Liberation of Rome

Following the events of Assassin's Creed II leading on to the siege of Monteriggioni, Ezio travels to Rome to once more seek revenge on the Borgia. Rome under the Borgia influence has become decrepit, decaying under the oppresion and corruption. The people are starved and scared, fearing for their lives. Ezio needs to make the people believe again. His mission is not just about destroying the Borgias; it is, more importantly, bringing the ideas and beliefs of the Renaissance to Rome. If he fails, then all of Rome will fall.

Recruiting the Rebels

Ezio knew he was going to need help if he was to defeat the Borgia. So, upon arriving in Rome, he began saving rebellious citizens who were being bullied by Borgia guards. After being rescued, they knelt down to Ezio and swore their allegiance to the Assassin cause. Ezio then sent them to Niccolo Machiavelli, another fellow Assassin, where they would become Assassins themselves.

The Borgia Influence

Rome was under the iron fist of the Borgia. The people were scared and living miserably, and were being constantly bullied by Papal guards as well as the occasional highwayman or bandit. The Borgia kept control over the five districts in Rome using towers, that were guarded by it's leader and group of guards. The tower prevented shops from re-opening, making the districts dull and decrepid. There was a strong military presence in Rome, as the Borgia had the Papal armies at their command. Papal guards constantly bullied and harassed the people, scaring and terrifying them into submission. Rome under the Borgias was a police state, and the people of Rome had begun to lose all hope.

Liberation

Ezio started with the Borgia towers. In order to free the districts, the towers had to fall. First, Ezio had to find the tower leader, kill him, and make his way to the top of the tower and blow it up with the barrels of gunpowder that were there. With each tower destroyed, shops started to re-open, the less Papal guards occupied the districts, the city's streets and renovations improved, and Ezio would also get to recruit more Apprentices with the towers destroyed. Borgia flags are scattered across Rome, to show that the Borgia control that area; by collecting the flags, the Borgia lose more of their control over the people. Soon Rome begins to change and rebuild and the people grow confident that the Borgia have less and less control over their lives.