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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''.
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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''.II'', which triggers Ezio's decades-long quest for vengeance.
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A talented young Assassin from China. She appears in ''WesternAnimation/AssassinsCreedEmbers'' and is the star and PlayerCharacter of ''Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China''. Shao Jun seeks guidance from Ezio in order to learn how best to lead and rebuild her order.
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A talented young Assassin from China. She appears in ''WesternAnimation/AssassinsCreedEmbers'' and is the star and PlayerCharacter of ''Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China''. Shao Jun seeks guidance from Ezio in order to learn how best to lead and rebuild her order.
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* ArmorOfInvincibility: All three of the games starring Ezio features a set of special armour that gives him the highest HP rating in the game and is also completely unbreakable, with no need to pay repairs. In ''Assassin's Creed II'' and ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'', getting the Armours of Altaïr and Brutus took most of the game, but in ''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'', it's possible to gain one of TWO such suits by the second memory sequence, making it a veritable DiscOneNuke.
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* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: [[spoiler:In ''Brotherhood'', he perpetually suspects Machiavelli of being TheMole 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 responsible for the Montrriggoni. It was a thief, presumably having been in La Volpe's employ]].
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* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: [[spoiler:In ''Brotherhood'', he perpetually suspects Machiavelli of being TheMole 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 responsible for a traitor during the Montrriggoni.assault on Monteriggioni. It was a thief, presumably having been in La Volpe's employ]].
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->''"[[DueToTheDead Resquiescat in Pace]]."''
The ancestral character of ''Assassin's Creed II'', ''Brotherhood'', and ''Revelations''. After his blissful life as the young son of a Florentine banker is destroyed, Ezio sets out on an epic decades-long quest for vengeance, hunting down -- as well as adding to -- names from a list his father Giovanni wrote. The plot of the trilogy of games show Ezio's progression and [[CharacterDevelopment growth]], as he goes from an enraged teenager seeking revenge and cursing those he kills, to a mature and patient hunter of his foes, to a wiser man who eventually rises to lead the Assassin order through wisdom, personal skill and leadership.
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* TheAce: Actually [[InvokedTrope invoked]]. Desmond is reliving Ezio's memories so, via the Bleeding Effect, he can learn proper Assassin skills, and Ezio is such a pinnacle of what the Order can do that he's the natural choice for that.
* {{Adorkable}}: Once upon a time, Ezio really was just a kid. We get to see him make his first approach to a pretty girl ([[TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest Cristina Vespucci]]) in a flashback in ''Brotherhood'' (presumably the day before he has his big fistfight with Vieri during his introduction in ''AC II''). He walks up, flashes a goofy grin, ''and completely freezes''.
* AlmightyJanitor: Ezio is not officially inducted into the Brotherhood until near the end of ''II'', making him an initiate at best who has nevertheless taken out several high ranking Templars and thoroughly derailed their overall plans.
* AnimalMotifs: The eagle, as is standard for our Assassin protagonists.
* AntiHero: While he's a good person overall, saves innocents, and fights Templar oppression, he's also a man driven primarily by revenge for most of his life.
* AuraVision: His "talent", Eagle Vision (upgraded to Eagle Sense in ''Revelations''), allows him to identify targets and important items in the area, as well as, in the case of Eagle Sense, track the movements of people long gone by their traces and mark off areas to look for things from his View Points. In effect, this makes him a ScarilyCompetentTracker.
* BadassBaritone: Not at first but [[VocalEvolution his voice gets deeper with age]], just like his skills become sharper.
* BadassBeard: By his mid-thirties, after [[spoiler:being nearly fatally wounded by one of the Orsi brothers and spending some time unconscious]].
* BadassCape: Which also serves to conceal his left-forearm Hidden Blade bracer, the Short Blade, and the hilt of his sword, axe, or bludgeon, as whenever he walks in Low Profile he pulls it over his left shoulder. Sadly, it gets shot off by an arrow in the opening cutscene in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations''.
* BeenThereShapedHistory: Takes part in various famous Renaissance events, such as the Bonfire of the Vanities and the hunt for the Pazzi conspirators.
* {{BFS}}: The best sword in the game is a gigantic 2-hander 3/4th the size of Ezio himself.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Does not take kindly to people bad-mouthing or hurting his little sister and beats the guy up on her behalf (and at her request!). On the other hand, his protectiveness can also pretty smothering, as when demonstrated in ''Brotherhood'' when he gets angry at her for coming to Rome in order to help him.
* BigGood: Ezio is the reason why Monteriggioni (briefly) returned to its former glory between ''II'' and ''Brotherhood''. Also, more prominently after becoming head of the Assassin Order in ''Brotherhood'', because of his leadership, tutelage and actions, he very much singlehandedly resulted in the Order continuing to prosper for ''centuries'', right up until the present day. Gamewise, he also takes up this role in ''Revelations''.
** This can especially be seen as his story continues and his reputation amongst the Templar grows. By the time he retires, Ezio is essentially the Templars' boogeyman.
--->'''Caterina Sforza:''' You are the leader of the Assassins now. Unite them Ezio Auditore and take back Roma!
* {{Bishonen}}: In ''Lineage'', as portrayed by the actor who played Roderick in the ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' films.
* BreakoutCharacter: His positive reception in ''Assassin's Creed II'' led to him continuing as the player character in the two subsequent games, with stories designed to follow the rest of his life after the events of ''II'' (making him the only historical Assassin to be the focus character for multiple games in the series), and to this day Ezio is generally considered one of, if not the, most popular protagonists in the series.
* CallToAgriculture: Ezio retires to a vineyard after ''Revelations''.
* CatchPhrase:
** ''Requiescat in Pace'', which he says to (almost) all of his targets during their final moments. He teaches this to his followers in ''Brotherhood'' and ''Revelations''. Interestingly, [[spoiler:Aya/Amunet]] used it long before he did.
** ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood The liberation of Roma has begun.]]'' He speaks this to any citizens he assists before he invites them to join his Assassin's Guild.
* CharacterFocus: He's the primary ancestor in three games and an extremely important mediator in the overall conflict of the series. Not only do his adventures affect the Assassin order in the Renaissance era, but they are also a large part of Desmond's journey in the present time. The sum of all the media in the Assassin's Creed franchise with Ezio in it chronicles his entire life from birth to death.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: More than any other Assassin in the series, he is incredibly strong and resilient. ''In his fifties'' he's strong enough to dead-lift a heavily armored soldier with one hand, and can survive a straight hundred-foot drop uninjured (landing hard enough to buckle the wooden platform he lands on). Presumably, this is to hint at his 1st Civilization genetic heritage, making him borderline super-human anyway.
* TheCharmer: Develops into a textbook example. All the lady-killing ''magnetismo'' of TheCasanova, none of the callousness.
* CombatPragmatist: A tradition for Desmond's bloodline, even more so in ''Brotherhood''.
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Particularly when view their whole lives. Altaïr was extremely cynical all the way to the end, taking the view that HumansAreTheRealMonsters and that the world we live on is an extreme CrapsackWorld. Ezio, particularly after many years working as an assassin, while taking the view that HumansAreFlawed, never lost his faith that humans are overall still quite decent and also had a great appreciation for life and [[TheWorldIsJustAwesome the world we live in]].
* CoolOldGuy: Ends the second game at his 40's and by the end of ''Brotherhood'' is 48 years old. By ''Revelations'' he's at age 55. By ''Embers'' he is around his sixties and can still pick up a sword, yet his age has finally caught up to him at this point and can't go around running like he used to. Still, for a man nearing the end of his life, he sure has a lot of fight in him.
* CulturedBadass: Loves his art and literature. When asked to describe the Templars by Sofia, he is very terse:
--> ''"Men who don't read."''
* DeadpanSnarker: While it was already a major trait of his during the first two games, this especially shows in ''Revelations'' where he even tells an excited Assassin wannabe to "keep his leggings on."
* DenyingTheDeadParentsSins: Subverted. After the initial shock, he accepts the fact that his father was indeed an Assassin.
* TheDreaded: By the Templars. Quite possibly the most feared assassin the series. Best seen in the ''Revelations'' trailer. Ezio has been disarmed and his hands are bound but the simple act of him standing up and walking on his own makes an entire room full of {{Mooks}} panic.
* DualWielding: Carries two Hidden Blades; also applies to the [[SwordAndGun Medium Weapon/Hidden Gun]] and the Short Blade/Throwing Knives combinations in ''Brotherhood''. Upgraded to a hidden blade/hookblade pairing in ''Revelations''.
* DueToTheDead: Utters "Requiescat In Pace" to (almost) all of targets during their final moments.
** Averted in his initial assassinations where he [[UnstoppableRage violently slaughtered]] his targets and continued beating [[spoiler:Vieri de' Pazzi]] even after his death, earning him a harsh rebuke from Mario as it was against the ''[[TheFettered rules of etiquette]]'' the Assassins abide by.
* TheDutifulSon: Family means a great deal to Ezio, and even in his early playboy phase, he's very obedient and deferential to them, even if they are sometimes embarrassing. He's finally convinced to stay with the Assassins when Mario accuses him of walking away from his father's legacy and he persists in keeping contact and helping his sick mother to recover, never abandoning her even when Mario seems to have given up.
* EleventhHourSuperpower: Upon obtaining the Apple of Eden near the end of ''II'' and ''Brotherhood''. In the former, he copies the same trick Al Mualim used against Altair in the first game by cloning himself against the FinalBoss. In the latter, he can sacrifice a portion of his health to force enemies to commit suicide, although going for full synchronization states that he should not use it under any circumstance.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Gets quite a bit of this. Leonardo is only the most prominent example.
* FamedInStory:
** As of ''Revelations'', where his reputation precedes him among the Assassins there.
** Hell, even in ''II'' he's already this by the time the ''[[DownloadableContent Bonfire of the Vanities]]'' rolls around.
-->'''Civilian''': Sometimes I wish the assassino would return to Firenze. See what he would say to such tyranny.
* FeelingTheirAge: Lampshaded in the opening mission of ''Revelations'' where a much older Ezio Auditore from the previous two games nearly dies because his reactions are dulled with age and laments that "this used to be so easy". Whenever he tries to deny this, Yusuf is always there to keep him honest.
-->'''Yusuf:''' When were you ever young?
* TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest: His repressed memories in ''Brotherhood'' are all tied to his failed relationship with [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Cristina Vespucci]].
* GrumpyOldMan: Initially in ''Embers'' when confronted by Chinese Assassin Shao Jun and his response is, basically, "get out, kid! I'm too old for this crap".
* GuestFighter: His ''Brotherhood'' characterization appears in ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries SoulCalibur V]]''.
* HalfHumanHybrid: It is heavily implied that Ezio, just as everyone in his bloodline, has genetic material from one of "Those Who Came Before" in his DNA, which gives him his Eagle Vision ability.
* HappilyMarried: He is enjoying quiet domestic bliss with Sofia Sartor as of ''Embers''.
* HandsomeLech: Even during his 20-year RoaringRampageOfRevenge, he still tries to find time for the ladies and is pretty much confirmed to have bedded at least one countess in Forlì... until the Siege of Monteriggioni (begun while in bed with Caterina Sforza), after which he doesn't so much as look at a woman suggestively for the next three years. He eventually settled down with Sofia Sartor, whom he met in Constantinople, fathering Desmond's line in his fifties, though [[http://uk.gamespot.com/ps3/action/assassins-creed-revelations/video/6339000/assassins-creed-revelations-desmonds-ancestry-explained?hd=1 according to]] WordOfGod Ezio has fathered many other children in his lifetime, and one of them was an ancestor of Clay Kaczmarek (a.k.a. [[spoiler:Subject 16]]).
* HeartbrokenBadass: The repressed memories of his old flame Christina show that [[spoiler:during the Bonfire of the Vanities she was mortally wounded and died in his arms. His later writings state that something in him "withered" after her death]].
* TheHero: During his memory sequences, where he fights Templar oppression while looking after his family.
* HighlyVisibleNinja: Just look at his portrait up there. His Assassin robes are pure white with scarlet accents, have the trademark tails and "beak" on the hood, and his belt buckle is a huge, ornate Assassin symbol. All of this should broadcast his affiliation to any Templar in the vicinity, and he wears this uniform ''all the time,'' though the player can unlock other color schemes if they so choose. Even to someone who doesn't recognize the significance of the symbols, he should stick out like a sore thumb. Judging by the ambient comments from random civilians, and the fact that by the third game the player sometimes has to counter-kill random Templar hitmen, he is just as conspicuous to the citizens as he is to the player. It's a wonder he lived long enough to die of old age, but he's ''just that good.''
* HyperspaceArsenal: Impressively averted -- mostly. All of Ezio's weapons except bombs are modeled on his body. See WalkingArmoury.
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: He told Manfredo, Cristina Vespucci's fiancé, to stop gambling and be a good husband or he will hunt the guy down and kill him.
* ItaliansTalkWithHands: He adds gestures to his words sometimes.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: His known negative flaws are womanising, starting fights and prone to anger quickly still he's really likable and a genuine NiceGuy who's loyal to his families and friends and compassionate to innocent people especially children.
* IndyPloy: "I am improvising!"
* InTheHood: Runs in the family, being an Assassin and all. Ironically, he becomes so famous that he is recognized ''because'' of the hood.
* InThePastEveryoneWillBeFamous: Creator/LeonardoDaVinci, Caterina Sforza, Niccolò Machiavelli... that's a handful of people he deals with ''on a daily basis''. He also pals around with a very young Suleiman the Magnificent in ''Revelations''.
* LatinLover: Ezio fits this trope well, given he is native Italian, ReallyGetsAround, and the Animus often leaves his native language untranslated.
* LeParkour: Even for an Assassin, Ezio was highly adept at free-running. As his Animus entry in ''III'' so aptly puts it;
--> ''"He was terrific at jumping, too.''"
* LivingLegend: By the time of ''Revelations'' he's famous among both Assassins and Templars for defeating the Borgia.
* MadeOfIron: He can take absurd amounts of punishment with little negative effect. Cutscenes reveal this is canon, and not just because he's a player character, as evidenced by the "Charles Atlas Superpower" entry above.
* ManOfTheCity: He is responsible for refurbishing Monteriggioni in ''II''. He basically owns Rome (both its buildings and the hearts of its people) in ''Brotherhood'' because he cleaned up the Borgia corruption. Then, he goes to Constantinople during ''Revelations'' and helps Yusuf push out the encroaching Templar influence, be it in the dens, the marketplace or the palace.
* MayDecemberRomance: He's old enough to be [[spoiler:Sofia's]] father.
* TheMentor:
** In ''Brotherhood'' he becomes titled ''il Mentore'' when [[spoiler:Machiavelli steps down in favor of Ezio as Grand Master of the Assassin Order in Rome]].
** The comics show he served as Giovanni Borgia and Hiram Stoddard, an ancestor of Tom Stoddard's, mentor in 1515, two years after technically retiring from active Assassin duties.
* MultiMeleeMaster:
** Uses [[HeroesPreferSwords swords]], axes, Hidden Blades, spears, warhammers, and [[KnifeNut knives]].
** He can sometimes [[ImprovisedWeapon take up brooms or farming equipment]] to fight people if he so chooses.
* TheMusketeer: Uses his melee weapons independently of the Hidden Gun.
* MultiRangedMaster: [[FlechetteStorm Throwing knives]], Hidden Gun, crossbow, darts, and [[ThrowDownTheBomblet bombs]].
* NiceGuy: Noted for being one of the kindest protagonists in the series.
* OneManArmy: Ezio can slaughter entire groups of soldiers single-handedly. Had he not gotten distracted by his vision of Altair in ''Revelations'', it's likely that he would've completely slaughtered all of the Byzantines trying to capture and/or kill him.
* TheParagon: He serves as a role model and inspiration to the Assassins and Italy in his lifetime and years later. Indeed his actions are set to have brought about and spread UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance across Europe starting a GoldenAge. It can also be argued that his era was the GoldenAge for the Assassins as a whole since the era after him shows fewer definitive victories and only marginal impact on culture and history.
* PatrickStewartSpeech: Gives two awesome speeches. One at the end of the ''Bonfire of the Vanities'' and another in his final letter to his wife Sofia, where he tells her that for all his life's troubles, he has nothing but love for her, her children, their brothers and "this vast world that gives us life".
* PercussivePickpocket: He was taught how to steal through "accidental" bumping-into by Paola.
* PersonaNonGrata: He is banned from Constantinople by order of the Sultan [[spoiler:Selim]], likely for [[spoiler:wrongly killing Tarik, who was Selim's close friend and Captain of the Janissaries]] as well as [[spoiler:sinking an entire Ottoman navy fleet]]. It's only because Suleiman put in a good word for him that Ezio is not attacked on the spot. Though with some negotiation, Ezio was able to come back to finish his business in Constantinopoli.
* ThePowerOfLove: What ultimately makes his mother Maria recover from her trauma of losing her husband and her children. Ezio's devotion to little Petruccio's memory eventually brings Maria BackFromTheBrink of her DespairEventHorizon. In his letter to Sofia, he affirms that love is the force which has kept him going through all his adventures and he expresses the same belief to Shao Jun.
* ReallyGetsAround: The first game has him sleeping with lots of different women, though he eventually ends up HappilyMarried after the third game. It's also confirmed that [[spoiler:Clay Kaczmarek]] was related to Ezio through an illegitimate child he fathered at some point during his life and likely never knew about. Desmond, meanwhile, was descended from one of his children with Sofia.
* RedOniBlueOni: His CharacterDevelopment sees him going from a solid Red to his Uncle Mario (being younger, more passionate, less cautious and reasonable) to a Blue for the Brotherhood (older, cool-headed, wiser) as a whole as well as Yusuf Tazim and even Machiavelli himself.
* RetiredBadass: By ''Embers'' he's quit the Order in order to spend a quiet life with Sofia and their children.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Conducts a ''decades'' long one against his enemies because they killed his father, brothers and [[spoiler:uncle.]]
* RousingSpeech: At the end of [[DownloadableContent Bonfire of the Vanities]], he gives one about the importance of self-determination and not falling prey to the influence of people like the Medici or Savonarola.
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: [[SuperSenses Eagle Vision/Sense]] enables him to identify targets in a crowd, mark them for his normal vision, and even see tracks that they don't even know their making. This makes escaping him quite difficult.
* SilverFox: In ''Revelations''. Despite the fact that he's past fifty, most of the women ([[EvenTheGuysWantHim and some of the men]]) in Istanbul can't keep their eyes off him. To put it another way, Sofia, his eventual wife was born in 1476; the year that Ezio, then 17, first became an Assassin.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: As mentioned in CharacterFocus, Ezio had an entire trilogy of games telling his story. By comparison, every other ancestor has only had one console game a piece. On the same token, Ezio is generally considered the most [[BreakoutCharacter well liked of the protagonists]], so you will find people who [[TropesAreNotBad didn't take issue with it.]]
* StarCrossedLovers: ''Assassin's Creed: Reflections'' reveals that he and Lisa del Giocondo, the model for the Mona Lisa, had a romantic attraction towards one another due to her nursing him back to health after he was injured fighting Borgia mercenaries in 1504, but Ezio's commitment to the Brotherhood and Lisa's faithfulness to her husband kept them apart.
* SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat: Sure is handy that he picked up French from a couple girls in Florence ''and'' recalls it enough to let him get past some guards thirty years later.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: In his old age, his eyes have turned a solid shade of gold. This likely represents the shift in his ''Eagle Vision'' to ''Eagle Sense''.
* SwordAndGun: In ''Brotherhood'' Ezio can use a longsword or bludgeon (Medium Weapons) and his Hidden Gun together in combat while the Medium Weapon is equipped by holding down the Attack button (effectively switching to the Hidden Gun, though in a kill streak this will cause him to aim at a different person); the Short Blade and Throwing Knives have a similar relationship.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Tall for his time and place (5'9), dark-haired, dark-eyed, tan-skinned, and quite popular with the ladies.
* TemptingFate:
** During Sequence 1 of ''[=AC2=]'', he wishes for his life to never change. Que his family turning upside down and shattering.
** Also by [[spoiler:sparing Rodrigo's life]], and then by assuming at the beginning of ''Brotherhood'' that "our work is finished." Cesare attacks the ''next morning''.
** Averted in "Brotherhood" when he [[spoiler:spares Micheletto in order to save the actor. Micheletto does not become a threat from that point on and is arrested off-screen according to his portrait, with the novelization revealing that he was eventually killed by Cesare]].
* TheUnfettered: As noted in the WhatTheHellHero entry, Ezio will do anything and everything to eliminate a target. He is willing to use things like poison and explosives, in contrast to TheFettered Altaïr, who called poison a coward's weapon. Then again, it was Altair who designed all of Ezio's weapons so...
* UnscrupulousHero: By the end of his life, Ezio has killed hundreds if not thousands of people in a multitude of unpleasant fashions, and caused a lot of property damage and chaos in the process. However, all of his targets are very deserving of it, and he learns to pay dues to his victims as they die at his hands. A particular point of note is that he did ''not'' kill civilians under any circumstances; killing even one or two will cause de-synchronization, it's just that against his moral code.
* TheVillainSucksSong: When impersonating a minstrel in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'', he takes to singing songs about his former foes (The Borgia, The Pazzi, Duccio) none of them complimentary.
* WalkingArmoury: By the end of ''Revelations'', he's packing a hidden blade, a hookblade, a sword/axe/hammer, a dagger, a poison dart launcher, a pistol, a crossbow, and a couple of dozen throwing knives. All these are modelled on his body. In addition, his unseen HyperspaceArsenal includes ammo (10 bullets for the gun, 10 darts and 25 crossbow bolts), 15 parachutes and a dozen grenades of various types. Good ''grief.''
* WhatTheHellHero: Machiavelli is ''pissed'' when he finds out [[spoiler:Ezio did not kill Rodrigo]] at the end of Assassin's Creed II. [[spoiler:He's shown to be right when as soon as Ezio gets home his villa is burned down and his uncle killed by Borgia retaliation. On the other hand, this was done by Cesare against Rodrigo's orders and probably would have happened anyway]]. It becomes a much more prominent phenomenon in ''Revelations'', where he is reprimanded several times by Yusuf and others for the actions he took there. One of them is when he [[spoiler:incites a riot outside the Arsenal gates which resulted in heavy damage in both property and lives(the Arsenal district remains ruined unto the end of the game) so he can get into the Arsenal to spy on information necessary to thwart a Byzantine/Templar uprising.]]
* TheWorldIsJustAwesome: How Ezio feels at the end of his life. His final letter to his wife Sofia ends,
--> ''"Love, liberty, and time: once so disposable, are the fuels that drive me forward. And love, most especially, mio caro. For you, our children, our brothers and sisters. And for the vast and wonderful world that gave us life, and keeps us guessing."''
* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: Gives a famous speech at the end of ''The Bonfire of Vanities'' which summarizes his CharacterDevelopment and conceptualizes the themes of the series. Serves as one not only for Ezio but the crowd as well, and the admiring Assassins who look at him with pride. For added awesome value, it is TruthInTelevision and borrows from Roy T. Bennett's ''The Light in the Heart''.
--> ''"Silencio! Silencio! Twenty-two years ago, I stood where I stand now... and watched my loved ones die, betrayed by those I called friends. Vengeance clouded my mind, and it would have consumed me, were it not for the wisdom of a few strangers, who taught me to look past my instincts. They never preached answers, but guided me to learn for myself. We don't need anyone to tell us what to do. Not Savonarola, nor the Medici. We are free to follow our own path. There are those who would take that freedom from us, and too many of you gladly give it up. But it is our ability to choose - whatever you think is true - that makes us human. There is no book or teacher to give you the answers, to show you the path. Choose your own way. Do not follow me, or anyone else."''
* WouldHitAGirl: Some of his targets have been female, and he killed "The Smuggler" Lia de Russo. He also has no problem tackling Lucrezia to the ground and holding her hostage.
* WrittenByTheWinners: ''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag'' has a video from Abstergo Entertainment, a 2013 front for the [=21st=]-century Templars, that 'hilariously' misinteprets Ezio's character, and even mispronounces his name for good measure.
* YouKilledMyFather: ...and my brothers and my [[spoiler:Uncle]], Borgia!
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[[folder:Giovanni Auditore]]
!!Giovanni Auditore da Firenze
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[[caption-width-right:300:I am Giovanni Auditore, and like my ancestors before me, I am an Assassin.]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Romano Orzari
->''"Family. Justice. Honor. These are the values guiding my blade. This truth is written in blood, and the shadows are where I strike."''
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''.
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* AuraVision: 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.
* BadassCape: Has the same half-cape Ezio would later wear.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Wielded a Hidden Blade until it ended up getting damaged
* CoolOldGuy: More middle aged, but he was a pretty cool father to Ezio.
* DeathByOriginStory: Though it's clear he intended to eventually train Ezio towards becoming an Assassin, his death considerably sped up the process.
* DisappearedDad: By way of the gallows, he vanishes from Ezio's and Claudia's life, but his legacy lives on.
* DyingCurse: 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! [[KilledMidSentence We will–]]
* EtTuBrute: He is disgusted by Uberto's betrayal, who had been a close and trusted family friend for many years.
* FollowInMyFootsteps: 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 LeParkour and unarmed combat, and there is a DeadlyDeferredConversation in the first memory sequence. Regardless, Ezio ultimately becomes a chip off the old block.
* GenerationXerox: Ezio's ReallyGetsAround personality reminds him of his younger days.
* HappilyMarried: Had an excellent relationship with his wife.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: The main character of ''Assassin's Creed: Lineage''.
* InkSuitActor: Among many other cases of this as shown by ''Lineage''.
* InTheHood: In ''Lineage'' he's seen in full Assassin attire.
* MarryForLove: He and Maria married after falling in love, instead of having the more common ArrangedMarriage for the time.
* SacrificialLion: Dies fairly early on alongside his other sons to serve as the catalyst for Ezio's RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
* TheSmartGuy: 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 [[spoiler:Altair'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.
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[[folder:Maria Auditore]]
!!Maria Auditore da Firenze (née de' Mozzi)
-->'''Voiced by:''' Ellen David (games)\\
'''Played by:''' Claudia Ferri (''Lineage'')
->''"Go, my son, destroy them... but remember for whom we Assassins fight."''
Giovanni's wife and the mother of all his children. She knows about her husbands life as an Assassin, and later takes a more direct role helping the Assassins in Rome.
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* BlueBlood: 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.
* DeadpanSnarker: Before her HeroicBSOD, 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".
* HappilyMarried: Her relationship with Giovanni was nothing but good.
* HeroicBSOD: 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.
* MarryForLove: She and Giovanni married after falling in love, instead of having the more common ArrangedMarriage for the time.
* TheMedic: In ''Assassin's Creed: Lineage'' she helped treat Giovanni's wounds.
* SecretKeeper: She helped hide Giovanni's career early in their relationship, and officially joined the Assassin Order herself a few years after marrying him.
* WidowWoman: Following the murder of her husband and her sons save for Ezio. She's in mourning for all of [=AC2=].
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[[folder:Mario Auditore]]
!!Mario Auditore
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[[caption-width-right:300:Don't you recognize me? [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros It's-a me, Mario!]]]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FredTatasciore
->''"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.
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%%* BadassCape
%%* BadassMustache
* BigDamnHeroes: His introduction, where he shows up to rescue Ezio, Claudia, and Maria from Vieri de' Pazzi and his men.
* BigGood: In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'', he is the ruler of the HomeBase, Ezio's mentor and in charge of the local chapter of the Assassin Brotherhood.
* BoisterousBruiser: He enjoys a good fight and yells quite happily during battle.
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Cesare shoots him in the head at the start of ''Brotherhood'']].
* CoolOldGuy: He's a jovial fellow who makes jokes about his name and gets along quite well with his younger niece and nephew.
* CoolUncle: He gives Ezio money for equipment and a place for his family to stay, and inducts him into the Assassin Order.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: From the LovableRogue Uncle and mentor in ''II'' to [[spoiler:killed in the first 30 minutes of ''Brotherhood'']]. It is not dramatic or heroic. [[spoiler: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.]]
* FourStarBadass: He spent decades keeping Monteriggioni safe from Florentine attacks, commanding his army in direct defense of the city several times.
* HandicappedBadass: His left eye was blinded due to a pendulum trap in ''Project Legacy''.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Is one of the viewpoint characters in ''Project Legacy''.
* MasterSwordsman: Mario is a very skilled swordsman.
* TheMentor: A strange combination of this and BoisterousBruiser. He is Ezio's main mentor, teaching him about the Assassin-Templar conflict and eventually inducting him into the Assassin Order.
* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler:He was Ezio's main mentor in the Assassin Order, and the only one to be killed.]]
* MindRape: 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.
* RuggedScar: 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.
* SacrificialLion: Is executed by Cesare Borgia during the first act of ''Brotherhood''.
* ShoutOut: [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros It's-a him, Mario]].
* SiblingYinYang: 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.
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: 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.
* UnclePennybags: 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.
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[[folder:Claudia Auditore]]
!!Claudia Auditore da Firenze
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[[caption-width-right:300:You here to look at the book?]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Angela Galuppo
Ezio's little sister. After the remaining Auditores flee Firenze, she becomes Monteriggioni's bookkeeper, helping Ezio set up his business empire. Come ''Brotherhood'' she takes a more direct stance in assisting her brother, managing a Roman brothel and [[spoiler:officially joining the Assassins]].
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* ActionGirl: In ''Brotherhood'', she [[spoiler:takes on four Borgia guards and kills them without taking a scratch]]. [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome Ezio walks in on the aftermath.]]
* BadassBookworm: 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.
* BadassCape: [[spoiler:Her Assassin outfit comes with one.]]
* BigBrotherWorship: ''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.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Her database entry in ''Aassassin's Creed II'' mentions that she knocked out another girl at school for simply looking at her boyfriend.
* DefensiveWhat: When Ezio walks in on her just after she curbstomped four Borgia soldiers with nothing but a knife. It's mostly PlayedForLaughs.
* KnifeNut: [[spoiler:Four Borgia guards witnessed firsthand her skill with a knife. That was the last thing they saw]].
* TheLeader: [[spoiler:She is placed in charge of the Italian Assassins while Ezio is in the Ottoman Empire.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: Despite being in her late-thirties in Brotherhood, she looks no different than she did when she was a bookkeeper in II.
* TheSpymaster: After taking over the Blooming Rose in Rome, she manages the Assassins's prostitute spy network and passes on the information gathered to Ezio.
* StealingFromTheTill: 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.
* TookALevelInBadass: In ''Brotherhood'', she takes two levels. The first [[spoiler:is when she reveals her knife fighting skills to kill four Borgia guards before Ezio could arrive]] and the second [[spoiler:where she becomes a full-fledged Assassin.]]
* WomanScorned: 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 ''[[RunningGag 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:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Duccio. A pleasure.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Federico Auditore]]
!!Federico Auditore da Firenze
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[[caption-width-right:300:It is a good life we lead, my brother. ...May it never change us.]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/EliasToufexis (games), 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 [=ACII's=] first sequence alongside Giovanni and Petruccio, before being fully inducted into the Order.
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* CoolBigBro: 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.
* DeadpanSnarker: He likes to lightheartedly poke fun at Ezio a lot; for instance, he jokes with a doctor that Ezio's only asset is [[PrettyBoy his pretty face.]]
* InkSuitActor: His in-game appearance in ''II'' is based on that of the actor who portrayed him in ''Lineage''.
* LeParkour: He's just as agile as Ezio and challenges him to a race early on.
* SacrificialLion: Dies alongside his father and their youngest brother Petruccio.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Dies in the first act of the game.
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[[folder:Petruccio Auditore]]
!!Petruccio Auditore da Firenze
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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 [=ACII's=] first sequence, alongside Giovanni and Federico.
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* ChildrenAreInnocent: While we don't see much of him prior to his untimely death, he does seem like a fairly sweet-minded child.
* IllBoy: Had some kind of disease that rendered him bedridden for much of his childhood.
* InfantImmortality: Averted, he's hung alongside his father and brother.
* SacrificialLamb: Dies alongside his father and their eldest brother Federico.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: He shows up in one memory, with maybe 5 lines or so, before his untimely death.
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!!!Other Italian Assassins
[[folder:Niccolò Machiavelli]]
!![[Creator/NiccoloMachiavelli Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:[[HistoricalInJoke I intend to write]] [[Literature/ThePrince a book]] about you one day.]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Shawn Baichoo
->''"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 becoming his chief advisor during ''Brotherhood''.
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* AdmiringTheAbomination: 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.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He's one of the leading Assasins in Italy and is no slouch in combat, fighting alongside his fellow Assassins multiple times.
* CommanderContrarian: 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. [[spoiler:This behavior leads La Volpe to start to suspect that he may be a traitor]], but Ezio values the dissenting opinion.
* TheCynic: 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.
* FashionableAsymmetry: His ''Brotherhood'' outfit's outermost garment is missing its right sleeve.
* GeneralFailure: 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 Borgias' pocket), being unaware that both [[spoiler:Caterina Sforza]] and [[spoiler: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, [[spoiler: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?
* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler: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]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: His explanation of his cynicism to Ezio is that he merely describes the conditions in Rome as they ''are''.
* KnightInSourArmor: The games don't even try to downplay the cynicism he was famous for in RealLife (i.e. destroy the enemy without mercy and hesitation), yet he fights against the Borgias' tyranny for the people of Rome.
* TheLancer: Willingly becomes this to Ezio during ''Brotherhood'', being the cynical advisor to contrast his fellow Assassin's idealism.
* MachiavelliWasWrong:
** 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.
** [[HistoricalInJoke Funnily enough]], the game's events lead up to Machiavelli writing ''ThePrince'' -- the ''actual'' book rather than TheThemeparkVersion, which has him note that yes, the support of the populace is one of the most crucial factors to rule a land and while if you have to choose between being loved or feared, being feared is the safer choice if you can't have both, you 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''.
* TheMentor: 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.
* TheMole: Suspected of being this by La Volpe -- hence his withholding of the Thieves' Guild's support -- and evidence seems to mount. [[spoiler: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]].
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: 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 power base, 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.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: He is infuriated upon learning that Ezio spared Rodrigo Borgia and immediately leaves Monteriggioni for Rome to take care of the Templars himself.
* VitriolicBestBuds: He and Ezio aren't as close as Ezio and Leonardo, but they are pretty close friends and [[spoiler: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]].
* WhatTheHellHero: His reaction to Ezio sparing Rodrigo is outrage at the wasted opportunity and potential for retaliation. It causes him to temporarily [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere abandon Ezio and head to Rome]].
* WorthyOpponent: 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 writing. However, this ends up being part of what casts suspicion on him as TheMole.
* YoungAndInCharge: 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.
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[[folder:Bartolomeo d'Alviano]]
!!Bartolomeo d'Alviano
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[[caption-width-right:300:My Bianca hungers for more skulls to crush!]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Alex Ivanovici
->''"Luridi codardi! I'll take you all on! At the same time! With one arm – no – BOTH arms tied behind my back!"''
Assassin and mercenary leader who Ezio rescues in Venice, later becoming a major ally during ''Brotherhood''.
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* ArchEnemy: He and Baron Octavion de Valois have a very personal conflict going during the campaign in Rome.
* AttackAttackAttack: What most of his strategies boil down to. Ezio and his wife help him plan some more complex battle plans.
* BadassBeard: He has quite the beard, and also happens to be a skilled mercenary commander.
* BadassInDistress: 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.
* BattleCouple: Of a sort with Pantasilea: she plans the strategy, he fights the battles.
* {{BFS}}: His large claymore, Bianca.
* TheBigGuy: For the Assassins, he is the major fighter with the biggest muscles and largest number of bruisers, particularly during the campaign in Rome.
* BoisterousBruiser: He loves fighting and is very energetic during combat.
* ClusterFBomb: 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)!
* FourStarBadass: He is a very accomplished battle commander, winning several key battles throughout his life.
* FrontlineGeneral: One of the major contrasting points between him and Baron de Valois is that Bartolomeo fights on the frontlines while the Baron hides behind his men.
* HappilyMarried: 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 [[spoiler:at the end of a RescueArc.]]
* HeroOfAnotherStory: One of the viewpoint characters of ''Project Legacy''.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He was a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolomeo_d%27Alviano real guy]], a mercenary from Umbria in central Italy who distinguished himself in service of the Venetian Republic. Little is known about him however.
* HonorBeforeReason: 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.
* ICallItVera: Wields a claymore called "Bianca".
* LargeHam: Almost all of his lines are shouted and he likes waving "Bianca" around while doing so.
* LogicalWeakness: [[spoiler:When a BoisterousBruiser's wife is also his strategist, the single action guaranteed to cripple his operation is perfectly clear]].
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: 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 [[spoiler:release my wife]]?
* OneManArmy: He is a great warrior who can cut through many enemies by himself.
* SirSwearsALot: Even if his swears are almost always in Italian, they are numerous and they are definitely no less scathing than if they were translated.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Part of his character appears to be Mario Auditore's bloodthirsty tendencies taken UpToEleven. One imagines they would have made awesome BashBrothers had [[spoiler:Mario not been killed at the start of the game]].
* YouFightLikeACow: Is quite fond of insults in the midst of combat.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Pantasilea Baglioni]]
!!Pantasilea Baglioni
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[[caption-width-right:280: Mio marito vi ammazzerà tutti! [[note]]My husband is going to murder all of you! [[/note]]]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Millie Tresierra
->''"He has such an aggressive view of the world. However, strategy is equally important."''
The wife of Bartolomeo, Pantasilea helps him in his duties as an Assassin and manages assassination contracts in Rome.
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* BattleCouple: Of a sort with Bartolomeo: she plans the strategy, he fights the battles.
* DamselInDistress: [[spoiler:She is captured by Octavian de Valois in an attempt to get him to surrender, but is rescued by Ezio]].
* DefiantCaptive: [[spoiler:When captured by de Valois and surrounded by his soldiers, she shouts how her husband is going to kill them all.]]
* HappilyMarried: She and Bartolomeo have a very stable and happy marriage. Ezio has a front-row seat to how much they love each other [[spoiler:at the end of a RescueArc]].
* TheStrategist: 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.
* WomenAreWiser: She is much calmer and more rational than her husband.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:La Volpe]]
!!La Volpe
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[[caption-width-right:300:They call me many things: Murderer, Tagliagole, Thief, But you may call me La Volpe.]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Vito [=DeFilippo=]
The leader of the Florentine thieves and an Assassin, he moves to Rome during ''Brotherhood'', becoming a major ally for Ezio.
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* AnimalThemeNaming: Literally "The Fox," later worked into the name of his inn.
* AuraVision: 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.
* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: [[spoiler:In ''Brotherhood'', he perpetually suspects Machiavelli of being TheMole 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 responsible for the Montrriggoni. It was a thief, presumably having been in La Volpe's employ]].
* HeadbuttingHeroes: He does not get along with Machiavelli at all, convinced that he is a traitor to the Assassin Order. [[spoiler:After learning one of his own thieves was TheMole, not Machiavelli, La Volpe becomes much friendlier to Machiavelli]].
* HonorAmongThieves: 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.
* InTheHood: Wears a hooded cape. This hints that he's an Assassin in addition to being a thief.
* KnifeNut: He is only ever seen fighting with a butcher's knife.
* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: The tavern he and Ezio build in ''Brotherhood'', ''La Volpe Addormentata'' ("The Sleeping Fox"), a favorite of the Borgia guards who provide coin in more ways than one.
* LovableRogue: He's an unrepentant thief, but also a pretty likable guy.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Although ''Renaissance'' calls him Gilberto, this is not mentioned in the game.
* PurpleEyes: His database entry makes special note of his "violet eyes." They add to his mysterious nature.
* ShroudedInMyth: 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.
* TheSneakyGuy: Is definitely the best at stealth among the Italian Assassins. He just "appears" when he wants to talk to someone, even Ezio.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Paola]]
!!Paola
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[[caption-width-right:250:We must walk the streets freely: seen, but unseen.]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Claudia Ferri
->''"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.
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* ActionGirl: 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.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: 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.
* FiveFingerDiscount: She is an expert at pickpocketing, and teaches Ezio how to do it as well.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: She runs the La Rosa Colta in Florence, which helps protect women living on the street.
* InTheHood: Her head is always covered with a hood, and she's also an Assassin.
* TheMentor: The first of several to Ezio, teaching him how to blend in crowds and pickpocket.
* MissKitty: She runs a brothel, and she might be a former prostitute herself.
* OnlyOneName: We have no idea what her surname is.
* ParentalAbandonment: Her parents died at sea when she was only eight, which forced her to live on the streets.
* ScarsAreForever: She has burn scars on her right arm, but never tells Ezio how she got them aside from them being cause by some sort of betrayal.
* StealthExpert: She teaches Ezio how to move silently in crowds and assassinate from them.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: 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.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Teodora Contanto]]
!!Teodora Contanto
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Nadia Verrucci
->''"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."''
Also known as Sister Teodora, she is 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.
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* ActionGirl: During the fight for the Apple of Eden she fights alongside her Assassin brothers.
* EthicalSlut: 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.
* GoodShepherd: 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.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: A madame of a brothel, and also a very good person.
* NaughtyNuns: She kept her religious outlook even as madame, and one of her clients called her brothel "the church for a new sect of Catholicism".
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: 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.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Antonio de Magianis]]
!!Antonio de Magianis
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Carlo Mestroni
->''"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 Venetian Theives Guild and Assassin, he assisted Ezio in fighting the Templar presence in the city.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: 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.
* AFatherToHisMen: He cares a great deal for his thieves, doing his best to protect them from harm.
* BadassCape: Smaller than Ezio's but it still fitting for an Assassin-thief.
* BadassMustache: Has a tiny one and also happens to be a skilled Assassin.
* JustLikeRobinHood: 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.
* LovableRogue: He may be a thief, but he has a strict sense of honor and limits his targets to those who deserve it.
* SelfMadeMan: 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 reemerging as the leader of the Venetian thieves and an Assassin, stealing from some of them men who had denied him access to university due to his class.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: 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.
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[[folder:Perotto Calderon]]
!!Perotto Calderon
-->''"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''.
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* ArcherArchetype: He is renowned for his skill with a bow, and is able to kill many Assassins with it before being killed.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: 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.
* BeneathSuspicion: 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.
* InLoveWithTheMark: He is supposed to be spying on Lucrezia, not falling in love with her.
* TheMentor: 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.
* TheMole: 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.
* PapaWolf: 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.
* StarCrossedLovers: 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.
* UnequalPairing: 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.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Francesco Vecellio]]
!!Francesco Vecellio
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-->''"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.
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* TheApprentice: To Perotto, who began his training, and to Ezio, who finished it.
* BrainBleach: 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.
* CulturedBadass: He is both a painter and a highly skilled Assassin.
* TheLeader: After finishing his training under Ezio, Francesco was given a team of Assassins to command and take out Templars across Rome.
* TheMentor: To Giovanni Borgia, the son of his late mentor Perotto.
* SoleSurvivor: His entire team of Assassins were wiped out in an ambush by French Templar Charles de la Motte.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Cipriano Enu]]
!!Cipriano Enu
An African member of the Assassin Order and member of Francesco's team.
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* ImpromptuTracheotomy: Dies from a gunshot to the neck.
* TheStraightAndArrowPath: 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.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: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.
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* ActionGirl: Francesco is very impressed with her lethality in combat.
* BladeOnAStick: She uses a spear in battle along with [[TheStraightAndArrowPath a crossbow]].
* LethalChef: Francesco mentions her cooking is terrible.
* MasterPoisoner: 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.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Giovanni Borgia]]
!!Giovanni Borgia
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-->''"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.
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* AbusiveParents: Cesare posed as his father, and would "train" him to fight or leave him in the hands of [[TheSociopath Micheletto Corella]].
* TheApprentice: He was trained by Francesco Vecellio in the ways of the Assassins.
* CameBackWrong: The Shroud saved him from death, but left him with severe Bleeding Effect-like symptoms, and "[[HearingVoices Consus]]".
* CulturedBadass: 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.
* GeniusBruiser: 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.
* GraveRobbing: 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.
* HalfHumanHybrid: 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.
* HappilyMarried: Maria Amiel was invaluable to him, both in his personal life and his Assassin work.
* HearingVoices: 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.
* HeroicBastard: His parents had him out of wedlock, but he's fairly heroic.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: While relatively obscure, Giovanni Borgia was a real person.
* InfantImmortality: All thanks to The Shroud of Eden, he survived infancy.
* JumpedAtTheCall: 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.
* TheMole: 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.
* ProfessionalKiller: He becomes a highly skilled Assassin.
* TokenGoodTeammate: The only truly good person amongst the Borgias.
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[[folder: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.
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* BeleagueredAssistant: 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.
* GraveRobbing: She helps Giovanni open the tomb of Nicholas Flamel and his wife.
* SecretKeeper: Of Giovanni's life as an Assassin, as she never actually joined the Order.
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!!Turkish Assassins
[[folder:Yusuf Tazim]]
!!Yusuf Tazim
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yusuf_tazim_acr_render_329.png]]
[[caption-width-right:300:You are the man I've longed to meet. Renowned Master and Mentor, Ezio Auditore de la la la!]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Chris Parson
->''"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 Constantinople Assassins. He is a former thief who was recruited into the Brotherhood by former Guild leader Ishak Pasha.
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: As befits a Master Assassin, he's a skilled fighter.
%%%%%* BadassBeard: Has a very thick one.
%%%%%%* BadassesWearBandanas: Is always seen wearing an orange bandana around his head.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Dual wields a Hidden Blade with a Hookblade.
* BoisterousBruiser: Sneakier than most (being an Assassin and all), but the energetic and playful personality remains.
* CoolMask: His concept art has him wearing a mask like some other Turkish Assassins.
%%%%* DeadpanSnarker:
* GoodScarsEvilScars: 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 ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' right up to scaling the tower at the end.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Dies trying to single-handedly hold off the Templars when they storm Sofia's house. He takes a ''lot'' of them with him]].
* TheLancer: 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.
* TheLeader: He is the guild leader of the Ottoman Assassins and a Type IV.
* LovableRogue: Ezio describes him as being quite affable when he's not sneaking up on you so he can steal or stab you.
* MrExposition: Introduces the new mechanics to Ezio, showing him how to use the hookblade and throw bombs.
* MasterSwordsman: He's handy with a sword and it is his sword that is the InfinityPlusOneSword.
* ProfessionalKiller: Like most Assassins, his job is killing people.
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Dies trying to protect Sofia from the Templars on Ezio's behalf]].
* WhatTheHellHero: 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.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Piri Reis]]
!!Haci Ahmed Muhiddin Piri
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/piri_reis_acr_render_1654.png]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Alex Ivanovici
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 Brotherhood.
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%%%%* BadassBeard: Has a thick one.
* DeadpanSnarker: 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.
* DemolitionsExpert: He creates all of the bombs for the Ottoman Brotherhood.
* FourStarBadass: Not in the game, but at the age of 80 he will be made a admiral by the Sultan.
* GeniusBruiser: Aside from being a respected sailor and warrior, Piri is also a philosopher, cartographer, and scientist.
* HistoricalInJoke: He was not an admiral by the time of the game, but the Assassins of Constantinople do jokingly call him "Reis" (Ottoman for "Admiral").
* KnightInSourArmor: 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:''' [[WarIsHell 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.
* NiceHat: More turban, but it still counts.
* ThePerfectionist: 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.
* RenaissanceMan: Expert cartographer, military commander, bomb maker, and Assassin.
* TheSmartGuy: His role for the Ottoman Assassins, providing their technical support.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Azize]]
!!Azize
A female member of the Ottoman Assassins.
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* AllThereInTheManual: Her name is only revealed in the novel.
* AscendedExtra: In-game she's [[spoiler: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.
* DamselInDistress: [[spoiler:Is captured alongside Sofia and dressed like her in order to fool Ezio.]]
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[[folder:Dogan]]
!!Dogan
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A male member of the Ottoman Assassins, and one of Yusuf's most trusted lieutenants.
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* AllThereInTheManual: His name is only revealed in the novel.
* CoolMask: Is always seen wearing a mask.
* InTheHood: Has his hood up in combination with his CoolMask.
* TheLancer: Was originally one of Yusuf's trusted lieutenants.
* MeaningfulName: Dogan can be translated as the Turkish word for hawk, falcon, or tercel[[note]]male falcon[[/note]], in keeping with the bird theme of Assassins.
* YouAreInCommandNow: After Yusuf's death, Ezio makes Dogan the new leader of the Ottoman Assassins.
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!!Chinese Assassins
[[folder:Shao Jun]]
!!Shao Jun
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shao_jun_ace_render_2458.png]]
[[caption-width-right:300:I want to understand, like you do, to help my people.]]
A talented young Assassin from China. She appears in ''WesternAnimation/AssassinsCreedEmbers'' and is the star and PlayerCharacter of ''Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China''. Shao Jun seeks guidance from Ezio in order to learn how best to lead and rebuild her order.
See Characters/AssassinsCreedChronicles
[[/folder]]
!!Northern European Assassins
[[folder:Desiderius Erasmus]]
!!Desiderius Erasmus
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.
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* BadassInDistress: He is captured by the Templars in the early 16th century, but was rescued by a team of Italian Assassins.
* TheGhost: 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.
* TheLeader: Of the Northern European Assassins.
[[/folder]]
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For game-unspecific cast, here's [[Characters/AssassinsCreed the main index]].
May contain unmarked and/or {{Late Arrival Spoiler}}s.
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!!Italian Assassins
!!!Auditore Family
[[folder:Ezio Auditore]]
!!Ezio Auditore da Firenze
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ezio_auditore_acii_render_5942.png]]
[[caption-width-right:300:There is no book or teacher to give you the answers, to show you the way. Choose your own way! Do not follow me, or anyone else.]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RogerCraigSmith (games)\\
'''Played by:''' Devon Bostick (''Lineage'')
->''"[[DueToTheDead Resquiescat in Pace]]."''
The ancestral character of ''Assassin's Creed II'', ''Brotherhood'', and ''Revelations''. After his blissful life as the young son of a Florentine banker is destroyed, Ezio sets out on an epic decades-long quest for vengeance, hunting down -- as well as adding to -- names from a list his father Giovanni wrote. The plot of the trilogy of games show Ezio's progression and [[CharacterDevelopment growth]], as he goes from an enraged teenager seeking revenge and cursing those he kills, to a mature and patient hunter of his foes, to a wiser man who eventually rises to lead the Assassin order through wisdom, personal skill and leadership.
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* TheAce: Actually [[InvokedTrope invoked]]. Desmond is reliving Ezio's memories so, via the Bleeding Effect, he can learn proper Assassin skills, and Ezio is such a pinnacle of what the Order can do that he's the natural choice for that.
* {{Adorkable}}: Once upon a time, Ezio really was just a kid. We get to see him make his first approach to a pretty girl ([[TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest Cristina Vespucci]]) in a flashback in ''Brotherhood'' (presumably the day before he has his big fistfight with Vieri during his introduction in ''AC II''). He walks up, flashes a goofy grin, ''and completely freezes''.
* AlmightyJanitor: Ezio is not officially inducted into the Brotherhood until near the end of ''II'', making him an initiate at best who has nevertheless taken out several high ranking Templars and thoroughly derailed their overall plans.
* AnimalMotifs: The eagle, as is standard for our Assassin protagonists.
* AntiHero: While he's a good person overall, saves innocents, and fights Templar oppression, he's also a man driven primarily by revenge for most of his life.
* AuraVision: His "talent", Eagle Vision (upgraded to Eagle Sense in ''Revelations''), allows him to identify targets and important items in the area, as well as, in the case of Eagle Sense, track the movements of people long gone by their traces and mark off areas to look for things from his View Points. In effect, this makes him a ScarilyCompetentTracker.
* BadassBaritone: Not at first but [[VocalEvolution his voice gets deeper with age]], just like his skills become sharper.
* BadassBeard: By his mid-thirties, after [[spoiler:being nearly fatally wounded by one of the Orsi brothers and spending some time unconscious]].
* BadassCape: Which also serves to conceal his left-forearm Hidden Blade bracer, the Short Blade, and the hilt of his sword, axe, or bludgeon, as whenever he walks in Low Profile he pulls it over his left shoulder. Sadly, it gets shot off by an arrow in the opening cutscene in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations''.
* BeenThereShapedHistory: Takes part in various famous Renaissance events, such as the Bonfire of the Vanities and the hunt for the Pazzi conspirators.
* {{BFS}}: The best sword in the game is a gigantic 2-hander 3/4th the size of Ezio himself.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Does not take kindly to people bad-mouthing or hurting his little sister and beats the guy up on her behalf (and at her request!). On the other hand, his protectiveness can also pretty smothering, as when demonstrated in ''Brotherhood'' when he gets angry at her for coming to Rome in order to help him.
* BigGood: Ezio is the reason why Monteriggioni (briefly) returned to its former glory between ''II'' and ''Brotherhood''. Also, more prominently after becoming head of the Assassin Order in ''Brotherhood'', because of his leadership, tutelage and actions, he very much singlehandedly resulted in the Order continuing to prosper for ''centuries'', right up until the present day. Gamewise, he also takes up this role in ''Revelations''.
** This can especially be seen as his story continues and his reputation amongst the Templar grows. By the time he retires, Ezio is essentially the Templars' boogeyman.
--->'''Caterina Sforza:''' You are the leader of the Assassins now. Unite them Ezio Auditore and take back Roma!
* {{Bishonen}}: In ''Lineage'', as portrayed by the actor who played Roderick in the ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' films.
* BreakoutCharacter: His positive reception in ''Assassin's Creed II'' led to him continuing as the player character in the two subsequent games, with stories designed to follow the rest of his life after the events of ''II'' (making him the only historical Assassin to be the focus character for multiple games in the series), and to this day Ezio is generally considered one of, if not the, most popular protagonists in the series.
* CallToAgriculture: Ezio retires to a vineyard after ''Revelations''.
* CatchPhrase:
** ''Requiescat in Pace'', which he says to (almost) all of his targets during their final moments. He teaches this to his followers in ''Brotherhood'' and ''Revelations''. Interestingly, [[spoiler:Aya/Amunet]] used it long before he did.
** ''[[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood The liberation of Roma has begun.]]'' He speaks this to any citizens he assists before he invites them to join his Assassin's Guild.
* CharacterFocus: He's the primary ancestor in three games and an extremely important mediator in the overall conflict of the series. Not only do his adventures affect the Assassin order in the Renaissance era, but they are also a large part of Desmond's journey in the present time. The sum of all the media in the Assassin's Creed franchise with Ezio in it chronicles his entire life from birth to death.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: More than any other Assassin in the series, he is incredibly strong and resilient. ''In his fifties'' he's strong enough to dead-lift a heavily armored soldier with one hand, and can survive a straight hundred-foot drop uninjured (landing hard enough to buckle the wooden platform he lands on). Presumably, this is to hint at his 1st Civilization genetic heritage, making him borderline super-human anyway.
* TheCharmer: Develops into a textbook example. All the lady-killing ''magnetismo'' of TheCasanova, none of the callousness.
* CombatPragmatist: A tradition for Desmond's bloodline, even more so in ''Brotherhood''.
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Particularly when view their whole lives. Altaïr was extremely cynical all the way to the end, taking the view that HumansAreTheRealMonsters and that the world we live on is an extreme CrapsackWorld. Ezio, particularly after many years working as an assassin, while taking the view that HumansAreFlawed, never lost his faith that humans are overall still quite decent and also had a great appreciation for life and [[TheWorldIsJustAwesome the world we live in]].
* CoolOldGuy: Ends the second game at his 40's and by the end of ''Brotherhood'' is 48 years old. By ''Revelations'' he's at age 55. By ''Embers'' he is around his sixties and can still pick up a sword, yet his age has finally caught up to him at this point and can't go around running like he used to. Still, for a man nearing the end of his life, he sure has a lot of fight in him.
* CulturedBadass: Loves his art and literature. When asked to describe the Templars by Sofia, he is very terse:
--> ''"Men who don't read."''
* DeadpanSnarker: While it was already a major trait of his during the first two games, this especially shows in ''Revelations'' where he even tells an excited Assassin wannabe to "keep his leggings on."
* DenyingTheDeadParentsSins: Subverted. After the initial shock, he accepts the fact that his father was indeed an Assassin.
* TheDreaded: By the Templars. Quite possibly the most feared assassin the series. Best seen in the ''Revelations'' trailer. Ezio has been disarmed and his hands are bound but the simple act of him standing up and walking on his own makes an entire room full of {{Mooks}} panic.
* DualWielding: Carries two Hidden Blades; also applies to the [[SwordAndGun Medium Weapon/Hidden Gun]] and the Short Blade/Throwing Knives combinations in ''Brotherhood''. Upgraded to a hidden blade/hookblade pairing in ''Revelations''.
* DueToTheDead: Utters "Requiescat In Pace" to (almost) all of targets during their final moments.
** Averted in his initial assassinations where he [[UnstoppableRage violently slaughtered]] his targets and continued beating [[spoiler:Vieri de' Pazzi]] even after his death, earning him a harsh rebuke from Mario as it was against the ''[[TheFettered rules of etiquette]]'' the Assassins abide by.
* TheDutifulSon: Family means a great deal to Ezio, and even in his early playboy phase, he's very obedient and deferential to them, even if they are sometimes embarrassing. He's finally convinced to stay with the Assassins when Mario accuses him of walking away from his father's legacy and he persists in keeping contact and helping his sick mother to recover, never abandoning her even when Mario seems to have given up.
* EleventhHourSuperpower: Upon obtaining the Apple of Eden near the end of ''II'' and ''Brotherhood''. In the former, he copies the same trick Al Mualim used against Altair in the first game by cloning himself against the FinalBoss. In the latter, he can sacrifice a portion of his health to force enemies to commit suicide, although going for full synchronization states that he should not use it under any circumstance.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Gets quite a bit of this. Leonardo is only the most prominent example.
* FamedInStory:
** As of ''Revelations'', where his reputation precedes him among the Assassins there.
** Hell, even in ''II'' he's already this by the time the ''[[DownloadableContent Bonfire of the Vanities]]'' rolls around.
-->'''Civilian''': Sometimes I wish the assassino would return to Firenze. See what he would say to such tyranny.
* FeelingTheirAge: Lampshaded in the opening mission of ''Revelations'' where a much older Ezio Auditore from the previous two games nearly dies because his reactions are dulled with age and laments that "this used to be so easy". Whenever he tries to deny this, Yusuf is always there to keep him honest.
-->'''Yusuf:''' When were you ever young?
* TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest: His repressed memories in ''Brotherhood'' are all tied to his failed relationship with [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Cristina Vespucci]].
* GrumpyOldMan: Initially in ''Embers'' when confronted by Chinese Assassin Shao Jun and his response is, basically, "get out, kid! I'm too old for this crap".
* GuestFighter: His ''Brotherhood'' characterization appears in ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries SoulCalibur V]]''.
* HalfHumanHybrid: It is heavily implied that Ezio, just as everyone in his bloodline, has genetic material from one of "Those Who Came Before" in his DNA, which gives him his Eagle Vision ability.
* HappilyMarried: He is enjoying quiet domestic bliss with Sofia Sartor as of ''Embers''.
* HandsomeLech: Even during his 20-year RoaringRampageOfRevenge, he still tries to find time for the ladies and is pretty much confirmed to have bedded at least one countess in Forlì... until the Siege of Monteriggioni (begun while in bed with Caterina Sforza), after which he doesn't so much as look at a woman suggestively for the next three years. He eventually settled down with Sofia Sartor, whom he met in Constantinople, fathering Desmond's line in his fifties, though [[http://uk.gamespot.com/ps3/action/assassins-creed-revelations/video/6339000/assassins-creed-revelations-desmonds-ancestry-explained?hd=1 according to]] WordOfGod Ezio has fathered many other children in his lifetime, and one of them was an ancestor of Clay Kaczmarek (a.k.a. [[spoiler:Subject 16]]).
* HeartbrokenBadass: The repressed memories of his old flame Christina show that [[spoiler:during the Bonfire of the Vanities she was mortally wounded and died in his arms. His later writings state that something in him "withered" after her death]].
* TheHero: During his memory sequences, where he fights Templar oppression while looking after his family.
* HighlyVisibleNinja: Just look at his portrait up there. His Assassin robes are pure white with scarlet accents, have the trademark tails and "beak" on the hood, and his belt buckle is a huge, ornate Assassin symbol. All of this should broadcast his affiliation to any Templar in the vicinity, and he wears this uniform ''all the time,'' though the player can unlock other color schemes if they so choose. Even to someone who doesn't recognize the significance of the symbols, he should stick out like a sore thumb. Judging by the ambient comments from random civilians, and the fact that by the third game the player sometimes has to counter-kill random Templar hitmen, he is just as conspicuous to the citizens as he is to the player. It's a wonder he lived long enough to die of old age, but he's ''just that good.''
* HyperspaceArsenal: Impressively averted -- mostly. All of Ezio's weapons except bombs are modeled on his body. See WalkingArmoury.
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: He told Manfredo, Cristina Vespucci's fiancé, to stop gambling and be a good husband or he will hunt the guy down and kill him.
* ItaliansTalkWithHands: He adds gestures to his words sometimes.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: His known negative flaws are womanising, starting fights and prone to anger quickly still he's really likable and a genuine NiceGuy who's loyal to his families and friends and compassionate to innocent people especially children.
* IndyPloy: "I am improvising!"
* InTheHood: Runs in the family, being an Assassin and all. Ironically, he becomes so famous that he is recognized ''because'' of the hood.
* InThePastEveryoneWillBeFamous: Creator/LeonardoDaVinci, Caterina Sforza, Niccolò Machiavelli... that's a handful of people he deals with ''on a daily basis''. He also pals around with a very young Suleiman the Magnificent in ''Revelations''.
* LatinLover: Ezio fits this trope well, given he is native Italian, ReallyGetsAround, and the Animus often leaves his native language untranslated.
* LeParkour: Even for an Assassin, Ezio was highly adept at free-running. As his Animus entry in ''III'' so aptly puts it;
--> ''"He was terrific at jumping, too.''"
* LivingLegend: By the time of ''Revelations'' he's famous among both Assassins and Templars for defeating the Borgia.
* MadeOfIron: He can take absurd amounts of punishment with little negative effect. Cutscenes reveal this is canon, and not just because he's a player character, as evidenced by the "Charles Atlas Superpower" entry above.
* ManOfTheCity: He is responsible for refurbishing Monteriggioni in ''II''. He basically owns Rome (both its buildings and the hearts of its people) in ''Brotherhood'' because he cleaned up the Borgia corruption. Then, he goes to Constantinople during ''Revelations'' and helps Yusuf push out the encroaching Templar influence, be it in the dens, the marketplace or the palace.
* MayDecemberRomance: He's old enough to be [[spoiler:Sofia's]] father.
* TheMentor:
** In ''Brotherhood'' he becomes titled ''il Mentore'' when [[spoiler:Machiavelli steps down in favor of Ezio as Grand Master of the Assassin Order in Rome]].
** The comics show he served as Giovanni Borgia and Hiram Stoddard, an ancestor of Tom Stoddard's, mentor in 1515, two years after technically retiring from active Assassin duties.
* MultiMeleeMaster:
** Uses [[HeroesPreferSwords swords]], axes, Hidden Blades, spears, warhammers, and [[KnifeNut knives]].
** He can sometimes [[ImprovisedWeapon take up brooms or farming equipment]] to fight people if he so chooses.
* TheMusketeer: Uses his melee weapons independently of the Hidden Gun.
* MultiRangedMaster: [[FlechetteStorm Throwing knives]], Hidden Gun, crossbow, darts, and [[ThrowDownTheBomblet bombs]].
* NiceGuy: Noted for being one of the kindest protagonists in the series.
* OneManArmy: Ezio can slaughter entire groups of soldiers single-handedly. Had he not gotten distracted by his vision of Altair in ''Revelations'', it's likely that he would've completely slaughtered all of the Byzantines trying to capture and/or kill him.
* TheParagon: He serves as a role model and inspiration to the Assassins and Italy in his lifetime and years later. Indeed his actions are set to have brought about and spread UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance across Europe starting a GoldenAge. It can also be argued that his era was the GoldenAge for the Assassins as a whole since the era after him shows fewer definitive victories and only marginal impact on culture and history.
* PatrickStewartSpeech: Gives two awesome speeches. One at the end of the ''Bonfire of the Vanities'' and another in his final letter to his wife Sofia, where he tells her that for all his life's troubles, he has nothing but love for her, her children, their brothers and "this vast world that gives us life".
* PercussivePickpocket: He was taught how to steal through "accidental" bumping-into by Paola.
* PersonaNonGrata: He is banned from Constantinople by order of the Sultan [[spoiler:Selim]], likely for [[spoiler:wrongly killing Tarik, who was Selim's close friend and Captain of the Janissaries]] as well as [[spoiler:sinking an entire Ottoman navy fleet]]. It's only because Suleiman put in a good word for him that Ezio is not attacked on the spot. Though with some negotiation, Ezio was able to come back to finish his business in Constantinopoli.
* ThePowerOfLove: What ultimately makes his mother Maria recover from her trauma of losing her husband and her children. Ezio's devotion to little Petruccio's memory eventually brings Maria BackFromTheBrink of her DespairEventHorizon. In his letter to Sofia, he affirms that love is the force which has kept him going through all his adventures and he expresses the same belief to Shao Jun.
* ReallyGetsAround: The first game has him sleeping with lots of different women, though he eventually ends up HappilyMarried after the third game. It's also confirmed that [[spoiler:Clay Kaczmarek]] was related to Ezio through an illegitimate child he fathered at some point during his life and likely never knew about. Desmond, meanwhile, was descended from one of his children with Sofia.
* RedOniBlueOni: His CharacterDevelopment sees him going from a solid Red to his Uncle Mario (being younger, more passionate, less cautious and reasonable) to a Blue for the Brotherhood (older, cool-headed, wiser) as a whole as well as Yusuf Tazim and even Machiavelli himself.
* RetiredBadass: By ''Embers'' he's quit the Order in order to spend a quiet life with Sofia and their children.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Conducts a ''decades'' long one against his enemies because they killed his father, brothers and [[spoiler:uncle.]]
* RousingSpeech: At the end of [[DownloadableContent Bonfire of the Vanities]], he gives one about the importance of self-determination and not falling prey to the influence of people like the Medici or Savonarola.
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: [[SuperSenses Eagle Vision/Sense]] enables him to identify targets in a crowd, mark them for his normal vision, and even see tracks that they don't even know their making. This makes escaping him quite difficult.
* SilverFox: In ''Revelations''. Despite the fact that he's past fifty, most of the women ([[EvenTheGuysWantHim and some of the men]]) in Istanbul can't keep their eyes off him. To put it another way, Sofia, his eventual wife was born in 1476; the year that Ezio, then 17, first became an Assassin.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: As mentioned in CharacterFocus, Ezio had an entire trilogy of games telling his story. By comparison, every other ancestor has only had one console game a piece. On the same token, Ezio is generally considered the most [[BreakoutCharacter well liked of the protagonists]], so you will find people who [[TropesAreNotBad didn't take issue with it.]]
* StarCrossedLovers: ''Assassin's Creed: Reflections'' reveals that he and Lisa del Giocondo, the model for the Mona Lisa, had a romantic attraction towards one another due to her nursing him back to health after he was injured fighting Borgia mercenaries in 1504, but Ezio's commitment to the Brotherhood and Lisa's faithfulness to her husband kept them apart.
* SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat: Sure is handy that he picked up French from a couple girls in Florence ''and'' recalls it enough to let him get past some guards thirty years later.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: In his old age, his eyes have turned a solid shade of gold. This likely represents the shift in his ''Eagle Vision'' to ''Eagle Sense''.
* SwordAndGun: In ''Brotherhood'' Ezio can use a longsword or bludgeon (Medium Weapons) and his Hidden Gun together in combat while the Medium Weapon is equipped by holding down the Attack button (effectively switching to the Hidden Gun, though in a kill streak this will cause him to aim at a different person); the Short Blade and Throwing Knives have a similar relationship.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Tall for his time and place (5'9), dark-haired, dark-eyed, tan-skinned, and quite popular with the ladies.
* TemptingFate:
** During Sequence 1 of ''[=AC2=]'', he wishes for his life to never change. Que his family turning upside down and shattering.
** Also by [[spoiler:sparing Rodrigo's life]], and then by assuming at the beginning of ''Brotherhood'' that "our work is finished." Cesare attacks the ''next morning''.
** Averted in "Brotherhood" when he [[spoiler:spares Micheletto in order to save the actor. Micheletto does not become a threat from that point on and is arrested off-screen according to his portrait, with the novelization revealing that he was eventually killed by Cesare]].
* TheUnfettered: As noted in the WhatTheHellHero entry, Ezio will do anything and everything to eliminate a target. He is willing to use things like poison and explosives, in contrast to TheFettered Altaïr, who called poison a coward's weapon. Then again, it was Altair who designed all of Ezio's weapons so...
* UnscrupulousHero: By the end of his life, Ezio has killed hundreds if not thousands of people in a multitude of unpleasant fashions, and caused a lot of property damage and chaos in the process. However, all of his targets are very deserving of it, and he learns to pay dues to his victims as they die at his hands. A particular point of note is that he did ''not'' kill civilians under any circumstances; killing even one or two will cause de-synchronization, it's just that against his moral code.
* TheVillainSucksSong: When impersonating a minstrel in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'', he takes to singing songs about his former foes (The Borgia, The Pazzi, Duccio) none of them complimentary.
* WalkingArmoury: By the end of ''Revelations'', he's packing a hidden blade, a hookblade, a sword/axe/hammer, a dagger, a poison dart launcher, a pistol, a crossbow, and a couple of dozen throwing knives. All these are modelled on his body. In addition, his unseen HyperspaceArsenal includes ammo (10 bullets for the gun, 10 darts and 25 crossbow bolts), 15 parachutes and a dozen grenades of various types. Good ''grief.''
* WhatTheHellHero: Machiavelli is ''pissed'' when he finds out [[spoiler:Ezio did not kill Rodrigo]] at the end of Assassin's Creed II. [[spoiler:He's shown to be right when as soon as Ezio gets home his villa is burned down and his uncle killed by Borgia retaliation. On the other hand, this was done by Cesare against Rodrigo's orders and probably would have happened anyway]]. It becomes a much more prominent phenomenon in ''Revelations'', where he is reprimanded several times by Yusuf and others for the actions he took there. One of them is when he [[spoiler:incites a riot outside the Arsenal gates which resulted in heavy damage in both property and lives(the Arsenal district remains ruined unto the end of the game) so he can get into the Arsenal to spy on information necessary to thwart a Byzantine/Templar uprising.]]
* TheWorldIsJustAwesome: How Ezio feels at the end of his life. His final letter to his wife Sofia ends,
--> ''"Love, liberty, and time: once so disposable, are the fuels that drive me forward. And love, most especially, mio caro. For you, our children, our brothers and sisters. And for the vast and wonderful world that gave us life, and keeps us guessing."''
* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: Gives a famous speech at the end of ''The Bonfire of Vanities'' which summarizes his CharacterDevelopment and conceptualizes the themes of the series. Serves as one not only for Ezio but the crowd as well, and the admiring Assassins who look at him with pride. For added awesome value, it is TruthInTelevision and borrows from Roy T. Bennett's ''The Light in the Heart''.
--> ''"Silencio! Silencio! Twenty-two years ago, I stood where I stand now... and watched my loved ones die, betrayed by those I called friends. Vengeance clouded my mind, and it would have consumed me, were it not for the wisdom of a few strangers, who taught me to look past my instincts. They never preached answers, but guided me to learn for myself. We don't need anyone to tell us what to do. Not Savonarola, nor the Medici. We are free to follow our own path. There are those who would take that freedom from us, and too many of you gladly give it up. But it is our ability to choose - whatever you think is true - that makes us human. There is no book or teacher to give you the answers, to show you the path. Choose your own way. Do not follow me, or anyone else."''
* WouldHitAGirl: Some of his targets have been female, and he killed "The Smuggler" Lia de Russo. He also has no problem tackling Lucrezia to the ground and holding her hostage.
* WrittenByTheWinners: ''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag'' has a video from Abstergo Entertainment, a 2013 front for the [=21st=]-century Templars, that 'hilariously' misinteprets Ezio's character, and even mispronounces his name for good measure.
* YouKilledMyFather: ...and my brothers and my [[spoiler:Uncle]], Borgia!
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[[folder:Giovanni Auditore]]
!!Giovanni Auditore da Firenze
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[[caption-width-right:300:I am Giovanni Auditore, and like my ancestors before me, I am an Assassin.]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Romano Orzari
->''"Family. Justice. Honor. These are the values guiding my blade. This truth is written in blood, and the shadows are where I strike."''
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''.
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* AuraVision: 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.
* BadassCape: Has the same half-cape Ezio would later wear.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Wielded a Hidden Blade until it ended up getting damaged
* CoolOldGuy: More middle aged, but he was a pretty cool father to Ezio.
* DeathByOriginStory: Though it's clear he intended to eventually train Ezio towards becoming an Assassin, his death considerably sped up the process.
* DisappearedDad: By way of the gallows, he vanishes from Ezio's and Claudia's life, but his legacy lives on.
* DyingCurse: 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! [[KilledMidSentence We will–]]
* EtTuBrute: He is disgusted by Uberto's betrayal, who had been a close and trusted family friend for many years.
* FollowInMyFootsteps: 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 LeParkour and unarmed combat, and there is a DeadlyDeferredConversation in the first memory sequence. Regardless, Ezio ultimately becomes a chip off the old block.
* GenerationXerox: Ezio's ReallyGetsAround personality reminds him of his younger days.
* HappilyMarried: Had an excellent relationship with his wife.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: The main character of ''Assassin's Creed: Lineage''.
* InkSuitActor: Among many other cases of this as shown by ''Lineage''.
* InTheHood: In ''Lineage'' he's seen in full Assassin attire.
* MarryForLove: He and Maria married after falling in love, instead of having the more common ArrangedMarriage for the time.
* SacrificialLion: Dies fairly early on alongside his other sons to serve as the catalyst for Ezio's RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
* TheSmartGuy: 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 [[spoiler:Altair'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.
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[[folder:Maria Auditore]]
!!Maria Auditore da Firenze (née de' Mozzi)
-->'''Voiced by:''' Ellen David (games)\\
'''Played by:''' Claudia Ferri (''Lineage'')
->''"Go, my son, destroy them... but remember for whom we Assassins fight."''
Giovanni's wife and the mother of all his children. She knows about her husbands life as an Assassin, and later takes a more direct role helping the Assassins in Rome.
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* BlueBlood: 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.
* DeadpanSnarker: Before her HeroicBSOD, 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".
* HappilyMarried: Her relationship with Giovanni was nothing but good.
* HeroicBSOD: 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.
* MarryForLove: She and Giovanni married after falling in love, instead of having the more common ArrangedMarriage for the time.
* TheMedic: In ''Assassin's Creed: Lineage'' she helped treat Giovanni's wounds.
* SecretKeeper: She helped hide Giovanni's career early in their relationship, and officially joined the Assassin Order herself a few years after marrying him.
* WidowWoman: Following the murder of her husband and her sons save for Ezio. She's in mourning for all of [=AC2=].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mario Auditore]]
!!Mario Auditore
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[[caption-width-right:300:Don't you recognize me? [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros It's-a me, Mario!]]]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FredTatasciore
->''"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.
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%%* BadassCape
%%* BadassMustache
* BigDamnHeroes: His introduction, where he shows up to rescue Ezio, Claudia, and Maria from Vieri de' Pazzi and his men.
* BigGood: In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'', he is the ruler of the HomeBase, Ezio's mentor and in charge of the local chapter of the Assassin Brotherhood.
* BoisterousBruiser: He enjoys a good fight and yells quite happily during battle.
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Cesare shoots him in the head at the start of ''Brotherhood'']].
* CoolOldGuy: He's a jovial fellow who makes jokes about his name and gets along quite well with his younger niece and nephew.
* CoolUncle: He gives Ezio money for equipment and a place for his family to stay, and inducts him into the Assassin Order.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: From the LovableRogue Uncle and mentor in ''II'' to [[spoiler:killed in the first 30 minutes of ''Brotherhood'']]. It is not dramatic or heroic. [[spoiler: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.]]
* FourStarBadass: He spent decades keeping Monteriggioni safe from Florentine attacks, commanding his army in direct defense of the city several times.
* HandicappedBadass: His left eye was blinded due to a pendulum trap in ''Project Legacy''.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Is one of the viewpoint characters in ''Project Legacy''.
* MasterSwordsman: Mario is a very skilled swordsman.
* TheMentor: A strange combination of this and BoisterousBruiser. He is Ezio's main mentor, teaching him about the Assassin-Templar conflict and eventually inducting him into the Assassin Order.
* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler:He was Ezio's main mentor in the Assassin Order, and the only one to be killed.]]
* MindRape: 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.
* RuggedScar: 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.
* SacrificialLion: Is executed by Cesare Borgia during the first act of ''Brotherhood''.
* ShoutOut: [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros It's-a him, Mario]].
* SiblingYinYang: 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.
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: 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.
* UnclePennybags: 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.
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[[folder:Claudia Auditore]]
!!Claudia Auditore da Firenze
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[[caption-width-right:300:You here to look at the book?]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Angela Galuppo
Ezio's little sister. After the remaining Auditores flee Firenze, she becomes Monteriggioni's bookkeeper, helping Ezio set up his business empire. Come ''Brotherhood'' she takes a more direct stance in assisting her brother, managing a Roman brothel and [[spoiler:officially joining the Assassins]].
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* ActionGirl: In ''Brotherhood'', she [[spoiler:takes on four Borgia guards and kills them without taking a scratch]]. [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome Ezio walks in on the aftermath.]]
* BadassBookworm: 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.
* BadassCape: [[spoiler:Her Assassin outfit comes with one.]]
* BigBrotherWorship: ''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.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Her database entry in ''Aassassin's Creed II'' mentions that she knocked out another girl at school for simply looking at her boyfriend.
* DefensiveWhat: When Ezio walks in on her just after she curbstomped four Borgia soldiers with nothing but a knife. It's mostly PlayedForLaughs.
* KnifeNut: [[spoiler:Four Borgia guards witnessed firsthand her skill with a knife. That was the last thing they saw]].
* TheLeader: [[spoiler:She is placed in charge of the Italian Assassins while Ezio is in the Ottoman Empire.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: Despite being in her late-thirties in Brotherhood, she looks no different than she did when she was a bookkeeper in II.
* TheSpymaster: After taking over the Blooming Rose in Rome, she manages the Assassins's prostitute spy network and passes on the information gathered to Ezio.
* StealingFromTheTill: 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.
* TookALevelInBadass: In ''Brotherhood'', she takes two levels. The first [[spoiler:is when she reveals her knife fighting skills to kill four Borgia guards before Ezio could arrive]] and the second [[spoiler:where she becomes a full-fledged Assassin.]]
* WomanScorned: 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 ''[[RunningGag 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:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Duccio. A pleasure.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Federico Auditore]]
!!Federico Auditore da Firenze
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[[caption-width-right:300:It is a good life we lead, my brother. ...May it never change us.]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/EliasToufexis (games), 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 [=ACII's=] first sequence alongside Giovanni and Petruccio, before being fully inducted into the Order.
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* CoolBigBro: 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.
* DeadpanSnarker: He likes to lightheartedly poke fun at Ezio a lot; for instance, he jokes with a doctor that Ezio's only asset is [[PrettyBoy his pretty face.]]
* InkSuitActor: His in-game appearance in ''II'' is based on that of the actor who portrayed him in ''Lineage''.
* LeParkour: He's just as agile as Ezio and challenges him to a race early on.
* SacrificialLion: Dies alongside his father and their youngest brother Petruccio.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Dies in the first act of the game.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Petruccio Auditore]]
!!Petruccio Auditore da Firenze
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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 [=ACII's=] first sequence, alongside Giovanni and Federico.
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* ChildrenAreInnocent: While we don't see much of him prior to his untimely death, he does seem like a fairly sweet-minded child.
* IllBoy: Had some kind of disease that rendered him bedridden for much of his childhood.
* InfantImmortality: Averted, he's hung alongside his father and brother.
* SacrificialLamb: Dies alongside his father and their eldest brother Federico.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: He shows up in one memory, with maybe 5 lines or so, before his untimely death.
[[/folder]]
!!!Other Italian Assassins
[[folder:Niccolò Machiavelli]]
!![[Creator/NiccoloMachiavelli Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli]]
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/niccolo_machiavelli_acii_render_6414.png]]
[[caption-width-right:300:[[HistoricalInJoke I intend to write]] [[Literature/ThePrince a book]] about you one day.]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Shawn Baichoo
->''"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 becoming his chief advisor during ''Brotherhood''.
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* AdmiringTheAbomination: 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.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He's one of the leading Assasins in Italy and is no slouch in combat, fighting alongside his fellow Assassins multiple times.
* CommanderContrarian: 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. [[spoiler:This behavior leads La Volpe to start to suspect that he may be a traitor]], but Ezio values the dissenting opinion.
* TheCynic: 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.
* FashionableAsymmetry: His ''Brotherhood'' outfit's outermost garment is missing its right sleeve.
* GeneralFailure: 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 Borgias' pocket), being unaware that both [[spoiler:Caterina Sforza]] and [[spoiler: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, [[spoiler: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?
* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler: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]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: His explanation of his cynicism to Ezio is that he merely describes the conditions in Rome as they ''are''.
* KnightInSourArmor: The games don't even try to downplay the cynicism he was famous for in RealLife (i.e. destroy the enemy without mercy and hesitation), yet he fights against the Borgias' tyranny for the people of Rome.
* TheLancer: Willingly becomes this to Ezio during ''Brotherhood'', being the cynical advisor to contrast his fellow Assassin's idealism.
* MachiavelliWasWrong:
** 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.
** [[HistoricalInJoke Funnily enough]], the game's events lead up to Machiavelli writing ''ThePrince'' -- the ''actual'' book rather than TheThemeparkVersion, which has him note that yes, the support of the populace is one of the most crucial factors to rule a land and while if you have to choose between being loved or feared, being feared is the safer choice if you can't have both, you 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''.
* TheMentor: 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.
* TheMole: Suspected of being this by La Volpe -- hence his withholding of the Thieves' Guild's support -- and evidence seems to mount. [[spoiler: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]].
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: 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 power base, 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.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: He is infuriated upon learning that Ezio spared Rodrigo Borgia and immediately leaves Monteriggioni for Rome to take care of the Templars himself.
* VitriolicBestBuds: He and Ezio aren't as close as Ezio and Leonardo, but they are pretty close friends and [[spoiler: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]].
* WhatTheHellHero: His reaction to Ezio sparing Rodrigo is outrage at the wasted opportunity and potential for retaliation. It causes him to temporarily [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere abandon Ezio and head to Rome]].
* WorthyOpponent: 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 writing. However, this ends up being part of what casts suspicion on him as TheMole.
* YoungAndInCharge: 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.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Bartolomeo d'Alviano]]
!!Bartolomeo d'Alviano
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[[caption-width-right:300:My Bianca hungers for more skulls to crush!]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Alex Ivanovici
->''"Luridi codardi! I'll take you all on! At the same time! With one arm – no – BOTH arms tied behind my back!"''
Assassin and mercenary leader who Ezio rescues in Venice, later becoming a major ally during ''Brotherhood''.
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* ArchEnemy: He and Baron Octavion de Valois have a very personal conflict going during the campaign in Rome.
* AttackAttackAttack: What most of his strategies boil down to. Ezio and his wife help him plan some more complex battle plans.
* BadassBeard: He has quite the beard, and also happens to be a skilled mercenary commander.
* BadassInDistress: 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.
* BattleCouple: Of a sort with Pantasilea: she plans the strategy, he fights the battles.
* {{BFS}}: His large claymore, Bianca.
* TheBigGuy: For the Assassins, he is the major fighter with the biggest muscles and largest number of bruisers, particularly during the campaign in Rome.
* BoisterousBruiser: He loves fighting and is very energetic during combat.
* ClusterFBomb: 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)!
* FourStarBadass: He is a very accomplished battle commander, winning several key battles throughout his life.
* FrontlineGeneral: One of the major contrasting points between him and Baron de Valois is that Bartolomeo fights on the frontlines while the Baron hides behind his men.
* HappilyMarried: 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 [[spoiler:at the end of a RescueArc.]]
* HeroOfAnotherStory: One of the viewpoint characters of ''Project Legacy''.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He was a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolomeo_d%27Alviano real guy]], a mercenary from Umbria in central Italy who distinguished himself in service of the Venetian Republic. Little is known about him however.
* HonorBeforeReason: 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.
* ICallItVera: Wields a claymore called "Bianca".
* LargeHam: Almost all of his lines are shouted and he likes waving "Bianca" around while doing so.
* LogicalWeakness: [[spoiler:When a BoisterousBruiser's wife is also his strategist, the single action guaranteed to cripple his operation is perfectly clear]].
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: 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 [[spoiler:release my wife]]?
* OneManArmy: He is a great warrior who can cut through many enemies by himself.
* SirSwearsALot: Even if his swears are almost always in Italian, they are numerous and they are definitely no less scathing than if they were translated.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Part of his character appears to be Mario Auditore's bloodthirsty tendencies taken UpToEleven. One imagines they would have made awesome BashBrothers had [[spoiler:Mario not been killed at the start of the game]].
* YouFightLikeACow: Is quite fond of insults in the midst of combat.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Pantasilea Baglioni]]
!!Pantasilea Baglioni
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[[caption-width-right:280: Mio marito vi ammazzerà tutti! [[note]]My husband is going to murder all of you! [[/note]]]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Millie Tresierra
->''"He has such an aggressive view of the world. However, strategy is equally important."''
The wife of Bartolomeo, Pantasilea helps him in his duties as an Assassin and manages assassination contracts in Rome.
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* BattleCouple: Of a sort with Bartolomeo: she plans the strategy, he fights the battles.
* DamselInDistress: [[spoiler:She is captured by Octavian de Valois in an attempt to get him to surrender, but is rescued by Ezio]].
* DefiantCaptive: [[spoiler:When captured by de Valois and surrounded by his soldiers, she shouts how her husband is going to kill them all.]]
* HappilyMarried: She and Bartolomeo have a very stable and happy marriage. Ezio has a front-row seat to how much they love each other [[spoiler:at the end of a RescueArc]].
* TheStrategist: 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.
* WomenAreWiser: She is much calmer and more rational than her husband.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:La Volpe]]
!!La Volpe
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[[caption-width-right:300:They call me many things: Murderer, Tagliagole, Thief, But you may call me La Volpe.]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Vito [=DeFilippo=]
The leader of the Florentine thieves and an Assassin, he moves to Rome during ''Brotherhood'', becoming a major ally for Ezio.
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* AnimalThemeNaming: Literally "The Fox," later worked into the name of his inn.
* AuraVision: 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.
* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: [[spoiler:In ''Brotherhood'', he perpetually suspects Machiavelli of being TheMole 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 responsible for the Montrriggoni. It was a thief, presumably having been in La Volpe's employ]].
* HeadbuttingHeroes: He does not get along with Machiavelli at all, convinced that he is a traitor to the Assassin Order. [[spoiler:After learning one of his own thieves was TheMole, not Machiavelli, La Volpe becomes much friendlier to Machiavelli]].
* HonorAmongThieves: 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.
* InTheHood: Wears a hooded cape. This hints that he's an Assassin in addition to being a thief.
* KnifeNut: He is only ever seen fighting with a butcher's knife.
* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: The tavern he and Ezio build in ''Brotherhood'', ''La Volpe Addormentata'' ("The Sleeping Fox"), a favorite of the Borgia guards who provide coin in more ways than one.
* LovableRogue: He's an unrepentant thief, but also a pretty likable guy.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Although ''Renaissance'' calls him Gilberto, this is not mentioned in the game.
* PurpleEyes: His database entry makes special note of his "violet eyes." They add to his mysterious nature.
* ShroudedInMyth: 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.
* TheSneakyGuy: Is definitely the best at stealth among the Italian Assassins. He just "appears" when he wants to talk to someone, even Ezio.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Paola]]
!!Paola
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[[caption-width-right:250:We must walk the streets freely: seen, but unseen.]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Claudia Ferri
->''"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.
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* ActionGirl: 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.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: 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.
* FiveFingerDiscount: She is an expert at pickpocketing, and teaches Ezio how to do it as well.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: She runs the La Rosa Colta in Florence, which helps protect women living on the street.
* InTheHood: Her head is always covered with a hood, and she's also an Assassin.
* TheMentor: The first of several to Ezio, teaching him how to blend in crowds and pickpocket.
* MissKitty: She runs a brothel, and she might be a former prostitute herself.
* OnlyOneName: We have no idea what her surname is.
* ParentalAbandonment: Her parents died at sea when she was only eight, which forced her to live on the streets.
* ScarsAreForever: She has burn scars on her right arm, but never tells Ezio how she got them aside from them being cause by some sort of betrayal.
* StealthExpert: She teaches Ezio how to move silently in crowds and assassinate from them.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: 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.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Teodora Contanto]]
!!Teodora Contanto
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Nadia Verrucci
->''"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."''
Also known as Sister Teodora, she is 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.
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* ActionGirl: During the fight for the Apple of Eden she fights alongside her Assassin brothers.
* EthicalSlut: 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.
* GoodShepherd: 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.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: A madame of a brothel, and also a very good person.
* NaughtyNuns: She kept her religious outlook even as madame, and one of her clients called her brothel "the church for a new sect of Catholicism".
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: 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.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Antonio de Magianis]]
!!Antonio de Magianis
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Carlo Mestroni
->''"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 Venetian Theives Guild and Assassin, he assisted Ezio in fighting the Templar presence in the city.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: 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.
* AFatherToHisMen: He cares a great deal for his thieves, doing his best to protect them from harm.
* BadassCape: Smaller than Ezio's but it still fitting for an Assassin-thief.
* BadassMustache: Has a tiny one and also happens to be a skilled Assassin.
* JustLikeRobinHood: 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.
* LovableRogue: He may be a thief, but he has a strict sense of honor and limits his targets to those who deserve it.
* SelfMadeMan: 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 reemerging as the leader of the Venetian thieves and an Assassin, stealing from some of them men who had denied him access to university due to his class.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: 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.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Perotto Calderon]]
!!Perotto Calderon
-->''"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''.
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* ArcherArchetype: He is renowned for his skill with a bow, and is able to kill many Assassins with it before being killed.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: 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.
* BeneathSuspicion: 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.
* InLoveWithTheMark: He is supposed to be spying on Lucrezia, not falling in love with her.
* TheMentor: 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.
* TheMole: 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.
* PapaWolf: 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.
* StarCrossedLovers: 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.
* UnequalPairing: 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.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Francesco Vecellio]]
!!Francesco Vecellio
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-->''"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.
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* TheApprentice: To Perotto, who began his training, and to Ezio, who finished it.
* BrainBleach: 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.
* CulturedBadass: He is both a painter and a highly skilled Assassin.
* TheLeader: After finishing his training under Ezio, Francesco was given a team of Assassins to command and take out Templars across Rome.
* TheMentor: To Giovanni Borgia, the son of his late mentor Perotto.
* SoleSurvivor: His entire team of Assassins were wiped out in an ambush by French Templar Charles de la Motte.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Cipriano Enu]]
!!Cipriano Enu
An African member of the Assassin Order and member of Francesco's team.
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* ImpromptuTracheotomy: Dies from a gunshot to the neck.
* TheStraightAndArrowPath: 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.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: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.
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* ActionGirl: Francesco is very impressed with her lethality in combat.
* BladeOnAStick: She uses a spear in battle along with [[TheStraightAndArrowPath a crossbow]].
* LethalChef: Francesco mentions her cooking is terrible.
* MasterPoisoner: 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.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Giovanni Borgia]]
!!Giovanni Borgia
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-->''"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.
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* AbusiveParents: Cesare posed as his father, and would "train" him to fight or leave him in the hands of [[TheSociopath Micheletto Corella]].
* TheApprentice: He was trained by Francesco Vecellio in the ways of the Assassins.
* CameBackWrong: The Shroud saved him from death, but left him with severe Bleeding Effect-like symptoms, and "[[HearingVoices Consus]]".
* CulturedBadass: 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.
* GeniusBruiser: 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.
* GraveRobbing: 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.
* HalfHumanHybrid: 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.
* HappilyMarried: Maria Amiel was invaluable to him, both in his personal life and his Assassin work.
* HearingVoices: 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.
* HeroicBastard: His parents had him out of wedlock, but he's fairly heroic.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: While relatively obscure, Giovanni Borgia was a real person.
* InfantImmortality: All thanks to The Shroud of Eden, he survived infancy.
* JumpedAtTheCall: 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.
* TheMole: 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.
* ProfessionalKiller: He becomes a highly skilled Assassin.
* TokenGoodTeammate: The only truly good person amongst the Borgias.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: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.
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* BeleagueredAssistant: 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.
* GraveRobbing: She helps Giovanni open the tomb of Nicholas Flamel and his wife.
* SecretKeeper: Of Giovanni's life as an Assassin, as she never actually joined the Order.
[[/folder]]
!!Turkish Assassins
[[folder:Yusuf Tazim]]
!!Yusuf Tazim
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yusuf_tazim_acr_render_329.png]]
[[caption-width-right:300:You are the man I've longed to meet. Renowned Master and Mentor, Ezio Auditore de la la la!]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Chris Parson
->''"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 Constantinople Assassins. He is a former thief who was recruited into the Brotherhood by former Guild leader Ishak Pasha.
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: As befits a Master Assassin, he's a skilled fighter.
%%%%%* BadassBeard: Has a very thick one.
%%%%%%* BadassesWearBandanas: Is always seen wearing an orange bandana around his head.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Dual wields a Hidden Blade with a Hookblade.
* BoisterousBruiser: Sneakier than most (being an Assassin and all), but the energetic and playful personality remains.
* CoolMask: His concept art has him wearing a mask like some other Turkish Assassins.
%%%%* DeadpanSnarker:
* GoodScarsEvilScars: 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 ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' right up to scaling the tower at the end.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Dies trying to single-handedly hold off the Templars when they storm Sofia's house. He takes a ''lot'' of them with him]].
* TheLancer: 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.
* TheLeader: He is the guild leader of the Ottoman Assassins and a Type IV.
* LovableRogue: Ezio describes him as being quite affable when he's not sneaking up on you so he can steal or stab you.
* MrExposition: Introduces the new mechanics to Ezio, showing him how to use the hookblade and throw bombs.
* MasterSwordsman: He's handy with a sword and it is his sword that is the InfinityPlusOneSword.
* ProfessionalKiller: Like most Assassins, his job is killing people.
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Dies trying to protect Sofia from the Templars on Ezio's behalf]].
* WhatTheHellHero: 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.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Piri Reis]]
!!Haci Ahmed Muhiddin Piri
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Alex Ivanovici
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 Brotherhood.
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%%%%* BadassBeard: Has a thick one.
* DeadpanSnarker: 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.
* DemolitionsExpert: He creates all of the bombs for the Ottoman Brotherhood.
* FourStarBadass: Not in the game, but at the age of 80 he will be made a admiral by the Sultan.
* GeniusBruiser: Aside from being a respected sailor and warrior, Piri is also a philosopher, cartographer, and scientist.
* HistoricalInJoke: He was not an admiral by the time of the game, but the Assassins of Constantinople do jokingly call him "Reis" (Ottoman for "Admiral").
* KnightInSourArmor: 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:''' [[WarIsHell 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.
* NiceHat: More turban, but it still counts.
* ThePerfectionist: 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.
* RenaissanceMan: Expert cartographer, military commander, bomb maker, and Assassin.
* TheSmartGuy: His role for the Ottoman Assassins, providing their technical support.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Azize]]
!!Azize
A female member of the Ottoman Assassins.
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* AllThereInTheManual: Her name is only revealed in the novel.
* AscendedExtra: In-game she's [[spoiler: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.
* DamselInDistress: [[spoiler:Is captured alongside Sofia and dressed like her in order to fool Ezio.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Dogan]]
!!Dogan
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A male member of the Ottoman Assassins, and one of Yusuf's most trusted lieutenants.
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* AllThereInTheManual: His name is only revealed in the novel.
* CoolMask: Is always seen wearing a mask.
* InTheHood: Has his hood up in combination with his CoolMask.
* TheLancer: Was originally one of Yusuf's trusted lieutenants.
* MeaningfulName: Dogan can be translated as the Turkish word for hawk, falcon, or tercel[[note]]male falcon[[/note]], in keeping with the bird theme of Assassins.
* YouAreInCommandNow: After Yusuf's death, Ezio makes Dogan the new leader of the Ottoman Assassins.
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!!Chinese Assassins
[[folder:Shao Jun]]
!!Shao Jun
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shao_jun_ace_render_2458.png]]
[[caption-width-right:300:I want to understand, like you do, to help my people.]]
A talented young Assassin from China. She appears in ''WesternAnimation/AssassinsCreedEmbers'' and is the star and PlayerCharacter of ''Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China''. Shao Jun seeks guidance from Ezio in order to learn how best to lead and rebuild her order.
See Characters/AssassinsCreedChronicles
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!!Northern European Assassins
[[folder:Desiderius Erasmus]]
!!Desiderius Erasmus
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.
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* BadassInDistress: He is captured by the Templars in the early 16th century, but was rescued by a team of Italian Assassins.
* TheGhost: 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.
* TheLeader: Of the Northern European Assassins.
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