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Durante degli Alighieri (1265 – September 14, 1321), commonly known as Dante, was an Italian poet of the Middle Ages and a high ranking covert member of the Assassin Order.

Biography

Life as an Assassin

Dante was a high ranking member of the Assassin Order during the Middle Ages. Coincidentally, he was tasked with the training of the patriarch of what would become the Auditore family of Florence.

Later life and death

Dante was exiled from Florence due to his political connections with the White Guelphs. He was sheltered in Forlì during the exile, where he wrote the Divine Comedy. However, Dante was murdered in Ravenna by Templars, whilst preparing for a journey to Barcelona with his young apprentice, the objective of which was to deliver the Codex of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad to an Assassin stronghold.

Assassin's Creed II

Characters

Assassins	Rebecca Crane • Shaun Hastings • Clay Kaczmarek • Desmond Miles • Lucy Stillman \| Antonio de Magianis • Bartolomeo d'Alviano • Ezio Auditore da Firenze • Federico Auditore da Firenze • Giovanni Auditore da Firenze • Maria Auditore da Firenze • Mario Auditore • Niccolò Machiavelli • Paola • Teodora Contanto • La Volpe \| Dante Alighieri • Domenico Auditore • Marco Polo • Renato Auditore \| Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad \| Adam • Eve

Templars	Warren Vidic \| Uberto Alberti • Stefano da Bagnone • Emilio Barbarigo • Marco Barbarigo • Silvio Barbarigo • Bernardo Baroncelli • Rodrigo Borgia • Carlo Grimaldi • Antonio Maffei • Dante Moro • Francesco de' Pazzi • Jacopo de' Pazzi • Vieri de' Pazzi • Francesco Salviati

House of Auditore	Claudia • Ezio • Federico • Giovanni • Maria • Mario • Petruccio \| Domenico • Isabetta • Renato

Isu	Minerva

Others	Annetta • Agostino Barbarigo • Lorenzo de' Medici • Carlotta Moro • Rosa • Girolamo Savonarola • Caterina Sforza • Cristina Vespucci • Alvise da Vilandino • Checco Orsi • Ludovico Orsi • Leonardo da Vinci \| Maria Thorpe

Factions

Assassins (Italian Brotherhood) • Templars (Abstergo Industries | Roman Rite) • Republic of Florence (House of Medici) • Republic of Venice • County of Forlì • Courtesans • Mercenaries • Thieves

Locations

Abstergo laboratory • Hideout | Florence (Oltrarno • San Giovanni • San Marco • Santa Maria Novella) • Monteriggioni (Villa Auditore) • Tuscany (San Gimignano) • Apennine Mountains • Romagna (Forlì) • Venice (Cannaregio • Castello • Dorsoduro • San Marco • San Polo) • Rome (Castel Sant'Angelo • Passetto di Borgo • Sistine Chapel • The Vault) | Acre | Eden

Events

Renaissance (Pazzi conspiracy • Venetian conspiracy • Battle of Forlì • Bonfire of the Vanities • Confrontation in the Vatican)

Terms and concepts

Achievements • Animus • Art merchants • Blacksmiths • Bleeding Effect • Borgia messengers • Codex • Customization • Doctors • Dual-wielding • Eagle Vision • Economic system • Fast travel stations • Feathers • Flying Machine • Glyphs • Guards • Heralds • Memories • Monteriggioni statuettes • Notoriety • Officials • Outfits • Pieces of Eden (Apple of Eden • Papal Staff of Eden) • Secret locations • Swimming • Tailors • First Civilization • The Truth • Uplay • Treasure chests • Viewpoints • Wanted posters

Weapons and tools

Fists/Metal Cestus • Heavy weapons • Hidden Blade (Hidden Gun • Poison Blade) • Improvised weapons • Long weapons • Short blades • Smoke bombs • Swords • Blunt weapons • Throwing knives

DLC

Battle of Forlì • Bonfire of the Vanities

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-'''Durante degli Alighieri''' (May/June c.1265 – September 14, 1321), commonly known as '''Dante''', was an [[Italy|Italian]] poet of the [[wikipedia:Middle Ages|Middle Ages]] and a high ranking covert member of the [[Assassin Order]]. His work the ''[[wikipedia:Divine Comedy|Divine Comedy]]'', originally called ''Commedia'' and later called ''Divina'' by [[wikipedia:Giovanni Boccaccio|Giovanni Boccaccio]] (1313-1375), is often considered the greatest literary work composed in the [[wikipedia:Italian language|Italian language]] and a masterpiece of world literature.
+'''Durante degli Alighieri''' (1265 – September 14, 1321), commonly known as '''Dante''', was an [[Italy|Italian]] poet of the [[wikipedia:Middle Ages|Middle Ages]] and a high ranking covert member of the [[Assassin Order]].
-In Italy, he was known as ''Il Sommo Poeta'' (the Supreme Poet) or simply ''Il Poeta''. Dante, the [poets [[wikipedia:Petrarch|Petrarch]] and Boccaccio were also known as "the Three Fountains" or "the Three Crowns". Dante is also called the "Father of the Italian language". The first biography written on him was by Giovanni Boccaccio, author of the ''Trattatello in laude di Dante''.
 ==Biography==
-===Assassin Order===
+===Life as an Assassin===
-Dante was a high ranking member of the Assassin Order. Coincidentally, he was tasked with the training of the Patriarch of what would become the [[House of Auditore|Auditore]] family of [[Florence]]. It was common knowledge amongst Assassins that he was actually murdered in Ravenna by [[Templars]], whilst preparing for a journey to [[Barcelona]] with his young apprentice, the objective of which was to deliver the [[Codex]] of [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] to an Assassin stronghold.
+Dante was a high ranking member of the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]] during the Middle Ages. Coincidentally, he was tasked with the training of the [[Domenico Auditore|patriarch]] of what would become the [[House of Auditore|Auditore family]] of [[Florence]].
+===Later life and death===
-The stories of his dispute with the state and subsequent exile were examples of the old saying, "History is written by the victor"; the Templars had manipulated history. Dante was exiled from Florence due to his political connections with the White Guelphs. He was sheltered in [[Forlì]] during the exile, where he wrote the Divine Comedy.
+Dante was exiled from Florence due to his political connections with the White Guelphs. He was sheltered in [[Forlì]] during the exile, where he wrote the Divine Comedy. However, Dante was murdered in Ravenna by [[Templars]], whilst preparing for a journey to [[Barcelona]] with his young apprentice, the objective of which was to deliver the [[Codex]] of [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad]] to an Assassin stronghold.
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