Lance O'Donnell

Lance O'Donnell was a carpenter and resident of the Davenport Homestead during the American Revolutionary War. Prior to his move to the Homestead, Lance was a carpenter residing in Boston, but as his views were not supportive of the British, he was forced out of his home and workshop by Loyalists. He spent his time on the road, evading the British and moving from inn to inn, until he met Connor. He settled into the Homestead after the Assassin Connor rescued him from a group of thugs, who held him above a steep rock face by a rope attached to his ankles, and burned his cart and equipment. They had wanted possession of his purse, which contained a meager amount of money, and for his trouble, they decided to punish him by doing the said deeds.

Following his rescue, Lance converted the wood collected by the lumberjacks Godfrey and Terry into items such as barrels, which Connor could later sell in the marketplaces of cities, gaining income.

Following Father Timothy's arrival, Lance was at the Oliver and Corrine's Inn, and when the idea was revealed of building a church, Lance proclaimed his need to confess his sins.

Later, he requested Connor's assistance in retrieving tools from his former shop in Boston, and Connor agreed to watch his back while he obtained them. Upon their arrival, a man was sweeping Lance's steps, revealing that he had purchased the shop three weeks prior from Lance's apprentice, Patrick O'Hara. Outraged, Lance confronted Patrick, who revealed that he had believed Lance had abandoned the shop, prompting him to sell everything of value. Lance, however, thought otherwise, as tools were a woodworker's "lifeblood", and believed that he had stashed them somewhere for himself. To find out, the pair tailed Patrick, discovering his stash, as well as his mutterings over leaving the town at nightfall with the tools. After Patrick's departure, the unseen pair looted his chest of tools, retrieving everything of value, before Lance returned to the Homestead.

Later on, Lance ordered a package from France, but it never arrived, becoming long overdue. Lance inquired to Connor, asking him to inspect the package's supposed destination in New York. Upon arriving, the man who received the shipment revealed that the package had been signed for and taken by Lance's former apprentice, Patrick. The man also announced O'Hara's whereabouts, a few meters away on the docks with several companions. Patrick, upon noticing Connor's presence, ordered his men to hide the content of the shipment, a few pages, but Connor managed to retrieve them shortly after. Upon delivering the shipment's plans to Lance, Lance revealed them to be plans to the the folding chair, which he claimed to have invented. Later, while sorting though these plans, Lance discovered the blueprints for the Flying Machine by Leonardo da Vinci.

With this in mind, Lance built the Flying Machine and allowed Connor to test it, although the first attempt only resulted in the invention crashing into the Homestead's bay, due to the lack of heat that would have been needed to keep it in the air.

Trivia

 * It could be discovered that Lance smoked a pipe, as he was seen puffing on one on his workshop's roof from time to time.

Reference

 * Assassin's Creed III