Persona Non Grata

Persona Non Grata is a repressed Cristina Memory in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.

Description

Ezio Auditore da Firenze meets Leonardo da Vinci and learns that Cristina Vespucci is attending Carnevale in Venice, with her husband Manfredo Soderini. Ezio writes a note to Cristina telling her to meet him in an alleyway, pretending to be her husband. After locating Cristina using Eagle Vision, Ezio plants the letter on her, and waits at the meeting point.

Unaware of Ezio's identity because of his mask, Cristina and Ezio kiss, with Cristina wondering why her husband has suddenly become so romantic. However, when she discovers it is Ezio, she angrily pushes him away, stating incredulously that she hasn't seen him in eight years.

As Ezio attempts to explain himself, Cristina interrupts him by saying that she had loved him, and not her fiance, all those years ago, yet he had abandoned her to be married. She coldly says that his chance has passed, and tells him to never look for her again.

Dialogue

Ezio meets Leonardo during Carnevale.

• Leonardo: Ezio! I was hoping to see you tonight.
• Ezio: I don't have much time. The Doge's party starts very soon.
• Leonardo: Nevertheless, I have news. I hear Cristina Vespucci is in Venezia for Carnevale. Weren't the two of you close?
• Ezio: Once...
• Leonardo: Perhaps it would not have been better not to tell you. She's with her husband. She may not be too happy to see you.

Ezio and Cristina in the ally.

• Ezio: No... It's wonderful. It's Carnevale! With this mask, she need not even know it's me! I know just the way to draw her attention... Grazie, amico.

Leaving his good friend, Ezio searches for Cristina. Once having found her, Ezio finds a way to slip her a note he had written.

• Ezio: There... Now to await her at the rendezvous.

Ezio successfully plants the note on Cristina and goes to the alleyway where they will meet and Cristina arrives at the rendezvous.

• Ezio: Cristina...

• Cristina: Manfredo! When did you get so romantic--

• Ezio: Sshhh...

Ezio and Cristina kiss intimately, but after a moment, Cristina gets suspicious and removes his mask.

• Cristina: Ezio...?
  What the hell are you doing here!? How dare you--?

• Ezio: Cristina... It's alright.

Cristina walks away from Ezio.

• Cristina: Alright!?
  I haven't seen you in eight years!

• Ezio: Si... (Yes...) I was afraid you wouldn't come if I... just asked.

• Cristina: You're right. I wouldn't have! Ezio... The last time I saw you, you kissed me in the alley-- and then left me behind to get married!

• Ezio: It was the right thing to do. He loved you.

• Cristina: Who cares what he wanted? -- I loved YOU.
  You had your second chance... Please, Ezio... Don't ever find me again.

After saying those words, Cristina leaves.

Outcome

Ezio impersonates Manfredo and sees Cristina again. However, upon realizing that he was not her husband, Cristina asks him to never to find her again.

Trivia

• "Persona Non Grata" translates to "Unwelcome Person."
• This is the only Cristina Mission that does not take place in Florence.
• If you play this mission while wearing any outfit, Ezio will not wear a mask. Because of this, when Cristina goes to remove his mask, since there is none, you'll only see her hands nearby his face.
• Despite taking place during Sequence 9 of Assassin's Creed II, you can still gain Notoriety in Venice during this memory.
• Although Cristina has seen Ezio's outfit multiple times, she shows no signs of recognizing it.

Gallery

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  Leonardo informing Ezio about Cristina.
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  Ezio trying to reason with Cristina.