History Fridge / AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag

* Anne Bonny(red head) and Mary Read(black hair) are two ShipTease for Edward who is married to Caroline first, who is a redhead and his second wife, Tessa, mother of Haytham, must have had dark hair which her son couldn't have got from his blonde father. Edward's fondness for Anne at the end of the game, especially his insistence she come to England with him(since [[spoiler: his wife his dead at this point]]) might stem from a desire for a ReplacementGoldfish for Caroline, while his continuing devotion to live to Mary Read's promise might have led his attraction to Haytham's mother, since Mary has some resemblance to Haytham, which makes Tessa his ReplacementGoldfish for Mary Read/James Kidd.

* The name of Adewale's brig in the Freedom Cry DLC is ''Experto Crede'', Latin for "Believe the Expert"... amazingly fitting considering his role relative to Edward in the ''Jackdaw'' as not only SergeantRock to the crew but also the OnlySameMan compared to Edward's excesses.

--> And be your bairnie's[baby's] daddy

* Aesop's Fable of ''The Eagle and the Jackdaw'' is a running motif in the game with obvious parallels and symbolism of Edward and the Jackdaw. But here's Fridge brilliance, what are the names of the two ships you pilot in the series. The first ship you pilot is called L'Aquila, captained by Edward's grandson. L'Aquila means you guessed it, The Eagle. In other words players, in Anachronic Order, first captain The Eagle and then the Jackdaw in the course of one century.
** And of course Edward's son Haytham has a name which means young eagle, and he wanted him to be an Assassin. So the Jackdaw wants his son to be the Eagle he never entirely could be, only, well [[ItWasHisSled that doesn't quite work out.]] But Connor ends up becoming a true Assassin and the Eagle that Edward hoped for Haytham. Maybe, Kenways are to be judged not by their names but the names of their ships?
* A bit of GameplayAndStoryIntegration tying into AssassinsCreedForsaken. Why was [[spoiler: Edward so easily killed by a bunch of mercenaries?]]. Well, not only was he not wearing any of his special armor [[spoiler: Neither the Templar Armor, the Mayan Armor, OR his many Health bonus providing animal-skins]] but he's also [[spoiler: protecting his wife and son]]. In other words, it's an EscortMission. Given how vulnerable [[spoiler: Edward is during diving missions without his armor]], it's easy to understand why one of his opponents got lucky.

** Achilles (and others like him) may be at partially fault there since his general attitude to the Templars was KillEmAll. Haytham implies is all the Assassins do in the 17th century, which carries over to the Modern Era. This is backed up by the fact anti-slaving Assassins like Aveline and Adewale have to do their activities as a side-job despite it being tailor made as an activity for followers of the Creed. Edward's closest friend in the Assassins, [[spoiler: Mary Read]] was also [[spoiler: dead]] so it's possible they didn't really feel much loyalty to the man. Haytham's messianic delusions of uniting the Assassins and Templars probably didn't win him any friends either.

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* Why are the Templars interested in making public not only the Animus data but the Assassin vs. Templar conflict? Edward isn't a great role model for Assassin behavior but he's still not exactly friendly to their cause.
** In-game its stated that they plan to alter the content and market it differently from how it was. The player character is Research Analyst who merely collects data as to how it happened in the past. The final game trailers are StylisticSuck ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' knock-offs whereas ''Black Flag'' is a ShownTheirWork WartsAndAll look at the GoldenAgeOfPiracy.
* Why does the crew of the Jackdaw [[spoiler: not object to Calico Jack's actions against Edward Kenway and Adewale?]]. It's understandable they stand aside for [[spoiler: Charles Vane]] but you'd think they'd have a problem with [[spoiler: marooning their Captain and Quartermaster before a total stranger takes over their ship.]] Charles Vane blames it on [[spoiler: Edward's obsession with the Observatory]] but this seems to be NeverMyFault more than anything.
** One thing is timing, Jack pulls it off so suddenly that there's not much time to react, second the crew regards Edward, Adewale and Charles Vane as very tough fighters, which they are, so they would likely feel that they don't have the same luck and skill level and then there's self-preservation. Deal with Rackham for the time being instead of going ZergRush on him and his boys which would cause a massacre on ship and would likely endanger their captain and quartermaster. The other reason is that TheMutiny seems to be a common, and certainly not unknown occurrence so the crew might feel that if Rackham pulled it off than he's earned it. By and large the Jackdaw prefer Edward when he's successful, lucky and not working with ObviouslyEvil pirates like Bartholomew Roberts but beyond that they have no special feeling for Edward, they're OnlyInItForTheMoney, just like Edward, and want to save their own lives as well.
** Also bear in mind that Edward rescued Vane and Rackham from their own sinking ship and along with them a bunch of their crew tumbled aboard the Jackdaw. So it wasn't just the Jackdaw's own crew but Vane and Rackham's boys to contend with.

** Achilles (and others like him) may be at partially fault there since his general attitude to the Templars was KillEmAll. Haytham implies is all the Assassins do in the 17th century, which carries over to the Modern Era. This is backed up by the fact anti-slaving Assassins like Aveline and Adewale have to do their activities as a side-job despite it being tailor made as an activity for followers of the Creed. Edward's closest friend in the Assassins, [[spoiler: Mary Read]] was also [[spoiler: dead]] so it's possible they didn't really feel much loyalty to the man either. Haytham's messianic delusions of uniting the Assassins and Templars probably didn't win him any friends either.

* Further horror, when Kenway and Vane are tailing a slave galley for the Royal African Company, and undergo the Mutiny. The Princess is a slave galley with slaves below deck, Adewale specifically warns Edward not to fire broadsides for fear of hurting lives beneath. Well, after the Mutiny, they take over that ship, with [[JerkAss Rackham]] promising to sell Adewale for [[NotSoHarmlessVillain "a tenner"]]. What happened to the rest of the people underneath, who we don't see? The obvious answer is that Rackham and Co. sold them too and then pissed away all that money on alcohol.

** Also bear in mind that Edward rescued Vane and Rackham from their own sinking ship and along with them a bunch o of their crew tumbled aboard the Jackdaw. So it wasn't just the Jackdaw's own crew but Vane and Rackham's boys to contend with.

* Why does the crew of the Jackdaw [[spoiler: not object to Calico Jack's actions against Edward Kenway and Adewale?]]. It's understandable they stand aside for [[spoiler: Charles Vane]] but you'd think they'd have a problem with [[spoiler: marooning their Captain and Quartermaster before a total stranger takes over their ship.]] Charles Vane blames it on [[spoiler: Edward's obsession with the Observatory]] but this seems to be NeverMyFault more than anything.

* A bit of GameplayAndStoryIntegration tying into AssassinsCreedForsaken. Why was [[spoiler: Edward so easily killed by a bunch of mercenaries?]]. Well, not only was he not wearing any of his special armor [[spoiler: Neither the Templar Armor, the Mayan Armor, OR his many Health bonus providing animal-skins]] but he's also [[spoiler: protecting his wife and son]]. In other words, it's an Escort mission. Given how vulnerable [[spoiler: Edward is during diving missions without his armor]], it's easy to understand why one of his opponents got lucky.

** Achilles may be at partially fault there since his general attitude to the Templars was KillEmAll, which Haytham implies is all the Assassins do nowadays instead of anything productive. This is backed up by the fact anti-slaving Assassins like Aveline and Adewale have to do their activities as a side-job. Edward's closest friend in the Assassins, [[spoiler: Mary Read]] was also [[spoiler: dead]] so it's possible they didn't really feel much loyalty to the man either. Haytham's messianic delusions of uniting the Assassins and Templars probably didn't win him any friends either.

** Achilles may be at partially fault there since his general attitude to the Templars was KillEmAll, which Haytham implies is all the Assassins do nowadays instead of anything productive. This is backed up by the fact anti-slaving Assassins like Aveline and Adewale have to do their activities as a side-job. Edward's closest friend in the Assassins, [[spoiler: Mary Read]] was also [[spoiler: dead]] so it's possible they didn't really feel much loyalty to the man either. Haytham, himself, was also harboring messianic delusions of uniting the Assassins and Templars so they likely considered him a madman too.

** In-game its stated that they plan to alter the content and market it differently from how it was. The player character is Research Analyst who merely collects data as to how it happened in the past. The final game trailers are StylisticSuck ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' knock-offs whereas ''Black Flag'' is a ShownTheirWork WartsAndAll look at the GoldenAgeOfPiracy.

* A rather nasty real-life one is the talk about the kind of burns and horrific conditions that sugar making slaves had to endure when you move to rob the plantation. It's bad enough Adewale had to endure that sort of suffering himself. The Fridge Horror kicks in when you realize not only was it a real life horror but it happened to thousands, if not millions, of people who weren't nearly as lucky to escape the life and become freebooters.

--> "I like well your behaviour

* The ForegoneConclusion element of Edward Kenway's children, made doubly worse by ''[[Literature/AssassinsCreedForsaken Assassin's Creed: Forsaken]].'' Even if you don't consider the novels to be canon[[note]] writer Darby [=McDevitt=] and director Ashraf Ismail confirm it is[[/note]], eventually [[spoiler: Edward's Assassin grandson will murder his Templar son]]. Worse still, Edward's distant descendant in Desmond will [[spoiler: die at the hands of Juno]]. Which wouldn't be so bad if not for the fact [[spoiler: they mine his brain to undo Edward's life work.]]

** In-game its stated that they plan to alter the content and market it differently from how it was. The player character is Research Analyst who merely collects data as to how it happened in the past. The final game trailers are StylisticSuck ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCarribean'' knock-offs whereas ''Black Flag'' is a ShownTheirWork WartsAndAll look at the GoldenAgeOfPiracy.

* The ForegoneConclusion element of Edward Kenway's children, made doubly worse by ''Assassin's Creed: Forsaken.'' Even if you don't consider the novels to be canon, eventually [[spoiler: Edward's Assassin grandson will murder his Templar son]]. Worse still, Edward's distant descendant in Desmond will [[spoiler: die at the hands of Juno]]. Which wouldn't be so bad if not for the fact [[spoiler: they mine his brain to undo Edward's life work.]]

* Why are the Templars interested in making public not only the Animus data but the Assassin vs. Templar conflict? Edward isn't a great role model for Assassin behavior but he's still not exactly friendly to their cause.

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* Some of the lyrics of tavern songs tend to have connections to Edward's own life and moods, which explains why he seems to have frequented them aside from being TheAlcoholic. The song, ''Burn the Candles Out'', a bawdy but sweet love song about a woman and man making the best of their privacy has some similarities to Edward and Caroline's relationship. Especially this refrain, where the wife promises to give birth to a baby to greet him when they see him next whic

--> ''"I like well your behaviour
And this I often say
I cannot rest contented
When you are far away"''

* Anne Bonny(red head) and Mary Read(black hair) are two ShipTease for Edward who is married to Caroline first, who is a redhead and his second wife, Tessa, mother of Haytham, must have had dark hair which her son couldn't have got from his blonde father. Edward's fondness for Anne at the end of the game, especially his insistence she come to England with him(since [[spoiler: his wife his dead at this point]]) might stem from a desire for a ReplacementGoldfish, while his continuing devotion to live to Mary Read's promise might have led his attraction to Haytham's mother, since Mary has some resemblance to Haytham, which makes Tessa his ReplacementGoldfish for Edward.

* Anne Bonny(red head) and Mary Read(black hair) are two ShipTease for Edward who is married to Caroline first, who is a redhead and his second wife, Tessa, mother of Haytham, must have had dark hair which her son couldn't have got from his blonde father. Edward's fondness for Anne at the end of the game, especially his insistence she come to England with him(since [[spoiler: his wife his dead at this point]]) might stem from a desire for a ReplacementGoldfish, which his continuing devotion to live to Mary Read's promise might have led his attraction to Haytham's mother, since Mary has some resemblance to Haytham, which makes Tessa his ReplacementGoldfish for Edward.