Elizabeth Stride
Elizabeth "Long Liz" Stride was the third victim of the Whitechapel murders, found in Dutfield's Yard on 30 September 1888. Her death opens the Jack the Ripper expansion's prologue, on the same night as Catherine Eddowes'.
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ProloguePrologue is the first memory of the Jack the Ripper DLC, dated 30 September 1888. You play as Jack the Ripper himself, chasing Jacob Frye through Whitechapel after Jacob reaches a double murder scene at Mitre Square.- The UnfortunatesThe Unfortunates is the third Jack the Ripper memory: Evie searches Jacob's Whitechapel lodgings, picks up her first fear bombs and spikes, then tracks Jacob's contact Nellie from a brothel to a charity event run by Lady Owers at the Kenway Mansion.
- The Mother of All CrimesThe Mother of All Crimes is the eighth Jack the Ripper memory, set on 9 November 1888: Evie examines the scene of Mary Jane Kelly's murder, then follows a message from Jack back to the earlier murder sites in Spitalfields and Mitre Square, searching for clues without killing anyone.
Good to know
- Born Elizabeth Gustafsdotter on 27 November 1843 near Gothenburg, Sweden.
- Known as Long Liz.
- Moved to London and, in the game, worked for Lady Olwyn Owers.
- Found about an hour before Catherine Eddowes on the night of 30 September.
Her life
Stride was from the parish of Torslanda west of Gothenburg. Records there show her registered as a sex worker by 1865, the year she also lost a stillborn daughter. In London she was known to the Thames magistrates' court.
In the story
The double murder of 30 September is the night the prologue covers, when Nellie learns that both Lizzie and Katey are dead.
A second lookSpoilerShow
Evie's investigation suggests Jacob sent two initiates to take the places of Stride and Eddowes, so the real women may have survived.
Revisiting the double murder
In The Mother of All Crimes the game has Evie examine Stride's death at the Mitre Square site alongside Eddowes'. A crowd of locals is holding a vigilance meeting there, demanding the brothels be closed and calling for people to take justice into their own hands, while Rooks keep watch. Evie scatters them with spikes and fear bombs before she can look around.
Two ringsSpoilerShow
Digging through a hay cart, Evie recovers two Assassin rings, Stride's among them, which tells her two of Jacob's initiates died there that night.
Related characters
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Catherine Eddowes
The woman known as Catherine Eddowes is the fourth Ripper victim in the Jack the Ripper story of Assassin's Creed Syndicate. Evie Frye examines her murder scene in The Mother of All Crimes.
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Catherine Eddowes
Catherine "Kate" Eddowes was the fourth victim of the Whitechapel murders, found in Mitre Square on 30 September 1888. Her killing is part of the double murder that starts the Jack the Ripper expansion.
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Elizabeth Stride
The woman known as Elizabeth Stride is the third Ripper victim in Assassin's Creed Syndicate's 1888 story. Evie Frye examines her murder scene while following Jack's trail in The Mother of All Crimes.
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Jack the Ripper
Jack the Ripper is the serial killer at the centre of the Jack the Ripper expansion, set in Whitechapel in 1888. Evie Frye returns from India to hunt him, and you also play as Jack himself in several story segments, using his fear-based kit against civilians and police.