Jayadeep Mir

Jayadeep Mir (1843 – unknown), commonly known as Sir Henry Green, was an Indian immigrant in London during the 1860s, who became the leader of the Assassins in London and a friend of the twins Jacob and Evie Frye. In 1868, after he helped to kill Crawford Starrick, the British Templar Grand Master and the man who had made an attempt to assassinate Queen Victoria, he and the Fryes, were knighted by the Queen and became members of the Order of the Sacred Garter.

Green was the son of Arbaaz Mir, a Master Assassin of the Indian Brotherhood, and Princess Pyara Kaur of the Sikh Empire, being through her, the grandson of the Maharaja Kharak Singh and the great-grandson of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh. He was also the great-nephew, and an associate, of Duleep Singh, the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire also exiled in London during the Victorian era.

Early years
Jayadeep Mir was born within the borders of the Sikh Empire on 7 December 1843, to the Indian Assassin Arbaaz Mir and Princess Pyara Kaur, the daughter of Maharaja Kharak Singh.

In 1847, Jayadeep began trained under his father to join the Assassins, and was discovered to have an extraordinary, almost supernatural potential. In order not to hinder the training of such a potential Assassin with a parental bond, Arbaaz called upon his friend, Ethan Frye, to tutor his son. Nevertheless, as he was leaving for Britain in 1853, Ethan declared to a furious Arbaaz, that if indeed Jayadeep had tremendous Assassin skills, he would never be a true warrior because he lacked a killer instinct.

In order to let him prove his worth, the Indian Brotherhood sent Jayadeep out on a mission in 1860, which he not only failed but also put the Brotherhood in danger in the process. As a result, he was to be executed for incompetence, but thanks to Ethan who came back to India in order to save his former pupil, he was instead banished to England to aid the Assassins there under the codename "The Ghost".

Searching for the Apple
Arriving in London and as instructed by Ethan, he worked on the world's first underground railway, posing as Bharat Singh.

In 1862, when a body was discovered in London at the dig railway, it sparked the renewal of the hostilities between the Assassins and Templars, with an undercover Green playing his part in the conflict.

Building a network
Some years later, on the advice of his mother, Jayadeep later opened a curiosity-shop and took the alias "Henry Green", after a name he heard repeatedly following his arrival in the county, and the colour of the hat he was wearing at the time.

By 1868, the British Brotherhood was deeply weakened, and as one of the last remaining Assassins in the city, Green became the leader of the Assassins in London. He wrote his friend George Westhouse to petition the Assassin Council of Crawley for aid.

Meeting the Frye Twins
One day, Green encountered the Frye twins, who hailed from Crawley, and assumed that the Council had sent them. He then brought them up to speed on Grand Master Crawford Starrick's dominion over the city. The Frye twins then began to disagree on a course of action; Jacob wanted to form a gang called the Rooks to cripple Starrick's control, while Evie wanted to find the Piece of Eden in his possession.

Subsequently, the three Assassins bumped into Charles Dickens. While Jacob was easily dismissive of the author, Green advised the young Assassin to consider keeping a network of contacts, as Dickens knew every influential figure in the city. Unfortunately, a pair of Blighters attempted to follow them, forcing Green to split off from the Fryes, instructing them to keep the Blighters away from his shop, handing them a pair of pistols.

When the Frye twins later arrived at his shop, Green showed them sketches of his allies, Sergeant Frederick Abberline and Clara O'Dea. He also provided information on Rexford Kaylock, a Templar desiring to acquire Green's research on the First Civilization.

As the newly formed Rooks began to stir up resistance against Kaylock's power base in Whitechapel, Green informed the twins that Kaylock's gang wants a street fight to settle the dispute, and provided them with kukris. Following Kaylock's assassination, the Assassins commandeered his train as a mobile headquarters. Noticing that Jacob was obsessed with Kaylock's grappling gun, which was damaged in the fight, Green introduced the twins to his friend Alexander Graham Bell, who modified it for their gauntlets.

Searching for the Shroud
Upon meeting back at the train, Green showed the twins the hierarchy of Starrick's inner circle, most whose identities were unknown. While Jacob focused on the Templars, Green assisted Evie in her search for the Piece of Eden. Evie and Jacob had recovered an Assassin journal from Lucy Thorne and Evie used her Eagle Vision to find a hidden image of a jackdaw. The trail led to Edward Kenway's mansion, where Thorne and her henchmen were tearing the place apart. Green and Evie infiltrated the mansion and made their way into piano room, where they found a secret room underneath, where they found a hidden key. However, Thorne had found the secret passageway, forcing Green to seal it. He and Evie then escape via secret passage.

After Evie lost to the key to the Shroud's vault to Thorne, she and Green looked through their research and determined that the probable location of the Shroud was the Tower of London. Green advised her to seek out his ally in the fortress guard for assistance. Though Evie discovered that the Shroud was not in the Tower, she was able to assassinate Thorne.

After determining that the vault may be under Buckingham Palace, Green and Evie go to meet his great-uncle, Maharajah Duleep Singh, who informed them that the blueprints for the palace had been confiscated by the Templars. In the Assassins' attempt to get it back, Green was captured by the Templars and taken to the sewers beneath a church in the Strand. He was rescued by Evie, who chose to forgo recovering the plans. After escaping the Templars, Evie advised Green to see Florence Nightingale to attend to his head injury and return to the train while she goes to see Singh again. Though Green reminds that she can't enter Buckingham Palace alone, she promised that she won't do that.

Green later returned to the train and intervened in an argument between the Frye twins, informing them that his spies had learned that Starrick was planning on infiltrating the palace to get the Shroud and then kill all the heads of state and the Church. This prompted the Fryes to agree to work together one last time.

Green later infiltrated the vault, where Starrick had obtained the Shroud and had the Frye twins at his mercy. Green threw a knife at the Grand Master's back, forcing him to release the Fryes. He then charged at Starrick, only to be knocked unconscious by the Templar. However, his intervention allowed the Fryes to relieve Starrick of the Shroud and successfully kill him. When Green regained the consciousness, he asked Evie if he had jeopardized the mission. Evie assured his that he helped and admitted that they're far better off working in the field together, prompting the pair to share a kiss. The Assassins then place the Shroud back in its casing.

The Assassins later met with Queen Victoria, who was informed by Abberline of their deeds and promptly knighted them into the Order of the Sacred Garter. After the Queen departed their presence, Green stood silently as Jacob and Evie made up, before shrugging when the twins race each other to the train.

Personality and characteristics
A scholar, Green had developped an extensive knowledge about London's society and inner workings. Henry was also good at making connections and at gaining the trust of peoples, his network throughout London became very useful when he helped the Frye twins in their quest to bring down the Templar control over London in 1868.

While both sincere and hard-working, Green had a human side to him that many other Assassins lacked. Despite his exile, Green never lost hope of returning to India someday, after having proved to be a capable field agent.

Equipment and skills
Although he was raised as an Assassin since his birth, Henry was more inclined towards books than he was to violence and proven to be a mediocre fighter even if he possessed a Hidden Blade. In 1868, he was captured by a group of thugs working for the Templars and it was Evie Frye who had to save him.

Romantic Life
In 1868, after he became colleagues with the Frye twins, Green developed romantic feelings for Evie, and after they admitted their mutual love following the death of Starrick, they became a couple. Sometimes later, Green proposed to Evie, who accepted to become his wife, and they planned to go to India the following year.

Trivia

 * Jayadeep is a  name meaning Light of Victory, while ' is a  clan or tribe between present day India and Pakistan. ' is also a loanword from the emir, amir, and thus has the meaning of "leader, commander, prince" in aforementioned places.
 * Henry Green is the main character of Assassin's Creed: Underworld, a novel taking place six years before the events of Assassin's Creed: Syndicate