User blog comment:D. Cello/Assassinews 10/19 -- ACR new info/@comment-92.24.61.248-20111022092813/@comment-3538512-20111023182612

i don't think Machia velli was really an Grand Master it was just the most hih ranked assassin after mario and he had only the role of helping ezio become a true Grand Master of the assassins.