By 2024, fan-favorite Assassin’s Creed protagonist Ezio Auditore will have been dead for 500 years.\r\nLeaving aside the legacy of Assassin’s Creed Mirage (which you can find on Amazon), the assassin’s Florentine adventure is still much loved.\r\nIt’s no secret that Ezio is considered the best protagonist in Assassin’s Creed. Even Ubisoft seems to agree, given that he was the protagonist of several chapters of the series (including a recent cameo in VR).\r\nEzio has in fact made players fall in love with his charm, his finesse and his skills in Assassin’s Creed 2, before getting a second chance in the spotlight with Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood.\r\nFinally, Ezio also saw a third foray with Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, thus concluding his story and creating one of the best trilogies of the history of the franchise.\r\nIn addition to being the poster boy for the franchise, he recently made another appearance in Assassin’s Creed Nexus VR, a spin-off for virtual reality.\r\nThis love for the character has driven gamers from all over the world to pay homage to him as if he were a real person, since at the time of writing he has been dead for 500 years, according to the lore of Assassin’s Creed (via GamingBible).\r\nThis year, that is 2024 , marks five hundred years since his canonical death, which occurred in 1524, and players from all over the world are paying homage to the legend.\r\n\r\nA post on Reddit by theNiGHTMARE24 writes: «2024 is a fundamental year for Ezio Auditor. 2024 will mark the 500th anniversary of his disappearance.”\r\nSeveral fans commented: “Requiescat in Pace, Ezio”, paying homage to the iconic phrase that the assassin utters at the end of each main mission.\r\nSticking on topic , Ezio Auditore has been brought back to life thanks to a trailer that shows the world of Assassin’s Creed 2 rebuilt with Unreal Engine 5.\r\nFinally, if you want to know how Ezio’s return on the Nintendo Switch console fares, catch up our review of the collection.