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[[File:ACBSP_2011-04-10_20-46-59-88.png|thumb|200px|A pigeon coop in the [[Caserma di Alviano]].]] | [[File:ACBSP_2011-04-10_20-46-59-88.png|thumb|200px|A pigeon coop in the [[Caserma di Alviano]].]] | ||
'''Pigeon coops''', | '''Pigeon coops''', as well as the courier pigeons they housed, were a means of communication used by the [[Assassins]] to trade messages and assignments. | ||
==Usage== | ==Usage== | ||
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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| | [[File:The Shadow Game.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Pigeons delivering messages to Monteriggioni.]] | ||
[[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> | [[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> | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*[[Fiora Cavazza]] betrays the Templar Order and allies herself to the Assassins by waiting near a pigeon coop and speaking with | *[[Fiora Cavazza]] betrays the Templar Order and allies herself to the Assassins by waiting near a pigeon coop, and speaking with a guard 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. | *[[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== | ||
<gallery position="center" bordersize="medium" captiontextcolor="#ffffff" widths="180" captionalign="center"> | <gallery position="center" bordersize="medium" captiontextcolor="#ffffff" widths="180" captionalign="center"> | ||
AC Coop.png|A pigeon coop at one of the [[ | AC Coop.png|A pigeon coop at one of the Assassins' Bureaus. | ||
PL-THE LETTER.jpg|A pair of pigeons delivering letters to [[Prague]]. | |||
Special Delivery v (2).png|Ezio retrieving a message from a pigeon coop in [[Florence]]. | Special Delivery v (2).png|Ezio retrieving a message from a pigeon coop in [[Florence]]. | ||
Ezio retrieve message from pigeon at Pigeon Coop.jpg|Ezio retrieving a message from a pigeon. | Ezio retrieve message from pigeon at Pigeon Coop.jpg|Ezio retrieving a message from a pigeon. | ||
Revision as of 11:03, 22 August 2011
Pigeon coops, as well as 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 near a pigeon coop, and speaking with a guard 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' Bureaus. -
A pair of pigeons delivering letters to Prague. -
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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