Lair of Romulus
The Lairs of Romulus are secret locations featured in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood that are similar to the Assassin's Tombs from Assassin's Creed II. Each lair of the Followers of Romulus houses a shrine to Romulus, which contains a variety of treasures. These lairs are scattered all over Rome and include platforming levels once found.
Each of the six lairs also contains a key, and a scroll, which each hold portions of a letter written by Marcus Junius Brutus. Obtaining all six keys allows one to obtain the Armor of Brutus, as well as the Dagger of Brutus, the two coveted treasures of the Followers.
On the map of Rome, each of the Lairs of Romulus are marked by a black wolf symbol. A seventh, gold version of the symbol marks the location of the aforementioned Romulus treasures.
These missions are side quests, as obtaining the Romulus treasures is not required to complete the main story of Brotherhood. The only the exception is the first lair encountered, the one beneath the Terme di Traiano, as it is a core memory, and is used to introduce the Followers of Romulus.
There are 3 Borgia flags in each Lair.
Entrance Locations
Terme di Traiano
- Main article: Terme di Traiano
- Mission: The Halls of Nero
This lair is the first one encountered, and its entrance is located at a low point of the terme, down a flight of stairs. Although the entrance is located in the Terme, the memory itself takes place in Nero's Golden Palace.
After Ezio's first encounter with the Followers of Romulus, he enters Nero's Golden Palace, situated beneath the Terme di Traiano. After entering the Lair of Romulus, Ezio explores the ruins and solves some puzzles. Finally he arrives in a room filled with treasures. Ezio searches the treasures, taking what he can. He retrieves one of the Scrolls of Romulus. It has a key attached to it.
Piramide Cestia
- Main article: Piramide Cestia
- Mission: Wolves Among The Dead
The entrance, though located next to the Pyramid, leads into the Catacombe di Roma.
Ezio enters the Catacombe di Roma beneath the Piramide Cestia, in search of a shrine to Romulus. He traverses the Catacombs until he arrives at a large hall, where he encounters two Followers of Romulus. He attempts to converse with them, asking them for their leader.
Ignoring Ezio's request, the men hurriedly leave the hall through an exit at the upper level of the room, severing the rope used to escape. Ezio scales the giant hall and follows the path taken by the Followers, before arriving at another room. Here, he is surrounded by a group of Followers with weapons drawn.
The Followers attack Ezio, and after dealing with the first wave of attackers, he scales the multi-leveled room, defeating Followers on each of floors. Upon reaching the top floor, Ezio leaves through an archway, and arrives at the shrine to Romulus. Opening the chest, he claims a scroll and key number II of VI, to unlock the treasure of Romulus. Ezio then leaves the catacombs and returns to Rome.
Colosseo
- Main article: Colosseo
- Mission: Thrown To The Wolves
The entrance is located at ground level between the inner and outer walls, just behind the stage of the Passion play.
Basilica di San Pietro
- Main article: Basilica di San Pietro
- Mission: A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing
The entrance is outside, to the right of the staircase that leads to the inner sanctum.
Palazzo Laterano
- Main article: Palazzo Laterano
- Mission: The Sixth Day
The entrance to the lair is located inside one of the gardens.
Terme di Diocleziano
- Main article: Cloaca Maxima
- Mission: Leader Of The Pack
Ezio must completely repair the Aqueduct that leads into the terme to access the entrance to this lair, as it is situated high up in the wall of the initially empty terme. However, the entrance can also be accessed without repairing the Aqueduct by dropping over the ledge and climb-leaping into the archway.
Trivia
- The Palazzo Laterano is the only Lair to not feature Followers of Romulus.