User:War Clown/Sandbox V2

Plot

In the year 1476, the Assassin Giovanni Auditore skips dinner with his family to intercept Rodrigo Borgia, who was roaming the streets of Florence. Ambushing Rodrigo and his men, Giovanni subdues two of Borgia's men and keeps one alive for interrogation. As Rodrigo fled, Giovanni reports to Lorenzo de' Medici about his investigations, how an important event will affect the balance of power in Florence. The Medici, along with Uberto Alberti, then interrogate Giovanni's captive with a rack, making him reveal about the Borgia's plan: an assassination was planed for Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza during the Feast of Saint Stephen in Milan, to be carried out by Rodrigo's allies. Medici immediately orders Giovanni to stop the assassination by going to Milan.

During mass, Galeazzo Sforza pays tribute at the altar, as Giovanni Andrea Lampugnani, Gerolamo Olgiati, and Carlo Visconti, officials of the Milan court, approach him. As Giovanni hurriedly made his way to Sforza through the crowd, Lampugnani commences the assassination, which incites the church crowd. Giovanni helps subdue the assailants while Sforza's personal bodyguard chases down Lampugnani. Lampugnani was then pinned down by Sforza's bodyguard, and despite Giovanni's pleas to spare him, the guard kills Lampugnani. As the guard attends to his master's body, Giovanni inspects Lampugnani's corpse. He then founds a sack of Venetian coins in Lampugnai's satchel, which he takes as evidence.

Returning home, Giovanni would then see his sons Ezio and Federico playing chess as he and Maria watch. After giving Ezio advise on how to be a better player, Giovanni would later lament in private about the loss of the Duke of Milan, and how the Medici was depraved of a powerful ally. He would then resume his search for the conspirators, as he prepares to head for Venice.

Arriving at Venice, Giovanni heads for the Palazzo Ducale, which bore the same insignia as the coins Lampugnani possessed. Subduing a palace guard, Giovanni manages to enter the palace and eavesdrops on a meeting between a courier and an official, where the latter orders the former to deliver a letter to their "master" in Rome. Giovanni follows the courier and intercepts him in a secluded area. Though Giovanni tried to interrogate him, the courier kills himself with Giovanni's blade. Giovanni would then inspect the courier's body, and takes the letter from the officials with him back to Florence.