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Vieri de' Pazzi is a supporting antagonist in Assassin's Creed II and a minor antagonist in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. He is the youngest member of the Pazzi family, a Templar, and Ezio Auditore's rival.
Biography[]
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood[]
One night in 1476, Vieri approached Cristina Vespucci and attempted to woo her, only for her to reject his advances. Annoyed with this, Vieri attempted to sexually assault Cristina, but this was thwarted by the arrival of Ezio Auditore da Firenze. The two have a fist-fight ending with Ezio's victory and Vieri's embarrassment.
Assassin's Creed II[]
The tension grew between the Auditore and the Pazzi families. One day, Ezio and Vieri met on a bridge with their supporters and had a brawl. The fight ended with an Auditore victory, prompting a cowardly retreat from Vieri with what little supporters he had left.
After the deaths of Ezio's father and brothers, he attempted to escape Florence only to be met in the countryside by Vieri. Vieri ordered his men to kill the remainder of the Auditores, but Vieri was once again beaten back by the timely arrival of Mario Auditore and his mercenaries.
Vieri later met with Francesco de' Pazzi, Jacopo de' Pazzi, and Templar Grand Master Rodrigo Borgia to discuss their plans to overthrow the Medici family in Florence. Vieri's role in the plan was to stay in San Gimignano and coordinate with the mercenaries there. After the meeting, Vieri stayed behind to do as he was told, however the city was soon set upon by Mario Auditore and his mercenaries. Vieri ordered his men to attack, while he made his way to the battlements. Unbeknownst to Vieri, Ezio had snuck into the battlements and the two entered a fight. Vieri was then overpowered and stabbed with Ezio's Hidden Blade. As Vieri lay dying, Ezio demanded to know of the Templars' plans, but Vieri chose only to insult Ezio with his final breaths. Ezio angrily began beating and berating Vieri's corpse until he was stopped by Mario who gave Vieri his last rites.
Abilities[]
High Intellect/Expert Strategist/Leadership: Despite his ruthless and petulant character, Vieri proved himself a cunning and resourceful young man. Vieri was a proficient strategist, able to predict that the surviving Auditores would flee to their family's old stronghold of Monteriggioni and laid in wait there for them, and would have succeeded in killing them if not for the intervention of Mario Auditore. He then lead numerous successful attacks on the Auditore controlled lands, proving a big enough thorn in the Assassin's side that Mario took a sizable force to confront him personally at San Gimignano. Vieri expected this, having a significant defense force put in place and used strategies that would have successfully defeated the Assassins' forces if not for Ezio Auditore's timely arrival to turn the tide. Vieri proved himself a capable leader as well, not only leading a sizable gang of followers in his teenage years, but also proved a charismatic military commander as well, being respectful and non-abusive towards his men, as well as leading from the front, unlike his father.
Combat Prowess: Though by no means on the level of his rival Ezio Auditore, Vieri was nonetheless a skilled fighter in his own right, leading his gang into a brawl against Ezio's own allies at the start of the game, only retreating when his rival's more well trained elder brother Federico arrived. Vieri showed no aversion to meeting his adversaries head-on in a fight even when he knew they were more skilled, unlike the cowardice his father later displayed when confronted by Ezio. Vieri notably died fighting on his feet against his longtime rival, showing no fear of death.
- Swordsmanship: Vieri showed himself to be a capable swordsman, able to hold his own against a trained Assassin like Ezio for a significant amount of time, something his father was notably unable to do.
Trivia[]
- In Assassin's Creed II, Vieri's database describes him as being born in 1454, whereas his father is said to have been born in 1444. This was an error in the database with Vieri's age, considering the impossibility of Francesco having a son at age ten. Even further complicating matters, Vieri's portrait in the Villa Auditore's painting gallery claims he died in 1477, despite the game showing he was killed in 1478. In the Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia, Vieri's date of birth is corrected to 1459, making him Ezio's age.
- A brief database entry is available for Vieri in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood if Ezio manages to fight with Vieri for a prolonged amount of time in "A Second Chance".
- At 19, Vieri is the youngest Templar shown in any of the games.
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