His quest to track down those responsible for killing his family eventually sets him up against the villainous Templar Order, led by the House of Borgia. Furthermore, he appears as a guest character in the fighting game Soulcalibur V.īorn into Italian nobility, Ezio follows his family heritage as an assassin, after most of his immediate kin is killed during the Pazzi conspiracy. His life and career as an assassin are chronicled in Assassin's Creed II, II: Discovery, Brotherhood, and Revelations, as well as the animated short film Embers. He serves as the protagonist of the series' games set during the Italian Renaissance. Ezio in his outfit from Assassin's Creed: BrotherhoodĮzio Auditore da Firenze ( Italian pronunciation: ) is a character in the video game series Assassin's Creed.