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Jackdaw

2014-01-08T22:39:45Z

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{{Era|AC4}}
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{{Quote|This country here is my best chance. This country called Jackdaw, where I know the names of all the citizens and they know mine, and we work together. Not always out of love, but to keep our country afloat.|Adéwalé to Edward Kenway, 1717.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag}}
[[File:AC4 Jackdaw.png|thumb|250px|The ''Jackdaw'' docked in Great Inagua]]
The '''''Jackdaw''''' was a [[brig]] captained by the [[Piracy|pirate]] and later [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Edward Kenway]], which he obtained with the help of [[Adéwalé]], during his time in the [[Caribbean|West Indies]]. Before Kenway's captaincy, the [[Ships|ship]] was a part of a [[Spanish Treasure Fleet]] and named '''''El Dorado'''''. Upon securing it, Kenway renamed the vessel ''Jackdaw'', after the bird of the same name.<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref>

==History==
===Procurement===
After an imprisoned Edward Kenway was placed on a ship in the fleet bound for [[Spain]], he met his future quartermaster, Adéwalé, who helped free Edward from their leg irons and assisted him in incapacitating the guards until the pirate retrieved his equipment. Following this, the pair secured a crew by freeing other prisoners from their Spanish captors, before they set their sights on a brig in the fleet, ''El Dorado'', and made their way to relinquish it. Subsequently, Kenway used the pirates he freed to help sail the ship from the fleet under the cover of a severe storm, successfully escaping the natural disaster while the remaining ships were sunk. Kenway then renamed the ship the ''Jackdaw'', after a small, swift bird from his home of Wales.

===Piracy===
{{Dialogue|Edward|It's a shaky feeling, sailing around with this much stolen cargo.|Hornigold|Get used to it. We'll need to take a few more prizes to make this a profitable day.|Edward Kenway and Benjamin Hornigold, after the ''Jackdaw'' took its first brig, 1715.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag}}
The ''Jackdaw'''s first major act of piracy took place off of the coast of [[Nassau]] in 1715, when Captain [[Benjamin Hornigold]] showed Kenway how to successfully take a ship. It was after this voyage that the brig was given its very own black flag.

Soon after, it was used to transport Kenway to [[Cat Island]] to plunder a plantation, and eventually followed a Spanish [[Man O' War]], ''[[El Arca del Maestro]]'', through [[the Bahamas]] to its moorings at [[Great Inagua]]. Kenway then infiltrated the island, killed the [[France|French]] [[Templars|Templar]] [[Julien du Casse]] and took both the ship and the island. It was here that he would establish his own [[Great Inagua cove|base of operations]], and the ''Jackdaw'' could often be found moored at the docks in the cove.

The ''Jackdaw'' traveled across the West Indies Sea to the ancient city of [[Tulum]], home of the Assassins, where the crew members were soon taken prisoner by [[Laurens Prins]]. Kenway freed his crew and they returned to sea. Soon after, the ship took its first fort, located at [[Punta Guarico]], and made sail for [[Kingston]]. After Kenway killed Prins, the ship returned to Nassau.

However, the pirate city was suffering from disease, prompting Kenway to outfit the ''Jackdaw'' with a diving bell in search for medicines. When he came up empty, he followed his fellow pirate [[Edward Thatch]] to [[Charles-Towne]] to secure medicines before returning again to Nassau. After the city was blockaded by the British, the ''Jackdaw'', along with [[Charles Vane]]'s ship, the ''[[Ranger]], ''was able to escape and fled to Great Inagua. There, he made plans to find Thatch again and set sail for [[Ocracoke]]. When the pirates were ambushed by the Royal Navy, the ''Jackdaw'' was the only vessel to escape.

The ''Jackdaw ''and the ''Ranger ''met up again off the coast of [[Jamaica]], in pursuit of a ship that would lead them to [[Bartholomew Roberts]]. However, Vane's associate [[Jack Rackham]] had engineered a mutiny, taking the ''Jackdaw ''and leaving Kenway and Vane marooned on [[Isla Providencia]].

Kenway managed to make his way back to Great Inagua, where Adéwalé and [[Mary Read]] had taken the ''Jackdaw'' from Rackam. Kenway soon set sail again, returning to Kingston before continuing on to [[Principe]], where Roberts had gone into hiding. After freeing Roberts, he followed him to the coast of Mexico, where the two infiltrated and battled a [[Portugal|Portugese]] fleet before sailing for the [[Observatory]], Kenway's ultimate goal.

Along the way, the ''Jackdaw'' chased Hornigold's ship through a fog bank before Kenway assassinated his former friend, clearing the way to the Observatory. When Roberts betrayed Edward deep inside the complex, Adéwalé and the crew quickly fled. It would be almost a year before Kenway would be reunited with his ship in Kingston, although Adéwalé chose not to join his captain, revealing his intentions to join the Assassin Order and suggesting that Edward do the same.
===An Assassin ship===
Shortly thereafter, the vessel returned again to Tulum, where Edward became an Assassin as well and received his three targets: [[Woodes Rogers]], Torres, and Roberts. The ''Jackdaw'''s flag was replaced with one bearing an Assassin insignia, and Anne Bonny took Adéwalé's place as quartermaster.

Edward sailed for Kingston to eliminate Rogers. In turn, the Templar revealed Roberts' location in Principe, where the ''Jackdaw ''sailed next. In a tremendous battle between the ''Jackdaw'', Roberts' ship ''[[Royal Fortune]], ''and a Spanish fleet, Kenway managed to kill Roberts and retrieve the Observatory's [[Crystal Skulls|Crystal Skull]]. The ship then carried its captain back to Havana, where Edward discovered Torres was already on his way to the Observatory. The Assassin followed in hot pursuit, making his way through the jungle and the complex before finally killing the Grand Master.

The ''Jackdaw ''then made one final trip back to Great Inagua, where Edward finally retired from piracy, deciding to care for his newly-discovered daughter [[Jennifer Scott]]. In 1722, he sailed his ship one last time across the ocean to [[London]], where he would live for the rest of his life.

It is unknown what happened to the ''Jackdaw ''in the intervening years, but at some point prior to 1735, the brig returned to the West Indies and sank off the coast of Hispaniola due to unknown circumstances. Its figurehead was later recovered from the wreckage by Adéwalé.<ref name="FC">''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag - [[Freedom Cry]]''</ref>

==Schematics==
The ''Jackdaw'' was 60 meters long, 48.5 meters high, had a width of 11.9 meters, and had twenty-six sails. Accompanying this, the ''Jackdaw'' was armed with forty-six {{Wiki|Broadside|broadside cannons}}, four {{Wiki|Cannons|chaser cannons}} and two {{Wiki|swivel gun}}s. Accompanying this, she could hold a sizable number of [[Naval mines|fire barrels]], {{Wiki|heated shot}} and mortar rounds, and was equipped with a iron plated {{Wiki|naval ram}}. At her strongest, the ''Jackdaw'' possessed a sizable amount of iron-plating reinforcement across her hull, which provided ample protection in combat against a number of Men O' War. The brig was able to disable and destroy any type of ship, given the proper strategy in battle.

She was also equipped with a {{Wiki|diving bell}} for exploration of various underwater wrecks, as well as a whaling rowboat and harpoons, which allowed Edward to [[Hunting|hunt]] for local sea life. Like most ships of the time and area, her masts featured pedal-activated lifts and hooks to allow for both ascent and descent. The ''Jackdaw'' also had cleverly placed swinging ropes secured both on deck and in the cross-masts which were used by the crew to swing from one ship to another when boarding.<ref name="AC4"/>

==Notable conflicts==
While the ''Jackdaw'' did not participate in any major historical battles of the era, she still had more than her fair share of legendary combat. Notable skirmishes, such as the battle which took Blackbeard's life near [[Ocracoke]], and the later conflict off the coast of Príncipe – in which Bartholomew Roberts was killed – were fought on the ''Jackdaw'''s decks.

The ship was a formidable raider in the Caribbean – it single-handedly outgunned and destroyed all of the naval forts around the Caribbean at one time or another. The ''Jackdaw'' also took many ships, from gunboats to Men O' War, including the five legendary ships that roamed the Caribbean Sea: ''[[El Impoluto]]'', the twin ships [[HMS Fearless|HMS ''Fearless'']] and ''[[Royal Sovereign]]'', ''[[La Dama Negra]]'', and [[HMS Prince|HMS ''Prince'']].

==Crew==
*Edward Kenway - Captain (30 July 1715 - 23 November 1718, 1719 - 1722)
*Jack Rackham - Captain (23 November 1718 - c. 23 January 1719)
*Adéwalé (until 1721-22) - Quartermaster.
*[[Anne Bonny]] (from 1722-onward) - Quartermaster.
*Numerous unnamed pirates

==Trivia==
*Like many other references to the Assassin Order involving avians, a {{Wiki|Western Jackdaw|jackdaw}} is a small, black bird belonging to the crow family. Coincidentally, the color of the bird's feathers themselves could also be a reference to piracy often being symbolized by black.
*[[Darby McDevitt]] mentioned the ''Jackdaw'''s name was also a reference to the fable of [http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio/subjects/english/aesops_fables/25-32/eagle_and_jackdaw the Eagle and the Jackdaw], which is recited during the "[[Delirium]]" memory.
*The former name of the ship, ''El Dorado'', is Spanish for "the gilded one; the golden".
*In the captain's cabin, there was a statue of a vulture near the ''Jackdaw'''s rear window. There was also a bust of an unknown man in the right corner. Other cabin decorations include several flags, lanterns, a desk, and some chairs.
*The ''Jackdaw'' flew a generic pirate flag for most of its time under Kenway's command. After Edward [[...Everything Is Permitted|defended the Assassins]] from a Spanish raid, the flag changed to include the [[Assassin insignia]] around the skull.
*At elite level, most of the ''Jackdaw'''s equipment, including the swivel guns, broadside, and mortars, were plated gold. The elite hull upgrade also included liberal gold and iron plating on the ship's hull and deck.
*After defeating all legendary ships, the Jackdaw gained a charge attack, allowing it to inflict greater damage on an enemy ship.

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
AC4 - Concept Art - Ship.jpg|Concept art of the ''Jackdaw''
The Treasure Fleet 9.png|Adéwalé and Edward aboard the ''Jackdaw''
This Tyro Captain 3.png|The ''Jackdaw'' sailing the Caribbean
AC4 Jackdaw Wreck.png|The ''Jackdaw'''s wreck
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{AC4}}
[[Category:Ships]]
[[Category:Spanish Navy warships]]
[[Category:Pirate ships]]
[[Category:Assassin ships]]

Fort Duquesne

2013-12-08T05:52:20Z

174.71.109.92: /* Trivia */

{{Era|AC3}}
{{WP-REAL|Fort Duquesne}}
{{Location infobox
|name = Fort Duquesne
|image =
|state = [[United States]]
|rulers = [[Continental Army]]
|factions = [[British Army]]
*[[Templars]]
[[French Army]]
|founded = [[France|French]] colonials
|date = 1754
|hidea= yes}}
'''Fort Duquesne''' was a fortified military location in the [[United States|American]] frontier, at the junction of the {{Wiki|Allegheny River|Allegheny}} and {{Wiki|Monongahela River|Monongahela rivers}}, in [[Pennsylvania]]. Originally, it was known as '''Fort Du Quesne''', and later '''Fort Pitt''' following its capture by the [[United Kingdom|British]], in 1758. Eventually, the site became the early stage for the city of Pittsburgh.

In 1755, the [[Templars|Templar]] [[Grand Master]] [[Haytham Kenway]] helped prevent a large scale attack on the fort, known as the [[Braddock Expedition]], during an assassination of the attack's leader, General [[Edward Braddock]]. Later, the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]] infiltrated and liberated the fort for the [[Continental Army]].

==History==
The fork of the two rivers meeting at the {{Wiki|Ohio River}} was seen by multiple parties as a strategic point for both settlement and trade, due to the water source and surrounding forest in addition to multiple nearby Native American camps. As a result, both the [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[France|French]] empires had interest in the region.

Since the region was within a drainage basin of the {{Wiki|Mississippi River}}, the French claimed the area, and proceeded a campaign to fortify the whole river, building several sites. This movement started a territory dispute with the colonies.

Virginians, feeling threatened, attempted to build their own location on orders of [[George Washington]] on February 17, 1754, only to have it captured after an attack by French Canadians on April 18 that year. The newly obtained site was renamed after the governor of {{Wiki|New France}}, {{Wiki|Marquis Duquesne}}, and built up further by the [[French Army]] to follow the model of another of their forts, {{Wiki|Fort Frontenac}} in {{Wiki|Ontario}}. However, the original reasoning for the location of the fort led to complications, as the region was low and swampy, surrounded by various highlands, which led to several disadvantages in a battle.

The first attempt to reclaim the region was a planned expedition by Washington at the start of the [[French and Indian War]], which began with the building of {{Wiki|Fort Necessity}}. However, an attack by the French had that point captured as well, foiling the expedition. Later, General [[Edward Braddock]] planned another attack to claim the area, later to be known as the Braddock Expedition, despite warnings by Washington. Braddock's [[British Army|soldiers]] gathered at [[Fort St-Mathieu]], and began a march toward the fort.

Midway, the lines were broken due to the assassination plot by Haytham Kenway, resulting in Braddock's death and a surrender by the troops to French ambushers. Several years later, in 1758, a small attack on the fort by {{Wiki|James Grant}} resulted in heavy losses. A few months later, the {{Wiki|Forbes Expedition}} led to the abandonment by French soldiers and the burning of the site.

With the war ended, the fort was rebuilt under a similar model and renamed Fort Pitt, which was occupied by British soldiers well into the [[American Revolutionary War]]. However, it was eventually infiltrated by Ratonhnhaké:ton, and given to the [[Continental Army]] at an unknown time. When the revolution ended, the area expanded to become the city of Pittsburgh, with a monument of the fort built into the ground of the downtown region where it once stood.

==Layout and armaments==
Built on the marshlands of the three rivers, the fort varies in elevation, and is bordered by large hills and rock formations, in addition to massive trees and streams. There are two entrances, it's main gate to the eastern road and the secondary gate to the north, meant for supply trains and soldier patrols respectively. However, the abundance of trees meant several additional entrances from above. To watch for such attempts to force entry were 7 watchtowers: three connected above the main gate, two guarding the secondary entrance, and two more watching the southern side of the fortress. Facing the main road were also three cannons and several soldiers.

Built exclusively from wood, the walls vary carefully in location, built to fit on the different surfaces and elevations, it gives a specifically geometric border to the site. There are also several additional wall formations scattered inside against hills to allow for better inner fortification and defense. Also scattered inside the main walls were three wooden lodges, as well as one large stone headquarters at the summit of the hill. A gunpowder reserve, small farm, and livestock area are all featured as well.

==Trivia==
*The fort is always referred to as ''Fort Duquesne'', even after it has been changed to Fort Pitt.
**In addition, the layout remains the same as it was during the French and Indian War.
*The only French soldiers in the game are featured at this location if visited by Haytham.
*The layout of the in-game fort bears no resemblance to its real world counterpart.

==References==
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Duquesne, Fort}}
[[Category:Forts]]
[[Category:Landmarks]]
[[Category:Pennsylvania]]

Fort Duquesne

2013-12-08T05:51:45Z

174.71.109.92: /* Trivia */

{{Era|AC3}}
{{WP-REAL|Fort Duquesne}}
{{Location infobox
|name = Fort Duquesne
|image =
|state = [[United States]]
|rulers = [[Continental Army]]
|factions = [[British Army]]
*[[Templars]]
[[French Army]]
|founded = [[France|French]] colonials
|date = 1754
|hidea= yes}}
'''Fort Duquesne''' was a fortified military location in the [[United States|American]] frontier, at the junction of the {{Wiki|Allegheny River|Allegheny}} and {{Wiki|Monongahela River|Monongahela rivers}}, in [[Pennsylvania]]. Originally, it was known as '''Fort Du Quesne''', and later '''Fort Pitt''' following its capture by the [[United Kingdom|British]], in 1758. Eventually, the site became the early stage for the city of Pittsburgh.

In 1755, the [[Templars|Templar]] [[Grand Master]] [[Haytham Kenway]] helped prevent a large scale attack on the fort, known as the [[Braddock Expedition]], during an assassination of the attack's leader, General [[Edward Braddock]]. Later, the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]] infiltrated and liberated the fort for the [[Continental Army]].

==History==
The fork of the two rivers meeting at the {{Wiki|Ohio River}} was seen by multiple parties as a strategic point for both settlement and trade, due to the water source and surrounding forest in addition to multiple nearby Native American camps. As a result, both the [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[France|French]] empires had interest in the region.

Since the region was within a drainage basin of the {{Wiki|Mississippi River}}, the French claimed the area, and proceeded a campaign to fortify the whole river, building several sites. This movement started a territory dispute with the colonies.

Virginians, feeling threatened, attempted to build their own location on orders of [[George Washington]] on February 17, 1754, only to have it captured after an attack by French Canadians on April 18 that year. The newly obtained site was renamed after the governor of {{Wiki|New France}}, {{Wiki|Marquis Duquesne}}, and built up further by the [[French Army]] to follow the model of another of their forts, {{Wiki|Fort Frontenac}} in {{Wiki|Ontario}}. However, the original reasoning for the location of the fort led to complications, as the region was low and swampy, surrounded by various highlands, which led to several disadvantages in a battle.

The first attempt to reclaim the region was a planned expedition by Washington at the start of the [[French and Indian War]], which began with the building of {{Wiki|Fort Necessity}}. However, an attack by the French had that point captured as well, foiling the expedition. Later, General [[Edward Braddock]] planned another attack to claim the area, later to be known as the Braddock Expedition, despite warnings by Washington. Braddock's [[British Army|soldiers]] gathered at [[Fort St-Mathieu]], and began a march toward the fort.

Midway, the lines were broken due to the assassination plot by Haytham Kenway, resulting in Braddock's death and a surrender by the troops to French ambushers. Several years later, in 1758, a small attack on the fort by {{Wiki|James Grant}} resulted in heavy losses. A few months later, the {{Wiki|Forbes Expedition}} led to the abandonment by French soldiers and the burning of the site.

With the war ended, the fort was rebuilt under a similar model and renamed Fort Pitt, which was occupied by British soldiers well into the [[American Revolutionary War]]. However, it was eventually infiltrated by Ratonhnhaké:ton, and given to the [[Continental Army]] at an unknown time. When the revolution ended, the area expanded to become the city of Pittsburgh, with a monument of the fort built into the ground of the downtown region where it once stood.

==Layout and armaments==
Built on the marshlands of the three rivers, the fort varies in elevation, and is bordered by large hills and rock formations, in addition to massive trees and streams. There are two entrances, it's main gate to the eastern road and the secondary gate to the north, meant for supply trains and soldier patrols respectively. However, the abundance of trees meant several additional entrances from above. To watch for such attempts to force entry were 7 watchtowers: three connected above the main gate, two guarding the secondary entrance, and two more watching the southern side of the fortress. Facing the main road were also three cannons and several soldiers.

Built exclusively from wood, the walls vary carefully in location, built to fit on the different surfaces and elevations, it gives a specifically geometric border to the site. There are also several additional wall formations scattered inside against hills to allow for better inner fortification and defense. Also scattered inside the main walls were three wooden lodges, as well as one large stone headquarters at the summit of the hill. A gunpowder reserve, small farm, and livestock area are all featured as well.

==Trivia==
*The fort is always referred to as ''Fort Duquesne'', even after it has been changed to Fort Pitt.
**In addition, the layout remains the same as it was during the French and Indian War.
*The only French soldiers in the game are featured at this location if visited by Haytham.
*The layout of the in-game fort bears no resemblance to its real world counterpart.
*If you fast travel to ''Fort Duquesne, ''

==References==
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Duquesne, Fort}}
[[Category:Forts]]
[[Category:Landmarks]]
[[Category:Pennsylvania]]