Rodrigo Borgia
Pope Alexander VI (1 January 1431 – 18 August 1503), born Roderic Llançol, later Roderic de Borja i Borja, better know by Rodrigo Borgia, was Pope from 1492 to 1503. His enemies call him "The Spaniard" (due to his Spanish origins) while his Templar followers call him "Maestro" ("Master" in Italian).
Biography
Rodrigo Borgia is the leader of the Knights Templar during the Renaissance in Italy.
In (real) History, he is one of the most controversial of the Renaissance popes, and his surname (Italianized as Borgia) became a byword for the debased standards of the papacy of that era.
Assassin's Creed: Lineage
In Italy, during the Renaissance, the Medicis are the ruling family in Florence. But a conspiracy is being plotted in a attempt to overthrow the powerful Lorenzo de' Medici, and Rodrigo Borgia is at the center of it. One night in 1476, Borgia is on his way to leave Florence with few of his men in the dark streets of the city. Suddenly, Giovanni Auditore, an Assassin, intercepts him. Borgia flees immediately as the Assassin battles his men. Hidden behind a corner, he sees Giviovanni capture one of his men. The prisoner reveals to Rodrigo's enemy the plotted assassination of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan and a powerful ally of Lorenzo de' Medici. Giovanni quickly goes to stop the attempt, but arrives too late. Rodrigo and his accomplices' plan has succeeded and Borgia begins planning the next move.
Assassin's Creed II
We can see Rodrigo on the execution platform of Florence, attending the judgement of Giovanni Auditore and his sons. He is later seen during a meeting with the Pazzi family and the Templars in a catacomb under the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella.
Borgia is later found in Venice, planning with Carlo Grimaldi and the Barbarigos to murder the current Doge so that one of them can replace him and take control of Venice. He later appears to lay claim to the Piece of Eden the Templars found in Cyprus. Ezio, disguised as the carrier of the artifact, attempts to kill Borgia, but Borgia is prepared for the attack. The two begin an intense battle against each other, with Ezio as the victor. Realizing he cannot defeat Ezio alone, Borgia calls in a seemingly endless supply of guards to overwhelm Ezio. Suddenly, many of Ezio's allies appear, revealing themselves to be Assassins. They hold off the guards to allow Ezio to re-challenge Borgia, who then escapes from them before Ezio can kill him.
In the Final Memory Block, Ezio travels to Rome to assassinate Borgia, who has now become the Pope. Ezio sneaks into the Vatican and seemingly assassinates Borgia without being seen, after Ezio finishes speaking with Borgia he leaves only to have him rise from the ground and uses his Piece of Eden, the Papal Cross to strike down Ezio and everyone else in the room. However, he is surprised to see that Ezio has not given up his will to stop him, instead he brings out his own Piece of Eden, The Apple, Ezio then summons 4 clones of himself to assist him in his battle against Borgia, eventually defeating him. Borgia snatches The Apple from Ezio's hands, and combines it with The Staff to open up the door to The Vault, which had been underneath Rome the whole time. Ezio tries to stop but he is lifted into the air by Borgia and stabbed with a sword, lying on the ground as Borgia escapes into the Vault. Ezio eventually finds the Vault, with Borgia furiously pounding the door to the inner chambers, Ezio drops down into the pit where he is, and challenges him to a battle with no weapons, Borgia accepts and the two have one last battle. During the battle, Borgia states that he never believed in The Bible or in God, and only became Pope to get the Staff and access to the Vault, wanting to unify Italy under the Templar rule. Ezio defeats Borgia but refrains from killing him, saying that killing him will not bring back his family, leaving him alone in the Vault.
It is presumed that he continued his war with the assassins until his death in 1503.
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