Ezio Auditore da Firenze (1459 o 1524) was a
Florentinenobleman during the
Renaissance, and, unbeknownst to most historians and philosophers, the
Mentor of the
Italian Brotherhoodof
Assassins, a title which he held from 1503 to 1512. He was also an ancestor to
Desmond Miles and
Clay Kaczmarek.
A member of the
House of Auditore, Ezio remained unaware of his Assassin heritage until the age of 17, when he witnessed the hanging of
his father and two brothers,
Federico and
Petruccio. Forced to flee his birthplace with his remaining family members - his mother and sister - Ezio took refuge in the
Tuscan town of
Monteriggioni, at the
Villa Auditore.
After learning of his heritage from his uncle,
Mario Auditore, Ezio began his Assassin training and set about on his quest for vengeance against the
Templar Order, and their
Grand Master,
Rodrigo Borgia, who had ordered the execution of his kin.
During his travels, Ezio managed to not only unite the pages of the
Codex, written by
Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, Mentor of the
Levantine Assassins, but also to save the cities of Florence,
Venice, and
Rome from Templar rule.
He ensured the future travels of
Christoffa Corombo to the "New World",
liberated Rome from
Borgia rule, and prevented the rise to power of
Ercole Massimo's
Cult of Hermes, helping spread the Renaissance and Assassin ideals of independence and free will throughout
Italy.
In the years that followed, Ezio began a quest to rediscover the lost history of the Order. Traveling to the aged fortress of
Masyaf in order to learn more of the Assassins before him, he discovered it overrun with Templars and made his way to the city of
Constantinople to uncover the location of the
Masyaf keys which, as he discovered, would unlock the fortress's fabled
hidden librarywhen brought together.
A decade later, Ezio was retired and residing in a Tuscan villa with his wife,
Sofia Sartor, and his two children;
Flavia and
Marcello. Some time after helping teach the
Chinese Assassin Shao Jun the ways of the Order, Ezio died of a heart attack at the age of 65, during a visit to Florence with his wife and daughter.