A list of Assassins appearing in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.
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Edward Kenway
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Adéwalé
Adéwalé
Main Game Apperances: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag | Assassin's Creed: Freedom Cry | Assassin's Creed Rogue
Other Apperances: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (novelization) | Assassin's Creed: Freerunners
- Voiced By: Tristan D. Lalla (English)note
"When I became an Assassin, I swore to leave piracy behind, but the old methods have served the Creed more than once."
The Quartermaster of the Jackdaw and Edward's right-hand man. He learned of the Assassin Brotherhood through his work with Edward, and eventually left a life of piracy behind to join the Assassins. He is the main character in the single player DLC, Freedom Cry.
- Aura Vision: Possesses the same Eagle Vision that Edward displayed.
- Badass Family: Ends up creating one much like Edward through his son Babtunde and grandson Eseosa.
- Bald of Authority: When Edward is away, he keeps the Jackdaw in line. Even when Edward presumes to claim and name their ship the Jackdaw, Adéwalé calls it "the sort of Rub I have learned to endure sailing among Faces of such... Fairness." Edward agrees that their crew is too prejudiced to accept Adéwalé as Captainnote , so they agree that Adéwalé will at least be Quartermaster formally but The Consigliere in practice due to Edward's admitted inexperience.
- Adéwalé is still hurt of being passed over as captain even years later, as he notes to Augustin in Freedom Cry.
- Baritone of Strength: He has a deep voice and is a powerful warrior. Bastienne lampshades his voice's deepness when he is asked to sing passcode.
- BFG: Carries a blunderbuss with him into combat.
- The Big Guy: In Edward's pirate crew.
- Born into Slavery: "I was born in Trinidad, a slave from my first breath."
- The trauma of his upbringing is explored in Freedom Cry where he notes that for him piracy meant a life of freedom and an escape from that, and it's only years later when he arrives in Port-au-Prince that he's able to confront it and in the course of the game, become an active Maroon revolutionary.
- Breakout Character: Adewale was a popular character at the time of the game's release, enough so that he became the focus of his own DLC campaign. To this day he's frequently listed as one of the best supporting characters in the series.
- Bus Crash: Gets murdered under unknown circumstances sometime before 1776. In Rogue, it's revealed that he was killed by the Templar Shay Patrick Cormac.
- The Captain: In the DLC, Freedom Cry becomes one of the brig, Experto Crede.
- Catchphrase: "Have you heard the news?" He works it into a number of different orders.
- The Conscience: Adewale shares this role with James Kidd in respect to Edward. Ade tries to keep Edward ambitions in check and guide him into making more moral choices. Ade himself admits that he is fine with general piracy, but opposes the idea of attacking civilians or allowing them to get caught in the crossfire.
- Cool Old Guy: By Rogue he definitely counts as this from the admittedly little we see of him.
- Cunning Linguist: Is capable of speaking at least English, Spanish, and French.
- Dark and Troubled Past: Even as an adult, Adéwalé has still not recovered from his childhood as a slave and in Freedom Cry, his experience of going undercover as a plantation slave is something he does under protest.
- Defiant to the End: Upon getting assassinated by Shay, he tells him that "Hell welcomes traitors like you." and calls him a monster.
- Fire-Forged Friends: Before he and Edward introduce and share names, they break out of their holds in the brig of a Spanish treasure fleet, clear out that ship, free other captive sailors across multiple ships, then hijack a brigantine and sail it away from a deadly hurricane that destroys the Spanish Fleet. Wooden Ships and Iron Men indeed.
- For Great Justice: His motivation for joining the Assassins, deciding that fighting for justice and freedom with them is a better calling than being a pirate. Also his initial reason for being a pirate; he enjoys the fact that out in the open sea, race matters little over mere ability to survive Everything Trying to Kill You."
With this skin and this voice, where can I go in the world and feel at ease? This country here is my best chance. This country called Jackdaw, where I know the names of all citizens, and they know mine, and we work together. Not always out of love, but to keep our country afloat."- In Freedom Cry, he transitions to Maroon revolutionary.
- Genius Bruiser: He's very intelligent and speaks English, Spanish, and French, with Bastienne in Freedom Cry noting that he speaks like a scholar. His database entry notes that when he and Edward ended up in the same ship, his captors had intended him to serve as an interpreter on account of his command of language.
- Hero of Another Story: He stars in a DLC campaign called "Freedom Cry", taking place fifteen years after ACIV's story endsnote .
- In the Hood: Gains one in the DLC.
- It's Personal:
- Adéwalé is quite giddy when you decide to attack British ships. The database and
Word of God note that British slavers sold his parents in Trinidad and took him away from his family. - In Rogue, he holds a special loathing for Haytham for tarnishing Edward's name and openly disrespecting his old friend.
- Adéwalé is quite giddy when you decide to attack British ships. The database and
- The Lancer: Serves as the Quartermaster on the ship until he leaves to join the Assassins... although as Edward admits, Adéwalé only wasn't Captain because their initial crew wouldn't accept himnote .
- Last Stand: Makes one in Rogue upon getting cornered in a lake by the Morrigan.
- Legendary in the Sequel: By the time Assassin's Creed Rogue comes around, he's already a legendary Assassin.
- Lightning Bruiser: He's big, he's strong, and can move just as fast as Edward in combat.
- Living Legend: Adéwalé is considered this by the Continental Assassins by the time of Rogue being famous for single-handedly freeing hundreds of slaves across the West Indies. Even in old age, he continues to live up to his reputation as it takes Shay and Haytham working in tandem to actually defeat him.
- Machete Mayhem: His weapon in Freedom Cry. When he first washes ashore, a crusty old machete is just the closest weapon, but he continues using various machetes to great effect throughout the rest of the DLC.
- Man Behind the Man: He's the main reason Edward's crew doesn't abandon him. It's even shown in a more literal sense during gameplay: he stands where Edward, as the captain, should be standing as he directs the helmsman.
- Old Master: 66 at the time of his death in Rogue but still kicking plenty of ass and standing toe to toe with much younger combatants. Had he only been fighting against Shay or Haytham individually it's possible he would have survived.
- Only One Name: If he does have a surname, he never mentions it. Given that he was born into slavery it's possible that he doesn't.
- Only Sane Man: He offers very good advice to Edward about keeping his cool and bringing in the Assassins who have a clear idea of what "the Sage" means, but Edward refuses to listen and the latter is somehow still surprised when Adéwalé finally decides that he doesn't want to be taken for granted anymore by a self-destructive asshole who nearly got his entire crew killed.
- Promoted to Playable: Adéwalé goes from a major supporting character in IV to starring in the expansion, Freedom Cry.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Serves as this as the Voice of the Crew on the Jackdaw, trying (and failing) to rein in Edward's obsessions when it clashes with the crew's health and interests.
- Rejected Apology: He not having any of Shay's remorse, considering Shay assassinated him and defected to the Templars over a misunderstanding.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue to Edward's red.
- Scary Black Man: To his enemies, at least.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: When Edward and Black Bart go to the Observatory, Adéwalé stays on the Jackdaw with the crew, clearly worried that Obviously Evil Black Bart is up to no good. Sensing danger, Adéwalé and the crew abandon Edward on the island when Black Bart and his crew make their betrayal clear, an action that probably saved the lives of the rest of the crew. Edward understands and accepts this, for which Ade returns him to the helm the next time they meet. Despite everything they still part as friends and Adewale will not tolerate speaking ill of Edward.
- Sergeant Rock: What Adéwalé's de facto role is amongst the Jackdaw crew.
- Slave Brand: He has a slave brand on his chest.
- Sleeves Are for Wimps: His Assassin outfit in Freedom Cry lacks sleeves and shows off his muscles, though in Rogue it's subverted since in the North Atlantic it would be rather nonsensical not to wear sleeves.
- Sword and Gun: Wields both a machete and a blunderbuss in Freedom Cry.
- Token Black Friend: Promotional materials and trailers certainly paint him as such, but in the actual game it's a lot more nuanced. Adéwalé forms a genuine bond with Edward when they break out of captivity together, respects Edward because of his era-relative progressive stances on slavery, and they on more than one occasion prove to be genuine Bash Brothers in combat, but at heart Adé feels more than a little hurt that he was looked over for the title of the Jackdaw's captain. As the game progresses Edwards increasingly obsessive pursuit of his own wealth also ends up pushing Adé away. While they reconcile later on, all-in-all they are closer to Vitriolic Best Buds than this trope.
- What the Hell, Hero?: The reason why Adéwalé resigns as First Mate from the Jackdaw; he finally can no longer tolerate Edward's selfishness and putting his own wants above everyone else's needs, and he joins the Assassins to forge his own path:"To fight beside a man so driven by personal gain and glory is a hard thing, Edward. And I have come to feel the Assassins - and their creed - a more honourable course. Have I been unfair?"
- Worth It: Despite that, he explains to Augustin Dieufort in Freedom Cry that the experience of freedom in his life of piracy meant a great deal to him and he wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. Though he doesn't want to go back either.
Duncan Walpole
Duncan Walpole
Main Game Apperances: 'Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Other Apperances: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (novelization) | Assassin's Creed: The Official Movie Novelization
- Voiced By: ??? (English)note
An Assassin-turned-Templar that dies by Edward's hands and inadvertently sets him off on the whole adventure.
- Ambition Is Evil: His database entry makes it pretty clear his primary motivation is advancing his status in life — interestingly, not that different from Edward at the time.
- Aristocrats Are Evil: He's born in a very wealthy family, with his Cousin being England's first Prime Minister, and he still retains this bearing among the multicultural, multi-franchise Assassins to the point that Edward calls him a "posh git".
- Asshole Victim: The Assassins admit that Edward killing the treacherous Walpole is no loss at all and is something they can easily forgive... as opposed to Edward's however unwittingly passing on Walpole's information to the Templars, thereby completing Walpole's betrayal for him. This is taken even further in the novelization of the game by Oliver Bowden where Sir Robert Walpole, Duncan's cousin, admits to Edward that Duncan was a real Jerkass and Ungrateful Bastard and that he holds no grudges to Edward for killing his own cousin.
- Beard of Evil: Rogers' wife described him as "devilishly handsome" and the beard does make him look sinister.
- Blade Below the Shoulder: He uses a Hidden Blade to assassinate the captain of Edward's ship, but they're badly damaged in the subsequent explosion thereof, and abandoned by Edward because he didn't know what they were until reaching Havana where he was issued new ones.
- Dead Person Impersonation: Ends up being impersonated by Edward after his death. Helping matters was the fact that he kept a letter detailing the payout he was going to get in Havana.
- Deceptive Disciple: He asked to study under Ah Tabai in order to learn all his secrets and betray him.
- Evil Counterpart: Like Edward, he's a greedy and ambitious man aiming to improve his lot in life and is rightfully regarded as an utter piece of shit by just about everyone. However, Duncan dies a traitor trying to join the Templars while Edward eventually betters himself and becomes one of the Assassins most respectable members.
- Face–Heel Turn: Betrayed the Assassins to join the Templars, intending to give them First Civilization artifacts, and apparently had the murder of Ah Tabai, the local Mayan Assassin Mentor, on his agenda.
- False Friend: To Ah Tabai, who Duncan came to in early 1715 and asked for personal training as a means of getting close to him and learning all about the West Indies Assassins in order to have a lot of information to turn over to the Templars.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: His database entry mentions his bad temper and impulsiveness several times.
- Historical Character's Fictional Relative: He's a fictional second cousin of Britain's first Prime Minister Sir Robert Walpole.
- In the Hood: Given that Edward's uniform was looted from him, it's a given.
- Jerkass: Even ignoring his Face–Heel Turn details, he shoots at Edward even though Edward was legitimately trying to diffuse hostilities.
- Plot-Triggering Death: The game would have no plot at all if he never crossed paths with Edward.
- Professional Killer: A highly skilled one by all accounts: he is mentioned in Ah Tabai's database entry to be of a level of skill that few other Assassins ever reached, which says something about Edward being capable of besting him even while weakened.
- Shadow Archetype: Driven by personal ambition, betraying the Assassins solely for money... the initial confusion some had about the name Edward/Duncan is actually pretty telling.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: His death kicks off the story, and while a few details are garnered from his encounter, the Templars, and database entries, little is learned about him beyond some backstory and possible reasons for his Face–Heel Turn. The novelization for Assassin's Creed (2016) adds that his day job was working for the East India Company, but his cover was blown and his Mentor tried to send him to the New World (and Ah Tabai), partly so he wouldn't be killed. Instead, he was recruited for the Templars by one of the directors of the company.
- Worf Had the Flu: According to the Animus, Duncan is suppose to be one of the strongest assassins, but he gets unceremoniously hunted and killed by Edward in the game's opening mission. Though Duncan was injured in the shipwreck and Edward used that to his advantage.
James Kidd (Unmarked spoilers)
James Kidd
Main Game Apperances: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Other Apperances: Assassin's Creed: Rebellion
- Voiced By: Olivia Morgan (English)note
"We're Assassins and we follow a Creed, aye. But it does not command us to act or submit... only to be wise."
Supposedly a teenage boy, the bastard child of notorious pirate William Kidd, and one of the founders of the Nassau pirate republic, along with Kenway, Thatch, and Hornigold. In truth, however, she's revealed to be a woman named Mary Read. In either identity, she's also a close friend of Edward's and a member of the Assassins.
- Action Girl: Albeit only overt about it after being forced to reveal herself to Rackham.
- Pregnant Badass: Was pregnant while trying to fend off the British that captured Rackham's crew. According to Anne Bonny, the father was a young man who was among the few sober enough to help fight, though he died during the battle.
- Always with You: Her last words:"I'll be with you, Kenway. I will."
- Badasses Wear Bandanas: Wears a bandana throughout the game and is a skilled warrior, and takes it off when revealing she is a woman.
- Battle Couple: She and an unknown pirate fought with Anne Bonny in a heroic final stand. That soldier was her lover and father of her child and he died in battle.
- Bifauxnen: She proves to be Mary Read, not James Kidd.
- Blade Below the Shoulder: Perceptive players will notice that James is wearing a hidden blade before The Reveal that "he" is an Assassin.
- Canon Character All Along: James Kidd is only an alias. Her real name is Mary Read, one of the two most famous female pirates of all time.
- The Conscience: Serves as this for Edward, always trying to get him to do the right thing and be more focused on helping others than helping himself. For much of the game Edward doesn't listen, meaning that the Assassins never let him join them. Her death hits him the hardest by far and serves as the catalyst for Edward joining the Assassins and turning his life around in a way that would make her proud.
- Death By Child Birth: Dies due to sickness brought about after giving birth to her child in a prison. It's unknown what happened to her baby.
- Died in Your Arms Tonight: Edward cradles her in a Pietà Plagiarism as she passes away on account of post-pregnancy internal bleeding. Edward never fully recovers from this.
- Foreshadowing: There's a number of things that provide clues to her real identity: her voice veers a bit too feminine at times, rather distinctive hips, crossing arms a lot (especially when close to other people), and on the mission just before the reveal, shoving Edward away after being tackled (the tackle animation placing hands very near the torso) and exclaiming "Keep your natty hands off me!"
- Also, Kidd's database entry notes that unlike Hornigold, Thatch and Kenway, he wasn't part of the Nassau Flying Gang but proved to be highly intelligent and resourceful in setting up the Nassau republic. Which foregrounds the fact that he's an Assassin since that's the kind of Patronage that is second nature for them.
- There's quite a few subtle hints in his body language about his sentiments well in advance of the reveal, such as his silent and contemplative reaction to a sketch of the Observatory instead of "Blackbeard" Thatch and Hornigold's mocking dismissals — Edward notices this, and later calls out Kidd on knowing more than he'd let on about the Observatory — and the multiple disapproving looks he gives Edward at times when he indulges his seedier tendencies or when Edward inadvertently revealed that he'd given away the locations of Assassin hideouts to the Templars.
- During some of the early game cutscenes a Hidden Blade can clearly be seen on the inside of his arm as well.
- Historical Character's Fictional Relative: Claims to be Captain Kidd's bastard son. Subverted, as Mary Read has no relation to him.
- The Man Behind the Man: The game strongly implies that later in his career when he was serving under Jack Rackham, Kidd was using Rackham as a puppet captain, given that Rackham himself couldn't captain his way out of a wet paper bag.
- Anne Bonny remarks to Edward that Mary did the actual captaining of the ship while Jack did most of the drinking. Given what we see in the game, there's no reason to think otherwise.
- The Mentor: Serves as this to Edward, introducing him to the Assassins, and later to Anne Bonny, making the latter into a true badass Pirate Girl despite starting out as a Ms. Fanservice waitress.
- Morality Chain: Acts as this to Edward at times, subtly encouraging his better nature. From one of Edward's discussions with Adéwale:Edward: He has a way of picking at my conscience that gives me pause.
- The Not-Love Interest: There is considerable tension between Mary and Edward and several playful moments between them. Notably, the Mushroom Samba sequence interchanges her with Edward's wife Caroline, signaling the level of importance she held for Edward in his life. Her death had a bigger impact on changing his life than his wife leaving him.
- Platonic Life-Partners: With Edward, eventually. She makes it clear when she reveals her true gender that very few people know it.Mary: Mary Read to me mum. *meaningful look* And me friends. *holds a knife to Edward's groin* Not a word of it to anyone, or I'll unman you as well. *wink*
- Professional Killer: Between being both an Assassin and a pirate.
- The Reveal: Is actually the famous female pirate, Mary Read, pulling a Sweet Polly Oliver.
- Sweet Polly Oliver: Spends most of the game masquerading as a teenage boy.
- Tragic Hero: She spent all her life longing for freedom and respect in a patriarchal male-dominated society and be accepted as an equal. She has to resort to a rank incompetent like Calico Jack as a cover for her to be The Captain in all but name. Her child is taken from her and she dies painfully because the prison guards think she's a lowlife trash who deserves to die when she was the most heroic and decent person of the group, which moves Edward, an admitted Jerkass, greatly.
- Unsettling Gender-Reveal: Was forced to reveal her gender when Rackham threatened to kill her. Inverted when she reveals her identity to Edward, when he sees her remove a bandanna and lets her hair down, he's amazed that she's Beautiful All Along and is very feminine.James Kidd: *removes bandana offscreen* Ready?
Edward Kenway: ... Your name's not James, is it?
Mary Read: *chuckles* Not most Days. Come on. - Vasquez Always Dies: Dies from complications from childbirth while in British custody towards the end of the game, while Anne Bonny lives on for several more decades. Of course this is Truth in Television, the real Mary Read did die in childbirth while Anne Bonny disappeared from the records.
- Walking Spoiler: Pretty much impossible to talk about over half her tropes without letting on that she's a woman.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Kidd is utterly dedicated to the Assassin Order, which makes him frequently chew out Edward for valuing money over principles and for wearing Assassin robes:James Kidd on Edward Kenway: Prancing about like one of us, bringing Shame to our Cause.
- Eventually he flat-out tells Adéwalé not to let himself be pulled into the drink by Edward the "drowning rat."
- Wholesome Crossdresser: A striking variation. She's very good looking as James Kidd, to the point of attracting Anne Bonny, and is quite pretty as Mary Read.
- Wise Beyond Their Years: James Kidd is perhaps the same age as Edward or slightly younger, though really as Mary Read she's 8 years older then Edward, but displays a maturity and acceptance of life that is worlds away from Edward's immature lusting after the "easy life"."No one honest has an easy life, Edward. And it's aching for one that causes the most pain."
- Working-Class Hero: An even more impressive version than Edward, since as a woman she had to break the glass ceiling or take that into account to be where she is.
- You Are Better Than You Think You Are: Nurtures this hope for Edward, a key reason why Ah Tabai and the other Assassins spare his life and give him a second chance. This ultimately has an effect on Edward and he resolves to fulfill her faith in him after she dies and officially joins the Assassins.
Ah Tabai
Ah Tabai
Main Game Apperances: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
Other Apperances: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (novelization) | Assassin's Creed: Memories
- Voiced By: Milton Lopes (English)note
"From within and without come enemies and allies alike. Nothing in life is guaranteed, except surprise..."
A Mayan and the current Mentor of the Assassins in the West Indies.
- Badass Native: A given. He's a Mayan Mentor of the West Indies Brotherhood of Assassins and a skilled warrior no less.
- Big Good: Is regarded as an exceptional Mentor by all his students, provided the Assassins a long sphere of influence in the New World and scattered seeds for the careers of Edward Kenway, Adewale and Achilles. Once he dies, things start to go south for the Assassins until Connor, Aveline, and Eseosa arrive on the scene. He's also a kind man as noted by James Kidd and as Edward Kenway learns from experience.
- Blade Below the Shoulder: Wields two Hidden Blades.
- Forgiven, but Not Forgotten: While he does forgive Edward's transgressions against the Assassinsnote , he nonetheless expresses that Edward is not welcome among the Brotherhood. At least, before Edward gets his act together post-Heroic BSoD.
- In the Hood: In traditional Assassin fashion.
- Life Will Kill You: According to Rogue, he died of old age sometime in 1745.
- Meaningful Name: His name means "The Hunter" in the Mayan language, and also refers to the Mayan god of the hunt.
- The Mentor:
- For James Kidd, Adéwalé, and the West Indies Assassins as a whole. He also serves as this for Edward when the latter realizes the consequences of his actions, noting that he has changed and offers him support and guidance when the latter most needs it.
- He was also the mentor of Achilles Davenport, and trained him to be an Assassin, who in turn became a mentor to the North American Colonial Assassins.
- Nice Guy: After Edward's Character Development and Heroic BSoD, he offers him a place in the Assassins despite Edward nearly causing the destruction of the Caribbean Brotherhood due to his greed. He even goes out of his way to free Edward from the Port Royal prison — by all accounts, real and fictional, a complete hellhole — and salvages Edward's equipment in spite of every other Assassin in the game calling Edward's use of Duncan Walpole's robes a disgrace.
- Outliving One's Offspring: According to his database entry, his only recorded child died before the age of ten.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: With some support from James Kidd, he forgives Edward for his transgressions against the Assassins due to his help, while most Assassins from past gamesnote would have likely killed him. The database also mentions that he opened up his branch of the Assassin Order to all men and women, whatever their race or social status.
- Roaring Rampage of Rescue: Does one about three-fourths of the way through the game, to free Edward, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read from the Kingston prison. Sadly, Mary doesn't make it due to her failing health from childbirth and poor conditions in the prison.
- Tribal Facepaint: He has black and white facepaint running under his eyes and across his nose, as well as on his chin.
Antó
Antó
- Voiced By: Kwasi Songui (English)note
"All affairs of freedom are Assassin affairs."
A Maroon Master Assassin who runs the Assassin Bureau in Kingston.
- Baritone of Strength: He has one of the deepest voices in the entire franchise and is no slouch in combat.
- Blade Below the Shoulder: He has two Hidden Blades, as befits his rank of Master Assassin.
- Cool Old Guy: Despite being very serious, he has real charm and finds Edward's obsession with money and indifference to slave rebellions amusing. He gently chides and chips away at his conscience.
- Fire-Forged Friends: He and Edward will never be bosom buddies but they do get along better towards the end when Edward finds his Neutral No Longer moment and tells him he'll take down Kenneth Abrahams and not just because he wants the Templar Key.
- In the Hood: Wears a hood like most Assassins.
- Made a Slave: He was born into the Ashanti tribe in the Akon region of West Africa before being kidnapped and sold into slavery at a young age. He was freed by a famed warrior named Cudjoe and fled to Kingston, where he led a Maroon community and joined the Assassins in 1698.
- The Mentor: He tries to serve as this to Edward, trying to provoke his conscience beyond his Only in It for the Money or rather the Templar Key Fetch Quest which chains Anto's mission, making him alive to the plight of the Maroons suffering. Edward does seem to be affected a bit when Anto says that freedom is core to the Assassin cause and ultimately does come around to him, genuinely upset at the brutal squads sent to attack Anto's people down.
- Only One Name: Has no known surname.
- Slave Liberation: His primary goal, even above advancing the Assassin's interests. Luckily for him, the two often go hand-in-hand. Many of the slaves he frees even go on to join the Assassin Order.
- Worthy Opponent: Is considered such by Kenneth Abraham, and Anto reciprocates it, saying (before you sneak into Abraham's hideout), that he's "as cunning as a Maroon."
Rhona Dinsmore
Rhona Dinsmore
- Voiced By: Lynsey-Anne Moffat (English)note
"Ah... Captain Kenway. I'm assuming this is the friendliest face you've seen since dropping anchor?"
A Scottish Master Assassin who runs the Assassins Bureau in Havana. She knew Edward from before he discovered she was an Assassin.
- Action Girl: Besides being an Assassin, it's implied by Edward that she was a Sweet Polly Oliver pirate at one point.
- Badasses Wear Bandanas: A red one tied to encircle her head as opposed to covering it, and she's a skilled Master Assassin.
- Brave Scot: She has a noticeable Scottish accent.
- Cool Old Lady: The War Letters in Rogue show that she became this. She is quite teasing to Achilles who remembers her as "Auntie Rhona" during the years he apprenticed with Ah Tabai at Tulum.
- Deadpan Snarker: Particularly in her first mission, where she cheerfully snarks about her situation as Casual Danger Dialogue.Edward: I've come to warn you: your life's in danger.
Rhona: (as bullets hit nearby) Aren't you the crafty one? Whatever gave it away?
Edward: Possibly, I had a hand in selling a "sensitive document" to one of those Templar chaps you're so fond of.
Rhona: Congratulations. Your mission was a success. - Foe Romance Subtext: With Hilary Flint, the Templar hunting her. In-game dialogue and the database indicate that they had some kind of a relationship, but both were too dedicated to their respective Orders to betray them for each other.Rhona: Oh, he won’t be hard to find, the cheeky bastard, strutting about like the cock of the walk.
Edward: Admit it, you like the walk of that cock. - Guns Akimbo: Her concept art has her dual wielding pistols.
- Nice Girl: The only Assassin who doesn't treat Edward like dirt before he's formerly inducted into the Order.
- Noodle Incident: It's not explicitly stated how she and Edward know each other, but it's implied that she was once a Sweet Polly Oliver pirate, given a faint skull tattoo just above her breasts and Edward claiming that "I know you are no Stranger to a Man's Boots."
- Parental Abandonment: Had a absent father and an uncaring alcoholic mother.
- Perpetual Smiler: She keeps a smile on her face even in the midst of battle.
- Professional Killer: As a member of the Assassins.
- Silver Vixen: She gloats rather shamelessly about how desirable she is in her old age to Achilles in the War Letters at Rogue, and even guiltily admits that she got seduced by a handsome Templar gentleman (Rafael Joaquín de Ferrer) again.
- Tattooed Crook: She may have had a pirate past, judging from a faint skull tattoo located just above her breasts.
- Tomboy: Wears her hair short and happens to act like One of the Boys.
- Victory Is Boring: Around the time of Rogue, in a letter to Achilles she laments how now she's currently stuck watching to see how the upcoming Seven Years War will affect things as opposed to the far more exciting search for the Observatory in her youth.
- Violent Glaswegian: A Scottish Assassin who for bonus points is actually from Glasgow.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: She and Edward develop this during their partnership. Rhona is the only Assassin who doesn't look down at Edward for being a Jerkass and takes him for what he his and Edward even calls her "Mum" and "Mopsie". She even hugs him before he sets out to hunt down Torres.
Upton Travers
Upton Travers
- Voiced By: Bruce Dinsmore (English)note
"Vance. He said he would kill me. I thought it was bluster. He is my brother. Despite what you told me, I thought it meant something."
A Master Assassin who runs the Assassins Bureau in Nassau alongside his brother.
- Cain and Abel: The Abel to his brother's Cain. Even though his brother broke the Creed and tried to kill him, Upton still can't bring himself to kill Vance and asks Edward to do it. Becomes the Cain when he orders Edward to kill his brother.
- Deadpan Snarker: Before he falls apart, he gets a couple good barbs in at his brother.Vance: Upton, come, you know better than to give in to gossip. Nassau is too small. Local tongues turn everything to sentimental comedy.
Upton: It's domestic tragedy I'm trying to avoid. - Drowning My Sorrows: He does not take the revelation that his brother is trying to kill him very well.Upton: I cannot go on anymore! My brother: a traitor! That woman... Templar. I have no family! No wife of my own! What is the point of living, hm? Let them kill me.
- In the Hood: A big hint that he wasn't a Templar like Vance said.
- The Load: Of the Templar Hunt Mission Chain, he is far and away the most ineffectual and incompetent Assassin, to the point that you can't deny that Jing Ling has a point when she calls him and his brother a pair of fools. The moment when he gets drunk and Edward has to protect him is an Escort Mission with Ascended Fridge Horror.
- Mistaken for Racist: There's a lot of implications that he's unhappy his brother is marrying a Chinese woman. He's actually upset that she's a Templar after their treasure map. It's possible, of course, he's upset about that too.
- What the Hell, Hero?: His first conversation with Edward says that he murdered a bunch of workers. Even if you haven't killed anyone that mission.
Vance Travers
Vance Travers
- Voiced By: Marcel Jeannin (English)note
"I'll tell you this: I will marry her. I will kill you if I must, I will have your half of the map. And then the world will see which brother has more honour."
A Master Assassin who runs the Assassins Bureau in Nassau alongside his brother. He has fallen in love with a Templar Chinese pirate and sets Edward on his brother.
- Cain and Abel: The Cain to his brother's Abel. Lampshaded by Jing Ling, who criticizes Vance for hiring people to kill Upton instead of doing it himself like Cain.
- Love Makes You Evil: Mixed with a healthy case of Death by Materialism.
- The Oathbreaker: He breaks the Assassin's Creed by plotting to murder his brother and aide a Templar, the penalty for which is death.
- Too Dumb to Live: Jing Ling can barely restrain her contempt of him. Neither can his brother. Given he's fallen for a Templar who treats him just as bad as his twin, you have to wonder if he enjoys it.
- It doesn't help Jing intends to murder him after they're done with his brother. You can't blame her, though.
- Turncoat: He betrays the Assassin Order out of love for Jing Ling and greed over the hidden treasure he and his brother's map leads to.
- The Unfavorite: Hinted at to be part of his motivation to kill his brother.Vance: You're jealous.
Upton: Jealous? No-
Vance: Yes!
Upton: I only worry for your safety, brother.
Vance: You always had to be the favored child, the golden boy. You can't stand it that she would give her heart to me, when she can't even give you a second glance! So you hate her!
Opía Apito
Opía Apito
- Voiced By: ??? (English)note
"There are those who say the Taíno are already extinct. But we will never be extinguished. Our fight continues."
A Taino Master Assassin who leads the Assassins in the Cayman Islands. She enlists Edward's aide in hunting down the Templar Lucia Márquez.
- Action Girl: What with being a female member of the Assassins. She is the only Master Assassin in the game besides Ah Tabai himself who can actually keep up with Edward in hunting and Le Parkour.
- Arch-Enemy: Of Lucia, who is trying to kill Opía and the remaining Taino.
- Badass Creed: In addition to following the Assassin's Creed, she has her own personal one: "aji aya bom", meaning "better dead than a slave". Though this is an Informed Ability it seems, we don't hear it in the game, being only mentioned in her database entry.
- Badass Native: She is half-Taíno, one of the indigenous groups of the Caribbean.
- Body-Count Competition: Challenges Edward to a hunting competition, and is impressed when he kills a white jaguar.
- Cain and Abel: There is a pretty good chance that she and Lucia are half-siblings, though neither woman seems aware of it.
- Disappeared Dad: She never met her father.
- In the Hood: While her attire differs significantly from most Assassin uniforms, she still maintains a white hood.
- Meaningful Name: According to her database profile, her name is an amalgam for the Taino words meaning "eternity" and "ghost".
- Ms. Fanservice: Who knew Assassins could look so sexy? She and the other female Assassins in Tulum are among the most scantily-clad possibly throughout the entire Brotherhood's history.
- Professional Killer: As one would expect from a member of the Assassins.
- Proud Warrior Race Girl: Her identity as a Taino means a great deal to her.
- Sole Survivor: She was the only member of her village that escaped being killed or enslaved when it was raided by the Spanish.
- Tribal Facepaint: Has white paint over her upper face and a small streak on her chin.
- Verbal Tic: She always refers to herself as "we".
