The Champion, Part 1 was a virtual representation of one of Ezio Auditore da Firenze's genetic memories, relived by Desmond Miles in 2012 through the Animus.
Description[]
Ezio Auditore's Apprentice requested a favor. He wanted Ezio to overlook an escort of a printer. He suspected the Templars would attack him to silence the printer. Ezio accepted and killed all attackers from a distance.
Dialogue[]
Ezio met his Apprentice in the Assassin Den.
- Apprentice: Mentor, do you have a moment? I have a request.
- Ezio: I am eager to hear it.
- Apprentice: Today a local printer received a death threat I feel we must take seriously. I believe the Templars are trying to silence him. I would like to draw his enemies out into the open by pretending to escort him to a new location.
- Ezio: And what do you need from me?
- Apprentice: I want you to stalk the stalkers. We will walk in the open, while you remain undetected.
- Ezio: Molto bene. (Very good.)
- Apprentice: Stay close, and kill any Templars you find. They could be anywhere.
Ezio climbed to the rooftops and tailed his Apprentice and the printer. After a while, a heavily armed man intervened.
- Champion: Stand down, Assassin. There is a contract on this man's head!
- Printer: I will not be silenced! I will not! Do not kill me, efendim (sir)! Please! God help me!
- Ezio: I am trying to save you!
Ezio fought off the attacking Templar agents.
- Ezio: Stay here and stay hidden. My Assassin needs help.
Ezio returned to his Apprentice.
- Ezio: What happened? Who was that fighter?
- Apprentice: Quite an animal, no? I have never seen the Templars attack with such brute strength. Today I bested him, but not by much.
- Ezio: Be on your guard. He will be back.
Outcome[]
The printer was saved from the ambush the Templars had planned for him, and the Assassins learned of the existence of the Champion. His identity, however, remained unknown.