The Complete Story of The Ezio Trilogy (Assassin's Creed)

[Music] the ezio trilogy is a saga that spans decades a lifetime vital to the world's future by discovering vital links to its past ezio's life is one of pain struggle sacrifice learning and love a boy made a man before his time and thrust into a life not of his choosing ezio's life was served protecting liberty and fighting tyranny but his true purpose was to deliver a message to a man he will never meet to deliver a message to desmond [Music] we have to go desmond miles is an assassin imprisoned about to be freed freed from a prison named abstergo abstergo is the corporate company with a sinister secret it is a front for the templar order an ancient organization hell-bent on power and control tools of their control and objects of their obsession are pieces of eden artifacts that bend minds to the holder's will desmond forced to help abstergo find them using the animus a machine that taps into the user's lineage a machine abstergo are using to uncover secrets they have the map to find more and need to be stopped luckily desmond has an ally lucy stillman an undercover assassin is going to break him free but before they escape to the assassin hideout desmond needs to synchronize with a new ancestor an ancestor that will aid in their war against the templars what shall we call him [Music] florence 1476 at the height of the renaissance movement a time of great cultural advancement science art but also money and power ezio was born into this money in power a member of the auditore banking family friends of the medici it was a carefree time for ezio he had a loving family supportive friends and a way with women life was good they'd never change but unbeknownst to ezio his life was about to be changed irreparably the auditores have enemies this compilation is a collection of three videos from my assassin's creed story series an ongoing project charting the story of every assassin's creed entry it's a slow process each video takes close to 200 hours to create and those made so far can be viewed in the description below and linked above now make sure to like this video if you do subscribe and hit the bell to be alerted of the next video in the series and you can also support this project while getting ad-free advanced access to every video i create seven days before by joining my patreon linked above now and if you would like to watch me discover this story first hand and in real time you can do so via the linked playlist of my ongoing blind let's play series of the entire assassin's creed franchise i'm the patient wolf and this is the complete story of the ezio trilogy desmond and lucy are free from abstergo and safe in the assassin hideout in rome in lucy's absence rebecca crane with help from sean hastings has developed animus 2.0 and with the animus memory lucy stole from abstergo desmond is ready to be plugged back in this time in cooperation and a cause of hope we're losing this war desmond we're going to train you turn you into one of us you broke me out of abstergo and brought me here just to make me an assassin look there's more to it than that but it'll have to wait trust me the assassins hope to use ezio's life and learning to train desmond in a matter of days because days might be all they have the animus will facilitate this through the bleeding effect that has already afforded desmond skills outside of the animus combat and eagle vision but they must be careful too much exposure and desmond could end up like others like subject 16. all right i'm in here we go ezio's father giovanni was trained trained in banking and the head of the medici bank but he was also trained in skills he used secretly kept secret from his children giovanni is an assassin a member of the italian order and currently investigating for lorenzo de medici ruler of florence giovanni had uncovered a plot a plot that had already seen the assassination of the duke of milan a plot that looked to seize power across italy giovanni fears lorenzo and florence was next giovanni already knew the mastermind of this conspiracy rodrigo borgia the head of the templar order there were other names too the only one he knew for sure francesco de patsy head of the other powerful family in florence the patsy's jealous of the rise of the medicis and resentful of the auditore's involvement giovanni had the information to take them down but with lorenzo out of the city the templars took the opportunity to take down giovanni the man threatening to derail their plan ezio returns from running errands for his father they took your father and brother to the palado de la signoria to prison making sure his mother and sister were safe ezio climbed the prison tower under cover of night listen closely return to the house in my office is a hidden door use your talent to find it beyond lies a chest take everything you find inside much of it may seem strange to you but all of it is important and sure as to their significance ezio puts on the robes sheaths the sword takes the scroll a strange device and a letter a letter he is instructed to take to uberto alberti the justice minister a friend of the auditores and their final hope to fix this ezio leaves his father's secret chamber his world is rocked by the revelation that there is more to their father than they had known it's a misunderstanding ezio i'll clear everything up i'll present these papers at their hearing in the morning and they'll be released don't worry ezio everything is going to be fine except it won't it will never be the same again because alberto is not a friend he is in league with rodrigo borgia and driven by his own need for revenge ezio's father and brothers are executed before his eyes you may take our lives this day but we will have yours in return i swear we will cover hey grab the boy he's one of them ezio runs to escape the same fate and returns to the remaining auditorius his mother maria and sister claudia they are kept in a bordello run by paula i can't stay why where are you going to kill you bear to alberti you are not a killer etc but i can make you one little did he know but this was the start of a lifetime of training with a long line of strangers imparting their wisdom to fulfill ezio's destiny to be an assassin no small part of that is learning to blend into the crowd to stay hidden in plain sight to use distractions to reach guarded places and to use the hidden blade to make his kills that was made possible by a local artist engineer and family friend leonardo da vinci who deciphered the strange scroll found with his father's things and used it to restore the hidden blade for ezio's use incredible and he used it on his first kill uberto alberti you the auditory are not dead i'm still here ezio has announced his revenge not only that but to find out why his father and brothers had to die the patsies are next on his list but he must think of those that remain too i think it's best to leave firenze my uncle mario owns a villa near monterey giorni to keep maria and claudia safe they sneak out of the city and head for the place of their father's birth montereggioni but as they arrive their path is blocked by vieri de patsy the son of his father's conspirator francesco de panzi what do you want fieri your life kill them kill them all ezio and his family are saved by his uncle mario auditory vieri flees although ezio looks to take his family much further mario persuades ezio to stay and train for the dangerous tasks ahead a task that is in his blood villa monterregioni becomes their home and although run down is an opportunity for them to salvage the auditory name with claudia's management and investment it can be great again in the coming months ezia would come to learn of his heritage the history of the assassins and the work they were born to do part of that work was to collect and decipher codex pages like the one hidden in his father's chest ancient writings scattered time on these pages wisdom gathered by a legendary assassin al tayer ibn lahard who long ago held a piece of eden he spoke of something powerful and ancient hidden beneath the land and a prophecy the extent of which only more pages will reveal and some of those are held by templars also seeking this truth ezio joins mario in search of their next target vieri de patsy in doing so ezio overhears developments within the templar plot it's settled really you will remain here to coordinate the mercenary francesco will organize our forces in the city and send word when it's time to strike yakupo your job is to calm the citizens once the deed is done a new name to the list jacopo de patsy uncle to francesco their plot to assassinate lorenzo de medici and take control of florence the assassins must stop this after the meeting they close in on vieri and end his life show some respect you are not fiery do not become him ezio was not raised an assassin like his father and uncle the mindset required will take time where will you go next firenze francesco de patsy will share the fate of his son 1478 there he meets more strangers to aid his path you may call me at your service francesco de patsy is meeting his people inside that church a meeting in which ezio learns more of the plot where the assassination attempt will take place when and names of others involved in the patsy conspiracy if they succeed if we lose lorenzo and firenze falls to the party it will not come to that the patsy's end the life of lorenzo's brother berezio shepherds the ruler of florence to safety francesco de parzi help save our city auditory kill him now fidenze will judge you for what you've done requiesca with francesco dead jacopo flees lorenzo has the remaining names of the patsy conspiracy who may help track jacopo down they meet in the shadow of the roman gods and bernardo baroncelli we gather at the church when a meeting is called ezio finds jacopo at the church and follows him to the meeting in the shadow of the gods furious at the collapse of his plan to take over florence rodrigo borgia kills the last of the patsy conspirators and calls out the assassin that foiled his plans did you honestly think i wouldn't expect you to follow we've been at this a lot longer than you kill him with four years of training behind him he escapes the trap and with florence saved he heads for venice to learn more of the next stage of the templar plan and close in on those that took his father and brothers desmond needs to take a break the bleeding effect although useful must be carefully managed so how am i doing you've picked up every single one of ezio's skills the adoption rate is fantastic another day or two and we'll be done but desmond is hallucinating accessing memories outside the animus of fate that befell subject 16 before he died but before he died he left a message hidden in the animus brought over to 2.0 this message is broken up into fragments and scattered around renaissance italy when whole this message will be vital in understanding the origins of the pieces of eden whilst reliving ezio's memory desmond needs to collect these fragments venice a city where trade is strangled and monopolized by the merchant emilio barbarigo a member of the templars and key to borges plans in venice ezio knows this is the next man on his list but the palace in which he resides is too well protected and armed personnel too numerous he will need help help arrives in the form of antonio rosa and their band of thieves we know all about you serezio your work in florence and the rest of tuscany good work too if a little unrefined as ezio helps break down barbara ego's hold in the city both ezio and desmond add more strings to their bow in becoming more rounded assassins your good work has restored us to our former strength ezio we are ready to strike your little house of cards is crumbling me mean do not be afraid i sought unity stability order at two great day cast emilio is meeting with a man named carlo carlo grimaldi he sits on the council of ten i have a meeting to attend that meeting is attended by carlo rodrigo borgia and three others those men are silvio barbarigo cousin to marco and marco's bodyguard the loyal and dangerous dante moro all of them templars looking to take control of venice after attempting to draw the current doge of venice to the templar way of thinking failed carlo grimaldi was to poison him with marco taking the seat of power another city another plot another building ezio must infiltrate but this time to save the doge of venice and the city from templar hands with antonio's help they recce the palace where the doge resides i must warn you it's not going to be so easy this time palazzo ducali is the most heavily guarded building in venezia nothing is impenetrable but not by traditional means he needs the help of the genius inventor leonardo and his yet untested flying machine like an eagle ezio descends on the roof of the palazzo to the rescue of the doge stop senora don't drink that but he's too late the doge is poisoned ezio catches up with carlo grimaldi with the doge dead the templar plan is still on track as marco barbarigo takes his place ezio waits for his chance to unseat him and uses the carnival as cover to do so as marco gives a speech to the reveling crowds ezio strikes with rodrigo border away in rome silvio and the bodyguard dante are all that remain of the templar plot in venice silvio has amassed an army in the military district in order to break that control ezio must have an army of his own bartolomeo dalviano is the man you seek about goddamn time he and his men have little love for symbiote with his help they stormed the district [Music] now silvio will see just how grave a mistake he's made ezio catches up with them both fleeing towards a departing ship white the boats i thought you saw the doj seat just a distraction we were meant to sail sail where i'll never tell cyprus is their destination they want they want to find out what the templars sought in cyprus ezio would have to wait two years time for ezio to find and decipher the remaining codex pages and with the help of leonardo he revealed more of the prophecy the prophet will appear when the second piece is brought to the floating city a prophecy hidden in the codex leading to an ancient vault that holds something very powerful what if that's why they sent the ship to cyprus to find this piece of eden the killing of mochanego even the medici my father and brothers it was all part of his plan find the vault the spaniard the templar boat returns from cyprus carrying the piece of eden ezio infiltrates disguises himself and joins the triumphant templar soldiers carrying the much longer four piece of eden to the waiting rodrigo who your prophet how many people have died for these i am the prophet now give me the apple border guards descend but to ezio's surprise so do his allies all the people that have shaped him and helped smooth his path over the last ten years ten years of vengeance these seemingly disconnected individuals come together to see off the border soldiers and protect the apple they do so but rodrigo borgia escapes what are you all doing here perhaps the same thing you are ezio hoping to see the prophet appear a prophet's arrival was foretold and unbeknownst to us here you are perhaps all along you were the one we sought a new face for ezio but nicolo machiavelli will explain the tie that binds all these people these friends they are assassins it's true nepote we have all been guiding you for years teaching you the skills you would need to join our ranks that night ezio is officially inducted into the brotherhood we work in the dark to serve the light we are assassins nothing is true everything is permitted the apple is the assassin's possession and more weight is added to the theory that ezio is the prophet foretold as the apple reacts to his presence [Music] this must never fall into the wrong ends ezio you must protect this with all the skills we have taught you they have the apple but the templar plot is still alive and well in the hands of rodrigo borgia and it will be another 10 years before the assassins are able to strike again 10 years to source the remaining codex pages while locked in a seemingly perpetual struggle to keep hold of the apple but keep hold of it they do ten years later with the apple in hand the year is 1499. rodrigo borgia has extended his power throughout italy and the world as he is now pope and for the assassins the time has come let us finish what you and my father started all those years ago perhaps now we can finally make sense of this prophecy and put a stop to whatever it is the spaniard is plotting we should start by locating the vault the codex pages will lead us to it when the pages are brought together with the apple they reveal a map a map that reveals the location of the vault it exists in the vatican city it looks like the vault is in roma then the spaniard this is why he became pope not only did it give him the power to spread the templar influence through italy and the world but it gave him access to the vault and to the papal staff the codex always spoke of two keys two pieces of eden needed to open the vault paper stuff is the second piece of eden while the other assassins cause trouble in the city of rome ezio uses the distraction to infiltrate the vatican during rodrigo borges papal sermon to the cardinals in the sistine chapel you bastard i don't think so how is it to resist i see kind of you to bring me the apple you will give it to me as you wish the two battle both imbued with the power of the piece of eden they possess but rodrigo more familiar with the artifact's power overcomes ezio and now to deal with you he now has both pieces of eden and the location of the vault his decades of work has reached its conclusion he heads towards his perceived destiny ezio injured but able to stand uses his skills to pursue rodrigo open damn you open it's over rodrigo [Music] get it over with then no killing you won't bring my family back ezio elects to spare the false prophet rodrigo and on touching the staff paired with the apple the vault door opens allowing the prophet to enter greetings prophet it is good you have come let us see it to give thanks the hologram that ezio faces is is a projection from an advanced intelligence that existed before man in fact they created man man did not evolve this was a fact fabricated by the templars to protect the secrets they wish to take advantage of the ones that came before made humans as slaves but the oppressed rose and overcame their masters shortly after that a celestial event occurred that wiped out almost all life those that remained from both sides worked together to rebuild even when you walked the world your kind struggled to understand our existence you may not comprehend us but you will comprehend our warning our words are not meant for you i do not wish to speak with you but through you you are the prophet you've played your part the person minerva was to commune with is desmond through the animus to deliver a message to warn of the coming of another celestial event an event that could literally shake the world to its core taking some if not all of humanity with it the ones that came before have now died out but what they left behind was vaults like these temples within them the wisdom to help humanity stop the catastrophe from ever happening again desmond is chosen as the one to bring this about you must find the other temples if you can find them if their work can be saved so too might this world be quick for time grows short and guard against the cross for there are many who will stand in your way we are gone now from this world all of us we can do no more the rest is up to you desmond what the [ __ ] desmond has an importance far greater than the assassins the templars even himself had imagined but there is no time for desmond to reflect on this the templars have found the assassins hideout among them warren vidic desmond's former captor and the man in charge of epstergo's animus project mr miles this is an unexpectedly pleasant turn of events what do you want vinnick there's still so much work for us to do together as the abstergo men look to take desmond back he puts all the skills he has learned through ezio by the animus to the test and sees off the threat enjoy your victory mr miles temporary as it is with the hideout compromise this team of assassins need to move on move on to continue their work the rest is up to you desmond what ezio in the vault below the vatican in 1499 was left astounded and confused in equal measure please wait i have so many questions desmond in the animus at their rome hideout in 2012 feels much the same rebecca what's going on i have to run some diagnostics i'll get back to you but abstergo the templars have caught up with the assassins desmond and his fellow assassins are on the run once more the organization the assassins have been battling for millennia are winning their numbers have dwindled to almost nothing they still have teams based around the world but many are dead or missing in action those that remain are trying their best to stifle abstergo's search for other pieces of eden the ancient tools of control created by an ancient civilization abstergo need just one of them for a special project a satellite launch that will further strengthen their control over the world and its people the assassins in italy need to source a location of stergo won't easily find them they gravitate to a place of great importance to desmond's ancestor ezio the auditore villa in monterregioni tuscany both ezio and desmond are in the dark about many things but they do know this minerva a hologram from a race long dead delivered a clear message a celestial event is on its way not in ezio's time but perhaps in desmond it is up to him but where does he start he has his fellow assassins to assist him rebecca crane in charge of running the animus shaun hastings historian and analyst and overseeing everyone lucy stillman in the vatican minerva talked about other temples that they're the key to preventing whatever terrible thing is about to happen to the earth but where are these temples to find the temples i'm convinced we need to get our hands on ezio's apple of eden minerva altered it somehow when she touched it despite being underdogs the assassins have one advantage abstergo do not know about the temples and they don't know about ezio's apple the other piece of eden the papal staff used to open the vault under the vatican was reclaimed by it safe from man but ezio has the apple he may not understand all the words of minerva but he understands the power of the apple he needs to keep it out of the hands of man out of the hands of the templars the search for the temples and perhaps the tools to combat the impending celestial event is the main priority for desmond and his assassins for ezio and his assassins there are more immediate matters ezio and his uncle mario auditore flee the vatican ezio for now entrusts the apple to mario and they leave rome to return to the auditore villa in monterregioni this place just keeps getting better since arriving at monterrigioni all those years ago after losing his father and brothers to the templars ezio and his sister claudia have renovated and rejuvenated the town beyond mario's expectations and mario has been an important mentor to his nephew and ezio has become a vital custodian and hero of the town it's good to be home it is their home their family home a place of safety and the meeting place of the assassin brotherhood an organization the auditore family have long since been a part not all the assassins are here today paola is back in florence teodora and antonio are in venice the templar threat has been quashed there but these cities need an assassin's presence to guard against their return bartolomeo and la volpe are in rome the remaining assassins and close allies meet here today to discuss the incredible events that transpired at the vatican ezio regales them of tales of minerva the ancient civilization the temples and that mysterious name desmond amazing i cannot imagine such wonders and ezio informs them of the mercy he bestowed on rodrigo borgia leaving him injured to his own fate after their battle mercy a trait hard earned over the years since his early need to indulge his anger and seek revenge on those that killed his family the spaniard lives the assassin nicolo machiavelli is shocked at ezio's decision not to end the threat of the borgia when he had the chance once our enemies are dead we can speak of vaults and gods and ancient places the assassins know that they need to investigate minerva's message further but for now the order has a more imminent threat the borders hold on italy the assassins disband to consider their plight machiavelli disappointed heads to rome and ezio catches up with an old friend a friend of the assassins the countess of fawley katarina [Music] what's that probably just training exercises monterragioni the cherished home of the auditore family was being laid waste by the border pope's papal army do you have it i am keeping it safe we need to hold them off until the townspeople have escaped with the apple still safe they wish each other luck and mario leaves to meet the attack head-on while ezio looks to protect the walls uncle be careful i will as half a life's work crumbles around him ezio knows the town is lost but they can save its people ezio mans the cannons to stem the borgia attack as the last of their people escape the gates are breached i know you're there ezio the pope told me about you and your little group of assassins and this so consider this an invitation from my family to yours his family is borja his father is the pope and he is the leader of his papal army his name is cesare borja and he has the apple he has katrina schwarzer prisoner and his uncle his mentor his adopted father mario is killed he has no time to process this yet he must see that all have escaped including his last remaining relatives his mother and sister although wounded he fights his way to the villa stop wait for us where does this passage lead to the north let me through i must go help the troops the door closes on an escape route through the assassin's tomb the shrine to the great assassins that came before him they exit the walls mario is dead take mother to firenze you are not coming with us where are you riding to roma go my son destroy them but remember for whom we assassins fight with revenge in his heart once more he heads to rome the seat of borgia power to not only finish what he started with the borgia pope but to end the life of his son cesare and claim back the apple they must be eradicated for the good of the people and to avenge his uncle mario but the injury he suffered will prevent this for now the assassins in 2012 are on the run from abstergo once more they arrive to the only place they know they'll be safe for now it's our last safe house in italy the auditore villa in monterrigioni if stergo upgraded to cell towers ages ago the waves go through everything above ground the assassins tomb the sanctuary deep underground will be their new home should be safe to set up let's get the animus down there desmond's bleeding effect is still producing images from the past he sees ezio in the sanctuary not as he was when he fled the villa but older calmer the vision subsides as they all do the bleeding effect is a byproduct of the animus the more time desmond spends within it the more frequent the visions these visions need to be monitored they could drive him insane kill him even like they did subject 16. the tomb has been forgotten for centuries but it looks just as it did through the animus except for one detail a series of triangles at the secret entrance which when looked at through eagle vision produce a set of numbers 1419 1420 and 1421 looks like something ezio left behind what could it mean but they don't have time to consider it they need to get desmond in the animus in search of the piece of eden it's the only lead they have on finding the temples that could hold the key to preventing the end of humanity as soon as we find the apple i get in contact with our other teams in europe but as far as italy goes we're on our own now get in there and find the apple let's get started ezio awakens still injured from his brush with the borgia where have you brought me you are to meet mr machiavelli in front of the mausoleum he was found injured and brought to rome cared for and clothed in assassin's robes he still has his blade and his experience but his worldly possessions everything he has collected on his quest since he was 17 his money his codex weapons they're gone it has been 23 years since he lost his father and brothers to the templars he is now 40 years of age it's the year 1500 rome is under complete border control templar control the papal soldiers patrol the streets stifling freedom punishment is harsh trade is suffocating the border have an arrangement with gangs like the chento ochi the hundred eyes who do the dirty work when needed and potent threats like the cult of romulus that inhabit underground lairs lost to time emerging to drive people back into the clutches of the church with their terror and savagery the borgia have the people of rome in their control and there is no escape still broken from his injuries ezio meets his fellow assassin machiavelli with his knowledge of the city and its powers he sets ezio on the right path the good news is that the borgia think ezio is dead he can work from the shadows once more an advantage they sorely need for the adversary they now face cesare borgia will be near unassailable he is ambitious ruthless and cruel beyond imagining his ambition hadn't killed his brother for power his ruthlessness meant many were sent to the gallows and his cruelty when not carried out by cesare himself is outsourced to his attack dog nicoletto who never flinches to enact his sadistic will cesare has set his sights on all of italia and at this rate he will have it rodrigo borges death would not have solved anything i am inclined to disagree killing one man will not change things we need to take away the shorts of their power machiavelli is still bitter that ezio spared rodrigo the task is even harder because of it they need to undermine their rule here in rome the epicenter of the regime's power ezio can take down the border captains who govern the various districts in the city once chased out let the people in the area know that the border are defeated by burning their flags and symbols of rule then give them back their freedom by helping them reopen commerce an opportunity to earn to show them that the borgia does not own them rome is for the people the border grip will take time to erode in the meantime ezio needs help eyes and ears to gain intel on how to free his friend katarina sforza locate the whereabouts of the apple and how to find and take down enemy number one cesare borgia machiavelli shows ezio a hideout they can use as their new assassin headquarters it is given to them by fabio orsini fabio is a member of the borgia papal forces i've heard a great deal about you from my cousin bartolomeo dalviano hey fine warrior fabio sides with the assassins intellectually but he's bound to cesare for now but he wants to break free his help here by offering this storeroom and help yet to come will be invaluable to the assassins it is perfect the headquarters is an area to regroup store equipment converse with fellow assassins and make plans for their quests machiavelli reminds ezio of three factions that can aid them but they are currently all occupied by their own trials fabio's cousin anezio's friend bartolomeo dalviano runs the muscle that usually help their cause but our mercenaries are ensnared in a losing battle with cesare's french allies the courtesans have always proved incredibly useful to the assassins and will do now as they often entertain cardinals of the border church but the madam there is lazy and would rather attend parties than further our cause and the thieves are run by the familiar but elusive la volpe but they refuse to talk to us i don't know why what are you going to do make some friends in order to get the allies focused on the same outcome ezio must smooth their path bartolomeo is being attacked on both sides by the border army and their allies the french if they can defeat one they can focus all their efforts on the other ezio helped topple the border hierarchy in the area allowing their concentration on the french we sent those lurid decodardi running for the hills the mercenaries can breathe for now welcome to the roseanne fiore stranger this is the home of the courtesans ezio is there to see the madonna solari to persuade her to focus on the assassin's cause but she has been taken but by who slave traders miss they want coin in exchange for her life the cento occi clearly working for the borgia ezio keen to end the matter elects to pay them i have your money let her go no take it up with chairs today ezio intends to and after seeing off the gang members head back to the rosa only to find the last people you would ever wish to find at a brothel mother sister said that you might be here what are you doing in roma we want to help i was trying to help you by sending you to fidenze ezio needs his family safe he can't lose any more to his enemies where is madonna solari she's dead ezio needs the rosa to stay in business he needs the intel they will glean from the sinning cardinals without someone who can run things we're finished i'll do it you do not belong here claudia i know how to run a business she does claudia was instrumental in the revitalization of monterrigioni and she wants to help here she knows the importance of the assassin's work and feels drawn to its purpose just like ezio you do this claudia and you are on your own i've been on my own for 20 years due to his cause and claudia's focus on the villa they have been estranged and this impasse regarding the rosa further drives a wedge between them resigned and conflicted ezio heads to see la volpe to find out why communication has broken down between the thieves and the assassins it turns out it is due to mistrust of one of the order that man is a traitor to our order machiavelli has been an ambassador to the papal court and a friend and confidant to cesare borgia himself ezio is convinced this is machiavelli's nature to gain information any way possible levolpe believes he is compromising the assassins they need to find out his real purpose the volpe spies report a meeting between machiavelli and a border soldier what do you make of that with the passing of documents to machiavelli this casts further doubt on his character but ezio still remains convinced i know what we saw but you have nothing to fear from machiavelli if you believe machiavelli remains loyal to the order i trust you the volpe's suspicions are calm for now and with the help of his thieves ezio now has all the allies by his side once more ezio oversees the development of the premises of each guild and in return each will aid ezio and the assassins in their quests levolpe and his spies will search for the apple my spies tell me that the apple has been secreted to someone for a study i am working on determining his identity claudia and her courtesans will find where katarina schwarzer is being held katarina will be moved to the prison within the castello next week bartolomeo will find the location of enemy number one cesare borgia that bastardo cesares in the castel santangelo with the pope able to kill two birds with one stone ezio awaits outside the castello santangelo for the arrival of the shackled katarina schwarzer who put you up to this was it your brother or your father perhaps a bit of both fed ups at the same time none speak ill of the borgia overseeing the prisoner is another borgia more beautiful but no less cruel rodrigo's daughter cesare's sister lucrezia borgia ezio infiltrates the castello just in time to overhear cesare meeting his captains and conspirators forget the pope the only answer to me seeing them together ezio was transported to the moment the villa wars were breached the moment his uncle was taken lucrezia these men all thanked cesare as his town and uncle were taken one is octavian de valois general of the french allies currently locked in battle with bartolomeo's men his right-hand man the dangerous michaletto the third dressed in cardinal's robes is as yet unknown to ezio what of ill-vaticano that tired old men's club play along for now but soon we will have no need of them ezio continues on as this information sinks in rodrigo and his son may want the same things but it seems by different means they are not working together and cesare wants power the reigns of italy to himself not hampered or overshadowed by his father further on ezio witnesses the unconventional bond between the borgia siblings lucrezia have you talked to the pope about the funds requested by my banker he is away from the castello and he might need some convincing when he returns that shouldn't be a problem should it once i have secured the throne of italia you are going to be my queen cesare leaves the costello before ezio has a chance to get near the pope contrary to the assassin intel is nowhere to be seen this is strange but ezio can still aid katarina that puts you in your place lock it and give me the key ezio must get that key my fight is not with you lucrezia free katarina and i will stand down impossible then you leave me no choice rescuing princesses from castles now ezio drags lucrezia kicking and screaming to the cell of katrina katrina knowing where the key is to free herself god god that's enough out of you they flee battling the papal soldiers and return to the assassin hideout to convalesce and regroup cesare has left rome to fight his conquests in italy at large they won't be able to get close to him at present all they can do is further destabilize the border grip on rome they can do this by bringing others to their cause to win this war machiavelli we need loyal soldiers by recruiting enemies of the state we arm those who have been disarmed by the borgia ezio aids porge's enemies the liberation of roma has begun your cause is also mine my life is at your service with each person they recruit they contribute to their chance of overthrowing the bulger ezio is building and growing their brotherhood katrina leaves to her besieged hometown of fooly with these parting words you are the leader of the assassins now unite them and take back roma he aims to do so and while scouring the city for candidates to their cause he encounters an old friend the artist inventor and genius that deciphered the codex leonardo da vinci come here leonardo has been coerced into helping the borgia they would have killed me and i refused what do they want war machines chesade intends to supply his army with my creations the assassins cannot afford to miss an opportunity to weaken cesare's ever-growing army he will need to track down leonardo's inventions sabotage them and destroy the plans their force will be too strong otherwise leonardo has other news news of the apple just that i left it in my hands to study then rodrigo took it from me i know not where the pope has the apple once more they must get to him but he is locked away deep in the castello they must also help bartolomeo tackle the french army headed by de valois and they must also lure cesare back to the city for this ezio has a plan if we got duffy's funds jesus will lose his army and return without his men where does he get his money all we know is that he is called the banker to find out the identity of the banker ezio needs to track the money he tracks down the guards responsible for transporting the coin takes the disguise of one of their number and gains access to a party thrown by the banker ezio has seen him before in the company of cesare borgia at the costello and the gates of montereggioni his name is juan borger cousin to cesare jesse is about to speak in the main room at chalenza this is too good to be true and also with his father jesus should be elsewhere in italy fighting soon we will be here once more celebrating a united italia and then the feasting will last for 40 days and 40 nights cesare's speech highlights the dissension that cesare increasingly displays to his father we did not agree to conquer italian rodrigo is not the same man since his defeat at the hands of ezio his spirit is broken and he's 70 now the years have caught up with him but he has never taken his science from the aims of his templar order cesare it seems dreams of power and the role of grand master templar for himself he's not content to work with subtlety he yearns to be followed he yearns to be feared you risk upsetting the delicate balance of control we have worked so hard to tighten i have the army so i am making the decisions don't look so glad enjoy yourself rodrigo's papal power is being eclipsed by the ambitions of his son borja father and son are unreachable now but nephew and cousin juan borja is in sight and must be killed his financial acumen is integral to the might of cesare's forces the things i have felt seen and tasted i do not regret the moment of it juan has attended his last party and the money meant for cesare is appropriated by the courtesans in order to put the squeeze on cesare even more the assassins must defeat his allies the french and the need to act has become even more acute as their general baron de valois has kidnapped bartolomeo's wife panthazalea and demands his surrender enter my camp unarmed at dawn i'll kill you bartolomeo is enraged to attack but ezio persuades him towards calm they steal uniforms of the french and with bartolomeo in chains they infiltrate the barons camp why don't you grow up here and release my wife you savages never learn while the disguised mercenaries attack ezio finds the baron and ends his life with the french defeated and pantazulaia returned the assassins have done all they can to weaken cesare's army they must now focus on defeating the borgia and getting back the apple the apple is not only important to ezio it is vital to the assassins in modern day monterrigioni it's their only lead to the temples if ezio can keep his hand on the apple they will hopefully be able to find out where it is kept the templars abstergo they think are unaware of the temples or the impending catastrophe but they have a mission of their own at the moment our top assassins are busy gathering info about the templar satellite launch the templars methods of control are beginning to lose their grip capitalism is being questioned and attempts to control through the tv network are starting to show signs of resistance they need a new method and their satellite launch could be the ultimate solution with a satellite built around a piece of eden they can amplify its signal to bend the entire world to their will how long do we have before the templar satellite launch it's october 8th so that leaves us with 74 days think about all that you've been through in the last month 74 days is a long time if it were up to me you'd take more breaks the bleeding effect so far has been good to desmond it's taught his body and mind outside of the animus to do what ezio can fight move to be an expert assassin but exposure can hurt and lucy is worried she saw firsthand what it did to subject 16 the mania it caused his suicide the only way he had to silence the ancestral voices in his head but subject 16 was lucid enough to leave clues for his fellow assassins in the animus they could be found across italy by ezio and they produced a video that revealed the origin of humanity and our makers the ones that came before it showed adam and eve escaping with the apple from slavery the start of freedom and independence for humanity subject 16 did the same in rome ezio tracked down these glyphs that revealed puzzles and information and secret documents on the rise and methods of control that the templars used over the years all leading to snippets of video when collected this did not reveal a video in full at all but a program within the animus a world within a world desmond navigates the space which leads to a computerized form claiming to be subject 16. you're dead i saw your blood no time it is far later than you know subject 16's insanity is well documented but desmond takes his words on board with amazement she is not who you think she is who isn't he also talks of eden and finding eve the key her dna is he talking of the woman who escaped with the apple all those centuries ago that's eve i am with you till the end find me in the darkness he can't be alive but who was that does his ramblings mean anything not that desmond can discern right now he is reminded of the dangers of the animus but he must continue to find the apple he owes it to lucy the team the world weren't you the only assassin at abstergo's animus facility how are you getting data from them some old passwords work but i can't dig very far into the network the assassins have their focus and all the intel they need i'll rest once we have the apple the apple lies well guarded behind the walls of the castello in rodrigo's hands and cesare will head there to seek support from the pope for his ailing army but their quarters in the castello are highly secure la volpe may have the solution there is a side entrance lucrezia's latest play thing pietro has a key the volpe spies will track him down in private la volpe's suspicions of machiavelli are re-emerging as information has arisen regarding ezio's last visit to the castello someone warned rodrigo to stay away from the castello and the borgia have been alerted as to the location of the volpe spies we must not be split apart by mere suspicion despite the mounting evidence ezio cannot bring himself to condemn machiavelli yet he moves with lavope to rescue his vulnerable spies and in doing so sees a familiar face one he has not seen since that fateful day at the villa momento you are at the villa auditorium during the attack he gives chase why did you run i you are the traitor not machiavelli long live the integrity of the assassins assured for now ezio and the thieves having found pietro retrieve the key to the side entrance of the costello the assassins have the strength and means to finish this this strength in unity has reminded ezio of the importance of family got their assassins together and bring claudia despite exio's anger at claudia's insistence on running the rosa and fiore her work has been integral to the strength of the assassins he's proud of her and their coldness towards each other must end mario our father the brother one stood around this fire now i offer the choice to you join us he inducts her officially into the order and whilst doing so machiavelli looks to recognize ezio's importance you have led the charge against the templars and rebuilt this brotherhood now we must put ezio where he belongs at the head of the assassins the seat mario left needed to be filled and with that his nephew ezio is now mentor of the italian brotherhood his first act will be to end the border control and retrieve the apple ezio gets there in time to see cesare arrive at the castello i want to see the pope he uses the key to the side entrance and heads to the pope's apartments my fans my troops gone the pope and his sons relationship has broken down and cesare's actions threaten all that the templar have worked for rodrigo with cantarella laced apples looks to end cesare's life i gave you everything and yet it's never enough jessica he intends to poison you if i want to live i think if i want to take i take if i want you to die you die where is the peace of eden stop i know where it is and you did not tell me he had taken it despite lucrezia siding with her brother her loyalty is not returned it's me your queen you are my sister nothing more where is the apple cesare sickened but not killed by the poison leaves armed with the apple's location ezio must learn of it too rodrigo is dead not at the hands of ezio but of his own kin his influence created a den of vipers and they both came back to bite him i know where that bastard is going san pietro the pavilion in the courtyard ezio beats cesaretus and peters and uses his gift to find where the apple is hidden looking for this it tends to know my sword will take your life but with the poison still running through his veins he must retreat ezio uses the power of the apple to escape the vatican and its papal guards and returns to the assassin highland rodrigo today we must not allow him to assemble his remaining supporters with your aid i will hunt him down over the coming weeks cesare stalls for time as he awaits the arrival of micheletto and his army and then you will see how quickly the assassini fall you delude yourself cesare ezio uses the apple to put an end to the papal forces in rome with his power depleted he also loses templar control of the vatican as they elect another pope not bound to their cause julius ii chroma is not the same as it once was borja mani has become tainted you will regret this decision the assassins have their apple but cesare still eludes them it is nearly two years before they next get their chance in that time the tables in the city had turned it was the templars that needed to hide in the shadows the brotherhood received intel that he is waiting at the gates for his forces to take rome back gather the assassins we face him together soon micheletto and his army will arrive but you shall be dead before then using the apple they are able to overcome cesarean's men but it might be too late with the arrival of micoletto's forces even the apple might not be enough to overcome their sheer numbers we will take back my city once and for all except it's not micheletto his army has not arrived it is a familiar face to the assassins bartolomeo's cousin fabio orsini by order of pope julius second i arrest you cesaro no no this is not how it ends chains will not hold me i will not die by the hand of man cesare is captured for now the assassins can rest they have the apple the border are defeated but something troubles ezio it was the manner in which he said it james will not hold me if you are so worried there is a way to find out despite his fear of the apple he knows that it will contain the answers he seeks as the visions bombard him he immediately understands why cesare was confident that he would rise again he knew he had helped jesus that i was right i have to leave what do you intend to do plant a seed what ezio saw through the apple was that cesare's right-hand man micheletto would free him from his imprisonment he would regain his strength and his men and he would continue in his lust for power ezio also understood when and where they would meet again it would be four years later on a battlefield in spain but in the interim he needs to give a safe home to the apple neither he nor any man should have access to it now 1507 the spanish lands of viana ezio finally catches up with cesare how did you find it you stole from mario let me hear it he fights his way through the battlefield through the conflict between the borgia army and the army of louis de beaumont ezio cares not about the outcome of this conflict it's not his fight he only cares about getting his man he finally meets him on the walls of castle vienna come then i chill the throne was mine wanting something does not make it your right no man can murder me then i leave you in their hands of fate and gravity as cesare is thrown from the castle walls the templar grand master is defeated and the work of the italian order of the assassins is completed for now [Music] ezio will have other fights other roles to play in their fight against the templars but for now our hero can rest the assassins in modern-day monterreggioni now have the location of the apple in rome under the colosseum ezio already knew the location of the vault before the apple told him how to access it he came across it in his aim to flesh out the cult of romulus from their lairs and seek their treasure but he did not have the means to enter them but in speaking to the apple it gave him the password needed in order to open the vault leaving the apple safe within it and to plant a clue for those in the future with his gifts to gain access he leaves that clue in the form of a triangle in the assassin's tomb in monterregioni symbol matches the one on the door to the vault eagle vision reveals those numbers 14 19 14 20 14 21 a riddle oh my god a riddle that's sean divines the tetragrammaton the 72 names of god if you arrange the four hebrew letters in god's name within an equilateral triangle their numerical values add up to the same number 72 i think we have our password the assassins leave the safety of the underground sanctuary and head to rome to the colosseum if they can get their hands on the apple they may be able to find the temples 72 is their password when spoken will get them into the vault and by coincidence or design there is also 72 days left until the abstergo satellite launch desmond takes the more difficult but known path the others look for another route their paths are to converge at the basilica de santa maria now supposedly this church was built on top of the ancient temple of juno indeed as ezio progressed towards the basilica he uses his eagle vision to open doors blocking his path in doing so he meets a hologram just like that of minerva this one is named juno and she is one that came before me we commit to this space the epilogue of our ending let it be found by he who is deemed worthy let it shape his path forward let it save the world we leave behind as desmond continues to forge a path to the vault juno speaks of the previous cataclysm and her efforts to preserve her kind after the disaster as well as the human race they left their story and wisdom to the materials and minds of men but these proved impermanent and were lost to time and left the world ignorant the ones who came before did not build humanity to be wise but now the hope of the world rests upon one of them desmond humanity has the ability to understand but they used their tools for control rather than understanding and use them against one another the ones that came before destroyed what they could and sealed away what they could not in vaults and temples they could save their wisdom but not themselves time took them in the end humans could never understand that of juno's people because they didn't have their sixth sense they call it knowledge some assassins have the beginnings of it like desmond and ezio because they are children of two worlds skills passed on genetically through the union between the two races but those with human blood could only use some of the eagle vision not all the assassins with mixed blood the ones with that gift are all that remains of the ones that came before maybe that's why they look to store such knowledge away in places only assassins could access so that their race could live on by coming to this temple it is juno's hope that desmond will activate this knowledge to its full he will have the knowledge but according to juno it will be too late desmond activates a plinth that reacts to his touch and leads them to the vault door the password when spoken 72 opens the vault time to find out where those temples are desmond reaches the apple the prize they've been seeking all this time as he approaches it bursts into an array of symbols that that's a phrygian camp it stands for the freedom and that that's a masonic eye now those two come together in only one place what's happening sean can not finish because desmond touches the apple and the assassins freeze still what's keeping them frozen like this i can't move your dna communes with the apple you have activated it let me go on the 72nd day before the moment of awakening you birth from our loins the final journey commences also she speaks of one that must accompany desmond through the gate one he does not know yet who is this person the path must be opened as juno speaks desmond is controlled by the apple becomes its pawn controlled to move his feet towards its will it bears his blade and takes aim at his friend his ally the person he trusts most lucy stillman no [Music] it is done the way lies all before you only she remains to be found awaken go alone through the apple this ancient civilization have enacted their plan the trauma of this overwhelms desmond he is lost to this world he has killed his friend why judo talks of another he must find is it eve as subject 16 mentioned if juno is correct desmond is destined to awaken his sixth sense to develop his gift to that of his ancestors the ones that came before before his consciousness is lost completely desmond hears voices one of them is a voice familiar to him one he has not heard in a long time [ __ ] he's gone into shock but i'm back in the machine it's the only way to fix this but the enemies did this to him am i the expert or not as he passes into black he remembers the words of subject 16 spoken in the program he built i am with you till the end find me in the darkness many questions remain unanswered will the apple show the way to the temples why did the apple require lucy's death who is the voice so familiar to desmond and most pressing will desmond wake from this trauma we look to revelations next for answers desmond miles returns to consciousness in a strange place it appears coastal but it's not of his world but he still remembers he remembers approaching the apple hidden by ezio beneath rome him being compelled to move towards his friend lucy stillman the person he trusted most no his hidden blade piercing her skin it is done she must be dead he used this blade many times as altair as ezio but why why had the apple made him do it why had juno you know very little we must guide you he also remembers that voice a voice he knows well william put him back in the machine it's the only way to fix this this strange world is the animus he is in here to keep him alive rebecca get me out of here the assassins in 2012 can't hear desmond they can't record in this part of the animus but desmond can hear them rebecca crane and shaun hastings are dealing with the aftermath of desmond's collapse and burying their friend lucy stillman were they close i mean closer than friends this new voice william is there to help there was the occasional misty-eyed moment but yeah she liked him bill that's what she told me things got so [ __ ] up so fast are you at the airport yeah we're chartering a jet are you coming yes yeah i'll be there soon for now this is none of desmond's concern it seems he is stuck here but he's not alone for the first time he is able to put a face to someone he knows so well just walk right past me subject 16 the man that left the symbols in blood the breadcrumbs throughout italy guiding us sharing the truth he is dead of course he is this is just his consciousness what is he doing here but for now desmond has other questions what is this place we're in the guts of the animus the original test program no memories here just basic physics weather simulations for now the animus keeping all your ancestors from collapsing into one big mess but if you can't find a sink nexus all those personalities will smash together a sink nexus that is what desmond is to attain if he is to free himself and get back to his body there that thing is your way out through that door are unfinished memories if desmond can synchronize with them he can attain a sink nexus and link back up with the real world i keep the animus distracted as best i can for you so you can explore finish what you started until your ancestor has nothing left to show you and one of those ancestors is ezio auditori da ferenze [Music] the year is 1511. ezio auditore is now 51. he has seen to the borgia threat in italy he has revitalized the assassin order through his mentorship and almost a year ago he set out on a journey a journey for truth his father giovanni sought the same truth ezio had a letter written a year before his birth where his father spoke of a library a font of ancient wisdom hidden beneath the old home of the levantine assassin the old home of his ancestor al tayer ibin lahard massiaf castle as he ascends the walls he senses his ancestor with every step as he touches every stone ezio won't recognize this hallway these shelves this desk but desmond will as altair he met the shamed al-mulim him many times the assassins no longer call this place their home altair saw to that they do not shatter themselves in grand castles they live amongst the people and cultures they are trying to protect ezio had already been in massiaf for a while he had met the new occupants the templars they were here for the same reason they knew of the library he met them on the road and at the gates and as their captain leandros put the rope around ezio's neck and walked him to the ramparts but in 30 years as an assassin he had escaped worse ezio knew of the library through knowledge passed through his assassin lineage but how did the templars know azezio plunges beneath the castle they had found the door too a workman employed by the templars it took me a year to find this chamber and for the past three months i've been trying to break through the storm there are keyholes here what are the keys this templars fund won't beneath to ottoman sultan's palace as for the others i suppose the little book will tell them what book the captain of this templar endeavor has it ezio chases him down nicolo polo's journal mr will do you no good we have found one of the massive keys already and are closing in on the rest you can have altair's books we only want directions to the location of the grand temple grand temple tell me more now both ezio and desmond knew there were multiple temples or vaults with hidden secrets of the old ones within but never one given the moniker of grande how did the templars find out about the vault perhaps it was through this book a journal written by the famed merchant and explorer nicolo polo a record of the life and teachings of the 11 time mentor altair who persuaded nicolo to join the order the daughter altair's library is opened by five keys one of these keys was found beneath the sultan's palace in constantinople this adventure is far from over and with nicolo polo's journal in hand he will use the journey to the heart of the ottoman empire to perhaps glean more clues about these elusive massiaf keys ezio does not know what exactly the library holds but he does know he must keep it from the hands of the templars who already have one key others are surely not far behind ezio arrives by boat to constantinople on his journey he befriends a young man a student he learns of this new city a magnificent site it is a work in progress constantinople or istanbul to some on the cusp of the border between europe and asia it is infused with multiple cultures and a funnel for valuable trade of all kinds since the ottomans won the city from the hands of the byzantines in 1453. under ottoman rule the city flourished and became one of tolerance affluence and vibrancy constantine is a city for all kinds and creeds students like me or travelers such as yourself alighting the boat having made a new acquaintance he immediately has the opportunity to make another you are the man i long to meet renowned master and mentor it's your auditory this is yusef tazim and news of ezio's exploits in the holy land have traveled at a quicker clip than himself come i will show you around [Music] yusef is the head of the ottoman brotherhood of assassins they have lived in relative peace here in the city but in recent years the byzantines have risen up under a templar banner they know not who leads them or what their end game is but they have been a thorn in the shoe of the assassins for some time there are two sons both boasting a claim to their father biazeed sultanship akhmet holds the strongest claim and his brother selim is abroad battling with the sultan to take that right by force with the sultan away the byzantine templars may see this as the best opportunity in years to take back power watch but the ottoman guards are far from pushovers byzantium is dead as are you despite over 30 years as an assassin seo yearned to learn more of how they do things here in the ottoman brotherhood it's your where is your hook blade you've never seen one after years fighting the board jay he wished he had the old dog delighted in this new trick that aided him to climb faster swing farther zip down wires and make quick departures from unwanted conflict worn on the opposite arm to the hidden blade it would become a crucial part of ezio's arsenal my brothers in roma would like this that's not all they would like due to the city's position in the trade routes between the continents the assassins would learn of many inventions from afar and borrowed from the chinese ezio would learn to wield bombs not only to kill but also to entice and distract almost forgetting his higher purpose ezio was glad to be amongst this new brotherhood learning and using his new skills to defend and win back the assassin strongholds dotted around the city his work would have an effect on these areas the inhabitants would stop cowering in terror and trade would begin to flourish blacksmiths tailors and bookshops the city was a true place of learning and improvement and ezio experiences a further that belies his years he feels alive once more indeed working with yousef he would select and promote the most promising assassins to become masters of their own den and mentor them as he did those in rome in the psychology and practicalities of being a master assassin until you are properly trained i will not let you go head to head with a killer as deadly as this man he had always been a natural leader ever since his carefree days in florence but the practice of nurturing and guiding young talent and seeing them succeed in important tasks was what he valued most about his role as mentor after helping to restore some sense of order in the city he turns his attention to finding the former trading post of nicolo polo and continuing his search for the massiaf keys yusef knows where to start speak with a man named piri reyes in the bazaar he can point you in the right direction the famed cartographer and navigator is an assassin and part of the ottoman order the old polo show it's just west of iowa sofia he leaves pirie for the trading post it is now a bookshop please come in and the woman running it ezio recognizes immediately he noticed her while conversing with the young student on arriving into the city like now carrying books sofia sartor have we met we have now sophia hails from italy but grew up in constantinople and now due to her love of the written word sources and prints rare books to sell in her shop ezio under the guise of perusing these tones uses his skill to source a hidden door have you found anything interesting incredible where does it lead why don't we find out it leads to an underground system lost to time but not lost to the templars who are on the hunt for their next massif key they are searching blind ezio has eagle vision a factor nicolo polo was counting on when hiding the keys working through the templars ezio finds the chamber to the first massaf key and a map that offers more clues to the remaining three keys still unfound what did you find something that may interest you and here is my shop perhaps it was her passion her beauty or deep knowledge of the area and the written word but ezio opened up to her and sought her help strange symbols and these are titles of books rare books a few of these have not been seen for more than a millennium nicolo polo hid these books around the city this map should tell us where from what i can tell i need to find these three books first they may contain clues to locate the rest of these i must admit my head is swimming with the prospect of seeing these books this is knowledge the world has lost and must have again the mystery has taken hold of her he couldn't stop her helping now even if he wanted to it is a joy to see someone with a passion so personal and noble it is inspiring she will decipher the location of the books ezio leaves to investigate the nature of this first key what is it what information does it hold he heads back to the assassin headquarters to find out the markings on this key are familiar i have seen its kind before just like the apple of eden ancient technology from the first civilization the key holds a memory the memory of altair over 300 years before altair is 24. this is new to desmond he joined altair's memories after this point altair arrives in massiaf the home of the templars is being invaded by crusaders a templar had infiltrated the brotherhood and now held aomor lim and others prisoner all about to die we can do nothing for him now abbas sees little hope altair sees different when i close the castle gate flank the crusaders in the village and drive them into the canyon you don't stand a chance abbas no mistakes the plan was the right one altair saves the assassins and his mentor al-mulim you fit your father's shoes as if they had been tailored to your feet i did not know him well as a father you two were born into this order do you regret it how can i regret the only life i've ever known that was all just a fragment of time a fleeting memory but what is altair trying to tell us i wonder azezio experiences this memory so too does desmond he is slowly synchronizing his ancestors memories working towards this sink nexus while sophia discerns the map ezio needs to work on finding the recovered key held by the templars it was found underneath topkapi palace he needs to make some acquaintances inside the royal court it's his best chance to find out more he sees that chance as the assassins hear rumor of a planned templar attack on the young prince suleiman santa saleem recently returned to the city if they do strike it will be tonight at a cultural exposition the prince has organized to protect him they need disguises their best bet is as entertainers ezio looks to source the clothes of minstrels mainstream from natalya i am going to enjoy this they don the outfits enter the palace and await the arrival of the prince suleiman the sultan's grandson and governor of cafe the young man on the boat was no mere student ezio was sailing with royalty and who is that his uncle despite his father and prince achmet's dispute over the throne suleiman is fond of his uncle sudhiman sits in council to acmet and sees his uncle as a mentor and source of wisdom the sulaiman circulates amongst his guests ezio is there to stem the templar attack on his acquaintance from the boat it is a relief to see you again are you injured who is your captain's soldier turret ballet to the divan these soldiers are known as janissaries the sultan's elite soldiers trained warriors fiercely loyal to the crown and inordinately influential as to who wears it etsy do you have some time to spare i would like your opinion on something ezio was to listen in on the debriefing between the prince his uncle and the leader of the janissaries tarik barletti how was this attack able to take place an inexcusable failing defending i will conduct a full investigation i will conduct the investigation tariq tariq bay a word akhmat suggests that the attack was to make his stewardship of the city look weak i am not depraved enough to imagine the conspiracy you accused me of what have i done to earn such contempt from the janissaries prince akmat is favored by the sultan to succeed the throne but not by the janissaries they prefer the warring guile of his brother celine you make a decent philosopher ahmed but you will be a poor sultan they leave your uncle likes sway over the men he will soon command there is a rift in the power center of the ottoman empire what role are the byzantine templars playing in this they need to find out more where should we begin for now keep an eye on tariq and his janissaries they spend much of their free time in and around the bazaar ezio finds the janissaries and tarik and tails him to a rendezvous he's waiting by the arsenal gate an eager old weasel isn't he he is meeting manuel palia logos flanked by a menacing masked man manuel one of the last surviving members of the byzantine lineage that were driven from the region at the hands of the ottomans he survived by surrendering to the ottomans and sold his right to the throne in exchange for riches and security let me verify the amount but the money stays with me until i have seen the cargo for myself why is he trading with the head of the janissaries what is the cargo manuel needs to assess its quality in the safety of the arsenal when you are satisfied the cargo will be delivered to a location of your choosing i will have a map drawn up for you within a week ezio must see the cargo for himself to gain access to the armory ezio and the assassins stir up the discontent of the local populace incite a riot push through and break through the gates in the confusion ezio infiltrates the warehouse everything is falling into place manuel is not content in being one of the richest men in the empire he has quietly resented the ottomans for taking his birthright as a templar the day he was hoping for is insight is he the grand master of the templars it seems likely when the paleo logos line is restored manuel do not forget who helped you bring it back manuel is not the only person that feels wronged by the ottomans shakulu supports manuel in his aim his family were killed at the hands of the ottomans he seeks revenge i'm satisfied take me to my ship the cargo is rifles and they are to weaponize a temple army to take the ottoman throne but where is this army he must find out whether guns are destined with prince suleiman's consent he disguises himself as janissary infiltrates their barracks finds the tent of tariq barletti and finds out where the guns are heading the location of the byzantine army the rifles have arrived in cappadocia where manuel is garcindi's army ezio has the location but the templar tariq barletti must die first except he's not a templar he was doing as ezio is seeking an end to the byzantine threat of the ottoman empire i was preparing an ambush preparing to strike the byzantine templars where they felt safest protect my homeland assassin an innocent man is dead ezio leaves with the location of the army and the knowledge that tariq had spies inside the city of cappadocia he must go there it's not only his duty to stem the templar's rise to power at every turn but it might give further clues as to the location of the massiaf ki held by the templars he reports to prince suleiman he was loyal to your grandfather to the end and through his efforts we have the means to save your city i will arrange the ship to take you his uncle prince achmet arrives suleiman i have been set up it is no secret that he and i were at odds ah forgive me nephew i was not aware that you had a guest this is marcelo one of my european advisors in cafe with his identity protected ezio leaves he has things to attend to before he departs by boat to cappadocia his other new friend in the city has discerned the map enough for ezio to source nicolo polo's hidden books within them unmarked the location of other hidden tombs exploring the depths of those proved complex but fruitful as ezio emerged from each with a total of three more keys despite their success ezio is saddened that their search for the keys has come to an end he spent many hours with sophia discerning the map as well as discussing literature and geography and history and all the passions that they both shared an interest ezio's ardour for the female form had been tempered over the years partly his age partly his learned respect for women partly his focus on the cause but mostly due to the pain of loss he has faced in his life he could not protect his first love christina vespucci when he was drawn into the brotherhood he could not be there for her during savannah roller's sack of florence when she died in his arms later his guarded heart would be captured by katarina schwarzer but again the struggle would trump any chance of a quiet happy existence he was married to the cause and anyone he got close to would be at risk by mere association with him despite this ezio cared deeply for sophia and that care was returned before his voyage sophia arranges a picnic i wanted to thank you for letting me play a small role in your adventure a small role is enough for this adventure believe me you are a mystery i will explain one day sophia when i can he can't place her in danger any more than he already has together they have found three more keys before he leaves for cappadocia ezio and by design desmond learns more of the life of altair after altair had disarmed the corrupt al-mualim of the apple there was acute confusion the assassins the city of massiaf were woken from the spell cast by the piece of eden in their mentor's charge altair was in no doubt what he had to do no i must know that he cannot return but this is not our way abbas leads the chorus of discontent all your life you have made a mockery of our creed you bend the rules to suit your wings in the melee abbas takes and wields the apple abbas stop what did you think would happen when you murdered our beloved mentor abbas is not steered by principles or love of al-mualim he is guided by pain by hate hate for altair over his father's death his father ahmet died when he was a child al-mualim kept the truth from abbas but it was suicide shamed by his portrayal of umar al-tayer's father akhmet cut his own throat in front of altair he kept it a secret as long as he could but told his friend abbas of his father's suicide in the end having been fed a different story by al-mualim abbas could not discern the truth their friendship was fractured and the mystery ate a piece of abbas every day since my father was a hero whatever this artifact is capable of you are not worthy to wield it no man is abbas felt its power its mystery but he could not contain it altair could forgive me i did not no have you anything to teach us or would you lead us all to everyone altair would forgive abbas and those that stood for al-mualim and take charge of the assassins as mentor the assassin and its creed would find new strength and a singular focus to fight for liberty in their region and beyond he also sought to learn from the apple and apply its teachings where he could he would marry maria a woman whose life he once had in his hands they had children dareen and seth with the threat of the mongols in the east approaching altoia elected to leave the order now stronger than ever and attend to this threat with his wife and son darim in their absence abbas took control of the order and killed their son seth [Music] altair and maria returned to massaf and prepare to confront abbas he executed our youngest son maria he deserves to die resist your desire for revenge speak truth and they will see their error they have every reason to strike with vengeance but the strength of the order transcends their pain when we left myself ten years ago this order was strong but all that progress has been undone they arrive in the gardens of massaf castle you have held that artifact for 30 years reveling in its power and hoarding its secrets surrender the apple out higher and i will tell you why your son was put to death very well abbas take it before i executed your son i told him you ordered it yourself there are some things reason cannot overcome [Music] strength but passion in place of reason has meant the loss of his wife as well as his son altair has no choice but to flee with his last remaining son darine for 20 years altair stays away he mourns and he turns to the apple to learn and understand fabricate its technology all this time the brotherhood slips further and further into decline in 1247 aged 81 altair returns to take back the brotherhood abbas has maddened himself with hatred it is not our place to judge if our master has gone mad i would like to know al sayer knows he has allies he had many from his legend alone but abbas has delivered him the rest as altoyer approaches the castle some confront some step aside most rally to his aid what are you waiting for he has bewitched you you have wasted your life staring into that apple i learned many things from the apple of the past and the future let me show you with massiaf reclaimed altair was set about rebuilding the order restoring it to how he left it and using his years of wisdom to improve it further still the assassins were his life from beginning to end he had no other [Music] ezio arrived in cappadocia a city carved into the hills a bustling populace controlled by byzantines he was there to investigate the extent of the templar army their hierarchy and their plans first he would seek out tarik's people installed to learn more they had been found out captured and systematically tortured by the sadistic masked man shakulu ezio must disable this templar army he infiltrates the armory blows up the munitions and draws out the byzantine templar manuel palia logos we fight to restore peace to this troubled land templars are always quick to talk of peace but very slow to concede power your dream dies with you manuel your empire is gone but i am not the only one with this vision assassin all templars are part of the same family i am here for the massive key ezio has the final key the key to open the library altair's font of wisdom and the grand master of the byzantine templars is dead except he wasn't their leader merely a cog in the wheel another topped the templars hierarchy poor malwa last of the paleology i should not have put him in charge of our massive expedition disappoint me i met why are the templars because i am tired of all of these pointless blood feuds that pit father against son brother against brother to achieve true peace mankind must think and move as one body the secrets in the grand temple will give us just that and altair will lead us there i am here for the mercy of keys perhaps i should ask someone who knows better sofia sartor she knows nothing leave her be we shall see akhmet turns his boat and heads to constantinople to capture sophia hostage as ezio suffers the boat journey home with impatience he takes this time to view the fifth and final massiaf ki it is 12 57 and altair is 92 the mongols are advancing quickly from the east and a recent inductee in the order nicolo polo is being given a vital task to guard his codex his life's work so that he may propagate the wisdom establishing guilds throughout the world the first of which constantinople we are ready a last favored nikola he also gave him the five massiaf keys each one imbued with a message a message for whom i wish i knew ezio did know but he must see sofia safe he arrives at the bookshop before leaving for cappadocia ezio asked that yousef keep an eye on sofia while he was gone sophia was not there but the bodies of byzantine templars and the body of his new friend yusuf tazeem was brothers sisters the whole city rises against us while yusuf's murderer waits and watches from the arsenal fight with me and show him what it means to cross the assassins ezio and the assassins enter the arsenal once more and find acmet but he cannot kill him he has sofia bring the seals to galata tower when you are ready and sophia will be spared my brother's army will be here soon after that everything changes prince suleiman is there to hear his uncle's secret achmed follows the templar order the world is a tapestry of many colors and patterns a just leader would celebrate this not seek to unravel it he fears the disorder that comes from difference spare my uncle if you can would your father no ezio has the keys he could head to masiaf now and open the library but there is no question of doing that yet he must save sophia he heads to galata tower now the keys first the girl she's all yours sophia ezio has no choice he relinquishes the massive keys climbs the tower but it's a trick sophia hangs below close to death he must be quick i did not mean to drag you into this i'm sorry but i need to recover what they have taken i do not understand what is happening ezio who are these men run as acmet leaves the city with the keys on route to the library ezio and maria give chase so what now it's you how does this end i am wondering that myself arriving back from the conflict with the sultan akhmat's brother celine has claimed the throne for himself where is he where is the sultan he stands before you brother father made his choice i am salim suriman's father were it not for his endorsement i would have you killed where you stand leave this place do not return this is not your fight but where does one end and the next begin back in 1506 in rome ezio adatore and his friend leonardo da vinci entered the pythagorean vault and activated a pedestal what they saw was not understood by either of them ezio was used to this but back in 2012 the assassins knew them to be coordinates to a location the assassins were now on their way there bill good to see you i hope you have something for us absolutely passports and papers for everyone this is crazy desmond's brain is lighting up like a string of firecrackers here it comes what is that desmond's time in this partition of the animus is coming to an end he is nearing complete synchronization on the memories he needs to complete the sync nexus and this test program that has kept him safe is collapsing and with it the consciousness that is done most to keep desmond alive subject 16. he has a name clay cosmeric unlike desmond he was not born into the order his parents weren't assassins he was recruited trained covertly installed into abstergo by this voice william break into abstergo gather the intel and get out prove yourself novice and you will be one of us and when done he would be extracted by lucy stillman now lucy will get you direct access to the animus at night and once you have enough information she'll get you out but clay was not extracted he knew too much he was allowed to succumb to the bleeding effect by extended periods in the animus until one day he stayed there installing his consciousness permanently in the animus after which he took his own life he knew about lucy he knew that plan if our experiments with desmond and the animus aren't going well you will remove him from abstergo take him somewhere he will feel comfortable divulging his secrets desmond will lead you to the apple and then you bring it right to us you have served the templar order well lucy died at the hands of the apple because she was instructed to take it to the templars at heart it appeared she was a templar had her time with the assassins shifted this allegiance a question that can now never be answered as clay casmarick submitted his consciousness to the animus he was given his final task by juno to make sure desmond survives your eyes are now open help desmond miles i will as the test program collapses his final act is to do just that what are you doing i'm saving you idiot go back into the animus on the cusp of achieving his sync nexus to experience one last memory ezio had been fighting for over 30 years like desmond like altair he did not choose this life it was thrust upon him he's tired he embarked on this journey from his homeland in search of truth reasons for the ways of this world and his place within it what he found was love deepened further by the long road to massiaf sophia choosing to stay by his side as he completed this journey with the keys to the library for three decades i have served the memory of my father and my brothers i do not regret those years but it is time to live for myself and let them go then let go you will not fall for with the five keys ezio opens altair's library sealed shut for 300 years you had better come out of there i plan to many shelves but no books just a chair with a figure slumped within it holding a sixth massiaf key ezio is transported to the day the library was sealed father i do not understand why did you build a library if you did not intend to keep your books you should go when the mongols returned must be empty go be with your family and live well massiaf is no longer home to the assassins but sealed in this tomb it will be the final resting place of altair in it he will guard the apple for a day he will never see to share secrets with the person he'll never meet he sits with his last recorded memory and weights [Music] another artifact [Music] i have seen enough for one life as it was when he met minerva he knows his purpose has not been to understand his purpose was to reveal and he senses this is his last revelation as an assassin the apple is activated desmond he's talking to me who are we who have been so blessed to share our stories like this to speak across centuries maybe you will be the one to make all this suffering worth something in the end now listen desmond has achieved his sink nexus [Music] this is jupiter like minerva and juno he was one that came before they are in a nexus of time and he is here to illuminate desmond on the work they did in the vaults trialing and testing methods to save the world desmond would see the world as it was during their time he saw the solar catastrophe eviscerate everyone and everything save a handful of humanity and even less of jupiter's kind but they worked together to rebuild and to renew but what of the impending catastrophe prophesied by minerva listen you must go there take my words pass them from your head into your hands that is how you will open the way the assassins have traveled far to the coordinates that ezio showed them to that place on jupiter's globe to the east coast of america wait look his vitals are stabilizing he hears that voice again that voice he knows so well desmond can you hear me son i know what we need to do desmond's purpose is still in motion here at the entrance to the grand temple but his time with ezio has come to an end he is nothing left to show him [Music] ezio lived the remainder of his years in the tuscan countryside healing the pain he endured reflecting on the lessons he had learnt and growing the family he started with sophia he found love contentment and finally peace this is the end of ezio's story but not of desmond's and not of the eternal struggle between those of liberty the assassins those of order and those of an age long gone this series does and will continue watch me discover this saga in real time in the blind playthroughs of each game and the story summaries i create afterwards find the playlist to this continuing project in the card above now and the link in the description below like this video if you did subscribe hit the bell and enable notifications to be informed when the next video is released if you want to tip the video you can do so via coffee and if you want to give me ongoing support while gaining previews of every video seven days before release on youtube you can do so via patreon and receive a host of other benefits besides i'm the patient wolf 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