British Brotherhood of Assassins

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The British Assassins were a Brotherhood of Assassins, based in the British Isles, who have existed at least since the early 13th century.

History

First Barons' War

The earliest known actions of the British Branch was its support of the French-supported baronial uprising against the King during the First Barons' War from 1215 to 1217. Led by Robert Fitzwalter, the Assassins were determined to end the despotic rule of King John, who they knew was nothing but a pawn of his Templar advisors.

However, the Master Assassin William of Cassingham, operating independently from the Brotherhood, led a guerrilla force supporting the King, firstly because he refused to side with the French but mainly because he was a staunch supporter of John's son, Prince Henry.

Contacts with the Caribbean Branch

The Order still existed in the early 18th Century and had a Mentor within the ranks as well as various other senior members. Around 1700, an Assassin sailor introduced Duncan Walpole into the Brotherhood. Duncan eventually became a Master Assassin, though his immoderate temper and arrogance was seen as a liability to most of the Order. This lack of loyalty led to Duncan defecting to the Templar cause and began corresponding with Laureano de Torres y Ayala.

In 1714, Duncan was tasked with meeting Ah Tabai, Mentor of the Caribbean Brotherhood. After learning the locations of the Assassins' presence in the West Indies, Duncan sailed aboard the HMS Intrigue, with the hope of joining the Templar Order. This plan was faltered after his ship attacked the Jacobite, shipwrecking Duncan and a pirate named Edward Kenway, who ultimately killed Duncan at Cape Bonavista.

Around 1722, Edward Kenway, a Caribbean Assassin, joined the British Brotherhood after sailing to London, where he raised his son Haytham to become an Assassin from an early age. The following years, Edward conducted his searches of the First Civilization sites. Through his findings, he discovered Temples located in Italy, as well as the hidden library of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad. Additionally, Kenway attempted to find the location of the Grand Temple and thus recorded his research into his personal journal.

Edward became acquainted with Reginald Birch in 1723 who, unbeknownst to him, was the Grand Master of the British Templars and secretly planned to acquire Edward's journal in his ultimate goal to finding the Grand Temple. Birch succeeded in this endeavor in 1735, when he hired a group of mercenaries to kill Edward and obtained his journal, beginning a search for Precursor sites and artifacts.

Stuggling against the Templars

During the mid-18th century, the British Brotherhood was at a disadvantage with their limited manpower and resources, and struggled to combat against their Templar counterparts. ^{[citation needed]}

Miko, another member of the British Order, became acquainted with Achilles Davenport, Mentor of the newly established Colonial Brotherhood. In 1751, Miko informed him that Reginald Birch had begun searching the world for various Pieces of Eden that would defiantly aid the British Templars in their search for the Grand Temple. More importantly, they feared that Birch would send his deadliest agent, Haytham Kenway, to the colonies. With this message, Miko was sent on an assignment in Corsica, but not before promising to contact Achilles as soon as possible.

By 1753, Miko had arrived in Corsica and was assigned to protect Lucio Albertine, a codebreaker and ally to the Order. However, with Corsica in the midst of a revolution, the two resided in an encampment along with several rebels fighting for independence against Genoa. One June night, their camp was attacked; while Miko fought against the Genoese soldiers, Lucio attempted to escape, only to be kidnapped by Haytham Kenway. With haste, Miko caught up and engaged Kenway in battle. Despite a valiant attempt, Haytham managed to fend Miko off. After climbing a rope, Miko was forced to end his pursuit of the Templar, for fear of falling to his death. Before he ended the chase, Miko promised Haytham that the two would encounter each other again, but only one would survive.

At some point after returning to London, Miko was entrusted with the Grand Temple Key. In 1754, Miko, accompanied by his nephew, attended a performance of The Beggar's Opera in the Theatre Royal. During the play, Haytham navigated through the theatre and assassinated Miko, taking possession of the key.

Following Miko's death, the Brotherhood tasked Louis Mills with pursuing Haytham and eliminating him. To execute his plan, Mills boarded the Providence posing as one of its crew members, and secretly threw marked cargo overboard each night, leaving a trail for the Assassin vessel, the Aquila, to pursue the Providence.

The plan failed, however, as Haytham managed to kill Louis in a duel. Shortly after, the Aquila appeared in pursuit of the Providence, lured by Mills' trail of cargo. Haytham persuaded Samuel Smythe, the captain of the Providence, to sail through a brewing storm in order to lose the pursuers. During the storm, the Aquila was heavily damaged and forced to abandon the pursuit.

By the 19th Century The British Brotherhood had nearly diminished, an Indian immigrant and Assassin Henry Green was the leader of the branch at the time, at some point later the twin siblings Jacob and Eve Frye whom were born into the Order whom originated from Crawley moved to London where the two worked the oppressive established Templar presence.

Members

• Samuel Bellamy
• Robert Fitzwalter
• Evie Frye
• Jacob Frye
• Henry Green
• Annie Horniman
• Edward Kenway
• Moina Mathers (left of own accord)
• Medic

• Miko
• Louis Mills
• Bernard Ruddock (excommunicated)
• Duncan Walpole
• William of Cassingham (independent)

Allies

• Lucio Albertine
• Monica Albertine
• Henry VII of England
• Charles Darwin
• Charles Dickens