Caged Fighter

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Caged Fighter is a memory in Assassin's Creed II.

Description

Ezio meets an injured mercenary in a rooftop, with an arrow sticking out of his chest. Said mercenary tells him that Bartolomeo d'Alviano is imprisoned north of their position. Ezio rescues Bartolomeo from where he is imprisoned.

Dialogue

Ezio finds a wounded Mercenary.

• Mercenary: Please...help...
• Ezio: You must be one of Bartolomeo's men. What's happened here? Where is he?
• Mercenary: Silvio's thugs...attacked. Took him deeper into the district...north of here...

He dies. Ezio leans down and closes his eyes.

• Ezio: Requiescat in pace (Rest in peace).

Ezio goes to find Bartolomeo. He overhears him shouting at the guards holding him.

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Bartolomeo released from the prison.

• Bartolomeo: Luridi cordardi (Fucking cowards)! I'll take you all on! At the same time! With one arm -- no-- BOTH arms tied behind my back! You must be wondering how this is even possible! Only release me and I'll gladly demonstrate, miserabili pezzi di merda (you spineless pieces of shit)! You have no honor! No valor! No virtue! And people wonder why it is Venezia's star has begun to fade! I'll show mercy to whoever here has the courage to release me! All the rest of you are going to die! By my hand! I swear it! What sort of man sells his honor and dignity for a bit of coin? You realize you are in service to a traitor and a coward! Oh ho! Do you think I don't know why you've chained me up?! Do you think I don't know who pulls Silvio's puppet strings?! I've been fighting his weasel of a master since before most of you were even glimmers in your fathers' eyes!

Ezio kills the guards holding Bartolomeo and frees him.

• Bartolomeo: About goddamn time! I don't know if I should kiss you or slap you. Maybe both, just to be safe.
• Ezio: That's quite alright.
• Bartolomeo: Who are you?
• Ezio: I am Ezio Auditore da Firenze. I'm here to rescue you.
• Bartolomeo: Ha! Let's see who winds up rescuing who.
• Ezio: What do you mean?
• Guard: Down there! Stop them!

Ezio and Bartolomeo fight the guards.

• Ezio: We should go.
• Bartolomeo: Agreed! There are still more heads to be smashed!
• Ezio: Perhaps we should try and avoid conflict?
• Bartolomeo: Why? Are you afraid?
• Ezio: No, just practical, given that they outnumber us 100 to 1.
• Bartolomeo: As you wish, bella mia (my lady). Watch for the large one. Dante, he's called. Most of Silvio's men are useless, but that one is trouble. Ah, sweet freedom, how I have missed you.

They make their way to Bartolomeo's home.

• Ezio: Silvio's set his men to ransacking your place. Prepare yourself for a fight.
• Bartolomeo: No need! Bartolomeo is always prepared for a fight!

They eventually reach Bartolomeo's home. A pair of guards wait outside.

• Guard: If you value your life, you'll stand down.
• Bartolomeo: Never! What good is a man's life if it's not lived free, eh? I'll not go back into a cage!
• Guard: Then you'll go into the ground! Kill them!

Ezio and Bartolomeo kill the guards

• Bartolomeo: What a mess they've made...Bianca! I hope she's unharmed!

He runs into his home in a hurry.

Outcome

Ezio rescues Bartolomeo and returns to the military district of Venice.