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Returning to Italy, Domenico settled in [[Firenze]] with his son. Studying classics, music and architecture, Domenico adopted the name ''"Auditore"'' to impersonate as a Fiorentine noble while training his son in the Assassin's Creed. He subsequently purchased and renovated what would become the [[Villa Auditore]] in [[Monteriggioni]], which served as the stronghold of the Italian Assassins [[Fall of Monteriggioni|until 1500.]]<ref name="AC2"/> | Returning to Italy, Domenico settled in [[Firenze]] with his son. Studying classics, music and architecture, Domenico adopted the name ''"Auditore"'' to impersonate as a Fiorentine noble while training his son in the Assassin's Creed. He subsequently purchased and renovated what would become the [[Villa Auditore]] in [[Monteriggioni]], which served as the stronghold of the Italian Assassins [[Fall of Monteriggioni|until 1500.]]<ref name="AC2"/> | ||
===Hiding the Shroud=== | |||
Sometime in the thirteenth or fourteenth century, the Auditore wanted to hide [[The Shroud]] from the Templars. The Assassins payed several bribes to create a duplicate, replace the original, and stole the original from [[Geoffroy de Charny]]. The Auditore dug out the city well, and hid the Shroud in a chamber, setting many traps for any vistors. | |||
Then the Assassins then burnt Church records, and their allies began to point out the flaws in the Shroud which they had replicated, to make the people feel that the Shroud was nothing more than a myth.<ref name="Ghosts of Christmas Past">''[[Chapter 1 - Ghosts of Christmas Past]]''</ref> | |||
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- "Nulla è reale, tutto è lecito."
- ―The Creed of the Italian Assassins.[src]
The Italian Assassins were the Italian branch of Assassins, existing since their formation during the latter half of the 13th century.
Primarily led by the Auditore family, the Italian Assassins were mainly involved with taking down the corrupt Borgia family, the ruling body of the Templar Order during the Renaissance.
History
Foundation
In 1257, the Venetian explorers Niccolò and Maffeo Polo were invited to stay at the Assassins' fortress of Masyaf by Darim Ibn-La'Ahad, the son of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad. After training the two to become Assassins themselves, the elderly Altaïr entrusted them with creating some Assassins Guilds and guarding his autobiographical Codex. When the Mongols eventually attacked, the Polo brothers left Masyaf[1] towards their home in Constantinople, where they were successful in creating a guild[1] before journeying back to Italy.[2]
Formation of the Auditore
During the Polo brothers' escape, a Mongol raiding party took possession of the Codex.[3] Years later, the Codex was passed back into the possession of the Polo's when Niccolò's son, Marco, retrieved it from the court of Kublai Khan. Marco in turn handed it to the Assassin Dante Alighieri, who passed it into the safe-keeping of his apprentice, Domenico Auditore.[4]
After Dante's death in 1321, Domenico set sail to Spain with his family. Midway through the voyage, due to an incoming storm, they stopped at Otranto Harbor, where the ship was invaded by drunken Templar-hired pirates in the dead of night. Hiding with his family in the hold while the pirates scoured the ship, Domenico broke the Codex into pages, placed them into various boxes and containers, and shortly after was thrown overboard by the pirates, along with his son and the corpse of his dead wife. [4]
Returning to Italy, Domenico settled in Firenze with his son. Studying classics, music and architecture, Domenico adopted the name "Auditore" to impersonate as a Fiorentine noble while training his son in the Assassin's Creed. He subsequently purchased and renovated what would become the Villa Auditore in Monteriggioni, which served as the stronghold of the Italian Assassins until 1500.[4]
Hiding the Shroud
Sometime in the thirteenth or fourteenth century, the Auditore wanted to hide The Shroud from the Templars. The Assassins payed several bribes to create a duplicate, replace the original, and stole the original from Geoffroy de Charny. The Auditore dug out the city well, and hid the Shroud in a chamber, setting many traps for any vistors.
Then the Assassins then burnt Church records, and their allies began to point out the flaws in the Shroud which they had replicated, to make the people feel that the Shroud was nothing more than a myth.[5]
References
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