Port Authority

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Port Authority is a memory in the Bonfire of the Vanities DLC pack for Assassin's Creed II.

Description

The Merchant is a Florentine noble under the influence of Girolamo Savonarola and the Artifact. He withheld food supplies in an attempt to force citizens to follow Savonarola. If they wouldn't accept Savonarola as their new leader, they would soon run out of food.

Dialogue

The Merchant instructing the guards.

• Merchant: Secure those crates! We can ill afford to let their contents fall into the wrong hands.

Ezio Auditore da Firenze begins to make his way onto the boat where the Merchant is.

• Merchant: We'll see just how tough the holdouts are when they're forced to go without food. If they want to eat, they'll accept Savonarola as their leader. How the Medici family can still hold any sway in this city is beyond me... To think, I once considered them my patrons. But that was before the prophet opened my eyes. Then I saw the evils of commerce and the division it creates. Savonarola will lead us into a new era. One of fraternity, equality, and justice. All that remains is for us to cast off the shackles of our troubled past - and accept the Lord as our saviour and true leader.

Ezio assassinates the Merchant.

• Merchant: What... What have I done...

• Ezio Auditore: You tried to force devotion.

• Merchant: Sometimes the people must be told what to think.

• Ezio Auditore: No good has ever come of that. Benché il mio cuore sia turbato, la mia mente è lucida (Though my heart may be tormented, my head is clear)... Requiescat in pace (Rest in peace).

Outcome

Ezio assassinates one more of Savonarola's lieutenants and weakens his oppression over Florence.

Gallery

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  The Merchant assassinated.
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  The Merchant's final moments.