Julien du Casse

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{{Quote|Guns, blades, cannons, grenadoes. Anything that may kill a man, I am happy to provide.|Julien du Casse, regarding his career as an arms dealer, 1715.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag}}
{{Character Infobox
|image = Julien du Casse.png
|birth = 1682 {{Wiki|Montpellier}}, [[France|Kingdom of France]]
|death = September 1715 [[Great Inagua]], [[Caribbean|West Indies]]
|affiliates = [[French Navy]] [[Spanish Navy]] [[Templars]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Black Flag]]''
|voice = [[Alex Ivanovici]]}}
'''Julien du Casse''' (1682 – 1715) was a [[France|French]] [[Firearms|arms dealer]] and a member of the [[Templars|Templar Order]] in the [[Caribbean|West Indies]]. He possessed a discreet hideout on [[Great Inagua]] to help him carry out his trade and Templar affairs.

An experienced privateer and mercenary, du Casse was introduced to the Order by [[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]]. Quickly proving himself to be an asset, du Casse functioned as Torres' hitman, as well as the [[Caribbean Templars]]' main supplier of weaponry and ammunition.

==Biography==
===Early life===
Du Casse was born in Montpellier, France in 1682. Joining his uncle, [[Jean-Baptiste du Casse]], Julien took to sea at a young age and fought in the [[War of the Spanish Succession]]. During the war, he became disgusted at the French and [[Spain|Spanish]] monarchy for choosing reputation and bloodlines over talent and skill, but nonetheless continued to serve his country.

In 1704, du Casse deserted from the [[French Navy]] during the {{Wiki|Battle of Málaga (1704)|Battle of Vélez-Málaga}} and, seeking fortune, traveled to the New World. Initially, he found work in [[Africa]] as a [[Slavery|slave trader]], but found himself lacking the cruelty and detachment to continue partaking in said industry. After a year, he departed for the West Indies, in search of another vocation.

Du Casse spent his next ten years in the West Indies as a mercenary, working for anyone that was willing to pay him. In this way, he eventally came into contact with the Governor of [[Cuba]], Laureano de Torres y Ayala, in whom he found a friend and confidant.

===Joining the Templars===
{{Quote|Convened at last. And in such continental company... England, France, Spain... Citizens of sad and corrupt empires. But you are Templars now. The secret and true legislators of the world.|Torres to du Casse, Rogers and Kenway 1715.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag}}
In July 1715, du Casse, [[Woodes Rogers]] and [[Duncan Walpole]] had arranged a meeting with Torres, to be inducted into the Templar Order. Staying at the [[Governor's Mansion (Havana)|governor's residence]] in [[Havana]], du Casse and Rogers found themselves waiting longer than expected, as the man they believed to be Duncan Walpole arrived a week late. In actuality, the man that joined them was a [[Piracy|pirate]] named [[Edward Kenway]] who had assumed his identity in order to claim Duncan's promised reward.

Following the introductions, du Casse, Rogers and Kenway passed the time with a shooting session, as Torres was not yet ready to meet with them. After Kenway beat Rogers' shooting challenge, du Casse noted the absence of "Duncan's" [[Hidden Blade]]s, which Kenway explained to be due to his previous pair having been damaged beyond repair. Du Casse then handed Kenway a new pair that he had collected from dead [[Assassins]].

[[File:Mister Walpole I Presume 9.png|thumb|250px|left|Du Casse and the others being told about the Observatory]]
Before their meeting with Torres, du Casse and Rogers requested that "Duncan" show his skills in assassination techniques; thanks to Kenway's [[freerunning]] abilities, he was able to mimic these techniques with very little effort. The three then went to join Torres, who, after inspecting the [[Blood vials|blood vial]] Kenway had brought with him, led them inside, where he officially inducted them into the Order.

Torres subsequently revealed his plans of locating the [[Observatory]], with the help of a [[Sages|Sage]] named [[Bartholomew Roberts|John Roberts]], which would further the Templars' goals of a [[New World Order]]. Du Casse expressed his skepticism to the credibility of a Sage, noting it had been over four decades since the [[Thom Kavanagh|last]] Sage was found, though Torres reassured him they were certain. After toasting their schemes, the group of Templars made arrangements to convene the next day at the [[Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta]] and then retired for the night.

The next morning, du Casse and his Templar allies met the captured Roberts, and mentioned that a Sage's blood was required to enter the Observatory. While escorting Roberts to Torres' mansion, the Templars managed to fend off an Assassin attack, during which the Sage was nearly able to escape. With Rogers leaving for [[United Kingdom|England]], the other Templars decided to imprison Roberts and interrogate him the day after.

However, Roberts managed to escape later that night, leaving a trail of bodies in his wake. When the Templars arrived at the prison, they found Kenway instead, who had just arrived with the intention of interrogating Roberts himself. Realizing he was an imposter, the Templars apprehended Kenway and sent him to be taken with the [[Spanish Treasure Fleet]] as a prisoner.

===Death===
{{Quote|Is petty larceny the extent of your ambition? Have you no mind to comprehend the scope of ours? All the empires on Earth, abolished! A free and opened world, without parasites like you! (May the hell you find be of your own making.)|Du Casse's final words, 1715.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag}}
Following this turn of events, du Casse earned Torres' trust and was tasked with ensuring a constant flow of weapons, ammunition and gold to the [[Grand Master]]. As well as this, he was appointed captain of one of Torres' largest [[Man O' War|galleons]], ''[[El Arca del Maestro]]'', which du Casse would frequently dock in the natural cove of Great Inagua, his island hideout.

Unbeknownst to du Casse, however, Kenway had escaped his imprisonment aboard the Spanish Treasure Fleet, and later sought to acquire ''El Arca del Maestro'', so that it could be used as a defensive measure for the pirate republic of [[Nassau]]. To achieve this, and prevent news of his survival from getting back to the Templars, Kenway infiltrated the island and bypassed du Casse's [[guards]]. While du Casse was busy preparing for another voyage, Kenway snuck onto the [[Ships|vessel]]'s rigging and struck the Templar from above.

[[File:A Single Madman 8.png|thumb|250px|Du Casse's final moments]]
As he lay dying, du Casse berated Kenway for his small ambition and ignorance, calling him a "parasite", though the pirate ignored these words and took the [[Templar keys|key]] that was in du Casse's possession. Refusing to tell Kenway about the key's function, du Casse cursed the pirate, before passing away.

Kenway would later take du Casse's hideout for his own, renovating the village and manor, and collect the four other Templar keys to gain access to a special [[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag#Templar armor|set of armor]].

==Trivia==
*Julien is a French variant of Julian, ultimately derived from [[Greece|Greek]] ιουλος (''ioulos''), meaning "downy-bearded".

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
Concept Art - Julien du Casse.jpeg|Concept art of du Casse
ACMduCasse.jpg|''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]'' art of du Casse
ACMduCasseCombat.jpg|''Memories'' art of du Casse in combat
Julien du Casse renders.jpeg|Renders of du Casse
Julien du Casse render 2.jpeg|Close-up of du Casse with his hat
Du Casse render 3.jpeg|Close-up of du Casse without his hat
Mister Walpole I Presume 4.png|Du Casse participating in a shooting contest
Mister Walpole I Presume 5.png|Du Casse handing Kenway new Hidden Blades
Mister Walpole I Presume 8.png|Du Casse with the other conspirators
A Man They Call The Sage 9.png|Du Casse escorting Roberts to the governor's prison
Claiming What's Due 10.png|Du Casse and [[El Tiburón]] taking Kenway prisoner
</gallery>

==Reference==
*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''
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Kadir

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[[File:Bombardier.png|thumb|200px|Kadir]]
'''Kadir''' was an arms dealer and information broker in the employ of the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] arm of the [[Templars|Templar Order]], during the early 16th century. He was also a sympathizer of the {{Wiki|Qizilbash}}, an anti-Ottoman group, while remaining within the [[Ottoman Empire]]'s artillery corps.

In 2012, his [[Genetic memory|genetic memories]] were used as an Animi Avatar by the Templar company [[Abstergo Industries]], for the training of their [[Animus]] recruits, under the title of the [[Bombardier]].

==Trivia==
*Kadir is an Arabic name meaning "competent, powerful, strong." It can alternatively be transliterated as Qadir.
**Al-Qadir is one of the 99 attributes of Allah.

==Reference==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''
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