The Lambeth gang war is your showdown with Cletus Strain's Blighters for control of the borough. The messenger warns that Strain is a bit sadistic; defeat his gang and then Strain to take Lambeth.
Strain dies in the fight and Lambeth falls to the Rooks, with Evie announcing to the Blighters that they now answer to the twins.
Before Strain will fight, you need to have loosened his hold on Lambeth through its activities: the Templar hunts on Martin Church, the Lambeth Bullies and the Fletchers, the bounties on Leopold Bacchus, Mildred Graves and Jesse Butler, the Battersea Bellows and Echostreet Alley strongholds, and the Strain & Boil factory.
Cletus Strain is known for theatrics and for using smoke to disable opponents, and he is shown holding a smoke grenade before the fight. Expect smoke once he joins, and keep moving so you are not caught blind in the middle of his Blighters. The rhyme he sings on arrival matches his reputation for always making time for games.
Evie promises the Rooks they will win the fight for Lambeth, and Jacob shouts for the Blighters to fall.
Breaking News
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Gang War: City of London
The City of London gang war is the street fight that decides the borough once you have weakened Bloody Nora's Blighters. Accept the challenge from the messenger, beat her gang and then Nora herself to make the City Rook territory.
Gang War: Southwark
The Southwark gang war pits the Rooks against Octavia Plumb's Blighters, who accept the challenge only reluctantly. Win the brawl and defeat Plumb to claim Southwark.
Gang War: The Strand
The Strand gang war is the decisive fight against Victor Lynch's Blighters. Lynch agrees to the terms on condition that he fights with electrochemical bombs, so expect explosives once he joins.