London (Universe 335)

London is the capital and largest city of the United Kingdom.

During the time of the mid-Renaissance, London was ruled by King Henry VII of England. During the late 15th century, the Templars made attempts to obtain the English throne. However, their plans were thwarted by Henry VII, as he imprisoned Lambert Simnel and had Perkin Warbeck hanged. In 1503, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, Mentor of the Italian Assassins, sent a group of his apprentices to London in order to aid King Henry VII. They subsequently killed Warbeck and Simnel's co-conspirator Margaret of York in November of 1503.[1][2]

Afterwards, the apprentices killed several Templars instigating riots over Margaret's death. One such Templar revealed that their Order had infiltrated Henry's Star Chamber, to which the apprentices quickly searched for the infiltrators; they found a group of Englishmen signing Borgia documents and eliminated them. As a reward, King Henry offered the Assassins a seat in the Star Chamber.

Following his time as a privateer-turned-pirate in the Caribbean, the Assassin Edward Kenway retired to a spacious mansion on Queen Anne's Square, in Bloomsbury, with his wife Tessa, son Haytham, and daughter Jenny. On December 3, 1735, mercenaries hired by the Templar – and family friend – Reginald Birch attacked their home, murdering Edward and kidnapping Jenny. Birch then took Haytham in, training him to become a Templar.

In 1754, Haytham attended a performance of The Beggar's Opera at the Theatre Royal to find and kill the Assassin Miko,[5] an act which saw Assassin influence in the city collapse entirely for the next 114 years. Haytham recovered an artifact for Birch, who believed it was a key to a Precursor site in North America: Haytham set sail for Boston on the Providence. Meanwhile, Miko's murder became public news and left many civilians wondering whether to leave the city or not.

By 1868, London had fell under the control of the Templar Grand Master Crawford Starrick, who used his network of Templar agents to control the city and oppress the working classes to keep the Templars in power. The British Assassins, particularly Henry Green worked to reclaim power in the city. He enlisted the aid of the fraternal twins Jacob and Evie Frye, who created the gang known as the Rooks to remove the influence of the Templar-backed gangs throughout London

in 2019, the skies above the city turn red, the city is than destroyed by anti-matter during the Anti-Monitor Crisis, the city and the rest of the universe are then rebuilt after the sacrifice of Oliver Queen.

In 2026, over 150 years later, the city has been overtaken by an authoritarian regime and has been dwarfed in chaos and organized crime, while an authoritarian police regime named Albion deports people from their homes, and punishes those who stand up for their freedoms.

Landmarks

 * Big Ben
 * London Eye
 * Tower Bridge
 * Edward Kenway's Mansion