Sequence 3: A Modern Babylon
Sequence 3 brings the Frye twins to London and builds their footing in Whitechapel over five memories. You meet Henry Green, Frederick Abberline and Clara O'Dea, then take the borough from Rexford Kaylock's Blighters. It unlocks the A Modern Babylon achievement.
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- Storyline
Good to know
- Playable twins: Jacob for Somewhere That's Green, Evie for Freedom of the Press, either twin for the other three.
- Main target: Rexford Kaylock, the Blighter gang leader controlling Whitechapel.
- Contains five memories, from Somewhere That's Green to Freedom of the Press.
- You gain the Train Hideout, a kukri for each twin and the rope launcher during this sequence.
- Achievement: A Modern Babylon (complete Memory Sequence 3), 20 Gamerscore or a bronze trophy.
What the sequence covers
Arriving at Whitechapel's station, the twins find Henry Green, who shows them the borough from its highest chimney and lays out his network of allies. Jacob wants a gang to rival the Blighters and names it the Rooks; Evie wants the Piece of Eden. You recruit Abberline by kidnapping a criminal for him, win Clara's urchins by freeing child workers, then fight the gang war for Whitechapel. The sequence closes with Alexander Graham Bell fixing Kaylock's broken rope launcher.
Memories in order
1. Somewhere That's Green. 2. Abberline, We Presume. 3. To Catch an Urchin. 4. Gang War (Whitechapel). 5. Freedom of the Press.
Allies introduced
Henry Green, Frederick Abberline, Clara O'Dea, Agnes MacBean and her locomotive, Alexander Graham Bell and Ned Wynert all appear for the first time in this sequence. Charles Dickens also bumps into the twins on the street.
How it endsSpoilerShow
Kaylock dies on top of his own train, the Rooks absorb his leaderless Blighters, and the train becomes the twins' moving headquarters. Bell's independent telegraph line starts to break Starrick's grip on the news.
Where it happens
Everything except the Big Ben climb takes place in Whitechapel: the station, Henry's curio shop, Babylon Alley and a Blighter-run warehouse. Freedom of the Press moves to Westminster for the telegraph fuses.
- 1Somewhere 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.
- 2Abberline, We PresumeAbberline, We Presume introduces Sergeant Frederick Abberline, who meets the twins in a Whitechapel alley wearing a dress and bonnet. To earn police cover you kidnap a criminal named Homer Dalton and deliver him alive to Abberline's carriage.
- 3To Catch an UrchinTo Catch an Urchin is where the twins meet Clara O'Dea and her network of child spies in Babylon Alley. Her price is a favour: free the children working in a Blighter-run factory warehouse.
- 4Gang 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.
- 5
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.
Related missions
- Activity
Gang Wars
A gang war is the final fight for each London borough in Assassin's Creed Syndicate: once you have weakened the Blighters enough, their Templar leader accepts a street brawl between the two gangs, and winning it makes the borough Rook territory.
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A Simple Matter of Murder!
A Simple Matter of Murder! is the first Dreadful Crimes case: a foreman lies stabbed in a Whitechapel warehouse and a boy is found holding the bloody knife. Henry Raymond and young Artie introduce themselves and challenge you to solve it, and the obvious answer turns out to be wrong.
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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.
- Activity
Buck's Row Brothel
Buck's Row Brothel is the last Brothel Attack in the Jack the Ripper DLC: Evie frees a Whitechapel brothel where Lady O's thugs force the women to spy on clients and hand over everything they earn.