Judge, Jury, Executioner

Judge, Jury, Executioner is a memory in the second sequence of Assassin's Creed II

Description

As suggested by Paola, Ezio visits Leonardo da Vinci and requests about repairing Giovanni's broken blade and bracer.

Dialogue

With the blade fixed, Ezio assassinates his first target, a guard threatening Leonardo. Ezio stashes the dead guard's body inside Leonardo's workshop. He then returns to La Rosa Colta, to speak with Paola.

The Deed

• Paola: You were gone for quite a while.
• Ezio: Leonardo likes to talk.
• Paola: That he does. But I trust you did more than talk?

Ezio shows her the repaired blade.

• Paola: Impressive.

  

  Ezio shows Paola his the fixed blade.

• Ezio: I'm rather fond of it myself.
• Paola: I've given you the skills, Leonardo's given you the blade. All the remains is the deed.
• Ezio: Where can I find Uberto?
• Paola: According to my girls, he'll be attending an unveiling tonight of Verrocchio's latest work. It will be held at the Santa Crose cloister.
• Ezio: Watch over my mother and sister while I'm away.
• Paola: Of course, Ezio. As if they were my own.

The Assassination

Ezio waits on a nearby rooftop for Uberto to arrive. After a while Uberto arrives accompanied by Lorenzo de' Medici.

• Uberto: Again with this?

  

  Lorenzo and Uberto arguing.

• Lorenzo: You have overstepped your bounds, Uberto.
• Uberto: Who are you to speak of bounds. You, who have crowned yourself Lorenzo de' Medici, Principe (Prince) of Firenze.
• Lorenzo: I've done no such thing.
• Uberto: Of course not. Ever innocent. How convenient.
  At least now we see how far your reach extends - which is to say - nowhere at all.
  It has proved a valuable lesson for me and my allies.
• Lorenzo: Yes. Your allies, the Pazzi. Is that what this is about?
• Uberto: Be careful with your words, Lorenzo. You might attract the wrong sort of attention.

Ezio slowly makes his way with the crowd to the location of the unveiling. There he sees the guests of the party congratulating him on the execution of the Auditore family.

• Guest I: Good evening Gonfaloniere.
• Uberto: To you as well. I trust you're enjoying yourselves?
• Guest I: Indeed! A nice distraction from that nasty business with the Auditore family.
• Uberto: And to think I once thought of Giovanni as a brother...
• Guest I: Don't blame yourself! How could you have known what evils he planned?
• Guest II: I say we strike that traitor's name from the record books. Let history forget he ever even existed.
• Uberto: Hmmm. Yes, I should look into that.
  If you'll excuse me for a moment...

Two women walk towards Uberto, to talk with him;

• Beatrice: Uberto! A moment of your time?
• Uberto: Anything for you, Beatrice.
• Beatrice: (laughs) So! Tell us! How does it feel to be a hero?
• Uberto: Please, I am no such thing. As Gonfaloniere it is my duty to ensure that the city of Firenze remains a shining beacon of justice. Corruption and its ilk shall find no purchase here so long as I am in control.
• Beatrice: You are a treasure, Uberto! I hope Lorenzo recognizes that!
• Uberto: Yes... our great leader, Lorenzo. I'll see you ladies later.

Three more guests walk towards him;

• Guest I: Ah, Uberto! There you are. I was just telling the other about the execution...
• Guest II: I mean no offense, but... what if they did not act alone?
• Uberto: You can rest easy, friends. I am confident that this treachery began and ended with the Auditore family.
• Guest III: What of the other son? Ezio, was it?
• Uberto: The child poses no danger. Soft hands and an even softer head. He'll be caught and executed before the week is out.
• Guest I: Don't let us keep you, Uberto. We just wanted to say hello.

A couple walk towards Uberto;

• Wife: Evening to you, Gonfaloniere.
• Uberto: Is everything to your satisfaction?
• Wife: Do you even need to ask? Of course!
• Husband: Accept our thanks - for this evening - and for helping to keep Firenze safe. I always had my doubts about the Auditore.
  Where did the family even come from? To gain such wealth and ... and prestige in... in a single generation?
• Wife: And the children - with their odd names. Always making trouble.
• Husband: No surprise, given the company their father kept; whores and thieves, I swear it!

  

  Ezio executes Uberto in the courtyard.

• Uberto: Indeed. It is clear now he sought to undermine the city - to overturn all we've worked so hard to build.
• Husband: But thanks to you, that's over now.

Unable to listen to any more insults about his family, Ezio moves in for the kill.

Uberto notices him;

• Uberto: You...
  Guards arrest him.

Before the guards could hear Uberto, Ezio stabs him in his chest, five times with the hidden blade.

• Uberto: You would have done the same. To save the ones you love.
• Ezio: Yes, I would. And I have.

The whole place fills with a whisper, Assassino. Ezio lays Uberto's body on the floor and speaks to the crowd angered and hands covered in blood;

Ezio Auditore

• Ezio: The Auditore are not dead. I'm still here.
  ME!
  Ezio!
  Ezio Auditore!

The people gathered there shout in fear;

• Crowd: Assassino!

Ezio takes to the rooftops and escapes from the area.

Outcome

Ezio kills Uberto Alberti to avenge the murder of his father and brothers, in a crowded place and tells the people about the continued existence of the Auditore family. He also succeeds in obtaining back Giovanni's documents about the conspiracy.

Gallery

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  Paola suggesting Ezio...
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  Uberto Alberti's last moments...