All Roads Lead To...
All Roads Lead To... was a virtual representation of one of Ezio Auditore da Firenze's genetic memories, relived by Desmond Miles in 2012 through the Animus.
Description
Ezio Auditore was informed by Bartolomeo d'Alviano that Cesare Borgia had begun to rally his supporters at the main gate into Rome, and gathering all the other Assassins, Ezio faced off against Cesare and his men. Upon being defeated, Cesare was arrested by Fabio Orsini, though Ezio feared that Cesare might escape, after he stated that "chains will not hold him" while he was being dragged away by the Papal Guards. Following this, Ezio used the Apple of Eden at the Assassin headquarters to learn Cesare's fate.
Dialogue
- Bartolomeo: My men tell me Cesare rallies his best soldiers in front of the main gate into Roma.
- Ezio: Gather the Assassins. We'll face him together.
Ezio and the Assassins reached the city gate as Cesare was talking with his men.
- Cesare: All of Italia shall be united, and you will rule beside me.
Cesare saw Ezio and the Assassins standing together.
- Cesare: Come to watch my triumph? Soon Micheletto and his army will arrive. But you shall be dead before then.
Cesare sent his guards towards the Assassins.
- Ezio: Insieme per la vittoria! (Together for the Victory!)
- Assassins: Vittoria agli Assassini! (Victory to the Assassins!)
The Assassins attacked Cesare's guards, while Cesare stood outside the closed gates watching and insulting Ezio.
- Cesare: My men will never fail me. They know what awaits them if they do.
Kill him.
Soon you will pass from this Earth and my dominions will be returned to me.
Rip the Assassin's throat out.
I want the Assassin name to die today.
Your uncle fought back. Look what happened to him.
Ezio and the Assassins succeeded in killing all of Cesare's men. However, they saw a troop of soldiers approaching.
- Ezio: Throw down your arms, Cesare Borgia.
- Cesare: Micheletto's troops mass behind me. We will take back my city once and for all.
- Ezio: This is not your city anymore.
The troops which Cesare considered to be Micheletto's soon turned out to be led by Fabio Orsini, on the newly ascended Pope's orders.
- Fabio Orsini: By order of Pope Julius II, I arrest you, Cesare Borgia, for the crimes of murder, betrayal and incest.
- Cesare: No! No! No! No! This is not how it ends! Chains will not hold me! I will not die by the hand of man!
Ezio returned to the Assassins' hideout, where he told Leonardo da Vinci of Cesare's arrest, and shared his concerns.
- Ezio: It was the manner in which he said it, "Chains will not hold me."
- Leonardo: If you are so worried, there is a way to find out.
Leonardo handed Ezio the Apple of Eden.
- Ezio: No, it is too powerful. It must be hidden outside the domain of men.
- Leonardo: What a shame, hiding a masterpiece where no one will ever see it.
- Ezio: And yet... what if he meant what he said? I cannot risk it.
Ezio placed his hand on the artifact, activating it, to which he seemed to have a vision.
- Ezio: Cesare was right. I have to leave.
- Leonardo: What about your friends?
- Ezio: I built this Brotherhood to last, with or without me.
- Leonardo: What do you intend to do?
- Ezio: Plant a seed. Here. A gift.
Ezio handed Leonardo a large bag of florins.
- Leonardo: If this is goodbye, then keep your money. I do not want it.
- Ezio: We will see each other again, you have my word. Buona fortuna, (good luck) my oldest friend.
And take the money. On your meager salary you will need it. - Leonardo: My patron has been arrested after all.
Outcome
Cesare Borgia was arrested and taken away, leaving Rome completely liberated from the control of the Borgia.
Trivia
- The name of the memory came from the idiom "All roads lead to Rome".
- Ezio could use only the Apple and no other weapons, though he could call upon his Assassin recruits.
- The timer would automatically stop once all the guards in the vicinity had been defeated, to which La Volpe, Machiavelli, Bartolomeo d'Alviano and Claudia would proceed to the gate. However, the cutscene would not trigger unless Ezio went to the indicated spot.
- It was possible for Bartolomeo to appear dead or unconscious if he had been fighting for too long.
Gallery
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Cesare instructing his men at the gates -
Fabio Orsini ordering his men to arrest Cesare Borgia -
Ezio bidding Leonardo farewell
