One of the greatest political figures taking shape in Rome, with not only spiritual but also massive physical power, pursuing land and money within the Church. His true cause is to provide lands for his son, Cesare Borgia, over which he might rule, rather than for papal glory. Machiavelli depicts him as a cleric who reads people's weaknesses perfectly, reinforces his promises with great oaths, and then makes an art out of breaking them for his own gain at the first opportunity. He cleverly pitted his rivals, the Roman barons (especially the Orsini and Colonna families), against each other and weakened them. He is the proof of the world turning not on moral, but on pragmatic cogs, disguised under the veil of the Papacy. He is the jugular vein of the political maneuvers that ensured his son's entire rise.
He is a member of the Spanish Borgia family and sat in the highest office of the Church through many bribes and power negotiations, becoming capable of financing the largest army groups, especially in Italy, with this wealth.
An old, magnificent, and imposing church leader hidden behind religious robes, yet whose eyes search for absolute domination.
Cesare Borgia
The ambitious son to whom he offered the power of the Papacy.
Kral XII. Louis
The king for whom he set aside spiritual principles for a trade of power and support.