Harvey Hughes

Harvey Hughes is a City of London bounty: a loan shark with a Blighter escort who lends at ruinous interest and sends defaulters to the poorhouse. Kidnap him and hand 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: Harvey Hughes, a thief turned moneylender.
Full sync: deliver Hughes to Abberline alive.
When you arrive his Blighters have just caught a man who owes him money.
The City of London's Blighters answer to Bloody Nora, one of the seven Templar gang leaders.

Who he is

Hughes grew up poor and decided early that theft beat hard work. Now he plays the friendly working-class lender who undercuts the banks, then buries his customers in interest.

The capture

He insists lending money is perfectly legal and blames his victims for using his services unwisely. If he breaks free he screams for help in the street; once recaptured he even tries to offer you a loan. Abberline is delighted with a live delivery and asks what good Hughes is dead.

The City of London list

Hughes is one of three City bounties, alongside the pickpocket Maude Foster and the church vandal David O'Donnell. The borough's Templar contracts cover Thomas Blackroot, Eveline Dipper and the Slaughterhouse Siblings, and its Blighter strongholds are Field Lane, Black Swan Yard and Rosemary Lane. Clearing a mix of these weakens Bloody Nora's grip until she accepts a gang war.

Approach

Abberline's standing instruction is to come at a target from behind and bring them to his carriage quietly. Hughes is busy with his Blighters and their captured debtor when you arrive, which gives you a moment while their attention is elsewhere. If he breaks loose he relies on shouting for passers-by rather than fighting, so a quick chase usually ends it. Loading him into the carriage and driving to Abberline completes the job; a live delivery is what full sync asks for.

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