Stephane Chapheau

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Stephane Chapheau (1743 – unknown) was a French taverner in Boston during the American Revolutionary War. He was aided by the Assassin Connor when the British forces attempted to collect taxes from him, and was later recruited by Connor as an apprentice.

Subsequently, during the Boston Tea Party, he assisted Connor with dropping tea overboard with the other colonists. Recruiting Chapheau allowed Connor to use an Assassination tactic at any given time as well as the Riot tactic.

Biography

Chapheau was born in what is now Canada – near modern day Montréal. His father was a cook for the French army who was killed in the fighting at the Plains of Abraham. After his death, Chapheau took on work as a chef in Montreal, but moved to Boston in 1764.

While Chapheau's personal letters indicate he was looking for a less complicated life, he was just in time for the unrest that preceded the Revolution. Fortunately for Chapheau, he didn't actually want a quiet life – as it had happened, the tensions in pre-Revolution Boston suited him exactly.

Chapheau was a man in search of a cause, and he found it in the Patriots. He was an enthusiastic supporter of the Sons of Liberty – participating in their 1765 protests surrounding the Stamp Act. He was present when the crowds ransacked Governor Hutchinson's house in 1765 – probably egging the mob. He was also one of the crowd that witnessed (and partially caused) the Boston Massacre.

Chapheau didn't limit himself to protests. There were several fines for him on the books in the 1760s and 70s for public drunkenness, and brawling – it seems he couldn't keep out of a fight when the opportunity arose – and in pre-Revolution Boston, there was always an opportunity.

Gallery

• Stephane performing his first assassination.
  Stephane performing his first assassination.

References

• Assassin's Creed III