Duccio de Luca

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Duccio de Luca (1462 - 1520) was a member of the Florentine nobility, who eventually became a trader, ferrying merchandise between Rome and other cities.

Biography

Early life

As of 1476, Duccio was engaged to Claudia Auditore da Firenze. However, he was also engaged to six other women, and cheated on her, saying that his father had told him he "could do much better than an Auditore".

After Claudia was informed of this by other girls, her brother Ezio Auditore met with Duccio outside the Duomo. There, he beat him up as payback, and warned Duccio to stay away from Claudia.

Life as a trader

In 1506, Duccio visited Rome, where he learned that Claudia had become the Madame of the Rosa in Fiore, Rome's most popular brothel. He met with Ezio Auditore again, and provoked him into a fight.

Though aided by several henchmen, Duccio was unable to best Ezio. Grabbing Duccio by the collar, Ezio then demanded the location of the three Leonardo da Vinci paintings that Duccio had acquired, and the merchant admitted that one was on his ship, while the other two had already been sold. Upon insulting Claudia further however, he was ultimately knocked unconscious by Ezio, and left on the docks.

In 1511, Duccio wound up in Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, where he encountered a Venetian woman named Sofia Sartor. Trying to flirt with her, Duccio was interrupted by Ezio Auditore, also present in the city and already having befriended Sofia. Scared, Duccio ran away from Ezio, claiming the latter was the Devil. Ezio also found Duccio again in Constantinople, and beat him up for the third time.

Later life and death

In his later life, Duccio's business failed, and he was left penniless. He barely survived, only just managing to scrape a living, and later died due to rabies, which he likely received from a dog bite in Rome.

Trivia

• Duccio is called Duccio Dovizi in Assassin's Creed: Renaissance.
• In Assassin's Creed: Revelations looting Duccio after beating him up gives you one coin.

Gallery

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  Duccio cheating on Claudia with another woman.
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  Duccio giving the woman a ring.
• Duccio with a woman on the docks of Rome.
  Duccio with a woman on the docks of Rome.
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  Ezio and Duccio, after their fight.
• Duccio knocked out after the fight.
  Duccio knocked out after the fight.
• Duccio trying to flirt with Sofia Sartor.
  Duccio trying to flirt with Sofia Sartor.