History Characters / AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlagFreedomCry

A list of characters in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag'''s DLC ''Freedom Cry''. See the [[Characters/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag main ''Black Flag'' index for other character pages]], and for modern day and game-unspecific cast, [[Characters/AssassinsCreed here is the main series index]].
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[[folder: Augustin Dieufort]]
!!Augustin Dieufort
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-->'''Voiced By:''' Christian Paul

The leader of the Maroon rebellion and chief ally to Adewale in their shared quest to liberate Port'au'Prince from French control.
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* BornIntoSlavery: He's been a slave as long as Adewale, and a key reason why he leads the Maroon rebellion.
* BigGood: The leader of the Maroon rebellion.
* TheCaptain: Adewale teaches him how to captain a sailing ship as part of his efforts to help the rebellion. Amusingly, this leads to Adewale being the Captain while Augustin is his quartermaster, despite the latter being the head of the resistance.
* DespairEventHorizon: Gets this [[spoiler:after the Governor sinks the slave ship]].
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Notably averted. Augustin is appropriately impressed with Adewale the first time he meets him, having witnessed Adewale go OneManArmy on and personally kill ''fourteen'' overseers invading their home (before pursuing and killing three more in a rowboat outside).
* LaResistance: He's the leader.
* RebelLeader
* RealMenLoveJesus: Augustin's Codex entry mentions he's a deeply spiritual man interested in both Catholicism and Voodoo.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Augustin tries to get him to help as much as he can. When Adewale says he has to leave, he accepts it.
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[[folder: Bastienne Josephe]]
!!Bastienne Josephe
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-->'''Voiced By:''' Mariah Inger

The head of a local brothel and Adewale's somewhat trustworthy ally. She is an associate of both the Governor and the resistance.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: Adewale can't tell if she'll side with the Governor or the Maroon. [[spoiler:She sides with the Maroon.]]
* FemmeFatale: [[spoiler:Subverted.]]
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Played with. Everyone assumes that she's a mercenary because of her profession rather than a gentler soul. [[spoiler: Then played straight.]]
* InformationBroker: One of the many services she provides.
* ManipulativeBastard: How Adewale perceives her. [[spoiler: Subverted. She is actually quite good at playing both sides against one another but is doing so for the benefit of the slaves.]]
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: The image she cultivates and is what Governor Pierre Marquis de Fayet and Adewale think about her, [[spoiler:but she actually cares deeply about freeing as many slaves as possible]].
* PlayingBothSides: Is a notable contact between the revolution and government. [[spoiler: Which ends once Adewale kills the Governor.]]
* ShipTease: She's visibly attracted to Adewale and the latter tries to play it down. As per ''[[WebSite/AssassinsCreedInitiates Initiates]]'', years after ''Freedom Cry'' she and Ade [[spoiler:have a OneNightStand which leads to her giving birth to Ade's son]].
* TheVamp: A mild example.
* WhatTheHellHero: Gives Adewale a big one when she thinks he's going to bring down the wrath of the French on Port'au'Prince's slaves. [[spoiler:She's right.]]
** She gives a lesser one earlier when she thinks he's more interested in the scientific benefits of Louis Godin's mission than the effect it will have on the local slaves. [[spoiler:Again, she's right.]]
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[[folder: Pierre, Marquis de Fayet]]
!!Pierre, marquis de Fayet
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-->'''Voiced By:''' Marcel Jeannin

The foppish governor of Port'au'Prince and the head of the French forces located there.
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* AffablyEvil: Our first introduction to him is an attempt to make a deal with the Maroon to keep the violence down. [[spoiler: He's actually FauxAffablyEvil and has a slave ship sunk to intimidate the Maroon.]]
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Played with. At the start of the DLC he seems to want peace with the local resistance and is willing to cut deals. Likewise, Bastienne indicates he's willing to purchase the Templar package, but we have no indications that he's actually a member of the Templars himself. [[spoiler:All ambiguity goes out the window by the penultimate mission, but he's still not stated to be a Templar.]]
* AntagonisticGovernor: As the seventh Governor-General of Saint-Domingue, he runs Port'au'prince on behalf of the French crown.
* AristocratsAreEvil: [[spoiler:Very, very evil.]]
* BaitTheDog: At first, it seems like he might be a sympathetic antagonist. [[spoiler:This goes out the window when his true colors are exposed]].
* BigBad: Played with as he is neither a Templar or especially dangerous seeming. [[spoiler:That last one is a lie.]]
* ColdBloodedTorture: Uses a branding iron on a slave to try and find information about Adewale. [[spoiler:Gets some payback from Adewale for this.]]
* CorruptPolitician: He's the governor of Port'au'Prince and has no problem with using slaves or the Code Noir.
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:Canonically, he was brought down with the same branding iron that he'd been using on the slave he was interrogating.]]
* DirtyOldMan: Spends a lot of time at Bastienne's brothel.
* EvilOldFolks: He's in his early sixties at the time of the DLC.
* EvilOverlord: Slaves on Saint-Domingue and its surrounding territories are treated extremely harshly under his rule, and after Adewale and the Maroons begin freeing large amounts of slaves [[spoiler:de Fayet orders any slave ship about to be captured to be sunk]].
* FrenchJerk: Despite appearing friendly, he's still a major antagonist. [[spoiler:Considering some of the horrible things he does later on, "jerk" is a massive understatement]].
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Outside of this DLC, most English-language mentions of him are in the context of the Godin mission (and the related concerns over smuggling) or in listings of French governors of Saint-Domingue, with no mention of his views on slavery or Africans.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Refers to blacks as animals but visits Bastienne Josephe's prostitutes... though it's probably because of him believing stereotypes about black women's sexuality.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler:Adewale goes out of his way to make de Fayet's death very, ''very'' painful in retaliation for the slave ship he ordered sunk.]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Big time. Outright calls Africans animals who need to be enslaved to have any hope of being somewhat civilized, making him a ''far'' cry from his Templar predecessors in the region[[note]]whose Grand Master not only opposed "''that sick institution''" of the slave trade but whose contemporaries even expelled one of their own for continuing to participate in the slave trade[[/note]].
* RetiredBadass:
** He had a highly distinguished naval career, which earned him his post as Governor-General.
** However, combat-wise [[BadassDecay the years have not been kind to him.]] When confronted with [[spoiler:Adewale]], he runs like hell. He only turns to fight when he's (literally) cornered and surrounded by a small army. [[spoiler:This is a bad idea.]]
* ShutUpKirk: Gives one when he [[spoiler:dies]] to Adewale. He claims blacks will turn to violence without slavery and [[spoiler:uses his own murder]] at Adewale's hands to justify it. Doubles as InsaneTrollLogic. Despite this, it ruins Adewale's good mood by denying him the satisfaction of breaking the governor.
* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: Presents himself as a ReasonableAuthorityFigure caught in a bad situation. He also ruthlessly enforces the [[LawfulEvil Code Noir]] and is increasing the amount of violence done to slaves on a regular basis.
* VisionaryVillain: Subverted. Is involved in a plot to properly chart the circumference of the world, which will change the world of sail, but he intends to use it to... buy and sell slaves more efficiently.
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[[folder: Louis Godin]]
!!Louis Godin
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-->'''Voiced By:''' Olivier Lamarche

Louis Godin (1705 – 1759) was a French astronomer and member of the French Academy of Sciences. He took part in the French Geodesic Mission during the mid-1730s.
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* AffablyEvil: Seems to be an okay guy, except for the [[MoralEventHorizon slavery]], [[{{Greed}} embezzlement]], and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking adultery]].
* ForScience: A dark example as his association with Governor de Fayet is purely to get funding for his research.
** [[SubvertedTrope May be less interested in this than he appears]] as the Governor accuses him of embezzling mission funds in order to give his mistress expensive presents. He's right, but Louis persuades the Governor to fund the expedition anyway.
* KarmaHoudini: Despite the fact he's the reason the Governor is ramping up the abuse of slaves, Louis Godin goes on his mission and goes down in history as a navigational genius. Antonio de Ulloa and Anders Celsius do steal some of his thunder, though.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Subverted. All of the adultery, embezzlement, and work with slavers Godin does in the DLC happened in real life.
* MilesGloriosus: [[AllThereInTheManual The in-game codex]] seems to paint him this way. Godin was a top-tier student the French Academy of Sciences, but when he was placed in charge of the Geodisic Expedition, he proved to be [[TheNeidermeyer a power hungry and ineffective captain]], getting his ship crashed at Saint-Domingue. When he is not playing up his accomplishments, he is complaining about the Spanish escort and Templar chaperones who are there to ensure he doesn't screw things up again.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Subverted. His dark side is unrelated to his scientific pursuits.
* VisionaryVillain: His plan is actually extremely important to the furthering of scientific knowledge. Adewale is so impressed by it, he is briefly distracted from his outrage over Port'au'Prince's slave situation.
* YourCheatingHeart: In his [[EarlyBirdCameo first appearance]] he describes Bastienne Josephe's prostitutes as the finest outside Paris and even mentions showering one of them with expensive gifts (with money that should have been funding his expedition). TruthInTelevision.
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* MilesGloriosus: [[AllThereInTheManual The in-game codex]] seems to paint him this way. Godin was a top-tier student the French Academy of Sciences, but when he was placed in charge of the Geodisic Expedietion, he proved to be [[TheNeidermeyer a power hungry and ineffective captain]], getting his ship crashed at Saint-Domingue. When he is not playing up his accomplishments, he is complaining about the Spanish escort and Templar chaperones who are there to ensure he doesn't screw things up again.

* GenreSavvy: Quickly figures out that Godin is embezzling from the Geodisic Mission. He also recognizes that the British Navy is stronger than his own, and that he needs the Spanish Armada as an ally.

* {{Badass}}
* BornIntoSlavery

* [[TheCaptain The Captain In Training]]: Adewale teaches him how to captain a sailing ship as part of his efforts to help the rebellion. Amusingly, this leads to Adewale being the Captain while Augustin is his quartermaster, despite the latter being the head of the resistance.

* KarmaHoudini: Despite the fact he's the reason the Governor is ramping up the abuse of slaves, Louis Godin goes on his mission and goes down in history as a navigational genius. Antonio de Ulloa and Anders Celsius do steal some of this thunder, though.

* MilesGloriosus: [[AllThereInTheManual The in-game codex]] seems to paint him this way. Godin was a top-tier student the French Academy of Sciences, but when he was placed in charge of the Geodisic Expedietion, he proved to be [[TheNeidermeyer a power hungry and ineffective captain]], getting his ship crashed at Saint-Domingue. When he is not playing up his accomplishments, he is complaining at the Spanish escort and Templar chaperones who are there to ensure he doesn't screw things up again.

** AlternateCharacterInterpretation: By this point, the Maroons had proved themselves to be NoMereWindmill by liberating the heavily fortified Wellington Harbor, [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu destroying a British Man'O'War stationed there]], so he was probably under tremendous pressure to crush the rebels before they got even stronger.

* CorruptPolitician

* RetiredBadass: He had a highly distinguished naval career, which earned him his post as Governor-General.
** BadassDecay. When confronted with [[spoiler:Adewale]], he runs like hell. He only turns to fight when he's (literally) cornered and surrounded by a small army. [[spoiler:This is a bad idea.]]

* MilesGloriosus / NeverMyFault: [[AllThereInTheManual The in-game codex]] seems to paint him this way. Godin was a top-tier student the French Academy of Sciences, but when he was placed in charge of the Geodisic Expedietion, he proved to be [[TheNeidermeyer a power hungry and ineffective captain]], getting his ship crashed at Saint-Domingue. When he is not playing up his accomplishments, he is complaining at the Spanish escort and Templar chaperones who are there to ensure he doesn't screw things up again.

* KarmaHoudini: Despite the fact he's the reason the Governor is ramping up the abuse of slaves, Louis Godin goes on his mission and goes down in history as a navigational genius.

* YourCheatingHeart: Hardly mentioned but, in real life, actually slept with many of Bastienne Josephe's prostitutes.

** AlternateCharacterInterpretation: By this point, the Maroons had proved themselves to be NoMereWindmill by liberating the heavily fortified Wellington Harbor, [[DidYouPunchOutCthulu destroying a British Man'O'War stationed there]], so he was probably under tremendous pressure to crush the rebels before they got even stronger.

* EvilOldFolks

* AntagonisticGovernor: He runs Port'au'prince on behalf of the French crown.

* RetiredBadass: He had a highly distinguished naval career, which earned him his post as Governor.

* AffablyEvil: Our first introduction to him is an attempt to make a deal with the Maroon to keep the violence down. [[spoiler: Is actually FauxAffablyEvil and has a slave ship sunk to intimidate the Maroon.]]

* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler:Adewale goes out of his way to make de Fayet's death very, ''very'' painful in retaliation for the slave ship he ordered sunk.]]

* AffablyEvil: Seems to be an okay guy, except for the [[MoralEventHorizon slavery]], [[{{Greed}} embezzlement]], and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking adultery]],

* AmbiguouslyEvil: Adewale can't tell if she'll side with the Governor or the Maroon. [[spoiler: She sides with the Maroon.]]
* FemmeFatale: [[spoiler: Subverted.]]

* ShipTease: She's visibly attracted to Adewale and the latter tries to play it down.
** As per ''[[WebSite/AssassinsCreedInitiates Initiates]]'', years after ''Freedom Cry'' she and Ade [[spoiler: have a OneNightStand which leads to her giving birth to Ade's son.]]

* WhatTheHellHero: Gives Adewale a big one when she thinks he's going to bring down the wrath of the French on Port'au'Prince's slaves [[spoiler: She's right.]]
** She gives a lesser one earlier when she thinks he's more interested in the scientific benefits of Louis Godin's mission than the effect it will have on the local slaves. [[spoiler: Again, she's right.]]

* AmbiguouslyEvil: Played with. At the start of the DLC he seems to want peace with the local resistance and is willing to cut deals. Likewise, Bastienne indicates he's willing to purchase the Templar package, but we have no indications that he's actually a member of the Templars himself. [[spoiler: All ambiguity goes out the window by the penultimate mission.]]
* AristocratsAreEvil: [[spoiler: Very very evil.]]
* BigBad: Played with as he is neither a Templar or especially dangerous seeming. [[spoiler: This is a lie.]]
* ColdBloodedTorture: Uses a branding iron on a slave to try and find information about Adewale. [[spoiler: Gets some payback from Adewale for this.]]

* [[spoiler: DeathByIrony: Canonically, he was brought down with the same branding iron that he'd been using on the slave he was interrogating.]]

* [[spoiler:KickTheSonOfABitch: Adewale goes out of his way to make de Fayet's death very, ''very'' painful in retaliation for the slave ship he ordered sunk.]]

** BadassDecay. When confronted with [[spoiler: Adewale]], he runs like hell. He only turns to fight when he's (literally) cornered and surrounded by a small army. [[spoiler: This is a bad idea.]]
* ShutUpKirk: Gives one when he [[spoiler: dies]] to Adewale. He claims blacks will turn to violence without slavery and [[spoiler: uses his own murder]] at Adewale's hands to justify it.
** Doubles as InsaneTrollLogic. Despite this, it ruins Adewale's good mood by denying him the satisfaction of breaking the governor.
* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: Presents himself as a ReasonableAuthorityFigure caught in a bad situation. He also ruthlessly enforces the [[LawfulEvil CodeNoir]] and is increasing the amount of violence done to slaves on a regular basis.