All Roads Lead To...
All Roads Lead To... is a memory in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.
Description
Ezio Auditore was informed by Bartolomeo that Cesare had begun to rally his supporters at the main gate into Rome. Gathering all the other Assassins, Ezio faced Cesare and his men at the gate. Upon being defeated, Cesare was arrested by Fabio Orsini. Later, however, Ezio feared that Cesare might escape, after he stated that "chains will not hold him" while being dragged away by the Papal Guards, and used the Apple to learn his 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 waited with his men.
- Cesare: All of Italia shall be united, and you will rule beside me.
He 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, 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 turned out to be Fabio Orsini's
- 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 about Cesare's arrest.
- 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 gave Ezio the Apple.
- 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, it activated, and 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.
- 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 comes from the idiom "All Roads lead to Rome".
- Ezio can use only the Apple and no other weapons. He can however, use his recruits.
- The timer will automatically stop once all guards in the vicinity have been defeated. La Volpe, Machiavelli, Bartolomeo and Claudia will then proceed to the gate. The cutscene will not be triggered unless Ezio goes to the indicated spot.
- It is possible for Bartolomeo to appear dead or unconscious if he has 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 bids Leonardo farewell
