History Characters / AssassinsCreedEzioAuditoreTrilogyAssassins

* CoolOldGuy: More middle aged, but he was a pretty cool father to Ezio, such as being both stern and jokey about his son's trouble with guards.

[[folder:Ezio Auditore]]

[[folder:Giovanni Auditore]]

[[folder:Maria Auditore]]

[[folder:Claudia Auditore]]

[[folder:Mario Auditore]]

[[folder:Federico Auditore]]

[[folder:Petruccio Auditore]]

[[folder:Niccolò Machiavelli]]

* TokenGoodTeammate: The only truly good person amongst the Borgias.

!!Haci Ahmed Muhiddin Piri

* 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.

Ezio's little sister. After the remaining Auditores flee Florence, she becomes Ezio's bookkeeper in Monteriggioni, helping him set up his business empire. Come ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'', she takes a more direct stance in assisting her brother in Rome, managing a brothel and officially joining the Assassins.

!!!'''Appears in:''' ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' | ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood''

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 in Rome, managing a brothel and officially joining the Assassins.

!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/AssassinsCreedLineage'' | ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII''

!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/AssassinsCreedLineage'' | ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' | ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood''

!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/AssassinsCreedLineage'' | ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII''

!!Ezio Auditore da Firenze
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[[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."'']]
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"The liberation of Roma has begun!"'']]
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"To say that nothing is true, is to realize that the foundations of society are fragile, and that we must be the shepherds of our own civilization. To say that everything is permitted, is to understand that we are the architects of our actions, and that we must live with their consequences, whether glorious or tragic."'']]
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/AssassinsCreedLineage'' | ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' | ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'' | ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' | ''WesternAnimation/AssassinsCreedEmbers'' | ''VideoGame/SoulCaliburV''
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RogerCraigSmith (English), Creator/TomokazuSeki (Japanese), Gilbert Lachance (French)
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/DevonBostick (''Lineage'')

--->''"[[DueToTheDead Resquiescat in Pace.]]"''

The ancestral character of ''Assassin's Creed II'', ''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' and ''Assassin's Creed: Revelations''.

After his blissful and carefree life as the young son of Florentine banker Giovanni Auditore is destroyed when the latter is framed and executed as well as his two brothers, Ezio learns that his father was an Assassin, puts his father's gear on and sets out on an epic decades-long quest for vengeance, hunting down -- as well as adding to -- Templar names from a list his father wrote.

The plot of the trilogy of games show Ezio's [[CharacterDevelopment progression and 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 wise master who eventually rises to inspire the whole Assassin order through wisdom, personal skill and leadership.

He is an ancestor of William and Desmond Miles, as well as Clay Kaczmarek (Subject 16).

* 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.
* 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.
* 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, the hunt for the Pazzi conspirators and the downfall of Cesare Borgia.
* {{BFS}}: He can wield some gigantic 2-handers that are like 3/4th the size of his.
* 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 ''Assassin's Creed 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 ''[[Film/AssassinsCreedLineage Lineage]]'', as portrayed by the actor who played Roderick in the ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' films.
* BreakoutCharacter: His very 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 ''Assassin's Creed II'', making him the only historical Assassin to be the focus character for multiple games in the series. To this day Ezio is generally considered one of, if not ''the'', most popular protagonist(s) in the series.
* CallToAgriculture: As seen in ''Embers'', Ezio retired to a vineyard near his birth city of Florence 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.
* CharacterDeath: He dies of a heart attack at the age of 65 in the middle of his beloved birth city of Florence, after helping Shao Jun in one last battle strained him too much.
* CharacterFocus: He's the primary ancestor in three games and an extremely important figure 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 Miles' 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 First Civilization genetic heritage, making him borderline super-human anyway.
* TheCharmer: Develops into a textbook example. All the lady-killing ''magnetismo'' of TheCasanova, with none of the callousness.
* CombatPragmatist: A tradition for Desmond's bloodline, even more so in ''Brotherhood''.
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Particularly when one views 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 in different parts of the world, 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 over 50, which is pretty old by the times' standards. By the time of ''Embers'', he is 65 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 fighting capability left 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."
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: The guy's opinions are pretty advanced for the age he lives in, having no problem with Leonardo's homosexuality, training men or women alike to be assassins and basically living by anarchist ideals.
* DenyingTheDeadParentsSins: Subverted. After the initial shock, he accepts the fact that his father was indeed an Assassin.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Cristina, who ends up in an ArrangedMarriage to Manfredo Soderini before getting killed during the Bonfire of the Vanities.]]
* 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]].
* GoodIsNotSoft: Ezio is a kind man for an Assassin but as seen in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'' in his flashback, after he returns to Florence to meet Cristina again, he learns she's married to Manfredo, a faithful husband but a gambling addict, and after he killed off the gamblers who owe the latter his debt to them, he doesn't have any qualms dangling him over the bridge because his addiction nearly endangered Cristina's life and threatens to kill him if he gambles again.
* 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 Cristina 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 default Italian 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''.
** The blue-grey default robe he wears in ''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' is definitely much less conspicuous.
* 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.
* 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 quite a handful of famous people he deals with ''on a daily basis''. He also pals around with a very young Suleiman the Magnificent in ''Revelations''.
* 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.
* LatinLover: Ezio fits this trope well, given he is native Italian, ReallyGetsAround, and the Animus often leaves his native language untranslated.
* LivingLegend: By the time of ''Revelations'', he's famous among both Assassins and Templars for defeating the Borgias, as shown by Yusuf in Constantinople.
* 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 Machiavelli steps down in favor of him as Grand Master of the Assassin Order in Rome.
** He trains new recruits for the Assassin brotherhood of Constantinople in ''Revelations''.
** The comics show he served as mentor to Giovanni Borgia and Hiram Stoddard, an ancestor of Tom Stoddard's, mentor in 1515, two years after technically retiring from active Assassin duties.
** In ''Embers'', he gives a few teachings to Shao Jun.
* MultiMeleeMaster:
** Uses [[HeroesPreferSwords swords]], axes, Hidden Blades, spears, warhammers and [[KnifeNut daggers]].
** 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]], [[ArmCannon Hidden Gun]] and[[TheStraightAndArrowPath crossbow]]. In ''Revelations'', he adds 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.
* LeParkour: Even before he became an Assassin, Ezio was highly adept at free-running. As his Animus entry in ''Assassin's Creed III'' so aptly puts it:
--> ''"He was terrific at jumping, too.''"
* 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".
** He also gives one to Shao Jun in ''Embers''.
--> ''"I spent many years teaching men and women to think and act for themselves. First in Roma, then Constantinople. Love binds our order together. Love of people, of cultures, of the world. Fight to preserve that which inspires hope, and you will win back your people."''
* 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:''"Family. Justice. Honor. These are the values guiding my blade. This truth is written in blood, and the shadows are where I strike."'']]
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/giovanniauditore.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"Always remember: we are the Auditore da Firenze! We are Assassins!"'']]
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/AssassinsCreedLineage'' | ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII''
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Romano Orzari
!!!'''Played by:''' Romano Orzari (''Lineage'')

--->''"I am Giovanni Auditore, and like my ancestors before me, I am an Assassin."''

Ezio's father, a prominent Florentine banker and noble, as well as the personal Assassin of Lorenzo de' Medici. He is executed in a Templar plot at the start of ''Assassin's Creed II'', which triggers Ezio's decades-long quest for vengeance.
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RogerCraigSmith (games and ''Embers'', English), Creator/TomokazuSeki (Japanese), Gilbert Lachance (games and ''Embers'', French)

!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/AssassinsCreedLineage'' | ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' | ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood''

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RogerCraigSmith (games and ''Embers''), Creator/TomokazuSeki (Japanese), Gilbert Lachance (French)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RogerCraigSmith (games and ''Embers''), Creator/TomokazuSeki (Japanese)

!!!Appears in: ''Film/AssassinsCreedLineage'' | ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' | ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'' | ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' | ''WesternAnimation/AssassinsCreedEmbers'' | ''VideoGame/SoulCaliburV''

!!!Appears in: ''Film/AssassinsCreedLineage'' | ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII''

!!!Appears in: ''Film/AssassinsCreedLineage'' | ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' | ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood''

!!!Appears in: ''Film/AssassinsCreedLineage'' | ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' | ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood''

!!!Appears in: ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' | ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood''
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FredTatasciore

!!!Appears in: ''Film/AssassinsCreedLineage'' | ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII''
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/EliasToufexis\\
'''Played by:''' Jesse Rath (''Film/AssassinsCreedLineage'')

!!!Appears in: ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII''

!!!Appears in: ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' | ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood''
-->'''Voiced by:''' Shawn Baichoo

!!!Appears in: ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' | ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood''
-->'''Voiced by:''' Alex Ivanovici

!!!Appears in: ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood''
-->'''Voiced by:''' Millie Tresierra

!!!Appears in: ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' | ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood''
-->'''Voiced by:''' Vito [=DeFilippo=]

!!!Appears in: ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII''
-->'''Voiced by:''' Claudia Ferri

!!!Appears in: ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII''
-->'''Voiced by:''' Nadia Verrucci

!!!Appears in: ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII''
-->'''Voiced by:''' Carlo Mestroni

!!!Appears in: ''Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy''

!!!Appears in: ''Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy''

!!!Appears in: ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations''
-->'''Voiced by:''' Chris Parson

!!!Appears in: ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations''
-->'''Voiced by:''' Alex Ivanovici

!!!Appears in: ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations''

!!!Appears in: ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations''

!!!Appears in: ''Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy''

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RogerCraigSmith (games and ''Embers''), Creator/TomokazuSeki (Japanese)\\
'''Played by:''' Creator/DevonBostick (''Lineage'')

-->'''Voiced by:''' Romano Orzari
-->'''Played by:''' Romano Orzari (''Lineage'')

-->'''Voiced by:''' Ellen David\\
'''Played by:''' Claudia Ferri (''Film/AssassinsCreedLineage'')

-->'''Voiced by:''' Angela Galuppo

* BeenThereShapedHistory: Takes part in various famous Renaissance events, such as the Bonfire of the Vanities and the hunt for the Pazzi conspirators.

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: The guy's opinions are pretty advanced for the age he lives in, fully accepting Leonardo's homosexuality, training men or women alike to be assassins and basically living by anarchist ideals.

* 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.''

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RogerCraigSmith (games and ''Embers'')\\

-->'''Played by:''' Romano Orzari (''Film/AssassinsCreedLineage'')

* BoisterousBruiser: He loves fighting and is very energetic during combat.

A female member of the Ottoman Assassins.

!!!Appears in: ''Film/AssassinsCreedLineage'' | ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' | ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'' | ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' | ''WesternAnimation/AssassinsCreedEmbers''

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RogerCraigSmith (games and ''WesternAnimation/AssassinsCreedEmbers'')\\
'''Played by:''' Creator/DevonBostick (''Film/AssassinsCreedLineage'')

* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler: Cristina, who ends up in an ArrangedMarriage to Manfredo Soderini before getting killed during the Bonfire of the Vanities.]]

* 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]].

* GoodIsNotSoft: Ezio is a kind man for an assassin but as seen in VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood in his flashback, after he returns to Florence to meet Cristina again, he learns she's married to a faithful but gambling addict, Manfredo and after he killed off the gamblers who owe the latter his debt to them, he doesn't have qualms to dangle him over the bridge because his addiction nearly endangered Cristina's life and threatened to kill him if he gambles again.

* LeParkour: Even for an Assassin, Ezio was highly adept at free-running. As his Animus entry in ''III'' so aptly puts it;

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 in Rome, managing a brothel and [[spoiler:officially joining the Assassins]].

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]].

* 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.

[[caption-width-right:300:''"I am Giovanni Auditore, and like my ancestors before me, I am an Assassin."'']]

[[caption-width-right:300:''""Always remember: we are the Auditore da Firenze! We are Assassins!"'']]

--->''"Family. Justice. Honor. These are the values guiding my blade. This truth is written in blood, and the shadows are where I strike."''

%%%* InkSuitActor: Among many other cases of this as shown by ''Lineage''.
* InTheHood: In ''Lineage'', he's seen in full Assassin attire, with his hood on.

->''"Go, my son, destroy them... but remember for whom we Assassins fight."''

->''"The Templars seek dominion over man. And we, the Assassins, are sworn to stand against them."''

->''"Rare is the man who is willing to oppose the status quo. And so it falls to us to help them see the truth."''

->''"Luridi codardi! I'll take you all on! At the same time! With one arm – no – BOTH arms tied behind my back!"''

->''"He has such an aggressive view of the world. However, strategy is equally important."''

->''"I too know betrayal."''

->''"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.

->''"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."''

-->''"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."''

-->''"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.

-->''"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?"''

-->''"Never in my life have I felt so passionate about anyone. I would follow this man to Hell!"''

[[caption-width-right:300:''"You are the man I've longed to meet. Renowned Master and Mentor, Ezio Auditore de la la la!"'']]

->''"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."''