Ezio Auditore is the Assassin's Creed protagonist born in Florence in 1459.
Ezio is the central character of Assassin's Creed II and its direct follow-ups, Brotherhood and Revelations. He begins as a young Florentine nobleman whose family is destroyed by a political conspiracy. His journey then takes him through Renaissance Italy and later to Constantinople, where he becomes a senior figure in the Assassin Brotherhood.
The character's full name is Ezio Auditore da Firenze, meaning Ezio Auditore of Florence. His story covers several decades, and the games show him changing from an inexperienced young man into a mentor and leader. This long character arc helped make him one of the most recognizable figures in the franchise.
Players sometimes confuse Ezio's birthplace with the locations where later parts of his story occur. Florence is his birthplace, while Venice, Rome, and Constantinople are important stages of his life. The year 1459 is stated in the character's established biography.