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Vorlage:Refimprove Vorlage:In-universe Vorlage:Overly detailed This is a list of characters in the Assassin's Creed series. Note that while many of the characters are based on actual historical figures, some of them are fictional.

Assassins

Modern era

Desmond Miles

The main protagonist of the series. He is a descendant of two key Assassins—Altaïr and Ezio.

Lucy Stillman

Lucy Stillman was a member of the Assassin's Order and former genetic memoryVorlage:Disambiguation needed researcher who worked for Abstergo Industries in the Animus project.

Lucy first appears at the beginning of the first game, as she and Warren Vidic argue about whether to leave Desmond in the Animus or pull him out during a fragmented memory sequence. Afterward, while Vidic explains to Desmond what the Animus does and what "genetic memories" are, Lucy explains Abstergo's goal in very broad and non-specific terms. Vidic wants to hurry Desmond along, seeing no reason to "coddle" him, but Lucy manages to convince Vidic that Desmond will be useless without time to rest from his experience.

During Desmond's time in the Animus, Lucy is his chief defender, pressuring Vidic to allow Desmond more time to rest. In breaks between Animus sessions, Lucy begins to warm to Desmond, and answers what questions she can about the Animus, Abstergo and Vidic. Lucy also mentions that Desmond was not the only person Abstergo was detaining; she, too, is an unfortunate captive. Abstergo tried to silence her to keep her from speaking publicly about the Animus, but her attackers were ordered to stand down by Dr. Warren Vidic. She claimed that he saved her life that day, and she told Desmond not to judge Dr. Vidic so harshly, as he was under a lot of pressure. After a few days, Lucy hides the access codes for Desmond's door in his wardrobe so that he can roam freely about the Animus chamber, and "forgot" her security pen on the Animus so that Desmond could access her e-mail account. Eventually, she reveals herself to Desmond as an Assassin, working undercover to learn more about Abstergo's goals. After Desmond successfully retrieves the suppressed memory sequence at the end of the game, Abstergo executives order Desmond's murder, but Lucy convinces them to keep him alive to extract more information.

Several hours later (Assassin's Creed II), Lucy returned and broke Desmond out of the Abstergo facility, eventually escaping to an Assassin safehouse, where Rebecca Crane and Shaun Hastings waited with the "Animus 2.0", an improved and upgraded Animus machine of Rebecca's own design. They inform Desmond that they're going to attempt an unorthodox training regime: by using the Animus and the Bleeding Effect, they will try and "imprint" his ancestor Ezio's skills on Desmond himself, turning him into a master Assassin-by-proxy. Eventually, Abstergo tracks them to the safehouse, and the Assassins are forced to flee to a secondary facility in the north; on the way, Desmond goes back into the Animus to search Ezio and Altair's memories for any information that may help them.

Shortly thereafter, they arrive at Monteriggioni (Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood), and establish their second base. There, Lucy continues to help Desmond through the Animus 2.0. After Desmond finds the location of the Apple of Eden through Ezio's memories, Lucy, Shaun, and Rebbecca accompany him deep beneath the Colosseum, to a hidden vault where it resides. As Desmond holds the Apple, the goddess Juno takes control him through it. She then forces him to stab Lucy, demanding a "sacrifice in order to be awakened". It is revealed in Assassin's Creed: Revelations that Lucy was apparently killed from the stabbing. She was given a funeral and buried in a cemetery just outside of Rome.

It is implied that Desmond and Lucy have feelings for each other during Assassin's Creed II and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood and is directly stated in Assassin's Creed: Revelations, making this partly why Desmond went into a coma.

Shaun Hastings

Shaun Hastings (Voiced by Danny Wallace) is a cynical, condescending and pessimistic member of the Assassin's team, specializing in research and information handling.Vorlage:Citation needed Through conversations in Assassin's Creed II, Desmond learns that Shaun was interested in conspiracies from an early age, and developed a love of history. Though he was unaware of the existence of modern-day Templars and Assassins, he realized that there was some power-struggle going on. Shaun attempted to tell others about his findings, not realizing that the Templars would try to silence him. Fortunately, Rebecca Crane apparently "rescued" Shaun and recruited him into the Order.Vorlage:Citation needed This is mentioned as being unconventional, as most Assassins in the Order are usually born, not recruited. (However, in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, actively recruiting new assassins into the order is a key aspect of gameplay.Vorlage:Citation needed)

During the events of Assassin's Creed II, Shaun's role is to provide tactical support to the other Assassins, as well as providing Desmond with interesting database entries, and the occasional piece of advice on glyph puzzles. Desmond can contact him at different points in the game to trigger various cutscenes, where he talks either about recent progress for the assassins, or his own past. He still usually works busily on his computer, and will often tell Desmond off if provoked. In Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Shaun questions William Miles about Desmond, asking if Desmond maybe a Templar sleeper agent, because of Desmond being forced to stab Lucy, but William denies it. Also it is implied that Shaun attended Lucy's funeral, as he told Rebecca about the burial.Vorlage:Citation needed

Rebecca Crane

Rebecca Crane (Voiced by Eliza Schneider) is a member of the Assassin's team. She is the creator of the Animus 2.0 - which she affectionately refers to as "Baby" - and provides technical support for the Assassins alongside her partner, Shaun Hastings. She appears to be an old friend of Lucy Stillman, although prior to the game, the two purportedly did not see one another for seven years, perhaps due to Lucy's internment at Abstergo.

In Assassin's Creed II, Rebecca serves as tech support for the Animus 2.0. She often leaves notes within the database entries that Shaun makes available for Desmond Miles while he is in the Animus, especially if the entries (i.e. about a particular structure) indicate the presence of a glyph or Assassin's tomb therein. The data module that Rebecca receives from Lucy with the records of the Abstergo version of the Animus allow Desmond to interact with the encrypted file Subject 16 left behind in Ezio Auditore da Firenze's memories. In Assassin's Creed Revelations, Rebecca can be heard talking to Bill Miles during Desmond's coma.

Subject 16

Vorlage:Rewrite section Clay Kaczmarek (voiced by Cam Clarke in Assassin's Creed II and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood and by Graham Cuthbertson in Assassin's Creed: Revelations), commonly known as Subject 16 is the Assassin abducted by Abstergo directly before Desmond Miles. Dr. Warren Vidic was responsible for pushing Subject 16 to the point of insanity. In the games Assassin's Creed, Assassin's Creed II and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, indirect references are made to the events immediately following Subject 16's insanity. The events are only revealed after beating the first game.

After completing the storyline of Assassin's Creed, Desmond gains Altaïr's Eagle Vision via the "Bleeding Effect" from the Animus, which allows him to see more than is usually visible. At this point, he can use his new-found ability to see blood covering the walls and floor of the room with the Animus; the blood was used to create symbols and writings, indicating the end of the world in a variety of ways and making references to several different cultures. All of the clues point to December 21, 2012. When Desmond enters his own room and uses Eagle Vision to view the wall behind his bed, he sees that it is almost entirely covered in blood and contains several more clues to what happened to Subject 16.Vorlage:Citation needed Eventually it is revealed that Subject 16 felt his soul was being stolen and his mind shattered with so many memories of his ancestors, so he used his own blood to paint the clues before ending his life.

Third Crusade era

Altaïr ibn-La'Ahad

Altaïr ibn-La'Ahad, (Arabic: الطائر ابن الأحد (aṭ-ṭāʾir ibn lā ʾaḥad) "The Bird - Son Of The One And Only") (Voiced by Philip Shahbaz in Assassin's Creed and by Cas Anvar in Assassin's Creed: Revelations) (1165-1257) usually known by the mononym Altaïr, is the protagonist of Assassin's Creed, and the primary supplemental character in Assassin's Creed: Revelations. He is a Syrian Assassin whose birthday is the 11th of January 1165 and who lived during the third Crusade. The name ibn La-Ahad means "Son of the one and only" in Arabic, although the accuracy of the translation is heavily questioned. Additionally, Ben Reeves of Game Informer adds that the "name of the top assassin [...] is also the name of a star in the constellation Aquila - Aquila being another name meaning eagle. Not coincidentally Ezio is the Italian form of a Greek name that also means "eagle". Altaïr is an ancestor of Desmond Miles.

In Assassin's Creed: Altaïr Chronicles, the year is 1190 AD, and the Third Crusade is engulfing the Holy Land. Crusaders clash with Saracens for control of the Holy City. The game takes place before the events of the original Assassin's Creed; Altaïr is tasked by Al Mualim to find and retrieve a sacred object: the Chalice. It is said to have the power to unite under one flag all the factions of whatever side possesses it—either the Crusaders or the Saracens—and end the Third Crusade in victory for one side or the other. But the Chalice is too powerful an object to be left in the hands of men alone—it must be found and destroyed quickly. After learning that the Chalice is kept in Jerusalem, Altaïr manages to arrive before the Templar leader, Lord Basilisk. There, he successfully rescues the Chalice from a group of Templars. There it is revealed that the Chalice is a woman named Adha, the woman Altaïr knew and had feelings for before the events of game. From her, he learns that the Templars have paid off Harash, the second-in-command of the Assassins, to betray the Brotherhood. Altaïr then plans to attack Alep (the assassin fortress), kill Harash, and run away with Adha - but after making his way through Harash's assassin guards and killing him, Adha is kidnapped by Basilisk and taken to the Templars' port in Tyre.

Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines takes place between the events of the original Assassin's Creed and Assassin's Creed II. The game is set on the island of Cyprus, taking the player to two of its cities, Limassol and Kyrenia. Altaïr has traveled to Cyprus from the Holy Land (the setting of the first game) in order to assassinate the last remnants of the Templars. Bloodlines includes more face time with Maria, the female Templar that was spared by Altaïr in Assassin's Creed. Altaïr captures Maria as a prisoner, but she escapes, before being captured again by Altaïr. In the novel Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade, Altaïr and Maria's relationship is more fully explored. They are married and have two sons: Darim and Sef.

In Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Altaïr creates a massive library hidden beneath the Masyaf fortress that supposedly has information that can tilt the scales in the war between the Templars and the Assassins. Ezio discovers that the door to the library is sealed by five locks, and that five 'Masyaf keys' must be found in order to open the library. Whenever Ezio finds a Masyaf key, he inadvertently accesses one of Altaïr's memories - deliberately stored inside each key. As Ezio discovers more keys, the memories inside them are further along in Altaïr's life; for example, in the final key, there is a memory of Altaïr in his early 80's, returning to Masyaf to kill Abbas. When Ezio finally enters the Masyaf library, however, there are no books nor writings in the library. There is only the skeleton of Altaïr, holding the sixth Masyaf key, and the Apple of Eden on a pedestal at the back of the room. Ezio chooses to leave the apple, having "seen enough".

Altaïr was chosen by the Guinness World Records to be 30th top video game character. IGN nominated Altaïr for their "Stars' 2007 Badasssss!" award; Additionally, IGN's Jesse Schedeen listed Altaïr as one of the fighters they'd have in their ultimate fighting game, saying he was a slightly more realistic and efficient version of the Prince from Prince of Persia. However, IGN, using results from a reader's poll and comments, also listed Altaïr as the 9th most overrated video game character, comparing him to a "poor man's Prince of Persia" and saying that he was a 2-D character who was very formulaic.

Other Appearances

• In Academy of Champions: Soccer, Altaïr appears as a playable character.
• In the video game The Saboteur, the player can obtain an Altaïr trophy.
• In Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, player-character Solid Snake can disguise himself with Altaïr's outfit.
• In Prince of Persia, Altaïr's outfit is unlockable for the Prince to wear.
• Altaïr's outfit also appears in Rayman Raving Rabbids 2.
• In Assassin's Creed II and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Altaïr's outfit is unlockable through a UPLAY download.
• In The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, there is an Easter egg which shows a dead Altaïr in a haystack.

Malik

Malik (voiced by Haaz Sleiman) was once a rival of Altaïr, whom he often berated for disobeying the tenets of the Assassin's Creed. His jealousy turned to hatred when Altaïr botched a mission, resulting in the death of Malek's brother as well as the injury and subsequent amputation of his arm. No longer able to operate as an Assassin, Malik was made the bureau leader of the Jerusalem Assassins. At first he was bitter towards Altaïr, but over time he comes to forgive him and acknowledges his own fault in his brother's death. When Altaïr returns to confront Al Mualim, Malik supports him, distracting the brainwashed Assassins while Altaïr faces Al Mualim. After Al Mualim's death, Malik rushes to Altaïr's side as the piece of Eden becomes activated. He is not seen again for the rest of the series, but he is written of in Assassin's Creed II. Altaïr makes mention of his death at the hands of Abbas in Assassin's Creed: Revelations.

Abbas Sofian

Abbas Sofian (voiced by Nolan North in Assassin's Creed and by Yerman Gur in Assassin's Creed: Revelations) is an Assassin seen in the first game. He comes off as being hostile towards Altaïr, calling him the Master's favorite. The reasons for this hatred, besides perhaps jealousy, are not made clear. In Assassin's Creed: Revelations, it is revealed that Abbas hates Altaïr, blaming him for his father's death and disgrace, despite assurance from both Altaïr and Al Mualim that his father killed himself so as not to disgrace the Creed. After Altaïr's ascension to leader of the Assassins, Abbas does not comply and seeks to kill Altaïr. He failed, however and was forgiven by Altair. Years later, Abbas's men killed Altaïr's son Sef and wife Maria, prompting Altaïr and his elder son Darim to flee Masyaf. With Altaïr gone, Abbas and his Assassins became little more than murdering bandits. Upon Altair's return 20 years later, many of the Assassins still loyal to Altaïr joined him, and Abbas was killed by Altaïr's newly-designed pistol. It was in his dying moments that he finally made peace with the truth of his father's death.

Renaissance era

Ezio Auditore da Firenze

Vorlage:Rewrite section Ezio Auditore da Firenze (voiced by Roger Craig Smith) is the protagonist of Assassin's Creed II, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, and Assassin's Creed: Revelations. He is a member of the Assassin Order around the time of the Renaissance.

An ancestor to both Desmond Miles and Subject 16, Ezio was unaware of his Assassin heritage until the age of 17, when his father Giovanni and two brothers Federico and Petruccio were falsely accused of treason and hanged. Ezio, because of his adventurous lifestyle, was already extremely agile and was taught how to fight, unlike Altaïr. Seeking revenge, he escapes with his surviving family members to the Tuscan town of Monteriggioni held by his uncle, assassinating Uberto Alberti in the process. In liberating Roma (Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood) from Borgia control, he helps to spread the Renaissance and the Assassin ideals of independence and thought throughout Italy. In Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Ezio finds a letter written by his father a year before his birth and has another adventure.

Shortly before the death of Rodrigo Borgia (in Brotherhood) in 1503, Ezio is pronounced "The Mentor", or "Il Mentore", of the Italian Assassin Order.

Although Desmond is related to both Altaïr and Ezio (and can therefore access their memories), Ezio is not a direct descendent of Altaïr and comes from a different bloodline. Instead, Desmond is the "convergence of a lot of special bloodlines rather than one diluted bloodline." Like both Altaïr and Desmond, Ezio has a crescent scar on his mouth across both his lips.

Ezio was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the 35th top video game character.

Other Appearances

Ezio's costume is unlockable in the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, Final Fantasy XIII-2 as well as in LittleBigPlanet for the PlayStation 3, PowerUp Heroes for Kinect on Xbox 360, and his signature hood was presented as promotional headgear to "Team Fortress 2" players who have prodered "Assassin's Creed: Revelations" under the name "Dashin' Hashashin"**.

• According to "Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia".
  • According to the "Official Team Fotress 2 Wiki".

Ezio also appears as a guest character in Soulcalibur V.

Yusuf Tazim

Vorlage:Expand section Yusuf Tazim (voiced by Chris Parson) is a character in Assassin's Creed Revelations. He is the easygoing Master of the Ottoman Assassins, rising to the post sometime before 1511 AD. That year, he met Ezio Auditore. He introduces Ezio to Constantinople and the hookblade. Ezio describes Yusuf as "affable". Yusuf often talks with humor, poking fun at Ezio or at Italians in general. Furthermore he is an expert at crafting bombs and at combat. When Ezio returns from Cappadocia, he finds Sofia Sartor's shop in ruins and Yusuf murdered at the hands of Ahmet, a note knifed to his chest. The message on the note is never revealed.

Templars

The Templars are the antagonists of the series. They are a secret society of people whose only goal is "save humanity from itself." To achieve their goal, the Templars plan to obtain the Pieces of Eden, which will allow them to control human minds. The Templars control the flow of the modern world through political, scientific and economic means. Much like the Assassins, the Templars have existed through the entirety of recorded human history.

Modern era

Dr. Warren Vidic

In Assassin's Creed, Dr. Warren Vidic (Voiced by Philip Proctor) is the head of the Animus program. Vidic does not care about the Animus test subjects; his only goal is finding the Pieces of Eden, whatever the cost. He forced Subject 16 into reliving many of his ancestors lives in a bid to find the Apple; this resulted in Subject 16 losing his sense of self as the Bleeding Effect overcame him and drove him to insanity and suicide. As a result, Vidic is begrudgingly more lenient towards Desmond, granting him more frequent breaks.

In Assassin's Creed II, Vidic makes a brief appearance during the game's ending, when he locates the Assassin hideout. Trying to recapture Desmond, he tries to make Desmond come peacefully and comments about Lucy's betrayal, telling her about the pain that he was forced to inflict on the Animus subjects as a result. After Desmond and Lucy defeat the Abstergo guards, Vidic says that Desmond should enjoy his temporary victory, and escapes in an Abstergo van.

In Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, he makes an appearance during the multiplayer introduction cutscene giving an introduction speech to Abstergo employees about the use of the Animi (plural for the Animus) and its true purpose in exterminating the rest of the Assassin Order.

Allan Rikkin

Allan Rikkin is the CEO of Abstergo. He had sent several e-mails to Warren Vidic, one of which that details several Pieces of EdenVorlage:Disambiguation needed that they believe to be nothing more than mythical tales, including The Holy Grail. Rikkin is possibly one of the three men standing in the conference room right after Desmond Miles finished the Altaïr project.

Third Crusade era

Robert de Sablé

Robert de Sablé (Voiced by Jean-Philippe Dandenaud), one of the nine assassination targets assigned by Al Mualim for Altaïr to kill. De Sablé was a lieutenant under Richard the Lionheart, and Grand Master of the Knights Templar during the Third Crusade. He serves as the main antagonist of Assassin's Creed.

Born into a powerful family, Robert de Sablé was immersed from birth into nobility, though events during de Sablé's life are difficult to pin down; at some point he became lord and ruler of Briollay, France. Subsequently, de Sablé entered into the order of Knights Templar and reigned as their "Grand Master" from 1191 to 1193. During the 3rd Crusade, de Sablé and the Knights Templar laid siege to the city of Acre, which soon fell; throughout August 1191, they also recaptured many fortresses and cities along the Palestinian coast, which had been lost previously.

Grand Master of the Knights Templar, de Sablé follows a goal similar to the Assassins (in that he is attempting to end the war in the Holy Land). Al Mualim has no objections against him ending the Crusade, but is more against the way de Sablé attempts to do so—the Assassins would have people find peace themselves, but the Templar would force their "peace" onto others and attempt to control them.

Al Mualim

Al Mualim (Arabic for "The Teacher") (Voiced by Peter Renaday), is based on the real-life Rashid ad-Din Sinan, the Persian Assassin leader in the Syrian town of Masyaf. He may have also been partially inspired by Hassan-i Sabbah, another Persian and the leader of the South Caspian branch in the town of Alamut. He was a master Assassin who secretly led a double life as a Templar; he was also seen as a wisened old man whom Altaïr saw as a father figure.

After Altaïr broke all three tenets of the Assassin's Creed in one mission, Al Mualim reduced Altaïr to the rank of an initiate, and gave him a list of nine men to kill in order for Altaïr to redeem himself and bring an end to the Crusade. In actual fact, Altaïr was killing "rival" members of the Templar Order so that Al Mualim could keep the Piece of Eden for himself.

Altaïr eventually assassinates the ninth target, Robert de Sablé, but with his dying breath, de Sablé tells Altaïr of Al Mualim's true plans. Altaïr returns to Masyaf to find that the citizens are being controlled by the Apple, wielded by Al Mualim. Al Mualim himself broke all three tenets of the Creed, leading to a fight between himself and Altaïr, and after a lengthy battle Al Mualim is killed by his student and Altaïr takes possession of The Apple. Al Mualim is back in Assassin's Creed Revelations in one of the memories of Altaïr. In the memory, Altair burns Al Mualim's body on a pyre, ensuring that he [Al Mualim] can never return. This is a move that unnerves many of the other Assassins, but eventually Altair is forgiven and accepted as the new master.

Renaissance era

Rodrigo Borgia

Rodrigo Borgia (Voiced by Manuel Tadros) is the primary antagonist of Assassin's Creed II.

Rodrigo Borgia (1 January 1431 – 18 August 1503), born Roderic Llançol, later Roderic de Borja i Borja, was the leader of the Knights Templar during the Renaissance in Italy. He was elected Pope from 1492 to 1503 as Alexander VI. His enemies called him "The Spaniard" (due to his Spanish origins) while his Templar followers called him "Maestro" ("Master" in Italian and "teacher" in Spanish). He was one of the most controversial of the Renaissance popes, and his surname (Italianized as Borgia) became a byword for the debased standards of the papacy of that era.

The Medici were the ruling family in Florence, but a conspiracy was being plotted in an attempt to overthrow the powerful Lorenzo de' Medici, and Rodrigo Borgia was at the centre of it. One night in 1476, Borgia was on his way to leave Florence with few of his men in the dark streets of the city. Suddenly, Giovanni Auditore da Firenze, an assassin, intercepted him. Borgia fled immediately as Giovanni battled his men, and, as he hid behind a corner, Borgia saw Giovanni capture one of his men. Under torture, the prisoner revealed the plotted assassination of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan and a powerful ally of Lorenzo de' Medici; Giovanni quickly went to stop the attempt, but arrived too late. Borgia and his accomplices' plan had succeeded, and Borgia began planning the next move.

Deducing the origin of the Duke of Milan's murderers by looting a Ducat from one of them, Giovanni headed to Venice. There, he intercepted an encrypted message from Marco and Silvio Barbarigo to their master, Rodrigo. After Uberto Alberti and Father Antonio Maffei decoded the letter, Giovanni carried the copied message to Rome, in order to discover who was behind the plots. Once arrived in the city, he gave the message to a man; by tailing this one, it appears that the letter travels in various hands before arriving at its final destination: Rodrigo Borgia. Borgia headed next to see Pope Sixtus IV to obtain military support in order to conquer Florence.

The night before the trial of the Auditore family, Rodrigo was at Uberto's house. Ezio came by to give Uberto his father's letters, which would prove Giovanni not guilty of the charges against him; Ezio noticed the hooded man (Rodrigo) behind Uberto, but paid him no further notice. The following morning, Borgia attended the public judgement and hanging of Giovanni and two of his sons; years later, as Ezio confronted Rodrigo, he would state that Ezio's brothers did not need to die, but he had them killed anyway to make a point to the Assassins and to Ezio.

Two years after the Auditores' murders, Rodrigo went to meetings with the Pazzi family in San Gimignano and with the Templars in a catacomb under the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella. There he reminded them to beware the Assassins, and stated that the next day would be "a new dawn for Firenze".

After Ezio thwarted the Templars in Florence, Borgia was to meet with the remaining conspirators in Tuscany. The Pazzi were going to ask for asylum with Borgia in either Venice or Rome, but before the meeting could even commence, most of the conspirators were killed by Ezio, one by one. Only Jacopo de' Pazzi actually made it to the meeting alive; there Jacopo claimed that the blame rested with his nephew Francesco for his impatience, and with Emilio Barbarigo for supplying the Pazzi troops with sub-standard weaponry. Enraged by Jacopo's snivelling excuses, Borgia lectured his subordinate on his failure, then stabbed him (aided by an all-too-eager Barbarigo). Ignoring Jacopo's pleas for mercy, Borgia stabbed him in the neck, then called out Ezio (who he knew had tailed Jacopo to the meeting). Sarcastically apologizing for killing Ezio's target for him, Borgia mocked Ezio, saying that he had been doing "this" for far longer than the novice Assassin. He ordered his men to kill Ezio and left without bothering to make sure the deed was done (he might have guessed that Ezio would escape, and chose not to stick around for it).

Borgia was later found in Venice, planning with Carlo Grimaldi and the Barbarigos to murder the current Doge (Giovanni Mocenigo) so that one of them could replace him and take control of Venice. Borgia chastised the Barbarigos for making their own plans and arguing over who would be the new Doge after they took Venice; he appointed Marco Barbarigo as the next Doge, and then left them to carry out his plans.

While Ezio was hunting the Barbarigos in Venice, Borgia was tracking the location of the Piece of Eden which Altaïr once took from the Templars. He sent ships to Cyprus in order to claim it from the Vault where Altaïr sealed it away before his death. He appeared in Venice to lay claim to the Piece of Eden, but Ezio, disguised as the carrier of the artifact, attempted to kill him. Borgia, however, was prepared for the attack, and told his men to stand down so that he could deal with Ezio personally. The two began an intense battle, with Ezio emerging as the victor. Realizing he could not defeat Ezio alone, Borgia called in more guards to overwhelm Ezio who also claimed that he could not stop his plans because he was the prophet who Altaïr was talking about in the codex pages. Suddenly, many of Ezio's allies appeared, revealing themselves to be Assassins. They held off the guards to allow Ezio to re-challenge Borgia, who then escaped before Ezio could kill him.

Borgia found out that Caterina Sforza's late husband had made a map of where all the Codex pages were, so he hired the Orsi Brothers to retrieve it. The Orsi's found out that Caterina had the Apple, so they took it, planning to present it to Borgia for an extra pay off. Unfortunately for Borgia, Ezio managed to kill both of the Orsi brothers, though the Apple eventually came into the hands of Girolamo Savonarola, an arch-enemy of Borgia.

With the Apple, Savonarola took control over Florence, and Borgia repeatedly sent his men to Florence in the hopes of acquiring the Apple with no success.

In the following years, Borgia fooled the Spanish Inquisitor General Tomas Torquemada into capturing and killing Assassins in Spain. Tomas, who thought Borgia was as much as a believer of God as he was, blindly followed his orders. Borgia also found out about Christoffa Corombo's plans to sail west; Borgia knew of the presence of America and the treasures that lay there, and did not want anyone to find it before him, therefore he arranged a meeting with Christoffa in Venice. Christoffa's friend Luis Santangel (secretly an Assassin) suspected a trap, and called for Ezio's aid; Ezio successfully rescued Christoffa, and eventually Christoffa did set sail west.

Borgia was elected Pope in 1492 and established his power in Rome; his true intent, however, was to gain access to the Vault that lays under the Vatican, where, according to Borgia, God himself rested.

In 1498, Borgia continued his campaign against Savaranola but it was Ezio who killed the monk before he was burned alive by an angry riot, claiming that "no one should die in such pain" and claimed the Piece of Eden for the assassins.

Borgia offered his daughter Lucrezia to Caterina Sforza's son Ottaviano Riario; Borgia figured that with a son-in-law like Ottaviano, he could control the regions of Forlì and Imola. Caterina declined the offer, as she knew of his plans and that Lucrezia 'never stayed married for long'. This enraged Borgia, and his son Cesare began an assault on Forlì.

In 1499, Ezio chased Borgia, planning to assassinate him. Ezio snuck into the Vatican and seemingly assassinated Borgia without being seen inside the Sistine Chapel. After Ezio finished speaking with Borgia, he left—only to see Borgia rise from the ground and use his Piece of Eden, the Papal Staff, to strike down Ezio and everyone else in the room. However, Borgia was surprised to see that Ezio was able to resist the power of his staff. Ezio brought out his own Piece of Eden: The Apple that Altaïr took from Al Mualim. Ezio then summoned four clones of himself to assist him in his battle against Borgia, eventually defeating him. But Borgia tripped Ezio with the staff, snatched The Apple from his hands, and combined it with The Staff to open up the door to the Vault, which had been underneath Rome the whole time. Ezio tried to stop him, but he was lifted into the air by Borgia, unable to resist two combined Pieces of Eden. Borgia stabbed Ezio with a dagger and left him to die on the floor of the Sistine Chapel before escaping into the Vault. Though injured, Ezio eventually made his way to the Vault, with Borgia furiously pounding the door to the inner chambers. Ezio dropped into the pit where Borgia was, and challenged him to one last fist fight, with no more weapons, no more plots, and no more decoys. Borgia accepted, and the two had one last battle. During the battle, Borgia stated that he never believed in the Bible or in God, and only became Pope to get the Staff and access to the Vault, wanting to unify Italy under the Templar rule. Ezio defeated Borgia, holding the Pope at blade-point and telling Borgia that he was not the Prophet; he never had been. Broken by this revelation and accepting defeat, Borgia told Ezio to kill him and put an end to it; however, Ezio refused, saying that killing Borgia would not bring back his family. This defeat, combined with the knowledge much of his life had been wasted pursuing a false hope, served to break Rodrigo's spirit and ambitions considerably.

Borgia appeared in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, which takes place in 1503, the last year of his papacy. He appeared in the E3 trailer for Brotherhood, riding in a carriage through Rome with his son Cesare, when Ezio and his new band of Assassins appear and attack the carriage. Following the end of Assassin's Creed II, Rodrigo's spirit has been broken, and he has become more interested in preserving his own wealth and power, instead of furthering Templar plans. Throughout the game, Borgia and his son are continually at odds: Cesare thinks his father is weak, while Rodrigo fears that his son's ambition is out of control. As the pressure between them (made worse by the Assassins) intensifies, Borgia in 1503 tries to do away with his son by offering him a poisoned apple, but Cesare, upon learning of his father's assassination attempt, turns the tables on Rodrigo and kills him with the same apple; later, Ezio discovers the results of Cesare's patricide, and respectfully closes Rodrigo's eyes in front of a frightened Lucrezia Borgia.

Cesare Borgia

Cesare Borgia (Voiced by Andreas Apergis) is the primary antagonist of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.

Cesare Borgia (13 September 1475 – 12 March 1507) was the son of Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia) and his first wife Vannozza dei Cattanei. During his childhood, Cesare (along with his other siblings) was raised by his father to become one of his personal weapons. However, he was naturally ambitious and aggressive; at age 18, when he sought his brother Juan Borgia the Younger's position as Captain General of the Papal Army (Cesare was a Cardinal at the time), he had his brother assassinated. After leading the army to many victories throughout Italy, Cesare developed extreme sadism and a lust for conquest. He later came to the absurd conclusion that he could not be killed by mortal men and that he would lead mankind into a new era, a belief that would stay with him for the rest of his life. In effect, he and his father were continually at odds. That he is rarely referred to as a Templar suggests that he may have abandoned his Templar duty, conquering for the sake of his own ego.

In 1500 Cesare attacked Ezio Auditore da Firenze's headquarters in Monteriggioni to begin his conquest of Italy. His army quickly broke through the city's defenses, kidnapping Ezio's uncle Mario and Caterina Sforza and securing the Apple of Eden. Mario was shot by Cesare as an "invitation" to Ezio to face Cesare in Rome. Cesare's arquebusiers shot and wounded Ezio, therefore winning the battle; however, Ezio was able to escape, along with his family and some other citizens.

In 1502 Cesare forced Leonardo da Vinci into his service to build many war machines for his ever-growing army, such as a tank and a machine gun. However, Leonardo contacted Ezio (who fought the Borgia's forces to prove to the other Assassins that he can lead his own army) to destroy these machines before they could be used, and supplied Ezio with a parachute.

In 1503 Rodrigo decided that Cesare had to die before the balance of power he worked so hard to maintain was destroyed. To that end, he poisoned a bowl of apples with his last vials of cantarella. Cesare unknowingly ate one while he argued with his father about his dwindling support. When Rodrigo revealed that Ezio killed his supporters, Cesare demanded that he give him the Apple. Rodrigo refused, and Cesare's sister Lucrezia barged in to warn him of the poison. Angered by this revelation, Cesare shoved the poisoned apple down Rodrigo's throat, killing him in the process. Cesare was then driven into insanity, beating the Apple's location (the Basilica di San Pietro) out of Lucrezia. However, Ezio (who witnessed the entire affair) outran Cesare to the Apple, and used it to destroy the last Borgia presence in Rome. Cesare is soon arrested by order of Pope Julius II on grounds of "murder, betrayal, and incest" (Cesare had an intimate affair with Lucrezia Borgia before his arrest). As Cesare was taken to prison, he claimed that he would not be imprisoned for long, and he would not die by man's hands.

Ezio, haunted by Cesare's words, used the Apple to track his location; Cesare had escaped prison and was participating in the Siege of Viana in Spain. Ezio rode to Viana in 1507 and chased Cesare through the battle-torn plains. He eventually cornered Cesare on top of a castle and engaged him in a duel to the death. Ezio gained the upper hand, stripping Cesare of his armour and pinned him to the ground by stabbing his sleeve with his hidden blade. Cesare, still believing he would not be killed by a mortal man, was left "in the hands of Fate"; Ezio threw Cesare off the battlements to his death. Cesare's insanity and desire for power made Ezio decide to keep the Apple hidden under the Colosseum for safekeeping. At the time, Cesare's fate was left somewhat ambiguous as Ezio did not kill Cesare outright. However, it has since been confirmed that Cesare did die from the fall.

In Assassin's Creed Revelations Cesare is sung in a song by Ezio if the player presses the right button in the mission 'The Prince's Banquet'.

Lucrezia Borgia is a secondary antagonist in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. She is the daughter of Rodrigo Borgia and the sister of Cesare Borgia. She is first seen in a portrait in Assassin's Creed II as a little girl with brown hair. she appears in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood as a buxom woman, her hair now blonde. She is shown to have incestuous affairs with both her father and her brother, the latter of whom tells her that she will be his queen. She has secured a political advantage for her family by marrying many powerful nobles and then having them disgraced or killed soon thereafter. She grows tired of Cesare's womanizing ways, however, and plans to leave the Vatican. Despite this, she still warns her brother of the poisoned apple he received from Rodrigo. In turn, Cesare beat her until she revealed the Piece of Eden's location. Disillusioned by his actions, she helped Ezio find said Piece of Eden and left the Vatican behind. Her in-game portrait reveals that she and her husband fled Rome and relocated to Ferrara.

Leandros

Leandros (voiced by Steven Blum) is a Byzantine Templar who appears in Assassin's Creed Revelations. He captures Ezio Auditore during the game's opening sequence and attempts to hang him from one of Masyaf Castle's towers, but Ezio manages to escape from Leandros and chases him on a carriage. Leandros is later assassinated by Ezio in a village near Masyaf, and the journal of Niccolo Polo is then taken from him by Ezio.Vorlage:Citation needed

Manuel Palaiοlogos

Manuel Palaiologos (Greek : Εμμανουήλ Παλαιολόγος) (voiced by Vlasta Vrana) is the heir to the lost Byzantine throne. Manuel is a major Templar Leader in Assassin's Creed Revelations. He is conspiring in taking back Constantinople (Turkish: Istanbul / Greek: Κωνσταντινούπολη)with the help of Ahmet Heir of the Sultan of Ottoman Empire. He is assassinated by Ezio in the Templar-controlled city of Cappadocia.

Şehzade Ahmet

Şehzade Ahmet (Voiced by Tamer Hassan) is one of the two primary antagonists of Assassin's Creed: Revelations, the other being Manuel Palaiologos.

Ahmet, born in 1465, was the eldest living son of Bayezid II and brother to Selim I. Sharing many characteristics with his father, he was believed to be the perfect candidate for the sultan's heir, even more so when he served as governor of Amasya.

In 1509, following the Istanbul Earthquake and Bayezid II's disappearance, Templars formed from remnants of the Byzantine Empire entered Constantinople. Their leader, Manuel Palaiologos, offered Ahmet the opportunity to end the division of mankind and unite humanity under one ruler; Ahmet accepted and joined the Byzantines. However, as he was still an Ottoman, this caused a great internal conflict. Over time, he slowly surpassed Palaiologos as the new Templar Grand Master and appointed him as second-in-command.

In 1511, the Templars had come into possession of one of Niccolò Polo's journals, "The Secret Crusade", which detailed the existence of five keys given to Polo by Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad. Those keys would unlock the library located inside the Assassin's fortress at Masyaf, and reveal a power which would change the course of the Assassin-Templar war. Ahmet assigned Palaiologos the job of organizing an expedition to Masyaf and finding the keys while he focused on matters back home.

His plan included abducting his own nephew, Suleiman the Magnificent, during a party at Topkapı Palace, whom he would "rescue" and be declared a hero. Unfortunately for Ahmet, the plan backfired when Master Assassins Ezio Auditore and Yusuf Tazim killed Suleiman's would-be abductors; he instantly framed Janissary Captain Tarik Barleti for the crime. When Barleti was assassinated by Ezio, the blame was shifted to Ahmet. When he informed Suleiman of the situation, his suspicions grew when he noticed Suleiman's correspondence with Ezio.

In 1512, Ahmet traveled to Cappadocia to meet with Palaiologos and form an army. After Manuel was assassinated, Ahmet revealed his true intentions to Ezio as Grand Master. He also threatened to kill Ezio's new love interest, Sofia Sartor, if Ezio did not give him the keys he found. Ahmet then returned to Constantinople, where he ordered his soldiers to kill Yusuf, who was guarding Sofia at the time; the Assassins responded by attacking the arsenal where Ahmet hid. Ahmet, prior to fleeing the scene, proposed an exhange with Ezio at Galata Tower: Sofia for the keys. Ezio accepted, and gave the keys to Ahmet; after realizing the woman at the exchange site was a decoy, Ezio found and rescued Sofia from the noose.

Ahmet left for Masyaf soon after, with Ezio and Sofia in hot pursuit; this led into a wild carriage chase in the countryside ending with Ezio pushing Ahmet and himself off the edge of a cliff, culminating with a fist-fight during the fall. After a rough landing, Ezio and Ahmet witnessed Selim, the new Sultan (after Bayezid abdicated the throne), arriving with his army. Selim strangled Ahmet and threw him off another cliff to his death.