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::*Very mild mannered (i.e., boring). His speech to the Estates-General almost put me to sleep.
::*Very mild mannered (i.e., boring). His speech to the Estates-General almost put me to sleep.


:::The First French Republic was proclaimed on September 21, 1792, and that November, evidence was discovered that proved suspicions of treason on Louis' part to be correct.
:::November, evidence was discovered that proved suspicions of treason on Louis' part to be correct.
:::Charges were made against the entire family. Louis was found guilty by the National Assembly, and executed on January 21, 1793.
:::Charges were made against the entire family.


===Database===
===Database===
As his younger brother (the future [[Charles X of France|Charles X]]) would say, not without irony: "Trying to get Louis to hold to a position was like trying to hold greased billiard balls together." (personality)
The nobles would bring about a revolution to which they too would fall victim. (Germain, legacy)
 
The nobles would bring about a revolution to which they too would fall victim. (Germain)
 
Shortly thereafter, he was stripped of his power, arrested, and sent to the medieval fortress of the [[Temple (Paris)|Temple]], and from there, to his doom.
 
===Guillotine===
A persistent legend surrounds the design of the guillotine according to which Dr. Joseph Ignace Guillotin reputedly asked for the King's advice concerning the creation of his famous machine, at which point the king suggested an angled blade.
 
===Women's March===
He was left with no uncertainty that his reign, with all its rights and privileges, was well and truly over. The Royal Family was quickly installed in the gloomy Tuileries Palace, but only as symbolic figureheads.
 
===10 August===
Louis XVI surely knew which way the wind was blowing after he was ousted from his Versailles hideaway, forcibly installed in the dreary Tuileries Palace and stripped of many of his rights and privileges. The indignities could, and probably should have ended there. However, Paris was consumed by Revolutionary fervour, France was on its knees due to the war with Austria, and the Royal Family were widely viewed as traitors. This was only ever going to end badly for King Louis and his kin – and especially for those who tried to protect them.
 
Louis had already survived the attentions of angry citizens who had broken into the palace looking for answers. On that occasion he was forced to don a red liberty cap and to raise a glass to the burgeoning Republic, while Marie Antoinette even earned a grudging respect for the bravery she showed in the face of the assault. Neither would be so lucky the second time around, when a crowd of more than 20,000 descended on the Tuileries with nothing less than the deposition of King Louis XVI and bloody murder in mind.
 
It was the morning of August 10th 1792 and Louis, perhaps smelling trouble, had already fled


===Trial and execution===
===Trial and execution===
The trial began on December 10th 1792 and concluded on January 15th the following year. In spite of impassioned pleas on his behalf and legal arguments that stalled the proceedings, the conclusion was eventually so forgone that even Louis’ own cousin voted against him. It was perhaps a portent of things to come that the infamous Maximilien de Robespierre was also among the majority who demanded the death penalty.  
In spite of impassioned pleas on his behalf and legal arguments that stalled the proceedings, the conclusion was eventually so forgone that even Louis’ own cousin voted against him.


Louis’ execution was duly set for January 21st, and the day commenced with a lengthy journey to the Guillotine. The Irish priest Henry Essex Edgeworth accompanied him throughout his final hours and later documented events as they unfolded. What follows is a short edit of his recollections.  
The day commenced with a lengthy journey to the Guillotine. The Irish priest Henry Essex Edgeworth accompanied him throughout his final hours and later documented events as they unfolded. What follows is a short edit of his recollections.  


“The procession lasted almost two hours; the streets were lined with citizens, all armed, some with pikes and some with guns. ...As another precaution, they had placed before the horses a number of drums, intended to drown any noise or murmur in favour of the King.  
“The procession lasted almost two hours; the streets were lined with citizens, all armed, some with pikes and some with guns. ...As another precaution, they had placed before the horses a number of drums, intended to drown any noise or murmur in favour of the King.  

Revision as of 18:16, 23 December 2015

Heralds

Italy

This killer stains the very stone of our city with his presence! Surely, God will be displeased with us, should we fail to strike him down!

Constantinople

It is the duty of all loyal citizens to collaborate with the stewards of Byzantium, to bring them to a swift end!

There is a vile, infernal Assassin plague walking among us! Terror spreas throughout the city! The terror of madness and death!

Do not be deceived by these voices seeking to justify their acts! They are nothing but cold killers, reveling only in death!

Leonardo conversations

  • Leonardo: Back for more designs, again?
  • Leonardo: Bene. I will return shortly.
    Wait here. I will be back soon.

Leonardo produced a second Hidden Blade for Ezio.

  • Ezio: I can kill double the guards.

Leonardo produced a climb leap glove for Ezio.

  • Ezio: Now nothing will be out of my reach.

Leonardo produced a poison dart launcher for Ezio.

  • Ezio: Just a small sting, and my enemies will fall.
  • Leonardo: If you decide to buy something, look for the chalk outline on benches.

The Banker

  • Leonardo: Ezio! I just hear the most wonderful news. Cesare's banker has been killed. It seems Cesare's battle funds are in shambles.
  • Ezio: What a surprise.
  • Leonardo: You did not have anything to do with this, did you?
  • Ezio: Do you really want to know?
  • Leonardo: On second thought, let's stick with the inventions.

Baron de Valois

  • Leonardo: Ezio. The French are pulling out of Roma! The Baron Valois was found murdered within his own camp.
  • Ezio: Could it have been an Assassin?
  • Leonardo: There are rumors which favor such a theory.
  • Ezio: Never listen to gossip, Leonardo. It could get you into trouble.
  • Leonardo: Good advice.

Pietro

  • Leonardo: Strange news, Ezio. Did you hear Pietro, Lucrezia's lover, fled the city after being poisoned by Micheletto at the Colosseum passion play?
  • Ezio: No. But... was he saved by a hooded man?
  • Leonardo: You daring figlio d'un cane (son of a bitch).
  • Ezio: Shhh. I heard nothing, remember?

Papal turmoil

  • Leonardo: Ezio. The papal apartments are in turmoil. Cesare is ill and the Pope, dead. It was your doing, was it not?
  • Ezio: Leonardo, I swear to you, he did not die by my hand.
  • Leonardo: This world gets stranger every day. I shall have to focus on my painting. I work on the small portrait of a woman. I am growing rather fond of it.
  • Ezio: Do not let a beautiful girl distract you from constructing my designs.
  • Leonardo: Have no worries. Women provide little distraction.

Leonardo put his hand on Ezio's back.

  • Ezio: Wait, I don't get it.

Embarassed, Leonardo took his hand away.

Guards

1750s

Crime under control and not a Frenchman in sight.

Louis XVI material

AE

  • Very mild mannered (i.e., boring). His speech to the Estates-General almost put me to sleep.
November, evidence was discovered that proved suspicions of treason on Louis' part to be correct.
Charges were made against the entire family.

Database

The nobles would bring about a revolution to which they too would fall victim. (Germain, legacy)

Trial and execution

In spite of impassioned pleas on his behalf and legal arguments that stalled the proceedings, the conclusion was eventually so forgone that even Louis’ own cousin voted against him.

The day commenced with a lengthy journey to the Guillotine. The Irish priest Henry Essex Edgeworth accompanied him throughout his final hours and later documented events as they unfolded. What follows is a short edit of his recollections.

“The procession lasted almost two hours; the streets were lined with citizens, all armed, some with pikes and some with guns. ...As another precaution, they had placed before the horses a number of drums, intended to drown any noise or murmur in favour of the King.

As soon as the King perceived that the carriage stopped, he turned and whispered to me, 'We are arrived, if I mistake not.' My silence answered that we were. As soon as the King had left the carriage, three guards surrounded him, and would have taken off his clothes, but he repulsed them with haughtiness. He undressed himself, untied his neckcloth, opened his shirt, and arranged it himself.

The path leading to the scaffold was extremely rough and difficult to pass, the King was obliged to lean on my arm, and from the slowness with which he proceeded, I feared for a moment that his courage might fail; but what was my astonishment, when arrived at the last step, I felt that he suddenly let go my arm, and I saw him cross with a firm foot the breadth of the whole scaffold; silence, by his look alone, fifteen or twenty drums that were placed opposite to him; and in a voice so loud, that it must have been heard at the Pont Tournant, I heard him pronounce distinctly these memorable words:

  • Germain's role in the vote, duc d'Orléans, Saint-Just, La Madeleine, book collection
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