Duncan Walpole

2014-06-26T17:57:41Z

31.200.179.223:

{{Era|AC4|Assassins}}
{{Dialogue2|Ah Tabai|Where is the Assassin, Duncan Walpole?|Edward|Dead and buried, after he tried to kill me.|We are not sorry to see him gone, but it was you who carried out his final betrayal.|Ah Tabai and Edward Kenway discussing Duncan Walpole's betrayal and fate, 1716.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag}}
{{Character Infobox
|image = AC4 Duncan Walpole render.png
|birth = 1679<br>{{Wiki|Houghton, Norfolk|Houghton}}, [[United Kingdom|Kingdom of England]]
|death = June 1715<br>[[Cape Bonavista]], [[Cuba]], {{Wiki|New Spain}}
|hidep =
|affiliates = [[Assassins]]<br>[[Templars]]
|hider =
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''
|voice = }}
'''Duncan Walpole''' (1679 – 1715) was a [[Master Assassin]] of the British Brotherhood of [[Assassins]], who attempted to defect to the [[Templars|Templar Order]] by 1715.Walpole joined the royal navy at the age of 18,yet was frustrated with his slow progress.A fellow sailor introduced Walpole to the assassin order,soon Walpole gained a reputation and arrogance,due to his conflicts with the assassin elders.In 1714 his mentor asked him to travel to the Caribbean to meet with the Caribbean assassins. During his time in the [[Caribbean]] before his betrayal, he briefly trained under Assassin [[Mentor]] [[Ah Tabai]]. He utilized this period of time to gather valuable information about the locations of various [[Assassin bureau|Assassin bureaus]] in the area.

In June of 1715, the [[Royal Navy]] [[Ships|warship]] carrying Walpole, the [[HMS Intrigue|HMS ''Intrigue'']], identified and attacked a [[Piracy|pirate]] [[brig]], the ''[[Jacobite]]'', captained by [[Abel Bramah]]. The pirates managed to de-mast the [[frigate]], but soon found that their own weapon magazine had been hit. Boarding the ship, Walpole assassinated the captain, but was thrown overboard by the magazine's explosion.

Shipwrecked in [[Cape Bonavista]], [[Cuba]], Walpole attempted to enlist the aid of the only other survivor, the pirate [[Edward Kenway]], in reaching [[Havana]]. Edward attempted to haggle the price of passage, but Duncan threatened him with a [[Firearms|flintlock pistol]] in response, only to find that it was unable to fire due to wet gunpowder. Walpole subsequently fled into the jungle, and Edward gave chase before eventually dueling and killing him.

On Duncan's corpse, Edward found a letter from the [[Spain|Spanish]] Governor of Cuba, [[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]], referencing the cargo Walpole was bringing to him: a [[Blood vials|blood vial]] and maps pertaining to the locations of [[Assassin bureau]]s across the Caribbean. Edward chose to assume Walpole's identity and collect the reward for himself.<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref>

==Trivia==
*Duncan Walpole was the second cousin of [[Robert Walpole]], 1st Earl of Orford, the generally-recognized first Prime Minister of Great Britain and an eventual acquaintance of Edward Kenway.<ref name="AC4" />
{{-}}

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
Duncan Walpole - Concept Art.jpg|Concept art of Duncan
Edward Kenway Memory 2.png|Duncan aboard the HMS ''Intrigue''
Edward Kenway Memory 20.png|Duncan assassinating captain Bramah
Edward Kenway Memory 5.png|Duncan aboard the ''Jacobite''
Edward Kenway Memory 21.png|Duncan and Edward's first meeting
Edward Kenway Memory 11.png|Duncan threatening Edward
Edward Kenway Memory 12.png|Edward dragging Duncan's corpse
Edward Kenway Memory 15.png|Edward hiding Duncan's body
</gallery>

==Reference==
{{Reflist}}
{{AC4}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Walpole, Duncan}}
[[Category:1679 births]]
[[Category:1715 deaths]]
[[Category:Individuals]]
[[Category:Englishmen]]
[[Category:Royal Navy personnel]]
[[Category:Assassins]]
[[Category:Master Assassins]]
[[Category:Assassin turncoats]]

Assassin's Creed Wiki - User contributions [en-gb]

Duncan Walpole