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==Usage== | ==Usage== | ||
During the [[Third Crusade]], coops were located within [[Masyaf]] and the local [[Assassins' Bureau]] of each city. Messages were often sent to the [[Rafiq]] of the Bureau to inform them of [[Assassination Contract|contracts]], or the arrival of certain Assassins in their city.<ref name="AC">''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref> | During the [[Third Crusade]], coops were located within [[Masyaf]] and the local [[Assassins' Bureau]] of each city. Messages were often sent to the [[Rafiq]] of the Bureau to inform them of [[Assassination Contract|contracts]], or of the arrival of certain Assassins in their city.<ref name="AC">''[[Assassin's Creed]]''</ref> | ||
At the time of the [[Renaissance]] and Late Middle Ages, most of the contracts sent by pigeon were assigned by [[Lorenzo de' Medici]], and were executed by [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni Auditore]], and later, by his son [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]].<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref> | At the time of the [[Renaissance]] and Late Middle Ages, most of the contracts sent by pigeon were assigned by [[Lorenzo de' Medici]], and were executed by [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni Auditore]], and later, by his son [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]].<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref> | ||
[[File:The Shadow Game.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Pigeons delivering messages to Monteriggioni.]] | [[File:The Shadow Game.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Pigeons delivering messages to Monteriggioni.]] | ||
[[Mario Auditore]] also made use of pigeons in [[Monteriggioni]], though mostly to collect information gathered by | [[Mario Auditore]] also made use of pigeons in [[Monteriggioni]], though mostly to collect the information gathered by spies he sent to other cities.<ref name="Project Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''</ref> | ||
When the Assassins | When the Assassins built their brotherhood in [[Rome]], [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] managed to plant several spies in the [[House of Borgia|Borgia]] forces. These men gathered the names of important [[Templars|Templar]] figures, which were in turn delivered to Ezio Auditore through pigeon coops around Rome.<ref name="Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref> | ||
As most rooftops were restricted to civilians, allies to the Assassins were easily able to leave messages at pigeon coops, to be later picked up by members of the Order.<ref name="Project Legacy" /> | As most rooftops were restricted to civilians, allies to the Assassins were easily able to leave messages at pigeon coops, to be later picked up by members of the Order.<ref name="Project Legacy" /> | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*[[Fiora Cavazza]] | *[[Fiora Cavazza]] betrays the Templar Order and allies herself to the Assassins by waiting by a pigeon coop and speaking with a man she witnesses leaving a message in one. | ||
*[[Francesco Vecellio]] | *[[Francesco Vecellio]] sends a message to [[Giovanni Borgia]] by pigeon, though it is able to fly straight into his room, and not to a coop. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
Revision as of 10:06, 6 August 2011
Pigeon coops and the courier pigeons they housed were a means of communication used by the Assassins to trade messages and assignments.
Usage
During the Third Crusade, coops were located within Masyaf and the local Assassins' Bureau of each city. Messages were often sent to the Rafiq of the Bureau to inform them of contracts, or of the arrival of certain Assassins in their city.[1]
At the time of the Renaissance and Late Middle Ages, most of the contracts sent by pigeon were assigned by Lorenzo de' Medici, and were executed by Giovanni Auditore, and later, by his son Ezio.[2]
Mario Auditore also made use of pigeons in Monteriggioni, though mostly to collect the information gathered by spies he sent to other cities.[3]
When the Assassins built their brotherhood in Rome, Niccolò Machiavelli managed to plant several spies in the Borgia forces. These men gathered the names of important Templar figures, which were in turn delivered to Ezio Auditore through pigeon coops around Rome.[4]
As most rooftops were restricted to civilians, allies to the Assassins were easily able to leave messages at pigeon coops, to be later picked up by members of the Order.[3]
Trivia
- Fiora Cavazza betrays the Templar Order and allies herself to the Assassins by waiting by a pigeon coop and speaking with a man she witnesses leaving a message in one.
- Francesco Vecellio sends a message to Giovanni Borgia by pigeon, though it is able to fly straight into his room, and not to a coop.
Gallery
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A pigeon coop at one of the Assassins' Bureau. -
Ezio retrieving a message from a pigeon coop in Florence. -
Ezio retrieving a message from a pigeon.
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Ezio standing near a pigeon coop in Rome.
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