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The British Brotherhood of Assassins was a guild of Assassins based in the British Isles which had existed since the late 1st century CE as a branch of the Hidden Ones. Growing in the British Isles during the Roman Empire, the Hidden Ones retreated from Britain during the 5th century due to the departure of the Romans.

In 873, the Hidden Ones Basim Ibn Ishaq and Hytham were sent to settle a new chapter in England. They allied with the Norse Raven Clan and installed their bureau in the clan colony of Ravensthorpe.

Reorganized as the Assassins during the High Middle Ages, the Guild took part in the political conflicts in England, especially when its sworn enemy the British Rite of the Templar Order was involved. In the 13th century, the Guild took part in the First Barons' War against the King John Lackland who was manipulated by the Templars. At the beginning of the 16th century, the Assassin killed the Templar allied Margaret of York as they plotted to take the place of Henry VII of England. The Guild even assassinated the Queen Mary I of England as she was allied with the Templars and placed her half-sister Elizabeth on the throne.

In the 18th century, the British Brotherhood knew its peak under the leadership of Edward Kenway and Miko before the two were assassinated by the Templars led by Reginald Birch. Then, the Guild lost his grip on London and relocated their headquarters in Crawley, acting more carefully against the Templars who were well implanted in the Empire. In the middle of the 19th century, the actions of the twin Assassins Jacob and Evie Frye diminished the Templar's influence on London, permitting to the Guild to regain strength in the country.

Like many European Guilds, the British Brotherhood was very active during the World War I sending Assassins on the front and in seats of power. In 2000, the Guild was nearly wiped out like the entire Assassin Brotherhood during the Great Purge led by the Templar Order, leaving only a few members alive.

History[]

Roman Britain[]

Pre-foundation[]

During the late 1st century, decades after the conquest of Britain by the Roman Emperor Claudius, a precursor incarnation of the British Brotherhood was established by the Hidden Ones, establishing six bureaus in the province.[1] During this time, the Hidden Ones received The Magas Codex, a retranscription of the Hidden Ones' final synod around 30 BCE. The pages of the manuscript were distributed between the bureaus of Londinium, Eboracum, Camulodunum, Venta Belgarum, Ratae, and the Temple of Ceres.[2]

In the 90s, the Hidden Ones sent requests and pleas to Emperor Domitian and his governor Verus to accord Roman citizenship to the Iceni. When they ignored the request, the Acolytus Anicius killed Verus in public at Camulodunum to send a message to the Senate.[2]

In 122, as Emperor Hadrian planned a war against the northern native people of England, the Hidden Ones decided to assassinate him. The Acolytus Caius infiltrated his villa in Londinium but was discovered and killed before he could accomplish his mission.[2]

In 161, Emperor Marcus Aurelius came to power and the Hidden Ones made motions towards him to broker peace in the region. In 164, Aurelius agreed to cease hostilities and retreat south from the Antonine Wall to the more easily defensible Hadrian's Wall. Although the Hidden Ones trusted Aurelius to abide by the deal, they sent Magister Eghan to oversee the retreat in order to verify that Aurelius kept his word. In 211, as the Imperator Septimius Severus flouted the terms of our treaty by overseeing the fortification and reoccupation of the Antonine Wall, the Magister Khloe assassinated him in his villa of Eboracum.[2]

In 306, the Acolytus Beatha delivered a letter to Emperor Constantine I pleading for the protection of the Christians who were killed by the Belgae warriors.[2]

In 383, as Emperor Magnus Maximus took most of his troops to march in Gaul, the Hidden One Marcellus ordered the evacuation of the bureaus of Eboracum and Venta Belgarum as the local population turned against them.[2]

During the late-4th century, the Christian Church executed the Belgae pagans. The Hidden Ones tried to convince Emperor Theodosius I to a compromise. As he didn't respond, the Acolytus Teague and his Magister were sent to kill the church fathers Vitus, Secunda, and Agapitus during a public spectacle. The Hidden Ones succeeded but the Magister was wounded and died.[2]

Departure and later return[]

With the death of Emperor Honorius in 423, the magister and Hidden One Vitus wrote to his English brethren stationed at a bureau in Leicester, England, warning them that Britain would be imminently unstable, due to the local tribes who harbored ill sentiments towards the Hidden Ones and their mission having filled the power vacuum left by the departing Roman legions. Reasoning that it would be better to restart the branch later than to suffer the loss of its members to unnecessary bloodshed, he ordered that the letter's recipient immediately evacuated and moved their headquarters to the German city of Cologne, joining forces with the local chapter. The evacuation was not unanimously accepted among the Brotherhood, though, as Magister Maya explained her doubts to Magister Sebastos and saw the Hidden Ones' departure to be premature and cowardly.[2] Despite this, Vitus' remains were buried in a secret tomb in near Dover in the Kent and his robes was dispersed across England.[3]

Around 873, two Hidden Ones from the Abbasid Caliphate, Master Basim Ibn Ishaq and his student Hytham, were tasked by their Mentor Rayhan to establish a new chapter in England with the help of Sigurd Styrbjornson of the Raven Clan.[4] The two accompanied the clan from Norway to England[5] and set up a bureau in their new settlement of Ravensthorpe.[6] The Hidden Ones also forged an uneasy alliance with Sigurd's adopted sibling, the charismatic Eivor Varinsdottir, who helped them to break the Order of the Ancients' grasp over the British Isles with the help of the Order's Grand Maegester Alfred the Great of Wessex.[7]

Protecting Excalibur[]

In 878, the Hidden Ones expanded their influence towards London with the Hawk's Nest as their new covert headquarters. Hytham instated Roman Hidden One Marcella to act as its bureau leader. To garner support, they sent out letters of invitation to notable warriors across the isles.[8] However, only one arrived, Niamh of Argyll, who was secretly undercover for the Women of the Mist to investigate the Hidden Ones.[9] Nevertheless, after testing Niamh, the Hidden Ones tasked her to find and eliminate a priest named Deoric in Cote.[10]

Once Niamh arrived back from her mission, despite some mistakes, the Hidden Ones inducted her as an initiate and granted her a Hidden Blade.[11] Hytham later offered Niamh to accompany them to find a captive woman taken by Cyrus, an Order member and slaver who was at a keep along the Tamesis.[12] Together, they infiltrated the keep and saved Ebba from the Order's grasp as Niamh later dealt with Cyrus.[13]

After saving Ebba, Niamh and Hytham discussed with Marcella about the current alliance between the Order and the Descendants of the Round Table and their search for Excalibur.[14] Hytham agreed to let Niamh and Valka inspect and investigate the Order's nunnery for the Hidden Ones.[15] Once Niamh returned, the Hidden Ones' bureau leader Marcella challenged her integrity and challenged her to fight, though Hytham broke it up and later conferred with Niamh alone.[16]

Their next plan was for Niamh to accompany Hytham to Caledonia and meet Eivor to discuss Excalibur.[16] After trekking through the marshes and past Hadrian's Wall,[17] they soon met Eivor and helped her fight a troupe of Pict warriors. While Hytham spoke to Eivor afterwards, Niamh secretly trying to obtain Excalibur for the Women of the Misys.[18] Although both Hytham and Eivor caught Niamh stealing, they could not stop her leaving with the blade.[19]

Fighting the Descendants[]

Hytham was later called back to Ravensthorpe by Valka after she found a wounded Niamh had survived an attack on the road.. As Hytham and Valka talked about Niamh's reasons for the theft, Niamh noticed incoming Descendant soldiers and attacked them first, giving time for Hytham to join and help defeat them. Despite some mistrust, both Hytham and Niamh understood why she took Excalibur as all three of them conspired a plan to make a spectacle of "destroying" it by way of ritual burning.[20] While Hytham and Valka took a copy of Excalibur to sacrifice at White Horse,[21] Niamh returned to Avalon with the real sword.[22] With the false sword and the real weapon safely hidden away, the Descendants disbanded. Weeks later, the Hidden Ones started an alliance with the Women of the Mist as Niamh was named to be next Lady of Avalon, much to Hytham's happiness.[23]

Wars for the Crown[]

First Barons' War[]

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Robert Fitzwalter, leader of the Barons

By the time of the High Middle Ages, the British branch of the Hidden Ones had been rebranded as the British Brotherhood of Assassins. The earliest known actions of these new Assassins was its backing of the French-supported baronial uprising against the King during the First Barons' War from 1215 to 1217. Led by Robert Fitzwalter, the Assassins were determined to end the despotic rule of King John, who they knew was nothing but a pawn of his Templar advisors.[24]

However, the Master Assassin William of Cassingham, operating independently from the Brotherhood, led a guerrilla force supporting the King, firstly because he refused to side with the French but mainly because he was a staunch supporter of John's son, Prince Henry.[24]

Tudor era[]

On 23 November, 1503, a team of Assassins sent by the Italian Mentor Ezio Auditore arrived in London to assassinate the Templar ally Margaret of York who claimed the throne of England.[25] As the Templars tried to lead a rebellion against the King Henry VII, the Assassins killed the Templars and discovered that they had infiltrated the Star Chamber.[26] Investigated on the matter, the Assassins exposed the Templar allies to the King, who granted the Assassin with a seat in the Star Chamber.[27]

By 1515, the English Assassin Hiram Stoddard went in Italy to follow the training of the retired Ezio Auditore. He entered in rivalry with another Auditore's student, Giovanni Borgia.[28] After failing to recover an Apple of Eden from the Templar Dei Petrucci in Florence, Stoddard and Borgia fought, leading to their common love interest, Elena.[29] Stoddard went rogue and tried to recover the Apple to resuscitate Elena. In 1516, he stormed an Assassin hideout in Greece to take the Apple but was stopped by Borgia who tried to convince him to join back the Brotherhood.[30]

On 17 November, 1558, the Assassins killed the Queen Mary I of England as she allied with the Templars and also became allies of her successor Elizabeth I of England.[31]

Involvement in the New World[]

Salem witch trials[]

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Thomas Stoddard threatening Dorothy Osborne

In 1692, the British Assassin Thomas Stoddard went to Salem in Massachusetts to find a Pieces of Eden. He arrived in the city during the witch trials. With the help of another Assassin Jennifer Querry, they liberated from a prison Dorothy Osborne, a young girl who was possessed by the Isu Consus. This act enraged the Templar William Stoughton who ordered to the villagers to capture the Assassins.[32]

Once captured, Stoddard and Querry were interrogated by Stoughton who threatened to hurt Querry's son, David. But at this moment, Osborne was possessed by Consus. Querry tried to free herself and Stoddard but she was killed. Osborne committed suicide to prevent the Templars from using her to cause more deaths. Furious, Stoughton tried to kill Stoddard, but the Templar was then shot by his Templar associate, Samuel Parris. The Assassin ultimately convinced a remorseful Parris to let him and David left the city.[32]

Contact with the Caribbean branch[]

The Order still existed in the early 18th Century and had a Mentor within the ranks as well as various other senior members. Around 1700, an Assassin sailor introduced Duncan Walpole into the Brotherhood. Duncan eventually became a Master Assassin, though his immoderate temper and arrogance were seen as a liability to most of the Order. This lack of loyalty led to Duncan defecting to the Templar cause and began corresponding with Laureano de Torres y Ayala.[33]

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Duncan Walpole bargaining with Edward Kenway

In 1714, Duncan was tasked with meeting Ah Tabai, Mentor of the West Indies Brotherhood. After learning the locations of the Assassins' headquarters in the West Indies, Duncan sailed aboard HMS Intrigue, with the hope of joining the Templar Order. His plan began to unravel after HMS Intrigue attacked the Jacobite, shipwrecking Duncan and a pirate named Edward Kenway, who ultimately killed Duncan at Cape Bonavista.[34]

In 1722, Edward, who had become affiliated with the Caribbean Assassins, eventually joined the British Brotherhood after sailing to London. He quickly ascended to the rank of Master Assassin and effectively became a co-leader of the branch alongside Miko. Together, the two managed to bring great stability to the Brotherhood, creating vast connections throughout London ranging from the noble high society to the criminal underworld. This further expanded their forces and presence and thus managed to diminish the Templar threat in the country. Outside of London, Miko began searching all over Europe for Pieces of Eden whilst making connections and providing his aid to the various regional branches.[35]

Over the following years, Edward continued his research, utilizing his commercial activities to locate First Civilization sites across the globe; he discovered several Temples located in Italy and Alamut.[36] Additionally, Kenway attempted to discover the location of the Grand Temple and thus recorded his research into his personal journal.[37]

At some point during his travels, Edward discovered the Shroud of Eden, a powerful Precursor artifact capable of healing fatal injuries. Upon learning of its power, Edward elected to keep the artifact hidden and thus concealed the artifact in a case constructed by the First Civilization which would be accessible only to a key of the same design. In order to ensure its secrecy, Edward stored the artifact underneath the Tower of London and placed the key within a secret room above the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral.[38] Edward also kept the vessel's wheel for a hidden compartment in his manor which held a Precursor artifact designed to open the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral, as well as the detailed history of the London Assassins.[39]

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The death of Edward Kenway

Edward raised his son Haytham to become an Assassin from an early age. By 1723, Edward became acquainted with Reginald Birch who, unbeknownst to him, was a member of the British Rite of the Templar Order. Birch planned to acquire Edward's journal, with a view to locating the Grand Temple himself. Birch succeeded in this endeavor in 1735, when a group of mercenaries hired by Birch killed Edward and obtained his journal.[37]

Struggling against the Templars[]

During the mid-18th century, the British Brotherhood was at a disadvantage with their limited manpower and resources, and struggled to combat against their Templar counterparts. [citation needed] After Kenway's death, Miko attempted to lead the Brotherhood to his best efforts. At some point Miko became acquainted with Achilles Davenport, Mentor of the newly established Colonial Brotherhood. In 1751, Miko informed him that Reginald Birch had begun searching the world for various Pieces of Eden that would defiantly aid the British Templars in their search for the Grand Temple. More importantly, they feared that Birch would send his deadliest agent, Haytham Kenway, to the colonies. With this message, Miko was sent on an assignment in Corsica, but not before promising to contact Achilles as soon as possible.[40]

By 1753, Miko had arrived in Corsica and was assigned to protect Lucio Albertine, a codebreaker and ally to the Order. However, with Corsica in the midst of a revolution, the two resided in an encampment along with several rebels fighting for independence against Genoa. One June night, their camp was attacked; while Miko fought against the Genoese soldiers, Lucio attempted to escape, only to be kidnapped by Haytham Kenway. With haste, Miko caught up and engaged Kenway in battle. Despite a valiant attempt, Haytham managed to fend Miko off. After climbing a rope, Miko was forced to end his pursuit of the Templar, for fear of falling to his death. Before he ended the chase, Miko promised Haytham that the two would encounter each other again, but only one would survive.[37]

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Miko confronted by Haytham Kenway

At some point after returning to London, Miko was entrusted with the Grand Temple Key. In 1754, Miko, accompanied by his nephew, attended a performance of The Beggar's Opera in the Theatre Royal. During the play, Haytham navigated through the theatre and assassinated Miko, taking possession of the key.[41]

Following Miko's death, the Brotherhood tasked Louis Mills with pursuing Haytham and eliminating him. To execute his plan, Mills boarded the Providence posing as one of its crew members, and secretly threw marked cargo overboard each night, leaving a trail for the Assassins' ship Aquila to pursue the Providence.[42]

The plan failed, however, as Haytham managed to kill Louis in a duel. Shortly after, the Aquila appeared in pursuit of the Providence, lured by Mills' trail of cargo. Haytham persuaded Samuel Smythe, the captain of the Providence, to sail through a brewing storm in order to lose the pursuers. During the storm, the Aquila was heavily damaged and forced to abandon the pursuit.[42] Following this, the London Brotherhood began to largely diminish in numbers until their presence was almost completely eradicated from London by the growing British Templars who managed to seize control of the country, and began to serve as a centuries-long decline of the Assassin Order.[43]

Industrial Revolution[]

Liberation of London[]

Main article: Liberation of London

During the 19th century, the British Brotherhood was led by an Assassin Council, forming a more structured and ordered branch that attempted to solve matters in a more methodical approach. Ethan Frye joined the Brotherhood alongside his wife Cecily; the pair became high ranking members who undertook missions for the Brotherhood operating in Crawley. Some point later, Ethan rescued a local mill worker, George Westhouse, from robbers near a riverbank. Grateful for his aid, George subsequently joined the Brotherhood with Ethan and Cecily acting as his mentors, tutoring him in methods of the Assassins.[44]

In 1841, Ethan went to India to recover the Koh-i-Noor, a Piece of Eden tack by the Templars. Ethan became a close friend of the Indian Assassin Arbaaz Mir. In 1847, Cecily died while giving birth to Ethan's children, Jacob and Evie. Broken by his wife's death, Ethan gave his children to his step-mother and went to India to train Arbaaz' son, Jayadeep Mir. In 1853, Ethan returned in England to train his children as Assassins. Evie became a master in planning assassination while Jacob had a more carefree attitude during missions.[45]

In 1861, Ethan Fyre and The Ghost received fellow Assassin Simeon Price and his apprentice, Pierrette Arnaud, in their hunt for the "Magus," who happened to be Price's former mentor, Oscar Kane. However, Fyre and The Ghost were unable to ascertain Kane's whereabouts and help Arnaud and Price.[46] In the next year, the Brotherhood was later informed by Price of Kane's demise.[47] After Simeon left, Pierrette started to learn with the Frye family and inducted into the Assassins, but was instructed by George Westhouse to learn about the Assassins' roots in Egypt.[48]

In 1865, Jayadeep Mir, after being saved by Ethan for having failed a mission, was assigned as the leader of the weakened Assassins stationed in London where he became acquainted with George Westhouse. During this time, Jayadeep was known as Henry Green and was able to make several connections throughout London, gaining resourceful information and considerable allies. Among his allies were Alexander Graham Bell, an inventor whose ingenuity aided the Brotherhood and Frederick Abberline, Chief Inspector of the London Metropolitan Police Service whose aid became beneficial for keeping the Assassins' activities secret from the populace.[49]

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The Frye twins meeting Jayadeep Mir

The Templars were led by Crawford Starrick, who held a stranglehold on London's industry, gangs, boroughs and social classes. Green petitioned the Council for aid but was declined, as the Council felt that Starrick's empire was too powerful to defeat, and any Assassin who felt otherwise were encouraged not to intervene.[50] In 1868, after the death of their father, Jacob and Evie decided to defy the Council and moved to London. While there, the two worked with Green to eliminate the oppressive Templar presence. Jacob created a gang called the Rooks to combat the Templar-controlled Blighters.[49]

However, the Frye twins had diverging goals; Jacob simply wanted to kill Templars, neglecting that their deaths would affect the citizenry, whereas Evie and Green focused all her efforts on locating the Shroud of Eden. Ultimately, the twins agreed to work together one last time to stop Starrick from killing the ruling class of London and obtaining the Shroud. Following Starrick's death, the Fryes reconciled their differences and agreed to continue working together.[51]

In the summer of 1873, Pierrette later met with George again in a Crawley pub to discuss possible Templar ties with businesses.[52] For the next nine years, Pierrette remained with the Brotherhood[53] and wanted to find any trace of Konstanze von Visler, who recently betrayed the Assassins and Simeon[54] and rejoined the Templars.[55] While caring for Tillie's son Spider Wallin, Pierrette was assigned by George to protect Queen Victoria from a possible assassination attempt.[53] At Windsor Royal Station, she safeguarded the queen with the help of Spider. However, Pierrette berated him for aiding a dangerous mission without permission, which led to him running away.[56]

Autumn of Terror[]

Main article: Whitechapel murders
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Jacob, Jayadeep, Evie and the young Jack in India

With the defeat of the Templars, the British Brotherhood began to recover and rebuild their ranks. Evie later married Green and moved with him to India subsequently joining the Indian Brotherhood. Jacob remained behind in London to strengthen the Assassins' presence and thus recruited several initiates into the Brotherhood, among them a young apprentice named 'Jack the Lad' whom Jacob liberated from Lambeth Asylum and was described as 'reckless and roguish'. In 1873, Jacob traveled to India visiting his sister and brother-in-law Henry alongside Jack as well as several of his new initiates in order to train in the fear tactics of the Indian brethren.[57]

In 1888, one of Jacob's apprentices, known only by the name Jack, developed an extremist view of the Assassins' mission. Eventually, Jack usurped control of the Rooks from Jacob and killed anyone sent to deter him. Radicalizing his followers, Whitechapel, the center of Jack's operations, descended into a cesspool of crime and depravity. Jacob sent Assassins disguised as prostitutes after Jack, and he brutally killed them all, thereafter using the pseudonym "Jack the Ripper". Jacob was later captured by Jack, but not before the Master Assassin sent a letter summoning Evie back to London.[58]

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Evie confronting Jack the Ripper

Evie went on to assassinate Jack's underlings before tracking him down and putting an end to the Ripper, saving Jacob in the process. To avoid public exposure of the Brotherhood, Evie requested Inspector Frederick Abberline to cover up the Ripper's death, and he agreed to do so.[59]

Infiltrating the Golden Dawn[]

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Moina meeting Samuel

A year before Jack's crimes, the Assassins learned that the Templars funded Samuel Liddell Mathers, a man who had the Book of Abraham, for the creation of an occultist group. The Brotherhood sent Mina Bergson to pretend to take interest in Mathers and spying him. At the end of the year, Mathers founded the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn with William Wynn Westcott and William Robert Woodman. In 1890, another Assassin and Mina's friend, Annie Horniman, joined the Golden Dawn. The same year, Mina married Samuel and took the name of Moina Mathers. In 1891, Woodman was killed by a hitman who worked for his associates. With Woodman dead, Samuel took the leadership of the Order. The Assassins wanted that Moina left the Golden Dawn but she refused and left the Brotherhood.[60]

Becoming the Seeress of the Golden Dawn, she could communicate with Woodman's spirit. Around 1896, Westcott and Samuel fought for the leadership of the Order. Westcott was forced to leave and Samuel was the last founder of the Golden Dawn in place but he lost the Book of Abraham after this event. In 1900, while he was in Paris, Samuel met the Secret Chief, a Templar, who explained to him that their partnership was over because of Woodman's assassination. Later, the other members defied Samuel's authority and in 1903 Samuel was expelled from the Golden Dawn and the Order collapsed.[61]

Conflicts of 20th century[]

World War I[]

Following the breakout of World War I, many British Assassins such as Sam Crowder and an assassin medic, enlisted in the army. On the Christmas truce of 1914, the assassin medic treated wounded British soldiers while German artillery hit the British trenches. As the British and German troops fraternized, the medic assisted the German general and member of the Templar Order, Erich Albert, with saving the life of a wounded German soldier. Following this, Albert showed his ring to the medic. In return, the medic revealed the Assassin brand on his finger and killed Albert with his Hidden Blade before the Templar could react.[62]

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Lydia meeting Winston Churchill

In 1916, at the behest of Winston Churchill, the assassin Lydia Frye, Jacob Frye's granddaughter, eliminated a German spy ring operating around Tower Bridge. The spy ring was led by a Templar Master Spy, who was killed by Lydia. In exchange for her services, Churchill promised Lydia that he would do what he could for the enfranchisement of women when he had returned to parliament after the War.[63]

Spanish Civil War[]

In 1936, the British Brotherhood sent Norbert Clarke to eliminate an entire Templar branch in Tallinn. The following year, an Assassin cell led by Ignacio Cardona in Spain requested the Brotherhood to sent at least a dozen assassins to aid them in the Spanish Civil War. The British Brotherhood however sent only Clarke instead. On the road, the Assassin met the Templar and Instrument Rufus Grosvenor, who manipulated him to commit suicide and Grosvenor impersonated him.[64]

World War II[]

During the Blitz in September 1940, Eddie Gorm, a descendant of a lineage of Assassins, was contacted by the American Assassins Boris Pash and Julia Dusk to infiltrate the Nazi's atomic endeavor, the Uranprojekt. After two years undercover as an SS officer, Gorm blew his cover when he took hostage Dr. Werner Heisenberg, who revealed to him the construction of Die Glocke for the Uranprojekt.[65]

After this event, Gorm officially joined the Brotherhood and was sent to Vemork on 27 February 1943 to stop the Uranprojekt. While infiltrating the base, he was captured by the Templar Obergruppenführer Gero Kramer. Gorm was placed in Die Glocke, a machine powered by Apple of Eden capable to read the genetic memory of an individual and their ancestors. Kramer wanted to explore the memories of Gorm ancestor to uncover new Pieces of Eden to create weapons for the Templars.[65] After starting the machine, Die Glocke exploded and the British commandos attacked the base. To protect him, Kramer sent Gorm in a basement with the scientist Nikola Tesla who was abducted by the Templars to construct Die Glocke. Dusk infiltrated the place and rescued Gorm.[66]

The 15 July 1943, with the information given by Tesla, Gorm and Dusk went to Książ Castle in Poland to recover the Apple while a team of Assassins led by Pash stormed the castle. Gorm killed Kramer and Dusk recovered the Apple before reuniting with Pash after the mission. During their meeting, Gorm met Tesla who explained to him that Pash wanted to use the Apple for the Rainbow Project and worked with the Templars. As Pash tried to explain that he made an allegiance with the Templars to stop the war, he wounded Gorm who tried to stop him. To impeach Pash to recover the Apple, Dusk armed a hand grenade in a fail attempt to destroy the Piece of Eden, killing in the process. Pash took the Apple leaving Gorm wounded.[66]

On 28 October 1943, onboard the USS Eldridge in Philadelphia's shipyard, Pash and his Templar ally, John von Neumann, launched the Project Rainbow: by using the Die Glocke and the Apple of Eden, they tried to travel in time to stop the war before it began. Gorm, no more an Assassin, infiltrated the ship and killed Tesla as he believed that Pash wanted to use his knowledge to create an atomic bomb. After Pash revealed his plan to Gorm, the former Assassin committed suicide.[66]

Modern Times[]

In early December 2000, the British Brotherhood was nearly wiped out by the Templars during the Great Purge alongside many other Assassin branches.[67]

Techniques[]

The members of the British Brotherhood were trained in the methods of stealth, eavesdropping, marksmanship, hand-to-hand combat, and freerunning, as well as pickpocketing and lockpicking.

During the 18th century, the two co-leaders Edward Kenway and Miko were known to utilize Hidden Blades, swords, and pistols alongside the cane-sword, which over the following years became a significant weapon for the British Brotherhood due to the weapon's concealed usage and efficiently which was passed down through the following centuries.

The British Assassins utilized throwing knives and cane-swords as well as smoke bombs and Hidden Blades.[43]

During the 19th century, the standard Hidden Blade acquired two new insertions. These included a rope launcher and the ability to fire hallucinogenic darts; firing a dart into an open flame would result in a poisonous gas cloud, allowing the Assassin to eliminate multiple enemies from a distance.[43]

While in London, Jacob and Evie Frye were introduced to kukris, brass knuckles, revolvers and voltaic bombs. During the 20th century, Lydia Frye would continue using some of these weapons.[43]

Members[]

Viking Age[]

Middle Ages[]

Colonial era[]

Victorian era[]

World Wars[]

Allies and puppets[]

Viking Age
Renaissance
Colonial era
Victorian era
20th Century

Trivia[]

Appearances[]

References[]

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