Matteo Favero
Matteo Favero (unknown - c. 1506) was a Borgia captain who as the son of Sirus Favero, Grand Master of the Crows, later served as one of its Crow Masters.
Biography
Matteo Favero originally served as a captain for the Borgia when that family dominated Rome.
Around 1501, the Crows was founded under the direction of the Templar Cesare Borgia, as a secret organization to hunt down the Assassins by replicating their own techniques. After the Spanish Assassin Raphael Sanchez was deceived into training the unit for more than five years in the ways of the Assassins, Matteo's father Sirus Favero took over their command, presiding over their indoctrination into Templar ideology.
Sirus therefore became the Grand Master of the Crows, and as his son, Matteo took on a leading role in the organization as well, bearing the title of Master of the Crows.
In 1506, during one of their operations, the Crows and a contingent of Borgia troops set up a heavily-fortified camp around the Colosseum in Rome. Large shipments of Corvix Blades, the signature weapon of the Crows, and Crow uniforms were sent there by Sirus and received by Matteo. It was inevitable that such a conspicuous gathering of Borgia soldiers attracted the attention of the Assassins, who sent one of its agents, Lo Sparviero, to investigate.
It was while conferring with his father at the base of the Colosseum that Matteo was identified by Lo Sparviero from the top of the Arch of Constantine. As Sirus and Matteo parted ways, the latter was aware of the Assassin on his tail but concealed his notice. He climbed up onto one of the intermediate levels of the Colosseum, knowing all too well that the Assassin would follow closely behind. There, he led Lo Sparviero directly into a trap set by his soldiers.
While the Assassin was preoccupied with the ambush, Matteo fled higher above onto the ledge of the arena, where he awaited at a platform at the far end with a couple of guards in the event the Assassin survived. Indeed soon afterwards, Lo Sparviero came charging down the ledge towards him. A brief fight commenced, with the Assassin dispatching Matteo's guards then mortally wounding him before kicking him off the Colosseum to a sure death below.
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