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"Ravaging the poor districts of Rome, Malfatto preys on those unfortunate enough to be caught unaware."

- Ubisoft Description



The Doctor (real name: Malfatto, ? - 1503) is a multiplayer character in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, who uses a syringe as his primary weapon.

His outfit highly resembles the ones worn by doctors during the plague, and appears black in the dark. His face is concealed by a mask, therefore making his true identity unknown. His outfit is different from what the doctors wear in Assassin's Creed II, most noticeably due to the slightly shorter beak of his mask.

He makes an appearance in the single player mode of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood in a main storyline mission, as opposed to several other multiplayer characters, who appear in Templar Agent side missions.

He is also featured in Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy, where it is revealed that he is in the employ of Cesare Borgia, and is known as a serial killer that targets courtesans. Despite being on his side at the time, Fiora Cavazza feared him and called him a "monster." After their first meeting wherein Fiora delivered a sealed document from Cesare, Malfatto entered Fiora's home while she was sleeping and injected her with his syringe, either drugging her or attempting to poison her. However, she was able to defend herself, cutting him badly with her own weapon.

At one point in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Ezio Auditore comes across a courtesan crying over a fellow courtesan's dead body. She told him Malfatto had murdered her. Ezio reassured the courtesan that he would find Malfatto, and after a short time he located the doctor prowling in the district. Ezio signaled his Assassin Recruits to kill Malfatto, and they succeeded shortly after.thumb|300px|right|Serial Offender

Database Entry
Date of Birth: Unknown.

Profession: Doctor

Abstergo's database: "Ravaging the poor districts of Rome, Malfatto preys on those unfortunate enough to be caught unaware."

The only data I could find outside of that was a report of a masked doctor in 1502 seen lurking outside the Rosa in Fiore. This guy seems like really bad news, and I've read a lot of bad news lately.

Unique Moves
Lethal Injection (Low Profile, Back)
 * The Doctor attacks his target from behind and swiftly thrusts his syringe downward into their shoulder, injecting poison into them. Before his victim can realize what has happened, the toxins spread rapidly through their system and they collapse to the ground, dying silently.

Deadly Serum (Low Profile, Front) 
 * The Doctor walks towards his target, before thrusting his syringe into his victim's neck. They then fall to the ground, dying from the puncture wound and blood loss.

The Eye Transplant (High Profile, Front)
 * The Doctor charges at his target, forcing them onto their back and injecting the syringe through their eye and into the brain, causing instant death. He then twists his syringe before pulling it out and storing it at his waist.

Cardiac Arrest (High Profile, Back)
 * The Doctor pushes his syringe into his target's back, through their ribcage and piercing their heart. The tip can be seen out of his victim's sternum as their heart fails, before the Doctor pushes them gently to the floor. (This move is similar to a way that Ezio assassinates guards in the singleplayer story mode)

Prescription Medicine (Bench Kill)
 * The Doctor viciously stabs the syringe into his victim's neck before they can react. He then yanks out the syringe and throws the target off of the bench brutally.

Customization
Colors:
 * Basic: Dark Green Robe/Black Cloth
 * Extra 1: Burgundy Robe/Red Cloth
 * Extra 2: Tan Robe/Yellow Cloth
 * Extra 3: Black Robe/White Cloth

Gear:
 * Advanced: Altered mask, added cloth at sides of mask
 * Superior: Added black spaulders on both shoulders with red straps, added cloth as extension to belt pouches.
 * Elite: Added cloth tabard with a caduceus at chest area, red straps under tabard, forearm area of robes have a black and colored pattern.

Trivia

 * Malfatto is an Italian surname that may derive from the Italian word malfattore or "someone who does evil deeds."
 * Malfatto also translates from Italian to mean "misdemeanor".
 * When killed by Ezio or an apprentice (for full synchronization), the memory corridor death scene shows Ezio saying the traditional words, but instead of closing Malfattos eyes, he places his hand above the doctor's mask and then pulls it away. This is one of the few times Ezio has ever altered his usual procedeure.
 * 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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