User:Barnabas Hale/Minor articles from Project Legacy

Here are articles for minor objects or characters appearing in Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy which have no articles on this wiki. Unless otherwise specified, all backgrounds are taken from historical source, not from the point-of-view from the AC universe.

Historical Characters

Leon Battista Alberti

Leon Battista Alberti (February 18, 1404 – April 20, 1472) was an Italian intellectual and polymath. He designed the famous façade of the Santa Maria Novella in Florence.

Iacopo Appiano

Iacopo Appiano (1459 – April 10, 1510) was the Lord of Piombino during the Renaissance.

In 1501, his territories in southern Tuscany were occupied by Cesare Borgia, and he was ejected from Piombino. In Project Legacy, Cesare Borgia planned to load his spoils onto vessels set for Rome in the docks of Piombino. Iacopo Appiano reported Cesare's plan to the Assassins after he was deported, allowing the Assassin's to sabotage Cesare's plans.

Gerolamo Cardano

Gerolamo Cardano (24 September 1501 – 21 September 1576) was an Italian intellectual and mathematician. He has extensive work in the field of algebraic. An avid gambler himself, he also published books on probabilities related to gambling.

Charles V

Charles V (24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was the grandson of Ferdinand II of Aragon.

When he was known as Charles I, he succeeded his grandfather's throne in 1515 and ruled Spain together with his mother Joanna the Mad. Aragon originally controlled Milan, but it was annexed to France shortly before he became king, hence he was determined to take back Italy, leading to a series of Italian Wars.

He later succeeded his paternal grandfather Maximilian's throne as the Holy Roman Emperor. In his later life he abdicated and retired to a monastery in Extremadura, Spain, where he died at 58 to malaria.

Bartolomeu Dias

Bartolomeu Dias (1451 – 24 May 1500) was a Portuguese nobleman and explorer.

In 1488 he discovered the Cape of Good Hope, the southernmost tip of the Africa continent. Dias originally named the Cape of Good Hope the "Cape of Storms" (Cabo das Tormentas). It was later renamed by King John II of Portugal to the Cape of Good Hope because it represented the opening of a route to the east.

Alfonso I d'Este

Alfonso I d'Este (21 July 1476 – 31 October 1534) succeeded the Duchy of Ferrara after his father's death. His second marriage was to Lucrezia Borgia, a political marriage arranged by his father. He is thus the third husband of Lucrezia Borgia (after Giovanni Sforza and Alfonso of Aragon). As revealed in The Da Vinci Disappearance, Lurcezia left her lover Patrizio after her father's death to move and live with Alfonso.

Ercole I d'Este

Ercole I d'Este (26 October 1431 – 15 June 1505) was the Duke of Ferrara.

He is notable for fighting for Ferrara's independence against Giovanni Mocenigo, the Doge of Venice, in the Salt War. He reluctantly agreed to the marriage of his son Alfonso to Lucrezia Borgia, a marriage that brought notable territorial donations and better relationship with the Papal states during the Italian Wars.

Isabella D'Este

Isabella d'Este (19 May 1474 – 13 February 1539) was the daughter of Ercole I d'Este and the Marchesa of Mantua, Italy. She was married to Francesco Gonzaga at 16, who would later have an affair with Lucrezia Borgia.

Archduke Francis Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand (18 December 1863 – 28 June 1914) was the descendent of Este family and the heir of Austria-Hungary throne. He is most notable in history for his assassination in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip, which would later trigger the World War I.

François Ier

Francis I of France (12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was the King of France during the early periods of Renaissance.

His tie to Italian history was notable during 1536 to 1546, when he fought two wars (known as Italian Wars) with Holy Roman Emperor Charles V to wrestle control of Italy. Although the French force lost in the first war, Francis I succeeded in the second war where he was fighting with both Charles V and Henry VIII of England.

Friedrich der Weise

Friedrich der Weise (17 January 1463 – 5 May 1525), better known as Frederick III of Saxony, is an elector of Saxony. In 1502, he founded the University of Wittenberg. In Project Legacy, it is revealed that the Borgia prepared a bribe in order to stop the construction of the University. Luckily their plans were foiled by the Assassins.

Giovanni Caboto

Giovanni Caboto (c. 1450 – c. 1499), known to non-Italians as John Cabot, was an Italian explorer. He made multiple voyages to the newly discovered North America. It is estimated that he is the first to land on Newfoundland (initially named "Terra Nova" by Caboto, which translates to "New Land") since the Vikings in 11th century.

Henry VIII

Henry VIII of England (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was the King of England. He is notable in Italian history for fighting in the 1542 Italian Wars against Francis I shortly before he die of obesity.

Antonio Giustinian

Antonio Giustinian was a Venetian ambassador who was in close contact with Pope Alexander VI, providing him with warnings and advises. In Project Legacy, Antonio Giustinian once pushed Rodrigo Borgia too far. As an "apology" for losing his temper, Rodrigo has arranged a dinner between Antonio and a lady of the court, who is actually a murderess. To foil Rodrigo's plans Francesco Vecellio disguised as Antonio and interrogated the female assassin for information.

Maximilian I

Maximilian I (22 March 1459 – 12 January 1519) was the Holy Roman Emperor and the predecessor of Charles V. Under his rule Germany blossomed. In Project Legacy, assassins were sent to follow his progress to avoid Templar interference.

Cardinal Giovanni de' Medici

Giovanni de' Medici(29 September 1544 – 20 November 1562) was the second son of Cosimo I de' Medici the Younger. He became a cardinal at the age of 17. At 19 he died of malaria.

Piero I de' Medici

Piero I de' Medici(1416 – December 2, 1469) was the father of Lorenzo de' Medici and Giuliano de' Medici. He was the son of Cosimo de' Medici the Elder and was the ruler of Florence at his time. During his time as a leader he survived a coup led by Ercole d'Este, and won a war against Venice caused by Florence's support to the newly-appointed Duke of Milan Francesco I Sforza. He died of gout and lung disease at the age of 53.

Domenico Maria Novara

Domenico Maria Novara (1454–1504) was an Italian astronomer and scientist. He was the teacher of Niccolò Copernico. In Project Legacy the Assassins were tasked to protect him and Copernico from Cesare Borgia's assassins when the duo were close to a breakthrough which could harm the papacy.

Francesco I Sforza

Francesco I Sforza (July 23, 1401 – March 8, 1466) was an Italian condottiero and the founder of the Sforza dynasty. As the ruler of Milan he is a close friend of Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence, and eventually formed the Italian League with him. After his death Leonardo da Vinci started making a statue of him but it was never finished as the bronze was forged as weapons to be used in his son's, Ludovico Sforza's, Italian Wars. He has another son, Galeazzo Maria Sforza, who is the father of Caterina Sforza.

Giacomo Attendolo Sforza

Giacomo Attendolo Sforza (May 28, 1369 – January 4, 1424), better known in history by his nickname Muzio Attendolo Sforza, was the father of Francesco I Sforza. He was an Italian condottiero hired by Niccolò III d'Este, father of Ercole I d'Este. Interestingly, he is a direct ascendent of Prince William, the current Duke of Cambridge. He was drowned in the Pescara River when trying to save one of his pages.

Ludovico Sforza

Ludovico Sforza (27 July 1452 – 27 May 1508) was the son of Francesco I Sforza. He succeed the Duchy of Milan from his father, and married the daughter of Ercole I d'Este, Beatrice d'Este. Leonardo da Vinci orchestrated the wedding celebration. He fought in the unsuccessful Italian Wars with France.

Niccolò Tartaglia

Niccolò Tartaglia (1499/1500 – 13 December 1557) is an Italian intellectual and mathematician. He translated Euclid's Elements into Italian, and has written many books on mathematics and physics himself.

Ivan III Vasilevich

Ivan III Vasilevich (22 January 1440, Moscow – 27 October 1505, Moscow), also known as Ivan the Great, was a Grand Prince of Moscow and the heir to the Russian Throne. He is one of the longest-reigning and best received ruler in Russian history. In Project Legacy he began an investigation on the Brotherhood, killing several of its member. Later, his top investigators were assassinated, and he ended the investigation.

Fictional Characters

Abbot Bernardino

Abbot Bernardino is an abbot in the city of Camerino, Italy. He was working against the Borgia secretly, and the Assassins defended him from the Church's mercenaries who attempt to restrain Bernardino.

Giulia

Giulia was the Lucrezia Borgia's chambermaid during her time in the Convent of San Sisto. She was a close friend to both Lucrezia and her lover Perotto Calderon. She helped the couple's escape from the convent after Lucrezia was pregnant with Perotto's baby.

Paintings

Cain and Abel

"Cain and Abel" is a painting by Titian drawn around 1570. It depicts the biblical scene of the murder of Abel by his brother Cain. It is currently being displayed in Santa Maria della Salute, Venice.

Tarquin and Lucrezia

"Tarquin and Lucrezia", better known as "Rape of Lucretia", is a painting by Titian drawn between 1568 and 1571. The painting draws on the story described in both Ovid's Fasti and Livy's history of Rome. In 509 BC, Sextus Tarquinius, son of Tarquin, the king of Rome, raped Lucretia (Lucrece), wife of Collatinus, one of the king's aristocratic retainers. As a result, Lucrece committed suicide. It is currently being displayed in Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK.

The Three Ages of Man

"The Three Ages of Man" is a painting by Titian. Painted between early 1512 and 1514, it shows the three stages of life as seen by Titian: 3 babies representing childhood, a pair of young and fit lover representing youth, and an old man looking at 2 skulls in the background depicting old age and death. It is currently on display in the National Gallery of Scotland.

The Worship of Venus

"The Worship of Venus" is an oil painting by Titian completed between 1518-1520. It describes a Roman rite of worship conducted in honour of the goddess Venus each 1 April. It is currently stored in Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain.

Items

Acetum

Acetum is the historical name for vinegar, commonly used in a lot of alchemy, medical and pharmaceutical processes.

Alkahest

Alkahest is a non-existent, hypothetical universal solvent that can dissolve anything, including gold. This lead to the proposal of the Alkahest Paradox: If it can dissolve anything, then there would be no container capable of holding such a solvent.

Aludel

An aludel is a subliming pot used in alchemy and medieval chemistry.

Castor Oil Plant

The castor oil plant, scientifically named Ricinus communis, is a source of castor oil and ricin. Ricin is an extremely toxic substance found in the seed of the plant: 8 seeds are estimated to be enough to kill an adult. Castor oil is perhaps most notable to Italians for its use as a torture method during Mussolini rule.

Denarius

The denarius is an ancient Roman silver coin used from 211 BC to 275 AD. It is the major currency of the Roman Empire. Denarius translates to "containing ten" in Latin. It is replaced by the antoninianus some time between 270 AD and 275 AD.

Ducat

The ducat was a type of gold coin used in Europe in renaissance times. It was introduced in Venice in 1284, and quickly gained popularity. Numerous mints were established in Italy to produce ducats. It dropped out of use before World War I, around 1913 to 1914.

Ether

Ether is an organic compound with an oxygen atom between two alkyl chains. When inhaled, it is anesthetic and was used in surgery during the renaissance. However, overusing ether would cause respiratory failure. If ingested, a coma may occur due to ether's volatile property. 1 to 2 ounces of ether, when ingested, is fatal.

Florin

The florin is a gold coin used in Italy between 1252 to 1533. Popularized by Florentine merchants, it quickly became a major trading unit in Europe and even the world. It bore a fleur de lis, a symbol of Florence, on the coin.

Hemp

Hemp is the fiber cultivated from plants of the Cannabis genus. The Spaniards brought hemp to the Western Hemisphere and cultivated it in Chile starting about 1545. It is most used for its durable property.

Laudanum

Laudanum is a brown and extremely bitter liquid. It contains 10% opium and hence 1% of morphine by weight. It can be used as a poison by overdosing the target with moprhine, which would require 100 would 150 mg of morphine for an adult if ingested orally. Since morphine is anesthetic, it is used in surgery in renaissance times.

M1917 Revolver

The M1917 Revolver is a .45 ACP six-shot revolver used by the US Army during the 1917 to the 1950's in supplement to the common M1911 pistol.

Nutmeg

Nutmeg refers to trees in the genus Myristica. It is mildly toxic, rarely causing deaths in adult. In late 19th century India and Europe it is used as a psychoactive drug, usually by smoking or eating.

Opium

Opium is the latex obtained from the opium poppy. It contains 12% morphine, hence it is used to produce heroine. Opium itself is an extremely addictive psychoactive drug. At the beginning of 16th century it is used in the Ottoman Empire and China as a recreational drug, and in Europe as a medicine. It is perhaps most infamous to historians for causing the Opium War.

Salt Peter

Salt Peter is the historical name for potassium nitrate, the critical oxidizing component of gunpowder, fireworks, rocket propellants, and a food preservative E252. When mixed with sucrose, a type of sugar, it can produce white fume. This property allow it to be used as an ingredient in making smoke bomb.

Saffron

Saffron is a spice obtained from the flower saffron crocus. It is considered to be medicine in the 14th century, and there was a high demand for it during the Black Death, eventually causing the Saffron War. It fall out of mainstream use as more exotic imports arrive from the East.

Sandarach

Sandarach is the name used by Aristotle for realgar, or tetraarsenic tetrasulfide. It is a soft, orange-red crystal used in painting, medicine and fireworks at the time of renaissance.

Spirit of Hartshorn

Spirit of Hartshorn, or smelling salts, are used since Roman times to arouse unconscious people: Ammonia gas released by the salts will trigger an inhalation reflex when inhaled. It is named spirits of hartshorn because in earlier times it is obtained by distilling a hart's (deer's) horn.

Teston

The teston is a silver coin used in France between 1203 and 1667. It is mainly used inside France, as the florin and ducat dominated Europe as the major currency. It bears the obverse a bust of the reigning king.

Verdigris

Verdigris refers to the green pigment obtained either by acetic reaction on copper, or the natural oxidization of copper or bronze. It is the pigment that gives the Statue of Liberty its current color. At the time of renaissance, it is the major pigment used in green paint. It is also used in medicine.

Visconti-Sforza Tarot

The Visconti-Sforza Tarot is the oldest deck of tarot known, found in the 15th century. It is named so due to its tendency to depict nobles from the Visconti and Sforza family on the cards. Il Diavolo, La Toree, Tre Di Spade and Fante di Denari tranlates to "The Devil", "The Tower", "Three of Spades" and "Fool of Denari" respectively.

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  "La Toree"
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  "Tre di Spade"
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  "Fante di Denari"

Vitriol

Vitriol is the historical name for sulphuric acid. It is notable during the renaissance for its inability to react with gold, which is the desired product of alchemy.

.303 SMLE

The .303 SMLE is the rifle used by the British army during the first half of the 20th century. SMLE stands for "Short, Magazine, Lee-Enfield".

Groups

Strigolniki Sect

The Strigolniki Sect was the first Russian heretical sect, operating from the middle of the 14th to first half of the 15th century. In Project Legacy, the Assassins blamed the death of Ivan III's investigators working on the Assassins, actually assassinated by the Assassins, on the Strigolniki Sect.

Historical Locations

Agnadello, Italy

Agnadello is a village in Italy. It is where the famous Battle of Agnadello was fought: Louis XII defeated the Venetians on 14 May 1509. In Project Legacy, Mario Auditore is revealed to be a participant in this famous battle. The Shroud was also moved to here after it was uncovered by Mario in Monteriggioni. Perotto Calderon, after the birth of his malformed son, Giovanni Borgia, traveled to Agnadello in hope of finding and using the Shroud to heal his son.

Camerino, Italy

Camerino is a small town in Italy. It was ruled by the Da Varano family since mid-13th century, but in 1502 the Da Varano were wiped out by Cesare Borgia, and in 1545 the city fell under direct Papal administration. In Project Legacy, Bernardino is an abbot in Camerino working against the Borgia secretly, and the Assassins defended him from the Church's mercenaries who attempt to restrain Bernardino.

Lonigo, Italy

Lonigo is the death place of Niccolò di Pitigliano. In Project Legacy, the Assassins conducted a thorough investigation on Pitigliano in this city before he was killed by the Shroud.

Piombino, Italy

Piombino is a port city in Tuscany, Italy. Iacopo Appiano was the Lord of Piombino, but he was ejected from the city during the Borgia rule. In Project Legacy, Cesare Borgia plans to load his spoils onto merchant vessels set for Rome, but Iacopo reported this to the Assassins and they sabotaged Cesare's plans.

Massa Marittima, Italy

Massa Marittima is a town in Italy abundant with metal mines. Mining in the area has occurred since prehistoric ages. In Project Legacy Massa Marittima has long struggled with the Church over its invaluable alum mine, its defiance prompting the Church to excommunicate the city's citizens. As Cesare bolsters his war effort, he sends his soldiers to claim the mine. His plans were stopped by the Assassins who killed Cesare's team with an arrow storm.

Convent of San Sisto, Rome, Italy

The Convent of San Sisto, located on the Appian Way, Rome, is a convent church. After Lucrezia Borgia's divorce with her first husband, Giovanni Sforza, she moved to live here with her chambermaid Giulia. She left after she became pregnant from an unknown father. At this time the father was rumored to be a Borgia courier Perotto Calderon. In Project Legacy it is revealed that the father is indeed Perotto Calderon, who is actually an Assassin spy working for the Borgia.

Theatre of Pompey, Rome, Italy

The Theatre of Pompey was a Roman theatre in the time of Ancient Rome, and is the place where Julius Caesar was stabbed and killed. In Project Legacy, Giovanni Borgia, while sleep-walking, dreamt that he is Brutus, and observed that he is in the Theatre of Pompey, where he must kill "Caesar", who is actually his father Cesare Borgia in reality. Before he can stab his father he is stopped by Micheletto. In the actual time of renaissance, the theatre is heavily dismantled to obtain materials to build other structures in the area.

Moscow Kremlin, Moscow, Russia

The Moscow Kremlin is a historical fort built next to the Moskva River. In Project Legacy, in order to infiltrate the Russian government of Ivan III, several Assassins posed as Italian architectures and were hired by Ivan III to renovate the Kremlin.

Star Chamber, London, England

The Star Chamber was an English court of law that sat at the royal Palace of Westminster in London. It is where private meetings with the King were held. Established in 1487, the chamber was a symbol of Imperial Rule and was abolished in 1641. In Project Legacy it is revealed that the Templars have infiltrated the Start Chamber, and the Assassins would later assassinate or turn in any Templars in the court to Henry VII.

University of Wittenberg, Wittenberg, Germany

The University of Wittenberg was founded by Frederick III of Saxony in 1502. In Project Legacy, it is revealed that the Borgia prepared a bribe in order to stop the construction of the University. Luckily their plans were foiled by the Assassins.

Fictional Locations

Pieve di Santa Maria Assunta, Monteriggioni, Italy

Pieve di Santa Maria Assunta, translating to "Parish of Santa Maria Assunta", is a church located in Monteriggioni. There are churches with the same name all over Italy. In Project Legacy Mario Auditore searched this church to find clue for what the Fiorentini were seeking in Monteriggioni.

Old Well, Monteriggioni, Italy

Mario Auditore uncovers a hidden chamber at the bottom of an old well in Monteriggioni. It was once the city well of Monteriggioni. After an Assassin stole the Shroud from the Templar Geoffroi de Charney, the Shroud was stashed under a chamber hidden in the bottom of the well and protected by various deadly traps.

Historical Events

Ides of March

The Ides of March refers to 15 March in the Roman calendar. It is the date on which Julius Caesar was assassinated. In Project Legacy, Giovanni Borgia, while sleep-walking, dreamt that he is Brutus, and observed the date to be Ides of March, when he must kill "Caesar", who is actually his father Cesare Borgia in reality. Before he can stab his father he is stopped by Micheletto.