Rome: Chapter 2 – Giovanni Borgia

Chapter 2 of the Rome Pack of the Facebook game, Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy.

In-Game Introduction Video

The DDS is going to try to synchronize you with the memories of a child. This may be confusing for you at first, as you will lose your ability to convey complex thought, but your mind should quickly adapt. The truth behind the real parents of Giovanni Borgia, the "Child of Rome," has long baffled historians. But even more perplexing is Giovanni's insignificant life that followed. How does one stand right in the center of the hurricane and remain untouched? Your task is to learn what history has hidden from us.

Nature Versus Nurture

Papa tells me that Roma is not safe for me. He says people want to hurt me. They want to hurt our family. When I ask him why, he says because they know we are better than they are. He says our family must stay together. They will teach me to be strong.

Might

Might

Requirements: 24 AP (per execution), 5 Papal Guards, 10 Arquebusiers, 2 Training Weapons, 15 Roman Sentries, 5 Followers of Romulus.

Rewards: 49 XP, 624 florins.

Papà teaches me how to fight with a wooden sword. He says one day I will use a real one and I need to be good at it. He plays too rough! Sometimes I think he will hurt me.

• Papà yells at me for dragging the sword on the ground. I tell him I am sorry but he tells me to pay attention, not to be sorry.
• He tells me to hold up my sword. I hold it up and he hits it with his. My sword flies out of my hand. He is angry again.
• I pick up my sword. Papà taps my head with the side of his blade. It stings! He pokes me in the shoulder. I tell him to stop! He says my enemies will not stop.
• I swing hard, trying to hit Papà's knee! He moves out of the way!
• I start to cry and he laughs at me! I run towards him and try to stab his belly. He blocks my swing! I swing again and again. I scream at him. I cannot hit him!
• Papà tells me to calm myself. He says I have done good today. That if I need to cry and get angry before I can fight, then he will make me cry and get angry again tomorrow. He says I am learning.

Ambition

Ambition

Requirements: 24 AP (per execution), 3 Doctors, 1 Botany Tome, 1 Aludel, 4 Botanist, 1 Jar of Leeches.

Rewards: 51 XP, 468 florins.

Today I am playing with Papà's sister, Zia Lucrezia. She is sad most the time, but spending time with me makes her happy. She says today she will teach me about the world. She promises not to talk to me like a child. I promise not to talk to her like an adult and she laughs. I laugh too.

• Zia asks me what I would do if someone said they would hurt my family. I ask her why anyone would hurt my family. She says everyone wants to hurt us.
• I tell her I would hit bad people with a sword. She asks me what I mean by bad people. I tell her those people who would hurt others. Those who do not play nice. She looks sad.
• She tells me there are ways to kill people without anyone knowing. A poison in their food or drink. I ask her if Papà tried to poison Fiora. She does not answer.
• I ask Zia about my Mamma, if she knew her. She says she did. My Mamma was young. Too young to know what she was doing. I ask where my Mamma is now. Can I meet her? She says she does not know, but she does know my Mamma loves me.
• I ask Zia why people do not like us. She says because we are strong. Because we are rich. People are jealous. I ask her why we cannot make them strong and rich too. She laughs.
• Zia tells me not to trust anyone. Not Papà. Not Nonno. I ask if I can trust her. She begins to cry, so I leave her alone.