Petruccio Auditore da Firenze

"Ezio, can you do me a little favour?"

- Petruccio

Petruccio Auditore da Firenze is the brother of Ezio, Claudia and Federico Auditore. His father Giovanni is as an Assassin but he doesn't know it. He is the youngest member of the Auditore family. He is portrayed by Conner Nikides Kokolakis in both Assassin's Creed II and Assassin's Creed: Lineage. He is a descendant of Altaïr.

Assassin's Creed: Lineage
Petruccio Auditore is a Florentine young nobleman living during the 15th century in Italy: the Renaissance. He is one of the sons of Giovanni Auditore, an Assassin. He is briefly seen during the dinner next to Claudia, before Giovanni goes to his mission.

Assassin's Creed II
Near the beginning of the game, Petruccio asks his brother, Ezio to retrieve some feathers for him. Ezio must return with the feathers quickly because Petruccio is not allowed outside due to his "illness". When Ezio brings the feathers to him, he asks what are they for, Petruccio responds "It's a secret" and will tell Ezio in time. The next morning, Petruccio is executed along with Frederico and Giovanni as part of a conspiracy. After Petruccio's death, Ezio decides to collect more feathers in memory of his brother. These can be stored in a chest in the Villa Auditore in Monteriggioni. However, after that he is no longer mentioned in the game.

When 50 of these feathers are collected and in-game cutscene will play in which Ezio's uncle Mario tells him to give up. He then tells his nephew that he has a special weapon prepared for him at the Monteriggioni blacksmith. The weapon is the Condottiero Warhammer, the most powerful hammer in the game.

When the player collects all 100 of these feathers an in-game cutscene plays in which Ezio embraces his mother, who speaks for the first time since the family's deaths. She thanks Ezio for "not forgetting [her]" and presents him with the Auditore Cape. This cape makes the player notorious at all times when outside Monteriggioni, and the methods of lowering notoriety (killing corrupt Officials, bribing Heralds and tearing down Wanted Posters) are not available. Removing the cape returns the player's notoriety to the level it was at before the cape was put on.

Trivia

 * Petruccio has you collect eagle feathers which were used in the first game (and by the real Hashshashin) to signify the completion of an assassination after they were swiped along the bleeding neck of the victim.


 * If Petruccio's profile at the Database is read, it states that he may have died from his "illness", although it is later revealed in the mission "Last Man Standing" that he was executed.


 * Petruccio could have known that Giovanni was an assassin as they did use the eagle's feathers to wipe the blood of the victim in the first game.(Although Ezio did not use that, he did teach himself to be an asassin)