Niccolo Machiavelli

Niccolo Machiavelli  - better known as Mac - is close friends with Leonardo da Vinci, Lorenzo de Medici and Tomaso Gherardini. His occupation is incredibly mysterious, a man of many connections and a street hustler with an extensive catalogue of scams, contacts and aliases. He has several servants, who act as his eyes and ears across the city, reporting back to his flat at 64 Via Barolo.

Biography
As a young boy, Mac had his first confrontation with the evil loan shark Lucio Zangari. Zangari burnt his home town of Messetto to the ground and Mac with a scar on the forehead after throwing a rock back at him. In the years to come he would get his revenge. (Something Wicked)

He spent his teens growing up in the gutters with nothing, alongside the more experience Carlo Cazali, who showed him the ropes and taught him how lie, cheat and steal to survive. (The Lightning Box)

Mac often told people he was from Rome " to create an air of mystery" A bit of a wheeler-dealer, he always has his fingers in various pies – some legitimate, others not so much. He has a property in the town from which he runs his sometimes questionable business. We first see Mac giving Leo the finishing touches to one of his latest inventions. He, along with Leo and Lorenzo, is one of the first people to meet Tom on his first day in Florence. He accuses him of stealing his breakfast peaches. He is also the first to question his suspicious motives and ultimately un-mask him as a her whilst looking for Leo's stolen Note Book. Eventually becoming close friends, Mac grows to have feelings for Lisa but she remains oblivious to this.

Mac falls in love with Angelica Visconti, Lorenzo's fiance, after surviving a kidnap ordeal together at the hands of Gorgoni, a vengeful smuggler. (Stupid Cupid) He tells Lorenzo of his feelings for her to which Lorenzo attempted to tell his father he didn't want to marry but Piero refused. (The Tortoise and the Hare) Mac goes to see Angelica and asks if she will run away with him. She agrees and they kiss. After managing to fool the Medicis into cancelling the wedding in favor of a fictitious princess from Naples, Mac is left heartbroken when she realises how much her father needs her and she returns home to Pisa. (Hitched)

Personality
Mac is like the Del Boy of the gang. He's the cause of a lot of the trouble they get into, but he also gets them out of trouble. He's cunning, conniving, calculating but he's also very loyal and will go out of his way for a good friend. Hot headed but loveable with a sense of humour, Mac is resourceful and, when things are looking awry, always has a plan to turn a situation back to his advantage.

Series One

 * Anything is Possible
 * Da Vinci's Code
 * A Wing and a Prayer
 * Something Wicked
 * It Must Be Love
 * The Lightning Box
 * Time Waits
 * Angels and Cherubs
 * Lost and Found
 * Servant of Florence
 * Bandit Queen
 * Fireball
 * Enter the Robot

Series Two

 * Framed
 * Perspective
 * The Betrothal Ball
 * Cat and Mouse
 * Diabolical Acts
 * Dragon Hunt
 * The Mask of Death
 * Stupid Cupid
 * The Tortoise and the Hare
 * By the Sword
 * Hitched
 * The Fugitive
 * The Dogs of War

Video Games

 * Leonardo: The Game