Personality: A cheerful and optimistic man, Leonardo is friendly towards anyone who offers the same in return. He is openly affectionate with his friends and will take great risks to protect them, despite claiming that courage isn’t one of his strengths – shown when he hides Ezio from the Florentine guards and takes a beating for his trouble, but still refuses to tell them where his friend is. Witty and a bit of a joker at times, he does however become hopelessly impossible to communicate with when his attention is taken by something. At those times it’s best just to leave him be until his curiosity is satisfied.
He is a pacifist, and will not raise a hand to anyone in violence, but when it becomes necessary to put this aside he is also practical, understanding that not all problems can be solved peacefully. Leonardo also doesn't object to getting his hands dirty in the pursuit of knowledge, and keeps a number of cadavers in his workshop for the purpose of anatomical research.
As one of the great minds of his time, he is highly intelligent, possessing an attentiveness to detail that comes in very handy when Ezio needs him to translate the codex pages that will aid in the construction of his hidden blade and further modifications to it. In doing so, he is even able to change the initial design so that the removal of the assassin's middle finger is unnecessary. He has a fondness for puzzles and lateral problems, and becomes insatiably curious when something is placed in front of him that he doesn’t understand. Leonardo is capable of understanding the complicated design of the hidden blade, commenting upon how it is far ahead of their time in its advancement, despite its age.
Despite his innate artistic prowess, and being proclaimed a master by the Guild of St Luke by the age of 20, Leonardo is incredibly self-critical. As an artist he is accomplished and highly respected, but as he complains to Ezio and his mother upon the former’s first meeting with him, he feels that his work lacks purpose, and that painting isn’t something he thinks that he should be spending his life doing. He expresses interest in architecture and invention – something which comes into play later in his life when he constructs a flying machine – and is very humble about his achievements. While he can be easily discouraged by failure, he can just as easily leap into action on a new wave of inspiration.
Although he presents himself well, upon entering into any living space of Leonardo’s the first thing that will be noticed is that he is horrendously untidy. His indecisive personality and uncertainty about his chosen vocation mean that he is a chronic procrastinator and he will often jump from one project to another, with commissioned paintings taking years longer to complete than he initially planned. He is, in addition to this, an excitable person, forgetful and is easily distracted by things which capture his interest, something which Ezio uses to his advantage at several points when trying to steer the conversation away from topics that he would rather not discuss.
[Canon] Leonardo da Vinci || Assassin's Creed || Reserved || 2 of 3
He is a pacifist, and will not raise a hand to anyone in violence, but when it becomes necessary to put this aside he is also practical, understanding that not all problems can be solved peacefully. Leonardo also doesn't object to getting his hands dirty in the pursuit of knowledge, and keeps a number of cadavers in his workshop for the purpose of anatomical research.
As one of the great minds of his time, he is highly intelligent, possessing an attentiveness to detail that comes in very handy when Ezio needs him to translate the codex pages that will aid in the construction of his hidden blade and further modifications to it. In doing so, he is even able to change the initial design so that the removal of the assassin's middle finger is unnecessary. He has a fondness for puzzles and lateral problems, and becomes insatiably curious when something is placed in front of him that he doesn’t understand. Leonardo is capable of understanding the complicated design of the hidden blade, commenting upon how it is far ahead of their time in its advancement, despite its age.
Despite his innate artistic prowess, and being proclaimed a master by the Guild of St Luke by the age of 20, Leonardo is incredibly self-critical. As an artist he is accomplished and highly respected, but as he complains to Ezio and his mother upon the former’s first meeting with him, he feels that his work lacks purpose, and that painting isn’t something he thinks that he should be spending his life doing. He expresses interest in architecture and invention – something which comes into play later in his life when he constructs a flying machine – and is very humble about his achievements. While he can be easily discouraged by failure, he can just as easily leap into action on a new wave of inspiration.
Although he presents himself well, upon entering into any living space of Leonardo’s the first thing that will be noticed is that he is horrendously untidy. His indecisive personality and uncertainty about his chosen vocation mean that he is a chronic procrastinator and he will often jump from one project to another, with commissioned paintings taking years longer to complete than he initially planned. He is, in addition to this, an excitable person, forgetful and is easily distracted by things which capture his interest, something which Ezio uses to his advantage at several points when trying to steer the conversation away from topics that he would rather not discuss.