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player information.
name: Aisu
are you over 18?: yes
personal lj: aisuyoukai
contact on aim: goldxlll
time zone: central standard
other characters in abax: justabitoffun, double_discs
in character information.
series: Assassin's Creed
name: Giovanni Auditore da Firenze
sex: Male
age: 40
race: Human
height: 6'
weight: 182
canon point: Post death.
previous cr: discedo → journal tag for all discedo related posts
In summary: Giovanni spent a year and a half worth's time in the world of Fortuna, all of it within the confines of the city known as Discedo. There were plenty of plots and events unfolded while he was there and the most important fact of all is that he maintained his role as protector of the people. He especially grew close to many of the young population, spending much of his time watching out for the children and playing mentor to those that would listen. Because of his time in Discedo, Giovanni is accustomed to the strange (the supernatural, magic, telepathy, etc.) and some forms of modern technology. Specifically, he was given lessons on how to filter and write moderate coding for private posts (taught by Seifer/Red Scout). He knows what a car is, and what an airplane is, and vaguely what a computer and microchip are. While it isn't much, it does give him an edge over being completely new to some devices as opposed to starting all over again. He is also proficient in the handling, cleaning, and firing of guns, having had lessons on the modern pistol (taught by Sephiroth). (I just want people to know and understand why this Renaissance time period man knows what the hell electronics and coding and guns are instead of griping about him coming in with this knowledge from the get-go.) Giovanni entered Discedo before his death occurred back in his world, learned of its event in his future while in the city, and upon a brief return to his world was unable to prevent his death from happening. When he returned it left his mind shattered and his beliefs shaken. This caused a major spike of depression in Giovanni that he has never fully recovered from. He managed to get over it mostly and resume functioning as normal ...but the facts plague him still far back in his mind where he tries to ignore it. Certain events can trigger the depression back into place, causing his emotions to "shut off," so to speak, where he is detached and indifferent to the outside world around him. Otherwise, he is mostly the same person as he has always been, just plus the CR and additional knowledge he accumulated in Discedo.
history: Giovanni Auditore on Wikia and ACII: Lineage on Wikia
personality: Family, justice, honor. To quote Giovanni himself “these are the values guiding [his] blade.” It is these three virtues above all else that define Giovanni Auditore. He is a well refined man that comes off cool and calm yet caring at the same time. His voice can be soft but his words hold meaning; like the father that he is he can be a gentle man with unbridled strength lying just beneath his exterior. He is extremely loyal to his family and friends, and will go to any lengths to protect them from any conceivable dangers. He loves his family more than anything in the world, so dearly that it is not hard to imagine that he would give his life up for them in a heartbeat if he knew it absolutely meant it would protect them from their own fatal ends. It is this love and loyalty to his family that drives him in his quest to always seek out justice, and to forever uphold honor as he goes about it. For them, and all the innocents in the world, he is a secret vessel of truth and justice, hidden in the shadows as an assassin so that he may protect the world from those that would corrupt its virtue.
As an assassin Giovanni is cunning and swift like the fox. He is a formidable predator on the hunt for justice throughout the world. He is powerful both in body and mind, swift in the strike of a blade as well as solving a riddle of wits, and as agile on his feet and deft with his hands as he is lithe with his stratagems. He knows how to anticipate his opponent’s movements and surprise them before they can get the upper hand. He was trained this way for all of his life, raised to be the next in line of a long following of assassins bent on protecting the world from those that would oppress it. He cannot be persuaded to neglect these virtues for any reason-not the promise of money or women or power could ever change his mind upon the matter. His own death would matter little to him in comparison to betraying the honorable intentions of his bloodline. This is not to say that he would easily become a martyr. No, Giovanni is both too strong willed and practical for such a useless endeavor. He would fight to the death in order to uphold these virtues but he would not be so foolish as to start a fight that unerringly would end in his demise, especially before he could ensure his victory of permanently spoiling his enemy’s plans. Giovanni is bold and confident in his abilities but he is not rash or stupid enough for such a thing.
As a banker Giovanni is immediately noted for his trustworthiness. He is loyal to his employers as well as those that entrust their valuables within his care. He can be counted upon to provide practical, extremely efficient services and above and beyond honorable intentions. He is always quick to fix a mistake, and whether it be through his own fault or someone else’s will give credit where due. This goes for both sides of the coin; if it hurts his own esteem more than those who have requested his services than so be it, he will not stand idly by while an injustice is going on under his nose. He will do everything within his power to right the mistake made upon anyone. He is good with money and the accounting of valuables, and good at spotting inconsistencies with any work done. (This is actually how he got in good favor with Lorenzo de’ Medici.) He is humble and kind to everyone around him and shows much respect for those considered above him whether it is because of their entitled rank or because he feels as though they are worthy for whatever reason they have shown to him. Yet he can be bold and forceful when the time is right, and those that have faced him in court defending the innocent know this side of him well. He is well versed, his tongue sharp and quick, and well refined in wording. He seems a gentle enough character with an inner strength that is more encouraging than discouraging to those around him.
And yet careful to provoke him because beneath is an inner ardor that stems from his lineage. However, most people will not see beyond his humble and caring exterior. Those that get the privilege would get to see him for who he really is: a loving, passionate man with such an inner strength. For all the refined mannerisms he is prone to there still lies within a bit of the young Auditore from his past, too. He can joke lovingly with his family and tease in the most subtle of manners. But he will always give out caring advice upon strong matters as well. His youthful passions included women and the wooing thereof of many, and then yet other strange pastimes such as seeking out secrets of the Assassin lineage and learning how to break code. They were idle activities to both keep his mind sharp and a vain hope to discover the mysteries behind his own brotherhood. While these things still intrigue him and he would love for one day to solve them he has since realized he is rather busy with other more important events of life. Still, he would be drawn inexplicably to similar instances even this far into his life.
In essence what drives this man is a strong sense of honor and justice, and the desire to protect not only his family but the innocents of the world as well. He is compassionate and ruled by his heart of hearts, but compelled to do so in a forceful manner from beneath the shadows as a man of action and death. He will not stop, will not hesitate, to always do what is right.
abilities/powers: †Abilities: Giovanni Auditore is a highly trained master assassin whose skills derive from the original Hashshashin sect, a set of skills that were passed down his family lineage from generation to generation. These skills include perfect blending into a crowd, unseen observation of a target, and other forms of stealth; extreme parkour which requires a fast, observant mind for managing quick foot-work and rapid eye-to-hand coordination, and vast amounts of endurance, strength, and especially agility; various melee combat skills including (but not limited to) fighting with a sword, dagger work, throwing knives, unarmed combat, and a special hidden blade made especially for the Assassin Brotherhood. Giovanni is highly knowledgeable in reading people whether as individuals or the whole of society as such knowledge is vital in his line of work, telling him how to react to certain situations without giving himself away or to receive a sympathetic viewpoint from others or get an ill reaction towards his enemies’ actions. In essence he is a very cunning man that is quick to action and the counteraction of his foes in any given situation. Sharpening this edge is his intelligent mind that has been educated as any proper noble should be, but beyond that he is simply wise for his mere forty years in part due to his calm and self-assured demeanor that never falters even when under pressure. He is good with money, and therefore math, in no small part for being a banker by profession. He is also good with words, knowing how to say things both clearly and precisely as well as in a refined manner (most of the time); and on more than one occasion he has served as a court official and defended the innocent in a court of law, more often than not using his skill with words to explain his evidence convincingly enough to win the case. He speaks Italian and English fluently, German acceptably, and can reasonably understand most sentences spoken in any of the Latin-derived languages. He can write in Italian, English, and Latin, as well as form coded messages when the need arises. He has translated and/or deciphered many different types of documents, notably some of Altaïr's codex pages. To round off all of Giovanni’s natural and learned skills is a strong sense of honor and justice. Above all else the man is extremely honorable in both action and word (as the trustworthy banker and the cunning assassin), and can always be relied upon to keep his word. And no matter the consequence he is a dedicated seeker of true justice.
Note: I do tend to say that Giovanni has the Eagle Vision ability. While it does not come up very often in actual RP it is an ability I do like to have the option available if ever needed/wanted to be used for logs. Typically, Giovanni's version of the gift is not as accessible or reliable as Ezio's but it is still something he sees when concentrating. The only "proof" I can provide to say that it is canonical is to point out that Giovanni knew his son had the ability and that it is a trait passed down through the genes.
†Weaknesses: For all his feats of skill and intelligence Giovanni is still just an ordinary man. Stab him and he bleeds. He is quite well aware of his own mortality as he has suffered grievous wounds and even death itself already. He knows that if he goes home it is only to his everlasting death, and frankly by this time he is not sure which scares him more: eternal death and the thereafter or lack thereof, or the prospect of never truly dying. The fact that he went to a world where death was not a permanent condition was only the start of his troubles; it was there that he learned of his death ahead of time and it was upon a brief time sent back to his world that he discovered he could not change his fate. Returning back to the other world after his death left him with too many questions: was he never to finally die or was this merely a cruel trick of the universe to send him on a brief sojourn before returning to his eternal slumber? It is something that has haunted him since his return to life and affects his mental state quite clearly. It has been known to send him into bouts of depression (and, quite frankly, a few power trips when it comes to duty, responsibility, and protecting those that he loves) where his mental health is not quite steady.
first person sample: [audio]
Ah--this is different...
[The Assassin pauses for a moment as he examines the device. When he figures out it is recording already he continues unperturbed. Well, at the device anyway.]
Fine. So you have taken me again. Pray tell, what manner of hell have you sent me to this time? [He sighs.] I presume others in the same position will be answering me rather than the perpetrator. I will be very thankful for any information you could give me.
third person sample: The Assassin cursed his luck silently as he left the building, on the outside remaining strictly calm and collected so as to bring no special attention to himself as he slipped into the crowds lining the streets of Roma. He knew better than to use such a small and sensitive blade for countering another’s slash but at the time he had nothing better to use but his bare hands. The blade seemed less a loss when in comparison to that of one of his fingers to be sure. That didn’t make his loss of the blade, and loss of true target while combating the lackeys, any less aggravating. Nor did it make him feel any less foolish for the action.
Now he was out a most precious weapon that he had been raised to use above all else. Stealth assassinations would be quite the bother until he could find a way to get it fixed, not that he couldn’t perform them without it. It would simply require more effort to stay unnoticed, to hide the blade in his hand or find some other means to down his enemies stealthily. He was up for it. It would just be a hassle compared.
It felt even worse to Giovanni that he had broken the specially designed weapon because it was a family heirloom. It had been passed down the generations for as long as the Assassin’s Creed had. It was literally an antique and yet had lasted all these many years in perfect condition. And he had broken it with one simple move. One lousy, deflective move at just the worst possible angle. It made him feel horrible, and all too guilty.
But he had no time for such feelings as he moved further away from the church he’d exited and closer to the nearest exit of the city. He wouldn’t be picking up his target again here, not any time soon. They knew his name as well as his profession. They knew exactly what he was. And he knew what they were, too. They wouldn’t allow him to so easily pick up their trail, not unless they had another trap set for him, and he didn’t have time to fall into another. He would simply go back home and report what he had found out so far. It would have to do.
And in the meantime he would look for a way to fix his mistake so that next time he caught up to his foe he would be able to sink his talon right into the rabbit’s neck. Perhaps that Leonardo fellow his wife was always complimenting could do something about it. Maria was always trying to tell him he was much more than a simple artist.
case no: 01-14-52