Malfatto

"Cesare wants me to meet his murderous doctor, Malfatto, though I do not believe he really is a doctor. He is a predator of women. A monster."

- Fiora Cavazza.

Malfatto (died 1503) was a member of the Templar Order, and a doctor notorious for killing courtesans.

His genetic memories were later used by Abstergo Industries for the training of the Animus recruits, under the title of the Doctor.

Serial Killer
"I spot her! She looks like a broken doll at first, discarded in the alley. Then I see the blood. So much blood!"

- Fiora discovering one of Malfatto's victims.

Malfatto was a feared serial killer of courtesans in Rome; so much so that he caught the eye of Cesare Borgia, who wished to recruit him into his personal army.

Thus, in 1503, Cesare sent his envoy, Fiora Cavazza, to deliver a Letter of Absolution in an effort to gain the doctor's allegiance. Having previously worked as a courtesan, Fiora was particularly fearful of finding Malfatto, but nonetheless obeyed.

On her first attempt of wandering the poor district in search of him, she instead heard the sounds of a woman sobbing and pleading for her life. Though she ran to find the victim, she came too late, and could only flee in fear from the terrible, bloody sight of Malfatto's latest kill.

Subsequent to this, Fiora began refusing Cesare's orders to find the doctor, though she was forced to obey when he threatened to have her killed if she failed. Dressed in one of her old courtesan outfits to lure Malfatto out, Fiora only narrowly escaped being attacked when she finally discovered him.

The doctor paused only when Fiora yelled Cesare's name at him and held out the letter she had been tasked to deliver. Malfatto took it wordlessly but did not read it, only watching the courtesan eerily as she backed away from him and left.

House Call
"I cannot see his face, but Malfatto's posture betrays fear! Have his victims ever fought back?"

- Fiora drawing her weapon against Malfatto.

Fiora returned home safely, however, unbeknownst to her, Malfatto had followed. While the courtesan slept, Malfatto injected her with his syringe, but the prick of the needle woke her.

In panic, Fiora grabbed her own weapon to defend herself, much to Malfatto's shock. Despite being disoriented from the poison, she managed to wound the doctor severely, before collapsing unconscious. As he was bleeding badly from his injury, Malfatto left swiftly through the window without finishing his kill.

Death


Sometime after this, Malfatto hunted in the area near the Tiber River, and claimed his next victim, a courtesan named Mina. Mina's friend later found her, and as she cried over her corpse, the Assassin Ezio Auditore happened upon the bloody scene as well.

Ezio offered to help, thus the courtesan directed him after Malfatto. The Assassin searched through the district, following the directions of several other courtesans that he passed, who also pointed him in the right direction.

Finally, when he found Malfatto by a medical stall, the doctor fled, with Ezio in close pursuit. After a brief chase, Ezio sent his apprentices in for the actual assassination.

As Malfatto died, Ezio held a hand over his mask and offered him his last rites.

Trivia

 * "Malfatto" is an Italian surname that may derive from the Italian word "malfattore" or "someone who does evil deeds." As an adjective, it can also translate to "shoddy" or "deformed."
 * During Malfatto's assassination, Ezio says his traditional final blessing, but instead of closing Malfatto's eyes, he places his hand above the doctor's mask, before pulling it away. This is one of the few times Ezio has ever altered his usual procedure.
 * There is a minor glitch that the player may activate while executing the "Serial Offender" mission. This is achieved by following the path the courtesans have established until Ezio reaches the third one. If he turns right and follows the street, he will come out in front of Malfatto, who will not run or react to Ezio, unless he locks onto him.
 * It is possible that, as a doctor who murders courtesans, Malfatto is a reference to Jack the Ripper, a serial killer of late-19th century London, who murdered prostitutes in the Whitechapel district, and whom many believed to be a surgeon.

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