Villa Auditore

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The Auditore Family Villa was a stronghold in the city of Monteriggioni. It was built by Domenico Auditore, and later used to provide refuge for Ezio and his family after the murder of Giovanni, Federico and Petruccio in Florence. Sitting in a beautiful Tuscan valley, the villa and Monteriggioni had become run down over time and was badly in need of repair.

History

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The Villa Monteriggioni

During the villa's construction, Domenico designed the home to double as a fortress and training ground for the town. The building was filled with hidden compartments and rooms, such as a moving bookshelf in the study. It concealed the entrance to the Sanctuary, a shrine to Assassins past and the resting place of Altaïr's armor. Though unconnected to the villa, the Auditore Family Crypt lay nearby.

After a Florentine attack in 1320 left the facade damaged, the present facade was erected and a painting gallery was added to the interior.

In 1476, Ezio and his family arrived in the villa after the execution of his father and brothers. He found the Villa in a state of disrepair and Ezio trained there with his uncle for two years, preparing to assassinate Vieri de' Pazzi. Claudia and Maria Auditore remained at the villa for the rest of Ezio's journey. Claudia kept records of Monteriggioni's income and Ezio's progress, while Maria prayed in her room under constant grief of her husband and sons' deaths. This changed only after Ezio gathered and stored eagle feathers as keepsakes and to help her cope with the loss. By 1499 Ezio had drastically improved the appearance of the Villa and the town of Monteriggioni.

In 1499, Cesare Borgia besieged Monteriggioni, devastating the town and villa.

In 2012, Desmond Miles, Lucy Stillman, Rebecca Crane and Shaun Hastings all go to the Sanctuary as a hideout from the Modern day Templars. It was appears to be fully repaired after the Siege of Monteriggioni and Desmond scaled the building to find power supplies to boost the power needed for the Animus to run.

Rooms

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Villa Auditore's main hall

Villa Auditore's armor room

The Villa Auditore has nine accessible rooms.

• The Main Hall
• The Armory, with two rooms dedicated to weapons and armor
• Mario's Study
• Maria's room
• The painting gallery
• Ezio's room and Study
• The Sanctuary

A closed door presumably leads to Mario's room.

Gameplay

In the early stages of the game, Ezio is able to renovate both the town of Monteriggioni and the Auditore Villa.

Methods to increase the town and villa's values are listed below:

• Renovating the shops and other buildings through the architect
• Buying armor and weapons
• Purchasing paintings
• Collecting Codex pages
• Obtaining the six assassin's seals
• Collecting feathers
• Collecting the statuettes scattered across Monteriggioni
• Unlocking the two models
• Obtaining Altaïr's armor
• Obtaining the portraits of all the conspirators (including conspirators from the Battle of Forlì and Bonfire of the Vanities)

As Ezio invests in Monteriggioni, the Villa's and Monteriggioni's physical appearance improves over time. Boards across windows are taken down, overgrown plants recede, and flags bearing the assassin symbol appear around the roof. With each guild renovated, Courtesans, Mercenaries, and Thieves populate the town as well as their guild becoming avaliable to climb and get the treasure chests in them.

Trivia

• The glyph on the wall of the villa is a barcode, incorporated with the number 12212012. This presumably represents the end date of the Mayan calendar, December 21, 2012, which is also the scheduled launch date of Abstergo's satellite or the end of Earth's days.