History Characters / AssassinsCreedIITheRomanTemplars

Roman Templar character page for ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'', ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'', ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' and ''WesternAnimation/AssassinsCreedEmbers'' due to the entries' many shared characters. For game-unspecific cast, here's [[Characters/AssassinsCreed the main index]].

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!!The Borgias

[[folder:As a whole]]
!!House of Borgia
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: The people of Rome consider the Borgias as little more than scum, basically, when Ezio hears them in the crowd. Specially Cesare.
* AmbitionIsEvil: They're power-hungry, and rule through backstabbing and military oppression.
* AristocratsAreEvil: They're the most prominent aristocratic family in Italy, and nasty pieces of work at that.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: As evident in ''Brotherhood'', Cesare is a power hungry manchild who is screwing his sadistic sister, Lucrezia, who's also said to have been abused by her father Rodrigo. Another relative, Juan, is also quite the piece of work.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: They're portrayed as much nastier and depraved than the historical Borgias, even when not factoring in the Templar connection and Cesare's EvilPlan to use Leonardo da Vinci's weapons to conquer Italy.
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[[folder:Rodrigo Borgia]]
!!Rodrigo Borgia / UsefulNotes/PopeAlexanderVI
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Manuel Tadros

->''"It's not approval I'm after. Just power."''

The main villain of ''Assassin's Creed II''. He is the Grand Master of the Italian Rite of the Templar Order, as well as the man ultimately responsible for the death of the father and brothers of Ezio Auditore.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: The Templars, even in the time of Abstergo, regard his tenure over them as the "Dark Age of the Order", especially since his {{greed}} has absolutely nothing to do with the Templar ideals, and he didn't care about them at all.
* {{Acrofatic}}: In both battles where he's an opponent he does not seem at all encumbered by his girth.
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:No one really mourns once he finally bites it.]]
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Invoked in that in the brief sword fight at the end of the Venice section, he holds his own against Ezio, and an entire squad of Assassins, even knocking him down and making a getaway. He also is one of the few Templars to spot Ezio listening in on their conversations.
* BadHabits: As explained by himself, he actually doesn't care about the Catholic faith and only pretended to in order to gain power and influence.
* BigBad: He is the main villain of ''Assassin's Creed II''. All the other Templars that Ezio fights in his first twenty years as an assassin work for him and it was him that ultimately ordered the execution of the other male members of the Auditore family.
* BladeOnAStick: He uses his Staff of Eden like a spear against Ezio in the first phase of the final BossBattle in ''Assassin's Creed II''.
* TheChessmaster: He prefers to set plots into motion behind the scenes, using lower ranked Templars to carry out the dirty work and take the risks involved.
* CoolSword: During his fight with Ezio in Venice, Rodrigo wields a Schiavona, the second-best sword in the game (behind the Sword of Altaïr).
* CruelMercy: [[spoiler:Recieves this at Ezio's hands at the end of ''II''. Ezio spares his life but not before taking away his belief that the latter was the Prophet, submitting him to a beating of a lifetime and mocking his sense of power. Rodrigo is a lot more mellow and chastised after that, and essentially defanged. His son on the other hand...]]
* DamageSpongeBoss: In the final fight, he's not exactly a great brawler, but he can take ''a lot'' of hits and is pretty decent at dodging basic punches. This is probably to ensure he's able to get through his rather long final battle speech before you beat him.
* DemotedToExtra: He's the BigBad of ''AC II'', but barely appears in ''Brotherhood''.
* DirtyOldMan: The existence of his many children gives it away but Shaun's database notes that after [[spoiler:Ezio's defeat of the man at the Vatican]] he seems to have turned to sex as relief and apparently became quite TheHedonist. He apparently had a fondness for prostitutes.
* EvilIsPetty: Ezio's father was killed for attempting to stop Rodrigo Borgia's bid for control of Florence [[note]]by backing Jacopo de' Pazzi, his nephew Francesco, and his grand-nephew Vieri in the plot to sideline and murder Lorenzo de' Medici[[/note]], and Federico may have been slain with him to preempt revenge on the part of the eldest Auditore son[[note]]whether or not Rodrigo knew that Federico may have been undergoing Assassin training would be besides the point[[/note]], but Rodrigo also had the youngest brother Petruccio[[note]]who was both too young and too sickly to be a threat[[/note]] killed too just to make a point.
* EvilOldFolks: He's closing on age 70 when Ezio confronts him in the Sistine Chapel, although his character design doesn't quite make him look that age.
* FatBastard: Evil and fat.
* FinalBossPreview: The moment in San Gimignano, where [[spoiler:Rodrigo calls out Ezio, telling him he knows he's listening and that he planned on him coming there shows that he's a much tougher fish for Ezio than the Templars he's hunting down and that the latter would have to up his game if he wants to progress further]].
* ForegoneConclusion: If you know your history, his ascension to the Papacy shouldn't be of any surprise, though it does come off as a PlayerPunch in ''AC II'' due to the eleven-year time skip between Sequences 11 and 14, that game's last two chapters. The "setting drop" in ''Brotherhood'' ("1503 - Rome") was enough to show the history aware that this was when Rodrigo would die.
* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:After having been beaten and spared by Ezio, Rodrigo told Cesare to leave the assassin in peace and refused to help him after [[AwakenTheSleepingGiant he put himself at the top of Ezio's shit list.]] He's still an evil bastard, but he clearly respects Ezio.]]
* HistoricalBeautyUpdate: He looks much less ugly in the games than on his RealLife [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Pope_Alexander_Vi.jpg historical]] [[https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0895/0864/products/xir157017_1024x1024.jpeg?v=1453118669 portraits]], due to being [[InkSuitActor modelled after his voice actor]] rather than the real article.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: The real Rodrigo Borgia, Pope Alexander VI, has become a byword for Papal corruption and he seems almost certainly to have been an opportunist rather than a man of faith. However, the game relies heavily on the biased information spread by his enemies, especially one of his immediate successors Giuliano della Rovere (Pope Julius II). Rodrigo's famous PetTheDog moment, his tolerance towards Jewish refugees where he housed them in Rome's famous Jewish quarter (which is absent from the game) is not touched on. In real life, his successor used this to vilify him and spread anti-Semitic propaganda which included the now well-known accusations of incest. His reputation was further slandered during the Protestant Reformation (for obvious reasons the Protestant perception is particularly popular in the Anglosphere) when he was used as a symbol of everything wrong with the Church and posthumously labeled a devil-worshipper.
** His backstory video in ''AC II'' has him poisoning entire dinner parties to death, executing his enemy's prepubescent son out of spite, and implies he raped his daughter (something noted again in ''Brotherhood''). There's no evidence that the real Rodrigo ever did any of these things, even though he doubtlessly had a hand in ''some'' deaths, being the sleazy Renaissance politician that he was.
** Even some historians pointed out that his vices and crimes weren't all that different from those committed by other crooked noblemen of the time, but people were less willing to forgive them in Rodrigo because unlike those other noblemen, he was the Pope.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:He tries to poison his son Cesare, when the latter shows himself to be too ambitious ''and'' counterproductive[[note]]Cesare's attack on Monteriggioni radicalized an Ezio who'd previously been content to leave the Borgias alone, thereby bringing and ''focusing'' the renewed wrath of the Assassin Order down on the Templars[[/note]]. However, it ends the other way around, with said poisoned apple being forced into his mouth]].
* InkSuitActor: He is modeled after his voice actor, who portrays him in ''Lineage''.
* InTheHood: He spends much of the game wearing a [[Franchise/StarWars Palpatine-style]] black hood that conceals his upper face, and his name and identity aren't revealed for quite a while too. He eventually ditches it after becoming Pope.
%%%%%%% "One of the reasons why he remains in the background in ''Brotherhood''." is not context. It is missing the key element; '''what is the karma that makes him remain in the background?''''
* LaserGuidedKarma:
* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: In the final battle, he agrees to Ezio's challenge to a brawl [[FisticuffsBoss without weapons]][[note]]though in fairness, Ezio had already cornered him in a pit underneath the Vatican[[/note]]. Earlier in the game during their first confrontation, he opts to fight Ezio one-on-one rather than calling for help from his guards (although the guards do attack once it becomes clear he's going to lose).
* TheManBehindTheMan: He tends to operate by pulling the strings of other Templars and their puppets. Ezio only knew him as "The Spaniard" for a while and it took him years to peel out the layers and figure out Borgia's real identity.
* ManipulativeBastard: Rodrigo Borgia knew how to manipulate, such as convincing someone to feel like they have no choice but to condemn to hang their best friend.
* OldShame: The modern day Templars regard his tenure as an embarrassment, at least in "Abstergo Files" in the multiplayer section of VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations. They felt that he strayed away from their ideals and brought shame on their cause. Though you can argue that Borgia in [[AtLeastIAdmitIt admitting]] he wanted power has a certain honesty. [[invoked]]
** This is averted at least by Abstergo Entertainment, one of their front companies in charge with making sure history is WrittenByTheWinners. There Borgia is lionized among the "Great Minds of History", and is laughably described as a "bon vivant, progressive man who stood up for family values" with his infamous reputation being due to a smear campaign by Ezio Auditore.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Before his identity was revealed, he was only referred to as either "the Spaniard" or "Maestro". Interestingly, his identity is revealed early on: after Vieri is assassinated, Mario casually reveals Rodrigo's name to Ezio. Nevertheless, for the majority of the game Rodrigo is still only referred to as "the Spaniard" and "Maestro."
* OrcusOnHisThrone:
** Chose to remain hiding during ''Brotherhood'', primarily out of fear of Ezio and to focus on consolidating of Templar gains.[[spoiler:Cesare spoiling this unofficial grace period by attacking Monteriggioni is why Rodrigo holds a grudge against Cesare that eventually leads to the poisoning.]]
** This was also consistent with his behavior in ''II'' where he let the Pazzi[[note]]in Florence and San Gimignano[[/note]] and Barbarigo[[note]]in Venice[[/note]] families and their allies take credit -- and thus the brunt of the Assassin's attention. Until about the time that [[spoiler:the Apple of Eden arrived from Cyprus]], Ezio only ''saw'' him once and thus wasn't in a position to kill Rodrigo.
** In both ''AC II'' and ''Brotherhood'', [[NeverMyFault he blamed all the problems with Ezio on his allies, never himself, in spite of having had the means and resources to have helped if only he would have been willing to risk them by committing them against Ezio.]]
* ParentalIncest: Rumors abound about him and his daughter, Lucrezia, though this only appears in ''Brotherhood'' as an accusation by Caterina Sforza. A comment by Cesare in ''Brotherhood'' implies it is true (with a comment about "persuading" the Pope to give more money), and it is also deliberately mentioned in his ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' [[EncyclopediaExposita database entry]].
* {{Patricide}}: [[spoiler:He is on the receiving end of this from Cesare, his ill-legitimate son, who force feeds him a poisoned apple.]]
* PragmaticVillainy: Even after Ezio beats the hell out of him and shatters his dreams at the end of II, Rodrigo is aware that Ezio's revenge ended after that, and was content to let his enemy retire in peace while he formed his powerbase. Late in ''Brotherhood'', Rodrigo chews out Cesare for needlessly antagonizing Ezio in an attempt to get on Daddy's good side and [[AwakenTheSleepingGiant making him seek out retribution that ruined everything the Borgias were working towards]] [[spoiler:shortly before attempting to kill him and being killed instead.]]
* UsefulNotes/ThePope: In both the game and RealLife, he became Pope Alexander VI. He wasn't much better of a Pope in real life than he was in the game. Although some argue against that, noting that his successor took Giuliano della Rovere to spread all kinds of propaganda against him. Historians argue that a lot of the reforms which Giuliano put in place were initiated by Rodrigo and that he himself hired the likes of Domenico Ghirlandaio and Michelangelo and patronized the arts. He was certainly not a saint but that's the trouble with making a historical figure ObviouslyEvil.
* TheVillainSucksSong: In VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations, Ezio records his observations about Rodrigo for posterity:
--> "Before Rodrigo was the Pope\\
He was a man of vices\\
And once he gained the Holy See\\
He raised his vices' prices."
* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler:Jacopo de' Pazzi gets stabbed in the gut by him for failing to kill Lorenzo Medici.]]
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[[folder:Cesare Borgia]]
!!Cesare Borgia
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Andreas Apergis

->''"We've had too much bloodshed. I think a cleansing is in order. So, consider this an invitation, from my family... to yours."''

Rodrigo Borgia's ambitious son and Captain General of the Papal armies. He is the main villain of ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood''.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: By the time [[spoiler:Ezio kills him in Viana]], virtually all of Cesare's remaining allies have abandoned him due to his violent ways.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Really wants to take over Italy, while his father merely wanted to consolidate the power they held. Moreover, while his father has some measure of patience (having been at this for almost thirty years) and is willing to work behind the scenes, Cesare wants to do it openly (albeit only disguising the Templar angle under the guise of the Church), quickly and by overt military force.
** During the final boss fight [[spoiler:in Viana, Spain]], Cesare claims to intend to conquer Spain as well, even though [[spoiler:Cesare was now in the service of one of his relatives, King John III of Navarre]].
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He's actually a very skilled swordsman and as a military commander he leads from the front, although there's nothing to back up his claim of being "the greatest fighter who ever lived". In the actual final battle, he fights like the [[EliteMooks Elite Mook Papal Guards]] and is immune to insta-kills, but doesn't counter, grab, or kick to break your defenses, making fighting him a simple matter of continuously smacking him to death while occasionally breaking off to fight his respawning mooks. He's certainly got nothing on Robert de Sable or [[spoiler:Al-Mualim]] from the first game.
* BadassBoast:
-->'''Cesare:''' If I want to live, I live. If I want to take, I take. [[spoiler:If I want you to die, YOU ''''' DIIIIIIIEE!''''']]
* BigBad: The main villain of Of Brotherhood. He is the one who attacks Monteriggioni, steals the Apple, kills [[spoiler: Mario]] and is the one all the Roman Templars effectively work for, since Rodrigo has essentially withdrawn following the ending of [=ACII=].
* BrotherSisterIncest: Kisses his sister Lucrezia in a lover's fashion before a military expedition in Romagna, is receptive to his sister's... suggestions, and it's implied that the whole chain of Memories where [[spoiler:Ezio must save Pietro, Lucrezia's admirer, from Cesare's personal assassin Micheletto Corella are [[EvilIsPetty all because of Cesare's jealousy]],]] albeit deliberately provoked by Lucrezia who mistakenly believes that he's cheating on her with the captured [[spoiler:Caterina Sforza]].
* CrazyJealousGuy: He has a bad habit of killing his sister's lovers, be they her official husband or otherwise.
* {{Determinator}}: He's poisoned by Rodrigo and is still visibly suffering from it by the time he is arrested, but still continues to push his forces onwards, albeit from behind.
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Ezio "lets fate decide" by dropping him off a battlement.]]
* DragonAscendant: [[spoiler:Subverted, due to how sour the situation is revealed to be when he returns from Romagna. He is never as big a threat as his father was when in his father's position.]]
* DragonInChief: He's the primary antagonist despite being merely TheDragon, since Rodrigo's become OrcusOnHisThrone.
* EvilIsHammy: In point of contrast with his always composed father, who rarely raised his voice, this is someone who loves shouting and gesturing and making big entrances.
* LargeHam: If he wants to ham, he '''''HAAAAAAAAAMS!'''''
* HotBlooded: He has a fiery temper and it's quick to set off as well.
* HumiliationConga: The latter half of Sequence 7 and the whole of Sequence 8 are just one disaster after another for Cesare, ending with [[spoiler:him arrested for "murder, betrayal and incest" by a general whose family he'd pressed into his service, at the order of the new Pope who'd opposed his family, and Cesare being dragged away by his former elites the Papal Guards]]. Sequence 9 has Ezio finding him [[spoiler:fighting on the front lines at the castle of Viana, now in the service of a relative]].
** Worse yet, it's his downfall because it's been a long time coming -- while it's not revealed how much progress Cesare made in Romagna, it probably wasn't worth [[spoiler:the Assassins stealing Rome out from under him and Rodrigo]], which causes him to have a VillainousBreakdown.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's quite a vile and mean villain overall.
* LightIsNotGood: His breastplate is decorated with cherubs, and he's a cruel would-be tyrant.
* ManChild: The psychopathic kind. He acts like a petulant child when Rodrigo scolds him for his actions.
* NeverMyFault: We don't get to see it until close to the end, but when Cesare returns to Rome only to find his power base has been all but entirely eroded, he confronts Rodrigo about the whole mess, seeming to expect daddy to pay his bills, then give him even MORE money, and is also aghast that Rodrigo effectively did nothing to stop the meddling of the Assassins in Rome. When called out by Rodrigo for his obvious shortcomings, his failures, his temperament, his powerlust, his bloodlust against the Auditores (via the effective sacking of Monteriggioni) and where all of it has gotten the Borgia control over Rome and the Papal States (that is, to ruin)... Cesare is as obstinate, boastful, and ego-driven as ever. He states that everything he's managed thus far are accomplishments in spite of the "interference of failures" like his father, that he'll just be able to use the Piece of Eden to scavenge everything... and even as his HumiliationConga continues, he never once stops to consider that maybe, just maybe, he has any fault at all for where he is now. No, it's his father's fault. It's the Assassin's fault (which isn't untrue). It's the fault of his (remaining) loyal-to-the-death men for not living up to his (by then unrealistic) expectations... but NEVER does he once entertain, let alone consider the idea that he's to blame for one iota of his problems. It's amazing only in the sense that no other Templar ever reaches quite THIS level of NeverMyFault, but always justifies their actions or at least goes out with a JerkAss "fuck you". Cesare outright takes the cake here, folks.
* NoManOfWomanBorn: Claims this about himself at least twice, but there's nothing to indicate it's anything more than egotistical boasting on his part. The novel does point out he seems to have the Devil's luck when it comes to cheating death, which does cause Ezio some concern, but ultimately it's just luck. [[spoiler:The only reason Ezio kills him "by letting fate decide" instead of just stabbing him is to troll the guy]].
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Rodrigo reads his son the riot act when the Assassins start eroding his base at Rome, noting that Cesare pissed of Ezio in making things personal, refusing to learn from his own mistake and his own plan on leaving the Auditore and the Assassins alone.
* OverlordJr: He's Rodrigo's [[BastardBastard illegitimate son]] and sets about speeding up his father's shadowy conquest of Italy with overt military action.
* {{Patricide}}: [[spoiler:He murders his own father when the latter tried to poison him]].
* PsychopathicManchild: The fiery temper, having no patience, extreme NeverMyFault levels, ungratefulness... yeah, he's essentially this.
* SmugSnake: At first he seemed like a WorthyOpponent of Ezio Auditore, but he turned out to be nothing more than a delusional tyrant who fancied himself as an invincible and invulnerable king. He thought that everything was under his control but when [[spoiler:he killed his father Rodrigo, who was the real man with all the power]] and everything started spiralling downwards from there, it soon becomes apparent that Cesare merely lived off his father's name and reputation.
* TheStarscream: Semi-privately speaks poorly of Rodrigo and his personal power structure behind his back.
* UngratefulBastard: Lucrezia warns him of [[spoiler:Rodrigo trying to poison him]] and that she knows where the Apple was hidden. Instead of thanking her for saving his life and asking where the Apple is, he beats the information out of her for not having told him sooner. [[spoiler:This is why she also tells Ezio where to find the apple the moment Cesare leaves]].
* TheVillainSucksSong: Ezio speaks fondly of Cesare in VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations:
--> "Young Cesare, I heard him say\\
Could not be killed by man\\
So I tossed him through the air\\
To see where he might land."

--> "Cesare, oh Cesare\\
A man of great depravity\\
He thought himself immortal til\\
He had a date with gravity."
* VillainousBreakdown: As Ezio manages to steal Rome under him, he quickly devolves into a hysterical brat. [[spoiler:Daddy won't pay his warmaking bills, didn't tell him that his French ally is dead or about the extent of the Assassins' liberation of Rome, blames their troubles on Cesare's "Moment Of Awesome" that was razing Monteriggioni, refuses to let him use the Apple of Eden... oh, and poisoned that apple Cesare just bit]].
* YoungConqueror: Wants to conquer Italy. And Spain, too. [[spoiler:He razed Monteriggioni.]] It's that youthful impatience that lead him to this, instead of his father's shadowy strings-behind-the-scenes plan.
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[[folder:Lucrezia Borgia]]
!!Lucrezia Borgia
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Liane Balaban

->''"None speak ill of the Borgia! The same will happen to any who defy us!"''

Rodrigo Borgia's illegitimate daughter and Cesare's lover, and a target of his abuse as a child.
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* BreakTheHaughty: Lucrezia gets her ego steadily beat down throughout the entire story by at least three different people [[spoiler:including her brother, which finally breaks her]].
* BrotherSisterIncest: With Cesare, who she kisses on screen. Ezio would later mock her for this in one of his songs by saying she would have liked to have more brother/lovers.
* ButtMonkey: Save for her first appearance, every one afterwards has her suffer some sort of misfortune, some more comical than others.
* ChokeHolds: Cesare attempts to strangle Lucrezia towards the climax of the game. She takes a HeelFaceTurn as a result. In the mobile version of ''Brotherhood'', Ezio murders her this way.
* DaddysLittleVillain: Rodrigo's daughter who helps Daddy with his Templar business.
%%* TheDarkChick: Of the Roman Templar's.
* DeathByAdaptation: In the mobile version of ''Brotherhood'', Ezio kills her.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Did genuinely love her son Giovanni, and even tried to secretly tell him that she loved him.
* FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo: Her son Giovanni was taken in by Cesare ([[MamasBabyPapasMaybe who may or may not have actually been his father]], with the other candidate being an Assassin named Perotto Calderon) and raised believing Lucrezia was an "aunt" rather than his mother.
* HarmlessVillain: Interestingly enough, when using Eagle Vision, Lucrezia does not glow in any color, despite being hostile towards Ezio throughout the entire game.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Of sorts. [[WasItAllALie She doesn't react well to Cesare's interrogation for the Apple]], telling Ezio its location in retaliation. She spent the last years of her life having nothing to do with the Templars, instead living quietly with her husband and raising her children as best she could]].
* {{Hypocrite}}: When Ezio escorts Lucrezia to Caterina's cell, she rants about how the Assassins have ruined many people's lives and ensured the end of the Pazzi family's bloodline... despite the fact that the Borgia destroy businesses, have let Rome fall into ruin and squalor, have hopelessly corrupted the Cardinals, and have Ezio as the only surviving male member of the Auditore family, this last one for apparently giggles.
%%* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Best shown in her appearance in the ''Brotherhood'' DLC ''The Da Vinci Disappearance''.
* IncestIsRelative: She and Cesare share a father, and saliva through kisses.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Even if the statement's hypocritical considering the Templar's actions, Ezio does ally with a lot of cruel people over the course of the trilogy, which the Assassin Order takes as implicit permission to do the same in later history. This ends up biting them in the ass during the French Revolution.
* NeckLift: In the mobile game, Ezio kills her through suspended strangulation.
* PetTheDog: When Cesare is forcing a poisoned apple into his father's mouth to kill him (rather violently, too), she attempts to stop him after maybe 1.5 seconds, clearly not wanting to see her father (and in some claims, incestuous (previous) lover) suffer in such a way. It's small, and ultimately means little, but it's there and apparently earnest.
* StarCrossedLovers: Had a son with an Assassin in ''Project Legacy'', whether or not she recognized him as such, but the father ends up taking the son away when he's born malformed.
* VictoriasSecretCompartment: She hides the key of Caterina Sforza's cell in her cleavage. Caterina promptly searches it there when Ezio brings her Lucrezia.
* TheVillainSucksSong: Ezio remembers the fair Lucrezia in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'':
--> "Fair Lucrezia could not sate\\
Her appetite for lovers\\
But I suspect she would be fine\\
With two or three more brothers."
* WhatTheHellHero: Gives a rather ineffectual one to Ezio when he holds her hostage in his rescue of Caterina. According to her, Lorenzo wasn't kidding when he vowed to "erase" the Pazzi family from Florence, forbidding the surviving women from marrying and erasing the tombstones of their ancestors. It doesn't stop Ezio from dragging her to Caterina's cell though.
* {{Yandere}}: Goes nuts on Caterina for the possibility that Cesare might have done something with her. [[spoiler:According to Caterina, he didn't]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Juan Borgia the Elder]]
!!Juan Borgia the Elder
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Harry Standjofski

->''"The finer things in life make power so rewarding. I see an apple, I can pluck that apple. No one will stop me."''

A member of the Borgia family who was made a Cardinal. He handles the Templars' finances for their political and military endeavors.
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* {{Acrofatic}}: If Ezio or one of his Assassin apprentices gets detected during the mission to kill Juan, he will have no trouble running from Ezio like any other target despite his weight.
* AxCrazy: A bit: his database entry mentions an incident where he accused a steward of serving him false wine and drinking the real stuff, and then trying to set the steward on fire after dumping the wine on him. It didn't ignite, but Juan had the steward killed anyway.
* TheEvilGenius: Manages the Templars' finances, and in particular is the money man behind Cesare's military campaigns in Romagna.
* FatBastard: He is overweight, which is unsurprising considering how much food is at the lavish parties he throws.
* TheHedonist: He likes to spend large amounts of money throwing massive sexually themed parties.
* InSeriesNickname: "The Banker".
* NiceHat: He is always wearing his Cardinal's hat, even when walking around a party half-naked.
* PetTheDog: To a minor extent: the common citizens of Rome were invited to his parties, but they still often complained that their tax money could be better spent.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: His assassination mission has him walking around without a shirt. It is... [[FanDisservice disturbing, to say the least]].
* WickedCultured: A fan of the arts, he also had a lot of knowledge about French culture which helped him bring Octavian de Valois into the Templar Order.
[[/folder]]

!!Allies & Servants of the Borgias

[[folder:Micheletto Corella]]
!!Micheletto Corella
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Tony Calabretta

Cesare's right hand man and assassin. He has known Cesare since their childhood together, and was inducted into the Templar Order due to this connection.
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* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:By Cesare in the novelization]].
* TheDragon: He is referred to as "Cesare's butcher", i.e. the guy he sends to make sure his plans are carried out and people are killed. He then relays these orders to rank and file.
* NotWorthKilling: [[spoiler:After stopping him from killing Peretto, Ezio doesn't deliver a fatal blow. When Micheletto asks why, Ezio retorts he doesn't have to; Micheletto's fortunes are so tied to Cesare, when his master falls, so will he]].
-->'''Ezio''': [[spoiler:I do not need to kill you. He that is the cause of someone else becoming powerful is the agent of his own destruction]].
* ProfessionalKiller: His main role is to execute anyone who displeases the Borgia.
* UndyingLoyalty: He has cast his entire lot in with Cesare. which Ezio notes will be his undoing. [[spoiler:It breaks in the novelization after he gets insulted for his failures, even after he freed Cesare from prison]].
%%* VillainousFriendship: With Cesare.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He disappears from ''Brotherhood'' after Ezio spares his life, with only a few mentions. [[spoiler:In the novelization, he is killed by Cesare after attacking him for being insulted too many times]].
* WouldHitAGirl: In the course of "instructing" his lord Cesare's nephew Giovanni, he claims to have kicked many women in "a better place that hurts more, even for a woman."
* WouldHurtAChild: He was fairly abusive towards Giovanni whenever Cesare left him in his care.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Baron Octavian de Valois]]
!!Baron Octavian de Valois
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Arthur Holden

->''"You must learn how to speak French. It would mask your barbaric sensibilities."''

The Baron of Valois and general in the French and Papal armies. He is a distant cousin of French King Louis XII. He was brought to Rome to lend military aid to the Templars there.
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* AlasPoorVillain: He lived a completely uneventful life until his distant cousin became king of France, at which point he was given the enormous responsibility of leading the French forces in Italy. When Ezio assassinates him, he weakly tells Ezio that he "only wanted respect". When Ezio points out that respect has to be earned, his last words are "perhaps you are right... I need more time..."
-->'''Ezio:''' Che tu sia parte nella morte. ''(May you be equal in death.)'' Requiescat in pace.
* ArchEnemy: To Bartolomeo d'Alviano during the war in Rome considering that they are the commanders on each side, contrast in their backgrounds and outlooks and then there's the fact that [[spoiler:Valois kidnapped his wife.]]
* AristocratsAreEvil: Bartolomeo notes that a lot of Octavian's arrogance comes from the fact he is now related to royalty.
-->'''Bartolomeo:''' He's so blinded by the trickle of royalty in his blood, that lazy inbred can't see the battlefield.
* ArmchairMilitary: He doesn't actually fight with his troops, instead hiding in his fortress while sending wave after wave of soldiers at Bartolomeo.
* BlingBlingBang: His pistol is gilded with gold.
* TheBrute: His forces help provide the muscle used to keep Rome secure for the Templar's and Bartolomeo notes that he's being used as DumbMuscle by Cesare.
* CulturalPosturing: He constantly insists on the superiority of the French over the Italians, and frequently insults them by calling them barbarians.
* DirtyCoward: He doesn't fight alongside his men, and when confronted he uses [[spoiler:Pantasilea Baglioni]] as a human shield.
* FrenchJerk: He is exceedingly condescending towards the Italians and seems to believe that he'll eventually conquer all of Italy, [[spoiler:or so Cesare lets him think]]. His guards aren't much better either.
* IHaveYourWife: His grand plan to defeat Bartolomeo is [[spoiler:abducting Pantasilea off-screen to try and force him to surrender. All it does is enrage Bartolomeo and Ezio, who proceed to utterly destroy him and his forces while rescuing her]].
* NonActionGuy: Never engages in combat once, instead simply running when threatened and using [[spoiler:Panasilea]] to shield himself.
* WouldHitAGirl: Has no problem with taking [[spoiler:Pantasilea]] captive and threatening to harm her if his demands are not met.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Fiora Cavazza]]
!!Fiora Cavazza
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-->'''Voiced by:''' ???

->''"I am done with Cesare. Done with the mad people who surround him."''

A former prostitute who was recruited by Cesare to serve as his underworld liaison, she turned against him after several years due to his abuse, threats, and constantly putting her into dangerous situations. She allied with the Assassins to dismantle his power base, which she initially had helped establish.
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* ActionGirl: She has no problem getting into a fight, and manages to hold her own against Malfatto and defeat Caha in combat.
* BiTheWay: Willingly services a female customer in ''Project Legacy''.
* CoDragons: She was one of Cesare's Dragons, and his main connection to his "underworld" Templar allies.
* CombatHandFan: The [[SlashedThroat throat slit]] is the preferred method of killing with her Metal Fan.
* CombatPragmatist: She kills Il Lupo with a [[InTheBack slash across the back]] with her poison-tipped fan, knowing she couldn't beat him in a fight.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: She was disgusted by Cesare having her send thugs to beat Donato Mancini for beating him in a race, as well as the corruption of Brother Ristaro and brutality of Il Carnefice. However, she was truly appalled by Malfatto and Cesare wanting to recruit him, which is why she turned to the Assassins to take down the Templars.
* FemmeFatale: Her work involved seducing people to find out their connections and business so she could exploit both, first for herself, then for Cesare and finally for Rome's Assassin Guild.
* HeelFaceTurn: After being pushed a little too far by Cesare (in terms of who she had to put up with, Malfatto being the last straw), she decided to cut her losses and join the Assassins, providing them with details on Cesare's other agents. [[spoiler:Due to this, she tries to cover her ass and kill off Il Lupo and Baltasar because they (if somehow taken alive or otherwise talking) could reveal to the Assassins the extent to which she'd helped Cesare. Later, to prove her devotion to the Assassins, she tries to steal the Apple of Eden from Borgia custody. She fails.]]
* HeroOfAnotherStory: In ''Project Legacy'', which is separate from the ''Brotherhood'' main game, she is a viewpoint character who eventually works against the Templars. The "Rome" memory set's first chapter is about her memories.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. Cavazza had quite the mean streak and is implied to regret little of what she's done for Cesare. She merely wants him defeated before he gets an excuse to kill her.
* LeftHanging: Her last appearance [[spoiler:is immobilized, at the feet of a very pissed Cesare Borgia, after she tried to steal the Apple of Eden]]. Given that it's not her memory we see this in, but [[spoiler:Cesare's son Giovanni]]'s, it's likely it didn't [[AttemptedRape end]] well [[FateWorseThanDeath for her]].
* MsFanservice: Former courtesan and later FemmeFatale, she has good reason to invoke as many sexy tropes as she finds necessary.
* PunchClockVillain: She only worked for Cesare for the benefits (power, money, etc.)that he provided for her, and never bought into the Templar cause. Her change of heart - going so far as to join the Assassins, the Templars' sworn enemies - further suggests that Fiora did not care about Templar ideals. Once working for them proved to be more trouble than it was worth it (Cesare sending her to meet with Malfatto being the final straw), she allied herself with the Assassins because she knew they were the group that could better protect her from the Templars.
* ProfessionalKiller: One of her jobs for Cesare was assassinating some of his enemies using her cover as a prostitute, including his own brother, Juan Borgia the Younger.
* ZettaiRyouki: Thigh-high stockings a short skirt are part of her design in the ''Brotherhood'' multiplayer. Being a courtesan, it was likely one of the tools she used to charm clients.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Baltasar de Silva]]
!!Baltasar de Silva
-->'''Voiced by:''' ???

Hiding behind the guise of a barber, Baltasar de Silva is Cesare's master spy and secretly studied the Assassins' techniques and equipment, in the hopes of using their own skills against them. He was not the combative type, instead preferring to use traps or hired help to defeat enemies.
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* ApologeticAttacker: Apologizes to Fiora Cavazza before unveiling his trap.
* BadassMustache: Ironic, no? Cesare's master spy pretends to be a barber while sporting a magnificent mustache.
* BoobyTrap: He's shown to have a bit of a fondness for these. When Fiora leads the Assassins to his actual hideout, they are first confronted with a tripwire bomb in the doorway and once they're inside, they discover the place is loaded with an abrasive powder. Baltasar sets fire to it, intending to burn the place down while they're inside, but Fiora and the Assassins manage to escape unharmed.
* CaptainErsatz: Theatre/SweeneyTodd in an Italian Renaissance coating.
* CoDragons: One of Cesare's, serving as his master spy. He and Fiora often worked together.
* ILied: After the "[[HeelFaceTurn reformed]]" Fiora is lured towards an abandoned warehouse with promises of a better deal, Baltasar engages in some casual conversation before he calls out a squad of arquebusiers to kill her. [[spoiler:[[TheCavalry He didn't expect the Assassins to have their own ambush team waiting too]].]]
* ImprobableWeaponUser: With a razor as a weapon, [[SlashedThroat slitting your targets' throats]] is the only option.
* KillItWithFire: He attempts burn Fiora and the Assassin team accompanying her inside his hideout.
* OutGambitted: By the Assassins, obviously.[[spoiler:He probably hadn't expected them to follow Fiora to the warehouse.]]
%%* SkunkStripe
* TheSpymaster: Runs Cesare's spy network, which is focused on gathering intelligence on the Assassins.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Auguste Oberlin]]
!!Auguste Oberlin
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Marcel Jeannin

->''"Who has been tearing down my signs? I want him dead. "''

Auguste Oberlin was the personal blacksmith of Cesare Borgia, crafting weapons for most of Cesare's agents, as well as more ambitious designs. He was also responsible for the creation and distribution of Borgia propaganda throughout Rome.
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* AnAxeToGrind: He wields a Bearded Axe in the singleplayer mission during his confrontation with Ezio.
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* BerserkButton: He is infuriated when Ezio tears down his propaganda.
* TheBlacksmith: He crafts weapons for most of Cesare's agents.
* DomesticAbuse: His horrible treatment of his wife, along with his alliance to the Borgia, is what provokes Ezio into luring him out (by destroying his propaganda posters) and then killing him.
* EvilRedhead: That red hair of his and all that Borgia propaganda he puts up make him a highly visible target for an Assassin.
* FatBastard: He's so chubby his guards are more likely to reach Ezio before he does.
* FashionableAsymmetry: Only one of his arms has a gauntlet.
* GeniusBruiser: He is revealed to be quite attentive to detail. Also an excellent craftman and mechanical designer.
* HiddenDepths: As stated above, when Fiora Cavazza first meets him, she is more than a little surprised that beneath his brutish appearance lies an intelligent and cultured man that is very dedicated towards his work. He was also an artist, designing intricate propaganda for the Borgia.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Donato Mancini]]
!!Donato Mancini
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-->'''Voiced by:''' ???

->''"Donato Mancini is Cesare's finest horseman, perhaps better than Cesare himself."''
-->--'''Fiora Cavazza'''

Donato Mancini was a military captain of the Papal army under the Borgia and a very confident, capable horseman, better than even Cesare Borgia himself. While he appeared honourable, even he was not afraid to resort to underhanded methods or petty revenge.
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* ArmorIsUseless: Despite wearing a full breastplate, he dies just as easily as his squishier opponents.
* BeardOfEvil: He has a small pointed black beard, which is classic evil hair.
* CoolSword: It's pretty fancy.
* EvilIsPetty: He decides to destroy Rocco's stand and plans to murder him simply because he lost a horse race.
* HonorBeforeReason: Wouldn't take a bribe to throw a horse race to Cesare and wouldn't let himself be threatened either, saying that there are no other factors in a race but skill. However, this is more arrogance than honor as Mancini ended up vandalizing the selling stall of Rocco, a rider who did beat him, and then wanted him to report to the Circus Maximus (''Circo Massimo'') to be cut down. When Ezio arrives at the ''Circo Massimo'', Mancini is on his horse wondering where Rocco is.
* {{Hypocrite}}: While he claims to Fiora Cavazza that the winner will win and should not be begrudged because of that, he's obviously vengeful when he himself is beaten by someone like Rocco. Even his biography jokingly hints at this, stating that he "remains a distinguished and refined character, respecting the code of honour. Unfortunately, those he challenges to a duel by Sword [[CombatPragmatist never get the chance to count to three."]]
* KnifeNut: He has a parrying dagger along with his rapier, but is never shown using it.
* NobodyCallsMeChicken: Took a severe beating from Teodor Viscardi for winning the race against Cesare on principle, after previously being threatened.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Malfatto]]
!!Malfatto
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-->'''Voiced by:''' ???

->''"Cesare wants me to meet his murderous doctor, Malfatto, though I do not believe he really is a doctor. He is a predator of women. A monster."''
-->--'''Fiora Cavazza'''

An infamous serial killer of courtesans, Malfatto was a doctor only in name, murdering many more than he saved. He was feared enough to catch the eye of Cesare Borgia, who wished to recruit the evil doctor into his personal army.
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* CaptainErsatz: Our UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper of the Italian Renaissance.
* CoolMask: The beak thing that all plague doctors wear. Gets cooler in his ''advanced'' gear.
* MalevolentMaskedMan: Wears a white doctor's mask like other Renaissance physicians, but since he is a serial killer, the effect is much more frightening.
* DeadlyDoctor: Uses drugs to kill people.
* DirtyCoward: He drugs Fiora Cavazza in her sleep, only to seem to panic when she manages to get up and fight back (then again, she did manage to tear a large gash in his stomach). He also runs on sight from Ezio, but that's just being smart.
* TheFaceless: He is never seen with his mask off. Ezio doesn't even bother removing it to close his eyes after Malfatto is assassinated.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Uses a syringe full of poison that he jabs into his targets.
* KarmicDeath: Possibly, if he's killed by a female Assassin recruit.
* MeaningfulName: Malfatto is probably derived from the verb ''"malfattore"'', which translates to "doing evil deeds".
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: By assaulting her, he inadvertently begins Fiora Cavazza's turn against Cesare and the downfall of Cesare's crooked connections in Rome.
* PlagueDoctor: He looks the part but he's actually spreading "plagues", (i.e. drugs) than healing them.
* SerialKiller: He's a serial killer who targets prostitutes.
* WhiteMaskOfDoom: In his case, the mask is not a mark of healing but of death.
* WouldHitAGirl: [[DirtyCoward As long as they can't hit back]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Gaspar de la Croix]]
!!Gaspar de la Croix
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Marcel Jeannin

->''"I don't scare easily!"''

Gaspar de la Croix was a master engineer and marksman. He was frequently hired by Cesare Borgia to take down easy targets on the field at the start of a battle, as well as to create the mechanisms for various complicated weaponry.
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* AxCrazy: Described as a "haunted man", by Fiora, who meets him while he is still mostly sane, although he is, by then, already an unstable recluse. By the time Ezio finds him, he's finally snapped and has begun to fire at people indiscriminately.
%%*BadassMustache
%%* BeardOfEvil
* ColdSniper: He is one of the best shots in the series, and puts down a uprising singlehandedly with his rifle.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: His history is never revealed, but he is clearly driven by remorse. This eventually led to him killing indiscriminately.
* DarkIsEvil: His gear progression steadily turns various parts of his, originally orange, costume black.
* TheEngineer: The database describes him as a master engineer who created complicated weaponry.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: He looks through his SinisterShades and shoots the innocent without qualms of conscious.
%%* OpaqueLenses:
%%* GiantPoofySleeves:
* LogicalWeakness: Someone who puts all his skill and sanity into sniping is going to be at a disadvantage in close quarters combat. According to the synchronization objective, Ezio killed him with his Hidden Blade.
* MadScientist: Of the Engineer variety given his creations and how he eventually over the deep end while using them.
* MadMathematician: He is described as being obsessed with numbers and calculations.
* MeaningfulName: His surname, "de la Croix", is French for "of the cross", which neatly ties in with his Templar alliance.
* NiceHat: Looks a bit like a French beret, as if to perpetuate the stereotype.
* TriggerHappy: The civilian who starts the Templar Agent mission staring him said he abruptly started shooting randomly inside the guy's house.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Il Carnefice]]
!!Il Carnefice
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-->'''Voiced by:''' ???

An executioner that was active in Rome, Il Carnefice worked under the direct employment of Cesare Borgia, often receiving instructions or execution warrants through Fiora Cavazza. He would perform his work with great enthusiasm and brutality, often displaying severed limbs to the audience.
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* AnAxeToGrind: Wields a Bearded Axe.
* AxCrazy: He loves his work, and enjoys dismembering some of his victims after he hangs them.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: "Il Carnefice" is just Italian for "The Executioner".
* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: When Fiora Cavazza delivers him a list of people to kill from Cesare, he tells her that she is on the list. As she starts to panic, he then laughs and reassures her he can't even read.
* InTheHood: He heeds to hide his face more than anyone because of the stigma associated with executioners.
* MalevolentMaskedMen: Most executioners wear masks to hide their identity and disassociate themselves from their job. He wears the mask because he loves it.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Il Carnefice translates to "executioner".
* NeverLearnedToRead: He doesn't even read the execution warrants he gets...
* ObviouslyEvil: A bloody and hoody executioner who boasts about the people he kills; oh yeah, he counts.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Ezio learns of Il Carnefice when he finds a man crying over his executed wife, who Il Carnefice had raped and then hung. He can't bring her down from the gallows because he himself will be executed if he does so. Ezio goes after the bastard immediately. It is, in fact, the first thing he does after recovering from his GameBreakingInjury.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lanz]]
!!Lanz
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lanz_acb_render_6551.png]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' ???

A thief who leads the ''Cento Occhi'', Lanz turned to a life of crime after his wife suffered a miscarriage. After robbing a carriage belonging to the Borgia, he and his gang were forced into Cesare Borgia's service as payment deliverers.
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Leader of the ''Cento Occhi'' gang.
* BadassesWearBandanas: It likely keeps his hair out of his eyes while he free-runs.
* DespairEventHorizon: According to his wife, he became what he is now after his child was lost in miscarriage.
* OhCrap: His reaction upon seeing Ezio pretty much says it all:
-->'''Lanz:''' Merda (Shit)!
* OnlyOneName: Just "Lanz".
* PoorCommunicationKills: Ezio is never told the full extent of his background, and believes he is simply a Templar killer who happened to lose his child. Similarly, Lanz's wife probably didn't expect Ezio to just go and kill her husband for his misdeeds.
%%* ScarfOfAssKicking
* ThievesGuild: The leader of one, although they are little more than murders who take from their targets corpses.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Cahin & Caha]]
!!Cahin & Caha
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-->'''Voiced by:''' ???

Two of Cesare Borgia's assassins, Cahin and Caha were a corrupt French nobles that dressed as a harlequin and hellequin. Together with his sister Caha, he would lure his victims to their deaths while putting on a show for them.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: No, Caha's title of "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast hellequin]]" isn't a play on the word "harlequin", substituting the "harl" with "hell". A hellequin was a real French performer that ''preceded'' the harlequin.
* AristocratsAreEvil: As French nobles, they don't need to work for Cesare. They kill his targets because they enjoy it.
* DarkActionGirl: Caha is one of Cesare's assassins.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:Cahin slips away while his sister cradles him, seconds before she too, is killed.]]
* EmotionlessGirl: Caha, according to her character bio, feels nothing. This is subverted when [[spoiler:Cahin is killed; she immediately loses all sense of self-preservation and fights her way to his body, removing his mask and [[DiedInYourArmsTonight cradling his body]] until an Assassin shoots her in the back of her head with a crossbow bolt.]]
%%* FrenchJerk:
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Although he is fast enough to keep up with them for at least a little bit, Cahin can't hope to match multiple assassins with two daggers and gets stabbed multiple times in the gut before going down.]]
* KnifeNut: Cahin wields two rondel daggers, while Caha uses two barbed daggers that she could hang off her costume..
* MalevolentMaskedMen: Cahin wears a harlequin mask, and so does his sister.
* MonsterClown: They kill people as part of their acts and find it funny. They could give ComicBook/TheJoker a run for his money.
* NiceHat: A typical jester's hat. Looks vaguely like [[FrenchJerk a croissant]] if you think about it...
* RunningGag: There's an achievement called "Clowning Around" that involves fighting a jester using The Harlequin's character model at six different locations. He'll be doing some acrobatics on the street, and once Ezio gets close enough, he'll engage him on a fist-fight out of nowhere. Whether the Harlequin in question is Cahin or not is debatable, but seeing as you must defeat him with your bare hands (killing him does not count towards the achievement, and that includes dropping him on water), it's possible that Ezio fights Cahin at six different places instead of fighting six different Harlequins.
* ProfessionalKiller: They are two of Cesare's top assassins.
* SexyJester: Caha's outfit is lowcut in the chest area, thus putting more emphasis on her sex appeal than her brother's.
* SiblingTeam Caha and Cain always work together. [[spoiler: Caha basically gives up living when Cahin is killed.]]
* ThemeNaming: The phrase "cahin caha" means "willy-nilly" in French.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Charles de la Motte]]
!!Charles de la Motte
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-->'''Voiced by:''' ???

A French marquis that commanded an army of mercenaries, Charles de la Motte was a very valuable ally to Cesare Borgia. He was invited to Rome to strengthen alliances and simultaneously work out a plan to lure out the Assassins.
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* AristocratsAreEvil: An evil French noble Templar.
* BeardOfEvil: It looks just like [[Franchise/StarWars Obi-wan Kenobi's]], but he's evil.
%%* BadassMustache
* CharacterDeath: He was assassinated by Ezio at the request of Francesco Vecellio, who was the SoleSurvivor of the Assassin team de la Motte killed.
* CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkey: Played straight at first. He appears as an arrogant jerkass who can't back up his assertions with proof. When he's found challenging Italian knights to a duel with his, even if the match is rigged by assassins, their performance is described as so underwhelming, the match didn't need to be rigged to begin with. When he appears some time later harrassing Romans with his troops, the Assassins have an easy time killing them. Then he subverts the trope ''hard''. The whole thing was a move to draw them out of their hideouts where he could crush them with sheer force and firepower. It was a complete success.
%%* FrenchJerk
* MeaningfulName: "De la Motte" is French for "of the mound", which, when combined with his royal title of marquis, could be interpreted as a play on words of the phrase "king of the hill".
%%* RoyalRapier
* SmallNameBigEgo: Has an unmatched blade to go with his unprecedented ego... or so he claims. His strategy skills, however, are not in doubt.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Rocco Tiepolo]]
!!Rocco Tiepolo
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-->'''Voiced by:''' ???

A Templar ''condottiero'' that collected warriors and prided himself on exotic tactics and mercenaries. Rocco Tiepolo would provide Cesare Borgia with a lot of his men, although he himself was not under their command.
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* AffablyEvil: Of all the strange and generally {{jerkass}} people Fiora meets as envoy for Cesare, she gets along with him the best, even dining and flirting with him.
* BloodKnight: He considers a hopeless fight against a dozen Assassins as the perfect death.
%%* BadassCape
%%* BadassMustache
* CaptainErsatz: He looks like, dresses like, and even acts like a less badass, more evil Mario Auditore.
* CoolSword: His WeaponOfChoice is a short sword that bears a bit of a resemblance to the Schiavona.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: He makes no effort to plead for his life or run away.
%%* GiantPoofySleeves:
* GoOutWithASmile: Fiora describes his death-in-battle as "the end he has fantasized".
* HiredGuns: He sells mercenaries.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: His biography outright states money is his only motivation, having often double-crossed previous employers after having found a higher bidder. Like many of his fellow low-ranking Templars, the Order's idealogy doesn't seem to mean much to him. The only reason the Assassins killed him is because they couldn't outbid Cesare.
* WickedCultured: The man at least seems to enjoy his wine.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Silvestro Sabbatini]]
!!Silvestro Sabbatini
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/silvestro_sabbatini_acii_render_1167.png]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' ???

->''"To secure his reign, Cesare needs to control the populace. Fear keeps them quiet."''

Silvestro Sabbatini was a Templar slave trader that claimed to be a nobleman, though he was little more than an infamous panderer, using any means necessary to ascend the social ladder. He was once punished for failing Cesare by having his left arm sliced off, though he later received a prosthetic as replacement for his lost limb.
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* AlliterativeName: '''S'''ilvestro '''S'''abbatini.
* AristocratsAreEvil: Turns out to be partaking in human trafficking. Of course, he likely isn't even a nobleman.
* ArtificialLimbs: Lost his left hand and forearm to Cesare due to an [[NoodleIncident unspecified]] [[YouHaveFailedMe failure involving a courtesan]], but the mere accidental mention of the prosthetic (delivered by Fiora Cavazza as "a second chance" from Cesare) [[BerserkButton is enough for him to decide to kill his wife]], despite her sincere apology.
* BerserkButton: He is infuriated when his wife asks if he is scared of Cesare for what he did to his hand, and resolves to kill her himself in retaliation.
* CharacterDeath: He is killed in a battle with Ezio's recruits.
* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry: He has a bit of a thing for 'the sparklies', most likely to further the illusion that he is noble. Initially, he is disappointed in the metal prosthetic offered by Cesare, because it wasn't quite jewel-encrusted enough. When Fiora offers to return it to Cesare, he changes his mind.
* FurAndLoathing: The fur coat on his shoulders is a mark of his delusions of nobility.
* NouveauRiche: Fiora implies he is this in ''Project Legacy'', and that he merely buys his way into social circles.
* PrimalStance: He seems perfectly capable of standing upright, but seems to slink around a lot.
* SocialClimber: His main goal, which he seeks to obtain through bribes and Templar influence.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Brother Ristoro]]
!!Brother Ristoro
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-->'''Voiced by:''' ???

A corrupt priest who serves the Templars by providing forged letters of condemnation or forgiveness to them.
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* BaldOfEvil: He goes beyond a tonsure. It certainly makes him look more severe.
* DeathFromAbove: Ezio killed him with an air assassination.
* DirtyOldMonk: He regularly visits whorehouses, and Fiora notes that his perversions were some of the worst. She actually felt bad whenever she left prostitutes with him as payment for his services to Cesare.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Besides his service to the Templars, he routinely visits whorehouses and has many other vices, breaking his religious vows.
* OpenSecret: Everybody in Rome knows he works for the Borgia and is corrupt, but he still denies it in public and kills anyone who speaks of it.
* SinisterMinister: Poisoned two believers who became aware of and spoke out against his corruption.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Il Lupo]]
!!Il Lupo
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-->'''Voiced by:''' ???

An Templar assassin used by Cesare, he worked with Fiora Cavazza and Baltasar de Silva in studying the Assassin Order and began using their own techniques to hunt them.
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* AnimalThemeNaming: Only known as "Il Lupo" (The Wolf).
* BadassCape: Part of his Assassin imitation is a fine cape.
* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: Uses similar attire, weapons, and techniques to those of the Assassins when hunting them.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: His version is similar to the real-life katar.
* ButIReadABookAboutIt: All of his gear and techniques came from Baltasar's notes on them from watching actual Assassins on the hunt.
* {{Expy}}: Similar in appearance, name, and profession as La Volpe.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: After she defects to the Assassins, Fiora takes out Il Lupo on her own by luring him to a secret meeting, knowing that if the Assassins saw him they would realize exactly how much she had done for the Templars.
* InTheBack: Fiora kills him with a slash from her poison-coated fan to his back, knowing she could never kill him in a fair fight.
* InTheHood: Like the Assassins he imitates, he wears a hood.
* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname: His real name is never mentioned.
* ProfessionalKiller: He serves as one of Cesare's assassins, taking orders from Fiora and Baltasar.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lia de Russo]]
!!Lia de Russo
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-->'''Voiced by:''' ???

A Templar agent who provides the Order with ancient relics and artifacts, often killing those in possession of them.
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%%%% "She wears a long green cape." is not context.
%%%%* BadassCape: She wears a long green cape.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Actually winds up being more true to the Assassin's version of the weapon than Il Lupo's. Well, she ''is'' a smuggler, after all.
* ConsummateProfessional: When making deliveries to Fiora, Lia doesn't bother with small talk and simply delivers the item for payment.
* DarkActionGirl: She acquires artifacts for the Templars by murdering their current owners. Fiora notes that some of the things she delivers still has the blood of her victims on them.
* InTheHood: Wears a green hood attached to her cape. Like an Assassin, she needs to hide her face.
* PsychoticSmirk: She always seems to be smiling and is usually seen when doing her dirty work.
[[/folder]]

!!Other Templars

[[folder:Nicolaus Copernicus]]
!!Nicolaus Copernicus
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Vince Benvenuto

A astronomer and mathematician who joined the Templar Order, but quickly turned on it after being barred from sharing his findings. He becomes an ally of the Assassin Order after he is saved by Ezio.
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* HeelFaceTurn: He is never really a enemy to begin with, then he quickly abandons the Templar cause when they try to suppress his findings.
* HumbleHero: A sharp contrast to every Templar in the franchise, he's humbled and in awe at the potential of science and human understanding and accepts that humanity will have to go a long way further and he himself will not live to see it end.
* ObliviouslyEvil: He did not realize what the Templars were truly like until after he joined them, and swiftly parted sides with them once he discovered their true nature.
* TokenGoodTeammate: He is this to the Templars before leaving the order.
* WorldOfCardboardSpeech[=/=]TheWorldIsJustAwesome: He gives one for the ''entire'' Renaissance, defining its ideals and importance to Ezio:
-->'''Copernicus:''' Cesare thinks himself the center of it all, but he circles the periphery with the rest of us. Did you know that the sun is most likely the midpoint of the universe, not the Earth? I see the movements of the moon and stars, and yet I can only observe. So much is unknown to me. This age of reason is but the beginning of an end I will never see. Someday we will be able to influence this world, to exploit the power of the human will to harness light and perhaps even travel into the heavens. But I am getting ahead of myself, first we must see the sun spinning at the center.
** It also echoes Ezio's speech at the Bonfire of the Vanities[[note]] "Don't follow me or anyone else"[[/note]]. Ezio is impressed and tells him he think it's possible, but Copernicus, humble and intelligent, corrects him.
-->'''Copernicus:''' You should not accept my word. Not until I have proof.
[[/folder]]
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* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: They're portrayed as much nastier and depraved than the historical Borgias, even when not factoring in the Templars connection and Cesare's EvilPlan to use Leonardo da Vinci's weapons to conquer Italy.

!!Borgia Allies & Servants

!!The Borgia

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: The people of Rome consider the Borgia as little more than scum, basically, when Ezio hears them in the crowd. Specially Cesare.

* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: They're portrayed as much nastier and depraved than the real ones, even when not factoring in the Templars connection and Cesare's EvilPlan to use Leonardo da Vinci's weapons to conquer Italy.

The Grand Master of the Italian Rite of the Templar Order, as well as the man ultimately responsible for the death of Ezio Auditore's father and brothers.

Rodrigo Borgia's ambitious son and Captain General of the Papal armies, who becomes the main villain of ''Brotherhood''.

%%* FrenchJerk:

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: When he sees Ezio coming after him, he runs away while closing several gates, forcing Ezio to take alternative routes to keep up with him. Gaspar eventually ends at a cliffside and, having locked himself in, can only run around chaotically before Ezio assassinates him.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: The people of Rome consider them as little more than scum, basically, when Ezio hears them in the crowd. Specially Cesare.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: The people of Rome consider them as scum, basically. Specially Cesare.

[[folder:Nicolaus Copernicus]]
!!Nicolaus Copernicus
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Vince Benvenuto

A astronomer and mathematician who joined the Templar Order, but quickly turned on it after being barred from sharing his findings. He becomes an ally of the Assassin Order after he is saved by Ezio.

* HeelFaceTurn: He is never really a enemy to begin with, but he quickly abandons the Templar cause when they try to suppress his findings.
* HumbleHero: A sharp contrast to every Templar in the franchise, he's humbled and in awe at the potential of science and human understanding and accepts that humanity will have to go a long way further and he himself will not live to see it end.
* ObliviouslyEvil: He did not realize what the Templars were truly like until after he joined them, and swiftly parted sides with them once he discovered their true nature.
* TokenGoodTeammate: He was this to the Templars before leaving the order.
* WorldOfCardboardSpeech[=/=]TheWorldIsJustAwesome: He gives one for the ''entire'' Renaissance, defining its ideals and importance to Ezio:
-->'''Copernicus:''' Cesare thinks himself the center of it all, but he circles the periphery with the rest of us. Did you know that the sun is most likely the midpoint of the universe, not the Earth? I see the movements of the moon and stars, and yet I can only observe. So much is unknown to me. This age of reason is but the beginning of an end I will never see. Someday we will be able to influence this world, to exploit the power of the human will to harness light and perhaps even travel into the heavens. But I am getting ahead of myself, first we must see the sun spinning at the center.
** It also echoes Ezio's speech at the Bonfire of the Vanities[[note]] "Don't follow me or anyone else"[[/note]]. Ezio is impressed and tells him he think it's possible, but Copernicus, humble and intelligent, corrects him.
-->'''Copernicus:''' You should not accept my word. Not until I have proof.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Fiora Cavazza]]
!!Fiora Cavazza
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-->'''Voiced by:''' ???

->''"I am done with Cesare. Done with the mad people who surround him."''

A former prostitute who was recruited by Cesare to serve as his underworld liaison, she turned against him after several years due to his abuse, threats, and constantly putting her into dangerous situations. She allied with the Assassins to dismantle his power base, which she initially had helped establish.
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* DragonAscendant: [[spoiler:Subverted, due to how sour the situation is revealed to be when he returns from Romagna. He is never as a big a threat as his father was when in his father's position.]]

* {{Jerkass}}: The guy is rotten to the very core.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: The people of Rome consider them as scum, basically.

* NeverMyFault: We don't get to see it until close to the end, but when Cesare returns to Rome only to find his power base has been all but entirely eroded, he confronts Rodrigo about the whole mess, seeming to expect daddy to pay his bills, then give him even MORE money, and is also aghast that Rodrigo effectively did nothing to stop the meddling of the Assassins in Rome. When called out by Rodrigo for his obvious shortcomings, his failures, his temperament, his powerlust, his bloodlust against the Auditores (via the effective sacking of Monteriggioni) and where all of it has gotten the Borgia control over Rome and Italty (that is, to ruin)... Cesare is as obstinate, boastful, and ego-driven as ever. He states that everything he's managed thus far are accomplishments in spite of the "interference of failures" like his father, that he'll just be able to use the Piece of Eden to scavenge everything... and even as his HumiliationConga continues, he never once stops to consider that maybe, just maybe, he has any fault at all for where he is now. No, it's his father's fault. It's the Assassin's fault (which isn't untrue). It's the fault of his (remaining) loyal-to-the-death men for not living up to his (by then unrealistic) expectations... but NEVER does he once entertain, let alone consider the idea that he's to blame for one iota of his problems. It's amazing only in the sense that no other Templar ever reaches quite THIS level of NeverMyFault, but always justifies their actions or at least goes out with a JerkAss "fuck you." Cesare outright takes the cake here, folks.

* AmbitionIsEvil: They're power-hungry, and rule through backstabbing and oppression.

[[folder:The Borgia]]

[[folder:Micheletto Corella]]
!!Micheletto Corella
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Tony Calabretta

Cesare's right hand man and assassin. He has known Cesare since their childhood together, and was inducted into the Templar Order due to this connection.

* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:By Cesare in the novelization]].
* TheDragon: He is referred to as "Cesare's butcher", i.e. the guy he sends to make sure his plans are carried out and people are killed. He then relays these orders to rank and file.
* NotWorthKilling: [[spoiler:After stopping him from killing Peretto, Ezio doesn't deliver a fatal blow. When Micheletto asks why, Ezio retorts he doesn't have to; Micheletto's fortunes are so tied to Cesare, when his master falls, so will he]].
-->'''Ezio''': [[spoiler:I do not need to kill you. He that is the cause of someone else becoming powerful is the agent of his own destruction]].
* ProfessionalKiller: His main role is to execute anyone who displeases the Borgia.
* UndyingLoyalty: He has cast his entire lot in with Cesare. which Ezio notes will be his undoing. [[spoiler:It breaks in the novelization after he gets insulted for his failures, even after he freed Cesare from prison]].
%%* VillainousFriendship: With Cesare.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He disappears from ''Brotherhood'' after Ezio spares his life, with only a few mentions. [[spoiler:In the novelization, he is killed by Cesare after attacking him for being insulted too many times]].
* WouldHitAGirl: In the course of "instructing" his lord Cesare's nephew Giovanni, he claims to have kicked many women in "a better place that hurts more, even for a woman."
* WouldHurtAChild: He was fairly abusive towards Giovanni whenever Cesare left him in his care.

[[folder:Juan Borgia the Elder]]
!!Juan Borgia the Elder
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Harry Standjofski

->''"The finer things in life make power so rewarding. I see an apple, I can pluck that apple. No one will stop me."''

A member of the Borgia family who was made a Cardinal. He handles the Templars' finances for their political and military endeavors.

* {{Acrofatic}}: If Ezio or one of his Assassin apprentices gets detected during the mission to kill Juan, he will have no trouble running from Ezio like any other target despite his weight.
* AxCrazy: A bit: his database entry mentions an incident where he accused a steward of serving him false wine and drinking the real stuff, and then trying to set the steward on fire after dumping the wine on him. It didn't ignite, but Juan had the steward killed anyway.
* TheEvilGenius: Manages the Templars' finances, and in particular is the money man behind Cesare's military campaigns in Romagna.
* FatBastard: He is overweight, which is unsurprising considering how much food is at the lavish parties he throws.
* TheHedonist: He likes to spend large amounts of money throwing massive sexually themed parties.
* InSeriesNickname: "The Banker".
* NiceHat: He is always wearing his Cardinal's hat, even when walking around a party half-naked.
* PetTheDog: To a minor extent: the common citizens of Rome were invited to his parties, but they still often complained that their tax money could be better spent.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: His assassination mission has him walking around without a shirt. It is... [[FanDisservice disturbing, to say the least]].
* WickedCultured: A fan of the arts, he also had a lot of knowledge about French culture which helped him bring Octavian de Valois into the Templar Order.

* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: They're portrayed as much nastier and depraved than the real ones, even when not factoring in the Templars connection.