Thomas "Tommy" Greyling was a policeman-turned-Pinkerton detective active during the late 19th century. He was also an ancestor of the 21st century teenager Sean Molloy.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Thomas Greyling was born in Brooklyn, his grandparents immigrated from Germany shortly after they were married.[1]
The New York draft riots[]
In July 1863, Tommy worked as a policeman in the Broadway Squad of the New York City Police Department during the New York City draft riots. During the riots, he saved the life of several women, including the singer Adelina Patti, though he suffered several injuries in the process.[2]
During his recuperation, Tommy met Horace Greeley, the founder and editor of the New-York Tribune. Horace was impressed by Tommy's actions, so he wrote an elogious article about him, which made him a hero. As a result, Tommy was invited to join the Pinkerton Agency, which he accepted. He and Horace also became good friends in the process.[2]
Visiting Horace Greeley[]
Tommy visiting Horace
In 1872, Tommy visited Horace at his home in Pleasantville, New York, where the latter was on his deathbed. As the two reminisced of their first encounter years prior, Horace informed Tommy that someone in President Ulysses S. Grant's inner circle had poisoned him. He also told him that Grant was in possession of a precursor artifact, which he had used to influence the elections.[2]
During the conversation, Horace fell asleep so Tommy allowed him to rest. He let a nurse attend to him before leaving the room, though he quickly sensed something to be amiss and re-entered the room, preventing the nurse from suffocating Horace to death. The nurse was later revealed to be a Templar agent and before Horace was able to fire his gun at her, she threw a knife at him before escaping through the window.[2]
Tracking the Templar agent[]
Tommy confronting the Templar
Despite surving the incident, Horace later succumbed to the poison and Tommy was tasked to investigate his death. Believing the agent to have fled to England, Tommy boarded a ship headed there and during the journey, he met Mark Twain, a fellow American and author. The two discussed about Horace, who had also been a friend of Twain, and the author agreed to help Tommy after hearing about the Pieces of Eden, which he had first learned of during his travels.[2]
Tommy and Mark tracked down the Templar agent to London, confronting her above the rooftops of the British Museum. Before he could arrest her, the agent attacked Tommy, attached a rope onto him and jumped off the building, pulling Tommy down with he and escaping in the process. Before losing his grip, he was saved by the timely arrival of British Assassins Henry Green and Evie Frye, who had been sent by Inspector Frederick Abberline to assist Tommy.[2]
The next morning, the group met in the Scotland Yard morgue, where Abberline informed them that the Templar agent was a bait to lure them away from the museum so that her accomplice can searchit. They studied the mud prints of Constable Niall Hobday, a museum guard killed by the Templars, and tracked their findings to a slaughterhouse. There, they found an unconscious Edward Feather, the Head Clerk of Acqusitions at the museum, and were confronted by the Templar agent and her Blighter henchmen. A firefight ensued which ended with the group victorious though Tommy was almost killed in the process.[2]
Tommy and Evie confronting the agent
The agent, however, had managed to obtain the information she sought from Feather and fled to the museum. The group follower her there, discovering the dead watchmen left in her tracks. They proceeded to the Acquisition Department, where they found the agent and the Blighters rummaging through the cabinets, triggering another firefight. The agent sound found the documents she wanted and attempted to flee, but Tommy and Evie confronted her. Faking surrender, the agent threw a smoke bomb, allowing her to escape again. Evie stayed behind to prevent a fire from occuring while Tommy chased after the agent on a carriage.[2]
Following a pursuit through the streets of London, Tommy was unsuccessful in capturing the agent, who managed to escape his grasp. Suspecting the agent would attempt to return to the United States via ship, Tommy boarded one of the ships at the harbor in a final attempt to apprehend her. His suspicion proved correct and he soon confronted the agent on the ship's deck. Revealing her name to be Alice, the agent offered Tommy a chance to join the Templars, but he refused. Alice then threw the documents she had stolen into the ocean to prevent the Assassins from obtaining them, and warned Tommy that his actions would not go unnoticed by her fellow Templars, before committing suicide by jumping into the Atlantic.[2]
Legacy[]
In 2016, Tommy's memories were relieved by his descendant Sean Molloy under the supervision of Abstergo Industries, who were looking for leads to the whereabouts of the Trident of Eden.[2]
Appearances[]
- Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants (first appearance)
- Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Locus
- Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Tomb of the Khan (mentioned only)
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Chapter 11
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Locus – [citation needed]