Will discovers the gunpowder and traces the trigger back through the new sewer system to Windmill Island, where Kemp and his men have set up a generator and are also holding Charlotte. Kemp reveals to her that he has planted barrels of gunpowder under various important buildings in the city, notably Independence Hall where the Continental Congress is debating the Declaration of Independence, with the explosives set to go off at noon, just when the Declaration of Independence is about to be approved. They flee to Philadelphia where she is captured by her uncle's goons. Realizing her feelings for William as well as her uncle's evilness, Charlotte steals her uncle's next set of plans and breaks Will out of the prison ship. While in the hole he realizes that someone else took what he deserves and he accepts the Lord into his heart truly. He saves the life of George Washington, but is framed and arrested by Kemp as a murderer and loses the document. Will later attends a masked ball in New York with the intentions to reveal some documents he stole earlier in the film that outlines the role of the East India Company, specifically Charles Kemp. Upon discovering Kemp's plans, Will sets out to redeem his name before reuniting with Charlotte - Working as a printer only by day, he also becomes a masked vigilante by night, thwarting the evil plans of the East India Company, and is dubbed "The Highwayman" by the revolutionaries. Will later discovers that Charlotte and her uncle have arrived in America as well, with Kemp supporting the loyalists on behalf of the East India Company. Again using the identity of his rescuer (Jeremiah Flack), William travels to the colony of Pennsylvania and finds a job in Benjamin Franklin's printing shop after passing Franklin's 'test of faith' and revealing that his sympathies lay with the revolutionary cause. Will flees once more, and, yet again, his rescuer dies saving Will's life.
Later, he asks Charlotte to marry him and she agrees, provided he passes her uncle's approval.Īt Christmas, Charlotte's uncle arrives and is revealed to be Charles Kemp, who reveals William's identity to Charlotte and tries (again) to kill him.
An old associate happens upon the quiet town and confronts Will, who kills the man and buries him under the cover of darkness. Will attempts to settle into the quiet life of a vicar (with a surprising degree of success) and falls in love with Charlotte Holloway. He flees, taking the name and job of a vicar who died saving Will's life. William Reynolds, is a former assassin for the British East India Company, who attempts to "retire" and his boss Charles Kemp tries to have him killed because he knows too much.
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