Micheletto Corella

Micheletto Corella (1470 - ?) was a condottiero, and a member of the Templar Order. He was also, at one point, the governor of Piombino.

Biography

Early life

Micheletto Corella was born in Valencia, Spain, but grew up in Rome, Italy. He was a childhood friend of Cesare Borgia, and would later become his protector.

Serving the Borgia

Micheletto would go on to serve the Borgia for the rest of his life, Cesare particularly. He became Cesare's personal executioner, killing any who stood in Cesare's way. He also became a condottiero and the governor of Piombino for a short time.

Siege of Monteriggioni

In January 1500, Micheletto accompanied Cesare to lay siege to Monteriggioni in order to bring down the Auditore and acquire the Apple of Eden. They went home victorious with the Apple and Mario Auditore's life taken.

Murders

Many of Micheletto's murders went unrecorded, though a few managed to be kept known throughout the years.

On 18 August 1500, Alfonso of Aragon, the husband of Cesare's sister Lucrezia Borgia was killed by Micheletto on Cesare's order, as the latter was jealous of Alfonso.

In 1502, Micheletto killed Giulio Cesare da Varano and three of his sons in order for Cesare to be able to take over Camerino.

Micheletto killed Astorre III Manfredi, the Lord of Faenza, on 9 June 1502 inside the Castel Sant'Angelo.

On 31 December 1502, Micheletto simultaneously strangled Oliverotto da Fermo and Vitellozzo Vitelli for conspiring against Cesare.

On New Year's Eve of 1503, Cesare ordered the arrest of all his top captains that had once left his ranks and later rejoined; two of which were strangled back to back by Micheletto. The rest were thrown in prison.

Teaching Giovanni

At times between 1500 and 1503, Micheletto was left to guard and teach Giovanni Borgia, Cesare's adoptive son and Lucrezia's biological child. He attempted to instruct Giovanni to be tough and merciless, strangling an old man who was talking with Giovanni and beating him. Instead, Giovanni grew to hate Micheletto, which became one of the reasons for him to leave home.

Final tasks

Francesco Troche being killed by Micheletto.

In August 1503, not long after the death of Octavian de Valois, Micheletto accompanied Cesare to a meeting with Francesco Troche, who had told his brother Egidio of Cesare's plans for Romagna. Egidio had sent letters to the ambassador of Venice to warn him, though these letters were intercepted. Francesco attempted to have Cesare spare his life, but he was ultimately strangled to death by Micheletto, and his body was thrown in the Tiber River.

Micheletto then continued on to meet with some Borgia guards, giving them costumes with which they could infiltrate the Colosseum Passion Play to kill Pietro Rossi, Lucrezia's latest lover. Unbeknownst to him, he was being followed by the Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze, who had sent his apprentices to take down all the aforementioned guards, and steal the costumes they had been given.

Ezio continued to follow Micheletto to the Colosseum, where he took down all the Borgia arquebusiers posted there. Donning his own costume, Ezio followed Micheletto onstage, where they both joined the play. As soon as Ezio came close to Micheletto, he attacked him with his hidden blade. However, Ezio did not finish him off, saying that Micheletto would bring himself down by aiding Cesare.

Cesare later killed his father, Pope Alexander VI, after the latter attempted to poison Cesare. As a result, the Borgias' influence over Rome was gone and Cesare became powerless. Cesare sent Micheletto to gather an army to take back Rome, though he never arrived and instead, Cesare was captured by the Papal Guard. Micheletto fled Rome, though he was later captured on the order of Pope Julius II.

Final words

(As Ezio attempts to stab Micheletto, he laughs.)

Micheletto: You cannot save Pietro. The wine he drank was poisoned. As I promised Cesare, I made doubly sure. (Ezio gets up and leaves him.) I am not yet dead.

Ezio: I did not come here to kill you. He who is the cause of someone else becoming powerful is the agent of his own destruction.

Trivia

• In the the mobile phone version of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Micheletto was called Michelotto.
• Upon "assassinating" Micheletto, he is wearing his Passion play costume; however, when he is saying his "final words", he is wearing his ordinary clothes.
• During Micheletto's "final" words, Ezio will hold up his right Hidden Blade to Micheletto's throat, regardless of whether the player had purchased the second blade from Leonardo.
• In the novelization of Brotherhood, Micheletto helps Cesare escape. However, he later feels that he is being mistreated, and attempts to kill his master. He fails, however, and is instead shot in the face and maimed by Cesare's gun.
• Ezio's last statement to Micheletto before fetching Pietro Rossi, can be found in Chapter 3 of Machiavelli's The Prince, albeit more explained.