Characters page for the late 15th century/early 16th century Assassins of Assassin's Creed II, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, and Assassin's Creed: Revelations.
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Italian Assassins
Auditore Family
Ezio
- See his character page.
Giovanni
Giovanni Auditore da Firenze
"Family. Justice. Honor. These are the values guiding my blade. This truth is written in blood, and the shadows are where I strike."
"Always remember: we are the Auditore da Firenze! We are Assassins!"
Main Game Appearances: Assassin's Creed II
Other Appearances: Assassin's Creed: Lineage
Voiced by: Romano Orzari (English)note
Played by: Romano Orzari (Lineage)
- "I am Giovanni Auditore, and like my ancestors before me, I am an Assassin."
Ezio's father, a prominent Florentine banker and noble, as well as the personal Assassin of Lorenzo de' Medici. He is executed in a Templar plot at the start of Assassin's Creed II, which triggers Ezio's decades-long quest for vengeance.
- Action Dad: He is seen in action in the short film Assassin's Creed: Lineage, and he's perhaps as deadly as his son would become.
- Aura Vision: Is hinted to have Eagle Vision since he tells Ezio to use his "talent" to find his secret Assassin cellar, which is only accessible to someone with Eagle Vision.
- Badass Cape: Has the same half-cape Ezio would later wear.
- Blade Below the Shoulder: Wielded a Hidden Blade until it ended up getting damaged.
- Cool Old Guy: More middle aged, but he was a pretty cool father to Ezio, such as being both stern and jokey about his son's trouble with guards, fights with Vieri de' Pazzi, and affair with Cristina Vespucci.
- Death by Origin Story: Though it's clear he intended to eventually train Ezio towards becoming an Assassin, his death considerably sped up the process.
- Disappeared Dad: By way of the gallows, he vanishes from Ezio's and Claudia's life, but his legacy lives on.
- Dying Curse: He swears revenge upon Ulberto moments before his fatal drop. Given that Ezio killed Ulberto with Giovanni's own Hidden Blade, which Giovanni instructed him to find the night before, he made good on it.Giovanni: You are the traitor, Uberto – and one of them! You may take our lives this day, but we will have yours in return, I swear! We will–
- Et Tu, Brute?: He is disgusted by the betrayal of Uberto, who had been a close and trusted family friend for many years.
- Follow in My Footsteps: It's ambiguous whether or not he intended to induct any of his four children into the Assassin Brotherhood. On one hand, Ezio knows absolutely nothing about them at the start of AC2 but on the other hand, he is already skilled in Le Parkour and unarmed combat, and there is a Deadly Deferred Conversation in the first memory sequence. Regardless, Ezio ultimately becomes a chip off the old block.
- His monologue in the ending of Lineage suggests that he would have been eventually inducted Federico and Ezio to the brotherhood if not for his untimely death:
Giovanni: Federico, Ezio, my sons, always remember. We are the Auditore da Firenze, and we are Assassins! - Generation Xerox: Ezio's Really Gets Around personality reminds him of his younger days.
- Happily Married: Had an excellent relationship with his wife.
- Hero of Another Story: The events that led to him being framed are not shown in the game. However, they are detailed in Assassin's Creed: Lineage, of which he is the hero.
- Ink-Suit Actor: The actor the character was modelled after and voiced by also played him in Assassin's Creed: Lineage.
- In the Hood: In Assassin's Creed: Lineage, he's seen in full Assassin attire, with his hood on.
- Marry for Love: He and Maria married after falling in love, instead of having the more common Arranged Marriage for the time.
- Sacrificial Lion: Dies fairly early on alongside his other sons to serve as the catalyst for Ezio's Roaring Rampage of Revenge.
- The Smart Guy: While he was alive, he played this role for the Brotherhood, deciphering the Codexes and researching other locations. In Revelations, Ezio visits Istanbul after reading about Altaïr's library among his father's papers. He's so smart that the only other guy Ezio can find to decipher codes after him is the prodigal genius called Leonardo da Vinci.
Maria
Maria Auditore da Firenze (née de' Mozzi)
Main Game Appearances: Assassin's Creed II | Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Other Appearances: Assassin's Creed: Lineage
Voiced by: Ellen David (English)note
Played by: Claudia Ferri (Lineage)
- "Go, my son, destroy them... but remember for whom we Assassins fight."
Giovanni's wife and the mother of Ezio, Federico, Claudia and Petruccio. She knows about her husband's life as an Assassin, and later takes a more direct role helping the Assassins in Rome.
- Blue Blood: She is part of the powerful Mozzi family, who tried to have her lead a sheltered life. Instead, she rebelled against their authority and went out among the common people. Maria and her parents eventually came to a compromise where she could open a bakery in the courtyard of their palazzo, which is where she met Giovanni.
- Character Death: The novelization of Brotherhood mentions that she died of a long-term illness sometime in 1504 (between the fall of the Borgias in Rome in 1503 and the "Da Vinci Disappearance"). This left Ezio and Claudia devastated.
- Deadpan Snarker: Before her Heroic BSoD, she made quips at her son such as finding outlets for his energy "other than vaginas". After her recovery, she returns to form. An example of such is, after giving her son an assassination target to weaken the Borgia's influence, she says "make them impotent, my son".
- Happily Married: Her marriage with Giovanni was happy.
- Heroic BSoD: Suffers a massive one after being abused by city guards and the deaths of her husband and sons in ACII. She slowly begins to recover as the game unfolds.
- Marry for Love: She and Giovanni married after falling in love, instead of having the more common Arranged Marriage for the time.
- The Medic: In Assassin's Creed: Lineage, she helps treat Giovanni's wounds.
- Miss Kitty: While by no means a former prostitute, she ends up in charge of Rome's biggest brothel with Claudia to help Ezio in Brotherhood.
- Outliving One's Offspring: She sadly outlives both Federico and Petruccio.
- Screaming Birth: She screams when giving birth to Ezio. It's even a feature of the gameplay!
- Secret-Keeper: She helped hide Giovanni's career early in their relationship, and officially joined the Assassin Order herself a few years after marrying him.
- Undying Loyalty: Loyal to her husband, her son Ezio, and the Assassins by extension, having always been aware of her husband's membership in the Order.
Claudia
Claudia Auditore da Firenze
"You here to look at the book?"
Main Game Appearances: Assassin's Creed II | Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Other Appearances: Assassin's Creed: Lineage
Voiced by: Angela Galuppo (English)note
Played by: Devery Jacobs (Lineage)
Ezio's little sister. After the remaining Auditores flee Florence, she becomes Ezio's bookkeeper in Monteriggioni, helping him set up his business empire. Come Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, she takes a more direct stance in assisting her brother in Rome, managing a brothel and officially joining the Assassin Brotherhood.
- Action Girl: In Brotherhood, she takes on four Borgia guards and kills them without taking a scratch. Ezio walks in on the aftermath.
- Badass Bookworm: Her initial value to the Assassin Brotherhood is her skill as bookkeeper and her ability to use a brothel to collect intelligence. She's also good with a knife.
- Badass Cape: Her Assassin outfit comes with one. It appears to be a family motif.
- Big Brother Worship: Brotherhood goes into detail about how much she admires Ezio and wants to help him, but also resents his smothering overprotectiveness and the fact that he spent little time with her during AC2, a period of twenty years.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: Her database entry in Aassassin's Creed II mentions that she knocked out another girl at school for simply looking at her boyfriend.
- Defensive "What?": When Ezio walks in on her just after she curbstomped four Borgia soldiers with nothing but a knife. she says one of these, knowing that he disapproves of her in combat. It's mostly Played for Laughs.
- Devious Daggers: Four Borgia guards witnessed firsthand her skill with a knife before she was officially inducted into the Brotherhood. That was the last thing they saw.
- The Leader: She is placed in charge of the Italian Assassins while Ezio is in the Ottoman Empire.
- Older Than They Look: Despite being in her late-thirties in Brotherhood, she looks no different than she did when she was a bookkeeper in II.
- Spoiled Brat: Her database entry in II says she was one during her younger years; apparently her father was forced to raise her dowry by 1,000 florins, since she scared off all of her suitors due to apparently also having a bit of a temper. She's also seen to be immature, complaining petulantly after Mario assigns her to managing Monteriggioni's finances.
- The Spymaster: After taking over the Blooming Rose in Rome, she manages the Assassins's prostitute spy network and passes on the information gathered to Ezio.
- Stealing from the Till: She shamelessly tells Ezio in Aassassin's Creed II that if he doesn't empty Monteriggioni's money box before it reaches full capacity then she will keep the excess for herself.
- Took a Level in Badass: In Brotherhood, she takes two levels. The first is when she reveals her knife fighting skills to kill four Borgia guards before Ezio could arrive and the second where she becomes a full-fledged Assassin.
- Woman Scorned: Famously and hilariously goes from crying over her unfaithful boyfriend one minute to vindictive and terrifying the next.Claudia: It's Duccio. I fear he's been unfaithful. ...He should suffer for what he's done."
- And much later on in life, Ezio would encounter the exact same guy (now an art dealer who came across a few of Leonardo's paintings) and once again beat the hell out of him for bad-mouthing his sister.
- And again in Constantinople, where he's found chatting up Sofia Sartor. He's gotten a bit wise about it, too:
Duccio: [recognizes Ezio] Il diavolo in persona! ("The devil himself!")
Ezio: Duccio. A pleasure.
Mario
Mario Auditore
"Don't you recognize me? It's-a me, Mario!"
Appears in: Assassin's Creed II | Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Voiced by: Fred Tatasciore (English)note
- "The Templars seek dominion over man. And we, the Assassins, are sworn to stand against them."
Ezio's uncle, he commands a large number of mercenaries from his villa in Tuscany. He is the leader of the Italian Assassins.
- Big Damn Heroes: His introduction, where he shows up to rescue Ezio, Claudia, and Maria from Vieri de' Pazzi and his men.
- Big Good: In Assassin's Creed II, he is the ruler of the Home Base, Ezio's mentor and in charge of the local chapter of the Assassin Brotherhood.
- Boisterous Bruiser: He enjoys a good fight and yells quite happily during battle.
- Boom, Headshot!: Cesare shoots him in the head at the start of Brotherhood.
- Comic-Book Fantasy Casting: Fans are wont to comment on his character model's similarity to Captain Lou Albano.
- Cool Old Guy: He's a jovial fellow who makes jokes about his name and gets along quite well with his younger niece and nephew.
- Cool Uncle: He gives Ezio money for equipment and a place for his family to stay, and inducts him into the Assassin Order.
- Dropped a Bridge on Him: From the Lovable Rogue Uncle and mentor in II to killed in the first 30 minutes of Brotherhood. It is not dramatic or heroic. Cesare appears, throws him to the ground and then headshots him off-screen. Due to circumstances, Ezio can neither recover his body or even mourn him.
- Four-Star Badass: He spent decades keeping Monteriggioni safe from Florentine attacks, commanding his army in direct defense of the city several times.
- Handicapped Badass: His left eye was blinded due to a pendulum trap in Project Legacy.
- Hero of Another Story: Is one of the viewpoint characters in Project Legacy.
- Master Swordsman: Mario is a very skilled swordsman.
- The Mentor: A strange combination of this and Boisterous Bruiser. He is Ezio's main mentor, teaching him about the Assassin-Templar conflict and eventually inducting him into the Assassin Order.
- Mentor Occupational Hazard: He was Ezio's main mentor in the Assassin Order, and the only one to be killed.
- Mind Rape: When he and several of his men found The Shroud hidden beneath the Villa Auditore, it began speaking to them and promised to heal their wounds. Mario did not trust it, but his men were desperate and unable to resist and turned on him so they could use it. He was forced to kill them all, and very nearly gave into the temptation to use it himself afterwards when it kept screaming into his head before he could pass it off to other Assassins for safekeeping.
- Rugged Scar: He has a very noticeable scar going through his left eye, courtesy of a pendulum trap he triggered in a hidden chamber beneath the Villa Auditore.
- Sacrificial Lion: Is executed by Cesare Borgia during the first act of Brotherhood.
- Shout-Out: It's-a him, Mario.
- Sibling Yin-Yang: He is a little bit less serious than Giovanni, and prefers living in Monteriggioni over being in Florence and masquerading as a noble and banker, believing his brother was unable to focus fully on being a Assassin by doing so.
- Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome: He is killed in the first act of Brotherhood, paving the way for Ezio's ascension to Mentor and providing him ample motivation to get revenge on Cesare.
- Uncle Pennybags: Despite the state of decay Ezio finds Monteriggioni in, Mario does own the place. He also set Ezio up with a room, and some money to buy armor, free of charge. Also in Project Legacy, it's shown that he actively interacts with and helps out the various communities in his village to try and learn more about what they do.
Federico
Federico Auditore da Firenze
"It is a good life we lead, my brother... May it never change us."
Main Game Appearances: Assassin's Creed II
Other Appearances: Assassin's Creed: Lineage
Voiced by: Elias Toufexis (English)note
Played by: Jesse Rath (Lineage)
Ezio's elder brother, and the eldest of the Auditore children. He had recently begun training to be an Assassin, but was executed at the end of Assassin's Creed II's first sequence alongside Giovanni and Petruccio.
- Cool Big Bro: His first scene is helping his younger brother Ezio in a street fight and then teasing him about wasting his money on prostitutes. This is followed by a race up a tower. They obviously have a great relationship.
- Deadpan Snarker: He likes to lightheartedly poke fun at Ezio a lot; for instance, he jokes with a doctor that Ezio's only asset is his pretty face.
- Ink-Suit Actor: His in-game appearance in Assassin's Creed II is based on that of the actor who portrayed him in Assassin's Creed: Lineage.
- Le Parkour: He's just as agile as Ezio and challenges him to a race early on.
- Sacrificial Lion: Dies alongside his father and their youngest brother Petruccio, which means that Ezio is responsible for the family's legacy.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Dies in the first act of the game.
Petruccio
Petruccio Auditore da Firenze
Appears in: Assassin's Creed II
Ezio's younger brother, and the youngest of the Auditore family. He collected feathers for some unknown purpose, likely as a gift for their mother Maria. Petruccio is executed at the end of the first sequence of Assassin's Creed II, alongside Giovanni and Federico.
- Children Are Innocent: While we don't see much of him prior to his untimely death, he does seem like a fairly sweet-minded child.
- Death of a Child: He's hung alongside his father and brother.
- Sacrificial Lamb: Dies alongside his father and their eldest brother Federico so that he couldn't grow up into an Assassin asset.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: He shows up in one memory, with maybe 5 lines or so, before his untimely death.
Other Italian Assassins
Machiavelli
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli
"I intend to write a book about you one day."
Appears in: Assassin's Creed II | Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Voiced by: Shawn Baichoo (English)note
- "Rare is the man who is willing to oppose the status quo. And so it falls to us to help them see the truth."
A famous Florentine writer, philosopher, and diplomat, Machiavelli assisted Ezio during both the Battle of Forlì and the Bonfire of the Vanities and became his chief advisor in Rome during Brotherhood.
- Admiring the Abomination: When walking with Ezio through Rome, Machiavelli seems to squee when discussing Cesare's sudden appearance on the political scene and his march to unifying Italy.Machiavelli: Cesare, head of the Papal armies. What does he intend to do with this power? What drives the man? That I still do not know. But, Ezio, Cesare has set his sights on all of Italia, and at this rate he will have it.
Ezio: Is that admiration I hear in your voice?
Machiavelli: He knows how to exercise his will. A rare virtue in the world today. - Commander Contrarian: Spends a good deal of Brotherhood second guessing everything Ezio says or does, even to the point of dismissing the idea of recruiting new Assassins, despite not offering any viable alternative. This behavior leads La Volpe to start to suspect that he may be a traitor, but Ezio values the dissenting opinion.
- The Cynic: Unlike Ezio and his other fellow Assassins, he doesn't have much faith in the people of Rome being able to help in the fight against the Templars, and wearily notes how well the Borgia have secured their interests in the city.Machiavelli: Are you suggesting we appeal to the people?
Ezio: Maybe.
Machiavelli: Relying on the people is like building on the sand.
Ezio: You are wrong. Our belief in humanity rests at the heart of the Assassin Brotherhood. - Fashionable Asymmetry: His Brotherhood outfit's outermost garment is missing its right sleeve.
- General Failure: At the start of the game, Assassin operations in Rome are in a really bad state of affairs. He's ineffective of making progress against the Borgia — having driven away the Thieves' Guild, unable to relieve the pressure on Bartolomeo's army, unable to get the madam of the Rosa in Fiore brothel to actually support the Assassins (a Database entry reveals that she was actually selling out the Assassins to the Church cardinals in the Borgia's pockets), being unaware that both Caterina Sforza and the Apple of Eden were held by the Templars, and otherwise being spectacularly unprepared for going after Cesare and Rodrigo Borgia. This is made worse by the fact that Machiavelli, of all people, is about the worst person you want for a popular people's revolution. Then again, he planted the explosions that assisted with Ezio's rescue of Caterina and he sent mercenaries to assist with Ezio's rescue mission at the Coliseum. He's also responsible for training Ezio's Assassin recruits and plans the Assassin missions with Pantasilea. Maybe it was just too much for him to handle on his own?
- Good All Along: For about two-thirds of Brotherhood, La Volpe suspects him as a traitor and conspires against him. Ezio manages to prove La Volpe wrong at the very last second before Niccolo would have gotten knifed in the back.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: His explanation of his cynicism to Ezio is that he merely describes the conditions in Rome as they are, not how he wishes they would be.
- Knight in Sour Armor: The games don't even try to downplay the cynicism he was famous for in Real Life (i.e. destroy the enemy without mercy and hesitation), yet he fights against the Borgias' tyranny for the people of Rome.
- The Lancer: Willingly becomes this to Ezio during Brotherhood, being the cynical advisor to contrast his fellow Assassin's idealism.
- Machiavelli Was Wrong:
- Direct example. Ezio's actions tend to screw around with Machiavelli's rather cynical outlook. Eventually thanks to this, Machiavelli steps down as the Roman leader of the Assassins in favor of Ezio.
- Funnily enough, the game's events lead up to Machiavelli writing The Prince — the actual book rather than The Theme Park Version, which has him note that yes, the support of the populace is one of the most crucial factors to rule a land, and that while if you have to choose between being loved or feared, being feared is the safer choice if you can't have both, you still absolutely have to avoid being hated. One of their first conversations even has Machiavelli make an observation ("He who builds on the people is like an architect that builds on sand") that he will reject verbatim in The Prince.
- The Mentor: Ezio's recruits are essentially handed off to Machiavelli for their initial training, and he was probably supervising them when they were not acting as Ezio's personal security detachment.
- The Mole: Suspected of being this by La Volpe – hence his withholding of the Thieves' Guild's support – and evidence seems to mount. He's not. The Borgia guard he accepted a letter from was his own spy in the Borgia regime, who was killed by one of La Volpe's unwitting thieves. The actual mole, another thief, is found later.
- Murder Is the Best Solution: He believes that the Templars can be defeated by simply assassinating their leaders. Ezio argues that would be foolhardy, as the Templars are too well-equipped and supported to be struck at so directly, and decides the Assassins must instead weaken their powerbase first, taking out the lower and mid-level Templars while reducing their support and supplies while gathering new allies for the Assassins. Machiavelli eventually comes to agree with Ezio and throws his full support behind him.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: He is infuriated upon learning that Ezio spared Rodrigo Borgia and immediately leaves Monteriggioni for Rome to take care of the Templars himself.
- The Stoic: Throughout his appearances in the series, Machiavelli rarely let his emotions get the best of him. The only time he does is when Ezio confirms he spared Rodrigo Borgia's life in Brotherhood. Other than that, he rarely changes his serious demeanor.
- Undying Loyalty: For all of his faults, he is incredibly loyal to the Assassin Order and tries his best to lead them before Ezio takes his place at his request.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: He and Ezio aren't as close as Ezio and Leonardo, but they are pretty close friends and Machiavelli willingly steps down and anoints Ezio as the Mentor, admitting that despite his reasonable doubts, Ezio had consistently made the right decisions and was what the Assassins needed. Ezio, in turns, promotes Machiavelli as his trusted advisor, knowing he would be honest with him no matter what. Even when he retires, they remain close friends as Ezio would send his family to his home for protection.
- What the Hell, Hero?: His reaction to Ezio sparing Rodrigo is outrage at the wasted opportunity and potential for retaliation. It causes him to temporarily abandon Ezio and head to Rome.
- Worthy Opponent: He gives some kudos to Cesare for how he manages to keep Rome under his iron-fisted rule. A nod to how historically he had good relations with the Borgia, and in particular seemed to admire Cesare in his writings. However, this ends up being part of what casts suspicion on him as The Mole.
- Young and in Charge: Is about 19 when he and Ezio meet for the first time, making him about a decade Ezio's junior, but he already appears to be a fairly high-ranking Assassin.
Bartolomeo d'Alviano
Bartolomeo d'Alviano
"My Bianca hungers for more skulls to crush!"
Appears in: Assassin's Creed II | Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Voiced by: Alex Ivanovici (English)note
- "Luridi codardi! I'll take you all on! At the same time! With one arm – no – BOTH arms tied behind my back!"
An Assassin and condottiere (mercenary leader) who Ezio Auditore rescues in Venice. Later becomes a major ally to Ezio in Brotherhood.
- Arch-Enemy: He and Baron Octavion de Valois have a very personal conflict going during the campaign in Rome.
- Attack! Attack! Attack!: What most of his strategies boil down to. Ezio and his wife help him device some more complex battle plans.
- Badass in Distress: He and his mercenaries are captured by Silvio Barbagio during the fighting in Venice, but he and most of his troops are rescued by Ezio and proceed to help him with his mission to assassinate Silvio.
- Battle Couple: Of a sort with Pantasilea: she plans the strategy, he fights the battles.
- BFS: His large claymore, Bianca.
- The Big Guy: For the Assassins, he is the major fighter with the biggest muscles and largest number of bruisers, particularly during the campaign in Rome.
- Blood Knight: There's no greater pleasure for him than throwing himself in battles.
- Boisterous Bruiser: He loves fighting and is very energetic during combat, and he's loud and enthusiastic at all times.
- Brains and Brawn: The Brawn to Pantasilea's Brains; he's the warrior, but she strategizes. When she's captured by Octavian de Valois, Bartolomeo admits he's helpless at making plans without her.
- Cluster F-Bomb: Directed at the Baron de Valois.-Nothing hangs between your thighs. In fact, there is a hole there so deep it reaches into the maledetto inferno (fucking underworld)!
-I'll kill you, fottuto francese (French fuck)!
-I will get you, you pezzo di merda figlio di puttana (piece of shit son of a bitch)! - Four-Star Badass: He is a very accomplished battle commander, winning several key battles throughout his life.
- Frontline General: One of the major contrasting points between him and Baron de Valois is that Bartolomeo fights on the front lines while the Baron hides behind his men.
- Happily Married: In Brotherhood, though thanks to "Bianca", when Bartolomeo calls for his wife Ezio only half-jokingly asks, "Did you check behind the table?" before finding out to his surprise that the wife is an actual human woman. Ezio has a front-row seat to how much they love each other at the end of a Rescue Arc.
- Hero of Another Story: One of the viewpoint characters of Project Legacy.
- Historical Domain Character: He was a real guy
, a mercenary from Umbria in central Italy who distinguished himself in service of the Venetian Republic. Little is known about him, however. - Honor Before Reason: Despite being an Assassin, he dislikes having to use subterfuge to win battles, preferring a straight-up fight.Bartolomeo: Your plan is brillante (brilliant), but I don't like using this kind of trick. I believe in fair fighting, may the best man win.
Ezio: Cesare and the Baron seem to have a different style.
Bartolomeo: There will come a day in which men no longer cheat each other. And on that day we will see what mankind is truly capable of. - I Call It "Vera": Wields a claymore called "Bianca".
- Large Ham: Almost all of his lines are shouted and he likes waving "Bianca" around while doing so.
- Logical Weakness: When a Boisterous Bruiser's wife is also his strategist, the single action guaranteed to cripple his operation is perfectly clear.
- Named Weapons: Named his favorite claymore "Bianca".
- One-Man Army: He is a great warrior who can cut through many enemies by himself.
- "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Gives a fantastic one to Baron de Valois:Octavian: Such entitlement from a man born with nothing to his name.
Bartolomeo: Mine is worth its currency. Unlike yours, which is counterfeit.
Octavian: How dare you?
Bartolomeo: You think that commanding an army grants you nobility? Nobility comes from fighting besides your soldiers, not kidnapping a woman to cheat your way out of battle. Why don't you grow a pair and release my wife? - Sir Swears-a-Lot: Even if his swears are almost always in Italian, they are numerous and they are definitely no less scathing than if they were translated.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Part of his character appears to be Mario Auditore's bloodthirsty tendencies taken up a notch. One imagines they would have made awesome Bash Brothers, had Mario not been killed at the start of Brotherhood.
- You Fight Like a Cow: Is quite fond of insults in the midst of combat.
Pantasilea Baglioni
Pantasilea Baglioni
"Mio marito vi ammazzerà tutti!" note
Appears in: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Voiced by: Millie Tresierra (English)note
- "He has such an aggressive view of the world. However, strategy is equally important."
The wife of Bartolomeo d'Alviano, Pantasilea helps him in his duties as an Assassin and manages assassination contracts in Rome.
- Battle Couple: Of a sort with Bartolomeo: she plans the strategy, he fights the battles.
- Brains and Brawn: The Brains to Bartolomeo's Brawn; he's the warrior, but she strategizes. When she's captured by Octavian de Valois, Bartolomeo admits he's helpless at making plans without her.
- Damsel in Distress: She is captured by Octavian de Valois in an attempt to get him to surrender, but is rescued by Ezio.
- Defiant Captive: When captured by de Valois and surrounded by his soldiers, she shouts how her husband is going to kill them all.
- Happily Married: She and Bartolomeo have a very stable and happy marriage. Ezio has a front-row seat to how much they love each other at the end of a Rescue Arc.
- The Strategist: Has a better understanding of strategy than her husband, and identifies and creates a list of individuals for Ezio to assassinate that would weaken Templar control in Rome.
- Women Are Wiser: She is much calmer and more rational than her husband.
La Volpe
La Volpe
"They call me many things: Murderer, Tagliagole, Thief... But you may call me La Volpe."
Appears in: Assassin's Creed II | Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Voiced by: Vito DeFilippo (English)note
The leader of the Florentine thieves and an Assassin, he moves to Rome during Brotherhood, becoming a major ally for Ezio.
- A Father to His Men: La Volpe cares for his men, as evident when in Rome, his youngest member, Claudio, is injured and asks Ezio to save him. It is also telling that this action wins Volpe's trust in Ezio when he succeeds.
- Animal Theme Naming: Literally "The Fox", later worked into the name of his inn.
- Aura Vision: It's theorized that La Volpe may have had a variant of Eagle Vision capable of seeing through walls, which would be very helpful in his thieving activities.
- The Complainer Is Always Wrong: In Brotherhood, he perpetually suspects Machiavelli of being The Mole, due to the fact that Machiavelli has worked for the papacy and that he left Monterriggoni shortly before it was attacked. This feeling is made worse after he and Ezio see Machiavelli accept a message from a Borgia guard, and only lays off when Ezio vouches for Machiavelli – who later confirms that the Borgia guard (unwittingly killed by one of La Volpe's thieves) was his own mole. La Volpe eventually moves to kill Machiavelli himself after Borgia troops try to move on the Thieves' Guild and many of his spies are exposed shortly after Machiavelli inquired about them. Ezio stops him in the nick of time, having found the real mole who was also a traitor during the assault on Monteriggioni. It was a thief, presumably having been in La Volpe's employ.
- Devious Daggers: He's a thief who's only ever seen fighting with a butcher's knife.
- Dramatic Irony: He is so focused on believing that Machiavelli is the traitor, when in reality that the real traitor was another thief, one most likely in La Volpe's group at the time.
- A Father to His Men: La Volpe is very close to his theives, going so far as entering into enemy line to save a young and injured member. Ezio doing this earns La Volpe's complete trust in Ezio's judgement, although he was still untrusting of Machiavelli.
- Headbutting Heroes: He does not get along with Machiavelli at all, convinced that he is a traitor to the Assassin Order. After learning one of his own thieves was The Mole, not Machiavelli, La Volpe becomes much friendlier to Machiavelli.
- Honor Among Thieves: When they first meet, La Volpe returns Ezio's money, which was deliberately pickpocketed to lure him to the meeting spot. His thieves also watch out for each other, protecting their fellows when they're in danger.
- In the Hood: Wears a hooded cape. This hints that he's an Assassin in addition to being a thief.
- Jerkass: His distrust in Machiavelli is so great that he refuses to help Ezio twice over it. The first is when Ezio meets up with him again in Rome, making his accusation known, he later agrees to help Ezio, but makes it clear he's helping him and not Machiavelli. Second is during a very vital moment where his thieves could have been very helpful, essentially abandoning Ezio in his hour of need. Luckily, Ezio is understanding and things do work out in the end, a lot of that being thanks to Machiavelli's men.
- Jerkass Has a Point: He has reasons not to believe in Machiavelli, as he doesn't let others know about his own secrets to help the Order at all, such as his mole within the Borgia, who gets killed by one of La Volpe's men, his disappearances at suspicious moments like escorting Caterina to safety, his previous ties with the Borgia family, and how conveniently that the Borgia know about their planning and spies after he asks for info himself. Granted, Machiavelli, in reality, was just a victim of circumstance, since he was honestly just working to help Ezio, but he really should have been more open about it to the others, as it nearly costs him his life.
- Lovable Rogue: He's an unrepentant thief, but also a pretty likable guy.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: Although Renaissance calls him Gilberto, this is not mentioned in the game.
- Shrouded in Myth: Nothing is known about his past, and most of what Shaun Hastings is able to discover about him is little more than myths about his thieving abilities.
- The Sneaky Guy: Is definitely the best at stealth among the Italian Assassins. He just "appears" when he wants to talk to someone, even Ezio.
- Technicolor Eyes: His database entry makes special note of his "violet eyes." They add to his mysterious nature.
- Undying Loyalty: He is very committed to his band of thieves and the Assassin order, as evident by his unwillingness to let even one of his thieves die on his watch and of his suspicion of Machiavelli being a traitor to the order.
Paola
Paola
"We must walk the streets freely: seen, but unseen."
Appears in: Assassin's Creed II
Voiced by: Claudia Ferri (English)note
- "I too know betrayal."
The madame of a Florentine brothel, she protects Ezio's family after they are betrayed, teaching Ezio how to use his hidden blade and disappear in the crowd.
- Action Girl: Even before becoming an Assassin she knew how to take care of herself, having to kill a city guard in self-defense. Giovanni Auditore represented her and won the case, after which Paola joined the Assassins.
- Dark and Troubled Past: Not much is known of her early years aside from being orphaned, and she comments cryptically to Ezio that she has known betrayal while showing him her scars.
- Five-Finger Discount: She is an expert at pickpocketing, and teaches Ezio how to do it as well.
- Hooker with a Heart of Gold:
- She runs the La Rosa Colta in Florence, which helps protect women living on the street.
- She takes in Ezio's mother and sister for shelter after Templar treachery kill his father and brothers without a second thought. When Ezio asks her why she was so quick about it, Paola raises her sleeves, revealing a scar, and claims she too knows betrayal. Given that Giovanni once saved her from possible execution, she is returning the favor as well.
- In the Hood: Her head is always covered with a hood, and she's also an Assassin.
- I Owe You My Life: Her motivation for taking in Ezio and his surviving family is implied to be her paying the debt she owed to Giovanni for getting her off a murder charge on a self-defence plea.
- The Mentor: The first of several to Ezio, teaching him how to blend in crowds and pickpocket.
- Miss Kitty: She runs a brothel, and she might be a former prostitute herself.
- Only One Name: We have no idea what her surname is.
- Parental Abandonment: Her parents died at sea when she was only eight, which forced her to live on the streets.
- Scars Are Forever: She has burn scars on her right arm, but never tells Ezio how she got them aside from them being caused by some sort of betrayal.
- Stealth Expert: She teaches Ezio how to move silently in crowds and assassinate from them.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: She isn't seen after Assassin's Creed II 's final sequence, although the novelization of Revelations has Claudia mention that she is still an Assassin leader in 1512.
Sister Teodora
Teodora Contanto / "Sister Teodora"
Appears in: Assassin's Creed II
Voiced by: Nadia Verrucci (English), Laurence Bréheret (French)note
- "Men hold God as an idea in their heads, not in the depths of their hearts and bodies. Men must know how to love in order to reach salvation. My girls and I provide that to our congregation."
The former member of a convent and the madame of the La Rosa Della Virtù, "The Rose of Virtue", in Venice. She assisted Ezio in assassinating Templar Doge Marco Barbarigo.
- Action Girl: During the fight for the Apple of Eden she fights alongside her Assassin brothers.
- Ethical Slut: When she left the nunnery, she nailed a statement to the front door claiming that one could only "truly enter the arms of God" through "partnership with another". She founded her bordello later that year.
- Good Shepherd: She still thinks of herself as a cleric after starting up a brothel and believes that her methods are superior to the "cold" and "earthy" ways of the nunnery. She and her girls help their "congregation" learn to love.
- Hooker with a Heart of Gold: A madame of a brothel, and also a very good person.
- Naughty Nuns: She kept her religious outlook even as madame, and one of her clients called her brothel "the church for a new sect of Catholicism".
- Pay Evil unto Evil: She urges Ezio to do this to a criminal who robbed and murdered one of her girls.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: She isn't seen or mentioned after the end of Assassins Creed II. One can assume she's too busy in Venice to join Ezio in Rome.
Antonio de Magianis
Antonio de Magianis
Appears in: Assassin's Creed II
Voiced by: Carlo Mestroni (English)note
- "Ezio, who are the true nobles of Venezia? Men like Carlo Grimaldi and Marco Barbarigo? No! I say we are; the thieves and mercenari and whores."
The leader of the Thieves Guild of Venice and an Assassin, he assisted Ezio in fighting the Templar presence in the city.
- Ambiguously Bi: Leonardo does say "I've been seeing quite a bit of him lately — errr... as mutual friends..." while he's also seen being rather friendly with Teodora's courtesans.
- A Father to His Men: He cares a great deal for his thieves, doing his best to protect them from harm.
- Badass Cape: Smaller than Ezio's but it still fitting for an Assassin-thief.
- Just Like Robin Hood: After taking down Emilio Barbarigo, Antonio orders his men to distribute the stolen goods in the Palazzo della Seta to the merchants that Emilio had robbed, along with the poor.
- Lovable Rogue: He may be a thief, but he has a strict sense of honor and limits his targets to those who deserve it.
- Parental Substitute: To Rosa. He caught her trying to pick his pocket when she was a girl living rough on the streets and instead of turning her over to the guards, took her under his wing.
- Self-Made Man: He was born at the bottom of Venetian society, but taught himself to read and write. He then attempted to go to university, but was denied several times due to his low social status. He then disappeared for several years before re-emerging as the leader of the Venetian thieves and an Assassin, stealing from some of the men who had denied him access to university due to his class.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: He isn't seen or mentioned after the end of Assassins Creed II. One can assume he's too busy in Venice to join Ezio in Rome.
- What the Hell, Hero?: When they fail to save Doge Giovanni Mocenigo, Antonio is very hard on Ezio in the Carnivale chapter, likely blaming him for the failed mission. He begins to be extremely unfair with Ezio, blaming him for some things that are out of his control or failing to pick up on Templar treachery. When Ezio comes through in the end, Antonio apologizes to him, admitting that he let his anger cloud his judgement.
Perotto Calderon
Perotto Calderon
Appears in: Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy
- "I have spent so much time with Lucrezia lately that I have been neglecting my work. I know the importance of my task, but each day I am finding it harder to care."
A skilled Assassin assigned to spy on the Borgia by serving them as a courier. He is a viewpoint character in Project Legacy.
- Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: Part of his duties as a spy in the Borgia household include doctoring letters from Rodrigo Borgia, with Perotto altering letters to break up alliances with the French, issue a commendation of a man rather than a pardon, and order outrageously priced furniture.Perotto: I would never pay that much for furniture! I doubt Alexander would either, but now he has agreed to it.
- Beneath Suspicion: The arrogant Borgia would never suspect that a mere courier would be an Assassin spying on them, and thus pay him little attention while discussing major plans.
- In Love with the Mark: He is supposed to be spying on Lucrezia, not falling in love with her.
- Master Archer: He is renowned for his skill with a bow, and is able to kill many Assassins with it before being killed.
- The Mentor: To Francesco Vecellio, although he believes Francesco's sense of honor and fair play limits his abilities. When Francesco joined the Assassins trying to kill Perotto, he allowed himself to be struck down, being unwilling to harm his student and friend.
- The Mole: His position in the Borgia household enables him to pass on a ton of important information to the Assassin Order which allows them to disrupt several Templar plots.
- Papa Wolf: When his child with Lucrezia was born malformed and likely to die within days, Perotto abandoned the Creed and killed his fellow Assassins to find and use the Shroud of Eden to heal Giovanni.
- Star-Crossed Lovers: With Lucrezia, and they both know it.Perotto: Finally, we are together! Neither of us believes it will last, that there is any way it could last, but for now it does not matter. We will try to hide from reality as long as we can.
- Unequal Pairing: He and Lucrezia have to hide their relationship because of their different social levels and the fact that her family would kill him if they knew. Perotto also has to hide their relationship from his fellow Assassins.
Francesco Vecellio
Francesco Vecellio
Appears in: Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy
- "Someday I will take the time to create, to paint, but not now. For now, I am a soldier on the front lines."
A Italian painter and secret member of the Assassin brotherhood. He was Perotto's student before joining the Assassins sent to kill his former mentor, after which Francesco was sent to Rome to train under Ezio, eventually becoming a Master Assassin.
- The Apprentice: To Perotto, who began his training, and to Ezio, who finished it.
- Brain Bleach: While gathering intel to assassinate Niccolò di Pitigliano, Francesco got information out of a prostitute Niccolò frequented, but got too much information for his liking.Francesco: I have uncovered vile details about Niccolò's private life! They are valuable to my plans, but I will spend many years trying to expunge them from my memory.
- Cultured Badass: He is both a painter and a highly skilled Assassin.
- The Leader: After finishing his training under Ezio, Francesco was given a team of Assassins to command and take out Templars across Rome.
- The Mentor: To Giovanni Borgia, the son of his late mentor Perotto.
- Sole Survivor: His entire team of Assassins were wiped out in an ambush by French Templar Charles de la Motte.
Cipriano Enu
Cipriano Enu
An African member of the Assassin Order and member of Francesco's team.
- Impromptu Tracheotomy: Dies from a gunshot to the neck.
- The Straight and Arrow Path: He is a master archer, and quickly becomes regarded as one of the best shots in the Order. He uses a specialized recurve bow as his main weapon.
- Omniglot: He knows at least seven languages outside of his native language, which is very useful for the Assassins.
Tessa Varzi
Tessa Varzi
- "Tessa has a disturbing love for venom. She is so precise in her work that she can paralyze a man, put him to sleep, cause him to go mad, fake his death, or, of course, kill him in various horrible ways."—Francesco Vecellio
A Italian Assassin and member of Francesco's team.
- Action Girl: Francesco is very impressed with her lethality in combat.
- Lethal Chef: Francesco mentions her cooking is terrible.
- Master Poisoner: She specializes in crafting and using poisons, which can paralyze, put targets to sleep, or kill. Notably she killed Doge Agostino Barbarigo by sending him threatening letters saying the Assassins would kill him for his betrayal of their Order. He got so paranoid about assassination attempts he never realized that each letter was coated with a poison that was killing him quicker every time he touched one.
Giovanni Borgia
Giovanni Borgia
- "With everything I know, what I have personally witnessed, I marvel at the endless sea beneath our ship. What secrets lie lost below? Relics? Cities? Answers?"
The bastard child of Perotto Calderon and Lucrezia Borgia in Project Legacy. Was raised to be a prick by his uncle (posing as his father), but later switched sides. He accompanies Hernán Cortés and his conquistadors to South America after being assigned to hunt for a Crystal Skull. He spent the latter years of his life studying the First Civilization and their artifacts with the assistance of his wife Maria.
- Abusive Parents: Cesare posed as his father, and would "train" him to fight or leave him in the hands of Micheletto Corella.
- The Apprentice: He was trained by Francesco Vecellio in the ways of the Assassins.
- Came Back Wrong: The Shroud saved him from death, but left him with severe Bleeding Effect-like symptoms, and "Consus".
- Cultured Badass: He dedicated himself to studying the Pieces of Eden, learning quite a bit about them and the First Civilization, and often used the cover of being a scholar in his assignments.
- Determinator: He stared into the Crystal Skull for at least an hour a day for over twenty years, believing that it held some secret or power. He was finally rewarded for his persistence in 1542 when he briefly communicated with the Templar aligned Chinese Emperor Jiajing through it, and was able to alert his fellow Assassins that Yongle was in possession of another Crystal Skull.
- Genius Bruiser: He's an Assassin but he is also extremely smart, being an expert on what is known of the First Civilization, and is also a capable navigator and astrologer.
- Grave Robbing: He and Maria open the tomb of Nicholas Flamel and his wife, and were astounded to find them empty, providing credence to the rumor Flamel had found the secret to immortality and faked he and his wife's deaths.
- Half-Human Hybrid: Giovanni was able to manifest Eagle Vision as a five-year-old child; due to this being strongly implied in AC2 about Altaïr Ibn La'Ahad and his ancestors, it may be inferred about Giovanni and his father Perotto Calderon.
- Happily Married: Maria Amiel was invaluable to him, both in his personal life and his Assassin work.
- Hearing Voices: At times, often in proximity to the Apple of Eden, he saw/heard "Consus," who would tend to give him advice relating to the use of Pieces of Eden, though Consus also interpreted a letter and guided him to joining the Assassins.
- Heroic Bastard: His parents had him out of wedlock, but he's fairly heroic.
- Historical Domain Character: While relatively obscure, Giovanni Borgia was a real person.
- Improbable Infant Survival: All thanks to The Shroud of Eden, he survived infancy.
- Jumped at the Call: He was quite eager for his assignment to the New World to track down a Crystal Skull, due to his borderline obsession over Pieces of Eden.Giovanni: I have studied these relics from our past, these Pieces of Eden, and I have even wielded them on rare occasion. I have spent my life theorizing and mapping, but never before have I had the opportunity to hunt one.
- The Mole: He was sent by the Assassins with Hernán Cortés expedition to the New World under the cover of a soldier / scholar named Botello. Giovanni was to learn all he could of the civilizations there, the Spanish's intentions, and to locate and recover a Crystal Skull they believed was there to prevent it from falling into the Spaniards possession.
- Professional Killer: He becomes a highly skilled Assassin.
- Token Good Teammate: The only person on the Assassins' side amongst the Borgias.
Maria Amiel
Maria Amiel
- "Never in my life have I felt so passionate about anyone. I would follow this man to Hell!"
An assistant to Swiss scholar Bombastus, Maria met and assisted Giovanni Borgia in his hunt for the Book of Abraham, eventually marrying him. Although never joining the Assassin Order herself, Maria assisted her husband in his work researching the First Civilization.
- Beleaguered Assistant: Working for Bombastus wasn't much fun. Maria much preferred working with Giovanni, who treated her as an equal.
- Bookworm: She likes reading, and proves to be a valuable asset to Giovanni in his research.
- Grave Robbing: She helps Giovanni open the tomb of Nicholas Flamel and his wife.
- Secret-Keeper: Of Giovanni's life as an Assassin, as she never actually joined the Order.
Turkish Assassins
Yusuf
Yusuf Tazim
"You are the man I've longed to meet. Renowned Master and Mentor, Ezio Auditore de la-la-la!"
Appears in: Assassin's Creed: Revelations
Voiced by: Chris Parson (English)note
- "Welcome to Galata district. For centuries it has been a home to orphans from Europe and Asia alike. You won't find more diversity anywhere else in the city. And for that reason, Assassins make it their home."
The leader of the Assassin Brotherhood of Constantinople. He is a former thief who was recruited into the Brotherhood by former guild leader Ishak Pasha.
- Badasses Wear Bandanas: He is always seen wearing what looks like his era's equivalent of an orange bandana around his head, and he's a Master Assassin.
- Blade Below the Shoulder: Dual wields a Hidden Blade with a Hookblade.
- Boisterous Bruiser: Sneakier than most (being an Assassin and all), but the energetic and playful personality remains.
- Cool Mask: His concept art has him wearing a mask like some other Turkish Assassins.
- Good Scars, Evil Scars: Has a light diagonal scar under he left eye going across his cheek, possibly from a previous fight.
- Foil: Intentionally established as one to Ezio's Elder Brother Federico, including to the Tutorial Parkour session testing the Hooked Blade which echoes the opening of Assassin's Creed II right up to scaling the tower at the end.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Dies trying to single-handedly hold off the Templars when they storm Sofia's house. He takes a lot of them with him.
- The Lancer: He sets a contrast with Ezio during his stay in Constantinople; a master assassin and guild leader who is younger, not so gruff, and isn't distracted by a pretty face.
- The Leader: He is the guild leader of the Ottoman Assassins and a Type IV.
- Lovable Rogue: Ezio describes him as being quite affable when he's not sneaking up on you so he can steal or stab you.
- Mr. Exposition: Introduces the new mechanics to Ezio, showing him how to use the hookblade and throw bombs.
- Master Swordsman: He's handy with a sword and it is his sword that is the Infinity +1 Sword of Revelations.
- Professional Killer: Like most Assassins, his job is killing people.
- Sacrificial Lion: Dies trying to protect Sofia from the Templars on Ezio's behalf.
- What the Hell, Hero?: He is not pleased when Ezio decides that the best way to break into the heavily fortified Harbor of Theodosius is by starting a riot. Yusuf only lets him proceed with the plan after making him promise to protect the rioters as best he can.
Piri Reis
Haci Ahmed Muhiddin Piri aka "Piri Reis"
Appears in: Assassin's Creed: Revelations
Voiced by: Alex Ivanovici (English)note
An Ottoman naval commander and expert cartographer, Piri Reis is also a Master Assassin. He prefers not to engage foes directly, instead providing bombs and technical information to the Brotherhood.
- Deadpan Snarker: Not very often, but he gets a few good snarks in, particularly his response to watching Ezio blow up the Great Chain and its tower and set fire to the Ottoman blockade:Piri: Yours is not a subtle approach.
- Demolitions Expert: He creates all of the bombs for the Ottoman Brotherhood.
- Four-Star Badass: Not in the game, but at the age of 80 he will be made a admiral by the Sultan.
- Genius Bruiser: Aside from being a respected sailor and warrior, Piri is also a philosopher, cartographer, and scientist.
- Historical In-Joke: He was not an admiral by the time of the game, but the Assassins of Constantinople do jokingly call him "Reis" (Ottoman for "Admiral").
- Knight in Sour Armor: Like most Assassins, he is fairly cynical of how the world functions, but hopes that it will get better.Piri: Well, I have some sticky resin bags. My uncle Kemal had a wild fondness for them. During Bayezid's conflict with Venezia, he was a captain in the Ottoman navy. He liked resin bombs because they stuck to almost any surface... the hulls of large ships, for instance.Ezio: I lost many friends in that conflict.
Piri: We all did, Ezio. And that war is why I became an Assassin. I hate the artificial boundaries our leaders have built between people.
Ezio: We fight to end the fighting. It is a sad irony.
Piri: It will always be an irony, evet (yes). But perhaps one day it will not be so sad. - The Perfectionist: He describes himself as one, having been working on a map for the Sultan for ten months, and figures that with the Sultan being so old his successor will be the one to get it.
- Privateer: In his youth under his uncle Kemal.
- Renaissance Man: Expert cartographer, military commander, bomb maker, and Assassin.
- The Smart Guy: His role for the Ottoman Assassins, providing their technical support.
Azize
Azize
Appears in: Assassin's Creed: Revelations
A female Ottoman Assassin.
- All There in the Manual: Her name is only revealed in the novel.
- Ascended Extra: In-game she's the woman who Prince Ahmet was using as a fake Sofia, while in the novel she's revealed to be a fellow Assassin.
- Bookworm: Loves books, and after Sofia leaves Constantinople with Ezio she takes over her old bookstore.
- Damsel in Distress: Is captured alongside Sofia and dressed like her in order to fool Ezio.
Dogan
Dogan
Appears in: Assassin's Creed: Revelations
An Ottoman Assassin, and one of Yusuf's most trusted lieutenants.
- All There in the Manual: His name is only revealed in the novel.
- Cool Mask: Is always seen wearing a mask.
- In the Hood: Has his hood up in combination with his Cool Mask.
- The Lancer: Was originally one of Yusuf's trusted lieutenants.
- Meaningful Name: Dogan can be translated as the Turkish word for hawk, falcon, or tercelnote , in keeping with the bird theme of Assassins.
- You Are in Command Now: After Yusuf's death, Ezio makes Dogan the new leader of the Ottoman Assassins.
Northern European Assassins
Desiderius Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus
Appears in: Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy
A Dutch scholar, humanist, Catholic priest, and theologian, Erasmus was secretly the head of the Northern European Assassins. As such, he maintained a close correspondence with the Italian Assassins.
- Badass in Distress: He is captured by the Templars in the early 16th century, but was rescued by a team of Italian Assassins.
- The Ghost: He is never seen in the games or novels, but is mentioned several times and plays a role in one of Brotherhood's contracts storylines.
- The Leader: Of the Northern European Assassins.
