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* TruthInTelevision : While it's [[SarcasmMode unlikely]]that [[spoiler: the real Black Bart was the reincarnation of a godlike being]], the game features a fairly accurate chart of his life story, with him repeating the speeches he gave almost verbatim from Charles Johnson's ''A General History of Pyrates''(where he has more information than any other sailor) and his costume, of a red damask outfit is what he was reported to have worn at his last sighting.
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To Edward as a pirate. He boasts of having achieved more in a short time than the years that Edward spent on sea searching for his ''elusive fortune''.[[note]] This comes from Edward's MushroomSamba DrowningMySorrows, so this is actually Edward imagining Bart telling him this, which signifies at the very least that Edward believes this to be true.[[/note]]
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* [[spoiler: SomeoneToRememberHimBy:]] A non-fatal example. [[spoiler: After Edward leaves her, she gives birth to their daughter, who she has no means of announcing to Edward.]]
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* [[spoiler: SomeoneToRememberHimBy:]] A non-fatal example. [[spoiler: After Edward leaves her, she gives birth to their daughter, who she has no means of announcing to Edward. Of course, on her death, Jennifer becomes someone to remember Caroline by for Edward.]]
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* KnightTemplar: Believes that all pirates deserve only death and is disgusted with the idea of giving them pardons. He even attempts to sink all the pirate vessels in Nassau harbor against the orders of Woodes Rogers.
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* DissonantSerenity : One thing [[spoiler: that shows he isn't entirey human]] is the eerie sense of calm he approaches any situation, upto and including his death. It gives him an aura of fear and control that makes him more scary than the other pirates' LargeHam hijinks.
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* ShadowArchetype : Serves as this to Edward Kenway. [[spoiler: Both come from Wales. Both become fearsome pirates by chance and accident. And near the end, they are the last two pirates of the Golden Age, outlasting their contemporaries. Also their mutual WildCard status with regards to the Assassin-Templar conflict.]]
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* ShadowArchetype : Serves as this to Edward Kenway. [[spoiler: Both come from Wales. Both become fearsome pirates by chance and accident. And near the end, they are the last two pirates of the Golden Age, outlasting their contemporaries. Also their mutual WildCard status with regards to the Assassin-Templar conflict.]]]] Also when they first meet, they are dressed very similar to each other, including the orange, sleeveless vest that Edward wears as a member of the crew.
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Known in later eras as "Black Bart" and considered by many historians to have been the most successful pirate of all time. He becomes an associate of Kenway later in Kenway's pirate career.
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* [[spoiler:BigBad: Given BecomingTheMask : [[spoiler: Aita, speaking via Bart]] notes that he didn't plan on being a pirate but found himself liking the power and image so much that he's going the distance, dressing as one and putting out a Pirate Code, much like the real Black Bart.
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* CardCarryingVillain: He never once makes any pretense of having scruples, and gleefully embraces all the most brutal elements of being a pirate when he realizes how much fun it is. As the quote above shows, he puts down Edward for not being bad enough to get what he wants.
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* CardCarryingVillain: He never once makes any pretense of having scruples, and gleefully embraces all the most brutal elements of being a pirate when he realizes how much fun it is. As the quote above shows, he puts down Edward for not being bad enough to get what he wants. wants.
* DarkMessiah : He becomes this to his crew, giving a memorable RousingSpeech to boot which even impressed Edward. It's also TruthInTelevision since the real Bartholomew Roberts as reported in Charles Johnson's ''A General History of the Pyrates'' quotes this speech too with nearly the same words.
--> ''"For I have dipped my hands in the muddied waters, and withdrawing them find, 'tis better to be a commander than a common man."''
* DarkMessiah : He becomes this to his crew, giving a memorable RousingSpeech to boot which even impressed Edward. It's also TruthInTelevision since the real Bartholomew Roberts as reported in Charles Johnson's ''A General History of the Pyrates'' quotes this speech too with nearly the same words.
--> ''"For I have dipped my hands in the muddied waters, and withdrawing them find, 'tis better to be a commander than a common man."''
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* ForegoneConclusion: As the most notorious pirate in history, it would be stranger NOT to know that he died during his career as a pirate, and the specifics of his death. See MadeOfIron for more.
* MadeOfIron: Played straight, as he was extraordinarily resilient in real life. He was shot five times at close range, struck by swords more than twenty times, had his neck pretty much cut open, and it still took several soldiers grouping up on him to kill him. If the legends that he was decapitated before his death are true, than chances are the tough bastard would have kept swinging until he ran out of blood.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Is visibly distrustful of Adéwalé due to being African, and he openly criticizes Edward for letting Adéwalé carry weapons[[note]]though he at least knows better than to say anything about this when he's onboard the ''Jackdaw'' during some early-game prize-hunting[[/note]]. He later on has no problems with operating a slave galleon despite [[spoiler: joining the Templars, a nominally anti-slavery organization]].
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Is One of the first signs of where he lies is that he's visibly distrustful of Adéwalé due to being African, and he openly criticizes Edward for letting Adéwalé carry weapons[[note]]though he at least knows better than to say anything about this when he's onboard the ''Jackdaw'' during some early-game prize-hunting[[/note]]. He later on has no problems with operating a slave galleon despite [[spoiler: joining the Templars, a nominally anti-slavery organization]].
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Is visibly distrustful of Adéwalé due to being African, and he openly criticizes Edward for letting Adéwalé carry weapons.weapons[[note]]though he at least knows better than to say anything about this when he's onboard the ''Jackdaw'' during some early-game prize-hunting[[/note]]. He later on has no problems with operating a slave galleon despite [[spoiler: joining the Templars, a nominally anti-slavery organization]].
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* TheMentor: Before his [[spoiler: FaceHeelTurn, to the Pirates at least]], Hornigold served as this for several sailors, Edward Thatch was his First Mate and Edward initially came to the Carribean to sail under him as a privateer. He was also one of the founders of the Pirate Republic which makes [[spoiler: Edward's fury at him, resonate [[WhatTheHellHero with hurt]] more than anger.]]
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* TheMentor: Before his [[spoiler: FaceHeelTurn, to the Pirates at least]], Hornigold served as this for several sailors, Edward Thatch was his First Mate and Edward Kenway initially came to the Carribean to sail under him as a privateer. He was also one of the founders of the Pirate Republic which makes [[spoiler: Edward's fury at him, resonate [[WhatTheHellHero with hurt]] more than anger.]]
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* TheLancer: To Benjamin Hornigold. He's TheObiWan to Edward Kenway.
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* LighterAndSofter: Most depictions of Blackbeard paint him as a famous villain. While no saint, Edward Thatch is considerably more genial and likable, a BigBrotherMentor to Edward and the other Pirates. [[spoiler: His passing is eeven lamented by Charles Vane who he was otherwise at odds with.]]
* TheMentor: He appears to be one of sorts for Edward. In the game proper, he and Edward seem to be the best of friends among the Pirate community, genuinely enjoying each other's company. [[spoiler: Edward is horrified at Blackbeard's death and being unable to prevent it. Years later he calls his family dog Thatch after his old friend.]]
* TheMentor: He appears to be one of sorts for Edward. In the game proper, he and Edward seem to be the best of friends among the Pirate community, genuinely enjoying each other's company. [[spoiler: Edward is horrified at Blackbeard's death and being unable to prevent it. Years later he calls his family dog Thatch after his old friend.]]
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* TheMentor: He appears to be one of sorts for Edward. In the game proper, he and Edward seem to be the best of friends among the Pirate community, genuinely enjoying each other's company. [[spoiler: Edward is horrified at Blackbeard's death and being unable to prevent it. Years later he calls his family dog Thatch after his old friend.]]]] He also serves as Stede Bonnet's mentor, eventually sufficiently pleased with his abilities that he grants the latter command of his own ship, much to his {{Adorkable}} delight.
* TheMentor: He appears to be one of sorts for Edward. In the game proper, he and Edward seem to be the best of friends among the Pirate community, genuinely enjoying each other's company. [[spoiler: Edward is horrified at Blackbeard's death and being unable to prevent it. Years later he calls his family dog Thatch after his old friend.
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* TheObiWan: To Edward Kenway, to whom he shows the ropes of being a pirate captain.
** [[spoiler: ObiWanMoment: Gets one last one-liner in to Edward. before he dies.]]
--> [[spoiler: "In a world without gold, we could have been heroes."]]
** [[spoiler: ObiWanMoment: Gets one last one-liner in to Edward. before he dies.]]
--> [[spoiler: "In a world without gold, we could have been heroes."]]
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* TheMentor: Before his [[spoiler: FaceHeelTurn, to the Pirates at least]], Hornigold served as this for several sailors, Edward Thatch was his First Mate and Edward initially came to the Carribean to sail under him as a privateer. He was also one of the founders of the Pirate Republic which makes [[spoiler: Edward's fury at him, resonate [[WhatTheHellHero with hurt]] more than anger.]]
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* LesCollaborateurs/TheQuisling/TurnCoat: [[spoiler: How Charles Vane and Edward Kenway see him. The latter is considerably furious at his treachery.]]
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* TheMentor: Before his [[spoiler: FaceHeelTurn, to the Pirates at least]], Hornigold served as this for several sailors, Edward Thatch was his First Mate and Edward initially came to the Carribean to sail under him as a privateer. He was also one of the founders of the Pirate Republic which makes [[spoiler: Edward's fury at him, resonate [[WhatTheHellHero with hurt]] more than anger.
* TheMentor: Before his [[spoiler: FaceHeelTurn, to the Pirates at least]], Hornigold served as this for several sailors, Edward Thatch was his First Mate and Edward initially came to the Carribean to sail under him as a privateer. He was also one of the founders of the Pirate Republic which makes [[spoiler: Edward's fury at him, resonate [[WhatTheHellHero with hurt]] more than anger.
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* TheLeader: Seems to be the de-facto man in charge of the Nassau in company, with Blackbeard serving as TheLancer.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler: His reason for abandoning the Nassau republic and taking Woodes Rogers pardon, that the Nassau experiment was a failure and the pirates couldn't truly be free.]]
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* BackToBackBadasses: Rare female only version with Mary Read, in fact it was so epic that Edward [[spoiler: told Anne that all the guards were squeeing over it.]]
* BettyAndVeronica: Serves as the Betty to Mary Read's Veronica. [[spoiler: Though both of them are ShipTease only, with Edward going home and marrying another woman and aside from an implied OneNightStand with Anne, remains faithful to his estranged wife.]]
* BettyAndVeronica: Serves as the Betty to Mary Read's Veronica. [[spoiler: Though both of them are ShipTease only, with Edward going home and marrying another woman and aside from an implied OneNightStand with Anne, remains faithful to his estranged wife.]]
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* ButtMonkey: Is by far the dumbest and most ineffectual member of Edward Kenway's pirate associates. It's strongly suggested that Mary Read was using him as a puppet captain.
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* TheMutiny: He deposed Charles Vane (and Edward Kenway as well) for captaincy of ''The Ranger''.
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* AtLeastIAdmitIt: His justification for his ax-crazy, wild uninhibited actions. That the other pirates didn't have what it took to live the pirate's life.
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** His beard is so awesome it makes Charles Vane terribly jealous.
-->'''Charles Vane:''' Captain Thatch, as I live and breath. And what is this magnificent Muzzle you've cultivated?
-->'''Blackbeard:''' Why fly a black flag when a black beard will do?
-->'''Charles Vane:''' Captain Thatch, as I live and breath. And what is this magnificent Muzzle you've cultivated?
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* {{Took a Level in| Jerkass}} IceQueen: She is far more colder and harsh as an adult as seen in the post-credits scene, rudely brushing away a young man making an understandable error in calling her by her father's last name. Her father notes that while he may forgive him, Jenny will not. Haytham also notes in ''Forsaken'' that his sister was very teasing and cool to him growing up.
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A British naval officer in charge of the blockade that accompanied Woodes Roger's expedition to Nassau.
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* GunboatDiplomacy: Begrudgingly provided as per Roger's wishes.
* KillEmAll: What he would have preferred instead of GunboatDiplomacy.
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!!Commodore Chamberlain
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A British naval officer in charge of the blockade that accompanied Woodes Roger's expedition to Nassau.
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* GunboatDiplomacy: Begrudgingly provided as per Roger's wishes.
* KillEmAll: What he would have preferred instead of GunboatDiplomacy.
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!!Caroline Scott-Kenway
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Edward's first wife, who he left home in England in search of wealth and glory in the Caribbean.
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* [[spoiler: CharacterDeath: Dies while Edward is out at sea. Tragically, just as he was about to return to England and fix their marriage.]]
* HappilyMarried: They were at first. But Edward's recklessness and pressure from her parents leads her to leave him.
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Her parents don't think too highly of Edward. [[spoiler: Much to her disappointment, Edward doesn't do much to prove them wrong, frequently chasing one zany, get-rich-quick scheme over the other.]]
* DeterminedHomesteadersWife: She is contented to live beside Edward on a farm. But Edward has bigger plans which she wants no part of.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In one of the flashback scenes as Edward walks away, [[spoiler:she can be seen holding her belly.]]
** When Governor Torres meets [[spoiler: a captured Edward at Havana, he notes that he's heard that his wife is very beautiful but is not keeping well which understandably pushes Edward's BerserkButton]].
* MyGirlBackHome: Edward believes his adventure and career in the Navy will repair their marriage and he writes frequent letters back home. [[spoiler: Subverted, as his lack of a fixed address means Caroline had no means to call him to tell him that she was pregnant and had given birth to their daughter and that she was sick.]]
* [[spoiler: SomeoneToRememberHimBy:]] A non-fatal example. [[spoiler: After Edward leaves her, she gives birth to their daughter, who she has no means of announcing to Edward.]]
* UnableToSupportAWife: She marries Edward despite this, something which he is painfully aware of and ultimately leads him to seek out a fortune in the Caribbean, at the cost of their marriage.
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!!Jennifer Scott
-->'''Voiced By:''' ???
Edward Kenway's daughter by his first wife Caroline Scott. She was born shortly after Edward sailed for the Caribbean. Since he never gave a fixed return address to his wife, he doesn't learn of her existence until after her death, meeting his daughter for the first time at the end of the game. Much of her backstory and later life are revealed in the tie novel ''Assassin's Creed: Forsaken" by Oliver Bowden.
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* ActionGirl: What she wanted to be. [[spoiler: She briefly becomes one towards the end of ''Forsaken'']].
* TheCutie: Young Jenny [[spoiler:at the end of the game, ''Black Flag''.]]
** [[spoiler: BreakTheCutie: Jennifer Scott does not have a pleasant adult life to say the least.]]
* DisappearedDad: For much of her childhood, her father was absent, not even aware of her existence. They meet only at the end of ''Black Flag''.
* FreudianExcuse: As a young girl, she wanted a life of adventure and fun and later hoped that Edward would train her as an assassin. Instead Edward wanted her to marry a nobleman and live a comfortable life while Haytham would follow in his father's footsteps. This understandably made her cooler and resentful at her brother.
* [[spoiler: MadeASlave: On the night of her father's death, Reginald Birch kidnapped her and sold her to Turkish slavers. She lived in the Topkapi Palace and Damascus as a concubine well into her middle years.]]
* [[spoiler: RapeAndRevenge: Her anger at the fate dealt to her by Birch leads her to participate in the attack at his chateau and land the killing blow.]]
* TheResenter: When she is older, Jenny is resentful of her father for not training her and for making a poor decision in engaging her with Reginald Birch, [[spoiler: as well as Haytham becoming a Templar and betraying his father's hopes for him.]]
* {{Took a Level in| Jerkass}} IceQueen: She is far more colder and harsh as an adult as seen in the post-credits scene, rudely brushing away a young man making an understandable error in calling her by her father's last name. Her father notes that while he may forgive him, Jenny will not. Haytham also notes in ''Forsaken'' that his sister was very teasing and cool to him growing up.
* [[spoiler: YouKilledMyFather: Jenny hates Birch for orchestrating Edward's death and ends up pushing Reginald into a wall with a sword sticking out, killing him.]]
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!!!Pirates
[[folder: Bartholomew Roberts]]
!!Bartholomew Roberts
-->'''Voiced By:''' Oliver Milburn
->''"In all your Years out here, you could never achieve what I have done in one-fifth of the Time. Because you are a good Man, Edward. Goodness is your Disease..."''
Known in later eras as "Black Bart" and considered by many historians to have been the most successful pirate of all time. He becomes an associate of Kenway later in Kenway's pirate career.
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* AffablyEvil: Rather polite for a guy who, among other things, would [[spoiler:preemptively kill his own men before they'd GoMadFromTheRevelation of First Civilization technology]].
* BadassMoustache: Has a very distinctive handlebar moustache, [[spoiler:as does all his other incarnations.]]
* [[spoiler:BigBad: Given the truth about his "Sage" nature, it comes as little surprise.]]
** [[spoiler:BigBadEnsemble: Competing against Governor Torres for the title, though Roberts has the lead, especially given his ties to the "modern times" narrative.]]
* BornInTheWrongCentury: Laments this in the end, but not for the usual reasons. [[spoiler:He's the {{reincarnation}} of Aita, a member of the First Civilization, so he was literally born too early to fulfill his mission of releasing Juno from her [[SealedEvilInACan can]].]]
* CardCarryingVillain: He never once makes any pretense of having scruples, and gleefully embraces all the most brutal elements of being a pirate when he realizes how much fun it is. As the quote above shows, he puts down Edward for not being bad enough to get what he wants.
* [[spoiler:FaceDeathWithDignity: When dying, he hands over the Crystal Skull to Edward and simply asks that his body be disposed of so the Templars don't get ahold of it.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Goes from a seemingly harmless prisoner of the Templars to a pirate so fearsome that he becomes Kenway's equivalent in reputation over the course of one year. He himself affirms this view by noting that that it's "better to be a commander than a common man."
* [[spoiler: HumanoidAbomination : As a reincarnated figure of a First Civilization being, Roberts qualifies. Inverted, as unlike other abominations, he has no special powers and his body lives and dies like any human.]]
* [[spoiler: HumanityIsInfectious: Although a millennia old being, Aita as Roberts gets into the pirate role with relish, and even discusses with Edward how he created a Pirate Code for his crew, talking with giddy excitement how awesome being a Pirate is.]]
* IHaveManyNames: He is referred to as The Sage for most of the storyline, then goes by Roberts, [[spoiler: shows up in the present day with the exact same moustache and one more name, and refers to himself by his original handle once: Aita.]]
* MarkOfTheSupernatural: His mismatched blue and yellow-brown eyes [[spoiler:and BadassMoustache]] give away his identity as a Sage.
* ShadowArchetype : Serves as this to Edward Kenway. [[spoiler: Both come from Wales. Both become fearsome pirates by chance and accident. And near the end, they are the last two pirates of the Golden Age, outlasting their contemporaries. Also their mutual WildCard status with regards to the Assassin-Templar conflict.]]
* NotAfraidToDie: Several times he tells Edward that his goal is "a merry life, and a short one", but he doesn't actively go out seeking to die.
* [[spoiler: ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Is a sort of "sleeper agent" for the Ancients, specifically Juno. His memories are somehow scattered amongst humanity's collective [=DNA=], and are reborn into a new host body every era or so. His dialogue explicitly identifies himself with Aita, Juno's lover.]]
* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Is notably absent from the game's promotional material, which focused heavily on the more famous Blackbeard instead. Despite turning out to be a major character and ultimately [[spoiler: the BigBad]].
* TheUnfettered: The revelation that he was [[spoiler:working for slaver Laurens Prins]] paints him as a man with few scruples.
* WildCard: The most prominent character in the series who is aligned with neither the Assassins or the Templars, [[spoiler: and ultimately becomes a threat to both groups.]]
* WorthyOpponent: How he feels about Edward, the only [[spoiler:human]] he accepts as being an equal. He even laments that [[spoiler:Juno might have far more use for Edward than his present reincarnation.]]
** Assassin's Creed III proves him right as Edward's grandson Connor [[spoiler: plays a major, if unwitting, role in ensuring Juno's return]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Edward Thatch / Blackbeard]]
!!Edward Thatch, a.k.a. Blackbeard
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/edward_thatch_aciv_render2_664.png]]
-->'''Voiced By:''' Mark Bonnar
->''"Give your quarry something to ''fear''. Some hellish thing from a fevered dream. And then...they'll drop to their knees, ''pleading for their Lord''."''
An infamous pirate, Blackbeard preyed on ships throughout the West Indies and the American Colonies aboard his vessel, the ''Queen Anne's Revenge''.
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* {{Badass}}: A fearsome pirate.
* BadassBeard: Duh.
* BritishAccents: Native Bristolian Edward Thatch AKA Blackbeard is voiced with an applicable Somerset accent. For clarity, this region is the source of the requisite "Arr, me hearties!" pirate accent.
** TalkLikeAPirate: Justified, as explained above.
* CaptainColorbeard: One of the {{Trope Codifier}}s in RealLife.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Is a little freaked out how brutal Edward can be. Justified in that the real Blackbeard, while merciless, was not particularly bloodthirsty and preferred peaceful surrender.
** [[spoiler: In the game proper, he kills a British soldier simply to find medicines for the pirates at Nassau and is quite sad about having to kill just to survive.]]
* [[spoiler: FamilyUnfriendlyDeath]]: Even by the standards of the series, [[spoiler: Blackbeard's death is incredibly violent, he gets cut up and oozes blood all over his body before...]]
* [[spoiler: GoryDiscretionShot: ...shows his hat fluttering and body falling, signalling his decapitation.]]
* LargeHam: [[InvokedTrope Purposefully so]], he acts off the rails to instill fear in his quarry (see the quote).
* LighterAndSofter: Most depictions of Blackbeard paint him as a famous villain. While no saint, Edward Thatch is considerably more genial and likable, a BigBrotherMentor to Edward and the other Pirates. [[spoiler: His passing is eeven lamented by Charles Vane who he was otherwise at odds with.]]
* TheMentor: He appears to be one of sorts for Edward.
* MrExposition: Tells all about Edward Kenway in the reveal trailer.
* [[spoiler:OffWithHisHead]]
* {{Pirate}}: Obviously.
* [[spoiler:{{Retirony}}: Dies during his retirement party from piracy in combat.]]
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Here his surname is Thatch but often in some text it's also spelled as Teach. Other variations are Thach, Thache, Thack, Tack, Thatche and Theach. {{Lampshaded}} in-universe; an officer discussing Blackbeard thinks it's Teach before being corrected by his informant.
* SwordAndGun: In his concept art he's seen wielding both.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Benjamin Hornigold]]
!!Benjamin Hornigold
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/benjamin_hornigold_aciv_render_6761.png]]
-->'''Voiced By:''' Ed Stoppard
An English pirate turned pirate-hunter who pursued his former allies on behalf of the Governor of the Bahamas.
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* BadassLongcoat: A nice blue one that makes him look comparatively regal to the rest of his peers.
* EvilCounterpart: Ends up becoming this to Edward Kenway: both were key members of founding Nassau and eventually became disgusted by how it turned out and searched for an alternative. Edward ended up joining the Assassins, while Horngold [[spoiler:became a Templar]].
** Although technically as per the laws of the time, Hornigold is the GoodCounterpart.
* GentlemanThief: Described as a "gentleman pirate".
* GenreSavvy: Upon seeing the ''Jackdaw'' in Kingston, Horngold [[spoiler:yells out to Edward that he knows he is listening to him and the other Templars and calls out for a large number of guards]].
* HazyFeelTurn: Accepts Woodes' pardon, turning on his fellows and becoming a pirate hunter. [[spoiler: Also goes from being an associate of Kenway's to a member of the Templars]].
* LesCollaborateurs/TheQuisling/TurnCoat: [[spoiler: How Charles Vane and Edward Kenway see him. The latter is considerably furious at his treachery.]]
* MeaningfulEcho: [[spoiler:Upon becoming a Templar]], Hornigold talks about [[spoiler:order, purpose and discipline. Which foreshadows Haytham's DefiantToTheEnd speech in Assassin's Creed III]].
* NobleDemon: He'd never attack a British flag and followed a strict code of honor.
** [[spoiler: Along with Haytham Kenway, he's one of the more sympathetic Templars in the series, and towards the end he makes a good point about how much Edward's actions have screwed up the world.]]
* {{Pirate}}: As Blackbeard puts it, a pirate none too proud to call himself one.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Is visibly distrustful of Adéwalé due to being African, and he openly criticizes Edward for letting Adéwalé carry weapons. He later on has no problems with operating a slave galleon despite [[spoiler: joining the Templars, a nominally anti-slavery organization]].
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: How he first viewed the "pirate republic" at Nassau, until he becomes disgusted by how it turned out. [[spoiler: He then turns to the Templars as a means to bring order to the world]].
* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler: How Hornigold and Edward feel about each other after the former's betrayal. Edward displays rare fury during Hornigold's death scene, while the latter warns him that the pirate life will leave him all alone.]]
** However, [[spoiler: at the end of the game, Edward posthumously makes peace with Hornigold, placing him in the table with the other pirates who had died for their lives.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Anne Bonny]]
!!Anne Bonny
-->'''Voiced By:''' ???
A famous Irish female pirate, it is recorded she had red hair and was considered a [[MsFanservice "good catch"]], but may have had a fiery temper.
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* ActionGirl: After being recruited into Calico Jack's crew.
** PregnantBadass: Was pregnant while trying to fend off the British attacking Jack's drunken crew.
* BattleCouple: With Calico Jack, below. Also with [[http://www.polygon.com/2013/5/3/4296282/assassins-creed-4-black-flag-story-of-sex-and-repentance-outlined Edward Kenway]] at some point.
* BettyAndVeronica: Serves as the Betty to Mary Read's Veronica.
* FieryRedhead: She's immediately identifiable by her long red hair.
* FightingIrish: Between being an ActionGirl and FieryRedhead, the accent seals the deal.
* [[spoiler:TheLancer: To Edward Kenway after Adéwalé leaves to join the Assassins.]]
* {{Pirate}}: Served as a barmaid until James Kidd helped her expand her horizons.
** PirateGirl: UrExample alongside Mary Read.
* PlotArmor: Whatever happens to her in the game, she won't die until 1782, around the same time Connor kills Charles Lee.
* ShipTease: Along with TrailersAlwaysLie. Promotional materials and developer interviews [[spoiler: suggested that she and Edward would have a romance at some point. In the game proper, Mary Read has a bigger impact on Edward's life, while Anne becomes Edward's first mate at the end of the game. Edward does ask Anne to come to England with him but she refuses and stays in the Carribbean.]]
* SweetOnPollyOliver: Fell in love with Mary Read thinking she was a man, prompting an UnsettlingGenderReveal.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Jack Rackham]]
!!Jack Rackham aka Calico Jack
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jack_rackham_aciv_render_2419.png]]
-->'''Voiced By:''' O.T. Fagbenle
An English pirate, Rackham is most remembered for two things: the design of his Jolly Roger flag - a skull with crossed swords - which contributed to the popularization of the design, and for having two female crew members (Mary Read and his lover Anne Bonny).
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* [[spoiler: AlasPoorVillain: Edward notes that despite Jack being traitorous and worthless as a sailor, he didn't want to see him hanged with his bones in a cage.]]
* BattleCouple: With Anne.
* ButtMonkey: Is by far the dumbest and most ineffectual member of Edward Kenway's pirate associates. It's strongly suggested that Mary Read was using him as a puppet captain.
* TheDogBitesBack: His mutiny of Charles Vane after constant(and justified) abuse at his hands, has shades of this.
* DirtyCoward: His defining characteristic. [[spoiler: When he was finally captured, he was hiding below deck with the rest of the crew while Mary Read and Anne Bonny were fighting the navy as BackToBackBadasses]].
* EasilyForgiven: After his mutiny against Edward and Charles Vane, the rest of the pirates beat him up a bit, but then let him back into their ranks with little fanfare.
* RedBaron: His nickname derived from his calico fabric costumes.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: Thinking Anne Bonny was two-timing him with Mary Read, he threatened to kill the latter before being let in on [[SweetPollyOliver her secret]].
* TheMutiny: He deposed Charles Vane (and Edward Kenway as well) for captaincy of ''The Ranger''.
* {{Pirate}}: A famous real-life pirate.
* TooDumbToLive: He gets smacked around by Charles Vane for smoking a pipe while sitting on top of a barrel of gunpowder.
* UrExample: He designed the famous Jolly Roger flag.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Charles Vane]]
!!Charles Vane
-->'''Voiced By:''' Ralph Ineson
An infamous English pirate, he preyed upon English and French shipping alike. Vane was infamous for his cruelty toward the crews of captured vessels.
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* AxCrazy: The most trigger happy of the Pirate community and the one most at ease with violence.
* AtLeastIAdmitIt: His justification for his ax-crazy, wild uninhibited actions. That the other pirates didn't have what it took to live the pirate's life.
* ColdBloodedTorture: His specialty.
* CryForTheDevil: Seeing him [[spoiler:struggling in prison, with his will broken even makes Edward sympathetic to his plight. In the final, daydream vision of his pirate comrades, Edward includes Charles smiling and at peace, signifying that he has forgiven him.]]
* TheDreaded: The cruelest pirate of them all, fear of Vane drew all commerce to a halt in the area in which he operated.
* EvilSoundsDeep: He's voiced by Ralph Ineson, who's known for his very deep voice.
* [[spoiler: HowTheMightyHaveFallen: In-universe, he goes from a feared and terrible pirate captain to a comical buffoon marooned on an island. The last we see him is in prison, a pathetic shell of a man blubbering in his SanitySlippage.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: His constant mistreatment of Calico Jack and his crew leads him to be mutinied in a humiliating manner. The crew are tired of his senseless violence and bad treatment.
* ItsAllAboutMe: In another way, he's NotSoDifferent from Edward.
* LargeHam: Devolves into an over-the-top one, when[[spoiler: he and Edward are stranded on an island. He behaves like a man-child, letting Edward hunt food which he steals from his plate.]]
* KickTheDog: He shoots a helpless surrendering sailor and fires and sinks a merchant's ship, ForTheLulz. When chasing a slave ship, Adewale is appalled at his reckless firing which could endanger the innocent lives below deck. The latter could be considered his MoralEventHorizon.
* NeckSnap: Executed at Port Royal via hanging.
* NeverMyFault: Charles Vane blames [[spoiler: Jack Rackham's mutiny on Edward Kenway rather than his own MistreatmentInducedBetrayal.]]
* {{Pirate}}
* ReignOfTerror
* [[spoiler:SanitySlippage: While he was already AxCrazy, he ''really'' slips over the edge following Rackham's mutiny, almost to comical levels until he finds some guns and starts shooting at Edward in paranoia instead of using them to hunt.]]
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: He showed scant respect for the pirate code, cheating his own crews out of their fair share of plunder and killing surrendered sailors after promising them mercy.
* StopBeingStereotypical: Pirates see themselves as poor sailors fending for themselves and taking charge of their lives. The rest of the world sees them as dangerous and evil criminals. Charles Vane gives the rest of the world what they want to see, much to the distaste of Edward Kenway, Blackbeard and Benjamin Hornigold.
** [[spoiler: Edward even remarks to Vane that Hornigold (after becoming a Templar and pirate hunter) was right about people like him, that his violent actions made it worse for everyone. Vane simply gives a AtLeastIAdmitIt comeback noting that Edward and the others didn't have what it takes to live a pirate's life.]]
* TheUnfettered: Charles Vane takes the Pirate lifestyle to its logical conclusion, even to a villainous HonorBeforeReason level, where he [[spoiler: refuses to take Woodes Rogers' pardon]]. He chooses to be a pirate simply to live free, where [[spoiler: Hornigold would rather conform and Blackbeard would rather retire.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Stede Bonnet]]
!!Stede Bonnet
-->'''Voiced By:''' James Bachman
A wealthy landowner from Barbados who turned to a life of piracy.
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* {{Adorkable}}[=/=]BigFun: A bit of a ninny, but exuberant and cheerful enough to be endearing.
* BritishStuffiness: Enough that Blackbeard told him to "wash the hayseed from his hair."
* InelegantBlubbering: During his execution, he begged and pleaded not to be hung.
* StockBritishPhrases: "Dash my buttons!"
[[/folder]]
!!!Other Characters
[[folder: Laurens Prins]]
!!Laurens Prins
-->'''Voiced By:''' ???
A Dutch slaver intending to ransom Roberts to the Templars.
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* DieLaughing: His last moments are amusement at Edward's OnlyInItForTheMoney reason for killing him.
* EvilOldFolks: He's a very old man who's prolific enough a slaver to be on the Assassins' hit list despite not being a Templar.
* {{Hypocrite}}: One slave calls him out on it.
-->'''Laurens''': Stand your Ground, Slave! And face corporal Punishment like a Man.\\
'''Slave''': Why act like a Man now when you have denied me that Right for thirty YEARS!
* {{Jerkass}}: To the point where even the Templars hate having to deal with him.
* LoopholeAbuse: When Torres asks if he bothers converting his slaves to Christianity:
-->'''Laurens''': Is it not a Sin to enslave a fellow Christian? Therefore, to transmute the Slave's Soul from Animal to Man would be tantamount to inviting one's Cattle to the Dinner Table.
* {{Pirate}}: In the 1650's he sailed as privateer fighting the Spanish on behalf of the British, although most of the time he didn't have a letter of marque.
* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler: In his dying breath, Prins justifies his career as a slaver as driven solely by profit. The same justification that Edward had used throughout the game.]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: If his status as a slaver isn't enough of a giveaway, read some of his quotes.
[[/folder]]
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[[foldercontrol]]
!!!Edward's Family
[[folder: Caroline Scott-Kenway]]
!!Caroline Scott-Kenway
-->'''Voiced By:''' ???
Edward's first wife, who he left home in England in search of wealth and glory in the Caribbean.
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* [[spoiler: CharacterDeath: Dies while Edward is out at sea. Tragically, just as he was about to return to England and fix their marriage.]]
* HappilyMarried: They were at first. But Edward's recklessness and pressure from her parents leads her to leave him.
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Her parents don't think too highly of Edward. [[spoiler: Much to her disappointment, Edward doesn't do much to prove them wrong, frequently chasing one zany, get-rich-quick scheme over the other.]]
* DeterminedHomesteadersWife: She is contented to live beside Edward on a farm. But Edward has bigger plans which she wants no part of.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In one of the flashback scenes as Edward walks away, [[spoiler:she can be seen holding her belly.]]
** When Governor Torres meets [[spoiler: a captured Edward at Havana, he notes that he's heard that his wife is very beautiful but is not keeping well which understandably pushes Edward's BerserkButton]].
* MyGirlBackHome: Edward believes his adventure and career in the Navy will repair their marriage and he writes frequent letters back home. [[spoiler: Subverted, as his lack of a fixed address means Caroline had no means to call him to tell him that she was pregnant and had given birth to their daughter and that she was sick.]]
* [[spoiler: SomeoneToRememberHimBy:]] A non-fatal example. [[spoiler: After Edward leaves her, she gives birth to their daughter, who she has no means of announcing to Edward.]]
* UnableToSupportAWife: She marries Edward despite this, something which he is painfully aware of and ultimately leads him to seek out a fortune in the Caribbean, at the cost of their marriage.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Jennifer Scott]]
!!Jennifer Scott
-->'''Voiced By:''' ???
Edward Kenway's daughter by his first wife Caroline Scott. She was born shortly after Edward sailed for the Caribbean. Since he never gave a fixed return address to his wife, he doesn't learn of her existence until after her death, meeting his daughter for the first time at the end of the game. Much of her backstory and later life are revealed in the tie novel ''Assassin's Creed: Forsaken" by Oliver Bowden.
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* ActionGirl: What she wanted to be. [[spoiler: She briefly becomes one towards the end of ''Forsaken'']].
* TheCutie: Young Jenny [[spoiler:at the end of the game, ''Black Flag''.]]
** [[spoiler: BreakTheCutie: Jennifer Scott does not have a pleasant adult life to say the least.]]
* DisappearedDad: For much of her childhood, her father was absent, not even aware of her existence. They meet only at the end of ''Black Flag''.
* FreudianExcuse: As a young girl, she wanted a life of adventure and fun and later hoped that Edward would train her as an assassin. Instead Edward wanted her to marry a nobleman and live a comfortable life while Haytham would follow in his father's footsteps. This understandably made her cooler and resentful at her brother.
* [[spoiler: MadeASlave: On the night of her father's death, Reginald Birch kidnapped her and sold her to Turkish slavers. She lived in the Topkapi Palace and Damascus as a concubine well into her middle years.]]
* [[spoiler: RapeAndRevenge: Her anger at the fate dealt to her by Birch leads her to participate in the attack at his chateau and land the killing blow.]]
* TheResenter: When she is older, Jenny is resentful of her father for not training her and for making a poor decision in engaging her with Reginald Birch, [[spoiler: as well as Haytham becoming a Templar and betraying his father's hopes for him.]]
* {{Took a Level in| Jerkass}} IceQueen: She is far more colder and harsh as an adult as seen in the post-credits scene, rudely brushing away a young man making an understandable error in calling her by her father's last name. Her father notes that while he may forgive him, Jenny will not. Haytham also notes in ''Forsaken'' that his sister was very teasing and cool to him growing up.
* [[spoiler: YouKilledMyFather: Jenny hates Birch for orchestrating Edward's death and ends up pushing Reginald into a wall with a sword sticking out, killing him.]]
[[/folder]]
!!!Pirates
[[folder: Bartholomew Roberts]]
!!Bartholomew Roberts
-->'''Voiced By:''' Oliver Milburn
->''"In all your Years out here, you could never achieve what I have done in one-fifth of the Time. Because you are a good Man, Edward. Goodness is your Disease..."''
Known in later eras as "Black Bart" and considered by many historians to have been the most successful pirate of all time. He becomes an associate of Kenway later in Kenway's pirate career.
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* AffablyEvil: Rather polite for a guy who, among other things, would [[spoiler:preemptively kill his own men before they'd GoMadFromTheRevelation of First Civilization technology]].
* BadassMoustache: Has a very distinctive handlebar moustache, [[spoiler:as does all his other incarnations.]]
* [[spoiler:BigBad: Given the truth about his "Sage" nature, it comes as little surprise.]]
** [[spoiler:BigBadEnsemble: Competing against Governor Torres for the title, though Roberts has the lead, especially given his ties to the "modern times" narrative.]]
* BornInTheWrongCentury: Laments this in the end, but not for the usual reasons. [[spoiler:He's the {{reincarnation}} of Aita, a member of the First Civilization, so he was literally born too early to fulfill his mission of releasing Juno from her [[SealedEvilInACan can]].]]
* CardCarryingVillain: He never once makes any pretense of having scruples, and gleefully embraces all the most brutal elements of being a pirate when he realizes how much fun it is. As the quote above shows, he puts down Edward for not being bad enough to get what he wants.
* [[spoiler:FaceDeathWithDignity: When dying, he hands over the Crystal Skull to Edward and simply asks that his body be disposed of so the Templars don't get ahold of it.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Goes from a seemingly harmless prisoner of the Templars to a pirate so fearsome that he becomes Kenway's equivalent in reputation over the course of one year. He himself affirms this view by noting that that it's "better to be a commander than a common man."
* [[spoiler: HumanoidAbomination : As a reincarnated figure of a First Civilization being, Roberts qualifies. Inverted, as unlike other abominations, he has no special powers and his body lives and dies like any human.]]
* [[spoiler: HumanityIsInfectious: Although a millennia old being, Aita as Roberts gets into the pirate role with relish, and even discusses with Edward how he created a Pirate Code for his crew, talking with giddy excitement how awesome being a Pirate is.]]
* IHaveManyNames: He is referred to as The Sage for most of the storyline, then goes by Roberts, [[spoiler: shows up in the present day with the exact same moustache and one more name, and refers to himself by his original handle once: Aita.]]
* MarkOfTheSupernatural: His mismatched blue and yellow-brown eyes [[spoiler:and BadassMoustache]] give away his identity as a Sage.
* ShadowArchetype : Serves as this to Edward Kenway. [[spoiler: Both come from Wales. Both become fearsome pirates by chance and accident. And near the end, they are the last two pirates of the Golden Age, outlasting their contemporaries. Also their mutual WildCard status with regards to the Assassin-Templar conflict.]]
* NotAfraidToDie: Several times he tells Edward that his goal is "a merry life, and a short one", but he doesn't actively go out seeking to die.
* [[spoiler: ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Is a sort of "sleeper agent" for the Ancients, specifically Juno. His memories are somehow scattered amongst humanity's collective [=DNA=], and are reborn into a new host body every era or so. His dialogue explicitly identifies himself with Aita, Juno's lover.]]
* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Is notably absent from the game's promotional material, which focused heavily on the more famous Blackbeard instead. Despite turning out to be a major character and ultimately [[spoiler: the BigBad]].
* TheUnfettered: The revelation that he was [[spoiler:working for slaver Laurens Prins]] paints him as a man with few scruples.
* WildCard: The most prominent character in the series who is aligned with neither the Assassins or the Templars, [[spoiler: and ultimately becomes a threat to both groups.]]
* WorthyOpponent: How he feels about Edward, the only [[spoiler:human]] he accepts as being an equal. He even laments that [[spoiler:Juno might have far more use for Edward than his present reincarnation.]]
** Assassin's Creed III proves him right as Edward's grandson Connor [[spoiler: plays a major, if unwitting, role in ensuring Juno's return]]
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[[folder: Edward Thatch / Blackbeard]]
!!Edward Thatch, a.k.a. Blackbeard
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-->'''Voiced By:''' Mark Bonnar
->''"Give your quarry something to ''fear''. Some hellish thing from a fevered dream. And then...they'll drop to their knees, ''pleading for their Lord''."''
An infamous pirate, Blackbeard preyed on ships throughout the West Indies and the American Colonies aboard his vessel, the ''Queen Anne's Revenge''.
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* {{Badass}}: A fearsome pirate.
* BadassBeard: Duh.
* BritishAccents: Native Bristolian Edward Thatch AKA Blackbeard is voiced with an applicable Somerset accent. For clarity, this region is the source of the requisite "Arr, me hearties!" pirate accent.
** TalkLikeAPirate: Justified, as explained above.
* CaptainColorbeard: One of the {{Trope Codifier}}s in RealLife.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Is a little freaked out how brutal Edward can be. Justified in that the real Blackbeard, while merciless, was not particularly bloodthirsty and preferred peaceful surrender.
** [[spoiler: In the game proper, he kills a British soldier simply to find medicines for the pirates at Nassau and is quite sad about having to kill just to survive.]]
* [[spoiler: FamilyUnfriendlyDeath]]: Even by the standards of the series, [[spoiler: Blackbeard's death is incredibly violent, he gets cut up and oozes blood all over his body before...]]
* [[spoiler: GoryDiscretionShot: ...shows his hat fluttering and body falling, signalling his decapitation.]]
* LargeHam: [[InvokedTrope Purposefully so]], he acts off the rails to instill fear in his quarry (see the quote).
* LighterAndSofter: Most depictions of Blackbeard paint him as a famous villain. While no saint, Edward Thatch is considerably more genial and likable, a BigBrotherMentor to Edward and the other Pirates. [[spoiler: His passing is eeven lamented by Charles Vane who he was otherwise at odds with.]]
* TheMentor: He appears to be one of sorts for Edward.
* MrExposition: Tells all about Edward Kenway in the reveal trailer.
* [[spoiler:OffWithHisHead]]
* {{Pirate}}: Obviously.
* [[spoiler:{{Retirony}}: Dies during his retirement party from piracy in combat.]]
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Here his surname is Thatch but often in some text it's also spelled as Teach. Other variations are Thach, Thache, Thack, Tack, Thatche and Theach. {{Lampshaded}} in-universe; an officer discussing Blackbeard thinks it's Teach before being corrected by his informant.
* SwordAndGun: In his concept art he's seen wielding both.
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[[folder: Benjamin Hornigold]]
!!Benjamin Hornigold
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-->'''Voiced By:''' Ed Stoppard
An English pirate turned pirate-hunter who pursued his former allies on behalf of the Governor of the Bahamas.
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* BadassLongcoat: A nice blue one that makes him look comparatively regal to the rest of his peers.
* EvilCounterpart: Ends up becoming this to Edward Kenway: both were key members of founding Nassau and eventually became disgusted by how it turned out and searched for an alternative. Edward ended up joining the Assassins, while Horngold [[spoiler:became a Templar]].
** Although technically as per the laws of the time, Hornigold is the GoodCounterpart.
* GentlemanThief: Described as a "gentleman pirate".
* GenreSavvy: Upon seeing the ''Jackdaw'' in Kingston, Horngold [[spoiler:yells out to Edward that he knows he is listening to him and the other Templars and calls out for a large number of guards]].
* HazyFeelTurn: Accepts Woodes' pardon, turning on his fellows and becoming a pirate hunter. [[spoiler: Also goes from being an associate of Kenway's to a member of the Templars]].
* LesCollaborateurs/TheQuisling/TurnCoat: [[spoiler: How Charles Vane and Edward Kenway see him. The latter is considerably furious at his treachery.]]
* MeaningfulEcho: [[spoiler:Upon becoming a Templar]], Hornigold talks about [[spoiler:order, purpose and discipline. Which foreshadows Haytham's DefiantToTheEnd speech in Assassin's Creed III]].
* NobleDemon: He'd never attack a British flag and followed a strict code of honor.
** [[spoiler: Along with Haytham Kenway, he's one of the more sympathetic Templars in the series, and towards the end he makes a good point about how much Edward's actions have screwed up the world.]]
* {{Pirate}}: As Blackbeard puts it, a pirate none too proud to call himself one.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Is visibly distrustful of Adéwalé due to being African, and he openly criticizes Edward for letting Adéwalé carry weapons. He later on has no problems with operating a slave galleon despite [[spoiler: joining the Templars, a nominally anti-slavery organization]].
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: How he first viewed the "pirate republic" at Nassau, until he becomes disgusted by how it turned out. [[spoiler: He then turns to the Templars as a means to bring order to the world]].
* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler: How Hornigold and Edward feel about each other after the former's betrayal. Edward displays rare fury during Hornigold's death scene, while the latter warns him that the pirate life will leave him all alone.]]
** However, [[spoiler: at the end of the game, Edward posthumously makes peace with Hornigold, placing him in the table with the other pirates who had died for their lives.]]
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[[folder: Anne Bonny]]
!!Anne Bonny
-->'''Voiced By:''' ???
A famous Irish female pirate, it is recorded she had red hair and was considered a [[MsFanservice "good catch"]], but may have had a fiery temper.
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* ActionGirl: After being recruited into Calico Jack's crew.
** PregnantBadass: Was pregnant while trying to fend off the British attacking Jack's drunken crew.
* BattleCouple: With Calico Jack, below. Also with [[http://www.polygon.com/2013/5/3/4296282/assassins-creed-4-black-flag-story-of-sex-and-repentance-outlined Edward Kenway]] at some point.
* BettyAndVeronica: Serves as the Betty to Mary Read's Veronica.
* FieryRedhead: She's immediately identifiable by her long red hair.
* FightingIrish: Between being an ActionGirl and FieryRedhead, the accent seals the deal.
* [[spoiler:TheLancer: To Edward Kenway after Adéwalé leaves to join the Assassins.]]
* {{Pirate}}: Served as a barmaid until James Kidd helped her expand her horizons.
** PirateGirl: UrExample alongside Mary Read.
* PlotArmor: Whatever happens to her in the game, she won't die until 1782, around the same time Connor kills Charles Lee.
* ShipTease: Along with TrailersAlwaysLie. Promotional materials and developer interviews [[spoiler: suggested that she and Edward would have a romance at some point. In the game proper, Mary Read has a bigger impact on Edward's life, while Anne becomes Edward's first mate at the end of the game. Edward does ask Anne to come to England with him but she refuses and stays in the Carribbean.]]
* SweetOnPollyOliver: Fell in love with Mary Read thinking she was a man, prompting an UnsettlingGenderReveal.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Jack Rackham]]
!!Jack Rackham aka Calico Jack
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-->'''Voiced By:''' O.T. Fagbenle
An English pirate, Rackham is most remembered for two things: the design of his Jolly Roger flag - a skull with crossed swords - which contributed to the popularization of the design, and for having two female crew members (Mary Read and his lover Anne Bonny).
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* [[spoiler: AlasPoorVillain: Edward notes that despite Jack being traitorous and worthless as a sailor, he didn't want to see him hanged with his bones in a cage.]]
* BattleCouple: With Anne.
* ButtMonkey: Is by far the dumbest and most ineffectual member of Edward Kenway's pirate associates. It's strongly suggested that Mary Read was using him as a puppet captain.
* TheDogBitesBack: His mutiny of Charles Vane after constant(and justified) abuse at his hands, has shades of this.
* DirtyCoward: His defining characteristic. [[spoiler: When he was finally captured, he was hiding below deck with the rest of the crew while Mary Read and Anne Bonny were fighting the navy as BackToBackBadasses]].
* EasilyForgiven: After his mutiny against Edward and Charles Vane, the rest of the pirates beat him up a bit, but then let him back into their ranks with little fanfare.
* RedBaron: His nickname derived from his calico fabric costumes.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: Thinking Anne Bonny was two-timing him with Mary Read, he threatened to kill the latter before being let in on [[SweetPollyOliver her secret]].
* TheMutiny: He deposed Charles Vane (and Edward Kenway as well) for captaincy of ''The Ranger''.
* {{Pirate}}: A famous real-life pirate.
* TooDumbToLive: He gets smacked around by Charles Vane for smoking a pipe while sitting on top of a barrel of gunpowder.
* UrExample: He designed the famous Jolly Roger flag.
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[[folder: Charles Vane]]
!!Charles Vane
-->'''Voiced By:''' Ralph Ineson
An infamous English pirate, he preyed upon English and French shipping alike. Vane was infamous for his cruelty toward the crews of captured vessels.
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* AxCrazy: The most trigger happy of the Pirate community and the one most at ease with violence.
* AtLeastIAdmitIt: His justification for his ax-crazy, wild uninhibited actions. That the other pirates didn't have what it took to live the pirate's life.
* ColdBloodedTorture: His specialty.
* CryForTheDevil: Seeing him [[spoiler:struggling in prison, with his will broken even makes Edward sympathetic to his plight. In the final, daydream vision of his pirate comrades, Edward includes Charles smiling and at peace, signifying that he has forgiven him.]]
* TheDreaded: The cruelest pirate of them all, fear of Vane drew all commerce to a halt in the area in which he operated.
* EvilSoundsDeep: He's voiced by Ralph Ineson, who's known for his very deep voice.
* [[spoiler: HowTheMightyHaveFallen: In-universe, he goes from a feared and terrible pirate captain to a comical buffoon marooned on an island. The last we see him is in prison, a pathetic shell of a man blubbering in his SanitySlippage.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: His constant mistreatment of Calico Jack and his crew leads him to be mutinied in a humiliating manner. The crew are tired of his senseless violence and bad treatment.
* ItsAllAboutMe: In another way, he's NotSoDifferent from Edward.
* LargeHam: Devolves into an over-the-top one, when[[spoiler: he and Edward are stranded on an island. He behaves like a man-child, letting Edward hunt food which he steals from his plate.]]
* KickTheDog: He shoots a helpless surrendering sailor and fires and sinks a merchant's ship, ForTheLulz. When chasing a slave ship, Adewale is appalled at his reckless firing which could endanger the innocent lives below deck. The latter could be considered his MoralEventHorizon.
* NeckSnap: Executed at Port Royal via hanging.
* NeverMyFault: Charles Vane blames [[spoiler: Jack Rackham's mutiny on Edward Kenway rather than his own MistreatmentInducedBetrayal.]]
* {{Pirate}}
* ReignOfTerror
* [[spoiler:SanitySlippage: While he was already AxCrazy, he ''really'' slips over the edge following Rackham's mutiny, almost to comical levels until he finds some guns and starts shooting at Edward in paranoia instead of using them to hunt.]]
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: He showed scant respect for the pirate code, cheating his own crews out of their fair share of plunder and killing surrendered sailors after promising them mercy.
* StopBeingStereotypical: Pirates see themselves as poor sailors fending for themselves and taking charge of their lives. The rest of the world sees them as dangerous and evil criminals. Charles Vane gives the rest of the world what they want to see, much to the distaste of Edward Kenway, Blackbeard and Benjamin Hornigold.
** [[spoiler: Edward even remarks to Vane that Hornigold (after becoming a Templar and pirate hunter) was right about people like him, that his violent actions made it worse for everyone. Vane simply gives a AtLeastIAdmitIt comeback noting that Edward and the others didn't have what it takes to live a pirate's life.]]
* TheUnfettered: Charles Vane takes the Pirate lifestyle to its logical conclusion, even to a villainous HonorBeforeReason level, where he [[spoiler: refuses to take Woodes Rogers' pardon]]. He chooses to be a pirate simply to live free, where [[spoiler: Hornigold would rather conform and Blackbeard would rather retire.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Stede Bonnet]]
!!Stede Bonnet
-->'''Voiced By:''' James Bachman
A wealthy landowner from Barbados who turned to a life of piracy.
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* {{Adorkable}}[=/=]BigFun: A bit of a ninny, but exuberant and cheerful enough to be endearing.
* BritishStuffiness: Enough that Blackbeard told him to "wash the hayseed from his hair."
* InelegantBlubbering: During his execution, he begged and pleaded not to be hung.
* StockBritishPhrases: "Dash my buttons!"
[[/folder]]
!!!Other Characters
[[folder: Laurens Prins]]
!!Laurens Prins
-->'''Voiced By:''' ???
A Dutch slaver intending to ransom Roberts to the Templars.
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* DieLaughing: His last moments are amusement at Edward's OnlyInItForTheMoney reason for killing him.
* EvilOldFolks: He's a very old man who's prolific enough a slaver to be on the Assassins' hit list despite not being a Templar.
* {{Hypocrite}}: One slave calls him out on it.
-->'''Laurens''': Stand your Ground, Slave! And face corporal Punishment like a Man.\\
'''Slave''': Why act like a Man now when you have denied me that Right for thirty YEARS!
* {{Jerkass}}: To the point where even the Templars hate having to deal with him.
* LoopholeAbuse: When Torres asks if he bothers converting his slaves to Christianity:
-->'''Laurens''': Is it not a Sin to enslave a fellow Christian? Therefore, to transmute the Slave's Soul from Animal to Man would be tantamount to inviting one's Cattle to the Dinner Table.
* {{Pirate}}: In the 1650's he sailed as privateer fighting the Spanish on behalf of the British, although most of the time he didn't have a letter of marque.
* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler: In his dying breath, Prins justifies his career as a slaver as driven solely by profit. The same justification that Edward had used throughout the game.]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: If his status as a slaver isn't enough of a giveaway, read some of his quotes.
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