Sequence 9: Shall We Dance?
Sequence 9 is the finale of the 1868 story: the twins prepare for and then infiltrate the Queen's ball at Buckingham Palace to stop Crawford Starrick reaching the Shroud of Eden. Completing it unlocks the Shall We Dance? achievement, worth 50 Gamerscore or a gold trophy.
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- Storyline
Good to know
- Playable twins: Jacob for Double Trouble and Dress to Impress, Evie for Family Politics, both in A Night to Remember.
- Templar target: Crawford Starrick, the Templar Grand Master who runs London.
- Contains four memories, from Double Trouble to A Night to Remember.
- Achievement: Shall We Dance? (complete Memory Sequence 9), 50 Gamerscore or a gold trophy, the largest of the sequence awards.
- The story date for the final memory is September 1868.
- The modern-day Assassins later find the vault where the Shroud was kept, using the Initiate's work.
What the sequence covers
After a row on the train, the twins agree to one last job together. Jacob steals the Gladstones' invitations and carriage and gets Abberline a Royal Guard uniform so he can carry weapons inside. Evie chauffeurs Duleep Singh around London to learn where copies of the palace plans are kept. The ball itself has you switching between Evie inside the palace and Jacob on the roofs.
Memories in order
1. Double Trouble. 2. Dress to Impress. 3. Family Politics. 4. A Night to Remember.
How it endsSpoilerShow
Starrick takes the vault key from Evie during a waltz and puts on the Shroud, which heals every wound. Henry joins the fight, and the twins finally strip the Shroud off and kill Starrick together. They reconcile, Evie and Henry kiss, and Queen Victoria knights all three Assassins.
Allies in the finale
Benjamin and Mary Anne Disraeli supply the plan to take the Gladstones' invitations, Abberline smuggles in the weapons, Duleep Singh points Evie to the White Drawing Room, and Henry arrives in the vault at the critical moment.
- 1Double TroubleDouble Trouble begins the finale: after a bitter argument, the twins agree to one last job together, and Jacob has to steal William and Catherine Gladstone's invitations to the Queen's ball. The two split up, so you pickpocket each one in turn.
- 2Dress to ImpressDress to Impress solves the weapons problem for the ball: only Royal Guards carry arms inside, so Jacob takes a guard's uniform for Abberline, who will smuggle the twins' gear into Buckingham Palace.
- 3Family PoliticsFamily Politics has Evie earn the location of the second set of palace plans by driving Duleep Singh around London in a stolen royal carriage, so he can lobby three politicians about the kingdom Britain took from him.
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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.
Related missions
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A Good Shot
A 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.
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Murder at the Palace!
Murder at the Palace! is the final Dreadful Crimes case: Frederick Abberline calls you to Buckingham Palace, where a guard lies dead in Queen Victoria's study on the day of a knighting ceremony. The case pulls in clues from every earlier crime and ends with a rooftop standoff.
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Operation: Drive for Lives
Operation: Drive for Lives is the third Queen Victoria memory: the Templar leader has escaped and is believed to be hiding in Westminster. You trail his carriage to Victoria Station, then have to rush a lit cart of explosives away from the crowds.
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Operation: Dynamite Boat
Operation: Dynamite Boat is the first Queen Victoria memory: a ship of Templars is bringing dynamite from Boston up the Thames, and you help Alfred Fleming's secret service ambush it. Afterwards you catch the faction's fleeing leader alive.