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This also serves as the Characters page for ''[[~~Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Video Game)|~~Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed Revelations ~~(Video Game)~~|Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' due to the games' many shared characters.

This also serves as the Characters page for ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed Revelations|Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' due to the games' many shared characters.

May contain unmarked and/or [[Late Arrival Spoiler|Late Arrival Spoilers]].

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== Ezio Auditore da Firenze ==

[[File:ezioauditore_3578.jpg|frame|There is no book or teacher to give you the answers, to show you the way. Choose your own way! Do not follow me, or anyone else.]]

The ancestral character of ''Assassin's Creed II''. After his blissful life as the young son of a Florentine banker is destroyed, Ezio sets out an epic decades-long quest for vengeance, hunting down -- as well as adding to -- names from a list his father Giovanni wrote. The plot of both games show Ezio's progression and [[Character Development|growth]], as he goes from an enraged teenager seeking revenge and cursing those he kills, to a mature and patient hunter of his foes, to a wiser man who eventually rises to lead the Assassin order through wisdom, personal skill and leadership.

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* [[Call to Agriculture]]: Ezio retires to a vineyard after ''Revelations''.

* [[Catch Phrase]]: ''Requiescat in Pace'', which he says to (almost) all of his targets during their final moments.

** ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood ~~(Video Game)~~|The liberation of Rome has begun.]]''

** ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood|The liberation of Rome has begun.]]''

* [[The Charmer]]: Develops into a textbook example. All the lady-killing ''magnetismo'' of the [[Casanova]], none of the callousness.

* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: A tradition for Desmond's bloodline, even more so in ''Brotherhood''.

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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

* [[Dual-Wielding]]: Carries two Hidden Blades; also applies to the [[Sword and Gun|Medium Weapon/Hidden Gun]] and the Short Blade/Throwing Knives combinations in ''Brotherhood''. Upgraded to some sort of hook/grapple hook in ''Revelations''.

* [[Due to ~~The~~ Dead]]: Utters "Requiescat In Pace" to (almost) all of targets during their final moments.

* [[Due to the Dead]]: Utters "Requiescat In Pace" to (almost) all of targets during their final moments.

** Averted in his initial assassinations where he [[Unstoppable Rage|violently slaughted]] his targets and continued beating {{spoiler|Vieri de' Pazzi}} even after his death, earning him a harsh rebuke from Mario as it was against the ''[[Even Evil Has Standards|rules of etiquette]]'' the assassins abide by.

* [[Even the Guys Want Him]]: Gets quite a bit of this. Leonardo is only the most prominent example.

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* [[Heartbroken Badass]]: The repressed memories of his old flame Christina show that {{spoiler|during the Bonfire of the Vanities she was mortally wounded and died in his arms. His later writings state that something in him "withered" after her death.}}

* [[The Hero]]

* [[If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her]]: Said to Cristina Vespucci's fiancé.

* [[If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...]]: Said to Cristina Vespucci's fiancé.

* [[Indy Ploy]]: "I am improvising!"

* [[In the Hood]]: Runs in the family.

* [[In the Past Everyone Will Be Famous]]: [[Leonardo Da Vinci]], Caterina Sforza, Niccolò Machiavelli... that's a handful of people he deals with ''on a daily basis''.

* [[In the Past Everyone Will Be Famous]]: [[Leonardo da Vinci]], Caterina Sforza, Niccolò Machiavelli... that's a handful of people he deals with ''on a daily basis''.

* [[Last of His Kind]]: He's the last male member of the Auditore family, aside from his Uncle Mario.

** {{spoiler|As of ''Brotherhood'', he really ''is'' the last.}}

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** [[BFS]]

** [[Blade Below the Shoulder]]

** [[Blade On a Stick]]

** [[Blade on a Stick]]

** [[Drop the Hammer]]

** [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]

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=== Mario Auditore ===

{{quote| ''"Don't you recognize me? [[Super Mario Bros|It'sa me, Mario!"]]''}}

{{quote| ''"Don't you recognize me? [[Super Mario Bros.|It'sa me, Mario!"]]''}}

Ezio's uncle, he commands a large number of mercenaries from his villa in Tuscany.

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* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}

* [[The Mentor]]: A strange combination of this and [[Boisterous Bruiser]].

* [[Shout-Out]]: [[Super Mario Bros|It'sa him, Mario]].

* [[Shout-Out]]: [[Super Mario Bros.|It'sa him, Mario]].

* [[Uncle Pennybags]]: Despite the state of decay Ezio finds Monteriggioni in, Mario ''does'' pretty much own the place. He also set Ezio up with a room, and some money to buy armor, free of charge. Also in Project Legacy, it's shown that he actively interacts with and helps out the various communities in his village to try and learn more about what they do.

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* [[Honor Among Thieves]]: When they first meet La Volpe returns Ezio's money, which was deliberately pickpocketed to lure him to the meeting spot. His thieves also watch out for each other, protecting their fellows when they're in danger.

* [[Legitimate Businessmen's Social Club]]: The tavern he and Ezio build in ''Brotherhood'', ''La Volpe Adoramentata'' ("The Sleeping Fox"), a favorite of the Borgia guards who provide coin in more ways than one.

* [[Only Known By Their Nickname]]: Although ''Renaissance'' calls him Gilberto, this is not mentioned in the game.

* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: Although ''Renaissance'' calls him Gilberto, this is not mentioned in the game.

=== Paola ===

The madame of Florentine brothel, she protects Ezio's family after they are betrayed, teaching Ezio how to use his hidden blade and disappear in the crowd.

* [[Hooker ~~With~~ a Heart of Gold]]

* [[Hooker with a Heart of Gold]]

* [[The Mentor]]

* [[What Happened to ~~The~~ Mouse?]]: She isn't seen after ACII's final sequence.

* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: She isn't seen after ACII's final sequence.

=== [[Niccolo Machiavelli]] ===

Fellow Assassin, assisting Ezio during both the Battle of Forlì and the Bonfire of the Vanities and becoming his chief advisor during ''Brotherhood''.

* [[Fashionable Asymmetry]]: His ''Brotherhood'' outfit's outermost garment is missing its right sleeve.

* [[Jerk ~~With~~ a Heart of Gold]]: His explanation of his cynicism to Ezio is that he merely describes the conditions in Rome as they ''are''.

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: His explanation of his cynicism to Ezio is that he merely describes the conditions in Rome as they ''are''.

* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]: The games don't even try to downplay the cynicism he was famous for in [[Real Life]] (i.e. destroy the enemy without mercy and hesitation), yet he fights against the Borgias' tyranny for the people of Rome.

* [[Machiavelli Was Wrong]]: Direct example. Ezio's actions tend to screw around with Machiavelli's rather cynical outlook. Eventually thanks to this, Machiavelli steps down as the Roman leader of the Assassins in favor of Ezio.

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* [[Foregone Conclusion]]: If you knew your history, his ascension to the Papacy shouldn't be of any surprise, though it does come off as a [[Player Punch]] in ''AC2'' due to the eleven-year time skip between Sequences 11 and 14, that game's last two chapters.

** Although the attack on the Papal carriage in the E3 reveal trailer never happens in ''Brotherhood'', the "setting drop" ("1503 - Rome") was probably used to lure the history-aware into thinking that this was how Rodrigo Borgia would bite the big one.

* {{spoiler|[[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: He tries to poison his son Cesare, when the latter shows to be too ambitious. However, it ends the other way around...}}

* {{spoiler|[[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: He tries to poison his son Cesare, when the latter shows to be too ambitious. However, it ends the other way around...}}

* [[In the Hood]]: he spends much of the game wearing a [[Star Wars|Palpatine-style]] black hood that conceals his upper face, and his name and identity aren't revealed for quite a while too. He eventually ditches it after becoming Pope, though.

* [[Laser-Guided Karma]]: One of the reasons why he remains in the background in ''Brotherhood''.

* [[Let's Fight Like Gentlemen]]: Agrees to Ezio's challenge to a brawl without weapons (with Ezio's armored right glove a convenient exception). [[Sarcasm Mode|Surprisingly enough]], it's a one-sided affair.

** Actually you can see Ezio discarding his armored gauntlet.

* [[Only Known By Their Nickname]]: Before his identity was revealed, he was only referred to as either "the Spaniard" or "Maestro".

* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: Before his identity was revealed, he was only referred to as either "the Spaniard" or "Maestro".

* [[Orcus On His Throne]]: Chose to remain hiding during ''Brotherhood'', primarily out of fear of Ezio, and a decision to focus on consolidation of Templar gains.

* [[Orcus on His Throne]]: Chose to remain hiding during ''Brotherhood'', primarily out of fear of Ezio, and a decision to focus on consolidation of Templar gains.

** This was also consistent with his behavior in ''II'' where he let the Pazzi (in Florence and San Gimignano) and Barbarigo (in Venice) families and their allies take credit -- and thus the brunt of the Assassin's attention. Until about the time that {{spoiler|the Apple of Eden arrived from Cyprus}}, Ezio was almost never in a position to kill Rodrigo.

*** And in both ''AC II'' and ''Brotherhood'', [[Never My Fault|he blamed all the problems with Ezio on his allies, never himself, in spite of having the means to help.]]

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* [[Jerkass]]:Just like his father.

* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something|Nobles Who Actually Do Something]]: Unlike most other Templars, who will run at the sight of Ezio(though some of them are just being [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]), Vieri was willing to stay his ground and fight against Mario Auditore's mercenaries. In the novel, he even wears full body armor, fights and nearly kills Ezio with an axe.

* [[Sore Loser]]: According to Shaun's Database Profile, Vieri would often make up rigged competitions to flaunt himself over others. And on the rare occasions when he lost, he would invite the winner's entire family for [[Tampering ~~With~~ Food and Drink|"a meal to die for"]]. Not to mention how he swears to kill Ezio and his entire family, both during Ezio's rescue of Cristina during the [[Attemped Rape]] mentioned above, and after Francesco's arrest, during which Vieri keeps slandering the Auditore's name and triggers the first chapter's fight. In fact, during the first part of the game, your enemies consist of Pazzi Family's Guards(Or relatives, since they dress like Vieri) trying to find and beat you down on Vieri's orders.

* [[Sore Loser]]: According to Shaun's Database Profile, Vieri would often make up rigged competitions to flaunt himself over others. And on the rare occasions when he lost, he would invite the winner's entire family for [[Tampering with Food and Drink|"a meal to die for"]]. Not to mention how he swears to kill Ezio and his entire family, both during Ezio's rescue of Cristina during the [[Attemped Rape]] mentioned above, and after Francesco's arrest, during which Vieri keeps slandering the Auditore's name and triggers the first chapter's fight. In fact, during the first part of the game, your enemies consist of Pazzi Family's Guards(Or relatives, since they dress like Vieri) trying to find and beat you down on Vieri's orders.

* [[Spoiled Brat]]

* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: In a letter, his mentor Fra Giacondo expresses his belief that Vieri acts the way he does to gain his father's approval.

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* [[Brother-Sister Incest]]: Kisses his sister Lucrezia in a lover's fashion before a military expedition in Romagna, is receptive to his sister's... suggestions, and it's implied that the whole chain of Memories where {{spoiler|Ezio must save Pietro, Lucrezia's admirer, from Cesare's personal assassin Micheletto Corella are [[Evil Is Petty|all because of Cesare's jealousy]],}} albeit deliberately provoked by Lucrezia who mistakenly believes that he's cheating on her with the captured {{spoiler|Caterina Sforza}}.

* [[Crazy Jealous Guy]]: And how!

* [[Dragon-in-Chief]]: He's the primary antagonist despite being merely [[The Dragon]], since Rodrigo's become [[Orcus On His Throne]].

* [[Dragon-in-Chief]]: He's the primary antagonist despite being merely [[The Dragon]], since Rodrigo's become [[Orcus on His Throne]].

** [[Dragon Ascendant]]: {{spoiler|Subverted, due to how sour the situation is revealed to be when he returns from Romagna.}}

* [[Evil Is Hammy]]: If he wants to ham, he '''''HAAAAAAAAAMS!'''''

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== Unaffiliated ==

=== [[Leonardo Da Vinci]] ===

=== [[Leonardo da Vinci]] ===

A budding young painter and friend of Maria Auditore. He later befriends Ezio and assists the Assassin by decrypting Codex pages and building the fantastic weapons detailed on certain pages, as well as eventually having his own designs constructed.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: In the DLC, he gets {{spoiler|captured by Hermetic monks and beaten up for information.}} His response? ''Snark at them''.

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* [[The First Cut Is the Deepest]]: The subject of Ezio's repressed memories in ''Brotherhood''.

* [[In the Past Everyone Will Be Famous]]: Once joked that her cousin Amerigo would have a shipping company named after him.

* [[Rescue Romance]]: Their relationship officially kicks off as Ezio (who was [[Stalker ~~With~~ a Crush|tracking her]] on Federico's advice) rescued her from [[Attempted Rape]] by Vieri.

* [[Rescue Romance]]: Their relationship officially kicks off as Ezio (who was [[Stalker with a Crush|tracking her]] on Federico's advice) rescued her from [[Attempted Rape]] by Vieri.

=== Lorenzo de' Medici ===

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* [[Bus Crash]]: She does not appear again after Sequence 4 of ''Brotherhood'', which ends with her {{spoiler|riding to Florence petition for the return of her rulership of Forlì, as she felt that she was useless as a political/military ally to the Assassins otherwise}}. According to Shaun, she would be unsuccessful in this and die of pneumonia.

* [[Dark Action Girl]]: Her ''Brotherhood'' biography mentions she doesn't have much of a problem with infanticide, just like the [[Real Life]] Caterina Sforza, a woman described by [[Badass of the Week]] as an [[Evil Overlord]] in her own right.

* [[Doomed By Canon]]

* [[Doomed by Canon]]

* [[Fiery Redhead]]: And how!

* [[Hot-Blooded]]

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* [[Bi the Way]]: Willingly services a female customer in ''Project Legacy''.

* [[The Dragon]]: She was one of Cesare's Dragons, and his main connection to his "underworld" allies.

* [[Hooker ~~With~~ a Heart of Gold]]: Subverted: despite later allying with the Assassins, Cavazza had quite the mean streak and is implied to regret little of what she's done for Cesare.

* [[Hooker with a Heart of Gold]]: Subverted: despite later allying with the Assassins, Cavazza had quite the mean streak and is implied to regret little of what she's done for Cesare.

* [[Hero of Another Story]]: Rome Chapter 1 of ''Project Legacy'' is devoted to reliving her genetic memories.

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: After being pushed a little too far by Cesare (in terms of who she had to put up with), Malfatto being the last straw, she decided to cut her losses and join the Assassins, providing them with details on Cesare's other agents.

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* [[Paper Fan of Doom|Metal Fan Of Doom]]: The [[Slashed Throat|throat slit]] is the preferred method of killing with it.

* [[Ms. Fanservice]]

* [[Only in It For ~~The~~ Money]] / [[Punch Clock Villain]]: That's one way of looking at her characterization. Her change of heart - going so far as to join the Assassins, the Templars' sworn enemies - appears to suggest that Fiora did not really care about Templar ideals, and was only part of the organization for the benefits (power, money, etc.) it brought her. Once working for them proved to be more trouble than it was worth it (Cesare sending her to meet with Malfatto being the final straw), she allied herself with the Assassins because she knew they were the group that could better protect her from the Templars.

* [[Only in It For the Money]] / [[Punch Clock Villain]]: That's one way of looking at her characterization. Her change of heart - going so far as to join the Assassins, the Templars' sworn enemies - appears to suggest that Fiora did not really care about Templar ideals, and was only part of the organization for the benefits (power, money, etc.) it brought her. Once working for them proved to be more trouble than it was worth it (Cesare sending her to meet with Malfatto being the final straw), she allied herself with the Assassins because she knew they were the group that could better protect her from the Templars.

* [[Zettai Ryouki]]

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** [[Nice Hat]]: Her last outfit sports a hat that would impress [[Firefly|Two-Fry]]

* [[Sibling Team]]: Formerly with her brother under a mutual protection oath, which was somehow broken.

* [[What Happened to ~~The~~ Mouse?]]: She doesn't appear in either ''Brotherhood'' single-player or ''Project Legacy''.

* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: She doesn't appear in either ''Brotherhood'' single-player or ''Project Legacy''.

=== The Footpad (Lanz) ===

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* [[Good Looking Privates]]

* [[Nice Hat]]: He gets a beret in his later gear, a freakin' beret.

* [[What Happened to ~~The~~ Mouse?]]: His only appearance is a cameo in Fiora's memory of Donato Mancini (The Captain); ''Project Legacy'' doesn't mention him again, nor does he appear in ''Brotherhood'' single-player.

* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: His only appearance is a cameo in Fiora's memory of Donato Mancini (The Captain); ''Project Legacy'' doesn't mention him again, nor does he appear in ''Brotherhood'' single-player.

=== The Pariah (Ilaro Lombardi) ===

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* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Uses a double-pronged ''hair pin'' to stab people.

* [[Love Makes You Evil]]: Stated to be a vengeful spirit and scorned lover.

* [[Only Known By Their Nickname]]: Her name means "red lady", and she has [[No Name Given]].

* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: Her name means "red lady", and she has [[No Name Given]].

=== The Knight (Verulo Gallo) ===

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* [[Large Ham]]: "Shall I have you impaled?!"

* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]

* [[Off ~~With~~ His Head]]: When he was killed, the Ottoman Sultan wouldn't believe he was dead until his head was brought to him.

* [[Off with His Head]]: When he was killed, the Ottoman Sultan wouldn't believe he was dead until his head was brought to him.

=== The Deacon (Cyril of Rhodes) ===

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=== The Renegade (Shahkulu) ===

* [[Blade On a Stick]]: His standard weapon

* [[Blade on a Stick]]: His standard weapon

* [[Only One Name]]

* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Wants revenge on the Ottomans for oppressing his people, the Shia.

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* [[Skirt Over Slacks]]: Her second Chest skin gives her something akin to this.

* [[Spy Fiction]]

* [[What Happened to ~~The~~ Mouse?]]: Despite being part of the original multiplayer character ensemble, Oksana does not make an appearance in the singleplayer storyline.

* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: Despite being part of the original multiplayer character ensemble, Oksana does not make an appearance in the singleplayer storyline.

=== The Champion (Georgios Kostas) ===

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=== The Thespian (Lysistrata) ===

* [[Blade On a Stick]]: One of her extra weapons.

* [[Blade on a Stick]]: One of her extra weapons.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: "Oh, such a tragedy!"

* [[Femme Fatale]]: Heavy on the 'fatale' part.

* [[Hime Cut]]: Her third hairstyle is this, albeit a shorter version than usual.

* [[Everything's Sparkly ~~With~~ Jewelry]]: One wonders how the woman ever manages an Incognito kill, with all the jingle that comes from wearing so much adornments.

* [[Everything's Sparkly with Jewelry]]: One wonders how the woman ever manages an Incognito kill, with all the jingle that comes from wearing so much adornments.

* [[Knife Nut]]: [[Slashed Throat|Throat slit]] optional, though she does impaled heads and severed spines just as well.

* [[Obviously Evil]]: Her second Chest skin has her wearing a [[Blatant Lies|totally inconspicious necklace]], styled with a Templar cross.

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* [[Only One Name]]

* [[Show the Forehead]]: Present on her standard hairstyle.

* [[Smoke Out]]: Escapes Ezio and his apprentice the first time around, thanks to a well-timed Smoke Bomb, complete with [[Offscreen Teleportation~~|offscreen teleportation~~]].

* [[Smoke Out]]: Escapes Ezio and his apprentice the first time around, thanks to a well-timed Smoke Bomb, complete with [[Offscreen Teleportation]].

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: After the apprentice's failed assassination of her, Lysistrata goes into hiding, knowing another brush with the assassins would probably end up fatal for her. However, her vanity gets the better of her, which causes her to participate in another play, making her a clean target for Ezio and the apprentice. Ezio [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] this at the beginning of the mission.

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=== The Guardian ===

* [[Blade On a Stick]]: His standard weapon.

* [[Blade on a Stick]]: His standard weapon.

* [[Sinister Scimitar]]: One of his unlockable weapons.

=== The Privateer (Blaise Legros) ===

* [[Only in It For ~~The~~ Money]]: He'll work for the Assassins or the Templars; just depends on who pays him.

* [[Only in It For the Money]]: He'll work for the Assassins or the Templars; just depends on who pays him.

=== The Corsair (Eveline Guerra) ===

* [[Action Girl]]: Isn't called "The Terror of the Seas" for nothing!

* [[An Axe to Grind]]: One of her secondary weapons.

* [[Badass Longcoat]]: Comes in three flavours, all equally [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|badass]].

* [[Badass Longcoat]]: Comes in three flavours, all equally [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|badass]].

* [[Dynamic Entry]]: One of her unique kill animations is very reminiscent of this. She will rush towards her target from the front and deliver a savage kick to their face, forcefully spinning them around. At this point, she unsheathes her cutlass and neatly severs her target's spine, killing them.

* [[Hard Head]]: Seems to suffer no consequences from headbutting helmet-wearing characters like the Renegade, the Gladiator or the Crusader.

* [[Hot Chick ~~With~~ a Sword|Hot Chick with a Cutlass]]

* [[Hot Chick with a Sword|Hot Chick with a Cutlass]]

* [[Knife Nut]]: One of her secondary weapons.

* [[Modesty Shorts]]: Wears them under her standard outfit.

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* [[Action Girl]]

* [[Badass Cape]]: Has three varieties.

* [[Blade On a Stick]]: Her standard weapon.

* [[Blade on a Stick]]: Her standard weapon.

* [[Expy]]: Has a few things in common with the Smuggler from Brotherhood. Both of them wear primarily green clothes and were known for trading in valuable items and secrets, which earned them wealth from the Templars.

* [[Giant Poofy Sleeves]]: Her third Arms skin gives her a long variant of these.