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For the faction in Assassin's Creed II, see Courtesans.

"Fiora Cavazza's extraordinary talents earned her a place in Cesare Borgia's social circle."

―Ubisoft Description

The Courtesan

Fiora Cavazza, also known as the Courtesan, is a multiplayer character in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. She uses a bladed fan as her primary weapon. Her abilities include Smoke Bombs, the Power Charge, the Morph and the Hidden Gun. She differs from the courtesans seen in Assassin's Creed II, most notably by her different outfit and hairstyle.

She is the subject of a chapter in Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy, where much of her back story is revealed. She began as a simple courtesan in the Rosa in Fiore brothel until a twist of fate led her into the employ of Cesare Borgia.

She served him for over six years, and played an integral role in coordinating Cesare's allies in Rome. During her assignments, she came in contact with all of the other multiplayer personas, and interacted with them in different ways. Additionally, in Assassin's Creed: Ascendance, it is revealed that she killed Cesare's older brother, Juan Borgia for him.

Eventually Fiora grew sick of her employer, especially after a visit from Malfatto in which he attemped to kill her (although he did not injest her with poison). She decided to seek aid from the Brotherhood of Assassins, and was surprised to find the budding painter, Francesco Vecellio, one of them. Together, they managed to assassinate Rocco Tiepolo, Cahin, Caha, Baltasar de Silva, and his twisted creation, Il Lupo.

Life in the Rosa in Fiore

"I am a fine wine served in a low class tavern"

Fiora once worked in the Rosa In Fiore Brothel under Madame Solari, who was a traitress to the Assassins, feeding the Templars Assassin secrets. The Rosa In Fiore was popular with the clergy and the more powerful he was, the more girls allowed in the room. Many of the clientele where described as disgusting, among them was Brother Ristoro, a monk with a rather rapacious sexual appetite with a particular liking for Fiora, who disliked him.

Madame Solari often pressured her girls into making connections, Fiora wished to make a powerful client which would allow her to leave the Rosa in Fiore, presumably to work independently or live as a kept woman. The pressures of prostitution also worried Fiora, particularly sailors playing in foreign lands picking up exotic diseases, especially since Madame Solari was quick to expel girls from the brothel if they showed any symptoms.

It wasn't until the Jubilee of 1500 that she made the allies she desired, among them an ambassador, a man claiming to be a prince, a Florentine banker and a mysterious man with much insight into Italian political circles. Upon making such allies, the other girls where jealous.

One time in the brothel that Fiora remembered was when she and another girl Lucia, had to escort Santino Solari, the brother of Madame Solari, who was a swindler in the city of Rome. Fiora at first refused because she didn't like Santino, With Fiora and Lucia on either arm, he went to make various bribes to various contacts and threats, Fiora learned he had got involved in slave trading, when he questioned her about it, he smacked her across the face, Lucia tried to defend her and recieved the same enter. Santino told them to wait in an alley while he did business. He returned to them and threatened them with a knife and threatened them not to mention anything, even though they didn't know what they had saw. He told them that his sister will know of their assisstance.

Not long after the event, Cesare Borgia paid a visit to the Rosa in Fiore brothel. Fiora remembers him being intoxicatingly charismatic. He questioned her about the night she and Lucia escorted Santino. She tried to hide her opinions but he reads her face and Fiora tells him what she suspects and Cesare reveals that the Solari siblings have been getting involved in enterpises that should not concern them. He asks her about any Borgia clients she may have had, she replies she has never heard the name before, he passes her test. Fiora assumed he was a customer and began to undress rather eagerly, but he stops her and asks her her ambitions, the first person ever to do so. Cesare explains the situation and in exchange for their lives, the Solari siblings must relinquish one of the girls from their employ to work for him. Cesare chose Fiora. It can be assumed that Madame Solari and Santino further offended Cesare, due to the kidnap and murder of Madame Solari by slave traders.

Fiora left the Rosa in Fiore and moved into luxury funded by the Borgia, this time merely posing as a courtesan. She began training as a Templar under the Borgia.

In the employ of Cesare Borgia

"I have served the Borgia for six years now. Done horrible things. Seen the fantastic. I regret none of it."

From 1500 to 1506, Fiora served Cesare loyally. Making many contacts among the Templars. Among them Brother Ristoro, who supplied Cesare with various relics and Chruch documents, Lia de Russo, a Smuggler who obtained various items for the Borgia cause, Auguste Oberlin, Cesare's blacksmith, and Gaspar de la Croix, an pioneer of firearms.

Fiora had avoided Ristoro from the day she began working for Cesare Borgia. He was one of his regulars when she worked as a courtesan in the Rosa in Fiore brothel. However on one occasion, she had to go and see him in order to obtain certain items for Cesare. She had hoped after six years he would have forgotten her face, but he hadn't. He greeted her by stroking her cheek and reminding her she was always his favourite Courtesan at the Rosa in Fiore. She kicked him between the legs to teach him a lesson and threatened him with Cesare's wrath. She had brought with her a gaggle of inexperienced courtesans eager for experience. He provided her with relics and amulets that he believed would aid Cesare's caused, altough unconvinced Fiora accepted them regardless. She exaggerated Cesare's request to gain a little more money for herself, she justifies herself by describing it as "payment for having to gaze upon this wretched man. He also gave her a stack of stack of Church documents, filled with pardons and payments for Cesare's contacts. As she left he tried to grope her again, but the other girls stepped in his way, giggling as they pulled him away. Fiora almost felt sorry for them as they led him away as they "had a long night ahead of them"

Gallery

• A Courtesan customised with Elite gear.
  A Courtesan customised with Elite gear.