Marco Polo

Marco Polo (1254 – 8 January 1324) was a explorer and a merchant for the Venetian Republic of Italy. He learned the art of trading from his father, Niccolò Polo, and his uncle, Maffeo Polo and was well educated learning merchant subjects including foreign currency, appraising, and the handling of cargo ships.

Marco was an ally of the Assassin Order, which included Dante Alighieri and Domenico Auditore's father. Marco hired Domenico as a sailor on his journeys, probably to keep him safe from Templars. Later, he and Domenico's father put him under the guidance of Dante, who trained him to be an Assassin.

Marco later traveled to Asia, where he met Kublai Khan and visited the palace of Genghis Khan, acquiring Altaïr's Codex, which he later brought back to Italy. After he and Domenico's father found out of Dante's death, which they knew was a Templar assassination, they gave Domenico the Codex and sent him to leave Italy for Spain, which is where Dante and Domenico were supposed to go.

Marco was known for writing down everything that they experienced during their travels in Asia, though on their way back from Asia, from the 600 people being on board, only 18 were left when he finally returned.

On January 8, 1324, Marco was killed by the Templars. Domenico later returned to find his father and Marco dead.