Rome: Chapter 3 – Francesco Vecellio
Chapter 3 of the Rome Pack of the Facebook game, Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy.
In-Game Introduction Video
Now synching the DDS system. We're going to take a moment to test your emotional range. Please focus on a fond memory. Good. Now focus on a painful memory. Perfect. Just prior to the death of Pope Alexander VI, Cesare Borgia began to lose his grip on Rome. Though you won't find any mention of it in the history books, we suspect a powerful underground movement worked to overthrow the corrupt dynasty. See what you can learn.
Finely Tuned
Since my master's death i have been sent to train under Ezio Auditore. He is a skilled Assassin from Firenze who has come to lead the Brotherhood in Roma. We struggle to oppose Cesare Borgia, who, with his wretched family controls the Church as well as the city.
Dance
Requirements: 30 AP (perexecution), 4 Orsini Family Cloak, 4 Thieves, 1 Dagger, 1 Elite Assassin, 1 Helmschmied Drachen Armour.
Rewards: 72 XP, 2985 florins.
Ezio has taught me the basics of passing through a crowd unnoticed. How to drift with the ebb and flow of traffic. Today, he asks me to interact. He has sent several of his thieves into the streets and marked them with green badges. I am to steal their coin pouches without drawing attention to myself. The task sounds easy enough...
- I spot the first mercenary, a green crest pinned to his cap. I begin to stalk him, drifting from group to group, each time gaining a bit of ground. Finally, I move towards him and push his cape aside. He does not notice me, but I cannot find a coin pouch! Is this part of the lesson?
- Another mercenary without a pouch! I look to the rooftops for Ezio, seeking an explanation. I do not find him.
- There! Another thief! She is so fast! I barely saw her swipe the pouch from her victim! I follow her.
- I see my rival eyeing her next target. I am closer! I push myself hard to beat her to him and I am rewarded with a coin pouch! I slip back into the crowd before either realizes what I have done.
- I glimpse the other thief as she dashes past me. She is returning to Ezio, no doubt. Another student? I take what little comfort I can in the fact that I have spoiled her perfect game.
- I return to Ezio, eager to present what little spoils I have recovered. I reach for the one pouch. It is gone. Ezio laughs and apologizes, but asks me what I have learned. I tell him that I cannot always be the predator. He nods.
The High Road
Requirements: 34 AP (per execution), 1 Elite Assassin, 1 Assassin's Bow, 1 Helmschmied Drachen Armour, 3 Arrows.
Rewards: 81 XP, 4000 florins.
Ezio will teach me to scale walls quickly and to leap across Roma's rooftops. I have practiced some, but I cannot move at anywhere near the speed of my new master. While I am still asking questions, he scrambles up a wall! I struggle to keep up with him!
- Ezio grabs the lip of the roof and pulls himself to the top! I try to mimic his movement and nearly lose my footing!
- I watch Ezio as he navigates three rooftops. His head is always moving, always scanning for the easiest route to the next landing. He knows his next move before he even lands! I follow his path, imitating his choices. I am clumsy, but I begin to develop a feel for the technique!
- An arrow strikes my shoulder! I scoop it up and duck behind a structure to avoid further fire. The arrow is padded. Blunt. A training arrow? I poke out to find my attacker he sends another arrow straight into my forehead. I curse at him! Ezio shouts for me to keep moving!
- I stand again, careful to watch my path as I dash to the next rooftop. I scout for the archer and find him two buildings over. I charge!
- His shots are accurate, but slow! The weight of the padding interferes with his precision, forcing him to hesitate before firing, but he has learned to compensate. Still, I am able to read his shots and move accordingly.
- I leap between buildings, finally reaching the same rooftop as my attacker. He shoots an arrow into my knee, interfering with the balance of my landing and I tumble! Ezio climbs up the side of the building and then helps me to my feet. He is grinning.