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|headquarters = [[Venice]] <small>(until 1320s)</small><br>[[Monteriggioni]] <small>(until 1500)</small><br>[[Rome]]
  
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The '''Italian Assassins''' were the [[Italy|Italian]] Brotherhood of [[Assassins]], existing since their formation during the latter half of the 13th century.
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The '''Italian Assassins''' were the [[Italy|Italian]] branch of [[Assassins]], existing since their formation during the latter half of the 13th century.
  
   
 
Primarily led by the [[House of Auditore|Auditore family]], the Italian Assassins were mainly involved with taking down the corrupt [[House of Borgia|Borgia family]], the ruling body of the [[Templars|Templar Order]] during the [[Renaissance]].
  
Primarily led by the [[House of Auditore|Auditore family]], the Italian Assassins were mainly involved with taking down the corrupt [[House of Borgia|Borgia family]], the ruling body of the [[Templars|Templar Order]] during the [[Renaissance]].
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==History==
  
==History==
 
===Foundation===
  
===Foundation===
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[[File:The torch 1.png|thumb|250px|left|Altaïr passing his Codex to Niccolò Polo]]
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In 1257, the [[Venice|Venetian]] explorers [[Niccolò Polo|Niccolò]] and [[Maffeo Polo]] were invited to stay at the Assassins' fortress of [[Masyaf]] by [[Darim Ibn-La'Ahad]], the son of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad. After training the two to become Assassins themselves, the elderly Altaïr entrusted them with creating some [[Assassins Guilds]] and guarding his autobiographical [[Codex]]. When the [[Mongols]] eventually attacked, the Polo brothers left Masyaf<ref name="ACTSC">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]''</ref> towards their home in Constantinople, where they were successful in creating a [[Constantinople Assassins Guild|guild]]<ref name="ACTSC"/> before journeying back to [[Italy]].<ref name="Encyclopedia">''[[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]''</ref>
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In 1257, the [[Venice|Venetian]] explorers [[Niccolò Polo|Niccolò]] and [[Maffeo Polo]] were invited to stay at the Assassins' fortress of [[Masyaf]] by [[Darim Ibn-La'Ahad]], the son of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad. After training the two to become Assassins themselves, the elderly Altaïr entrusted them with creating some [[Assassins Guilds]] and guarding his autobiographical [[Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex|Codex]].<ref name="ACTSC">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]''</ref>
   
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When the [[Mongol Empire|Mongols]] eventually attacked, the Polo brothers left Masyaf towards their home in Constantinople, where they were successful in creating a [[Turkish Assassins|guild]] in 1258. However, during their journey, the Polos had lost the Codex to the Mongols, thus failing in their promise to protect it.<ref name="ACTSC"/> In 1259, Niccolò and Maffeo journeyed to the Mongol Empire in an effort to retrieve the Codex, but ultimately failed.<ref name="ACR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>
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===Formation of the Auditore===
  
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During the Polo brothers' escape, a Mongol raiding party took possession of the Codex.<ref name="The Secret Crusade">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade]]''</ref> Years later, the Codex was passed back into the possession of the Polo's when Niccolò's son, [[Marco Polo|Marco]], retrieved it from the court of [[Kublai Khan]]. Marco in turn handed it to the Assassin [[Dante Alighieri]], who passed it into the safe-keeping of his apprentice, [[Domenico Auditore]].<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>
  
   
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In 1269, the Polos arrived in Venice, Italy, where they created an Assassins Guild,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia]]''</ref> and Niccolò trained his son [[Marco Polo|Marco]] in the ways of the Assassins.<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref> The three of them made another journey to the Mongol Empire two years later,<ref name="ACR"/> which resulted in Marco's successful retrieval of the Codex, which they took with them back to Italy in 1295.<ref name="AC2"/>
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After Dante's death in 1321, Domenico set sail to Spain with his family. Midway through the voyage, due to an incoming storm, they stopped at Otranto Harbor, where the ship was invaded by drunken Templar-hired pirates in the dead of night. Hiding with his family in the hold while the pirates scoured the ship, Domenico broke the Codex into pages, placed them into various boxes and containers, and shortly after was thrown overboard by the pirates, along with his son and the corpse of his dead wife. <ref name="AC2"/>
  
   
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===Formation of the Auditore===
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Returning to Italy, Domenico settled in [[Firenze]] with his son. Studying classics, music and architecture, Domenico adopted the name ''"Auditore"'' to impersonate as a Fiorentine noble while training his son in the Assassin's Creed. He subsequently purchased and renovated what would become the [[Villa Auditore]] in [[Monteriggioni]], which served as the stronghold of the Italian Assassins [[Fall of Monteriggioni|until 1500.]]<ref name="AC2"/>
  
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Marco Polo passed the Codex into the hands of fellow Assassin [[Dante Alighieri]]. The next year, Dante took on the son - who would later take on the name [[Domenico Auditore]] - of a fellow Assassin as an apprentice, and the boy would later in turn take both Dante and the Codex to [[Spain]].<ref name="AC2"/>
   
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In 1321, Dante was killed by the Templars, proving their continuing existence to the Assassins. The Codex was given to Domenico and he was tasked with bringing it to Spain; however, he and his family were attacked by pirates employed by the Templars while being docked in {{Wiki|Otranto}}, prompting Domenico to spread the Codex' pages across several boxes in his ship to prevent the pirates from finding it. Domenico's wife was brutally abused and murdered by the pirates, but Domenico and his son survived.<ref name="AC2"/>
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===Hiding the Shroud===
  
   
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Both Marco Polo and Domenico's father were killed by the Templars in 1324, and using Marco's money, Domenico temporarily settled in [[Florence]], pretending to be part of the city's nobility by taking on the name Auditore. He later bought and renovated a villa in [[Monteriggioni]], which he named the [[Villa Auditore]], which became the headquarters of the Italian Assassins for nearly two centuries.<ref name="AC2"/>
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Sometime in the thirteenth or fourteenth century, the Auditore wanted to hide [[The Shroud]] from the Templars. The Assassins payed several bribes to create a duplicate, replace the original, and stole the original from [[Geoffroy de Charny]]. The Auditore dug out the city well, and hid the Shroud in a chamber, setting many traps for any vistors.
  
   
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===Templar Conspiracies===
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Then the Assassins then burnt Church records, and their allies began to point out the flaws in the Shroud which they had replicated, to make the people feel that the Shroud was nothing more than a myth.<ref name="Ghosts of Christmas Past">''[[Chapter 1 - Ghosts of Christmas Past]]''</ref>
  
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[[File:FTTF (3).png|thumb||250px|Ezio asking Lorenzo about the Pazzi conspirators]]
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Around 1478, one of the Italian Assassins, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], managed to foil a Templar scheme. The scheme involved the murder of [[Lorenzo de' Medici]] and his [[Giuliano de' Medici|brother]], which would allow them to take power in Florence. By preventing this, Ezio ensured that Florence remained an ally to the Assassins.<ref name="AC2"/>
   
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Several years later, around 1480, the same Assassin prevented the Templars from taking power in Venice, where they had murdered the Doge, [[Giovanni Mocenigo]], to have one of their own take his place. By murdering several high-placed Templars, the Assassins managed to install a Doge that was allied to the Assassins, ensuring the allegiance of another city.<ref name="AC2"/>
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===Under Mario Auditore===
  
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[[Mario Auditore]] and his brother [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni]] were born in the early 14th century. Both were raised from their birth to be Assassins and were trained from a very young age. At some point they seperated, Giovanni became a banker, while Mario remained the ruler of Monteriggioni.<ref name="AC2"/>
  
   
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In Venice, the Italian Assassins also managed to acquire an [[Ezio's Apple of Eden|Apple of Eden]], which Ezio took the [[Vaticano District|Vatican]] to face off against Rodrigo Borgia, [[Grand Master]] of the Templar Order, who had become Pope Alexander VI. Rodrigo and Ezio dueled, with Ezio eventually emerging victorious.<ref name="AC2"/>
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====Siege of Monteriggioni====
  
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Mario worked to renovate the city and improve it's defences. At one point he found that a Florenti[[File:Mano-A-Mano.jpg|thumb|Mario duelling Luciano]]ne spy, [[Luciano Pezzati]], was operating within the town. He captured the spy, who told of an impending Florentine attack, led by [[Federico da Montefeltro]].
  
   
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The Assassin victory over Rodrigo enraged his son, [[Cesare Borgia]]. Cesare then rallied his army and attacked Monteriggioni. The attack was short but fierce, and the Templars managed to reclaim the Apple of Eden, kill [[Mario Auditore]], and capture [[Caterina Sforza]].<ref name="ACBH">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>
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Mario successfully beat back the attack. On further questioning Luciano, Mario realised that Federico was not there to take Monteriggioni, but an artifact beneath her. This artifact was the Shroud which had been forgotten by the Assassins over the years.
  
   
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[[File:Initiation Rome 1.png|thumb|250px|left|An Apprentice being inducted]]
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With the aid of his architects and historians, he tracked the Shroud to the town well. He ex[[File:PL_Warm_Welcome.jpg|left|thumb|Mario's scarred eye]]cavated the site and lost many men to the traps set by his ancestor, himself losing an eye.
  
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This resulted in the Italian Assassins moving to [[Rome]], where they continued their struggle against the Borgia. The Assassins managed to break Cesare's defenses by cutting off his funds as well as the support of the French army. Upon Cesare's return to the city, he killed his father in a rage, after which he was soon imprisoned by the new Pope.<ref name="ACBH"/>
   
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After his escape, Ezio Auditore followed him to Valencia and Viana, where he eventually managed to kill Cesare, who had become the Grand Master of the Templars after the death of his father. This broke the Templar power in Italy, allowing the Assassins there to acquire more allies, such as the new Pope.<ref name="ACBH"/>
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Mario and his troops were now wounded and exhausted. When they reached the Shroud, it offered to heal their wounds. Since Mario told them not to use it, as he was suspicious of the artifact, his men attacked him. He was forced to kill them, carried out the Shroud and sent it to his brother in Florence. Giovanni in turn, sent it to Agnadello.<ref name="ACPL Mario">''[[Chapter 3 - Mario Auditore]]''</ref>
  
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===Giovanni's Travels===
  
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The Assassin, Giovanni Auditore worked as a banker in Florence under the Medici. He had revealed his alliegance to Lorenzo de'Medici, an ally of the Assassins, and worked with him to unravel a Templar conspiracy against Milan. One night Giovanni intercepted [[Rodrigo Borgia]], in a Florentine alley. He killed two of his henchmen and captured one, though Rodrigo escaped.
  
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Giovanni, Lorenzo, and the Gonfaloniere of Florence, [[Uberto Alberti]], together tortued the captured Templar, who revealed a plan to kill the Duke of Milan. Giovanni failed to save the Duke but managed to kill a few of the murderers. Two escaped, and were later hanged, while one more was killed by the Duke's bodyguard. The contents of the dead murderer's pockets, led Giovanni to Venice, where he saw Marco Barbarigo sending a letter through a courier. Giovanni killed the courier, and took the encrypted letter to Uberto. However Uberto and [[Antonio Maffei|Father Maffei]] had turned traitor, and falsely claimed that they couldn't decipher it.
  
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Giovanni was forced to deliver the letter himself, and followed as it exchanged hands, ultimately reaching Rodrigo Borgia, who took it to Pope Sixtus IV. There he heard the Pope give his blessing and military support to an operation to kill Lorenzo.
  
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He tailed Rodrigo, but was led to an ambush. He overpowered the attackers, but was badly wounded by a [[Throwing Knife|knife thrown]] by Rodrigo. He came home, where his wife took care of his wounds, when Father Maffei came with guards to arrest him. He told his eldest son Federico, to distract the guards, and he escaped.<ref name="ACLineage">''[[Assassin's Creed: Lineage]]''</ref>.
  
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====Betrayal and Execution====
  
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When Lorenzo was out of town, Uberto made his move. He arrested Giovanni, Federico, and the youngest son, Petruccio. [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio]], Giovanni's second son, was away running errands, and escaped. He met his father and was told to recover his father's Assassin robes, weapons and documents. He was to deliver the documents to Uberto. However Uberto, had secretly allied himself with Rodrigo, and the next day he executed the three Auditore.<ref name="AC2"/>
  
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===Exacting Revenge===
  
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====Hunt for Uberto====
  
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The Auditore maid, Annetta, took Ezio's sister and mother to a brothel run by Paola, who was an Assassin. She taught him how to [[Blending|blend]] with the crowd. She sent him to [[Leonardo da Vinci]] to get his father's [[Hidden Blade]], repaired, then told him that he would find Uberto at an art display in the Santa Croce.
  
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Ezio used his skills to infiltrate the exhibition. He ran up to Uberto and furiously stabbed him in the chest before escaping.
 
   
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During these more peaceful times, Ezio Auditore, now the [[Mentor]] of the Italian Assassins, left for Masyaf to search for [[Library of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad|Altaïr's library]]. During his absence his sister, [[Claudia Auditore da Firenze|Claudia Auditore]] led the Assassins. Upon Ezio's return, he decided to retire and appointed [[Lodovico Ariosto]] the new Mentor.<ref>[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' novel]]</ref>
   
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==Members==
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*Dante Alighieri
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*[[Bartolomeo d'Alviano]]
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*Lodovico Ariosto
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*Claudia Auditore da Firenze
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*Domenico Auditore
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*Ezio Auditore da Firenze
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*[[Federico Auditore da Firenze]]
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*[[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze]]
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*Mario Auditore
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*[[Renato Auditore]]
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*[[Pietro Bembo]]
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*[[Giovanni Borgia]]
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*[[Perotto Calderon]]
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*[[Baldassare Castiglione]]
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*[[Teodora Contanto]]
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*Domenico's father
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*[[Cipriano Enu]]
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*[[Ridolfo Fioravant]]
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*[[Niccolò Machiavelli]]
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*[[Adriano Maestranzi]]
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*[[Antonio de Magianis]]
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*[[Paola]]
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*Niccolò Polo
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*Maffeo Polo
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*Marco Polo
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*[[Rosa]]
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*[[Pietro Antonio Solari]]
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*[[Tessa Varzi]]
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*[[Francesco Vecellio]]
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*[[Vincenzo]]
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*[[Rinaldo Vitturi]]
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*[[La Volpe]]
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'''Allies:'''
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*[[Uberto Alberti]]
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*[[Pantasilea Baglioni]]
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*[[Margherita dei Campi]]
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*[[Fiora Cavazza]]
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*[[Nicolaus Copernicus]]
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*[[Christoffa Corombo]]
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*[[Julius II]]
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*[[Leo X]]
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*Lorenzo de' Medici
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*[[Piero de' Medici]]
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*[[Fabio Orsini]]
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*[[Luis Santangel]] {{C|[[Spanish Assassins|Spanish branch]]}}
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*[[Sofia Sartor]]
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*Caterina Sforza
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*[[Solari]]
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*[[Egidio Troche]]
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*[[Leonardo da Vinci]]
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Revision as of 20:07, 26 December 2014

This article is about the Renaissance era Assassin Order. You may be looking for the Order operating in Roman Antiquity.

The Italian Assassins were the Italian Brotherhood of Assassins, existing since their formation during the latter half of the 13th century.

Primarily led by the Auditore family, the Italian Assassins were mainly involved with taking down the corrupt Borgia family, the ruling body of the Templar Order during the Renaissance.

History

Foundation

The torch 1

Altaïr passing his Codex to Niccolò Polo

In 1257, the Venetian explorers Niccolò and Maffeo Polo were invited to stay at the Assassins' fortress of Masyaf by Darim Ibn-La'Ahad, the son of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad. After training the two to become Assassins themselves, the elderly Altaïr entrusted them with creating some Assassins Guilds and guarding his autobiographical Codex.[1]

When the Mongols eventually attacked, the Polo brothers left Masyaf towards their home in Constantinople, where they were successful in creating a guild in 1258. However, during their journey, the Polos had lost the Codex to the Mongols, thus failing in their promise to protect it.[1] In 1259, Niccolò and Maffeo journeyed to the Mongol Empire in an effort to retrieve the Codex, but ultimately failed.[2]

In 1269, the Polos arrived in Venice, Italy, where they created an Assassins Guild,[3] and Niccolò trained his son Marco in the ways of the Assassins.[4] The three of them made another journey to the Mongol Empire two years later,[2] which resulted in Marco's successful retrieval of the Codex, which they took with them back to Italy in 1295.[4]

Formation of the Auditore

Marco Polo passed the Codex into the hands of fellow Assassin Dante Alighieri. The next year, Dante took on the son - who would later take on the name Domenico Auditore - of a fellow Assassin as an apprentice, and the boy would later in turn take both Dante and the Codex to Spain.[4]

In 1321, Dante was killed by the Templars, proving their continuing existence to the Assassins. The Codex was given to Domenico and he was tasked with bringing it to Spain; however, he and his family were attacked by pirates employed by the Templars while being docked in Otranto, prompting Domenico to spread the Codex' pages across several boxes in his ship to prevent the pirates from finding it. Domenico's wife was brutally abused and murdered by the pirates, but Domenico and his son survived.[4]

Both Marco Polo and Domenico's father were killed by the Templars in 1324, and using Marco's money, Domenico temporarily settled in Florence, pretending to be part of the city's nobility by taking on the name Auditore. He later bought and renovated a villa in Monteriggioni, which he named the Villa Auditore, which became the headquarters of the Italian Assassins for nearly two centuries.[4]

Templar Conspiracies

FTTF (3)

Ezio asking Lorenzo about the Pazzi conspirators

Around 1478, one of the Italian Assassins, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, managed to foil a Templar scheme. The scheme involved the murder of Lorenzo de' Medici and his brother, which would allow them to take power in Florence. By preventing this, Ezio ensured that Florence remained an ally to the Assassins.[4]

Several years later, around 1480, the same Assassin prevented the Templars from taking power in Venice, where they had murdered the Doge, Giovanni Mocenigo, to have one of their own take his place. By murdering several high-placed Templars, the Assassins managed to install a Doge that was allied to the Assassins, ensuring the allegiance of another city.[4]

In Venice, the Italian Assassins also managed to acquire an Apple of Eden, which Ezio took the Vatican to face off against Rodrigo Borgia, Grand Master of the Templar Order, who had become Pope Alexander VI. Rodrigo and Ezio dueled, with Ezio eventually emerging victorious.[4]

Dealing with the Borgia

The Assassin victory over Rodrigo enraged his son, Cesare Borgia. Cesare then rallied his army and attacked Monteriggioni. The attack was short but fierce, and the Templars managed to reclaim the Apple of Eden, kill Mario Auditore, and capture Caterina Sforza.[5]

Initiation Rome 1

An Apprentice being inducted

This resulted in the Italian Assassins moving to Rome, where they continued their struggle against the Borgia. The Assassins managed to break Cesare's defenses by cutting off his funds as well as the support of the French army. Upon Cesare's return to the city, he killed his father in a rage, after which he was soon imprisoned by the new Pope.[5]

After his escape, Ezio Auditore followed him to Valencia and Viana, where he eventually managed to kill Cesare, who had become the Grand Master of the Templars after the death of his father. This broke the Templar power in Italy, allowing the Assassins there to acquire more allies, such as the new Pope.[5]

During these more peaceful times, Ezio Auditore, now the Mentor of the Italian Assassins, left for Masyaf to search for Altaïr's library. During his absence his sister, Claudia Auditore led the Assassins. Upon Ezio's return, he decided to retire and appointed Lodovico Ariosto the new Mentor.[6]

Members

Allies:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Assassin's Creed: Revelations
  3. ↑ Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Assassin's Creed II
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
  6. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations novel
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