User:Barnabas Hale/Minor articles from Project Legacy

Here are articles for minor objects or characters appearing in Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy which have no articles on this wiki. Unless otherwise specified, all backgrounds are taken from historical source, not from the point-of-view from the AC universe.

Characters

Leon Battista Alberti

Leon Battista Alberti(February 18, 1404 – April 20, 1472) was an Italian intellectual and polymath. He designed the famous facade of the Santa Maria Novella.

Gerolamo Cardano

Gerolamo Cardano (24 September 1501 – 21 September 1576) was an Italian intellectual and mathematician. He has extensive work in the field of algebraic. An avid gambler himself, he also published book on probabilities related to gambling.

Charles V

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was the grandson of Ferdinand II of Aragon. When he was known as Charles I, he succeeded his grandfather's throne in 1515 and ruled Spain together with his mother Joanna the Mad. Aragon originally controlled Milan, but it was annexed to France shortly before he became king, hence he was determined to take back Italy, leading to a series of Italian Wars. He later succeeded his paternal grandfather [[[User:Barnabas Hale/Minor articles from Project Legacy#Maximilian I|Maximilian]]'s throne as the Holy Roman Emperor. In his later life he abdicated and retired to a monastery in Extremadura, Spain, where he died at 58 to malaria.

Alfonso I d'Este

Alfonso I d'Este (21 July 1476 – 31 October 1534) succeeded the Duchy of Ferrara after his father's death. His second marriage was to Lucrezia Borgia, a political marriage arranged by his father. He is thus the third husband of Lucrezia Borgia (after Giovanni Sforza and Alfonso of Aragon). As revealed in The Da Vinci Disappearance, Lurcezia left her lover Patrizio after her father's death to move and live with Alfonso.

Ercole I d'Este

Ercole I d'Este (26 October 1431 – 15 June 1505) was the Duke of Ferrara. He is notable for fighting for Ferrara's independence against Giovanni Mocenigo, the Doge of Venice, in the Salt War. He reluctantly agreed to the marriage of his son Alfonso to Lucrezia Borgia, a marriage that brought notable territorial donations and better relationship with the Papal states during the Italian Wars.

Isabella D'Este

Isabella d'Este (19 May 1474 – 13 February 1539) was the daughter of Ercole I d'Este and the Marchesa of Mantua, Italy. She was married to Francesco Gonzaga at 16, who would later have an affair with Lucrezia Borgia.

Archduke Francis Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand (18 December 1863 – 28 June 1914) was the descendent of Este family and the heir of Austria Hungary throne. He is most notable in history for his assassination in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip, which would later trigger the World War I.

François Ier

Francis I of France (12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was the King of France during the early periods of renaissance. His tie to Italian history was probably during 1536 to 1546, when he fought two wars (known as Italian Wars) with Holy Roman Emperor Charles V to wrestle control of Italy. Although the French force lost in the first war, Francis luckily succeeded in the second war where he was fighting with both Charles V and Henry VIII of England.

Friedrich der Weise

Friedrich der Weise (17 January 1463 – 5 May 1525), better known as Frederick III of Saxony, is an elector of Saxony. In 1502, he founded the University of Wittenberg. In Project Legacy, it is revealed that the Borgia prepared a bribe in order to stop the construction of the University. Luckily their plans were foiled by the assassins.

Henry VIII

Henry VIII of England (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was the King of England. He is notable in Italian history for fighting in the 1542 Italian Wars against Francis I shortly before he die of obesity.

Maximilian I

Maximilian I (22 March 1459 – 12 January 1519) was the Holy Roman Emperor and the predecessor of Charles V. Under his rule Germany blossomed. In Project Legacy, assassins were sent to follow his progress to avoid Templar interference.

Cardinal Giovanni de' Medici

Giovanni de' Medici(29 September 1544 – 20 November 1562) was the second son of Cosimo I de' Medici the Younger. He became a cardinal at the age of 17. At 19 he died of malaria.

Piero I de' Medici

Piero I de' Medici(1416 – December 2, 1469) was the father of Lorenzo de' Medici and Giuliano de' Medici. He was the son of Cosimo de' Medici the Elder and was the ruler of Florence at his time. During his time as a leader he survived a coup led by Ercole d'Este, and won a war against Venice caused by Florence's support to the newly-appointed Duke of Milan Francesco I Sforza. He died of gout and lung disease at the age of 53.

Francesco I Sforza

Francesco I Sforza (July 23, 1401 – March 8, 1466) was an Italian condottiero and the founder of the Sforza dynasty. As the ruler of Milan he is a close friend of Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence, and eventually formed the Italian League with him. After his death Leonardo da Vinci started making a statue of him but it was never finished as the bronze was forged as weapons to be used in his son's, Ludovico Sforza's, Italian Wars. He has another son, Galeazzo Maria Sforza, who is the father of Caterina Sforza.

Giacomo Attendolo Sforza

Giacomo Attendolo Sforza (May 28, 1369 – January 4, 1424), better known in history by his nickname Muzio Attendolo Sforza, was the father of Francesco I Sforza. He was an Italian condottiero hired by Niccolò III d'Este, father of Ercole I d'Este. Interestingly, he is a direct ascendent of Prince William, the current Duke of Cambridge. He was drowned in the Pescara River when trying to save one of his pages.

Ludovico Sforza

Ludovico Sforza (27 July 1452 – 27 May 1508) was the son of Francesco I Sforza. He succeed the Duchy of Milan from his father, and married the daughter of Ercole I d'Este, Beatrice d'Este. Leonardo da Vinci orchestrated the wedding celebration. He fought in the unsuccessful Italian Wars with France.

Niccolò Tartaglia

Niccolò Tartaglia (1499/1500 – 13 December 1557) is an Italian intellectual and mathematician. He translated Euclid's Elements into Italian, and has written many books on mathematics and physics himself.

Ivan III Vasilevich

Ivan III Vasilevich (22 January 1440, Moscow – 27 October 1505, Moscow), also known as Ivan the Great, was a Grand Prince of Moscow and the heir to the Russian Throne. He is one of the longest-reigning and best received ruler in Russian history. In Project Legacy he began an investigation on the Brotherhood, killing several of its member. Later, his top investigators were assassinated, and he ended the investigation.

Paintings

Cain and Abel

"Cain and Abel" is a painting by Titian drawn around 1570. It depicts the biblical scene of the murder of Abel by his brother Cain. It is currently being displayed in Santa Maria della Salute, Venice.

Tarquin and Lucrezia

"Tarquin and Lucrezia", better known as "Rape of Lucretia", is a painting by Titian drawn between 1568 and 1571. The painting draws on the story described in both Ovid's Fasti and Livy's history of Rome. In 509 BC, Sextus Tarquinius, son of Tarquin, the king of Rome, raped Lucretia (Lucrece), wife of Collatinus, one of the king's aristocratic retainers. As a result, Lucrece committed suicide. It is currently being displayed in Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK.

The Three Ages of Man

"The Three Ages of Man" is a painting by Titian. Painted between early 1512 and 1514, it shows the three stages of life as seen by Titian: 3 babies representing childhood, a pair of young and fit lover representing youth, and an old man looking at 2 skulls in the background depicting old age and death. It is currently on display in the National Gallery of Scotland.

The Worship of Venus

"The Worship of Venus" is an oil painting by Titian completed between 1518-1520. It describes a Roman rite of worship conducted in honour of the goddess Venus each 1 April. It is currently stored in Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain.

Items

Acetum

Acetum is the historical name for vinegar, commonly used in a lot of alchemy, medical and pharmaceutical processes.

Alkahest

Alkahest is a non-existent, hypothetical universal solvent that can dissolve anything, including gold. This lead to the proposal of the Alkahest Paradox: If it can dissolve anything, then there would be no container capable of holding such a solvent.

Aludel

An aludel is a subliming pot used in alchemy and medieval chemistry.

Castor Oil Plant

The castor oil plant, scientifically named Ricinus communis, is a source of castor oil and ricin. Ricin is an extremely toxic substance found in the seed of the plant: 8 seeds are estimated to be enough to kill an adult. Castor oil is perhaps most notable to Italians for its use as a torture method during Mussolini rule.

Ether

Ether is an organic compound with an oxygen atom between two alkyl chains. When inhaled, it is anesthetic and was used in surgery during the renaissance. However, overusing ether would cause respiratory failure. If ingested, a coma may occur due to ether's volatile property. 1 to 2 ounces of ether, when ingested, is fatal.

Hemp

Hemp is the fiber cultivated from plants of the Cannabis genus. The Spaniards brought hemp to the Western Hemisphere and cultivated it in Chile starting about 1545. It is most used for its durable property.

Laudanum

Laudanum is a brown and extremely bitter liquid. It contains 10% opium and hence 1% of morphine by weight. It can be used as a poison by overdosing the target with moprhine, which would require 100 would 150 mg of morphine for an adult if ingested orally. Since morphine is anesthetic, it is used in surgery in renaissance times.

M1917 Revolver

The M1917 Revolver is a .45 ACP six-shot revolver used by the US Army during the 1917 to the 1950's in supplement to the common M1911 pistol.

Nutmeg

Nutmeg refers to trees in the genus Myristica. It is mildly toxic, rarely causing deaths in adult. In late 19th century India and Europe it is used as a psychoactive drug, usually by smoking or eating.

Opium

Opium is the latex obtained from the opium poppy. It contains 12% morphine, hence it is used to produce heroine. Opium itself is an extremely addictive psychoactive drug. At the beginning of 16th century it is used in the Ottoman Empire and China as a recreational drug, and in Europe as a medicine. It is perhaps most infamous to historians for causing the Opium War.

Salt Peter

Salt Peter is the historical name for potassium nitrate, the critical oxidizing component of gunpowder, fireworks, rocket propellants, and a food preservative E252. When mixed with sucrose, a type of sugar, it can produce white fume. This property allow it to be used as an ingredient in making smoke bomb.

Saffron

Saffron is a spice obtained from the flower saffron crocus. It is considered to be medicine in the 14th century, and there was a high demand for it during the Black Death, eventually causing the Saffron War. It fall out of mainstream use as more exotic imports arrive from the East.

Sandarach

Sandarach is the name used by Aristotle for realgar, or tetraarsenic tetrasulfide. It is a soft, orange-red crystal used in painting, medicine and fireworks at the time of renaissance.

Spirit of Hartshorn

Spirit of Hartshorn, or smelling salts, are used since Roman times to arouse unconscious people: Ammonia gas released by the salts will trigger an inhalation reflex when inhaled. It is named spirits of hartshorn because in earlier times it is obtained by distilling a hart's (deer's) horn.

Verdigris

Verdigris refers to the green pigment obtained either by acetic reaction on copper, or the natural oxidization of copper or bronze. It is the pigment that gives the Statue of Liberty its current color. At the time of renaissance, it is the major pigment used in green paint. It is also used in medicine.

Visconti-Sforza Tarot

The Visconti-Sforza Tarot is the oldest deck of tarot known, found in the 15th century. It is named so due to its tendency to depict nobles from the Visconti and Sforza family on the cards. Il Diavolo, La Toree, Tre Di Spade and Fante di Denari tranlates to "The Devil", "The Tower", "Three of Spades" and "Fool of Denari" respectively.

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  "La Toree"
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  "Tre di Spade"
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  "Fante di Denari"

Vitriol

Vitriol is the historical name for sulphuric acid. It is notable during the renaissance for its inability to react with gold, which is the desired product of alchemy.

.303 SMLE

The .303 SMLE is the rifle used by the British army during the first half of the 20th century. SMLE stands for "Short, Magazine, Lee-Enfield".

Groups

Strigolniki Sect

The Strigolniki Sect was the first Russian heretical sect, operating from the middle of the 14th to first half of the 15th century. In Project Legacy, the Assassins blamed the death of Ivan III's investigators working on the Assassins, actually assassinated by the Assassins, on the Strigolniki Sect.

Locations

Moscow Kremlin, Moscow, Russia

The Moscow Kremlin is a historical fort built next to the Moskva River. In Project Legacy, in order to infiltrate the Russian government of Ivan III, several assassins posed as Italian architectures and were hired by Ivan III to renovate the Kremlin.

Star Chamber, London, England

The Star Chamber was an English court of law that sat at the royal Palace of Westminster in London. It is where private meetings with the King were held. Established in 1487, the chamber was a symbol of Imperial Rule and was abolished in 1641. In Project Legacy it is revealed that the Templars have infiltrated the Start Chamber, and the assassins would later assassinate or turn in any Templars in the court to Henry VII.

University of Wittenberg, Wittenberg, Germany

The University of Wittenberg was founded by Frederick III of Saxony in 1502. In Project Legacy, it is revealed that the Borgia prepared a bribe in order to stop the construction of the University. Luckily their plans were foiled by the assassins.