Assassin's Creed 2 Walkthrough

Talk to Claudia inside the mansion and she'll walk off. Now find Mario further inside and talk to him. He'll demand you train yourself in the art of combat, and warps you to a fighting pit in front of his pad. You'll go through a number of training exercises, each of which needs to be completed at least three times before you can move on to the next.

The final challenge is to defeat Mario in a fight. Fortunately, this isn't difficult. For all his trash talk, Mario isn't especially strong or anything. Defeat him and Mario will run off. Follow the marker on your map to Mario's back room and talk to the man there to end the mission.

You can talk to Claudia in her room on the second floor of the mansion for a bit of dialog, but no mission. Next, go to the south end of town and exit the gate to find a stable of horses just outside. Hop aboard one of the horses and ride it southeast toward the map marker. Time to go to Tuscany.

You'll find Mario in Tuscany. Hop off the horse and talk to him to accept a mission against the troublesome Vieri. Follow Mario up the hill to the wall surrounding the city. You can climb up the broken portion of the wall to the parapet walk.

There are three archers up high that you can silently take out using your new throwing daggers, two on rooftops and one at the highest part of the parapet. When you've killed the three archers, drop down on the inside of the wall and look for the crank that'll open up the gate.

You can help your crew finish off the last of the enemies just outside Tuscany's gate. Follow the group inside the town and Mario will stop to tell you something about distracting guards. What he means is, you need to kill some folks. Start tearing your way through the city, killing the guards in your way. There's a marker on your map to follow.

The marker eventually leads you to a downed soldier who tells you that Mario's in need of help just ahead. Continue just a bit further and you'll fall into Mario's melee. Help Mario and the gang dispatch all of the guards and Mario will give you another target to run after.

The target leads you to the rooftops at the north end of the city. A cut scene shows Vieri enter the town and send his men into a battle with Mario's. You're then instructed to assassinate Vieri, but you don't have to get into the thick of it. Vieri secretly retreats to the top of the parapet overlooking the battle. From the rooftop, you can jump to the stairs that run up the right side of the parapet.

Make your way to the highest part of the parapet and you'll find Vieri there, along with a number of other guards. You need only kill Vieri, though he's undoubtedly the toughest enemy here. He'll block your counter kill attempts, so the easiest way to get him good and dead is to grab Vieri, toss him on the ground, and then execute a killing blow while he's on the ground. With Vieri dead, the mission ends.