Gang

A gang is a group of bandits, thieves, and other criminals with an internal organization which often claims control over a territory within a community. Throughout history, these illegal groups have been employed by the Templars and Assassins as occasional allies or henchmen in their war, especially when their conflict spills over into controlling the criminal underworld.
==History==
===16th century===
During the Renaissance and Reconquista, gangs were already around. In the early 16th century, the Cento Occhi plagued the streets of Rome, Italy, while Followers of Romulus haunted the countryside.Assassin's Creed: BrotherhoodAssassin's Creed: Project Legacy Meanwhile, the short-lived Cien Ojos briefly patrolled Madrid, Spain before they ran afoul of the Spanish Templars and were destroyed with only Luis Chico as the sole survivor.Assassin's Creed: Rebellion – Database: Luis Chico
===Seven Years' War===
During the Seven Years' War, several gangs were active in the American colonies, working with the Colonial Brotherhood of Assassins. The leading Assassin figure among the gangs was Hope Jensen. Gangs provided intelligence reports, support and manpower to the Assassins, holding strategic positions from the British, spying on Templar movements, and supporting the French in naval and infantry combat. The gangs were often led personally by Assassins, acting either as ship captains or as leaders within gang headquarters. They also made heavy use of various gases, often storing them in large barrels, or using them in the form of grenades similar to the 16th-century Ottoman Assassins.Assassin's Creed: Rogue
Gangs had multiple hideouts throughout New York, the northern Atlantic Ocean, and the River Valley, harassing the populace and preventing businesses and homes from being renovated. When in control of an area, the gang members would hang large orange banners from buildings and clothes lines, some bearing the Assassin insignia, as well as marking graffiti on walls. Upon liberation from their control, these markers would be removed by the occupying force, save for a few buildings owned by people without the proper money and resources to renovate the buildings themselves. Gangs also patrolled the seas of the northern Atlantic Ocean, performing actions similar to those of pirate hunters when too many French Navy or gang ships were sunk. When Shay Cormac helped purge the Colonial Assassins, the Templars also ultimately crushed their gangs, though they would still persist in small enclaves throughout the colonies.
Gang leader.png|Gang leader
Gang soldier.png|Gang bandit
Gang agile.png|Gang agile
Gang brute.png|Gang brute
Male Stalker.png|Gang male stalker
Female Stalker.png|Gang female stalker
ColorofRight 10.png|A gang headquarters in New York
===Victorian era===
During the Victorian era, various gangs such as the Blighters were active around London, primarily paid off by the British Templars, one of whom controlled each of the major gangs in the city. Seeking to liberate London from the Templars' iron grip, the British Assassin Jacob Frye formed the Rooks in 1868 from the remnants of Whitechapel's Clinkers, the last opposed gang, in order to take back the city through the utilization of organized crime. Defeating Blighters in gang wars district after district, the Rooks' ranks swelled from defecting Blighters.Assassin's Creed: Syndicate
Although the Frye twins were successful in toppling Grand Master Crawford Starrick's criminal empire within a year, 20 years later, the rogue Assassin Jack the Ripper would corrupt the Rooks, turning them into his own gang of murderers.Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Jack the Ripper''
ACS DB The Rooks.jpg|The Rooks
ACS DB The Blighters.jpg|The Blighters
ACS DB Jack Gang Rooks.jpg|The Rooks during the Autumn of Terror
==Behind the scenes==
The gangs in Assassin's Creed: Rogue are more akin to mercenaries than those found in later generations, as they have ships and behave like an organized force like the British and French armies, respectively. At the sea, they resembled pirate hunters from Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag and Freedom Cry.
There are just two gangs in Assassin's Creed: Syndicates London, the red Blighters and the green Rooks. Both have an unnaturally big number of women in their ranks. Women doubtlessly participated in organized crime but they would not be much brawlers like in the game. While the was an all-female gang active in the 1870s, it specialized in shoplifting, looting houses as maids, and blackmailing seduced men.
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood 
*Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy
*Assassin's Creed: Rogue
*Assassin's Creed: Unity 
*Assassin's Creed: Syndicate
*Assassin's Creed: Templars
*Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Locus
*Assassin's Creed: Conspiracies
*Assassin's Creed: Rebellion
*Assassin's Creed: The Engine of History – The Magus Conspiracy
==References==
Category:Gangs
Category:Occupations
Category:Assassin-affiliated groups
Category:Templar-affiliated groups