started ac brotherhood again and... it breaks my heart bro
claudia has spent so much time managing monteriggioni, managing the reconstruction, year after year in that lonely villa, abandoned by her brother, and left there to take care of their mother.
she probably didnt even have enough mental space to grieve her family properly. her father, her brothers, they were killed in such an awful way, and yet ezio told her what happened way later. how she must have been so worried, during hours, and watching over maria after she got assaulted. that's so tough.
and /then/ she learns about what happened to giovanni, federico and petruccio and- she's left all alone in a small town she doesnt know, along her uncle she barely (if at all) knows, and she lost her home, her stuff, her habits, her social circle, everything. all that's left of her family is her shocked mother (and that could get a full post in itself), and an absent brother who's acting all big-brothery towards her.
and so she manages this town. for so long. she learns how to deal with money, with investments, with the townspeople. their questions, their expectations, their judgement, their not-so-warm welcome towards that lady who thinks she can handle /their/ town.
and in one night- it all goes away in such a brutal way. she loses even more family. her uncle is dead. once again, she's left with so much to bear, without a minute to process it. ezio tells her and maria that mario is dead and they don't even have time to digest it. what's left of her precious work? of the town she thought of as a home, eventually?
to me claudia put so much work in monteriggioni bc, ofc she had to, but also as a way to cope with grief. with how everything she used to know got destroyed so she finds a way to /build/ something.
imagine the damage, when the precious result of that specific coping strategy gets shattered, too. UGH
anyway sorry about that longass post im just. claudia deserves better. claudia deserves recognition. and a hug. and everything good in this world.
