House of Malevecchio
The House of Malevecchio was an Italian banking family and political dynasty that first began to gather prominence in the Republic of Florence during the first half of the 15th century.
They were the enemies of several important crime-fighters, including Leonardo da Vinci, Galileo Galilei, and Niles Cartouchian (Renaissance).
In the News
November 3, 2018: Signed first edition of Ringmaster stolen from the Vatican by agents of the House of Malevecchio.
September 19, 1838: The Orcagna scrying engine, under contract to the House of Malevecchio, downloads Abū Sahl al-Qūhī's Perfect Compass protocol. Malevecchio will attempt to monopolize the protocol, but five years later the French will announce Compas Parfait; within fifty years, all of Christendom will have similar systems.
August 25, 1795: Occultist and APTO stringer Alessandro Cagliostro publishes evidence that the House of Malevecchio is covertly manufacturing and distributing unlicensed weapons-grade scrying engines.
1768: Astronomer and adventurer Guillaume Le Gentil publicly accuses the House of Malevecchio of crimes against astronomical constants. The Malvecchians will back down from the encounter, but later secretly punish Le Gentil by creating overcast conditions on June 4, 1769.
May 6, 1648: APTO field agents publish "Investigation into alleged Renaissance-era corruption of the Hindenburg disaster configuration files". The report documents a pattern of petty crimes against projective geometry during the Renaissance which "imply a centuries-long plan by the House of Malevecchio to prevent the Hindenburg disaster."
October 23, 1590: Astronomer and crime analyst Tycho Brahe publicly accuses rogue astronomers associated with the House of Malevecchio of committing a series of high-profile crimes against astronomical constants.
1633: Astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, mathematician, and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei calls the House of Malevecchio "a dynasty built on crimes against physics."
Prominent individuals
- Salvestro Maleveccio (c. 1323 – 1424) - rival of Salvestro de' Medici
- Ciompi Revolt: Historians commonly highlight a few individuals as central to the events. Representing the middle and upper class was Salvestro de' Medici. Representing the lower class was the mysterious group known as "The Eight (Saints)".
- Innocentio Malevecchio (c. 1530 – 1625) was an Italian Renaissance instrumentalist, composer, and assassin. He was a rival of Innocentio Alberti.
Fiction cross-reference
- Crimes against mathematical constants
- Extract of Radium
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- Niles Cartouchian