Sequence 8: The Joys of Freedom
Sequence 8 is a Jacob-only stretch built around Maxwell Roth, the theatrical leader of the Blighters, who offers an alliance against Starrick. Its four memories run from a dinner invitation to a night at the Alhambra Music Hall and unlock The Joys of Freedom achievement.
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Good to know
- Playable twin: Jacob Frye in all four memories.
- Central figure: Maxwell Roth, who runs the Blighters from the Alhambra Music Hall.
- Contains four memories, from Strange Bedfellows to Final Act.
- Missions visit St Pancras station, the National Gallery, St James' Park and Scotland Yard.
- Achievement: The Joys of Freedom (complete Memory Sequence 8), 20 Gamerscore or a bronze trophy.
- Final Act hands over to Double Trouble, which opens Sequence 9.
What the sequence covers
Evie warns Jacob not to go, and he goes anyway. Roth has Jacob destroy Starrick's dynamite at St Pancras and steal a train, then drives with him around London kidnapping three of Starrick's people: an art procurer, his head of security and a police informant. The third outing targets one of Starrick's weapons workshops.
Memories in order
1. Strange Bedfellows. 2. Triple Theft. 3. Fun and Games. 4. Final Act.
How the alliance endsSpoilerShow
Roth sets off explosives with children still inside the workshop. Jacob saves them, breaks with Roth, and receives his dead pet crow and an invitation to a show. At the Alhambra, Jacob works through masked decoys and kills Roth while the theatre burns. Starrick then decides to act personally.
Who Maxwell Roth is
Roth runs the Blighters and invests his gains in the Alhambra Music Hall. He once trained gang leaders for Starrick before they fell out, and he pitches himself to Jacob as a lover of freedom who wants nothing more than to have fun hurting Starrick. His quiet doorman, Lewis, delivers his messages.
The kidnap targets
Triple Theft takes Hattie Cadwallader, who procures art for Starrick; Benjamin Raffles, his head of security; and Chester Swinebourne, a policeman who passes information to the Templars.
- 1Strange BedfellowsStrange Bedfellows is Jacob's first outing with Maxwell Roth, leader of the Blighters, who invites him to dinner at the Alhambra Music Hall and proposes they hurt Starrick together. Roth's first idea is to blow up a dynamite shipment at St Pancras station.
- 2Triple TheftTriple Theft is a kidnapping tour of London with Maxwell Roth riding along: Jacob grabs three of Starrick's people, an art procurer at the National Gallery, a security chief in St James' Park and a police informant inside Scotland Yard, and delivers them to Roth's boat.
- 3Fun and GamesFun and Games has Maxwell Roth take Jacob to one of Starrick's weapons workshops to rig it with dynamite. It turns into a rescue when children are seen walking inside just as Roth's Blighters move to light the fuses.
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Final ActFinal Act ends Sequence 8 at the Alhambra Music Hall, where Maxwell Roth stages a masked performance for Jacob. You steal a mask to get in, deal with Roth's decoys and corner him above the stage.
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