Petruccio Auditore da Firenze
- "Ezio, can you do me a little favour?"
- ―Petruccio
Petruccio Auditore da Firenze (1463 - 1476) is the brother of Ezio, Claudia and Federico Auditore. His father Giovanni and his uncle Mario are Assassins but he doesn't know it. He is the youngest member of the Auditore family. He is portrayed by Conner Nikides Kokolakis in both Assassin's Creed II and Assassin's Creed: Lineage. He is a descendant of Altaïr.
Biography
Assassin's Creed: Lineage
Petruccio Auditore is a Florentine young nobleman living during the 15th century in Italy: the Renaissance. He is one of the sons of Giovanni Auditore, an Assassin. He is briefly seen during the dinner next to Claudia, before Giovanni goes to his mission.
Assassin's Creed II
Near the beginning of the game, Petruccio asks his brother, Ezio, to retrieve some feathers for him. Ezio must return with the feathers quickly because Petruccio is not allowed outside due to his "illness". When Ezio brings the feathers to him, he asks what are they for, Petruccio responds "It's a secret" and will tell Ezio in time. The next morning, Petruccio is executed along with Frederico and Giovanni as part of a conspiracy. After Petruccio's death, Ezio decides to collect more feathers in memory of his brother. These can be stored in a chest in the Villa Auditore in Monteriggioni. However, after that he is no longer mentioned in the game.
When 50 of these feathers are collected an in-game cutscene will play in which Ezio's uncle Mario tells him to give up. He then tells his nephew that he has a special weapon prepared for him at the Monteriggioni blacksmith. The weapon is the Condottiero Warhammer, the most powerful hammer in the game.
When the player collects all 100 of these feathers an in-game cutscene plays in which Ezio embraces his mother, who speaks for the first time since the family's deaths. She thanks Ezio for not forgetting Petruccio and presents Ezio with the Auditore Cape. This cape makes the player notorious at all times when outside Monteriggioni, and the methods of lowering notoriety (killing corrupt Officials, bribing Heralds and tearing down Wanted Posters) are not available. Removing the cape returns the player's notoriety to the level it was at before the cape was put on.
Trivia
- If Petruccio's profile at the Database is read, it states that he may have died from his "illness", although it is later revealed in the mission "Last Man Standing" that he was executed.
- Petruccio's voice is provided by Michael Marsh.
- If you go by the dates in the database, Petruccio was 13 when he died.
- Unfortuntaly, Ezio never knows Petruccio's secret.
- After the mission when Ezio collects Petruccio's feathers you never talk to him again.
- Just like Ezio and Claudia, he never knew that his father was an Assassin. Although Ezio and Claudia discovered the secret later.