Rupert Ferris
Rupert Ferris is the Templar owner of Ferris Ironworks in Croydon and Jacob Frye's first target in Assassin's Creed Syndicate, in the memory A Spanner in the Works. His factory works children hard to keep Starrick's industries supplied with iron.
- Role
- Antagonist
- Affiliation
- Templars
Appears in
A Spanner in the WorksA Spanner in the Works is the first main memory of Assassin's Creed Syndicate. As Jacob Frye you board a train into Croydon's Ferris Ironworks, shut down the machines to open a locked door, and assassinate the factory's Templar owner, Rupert Ferris.- A Simple PlanA Simple Plan is Evie Frye's first memory and the second in the story. You ride a supply train into a Templar compound near Croydon, find the hidden laboratory of Sir David Brewster, and kill him to get at the Piece of Eden he is studying.
Good to know
- Voiced by the Canadian actor Allan Cooke.
- Born on 15 August 1830; his factory was originally the Bow Rail Works.
- Starrick bought the ironworks in 1862, and Ferris joined the Templars.
- Hired younger labourers after adult workers kept dying of exhaustion.
- Spent part of his new wealth on a charitable society and a local brothel.
- His memory opens the game on 10 February 1868 and leads straight into Evie's first mission, A Simple Plan.
In the mission
Jacob infiltrates the ironworks while Ferris deals with a child hurt by falling machinery and then dictates a letter to Starrick promising years of iron ore.
His deathSpoilerShow
Jacob kills Ferris in his office on 10 February 1868. Ferris uses his last words to mock the Brotherhood for staying out of London, and Jacob dips a handkerchief in his blood before escaping on a departing train.
Getting to him
George Westhouse briefs the twins beside a railway carriage in Croydon, and Jacob jumps from a passing train into the ironworks. Ferris's office door is locked, so Jacob turns a valve to stop the machines, which brings an overseer through the door. As you climb through the yard an orator reads out Ferris's rules: fourteen-hour days, shorter suppers and wage cuts unless output doubles.
The escapeSpoilerShow
Leaving on the train goes wrong: one of Ferris's thugs switches the points, the train runs onto an unfinished line and over a drop, and Jacob has to climb down through the wreck.
Related characters
- Antagonist
David Brewster
Sir David Brewster is the Scottish scientist and Templar experimenting on an Apple of Eden in a hidden laboratory under a Croydon train yard. He is Evie Frye's first target in Assassin's Creed Syndicate, in the memory A Simple Plan, whose optional objectives include air assassinating him.
- 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
George Westhouse
George Westhouse is the Crawley Assassin who sends Jacob and Evie on their opening missions in Assassin's Creed Syndicate. In February 1868 he assigns them Rupert Ferris and David Brewster in Croydon, then forbids them to take the fight to London, an order they ignore.
- Image: UbisoftProtagonist
Jacob Frye
Jacob Frye is one of the two playable Assassins in Assassin's Creed Syndicate, the brawler of the Frye twins. In 1868 he founds the Rooks gang, fights the Blighters for every borough and goes after Crawford Starrick's inner circle one Templar at a time, from Rupert Ferris in Croydon to the Earl of Cardigan in Parliament.