While Jacob focused on eliminating targets instrumental to Grand Master Crawford Starrick's operations, Evie pursued the Shroud of Eden, a First Civilization artifact hidden within the city. To accomplish this, they founded the Rooks, a criminal syndicate that opposed the Templar-backed Blighters. There, they sought to liberate the city from the Templars' control and help the poverty-stricken masses. Due to her preference for stealth over combat, she also tended to meticulously plan out her approach ahead of each mission, which often put her at odds with Jacob due to their conflicting methods.įollowing her father's death from natural causes in 1868, Evie, wishing to continue his legacy, accompanied Jacob to London, against their superiors' wishes. Unlike the carefree Jacob, Evie took her training very seriously and relished in their father's teachings. Originating from Crawley, Evie and her brother were raised and trained by their widowed father in the Assassins' ways. She is also an ancestor of the scientist and Assassin Jackie O'Connell. She later became a member of Queen Victoria's Order of the Sacred Garter. Dame Evie Frye (born 1847) was a Master Assassin of the British Brotherhood during the Victorian era, and the elder twin sister of Jacob Frye.
