David O'Donnell

David O'Donnell is a City of London bounty: a church vandal who, with his brother Matthew, has been stripping organ pipes from every church in the district. Kidnap him and bring him to Abberline alive.

Type: Activity
Given by: Frederick Abberline
Region: City of London

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

City of LondonThe City of London is the borough of banks, trading halls and tall stone offices on the north bank of the Thames. In 1868 the Templar Bloody Nora runs it through the Blighters, and you take it from her by clearing her lieutenants, strongholds and factories before a final gang war.

Good to know

Borough: City of London.
Target: David O'Donnell, working with his brother Matthew.
Full sync: deliver O'Donnell to Abberline alive.
His record includes wrecked confessionals and explosives thrown at tabernacles.
Handing O'Donnell over alive moves you one step closer to Thieftaker, which asks for three living bounty targets.
Abberline's response is a simple thank-you for bringing him in.

Background

O'Donnell's parents abandoned him on a church's steps when he was a child, and he has hated churches since. He and Matthew now steal organ metal, partly out of spite for the music Matthew cannot stand.

The capture

He claims they only took a bit of metal and that Charles Babbage would approve, since nobody likes organ music anyway. If he gets free he shouts for his brother. Once recaptured he tries to pin everything on Matthew.

The scene

You find David talking with his brother Matthew about one last night of stealing, mocking the old men whose organ music they hate. Matthew's line about holding a candle to the Devil hints that he knows how far David has gone. Only David is on Abberline's list, so leave the brother be and focus on getting David to the carriage.

City of London context

Bloody Nora oversees the City's Blighters. O'Donnell is one of three bounties here with Harvey Hughes and Maude Foster; the Templar hunts are Thomas Blackroot, Eveline Dipper and the Slaughterhouse Siblings, and the strongholds are Field Lane, Black Swan Yard and Rosemary Lane.

Full-sync notes

The only optional objective is bringing him back breathing. His escape plan is to call for Matthew, so get some distance between the two brothers before he has a chance to wriggle loose. A dead O'Donnell still counts for the bounty but costs you full sync.

Related missions

David O'Donnell

Type: Activity
Given by: Frederick Abberline
Region: City of London

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

City of LondonThe City of London is the borough of banks, trading halls and tall stone offices on the north bank of the Thames. In 1868 the Templar Bloody Nora runs it through the Blighters, and you take it from her by clearing her lieutenants, strongholds and factories before a final gang war.

Good to know

Borough: City of London.
Target: David O'Donnell, working with his brother Matthew.
Full sync: deliver O'Donnell to Abberline alive.
His record includes wrecked confessionals and explosives thrown at tabernacles.
Handing O'Donnell over alive moves you one step closer to Thieftaker, which asks for three living bounty targets.
Abberline's response is a simple thank-you for bringing him in.