Borgia tower

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Ezio Auditore escaping a Borgia Tower after igniting it.

Borgia towers are large towers set up by the Borgia in Rome, used to spread their influence throughout the various districts of this city. To stop this oppression, Ezio Auditore da Firenze has to kill each tower's Captain, and then burn the towers down. To escape the flaming structure safely, he performs a leap of faith. The tower also functions as the viewpoint for the surrounding area. There are twelve towers (and Captains) in total, and each Captain can act differently when they spot him; wherein some might flee, while others choose to fight. If Ezio lets the Borgia Captain escape, he will have to wait a full 12 hours (in-game) for the Captain to regroup with his guards before he can try to kill him again. With each tower blown up, the Borgias' influence decreases in that particular district, which also provides its merchants the opportunity to reopen their shops and allows Ezio to recruit one more potential assassin into the guild. Crime will decrease, as bandits will start to leave and the number of guards in that area will decrease. The district will also look livelier and brighter and citizens will have a more prominent presence in that specific area.

Once Ezio has destroyed a Borgia tower, it will function as an Assassin Tower, which works in the same way as a pigeon coop (As in you can access Ezio's own Assassination Contracts, look over theAssassin recruits as well as distribute skill points, send them on own on his own contracts across the Old World).

Captains

Centro District

• Iacopo de Grassi
• Pietro da Siena
• Domenico da Padova
• Belardino da Verona
• Valentino da Siena

Antico District

• Prospero da Siena
• Tommaso di Viterbo
• Ippolito di Foligno

Campagna District

• Francesco da Velletri
• Antonio da Fiorentino
• Battista Borgia
• Ferdinando di Napoli

Trivia

• Borgia towers are surrounded by many crows, whereas view points are circled by a single eagle, one of the symbols of the Assassins.
• If a Borgia Captain escapes, the player may quit the game and reload their save position to make the Captain 'reappear' instead of waiting 12 in-game hours.
• If you kill a Borgia Captain and die before burning the Borgia Tower (falling from a high building for example) you'll have to go through the process of killing him again.
• When the final Borgia Tower becomes accessible, the Borgia captain will be on top of the tower. If you send your apprentices to assassinate him, they'll appear as if they've teleported and kill him, but stand still until they're out of sight, even when the tower is burning.
• All Borgia Captains with the last name "da Siena" will flee.
• Burning a Borgia Tower will automatically activate its view point, saving the player the effort of having to activate it separately.
• The crossbow will not kill a Borgia Captain with one shot. The pistol, however, will do so.
• After the destruction of a Borgia tower, Vigilantes appear to assist Ezio and hold back guards.thumb|300px|right| Burning A Borgia Tower