Italy is the main country setting for Ezio Auditore’s story in Assassin’s Creed II.
The game begins in Florence in 1476 and follows Ezio through several Renaissance locations. Important settings include Florence, Monteriggioni, San Gimignano, Forlì, Venice, and the Vatican in Rome. The locations represent the political and cultural world of late-fifteenth-century Italy.
Ezio’s family is drawn into a conspiracy involving powerful Templars after his father and brothers are executed. He becomes an Assassin and spends years seeking justice while uncovering the deeper struggle between the Assassin Brotherhood and the Templar Order.
The game uses historical figures such as Leonardo da Vinci, Lorenzo de’ Medici, and Rodrigo Borgia. Although the narrative is fictional, many locations, people, and political tensions are based on Renaissance history. Later Ezio games expand the story beyond Italy, especially in Rome and Constantinople.