Kenway Mansion

2016-10-13T15:41:25Z

202.142.120.246: Just 1 word. Helm instead of wheel of the Jackdaw.

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[[File:ACS DB Kenway Mansion.jpg|thumb|250px|The Kenway Mansion]]
The '''Kenway Mansion''' was the [[London]] estate of the [[Kenway family]] following the [[Piracy|pirate]]-turned-[[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Edward Kenway]]'s return to [[United Kingdom|England]] from the [[Caribbean]].

==History==
===18th century===
After he was pardoned by [[Robert Walpole]], Edward Kenway and his daughter [[Jennifer Scott]] moved to London.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Black Flag]]''</ref> He purchased the manor on [[Queen Anne's Square]] with help from [[Tessa Kenway|Tessa Stephenson-Oakley]], whom he eventually married.<ref name="Forsaken">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forsaken]]''</ref> Though no longer a pirate, Kenway kept memorabilia of his life on the sea at the mansion, including a secret basement vault which concealed Assassin history and other mementos, such as the helm of his old ship the ''[[Jackdaw]]''.<ref name="ACS">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''</ref>

In 1735, the mansion was attacked by mercenaries under the employ of the [[Templars|Templar]] [[Reginald Birch]]. Kenway was killed and the house was set ablaze. Afterwards, Tessa allowed Birch to take legal guardianship of her son with Edward, [[Haytham Kenway|Haytham]], unaware of Birch's role in the attack. She oversaw repairs to the mansion and passed away following a fall in 1747.<ref name="Forsaken" /> After Birch's death at the hands of Haytham, who had become a Templar himself, and Jennifer ten years later, Jennifer returned to Queen's Anne Square to live in the mansion as a spinster, but only kept a skeleton staff to maintain the place.<ref name="Ubook">[[Assassin's Creed: Unity (novel)|''Assassin's Creed Unity'' novel]]</ref>

In April 1788, the [[Parisian Rite of the Templar Order|French Templar]] [[Élise de la Serre]] and her maidservant [[Hélène]] infiltrated the mansion at the behest of [[Peter Carroll]] and [[Mrs. Carroll|his wife]]. Disguised as "Yvonne Albertine" and her maidservant, respectively, Élise and Hélène were tasked by the Carrolls to retrieve [[Haytham Kenway's letters]], missives written to Jennifer during Haytham's time in the [[United States|Colonies]] and hidden within the house. Although claiming to be requesting a favor by having Élise retrieve the letters, in reality the Carrolls saw the documents as treasonous and wished to destroy them, since they detailed Haytham's dream of ending the [[Assassin-Templar War]] by uniting the two Orders.<ref name="Ubook" />

When Jennifer and Élise left the house on a visit to Hyde Park, during which Jennifer told the young woman the history of the Kenways, Hélène used the opportunity to search the house once more for the letters. Though caught and apprehended by the household staff, she refused to tell them anything that would break the ruse. Returning from the outing to the games room, Jennifer revealed she had investigated Élise's story as "Yvonne", saying not only was the name an alias for a nonexistent person, but that the Carrolls had murdered [[Lucio Albertine]] and [[Monica Albertine|his mother]] some weeks earlier. Despite equal animosity towards Assassins and Templars alike for the indiscriminate violence wrought in their perpetual conflict, Jennifer believed Élise could learn from Haytham's words and ultimately decided to give her the letters, but on the conditions that the Templars leave Jennifer alone for the remainder of her life, and that Élise would attempt to unite both factions.<ref name="Ubook" />

===19th century===
The Templars, out of respect for Haytham, let the mansion be. However, they quietly bought the estate after Jennifer Scott's death in 1805. Decades later, in 1868, the mansion was infiltrated by the Assassins [[Evie Frye]] and [[Jayadeep Mir|Henry Green]] in search of clues to the whereabouts of [[Isu|Precursor]] [[Pieces of Eden|artifacts]], specifically a [[Shrouds of Eden|Shroud of Eden]]. There, they found Edward's vault, but had to abandon it to avoid being caught by the Templar [[Lucy Thorne]].<ref name="ACS" />

In 1888, twenty years after Evie and her brother [[Jacob Frye|Jacob]] had weakened the [[British Rite of the Templar Order|British Templars]]' hold over London, Lady [[Olwyn Owers]] hosted a meeting at the Kenway Mansion to make an announcement regarding her efforts to save [[Courtesans|prostitutes]] in [[Whitechapel]] from their sinful ways. In her investigations into the [[Whitechapel murders|actions]] of [[Jack the Ripper]], the [[Master Assassin]] Evie Frye infiltrated the meeting, where she learned from [[Nellie]] that Lady Owers was providing information to Jack via her network of [[brothels]], allowing the killer to rule the streets of London through fear.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Syndicate'' – ''[[Jack the Ripper (DLC)|Jack the Ripper]]''</ref>

==Staff==
*[[Jack Digweed]] – Edward's valet (c. 1723 – 3 December 1735)
*Ms. [[Davy]] – Tessa's lady's maid (unknown – 3 December 1735)
*[[Fayling]] – Haytham's tutor (unknown – 3 December 1735)
*[[Edith]] † – Haytham's nursemaid (unknown – 3 December 1735)
*[[Betty]] – Edith’s assistant (unknown – 3 December 1735)
*[[Emily]] – Chambermaid (unknown – 3 December 1735)
*Mrs. Searle – Kitchen staff (unknown – 3 December 1735)
*Three unnamed assistants to Searle (unknown – 3 December 1735)
*Smith – Jennifer's butler (1788)
*Mills – Jennifer's footman (1788)

==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Residences]]
[[Category:Landmarks in London]]

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