Assassin's Creed: Renaissance (47 page)

Paola: sister of Annetta

Orazio: servant of Mario Auditore

Duccio Dovizi: ex-boyfriend of Claudia

Giulio: secretary to Giovanni Auditore

Dottore Ceresa: family doctor

Gambalto: sergeant in command of Mario Auditore’s guards

Cristina Calfucci: girlfriend of the young Ezio

Antonio Calfucci: father of Cristina

Manfredo d’Arzenta: son of wealthy family, later married to Cristina

Gianetta: friend of Cristina

Sandeo: Cristina’s father’s clerk

Jacopo de’ Pazzi: member of Pazzi family, fifteenth-century Florentine bankers

Francesco de’ Pazzi: nephew of Jacopo

Vieri de’ Pazzi: son of Francesco

Stefano da Bagnone: priest, secretary to Jacopo

Father Giocondo: priest in San Gimignano

Terzago, Tebaldo, Capitano Roberto, Zohane and Bernardo: soldiers and guards in the service of the Pazzi family

Galeazzo Maria Sforza (Galeazzo): Duke of Milan, 1444-76

Caterina Sforza: daughter of Galeazzo, 1463-1509

Girolamo Riario, Duke of Forlì: Caterina’s husband, 1443-88

Bianca Riario: daughter of Caterina, 1478-1522

Ottaviano Riario: son of Caterina, 1479-1523

Cesare Riario: son of Caterina, 1480-1540

Giovanni Riario: son of Caterina, 1484-96

Galeazzo Riario: son of Caterina, 1485-1557

Nezetta: wet-nurse to Caterina’s baby

Lodovico Sforza: Duke of Milan, brother of Galeazzo, 1452-1508

Ascanio Sforza: cardinal, brother of Galeazzo and Lodovico, 1455-1505

Lorenzo de’ Medici, ‘Lorenzo the Magnificent’: Italian statesman, 1449-92

Clarice Orsini: wife of Lorenzo de’ Medici, 1453-87

Lucrezia de’ Medici: daughter of Lorenzo de’ Medici, 1470-1553

Piero de’ Medici: son of Lorenzo de’ Medici, 1471-1503

Maddalena de’ Medici: daughter of Lorenzo de’ Medici, 1473-1528

Giuliano de’ Medici: brother of Lorenzo, 1453-78

Fioretta Gorini: mistress of Giuliano de’ Medici

Boetio: servant of Lorenzo de’ Medici

Giovanni Lampugnani: conspirator in murder of Galeazzo, d. 1476

Carlo Visconti: conspirator in murder of Galeazzo, d. 1477

Gerolamo Olgiati: conspirator in murder of Galeazzo, 1453-77

Bernardo Baroncelli: conspirator in murder of Giuliano de’ Medici

Uberto Alberti: Gonfaloniere of Florence (chief official of the Council of Magistrates)

Rodrigo Borgia: Spaniard, cardinal, later Pope Alexander VI, 1451-1503

Antonio Maffei: priest, conspirator in murder of Giuliano de’ Medici

Raffaele Riario: Pazzi sympathizer, nephew of the Pope, 1451-1521

Francesco Salviati Riario, Archbishop of Pisa: involved in Pazzi conspiracy

Lodovico and Checco Orsi: Orsi brothers, mercenaries

Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli: philosopher and writer, 1469-1527

Leonardo da Vinci: artist, scientist, sculptor, etc., 1452-1519

Agniolo and Innocento: assistants to Leonardo da Vinci

Girolamo Savonarola: Dominican priest and political leader, 1452-98

Marsilio Ficino: philosopher, 1433-99

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola: philosopher, 1463-94

Poliziano (Angelo Ambrogini): scholar and poet, tutor to de’ Medici children, 1454-94

Botticelli (Alessandro di Moriano Filipepi): artist, 1445-1510

Jacopo Saltarelli: artist’s model, b. 1459

Fra Domenico da Pescia and Fra Silvestro: monks, associates of Savonarola

Brother Girolamo: monk at the abbey of Monteciano, cousin of Savonarola

Giovanni Mocenigo: Doge of Venice, 1409-85

Carlo Grimaldi: member of Mocenigo’s entourage

Conte de Pexaro: patron of Leonardo in Venice

Nero: official assistant to Conte de Pexaro

Emilio Barbarigo: Venetian merchant, allied to Rodrigo Borgia

Silvio Barbarigo (‘Il Rosso’): state inquisitor, cousin of Emilio Barbarigo

Marco Barbarigo: cousin of Silvio and Emilio

Agostino Barbarigo: younger brother of Marco

Dante Moro: Marco’s bodyguard

Carlo Grimaldi: in Doge’s entourage

Bartolomeo d’Alviano: mercenary

Gilberto the Fox, la Volpe: member of the Assassins

Corradin: the Fox’s assistant

Antonio de Magianis: head of thieves’ guild in Venice

Ugo: member of thieves’ guild

Rosa: member of thieves’ guild

Paganino: member of thieves’ guild

Michiel: member of thieves’ guild

Bianca: member of thieves’ guild

Sister Teodora: brothel owner

abominato
filth/wretch

accademico
academic

accompagnatrice
companions, chaperones

addio
goodbye

Ahimè
Alas

Aiutami, Dio!
Help me, God

Aiuto!
Help!

Al ladro!
Stop, thief!

Altezza
Highness

amici intimi
close friends

amico mio
my friend

amministratore
administrator, manager

amore mio
my darling

anche
also, too

anch’io
me too, same here

Aprite la porta!
Open the gate!

Arcivescovo
Archbishop

aristocrazia
aristocracy

artiglierie
artillery

Assassino
Assassin

bacino
basin (in a dock)

bambina
baby

Basta!
Enough!

bastardo, bastardi
bastard/s

bello
handsome

ben fatto
well done

benvenuti
welcome

Birbante!
rascal, rogue

biscotti
biscuits

bistecca
beefsteak

bordello
brothel

buona fortuna
good luck

buona sera
good evening

buon’ giorno
good morning, good day

buon viaggio
safe journey

caffè
coffee

calma
calm down

campo
area

Cane rognoso!
Mangy cur!

capitano
captain

Capito
? Understand?

cappa
cloak, cowl

carcassa
carcase

Carnevale
Carnival

caro, cara, carissima
dearest, darling

casa, dolce casa
home, sweet home

castello
castle

cazzo!
prick/shit

Che vista penosa!
What a painful sight!

chiudi il becco
shut up

ciao
goodbye

ciccione
fatty

cimice
bedbug

codardo
coward

coglioni
balls

commandante
commander, captain

Commendatore
Commander

compagno
comrade

condottieri
hired soldiers, mercenaries

coniglio!
coward, chicken

Cordelie

corno ducale
traditional hat worn by the Doges of Venice

così
like this

Creapa, traditore
! Die, traitor!

crepi il lupo
may the wolf die

Curia
the Roman law courts

diavolo
devil

Distinti saluti
sincerely, faithfully (in a letter)

dottore
doctor

ducati
ducats

duce
leader

duchessa
duchess

Duomo
dome (meaning the cathedral in Florence)

Evviva!
hurrah

fidanzato
fiance

figa
vagina (slang)

Figlio d’un cane
! Son of a bitch!

finanziatore
financier, backer

fiorini
florins

fottiti!
fuck you!

Fra’
Brother

fratelli
brothers

fratellino
little brother

funzionario da accoglienza
reception, welcoming party

grappa
Italian alcoholic drink

grassone bastardo
fat bastard

Grazie a Dio
Thank God

Grazie, amici
Thank you, friends

grullo
silly

hospitarius
guest-master of monastery

idiota
idiot

il Magnifico
the Magnificent

il Spagnolo
the Spaniard

in bocca al lupo!
good luck!

Infame
Awful, shocking

Infelix ego omnium auxilio destitutus
Unhappy I, bereft of all comfort

in perfetto ordine
shipshape

inquisitore
inquisitor

intensi
certainly/understood

liberta
liberty

‘
Libertà! Libertà! Popolo e libertà!’
Liberty! Liberty! The People and Liberty

Luridi branco di cani bastardi!
filthy bunch of son-of-bitches

luridi codardi
filthy cowards

lurido porco
filthy pig

Ma certo!
But of course

Ma che?
But what’s this?

Ma che cazzo?
What the fuck was that?

madre
mother

Maestro
Master

maledetto
cursed

marmocchio
brat

medico
doctor