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|image=ACS Jack the Ripper wandering Whitechapel - Concept Art.jpg
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|timeframe=[[Industrial Revolution]] {{c|[[Victorian era]]}}
|timeframe=[[Industrial Revolution]] {{c|[[Victorian era]]}}
|date=August - November 1888
|date=August – November 1888
|place=[[Whitechapel]], [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]
|place=[[Whitechapel]], [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]
|outcome=*Death of [[Mary Ann Nichols (Assassin)|Mary Ann Nichols]]
|outcome=*Death of [[Mary Ann Nichols (Assassin)|Mary Ann Nichols]]
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**[[British Brotherhood of Assassins|British Brotherhood]]
**[[British Brotherhood of Assassins|British Brotherhood]]
***[[Rooks]]
***[[Rooks]]
*[[Indian Brotherhood of Assassins|Indian Assassins]]
|participants=*Jack the Ripper
|participants=*Jack the Ripper
*[[Frederick Abberline]]
*[[Frederick Abberline]]
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==History==
==History==
Following the defeat of the [[British Rite of the Templar Order|British Templars]]' [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] [[Crawford Starrick]] in 1868,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[A Night to Remember]]</ref> London enjoyed two decades of peace and stability. Sometime after [[Jacob Frye]] and his [[Assassin apprentice|apprentice]] Jack's return from training with the [[Indian Brotherhood of Assassins|Indian Assassins]], the latter usurped control of the [[Rooks]] from his mentor in pursuit of his own idealized version of [[the Creed]] and extremist view of the Assassins' mission. The Whitechapel murders of 1888 were a direct result of Jacob opposing his renegade apprentice. In an attempt to bring an end to Jack's plans, Jacob sent the Assassins to adopt the aliases of [[Mary Ann Nichols]], [[Annie Chapman]], [[Elizabeth Stride]], and [[Catherine Eddowes]] to stop his former student as undercover prostitutes. They were all brutally killed at the hands of Jack, who thereafter began to go by the pseudonym "Jack the Ripper." These murders marked the widespread moral decay of the Whitechapel district and the dispersion of terror throughout the city of London.<ref name="JTR">''Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Jack the Ripper'' – {{Cite|12 July 2022}}</ref>
===Initial murders===
Following the defeat of the [[British Rite of the Templar Order|British Templars]]' [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] [[Crawford Starrick]] in 1868,<ref name="A Night to Remember">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[A Night to Remember]]</ref> London enjoyed two decades of peace and stability.<ref name="Prologue">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]] – [[Jack the Ripper (DLC)|Jack the Ripper]]'' – [[Prologue (Syndicate)|Prologue]]</ref> Sometime after [[Jacob Frye]] and his [[Assassin apprentice|apprentice]] Jack's return from training with the [[Indian Brotherhood of Assassins|Indian Assassins]],<ref name="The Unfortunates">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]] – [[Jack the Ripper (DLC)|Jack the Ripper]]'' – [[The Unfortunates]]</ref> the latter usurped control of the [[Rooks]] from his mentor in pursuit of his own idealized version of [[the Creed]] and extremist view of the Assassins' mission. The Whitechapel murders of 1888 were a direct result of Jacob opposing his renegade apprentice.<ref name="Rooks DB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]] – [[Jack the Ripper (DLC)|Jack the Ripper]]'' – [[Database: Jack's Gang: The Rooks]]</ref>


Media coverage of the Whitechapel murders would eventually increase, with Jack capitalizing on that fact by kidnapping the son of publisher [[Arthur Weaversbrook]] and coercing the latter into publishing his letters for him, to further spread his name and terror throughout London. Jacob picked up on Jack's intentions and confronted Weaversbrook on the night Catherine Eddowes and Elizabeth Stride were murdered, demanding that the publisher stop publicizing the Ripper's letters and turning him into a legend. Jack had anticipated this meeting and left a message for Jacob asking him, "''How many more Assassins must die before you see the truth?''" Jack then chased his former mentor to his lodgings, where the [[Master Assassin]] was overpowered, kidnapped, and locked up beneath [[Lambeth Asylum]].<ref name="JTR"/>
In an attempt to bring an end to Jack's plans, Jacob sent the Assassins to adopt the aliases of [[Mary Ann Nichols]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]] – [[Jack the Ripper (DLC)|Jack the Ripper]]'' – [[Database: Mary Ann Nichols]]</ref> [[Annie Chapman]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]] – [[Jack the Ripper (DLC)|Jack the Ripper]]'' – [[Database: Annie Chapman]]</ref> [[Elizabeth Stride]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]] – [[Jack the Ripper (DLC)|Jack the Ripper]]'' – [[Database: Elizabeth Stride]]</ref> and [[Catherine Eddowes]]<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]] – [[Jack the Ripper (DLC)|Jack the Ripper]]'' – [[Database: Catherine Eddowes]]</ref> to stop his former student as undercover [[Courtesan|prostitutes]].<ref name="Autumn of Terror">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]] – [[Jack the Ripper (DLC)|Jack the Ripper]]'' – [[Autumn of Terror]]</ref> However, they were all brutally killed at the hands of Jack, who thereafter began to go by the pseudonym "Jack the Ripper."<ref name="Autumn of Terror"/><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]] – [[Jack the Ripper (DLC)|Jack the Ripper]]'' – [[The Mother of All Crimes]]</ref> These murders marked the widespread moral decay of the Whitechapel district and the dispersion of terror throughout the city of London.<ref name="Prologue"/><ref name="Autumn of Terror"/>


Before he was kidnapped, Jacob had requested the return of his sister, [[Evie Frye]], to London from [[India]]. Evie, with the assistance of Inspector [[Frederick Abberline]] of the [[Metropolitan Police Service]], eventually brought about the end of the Ripper murders and Jack's acts. She first killed Jack's right hand woman [[Olwyn Owers]] and then the chief warder of his personal prison at Deptford. In response, Jack eliminated any witnesses and evidence linking him to the Assassins at [[Deptford]], his plans there having been foiled by the Frye twin. He then lured Evie to Lambeth Asylum for a family reunion with her brother, where he killed all staff members who potentially had memory of his childhood internment at the asylum.<ref name="JTR"/>
===Assassin intervention===
Media coverage of the Whitechapel murders would eventually increase, with Jack capitalizing on that fact by kidnapping the son of publisher [[Arthur Weaversbrook]] and coercing the latter into publishing his letters, to further spread his name and terror throughout London.<ref name="Letters of Intent">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]] – [[Jack the Ripper (DLC)|Jack the Ripper]]'' – [[Letters of Intent]]</ref> Jacob picked up on Jack's intentions and confronted Weaversbrook on the night Catherine Eddowes and Elizabeth Stride were murdered, demanding that Weaversbrook stop publicizing the Ripper's letters and turning him into a legend.<ref name="Prologue"/>


Aware that she was being lured to Lambeth Asylum, Evie went to the madhouse and fought through a slew of inmates that had been released by Jack before her arrival. Beneath the asylum, she faced off with Jack and more inmates under his command, defeating them all in combat and bringing about the end of the Whitechapel murders with the death of the Assassin deserter.<ref name="JTR"/> Following Jack's death, Abberline arrived to the site, with journalists not far behind. Evie informed him of Jack's Assassin allegiance and asked that he help her in keeping it a secret. As such, the journalists were called off and Jack's identity was forever rendered a mystery to the public.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Jack the Ripper'' – [[Live by the Creed, Die by the Creed]]</ref>
Jack had anticipated this meeting and left a message for Jacob asking him, "''How many more Assassins must die before you see the truth?''" Jack then chased his former mentor to his lodgings, where the [[Master Assassin]] was overpowered,<ref name="Prologue"/> kidnapped, and locked up beneath [[Lambeth Asylum]].<ref name="Live and Die by the Creed">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]] – [[Jack the Ripper (DLC)|Jack the Ripper]]'' – [[Live by the Creed, Die by the Creed]]</ref>
 
[[File:ACS Live by the Creed, Die by the Creed 6.png|thumb|250px|left|Evie facing off against Jack at Lambeth Asylum]]
Before he was kidnapped, Jacob had requested the return of his sister, [[Evie Frye]], to London from [[India]]. Evie, with the assistance of Inspector [[Frederick Abberline]] of the [[Metropolitan Police Service]], eventually brought about the end of the Ripper murders and Jack's acts.<ref name="Autumn of Terror"/> She first killed Jack's right-hand woman [[Olwyn Owers]],<ref name="The Lady Talks">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]] – [[Jack the Ripper (DLC)|Jack the Ripper]]'' – [[The Lady Talks]]</ref> and then [[John Billingsworth]], the chief warder of his personal prison at Deptford.<ref name="Prisoners">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]] – [[Jack the Ripper (DLC)|Jack the Ripper]]'' – [[Prisoners]]</ref> In response, Jack eliminated any witnesses and evidence linking him to the Assassins at [[Deptford]], his plans there having been foiled by the Frye twin.<ref name="Loose Ends">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]] – [[Jack the Ripper (DLC)|Jack the Ripper]]'' – [[Loose Ends]]</ref> He then lured Evie to Lambeth Asylum for a family reunion with her brother, where he killed all staff members who potentially had memory of his childhood internment at the asylum.<ref name="Family Reunion">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]] – [[Jack the Ripper (DLC)|Jack the Ripper]]'' – [[Family Reunion]]</ref>
 
Aware that she was being lured to Lambeth Asylum, Evie went to the madhouse and fought through a slew of inmates that had been released by Jack before her arrival. Beneath the asylum, she faced off with Jack and more inmates under his command, defeating them all in combat and bringing about the end of the Whitechapel murders with the death of the Assassin deserter.<ref name="Live and Die by the Creed"/>
 
==Aftermath==
Following Jack's death, Evie rescued Jacob from Lambeth Asylum, just as Abberline arrived on the scene, with journalists not far behind. Evie informed him of Jack's Assassin allegiance and asked that he help her in keeping it a secret. As such, the journalists were called off and Jack's identity was forever rendered a mystery to the public.<ref name="Live and Die by the Creed"/>
 
In 2016, the Whitechapel murders were indirectly mentioned by [[Sebastian Monroe]] during a conversation about some of the Assassins' biggest historical mishaps. When Monroe brought up the subject of Jack the Ripper, the most infamous serial killer in history, being a former member of the Brotherhood, the Assassin [[Griffin (Assassin)|Griffin]] angrily stated that Jack had never been a true Assassin and that it was the Brotherhood that had stopped him.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Fate of the Gods]]'' – Chapter 23</ref>


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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==Appearances==
==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]] – [[Jack the Ripper (DLC)|Jack the Ripper]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]] – [[Jack the Ripper (DLC)|Jack the Ripper]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Fate of the Gods]]'' {{Imo}}
*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Mo}}


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The Whitechapel murders, also referred to as the Autumn of Terror and the Terror of Jack the Ripper, were a series of unsolvable murders in the Whitechapel district of Victorian era London in 1888, committed on Assassins of the British Brotherhood disguised as prostitutes by the serial killer Jack the Ripper.

History

Initial murders

Following the defeat of the British Templars' Grand Master Crawford Starrick in 1868,[1] London enjoyed two decades of peace and stability.[2] Sometime after Jacob Frye and his apprentice Jack's return from training with the Indian Assassins,[3] the latter usurped control of the Rooks from his mentor in pursuit of his own idealized version of the Creed and extremist view of the Assassins' mission. The Whitechapel murders of 1888 were a direct result of Jacob opposing his renegade apprentice.[4]

In an attempt to bring an end to Jack's plans, Jacob sent the Assassins to adopt the aliases of Mary Ann Nichols,[5] Annie Chapman,[6] Elizabeth Stride,[7] and Catherine Eddowes[8] to stop his former student as undercover prostitutes.[9] However, they were all brutally killed at the hands of Jack, who thereafter began to go by the pseudonym "Jack the Ripper."[9][10] These murders marked the widespread moral decay of the Whitechapel district and the dispersion of terror throughout the city of London.[2][9]

Assassin intervention

Media coverage of the Whitechapel murders would eventually increase, with Jack capitalizing on that fact by kidnapping the son of publisher Arthur Weaversbrook and coercing the latter into publishing his letters, to further spread his name and terror throughout London.[11] Jacob picked up on Jack's intentions and confronted Weaversbrook on the night Catherine Eddowes and Elizabeth Stride were murdered, demanding that Weaversbrook stop publicizing the Ripper's letters and turning him into a legend.[2]

Jack had anticipated this meeting and left a message for Jacob asking him, "How many more Assassins must die before you see the truth?" Jack then chased his former mentor to his lodgings, where the Master Assassin was overpowered,[2] kidnapped, and locked up beneath Lambeth Asylum.[12]

Evie facing off against Jack at Lambeth Asylum

Before he was kidnapped, Jacob had requested the return of his sister, Evie Frye, to London from India. Evie, with the assistance of Inspector Frederick Abberline of the Metropolitan Police Service, eventually brought about the end of the Ripper murders and Jack's acts.[9] She first killed Jack's right-hand woman Olwyn Owers,[13] and then John Billingsworth, the chief warder of his personal prison at Deptford.[14] In response, Jack eliminated any witnesses and evidence linking him to the Assassins at Deptford, his plans there having been foiled by the Frye twin.[15] He then lured Evie to Lambeth Asylum for a family reunion with her brother, where he killed all staff members who potentially had memory of his childhood internment at the asylum.[16]

Aware that she was being lured to Lambeth Asylum, Evie went to the madhouse and fought through a slew of inmates that had been released by Jack before her arrival. Beneath the asylum, she faced off with Jack and more inmates under his command, defeating them all in combat and bringing about the end of the Whitechapel murders with the death of the Assassin deserter.[12]

Aftermath

Following Jack's death, Evie rescued Jacob from Lambeth Asylum, just as Abberline arrived on the scene, with journalists not far behind. Evie informed him of Jack's Assassin allegiance and asked that he help her in keeping it a secret. As such, the journalists were called off and Jack's identity was forever rendered a mystery to the public.[12]

In 2016, the Whitechapel murders were indirectly mentioned by Sebastian Monroe during a conversation about some of the Assassins' biggest historical mishaps. When Monroe brought up the subject of Jack the Ripper, the most infamous serial killer in history, being a former member of the Brotherhood, the Assassin Griffin angrily stated that Jack had never been a true Assassin and that it was the Brotherhood that had stopped him.[17]

Gallery

  • The first victim, Mary Ann Nichols
    The first victim, Mary Ann Nichols
  • The second victim, Annie Chapman
    The second victim, Annie Chapman
  • The third victim, Elizabeth Stride
    The third victim, Elizabeth Stride
  • The fourth victim, Catherine Eddowes
    The fourth victim, Catherine Eddowes
  • The last victim, Mary Jane Kelly
    The last victim, Mary Jane Kelly

Appearances

References

  1. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – A Night to Remember
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Jack the Ripper – Prologue
  3. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Jack the Ripper – The Unfortunates
  4. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Jack the Ripper – Database: Jack's Gang: The Rooks
  5. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Jack the Ripper – Database: Mary Ann Nichols
  6. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Jack the Ripper – Database: Annie Chapman
  7. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Jack the Ripper – Database: Elizabeth Stride
  8. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Jack the Ripper – Database: Catherine Eddowes
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Jack the Ripper – Autumn of Terror
  10. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Jack the Ripper – The Mother of All Crimes
  11. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Jack the Ripper – Letters of Intent
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Jack the Ripper – Live by the Creed, Die by the Creed
  13. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Jack the Ripper – The Lady Talks
  14. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Jack the Ripper – Prisoners
  15. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Jack the Ripper – Loose Ends
  16. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Jack the Ripper – Family Reunion
  17. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Fate of the Gods – Chapter 23

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