An Apple a Day

An Apple A Day is a memory in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.

Description

After successfully infiltrating the Castel Sant'Angelo, Ezio listens to an intense argument between Cesare and Rodrigo Borgia.

During the argument, Cesare reaches out and picks up an apple from a bowl on the table. Soon after biting into it though, his sister Lucrezia bursts into the room, and tells Cesare that the apple had been poisoned.

Spitting out the apple, Cesare furiously rams the remnants of the apple into his father's mouth, killing him. In an attempt to make Cesare stop, Lucrezia tells him that she knows the location of the Apple of Eden. Cesare then assaults Lucrezia instead, demanding that the location be revealed to him.

During this time, Ezio makes his way to an open window and enters the Papal apartments, however, Cesare had already left. Obtaining the location of the Apple from Lucrezia, Ezio pursues Cesare.

Dialogue

In the Pope's quarters

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Cesare speaking with Rodrigo.

• Cesare: What has happened here?
• Rodrigo: I do not know what you mean?
• Cesare: My funds, my troops. Gone.
• Rodrigo: Financial difficulties strike all of us, even those with an army.
• Cesare: You intend to give me money?
• Rodrigo: No, I do not.
• Cesare: Then I will use the Piece of Eden to get what I want. Your help is not necessary.

Cesare picks up an apple from the table nearby and takes a bite from it.

• Rodrigo: That has been made abundantly clear to me. Are you aware that the Baron de Valois is dead?
• Cesare: No. Did you--
• Rodrigo: What reason could I possibly have to kill him? Was he plotting against me with my "brilliant," traitorous, Captain General?
• Cesare: I do not have to stand for this.
• Rodrigo: The Assassins murdered him.
• Cesare: Why did you not stop them?
• Rodrigo: As if I could. It was not my decision to attack Monteriggioni, it was yours! It is high time you took responsibility for your actions.
• Cesare: My accomplishments. Despite the constant interference of failures like you.

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Rodrigo informs Cesare that he has hidden the Apple.

Cesare walks towards the door to leave.

• Rodrigo: You are not going anywhere. I have the Piece of Eden.
• Cesare: Get out of my way, old man.
• Rodrigo: I gave you everything and yet it's never enough!

Death of the Pope

Lucrezia runs into the room and interrupts Cesare and Rodrigo.

• Lucrezia: Cesare! He intends to poison you!

Cesare tries to spit the apple he had eaten earlier.

• Rodrigo: You would not listen to reason.
• Cesare: Father. Do you not see? I control all of this. If I want to live, I live. If I want to take, I take. If I want you to die, you die!

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Cesare poisons Rodrigo.

Cesare thrusts the poisoned apple into Rodrigo's mouth. Rodrigo struggles to free himself.

• Cesare: Where is the Piece of Eden?

Lucrezia tries to stop Cesare from killing their father.

• Lucrezia: Stop! I know where it is.
• Cesare: And you did not tell me he had taken it? (He grabs her by the neck.)
• Lucrezia: Cesare... It's me... your queen.
• Cesare: You are my sister. Nothing more. Where is it?
• Lucrezia: You... never loved me?

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Cesare chokes Lucrezia.

• Cesare: Where is the Apple? Tell me.

Lucrezia spits in his face. He slaps her.

• Cesare: Tell me!

Cesare and Lucrezia

Ezio witnesses Cesare's assault on his family members, and moves to find a way into the quarters, while Cesare questions Lucrezia.

• Ezio: (to himself) All right, Cesare. I am coming through that window.
• Cesare: I want the Apple!

Lucrezia continues to cry.

• Cesare: Am I hurting you?
  Give me the Apple!
  It is mine, not yours.
  Where is the Apple?

Lucrezia gives in eventually and tells Cesare the location of the artifact.

• Cesare: Smart decision, little sister.

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Ezio lays Rodrigo to rest.

Cesare leaves to retrieve the Apple. Ezio enters the quarters through the open window and approaches Rodrigo, now lying dead on the floor.

• Ezio: Requiescat in pace. (Rest in peace.) (He closes Rodrigo's eyes.)
• Lucrezia: I know... I know where that bastard is going. San Pietro (Saint Peters)... The pavilion in the courtyard.
• Ezio: Thank you.

The Apple

Cesare locks the door on Ezio.

Ezio leaves the Pope's quarters to find the artifact. He tries to exit the Castel through the front gates, however he runs into Cesare on his way out.

• Cesare: Assassino! (Assassin!)
• Ezio: Cazzo. (Fuck.)
• Cesare: I will come for you later.

Cesare locks Ezio inside the gates. However, Ezio takes a different route, reaching the rooftop and jumping onto the ramparts to follow Cesare.

Outcome

Ezio learns the location of the Apple and races against Cesare to get to it first.

Trivia

• To achieve full synchronization, Ezio must not kill anyone.
• After the encounter with Cesare inside the Castel, Ezio cannot call in his recruits.
• When using Eagle Vision while in the same room as Rodrigo's corpse, the body will glow yellow.

Gallery

• Cesare takes a bite from the poisoned apple.
  Cesare takes a bite from the poisoned apple.
• The Pope's body lying in the middle of his chambers.
  The Pope's body lying in the middle of his chambers.

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood memories
Main memories
Sequence 1: Peace at Last
Mass Exodus - Homecoming - R & R - Horsing Around - Target Practice - Reunion - Vilified - Emergency Exit
Sequence 2: A Wilderness of Tigers
As Good As New - Well Executed - New Man in Town - Easy Come, Easy Go - Who's Got Mail? - Crepi il Lupo - The Halls of Nero - Roman Underground
Sequence 3: The Fighter, the Lover and the Thief
Double Agent - Between a Rock and a Hard Place - High-Stakes Negotiation - Collective Intelligence
Sequence 4: Den of Thieves
Castello Crasher - Femme Fatale - The Burdens We Carry - Guardian of Forlì - Man of the People - Serial Offender - Human Cargo - An Unexpected Visitor - War Plans - Outgunned - The Plan
Sequence 5: The Banker
Escape From Debt - Follow the Money - When in Rome... - In and Out - Paper Trail
Sequence 6: The Baron de Valois
Gatekeeper - French Kiss - Trojan Horse - Au Revoir
Sequence 7: The Key to the Castello
Patching the Leak - Calling All Stand-Ins - Exit Stage Right - Intervention - Ascension
Sequence 8: The Borgia
Requiem - An Apple a Day - The Apple of Eden - Demilitarization - Seeing Red - All Roads Lead To...
Sequence 9: The Fall
Pax Romana - A Seed
Secret locations
Wolves Among the Dead - Thrown to the Wolves - Leader of the Pack - The Sixth Day - A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing - Shopaholic - Liquid Gold
War machines
War Plans - Loose Cannon - War Plans - Flying Machine 2.0 - War Plans - Hell on Wheels
Templar agents
Down to Earth - Counter-Propaganda - Excommunication - Firing Line - Red-Handed - The Ringer
Cristina memories
A Second Chance - Last Rites - Best Man - Persona Non Grata - Love's Labour's Lost
Assassination contracts
Two's Company - Tactical Correction - ...And Three's a Crowd - Serf's Turf - The Three Amici - Red Letter Day - The Merchant of Rome - Bearers of Bad News - Cardinal Sin - Turning the Tables - Graduation - Brutes and Brutality
Thief assignments
Lost Pup - A Clash of Interests - Up to Speed - Class Warfare - Pointing Fingers - Eye on the Prize - Young at Heart - Downsizing - A Blanket Finish - For the Fans
Courtesan assignments
Property Dispute - Old Habits Die Hard - The Morning After - Running Scared - Live Bait - Malpractice - Closing In - Bad Politics - Troublemakers - Ghostwriting
DLC
The Da Vinci Disappearance
A Roll of the Dice - The One Who Got Away - Memento Mori - Bon Voyage - Last Minute Invite - The Ezio Auditore Affair - Decoding Da Vinci - The Temple of Pythagoras
Copernicus Conspiracy
False Censorship - Out of Orbit - Intelligentsia - Honorary Degree - Expedited Post - Man in Red - Sitting Ducks - Close the Book