Editing Lydia Frye

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{{Dialogue|Churchill|If you could put your considerable talents to good use at Tower Bridge, you would have the thanks of a brave, but beleaguered nation.|Lydia|I would settle for the right to vote.|Lydia to Churchill, 1916.|Assassin's Creed: Syndicate|The Darkest Hour}}
{{Character Infobox
| image = ACS Lydia Frye Render.png
| birth = 19 March 1893<br>[[United Kingdom]]
| species = [[Human]]
| affiliates = [[British Army]]<br>[[Assassins]]
*[[British Brotherhood of Assassins|British Brotherhood]]
| voice = [[Lisa Norton]]
| database = [[Database: Lydia Frye|Lydia Frye]]}}
'''Lydia Frye''' (born 1893) was a member of the [[British Brotherhood of Assassins|British Brotherhood]] of [[Assassins]], the wife of [[Sam Crowder]] and the granddaughter of [[Jacob Frye]].

During [[World War I]], Lydia operated in [[London]], protecting the city from [[Templars|Templar]] machinations. At the request of [[Winston Churchill]], she tracked down and eliminated a group of spies that were led by a [[Sage]].

==Biography==
Born into relative comfort, Lydia was initially reluctant to join the Brotherhood like the rest of her family, choosing to focus on her studies instead. Through her education, she nevertheless realized the extent of the Templars' influence throughout the world. This, coupled with the loss of friends and family to the [[Assassin-Templar War]], led Lydia to eventually accept her Assassin heritage and join the fight against the Templars.<ref name="Lydia Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Database: Lydia Frye]]</ref>

As her parents were frequently absent, engaged in missions for the Brotherhood abroad, Lydia turned to her grandfather and her grand-aunt, [[Evie Frye]], for training. From them, she learned to analyze situations and plan accordingly, yet also stay flexible enough to improvise when things went awry.<ref name="Lydia Database"/>

At some point, Lydia fell in love with fellow Assassin [[Sam Crowder]], whom she married shortly before the outbreak of World War I. While her husband, like many British Assassins, eventually enlisted in the army, Lydia remained in London, in order to protect the city against [[Germany|German]] spies, and the [[British Rite of the Templar Order|British Rite]] of the Templar Order.<ref name="Lydia Database"/>

In 1916, at the behest of [[Winston Churchill]], Lydia infiltrated and eliminated a German Templar spy facility in [[Tower Bridge]]. She later sought out, on his request, the rest of the group and their [[Master Spy|Sage leader]] that he deemed to be a pressing matter of national security which he was unable to broach with the government as he lacked strong enough evidence. In exchange for her services, Churchill promised Lydia that he would do what he could for the enfranchisement of women when he had returned to parliament after the War.<ref name="ACS">''Assassin's Creed: Syndicate'' – [[The Darkest Hour]]</ref>

==Personality and characteristics==
===Equipment and skills===
[[File:Lydia with Churchill.jpg|thumb|250px|Lydia meeting with Winston Churchill]]
Lydia was equipped with the same model of [[Hidden Blade]] and the same arsenal that her mentors used nearly fifty years earlier. Specifically, she used a [[Henry's Kukri|kukri]] identical to the one previously used by [[Jayadeep Mir]] as well as an [[M1877 "Lightning"]]. Lydia possessed the skills of both her brawling grandfather and her stealthy great-aunt and like them, she possessed the rare trait of [[Eagle Vision]].

==Trivia==
*Lydia is a name of [[Greece|Greek]] origin, derived from the word ''Luddia'' (Λυδια), which means "from Lydia", a region on the west coast of [[Anatolia|Asia Minor]]. Frye is a derivative of the English word ''free''.
*Lydia was referred to as "Miss Frye" by Churchill, suggesting he was unaware of her status as a married woman. Alternatively, Lydia could have kept her family name, rather than take on that of her husband's.
*Sometimes, likely as a result of oversight in development, allies will refer to Lydia as her grand-aunt, Evie. For example, when rescuing allies during a spy hideout mission, allies will respond "How's it going, Evie?" upon being rescued.

==Gallery==
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ACS DB Lydia Frye.jpg|Lydia's profile picture in the [[Helix]] database
ACS Lydia Frye.jpg|Close-up of Lydia
ACS Lydia Frye Cosplay Reference.jpg|References for Lydia's outfit
Guang-yu-tan-ACS-spyroom.jpg|Concept Art of Lydia's introduction
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==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''

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