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{{Dialogue2|Evie|Freeing future generations from a city ruled by Templars. You know, Jacob Frye, you might just be right.|Jacob|Then, shall we?|Yes, let's. Onward to London!| Jacob and Evie Frye discussing their plan to liberate London from the Templars, 1868.|Assassin's Creed: Syndicate|A Simple Plan}} | {{Conjecture}} | ||
{{Dialogue2|Evie|Freeing future generations from a city ruled by Templars. You know, Jacob Frye, you might just be right.|Jacob|Then, shall we?|Yes, let's. Onward to London!|Jacob and Evie Frye discussing their plan to liberate London from the Templars, 1868.|Assassin's Creed: Syndicate|A Simple Plan}} | |||
{{Event Infobox | {{Event Infobox | ||
|prev = [[California Gold Rush]] | |name=Liberation of London | ||
|conc = [[Victorian era]] | |prev=[[California Gold Rush]] | ||
|next = [[Whitechapel murders]] | |conc=[[Victorian era]] | ||
|image = | |next=[[Whitechapel murders]] | ||
|timeframe = [[Industrial Revolution]] | |image =Assassins-Creed-Syndicate-Gang-Wars.jpg | ||
|timeframe=[[Industrial Revolution]] | |||
|date = 1860 | |date=1860 – 1868 | ||
|place = [[London]], [[United Kingdom | |place=[[London]], [[United Kingdom]] | ||
|outcome = Decisive Assassin victory | |outcome=Decisive Assassin victory | ||
*London liberated from the | *London liberated from the Templars' influence. | ||
* | *Death of Crawford Starrick. | ||
* | *Re-establishment of an Assassin guild in London. | ||
|key = *[[British Brotherhood of Assassins|British Brotherhood]] of [[Assassins]] | |key=*[[British Brotherhood of Assassins|British Brotherhood]] of [[Assassins]] | ||
**[[Rooks]] | **[[Rooks]] | ||
*[[British Rite of the Templar Order|British Rite]] of the [[Templars|Templar Order]] | *[[British Rite of the Templar Order|British Rite]] of the [[Templars|Templar Order]] | ||
**[[Blighters]] | **[[Blighters]] | ||
|participants = *[[Ethan Frye]] | |participants=*[[Ethan Frye]] | ||
*[[Jayadeep Mir]] | *[[Jayadeep Mir]] | ||
*[[Frederick Abberline]] | *[[Frederick Abberline]] | ||
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*[[Crawford Starrick]] | *[[Crawford Starrick]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
The '''liberation of London''' took place during the [[Industrial Revolution]], in which the city of [[London]] was freed from the iron fist of the [[British Rite of the Templar Order|British Rite]] of the [[Templars|Templar Order]] under [[Crawford Starrick]] through the actions of the [[British Brotherhood of Assassins|British Assassins]] [[Jacob Frye|Jacob]] and [[Evie Frye]], [[Jayadeep Mir]], and the [[Rooks]] [[gang]]. | |||
The '''liberation of London''' took place during the [[Industrial Revolution]], in which the city of [[London]] was freed from the [[British Rite of the Templar Order]] | |||
==Context== | ==Context== | ||
===Fall of London under the Templars=== | ===Fall of London under the Templars=== | ||
In the early 18th century, the British Assassins had a strong influence in London's high-society and the underworld. Their nemesis, the British Templars, led by [[Reginald Birch]], ordered the assassination of their leaders, [[Edward Kenway]] in 1735<ref name="Forsaken">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forsaken]]''</ref> and [[Miko]] in 1754.<ref name="A Deadly Performance">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[A Deadly Performance]]</ref> Without a strong leadership, the Assassins fled the city and the Templars took control of London for over a century.<ref name="The Brotherhood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Database: The Brotherhood]]</ref> | |||
===Starrick Industries=== | ===Starrick Industries=== | ||
By 1860, London had fallen under the control of the Templar [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] | By 1860, London had fallen under the control of the Templar [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] Crawford Starrick, who used his network of Templar agents to control the city and oppress the working classes to keep the Templars in power. With [[Starrick Industries]], the Templars had an influence on the industrial sphere of London. [[Starrick Telegraph Company]] had a near-total monopoly on telegraph communication throughout the city. The Templars placed Dr. [[John Elliotson]] at the head of the [[Lambeth Asylum]], while Earl [[James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan|James Brudenell]] influenced the [[Palace of Westminster|House of Parliament]].<ref name="ACS">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''</ref> | ||
Starrick also hired | [[File:ACS Blighters.png|thumb|220px|left|The Blighters]] | ||
Starrick also hired [[Maxwell Roth]] to form a gang for the Templars, the [[Blighters]].<ref name="Roth">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Database: Maxwell Roth]]</ref> Roth trained seven Templars to become the leaders of the Blighters in every borough of London. Beginning in [[Devil's Acre]], the Blighters spread through all of London, taking down any gang which opposed them.<ref name="Blighters">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Database: The Blighters]]</ref> They installed gang stronghold across the city and used child labors in their factories.<ref name="ACS"/> With his payment, Roth installed himself in the [[Alhambra Music Hall]], using the building as a legal front for his criminal activities.<ref name="Roth"/> | |||
In 1864, the businessman [[Malcolm Millner]] acquired the Greater London Omnibus Company and | In 1864, the businessman [[Malcolm Millner]] acquired the Greater London Omnibus Company and renamed it the [[Millner Company]]. To ensure his monopoly, he sabotaged other bus companies using arson and murder. Three years later, Starrick bought the Millner Company and inducted Millner himself into the Templar Order.<ref name="Millner">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Database: Malcolm Millner]]</ref> | ||
Also in 1867, the Templar [[Philip Twopenny]] became the Governor of the [[Bank of England]] with Thomas Hunt Newman.<ref name="Twopenny">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Database: Philip Twopenny]]</ref> Twopenny was to run things day to day for Hunt while secretly organizing heists in the Bank every fiscal quarter under the alias "Plutus", transferring the stolen money to the Templars.<ref name="A Case of Identity">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[A Case of Identity]]</ref> | |||
== | ==War for London== | ||
===The Ghost=== | ===The Ghost=== | ||
In 1860, the [[Indian Brotherhood of Assassins|Indian Assassin]] [[Jayadeep Mir]] was sent by his | In 1860, the [[Indian Brotherhood of Assassins|Indian Assassin]] [[Jayadeep Mir]], who had been exiled to [[England]] by his Brotherhood, was sent by his mentor [[Ethan Frye]] to spy on the activities of the Templars in London, without the sanction of the [[Assassin Council]]. He took the name of Bharat Singh and blended in with the poor, taking residence in the [[Thames Tunnel]] and becoming the guardian of its other residents. To maintain Jayadeep's true identity secret, he only communicated with other Assassins under the alias "the Ghost".<ref name="Underworld">''[[Assassin's Creed: Underworld]]'' – {{Cite|5 July 2021. Chapters needed}}</ref> | ||
In 1862, the Templar [[Cavanagh]] was involved in the construction of the world's first underground railway; a cover for his attempts to unearth an [[Apple of Eden 7|Apple of Eden]]. | In 1862, the Templar [[Cavanagh]] was involved in the construction of the world's first {{Wiki|London Underground|underground railway}}; a cover for his attempts to unearth an [[Apple of Eden 7|Apple of Eden]]. Jayadeep worked on the site to spy on the Templars. As Ethan interrogated the Templar courier "[[Boot (thief)|Boot]]", the Templar [[Robert Waugh]] shot Boot and accidentally killed an innocent girl while aiming for the Assassin. Ethan killed Waugh and ordered Jayadeep to dispose of the body on the construction site to infiltrate the Templars.<ref name="Underworld"/> | ||
Later, when the [[Metropolitan Police Service| | Later, when the [[Metropolitan Police Service|police constable]] [[Frederick Abberline]] came to investigate Waugh's body, Jayadeep took the defense of Cavanagh, beginning to ingratiate himself with the Templar. Abberline continued to investigate alongside Constable [[Aubrey Shaw]] after Waugh's corpse was stolen by street urchins paid by Ethan. Shaw was beaten by the Templars as the two policemen were meddling with their plot.<ref name="Underworld"/> | ||
After interrogating the | After interrogating the Indian Assassin [[Ajay]], the Templars discovered Jayadeep's true identity. Cavanagh killed [[Charles Pearson]], the underground railway's solicitor, who had unknowingly found the Apple of Eden, and tried to frame Jayadeep for the murder. Ethan and Abberline saved Jayadeep while Cavanagh was killed by fellow Templar [[Marchant]] on the order of Starrick, who had learned of Cavanagh's plan to overthrow the Grand Master using the Apple. Later, Jayadeep discovered that the Templars had killed his friend [[Maggie]] and, blaming himself, decided to live isolated from the Brotherhood for several years.<ref name="Underworld"/> | ||
===Establishing a network=== | ===Establishing a network=== | ||
In 1865, Jayadeep received a visit from his | In 1865, Jayadeep received a visit from his parents [[Arbaaz Mir]] and [[Pyara Kaur]]. His mother gave him his [[Hidden Blade]] and convinced him to resume work for the Brotherhood. Taking on the name of Henry Green, he bought a curiosity shop in [[Whitechapel]] to serve as the headquarters of the London Assassins, which he was now the leader and sole member of.<ref name="Underworld"/> Jayadeep then began building up a network of allies, becoming acquainted with Frederick Abberline, by now a sergeant, as well as the urchins of Babylon Street led by [[Clara O'Dea]], who became the Assassin's eyes and ears in the city.<ref name="Somewhere That's Green">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Somewhere That's Green]]</ref> | ||
In | In high society, Jayadeep entered into contact with his great-uncle and last Maharaja of the [[Sikh Empire]], [[Duleep Singh]], and even had a guard of the [[Tower of London]] among his allies.<ref name="Thorne">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[A Thorne in the Side]]</ref> Jayadeep also became friends the [[Scotland|Scottish]] inventor [[Alexander Graham Bell]], who was trying to break the monopoly of the Starrick Telegraph Company.<ref name="Freedom of the Press">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Freedom of the Press]]</ref> | ||
===Creation of the Rooks=== | ===Creation of the Rooks=== | ||
By | [[File:ACS Somewhere That's Green 6.png|thumb|250px|Jacob and Evie meeting Jayadeep]] | ||
By February 1868, the Templar [[Lucy Thorne]] had acquired [[Edward Kenway's journal]] and searched for the [[Shroud of Eden 2|Shroud of Eden]] hidden by Kenway in London. Jayadeep led his own research but [[Rexford Kaylock]], the Blighter leader of Whitechapel, tried to take his studies.<ref name="Somewhere That's Green"/> It was during this time that Ethan Frye passed away from pleurisy<ref name="Underworld"/> and his children, Jacob and Evie, decided to complete his mission of liberating London from Templar control.<ref name="Simple Plan">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[A Simple Plan]]</ref> Against the orders of the Assassin Council, the twins travelled to the city and quickly ran into Jayadeep, whereupon the three Assassins decided to work together to find the Shroud and fight the Templars' influence in London.<ref name="Somewhere That's Green"/> | |||
The Assassins began to liberate Whitechapel, killing Templars, liberating child laborers on Clara O'Dea's behalf,<ref name="Urchin">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[To Catch an Urchin]]</ref> and arresting Blighters for Abberline.<ref name="Abberline">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Abberline, We Presume]]</ref> They also liberated the stronghold of the [[Clinkers]], the last gang resisting the Blighters' influence. Allying with the Assassins, the gang became known as the [[Rooks]].<ref name="ACS"/> | |||
As the borough was disputed, a gang war was arranged between the Frye twins and Kaylock. Following Kaylock's death during the battle, the Assassins took over Whitechapel and the remaining Blighters in the borough joined the Rooks.<ref name="Gang War">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Gang War (Whitechapel)]]</ref> The Fryes also seized [[Train Hideout|Kaylock's train]], which became the mobile headquarters of the Assassins in London.<ref name="Gang War"/> | |||
===Eliminating the Blighters=== | |||
[[File:ACS Spitalfields Captured.png|thumb|250px|left|Jacob and the Rooks capturing a Blighter stronghold]] | |||
Over the following months, the Fryes continued to reduce the Blighters' influence in the city, much through the same tactics they had employed in Whitechapel. They assassinated high-ranking Templars, took over Blighter strongholds, freed child workers, and helped Abberline arrest Blighters. Over the course of multiple gang wars, the Rooks managed to take control of all seven boroughs of London while the Fryes killed the Templars leading the Blighters in each borough.<ref name="ACS"/> | |||
At some point, the teenager [[Nigel Bumble]] joined the Rooks and, in an effort to prove himself, stole a [[gatling gun]] for the train hideout from the Blighters. As the train came under attack by the vengeful Blighters, Jacob used the gun on the enemy gang's train before the weapon eventually exploded.<ref name="Gatling">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Hullo Mr. Gatling]]</ref> | |||
The twins worked with Graham Bell to break the monopoly of Starrick Telegraph Company. Evie fixed fuses for the independent telegraph lines of Westminster.<ref name="Freedom of the Press"/> Later, the twins recovered cables stolen by the Blighters and took a sample of poisonous gas | The Frye twins later worked with Alexander Graham Bell to break the monopoly of Starrick Telegraph Company. Evie fixed fuses for the independent telegraph lines of [[Westminster]].<ref name="Freedom of the Press"/> Later, the twins recovered cables stolen by the Blighters and took a sample from a shipment of poisonous gas delivered to them.<ref name="Cable News>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Cable News]]</ref> The Assassins finally ended Starrick's monopoly over London's communication network by destroying his transmitters.<ref name="Breaking News">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Breaking News]]</ref> | ||
Jacob and Evie also associated with London underworld figures. The businessman and crime boss [[Ned Wynert]] contacted them as the Blighters | Jacob and Evie also became associated with London underworld figures. The businessman and crime boss [[Ned Wynert]] contacted them as the Blighters were foiling his operations and proposed a partnership, tipping the twins off about various Blighter operations. The Rooks then attacked the carriages, ships, and trains of the Blighters, stealing various goods and sharing their profits with Wynert.<ref name="Gang War"/> | ||
===Race for the Shroud=== | ===Race for the Shroud=== | ||
As Thorne | [[File:ACS A Room with a View 13.png|thumb|250px|Evie and Thorne fighting over the key to the Shroud's cache]] | ||
As Thorne continued to search for the Shroud, Evie and Jacob stole Edward Kenway's journal from her.<ref name="Crate Escape">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[The Crate Escape]]</ref> Following the clues written down in the book, Evie and Jayadeep went to the [[Kenway Mansion]], where they found a secret underground chamber.<ref name="Playing It By Ear">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Playing It by Ear]]</ref> Inside, Evie collected a medallion that led her to the [[Monument to the Great Fire of London]]. Placing the medallion on the top of the tower, she saw an image of St. Paul, so she went to [[St. Paul's Cathedral]]. Activating another mechanism on the cathedral's roof, Evie opened a secret room where the key that opened the Shroud's cache had been hidden. As Thorne had followed Evie, the two women fought but the Templar ultimately managed to flee with the key.<ref name="Room with a View">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[A Room with a View]]</ref> | |||
Later, | Later, Thorne went to the Tower of London to collect the Shroud after determining it was hidden there, but eventually deduced the artifact had been moved elsewhere. Evie infiltrated the building not long after and, by posing as a prisoner with the help of the guard working for Jayadeep, approached Thorne and assassinated her, recovering the key.<ref name="Thorne"/> Later, Evie and Jayadeep tried to recover the plans of the [[Buckingham Palace]] [[Buckingham Palace vault|vault]], where the Shroud had been moved by Victoria's late husband, the Prince Consort [[Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|Albert]]. However, Jayadeep was captured by the Blighters during the mission, forcing Evie to save him and allowing the Templars to seize the plans first.<ref name="Change of Plans>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Change of Plans]]</ref> | ||
===Destruction of Starrick's Soothing Syrup=== | ===Destruction of Starrick's Soothing Syrup=== | ||
[[File:Unnatural Selection 18.jpg|thumb|250px|left|The destroyed Starrick Brewing Company distillery]] | |||
In early 1868, Starrick Brewing Company had begun production of [[Starrick's Soothing Syrup]], a concoction elaborated by Dr. John Elliotson containing distilled [[opium]] and ''[[Datura|datura stramonium]]'', a powerful hallucinogen and deliriant which ravaged the minds of the people who drank it.<ref name="Spoonful of Syrup">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[A Spoonful of Syrup]]</ref> Jacob investigated the syrup, leading him to a distillery where he met the naturalist [[Charles Darwin]], who was also investigating the Syrup. Together, the two started a fire that destroyed the distillery, ending production of the Syrup.<ref name="Unnatural Selection">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Unnatural Selection]]</ref> | |||
As Jacob and Darwin discovered that batches of the Syrup had been sent to Lambeth Asylum, the two interrogated [[Richard Owen]], who informed them that it was Dr. Elliotson who produced the Syrup.<ref name="Origin of the Syrup>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[On the Origin of Syrup]]</ref> Jacob subsequently infiltrated the asylum and assassinated Elliotson.<ref name="Overdose">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Overdose]]</ref> | |||
Without | Without Elliotson, Lambeth Asylum was closed to the public, with only [[Florence Nightingale]] and a few doctors running the place. Thieves stole medical supplies from the asylum and began to sell false syrup in the borough to raise the price of the true syrup. Many children began to fall ill as a result, including Clara O'Dea. Evie brought her to the asylum and recovered the stolen medical supplies for Nightingale. The Assassins subsequently began to sponsor the Lambeth Asylum to help the borough.<ref name="Lady with the Lamp">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[The Lady with the Lamp]]</ref> | ||
===Rivalry for London buses=== | ===Rivalry for London buses=== | ||
[[File:ACS Friendly Competition 3.png|thumb|250px|Jacob forming an alliance with Attaway]] | |||
During this time, Malcolm Millner entered into a ferocious competition against the Templar [[Pearl Attaway]], Starrick's cousin and owner of [[Attaway Transport]], for control of London's transport industry. As the Grand Master supported Millner in his tactics to sabotage her company, Attaway allied with Jacob, who was oblivious of her true allegiance. Jacob sabotaged Millner's buses<ref name="Friendly Competition>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Friendly Competition]]</ref> and stole from him an internal combustion engine for Attaway.<ref name="Research and Development">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Research and Development]]</ref> After Jacob assassinated Millner, Attaway negotiated a deal with Starrick, offering him the engine in exchange for allowing her company to run the city's transport industry.<ref name="Survival of the Fittest">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Survival of the Fittest]]</ref> | |||
When Jacob discovered Attaway's true nature as a Templar, he infiltrated her train at [[Waterloo station]], killed her,and stole back the engine. After the death of his cousin, Starrick ordered that the Templar presence in London be increased to stop the Assassins.<ref name="End of the Line">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[End of the Line]]</ref> | |||
Meanwhile, with the leaders of the only two omnibus companies in the city dead, the Blighters took the deed of Attaway Transport and tried to force [[Edward Bayley]] to constructed buses for them. Evie saved Bayley and took back the deed, permitting Bayley and his associates to found the London General Omnibus Company to serve the common good.<ref name="One Good Deed">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[One Good Deed]]</ref> | |||
===The Bank of England heist=== | |||
[[File:ACS S6 A Bad Penny 4.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Jacob assassinating Twopenny]] | |||
As the robberies of the Bank of England under Philip Twopenny's direction continued, Abberline investigated undercover as "Dredge". His actions caught the attention of the Templars, but also Jacob, who was surprised to discover Dredge was Abberline.<ref name="A Case of Identity"/> Together, the Assassin and police sergeant investigated "Plutus" and learned that it was Twopenny's alias.<ref name="Spot of Tea">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[A Spot of Tea]]</ref> | |||
Abbeline ordered Jacob to infiltrate the Bank of England during one of Twopenny's robberies to catch him in the act, but Jacob assassinated the Templar instead. The death of the bank's Governor soon led to inflation; to counter it, Starrick granted a significant raise to his staff.<ref name="Bad Penny">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[A Bad Penny]]</ref> | |||
=== | When the news of Twopenny's death and the theft of currency printing plates from the bank reached the public, people began to lose faith in the Bank of England. With the British economy nearly collapsed and counterfeit money spreading through London, Abberline asked Evie to recover the stolen currency printing plates and destroy the counterfeit money. Evie did so, restoring faith in the Bank of England and preventing the collapse of the British economy.<ref name="Unbreaking the Bank">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Unbreaking the Bank]]</ref> | ||
As the Rooks began to take control of the boroughs of London, Maxwell Roth sent an invitation to Jacob. The Assassin went to the Alhambra Music Hall where Roth proposed | |||
===Assassination attempt on the Prime Minister=== | |||
[[File:ACS S7 The Bodyguard 1.jpg|thumb|250px|Jacob protecting the Disraelis during the assassination attempt]] | |||
As Prime Minister [[Benjamin Disraeli]] introduced a {{wiki|Parliamentary Elections Act 1868|bill to stop the election rigging}} in the House of Commons, the Earl of Cardigan planned to assassinate him and have him replaced by his rival [[William Gladstone]] to impeach the bill.<ref name="Playing Politics">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Playing Politics]]</ref> Jacob discovered the plot and protected the Prime Minister and his wife [[Mary Anne Disraeli]] from the Templars.<ref name="The Bodyguard">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[The Bodyguard]]</ref> | |||
Grateful for the rescue, Mrs. Disraeli offered to tell the Assassin who was responsible for the plot in exchange for escorting her during a visit to [[Devil's Acre]].<ref name="Driving Mrs. Disraeli">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Driving Mrs. Disraeli]]</ref> Jacob did so and Mrs. Disraeli informed him that the Earl of Cardigan was the man he sought, leading to the Assassin killing him inside the [[Palace of Westminster]].<ref name="Motion to Impeach">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Motion to Impeach]]</ref> | |||
===Rooks-Blighters alliance=== | |||
As the Rooks began to take control of the boroughs of London, Maxwell Roth sent an invitation to Jacob. The Assassin went to the Alhambra Music Hall, where Roth proposed an alliance to fight Starrick as the leader of the Blighters was bored by the Templars' schemes to control everything. Jacob accepted and the two gang leaders began their partnership by blowing up a stock of explosives and stealing a train from the Templars.<ref name="Strange Bedfellows">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Strange Bedfellows]]</ref> Later, Jacob helped Roth to capture three of Starrick's associates in [[The Strand]].<ref name="Triple Theft">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Triple Theft]]</ref> | |||
[[File:ACS Fun and Games 8.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Jacob refusing to allow Roth to kill child workers]] | |||
However, Jacob and Roth's partnership came to an end when the former discovered that the latter planned to destroy a Templar factory with child laborers inside. Although Jacob failed to prevent the factory's destruction, he did manage to save the children from the fire, which angered Roth.<ref name="Fun and Games">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Fun and Games]]</ref> The crime boss later organized a show at the Alhambra Music Hall in honor of his short-lived partnership with Jacob and invited the Assassin to attend. Once Jacob arrived, Roth set in the Music Hall on fire in an attempt to kill everyone inside. Jacob assassinated Roth, leaving the Blighters leaderless, and escaped from the burning building.<ref name="Final Act">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Final Act]]</ref> | |||
===Confrontation at Buckingham Palace=== | ===Confrontation at Buckingham Palace=== | ||
As | As Queen [[Victoria]] organized a ball at Buckingham Palace, both the Assassins and Templars decided to use the event to infiltrate the palace and recover the Shroud. Although the Frye twins were in disagreement over each other's methods, they agreed to collaborate one last time to prevent Starrick from obtaining the Shroud. Jacob stole the invitations and the carriage of the Gladstones,<ref name="Double Trouble">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Double Trouble]]</ref> and acquired a Royal Guard uniform for Abberline to smuggle the Assassins' weapons and outfits into the ball.<ref name="Dress to Impress">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Dress to Impress]]</ref> | ||
During the ball, the Templars infiltrated the palace and captured the Royal Guards to replace them | Meanwhile, Evie drove Duleep Singh through London to meet politicians who could help him to defend the rights of his people. In return, the Maharaja informed her about another set of plans of the Buckingham vault located in the White Drawing Room at the palace.<ref name="Family Politics">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Family Politics]]</ref> | ||
[[File:Feeling pain M4.JPG|thumb|250px|Jacob and Evie killing Starrick]] | |||
During the ball, the Templars infiltrated the palace and captured the Royal Guards to replace them with [[sniper]]s and eliminate the Queen and other members of the London elite. After he recovered his equipment, Jacob killed the Templars and freed the guards. As Evie recovered the plans, she was approached by Starrick, who stole the key of the cache from her. Entering the vault, the Grand Master donned the Shroud and confronted the twins. Initially outmatched, Jacob and Evie were able to overpower Starrick thanks to the timely intervention of Jayadeep, and killed him. The Assassins then decided to return the Shroud to the vault and were initiated into the [[Order of the Sacred Garter]] by the Queen for their actions.<ref name="A Night to Remember">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[A Night to Remember]]</ref> | |||
==After Starrick's death== | ==After Starrick's death== | ||
===Bombing attacks=== | ===Bombing attacks=== | ||
After the death of their Grand Master, a new faction of the Templars arose, planning to bomb | After the death of their Grand Master, a new faction of the Templars arose in London, planning to bomb the city. Queen Victoria tasked the Fryes to help [[Alfred Fleming]] stop the plot. They arrested the Templars' leader who had arrived from [[Boston]] with dynamite.<ref name="Dynamite Boat">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Operation: Dynamite Boat]]</ref> Interrogating him, the Assassins discovered the Templars planned to destroy a train in [[Southwark]]. The Fryes detached the locomotive, allowing the bomb to detonate without harming any civilians.<ref name="Locomotive">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Operation: Locomotive]]</ref> | ||
[[File:Operation Westminster.png|thumb|250px|left|Queen Victoria thanking the Frye twins for stopping the Templars]] | |||
Later, the Templar leader escaped from prison. The twins followed him and hijacked a carriage containing explosives, but the Templars ignited the dynamite, forcing the Fryes to drive the carriage to a safe area before it exploded.<ref name="Drive for Lives">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Operation: Drive for Lives]]</ref> Shortly after, the Templars infiltrated the Palace of Westminster, placing explosives and taking Prime Minister Disraeli hostage. The Assassins intervened, saving Disraeli and disarming the bombs. Afterwards, the Queen personally thanked the Fryes for their services and suggested that they could continue working together in the future, but the Assassins politely refused, as they did not wish to further Britain's imperial interests.<ref name="Westminster">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Operation: Westminster]]</ref> | |||
===The B.I.C. conspiracy=== | |||
Some time later, another faction of Templars worked with the [[East India Company|British India Company]] (B.I.C.) to stop Duleep Singh's claim to India's throne. [[Brinley Ellsworth]], a long-time friend of the Maharaja in India and secretly a member of the Templars, went to London to organize Singh's assassination in the gardens of Buckingham Palace. The Frye twins protected the Maharaja,<ref name="Good Shot">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]] '' – ''[[The Last Maharaja]]'' – [[A Good Shot]]</ref> and decided to help him in his fight against the B.I.C after he discovered that the Templars had intercepted his private correspondences.<ref name="Information Intercepted">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]] '' – ''[[The Last Maharaja]]'' – [[Information Intercepted]]</ref> As the Templars attempted to steal [[Punjab]]i gold from the Bank of England, Evie stopped them<ref name="Stealing From the Poor">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]] '' – ''[[The Last Maharaja]]'' – [[Stealing from the Poor]]</ref> before she and Jacob helped Singh send the gold back to India.<ref name="Good Send-Off">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]] '' – ''[[The Last Maharaja]]'' – [[A Good Send-Off]]</ref> | |||
[[File:ACS The Great Jewel Heist 12.png|thumb|250px|Evie, Singh, and Jacob with the fake Koh-i-Noor]] | |||
Later, the Templars organized an attack on the Fryes' train hideout but the Assassins repelled them.<ref name="Off the Rails">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]] '' – ''[[The Last Maharaja]]'' – [[Off the Rails]]</ref> To counter the Templars, the Maharaja and Jacob attended a party at the Tower of London to steal the [[Koh-i-Noor]], a diamond which rightfully belonged to the Sikh Empire. The Templars tried to sabotage their plan by stealing the diamond first and placing it on Singh to frame him for the crime before Queen Victoria, but Jacob stealthy recovered the Koh-i-Noor and gave it to Evie before a diplomatic incident could happen.<ref name="Great Jewel Heist">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]] '' – ''[[The Last Maharaja]]'' – [[The Great Jewel Heist]]</ref> | |||
At his curiosity shop, Jayadeep revealed to the Fryes and Singh that the diamond they had stolen was a fake and that the real Koh-i-Noor had never left India.<ref name="Great Jewel Heist"/> The twins then infiltrated a factory where the Templars developed sleeping gas for their conflicts in India. The Assassins destroyed the stock and discovered Ellsworth's implication.<ref name="Sandman">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]] '' – ''[[The Last Maharaja]]'' – [[The Sandman]]</ref> As Singh learned about his friend's betrayal and Templar affiliations, he decided to confront him at Lambeth's cemetery. Evie protected the Maharaja from Ellsworth's men during the meeting and tried to kill the Templar, but Singh stopped her. The Maharaja then thanked the Fryes for their assistance and decided to continue his fight for India's independence alone.<ref name="Final Showdown">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]] '' – ''[[The Last Maharaja]]'' – [[The Final Showdown]]</ref> | |||
===Attacks against Charles Darwin=== | |||
[[File:ACS The Berlin Specimen 1.jpg|thumb|250px|left|The Fryes agreeing to help Darwin]] | |||
The Templars also targeted Charles Darwin, trying to undo his scientific work in London. The Frye twins helped him, recovering the Berlin Specimen which had been stolen by the Blighters,<ref name="Berlin Specimen">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[The Berlin Specimen]]</ref> and destroying hallucinogenic pots that the Templars spread through the parks of Westminster.<ref name="Abominable Mystery">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[An Abominable Mystery]]</ref> As the Templars tried to defame Darwin's work through newspapers and posters, the Fryes destroyed the printing shop behind this propaganda campaign.<ref name="Cruel Caricature">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Cruel Caricature]]</ref> When several Blighters abducted Darwin, Florence Nightingale contacted the Assassins to rescue him, ending the Templars' threat.<ref name="Struggle for Existence">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[A Struggle for Existence]]</ref> | |||
== | ==Aftermath== | ||
Thanks to the Frye twins and Jayadeep's actions, the British Templars were severely weakened and forced out of London, allowing the Assassins to rebuild their presence within the city, under the leadership of Jacob. With the Blighters all but wiped out and the Rooks in control of London's underworld, the city knew a period of relative peace for two decades, until the [[Whitechapel murders]] of 1888.<ref name="JtR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]] – [[Jack the Ripper (DLC)|Jack the Ripper]]''</ref> | |||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' {{1st}} | ||
**''[[The Last Maharaja]]'' | |||
**''[[Jack the Ripper (DLC)|Jack the Ripper]]'' {{Imo}} | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Underworld]]'' | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Underworld]]'' | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]]'' {{Mdat}} | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]]'' {{Imo}} | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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{{ACS}} | {{ACS}} | ||
{{Timeline}} | {{Timeline}} | ||
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The liberation of London took place during the Industrial Revolution, in which the city of London was freed from the iron fist of the British Rite of the Templar Order under Crawford Starrick through the actions of the British Assassins Jacob and Evie Frye, Jayadeep Mir, and the Rooks gang.
Context[edit | edit source]
Fall of London under the Templars[edit | edit source]
In the early 18th century, the British Assassins had a strong influence in London's high-society and the underworld. Their nemesis, the British Templars, led by Reginald Birch, ordered the assassination of their leaders, Edward Kenway in 1735[1] and Miko in 1754.[2] Without a strong leadership, the Assassins fled the city and the Templars took control of London for over a century.[3]
Starrick Industries[edit | edit source]
By 1860, London had fallen under the control of the Templar Grand Master Crawford Starrick, who used his network of Templar agents to control the city and oppress the working classes to keep the Templars in power. With Starrick Industries, the Templars had an influence on the industrial sphere of London. Starrick Telegraph Company had a near-total monopoly on telegraph communication throughout the city. The Templars placed Dr. John Elliotson at the head of the Lambeth Asylum, while Earl James Brudenell influenced the House of Parliament.[4]
Starrick also hired Maxwell Roth to form a gang for the Templars, the Blighters.[5] Roth trained seven Templars to become the leaders of the Blighters in every borough of London. Beginning in Devil's Acre, the Blighters spread through all of London, taking down any gang which opposed them.[6] They installed gang stronghold across the city and used child labors in their factories.[4] With his payment, Roth installed himself in the Alhambra Music Hall, using the building as a legal front for his criminal activities.[5]
In 1864, the businessman Malcolm Millner acquired the Greater London Omnibus Company and renamed it the Millner Company. To ensure his monopoly, he sabotaged other bus companies using arson and murder. Three years later, Starrick bought the Millner Company and inducted Millner himself into the Templar Order.[7]
Also in 1867, the Templar Philip Twopenny became the Governor of the Bank of England with Thomas Hunt Newman.[8] Twopenny was to run things day to day for Hunt while secretly organizing heists in the Bank every fiscal quarter under the alias "Plutus", transferring the stolen money to the Templars.[9]
War for London[edit | edit source]
The Ghost[edit | edit source]
In 1860, the Indian Assassin Jayadeep Mir, who had been exiled to England by his Brotherhood, was sent by his mentor Ethan Frye to spy on the activities of the Templars in London, without the sanction of the Assassin Council. He took the name of Bharat Singh and blended in with the poor, taking residence in the Thames Tunnel and becoming the guardian of its other residents. To maintain Jayadeep's true identity secret, he only communicated with other Assassins under the alias "the Ghost".[10]
In 1862, the Templar Cavanagh was involved in the construction of the world's first underground railway; a cover for his attempts to unearth an Apple of Eden. Jayadeep worked on the site to spy on the Templars. As Ethan interrogated the Templar courier "Boot", the Templar Robert Waugh shot Boot and accidentally killed an innocent girl while aiming for the Assassin. Ethan killed Waugh and ordered Jayadeep to dispose of the body on the construction site to infiltrate the Templars.[10]
Later, when the police constable Frederick Abberline came to investigate Waugh's body, Jayadeep took the defense of Cavanagh, beginning to ingratiate himself with the Templar. Abberline continued to investigate alongside Constable Aubrey Shaw after Waugh's corpse was stolen by street urchins paid by Ethan. Shaw was beaten by the Templars as the two policemen were meddling with their plot.[10]
After interrogating the Indian Assassin Ajay, the Templars discovered Jayadeep's true identity. Cavanagh killed Charles Pearson, the underground railway's solicitor, who had unknowingly found the Apple of Eden, and tried to frame Jayadeep for the murder. Ethan and Abberline saved Jayadeep while Cavanagh was killed by fellow Templar Marchant on the order of Starrick, who had learned of Cavanagh's plan to overthrow the Grand Master using the Apple. Later, Jayadeep discovered that the Templars had killed his friend Maggie and, blaming himself, decided to live isolated from the Brotherhood for several years.[10]
Establishing a network[edit | edit source]
In 1865, Jayadeep received a visit from his parents Arbaaz Mir and Pyara Kaur. His mother gave him his Hidden Blade and convinced him to resume work for the Brotherhood. Taking on the name of Henry Green, he bought a curiosity shop in Whitechapel to serve as the headquarters of the London Assassins, which he was now the leader and sole member of.[10] Jayadeep then began building up a network of allies, becoming acquainted with Frederick Abberline, by now a sergeant, as well as the urchins of Babylon Street led by Clara O'Dea, who became the Assassin's eyes and ears in the city.[11]
In high society, Jayadeep entered into contact with his great-uncle and last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire, Duleep Singh, and even had a guard of the Tower of London among his allies.[12] Jayadeep also became friends the Scottish inventor Alexander Graham Bell, who was trying to break the monopoly of the Starrick Telegraph Company.[13]
Creation of the Rooks[edit | edit source]
By February 1868, the Templar Lucy Thorne had acquired Edward Kenway's journal and searched for the Shroud of Eden hidden by Kenway in London. Jayadeep led his own research but Rexford Kaylock, the Blighter leader of Whitechapel, tried to take his studies.[11] It was during this time that Ethan Frye passed away from pleurisy[10] and his children, Jacob and Evie, decided to complete his mission of liberating London from Templar control.[14] Against the orders of the Assassin Council, the twins travelled to the city and quickly ran into Jayadeep, whereupon the three Assassins decided to work together to find the Shroud and fight the Templars' influence in London.[11]
The Assassins began to liberate Whitechapel, killing Templars, liberating child laborers on Clara O'Dea's behalf,[15] and arresting Blighters for Abberline.[16] They also liberated the stronghold of the Clinkers, the last gang resisting the Blighters' influence. Allying with the Assassins, the gang became known as the Rooks.[4]
As the borough was disputed, a gang war was arranged between the Frye twins and Kaylock. Following Kaylock's death during the battle, the Assassins took over Whitechapel and the remaining Blighters in the borough joined the Rooks.[17] The Fryes also seized Kaylock's train, which became the mobile headquarters of the Assassins in London.[17]
Eliminating the Blighters[edit | edit source]
Over the following months, the Fryes continued to reduce the Blighters' influence in the city, much through the same tactics they had employed in Whitechapel. They assassinated high-ranking Templars, took over Blighter strongholds, freed child workers, and helped Abberline arrest Blighters. Over the course of multiple gang wars, the Rooks managed to take control of all seven boroughs of London while the Fryes killed the Templars leading the Blighters in each borough.[4]
At some point, the teenager Nigel Bumble joined the Rooks and, in an effort to prove himself, stole a gatling gun for the train hideout from the Blighters. As the train came under attack by the vengeful Blighters, Jacob used the gun on the enemy gang's train before the weapon eventually exploded.[18]
The Frye twins later worked with Alexander Graham Bell to break the monopoly of Starrick Telegraph Company. Evie fixed fuses for the independent telegraph lines of Westminster.[13] Later, the twins recovered cables stolen by the Blighters and took a sample from a shipment of poisonous gas delivered to them.[19] The Assassins finally ended Starrick's monopoly over London's communication network by destroying his transmitters.[20]
Jacob and Evie also became associated with London underworld figures. The businessman and crime boss Ned Wynert contacted them as the Blighters were foiling his operations and proposed a partnership, tipping the twins off about various Blighter operations. The Rooks then attacked the carriages, ships, and trains of the Blighters, stealing various goods and sharing their profits with Wynert.[17]
Race for the Shroud[edit | edit source]
As Thorne continued to search for the Shroud, Evie and Jacob stole Edward Kenway's journal from her.[21] Following the clues written down in the book, Evie and Jayadeep went to the Kenway Mansion, where they found a secret underground chamber.[22] Inside, Evie collected a medallion that led her to the Monument to the Great Fire of London. Placing the medallion on the top of the tower, she saw an image of St. Paul, so she went to St. Paul's Cathedral. Activating another mechanism on the cathedral's roof, Evie opened a secret room where the key that opened the Shroud's cache had been hidden. As Thorne had followed Evie, the two women fought but the Templar ultimately managed to flee with the key.[23]
Later, Thorne went to the Tower of London to collect the Shroud after determining it was hidden there, but eventually deduced the artifact had been moved elsewhere. Evie infiltrated the building not long after and, by posing as a prisoner with the help of the guard working for Jayadeep, approached Thorne and assassinated her, recovering the key.[12] Later, Evie and Jayadeep tried to recover the plans of the Buckingham Palace vault, where the Shroud had been moved by Victoria's late husband, the Prince Consort Albert. However, Jayadeep was captured by the Blighters during the mission, forcing Evie to save him and allowing the Templars to seize the plans first.[24]
Destruction of Starrick's Soothing Syrup[edit | edit source]
In early 1868, Starrick Brewing Company had begun production of Starrick's Soothing Syrup, a concoction elaborated by Dr. John Elliotson containing distilled opium and datura stramonium, a powerful hallucinogen and deliriant which ravaged the minds of the people who drank it.[25] Jacob investigated the syrup, leading him to a distillery where he met the naturalist Charles Darwin, who was also investigating the Syrup. Together, the two started a fire that destroyed the distillery, ending production of the Syrup.[26]
As Jacob and Darwin discovered that batches of the Syrup had been sent to Lambeth Asylum, the two interrogated Richard Owen, who informed them that it was Dr. Elliotson who produced the Syrup.[27] Jacob subsequently infiltrated the asylum and assassinated Elliotson.[28]
Without Elliotson, Lambeth Asylum was closed to the public, with only Florence Nightingale and a few doctors running the place. Thieves stole medical supplies from the asylum and began to sell false syrup in the borough to raise the price of the true syrup. Many children began to fall ill as a result, including Clara O'Dea. Evie brought her to the asylum and recovered the stolen medical supplies for Nightingale. The Assassins subsequently began to sponsor the Lambeth Asylum to help the borough.[29]
Rivalry for London buses[edit | edit source]
During this time, Malcolm Millner entered into a ferocious competition against the Templar Pearl Attaway, Starrick's cousin and owner of Attaway Transport, for control of London's transport industry. As the Grand Master supported Millner in his tactics to sabotage her company, Attaway allied with Jacob, who was oblivious of her true allegiance. Jacob sabotaged Millner's buses[30] and stole from him an internal combustion engine for Attaway.[31] After Jacob assassinated Millner, Attaway negotiated a deal with Starrick, offering him the engine in exchange for allowing her company to run the city's transport industry.[32]
When Jacob discovered Attaway's true nature as a Templar, he infiltrated her train at Waterloo station, killed her,and stole back the engine. After the death of his cousin, Starrick ordered that the Templar presence in London be increased to stop the Assassins.[33]
Meanwhile, with the leaders of the only two omnibus companies in the city dead, the Blighters took the deed of Attaway Transport and tried to force Edward Bayley to constructed buses for them. Evie saved Bayley and took back the deed, permitting Bayley and his associates to found the London General Omnibus Company to serve the common good.[34]
The Bank of England heist[edit | edit source]
As the robberies of the Bank of England under Philip Twopenny's direction continued, Abberline investigated undercover as "Dredge". His actions caught the attention of the Templars, but also Jacob, who was surprised to discover Dredge was Abberline.[9] Together, the Assassin and police sergeant investigated "Plutus" and learned that it was Twopenny's alias.[35]
Abbeline ordered Jacob to infiltrate the Bank of England during one of Twopenny's robberies to catch him in the act, but Jacob assassinated the Templar instead. The death of the bank's Governor soon led to inflation; to counter it, Starrick granted a significant raise to his staff.[36]
When the news of Twopenny's death and the theft of currency printing plates from the bank reached the public, people began to lose faith in the Bank of England. With the British economy nearly collapsed and counterfeit money spreading through London, Abberline asked Evie to recover the stolen currency printing plates and destroy the counterfeit money. Evie did so, restoring faith in the Bank of England and preventing the collapse of the British economy.[37]
Assassination attempt on the Prime Minister[edit | edit source]
As Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli introduced a bill to stop the election rigging in the House of Commons, the Earl of Cardigan planned to assassinate him and have him replaced by his rival William Gladstone to impeach the bill.[38] Jacob discovered the plot and protected the Prime Minister and his wife Mary Anne Disraeli from the Templars.[39]
Grateful for the rescue, Mrs. Disraeli offered to tell the Assassin who was responsible for the plot in exchange for escorting her during a visit to Devil's Acre.[40] Jacob did so and Mrs. Disraeli informed him that the Earl of Cardigan was the man he sought, leading to the Assassin killing him inside the Palace of Westminster.[41]
Rooks-Blighters alliance[edit | edit source]
As the Rooks began to take control of the boroughs of London, Maxwell Roth sent an invitation to Jacob. The Assassin went to the Alhambra Music Hall, where Roth proposed an alliance to fight Starrick as the leader of the Blighters was bored by the Templars' schemes to control everything. Jacob accepted and the two gang leaders began their partnership by blowing up a stock of explosives and stealing a train from the Templars.[42] Later, Jacob helped Roth to capture three of Starrick's associates in The Strand.[43]
However, Jacob and Roth's partnership came to an end when the former discovered that the latter planned to destroy a Templar factory with child laborers inside. Although Jacob failed to prevent the factory's destruction, he did manage to save the children from the fire, which angered Roth.[44] The crime boss later organized a show at the Alhambra Music Hall in honor of his short-lived partnership with Jacob and invited the Assassin to attend. Once Jacob arrived, Roth set in the Music Hall on fire in an attempt to kill everyone inside. Jacob assassinated Roth, leaving the Blighters leaderless, and escaped from the burning building.[45]
Confrontation at Buckingham Palace[edit | edit source]
As Queen Victoria organized a ball at Buckingham Palace, both the Assassins and Templars decided to use the event to infiltrate the palace and recover the Shroud. Although the Frye twins were in disagreement over each other's methods, they agreed to collaborate one last time to prevent Starrick from obtaining the Shroud. Jacob stole the invitations and the carriage of the Gladstones,[46] and acquired a Royal Guard uniform for Abberline to smuggle the Assassins' weapons and outfits into the ball.[47]
Meanwhile, Evie drove Duleep Singh through London to meet politicians who could help him to defend the rights of his people. In return, the Maharaja informed her about another set of plans of the Buckingham vault located in the White Drawing Room at the palace.[48]
During the ball, the Templars infiltrated the palace and captured the Royal Guards to replace them with snipers and eliminate the Queen and other members of the London elite. After he recovered his equipment, Jacob killed the Templars and freed the guards. As Evie recovered the plans, she was approached by Starrick, who stole the key of the cache from her. Entering the vault, the Grand Master donned the Shroud and confronted the twins. Initially outmatched, Jacob and Evie were able to overpower Starrick thanks to the timely intervention of Jayadeep, and killed him. The Assassins then decided to return the Shroud to the vault and were initiated into the Order of the Sacred Garter by the Queen for their actions.[49]
After Starrick's death[edit | edit source]
Bombing attacks[edit | edit source]
After the death of their Grand Master, a new faction of the Templars arose in London, planning to bomb the city. Queen Victoria tasked the Fryes to help Alfred Fleming stop the plot. They arrested the Templars' leader who had arrived from Boston with dynamite.[50] Interrogating him, the Assassins discovered the Templars planned to destroy a train in Southwark. The Fryes detached the locomotive, allowing the bomb to detonate without harming any civilians.[51]
Later, the Templar leader escaped from prison. The twins followed him and hijacked a carriage containing explosives, but the Templars ignited the dynamite, forcing the Fryes to drive the carriage to a safe area before it exploded.[52] Shortly after, the Templars infiltrated the Palace of Westminster, placing explosives and taking Prime Minister Disraeli hostage. The Assassins intervened, saving Disraeli and disarming the bombs. Afterwards, the Queen personally thanked the Fryes for their services and suggested that they could continue working together in the future, but the Assassins politely refused, as they did not wish to further Britain's imperial interests.[53]
The B.I.C. conspiracy[edit | edit source]
Some time later, another faction of Templars worked with the British India Company (B.I.C.) to stop Duleep Singh's claim to India's throne. Brinley Ellsworth, a long-time friend of the Maharaja in India and secretly a member of the Templars, went to London to organize Singh's assassination in the gardens of Buckingham Palace. The Frye twins protected the Maharaja,[54] and decided to help him in his fight against the B.I.C after he discovered that the Templars had intercepted his private correspondences.[55] As the Templars attempted to steal Punjabi gold from the Bank of England, Evie stopped them[56] before she and Jacob helped Singh send the gold back to India.[57]
Later, the Templars organized an attack on the Fryes' train hideout but the Assassins repelled them.[58] To counter the Templars, the Maharaja and Jacob attended a party at the Tower of London to steal the Koh-i-Noor, a diamond which rightfully belonged to the Sikh Empire. The Templars tried to sabotage their plan by stealing the diamond first and placing it on Singh to frame him for the crime before Queen Victoria, but Jacob stealthy recovered the Koh-i-Noor and gave it to Evie before a diplomatic incident could happen.[59]
At his curiosity shop, Jayadeep revealed to the Fryes and Singh that the diamond they had stolen was a fake and that the real Koh-i-Noor had never left India.[59] The twins then infiltrated a factory where the Templars developed sleeping gas for their conflicts in India. The Assassins destroyed the stock and discovered Ellsworth's implication.[60] As Singh learned about his friend's betrayal and Templar affiliations, he decided to confront him at Lambeth's cemetery. Evie protected the Maharaja from Ellsworth's men during the meeting and tried to kill the Templar, but Singh stopped her. The Maharaja then thanked the Fryes for their assistance and decided to continue his fight for India's independence alone.[61]
Attacks against Charles Darwin[edit | edit source]
The Templars also targeted Charles Darwin, trying to undo his scientific work in London. The Frye twins helped him, recovering the Berlin Specimen which had been stolen by the Blighters,[62] and destroying hallucinogenic pots that the Templars spread through the parks of Westminster.[63] As the Templars tried to defame Darwin's work through newspapers and posters, the Fryes destroyed the printing shop behind this propaganda campaign.[64] When several Blighters abducted Darwin, Florence Nightingale contacted the Assassins to rescue him, ending the Templars' threat.[65]
Aftermath[edit | edit source]
Thanks to the Frye twins and Jayadeep's actions, the British Templars were severely weakened and forced out of London, allowing the Assassins to rebuild their presence within the city, under the leadership of Jacob. With the Blighters all but wiped out and the Rooks in control of London's underworld, the city knew a period of relative peace for two decades, until the Whitechapel murders of 1888.[66]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Assassin's Creed: Syndicate (first appearance)
- The Last Maharaja
- Jack the Ripper (indirect mention only)
- Assassin's Creed: Underworld
- Assassin's Creed: Rebellion (mentioned in Database entry only)
- Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game (indirect mention only)
References[edit | edit source]
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