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{{Character Infobox<br />
|name = Silas Thatcher<br />
|image = ACIII-Silas.png<br />
|birth = 1720<br />
|death = 14 July 1754 (aged 33 - 34)<br>[[Southgate Fort]], [[Boston]], [[United States|Colonial America]]<br />
|faction = [[British Army]]<br />
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''}}<br />
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'''Silas Thatcher''' (1720 - 1754) was a high-ranking officer of the [[British Army]] and a prolific slave trader.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
===Early life===<br />
Silas was born to an affluent merchant in [[London]] in the year 1720. His father purchased a commission for him in the British Army when Silas was quite young.<br />
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He left for the [[United States|Thirteen Colonies]] in the year 1750 and was posted at defenses along the [[Boston Neck]]. Silas was known for his cruelty and few men wished to serve with him. His personal assistant, "[[Cutter]]", was a notoriously cruel man.<br />
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Silas began to demand protection money from local merchants, fence stolen goods, and enslave and sell the local indigenous populace. Sometime during his stay, he became the commander of [[Southgate Fort]], where he would receive deliveries of Native American prisoners for his slave-trade.<br />
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===Death===<br />
Sometime in 1754, Silas demanded protection money from [[Benjamin Church]], which he was denied. Subsequently, he had his men ransack Church's [[Church Residence|house]] and Silas captured Church and tortured him.<br />
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When Church still refused to pay him protection money, he order Cutter to torture Church more, but left as he was supposedly disgusted by the scene. Unknown to him, [[Haytham Kenway]] and [[Charles Lee]] killed Cutter and two other guards and rescued Church.<br />
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[[File:ACIII-InfiltratingSouthgate 14.png|thumb|250px|Church preparing to execute Silas.]]<br />
Haytham and his band of [[Templars]] commandeered a convoy bringing Silas a group of [[Kanien'kehá:ka]] slaves. They freed the slaves and infiltrated the fort in an attempt to kill Silas.<br />
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On discovering the ruse, Silas ordered his men to seal all the exits and fire on anybody that attempted to escape, or anyone they didn't recognize. The Templars dealt with his men and cornered him. Church executed Silas as payback for the torture he had inflicted on him.<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
*Unlike other prominent British Regulars such as [[John Pitcairn]] and [[Edward Braddock]], Silas was not a historical figure.<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery widths="180" spacing="small" position="center" captionalign="center"><br />
ACIII-Surgeon 5.png|Silas threatening Church.<br />
ACIII-Surgeon 6.png|Cutter torturing Church.<br />
ACIII-InfiltratingSouthgate 13.png|Silas ordering his men at the Southgate Fort.<br />
</gallery><br />
==Reference==<br />
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''<br />
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