brought back from the palace of the great [[Genghis Khan]]. The manuscript, the [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex|Codex]], was about our order, the Assassins.''<br><br>'''An Unexpected Farewell'''<br>''Our planned voyage never took place. While returning to {{Wiki|Ravenna}} to pick up the remainder of his belongings, Dante died. Dismayed at the loss of my [[mentor]], I went to inform my father and Messer Polo of the sad news. Before I could even speak, I was ushered into the study, and my father, his face white, locked the door behind me.<br><br>Shocked, I listened in silence as he spoke. Dante intended to take the Codex to Spain where it would be safe. But he was being watched. The enemy of the Assassins, the [[Templars|Knights Templar]], [[Persecution of the Templars|still existed]].<br><br>I recalled the stories he had told me of the Templars, and it all became clear. Dante had been murdered. The Templars knew about the Codex and they knew about us. Shaking, my father told me to take the Codex and leave for Spain at once with my wife and child.<br><br>As Messer Polo ushered me out the door, he handed me a small piece of paper with a number on it. With this number, I could draw on his credit, more [[ducat]]s than I had ever seen in my life, at any [[bank]] in [[Italy]].''<br><br>'''At Sea'''<br>''We set sail that night, the [[ship]] filled with cargo to sell in the markets at [[Barcelona]]. At first, all was well. Then, to avoid a coming storm, we laid anchor in the {{Wiki|Otranto}} harbor. Cloaked in darkness, the [[Piracy|pirates]] came. I didn't see them until they were already boarding my ship.<br><br>I hid with my family in the hold. Pulling out the Codex, I ran the worn leather cover through my hands, then, I broke the spine. The pages slid silently onto the floor. I scattered them into the chests, boxes and containers I was carrying to market.<br><br>The men who found us were drunk, I could smell it on their breath. When they asked for the Codex, I knew who had sent them. Holding back my rage, I said that I had thrown it overboard.<br><br>They started to laugh. Two held me down, still grinning, while the rest cut off my wife's clothes. She begged for mercy until her voice gave out. Once they were done, they threw her into the sea.<br><br>They took my cargo and sunk my ship, and left me, adrift, clinging to a piece of railing.<br><br>I made it to the beach with my son. My wife's body washed up on shore the next morning with the tide.''<br><br>'''A New Name'''<br>''I never saw the sea again.<br><br>Making my way to [[Florence]], I rented a small room and then visited the bank. I had memorized Polo's account number.<br><br>With the vast sum I now had at my disposal, I went to Venice in disguise to find my father. I returned to Florence the next day. Both Polo and my father were already dead.<br><br>From that moment forward, I collected treatises on architecture, studied the classics and took vocal lessons. I adopted the name [[House of Auditore|Auditore]], impersonating a noble at the Florentine Court. Accepted as one of their own, I took on the trappings of nobility and constructed this [[Villa Auditore|villa]] for me and my son.<br><br>And then, I hunted them. I raised my son to fight, to find the Codex, and to kill Templars. Together, we would regain the honor of my wife and avenge the death of my father, two debts that would never, that could never, be repaid.<br><br>To the Auditore that reads this, remember that you are not a nobleman. You are not one of the deceivers, you are one of the people. Avenge us! – Domenico Auditore''
 ==Outcome==

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	Ezio explored the [[Auditore Family Crypt]] in [[Monteriggioni]], and discovered the memoirs and final resting place of his great-great-grandfather, [[Domenico Auditore]], as well as the ~~sarcophagi~~ of his great-grandfather [[Renato Auditore\|Renato]].		Ezio explored the [[Auditore Family Crypt]] in [[Monteriggioni]], and discovered the memoirs and final resting place of his great-great-grandfather, [[Domenico Auditore]], as well as the sarcophagus of his great-grandfather [[Renato Auditore\|Renato]].

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	===Venice, 1296===		===Venice, 1296===
	"''I was raised in a small house by the [[Venice\|Venetian]] lagoon, within sight of the rough foam-capped waves of the sea. When I was barely old enough to walk, I became a sailor, navigating the Atlantic first as an apprentice and then while carrying cargo for my father's patron, Messer [[Marco Polo]]. It was a good life.''"		"''I was raised in a small house by the [[Venice\|Venetian]] lagoon, within sight of the rough foam-capped waves of the sea. When I was barely old enough to walk, I became a sailor, navigating the [[Atlantic Ocean\|Atlantic]] first as an apprentice and then while carrying cargo for my father's patron, Messer [[Marco Polo]]. It was a good life.''"

	===Ashore===		===Ashore===
	"''One day, while ashore in the harbor looking for work, I fell in love. She was barely twenty, but when I looked into her eyes, the whole world was reflected back, clearer and brighter than the sun. After that, I still went to sea, but my heart remained on land with the girl, who had become my wife, and our young son.''"		"''One day, while ashore in the harbor looking for work, I fell in love. She was barely twenty, but when I looked into her eyes, the whole world was reflected back, clearer and brighter than the [[sun]]. After that, I still went to sea, but my heart remained on land with the girl, who had become my wife, and our young son.''"

	===Birthright===		===Birthright===
	"''One afternoon that summer, Messer Polo called me into his study. My father was already there, beside an older man, dressed in a strange hooded cape, watching us.''		"''One afternoon that summer, Messer Polo called me into his study. My father was already there, beside an older man, dressed in a strange hooded cape, watching us.''

	''At that moment everything about my life changed, my father told me that he was an [[Assassins\|Assassin]]. Removing his ring, he showed me a [[Assassin insignia\|strange marking]] on his finger, explaining that our family came from an ancient order that protected and defended mankind.''		''At that moment everything about my life changed, my father told me that he was an [[Assassins\|Assassin]]. Removing his ring, he showed me a [[Assassin insignia\|strange marking]] on his finger, explaining that our family came from an ancient order that protected and defended [[Human\|mankind]].''

	''He paused, and then, when I didn't speak, Messer Polo stepped forward. He told me that the stranger in the hood would teach me, and in return I would carry him across the [[Mediterranean Sea\|Mediterranean]] to [[Spain]]. And so began my apprenticeship with [[Dante Alighieri]], one that was to destroy every bit of happiness I would ever have.''"		''He paused, and then, when I didn't speak, Messer Polo stepped forward. He told me that the stranger in the hood would teach me, and in return I would carry him across the [[Mediterranean Sea\|Mediterranean]] to [[Spain]]. And so began my apprenticeship with [[Dante Alighieri]], one that was to destroy every bit of happiness I would ever have.''"
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	''I recalled the stories he had told me of the Templars, and it all became clear. Dante had been murdered. The Templars knew about the Codex and they knew about us. Shaking, my father told me to take the Codex and leave for Spain at once with my wife and child.''		''I recalled the stories he had told me of the Templars, and it all became clear. Dante had been murdered. The Templars knew about the Codex and they knew about us. Shaking, my father told me to take the Codex and leave for Spain at once with my wife and child.''

	''As Messer Polo ushered me out the door, he handed me a small piece of paper with a number on it. With this number, I could draw on his credit, more ~~{{Wiki\|~~Ducat~~\|Ducats}}~~ than I had ever seen in my life, at any [[~~Banks\|~~bank]] in [[Italy]].''"		''As Messer Polo ushered me out the door, he handed me a small piece of paper with a number on it. With this number, I could draw on his credit, more [[Ducat]]s than I had ever seen in my life, at any [[bank]] in [[Italy]].''"

	===At Sea===		===At Sea===
	"''We set sail that night, the ship filled with cargo to sell in the markets at [[Barcelona]]. At first, all was well. Then, to avoid a coming storm, we laid anchor in the {{Wiki\|Otranto}} harbor. Cloaked in darkness, the pirates came. I didn't see them until they were already boarding my ship.''		"''We set sail that night, the ship filled with cargo to sell in the markets at [[Barcelona]]. At first, all was well. Then, to avoid a coming storm, we laid anchor in the {{Wiki\|Otranto}} harbor. Cloaked in darkness, the [[Piracy\|pirates]] came. I didn't see them until they were already boarding my [[ship]].''

	''I hid with my family in the hold. Pulling out the Codex, I ran the worn leather cover through my hands, then, I broke the spine. The pages slid silently onto the floor. I scattered them into the chests, boxes and containers I was carrying to market.''		''I hid with my family in the hold. Pulling out the Codex, I ran the worn leather cover through my hands, then, I broke the spine. The pages slid silently onto the floor. I scattered them into the chests, boxes and containers I was carrying to market.''

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	==~~Reference~~==		==References==
	*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''

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	{{Memory Infobox		{{Memory Infobox
	\|image = Paying-respects-memory.png		\| image = Paying-respects-memory.png
	\|description = ''Explore the [[Auditore Family Crypt]].''		\| description = ''Explore the [[Auditore Family Crypt]].''
	\|appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''		\| appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''
	\|type= [[Assassin Tombs\|Assassin Tomb]]		\| type= [[Assassin Tombs\|Assassin Tomb]]
	\|previous = [[Shipwrecked]]		\| previous = [[Shipwrecked]]
	\|~~ancestor~~ = [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]		\| source = [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]
	\|location = [[Monteriggioni]], {{Wiki\|Republic of Siena}}		\| location = [[Monteriggioni]], {{Wiki\|Republic of Siena}}
	\|date = 1478 – 1499}}		\| date = 1478 – 1499}}
	'''Paying Respects''' was a virtual representation of one of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]'s [[Genetic memory\|genetic memories]], relived by [[Desmond Miles]] in 2012 through the [[Animus]].		'''Paying Respects''' was a virtual representation of one of [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]]'s [[Genetic memory\|genetic memories]], relived by [[Desmond Miles]] in 2012 through the [[Animus]].

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	===Venice, 1296===		===Venice, 1296===
	''"I was raised in a small house by the [[Venice\|Venetian]] lagoon, within sight of the rough foam-capped waves of the sea. When I was barely old enough to walk, I became a sailor, navigating the Atlantic first as an apprentice and then while carrying cargo for my father's patron, Messer [[Marco Polo]]. It was a good life."''		"''I was raised in a small house by the [[Venice\|Venetian]] lagoon, within sight of the rough foam-capped waves of the sea. When I was barely old enough to walk, I became a sailor, navigating the Atlantic first as an apprentice and then while carrying cargo for my father's patron, Messer [[Marco Polo]]. It was a good life.''"

	===Ashore===		===Ashore===
	''"One day, while ashore in the harbor looking for work, I fell in love. She was barely twenty, but when I looked into her eyes, the whole world was reflected back, clearer and brighter than the sun. After that, I still went to sea, but my heart remained on land with the girl, who had become my wife, and our young son."''		"''One day, while ashore in the harbor looking for work, I fell in love. She was barely twenty, but when I looked into her eyes, the whole world was reflected back, clearer and brighter than the sun. After that, I still went to sea, but my heart remained on land with the girl, who had become my wife, and our young son.''"

	===Birthright===		===Birthright===
	''"One afternoon that summer, Messer Polo called me in his study. My father was already there, beside an older man, dressed in a strange hooded cape, watching us.''		"''One afternoon that summer, Messer Polo called me into his study. My father was already there, beside an older man, dressed in a strange hooded cape, watching us.''

	''At that moment everything about my life changed, my father told me that he was an [[Assassins\|Assassin]]. Removing his ring, he showed me a [[Assassin insignia\|strange marking]] on his finger, explaining that our family came from an ancient order that protected and defended mankind.''		''At that moment everything about my life changed, my father told me that he was an [[Assassins\|Assassin]]. Removing his ring, he showed me a [[Assassin insignia\|strange marking]] on his finger, explaining that our family came from an ancient order that protected and defended mankind.''

	''He paused, and then, when I didn't speak, Messer Polo stepped forward. He told me that the stranger in the hood would teach me, and in return I would carry him across the [[Mediterranean Sea\|Mediterranean]] to [[Spain]]. And so began my apprenticeship with [[Dante Alighieri]], one that was to destroy every bit of happiness I would ever have."''		''He paused, and then, when I didn't speak, Messer Polo stepped forward. He told me that the stranger in the hood would teach me, and in return I would carry him across the [[Mediterranean Sea\|Mediterranean]] to [[Spain]]. And so began my apprenticeship with [[Dante Alighieri]], one that was to destroy every bit of happiness I would ever have.''"

	===A Mentor===		===A Mentor===
	''"In preparation for our voyage, Messer Alighieri met with me repeatedly. At first, our meetings were about purchasing supplies, but soon they became about higher things about life, love, honor and justice.''		"''In preparation for our voyage, Messer Alighieri met with me repeatedly. At first, our meetings were about purchasing supplies, but soon they became about higher things, about life, love, honor and justice.''

	''He taught me that society was set up in such a way as to control its members, to stop us from thinking, from seeing. Soon, I could look past all laws and illusions. I understood that mankind was being used by its rulers, that we, the people, deserved freedom.''		''He taught me that society was set up in such a way as to control its members, to stop us from thinking, from seeing. Soon, I could look past all the laws and illusions. I understood that mankind was being used by its rulers, that we, the people, deserved freedom.''

	''It was then that Dante began showing me pages from a book that Messer Polo had brought back from the palace of the great [[Genghis Khan]]. The manuscript, the [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex\|Codex]], was about our order, the Assassins."''		''It was then that Dante began showing me pages from a book that Messer Polo had brought back from the palace of the great [[Genghis Khan]]. The manuscript, the [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex\|Codex]], was about our order, the Assassins.''"

	===An Unexpected Farewell===		===An Unexpected Farewell===
	''"Our planned voyage never took place. While returning to {{Wiki\|Ravenna}} to pick up the remainder of his belongings, Dante died. Dismayed at the loss of my mentor, I went to inform my father and Messer Polo of the sad news. Before I could even speak, I was ushered into the study, and my father, his face white, locked the door behind me.''		"''Our planned voyage never took place. While returning to {{Wiki\|Ravenna}} to pick up the remainder of his belongings, Dante died. Dismayed at the loss of my mentor, I went to inform my father and Messer Polo of the sad news. Before I could even speak, I was ushered into the study, and my father, his face white, locked the door behind me.''

	''Shocked, I listened in silence as he spoke. Dante intended to take the Codex to Spain where it would be safe. But he was being watched. The enemy of the Assassins, the [[Templars\|Knights Templar]], still existed.''		''Shocked, I listened in silence as he spoke. Dante intended to take the Codex to Spain where it would be safe. But he was being watched. The enemy of the Assassins, the [[Templars\|Knights Templar]], still existed.''
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	''I recalled the stories he had told me of the Templars, and it all became clear. Dante had been murdered. The Templars knew about the Codex and they knew about us. Shaking, my father told me to take the Codex and leave for Spain at once with my wife and child.''		''I recalled the stories he had told me of the Templars, and it all became clear. Dante had been murdered. The Templars knew about the Codex and they knew about us. Shaking, my father told me to take the Codex and leave for Spain at once with my wife and child.''

	''As Messer Polo ushered me out the door, he handed me a small piece of paper with a number on it. With this number, I could draw on his credit, more {{Wiki\|Ducat\|~~ducats~~}} than I had ever seen in my life, at any [[Banks\|bank]] in [[Italy]]."''		''As Messer Polo ushered me out the door, he handed me a small piece of paper with a number on it. With this number, I could draw on his credit, more {{Wiki\|Ducat\|Ducats}} than I had ever seen in my life, at any [[Banks\|bank]] in [[Italy]].''"

	===At Sea===		===At Sea===
	''"We set sail that night, the ship filled with cargo to sell in the markets at [[Barcelona]]. At first, all was well. Then, to avoid a coming storm, we laid anchor in the {{Wiki\|Otranto}} harbor. Cloaked in darkness, the pirates came. I didn't see them until they were already boarding my ship.''		"''We set sail that night, the ship filled with cargo to sell in the markets at [[Barcelona]]. At first, all was well. Then, to avoid a coming storm, we laid anchor in the {{Wiki\|Otranto}} harbor. Cloaked in darkness, the pirates came. I didn't see them until they were already boarding my ship.''

	''I hid my family in the hold. Pulling out the Codex, I ran the worn leather cover through my hands, then, I broke the spine. The pages slid silently onto the floor, I scattered them into the chests, boxes and containers I was carrying to market.''		''I hid with my family in the hold. Pulling out the Codex, I ran the worn leather cover through my hands, then, I broke the spine. The pages slid silently onto the floor. I scattered them into the chests, boxes and containers I was carrying to market.''

	''The men who found us were drunk, I could smell it on their breath. When they asked for the Codex, I knew who had sent them. Holding back my rage, I said I had thrown it overboard.''		''The men who found us were drunk, I could smell it on their breath. When they asked for the Codex, I knew who had sent them. Holding back my rage, I said that I had thrown it overboard.''

	''They started to laugh. Two held me down, still grinning, while the rest cut off my wife's clothes. She begged for mercy until her voice gave out. Once they were done, they threw her into the sea.''		''They started to laugh. Two held me down, still grinning, while the rest cut off my wife's clothes. She begged for mercy until her voice gave out. Once they were done, they threw her into the sea.''
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	''They took my cargo and sunk my ship, and left me, adrift, clinging to a piece of railing.''		''They took my cargo and sunk my ship, and left me, adrift, clinging to a piece of railing.''

	''I made it to the beach with my son. My wife's body washed up on shore the next morning with the tide."''		''I made it to the beach with my son. My wife's body washed up on shore the next morning with the tide.''"

	===A New Name===		===A New Name===
	''"I never saw the sea again.''		"''I never saw the sea again.''

	''Making my way to [[Florence]], I rented a small room and then visited the bank. I had memorized Polo's account number.''		''Making my way to [[Florence]], I rented a small room and then visited the bank. I had memorized Polo's account number.''
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	''With the vast sum I now had at my disposal, I went to Venice in disguise to find my father. I returned to Florence the next day. Both Polo and my father were already dead.''		''With the vast sum I now had at my disposal, I went to Venice in disguise to find my father. I returned to Florence the next day. Both Polo and my father were already dead.''

	''From that moment forward, I collected treatises on architecture, studied the classics and took vocal lessons. I adopted the name [[House of Auditore\|Auditore]], impersonating a noble at the Florentine Court. Accepted as one of their own, I took on the trappings of ~~the~~ nobility and constructed this [[Villa Auditore\|villa]] for me and my son.''		''From that moment forward, I collected treatises on architecture, studied the classics and took vocal lessons. I adopted the name [[House of Auditore\|Auditore]], impersonating a noble at the Florentine Court. Accepted as one of their own, I took on the trappings of nobility and constructed this [[Villa Auditore\|villa]] for me and my son.''

	''And then, I hunted them. I raised my son to fight, to find the Codex, and to kill Templars. Together, we would regain the honor of my wife and avenge the death of my father, two debts that would never, that could never, be repaid.''		''And then, I hunted them. I raised my son to fight, to find the Codex, and to kill Templars. Together, we would regain the honor of my wife and avenge the death of my father, two debts that would never, that could never, be repaid.''

	''To the Auditore that reads this, remember that you are not a nobleman. You are not one of the deceivers, you are one of the people. Avenge us!"'' - Domenico Auditore		''To the Auditore that reads this, remember that you are not a nobleman. You are not one of the deceivers, you are one of the people. Avenge us!''" - Domenico Auditore

	==Outcome==		==Outcome==