Uberto Alberti

Uberto Alberti (1416-1476) was the gonfaloniere of Firenze and a family friend of the Auditore's and Lorenzo de' Medici's ally during the time of Assassin's Creed: Lineage and Assassin's Creed II, but betrayed them by issuing an arrest on Giovanni, Federico, Petruccio and Ezio (though he escapes it) by order of Rodrigo Borgia. He is also Ezio's first assassination target in the game. His family was evicted by the Medici bank and ached for revenge. He was given the opportunity by the Templars. He is also considered one of the greatest lawyers in the Italian Renaissance, even though he had no formal education in Law, due to the fact that he was self-taught.

Biography

Assassin's Creed: Lineage

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Uberto Alberti in the front, along with Lorenzo de Medici and Giovanni

Uberto aids both Giovanni and Lorenzo by giving them advice, but when Giovanni discovers possible evidence of the Templar's plans, Uberto gets rid of it, revealing his true allegiance.

Assassin's Creed II

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Uberto in Firenze (Florence)

Ezio meets Uberto for the first time in Giovanni's office conversing about something urgent, though Ezio is dismissed by his father before he can understand what they were talking about. Soon, Giovanni sends Ezio with a letter containing evidence that he must give to Uberto. Ezio does as his father asks, swiftly making it to Uberto's house (where Rodrigo is currently at). Uberto immediately knows what's in the envelope and asks Ezio if he would like to stay at his house, though Ezio declines. Soon after receiving the letter, Uberto accuses Giovanni, Federico, Petruccio and Ezio (though he escapes because of his errands) of treason. At the day of the execution, Giovanni reminds Uberto of evidence given to him by Ezio that proves his family innocent, but much to his surprise, Uberto claims that he doesn't know what he is talking about, sentencing the three to death. With the sight of their deaths, Ezio runs up to the front the stage claiming that he will kill Uberto for what he has done, but a Brute Guard disarms Ezio before he could get close enough. Escaping the guards, Ezio heads for Paola, leader of the courtesans, who is watching his mother and sister. After a few days of training Ezio, Paola tracks down Uberto for Ezio's vengeance. Ezio follows Alberti to the Santa Croce cloister where he is attending an art exhibition of Maestro Verrochio"s work. He is seen speaking with Lorenzo de' Medici about the executions and insults Lorenzo. After Ezio dispatches the guards watching the courtyard of the Santa Croce, he sees Uberto speaking with various attending nobles who are congratulating him for the executions. Afterwards, he sees Ezio approaching but, before he can call the guards, Ezio brutally kills Uberto with his hidden blade, stabbing him 5 times in the chest. Avenging his father and brothers, Ezio proclaims to everyone in the courtyard that the Auditore are not dead.

In the novel, after Ezio kills Alberti, he finds an undelivered letter to his wife in the man's wallet :

My love,

I put these thoughts to paper in the hope that I might one day have the courage to share them with you. In time, you'll no doubt learn that I betrayed Giovanni Auditore, labelled him a traitor and sentenced him to die. History will likely judge this act to have been a matter of politics and greed. But you must understand that it was not fate that forced my hand, but fear.

When the Medici robbed our family and all we owned, I found myself afraid. For you. For our son. For the future. What hope is there in this world for a man without proper means? As for the others, they offered me money, land and title in exchange for my collaboration. And this is 'how i came to betray my closest friend. However unspeakable the act, it seemed necessary at the time. And even now, looking back, I can see no other way.

According to the letter, Alberti must have had a son and when stating that the others offered him rewards, he must have been referring to the Templars.

Final Words

thumb|300px|right|Uberto Alberti database video. Uberto: You...(if left alive for a few moments he will call for the guards)

(Uberto is stabbed in the chest several times.Now in the animus scene)

Uberto: You would have done the same, to save the ones you love...

Ezio: Yes...I would. And I have!

(outside the Animus scene)

Ezio: The Auditore are not dead! I'm still here! Me! Ezio! Ezio Auditore!

Behind the Scenes

He was portrayed by Michel Perron in both Assassin's Creed II and Lineage (cast as "Umberto Alberti" in the film).

Trivia

• Uberto saved the Templars from many close calls by destroying evidence of their conspiracy and hindering their enemies' progress
• It should be noted that Ezio assassinates Alberti in a rather "sloppy" manner when you consider that he does so by stabbing the man with the hidden blade at least six or seven times on the chest, rather than plunging the blade into his target's throat, which is the traditional assassination technique used by other assassins, including his ancestor Altaïr. Of course, this could be easily explained and understandable to most, since it is Ezio's first time tracking down an assassination target, and he has not been trained extensively by that point or he is simply venting his fury on the man who destroyed his family.
• According to the Animus database's filter, Uberto is not a Templar (while plotting with them). However, when viewing the portraits of Ezio's victims in his room of the Villa Auditore, Uberto's portrait says he is a Templar.