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|name = Gaspar de la Croix | |name = Gaspar de la Croix | ||
|image = Char_engineer.png | |image = Char_engineer.png | ||
|birth = 1466 | |||
|death = 1503<br>[[Rome]], [[Italy]] | |death = 1503<br>[[Rome]], [[Italy]] | ||
|period = Italian [[Renaissance]]<br>(16th Century) | |||
|faction = [[Templars]] | |faction = [[Templars]] | ||
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''<br>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''}} | |appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''<br>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''}} | ||
'''Gaspar de la Croix''' (1466 - 1503) was a master engineer, marksman and a member of the [[Templars|Templar Order]]. He was frequently used by [[Cesare Borgia]] to take down easy targets on the | |||
{{quote|Gaspar de la Croix. Engineer. Marksman. Recluse. He frightens me, but his technical skills are unprecedented.|[[Fiora Cavazza]]|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}} | |||
'''Gaspar de la Croix''' (1466 - 1503) was a master engineer, marksman and a member of the [[Templars|Templar Order]]. He was frequently used by [[Cesare Borgia]] to take down easy targets on the field at the start of a battle.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref> | |||
He also appears as a playable character in the multiplayer mode of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'', under the title of the [[Engineer]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" /> | |||
==Biography== | |||
===Working for the Borgia=== | |||
In 1503, Gaspar was visited by [[Fiora Cavazza]], who had come on Cesare's request to pick up several parts and equipment that the engineer had repaired. When she arrived at his workshop, she discovered him singing a remorseful song in French, and hesitated to interrupt him.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' - [[Chapter 1 - Fiora Cavazza]]</ref> | |||
Throughout her stay, she saw Gaspar as distant and haunted, particularly after he began asking her uncomfortable questions, such as whether she had witnessed death, and if death was driven by fate, chance or choice. Finally, as she departed, Gaspar refused to accept the payment for his services, and was left tinkering with a firearm, which he thoughtfully aimed out his front window at the passing crowd.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy" /> | |||
===Death=== | |||
Later that same year in [[Rome]], Gaspar fought to suppress a group of citizens, who had attempted to form a resistance against the [[House of Borgia|Borgia]]. He wielded his arquebus skillfully, and was able to kill many from a distance. However, when the uprising had dwindled to the last man, the [[Assassin|Assassin]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] chanced upon the scene, and sought to help them.<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" /> | |||
As Gaspar killed the final insurgent, Ezio charged the engineer, who quickly chose to flee. Eventually though, Gaspar reached a dead end, and was stabbed fatally by the Assassin's [[hidden blade]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood" /> | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
[[File:Spare Parts.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Gaspar aiming his arquebus.]] | |||
*Gaspar de la Croix fights like an [[Arquebusier]]. | *Gaspar de la Croix fights like an [[Arquebusier]]. | ||
*"De la Croix" is of French origin and means "from the cross" | *"De la Croix" is of French origin and means "from the cross," a reference to his affiliation with the Templars. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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{{ACBH}} | {{ACBH}} | ||
Revision as of 18:46, 21 April 2011
- "Gaspar de la Croix. Engineer. Marksman. Recluse. He frightens me, but his technical skills are unprecedented."
- ―Fiora Cavazza[src]
Gaspar de la Croix (1466 - 1503) was a master engineer, marksman and a member of the Templar Order. He was frequently used by Cesare Borgia to take down easy targets on the field at the start of a battle.[1]
He also appears as a playable character in the multiplayer mode of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, under the title of the Engineer.[1]
Biography
Working for the Borgia
In 1503, Gaspar was visited by Fiora Cavazza, who had come on Cesare's request to pick up several parts and equipment that the engineer had repaired. When she arrived at his workshop, she discovered him singing a remorseful song in French, and hesitated to interrupt him.[2]
Throughout her stay, she saw Gaspar as distant and haunted, particularly after he began asking her uncomfortable questions, such as whether she had witnessed death, and if death was driven by fate, chance or choice. Finally, as she departed, Gaspar refused to accept the payment for his services, and was left tinkering with a firearm, which he thoughtfully aimed out his front window at the passing crowd.[2]
Death
Later that same year in Rome, Gaspar fought to suppress a group of citizens, who had attempted to form a resistance against the Borgia. He wielded his arquebus skillfully, and was able to kill many from a distance. However, when the uprising had dwindled to the last man, the Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze chanced upon the scene, and sought to help them.[1]
As Gaspar killed the final insurgent, Ezio charged the engineer, who quickly chose to flee. Eventually though, Gaspar reached a dead end, and was stabbed fatally by the Assassin's hidden blade.[1]
Trivia
- Gaspar de la Croix fights like an Arquebusier.
- "De la Croix" is of French origin and means "from the cross," a reference to his affiliation with the Templars.
References
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