Adéwalé

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{{Dialogue|Edward|Shall we set sail for- You're leaving?|Adéwalé|Aye, Edward. For I've another calling elsewhere. [...] When your heart and your head are ready, visit the Assassins. I think you'll understand then...|Edward Kenway and Adéwalé, discussing the latter's life change, 1720.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag}}
{{Character Infobox
|image = Adewale render.png
|birth = 1692<br>[[Trinidad]]
|death =
|affiliates = [[Assassins]]<br>Crew of the ''[[Jackdaw]]''<br>Crew of the ''[[Victoire]]''<br>Crew of the ''[[Experto Crede]]''
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''
|voice = [[Tristan D. Lalla]]}}
'''Adéwalé''' (1692 – unknown) was a former [[Slavery|slave]]-turned [[Piracy|pirate]] from [[Trinidad]], and later a member of the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]].

During the early 18th century, he served as [[Edward Kenway]]'s quartermaster aboard the ''[[Jackdaw]]'', before eventually assuming the captaincy of his own vessel, the ''[[Experto Crede]]'', during the early 1730s.<ref>[http://blog.ubi.com/assassins-creed-iv-black-flag-freedom-cry-dlc-release-date-adewale/ Ubiblog: ''Freedom Cry'']</ref>

He is also an ancestor to [[Milton Jones]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]''</ref>

==History==
===Early years and meeting Edward Kenway===
Born into slavery on Trinidad, Adéwalé recognized the inequality, discrimination and oppression visited down upon those who worked the [[sugar plantations]]. When he was able, he broke free of his captivity, killing his guard in the process, and fled. Eventually, after many years on the run, Adéwalé was captured by the [[Spain|Spanish]] and locked aboard a Spanish [[Man O' War|galleon]] destined for Spain.

He found himself chained alongside the pirate Edward Kenway, who was also destined for Spain. Together, the two broke free of their bonds and, after incapacitating a number of guards, proceeded to procure themselves a ship – in the process freeing a number of likewise captured pirates.

Adéwalé chose a relatively small [[brig]] named ''El Dorado'' to make their escape, which was made all the more difficult by a sudden, powerful storm that struck the [[Spanish Treasure Fleet]]. Ultimately, they managed to escape, while the remaining eleven ships in the fleet sank to the bottom of the sea.

===Introduction to piracy===
{{Dialogue|Edward|It's true, most of these men wouldn't accept you as a captain. So what fair role would complement such unfairness?|Adéwalé|I'll be your quartermaster. Nothing less.|Edward Kenway and Adéwalé assume their roles aboard ''Jackdaw'', 1715.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag}}
With a ship in their possession, which Edward renamed the ''Jackdaw'', the two pirates decided to head to [[Nassau]], a local town that played host to a large number of pirates. Upon their arrival, Adéwalé met with the pirates [[Benjamin Hornigold]], [[Edward Thatch]] and [[Mary Read|James Kidd]], before returning to the ship in order to organize the crew his captain was out recruiting.

During his time on the ''Jackdaw'', Adéwalé served Edward diligently; ensuring the ship was in a seaworthy condition, keeping the crew organized and, wherever possible, pointing out locations and ships of interest to the captain.

===Joining the Assassins===
In 1716, not long after the capture of [[Julien du Casse]]'s manor on [[Great Inagua]], Adéwalé had his first encounter with the Assassins. In them, he saw a people who fought for something greater than themselves, and he came to believe it to be a calling that suited him well.

In 1720, after five years as the ''Jackdaw'''s quartermaster, Adéwalé decided to pursue a new path, and chose to join the Assassin Order. Adéwalé met with Edward – who had recently escaped imprisonment in [[Port Royal]] – in [[Kingston]] to hand back control of the ''Jackdaw'' and push his former captain onto a new path. From there, Adéwalé traveled to [[Tulum]], headquarters of the Assassins, to assist them in repulsing Templar attacks.

Not long after his arrival, he was once again joined by Edward, who had elected to at least accept the possibility that he could better himself as a member of the Assassins. Together the two pirates fought alongside [[Ah Tabai]] and his Assassins to stave off the latest Templar attack.

Two years later, Adéwalé traveled with Ah Tabai to the [[Observatory]], where Edward had journeyed to in order eliminate the Templar [[Grand Master]], [[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]]. Upon their arrival, they found Laureano dead, and Edward standing before the Observatory's armillary sphere, with the [[Crystal Skulls|Crystal Skull]] that powered the device in hand. Upon returning the skull to its resting place, Adéwalé handed Edward a letter from England.

Sometime later, Adéwalé, Ah Tabai, [[Anne Bonny]], and Edward Kenway met once again on Great Inagua. There, Adéwalé informed Edward that one of his previous targets, [[Woodes Rogers]], had survived the attempted assassination and returned to [[United Kingdom|England]]. Before his departure, Edward decided to allow the Assassins full access to the manor on the island, as a compensation for the fact that the location of the Assassin camp on Tulum was known to the Templars.

===Later years===
Thirteen years later, in 1735, Adéwalé was the captain of the ''[[Victoire]]''. He was tasked with eliminating a French Templar armada and taking a parcel from the Templar Admiral. After accomplishing his mission he was forced to flee through a storm to escape French reinforcements. During the escape through the storm he was thrown overboard. Adéwalé found himself shipwrecked on the island of [[Haiti|Saint-Domingue]] without a crew and just his [[Hidden Blade|Hidden Blades]] and [[blowpipe]]. It was here that he found himself confronted once again with the realities of the slave trade.

==Trivia==
*Adéwalé is a variant of the Yoruba name Adebowale, suggested to mean "crown has come home." <ref>[http://www.behindthename.com/name/adebowale Behind the Name: Adebowale]</ref>
*Adéwalé is the second playable character to not be related to [[Desmond Miles]] in any way, with the first being [[Aveline de Grandpré]].
*Adéwalé possesses a scar on his lip, despite not being of Desmond Miles' ancestry.

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
Concept Art - Adéwalé.jpeg|Concept art of Adéwalé
The Treasure Fleet 1.png|Adéwalé and Edward in shackles
The Treasure Fleet 8.png|Adéwalé introducing himself to Edward
This Tyro Captain 2.png|Adéwalé and Edward aboard the ''Jackdaw''
Now_Hiring_2.png|Edward introducing Adéwalé to Hornigold and Thatch
Proper_Defenses_1.png|Adéwalé and other pirates in Nassau
The_Forts_5.png|Edward and Adéwalé interrogating Laureano de Torres y Ayala
</gallery>

==References==
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[[Category:1692 births]]
[[Category:Individuals]]
[[Category:Slaves]]
[[Category:Pirates]]
[[Category:Assassins]]
[[Category:Maroons]]
[[Category:Jackdaw crew]]
[[Category:Experto Crede crew]]
[[Category:Ancestors of Milton Jones]]
[[Category:Individuals with Eagle Vision]]

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