Peter's Basilica, only to discover it is an ambush. After Borgia leaves, Giovanni follows him to St. The pair discuss the fact that Lorenzo is unwilling to bend to the Pope's authority when Borgia suggests using force, the Pope agrees to support his plot to restore order to Florence. Borgia goes to the Vatican and gives the letter to Pope Sixtus IV. Giovanni arrives in Rome and delivers the letter, which is passed through the crowd until it reaches Borgia. Back in Venice, Rodrigo Borgia and his allies meet to formulate their next move, and pray "May The Father of Understanding be with us!" while arranging their swords in a familiar symbol-confirming they are Templars. Giovanni volunteers for the mission and departs for Rome. At the palace, Uberto claims the letter could not be decoded, meaning the only way to see who it is intended for is to deliver it personally. His son Ezio, confused as to why his father must leave so late in the night, asks to come with him, but Giovanni refuses. Uberto gets Father Antonio Maffei to decode the letter, but secretly orders him not to tell anyone of its contents.Īfter enjoying some time with his family, Giovanni is summoned by Maffei back to Lorenzo's palace. Giovanni returns to Florence and presents the letter to Lorenzo and Uberto Alberti, Florence's Gonfaloniere of Justice, but it is encrypted. Giovanni intercepts and overpowers the courier, who commits suicide to avoid interrogation. His investigation leads him to the Doge's Palace, where he sees two men-Silvio and Marco Barbarigo-dispatching a courier to deliver a letter to "their master" in Rome. Giovanni arrives in Venice to search for whoever ordered Sforza's death. Returning home, he monologues that Sforza's death has robbed Medici of a powerful ally, but that he knows where to find those responsible. After killing the assassins, Giovanni searches one of the bodies and finds several coins stamped with the coat of arms of Venice.
Giovanni races to Milan, but arrives too late to prevent Sforza's death. Giovanni brings the surviving mercenary to Lorenzo de' Medici, where he is tortured for information, revealing a plot to assassinate the Duke of Milan, Galeazzo Sforza, on the Feast of St Stephen. Giovanni kills two of the mercenaries and incapacitates the third, but Borgia escapes in the confusion. Outside, he ambushes a party of mercenaries led by Rodrigo Borgia as they attempt to sneak out of the city. From the shadows, he quietly watches his family enjoying themselves at dinner, before departing into the moonlit streets of Florence.
In 1476 Florence, Giovanni Auditore monologues about the corruption, betrayal and murder hidden behind the enlightenment of the Renaissance, and about his fight to preserve justice, honor, and his family's safety.
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