Claudia Auditore da Firenze

Claudia Auditore da Firenze (born 1461) was a Florentine noblewoman during the Italian Renaissance. She later became a member of the Assassin Order.

Early life
Claudia Auditore da Firenze was born on January 2, 1461 in the city of Florence, the daughter of Giovanni and Maria Auditore da Firenze and sister to Federico, Ezio and Petruccio.

In 1476, Giovanni, Federico and Petruccio were executed as they were accused of treason against Florence. In fact, they were executed by the Templars, the sworn enemies of the Assassins, the latter of whom her father was a member of. Following this, her brother Ezio exacted revenge on Uberto Alberti, the city's Gonfalioniere, and left Florence with Claudia and their mother. They fled to Monteriggioni, the city ruled over by their uncle Mario.

Although Ezio at first meant only to stay in Monteriggioni for a day, he decided it was best to stay at the Villa Auditore so that he could finish his father's work.

Monteriggioni's treasurer
Mario assigned Claudia to being Monteriggioni's treasurer, keeping track of all of Monteriggioni's incomes and objects Ezio brought in from the outside.

She kept on doing this for twenty-three years, with occasional visits from her brother. She was quite bothered by the fact that her brother rarely visited her, but she "thought the world of him" nonetheless.

Member of the Assassin Order
In January of 1500, Ezio, along with Mario and other family friends were preparing for Claudia's birthday party, but the town of Monteriggioni was besieged by the Borgia, the most prominent Templar organization, under the command of Cesare Borgia. As a result, Mario was killed and Ezio left for Rome, the Templars' headquarters, to exact revenge. Ezio told her and her mother to go to Florence, but feeling obligated to take revenge as well, Claudia and Maria followed Ezio to Rome. There, Claudia took control over the Rosa in Fiore after the former owner, Madonna Solari, was killed. With the use of the courtesans, Claudia was able to find the location of Caterina Sforza.



Three years later, she assisted her brother in assassinating Juan Borgia by sending her courtesans to the pagan party that he held. Her courtesans stole Egidio Troche's money and brought it back to the brothel. However, several Borgia guards followed them back to the brothel. When Ezio heard this, he was alarmed and immediately went into the brothel, but instead discovered an unharmed Claudia standing above several corpses, holding a knife nonchalantly.

After the events of the passion play, Claudia, in her brother's recommendation, joined the Order of Assassins, undergoing the initiation process of burning her ring finger as well as performing a Leap of Faith into the Tiber River.

She later fought alongside Ezio, Niccolò Machiavelli, La Volpe and Bartolomeo d'Alviano against Cesare Borgia's last remaining followers, after which Cesare was arrested.

In the Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood novel, Claudia, some time during the three years between the Pope's death and Cesare's assassination, was assaulted by Borgia supporters, prompting her to step down as the Madam of the Rosa in Fiora. It was said that the thief Rosa was called over from Venice to be her successor.

Characteristics and personality
It is evident that she had been too spoiled by Giovanni, unafraid to be violent when a girl "looked at her boyfriend" and at times immature, such as when Mario assigned her to manage Monteriggioni's finances. Due to her violent streak, Giovanni had to raise her dowry by 1,000 florins because she scared off all of her suitors.

Regardless, Claudia was very capable of handling and keeping track of the town's bankroll and her brother's purchases and earnings. Her capability in business management again came to play when she volunteered - despite Ezio's initial protest - to take over the brothel in Rome when its previous owner was killed, and under her management it turned from a run-down joint to the most popular brothel in Rome, as well as a far more effective intel-gathering arm for the Order of Assassins.

She was also kind with her family, being especially emotional over her father and brothers' execution and her mother's emotional trauma. Claudia was Ezio's only sister, and unlike her brothers who were executed in order for Rodrigo Borgia to prove a point to the Assassins, she was spared, likely because of her gender.

Trivia

 * Claudia, as with most of the characters, appears not to age over the course of the Assassin's Creed II. She remains at the same desk in the Villa Auditore for 23 years. After she complained about being put to work, her only interaction with Ezio was asking if he was "... [there] to look at the book" of finances.
 * When Ezio started earning income from Monteriggioni, Claudia stated that she would keep any money past the chest's maximum capacity (based on your collectibles and renovations to Monteriggioni), with no explanation of what she intends to do with all that money.
 * Although she is always sitting in the Villa Auditore through most of the game, she, along with Maria, appear in the &quot;vision&quot; Ezio has at his home during the Bonfire of the Vanities.
 * There is a glitch is Assassin's Creed II where, if you manage to bump into Claudia and knock her down, she will be given the voice of one of the guards (since normally knocking her down is not supposed to be possible).
 * When Claudia is inducted into the Assassin Order in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, her outfit is similar to that of her ancestor Maria Thorpe in Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines and Assassin's Creed II.
 * Claudia still looks quite young in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, despite her being at the age of 38 at the beginning of the game.