Sylvia Duke

Sylvia Duke is a bounty hunt in The Strand for a career criminal wanted for almost everything, who travels with brutes and bodyguards. Get past her escort, kidnap her and deliver her to Abberline alive.

Type: Activity
Given by: Frederick Abberline
Region: The Strand

Part of

Bounty HuntsBounty hunts are borough activities in Assassin's Creed Syndicate where Sergeant Frederick Abberline names a wanted criminal and you bring that person to him, ideally alive. Clearing them is one of the ways Jacob and Evie Frye weaken the Blighters' hold on a borough before its gang war.

Found in

The StrandThe Strand is London's shopping and theatre borough, a busy, well-off district full of parks, shops and easy pickpocket targets. The Templar Victor Lynch rules it in 1868, and it holds the Alhambra Music Hall, Scotland Yard and St. Pancras station.

Good to know

Borough: The Strand.
Target: Sylvia Duke, a seasoned fighter with a loyal following.
Full sync: deliver Duke to Abberline alive.
Expect a heavier escort than most bounties.
Other Strand bounties: Milton King and Gilbert Fowler.
Getting her to Abberline alive counts toward the Thieftaker achievement for three living bounty targets.

The capture

Duke guesses straight away that Abberline sent you, since he has been on her trail for a while. She brags that no prison has kept her long. If she breaks free she calls on bystanders to get you off her back. Abberline's only comment on delivery: a feisty one.

The Strand context

The Strand's Blighters answer to Victor Lynch, a Templar feared in the borough for his chemical and electrical experiments. Its Templar hunts cover Louis Blake, Argus and Rose Bartlett, and Peter Needham, the strongholds are Clare Market and St. Giles Rookery, and the factory is Lynch's Fine Ornamentation.

Getting past the escort

Her description warns of brutes and bodyguards and calls her a strong fighter, so a straight brawl is the hard way in. Thin the group from cover or wait for an opening behind her, since Abberline's method is to grab from behind. Once you have her, walk slowly: the detection ring shrinks at a slow pace and widens a lot if you run. If she escapes she calls on anyone nearby to pull you off her.

Her record

Duke talks freely about having been in and out of prison many times and expects to be out again soon. Evie notes that Abberline sending you does half the work for her.

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