Ezio Auditore da Firenze

Name: Ezio Auditore de Firenze
Age: 25
Weight: 170 lbs
Height: 6'

Ezio Auditore de Firenze (Eagle of Florence) is to be the protagonist of Assassin's Creed II. Ezio is a young Florentian nobleman-turned-assassin, in the year 1486. An article from GameInformer states that he is a descendant of Altaïr and ancestor to Desmond. It is unknown why he becomes a member of the Assassins, but there is a possibility that it's because his family was murdered by rival families, possibly Templars. Ezio is also announced to be allied with the famous inventor/artist Leonardo da Vinci and the writer/philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli.

Equipment

It has been announced that Ezio will have a variety of weapons including two hidden blades, an axe, a hammer, a mace, a spear, two different sword types, and a halberd. It has also been revealed that at some point in the game, Ezio will be able to use da Vinci's flying machine.He also has a miniature gun like mechanism on his left arm along with his second hidden blade which was seen in a trailer during E3 09 live on G4TV.

Trivia

The Italian name 'Ezio' derives from the Greek word 'Aetos', which means "Eagle", similar to Altaïr whose name means "The Flying One".