Ezio Auditore da Firenze (1459 1524) was a Florentine nobleman during

theRenaissance, and, unbeknownst to most historians and philosophers,

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