Ezio Auditore da Firenze

Ezio Auditore di Firenze is to be the protagonist of Assassin's Creed II. He is an ancestor of Desmond and a descendant of Altaïr.

Biography

Assassin's Creed: Lineage

Ezio in Lineage playing chess with his brother Federico. He is portrayed by Devon Bostick.

Ezio is a young nobleman, son of Giovanni Auditore, an Assassin. Though he is not aware of his father's true profession.

He has slight skills at playing chess, and he is "learning fast" according to his mother (though he lost against his older brother, Federico).

Background

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Young Ezio trying to kill the ones who murdered his father after attending powerless to his execution.

Ezio is a young Florentine nobleman who lives in Florence during the 15th century. Unlike Altaïr, he is a seducer, and he easily blends with any social classes. He has an affluent lifestyle and many friends until a life-changing event. He and his family are betrayed, victims of a conspiracy that takes his father's and brother's life.

From that day, Ezio is considered as a criminal and a traitor, and has to protect his mother and his sister. He becomes an assassin to accomplish his vengeance against the ones responsible for the tragedy that befell him and his family (it is likely that those men are Templars(see the last shot of Lineage Part II - The swords are lain down in the shape of the Templar symbol)). Ezio is helped not only by his uncle Mario, but also Leonardo da Vinci

who becomes his best friend

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Ezio conversing with Lorenzo de Medici

 and his personal engineer, as well as Niccolò Machiavelli and other famous Renaissance figures.

Ezio will travel across Italy to various locations like Venice, Tuscany and Rome. We will live a large period of Ezio's life through the game, from his youth to when he becomes an old Master Assassin. In Assassin's Creed II, we will be playing approximately 27 years of his life from 1476 to 1503.

Equipment

It has been announced that Ezio will be able to use a variety of weapons including two hidden blades, allowing him to eliminate two enemies simultaneously. He can also steal (and use) several enemy weapons such as axes, hammers, maces, spears, halberds and two different sword types (one- and two-handed). Ezio will be able to use Da Vinci's flying machine in some parts of the game, gaining altitude from fires set throughout the city by his allies. Ezio will gain many upgrades from Da Vinci on his wrist gauntlet like a small pistol of some sort (most likely an early wheel lock firearm) concealed near his left hidden blade, or a poison needle. Ezio is said to possess the ability to use Eagle Vision while moving. He can visit Blacksmiths to purchase weapons and armors including Helmschmeid and Metal Plate, or tailors to customize the colors of his clothing.

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Master Assassin Ezio assassinating two guards at once.

Trivia

• The Italian name 'Ezio' derives from the Greek word 'Aetos', which means "Eagle", similar to Altaïr whose name means "The Flying One".
• Unlike Altaïr (who had his ring finger removed to make way for the Hidden Blade), Ezio has all ten fingers (as evidenced by the fact he wears a ring -either a signet or wedding ring- marked with the Assassin's symbol). This may be made possible by a newer Hidden Blade (created by da Vinci), placed further from the palm.
• Ezio uses a wheel lock firearm, a type of weapon that Europe didn't start developing until the very late 1400's and early 1500's, making this weapon most likely one of the very first of its type to appear in Europe, thus many people may not know what the weapon is in game. The earliest firearms were single shot and took time to reload, so will most likely be only used as a last resort weapon. Also note that Da Vinci created some of the first modern wheel lock pistols, so this could be a shortened version of one.
• Ezio's face in Assassin's Creed II seems to be a mixture of Desmond's (Francisco Randez) and Devon Bostick's from Lineage.