Smuggler

"Supplying the Templars with secret contraband, Lia de Russo lied and murdered her way into some of the best deals of the century."

- Ubisoft description

The Smuggler (real name: Lia de Russo) is a multiplayer character in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.

She carries a unique version of the hidden blade, sometimes called the inverted hidden blade, as the blade extends from a compartment on the top of the forearm, instead of the orthodox blade below the wrist.

Unique Moves
Top of Your Voice (Low Profile, Back)

The Smuggler approaches her target, before grabbing their arm to keep her victim still and performing a small spin around them, stabbing upwardly into the crevice underneath the jaw with her inverted hidden blade after she reaches their front. With the target exterminated, the Smuggler lets go of their arm, allowing their dead body to crumple to the ground.

Panic Attack (Low Profile, Front) 

The Smuggler walks up to her target from the front and grabs their shoulder to keep them steady, before releasing her blade from its hidden compartment and crouching down slightly. She then takes the opportunity to stab upwards into her victim's neck, piercing their brain. Retracting her inverted hidden blade back into its sheath, the Smuggler watches as her target's body collapses to the floor.

Tackling An Issue (High Profile, Front)

The Smuggler runs up to her target while ducking down and releasing her inverted hidden blade, stabbing them in the stomach as she makes contact with them. Using her strength, she momentarily lifts her victim up off of their feet, before unbalancing them and making them spin through the air, her target's dead body collapsing in a heap on the floor afterwards. Sparing them a glance, the Smuggler conceals her weapon and carries on as normal.

Cougar's Claw (High Profile, Back) 

The Smuggler runs up to her target from behind and leaps onto them, sending them falling flat to the ground with her weight and the momentum. She then releases her blade from its compartment and stabs her victim in in the back of the ribcage, forcing the blade into their heart, before hastily removing her weapon and sheathing it as she stands, ready to disappear from the scene.

A Short Sharp Shock (Bench Kill) 

The Smuggler casually walks up to her seated target, before forcefully pulling them up off of the bench with one arm and stabbing her victim in their lung with her inverted hidden blade. Removing her hand from their shoulder, she lets her target stand on their own, though they stagger backwards slightly before collapsing to the ground, suffering from heavy blood loss from their injuries.

Terminal Velocity (Aerial Kill)

The Smuggler jumps from the top of a roof onto her target, crashing into them and sending them to the ground, before stabbing her victim in the side of the neck with her inverted hidden blade, her weapon piercing upwards into the brain. As she gets up, the Smuggler leaves her target's dead body laying still on the floor, concealing her blade in its compartment.

Customization
Colors: Gear:
 * Basic: Dark Green
 * Extra 1: Faded Black
 * Extra 2: Gray
 * Extra 3: White
 * Advanced: Added fancy, white, long-sleeved undershirt.
 * Superior: Added circular adornment on top of chest, added plate greaves.
 * Elite: Extended skirt, added miniature cape over long cape, added extra design on chest guard.

Trivia

 * In the PS3 beta, she was unlocked when the player had reached Level 17. In the actual game, she is available from Level 1.
 * She shares similar kills with the Prowler (Bench Kill) and the Dama Rossa (Low Profile, Front).
 * She and the Prowler are the only multiplayer characters to have their weapons hidden on their forearms in the same manner as the Assassins, and are fully retractable, making them the only real "Hidden Blades".

Gallery
thumb|left|300px|The Smuggler reveal video.