Ascendance (1500 AD)

After the destruction of Monteriggioni in the year 1500, the Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze met with Leonardo da Vinci in the streets of Rome to obtain information about the Pope's son, Cesare Borgia. Forewarned about the man he wished to know, Ezio wanted to learn more nevertheless. What followed was a reliving of Cesare's ascension to power. During the year 1497, Rodrigo's son, Juan Borgia the Younger, was named Captain General of the Papal armies, while Cesare was named one of the cardinals. Not content with the position given to him, Cesare planned to eliminate his brother.