History Characters / AssassinsCreedSyndicate

* VisionaryVillain: He genuinely believes he's doing what is right for the world.

[[folder:Rupert Ferris]]
!!Rupert Ferris
!!!"The Exploitative Industrialist"
-->''"Regulates the industry with a steel rod and an iron fist"''

* IndustrializedEvil: The face of it.
* NiceHat: Sports a bowler hat.
* StarterVillain: He's the first target of the game and is assassinated in the tutorial section.

[[folder:Pearl Attaway]]
!!Pearl Attaway
!!!"The Greedy Tycoon"
-->''"Owns all transportation, the ebb and flow of the city's traffic at her fingertips"''

* TheBaroness: The Templar Kind.
* MeaningfulName: She controls transportation and her name is shortening for That-A-Way.
* SmugSnake: Has the smirk to go with it.

[[folder:Philip Twopenny]]
!!Philip Twopenny
!!!"The Bankroller"

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Representative of high-level corruption.
* MorallyBankruptBanker: He uses "investment" to steal money from the savings of poor account holders.

[[folder:Lucy Thorne]]
!!Lucy Thorne

A Templar holed up in the Tower of London who is searching for the Shroud of Eden.

* ArcVillain: She's the villain of Evie's quest to find the Piece of Eden. [[spoiler:Though subverted in that she gets killed earlier than the climax]].
* {{Badass}}: She genuinely can throw down against Evie and occassionally gain the upper hand in a fight.
* BadassBoast: She tells Starrick she will kill the Frye Twins, by hanging Evie from the gallows and then flaying Jacob when he comes to save her.
* DefiantToTheEnd: When Evie asks her to tell exactly what the Shroud can do:
-->'''Evie:''' Tell me then.
-->'''Thorne:''' No.
* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: She bears a [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/assassinscreed/images/8/84/ACS_Lucy_Thorne_-_Concept_Art.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150806075735 greater resemblance]] to a SteamPunk cosplayer than a genuine lady from Victorian times.
* EvilRedhead: She's a red-haired Templar.

!Other Characters

[[folder:Charles Dickens]]
!!Creator/CharlesDickens

The famous British author considered the foremost novelist of the 19th Century.

* CoolOldGuy: Despite being old, he's spry enough to ride shotgun next to Jacob on the carriage and take part in factory shakedowns.
* HistoricalBadassUpgrade: This version of Dickens participates in a spot of industrial sabotage.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Charles Dickens is the author of works such as as ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'', and ''Literature/ATaleOfTwoCities'' and, as noted in the trailer, the greatest novelist of his generation.

[[folder:Alexander Graham Bell]]
!!Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell is the famous scientist and innovator, best known for his invention of the telephone.

* AffectionateNickname: Friends call him Aleck, which was his real-life nickname.
* BraveScot: Has a strong accent.
* GadgeteerGenius: He's the one who makes the GrapplingHookPistol bracer attachment after tinkering with the original pistol.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: One of the greatest inventors of his age.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He's set up as one for Leonardo da Vinci from the Ezio games. He repairs and upgrades the Frye Twins Rope Launcher and also provides Evie smoke bombs.
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: The game features Alexander Bell at the age of 21 with all his great inventions ahead of him.

[[folder:Frederick Abberline]]
!!Frederick Abberline

Frederick Abberline is a young police officer stationed at Whitechapel. He becomes an associate of Henry Green and the Frye Twins.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Frederick Abberline was a Chief Inspector for the London Metropolitan Police before becoming an independent consultant in cracking down gambling at Monte Carlo and later working for the European Branch of the Pinkerton Agency. He is most famous for being a key investigator during the UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper murders.
* PaperThinDisguise: He tries to disguise himself as a woman and just [[EpicFail fails]]
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: The main game features Abberline at the age of 25, he would eventually become one of the great crime investigators of his time.

[[folder:Benjamin Disraeli]]
!!UsefulNotes/BenjaminDisraeli

The Prime Minister of England whose first term in office took place in the year of 1868.

* AffectionateNickname: His wife Mary Anne Disraeli calls him "Dizzy".
* ArchEnemy: Considers UsefulNotes/WilliamGladstone to be this. He's convinced Gladstone ordered [[spoiler:an assassination attempt but Jacob Frye tells him that's not the case. Disraeli still thinks Gladstone is behind it]].
* ForegoneConclusion: Disraeli will lose the December 1868 Election to William Gladstone and will not return to office until 1874.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Disraeli is one of the greatest Prime Ministers in English history.

[[folder:Mary Anne Disraeli]]
!!Mary Anne Disraeli

The wife of Benjamin Disraeli.

* CanineCompanion: Carries a small dog in a basket, called [[MythologyGag Desmond]].
* CoolOldLady: Much to Jacob's amusement, as well as more than a few Whitechapel tough guys.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: She was Disraeli's wife.
* SlummingIt: She likes to tour the lower areas of London because poverty piques her curiosity.

[[folder:Charles Darwin]]
!!UsefulNotes/CharlesDarwin

Author of ''The Origin of Species'', he is considered the father of the theory of evolution.

* HeroWithBadPublicity: Faces a lot of slander and attacks because of his theory of evolution, TruthInTelevision.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Charles Darwin is most famous for being the father of the theory of the evolution via ''The Origin of Species.''

[[folder:Clara O'Dea]]
!!Clara O'Dea

A child informant often used by the Frye twins.

* BeneathNotice: As a child, people tend not to pay her much attention, which makes her an excellent informant.
* TheSpymaster: Following her mother becoming too ill to provide for her family, Clara managed to set up a system of contacts amongst the children of London.

[[folder:Duleep Singh]]
!! Duleep Singh

The youngest son of Maharaja Ranjit Singh of the Sikh Empire, he enlists the Frye Twins help in reclaiming his birthright in the Mission Pack, "The Last Maharaja".

* BackToBackBadasses: Promotional art has him wielding a rifle with his back to Jacob Frye.
* ForegoneConclusion: Whatever turns the quest takes, Duleep Singh will never reclaim his father's crown and the lost Sikh Empire.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Duleep Singh was the youngest son of Ranjit Singh, who spent most of his life in Britain as a political hostage. He is most famous for presenting the Koh-I-Noor Diamond to Queen Victoria, as per the arrangement of Governor-General Lord Dalhousie.
* LastOfHisKind: The last heir to the Sikh Empire.
* StockholmSyndrome: He is a friend of Queen Victoria herself, as true to fiction, but his plans to reclaim his father's throne will create tensions.
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[[folder:Karl Marx]]
!!Creator/KarlMarx

The main theorist of the Communist ideology, Marx is a man beloved by workers and despised by the rich. His words have reached all from the lowliest slums to the House Of Lords.
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* WorkingClassHero: Not technically working class himself, by certainly a hero to the laborer.

* DeadspanSnarker: Like her grand-father and grand-aunt. She snarks with Churchill himself, joking when asked if she wants anything in return, that she would like "the right to vote".

* EvilBrit: [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII Abstergo documents]] stated that he was a Templar and co-plotter of the war. Syndicate however has him ally with the Assassin Lydia Frye and portrays him as a true patriot.

* QuestGiver

[[folder: The Assassins]]

-> ''"I've always thought of myself as a gang leader. Firm but fair."''

!! Ethan Frye

The father of the Frye twins, he died sometime prior to 1868 of natural causes.
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* TheMentor: Trained both his children as Assassins.
* PosthumousCharacter: Is dead during the events of the game due to natural causes, and it's his death which convinces the Frye twins to head to London.

[[folder:The Templars]]
!The Templars

!! Crawford Starrick

!! Rupert Ferris
!!! "The Exploitative Industrialist"
--> "Regulates the industry with a steel rod and an iron fist"

!! Pearl Attaway
!!! "The Greedy Tycoon"
--> "owns all transportation, the ebb and flow of the city's traffic at her fingertips"

!! David Brewster
!!! "The Mad Scientist"
--> "push science and medicine to their very limits"

!! Dr. John Elliotson
!!! "The Negligent Doctor"
--> "...with terrifying results"

!! Philip Twopenny
!!! "The Bankroller"

!! James Brudenell
!!! "The Corrupt Politician" -
--> "Crippled the masses to grow their fortunes"

!! Maxwell Roth
!!! "The Treacherous Gangster"
--> "London's Criminal Mastermind"

!!Bloody Nora

[[folder: Other Characters]]

!! Alexander Graham Bell

!! Frederick Abberline

!! UsefulNotes/BenjaminDisraeli

!! Mary Anne Disraeli

The wife of Benjamin Disraeli

!! Ned Wynert

%%!! Frederick Abberline

!! UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper

--> '''Jack the Ripper''': The last job was such a beauty...I love my work and want to start again.

!!UsefulNotes/KarlMarx

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The founder of Communism which triggered many working class uprisings and the Soviet empire, so basically a guy whose legacy might as well be the entire 20th century. Interestingly, his followers such as VladimirLenin, FidelCastro, CheGuevara, LeonTrotsky, JosefStalin or MaoZedong are more likely to be featured in fiction due the popularity of ColdWar.

!! Ned Wynert

A transgender man living in London who serves as a quest giver for Jacob and Evie Frye.

A transgender man living in London 1868 who serves as a quest giver for Jacob and Evie Frye.

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Ubisoft has said that Wynert will be an [[HeteronormativeReflection "accurate reflection"]] of Victorian-era attitudes.

%%!! Frederick Abberline

!! UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper

The first modern serial killer, Jack the Ripper stalked the streets of Whitechapel killing 5 women before his disappearance.

* {{Badass}}: Even though she prefers tealth, she's just as powerful a brawler as her brother when she needs to be.

* DaddysGirl: Arguably closer to her father than Jacob, due to being bookish and interested in the history of the Assassins. As such, she adheres strictly to his teachings, while Jacob believes there are other ways to achieve their goals.

* {{Badass}}: She's just as powerful a brawler as her brother.

* GoodOldFisticuffs: He prefers fisticuffs augmented by knuckledusters in combat, though he'll also use knives if he has one equipped.