Gaspar de la Croix

Gaspar de la Croix (1466 – 1503) was a master engineer, marksman, and a member of the Roman Rite of the Templar Order. He was frequently hired by Cesare Borgia to take down easy targets on the field at the start of a battle, as well as to create the mechanisms for various complicated weaponry.
In 2012, his genetic memories were used as an Animi Avatar by the Templar company Abstergo Industries, in the first stage of training for their Animus recruits, under the title of the Engineer.
==Biography==
===Working for the Borgia===
In 1502, Fiora Cavazza visited Gaspar on Cesare's request, in order to pick up several parts and equipment that the engineer had repaired. At his workshop, she discovered him singing a remorseful song in French and hesitated to interrupt him.Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy – Rome: Chapter 1 – Fiora Cavazza
Throughout her stay, Fiora saw Gaspar as distant and haunted, particularly after he began asking her uncomfortable questions, such as whether she had witnessed death, and if it was driven by fate, chance, or choice.
Finally, as she departed, Gaspar refused to accept the payment for his services and was left tinkering with a firearm, which he thoughtfully aimed out of his front window at the passing crowd, prompting Fiora to reconsider passing by it any time she visited him again.
===Death===
The following year in Rome, Gaspar fought to suppress a group of citizens attempting to form a resistance against the Borgia. Wielding his arquebus skillfully, he was able to kill many of the protesters from a distance. However, when the uprising had dwindled to the last man, the Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze chanced upon the scene and joined the fray.Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Firing Line
As Gaspar shot the final insurgent, Ezio charged at the engineer, who chose to flee. However, Gaspar reached a dead end and tried to fight back, though he was fatally stabbed by the Assassin's Hidden Blade.
==Trivia==
*"De la Croix" was of French origin and meant "of the cross," likely in reference to his affiliation with the Templars.
*After the assassination, Ezio closed Gaspar's eyes in the same way as he always did with those he performed last rites on, even though Gaspar was wearing glasses over them.
==Gallery==
Spare Parts.jpg|Gaspar aiming his arquebus
Firingline 4.png|Ezio assassinating Gaspar
Firingline 5.png|Gaspar's final moments
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood 
*Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy
*Assassin's Creed: Recollection
==References==
ru:Гаспар де ла Круа
Category:1466 births
Category:1503 deaths
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Category:French people
Category:Marksmen
Category:Engineers
Category:Templars
Category:Italian Templars