St. Paul's Cathedral

St. Paul's Cathedral, or Saint Paul's Cathedral, is an Anglican cathedral, the seat of the Bishop of London, and the mother church of the Diocese of London. It sits on Ludgate Hill at the highest point of the City of London.

History

Viking Age

In the 9th century CE during the Viking expansion into Anglo-Saxon England, the Norse shieldmaiden Eivor Varinsdottir of the Raven Clan used Old St Paul's Cathedral to rendezvous with her allies, the reeves of Lunden Stowe and Erke, to track down and eliminate the Frankish captain Vicelin, a member of the Order of the Ancients who operated under the cryptonym "The Compass".

Eivor noticed the people of Lunden were demanding Stowe and Erke’s heads following the deaths of Avgos and Sister Frideswid, unaware that they were both also in the Order of Ancients. As the trio were planning, a soldier tossed a torch into the cathedral, setting the structure on fire. Eivor managed to escape via the steeple, where she saw Vicelin’s flotilla on the River Thames and his soldiers laying waste to the city. She freed Stowe and Erke, and together they successfully defeated the soldiers. After Vicelin’s death, St. Paul’s Cathedral was restored.

Victorian Era

The present church, dating from the late 17th century, was part of a major rebuilding program in the city after the Great Fire of London of 1666. Built on top of the remains of Old St Paul's Cathedral, the cathedral was one of fifty-four churches designed by Sir Christopher Wren.

In 1868, the British Assassin Evie Frye, while searching for a Shroud of Eden, uncovered a lead that took her to the cathedral. After solving a puzzle, a door at the summit of the cathedral's dome opened to reveal a small chamber containing a Precursor necklace. The chamber was soon after located by the British Templar Lucy Thorne, who was also hunting the artifact, and the two traded barbs before engaging in a duel which ended with Lucy crashing through a window and escaping with the necklace.

Gallery

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  Concept art of St Paul's Cathedral
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  Concept art of the City of London, with St Paul's Cathedral in the background
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  Concept art of St Paul's Cathedral seen from afar
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  Concept art of the cathedral as seen by the roadside
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  Database image
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  An illustration of St. Paul's Cathedral
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  9th Century St. Paul's Cathedral

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (first mentioned)
• Assassin's Creed: Syndicate (first appearance)
• Assassin's Creed: Valhalla