Siege of Viana

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"How did you find me?"

―Cesare Borgia

"Mario Auditore led me here"

―Ezio Auditore

In 1503 Rodrigo Borgia, Grand Master of the Knights Templar died of poison, and with his death Rome was fully liberated from the Borgia rule. Soon after his fathers death, Cesare Borgia, commander of the Papal Army, was arrested by the new Pope, Julius II. In 1504 Cesare was exiled to Spain and imprisoned at the Castle of La Mota, Medina del Campo, from which he escaped and joined his brother-in-law, King John III of Navarre.

The Siege of Viana

After Cesare's arrest exile to Spain Ezio, who remained in Rome, was discussing this with his closest friend, Leonardo da Vinci. Ezio believed that Cesare remained a threat even with his arrest, Leonardo encouraged Ezio to use the Apple to see into the future, Ezio did so and left Rome for Spain immediately after seeing future.

When Ezio finally tracked Cesare down in Viana, Spain in 1507 a siege on the town commenced, as Cesare, commanding King John's army of 10,000 men, had planned to win the battle, gain the support of the French again and take back Rome.

When Ezio arrived at Viana the battle had already started as the soldiers fought each other on the battlefield and the cannons destroyed the Castle, town and countryside region he wasted no time and charged into battle. Ezio found Cesare alongside his men on the battlefield and without hesitation Ezio charged towards Cesare with his Hidden Blade at ready, Cesare, who had seen Ezio, was able to block the Assassin's attack, but Ezio was still able to over power Cesare, but was stunned as a wave of cannon balls that attacked the area. Regaining conciseness Ezio gave in pursuit of Cesare and rode through the Viana warzone on a horseback trying to reach what was once a olive field. With cannon balls crashing into the ground only a few feet away from Ezio one scared his horse and killed it forcing Ezio to travel by foot. Ezio, being attacked constantly by waves of soldiers on both side of the conflict, was still able to make his way to through the warzone and reach the castle wall by climbing a siege tower.

Confronting Cesare

After finally reaching Cesare at the castle wall the two men decided to end their battle with a final confrontation. Cesare attacked with speed and skill aided by his sword and pistol, but Ezio was able to overpower Cesare by breaking of pieces of his armor with the Hidden Blade and eventually pinning Cesare down and telling him that a true leader empowers the people he leads and then decided to leave Cesare in the hands of fate he thrown him off the castle wall killing his greatest nemesis.

thumb|350px|right|Siege of Viana and Cesare death

Aftermath

After Cesare's death, Ezio returned to Roma and reunited with the other Assassins. Ultimately deciding the Apple was too dangerous for the hands of man, Ezio would later seal the First Apple away in Juno's temple beneath the Colosseum.

Gallery

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  Cesare Borgia in Viana, Spain.
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  Ezio Auditore in Viana, Spain
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  Cesare Borgia grabbing Ezio Auditore's arm as he tries to assassinate him.
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  Ezio charging towards Cesare, throught the Viana warzone.
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  A unconscious Ezio amoung the dead bodies of the Viana battlefield.
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  Ezio standing alone in Viana.

Trivia

• In the story trailer for Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Ezio and Cesare are seen confronting each other alone on the castel wall, but this scene never happened in the actual game and was most likely a deleted scene from the finshed version of the game.
• Although the Siege of Viana is where Cesare Borgia died in actual history, there is very little recorded information on the event, and is somewhat a historical mystery in terms of the outcome and important specific details, such as the amount of troops involved, and who fought against each other.