Autumn of Terror
Autumn of Terror is the second Jack the Ripper memory: Evie Frye arrives at Scotland Yard in October 1888, learns from Inspector Abberline that Jacob is missing, and rides with him to Whitechapel to investigate the first murder scene.
- Type
- Story
- Given by
- Frederick Abberline
- Region
- Whitechapel
Storylines
Part 2 of 10 in Sequence 10: A Monster's Creed
Found in
- Scotland YardScotland Yard is the Metropolitan Police headquarters in the Strand. Several Jack the Ripper memories involving Inspector Abberline reference it.
- WhitechapelWhitechapel is the first borough you liberate and the poorest in London, a district of slums and crime. Rexford Kaylock's Blighters hold it when the Fryes arrive in 1868, and in 1888 it becomes Jack the Ripper's hunting ground.
Good to know
- Memory 2 of Sequence 10, set in October 1888.
- This is the first memory where you play as Evie.
- You drive Abberline's carriage from Scotland Yard to the first crime scene.
- This is your first crime-scene investigation: examine clues and piece together what happened.
- No full sync objective is listed.
- Next memory: The Unfortunates.
At Scotland Yard
Abberline tells Evie his men have chased the Ripper for months with nothing to show. The killer is careful and leaves no trace, a skill he has only seen in the Fryes. Jacob summoned Evie from India before he vanished, and Abberline fears she is the last Assassin in London.
The drive
Evie takes the reins. On the way Abberline describes a borough where constables are afraid to patrol after dark and newspapers paint residents as savages. He mentions he knew Mary Ann Nichols, called Polly by her friends, from the Frying Pan pub.
The investigation
At the scene, look at where the body was found, a bloody handprint on a stack of planks and a stain on a tree branch. Put the clues together to work out the direction of something thrown, then search the grass to find it.
What Evie findsSpoilerShow
The object is an Assassin's ring. The press had reported that each victim's ring had been taken, and Abberline suspects the women were chosen because they were Assassins; the woman found here was not the Polly he knew.
Abberline and the Fryes
Abberline first worked with Jacob and Evie in 1868 and has been an Inspector in Whitechapel since the early 1870s. During the Ripper case he has been the public face of the investigation while Jacob hunted the killer by other means.
Real history
The real Mary Ann 'Polly' Nichols was killed on 31 August 1888 and is counted as the Ripper's first victim.
- Evie FryeEvie 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.
- Frederick AbberlineFrederick 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.
- Jack the RipperJack 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.
- Mary Ann NicholsIn the Jack the Ripper story of Assassin's Creed Syndicate, the woman found dead as Mary Ann Nichols is the first case Evie Frye examines with Inspector Abberline, in the memory Autumn of Terror. Abberline knew the real Polly Nichols and says this is not her.
- Mary Ann NicholsMary Ann "Polly" Nichols was the first of the five victims of the Whitechapel murders, killed on 31 August 1888. In the Jack the Ripper expansion her death opens the Autumn of Terror, and Abberline has reason to doubt the official account of it.
Related missions
Image: UbisoftStoryThe Unfortunates
The Unfortunates is the third Jack the Ripper memory: Evie searches Jacob's Whitechapel lodgings, picks up her first fear bombs and spikes, then tracks Jacob's contact Nellie from a brothel to a charity event run by Lady Owers at the Kenway Mansion.
- Story
Letters of Intent
Letters 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.
- Story
Live by the Creed, Die by the Creed
Live by the Creed, Die by the Creed is the final memory of the Jack the Ripper DLC: Evie sneaks into Lambeth Asylum, follows Jack's messages down to the basement and faces him in a boss fight that rewards stealth over brawling.
- Story
The Mother of All Crimes
The Mother of All Crimes is the eighth Jack the Ripper memory, set on 9 November 1888: Evie examines the scene of Mary Jane Kelly's murder, then follows a message from Jack back to the earlier murder sites in Spitalfields and Mitre Square, searching for clues without killing anyone.