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Christiano Savonarola commanded Padania operations in Milan for the Five Republics Faction, rising from a low-level lieutenant in an unnamed Italian crime syndicate. During his underworld tenure, he forged a bond with former CIA operative John Doe and encountered the boy destined to become Pinocchio.
A self-proclaimed patriot, Savonarola revered Italian culture, history, and political ideals. This devotion manifested as an ironclad rule: operatives were barred from damaging artworks or cultural sites, irrespective of mission demands. Within the faction, he garnered both respect and dread through his unyielding discipline; subordinates failing their duties often vanished without a trace.
His high-stakes directives included assassinating Filippo Adani and sabotaging the Messina Bridge project. However, operational setbacks triggered betrayal by a rival Padania faction, which traded his hideout's location to Italian authorities for undisclosed concessions. Cornered in a Section 2 raid, Savonarola accepted capture until operatives Flanca and Franco staged an escape. Their flight ended violently when the cyborg Angelica fatally shot driver Flanca, causing a crash into a river. Savonarola survived but suffered catastrophic injuries, resulting in permanent paralysis and dependence on computerized speech systems.
Pinocchio became Savonarola's defining relationship. Discovering the boy hidden during a raid, Savonarola adopted him, bestowed the name "Pinocchio," and inducted him into the faction as an assassin under John Doe's tutelage. Publicly, he treated Pinocchio as a coldly utilitarian instrument, maintaining deliberate emotional detachment. Privately, however, he harbored profound paternal love—an affection he remained incapable of expressing. This tension between outward ruthlessness and concealed devotion shaped their bond.
Following Pinocchio's death, a paralyzed Savonarola sought vengeance against the Social Welfare Agency (SWA), hiring mercenary Giacomo Dante to assault it. Captured by the SWA three months after the New Turin Nuclear Plant incident, interrogation broke him. Overwhelmed by remorse over Pinocchio, he revealed that an individual named Canova masterminded the attack targeting handler Jose Croce.
A self-proclaimed patriot, Savonarola revered Italian culture, history, and political ideals. This devotion manifested as an ironclad rule: operatives were barred from damaging artworks or cultural sites, irrespective of mission demands. Within the faction, he garnered both respect and dread through his unyielding discipline; subordinates failing their duties often vanished without a trace.
His high-stakes directives included assassinating Filippo Adani and sabotaging the Messina Bridge project. However, operational setbacks triggered betrayal by a rival Padania faction, which traded his hideout's location to Italian authorities for undisclosed concessions. Cornered in a Section 2 raid, Savonarola accepted capture until operatives Flanca and Franco staged an escape. Their flight ended violently when the cyborg Angelica fatally shot driver Flanca, causing a crash into a river. Savonarola survived but suffered catastrophic injuries, resulting in permanent paralysis and dependence on computerized speech systems.
Pinocchio became Savonarola's defining relationship. Discovering the boy hidden during a raid, Savonarola adopted him, bestowed the name "Pinocchio," and inducted him into the faction as an assassin under John Doe's tutelage. Publicly, he treated Pinocchio as a coldly utilitarian instrument, maintaining deliberate emotional detachment. Privately, however, he harbored profound paternal love—an affection he remained incapable of expressing. This tension between outward ruthlessness and concealed devotion shaped their bond.
Following Pinocchio's death, a paralyzed Savonarola sought vengeance against the Social Welfare Agency (SWA), hiring mercenary Giacomo Dante to assault it. Captured by the SWA three months after the New Turin Nuclear Plant incident, interrogation broke him. Overwhelmed by remorse over Pinocchio, he revealed that an individual named Canova masterminded the attack targeting handler Jose Croce.