History Characters / AssassinsCreedSyndicate

A list of characters appearing in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedSyndicate''. For game-unspecific cast, here's [[Characters/AssassinsCreed the main index]].

Be aware that these pages WILL contain some unhidden spoilers.

[[/index]]

A list of characters appearing in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedSyndicate''.

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!The Assassins
* Characters/AssassinsCreedSyndicateTheAssassins

[[folder:The Frye Twins]]
!!The Frye Twins
-> ''"Ladies and gentlemen, the unstoppable Frye twins; see them nightly at Covent Garden."''

The playable protagonists of the Animus portion of the game, fraternal twins and members of the British Assassin Brotherhood. Their mother passed away in childbirth and their father trained them in becoming Assassins. After the passing of their father, the Frye twins travel to London to free it from Templar control.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Both in different ways. Evie's studious personality and enthusiasm for research makes her come off as quite the dork, while Jacob's child-like enthusiasm for forming a gang makes him quite endearing. Together, these aspects are doubled when interacting with one-another.
* AntiHero: Their plan to free London from the Templars involves creating and leading a rival street gang, the Rooks.
* BadassFamily: Like the Auditore and the Kenways, multiple generations of Fryes are Assassins. The PosthumousCharacter Ethan Frye is a highly regarded figure, Jacob and Evie are tough and charismatic. [[spoiler:Lydia Frye, Jacob's grand-daughter and Evie's grand-niece, continues the family tradition]].
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Both wield a Hidden Blade combined with a grappling hook and a dart launcher called the Assassin Gauntlet.
* BrainsAndBrawn: Evie prefers clever tactics and stealth, while Jacob is mostly brute force.
* BrotherSisterTeam: Both are Assassins, though Jacob's most of the main muscle and Evie's the brains.
* CaneSword: They wield ones with a default disguised pommel in the shape of a rook's head and a Hidden Blade built into the base, though Evie's the more proficient of the two with one.
* FlechetteStorm: Both can use throwing knives, though Evie gets a skill that allows her to carry more and do more damage with them.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Jacob is the brash foolish sibling who considers his Assassin duties as an afterthought, while Evie is a firm believer in the Creed.
* GoodOldFisticuffs: They can wield brass knuckles, though they're more Jacob's forte than Evie's.
* KukrisAreKool: Can Wield kukris, whose wavy pattern would suggest being made out of wootz steel. Henry Green provides it to them:
--> '''Jacob Frye''': What's this Greenie? Assassin Christmas?
* NaiveNewcomer: They are newcomers to the city of London and will experience its wonders and secrets for the first time along with the player.
* ShockAndAwe: Can use [[ThrowDownTheBomblet Voltaic Bombs]] to stun enemies.
* SiblingYinYang: Evie plans and analyzes the situation before moving in, while Jacob is one for action and bringing in his gang to end things quickly. They have different approaches to their overall mission, but are a force to be reckoned with when working together. Their differing personalities will also reflect in their gameplay styles and skill trees.
* SiblingRivalry: They've had something of one since they were children, frequently arguing, competing, and snarking at one-another. Their different approaches leads to something of a schism early on in the game because of it.
* WildCard: Both Jacob and Evie Frye defy the direct orders of the Assassin Council and come to London. Between them, Jacob is far more reckless and flexible than Evie.
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[[folder:Jacob Frye]]
!!Jacob Frye
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jacob_frye_acs.png]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Paul Amos

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

The younger of the Frye Twins, Jacob is a member of the British Assassins who seeks to free London from the grip of the Templars alongside his sister Evie by forming his own street gang, the Rooks.
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: The age difference is a scant 4 minutes but he still manages to exasperate his big sister.
* {{Badass}}: His particular brand is more akin to [[LegendaryInTheSequel Altaïr, Ezio]], [[BadassNative Connor]], or [[{{Pirate}} Edward]] than [[FragileSpeedster Arno Dorian]].
* BackToBackBadasses: With Duleep Singh in the promotional art for ''The Last Maharaja.''
* BloodKnight: He looks at a kukri like it's a naked woman.
* DeadpanSnarker: One mission involves Jacob running across train cars as it's about to go off an unfinished bridge. While he's hanging on, he muses "We've come to an unscheduled stop.
* DestructiveSaviour: Jacob is there to protect London from the Templars, Evie is there to protect London from Jacob. Several missions have Jacob marching into a plan and then Evie following up and cleaning his mess.
** [[spoiler: Thanks to Jacob killing John Elliotson, the medicine supply for the entire city, good and bad gets affected, and Clara O'Dea gets sick because she can't even get the bad tonic that helps her. Jacob killing Pearl Attaway likewise cripples transportation and creates a gang war, and his attack on Philip Twopenny at the Bank of England nearly creates a financial crisis, which Evie manages to fix]].
** [[spoiler:Jacob finally realizes he went too far when he allied with Maxwell Roth in an EnemyMine to take down Starrick. Roth tells Jacob to burn down a building important to Starrick's operations. Only after setting the dynamite does Jacob realize that it's a home for child workers and backs out and saves them]].
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has a scar on his right eyebrow, as well as one on the left side of his beard.
* TheGunslinger: While both the siblings can use guns, Jacob has upgrades dubbed Gunslinger that improves his abilities with pistols.
* HotBloodedSideburns: Of the muttonchops variety.
* InTheHood: It remains hidden within his collar until he enters stealth mode.
* ManChild: Tends to act immature, especially compaired to his sister.
* MeaningfulName: Jacob means "He usurps" similar to an Assassin infiltrating and usurping rival gangs in London.
* NiceHat: Can wear a variety of hats, including a top hat and a beret, when not acting overtly as an Assassin.
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: In the cinematic trailer, a gang leader at Jacob's mercy tries to bribe him. Jacob simply takes the bribe and stuffs it in the guy's mouth.
* WildCard: Jacob is entirely independent and willing to do just about anything to achieve his goals. This changes [[spoiler:when he allies with Maxwell Roth and nearly gets child workers killed, after which point he immediately becomes more responsible]].
* WorkingClassHero: Jacob sees himself as one — although his accent, which veers towards the [[BritishAccents RP]] at times, reveals he's something of a BourgeoisBohemian.
* WouldHitAGirl: Is just as brutal fighting women as he is fighting men.
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[[folder:Evie Frye]]
!!Evie Frye
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/evie_frye_acs.png]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Victoria Atkin

A Master Assassin, Jacob's older fraternal twin, and the second playable character for the Animus portion of the game, Evie serves as the brains of the Rooks street gang.
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* ActionGirl: Playable alongside Jacob, whom she outranks, signalling her skill as an Assassin.
* {{Badass}}: Even though she prefers stealth, she's just as powerful a brawler as her brother when she needs to be.
* BadassBookworm: Is well versed in Assassin lore.
* BadassCape: Has a red half-cape reminiscent of Ezio's.
* BattleCouple: With [[spoiler:Henry Green]] after copious amounts of ShipTease, though he's nowhere near her level.
* BeenThereShapedHistory: She tells Alexander Graham Bell to shorten the Telegraph Phonetics machine to "The Telephone".
* BrainyBrunette: Dark-haired and the brains of the Rooks.
* TheCoatsAreOff: When she enters the fight club, she removes her large coat and fights in a tasteful undershirt for quicker movement. Probably the only time 19th Century women's dress looked super-badass in a fist-fight.
* DaddysGirl: Seems to have been far 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.
* InTheHood: Wears a hood that's similar in design to her brother's, though her's lacks the iconic beak and has embroidery around the side.
* {{Invisibility}}: InUniverse she's regulating her heartbeat and becoming completely still, making her hard to spot. In-game, however, this stealth technique is represented as her turning invisible.
* JumpedAtTheCall: When Charles Dickens asks the twins their help in a matter, Jacob scoffs while Evie eagerly says yes, much to her brother's consternation.
* MusclesAreMeaningless: Ronda Rousey she is not, but she can go FightClubbing alongside Jacob and goes bare knuckles up against men twice her size.
* StealthExpert: Unlike her brother she prefers sneaking around to getting in fights, though she can certainly throw down if she has to.
* TrojanPrisoner: One of Evie's approaches in assassinating Lucy Thorne boils down to this.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: She can throw down all the wrestling moves in the fight club missions.
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[[folder:Henry Green]]
!!Henry "The Ghost" Green
-->'''Voiced by:''' Jaz Deol

Real name Jayadeep Mir and the adopted son of [[ComicBook/AssassinsCreedBrahman Arbazz Mir]], Henry Green is an Indian immigrant, leader of the British Assassins, and friend of the Frye twins.
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* BattleCouple: With [[spoiler:Evie]] after copious amounts of ShipTease, though he's rather weak in comparison.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Wields a Hidden Blade.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: The viewpoint character of ''Literature/AssassinsCreedUnderworld''.
* HighlyConspicuousUniform: His Assassin uniform, which is reminiscent of earlier protagonists (bright white and covered in Paisley patterns), makes him stick out like a sore thumb in London compared to the Frye twins. On the other hand it does make him blend in as an immigrant, since many Indian immigrants at the time wore traditional clothing as well, which the Assassin robes resemble to a greater extent.
* InTheHood: Wears a hood like most Assassins.
* KukrisAreKool: Not only does he give the twins their first kukri, but upgrading him will give them access to better ones.
* TheLeader: Is the head of the British Assassins at the time of the game.
* NonActionGuy: Downplayed, he's just as good at parkour as the Frye twins but admits fieldwork isn't really his forte.
%%* QuestGiver
* RedBaron: He's known as "The Ghost".
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[[folder:Ethan Frye]]
!!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.
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[[folder:Spoiler Character]]
!! Lydia Frye

The grand-daughter of Jacob Frye and the grand-niece of Evie Frye, Lydia was an Assassin who allied with Winston Churcill during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI to hunt down a cult of spies sabotaging the English war effort.
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* AllYourPowersCombined: Has access to all of both Jacob and Evie's skillsets.
* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: The UsefulNotes/WorldWarI memories have you shift from Jacob and Evie Frye to Lydia.
* {{Badass}}: She's as great a fighter as her grand-dad and grandaunt were in their prime.
* DeadpanSnarker: 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."
* StrongFamilyResemblance: She has a similar hairstyle to Evie, but her eyes and facial features are more in line with Jacob.
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!The Templars

[[folder:Crawford Starrick]]
!!Crawford Starrick

Grand Master of the British Rite of the Templar Order and the owner of the Starrick Telegraph Company.
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* {{Badass}}: Not as much as some of the pre-Revolutionary Grandmasters, but he's at least decent. Pickpocketing a Master Assassin is no small feat, and [[spoiler: in the final battle]] he's able to at least put up a competent fight against Jacob, Evie, and [[spoiler: Henry]] in hand-to-hand, though he's clearly not in their league and would have been killed in seconds if not for [[spoiler: the Shroud of Turin's regenerative powers]].
* BigBad: Leader of the Templars.
* BlingBlingBang: Has a gold plated and ornately decorated revolver.
* DamageSpongeBoss: [[spoiler: In the final fight, he's unarmed and an entirely mediocre opponent (like Rodrigo Borgia in ''II'' you'll likely spend the entire fight using him as a punching bag), with his only exceptional feature being the fact he can take an absurd amount of damage, thanks to wearing the Shroud of Turin. The ''real'' challenge in the fight is the fact you have to parkour your way through a LaserHallway periodically whenever he knocks you backwards in a scripted scene.]]
* DisproportionateRetribution: Shoots one of his underlings in the head for interrupting him. [[spoiler: This scene occurs as he's mourning the recent assassination of his cousin Pearl, whom he was close to, which brings more context to his behavior.]]
* EvilSoundsDeep: His accent is a little different, but he otherwise sounds a ''lot'' like Alan Rickman.
* FreudianThreat: Gives a gnarly one to James Brudenell [[spoiler:by putting a knife near his balls]].
* HarmfulToMinors: His business empire runs on child labour, poorly regulated child labour at that. Though to be fair, so were most businesses at this point in time.
* LoadBearingBoss: His empire and reach is so intricate that Jacob and Evie can't attack him without causing chaos in the transportion, medical and banking sector. Jacob realizes this too late when he finds out that [[spoiler:crippling Starrick's business permanently would require him to burn down quarters that house his child workers]].
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: He's one of the wealthiest men in London, and completely acts the part.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Averted. [[spoiler: After Jacob assassinates his cousin Pearl, Starrick explicitly rejects engaging in a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, reasoning that doing so would make him no better than the Assassins themselves. Lucy still convinces him to have her kill the Fryes, as long as it's done discretely.]]
* VillainSong: Does a cover of "Then you'll remember me" from the opera, "The Bohemian Girl".
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He genuinely believes he's doing what is right for the world, and sees himself as a Hero and the defender of London and civilization against the Assassins. When the Assassins gain ground and subvert his organization, he decides [[spoiler:that London would have to be reborn, and for London to be reborn, the old one will have to go (granted, his plan turns out to be to purge the city's royalty and political leaders, rather than literally burning down London again)]].
* WickedCultured: Likes to play the piano. Does not like to be interrupted.
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[[folder:Lucy Thorne]]
!!Lucy Thorne

A Templar holed up in the Tower of London who is searching for the Shroud of Eden.
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* 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. She also manages to somehow escape a 100 foot fall without a single haystack in sight.
* 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.
* CutscenePowerToTheMax: In cutscenes she's a skilled fighter and the only London Templar able to hold her own against an Assassin in a straight fight. In gameplay she fights just like a basic mook, only with somewhat more health.
* DefiantToTheEnd: When Evie asks her to tell exactly what the Shroud can do:
-->'''Evie:''' Tell me then.
-->'''Thorne:''' No.
* DesignatedGirlFight: Evie battles Lucy on two separate occasions; Jacob never even meets her despite her leading role in the London Templars.
* TheDragon: Serves as this for Starrick and the only one who actively pursues the Assassins among the Templars.
* 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.
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[[folder:Rupert Ferris]]
!!Rupert Ferris
!!!"The Exploitative Industrialist"
-->''"Regulates the industry with a steel rod and an iron fist"''
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* BadBoss: Employs child workers and when one of them suffers an industrial accident, he offers leave but asks to dock the kid's wages anyway.
* IndustrializedEvil: The face of it.
* NiceHat: Sports a bowler hat.
* StarterVillain: He's the first target of the game and is assassinated by Jacob in the tutorial section.
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[[folder:David Brewster]]
!!David Brewster
!!!"The Mad Scientist"
-->''"Push science and medicine to their very limits..."''

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* AlasPoorVillain: He's the only assassination target that gets treated with any kind of respect by the protagonists during their CradlingYourKill scene. Although this may partially be due to the fact it's Evie that assassinates him rather than Jacob.
* ForegoneConclusion: He died in February 1868.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He was an actual physicist, a pioneer in the development of optics, and the inventor of the kaleidoscope. He was also a Christian who strongly opposed Darwin's theory of evolution.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: His opposition to Darwin aside, nothing in his career as a pioneer physicist supports that he was ever a "mad scientist".
* MadScientist: His job profile.
* StarterVillain: Alongside Rupert Ferris, he serves as this, being assassinated by Evie Frye as part of her tutorial.
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[[folder:Dr. John Elliotson]]
!!Doctor John Elliotson
!!!"The Negligent Doctor"
-->''"...with terrifying results"''

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* DeadlyDoctor: The story trailer has him performing some sort of surgical procedure on a patient.
** He gets targeted by Jacob for his leading role in Starrick's drug dealing business.
* ForegoneConclusion: He died in July 1868.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Elliotson was a publisher of medical journals where he advocated the now-discredited practises of phrenology and mesmerism as legitimate sciences and was a friend of Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins. He was also one of the first to promote the use of the stethoscope.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Killing him results in mass disorder in the London medical community, resulting in a proliferation of counterfeit medicine and a resulting health crisis.]]
* {{Understatement}}: Following killing a patient during a surgical procedure:
--> ''"Unfortunately, it appears I have ruined the organ."''
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[[folder:Pearl Attaway]]
!!Pearl Attaway
!!!"The Greedy Tycoon"
-->''"Owns all transportation, the ebb and flow of the city's traffic at her fingertips"''

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* 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.
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[[folder:Philip Twopenny]]
!!Philip Twopenny
!!!"The Bankroller"
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Representative of high-level corruption.
* TheFerryman: [[spoiler:Jacob hands him a coin for passage to the next life]].
* MorallyBankruptBanker: He uses "investment" to steal money from the savings of poor account holders.
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[[folder:James Brudenell]]
!!James Brudenell
!!!"The Corrupt Politician"
-->''"Crippled the masses to grow their fortunes"''

A veteran of the Crimean War turned Templar politician.
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* ForegoneConclusion: Brudenell died in March 1868, so he won't be surviving this game.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, was the commander of the infamous Charge of the Light Brigade in the Crimean War and a conservative Member of Parliament. He was a recurring character in Creator/GeorgeMacDonaldFraser's ''Literature/{{Flashman}}''.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: He's generally not regarded with much admiration as per his negative depiction and was disliked for being a military incompetent and anti-reform MP. However, towards the end of his life he did support the passage of the 1867 Reform Bill.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Maxwell Roth]]
!!Maxwell Roth
!!!"The Treacherous Gangster"
-->''"London's Criminal Mastermind"''
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* {{Expy}}: Like Slackjaw in ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}'', he's one for William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting, as played by Creator/DanielDayLewis in ''Film/GangsOfNewYork'', especially apparent in the Alhambra sequence, which borrows from Satan's Circus.
* ForTheEvulz: Unlike the other Templar leaders, who are motivated by a mix of Well Intentioned Extremism and desire for money and power, Roth just wants to watch the world burn.
* GoodScarsEvilScars; Sports a nasty one across his cheek.
* LargeHam: Goes in hand with his motives and general world view.
* MalevolentMaskedMen: Sports an opera mask in a cutscene.
* LondonGangster: He's the Boss of all Bosses.
* TheStarscream: [[spoiler: Helps Frye take down Starrick's empire, solely because it amuses him to do so.]]
* WickedCultured: Owns a low-down music hall called The Alhambra and puts cheap tawdry shows, so some of that theatre atmosphere seeped into him.
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:As Jacob finds out rather too late and barely in time]].
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[[folder:Bloody Nora]]
!!Bloody Nora

One of the seven Templar gang leaders that Jacob and Evie must defeat in order to free London of Templar influence.
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* DarkActionGirl: Is seen wielding a revolver in the thick of gang warfare, and she happens to be a Templar.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: "Bloody Nora" doesn't sound like someone you'd have a nice chat with.
* PunnyName: Her name is a pun, derived from a colloquial cry of dismay/disbelief -- "Bloody ''Nora!''" -- and does not refer to a particular 'Nora', but rather a form of the word 'horror'. The phrase started off as "flaming horror" (or "flipping/bloody horror"). In the normal Cockney manner, the final ‘g' and the opening ‘h' were dropped to produce something that sounded like "flamin-orror" and that in turn over the years became "Flamin' Nora!"...or "Bloody Nora" as a stronger alternative.
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%%!!Robert Strain
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!Other Characters
[[folder:Arthur Conan Doyle]]
!!Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle is the famous writer and physician, best known for creating the Sherlock Holmes stories
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* YoungFutureFamousPeople: He shows up in ''The Dreadful Crimes'' bonus content and you get to solves murders with the future writer while he is only 10.
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[[folder:Alexander Graham Bell]]
!!Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell is the famous scientist and innovator, best known for his invention of the telephone.
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* 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 with smoke bombs.
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: The game features Alexander Bell at the age of 21 with all his great inventions ahead of him.
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[[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.
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* 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]].
** MasterOfDisguise: He's more successful later with disguises that ''aren't'' given away by his mustache. Notably, he manages to get the drop on Templar agents ''twice'' by disguising himself as a Royal Guard.
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: The main game features Abberline at the age of 25, he would eventually become one of the great crime investigators of his time.
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[[folder:Benjamin Disraeli]]
!!UsefulNotes/BenjaminDisraeli

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

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

The wife of Benjamin Disraeli.
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* 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]]

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

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

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

Author of ''The Origin of Species'', he is considered the father of the theory of evolution.
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* 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.''
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[[folder:Clara O'Dea]]
!!Clara O'Dea

A child informant often used by the Frye twins.
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* 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]]

[[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".
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* 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.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Queen Victoria]]
!! UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria

The Queen who lent her name to VictorianBritain.
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* ArchEnemy: True to history, she dislikes Prime Minister Gladstone. When she finds out [[spoiler:that Evie and Jacob stole his invitation to gatecrash Buckingham Palace, the Queen tells Evie to enjoy herself at the party]].
* CoolOldLady: She proves to be one to Evie Frye's amazement.
* InNameOnly: While the era is named after her, Victoria herself has very little power since Parliament entirely held sway over the monarchy.
* KnightFever: [[spoiler:She knights Jacob and Henry and makes Evie a dame at the end of ''Syndicate'']].
* OddFriendship: Queen of England and Assassins who promote freedom, doesn't get odder than that.
[[/folder]]

[[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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* ChummyCommies: Marx in the game, as is typical of his writings pre-1871 (The year of the Commune) are geared towards gradual reforms of workers. He's not dogmatic and is generally critical of anarchist violence. He's also quite chummy in trying to get the Fryes to sign up for his Party.
--> '''Karl Marx''': I don't suppose you'd formally join the Worker's Party?
--> '''Jacob Frye''': I'm not much for politics.
--> '''Evie Frye''': He's not much for anything that requires deep thought.
--> '''Karl Marx''': That means you'll join, Comrade Evie.
--> '''Evie Frye''': I'm afraid I have other responsibilities.
--> '''Karl Marx''': Honorary memberships, perhaps?
* TheDeterminator:
--> '''Jacob Frye''': You don't give up do you.
--> '''Karl Marx''': We seem to have that in common! Auf wiedersehn, my friends.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: How the working class views him.
** VillainWithGoodPublicity: How the elite views him.
* GratuitousGerman: He slips in a few German words, since he ''is'' a German ex-patriate. His English is also accented, which was true for his real-life counterpart as well.
* 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, depictions of Marx are quite rare. His followers such as UsefulNotes/VladimirLenin, UsefulNotes/FidelCastro, UsefulNotes/CheGuevara, UsefulNotes/LeonTrotsky, UsefulNotes/JosefStalin or UsefulNotes/MaoZedong are more likely to be featured in fiction due the popularity of ColdWar.
* QuestGiver: If pre release images are anything to go by.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: As an activist, he actually tries to reason with the police to let his gatherings continue in peace but to little avail. Marx laments that he has had trouble with the police in Paris, Brussels and Cologne.
* WideEyedIdealist: Marx definitely believes in progress and better rights for workers and a more equitable future for everyone.
* WorkingClassHero: Not technically working class himself, but certainly a hero to the laborer.
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[[folder:Ned Wynert]]
!!Ned Wynert

A transgender man living in London who serves as a quest giver for Jacob and Evie Frye.
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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Ubisoft has said that Wynert will be an [[HeteronormativeCrusader "accurate reflection"]] of Victorian-era attitudes.
* QuestGiver: One of several supporting characters who fulfills this role.
* TheSmartGuy: He has an interest in trains and other systems of transit, and presumably will give the protagonists more logistical/tactical missions to accomplish.
* {{Transgender}}: In Victorian London at that. Probably not an easy life for the guy.
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[[folder:Jack the Ripper]]
!!UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper

The first modern serial killer, Jack the Ripper stalked the streets of Whitechapel killing 5 women before his disappearance.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Nobody knows who "Jack the Ripper" really was, but the brutal nature of the killings and the fact that he was never caught, has made him one of many StockUnsolvedMysteries.
* MalevolentMaskedMan: Wears a stitched up cloth mask.
* NiceHat: He wears a top hat and that's the only nice thing about him.
* TheSociopath: His voiceover is quite proud of his activities and his ability to escape the police. He plans to start another murder spree after killing Mary Kelly.
-->'''Jack the Ripper:''' The last job was such a beauty...I love my work and want to start again.
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[[folder:Spoiler Character]]
!!UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill

The Future Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and a politician during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI where he allies with Lydia Frye and tasks her to hunt down an Aita cult.
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* CigarChomper: Before we fully see his face, we see him lighting a stogie.
* CorruptPolitician: As per [[UnreliableNarrator Abstergo documents]] in VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII, he used his position to advance Templar interests. Averted of course
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: How he's shown in ''Syndicate''.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: How we was portrayed in the Abstergo files during VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII, as a co-plotter of WWII for the sake of the New World Order.
* {{Retcon}}: [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII Abstergo documents]] stated that he was a Templar and co-plotter of World War II. Syndicate however has him ally with the Assassin Lydia Frye in World War I and portrays him as a true patriot. Then again, he could have had a FaceHeelTurn in that time.
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: Churchill was not a nobody during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI but he was twenty years away from the era that would make him a legend. He's also much younger in appearance and has a head of hair.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: As an activist, he actually tries to reason with the police to let his gatherings continue in peace but to little avail. Marx laments that he has had trouble with the police in Paris, Brussels and Cologne. Later a worker who informs on the meeting is forgiven by Marx when he notes that he was forced to do so on threat of unemployment.

* ChummyCommies / DirtyCommies: We'll have to wait for release to figure out which one he ends up becoming over the course of the game.

* DamageSpongeBoss: [[spoiler: In the final fight, he's unarmed and an entirely mediocre opponent, with his only exceptional feature being the fact he can take an absurd amount of damage, thanks to wearing the Shroud of Turin. The ''real'' challenge in the fight is the fact you have to parkour your way through a LaserHallway periodically whenever he knocks you backwards in a scripted scene.]]

* {{Badass}}: She genuinely can throw down against Evie and occassionally gain the upper hand in a fight.

* AlasPoorVillain: He's the only assassination target that gets treated with any kind of respect by the protagonists during their CradleYourKill scene. Although this may partially be due to the fact it's Evie that assassinates him rather than Jacob.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: He genuinely believes he's doing what is right for the world, and sees himself as a Hero and the defender of London and civilization against the Assassins. When the Assassins gain ground and subvert his organization, he decides [[spoiler:that London would have to be reborn, and for London to be reborn, the old one will have to go]].

* PaperThinDisguise: He tries to disguise himself as a woman and just [[EpicFail fails]]

* {{Expy}}: Like Slackjaw in ''VideoGames/{{Dishonored}}'', he's one for William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting, as played by Creator/DanielDayLewis in ''Film/GangsOfNewYork'', especially apparent in the Alhambra sequence, which borrows from Satan's Circus.

* {{Badass}}: Not as much as some of the pre-Revolutionary Grandmasters, but he's at least decent. Pickpocketing a Master Templar is no small feat, and [[spoiler: in the final battle]] he's able to at least put up a competent fight against Jacob, Evie, and [[spoiler: Henry]] in hand-to-hand, though he's clearly not in their league and would have been killed in seconds if not for [[spoiler: the Shroud of Turin's regenerative powers]].

* DisproportionateRetribution: Shoots one of his underlings in the head for interrupting him.

* KnightFever: [[spoiler:She knights Jacob and Henry and makes Evie a dame at the end of ''Syndicate''.

[[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.

* Annoying Younger Sibling: The age difference is a scant 4 minutes but he still manages to exasperate his big sister.

* {{Retcon}}: [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII Abstergo documents]] stated that he was a Templar and co-plotter of World War II. Syndicate however has him ally with the Assassin Lydia Frye in World War I and portrays him as a true patriot.

* HarmfulToMinors: His business empire runs on child labour, poorly regulated child labour at that.

Grand Master of the British Rite of the Templar Order and the owner of the Starrick Telegraph Company

* StarterVillain: He's the first target of the game and is assassinated in the tutorial section.

* 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.

* {{Retcon}}: [[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.

An Indian immigrant, leader of the British Assassins, and friend of the Frye twins.

* {{Badass}}: She's as great a fighter as her grand-dad.
* DeadpanSnarker: 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".

* Battle Couple: With [[spoiler:Evie]] after copious amounts of ShipTease, though he's rather weak in comparison.