Pantasilea Baglioni

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Pantasilea Baglioni (born 1476) was the wife of the Assassin Bartolomeo d'Alviano. She was introduced to Ezio Auditore when he visited Bartolomeo to reestablish relationship between their guilds, and would later go on to helping Ezio manage his Assassination Contracts in Rome.

Pantasilea proved her adept abilities of helping her husband run his barracks during her first meeting with Ezio, wherein, despite her husband's confident assurances that his war against the French was going well, Pantasilea quietly informed Ezio of the true situation. She confided in him that their forces were spread thin due to the simultaneous attacks on two fronts, from the French, and from the Borgia. She then asked the Assassins help to defeat a Borgia captain, and burn down the nearby Borgia tower. Additionally, she was usually the one in the main room of the barracks, while her husband spent most of his time in the Fight Club downstairs.

At some point, Pantasilea was kidnapped by the Baron de Valois in order to force the surrender of Bartolomeo. However, Ezio and Bartolomeo, along with twenty Mercenaries, infiltrated the fortress of the Baron by masquerading as French troops. The Baron de Valois escaped to a courtyard, and held a pistol to Pantasilea's head, threatening to shoot her at the first sign of trouble; however, Ezio managed to assassinate the Baron before he pulled the trigger. When Ezio commented that the plan to rescue her was all Bartolomeo's idea (though in reality it was his), Pantasilea hugged Bartolomeo and said that he was her prince.

Trivia

• When Bartolomeo calls and looks for Pantasilea to first introduce her to Ezio, Ezio jokes to try looking for her behind the table. This is a reference to his and Bartolomeo's first meeting in Assassin's Creed II, when Bartolomeo called and searched for his sword, Bianca, and found it behind a table.
• Pantasilea also features briefly in the animated short, Assassin's Creed: Ascendance.
• "Pantasilea" is the Italian equivalent for "Penthesilea," who was a Queen of the Amazons that fought and died in the Trojan Wars. This is an allusion to her and her husband's warlike personalities and background.

Gallery

• Pantasilea after being captured by the French army.
  Pantasilea after being captured by the French army.
• Pantasilea being held at gunpoint by Octavien de Valois.
  Pantasilea being held at gunpoint by Octavien de Valois.
• Pantasilea and Bartolomeo hugging each other intimately.
  Pantasilea and Bartolomeo hugging each other intimately.