Arthur Weaversbrook
Arthur Weaversbrook is the Fleet Street newspaper owner whose papers made Jack the Ripper famous. In the 1888 expansion he becomes Evie's main contact for side work: the Ripper letters, the lieutenant hits and the Rooks' smuggling cargo.
- Role
- Supporting
Good to know
- Voiced by Daniel Kash.
- Born 28 December 1848 in London.
- His father Malcolm learned printing in Germany and founded the family firm on Fleet Street.
- Was one of the first in London to sell penny papers.
- Reaching loyalty level 1 with him unlocks the large fear bomb pouch (plus 4).
How he got involved
When the Dear Boss letter arrived in September 1888 he printed it, hoping a reader would recognise the handwriting. Sales soared, but Jack threatened him and forced him to keep printing letters and covering the murders. When Arthur finally listened to Jacob and his own son and stopped, the Ripper's men kidnapped the son.
Working with Evie
Evie rescues Arthur from Rooks on the street and then frees his son from captors at the docks. Grateful, he wants to undo the legend his papers helped create. He passes Evie letters claiming to be from Jack so she can track down the senders, and points her at Jack's lieutenants and the Rooks' smuggled cargo.
What he gives you
Weaversbrook is the source of the Ripper Letters activities (From Hell, Saucy Jack, Dear Boss), both Jack's Lieutenants hits and the two Cargo Hijack missions, Opium Cargo and Egyptian Spoils.
ProloguePrologue is the first memory of the Jack the Ripper DLC, dated 30 September 1888. You play as Jack the Ripper himself, chasing Jacob Frye through Whitechapel after Jacob reaches a double murder scene at Mitre Square.- The Lady TalksThe Lady Talks is the fourth Jack the Ripper memory, dated 2 November 1888: Evie infiltrates Owers Manor northwest of London to assassinate Lady Olwyn Owers, Jack's lieutenant. The guards are expecting her, so stealth and fear matter here.
- Letters of IntentLetters of Intent is the fifth Jack the Ripper memory, dated 3 November 1888: Evie gets a lead from Abberline, rescues newspaper owner Arthur Weaversbrook from Rooks near St Paul's, and then frees his kidnapped son from Jack's men at the docks.
- Dear BossDear Boss is the last Ripper Letters activity in the Jack the Ripper DLC: Weaversbrook needs to know whether the 'Dear Boss' letter came from a madman or a newspaperman, so Evie follows its suspected author to a dockyard and makes him talk.
- From HellFrom Hell is the first Ripper Letters activity in the Jack the Ripper DLC: handwriting experts have named a suspect for a new letter, and Arthur Weaversbrook asks Evie to make sure he is not the real killer.
- Jack's Lieutenants: City of LondonJack's Lieutenants: City of London is an assassination activity in the Jack the Ripper DLC: four of Jack's gang bosses meet at Cannon Street station, and Evie infiltrates the station to kill them all for Arthur Weaversbrook.
- Opium CargoOpium Cargo is the first Cargo Hijack in the Jack the Ripper DLC: Evie takes a large opium shipment from a Rook-held area and delivers it to a rendezvous point for Arthur Weaversbrook.
- Saucy JackSaucy Jack is the second Ripper Letters activity in the Jack the Ripper DLC, named after the real 'Saucy Jacky' postcard. Evie runs down its supposed author for Arthur Weaversbrook and finds a man with a political motive.
Related characters
- Antagonist
Jack the Ripper
Jack the Ripper is the serial killer at the centre of the Jack the Ripper expansion, set in Whitechapel in 1888. Evie Frye returns from India to hunt him, and you also play as Jack himself in several story segments, using his fear-based kit against civilians and police.
- Supporting
Frederick Abberline
Frederick Abberline is the Metropolitan Police officer who works with the Frye twins in 1868 and leads the Whitechapel murder inquiry in the Jack the Ripper expansion. In the main game he gives you Bounty Hunts, sending you after Blighter leaders to bring back alive.
- Antagonist
Olwyn Owers
Olwyn Owers, known as Lady O, is the first major target of the Jack the Ripper expansion. In public she is a society philanthropist who claims to rescue fallen women; in private she runs brothels, blackmails their clients and passes what she learns to the Ripper.
- Antagonist
John Billingsworth
John Billingsworth is the chief warder of Jack the Ripper's private prison on the hulks at Deptford, and Evie's target in the Prisoners memory. He oversees the hostages Jack uses to extort their families and runs the executions.