Preacher (Piagnone)
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The Preacher (died 1497) was one of Girolamo Savonarola's nine Lieutenants, men he put in charge to control Florence, during the Bonfire of the Vanities, one who followed Savonarola freely, without being manipulated by the Apple.
Biography
Rise to power
When Savonarola used the Apple to take control over Florence, he assigned nine lieutenants to enforce his will on the city. Each lieutenant had his own task to carry out. The Preacher was tasked with preaching Savonarola's ideas and ideals.
Death
The preacher spoke before a crowd of people with his back to a wall, surrounded by guards who were ready to alert him when someone moved away from the crowd or made any attempt at his life. To avoid being found by the guards, Ezio Auditore simply stood in the courtyard far from the preacher, and fired his hidden gun from a safe distance, easily killing another enemy of freedom and secular expression.
Speech
"People of Firenze! Come! Gather round. Listen well to what I say! The end approaches! Now is the time to repent! To beg God's forgiveness.
Don't you see?! The SIGNS are all around us: Unrest! Famine! Disease! Corruption! These are the harbingers of DARKNESS! We must stand firm in our devotion lest they CONSUME US ALL! I see you doubt; that you think me mad. Ahhh... but did the Romans not say the same to Gesù? (Jesus?) Know that I too once shared your uncertainty. Your fear. But that was before Savonarola came to me. He showed me the TRUTH! At last, my eyes were OPENED. And so I stand before you today in the hope that I might open yours as well!"
Final Words
- Ezio: Your mind... I sense it is your own.
- Preacher: Not all of us required deception to be convinced. I already believe. All I said is true.
- Ezio: Nothing is true. Non è un compito facile il mio... Requiescat in pace. (This is not an easy thing I do... Rest in peace.)