Battle of Forlì (DLC)

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Battle of Forlì: Machiavelli (left) and Ezio (right) protecting Caterina Sforza from the Templar Knights

Battle of Forlì is one of two downloadable content extensions for Assassin's Creed II. It comprises the first of the two "corrupted memories" of the Animus (DNA sequence 12), and was released 28 January 2010, which retailed for 320MS points on Xbox Live and $3.99/€3.99/£3.19 on the Playstation Network. It involved Niccolò Machiavelli and Caterina Sforza fighting alongside Ezio to protect a Piece of Eden from the Orsi brothers and the Templars. It contains six new missions, including an "Special Memory" of which Ezio can use the Flying Machine once more. The title suggests that the memory took place in the poorly exploited (in the main game) Forlì.

Plot summary

The Battle of Forlì'' begins as the player loads the story mode of Assassin's Creed II. Ezio is in a room with Niccolò Machiavelli, Leonardo Da Vinci, and Mario Auditore marvelling at the Piece of Eden they recovered in the previous DNA sequence. After discovering that it has great power, the group decides to seal it away in the citadel in Forlì. They dispatch Ezio to the city to consult the ruler, Caterina Sforza, but as Ezio arrives, the city is occupied by the Orsi brothers, who are working for the Templars. Ezio infiltrates the city and escorts Caterina and her bodyguards to the citadel, but it is breached. Ezio helps to stop the breach, and is successful. However, the Orsi brothers down below taunt Caterina with threats of killing her two captured children. She sends Ezio to rescue her children, and he does so, but leaves the Piece of Eden with her. While Ezio rescues the children, he assassinates one of the Orsi brothers, then returns to the citadel. Caterina and Machiavelli inform him here that the captured children were just a ploy to lead Ezio away, and with him gone, the remaining Orsi brother stole the Piece of Eden from the citadel. Ezio tracks down, chases, and kills the remaining Orsi brother, but Ezio is stabbed near-fatally while doing so. As he passes out, the retrieved Piece of Eden rolls away from him, and is picked up by a black-robed figure with a missing finger. Ezio awakens in Caterina's care, but quickly remembers that the Piece of Eden was stolen. Caterina advises him to check the churches, as his description sounds like that of a monk. Ezio is eventually led to a monk who is able to give him the name of the thief; the monk Savonarola, who currently rules Florence. The DLC ends there, as the following memory data remains corrupted.

Contents

• 6 Missions

• A Warm Welcome
• Bodyguard
• Holding the Fort
• Godfather
• Checcomate
• Far from the Tree

• Leonardo's Flying Machine available for use in Romagna

Gallery

• Ezio on horseback, striking his target.
  Ezio on horseback, striking his target.
• Ezio using the flying machine once again.
  Ezio using the flying machine once again.

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