List of Assassin's Creed characters

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

Main article: Desmond Miles

The main protagonist of the series. He is a descendant of two key Assassins—Altaïr ibn-La'Ahad and Ezio Auditore Da Firenze.

Lucy Stillman

Voiced by: Kristen Bell

Lucy Stillman was a member of the Assassin's Order and former genetic memory 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.

In "The Lost Archive" dlc, Juno showed Subject 16 that the time alone put on Lucy by the Assassins, to aid her Templar cover, had made her switch teams. Furthermore, instead of helping 16 escape as she should of, she instead would not let him leave, reasoning he knew too much.

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.^{[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.^{[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.^{[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.^{[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

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.^{[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.

He is the playable character of "The Lost Archive" dlc. It is revealed he was an assassin sent to infiltrate Abstergo. He was meant to escape through the help of Lucy Stillman, however it is revealed that she has switched to the templars. No longer able to escape, he plans his suicide so that he would be able to pass his message to Desmond.

Third Crusade era

Altaïr ibn La'Ahad

Altaïr ibn La'Ahad, (Arabic: الطائر ابن لا أحد(aṭ-ṭāʾir ibn lā ʾaḥad) "The Bird, Son of No One") (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 Palestinian Assassin from the Holy Land , whose birthday is the 11th of January 1165 and who lived during the third Crusade. The name ibn La-Ahad means "Son of no one" 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, 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 for one life".

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 Al-Sayf

Malik Al-Sayf (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 Malik's brother as well as the injury and subsequent amputation of Malik's 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 blames Altaïr 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 Altaïr. 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.

Swami

Swami is an assassin that appears in The Secret Crusade and Revelations. When Abbas made a plan to overthrow Malik, Swami kills Sef (Altaïr's youngest son) and Rauf (one of Altaïr's friends). Swami later kills Malik by beheading him. Later, as Altaïr is handing the apple to Abbas, Swami reveals he told Sef that Altaïr ordered his execution. In The Secret Crusade , Altaïr forces him with the apples power to violently mutilate himself and accidentally cuts Maria's throat. In Revelations Altaïr starts to get him to cut his throat, but Maria distracts him, allowing Swami to intentionally stab Maria. Altaïr then kills him with the hidden blade.

Renaissance era

Ezio Auditore da Firenze

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 And the leader of the Assassins in italy in 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. Directly after that event, Ezio arrived back at his house, found a hidden room, with a chest filled with assassin gear like a cloak and a broken hidden blade. 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 which he got during the first memory of Assassins Creed 2 when Vieri De Pazzi throws a stone at him.

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. His seiyuu in Japanese version is Tomokazu Seki.

Yusuf Tazim

Yusuf Tazim Template:Voice is a character from Assassin's Creed: Revelations. He is the easygoing Leader 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 Ottoman hookblade. Ezio describes Yusuf as "affable". Yusuf often talks with humor, poking fun at Ezio or at Italians in general.^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]}

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 project. 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 on Lucy's behalf.

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. Part of this scene is reused in the introduction of Assassin's Creed: Revelations.

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 Eden 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.

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. Borgia appeared in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, which takes place in 1503, the last year of his papacy.

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 Rodrigo Borgia. 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. near the end of his life he was imprisoned then he escaped raised his army for a last stand and was tragicly thrown off a wall ending his life

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.

Manuel Palaiοlogos

Manuel Palaiologos (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.

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. However, many of the Ottoman Empire (The Jannisaries in particular) deem him to be an unfit ruler in times of war and times of peace. Furthermore, they do not see him as a traditional Sultan and thus do not support him. He sets up the unsuccessful ambush and capture of Prince Suleiman by Byzantine Templars, intending to have him rescued, subsequently making Ahmet appear to be a brave hero. His plans fail, but while Ezio is away in Cappadocia, Ahmet takes Sofia Sartor hostage and demands Ezio exchanges the Masyaf key for her. After the exchange Ahmet fells the city and Ezio follows him with Sofia. After Ezio catches up with him, Ahmet's brother Selim arrives. Selim proclaims his authority as the new Sultan and kills his own brother by strangling him and then tossing him off of a cliff.

Other characters

Third Crusade era

Maria Thorpe

Maria Thorpe (voiced by Eleanor Noble) (1160-1227) was an English noblewoman who became a Templar steward, and later the wife of Altaïr. As a child, Maria rejected the gender norms of her time, ultimately being disowned by her parents after annulling her arranged marriage.^{[citation needed]} Seeking to fight in the Third Crusade, she disguised herself as a man and attempted to join the Templar order. The Templar master, Robert De Sable, quickly saw through her ruse, but was impressed by her deterimination and hired her as his steward. Eventually, Robert deduced that Altaïr would be coming for him, so he had Maria serve as a decoy to buy him time.^{[citation needed]} Though she expected Altaïr to kill her, he instead spared her, but warned her not to follow him. After Robert was assassinated, Maria becomes obsessed with revenge. She tracked Altaïr to Acre, but he bested her again, and this time took her prisoner. She escapes in an attempt to join the Templar's new leader, Armand Bouchart, but because of her failure to kill Altaïr, and her "miraculous" escape from him, Bouchart perceives her to be either incomptent, or worse, a traitor to the Order. He places a bounty on the heads of both her and Altaïr, forcing them to work together. They fall in love after Bouchart's defeat.^{[citation needed]} Maria renounces the Templars and becomes Altaïr's wife, bearing them two sons, Darim and Sef. Maria joins Altaïr and Darim to Mongolia in a bid to halt the advance of Genghis Khan. While they are away, Abbas murders Sef. Maria and Altaïr confront Abbas, and Maria is killed in the ensuing fight. Her last words to her husband were "Strength, Altaïr..."^{[citation needed]}

Renaissance era

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (voiced by Carlos Ferro) (1452-1519) was an artist, scholar, and inventor. His lifelong frienship with Ezio Auditore begins when Ezio's mother, Maria, has her son help Leonardo move some paintings from his new workshop. Leonardo comments that his current work lacks purpose, but Maria is confident that he will go on to do great things. After Ezio's father and brothers are murdered by Rodrigo Borgia's men, Ezio brings to Leonardo two objects from his father's study: a broken hidden blade, and a page from the mysterious Codex written by Altaïr. Leonardo repairs the blade and deciphers the codex, fascinated by the technological secrets it alludes to. As Ezio continues his Assassin training, Leonardo makes several upgrades to Ezio's weapons and armor, including a poison blade, a gun, and a poison dart launcher.^{[citation needed]}

Some time after Ezio foils the Pazzi conspiracy, Leonardo receives a commission from a Venetian noble, prompting him to set up a new workshop in Venice. As Ezio had his own business in the city, he accompanied him. He developed an interest in flight, and invented an experimental flying machine, which Ezio used on one of his missions. After seeing the Apple of Eden, Leonardo marveled at the futuristic visions it showed him. He then developed an interest in the findings of Pythagoras, and was eventually able to create a map leading to a temple built by his followers.

Eventually, Leonardo was blackmailed by Cesare Borgia into designing Templar war machines. He continued to support Ezio, in secret, until he was kidnapped by a third party, the Cult of Hermes, who wanted him to lead them to the Temple of Pythagorias. He is eventually rescued by Ezio, and despite his injuries, explores the Temple, fascinated by the numeric codes found within.

Although Leonardo does not appear in Assassin's Creed: Revelations, the novelization describes him dying peacefully at his home in Amboise, with his friends (including Ezio, who is now retired from the Assassins) at his side.

Cristina Vespucci

Cristina Vespucci (voiced by Amber Goldfarb) (1459-1498) was a well-known Florentine beauty introduced in Assassin's Creed II, though most of her story is told during the "Repressed Memory Sequences" from Brotherhood. She was a former love interest of Ezio Auditore.^{[citation needed]}

From an early age, Cristina caught the eyes of many boys who wanted to become intimate with her. One of those boys was Ezio Auditore, who was encouraged to go speak with Cristina by his brother one day in 1476. However, Cristina had no interest in him, and walked away. Ezio, who was not used to being turned down by a woman, followed Cristina to her home, where he saw her being confronted by Vieri de' Pazzi.^{[citation needed]}

Vieri, who had already attempted to impress Cristina on previous occasions, grew impatient when Cristina turned him down yet again. Saying that he was "tired of waiting for her to open her legs on her own," he tried to sexually assault her.^{[citation needed]} However, he was interrupted by Ezio, who came to Cristina's rescue. The two engaged in a fistfight, and Ezio emerged the victor. Cristina was thankful of Ezio's actions, and thus began a relationship between the two.^{[citation needed]}

Ezio visited Cristina in her home quite frequently and was described to be "unbelievably dexterous," as the guards knew that he visited her, but were never able to catch him trespassing. On one occasion that Ezio slept with Cristina, he was discovered by her enraged father the next morning. Her father set the guards on him, demanding for his head, though he was able to escape.^{[citation needed]}

In 1476, directly after the Auditore execution, Cristina helped Ezio give his father and brothers the proper final rites by burning and setting their bodies adrift in the Arno river. Afterwards, Ezio asked Cristina to come with him, as he needed to leave for Monteriggioni with his family. However, Cristina refused, saying that she could not leave her family. Understanding her decision, Ezio gave her a crest-shaped pendant to remember him by, before they parted.^{[citation needed]}

In 1478, by the insistence of her father, Cristina was engaged to be married to Manfredo Soderini. The day before their wedding, Ezio returned to Florence for the first time in two years, and Cristina was the first person he visited. After a short talk, she sadly told him that she had not expected him to return; before revealing her engagement, and breaking Ezio's heart.^{[citation needed]} After being informed that Manfredo was being confronted by people to whom he owed a gambling debt, Ezio rushed to save Cristina's fiance. Upon killing the gamblers, Ezio hung Manfredo over a bridge and demanded to know if he truly loved Cristina, to which Manfredo sincerely replied yes. Ezio demanded that he stop gambling, and that he be a good husband to Cristina; otherwise, he would hunt him down and kill him.^{[citation needed]} Afterwards, Ezio returned to Cristina and kissed her, telling her that he had made sure that Manfredo would be a good husband to her. Though she was heartbroken for losing Ezio, Cristina nevertheless married Manfredo, and the two of them began living together in Florence.^{[citation needed]}

Eight years later, 1486 in Venice, Cristina travelled to attend Carnevale with her husband. Noticing her there, Leonardo da Vinci remembered that she and Ezio had been close, and informed the latter of her presence. However, Ezio worried that Cristina would not agree to see him after all the years, thus he slipped a letter to her, posing as her husband and requesting her to meet him alone in an alley. Cristina obliged and the two kissed, with Cristina believing Ezio to be Manfredo, as he was wearing a mask.^{[citation needed]} After discovering the truth, she yelled at Ezio for kissing her, both because she was already married and because she had not seen Ezio in so long. Cristina told Ezio that, before, she had loved him and would rather have married him, but now it was too late. She angrily told him to never look for her again and stormed off.^{[citation needed]}

In 1494, Girolamo Savonarola took control of Florence after Lorenzo de' Medici's death. Savonarola claimed that all Renaissance material was evil, and that they should go back to the medieval times, instigating the Bonfire of the Vanities. In 1498, Savonarola's fanatics infiltrated Cristina's and Manfredo's home to kill Manfredo. He attempted to fend them off, however, this was a vain effort as there were too many attackers, and he was gravely injured. Cristina managed to escape, but was soon cornered by the fanatics.^{[citation needed]}

At this point, Ezio, after hearing about what had happened from a dying Manfredo, came to her aid. The fanatics, who were taunting Cristina for the rich fineries she owned, were startled as Ezio came up behind them and yelled at Cristina to "Run!" Though he killed all of the soldiers, Cristina had already been mortally wounded, and was slowly dying. After showing him the pendant that she had kept with her the past twenty-two years, and telling him that she wished they could have had "a second chance" together, Cristina died in Ezio's arms.

Victorian era

Nikolai Orelov

Nikolai Andreievich Orelov was a Russian member of the Assassins and the Narodnaya Volya. He is the protagonist of the comic Assassin's Creed: The Fall, and has thus far not appeared in any game. The son of Master Assassin Andrei Orelov, Nikolai joined the Order out of birthright rather than choice, and occasionally harbored some bitterness and resentment over his life being so fundamentally altered by forces beyond his control. He trained alongside Aleksandr Ulyanov, who he quickly befriended. Nikolai's greatest failure was when Aleksandr was captured as part of the Pervomartovtsy. As Aleksandr was hanged, he indicated that Nikolai was guilty of not rescuing him. The following year, Nikolai attempted to assassinate Tsar Alexander III, who was in possession of a Staff of Eden. Nikolai attacked Alexander on his private train. The intensity of the fight caused the train to crash. Nikolai barely escaped, and the Tsar's injuries contributed to his death six years later. Some time later, Nikolai and his wife, Anna, lost a child, intensifying Nikolai's bitterness, which his fellow assassins occasionally found disconcerting. In 1908, Nikolai was sent to Tunguska to retrieve the Staff from a Templar research facility. The facility was inadvertently destroyed when Nikola Tesla prematurely detonated his experimental mass destruction weapon, Nikolai was the only survivor. A small shard of the Staff was recovered by Grigori Rasputin, but eventually recovered from his corpse. After the Russian Revolution, Nikolai retired from the Assassins to start a new life in America with his wife and children.

The "First Civilization"

Minerva

Minerva (voiced by Margaret Easley), also known as Mera or Athena, is a member of the First Civilization introduced in Assassin's Creed II. She is a member of the First Civilization's ruling body, the Capitoline Triad, along with Tinia and Juno. Minerva appears to Ezio, and by extension, Desmond, in the Vatican Vault. Knowing that Desmond will eventually relive Ezio's memories, Minerva essentially uses him as a conduit. She explains that her kind are not gods, but a more advanced civilization whose techonology was mistaken for magic. They engineered humans as slaves, but they rebelled. Minerva describes how war with humanity, combined with a devastating cataclysmic event, lead to the downfall of their civilization and the extinction of their race. Correctly predicting that that a second cataclysmic event would eventually occur, the Triad hid away the tools humanity would need to survive in several vaults throught the world. She instructs Desmond to find the vaults, then disappears, leaving a confused Ezio in her wake.

Juno

Juno (voiced by Nadia Verrucci), alternately known as Uni or Hera was a member of the Capitoline Triad. She is introduced in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, reiterating Minerva's warning to Desmond, but is more hostile and contemptuous of humanity than the other two members of the Triad. After Desmond recovers an Apple of Eden hidden by Ezio in the Roman Colosseum, Juno takes control of Desmond, forcing him to kill Lucy, and instructs him to find "the one who would accompany you through the gate."

Jupiter

Jupiter (voiced by Peter Renaday), also known as Zeus or Tinia, was a member of the Capitoline Triad. He appears to Desmond in Assassin's Creed: Revelations, during the Nexus of Time. He elaborates more on the creation of the vaults, and shows the location of the central vault that contains all their accumulated knowledge.