London

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London during the Victorian era

London is a city in southern England, and the current capital of the United Kingdom.

History

Renaissance

London during the Renaissance

During the time of the mid-Renaissance, London was ruled by King Henry VII of England. During the late 15th century, the Templars made attempts to obtain the English throne. However, their plans were thwarted by Henry VII, as he imprisoned Lambert Simnel and had Perkin Warbeck hanged. In 1503, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, the Mentor of the Italian Assassins, sent a group of his apprentices to London to aid King Henry VII. They subsequently killed Warbeck and Simnel's co-conspirator Margaret of York in November of 1503.

Afterwards, the apprentices killed several Templars instigating riots over Margaret's death. One such Templar revealed that their Order had infiltrated Henry's Star Chamber, to which the apprentices quickly searched for the infiltrators; they found a group of Englishmen signing Borgia documents and eliminated them. As a reward, King Henry offered the Assassins a seat in the Star Chamber.

Restoration era

Charles II's crowning in London

In 1660, Charles Stuart was invited to London to be crowned King after having been exiled by Oliver Cromwell for several years. At his crowning, Stuart noticed a man holding a sphere wrapped in a thick piece of cloth talking with his General, George Monck.

18th century

London during the late 19th century

The Assassin Edward Kenway lived in a mansion on Queen Anne's Square in Bloomsbury with his wife Tessa, son Haytham and daughter Jenny. On 3 December, 1735, men hired by the Templar – and family friend – Reginald Birch attacked their home, murdering Edward and kidnapping Jenny. Birch then took in Haytham, training him to become a Templar.

In 1754, Haytham attended a performance of The Beggar's Opera at the Theatre Royal to find and kill the Assassin Miko. He recovered an artifact for Birch, who believed it was a key to a Precursor site in North America: Haytham set sail for Boston on the Providence. Meanwhile, Miko's murder became public news and left many civilians wondering whether to should leave the city or not.

Four years later, Jenny returned to Queen Anne's Square after Haytham found her and rescued her from a palace in Damascus.

During the 18th century, the Templars were able to gain complete control of the city and kept it under their thumb well into the 19th century.

19th century

"Today, Starrick sits at the helm of the most sophisticated Templar infrastructure known in the western world. Every class, every borough, the gangs, the industries - his reach extends all across London. [...] Look at what Starrick has done to this city. Whitechapel is riddled with crime. Child labor, despite regulations. A gang known as the Blighters overruns the streets. And Templars manipulating behind the scenes. As in all the other boroughs. We need to return this city to the people who built it in the first place."

―Henry Green describing the state of London, 1868.

London's Southwark borough during the Victorian era

By the 19th century, under Queen Victoria's rule, London became the global capital of invention with its technological advancement. It was divided into seven boroughs - the City of London, Lambeth, The Strand, Westminster, Whitechapel and the River Thames - each with a different culture but with a single commonality. As country folk moved in to the city for employment, however, it resulted in a sudden increase in population and decrease in wages, in addition to most businessmen abusing workers. These actions became a spark for the Industrial Revolution.

During the year 1868, Assassins and fraternal twins Jacob and Evie Frye created the gang known as the Rooks to remove the influence of the Templar-backed gangs throughout London.

Gallery

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  Concept art of the City of London borough
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  Concept art of the Whitechapel borough
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  Concept art of an industrial area
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  The City of London borough
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  The Strand borough
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  The Westminster borough
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  The Southwark borough
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  The Whitechapel borough
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  The Lambeth borough