| 1 | '''[[center: [- [[Characters/AssassinsCreed Main Character Index]] -]]]''' |
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| 3 | Characters page for the late 15th century/early 16th century Templars of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'', ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' and ''Film/AssassinsCreedLineage''. For the Roman Templars appearing in ''II'', ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'', and ''Lineage'' [[Characters/AssassinsCreedEzioAuditoreTrilogyRomanTemplars see here.]] |
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| 5 | '''May contain unmarked and/or {{Late Arrival Spoiler}}s.''' |
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| 7 | |
| 8 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 9 | |
| 10 | !Florentine Templars |
| 11 | |
| 12 | !!'''The Pazzi''' |
| 13 | |
| 14 | [[folder:Francesco de' Pazzi]] |
| 15 | !!Francesco de' Pazzi |
| 16 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/francesco_de_pazzi_acii_render_4218.png]] |
| 17 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' |
| 18 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Andreas Apergis (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Sergey Chikhachev (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 19 | |
| 20 | ->''"Your day is done, Lorenzo! Your entire family dies by my sword!"'' |
| 21 | |
| 22 | The father of Vieri and a member of the Templars, he was the head of the Pazzi Conspiracy, which aimed to remove the Medici from power in Florence and install a Templar allied regime. |
| 23 | ---- |
| 24 | * AristocratsAreEvil: As shown in his Database Profile, he hates the middle and lower classes, as well as anyone who tries raising their social status. |
| 25 | %%* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: He was claimed to have done this at the start of the game. |
| 26 | * AxCrazy: Just watch him killing Lorenzo's brother. And both in RealLife and the Novel, he's so crazed up that he STABS HIS OWN LEG WITHOUT REALIZING IT! |
| 27 | * BeardOfEvil: He has a thick long beard, and happens to be a Templar. |
| 28 | * DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: The real life Francesco de' Pazzi was executed by hanging. Here he is seemingly killed by Ezio, although his corpse is still hung from the wall of the Palazzo Vecchio. |
| 29 | * DirtyCoward: Sure he's willing to kill like mad, but the second he sees Ezio make his way to him, he just screams for his guards and high tails it. He doesn't get far. |
| 30 | * DesecratingTheDead: His ultimate fate. His corpse is hanged and displayed for a crowd to see, signifying that the Pazzi's plan has failed. |
| 31 | * DiscOneFinalBoss: He's the final target before you really get on with the story. |
| 32 | * FanDisservice: After you kill him, the Medici hang his corpse in front of the city while wearing only a loin cloth... |
| 33 | * FragileSpeedster: He can run quite a lot. However, like everyone else who plays this trope in Assassin's Creed, he'll get cut down pretty quickly. |
| 34 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: As he was a real person. |
| 35 | * {{Jerkass}}: Not only is he a Templar conspirator, he's also just rude and egotistical. |
| 36 | * LargeHam: Case in point: |
| 37 | -->'''Francesco:''' (in Italian, while stabbing Giuliano de Medici) [[AxCrazy No mercy for you, dog! Die! Die! DIIEEE!]] |
| 38 | * LaserGuidedKarma: Francesco and the Templars sent Ezio's Father and Brothers to their deaths by hanging. Francesco's ultimate fate is having his dead body hanged, courtesy of Ezio. |
| 39 | * OneSteveLimit: No relation to Francesco Salviati. |
| 40 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: Francesco outlives his son Vieri, if only for a short while. He does not look that upset about it however. |
| 41 | * PrideBeforeAFall: He got so overconfident about the conspiracy that he ignored the threat posed by Ezio, not to mention he got so bloodthirsty he killed Lorenzo's brother and left Lorenzo with time to recover and defend himself (though it could be blamed on the two monks, since they failed to stab him fatally and ran away). |
| 42 | [[/folder]] |
| 43 | |
| 44 | [[folder:Jacopo de' Pazzi]] |
| 45 | !!Jacopo de' Pazzi |
| 46 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jacopo_de_pazzi_acii_render_8182.png]] |
| 47 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' |
| 48 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Arthur Grosser (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Alexander Gruzdev (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 49 | |
| 50 | The head of the Pazzi family, Jacopo was a banker who worked with the Templars. He had nothing against Lorenzo de Medici personally, so when it came time for Francesco's coup to be executed, he hired four Templar hitmen to take him out: Maffei, da Bagnone, Baroncelli and Salviati (see above). |
| 51 | ---- |
| 52 | * ClimaxBoss: Subverted, he's built up as a major threat, being the highest ranking Templar in Florence, the last member of the Pazzi who have been Ezio's enemies for the first half of the game, and having several missions built around figuring out where he is. However when Ezio finally sees him, he's stabbed by his boss and Ezio has to give him a MercyKill before moving on to deal with bigger threats in Venice. |
| 53 | * DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: The real life Jacopo Pazzi was hanged. Here, he is mortally stabbed by Rodrigo Borgia and ends up on the receiving end of a MercyKill by Ezio. |
| 54 | * EvilOldFolks: The patriarch of the Pazzi family is an old guy working with the Templars. He looks gaunt in Shaun's database but in person he looks feeble. |
| 55 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Jacopo was a real person involved in the historical Pazzi conspiracy. |
| 56 | * MercyKill: As Ezio is about to assassinate him, Rodrigo Borgia and Emilio Barbarigo stab Jacopo--twice in the chest, [[ImpromptuTracheotomy once through the neck]]--and leave him to bleed out. Soon after, Ezio eases his pain and ends his life mercifully. |
| 57 | * OnlySaneMan: Tries to keep the other conspirations from being too hasty. |
| 58 | -->'''Jacopo:''' I tried to be the voice of reason... |
| 59 | -->'''Emilio:''' [[DirtyCoward More like the voice of cowardice.]] |
| 60 | * SpannerInTheWorks: He namedrops a Venetian Templar in Ezio's hearing range and is the reason why Ezio decides to head there next. |
| 61 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: |
| 62 | ** Jacopo, during the last meeting with all of the conspirators, is noticeably the only one who worries about working with Venetians like Silvio Barbarigo. |
| 63 | ** He also has clear disdain for working with his nephew Francesco when the meeting ends, due to his murder happy tendencies and overconfidence, which ruins the plan to kill Lorenzo de Medici. When Rodrigo demands he explain why they failed, Jacopo blames Francesco. |
| 64 | * TokenGoodTeammate: He's less of a douche than his nephew and grand-nephew. He opposed their scheming against Lorenzo de Medici, though admittedly this is more to stop the plotting from getting personal and avoiding potential carelessness. |
| 65 | * YouHaveFailedMe: Rodrigo Borgia mortally stabs him in the chest and throat for failing to take over Florence and then mucking up the aftermath. |
| 66 | [[/folder]] |
| 67 | |
| 68 | [[folder:Vieri de' Pazzi]] |
| 69 | !!Vieri de' Pazzi |
| 70 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/_pazzi_acii_render_4701.png]] |
| 71 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' | ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'' |
| 72 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuriLowenthal (''Assassin's Creed II''), Gianpaolo Venuta (''Brotherhood'') (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Alexander Kovrizhnykh (Russian), Nessym Guetat (French)[[/note]] |
| 73 | |
| 74 | ->''"Fool. Your father is the one who needs to be taught a lesson."'' |
| 75 | |
| 76 | A young Florentine noble and the son of Francesco de' Pazzi. His family has always been at odds with both the Medici and the Auditore houses. Vieri is later revealed to be a member of the Knights Templar. |
| 77 | ---- |
| 78 | * AristocratsAreEvil: Like his father, he's shown to be extremely brutal, cruel and hateful towards the lower classes and everyone else. |
| 79 | * AttemptedRape: He tries this on Cristina Vespucci, but Ezio intervenes. |
| 80 | * BadBoss: Apparently, he disfigures and maims his own soldiers if they piss him off, or if he feels like it, with one mentioned EyeScream occasion. It's implied in a letter that [[WellDoneSonGuy he just wants his father's attention]]. |
| 81 | %% Doesn't explain what the reaction is. * BerserkButton: He does not take kindly to Ezio pretending to sleep with his sister. |
| 82 | * BigScrewedUpFamily: The Pazzi are not nice people, to others or each other. |
| 83 | * CharacterDeath: Ezio kills him during their final confrontation. |
| 84 | * DefiantToTheEnd: His hatred towards Ezio and his family is so massive that he not only refuses to answer any questions in his final moments, but mocks Ezio for expecting him to before dying. |
| 85 | * DirtyCoward: Ezio's encounters with Vieri usually end with Vieri running away with his tail between his legs after Ezio gets rid of the mooks he was hiding behind. And he's accompanied by two mooks in his final confrontation with Ezio. |
| 86 | * EvilCounterpart: He's perhaps what Ezio could've been if not for his parents and Mario. |
| 87 | * HistoricalCharactersFictionalRelative: While most of the major characters of the game's version of the Pazzi conspiracy are based on real life figures, Vieri is a fictional Pazzi who didn't exist, though his father Francesco was a real person. |
| 88 | * {{Jerkass}}: Just like his father, he is an arrogant and petty prick. |
| 89 | * RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: ''Noble'' in this case but unlike most other Templars, who will run at the sight of Ezio, Vieri was willing to stay his ground and fight against Mario Auditore's mercenaries ([[DirtyCoward as long as he had mooks between himself and Ezio]], still). In the novel, he even wears full body armor, fights and nearly kills Ezio with an axe. |
| 90 | * SmugSnake: He was so confident that he had Ezio dead to rights after the latter fled Florence that he was extra blind-sided when Mario's archers thinned his guard. What did he expect when he attacked the nephew of the guy whose villa he was literally standing in front of? |
| 91 | * SoreLoser: According to Shaun's Database Profile, Vieri would often make up rigged competitions to flaunt himself over others. And on the rare occasions when he lost, he would invite the winner's entire family for [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink "a meal to die for"]]. Not to mention how he swears to kill Ezio and his entire family, both during Ezio's rescue of Cristina during the AttemptedRape mentioned above, and after Francesco's arrest, during which Vieri keeps slandering the Auditore's name and triggers the first chapter's fight. In fact, during the first part of the game, your enemies consist of Pazzi Family's Guards (or relatives, since they dress like Vieri) trying to find and beat you down on Vieri's orders. |
| 92 | * SpoiledBrat: Shaun notes that he's very skilled when it comes to spending his father's money, and it's always on frivolous things like exotic animals, weapons, clothes, and rigged races. |
| 93 | * TheVillainSucksSong: Ezio hasn't forgotten even [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations forty years later]]: |
| 94 | --> "Vieri, oh Vieri\ |
| 95 | Yes he of Pazzi fame\ |
| 96 | Was just as mad as his old man\ |
| 97 | And ended just the same." |
| 98 | * WellDoneSonGuy: In a letter, his mentor Fra Giacondo expresses his belief that Vieri acts the way he does to gain his father's approval. |
| 99 | * WouldHitAGirl: When pursuing Ezio, he threatens Maria and Claudia and implies he will rape them after Ezio is disposed of: |
| 100 | -->'''Vieri:''' I have such wonderful things in store for your mother and sister. |
| 101 | [[/folder]] |
| 102 | |
| 103 | !!'''Other Florentine Templars''' |
| 104 | |
| 105 | [[folder:Uberto Alberti]] |
| 106 | !!Uberto Alberti |
| 107 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/aciiuberto.png]] |
| 108 | !!!'''Main Game Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' |
| 109 | !!!'''Other Appearances:''' ''Film/AssassinsCreedLineage'' |
| 110 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Michel Perron (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Alexander Novikov (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 111 | !!!'''Played by:''' Michel Perron (''Lineage'') |
| 112 | |
| 113 | ->''"As Gonfaloniere it is my duty to ensure that the city of Firenze remains a shining beacon of justice. [[BlatantLies Corruption and its ilk shall find no purchase here so long as I am in control]]."'' |
| 114 | |
| 115 | The ''gonfaloniere'' (first magistrate) of Florence and friend of Giovanni Auditore, Uberto betrayed his friend and oversaw his execution on behalf of the Templars. He was the first victim of Ezio's campaign of revenge against the Templars. |
| 116 | ---- |
| 117 | * AmoralAttorney: He uses his connections and authority to prosecute enemies of the Templars. |
| 118 | * AntiVillain: He joined the Templars and betrayed Giovanni to ensure his family would be taken care of, not out of desire for power or personal wealth. |
| 119 | * CorruptPolitician: Uses his office to persecute enemies of the Templars, notably the Auditore family. |
| 120 | * DrivenToVillainy: His excuse for turning on Giovanni, which he details in a letter addressed to his wife which Ezio takes after killing him: |
| 121 | -->'''Uberto:''' History will likely judge this to have been a matter of politics and greed. Know that it was not hate that forced my hand, but fear. When the Medici robbed us of all we owned, I found myself afraid. For you. For our son. For the future. What hope in this world for a man without proper means? |
| 122 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: His primary motivation is ensuring that his wife and son will have a secure future, even if it means betraying everything he once stood for. He hides his true allegiance and reasons for killing Giovanni from his wife, knowing she would be horrified by his actions. |
| 123 | * FaceHeelTurn: Formerly an ally of the Assassins, he joined the Templars due to his resentment of the Medici for depriving his family of its wealth. |
| 124 | * FatBastard: For all his claims of financial security motivating his betrayal, he still has a well fed belly. |
| 125 | * HistoricalCharactersFictionalRelative: Part of the real life noble Alberti family that was prominent in Florence until the establishment of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, followed by the main branch dying out during the Victorian Era. |
| 126 | * InkSuitActor: He's voiced by the same actor who plays him in ''Lineage'' and modelled after him. |
| 127 | * ItsPersonal: Notably, out of all of Ezio's targets in ''II'', he's the only one whose list of professions includes "Traitor". |
| 128 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He's ashamed and horrified at the way he betrayed Giovanni, but believes that he had no other choice to ensure his family's safety and fortune. |
| 129 | -->'''Uberto:''' They offered me money, land and title in exchange for my collaboration. And so, this is how I came to betray my closest friend. However unspeakable the act, it seemed necessary at the time. [[IDidWhatIHadToDo And even now, looking back, I see no other way...]] |
| 130 | * SelfMadeMan: While coming from a noble family, Uberto's legal skills were entirely self-taught, and his impressive record speaks for itself, at least until he joined the Templars. |
| 131 | * StarterVillain: Ezio's first assassination target and in fact the reason he got started with the Assassin order. |
| 132 | * VillainWithGoodPublicity: Shaun notes in the database that he's generally known for going after despicable criminals and so everyone is quick to believe that Gionvanni Auditore went bad when the truth is the opposite. |
| 133 | [[/folder]] |
| 134 | |
| 135 | [[folder:Antonio Maffei]] |
| 136 | !!Antonio Maffei da Volterra |
| 137 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/aciiantoniomaffei_5.png]] |
| 138 | !!!'''Main Game Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' |
| 139 | !!!'''Other Appearances:''' ''Film/AssassinsCreedLineage'' |
| 140 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Shawn Baichoo (English) |
| 141 | |
| 142 | A Florentine monk who worked for the Medici, he joined the Templar Order and became a member of the Pazzi Conspiracy. |
| 143 | ---- |
| 144 | * AxCrazy: He's portrayed as such in the {{Novelisation}}, being quite literally foaming at the mouth insane by the time Ezio kills him. |
| 145 | * DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler:Unlike most assassination targets, he continues to try and struggle against Ezio after having been mortally wounded.]] |
| 146 | * BeardOfEvil: He has a beard and mustache combo and happens to be a Templar. |
| 147 | * DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: Real life Antonio Maffei was executed by hanging. Here he is killed by Ezio. |
| 148 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Antonio Maffei was a real person involved in the historical Pazzi Conspiracy. |
| 149 | * TheQuietOne: In ''Assassin's Creed: Lineage'', he makes a vow of silence regarding his and Uberto's knowledge of the Templar plot. Game-wise, he is still voiceless until his assassination mission, at which point he has already gone completely mad. |
| 150 | * {{Revenge}}: One of his main motivations is getting payback against the Medici after witnessing their mercenaries raiding Volterra, the city he comes from. |
| 151 | * SanitySlippage: After the plot failed, he fled to San Gimignano and resided in one of the highest towers, yelling down scripture at the citizens while also firing arrows at some. Also, from his undelivered letter to Rodrigo Borgia, he seems to believe ''birds'' are swirling around the prophet, whether he believes it's Ezio (in which case, he would be correct) or Rodrigo is unknown. |
| 152 | * SinisterMinister: His assassination mission, "town crier", has him perched up on the highest tower, to paraphrase Ezio's informant, send both scripture recitations and arrows to the crowds below him. There's also, you know. ''Templar''. |
| 153 | [[/folder]] |
| 154 | |
| 155 | [[folder:Stefano da Bagnone]] |
| 156 | !!Stefano da Bagnone |
| 157 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stefanodabagnone.png]] |
| 158 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' |
| 159 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Tony Robinow (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Valery Storozhik (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 160 | |
| 161 | ->''"If you think the Lord has any interest in our affairs, you've got another thing coming. But please, by all means, continue to delude yourself if it helps pass the time."'' |
| 162 | |
| 163 | A monk who partakes in the Pazzi Conspiracy, he was trained in Rome to be a Templar "butcher". |
| 164 | ---- |
| 165 | * BaldOfEvil: Has not a hair on his head, and happens to be a Templar. |
| 166 | * DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: Real life Stefano da Bagnone was executed by hanging. Here he is killed by Ezio. |
| 167 | * DirtyCoward: He immediately flees Florence when the plot fails, and hides among innocent monks to avoid the Assassin's retribution. Though, once Ezio does get to him, he calmly accepts his death. Maybe it was less about hiding and more about trying to lure Ezio to a trap? |
| 168 | * EvilOldFolks: 61 years old and a Templar. |
| 169 | * FaceDeathWithDignity: He faces his death quite calmly and ponders he'll now see if he was right (on God not existing), before telling Ezio what he knows. |
| 170 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: He was a historical person involved in the real Pazzi conspiracy. |
| 171 | * JerkassHasAPoint: His NayTheist speech has sound points, especially [[spoiler:after learning about [[AbusivePrecursors Juno and her true goal]].]] |
| 172 | * NayTheist: When a monk invites him to pray, he goes into a BreakingSpeech, dismissing God, if he exists, as a madman, and the monks as foolish and homicidal. |
| 173 | * SinisterMinister: He's a downplayed example because, according to himself, he only became one to get closer to the Medici and is a Naytheist, and would abandon the cloth once Ezio was dealt with. |
| 174 | * TortureTechnician: He was trained by the Templars to torture their enemies. |
| 175 | [[/folder]] |
| 176 | |
| 177 | [[folder:Bernardo Baroncelli]] |
| 178 | !!Bernardo Baroncelli |
| 179 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/baroncelli.png]] |
| 180 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' |
| 181 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Tod Fennell (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Vyacheslav Baranov (Russian), Donald Reignoux (French)[[/note]] |
| 182 | |
| 183 | A wealthy banker who partook in the Pazzi Conspiracy. |
| 184 | ---- |
| 185 | * {{Acrofatic}}: In the cutscene where he and Francesco strike at Giulano, he's by far more agile and fast, also more deadly with the dagger. |
| 186 | * ArtisticAge: About 26 at the time of his death in real life, but he could easily pass for someone over 40 in the game. |
| 187 | * AlliterativeName: '''B'''ernardo '''B'''aroncelli. |
| 188 | * ArmsDealer: He is the Templar who arranges for the weapons the conspirators and their soldiers use. |
| 189 | * BeardOfEvil: Has a beard and mustache combo, and happens to be a Templar. |
| 190 | * CutscenePowerToTheMax: Compare him conspiring with the Templars and later killing Giulano in cutscenes to his assassination mission. Possibly justified, since by then he was scared shitless of Ezio, who ruined his plans and killed his partners. |
| 191 | * DeviousDaggers: He was the first one to attack and stab Lorenzo's brother. Also, he seems to be the one with more skill compared to Francesco, since he's the one to put Giulano down with some very skilled and precise stabs before Francesco finishes him off. Even if Francesco didn't stab Giulano like a madman, he would bleed out from a punctured kidney, neck, and possibly heart and/or lung(s). |
| 192 | * DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: Real life Bernardo Baroncelli was caught when trying to flee Italy, brought back to Florence and [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Leonardo_da_Vinci_-_Hanging_of_Bernardo_Baroncelli_1479.jpg/220px-Leonardo_da_Vinci_-_Hanging_of_Bernardo_Baroncelli_1479.jpg hanged]]. Here, he is killed by Ezio in San Gimignano. (Notably, the {{Novelisation}} sticks with his real life fate, with Leonardo mentioning Baroncelli as being caught and hanged in a letter to Ezio.) |
| 193 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: His main motivation for taking part in the Pazzi conspiracy was getting revenge on Lorenzo de Medici for exiling his cousin from Florence. |
| 194 | * FatBastard: You can tell that he's wealthy by that big belly. |
| 195 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Was a real person, though the historical Baroncelli ended up trying to flee to Constantinople, but got arrested and sent back to Florence, where he was later hanged. |
| 196 | * MorallyBankruptBanker: He bankrolls the Templar cause, which in this case, is the Pazzi Conspiracy, so of course his morals are absent. |
| 197 | * ProperlyParanoid: After hiding in San Gimignano, he is convinced that the Assassins will try to kill him at any moment and is constantly having every corner of his surroundings checked and is accompanied by guards at all times. This makes it a pain for Ezio to get close enough for a stealth kill. |
| 198 | * {{Revenge}}: His motivation against the Medici is to take revenge for several cousins who were exiled from Italy due to them. |
| 199 | * SanitySlippage: He begins talking to himself constantly about his fear of Ezio tracking him down and becomes extremely paranoid. |
| 200 | [[/folder]] |
| 201 | |
| 202 | [[folder:Francesco Salviati]] |
| 203 | !!Francesco Salviati |
| 204 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' |
| 205 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Marcel Jeannin (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Andrey Barkhudarov (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 206 | |
| 207 | ->''"You think a few mercenaries will scare me? Ha!"'' |
| 208 | |
| 209 | The Archbishop of Pisa and member of the Pazzi Conspiracy. |
| 210 | ---- |
| 211 | * AmbitionIsEvil: His desire to become Archbishop of Florence is what drove him to help with the Pazzi Conspiracy and he was ''already'' an archbishop at the time. |
| 212 | * ClothingSwitch: At some point before getting killed by Ezio, he exchanges his robes for simple farmer's plain clothes to escape hanging. |
| 213 | * DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: Real life Francesco Salviati was executed by hanging. Here he is killed by Ezio; while in the {{Novelisation}}, he commits SuicideByCop to prevent Ezio interrogating him fully. This is handwaved in the Database, which reveals that before fleeing Florence Salviati swapped clothes with a random peasant, who ended up suffering his historical fate. |
| 214 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Francesco Salviati a historical Archbishop of Pisa involved in the real Pazzi Conspiracy. |
| 215 | * OneSteveLimit: No relation to Francesco Pazzi. |
| 216 | * {{Revenge}}: His motivation for striking against the Medici is due to being passed over to become Archbishop of Florence, a position of great wealth and influence. |
| 217 | * SinisterMinister: Templar Archbishop, though he is broke in terms of genuine faith. |
| 218 | [[/folder]] |
| 219 | |
| 220 | !Venetian Templars |
| 221 | |
| 222 | [[folder:Emilio Barbarigo]] |
| 223 | !!Emilio Barbarigo |
| 224 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/emilio_barbarigo_acii_render_7483.png]] |
| 225 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' |
| 226 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Arthur Holden (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''': Creator/VincentGrass (European French), Andrey Simanov (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 227 | |
| 228 | A wealthy and influential merchant of Venice. He controls San Polo, the merchant district, and resides in the Palazzo della Seta. |
| 229 | ---- |
| 230 | * ArmsDealer: He supplies weapons to various groups of Templars. |
| 231 | * BuyThemOff: He funds the Venetian police force, making them his muscle to intimidate his competition. |
| 232 | * EvilGenius: Of the Venetian Templars, given that he provided weapons for the Pazzi Conspiracy in Florence. |
| 233 | * EvilOldFolks: 64 years old and a Templar. |
| 234 | * HistoricalCharactersFictionalRelative: While the house of Barbarigo was a historical Venetian family, Emilio Barbarigo didnt exist. |
| 235 | * ALighterShadeOfBlack: Downplayed, as Emilio is still treacherous and cruel, but he's more in line with the traditional Templar ideology of "peace through progress and control", rather than Rodrigo Borgia's line of conquest for power's sake. |
| 236 | * ProperlyParanoid: When Carlo mentions that Ezio is in Venezia, and is working with the city's thieves, Emilio is rightfully worried. At first he thinks his home is safe, but begins to panic that it isn't enough. He orders his guards to prepare a ship for him to set sail somewhere to be safe, just until the meeting in three days. Unfortunately for him, Ezio is already inside his building by then. |
| 237 | * ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Since the entire police force of Venice is being paid for out of his pocket, they're as much his personal enforcers as they are policemen. One of the introductory scenes in Venice has some of the police destroy a perfectly legal stall because its owner had a private dispute with Emilio, and then arrest him for violating a nonexistent law when he complained. |
| 238 | * VillainWithGoodPublicity: While the Thieves' Guild was aware of his tyranny, Emilio was quite popular because of his funding of the Venetian police force, keeping the streets safe from crime. That is, other than his own. His guards imprison the people that complain about this. |
| 239 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: Claims he was working to establish unity, stability, and order, and that doing so demanded some sacrifices. |
| 240 | [[/folder]] |
| 241 | |
| 242 | [[folder:Carlo Grimaldi]] |
| 243 | !!Carlo Grimaldi |
| 244 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carlogrimaldi.jpg]] |
| 245 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' |
| 246 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Roc [=LaFortune=] (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Dmitry Filimonov (Russian), Guy Chapellier (French)[[/note]] |
| 247 | |
| 248 | A member of the Council of Ten and close advisor to Doge Giovanni Mocenigo. |
| 249 | ---- |
| 250 | * AmbitionIsEvil: Is motivated by a desire for greater power, to the point that he'll willingly have anyone in his way murdered. |
| 251 | * AristocratsAreEvil: Part of the noble House of Grimaldi, and a power hungry Templar willing to kill anyone in his way. |
| 252 | * BeardOfEvil: Has a thick white beard and happens to be a Templar. |
| 253 | * ButtMonkey: He isn't really given much respect among the Venetian Templars, especially from Silvio. When he mentions how he could become the Doge, everyone just laughs in his face. Ironically, Carlo proves to be the most successful of the group as he ends up being the only one to hinder Ezio in any real way. |
| 254 | * CorruptPolitician: A member of the Council of Ten, and a Templar. |
| 255 | * EvilChancellor: He was part of the Council of Ten, one of Venice's main governing bodies. |
| 256 | * FalseFriend: To Giovanni Mocenigo. He was also trusted by the daughter of Ignazio Contarini, the head of the Council of Ten. She came to him for help escaping Venice with a servant who she wished to marry, and he agreed to arrange a boat for them to escape. Instead, they arrived to find Carlo with Ignazio and his guards, who had killed the servant killed and rewarded Carlo greatly for his help. |
| 257 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Treats the Doge as a close friend, but still murders him for the Templar agenda. He even tries to persuade his fellow Templar members to give him time to convince the Doge to join them, but when Rodrigo specifically tells the group that the Doge must die that night, Carlo complies. |
| 258 | * HistoricalCharactersFictionalRelative: Part of the real life noble House of Grimaldi, the ruling family of Monaco. |
| 259 | * ManipulativeBastard: Fools Ignazio Contarini's daughter into believing he's on her side in his backstory, only to betray her to her father, and treats the Doge like a friend while ultimately poisoning him to death. His last act is screaming to any guards and witnesses that Ezio killed the Doge, which makes him the most wanted man in Venezia. |
| 260 | * ProfessionalButtKisser: Silvio Barbarigo accuses him of being one because he ingrates himself through flattery and gifts, which infuriates Carlo. |
| 261 | * RuleOfSymbolism: Whe Carlo reveals that he has poisoned and killed the Doge while they were playing chess, he gets up and lays his king chess piece laying down. |
| 262 | * ProperlyParanoid: He's the first to bring up Ezio's presence in Venezia, and warns the rest about it. When Emilio worriedly asks him if Ezio's in Venezia, Carlo chastises him for being so blind about not noticing him. |
| 263 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: With Silvio, who dislikes Carlo for being in his eyes an asskisser. |
| 264 | * YouAreTooLate: By the time Ezio tries to stop Carlo from killing the Doge, Carlo has already succeeded, sealing his friend's fate. |
| 265 | * YoungerThanTheyLook: He's only forty, but his hair has gone completely white. |
| 266 | [[/folder]] |
| 267 | |
| 268 | [[folder:Marco Barbarigo]] |
| 269 | !!Marco Barbarigo |
| 270 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marco_barbarigo_acii_render_1095.png]] |
| 271 | !!!'''Main Game Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' |
| 272 | !!!'''Other Appearances:''' ''Film/AssassinsCreedLineage'' |
| 273 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Tony Robinow (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Valery Storozhik (Russian), Jean-Claude Sachot (French)[[/note]] |
| 274 | |
| 275 | A powerful and rich noble, he schemes with his fellow Templars to become Doge of Venice to advance their agenda. |
| 276 | ---- |
| 277 | * AmbitionIsEvil: He has desired nothing but power since he was a youth. |
| 278 | * AristocratsAreEvil: He's an evil noble and a Templar. |
| 279 | * BigBadDuumvirate: Of the Venetian Templars, alongside Silvio; he is personally chosen by Rodrigo to become the new Doge. |
| 280 | * CoDragons: To Rodrigo as far as Venice goes, he is one half of the leading henchmen alongside Silvio. |
| 281 | * EvilOldFolks: 73 years old and a Templar. |
| 282 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Was a real person and became Doge during the time of the game. |
| 283 | * LargeHam: Has a hammy speech during Carnevale after becoming Doge of Venice. |
| 284 | * MurderTheHypotenuse: He wanted Dante's wife, so he tried to have him killed. When that failed and left Dante mentally disabled, he had him sign a document to cancel his marriage and took his wife for himself... all the while Dante kept guard on the door. |
| 285 | * ShortLivedLeadership: His reign as the Doge of Venice ends quickly as Ezio shoots him during the Carnevale. |
| 286 | * SpoiledBrat: Was one in his youth, according to Shaun, as he had everything he wanted from his family. |
| 287 | * TyrantTakesTheHelm: After becoming Doge of Venice, he speaks of the changes he will bring and how he will destroy anyone who opposes him. |
| 288 | * TheVillainSucksSong: Hit it Ezio: |
| 289 | --> "Venezia's grim Doge\ |
| 290 | A fierce and evil man\ |
| 291 | Was just [[BoomHeadshot a trifle red of face]]\ |
| 292 | When I upset his plan." |
| 293 | [[/folder]] |
| 294 | |
| 295 | [[folder:Silvio Barbarigo il Rosso]] |
| 296 | !!Silvio Barbarigo il Rosso |
| 297 | [[quoteright:255:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/silvio_barbarigo.png]] |
| 298 | !!!'''Main Game Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' |
| 299 | !!!'''Other Appearances:''' ''Film/AssassinsCreedLineage'' |
| 300 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Harry Standjofski (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Denis Nekrasov (Russian), Creator/ChristianPelissier (French)[[/note]] |
| 301 | |
| 302 | The State Inquisitor of Venice. |
| 303 | ---- |
| 304 | * BigBadDuumvirate: Of the Venetian Templars, with Marco. He describes himself as "the one who organized the entire operation; the one who came up with the idea of how to save this city." He also provides the poison for Carlo, and is one of the last targets in Venice (alongside Dante). |
| 305 | * CoDragons: To Rodrigo as far as Venice goes, he is one half of the leading henchmen alongside Marco. |
| 306 | * DefiantToTheEnd: Even after he's betrayed by his fellow Templars and stabbed by Ezio, he refuses to tell his secrets. |
| 307 | * EvilUncle: He had one, who killed his father. Silvio had him stabbed and took his palazzo for himself after he grew up. |
| 308 | * FatBastard: He's overweight and a Templar. |
| 309 | * HistoricalCharactersFictionalRelative: He's a fictional member of the RealLife Barbarigo family. |
| 310 | * InTheHood: Constantly wears a red cloak with the hood up, which is why he is initially known to Ezio only as "the Venetian". |
| 311 | * {{Irony}}: He introduced Rodrigo Borgia to cantarella in order to kill their enemies. [[spoiler:Rodrigo would later die by this same poison when he tries to poison Cesare]]. |
| 312 | * MasterPoisoner: He's implied to be one, and is the one who introduced Rodrigo Borgia to cantarella, the infamous poison often used by the Borgias (and the one that would [[spoiler:kill Rodrigo and destroy the Borgias' authority in Roma]]), in the first place. |
| 313 | * {{Revenge}}: His father was killed by his uncle, and Silvio planned revenge since childhood. After becoming an adult, he had his mother and sister (or two courtesans, it's unclear in the database) to stab him. He later covered up the details to make it appear his uncle just "died in bed". |
| 314 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: When Ezio beats the other competitors in the tournament, Silvio bribes the ring leader to give the prize to Dante Moro, even though everyone saw Ezio kick his ass. |
| 315 | * SpeakIllOfTheDead: The novelisation's Silvo makes a point of taunting Ezio over his family's deaths, even after Ezio tries to shoot him in the neck for it. |
| 316 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: He doesn't get along well with Carlo Grimaldi, viewing him as little more than a useless sycophant. |
| 317 | * WouldHurtAChild: According to the database, when he learned the Soranzos were plotting against the Barbarigos, Silvio [[spoiler:threw an Easter celebration and invited the Soranzos. While their children enjoyed a pageant in the courtyard, Silvio took their parents up to the roof, toasted them...and then signaled the archers waiting for his command in the courtyard. The Soranzos never tried plotting against the Barbarigos again]]. |
| 318 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Both he and Dante are abandoned by the Templars when Ezio comes after them. Even then, he refuses to confess to Ezio about where they were sailing to. |
| 319 | [[/folder]] |
| 320 | |
| 321 | [[folder:Dante Moro]] |
| 322 | !!Dante Moro |
| 323 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dante_moro_acii_render_6207.png]] |
| 324 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' |
| 325 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Tony Calabretta (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Alexander Novikov (Russian), Stéphane Ronchewski (French)[[/note]] |
| 326 | |
| 327 | The brain damaged bodyguard of Marco Barbarigo. |
| 328 | ---- |
| 329 | * AlasPoorVillain: Whether Dante is a bad guy or not, he really has no say in the matter due to being taken advantage of because of his brain damage. He was stabbed in the head for his wife, made to divorce her by Marco, and is killed due to his association with the Templars along with Silvio. In his last moments, he defies the Templars by informing Ezio, his killer, with vital information. After his death, a letter from his ex-wife, Carlotta, reveals that she still loves him and hopes one day he will get his memory back. Sadly, it will never happen. |
| 330 | * TheBrute: For the Venetian Templars. The brain damage he sustains from a murder attempt on him makes him a convenient heavy for his master Marco. |
| 331 | * BrutishCharacterBrutishWeapon: He wields a Bearded Axe and thanks to his brain damage is essentially a brute who the Templars use as muscle. |
| 332 | * TheDragon: To Marco and, later, to Silvio, as a bodyguard. He is a physical threat to Ezio while his masters are the conspirators. |
| 333 | * TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:In his final moments, he manages to tell Ezio that the remaining Templars went to Cyprus]]. |
| 334 | * DumbMuscle: His brain damage took most of his mind from him, making him little more than a brute that the Templars order around. |
| 335 | * DyingAsYourself: Perhaps. [[spoiler:Despite his brain damage, as he dies he is lucid enough to defy orders and tell Ezio what he needs to know.]] |
| 336 | * ExtremeDoormat: As a result of being stabbed in the head, his brain is damaged and extremely impressionable. |
| 337 | * MurderTheHypotenuse: The reason Marco tried to have him killed was his lovely wife. |
| 338 | * NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow: He was stabbed three times in the body and once in the head, but survived. |
| 339 | * ProperlyParanoid: Dante warns everyone during the meeting to speed up their pace, as he correctly assumes that some one is watching them. |
| 340 | [[/folder]] |
| 341 | |
| 342 | !!Forlì Templars |
| 343 | |
| 344 | [[folder:The Orsi Brothers]] |
| 345 | !!Checco and Ludovico Orsi |
| 346 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/orsibrothers.png]] |
| 347 | %%[[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]] |
| 348 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' |
| 349 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Andreas Apergis (Checco), Gianpaolo Venuta (Ludovico) (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Sergey Chikhachev (Checco), Andrey Barkhudarov (Ludovico) (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 350 | |
| 351 | Two aristocratic brothers who are tasked by Rodrigo Borgia with retrieving the Apple of Eden in 1488. They lay siege to Forlì in an attempt to wrest the Apple away from Ezio Auditore and Caterina Sforza's hands. |
| 352 | ---- |
| 353 | * AristocratsAreEvil: A duo of evil noble Templars. |
| 354 | * AxCrazy: They murdered Girolamo Riario by walking up to him while he was dining and stabbing him multiple times. They then dump his naked body in the middle of town. |
| 355 | * DefiantToTheEnd: After he is fatally wounded by Ezio, Checco taunts his killer that the Apple wouldn't be his for long and [[LastBreathBullet stabs Ezio in the stomach with his last breath]]. Incapacitated, Ezio is unable to prevent Savonarola from claiming the Apple for himself. |
| 356 | * EvilDebtCollector: If people couldn't pay back their loans, they'd murder tham. |
| 357 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: Both of them were real, if extremely obscure figures in Renaissance Italian history. |
| 358 | * LoanShark: They got bored with life in the countryside, so they started up a side business giving out loans ForTheEvulz and then murdering people when they couldn't pay them back. |
| 359 | * OnlyInItForTheMoney: It would seem so, since they murdered Caterina's husband, a fellow Templar, in exchange for payment and because he owed them money. |
| 360 | --> '''Machiavelli''' : ''The Orsi have no world view bigger than their purse.'' |
| 361 | * SiblingsInCrime: The Orsi brothers always work together on a job. |
| 362 | * WouldHurtAChild: They kidnap two of Caterina's children and plan on killing them if she does not turn over the Apple of Eden. |
| 363 | [[/folder]] |
| 364 | |
| 365 | !Byzantine and Ottoman Templars |
| 366 | |
| 367 | [[folder: Spoiler Character]] |
| 368 | !!Prince Ahmet |
| 369 | -->See Characters/AssassinsCreedEzioAuditoreTrilogyOtherCharacters |
| 370 | [[/folder]] |
| 371 | |
| 372 | [[folder:Cemal]] |
| 373 | !!Cemal |
| 374 | !!!Appears in: ''Assassin's Creed: Recollection'' |
| 375 | |
| 376 | The youngest sibling of Bayzeid II and a member of the Templar Order, Cemal stole the Apple of Eden his father Mehmed II had used to conquer Constantinople, but proved unable to use it, eventually storing it in the Templar Archives on Cyprus and trying to get help from Western Templars. After being placed under house arrest by his brother in Italy after he was unable to secure a position as sultan, and getting acquainted with Rodrigo Borgia, he was eventually assassinated in Capua by the Assassins in 1495 because it was believed the Borgia planned to use him to conquer Constantinople. |
| 377 | ---- |
| 378 | * GreaterScopeVillain: To both ''II'' and ''Revelations'', as it was he who placed the Apple in the Templar Archives, and introduced [[spoiler:Prince Ahmet]] to the Templar Order, Niccolo Polo's memoirs, and Altair's library in Maysaf. |
| 379 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: He was a real person. |
| 380 | * ImplicitPrison: Was placed under house arrest in Italy by his brother Bayzeid II. |
| 381 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: A downplayed nonlethal variant. The Templars appealed to his better nature until they got a confirmation on the Apple's location, at which point they left him to his fate. |
| 382 | [[/folder]] |
| 383 | |
| 384 | [[folder:Manuel Palaiologos]] |
| 385 | !!Manuel Palaiologos |
| 386 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/manuel_palaiologos_acr_render_385.png]] |
| 387 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' |
| 388 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Vlasta Vrana (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Alexander Novikov (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 389 | |
| 390 | ->''"The dream of our Order is universal. Ottoman, Byzantine... these are only labels. Costumes and facades. Beneath these trappings, all Templars are part of the same family."'' |
| 391 | |
| 392 | A Templar and former heir to the Byzantine throne. He builds a Templar army and arsenal from his hidden stronghold in the underground city of Derinkuyu. |
| 393 | ---- |
| 394 | * BeardOfEvil: Has a thick beard and happens to be a Templar. |
| 395 | * ContractualBossImmunity: Averted. He can be taken down with counters. |
| 396 | * DiscOneFinalBoss: Ezio thinks he is head of the Templars in the Ottoman Empire, but he reports to [[spoiler:Ahmet]]. |
| 397 | * TheDragon: The second in command to [[spoiler:Prince Ahmet]]. |
| 398 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Is personally disgusted by Shahkulu's brutality, stating that there's no need to spit upon those lower than themselves. The fact that the end result stinks up to high heaven also doesn't help. He also calls Ezio out on [[spoiler:starting a fire in an underground city, leading to hundreds of people possibly suffocating from smoke]]. |
| 399 | * EvilIsOneBigHappyFamily: Considers Templars to be one big family, in that regard he's no different from the Assassins. |
| 400 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: He was a historical member of the house of Palaiologos who opted to live in Ottoman Constantinople after the city fell. |
| 401 | * FatBastard: Subject 16's database records that he got fat off the pension he got from the Ottoman Emperor in exchange for selling his right to the throne, when all the while he was planning to overthrow the guy. |
| 402 | * LetsSeeYouDoBetter: [[spoiler:In his final moments, he simply hands over his Masyaf Key to Ezio and challenges him to try and open it before he is killed by the Templars]]. |
| 403 | * TheRemnant: The last heir of the Byzantine Empire who seeks to restore the long-fallen Empire. |
| 404 | * SedgwickSpeech: There is a short chase after he gives the speech, but he essentially has one when Ezio sets off explosives in Derinkuyu, causing a panic: |
| 405 | -->'''Manuel:''' Citizens! Soldiers! Compose yourselves. Do not give in to fear! We are the true shepherds of Constantinopolis. We are the lords of this land. We are Byzantines. Kouráyo! (Have courage!) Stand fast! [[TemptingFate Do not let anyone break your]] - ''(spots [[OneManArmy Ezio]] coming towards him)'' [[OhCrap Ah, Skatá]] (shit). |
| 406 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: Honestly believes in the Templar mission to bring peace to the world through control, and despises the Assassins for opposing them. |
| 407 | -->'''Manuel:''' You! You take advantage of a poor and displaced people, using us to further your own vain quest! But we fight for dignity, Assassin. We fight to restore peace to this troubled land. |
| 408 | -->'''Ezio:''' Templars are always quick to talk of peace, but very slow to concede power. |
| 409 | -->'''Manuel:''' Because power begets peace, vláka (idiot)! It cannot happen in reverse. These people would drown without a firm hand to lift them up, and keep them in line! |
| 410 | -->'''Ezio:''' [[ShutUpHannibal There he is. The monster I was sent to kill]]. |
| 411 | [[/folder]] |
| 412 | |
| 413 | [[folder:Shahkulu]] |
| 414 | !!Shahkulu |
| 415 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shahkulu_acr_render_8265.png]] |
| 416 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' |
| 417 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Tony Calabretta (English) |
| 418 | |
| 419 | ->''"When the Palaiologos line is restored, Manuel, do not forget who helped you bring it back."'' |
| 420 | |
| 421 | A relentless individual, Shahkulu was left an orphan after an Ottoman ambush destroyed his tribe. As a youth, he came in contact with the Templar Order, which he quickly joined. His hatred of the Ottoman Turks was surpassed only by his fierce determination to eliminate all opposition of the Templar's ideology. |
| 422 | ---- |
| 423 | * AxCrazy: His preferred form of entertainment is torturing Ottoman Turks to death. |
| 424 | * BaritoneOfStrength: Speaks with a very deep voice, and is one of the greatest examples of MadeOfIron in the entire franchise, managing to survive [[spoiler:''two'' Hidden Blade stabs when it's normally a OneHitKill]], and fighting as if he didn't just get seriously injured. |
| 425 | * TheBrute: He is the biggest physical threat to Ezio during the game. |
| 426 | * CoolMask: Wears a mask that [[TheFaceless completely obscures his face]]. |
| 427 | * EvilLaugh: His response to [[spoiler:Ezio stabbing him? Laugh in his face and try to choke him]]. |
| 428 | * EvilSoundsDeep: His deep voice serves to nail down just how unhinged he is. |
| 429 | * HeWhoFightsMonsters: His desire for vengeance against the Ottomans twisted him into a man capable of just as many feats of brutality to his enemies. |
| 430 | * HistoricalDomainCharacter: The historical Shahkulu was the leader of a rebellion of the same name against the Ottomans that was crushed in 1511 under the command of Prince Ahmet, a year before he dies in-game. One imagines that he might've faked his death, [[spoiler:seeing as how he is in league with Prince Ahmet.]] |
| 431 | * KnuckleCracking: He's seen cracking his knuckles right before he gets to beating up one of the Ottoman spies. |
| 432 | * LightningBruiser: He's wearing some heavy armor, yet still opts to nimbly dodge Ezio's attacks - ''continuously'' - rather than defend. Not to mention the fact that he has a lot more health than your average {{Mook}}. His armor is explicitly stated to be bullet proof. |
| 433 | * IHaveYouNowMyPretty: He tells one of his soldiers to bring a female spy they captured "to the chapel". Given what he does to his other prisoners, he likely had something frightful in mind for her. |
| 434 | * MadeOfIron: Even Ezio had a tough time killing him. [[spoiler:He manages to survive being stabbed by the Hidden Blade, normally a one hit kill, ''twice''. With the possible exception of Rogers from [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlagTheTemplars 4]], Shahkulu is the toughest enemy any protagonist has had to face that is still strictly human.]] |
| 435 | * MalevolentMaskedMan: His mask, combined with his general attitude, make him one of the most disturbing Templars in the series. |
| 436 | * NoSell: A rather frightening and at the time unique example within the series. [[spoiler:Being assassinated and then stabbed again, both times hard enough to send blood flying, just ''makes him laugh''. Even Ezio is [[OhCrap visibly shaken]]. He takes several more blows before ''finally'' going down in a regular fight.]] |
| 437 | * NoKillLikeOverKill: He gets [[spoiler:stabbed twice by Ezio, survives, and then finally goes down in a regular swordfight. Given his MadeOfIron status, Ezio forces his foot down on his face, just to make sure.]] |
| 438 | * {{Sadist}}: He really enjoys brutalizing the Ottoman prisoners he captures. |
| 439 | -->'''Manuel:''' Ah! What the hell is that smell? |
| 440 | -->'''Shahkulu:''' Apologies, Manuel. Some of these Ottoman prisoners are so... fragile. |
| 441 | * OnlyOneName: Just "Shahkulu". |
| 442 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Wants revenge on the Ottomans for oppressing his people, the Shia. |
| 443 | [[/folder]] |
| 444 | |
| 445 | [[folder:Vali cel Tradat]] |
| 446 | !!Vali cel Tradat |
| 447 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vali_cel_tradat_acr_render_7433.png]] |
| 448 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' |
| 449 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' ??? (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Vsevolod Kuznetsov (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 450 | |
| 451 | ->''"Once your Creed was as vital to me as air and water... but when the Turks marched into Wallachia, and you Assassins did nothing to stop it, how could I continue to believe? If a man's philosophy does not let him protect his people, his home, and his family... what good can it do for the world?"'' |
| 452 | |
| 453 | A Wallachian noble, Vali cel Tradat was a loyal Assassin for many years, until the Brotherhood made peace with the Ottomans, who had invaded his home and killed his idol, Vlad Tepes. He betrayed them and joined the Templars to seek revenge. |
| 454 | ---- |
| 455 | * AntiVillain: He is motivated by what he perceives as a betrayal by the Assassins in their support of the Ottomans conquest of his homeland. |
| 456 | * BadassCape: Wears a half-cape similar to Ezio's, being as they are both Assassin-trained. |
| 457 | * BeardOfEvil: Has a mustache and soul path combo and happens to be an Assassin turncoat. |
| 458 | * BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: Aside from the similarity in attire, he now uses the techniques he once learned from the Assassins against them, which makes it difficult to find him... at first. |
| 459 | * FaceHeelTurn: Formerly a loyal member of the Assassins, he felt betrayed after they made a truce with the Ottomans, who had humiliated his people, conquered Wallachia, his home country, and murdered his secret idol, Vlad Tepes. Understandably, the guy wasn't very pleased. |
| 460 | * {{Fanboy}}: He idolized Count Vlad Tepes. |
| 461 | * InTheHood: A remnant of his previous life as an Assassin. |
| 462 | * ItsPersonal: Holds the Assassins responsible for the invasion of his homeland by the Assassins and the death of his idol. |
| 463 | * MeaningfulName: The last part of his name (cel Tradat) means "the betrayed one", which fits the circumstances of his defection. |
| 464 | * ProfessionalKiller: Once for the Assassins, and now for the Templars. |
| 465 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Against the Assassins for the death of Vlad Tepes. |
| 466 | * VillainRespect: He admires Ezio and his skills: |
| 467 | -->'''Vali:''' You are a canny soldier, Ezio! But you alone are not enough to save this city. |
| 468 | [[/folder]] |
| 469 | |
| 470 | [[folder:Georgios Kostas]] |
| 471 | !!Georgios Kostas |
| 472 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/georgios_kostas_acr_render_2379.png]] |
| 473 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' |
| 474 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' ??? (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Alexander Novikov (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 475 | |
| 476 | ->''"Men feared me, even as they did my bidding... that is the mark of a true leader."'' |
| 477 | |
| 478 | Hailing from Greece, Georgios Kostas participated in tournaments of strength in Thrace, surprising people with his desire for fame and brutality. This attracted the attention of the Templars, who subsequently hired him with promises of more money and fame. |
| 479 | ---- |
| 480 | * BeardOfEvil: Has a large black beard and happens to be a Templar. |
| 481 | * BadassCape: Wears a short cape, and happens to be a powerful warrior. |
| 482 | * BaldOfEvil: Has not a hair on his head, and happens to be a Templar. |
| 483 | * BrutishCharacterBrutishWeapon: A strongman and gladiate who wields a large battle axe. |
| 484 | * TheBrute: The Templars use him to intimidate and kill subversive citizens of Constantinople. |
| 485 | * CarpetOfVirility: He has a hairy chest, which he apparently likes to show off. |
| 486 | * DeathFromAbove: One of Ezio's apprentices air-assassinates him when Georgios takes a hostage. |
| 487 | * GlorySeeker: Had a craving for global recognition, which is what eventually lead the Templars to him. |
| 488 | [[/folder]] |
| 489 | |
| 490 | [[folder:Cyril of Rhodes]] |
| 491 | !!Cyril of Rhodes |
| 492 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cyril_of_rhodes_acr_render_3405.png]] |
| 493 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' |
| 494 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' ??? |
| 495 | |
| 496 | ->''"You are meddling in affairs far outside your understanding."'' |
| 497 | |
| 498 | A disgraced member of the Eastern Orthodox Church, Cyril plots to kill the Patriarch of Constantinople in revenge for being publicly humiliated. He uses what authority he has left in the church to advance Templar goals. |
| 499 | ---- |
| 500 | * BeardOfEvil: He has a light black beard and is a Templar. |
| 501 | * BodyDouble: In the first singleplayer mission tied to Cyril, Ezio needs to use his [[SuperSenses Eagle Sense]] to find his real target among three similar-looking individuals. When the player has identified what looks to be the correct target, the accompanying apprentice immediately [[DeathFromAbove assassinates him]], though it quickly turns out to be the wrong man, which allows Cyril to escape the first time around. |
| 502 | * {{Expy}}: He shares some characteristics with the Priest, Brother Ristoro, from ''Brotherhood'', most noticeably the religious background and killing, or plotting to kill, those who know of their less savoury habits. |
| 503 | * HeKnowsTooMuch: The clergyman Ezio interrogates is killed by Cyril in the second part of the mission. |
| 504 | * InTheHood: Is always seen wearing a red hood because he is nominally a cleric. |
| 505 | * IRegretNothing: The general sentiment that his FinalWords evoke, and he states the trope verbatim in a mocking manner. |
| 506 | * SinisterMinister: He's an evil former priest who used the church he belonged to gather power nurse personal grudges. |
| 507 | [[/folder]] |
| 508 | |
| 509 | [[folder:Odai Dunqas]] |
| 510 | !!Odai Dunqas |
| 511 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/odai_dunqas_acr_render_4282.png]] |
| 512 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' |
| 513 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' ??? (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Alexander Golovchansky (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 514 | |
| 515 | ->''"Wealth, power, ambition… such things I have seen in my short time on earth, and reveled in them. Such things are the wonders of man."'' |
| 516 | |
| 517 | A cousin of the Sultan of the Sennar Sultanate of Sudan, Dunqas was driven from his homeland and became estranged from his family. Upon learning of the Templar philosophy, he whole-heartedly embraced the Order, naming himself "The Guardian of the Truth". |
| 518 | ---- |
| 519 | * TheExile: He was forced to flee his homeland and lost contact with his family. |
| 520 | * FaceDeathWithDignity: He is rather calm about being killed by the Assassins, and even considers it an honor. |
| 521 | -->'''Odai:''' You may believe you have ended my life, but the truth is, you have completed it. To perish in this age-old struggle is an honor befitting a king. |
| 522 | * HistoricalCharactersFictionalRelative: A cousin of the real life first Sultan of the Sennar Sultanate, Amara Dunqas. |
| 523 | * ScaryBlackMan: He's black and also happens to be large and intimidating, traits which he uses to influence the merchants in districts controlled by the Assassins. |
| 524 | * WalkingShirtlessScene: He wears a simple vest that leaves his very well-chiseled chest and stomach open for view. |
| 525 | * YouHaveFailedMe: Executes Theodorus for allowing Ezio and one of his apprentices to tail him to a meeting with Odai. |
| 526 | [[/folder]] |
| 527 | |
| 528 | [[folder:Lysistrata]] |
| 529 | !!Lysistrata |
| 530 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lysistrata_acr_render_4283.png]] |
| 531 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' |
| 532 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Ida Darvish (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Elena Chebaturkina (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 533 | |
| 534 | ->''"What a bland world it will be if you Assassins get your way."'' |
| 535 | |
| 536 | A wealthy Byzantine, Lysistrata lived a life of luxury and nonchalance. She was schooled in the arts by the Templars, and in exchange she would use her "seductive charisma" on Ottoman officials and visiting monarchs. |
| 537 | ---- |
| 538 | %%* DarkActionGirl |
| 539 | * FemmeFatale: Heavy on the 'fatale' part. The Assassins suspect she is behind the disappearance of several prominent men throughout the Ottoman Empire, and it is easy to tell how that happened. |
| 540 | * EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry: Really, her targets ought to hear her coming from a mile away, with her wearing all that frippery. |
| 541 | * GorgeousGreek: She is an elegant white-clad woman of Byzantine origin that uses her seductive charisma to lead her victims to their doom. |
| 542 | * MadArtist: Considers killing a form of art and considers the Assassins "dull" for their methods and ideologies. Its no surprise that her codename in the Animus multiplayer also happens to be the "Thespian". |
| 543 | * PsychoKnifeNut: Specializes in knives when it comes to murdering people. |
| 544 | * {{Stage Name|s}}: "Lysistrata" is not her actual name, but comes from a famous play by Aristophanes. |
| 545 | * SmokeOut: How she escapes Ezio and his apprentice the first time around, thanks to a well-timed Smoke Bomb, complete with OffscreenTeleportation. |
| 546 | * TooDumbToLive: After the apprentice's failed assassination of her, Lysistrata goes into hiding, knowing another brush with the Assassins would probably end up fatal for her. However, her vanity gets the better of her, which causes her to participate in another play (she at least bothers to do so under another alias, but it doesn't fool the Assassins), making her a clean target for Ezio and the apprentice. Ezio [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this at the beginning of the mission by remarking how her "boldness" is actually lethal stupidity. |
| 547 | [[/folder]] |
| 548 | |
| 549 | [[folder:Mirela Djuric]] |
| 550 | !!Mirela Djuric |
| 551 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mirela_djuric_acr_render_4021.png]] |
| 552 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' |
| 553 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Ida Darvish (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Zhanna Nikonova (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 554 | |
| 555 | ->''"I took what was owed me, in spite of oppression, of hatred, of ignorance. I lived my own way, for myself!"'' |
| 556 | |
| 557 | A Romani who was an expert thief and fortune teller, she provided the Templars with a vital link to the underworld of Constantinople and was consequently shunned by her own people. |
| 558 | ---- |
| 559 | %%* BraidsOfAction: |
| 560 | * CoolCrown: She wears a fairly simple, golden circlet around her head. Apparently, she feels such distinction is "owed to her". |
| 561 | %%* DarkActionGirl |
| 562 | * DeathByIrony: Her primary method of killing is via poison. Judging by the full synch requirements, Ezio used poison to kill her. |
| 563 | * DeviousDaggers: A thief who wields a knife as her main weapon. |
| 564 | * DontYouDarePityMe: Her [[LastWords final words]] evoke this sentiment; because of her pride and self-reliance she doesn't want Ezio trying to be all "peaceful-last-rite"y with her. |
| 565 | * IRegretNothing: As she's dying, Mirela claims to regret nothing of what she's done. In her life as a UsefulNotes/{{Roma|ni}}, she'd been the victim of oppression, of ignorance and of hatred. In retaliation, she simply took what she believed was owed to her. |
| 566 | * LaserGuidedKarma: She is assassinated through a dose of poison, her own preferred method of killing. |
| 567 | * MasterPoisoner: She uses poison to kill her opponents, and Ezio witnesses her murder another Romani who was confronting her and then pin the blame on the other Romani. |
| 568 | * StopBeingStereotypical: At least part of the reason she's disliked by other Romani is that her backstabbing and thievery ties directly into the negative stereotypes used to persecute the Romani. |
| 569 | * RoguishRomani: She uses the conman's playbook to steal money and ruin lives. For this reason, she is named as a trickster. |
| 570 | [[/folder]] |
| 571 | |
| 572 | [[folder:Damat Ali Pasha]] |
| 573 | !!Damat Ali Pasha |
| 574 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/damat_ali_pasha_acr_render_6314.png]] |
| 575 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' |
| 576 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' ??? (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Andrey Danilyuk (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 577 | |
| 578 | ->''"You Assassins are a plague on the hope of humanity, putting down every edifice of progress we manage to build up."'' |
| 579 | |
| 580 | Initially a loyal servant of Sultan Bayezid II, Damat Ali Pasha turned to the Templar Order after the Sultan's ambition to conquer the world subsided. He sought to deliver the people into the arms of his order, so that order and glory could be brought to a world of chaos. |
| 581 | ---- |
| 582 | * AffablyEvil: During the first singleplayer mission centering around the vizier, Damat Ali Pasha sounds genuinely grateful and enthusiastic (suspiciously so) when Ezio returns the stolen documents to him. Though by the time the second part rolls around, he's obviously not as friendly. |
| 583 | * BeardOfEvil: He has a small black beard; clearly "evil hair". |
| 584 | * TheMole: Him being "robbed" by a Templar agent was simply a cover for him to pass documents onto his fellow Templars. |
| 585 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: Believes that the Templars need to rule the world in order to bring order and peace to it. |
| 586 | [[/folder]] |
| 587 | |
| 588 | [[folder:Leandros]] |
| 589 | !!Leandros |
| 590 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/leandros_acr_render_8154.png]] |
| 591 | !!!'''Appears in:''' ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' |
| 592 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SteveBlum (English)[[note]]'''Other Languages''':Vladimir Antonik (Russian)[[/note]] |
| 593 | |
| 594 | ->''"Could it be that you are every bit as deadly as the legends say? Or am I in charge of an army of drunks swinging sticks?!"'' |
| 595 | |
| 596 | A Byzantine captain and Templar in charge of excavating Masysaf, he is killed by Ezio in 1511. |
| 597 | ---- |
| 598 | * BadBoss: He constantly insults his men, pulls one who'd come to his rescue from his carriage out of mere spite (the guard not even having done ''anything'' against Leandros), and throws another off a rooftop in an attempt to slow Ezio. |
| 599 | * BaldOfEvil: It appears that he shaves his head. It makes a remarkable contrast with our hero, who even in his old age still has a full head of hair. |
| 600 | * BeardOfEvil: He has a small pointed black beard; definitely evil hair. |
| 601 | * DirtyCoward: He never dares to face Ezio directly, instead throwing his soldiers at him while trying to flee. |
| 602 | * GetBackHereBoss: He flees from Ezio throughout their conflict, escaping first on a carriage and then on foot through a town to escape the Assassin's wrath. |
| 603 | * {{Jerkass}}: Easily one of the biggest assholes ever encountered among the Templars, with no redeeming qualities at all. It really says something when Ezio punctuates his usual last rites with an insult. |
| 604 | -->'''Ezio:''' ''Requiescat in pace''... ''bastardo.'' |
| 605 | * LargeHam: The guy only talks in a shout, and never anything lower. Ezio even lampshades this when he catches up to the guy. |
| 606 | -->'''Ezio:''' Don't you ever stop howling? |
| 607 | * OnlyOneName: Even his database entry doesn't have a full name. |
| 608 | * ZeroEffortBoss: He goes down without even a fight at the conclusion of Memory Sequence 1. |
| 609 | [[/folder]] |
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