This document provides a summary of the opening scene of Assassin's Creed 2: Execution. The setting is Renaissance Italy. The mood is tragic as Ezio arrives too late to save his brothers and father from being hanged after they were betrayed. This tragic opening provides motivation for Ezio's actions and establishes the game genre as an open world sandbox style set in Renaissance Rome where the player can climb structures and fight enemies. The narrative focuses on dialogue between the traitor judge sentencing Ezio's family and Ezio's attempts to intervene.