Ezio Auditore da Firenze

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Ezio Auditore da Firenze is a male video game character who features in Assassin's Creed.

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Ezio Auditore da Firenze (Italian pronunciation: [ˈɛttsjo audiˈtoːre da (f)fiˈrɛntse]) was a male human born on 24 June 1459 into the nobility in the Italian city of Florence.

At 17 years old, Ezio lived a life of contentment and luxury as a member of the Florentine noble class with his siblings: his older brother Federico, his young sister Claudia and his younger brother Petruccio. He was apprenticed to renowned banker Giovanni Tornabuoni, who worked alongside Giovanni Auditore's banking business, but was all the while unaware of his father's allegiance to the Assassin Order. By 1473, Ezio lived with his family in the Palazzo Auditore in Florence.

One evening in 1476, Ezio spotted the beautiful Cristina Vespucci at a square and, encouraged by his brother Federico, introduced himself to her. Because of his awkwardness, she was not particularly impressed and declined to give him her name before continuing on her way. Nonetheless, Ezio followed Cristina home, where she was confronted by Vieri de' Pazzi. Cristina repeatedly rejected his advances, but Vieri ignored her and prepared to force himself on her, at which point Ezio intervened. The two men began a fistfight, with Ezio emerging victorious. Vieri swore vengeance against Ezio before running off, and Cristina thanked Ezio for helping her. She introduced herself to Ezio and kissed him, assuring him that he had earned his "second chance", and a relationship blossomed between the two.

On 26 December 1476, Ezio, Federico and friends of the family fought with Vieri de' Pazzi and his gang on the Ponte Vecchio. After trading some barbs, Vieri threw a stone at Ezio, leaving a scar across his lip that would remain for the rest of his life. Ezio pummelled several members of the opposing gang, but Vieri fled the scene before Ezio could do anything to him. As Ezio prepared to give chase, Federico noticed the scar on his lip and advised him to visit a doctor. After looting several of Vieri's unconscious followers, the two brothers ran across the rooftops to find the doctor. As the doctor tended to his wound, a nearby church caught the eye of the brothers, and Federico suggested a race. Ezio won and together the two climbed a nearby tower and looked out over the city, expressing gratitude for the lives they live. Soon after, Ezio noticed that Cristina Vespucci's window was open and decided to pay her a visit despite Federico's disapproval. Ezio made his way to the home of Cristina Vespucci and spent the night with her. He was discovered by Cristina's father the morning after, forcing Ezio to flee from a group of pursuing guards before meeting his father at the Palazzo Auditore. Giovanni scolded him for spending the night at Christina's and for his fight with Vieri but admitted moments later that his son's actions reminded him of his own youth. He then asked Ezio to deliver a letter to Lorenzo de' Medici although Lorenzo was not there to receive it. The letter's contents discussed the recent murder of Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza of Milan, expressing his belief that Francesco de' Pazzi was involved.

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Personality and attributes

Women were known to excite him whilst wine flushed him and politics was said to had bored him. Complaints to the city guard by several noble patricians seemed to suggest that Ezio was something of a womanizer.

Initially, Ezio was unaware of his family's heritage of being Assassins or that his father was one of their number. He then came to learn that they were an elite group of freedom fighters dedicated to preserving and protecting human liberty and the exercise of free-will.

He was the son of a noted Florentine noble family with his father being Giovanni da Firenze and his mother was Maria. His mother Maria Auditore was noted for being one of the greatest Florentine chroniclers. She would describes her son as "competitive, stubborn and loud mouthed, but so passionate that it is impossible to fault him for anything".

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Notes

  • Ezio Auditore da Firenze was created by Ubisoft Montreal where he was voiced by actor Devon Bostick and featured in the setting of the Assassin's Creed universe.
  • As noted in a Dev Diary, the characters name when translated meant 'eagle' which was made to keep up the tradition set up Altaïr.
  • In an article on Kotaku, creative director Alex Hutchinson said, ""Ezio is this character who is over the top. He's the Errol Flynn. He's a womanizer and a braggart. We wanted a character [in the new game] who is more earnest."

In other media

Video games

  • In Soulcalibur V, Ezio Auditore da Firenze appeared as a playable guest character in the setting of the 2012 fighting video game. In the non-canon storyline, it was shown that Ezio discovered a strange artifact in 1506 whilst on his way to Navarre to fight Cesare Borgia. During his voyage by the sea, he dispatched a group of Templars who were plotting to overthrow Catherine of Aragon with this artifact unaware that this was in fact a piece of the cursed blade known as Soul Edge.

Appearances

  • Assassin's Creed II: (2009)
  • Assassin's Creed: Rebellion:

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