Henry Green
Henry Green is the head of the Assassins in London when the Frye twins arrive in Assassin's Creed Syndicate. He runs a curiosity shop in Whitechapel that doubles as the Brotherhood's bureau, introduces Jacob and Evie to their key allies and works alongside Evie on the search for the Shroud of Eden. His birth name is Jayadeep Mir.
- Role
- Companion
- Affiliation
- Assassins
Good to know
- Voiced by the British actor Jaz Deol.
- Born in the Sikh Empire on 7 December 1843, son of the Indian Assassin Arbaaz Mir.
- Trained as a boy in Amritsar by Ethan Frye, the twins' father.
- Known as the Ghost while working undercover on London's first underground railway in the early 1860s.
- Great-nephew of Maharaja Duleep Singh, whose London storyline The Last Maharaja he sets in motion.
- Hands the twins their first pistols and, before the Whitechapel gang war, their kukris.
- Introduces Jacob and Evie to Frederick Abberline, Clara O'Dea and Alexander Graham Bell.
Before 1868
Henry failed his first assignment in India and was exiled to England instead of executed. After a Templar operation cost the life of his friend Maggie he withdrew from Assassin work for years, until his parents bought him the curiosity shop and persuaded him to build an informant network. By 1868 he was one of the last Assassins left in London and had written to George Westhouse asking for help.
In the main story
Henry meets the twins on the Whitechapel rooftops in Somewhere That's Green, explains Starrick's grip on the city and gives them intel on Rexford Kaylock. He then joins Evie's Shroud hunt: the Kenway Mansion in Playing It by Ear, the Tower of London lead and the plan to steal Buckingham Palace's blueprints in Change of Plans, where he acts as a distraction.
Duleep Singh's story
Henry pushes his great-uncle to reclaim his birthright and recruits the twins to help. He plans the ambush of a convoy carrying Singh's intercepted letters, investigates the foundry where the twins learn Brinley Ellsworth is behind the attacks, and after the Koh-i-Noor heist smashes the stolen jewel with a hammer to show it is a fake.
Capture and the vaultSpoilerShow
The Blighters capture Henry during the blueprint theft and Evie gives up the plans to rescue him, then ends their partnership. Before the final fight George Westhouse gives Henry a book explaining the Shroud. Henry reaches the vault, throws a knife into Starrick's back so the twins can break free, and is knocked out. He and Evie become a couple afterwards, later marry and move to India.
- Somewhere That's GreenSomewhere That's Green is the first London memory: as Jacob you step off the train in Whitechapel, chase a pickpocket, race Evie up a factory roof and meet Henry Green, the Assassin who has been watching over the city. It ends with a carriage chase to shake off Blighters.
- Gang War: WhitechapelGang War: Whitechapel is the showdown for the borough: with Henry's new kukris, you lead the Rooks against Rexford Kaylock's Blighters at the Whitechapel train station, then chase Kaylock along the roof of his moving train. Winning gives the twins their Train Hideout.
Freedom of the PressFreedom of the Press introduces Alexander Graham Bell, who turns Kaylock's broken launcher into the rope launcher on your gauntlet. As Evie you then test it on Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster, fitting fuses for Bell's independent telegraph line.- Playing It by EarPlaying It by Ear sends Evie and Henry into the Kenway Mansion, now a Templar house, following Eagle Vision clues in Thorne's notebook. You hunt for Edward Kenway's keepsakes and solve a piano puzzle that opens a secret room.
- Change of PlansChange of Plans sends Evie and Henry after the architectural plans that may show a vault Prince Albert added to Buckingham Palace. Maharajah Duleep Singh tells them Starrick's people got there first, and the job goes wrong when Henry is taken.
- A Night to RememberA Night to Remember is the final main memory: the twins enter the Queen's ball at Buckingham Palace, Evie retrieves the vault plans from the White Drawing Room while Jacob rescues captive Royal Guards on the roofs, and both face Crawford Starrick in the vault below.
- Pressed FlowersPressed Flowers is Evie Frye's herbarium memory, listed as the Epilogue: Henry Green starts a book of pressed flowers, Evie offers to collect samples around London, and their conversations about flower meanings mark how close they have grown.
- A Good ShotA Good Shot is the first memory of The Last Maharaja: at a garden party in the grounds of Buckingham Palace, Henry Green asks you to smooth things over with Duleep Singh after an argument. Duleep challenges you to a bottle-shooting game, and during his turn someone fires a second shot.
- Information InterceptedInformation Intercepted is the second Last Maharaja memory: Henry Green believes the British India Company is intercepting Duleep Singh's letters, as it did years ago with letters to his mother. You set up Rook ambushes on a mail convoy and a train to take the letters back.
- The Great Jewel HeistThe Great Jewel Heist is the eighth Last Maharaja memory: during a gala at the Tower of London, Jacob escorts Duleep Singh inside to steal the Koh-i-Noor while Evie clears the Templars on the White Tower roof. Someone has got to the diamond first.
Related characters
- Protagonist
Evie Frye
Evie Frye is the second playable Assassin in Assassin's Creed Syndicate and the planner of the Frye twins. While Jacob tears down Starrick's businesses, her memories follow the hunt for a Shroud of Eden across London and her rivalry with the Templar occultist Lucy Thorne. She is also the playable lead of the 1888 Jack the Ripper story.
- Supporting
Duleep Singh
Duleep Singh, the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire, is Henry Green's great-uncle. He helps Evie find the Buckingham Palace plans in Family Politics, and is the central figure of The Last Maharaja missions, where the twins help him fight the British India Company.
- Antagonist
Rexford Kaylock
Rexford Kaylock is the Blighter leader of Whitechapel, the first borough the Frye twins fight for in Assassin's Creed Syndicate. He is the target of Gang War: Whitechapel in Sequence 3, and beating him hands the twins the train that becomes their hideout.
- Supporting
Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria gives the Queen Victoria London Stories, in which the twins stop a new Templar faction's bombing campaign. She also hosts the Buckingham Palace ball at the end of the main story and appears in The Dreadful Crimes and The Last Maharaja.