Knowledge Is Power

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Knowledge is Power is a memory in Assassin's Creed II.

Description

During Venice's famed Carnevale, Ezio Auditore visited his friend Leonardo da Vinci, in order to ask him for a spare mask he could use to hide his identity during the event. He also gave Leonardo more Codex pages for him to decode, which were later revealed to be the designs for a Pistol upgrade for the hidden blade. After Leonardo constructed the device, he set up three dummies for Ezio to practice on. After testing his new weapon, Ezio thanked Leonardo, put on the Carnevale mask, and headed onto the streets.

Dialogue

After failing to save Doge Mocenigo, Ezio returns to Leonardo.

• Leonardo: Ezio! Dio mio (my God)! You're alive! Is it true? They say you killed the Doge.
• Ezio: I was trying to save him, Leonardo. But the truth matters little. I failed, and now I'm the most wanted man in Venezia.
• Leonardo: Well perhaps you are in luck. It's Carnevale in Venezia. This is the time when everybody goes without a face.
• Ezio: That's why I'm here. Do you have a mask I can wear?
• Leonardo: Of course, of course. Somewhere in here...
• Ezio: Grazie, amico mio (Thanks, my friend). And I have something for you.
• Leonardo: Oh! More of the Codex! Aha...This one's quite complex. Hmm....it's a new design, my friend. A mechanism for your wrist, but not a blade. In fact, it seems to be a kind of arma da fuoco (firearm), but as small as a hummingbird!
• Ezio: Is it possible?
• Leonardo: I have no idea. Let's build it and find out!

Leonardo builds the Pistol and Ezio goes to test it on dummies. After proving it works, he returns to Leonardo.

• Ezio: You've done me good, brother!
• Leonardo: Ma certo (Of course), but I'm sure your return was not just to play with new toys. Is it about this terrible new Doge they've installed....Marco Barbarigo?
• Ezio: (nods lightly)
• Leonardo: Then you'll want to speak with your friend Antonio. I've seen him quite a bit lately at a, um, mutual friend's. I'd look for him there. In the Dorsoduro district, to the south. Ask for Sister Teodora.
• Ezio: Sister?
• Leonardo: Well um, in a way, yes, sister. And Ezio, you can't be carrying weapons out there today.
• Ezio: Grazie (Thanks), Leonardo. Now, about that mask...

Outcome

Ezio receives and uses the pistol for the first time and he is given a mask to keep him incognito.

Trivia

• Looting the dummies after shooting them will result in obtaining a key item. It is unknown what these keys are used for.