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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
===Early life=== | ===Early life=== | ||
Vieri was born | Vieri was born within [[Tuscany]] in [[Italy]] in the year 1459. In his early years, Vieri was notorious for his reckless spending habits that included the purchases of weaponry, exotic animals, and attire. | ||
He | He also began to resort to conducting races which he would tamper with in order to come out victorious. If his competitors were able to win somehow, however, Vieri would invite their entire families over and serve them a poisoned meal. | ||
One | One evening, in the year 1476, Vieri followed a love-interest, [[Cristina Vespucci]], to her [[Casa di Vespucci|home]] within Florence. Upon noticing Vieri at her abode, Cristina reminded Vieri that she was not interested in him, though | ||
Vieri told Cristina that he had enough of waiting to have sexual intercourse with her. | |||
Before Vieri was able to sexually harass Cristina, however, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]], who had also been tailing Cristina, emerged and confronted Vieri. After a brief argument, the two brawled, with Ezio proving victorious. | |||
Fleeing, Vieri then threatened Ezio, claiming his [[House of Auditore|entire family]] would pay for Ezio's interference. This incident led Vieri to resent the Auditore, and a rivalry between the Pazzi and the Auditore emerged. | |||
Sometime later that same year, Vieri's father, Francesco de' Pazzi, was arrested on evidence obtained by [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]]. This led the animosity between the two rivaling families to grow, which eventually culminated in a street brawl on the [[Ponte Vecchio]] in late 1476. | |||
Vieri and Ezio both arrived at the brawl with their supporters alongside them, and Ezio swiftly hailed Vieri as a slanderer of his family, then fighting with Vieri's men. While Ezio fought with the Pazzi supporters, Vieri observed from the other side of the bridge. Just then, Ezio's brother, [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]], arrived, and assisted Ezio as he beat up the Pazzi supporters. | |||
Eventually recognizing his defeat, Vieri fled the bridge with his remaining men. Later that same evening, however, Vieri roamed the city with his men as they endeavored to locate and fight Ezio once more. Their attempts proved unsuccessful, though, and Vieri was not able to find Ezio. | |||
===As a Templar=== | ===As a Templar=== | ||
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- "I'm sorry, were you hoping for a confession?"
- ―Vieri's final words to Ezio Auditore da Firenze.[src]
Vieri de' Pazzi (1459 – April 1478) was a member of the Templar Order and an opulent Florentine noble.
Vieri was a member of Florentine nobility, and was the youngest member of the affluent Pazzi family. He was the son of Francesco de' Pazzi, and also the great-nephew of Jacopo de' Pazzi.
Biography
Early life
Vieri was born within Tuscany in Italy in the year 1459. In his early years, Vieri was notorious for his reckless spending habits that included the purchases of weaponry, exotic animals, and attire.
He also began to resort to conducting races which he would tamper with in order to come out victorious. If his competitors were able to win somehow, however, Vieri would invite their entire families over and serve them a poisoned meal.
One evening, in the year 1476, Vieri followed a love-interest, Cristina Vespucci, to her home within Florence. Upon noticing Vieri at her abode, Cristina reminded Vieri that she was not interested in him, though Vieri told Cristina that he had enough of waiting to have sexual intercourse with her.
Before Vieri was able to sexually harass Cristina, however, Ezio Auditore, who had also been tailing Cristina, emerged and confronted Vieri. After a brief argument, the two brawled, with Ezio proving victorious.
Fleeing, Vieri then threatened Ezio, claiming his entire family would pay for Ezio's interference. This incident led Vieri to resent the Auditore, and a rivalry between the Pazzi and the Auditore emerged.
Sometime later that same year, Vieri's father, Francesco de' Pazzi, was arrested on evidence obtained by Giovanni Auditore da Firenze. This led the animosity between the two rivaling families to grow, which eventually culminated in a street brawl on the Ponte Vecchio in late 1476.
Vieri and Ezio both arrived at the brawl with their supporters alongside them, and Ezio swiftly hailed Vieri as a slanderer of his family, then fighting with Vieri's men. While Ezio fought with the Pazzi supporters, Vieri observed from the other side of the bridge. Just then, Ezio's brother, Federico, arrived, and assisted Ezio as he beat up the Pazzi supporters.
Eventually recognizing his defeat, Vieri fled the bridge with his remaining men. Later that same evening, however, Vieri roamed the city with his men as they endeavored to locate and fight Ezio once more. Their attempts proved unsuccessful, though, and Vieri was not able to find Ezio.
As a Templar
Some time prior to 1476, Vieri joined the Templar Order, an organization which at least two of his family - his father and his great uncle, Jacopo - were a part of.[2]
In December of 1476, Vieri and Ezio, who had become bitter rivals, met on the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, where they and their gangs had a street fight. Despite initiating the brawl by throwing a rock at Ezio's face, Vieri did not participate in the actual fighting. He simply watched from a distance and called a retreat as Ezio and his loyalists gained the upper hand.[2]
On December 31, 1476, Vieri and Ezio met again when the latter was escaping Florence with his mother and sister after having assassinated Uberto Alberti. Vieri tried to kill the three by sending his armed thugs to attack them; however, they were rescued by Ezio's uncle, Mario Auditore and his mercenaries. Vieri then fled to San Gimignano when Mario confronted him.[2]
According to one of Mario's mercenaries, Vieri and his men attacked Monteriggioni – Mario's city – repeatedly over the next year and a half, most likely due to Ezio's presence and his Templar loyalties.[2]
Death
In April of 1478, Vieri met with his father, his great uncle and Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia (the Grand Master of the Templar Order) in San Gimignano to discuss plans for the Pazzi Conspiracy.[2]
As soon as the four of them went their separate ways, one of Vieri's guards reported that Mario and his mercenaries had invaded the city, intent on killing him to end the harassment they faced in Monteriggioni. Soon after, Mario's battalion arrived at the scene and attacked Vieri's men.[2]
Vieri fled to the city's battlements and commanded his troops from there. However, he was soon confronted by Ezio, who had accompanied Mario, and after a brief, furious fight with Vieri and his guards at the top of a tower, Ezio triumphed over him. He demanded to know what he and the Templars were planning, but Vieri refused to say anything and died. Enraged, Ezio cursed at Vieri's body, insulting him and his family, until Mario calmed him down. He told Ezio not to become like Vieri, and said that the Assassins showed respect to those they had killed before giving Vieri his last rites.
Personality and characteristics
- "So if he is loud and foul and angry - I believe it is simply because he wants to be noticed. He wants to be loved."
- ―A letter from Fra Giocondo to Vieri's father.[src]
Vieri was a cruel young man who liked nothing more than to win, in any variety of contests. He would call for competitions against other noble families, which were always rigged for his victory. In the rare occasions when he did lose, he would invite the winner and his family to a victory dinner and subsequently poison them by serving them "a meal to die for."[2]
He would do anything to get what he wanted, such as rape, hire thugs to fight for him, and outright kill people who stood in his way. He was also a coward, and would run away when his plans failed.[2]
However, as revealed in the letter from Fra Giocondo to Vieri's father, Vieri acted in this way only because he sought attention and approval from his father, wishing for him to recognize his abilities and devotion to the Templars. Giocondo also observed that Vieri merely wanted to be loved, mentioning that the boy spoke often and fondly of his father, as well as of a desire to be closer to him.[2]
Final words
- Ezio: What are you and your allies planning? Is this what my father discovered? Is this why he was killed?
- Vieri: I'm sorry, were you hoping for a confession?
(outside the Memory Corridor)
- Ezio: Pezzo di merda! Vorrei solo che avessi sofferto di piu! Hai avuto la fine che meritavi! Spero che bru- (Piece of shit! I only wish you'd suffered more! You met the fate you deserved! I hope yo-)
- Mario: Enough, Ezio! Show some respect.
- Ezio: Respect? After all that's happened? Do you think he would have shown either of us such kindness?
- Mario: You are not Vieri. Do not become him. (to Vieri's corpse) Che la morte ti dia la pace che cercavi. (May death provide the peace you sought.) Requiescat in pace. (Rest in peace.)
Trivia
- Strangely, Vieri's birth year is listed to be 1454, whereas his father's is 1444. There is likely an error in the database with either one or both of their ages, considering the impossibility of having a son at age 10.
- In the Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia, his date of birth is corrected to 1459.
- Vieri mostly speaks in an Italian accent, but sometimes, such as when he ambushes Ezio and his family on their way to Monteriggioni, he says "My condolences for the loss of your father and brothers!" in a more American accent.
- In Assassin's Creed II, if the player beats Vieri in hand-to-hand combat after luring him down from his tower (by stealing his weapon), Ezio will reappear at the top of the tower after entering the Memory Corridor.
- On the painting of Vieri in the attic of the Villa Auditore, it says he died in 1477; while according to the game's timeline, he was killed in 1478.
- Vieri makes a brief appearance in the first Cristina Memory of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, where he tries to assault Cristina, before being beaten by Ezio.
- If this fight lasts long enough, the player can read a database entry for Vieri. Unlike his entry in Assassin's Creed II, his entry in Brotherhood contains a very brief summary of his attitude and role, and how he died.
- Vieri is responsible for the scar on Ezio's lip, by throwing a rock at him during their confrontation on the Ponte Vecchio.
- In Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Vieri is mentioned by Ezio while disguised as an Italian minstrel. Ezio is singing about what he did during the past games.
Gallery
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Vieri harasses Cristina. -
Vieri and Rodrigo Borgia. -
Ezio shouts at Vieri's body. -
Vieri's database photo
References