Perotto Calderon

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Perotto Calderon.

Perotto Calderon (died 1498) was a member of the Italian Assassin Order during the Renaissance and father to Giovanni Borgia.

Biography

After being inducted into the Order and becoming a fully-trained Assassin, Perotto was assigned to train the young Francesco Vecellio.

As of 1498, Perotto was working undercover for the Order as courier for the Borgia when he fell for Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Rodrigo Borgia; the Grand Master of the Templar Order. As Lucrezia slowly began to fall for Perotto as well, their relationship became more intimate and in a night of passion Lucrezia got pregnant. A boy was later born, but the baby was born malformed and, according to a doctor, was likely to die in a few days.

Not being able to hide such a secret as a child, Perotto was severely beaten and thrown into jail. With the help of Giulia -Lucrezia's maid- he managed to break out of the prison, despite his own injuries, and meet up with Giulia's brother (the same doctor that told him of his son's ill fate). He was able to flee, taking his son with him, out of Rome, yet he knew it would be impossible to see Lucrezia ever again. However, Rodrigo Borgia quickly found out of his escape and sent his soldiers after him, but they were overtaken by ab ambush set by Perotto in which he killed nearly all of them with his bow. Perotto figured that the only thing that could heal his son was an artifact that was in possession of the Order, a certain Shroud. He headed to Agnadello, the supposed place where the Shroud was hidden, but he was surprised yet saddened that his own Brothers stood in his way. Leaving him no choice, he fought them and in the end, won the fight, either killing or otherwise disabling all of them.

Reaching the home of an ally of the Assassin's, he found the Shroud and asked it to heal his boy. After the process, the boy seemed to be healed, but it was not certain to Perotto whether or not this was true. He put back the Shroud in the box he claimed it from and left. However, his recklessness in rushing for the Shroud cost him dearly, as his Brothers decided that he was a threat to be eliminated at once and tracked him down to Agnadello. Upon reaching Agnadello themselves, they found the defeated Assassin's that Perotto took down in his desperation, and after questioning the civilians of his location they found and tried to stealthily face him, his former apprentice Francesco Vecellio amongst them. A battle of bows began, with Perotto taking out yet more of his brothers, even those that dared to come closer. However he was saddened and did not fire arrows at Francesco when the young Assassin took aim. It the end, Perotto was surrounded by his Brothers and granted swift justice for his breaking of the Creed that he vowed to follow.

His son, named Giovanni Borgia, would later grow up being taught by Cesare Borgia and Micheletto, but escape the life they held for him by an invitation to do so from an unknown man (who is later revealed to be none other than Francesco Vecellio himself). Giovanni later takes up apprenticeship under Francesco as an Assassin and goes to the New World with Hernan Cortes himself, in order to secure one of the Crystal Skull's.

Trivia

• Perotto was shown to have a stronger will than most Assassins and a resolve to rival that of his contemporary and fellow Italian Assassin, Ezio Auditore. Proof of this was in his decision to spirit his son away from Rome, all the way to Agnadello and in Perotto single-handedly taking down a detatchment of Rodrigo Borgia's guards and even (when left with no choice) defeating a group of other Assassins sent to keep him from the Shroud, in which he killed a number of them.
• It is implied that Perotto was a Master Assassin like Ezio Auditore as he was allowed to take an understudy, operate by himself, and had the honor of wielding two hidden blades. Perotto also knew the location of the Shroud and its healing effects, was capable of single-handedly destroying an Assassin encampment despite injuries, and lured a large group of Assassins into a trap before shooting them down one-by-one. His understudy, Francesco, even commented that Perotto's skill with a bow was unmatched by anybody in both Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.