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[[File:Zw-thesmuggler.png|thumb]]'''Lia de Russo''' (1476 - 1503) was a [[Templar]] agent who engaged in smuggling and human trafficking, operating out of the Antique Baths in [[Rome]]'s [[Campagna district]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>
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{{Quote|I try to make conversation. She is uninterested. She hands me some blood-stained relic and smiles.|Fiora Cavazza meeting with Lia.|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy|Rome: Chapter 1 – Fiora Cavazza}}
{{Character Infobox
| image = The Smuggler HQ Render.png
| birth = 1476
| death = August 1503 {{c|aged 27}}<br>[[Rome]], {{Wiki|Papal States}}
| species = [[Human]]
| database = [[Database: Lia de Russo|Lia de Russo]]
| affiliates = [[Templars]]
*[[Roman Rite of the Templar Order|Italian Rite]]
[[House of Borgia]]
}}
'''Lia de Russo''' (1476 – 1503) was a smuggler of rare artifacts, who operated out of various bases in [[Rome]], such as the [[Terme di Caracalla]] in the [[Campagna District]]. She was also a [[Templars|Templar]] agent working for [[Cesare Borgia]].
 
In 2012, her [[Genetic memory|genetic memories]] were used as an [[Animi Avatars (first stage)|Animi Avatar]] by the Templar company [[Abstergo Industries]], for the [[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood|first stage]] of training for their [[Animus]] recruits, under the title of the [[Smuggler (Animi Avatar)|Smuggler]].


==Biography==
==Biography==
Lia de Russo worked for [[Cesare Borgia]], supplying him with various rare objects and contraband. Some time between 1500 and 1503, she was visited by [[Fiora Cavazza]] on Cesare's behalf and she was given some objects by order of Cesare.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />
===Serving the Borgia===
[[File:Liacorridor.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Lia's Death]]
Between 1497 and 1503, Lia worked for Cesare Borgia, supplying him with various rare objects and contraband. These objects were usually picked up by [[Fiora Cavazza]], who worked as an envoy for Cesare.<ref name="Project Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' – [[Rome: Chapter 1 – Fiora Cavazza]]</ref>
In 1503, a civilian informed the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] of Lia's activities when she murdered his wife Monica, who had refused to leave her shop. Ezio sought out Lia in the Baths of Caracalla, chased her down and killed her using his hidden blade.
 
On one such occasion, Fiora followed Lia into a shop that the smuggler had claimed as one of her storehouses. Fiora noted that it "smelled of death," and that she would not be surprised to find the shop owner's body somewhere. The items Lia gathered for Cesare varied from random objects to priceless treasures, though she always insisted on being paid and tipped properly for her services.<ref name="Project Legacy" />
 
===Death===
{{Quote|Stop chasing me! Figlio di troia! Who sent you?|Lia, as she is pursued by Ezio Auditore.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood|Red-Handed}}
In 1503, Lia took a contract to kill a young shopkeeper named Monica, who had refused to close her store when the Borgia declared jurisdiction over the area it was located in. The [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] later came across Monica's grieving fiancé, and after hearing the details from him, decided to seek out Lia.<ref name="Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[Red-Handed]]</ref>
 
Ezio soon found Lia at the [[Baths of Caracalla]], standing over the body of her latest kill. However, once she caught sight of him, she fled immediately, yelling at him as he pursued her. In time though, the Assassin caught up to her, and ended her life with his [[Hidden Blade]].<ref name="Brotherhood" />


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Lia's weapons and attire resembled that of the Assassins, as well as [[Il Lupo]].
*Unlike her counterpart in the [[Animi Training Program]], Lia lacked both her cape and her inverted Hidden Blade in the single-player campaign.
*Lia was the first female character killed by Ezio Auditore, and one of four ever killed by him in the [[Assassin's Creed (series)|series]]; with the others being [[Seraphina]], [[Lysistrata]], and [[Mirela Djuric]].
==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" widths="180">
ACB Lia de Russo - Concept Art.jpg|Concept art of Lia
Go-To Girl.jpg|Lia in Rome
ACRec Card Pic Lia de Russo.png|Lia's card in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Recollection]]''
Red-Handed 2.png|Ezio assassinating Lia
Red-Handed 3.png|Lia's final moments
</gallery>


*Lia de Russo resembles the Assassins and also Il Lupo (Prowler), as they all have their own version of the hidden blade and a hooded cloak.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" />
==Appearances==
*While Lia uses a sort of [[Hidden Blade]] as her weapon, she wears it on the back of her hand instead of inside it, as the Assassins do.
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' {{1st}}
*She is the only female target ever assassinated by Ezio. She and Christiana Vespucci are the only females ever killed in Assassin's Creed.
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''
*Though she may have a Hidden Blade in the multiplayer, in the single player the Hidden Blade is not seen.
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Recollection]]''
*Interesting enough, Lia can easily be killed in single player by simply positioning Ezio on the roof where she would first climb up. Regardless of Ezio's presence, she will continue to climb up the same roof.
*Unlike multiplayer, she has no cape in singleplayer.
*Her name may be based off two English words, liar and ruse.
*Curiously, her name literally translates to Leah of Russell/Russian.
[[Video:Assassin's Creed Brotherhood Templar Agents Memory 05 |thumb|380px|left|Lia's Death]]


==References==
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Latest revision as of 16:37, 11 May 2026

"I try to make conversation. She is uninterested. She hands me some blood-stained relic and smiles."
―Fiora Cavazza meeting with Lia.[src]-[m]

Lia de Russo (1476 – 1503) was a smuggler of rare artifacts, who operated out of various bases in Rome, such as the Terme di Caracalla in the Campagna District. She was also a Templar agent working for Cesare Borgia.

In 2012, her genetic memories were used as an Animi Avatar by the Templar company Abstergo Industries, for the first stage of training for their Animus recruits, under the title of the Smuggler.

Biography[edit | edit source]

Serving the Borgia[edit | edit source]

Between 1497 and 1503, Lia worked for Cesare Borgia, supplying him with various rare objects and contraband. These objects were usually picked up by Fiora Cavazza, who worked as an envoy for Cesare.[1]

On one such occasion, Fiora followed Lia into a shop that the smuggler had claimed as one of her storehouses. Fiora noted that it "smelled of death," and that she would not be surprised to find the shop owner's body somewhere. The items Lia gathered for Cesare varied from random objects to priceless treasures, though she always insisted on being paid and tipped properly for her services.[1]

Death[edit | edit source]

"Stop chasing me! Figlio di troia! Who sent you?"
―Lia, as she is pursued by Ezio Auditore.[src]-[m]

In 1503, Lia took a contract to kill a young shopkeeper named Monica, who had refused to close her store when the Borgia declared jurisdiction over the area it was located in. The Assassin Ezio Auditore later came across Monica's grieving fiancé, and after hearing the details from him, decided to seek out Lia.[2]

Ezio soon found Lia at the Baths of Caracalla, standing over the body of her latest kill. However, once she caught sight of him, she fled immediately, yelling at him as he pursued her. In time though, the Assassin caught up to her, and ended her life with his Hidden Blade.[2]

Trivia[edit | edit source]

  • Lia's weapons and attire resembled that of the Assassins, as well as Il Lupo.
  • Unlike her counterpart in the Animi Training Program, Lia lacked both her cape and her inverted Hidden Blade in the single-player campaign.
  • Lia was the first female character killed by Ezio Auditore, and one of four ever killed by him in the series; with the others being Seraphina, Lysistrata, and Mirela Djuric.

Gallery[edit | edit source]

Appearances[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy – Rome: Chapter 1 – Fiora Cavazza
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Red-Handed

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