🏹 Assassin’s Creed II 🌅

The sun rises over Florence, casting long shadows through the narrow, cobblestone streets. The city is alive with the bustle of merchants, artisans, and nobles, unaware of the dark currents swirling beneath the surface. In this Renaissance world of art and intrigue, power is seized in the shadows, and history is written by those who remain unseen.

You escaped a massacre, hidden away by a loyal servant who raised you in the countryside, far from the grasp of those who sought to finish what they started.

But you are not content to live in obscurity. The blood of warriors flows through your veins, and the time has come to reclaim what was taken from you. You’ve spent years honing your skills, training in the arts of stealth, combat, and deception, waiting for the moment to strike. It was during these years of training that you uncovered your family’s deepest secret: a connection to the Assassin Brotherhood, an ancient order dedicated to freedom and the destruction of tyranny.

One night, while practicing in the ruins of an old villa, you were approached by a stranger in a dark hood, his presence both unsettling and familiar. He introduced himself as Mario Auditore, a friend of the Brotherhood and a man who knew your parents well. Mario revealed that your family had once been allies of the Assassins, sworn to protect the freedom of Florence and the world beyond. He offered you a choice: to live out your days in peace, or to embrace your legacy and join the Brotherhood in their fight against the Templars, the shadowy order that orchestrated your family’s downfall.

The choice was clear. You journeyed to Monteriggioni, where you trained under the watchful eye of Mario and his nephew, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, a young Assassin driven by a similar thirst for vengeance. Ezio, like you, has lost much to the Templars, and together you forged a bond born of shared pain and a common enemy.

Now, the time has come for your first mission.