Mary Ann Nichols
Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols was the first of the five victims of the Whitechapel murders, killed on 31 August 1888. In the Jack the Ripper expansion her death opens the Autumn of Terror, and Abberline has reason to doubt the official account of it.
- Role
- Minor
Appears in
- Autumn of TerrorAutumn 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.
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.
Good to know
- Born Mary Ann Walker on 26 August 1845 in London.
- Known as Polly.
- In the game she works in one of Lady O's brothels and shares a room with Nellie.
- Abberline knew her slightly, which matters to the investigation.
In the game
Nichols is one of several real victims of the 1888 killings who appear through database entries and story references rather than as characters you control. Her name is tied to the first murder, which begins the expansion's timeline.
What really happened in the gameSpoilerShow
Jacob had asked the real Nichols to leave Whitechapel and replaced her with a female Assassin initiate to bait Jack. The woman found dead was that initiate. Abberline knew the body was not Polly, and Evie's investigation turns up the initiate's Assassin ring.
Autumn of Terror
Abberline meets Evie at Scotland Yard and takes her by carriage, with Evie driving, to the first murder site near Flower and Dean Street. He tells her he met Polly a few times at the Frying Pan pub and that the dead woman was someone else. Evie reads the traces at the scene, works out the path of an object thrown during the struggle, and finds a ring in the grass.
BaitSpoilerShow
In The Unfortunates, Evie asks Abberline whether the inquest's account of Nichols drawing attention to herself that night means Jacob was using her as bait.
Related characters
- Antagonist
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.
- Minor
Mary Ann Nichols
In the Jack the Ripper story of Assassin's Creed Syndicate, the woman found dead as Mary Ann Nichols is the first case Evie Frye examines with Inspector Abberline, in the memory Autumn of Terror. Abberline knew the real Polly Nichols and says this is not her.
- Protagonist
Evie Frye
Evie Frye is the second playable Assassin in Assassin's Creed Syndicate and the planner of the Frye twins. While Jacob tears down Starrick's businesses, her memories follow the hunt for a Shroud of Eden across London and her rivalry with the Templar occultist Lucy Thorne. She is also the playable lead of the 1888 Jack the Ripper story.
- Supporting
Frederick Abberline
Frederick Abberline is the Metropolitan Police officer who works with the Frye twins in 1868 and leads the Whitechapel murder inquiry in the Jack the Ripper expansion. In the main game he gives you Bounty Hunts, sending you after Blighter leaders to bring back alive.