History Fridge / AssassinsCreedBrotherHood

* The poor state of the Assassin Brotherhood in Rome. Machiavelli is implied to be prone to Classism, given his disparaging comments to Ezio wanting to recruit the Thieves guild and his rather bemusement at the idea of recruiting the poorer classes. Add to this that Cesare actually ''does'' have the connections with the nobility, it's no wonder that he was not able to recruit many assassin's to his cause before Ezio arrived.

* In hindsight, it is probably best that Ezio did not kill Rodrigo Borgia when he had the chance. Rodrigo is the Pope, a very powerful man, his death would have made anyone public enemy number one, and the Templar would know exactly who did it, like Cesare for example. With Cesare killing Rodrigo, it gives Ezio much more clearance to kill him.

* Ezio is scolded for rescuing Caterina Sforza by both Machiavelli and Caterina herself. They call it a childish, useless action. However, think about the context. Lucrezia Borgia makes an example out of her at the start of the rescue mission memory, saying that anyone who defies the Borgia, even nobles in charge of prosperous towns, will be thrown down. Caterina desperately yells encouragement to the gathered crowd as she is dragged away, which makes her look all the more pathetic. Then, later that day, she rides out of the castle on a horse while being escorted by "The Assassin" that the vigilantes talk about; one person snuck into the castle and freed the woman who said that all the people of Rome will be free eventually. Then he pulls a YouShallNotPass to enable her to escape against a huge crowd of soldiers. As per synchronization objectives, Ezio accomplishes a five-man-long kill streak during this time. Then he makes his own escape. After such an impressive and public display of defiance, it is any wonder that Ezio suddenly finds potential Assassin recruits on every street corner? Caterina's words and rescue combine to make Ezio TheParagon of defiance against Borgia oppression.

* One of the e-mails from Vidics computer in the first game is written by an insane person in ALLCAPS about how he saw people with the Abstergo logo using a metallic ball that made everyone kill each other. The first game actually hinted at the finale of Brotherhood with Ezio using the piece of Eden as a weapon.

* When Desmond and Lucy are breaking into the Sanctuary, Desmond sees visions of Ezio and the townsfolk. They speak the same mix of English and random Italian we normally hear, but why? Outside the Animus, we shouldn't be getting translations, it should be the raw, unaltered 15th century Italian.

* In hindsight, it is probably best that Ezio did not kill Rodrigo Borgia when he had the chance. Rodrigo is the Pope, a very powerful man, his death would have made anyone public enemy number one, and the Templar would know exactly who did it, like Cesare for example. With Cesare killing Rodrigo, it gives Ezio much more clearance to kill him.