Ruggiero

Ruggiero was the master-sergeant of Mario Auditore guards stationed at Monteriggioni.
==Biography==
===Meeting Ezio===
In January 1477,Assassin's Creed II – Casa Dolce Casa Ruggiero made the acquaintance of a young Ezio Auditore, the nephew of his captain Mario, during the former's first visit to the town with his mother Maria and sister Claudia.Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Chapter 4
===Siege of Monteriggioni===
On 1 January 1500, Ruggiero and another mercenary were atop the ramparts inspecting a newly installed cannon. Ezio, having recently returned from Rome, greeted the men asking to try out the cannon. Unfortunately, as Ruggiero explained, the engineer who installed them had run off and was nowhere to be found. After find the engineer, Ezio returned with him. Although the engineer insulted Ruggiero and his men, he still fixed the cannons.Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Target Practice
The following morning, the town was besieged by Borgia forces. Ruggiero witnessed the Borgia forces march on their town. Cannon fire bombarded the walls and battering rams smashed against the fortified doors. As the Borgia forces placed their towers onto the ramparts of the Monteriggioni outer walls, Ruggiero commanded his men to fire at them.Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Chapter 8 Ezio later joined them, also taking control of a cannon.Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Vilified Ruggiero was hit with pieces of flying debris and rubble that knocked off his helmet and left him with an ugly head wound. Ezio later commanded him to take over, Ruggiero left and commanded his men. Not soon after, he and a platoon of his men were locked in hand-to-hand combat with Borgia mercenaries.
At their defeat by the Borgia, Ruggiero recovered the heavily injured Ezio and laid him on a stretcher bound for the Sanctuary underneath the villa. The Borgia mercenaries caught up to them however, closing in on Claudia. Two Assassin condottieri came to her rescue, and Ruggiero soon joined in, killing the Borgia men. Ezio chastised Ruggiero for taking such a risk, as Claudia took over from Ruggiero and got her brother to safety. Ruggiero and his men stayed behind to cover their retreat.Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Chapter 10
Ruggiero and his platoon followed Ezio and Claudia through the Sanctuary. Twisting the hidden lever built into the statue of Leonius, he and his men went on ahead to light the way for the other escaping townsfolk.Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Chapter 11
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood 
*Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood novel 
==References==
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