Robert Topping
Robert Topping is a London bookie who runs underground fight clubs and street carriage races. Evie first rescues him in Croydon, and once the twins reach London he invites them to enter his events.
- Role
- Supporting
Appears in
A Simple PlanA Simple Plan is Evie Frye's first memory and the second in the story. You ride a supply train into a Templar compound near Croydon, find the hidden laboratory of Sir David Brewster, and kill him to get at the Piece of Eden he is studying.- Fight ClubsFight clubs are underground boxing matches around London in Assassin's Creed Syndicate, run with bookie Robert Topping taking the bets. You fight several opponents at once with your fists, and winning pays out money.
Good to know
- Voiced by Gavin Fowler.
- Full name Robert Ignatius Topping, born 7 July 1847 in London.
- The fifth of eight children.
- Calls himself the best bookie in London, or second best after a rival named Donald.
- Loyalty level 5 unlocks the schematic for the World's Greatest Cane-sword.
A Simple Plan
Topping sneaks into David Brewster's hidden laboratory near Croydon and is caught. The guards take him for a spy of Henry Green's and haul him off for questioning, where he talks rings around his interrogators. Evie kills them but refuses to untie him once he has told her what he knows; he slips his bonds with old circus tricks while her back is turned.
Circus upbringing
As a boy he fell asleep in a crate at a market and woke up among a travelling circus. He stayed and learned from the acrobats, harlequins and ringmasters until the troupe broke up, then went home to a family that did not believe his story and went to work for an uncle with shady businesses.
In London
Back in the city Topping takes bets on prize fights and street races, and he encourages the twins to compete.
Related characters
- Antagonist
David Brewster
Sir David Brewster is the Scottish scientist and Templar experimenting on an Apple of Eden in a hidden laboratory under a Croydon train yard. He is Evie Frye's first target in Assassin's Creed Syndicate, in the memory A Simple Plan, whose optional objectives include air assassinating him.
- 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
George Westhouse
George Westhouse is the Crawley Assassin who sends Jacob and Evie on their opening missions in Assassin's Creed Syndicate. In February 1868 he assigns them Rupert Ferris and David Brewster in Croydon, then forbids them to take the fight to London, an order they ignore.
- Image: UbisoftProtagonist
Jacob Frye
Jacob Frye is one of the two playable Assassins in Assassin's Creed Syndicate, the brawler of the Frye twins. In 1868 he founds the Rooks gang, fights the Blighters for every borough and goes after Crawford Starrick's inner circle one Templar at a time, from Rupert Ferris in Croydon to the Earl of Cardigan in Parliament.