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| [[File:Venice Hunt 1.jpg|thumb|250px|Ezio at the Carnevale celebration]] | | [[File:Constant.png|thumb]] |
| The '''Carnevale''' was an annual event held in [[Venice]], [[Italy]] known for the extravagant costumes and decorated [[wikipedia:Venetian masks|masks]]. Believed to have started in 1162, it became an official tradition in the [[Renaissance]].<ref name="wiki">Wikipedia article on the Carnival of Venice</ref> | | The''' Constantine District''' was one of the four major districts of [[Constantinople]] during the [[Renaissance]]. Home to the city's poorest, it was full of ramshackle wooden buildings with highly mismatched rooftops. Amid the housing stood potent reminders of the city's opulent past, such as the [[Valens Aqueduct]]. The majority of the Byzantine guards that patrolled the streets of Constantinople thrived here in the Constantine district. |
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| [[Civilians]] and noblemen celebrated the festival playing games and competitions in the fair and involving in various activities such as dancing and watching entertainers and performers in the streets and city squares. The environment was vibrant with people garbing in colorful, unique dresses and different dominoes and masks, with fireworks also being an integral component of the festival.
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| | ACR Constantin District Art.jpg|Concept art |
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| ==History== | | ==Source== |
| In 1486, after failing to save the [[Giovanni Mocenigo|Doge of Venice]] from a [[Templars|Templar]]-plot led by [[Rodrigo Borgia]], [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] returned to the workshop of [[Leonardo da Vinci]] in order to seek his assistance after being falsely accused of murder of the Doge instead of the actual murdurer [[Carlo Grimaldi]], whom Ezio had dispatched only moments later after the incident. Leonardo tried to lift Ezio's mood by telling him that the time for Carnevale had arrived and since everybody wore masks, hiding his identity would not be a problem. Borrowing a mask from Leonardo to remain undetected, Ezio went to the [[Dorsoduro district]] to met with [[Antonio de Magianis]] at a [[Teodora Contanto]]'s brothel as directed by Leonardo.
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| At the brothel, after gaining Teodora's trust by killing the murderer of one of her [[Courtesan|employees]], she informed Ezio that the new Templar-appointed Doge [[Marco Barbarigo]] would leave the [[Palazzo Ducale]] that very same night, in order to host a party he'd thrown himself. But in order to enter the party, Ezio would have to get hold of a [[Golden Mask]], which could not be forged as each one of them were numbered.
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| [[File:RRU 4.png|thumb|200px|Ezio winning a contest.]]
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| Ezio then went to the gaming section of the Carnevale, where four games were being held, with the Golden Mask being the prize for the winner. Ezio participated in and won all the four games, but the game conductor was bribed by [[Silvio Barbarigo]], who along with [[Dante Moro]] had been watching these events unfold from amongst the crowd, to award the Golden Mask to Dante.
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| But the Assassins made a plan to steal the Golden Mask from Dante and enter the party. Ezio managed to [[pickpocket]] the mask from Dante's personnel and hence gained a way to enter the party.<ref name="ACII">[[Assassin's Creed II]]</ref>
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| [[File:Persona-non-grata-memory.png|thumb|left|200px|Leonardo informing Ezio of Cristina's presence in the Carnevale]]
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| While on the way to the party, Ezio met Leonardo who informed that [[Cristina Vespucci]] was in Venice for the Carnevale, along with her husband [[Manfredo Soderini]]. Ezio, planning to chance a meeting with Cristina, wrote a letter summoning her to meet him in an alleyway. Mistaking Ezio to be her husband, Cristina and Ezio kissed. However, when she discovered it was Ezio, she pushed him away angrily, stating incredulously that she hadn't seen him in eight years. As Ezio attempted to explain himself, Cristina interrupted him by saying that she had loved him, and not her fiance, all those years ago, yet he had abandoned her to be married. She coldly said that his chance had passed, and told him to never look for her again.<ref name="ACB">[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]] - [[Cristina Memories]] - [[Persona Non Grata]]</ref>
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| [[File:HaB_8.png|thumb|200px|Ezio killing Marco at the party.]]
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| After his meeting with Cristina, Ezio resumed his way to the party. Ezio managed to enter the party, however Dante arrived moments later to alert guards of Ezio's presence. Managing to avoid guards, Ezio waited until Marco came out of his cabin on the nearby ship to deliver a speech. Ezio then killed Marco, using his recently acquired [[Hidden Gun|hidden gun]], managing to time his shot with the firework explosions.<ref name="ACII"/>
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| ==Trivia==
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| *Even after the events of the Carnevale, the citizens will continue to celebrate it for the remainder of the game, albeit without fireworks, in the district of Dorsoduro.
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| *Ezio cannot change outfits during the Carnevale.
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| ==Gallery==
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| Carnevale_in_venezia.jpg|Citizens dancing at Carnevale.
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| CNP_9.png|Silvio Barbarigo holding the Golden Mask.
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| NtW_5.png|The game announcer addressing the crowd in the Carnevale.
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| Zw-carnevale-cape-2.png|Ezio's Carnevale [[Assassin's Creed II Outfits|cape]].
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| 1202207-colorful.png|Fireworks on display during the Carnevale.
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| </center></gallery>
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| ==Reference==
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