Duccio de Luca

**Duccio de Luca** or as he prefers to be called, Sir Duccio the Impeccable, was a fourth rank nobleman from the House of Luca and a confidants to the House of Pazzi. He was once engage to Claudia Auditore da Firenze.

Duccio eventually became a trader and started his own business called Luca Enterprise, ferrying merchandise between Rome and other cities.

## Profile

### Personality

Duccio was well known for his womanizing lifestyle, openly flirting with any women he found attractive, and dated multiple simultaneously despite at one point being engaged.

Duccio was also the type to slander others behind their back but act friendly to their face, even when caught he'll nervously try to deny ever saying such things but will fight to defend himself unless he fears his accuser (Atreus).

To Duccio, money was important part of his life. He would casually waste an immense amount to to sustain is lavish lifestyle. He agree to marry Claudia in order to gain access to the Auditore wealth and once that fail, he tried to marry into the Pazzi House because they were the second most rich family in the empire. He even stoop to stealing in order to gain wealth.

Duccio was a coward by nature who only felt confidant while being around strong people, such as the men he hired for protection which gave him the confidence to provoke Atreus, a man he'd eventually come to fear, into a fight.

Like others, Duccio feared and hated the Auditore family, coming to blame them for the series of misfortunes that befell him after the engagement was called off, calling them a curse family. He hated them to the point of provoking Atreus by continously insulting his family, both the living and deceased, and especially Claudia, calling her a whore and him a murderer and the devil.

## Relationships

### Friends

**Vieri de' Pazzi**: Friend to a certain degree. The Luca family were loyal confidantes to the Pazzi, as such Duccio and Vieri grew up as childhood friends. The both hated the Auditore.

### Romantic Interest

**Claudia Auditore da Firenze**

She is Duccio's former fiancé whose engagement was annulled immediately after being discover having multiple affair with twelve other women by Atreus. Duccio met Claudia during the time he and her cousin Luke still acquainted and their families were on civil terms. Noticing her evident infatuation for him, he developed an attraction towards her based on carnal desires and began fantasizing of enacting his sexual desires toward her. He saw an opportunity to marry into wealth and satisfy his lust after her father raised her dowery because she scared all her potential suitors, and thus agreed to marry Claudia out of selfish reasons.
Due to her infatuation, he believing her to be an easy women who would spread her legs and let him fulfill his fantasies but to his surprise, Claudia refused to participate in any form of sexual acts until marriage which Douche did not take kindly. This resulted in him cheating on her and justified his reasons for her stinginess during his confrontation with Atreus.
Many would pass , He heard Claudia was the *Madame* of the Rosa in Fiore, Rome's most popular brothel. This news infuriated him, believing she happily spread her legs to anyone but him.

**Untold number of Woman**: During his travels, he'd hook up with random women and invite them to his ship for a night of intimacy. he keeps a record log called his holy grail. of all the women he current with

Tifa Lockhart: Encountered during his visit to Midgard. While Duccio was conducting his business, he heard rumors of a beautiful women in Sector Seven who works in a bar called Seventh Heaven. Curious of this beauty, Duccio traveled to the lower sector where he encountered Tifa near the train station while she was out running errands. Deciding she was his next conquest, Duccio began to flirt with her, claiming that it was fate that had brought them together, though she was simply disgusted by him. Duccio was soon interrupted by Atreus, unaware that they were childhood friends and had grown very close to Tifa during his stay. Terrified upon recognizing his old enemy, Duccio fled, crying to Tifa to run from the "devil".

### Enemies

**Atreus Lucis Croft**:

Considers him his mortal enemy. Duccio originally saw him as kindred spirit, as he was also known as a Casanova, or womanizer like himself but unlike himself, Atreus had values and morals. As Claudias husband-to-be, Atreus treated him courteously out of the wishes of his cousin, as she was head of heels for him. Unfortunately, their relationship turn hostile after Duccio affairs were exposed and Atreus caught him in the act, leaving him bloody and beaten.
Years later, Atreus would encounter Duccio once more in Rome during his search for the culprit and retrieve the missing paintings that were stolen from his friend, Leonardo Da Vinci workshop. Duccio (the culprit), was a wealthy and successful business man at that point, wasted no time insult Atreus, the Auditore name, and most importantly, degrading Claudias name. Confidants stemming from
**House of Auditore**:

## Abilities & Powers

### Overview

Nobles by tradition are trained in some form of combat at a young age, however, Duccio preferred to use his time fooling around with women above all else. As a result, Duccio combat abilities are equivalent to a regular person using his title as a knight (a title give to all noble who come of age) as a form of bluff to avoid fighting. If he does fight, he doesn't fight alone, using his money to recruit strong warrior to do the his dirty work while he takes the credit. For Duccio, money is strength.

## Trivia

* After Duccio's death, the House of Luca's legitimate family line officially ended. However, Duccio sire many illegitimate children during his travels and thus insuring his bloodline lives on.

## Reference

https://assassinscreed.fandom.com/wiki/Duccio\_de\_Luca