Vali cel Tradat

Vali cel Tradat was a Wallachian noble, former Assassin and member of the Templar Order. Having served the Assassin Order for a decade, Vali left the Assassins after they made a truce with the Ottomans; the same people who had humiliated his people, conquered Wallachia, and murdered his role model Vlad Ţepeş. Feeling betrayed, he joined the Templars, striving to get revenge against the Assassins and Ottomans.

Life as an Assassin
"Once, your creed was as vital to me as air and water... but when the Turks marched into Wallachia and you Assassins did nothing to stop it, how could I continue to believe?"

- Vali's last words.

Born as a noble in Wallachia, Vali joined the Assassins in his early twenties, remaining loyal to the Creed for almost a decade until the day that the Assassins had called a truce with the Ottoman Sultan, Bayezid II. Believing that truth was traitorous to his people, since the Ottomans had shamed them, conquered their homeland and even murdered his role model Vlad Tepes, Vali left the order to join the Templars and have revenge on not only the Ottomans, but the Assassins also. Vali was soon deemed to be one of their most experienced and feared killers.

Death
"You are a canny soldier, Ezio, but you alone are not enough to save the city!"

- Vali before being chased by Ezio and an apprentice.

Being an experienced killer for the Templars, Vali had taken the lives of many Assassins but an Apprentice caught onto his actions and spoke to the Mentor, Ezio Auditore da Firenze. Arriving at a small area, using his Eagle Sense, Ezio spotted several of Vali's killings. Charging through the rooftops, Vali was spotted and sprinted, trying to escape from Ezio's grasp. Eventually calling out, the guards aided the Sentinel and allowed him to escape.

Vali managed to create a diversion to try to infiltrate the main headquarters of the Assassins by capturing two Apprentices, distracting Ezio from his true ambition. After freeing the captives, Vali ordered the Byzantines to attack the Galata den, and the fight ended with many losses on both sides. Soon, he and Ezio had a brief encounter before Vali tried to flee but was stopped in his tracks by an Apprentice who emerged from the rooftops and leapt down to assassinate him. Before he passed, Vali explained his actions, why he betrayed the order, claiming that he could not believe in a cause that had betrayed him. After he told the two Assassins, he passed.