Was Ezio real?

Ezio Auditore da Firenze (Italian pronunciation: [ˈɛttsjo audiˈtoːre da (f)fiˈrɛntse]) is a fictional character in the video game series Assassin's Creed, an Italian master assassin who serves as the protagonist of the series' games set during the Italian Renaissance.
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Who was Ezio Auditore in real life?

Ezio Auditore da Firenze (1459 – 1524) was a Florentine nobleman during the Renaissance, and, unbeknownst to most historians and philosophers, the Mentor of the Italian Brotherhood of Assassins, a title which he held from 1503 to 1513. He is also an ancestor to William and Desmond Miles, as well as Clay Kaczmarek.
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Is Assassins Creed real?

Assassin's Creed is, of course, a fictional game series so all 'historical' events seen in it should be taken with a pinch of salt. However, it is not completely without historical merit and lots of the plots have a basis in truth.
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Was Altaïr a real person?

Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad (Arabic: الطائر ابن لا أحد, meaning "The Bird, Son of No One") is a fictional character in Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed video game series, a Syrian master assassin who serves as the protagonist of the games set in the late 12th and early 13th century.
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Was Ezio murdered?

Sometime 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.
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Who is the strongest assassin?

The Most Powerful Assassins In Assassin's Creed
  • Evie Frye. ...
  • Ezio Auditore da Firenze. ...
  • Aya of Siwa. ...
  • Altair Ibn-La'Ahad. ...
  • Jacob Frye. ...
  • Connor Kenway. ...
  • Nikolai Orelov. ...
  • Arno Dorian. The release of Assassin's Creed: Unity was a disaster for publisher Ubisoft.
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Are the auditores real?

Ezio Auditore da Firenze (Italian pronunciation: [ˈɛttsjo audiˈtoːre da (f)fiˈrɛntse]) is a fictional character in the video game series Assassin's Creed, an Italian master assassin who serves as the protagonist of the series' games set during the Italian Renaissance.
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Who did Altair marry?

Maria Thorpe was the wife of Altair. Since childood, Maria had always dreamed of being a knight. A tomboy in her teens, she was often ridiculed by other children and punished by her parents for refusing to "be a lady".
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Has Altair ever been hit?

They say Altair never got hit in his entire lifetime. Which is why the Animus health bar in AC1 was a Sync bar: It probably did not detect Altair's blood loss in that game. Later on in the Ezio Trilogy, when the Animus did get health bars, perhaps Altair did lose some blood.
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What language does Altair speak?

TL;DR Altair likely spoke Arabic and Greek. Ezio likely spoke Italian and Latin fluently and spoke French and Greek near so. Connor spoke English and a Native dialect.
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Do Assassins exist?

They may work as burglars, drug mules, or bodyguards in private security firms. And while national intelligence services occasionally task operatives with targeted assassinations, it's unlikely that any of them keep “assassins” in their employ who do nothing but kill.
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Is animus possible?

No. The basic concept that the Animus works on - the idea of 'genetic memory' - is not real. Your DNA does not encode the memories of your ancestors, so no machine will ever enable you to relive them.
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Did the Assassin Brotherhood exist?

Were the Assassins real? They were, sort of. The legends are based on the Nizari Ismailis—a breakaway group from the Ismaili branch of Shia Islam—that occupied a string of mountain castles in Syria and Iran from the end of the 11th century until the Mongol conquests in the middle of the 13th.
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Is the Auditore Villa Real?

In the game you were able to renovate several stores, and interact with important people from the Assassin's Guild. The pride of the small town was of course Villa Auditore, which, I'm sorry guys, doesn't exist in real life (although it's heavily based on Villa di Maiano in the nearby town of Fiesole).
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Is Assassins Creed 2 Based on a true story?

Assassin's Creed 2 features a wealth of actual historical figures, some that assist Ezio Auditore and some that stand in opposition to him. Assassin's Creed is a series built around real history, showing how the Assassins and Templars have struggled against each other through time.
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Who was the first assassin?

The founder and the first Grandmaster of the Assassins was Hassan-I-Sabbah (1050–1124).
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Is Ezio or Altair better?

So even with the advantage in experience, Altaïr doesn't have enough clear advantages to beat Ezio overall. His Assassin career is the most decorated and influential of any character ever, but in a fight Altaïr unfortunately doesn't hold up against someone as proficient as Ezio.
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Who is a better assassin Altair or Ezio?

Even Ezio Auditore Da Firenze only became a master assassin by the time he reached his 40s. However, what makes Altair even more impressive is that he became Grand Master of the order by the end of the first game.
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Is Ezio related to Altair?

The writer behind this fall's Assassin's Creed: Revelations has confirmed that's not correct. Speaking to Kotaku, script writer Darby McDevitt revealed that Altaïr and Ezio don't share a family link.
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Was Altaïr wife a Templar?

Affiliations. Maria ''Mary'' Amelia Thorpe (1161-1228) was a high-ranking English noblewoman of the Knights Templar who later defected to the Assassins Order and married the master Altair Ibn-La'Ahad after trying to kill him in Jerusalem in 1191.
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How old is Ezio in?

Revelations takes place primarily in Constantinople around 1511 AD, making the once-brazen and youthful Ezio approximately 50-years-old.
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How did Altaïr have a gun?

The weapon was invented by the Assassin Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, through knowledge gained from an Apple of Eden. From there, after discovering the design schematics for the Hidden Gun in one of Altaïr's Codex pages, Leonardo da Vinci managed to craft the weapon for the use of Ezio Auditore da Firenze.
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Is Ezio missing finger?

Since the Hidden Blade was repaired and modified by Leonardo, so ezio didn't need to remove a finger to use it.
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Why was Maria Auditore shocked?

In 1476, Giovanni, Federico, and Petruccio were arrested by the Florentine government for the crime of treason. When she protested, she was assaulted by the city guards and slipped into a state of shock.
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What happened to the Auditore House?

The building was completed in 1473, but in 1476, the Auditore family was executed and the building was abandoned, apart from a contingent of Florentine city guards stationed along the palazzo's roof, presumably remaining on the lookout for the lone surviving Auditore, Ezio.
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