Egidio Troche
Egidio Troche was a Roman senator during the Italian Renaissance. His brother, Francesco, was a personal friend of Cesare Borgia and was also executed by the latter.[1]
In 1503 he owed money to Cesare's mysterious general simply known as "The Banker." Ezio Auditore, who wanted Egidio to help him locate the banker, found him being beaten up by someBorgia guards after he could not pay the money he owed, but Ezio came to the rescue and killed his attackers and escorted Egidio safely through Rome until they arrived at the house of his brother Francesco.
Egidio was greatful for Ezio actions and even more when Ezio gave him the 3000 florins to pay his debt, but on the condition that Egidio would help Ezio find the banker, Egidio agreed.
When Egidio met up with one of the bankers guards he was taken to the Pantheon, with Ezio following him. When Egidio arrived with the guards he was held in case tried to escape. After Ezio killed the commanding Borgia captain, Luigi, and took his place he ordered the guards to let Egidio free and that he was no longer in debt.
Shortly after the death of the banker, Juan Borgia the Elder, Egidio payed a visit to the Rosa In Fiore, where he was diccussing matters with Ezio's mother Maria. Ezio soon arrived and kindly greeted Egidio, Egidio, pleased to see Ezio informed him of more assassination targets that served the Borgia, Ezio departed to take care of these men.
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The eldest of two brothers, Egidio was the son of a Senator who had the bad luck of following in his fathers footsteps. Described as a naive idealist in a letter from his brother, Francesco, Egidio attempted to bring back the era of the roman commune where the Senate, the Conservatori, stood at the head of a democracy. Problem was, the Papacy wanted Rome all for itself.
As the century came to a close, the Pope seized control of Rome's urban planning, public works and finances, leaving the Conservatori with little more to do than plan festivals. Egidio, seeing his fellow Senators turn a blind eye as the Campidoglio slowly became a living museum, seems to have grown jaded: "Am I the only one in all of Rome who continues to seek freedom and justice?" he writes in a letter dated 1494. Records kept at the Rosa in Fiore indicate he began visiting regularly in 1495.
Meanwhile, Egidio's brother Francesco went to work for the Pope as his chamberlain and secretary, becoming good friends with Cesare, such good friends, in fact, that he was called "one of the Borgias' most trusted assassins". A letter sent to the Venetian ambassador by Egidio in 1503 detailing Cesare's war plans for the region reveals his hatred for Cesare and his brother's inability to keep secrets while under the influence.