City of London
The 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.
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Good to know
- Templar overseer: Bloody Nora.
- Templar Hunts here target Thomas Blackroot, Eveline Dipper and the Slaughterhouse Siblings.
- It has three Blighter strongholds, more than any other borough: Field Lane, Black Swan Yard and Rosemary Lane.
- Bounty Hunts here target Harvey Hughes, Maude Foster and David O'Donnell.
- Factories to liberate: Spindles and Looms, Wolfshead Brewing Co. and Outteridge Manufacturing.
- Four Secrets of London music boxes are here, holding discs 2, 11, 17 and 23.
What the borough is like
This is London's money district. The Bank of England and the Royal Exchange sit here, along with St. Paul's Cathedral and the Monument to the Great Fire.
Taking the borough
Each Templar target, stronghold, bounty and child-labour factory you clear chips away at Nora's hold. Once enough are done, a messenger brings her challenge to a gang war. If you have already killed Nora before the fight, the messenger tells you the odds have shifted in your favour, but her Blighters still turn up. Winning the Gang War: City of London hands the borough to the Rooks.
Story memories set here
Sequence 6, A Run on the Bank, plays out around the Bank of England, the Royal Exchange and the Mansion House rooftops. Evie climbs the Monument and St. Paul's in her hunt for Edward Kenway's key, and her search for the Shroud leads into the Tower of London in A Thorne in the Side.
In the Jack the Ripper expansion
In 1888 Evie returns to free women from Lady Owers' brothels on Ludgate Hill and Gracechurch Street, shut down the Cock Lane fight club and deal with Jack's Lieutenants: City of London at Cannon Street station.
A Room with a ViewA Room with a View follows the Kenway clues to the Monument to the Great Fire and then the dome of St Paul's Cathedral, where Evie solves a disc mechanism to find the key to the Shroud's vault. Lucy Thorne is waiting, and the memory ends in a fight with her.- A Thorne in the SideA Thorne in the Side sends Evie into the Tower of London, where Lucy Thorne and Templars disguised as Royal Guards are hunting for the Queen's casket that her stolen key opens. You can rally loyal guards, free a jailed constable and walk in as a fake prisoner to get close to Thorne.
- A Bad PennyA Bad Penny ends Sequence 6 inside the Bank of England. Jacob joins a guided tour, interrogates the guard captain and bank manager, and reaches Philip Twopenny in the vault before his men can finish the robbery.
- Unbreaking the BankUnbreaking the Bank cleans up after Jacob's work in the Bank of England: counterfeiters stole the printing plates in the chaos, and Abberline asks Evie to burn their fake notes and sneak the plates back into the bank before trust in the pound collapses.
- Anarchist InterventionAnarchist Intervention is the third Karl Marx memory: Marx's friend Frank Morris, whose son died of exhaustion after an 18-hour shift, plans to steal Templar nitroglycerin and attack Parliament. You chase Morris down, take over the explosives cart and protect him from the people who want it back.
- Black Swan YardBlack Swan Yard is a riverside gang stronghold in the City of London, an abandoned site Bloody Nora's Blighters took over after several failed developments. Keep lookouts from raising the alarm and kill the leader undetected for full sync.
- Cock LaneCock Lane is the second fight club activity in the Jack the Ripper DLC: Evie closes a hidden club in a pub basement in the City of London, where wealthy gamblers bet on powerful pugilists.
- David O'DonnellDavid 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.
- Eveline DipperEveline Dipper is a City of London Templar hunt against a black-market dealer who charms people out of their belongings and resells them at a profit. Stealth kill her using a smoke bomb for full sync.
- Field LaneField Lane is a City of London gang stronghold, once the site of a black market the police ignored and now held by Bloody Nora's Blighters. Kill the leader undetected and burn the heist plans for full sync.
- Gang War: City of LondonThe City of London gang war is the street fight that decides the borough once you have weakened Bloody Nora's Blighters. Accept the challenge from the messenger, beat her gang and then Nora herself to make the City Rook territory.
- Gracechurch Street BrothelGracechurch Street Brothel is the second Brothel Attack in the Jack the Ripper DLC: Evie raids Lady Owers' most luxurious and profitable house, in the City of London, to free the women from her guards.
- Harvey HughesHarvey 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.
- Jack the Ripper ActivitiesJack the Ripper Activities are the 21 side memories in the 1888 DLC, spread across Whitechapel and the City of London. Abberline, Arthur Weaversbrook and Nellie each hand out a set, and together they weaken Jack's hold on London's criminals and brothels.
- Jack's Lieutenants: City of LondonJack's Lieutenants: City of London is an assassination activity in the Jack the Ripper DLC: four of Jack's gang bosses meet at Cannon Street station, and Evie infiltrates the station to kill them all for Arthur Weaversbrook.
- Lost in the CityLost in the City is the second Lost Women rescue in the Jack the Ripper DLC: a kidnapping ring is supplying women to wealthy men in the City of London, and Evie hijacks the carriage carrying their latest captive.
- Ludgate Hill BrothelLudgate Hill Brothel is the first Brothel Attack in the Jack the Ripper DLC: Evie takes back one of Lady Owers' most successful houses in the City of London from her thugs, frees the women and then beats the gang leader outside.
- Maude FosterMaude Foster is a City of London bounty hunt for the fastest pickpocket in the city. Police are already combing the street for her when you arrive; kidnap her before she bolts and get her to Abberline alive.
- Rosemary LaneRosemary Lane is a City of London gang stronghold built where the Blighters flattened part of the East End's filthiest slum for Bloody Nora. Free the captured Rooks and kill the leader undetected for full sync.
- Runaway TrainRunaway Train is the fourth Train Hideout memory: the driver's apprentice Bob fitted the wrong part, and the train hideout is now racing through London on fire with no brakes. As Evie you catch up with it, put out the fires and help the driver bring it to a stop.
- The Case of the Conflicted CourtshipThe Case of the Conflicted Courtship is the second Dreadful Crimes case: a young woman, Prudence Browne, has been stabbed to death in a park in the City of London. Her diary, a doctor's medicine packet and some handwriting clues lead you around the homes and office of the men in her life.
- The Most Hated Man in LondonThe Most Hated Man in London is the seventh Dreadful Crimes case: the business owner John Ashton has been crushed by a falling crate at his construction site in the City of London, but he has other wounds too. So many people wanted him dead that you have to establish which attack actually killed him.
- The Slaughterhouse SiblingsThe Slaughterhouse Siblings is a City of London Templar hunt against Charlie and Big Pete, a sister and brother from an old Templar family who punish the Order's debtors. The challenge is to make Charlie kill her own brother.
- Thomas BlackrootThomas Blackroot is a City of London Templar hunt against a gardener whose prize roses around Temple Church grow in soil fed with his victims' blood. Kill him and drop his body in a nearby grave for full sync.
- Bank of EnglandThe Bank of England is the City of London's central bank and the target of Sequence 6, A Run on the Bank, where Jacob tracks a Templar robbing its branches. You return to its vault twice more: once for the stolen printing plates and once in The Last Maharaja.
- Black Swan YardBlack Swan Yard is one of Bloody Nora's three Blighter strongholds in the City of London, set beside the river. Capturing it for the Rooks is part of taking the borough.
- Cannon Street stationCannon Street station is a City of London rail stop on the north bank of the Thames. In the Jack the Ripper expansion it is where four of Jack's gang lieutenants gather, and Evie clears them out.
- Field LaneField Lane is one of Bloody Nora's three Blighter strongholds in the City of London. Taking it from the Blighters is a step toward the City gang war.
- Gracechurch Street brothelThe Gracechurch Street brothel is Lady Owers' most profitable house, in the City of London, and one of the three Brothel Attack activities in the Jack the Ripper expansion. Evie clears out the thugs and frees the women inside.
- Kenway MansionThe Kenway Mansion is Edward Kenway's old London home on Queen Anne's Square, now owned by the Templars. Evie and Henry search it for the Shroud of Eden in Playing It by Ear, and Evie returns in 1888 during the Jack the Ripper expansion.
- Ludgate Hill brothelThe Ludgate Hill brothel is one of Lady Owers' houses in the City of London and the first Brothel Attack in the Jack the Ripper expansion. Wealthy clients come here for the women and to settle shady deals off the record.
- Monument to the Great Fire of LondonThe Monument is Christopher Wren's column in the City of London marking the Great Fire of 1666. In A Room with a View, Evie climbs it and places a disc at the top, revealing that Edward Kenway hid something at St. Paul's Cathedral.
- Queen Anne's SquareQueen Anne's Square is a garden square in the City of London best known as the site of the Kenway Mansion, Edward Kenway's last home and Haytham Kenway's childhood house.
- Rosemary LaneRosemary Lane is a Blighter stronghold in the City of London, one of Bloody Nora's three. The Rooks take it over once the twins clear it.
- Royal ExchangeThe Royal Exchange is the City of London's trading hall next to the Bank of England. In A Case of Identity, Jacob slips inside to find a man named Dredge and ask about the bank robberies.
- St. Bartholomew's HospitalSt. Bartholomew's Hospital is a teaching hospital in the City of London, founded in 1123. It is a database landmark in Syndicate.
- St. Mary-le-BowSt. Mary-le-Bow is a Wren church in the City of London. Its Bow Bells give rise to the saying that a true Cockney must be born within earshot of them.
- St. Paul's CathedralSt. Paul's Cathedral sits on Ludgate Hill, the highest point in the City of London, and has a viewpoint. Evie finds the key to the Shroud of Eden in a secret room in its dome and fights Lucy Thorne for it.
- The GeorgeThe George is a City of London pub in The Last Maharaja. In Much Ado About Drinking, Jacob outdrinks Cornelius Toti-Button to find out where the Koh-i-Noor diamond is kept.
- Tower of LondonThe Tower of London is the fortress on the north bank in the City of London. Evie infiltrates it to stop Lucy Thorne in A Thorne in the Side, the twins steal back the Koh-i-Noor there in The Last Maharaja, and Lydia returns in 1916.
- Wolfshead Brewing Co.Wolfshead Brewing Co. is a City of London brewery run by Bloody Nora's Blighters with child labour. At Clara O'Dea's request you free the children and kill the overseer, handing it to the Rooks.
- Secret of London #02Secret of London #02 is one of Michel Reuge's music boxes, hidden in the City of London. Open it and you take disc #02, a key to Reuge's vault, along with a short verse that has Poor Tom begging for food, drink or clothing and swearing he means no harm.
- Secret of London #11Secret of London #11 is one of Michel Reuge's music boxes, hidden in the City of London. Open it and you take disc #11, a key to Reuge's vault, along with a short verse that has spirits white as lightning guiding his travels while the stars tremble.
- Secret of London #17Secret of London #17 is one of Michel Reuge's music boxes, hidden in the City of London. Open it and you take disc #17, a key to Reuge's vault, along with a short verse that goes hungry with Duke Humphrey and sleeps in Paul's among restless souls.
- Secret of London #23Secret of London #23 is one of Michel Reuge's music boxes, hidden in the City of London. Open it and you take disc #23, a key to Reuge's vault, along with a short verse that raises a toast to Tom of Bedlam with the seas brewed into barrels of gall.
Related places
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Temple Church
Temple Church is the round church built for the Knights Templar in 1185, off Fleet Street. Its rose-filled graveyard is where you hunt the Templar Thomas Blackroot.
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Palace of Westminster
The Palace of Westminster, home of Parliament, is in Westminster beside the Clock Tower. It has a viewpoint, Jacob assassinates the Earl of Cardigan here in Motion to Impeach, and the twins later stop a Templar bomb plot inside.
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Mansion House
Mansion House is the Lord Mayor of London's official residence. Its rooftop is where Jacob meets Abberline at the start of A Bad Penny, before the Bank of England heist.
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Whitechapel
Whitechapel is the first borough you liberate and the poorest in London, a district of slums and crime. Rexford Kaylock's Blighters hold it when the Fryes arrive in 1868, and in 1888 it becomes Jack the Ripper's hunting ground.