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'''Il Lupo''' was a member of the [[Templars|Templar Order]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy | |image = Char prowler.png | ||
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|period = [[Italy|Italian]] [[Renaissance]].<br> | |||
(16th Century) | |||
|death = 1503 | |||
|faction = [[House of Borgia]]<br>[[Templars]] | |||
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''}} | |||
{{quote|Baltasar and I created Il Lupo. He dresses as [[Assassins|his enemy]]. Wields their intricate weapons. Uses their techniques. Effective, if not perfect, imitations.|[[Fiora Cavazza]] describing Il Lupo.|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}} | |||
'''Il Lupo''' (died 1503) was a member of the [[Templars|Templar Order]], who had been trained by [[Baltasar de Silva]] and [[Fiora Cavazza]] to mimic the techniques and skills of the [[Assassins]].<ref name="ACPL">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' - [[Chapter 1 - Fiora Cavazza]]</ref> | |||
He also appears as a playable character in the multiplayer mode of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'', under the title of the [[Prowler]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref> | |||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
After | ===Serving the Borgia=== | ||
After Fiora and Baltasar had tailed and studied the Assassins for some time, they attempted to "create" their own Assassin.<ref name="ACPL" /> | |||
The two trained Il Lupo to master everything they knew about their enemies, such as their movement and assassination techniques. He also wielded his own [[Multiplayer Weapons#Switchblade|imitation]] of their iconic [[Hidden Blade]], a set of "fang-like blades" that were "clumsy but efficient," as Fiora once described.<ref name="ACPL" /> | |||
Upon finishing his training, Il Lupo was sent on missions by [[Cesare Borgia]] himself.<ref name="ACPL" /> | |||
===Death=== | |||
{{quote|With Baltasar dead, Il Lupo remains the only one who can tie me to any harm done to the Assassins.|Fiora, just before seeking out Il Lupo.|Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy}} | |||
Some time later, Fiora was betrayed by Cesare, and she joined forces with the Assassins. To hide the evidence of how much she had learned of the Assassin Order while she had worked for the Templars, Fiora planned to eliminate Il Lupo.<ref name="ACPL" /> | |||
[[File:Fair Game.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Il Lupo's final moments.]] | |||
She then left a signal on the Pasquino statue as a message to Il Lupo that she wished to meet him. They rendezvoused at the docks at sunset, where she promptly began to tell him of an "assignment" from Cesare to eliminate a target on a boat out in the harbor.<ref name="ACPL" /> | |||
Il Lupo | As Il Lupo looked towards the boat and questioned how he would be able to reach it unseen, Fiora attacked him. She cut into his back with a poisoned, [[Multiplayer Weapons#Fan|iron-tipped fan]], though Il Lupo retaliated, backhanding her and drawing his rapier. However, his efforts were in vain, and he quickly succumbed to the poison; cursing and questioning Fiora as he died.<ref name="ACPL" /> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*II Lupo | *"II Lupo" translates to "The Wolf." | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 20:03, 3 June 2011
- "Baltasar and I created Il Lupo. He dresses as his enemy. Wields their intricate weapons. Uses their techniques. Effective, if not perfect, imitations."
- ―Fiora Cavazza describing Il Lupo.[src]
Il Lupo (died 1503) was a member of the Templar Order, who had been trained by Baltasar de Silva and Fiora Cavazza to mimic the techniques and skills of the Assassins.[1]
He also appears as a playable character in the multiplayer mode of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, under the title of the Prowler.[2]
Biography
Serving the Borgia
After Fiora and Baltasar had tailed and studied the Assassins for some time, they attempted to "create" their own Assassin.[1]
The two trained Il Lupo to master everything they knew about their enemies, such as their movement and assassination techniques. He also wielded his own imitation of their iconic Hidden Blade, a set of "fang-like blades" that were "clumsy but efficient," as Fiora once described.[1]
Upon finishing his training, Il Lupo was sent on missions by Cesare Borgia himself.[1]
Death
- "With Baltasar dead, Il Lupo remains the only one who can tie me to any harm done to the Assassins."
- ―Fiora, just before seeking out Il Lupo.[src]
Some time later, Fiora was betrayed by Cesare, and she joined forces with the Assassins. To hide the evidence of how much she had learned of the Assassin Order while she had worked for the Templars, Fiora planned to eliminate Il Lupo.[1]
She then left a signal on the Pasquino statue as a message to Il Lupo that she wished to meet him. They rendezvoused at the docks at sunset, where she promptly began to tell him of an "assignment" from Cesare to eliminate a target on a boat out in the harbor.[1]
As Il Lupo looked towards the boat and questioned how he would be able to reach it unseen, Fiora attacked him. She cut into his back with a poisoned, iron-tipped fan, though Il Lupo retaliated, backhanding her and drawing his rapier. However, his efforts were in vain, and he quickly succumbed to the poison; cursing and questioning Fiora as he died.[1]
Trivia
- "II Lupo" translates to "The Wolf."