Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812 – 1870) was an English novelist and social critic, regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.
==Biography==
===Early life===
Charles Dickens was born in , England, as the second of eight children. His peaceful childhood changed in the summer of 1824 when his father was arrested, forcing Charles to stop his education to work in Warren's Blacking Warehouse. After paying off his father's debt, his suggested he continue his work.Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Database: Charles Dickens
He eventually finished his education and started to work at the law office of Ellis and Blackmore. Inspired by the theater plays in the city, he began his writing career by creating Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, and Great Expectations. His work became successful and brought him fame, and even Queen Victoria was pleased with his literature. Dickens was also interested in the supernatural and joined the Cambridge's Ghost Club.
===Working with the Assassins===
At some point in 1868, he bumped into the Assassins Jacob Frye, Evie Frye, and Henry Green in Whitechapel.Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Somewhere That's Green Later, Dickens welcomed the Frye twins as members of the "Ghost Club", and together they investigated local mysteries with supposed paranormal causes.Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Spring-Heeled Jack
For their first official Ghost Club investigation, the twins were tasked by Dickens to uncover the truth behind the terrorizing demon Spring-Heeled Jack. The demon, however, as the twins discovered, was merely a violent cultist in disguise. They tracked down the impersonator through their workshop and eliminated the cult.
They later resolved a robbing mystery wherein the townsfolk suspected as a demon's work. The Frye twins tried to track down the man responsible as Enzio Capelli, a man skilled in hypnotism.Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Hell's Bells However, they were hypnotized themselves and were ordered to perform theft, until Charles Dickens re-hypnotized them.Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Recollection
Their investigation continued on 50 Berkeley Square as Dickens retold the horror tales of a weeping small girl's specter, a spirit of a screaming young woman, and the owners James Jasper and his nephew Edward's sudden disappearance. The pair was greeted with running children whom they chased and questioned. The children revealed a secret passage leading to a treasure in the house, giving Evie a key. There, they discovered levers for scaring people and killed James Jasper, now a madman and the one responsible for the scaring. Dickens found the truth interesting and decided to adapt it for a novel.Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – 50 Berkeley Square
One such investigation involved examining a broken carriage in the junkyard, in which he spoke of haunted stories regarding the object. The Frye twin suspiciously got drowsy and slept beside the carriage, only to dream of love letters and a woman named Elizabeth. Though Dickens was curious of what happened, the Assassin did not speak of it.Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – Dead Letters
Their last case involved the resurgence of Spring-Heeled Jack. The twins pursued Jack, but he managed to evade them, performing a Leap of Faith while doing so. Later, the Ghost Club met in a pub to toast to their success in debunking superstition, though Evie acknowledged the possibility of something supernatural in their world.Assassin's Creed: Syndicate – The Terror of London
===Later life and death===
By 1868 to 1869, Charles Dickens wrote farewell readings in England, Scotland, and Ireland and worked with his final novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. However, in June 1870, Dickens suffered a stroke and died the following day, leaving the novel unfinished. He was buried in the Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey.
==Trivia==
*During the memory "Recollection", Dickens mistook Enzio Capelli's name as Ezio, alluding to Ezio Auditore da Firenze's name.
==Gallery==
ACS Charles Dickens.jpg|Concept art of Dickens
ACS Somewhere That's Green 11.png|Dickens speaking with Evie
ACS Spring-Heeled Jack 5.png|Dickens expressing his thoughts
ACS Spring-Heeled Jack 9.png|Charles returning to his drink
Charles_Dickens_Who's_In_Your_Blood.jpg|Charles Dickens in Who's In Your Blood?
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Syndicate
==References==
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