William Robert Woodman

William Robert Woodman (1828 – 1891), also referred to as Frater V.O.V. in the Abstergo Industries DDS, was a co-founder of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn alongside William Wynn Westcott and Samuel Liddell Mathers. At some point during his life, Woodman came into contact with a Shroud of Eden and shared a conversation with the consciousness of the Isu Consus, harbored in the artifact.Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Database: Reconstructed Data 004
==Biography==
===Later life===
A little before Christmas 1891, Woodman tended to the flowers in his greenhouse when he was approached by a young Gustav Meyrink, who asked for his help as an editor. Woodman only mumbled noncommittally, but Gustav seemed satisfied. Some time after Gustav had left, Woodman sensed the approach of an assassin, one he knew to be independent from the Order of Assassins. Knowing that one of his two oldest friends was responsible, out of friendship and faithfulness to him, Woodman nonetheless did not resist, and succumbed to the killer's poison.Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy – Divine Science: Chapter 4 – Frater V.O.V.
===After death===
Even after death, Woodman somehow continued to live on, even observing his own funeral and commenting that the ceremony was "well performed—though completely useless." Here, only Mathers, the Evoker of Spirits, and Moina, the Seeress and Mather's wife, seemed to acknowledge Woodman and know he was present. Woodman went on to observe the downfall of his Order by following Samuel Mathers to important meetings. He saw Aleister Crowley's initiation into the Inner Order, Mathers meeting with one of the Secret Chiefs, who revealed to Mathers how important Woodman had been, and Mathers' resignation from the Order. He was also present during Moina's prediction of the downfall of the Order.
==Befind the scenes==
"V.O.V." referred to the Latin phrase "vincit omnia veritas," meaning "truth conquers all." The phrase was also used as a memory title in Woodman's chapter in Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy.
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy 
*Assassin's Creed: Syndicate 
==References==
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