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[[File:Godfather 2.png|thumb|250px|left|Checco and Ludovico threatening Ezio and Caterina]]
[[File:Godfather 2.png|thumb|250px|left|Checco and Ludovico threatening Ezio and Caterina]]
In 1488, Caterina hired the Orsi brothers, [[Checco Orsi|Checco]] and [[Ludovico Orsi|Ludovico]], to [[Assassination|assassinate]] Riario. At the time, Riario had joined the [[Roman Rite of the Templar Order|Italian Templars]] and had been developing a map of the fabled scattered [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex|Codex]] pages' purported locations.<ref name="A Warm Welcome">''Assassin's Creed II'' – ''[[Battle of Forlì (DLC)|Battle of Forlì]]'' – [[A Warm Welcome]]</ref>
In 1488, Caterina hired the Orsi brothers, [[Checco Orsi|Checco]] and [[Ludovico Orsi|Ludovico]], to [[Assassination|assassinate]] Riario. At the time, Riario had joined the [[Roman Rite of the Templar Order|Italian Templars]] and had been developing a map of the fabled scattered [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex|Codex]] pages' purported locations.<ref name="A Warm Welcome">''Assassin's Creed II – [[Battle of Forlì (DLC)|Battle of Forlì]]'' – [[A Warm Welcome]]</ref>


Later, in July 1488, Ezio returned to Forlì along with [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], intending to make the city's castle [[Rocca di Ravaldino]] a haven for the [[Apple of Eden 6|Apple of Eden]] he had obtained from [[Rodrigo Borgia]]. However, before the Apple could be secured, the Orsi brothers, working on behalf of the [[House of Borgia|Borgia]], seized not only Forlì,<ref name="A Warm Welcome" /> but also Caterina's two young children, [[Bianca Riario|Bianca]] and [[Ottaviano Riario|Ottaviano]]. The Orsi brothers held them as hostages, intending to trade the children for the Apple.<ref name="Godfather">''Assassin's Creed II'' – ''Battle of Forlì'' – [[Godfather]]</ref>
Later, in July 1488, Ezio returned to Forlì along with [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], intending to make the city's castle [[Rocca di Ravaldino]] a haven for the [[Apple of Eden 6|Apple of Eden]] he had obtained from [[Rodrigo Borgia]]. However, before the Apple could be secured, the Orsi brothers, working on behalf of the [[House of Borgia|Borgia]], seized not only Forlì,<ref name="A Warm Welcome" /> but also Caterina's two young children, [[Bianca Riario|Bianca]] and [[Ottaviano Riario|Ottaviano]]. The Orsi brothers held them as hostages, intending to trade the children for the Apple.<ref name="Godfather">''Assassin's Creed II – Battle of Forlì'' – [[Godfather]]</ref>


During the battle, Caterina was forced to order the [[cannon]]s to fire at Orsi forces inside the town walls. As a result, parts of the city were destroyed.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''</ref> Meanwhile, Ezio was able to save the Sforza children and slay Ludovico Orsi easily<ref name="Godfather" /> but was badly wounded while retrieving the Apple, after being stabbed by a dagger wielded by Checco Orsi. Despite his injuries, Ezio was able to kill Checco as well,<ref name="Checcomate">''Assassin's Creed II'' – ''Battle of Forlì'' – [[Checcomate]]</ref> but later succumbed and fainted on the roadside. In the confusion that ensued, a black-robed [[monk]] stole the Apple still clutched in Ezio's hand.<ref name="Checcomate" />
During the battle, Caterina was forced to order the [[cannon]]s to fire at Orsi troops inside the town walls. As a result, parts of the city were destroyed.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''</ref> Meanwhile, Ezio was able to save the Sforza children and slay Ludovico easily<ref name="Godfather" /> but Checco used the distraction to launch another attack and steal the Apple. Ezio went to recover the artifact and was badly wounded when Checco stabbed him with a [[Short blade|dagger]]. Despite his injury, Ezio also killed Checco and reclaimed the artifact but later succumbed to blood loss and fainted on the roadside. In the confusion that ensued, a black-robed [[monk]] stole the Apple still clutched in Ezio's hand.<ref name="Checcomate">''Assassin's Creed II – Battle of Forlì'' – [[Checcomate]]</ref>


[[File:Checcomate 6.png|thumb|250px|Caterina treating an injured Ezio]]
[[File:Checcomate 6.png|thumb|250px|Caterina treating an injured Ezio]]

Revision as of 05:45, 15 August 2025

"Take it to Forlì. The citadel's walls are protected by cannons and our ally controls it."
―Mario Auditore about Forlì, 1488.[src]-[m]

Forlì is an Italian city located in the region of Romagna and the capital of the province of Forlì-Cesena. During the Renaissance, it was the site of an eponymous battle, the Battle of Forlì.

History

Early development

Forlì's immediate surroundings contain evidence of early human habitation in the form of flint knapping fragments from the nearby Ca' Belvedere di Monte Poggiolo that date to around 798,000 BCE in the Paleolithic era,[1] though this is hardly evidence of the later industrial city being properly "founded" as the Assassin historian Shaun Hastings once sarcastically commented.[2][3]

Forlì's name is derived from the Romans, who built the city named "Forum Livii" in 188 BCE along the Via Aemilia, one of several roads they laid after pacifying the local Gauls as part of the regular Roman–Gallic wars. After the Roman rule, it went from Lombard hands into church control. It became an independent republic in 889, infuriating the Vatican, which spent the next 400 years trying to regain control over the city.[2]

Middle Ages and early Renaissance

Along with Rome's constant machinations, Forlì faced a steady stream of Goth, Byzantine, Lombard, and Frank marauders for the next few centuries. In addition, it faced annual flooding, which was finally brought under control by diverting nearby rivers away from the city center in 1050.[2]

Forlì became a military dictatorship at the end of the 13th century and power was then was passed to the Ordelaffi family. In 1480, with the Ordelaffi fighting amongst themselves over the chain of succession, Pope Sixtus IV stepped in and gave the city to his nephew, Girolamo Riario.[2] In 1481, the Italian Assassin Ezio Auditore visited Forlì while en route to Venice with Leonardo da Vinci. During the visit, Ezio rescued the countess Caterina Sforza, Riario's wife, from a small island[4] where Riario had intentionally stranded her.[5]

Battle of Forlì

Main article: Battle of Forlì
Checco and Ludovico threatening Ezio and Caterina

In 1488, Caterina hired the Orsi brothers, Checco and Ludovico, to assassinate Riario. At the time, Riario had joined the Italian Templars and had been developing a map of the fabled scattered Codex pages' purported locations.[6]

Later, in July 1488, Ezio returned to Forlì along with Niccolò Machiavelli, intending to make the city's castle Rocca di Ravaldino a haven for the Apple of Eden he had obtained from Rodrigo Borgia. However, before the Apple could be secured, the Orsi brothers, working on behalf of the Borgia, seized not only Forlì,[6] but also Caterina's two young children, Bianca and Ottaviano. The Orsi brothers held them as hostages, intending to trade the children for the Apple.[7]

During the battle, Caterina was forced to order the cannons to fire at Orsi troops inside the town walls. As a result, parts of the city were destroyed.[8] Meanwhile, Ezio was able to save the Sforza children and slay Ludovico easily[7] but Checco used the distraction to launch another attack and steal the Apple. Ezio went to recover the artifact and was badly wounded when Checco stabbed him with a dagger. Despite his injury, Ezio also killed Checco and reclaimed the artifact but later succumbed to blood loss and fainted on the roadside. In the confusion that ensued, a black-robed monk stole the Apple still clutched in Ezio's hand.[9]

Caterina treating an injured Ezio

Following the battle, Caterina nursed Ezio back to health at the Palazzo Communale.[9] Ezio learned from Darby O'Callahan and the monks of the Abbey of San Mercuriale that the thief was a Dominican friar by the name of Girolamo Savonarola,[10] whom Ezio eventually tracked down and killed in Florence, thus once again obtaining the Apple.[11]

After the battle, Forlì fell solely in the hands of Caterina, who fought to prevent the Vatican from re-taking control.[12] Ultimately, however, Cesare Borgia conquered Forli by taking the wider Romagna region,[13] and had Caterina captured during the siege of Monteriggioni[14] and brought to the Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome as a prisoner.[15] With Ezio's help,[16] the Countess escaped confinement,[17] but she was exiled to Florence, where she died of pneumonia within the decade.[12] With Cesare having taken the land for the Papacy, his death in 1507 during his siege of the Spanish town Viana[18] meant that Forlì returned to Church possession despite Ottaviano's attempts to reclaim it from Pope Julius II.[19]

Modern times

In 2012, Abstergo Industries used Forlì as a simulated training location during the first stage of their Animi Training Program. The simulation depicted the Abbazia di San Mercuriale and the surrounding area, which contained mostly housing, some of it in poor state, as well as plenty of market stalls. Forlì's streets were mostly spacious and long, with little alleyways connecting the more open areas, of which one was dedicated to the keeping of horses, with several stables present, as well as haystacks and watering troughs. Due to the low tide, the city drains were empty of water, turning one of the city's wells into a possible escape route. Forlì was not programmed to have aesthetic variations. As a result, it could only be used during the day.[20]

In 2016, Abstergo's subsidiary Abstergo Entertainment reused Forlì as a simulated location for their Identity Project. Like most of the simulated locations in the Project, Forlì had two aesthetic variations, and as such, could be utilized during a siege or at dusk.[21]

Behind the scenes

In Assassin's Creed II, Forlì is depicted as being directly on the coastline. In reality, it is several kilometers away from any large bodies of water. Forlì also serves as the main setting of Assassin's Creed: Identity's downloadable expansion Forlì – A Crimson Sunset, which depicts an alternate version of the Battle of Forlì. However, since this version of the conflict is set after the Siege of Monteriggioni and is drastically different from the one seen in Assassin's Creed II, it is considered non-canon.

Gallery

Appearances

References

  1. ↑ Peretto, Carlo (January/February 2006). "The first peopling of southern Europe: the Italian case", Comptes Rendus Palevol, 5(1–2). Paris, National Museum of Natural History. pg. 283–290. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crpv.2005.11.006. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Assassin's Creed II – Database: Forlì
  3. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Identity – Forlì – A Crimson Sunset – Database: Forlì
  4. ↑ Assassin's Creed II – Tutti a Bordo
  5. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Renaissance
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Assassin's Creed II – Battle of Forlì – A Warm Welcome
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Assassin's Creed II – Battle of Forlì – Godfather
  8. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Renaissance
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Assassin's Creed II – Battle of Forlì – Checcomate
  10. ↑ Assassin's Creed II – Battle of Forlì – Far From the Tree
  11. ↑ Assassin's Creed II – Bonfire of the Vanities – Mob Justice
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Assassin's Creed II – Database: Caterina Sforza
  13. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – New Man in Town
  14. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Vilified
  15. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Castello Crasher
  16. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Femme Fatale
  17. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – The Burdens We Carry
  18. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Pax Romana
  19. ↑ Ottaviano Riario on Wikipedia
  20. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Multiplayer
  21. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Identity – Contracts

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