Francesco de' Pazzi

Francesco de' Pazzi (1444 - 1478) is the father of Vieri de' Pazzi and one of the Pazzi conspirators. He is the third assassination target of Ezio. He is secretly a Templar. Also, he was also one of Florence's wealthiest nobles. He hated the Medici family and the rising middle class with a passion.

Assassin's Creed II
He is first seen discussing with Rodrigo Borgia, along with his son and his uncle, Jacopo de' Pazzi, in San Gimignano about the murder of the Medici brothers. He is later seen in a chamber underneath the Santa Maria Novella church in Florence, discussing with his uncle and the Pazzi Conspirators about the assassination of Lorenzo de' Medici and Giuliano. He is seen as being very confident that their mission will be a success insulting and laughing at the enemy, but Jacopo warns him that confidence led to the death of his son, who was killed by Ezio. During the High Mass at the Duomo, he violently stabs Lorenzo's brother, Giuliano 19 times in the chest in a bloody frenzy. He then tries to kill Lorenzo, but Ezio fights him off, which forces him to flee. He and Jacopo's soldiers attack Florence starting a civil war. He is later seen trying to invade the Palazzo della Signoria to "persuade" the officials to make the Pazzi the leaders of Florence when Ezio appears again. Ezio manages to fight off Francesco's guards, forcing the paranoid Francesco to flee. After being chased by Ezio, he is killed. Jacopo is seen claiming victory for the Pazzi while forming a crowd of supporters, though this does not last long as he notices Francesco's body hung from the tower of the Palazzo della Signoria, forcing Jacopo to flee and ending the violence in Florence.

Final Words
Ezio: Now Firenze will judge you for what you've done.

Francesco: ''It's over... It's all over...''

Ezio: ''Meglio essere felici in questa vita che aspirare a esserlo nella prossima. (Better to be content in this life, than aspire to it in the next) Requiescat in Pace. (Rest in peace)''

Trivia

 * It is peculiar that Vieri is Francesco's son, as the latter had to have been 10 when Vieri was born. The likely possibility is that Vieri is adopted, though no proven facts have been stated yet.
 * Francesco de' Pazzi had a daughter as well. Hinted in the game's start, "Boys will be boys" Ezio comments "Your sister seemed quite satisfied with the handling I gave her earlier" to Vieri de' Pazzi just before their fight. Following this, in Assassin's Creed: Renaissance, Ezio specifically stated her name as Viola.
 * In real life, Francesco de Pazzi was dragged from the Palazzo Pazzi and then hung naked from the tower of the Palazzo della Signoria on April 26, 1478. His body was then cut down and desecrated.
 * In real life, Francesco de Pazzi was reputed to have stabbed himself in the thigh accidentally, while killing Giuliano de' Medici in a frenzy.
 * Leonardo da Vinci made a drawing of Francesco de Pazzi, hanging down from the Palazzo.
 * When being pursued by Ezio, Francesco de' Pazzi leaps off the Palazzo della Signoria into a haystack for a quick escape. This was the only known example for a non-Assassin committing a form of a Leap of Faith, until it was shown that in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood players, that play as Templar characters can also perform a Leap of Faith.

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