Leicester

Leicester (: Ledecestre) is a city and the county town of Leicestershire, England. During the Roman period, the town as known as Ratae and was home to a bureau belonging to the Hidden Ones.
==History==
===Roman period===
The area that came to be Leicester was settled by a Celtic tribe by the name of , who made the area their capital in the 1st century. The Romans arrived in 47 CE during their of southern Britain, taking control of the area and establishing a town which they called , or Ratae for short. A few decades after the reign of Emperor Claudius, the Hidden Ones established one of their bureaus in a temple complex beneath the town as part of their plan to expand their influence throughout the province and the empire.Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – A Brief History of the Hidden Ones
===Medieval period===
With the withdrawal of the Roman troops in the 5th century, Leicester came to be settled by the tribe of , and subsequently became a part of the Kingdom of Mercia during the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy. Under their rule, Leicester became a prosperous farming town and came to be known by its Old English name Ledecestre, and give the name of Ledecestrescire to the shire it is in.Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
In 873, following the Viking assault on the stronghold of Tamworth, Leicester was used by the Mercians as a storage for food supplies on the orders of the thegn Leofric, who intended to mount a counterattack against the Vikings.Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Rumors of Ledecestre
Learning that it was a possible hiding spot for King Burgred of Mercia, Ivarr Ragnarsson and his protégé Ceolbert travelled to Leicester to investigate, with Ceolbert volunteering himself to eavesdrop amongst the guards. Within the old Roman bathhouse, he was soon found by his ally Eivor Varinsdottir and reported what he found: Leofrith's plans and Queen Æthelswith's whereabouts in Templebrough Fort.
Impatient with waiting, Ivarr subsequently led his men to storm the town, killing every soldier to find the Saxon king. With Eivor and Ceolbert's unwitting assistance, Leicester fell under the control of the Sons of Ragnar.
Maria Thorpe was born in the city in 1161. In 1179, at the age of 18 she was forced to marry Peter Hallaton, a local lord.Assassin's Creed: Initiates – Database: The Templar Tomboy Dissatisfied with the marriage, Maria had it annulled four years later by the Bishop of Leicester, a close friend of the lord, and left the city to join the Crusaders and Templars.Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade – Chapter 39
===Victorian era===
In 1868, the first train to leave St. Pancras station in London arrived in Leicester, having been originally bound for Manchester.Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Database: St. Pancras Station
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade 
*Assassin's Creed: Initiates 
*Assassin's Creed: Syndicate 
*Assassin's Creed: Valhalla 
==References==
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Category:Cities in England
Category:Cities in Ancient Rome
Category:Locations in Leicestershire