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Laureano de Torres y Ayala

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{{Quote|A body enslaved inspires the mind to revolt. But enslave a man's mind and his body will follow on naturally. Efficiently.|Laureano regarding the difference between slavery and the Templars' goals, 1719.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag}}
{{Character Infobox
|image = AC4 Laureano Torres render.png
|birth = 1645 [[Havana]], [[Cuba]], {{Wiki|New Spain}}
|death = 1 September 1722 [[Observatory|The Observatory]], [[Long Bay]], [[Jamaica]]
|affiliates = [[Spanish Army]] [[Templars]]
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' [[Assassin's Creed: Black Flag (novel)|''Black Flag'' novel]] ''[[Assassin's Creed: Pirates]]'' ''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]''
|voice = [[Conrad Pla]]}}
'''Laureano de Torres y Ayala''' (1645 – 1722) was the [[Spain|Spanish]] Governor of [[Florida]] from 1693 to 1699, Governor of [[Cuba]] on two occasions between 1707 and 1716, as well as the [[Grand Master]] of the [[Templars|Templar Order]] in the [[Caribbean]].

==Biography==
===Early life===
The son of the noble Templar's Tomas de Torres y Ayala and Elvira de Quadros Castellanos, Laureano de Torres y Ayala was born in 1645 in [[Havana]], Cuba, but raised in [[Madrid]], Spain. Torres joined the Spanish Army in his late teens and became a Templar in his twenties. Around this time, Torres with tasked by the Templar counsel to locate the Observatory. In 1673, Torres came into contact with the [[Sages|Sage]] [[Thom Kavanagh]], who was in the employ of [[Peter Beckford]] at the time. Although Torres tried to speak with Kavanagh further that evening, a group of [[Assassins]], led by the [[Mentor]] [[Bahlam]], attacked Torres' men and escaped with the Sage.<ref name="BF">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref>

Thanks to the Templars' connections, he was later appointed governor of the Spanish territories in Florida, a post he held from 1693 to 1699. He then returned to [[Europe]] to participate in the War of Spanish Succession.<ref name="BF"/>

In 1708, Torres was appointed governor of Cuba, a position he held until he was arrested on charges of corruption in 1711. Torres was eventually acquitted of these charges and managed to win a re-election bid two years later. During his tenure as governor, Torres made various lasting improvements to the city, including the fortification of the island's defenses and kick-starting the tobacco production, which strengthened the economy of both Cuba and the Templar Order. During this time, he took on the brutish man known as [[El Tiburón]] as his personal bodyguard.<ref name="BF"/>

===Search for the Observatory===
{{Quote|Let us find the Observatory together. For with its power, kings will fall, clergy will cower, and hearts and minds of the world will be ours.|Laureano de Torres y Ayala, 1715.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag}}
At some point, Torres was entrusted with the task of locating a [[First Civilization]] site known as the [[Observatory]]. After two decades of searching, Torres was contacted by [[Duncan Walpole]], a treacherous Assassin that desired to join the Templar Order. Seeing this as an opportunity to deliver a crippling blow to the Assassins and procure further information on the Observatory, Torres arranged a meeting with Walpole, who was to bring maps that detailed the locations of [[Assassin bureau]]s in the West Indies, as well as an empty [[Blood vials|blood vial]].<ref name="BF"/>

[[File:Mister Walpole I Presume 9.png|thumb|250px|left|Torres explaining the Observatory to the others]]
Along with fellow Templars [[Julien du Casse]] and [[Woodes Rogers]], Torres plotted to use the Sage [[Bartholomew Roberts]], who was in their custody, to gain access to the Observatory, in order to control the European Empires from behind the scenes. Unbeknownst to Torres however, Walpole had been killed by the [[Piracy|pirate]] [[Edward Kenway]], who arrived in Havana to collect the reward initially promised to Walpole. Oblivious to this, Torres formally inducted 'Walpole', Rogers and Du Casse into the Templar Order, before explaining his plans.<ref name="BF"/>

The next morning, the four met again at Havana's docks, where they took Roberts into their custody. However, while escorting the man to Torres' mansion, the group was attacked by Assassins. Kenway managed to save Torres from his attackers and recapture the Sage, who had fled in the confusion. Torres then paid Kenway for his services and dismissed him. However, Kenway was unsatisfied with the amount he had been paid and decided to free Roberts from Torres' prison, seeing an opportunity for greater gain within the Observatory.<ref name="BF"/>

Although Kenway was able to access the prison, he found that Roberts had already escaped once more. Torres then reappeared and sent an imprisoned Kenway to the [[Spanish Treasure Fleet|treasure fleet]] docked in Havana's harbor.<ref name="BF"/>

===Relocating the Sage===
{{Dialogue2|Torres|Two years ago we offered a reward for the Sage's recapture. Today someone claims to have found him. This gold is his ransom.|Edward|Who found him?|A slaver by the name of Laurens Prins. He lives in Kingston.|Torres telling Edward about the Sage's whereabouts, 1717.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag}}
In November of 1715, Torres spoke with the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Slavery|slaver]] [[Laurens Prins]] about Roberts, but was unsuccessful in discovering the man's location. In 1716, Torres retired from the post of governor, founding charities such as hospitals.<ref name="BF"/>

While the Observatory remained Torres' primary concern, the disruption of the Templars' naval activities by [[Samuel Bellamy]], an Assassin posing as a pirate, also became a matter of concerns. In January 1717, the Grand Master secretly met with British pirate hunter and fellow Templar [[Francis Hume]], asking him to intensify his efforts to stop Bellamy and those working with him, thus preventing more harm to the interests of the Templars.<ref name="P">''[[Assassin's Creed: Pirates]]''</ref>

[[File:The Forts 6.png|thumb|250px|Edward and Torres in Punta Guarico]]
Weeks later, Prins contacted Torres and claimed to have Roberts in his possession. Torres gathered an appropriate amount of gold to secure Robert's ransom and made sail for [[Kingston]], stopping at the [[Forts|fort]] of [[Fort Matías|Punta Guarico]] along the way. Edward Kenway had learned of the large sum of gold and overran the fort, discovering Torres in the war room. However, instead of simply taking the treasure, Kenway decided instead to use Torres as bait in a plan to locate Roberts and once again try to learn the location of the Observatory.<ref name="BF"/>

Together with Kenway, Torres arrived in Kingston and met with Prins, walking with the Dutchman through the city's streets. Discussing politics, slavery, and war along the way, the two eventually came to a stop, where Torres tried to bargain with Prins. However, the slaver had spotted Kenway and the Assassin [[Mary Read|James Kidd]] tailing them, and both men fled while the two pirates fought off a group of [[guards]].<ref name="BF"/>

Two years later, in 1719, Torres was in the city once again, this time meeting with Woodes Rogers and the newly converted [[Benjamin Hornigold]] to discuss another attempt to locate the Sage. After learning that Hornigold had sent two of his men, [[Josiah Burgess]] and [[John Cockram]], to the [[Africa]]n island of [[Príncipe]], Torres left and returned to Cuba. However, during their conversation, Torres insisted that his fellow Templars store a drop of their blood in a blood vial, as an oath of loyalty to their Order, which would later be sent to a Templar warehouse in [[Rio de Janeiro]] via a [[Portuguese Navy|Portuguese fleet]]. The other Templars agreed and gave their blood with the understanding of it not being used, though Torres himself secretly submitted the blood of a decoy; Edward Kenway would later recover these blood vials, alongside Bartholomew Roberts.<ref name="BF"/>

===Pursuit by Edward Kenway===
{{Quote|You wear your convictions well. They suit you...|Torres' final words, to Edward Kenway, 1722.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag}}
[[File:Ever a Splinter 8.png|thumb|left|250px|Torres' final moments]]
In 1722, the Templars finally located the Observatory in [[Long Bay]], [[Jamaica]]. Due to the respect and admiration he commanded from the people of Cuba, Torres was able to gather a few regiments of Spanish troops for the expedition. Torres left El Tiburón and his decoy in Havana and made sail for the complex. Now allied with the Assassins, Kenway tailed El Tiburón through Havana's streets and arrived at the [[Castillo San Salvador de la Punta]], where he killed both El Tiburón and Torres' decoy. Realizing Torres' deceit, Kenway hastily headed for the Observatory.<ref name="BF"/>

Despite this, Torres had accessed the facility before Kenway had arrived, his troops having massacred the [[guardians]] of the Observatory. Torres unintentionally activated a series of deadly security measures which killed most of his men. After eliminating the surviving soldiers, Kenway climbed around the chamber before leaping down on Torres from above, killing the Grand Master with his [[Hidden Blade]]. As part of his dying words, Torres complimented Kenway on the strength of his belief in mankind's right to be free.<ref name="BF"/>

==Personality and characteristics==
{{Quote|For virtue, if nothing else.|Torres to Laurens Prins, on the reasons not to associate oneself with slavery.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag}}
Torres held disgust over the practice of slavery, and even his questionable assertion that to "enslave a man's mind and [their] body will follow on naturally" may or may not have been a clever way to talk Rogers out of participating in such a practice. He was utterly convinced in the Templars' purpose to guide the fate of civilizations, and had the capacity to even respect the Assassins' strength of conviction.<ref name="BF"/>

A courteous man, Torres had an impeccable charm. He believed in an enlightened plutocracy where the best and brightest could thrive regardless of circumstances and upbringing, and was notably the only Templar to have treated Kenway with a substantial amount of respect heedless of his class, while his compatriots had a more notable tendency to mock and belittle Kenway, mainly due to his station, and for his initial lack of ideals.<ref name="BF"/>

Torres was notable for a conspicuous lack of ruthlessness; he not only stopped El Tiburón from beating Kenway more than was necessary, but also sought to spare him a second time, albeit for a price, when he was captured. The only time when he was shown to display any overt sign of maliciousness was when his soldiers slaughtered through the Observatory guardians. This could also be considered his chief failing in leadership, as the Templars were initially in a massively disadvantaged position, and would not have regained the upper-hand without Duncan Walpole's defection; as Grand Master he may have had something to do with the situation.<ref name="BF"/>

==Trivia==
*Torres' surname, "''Ayala''", is of Basque origin, meaning "hillside pasture". It could also refer to a small town in northern Spain. "''Torres''" translates to "towers", while "''de''" and "''y''" are Spanish words meaning "of" and "and", respectively.
*A [[Templar insignia]] can be observed on the back of Torres' belt.
*In some memories, his name was erroneously misspelled as "Loreano".

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
Concept Art - Governor Torres.jpeg|Concept art of Torres
Laureano Pirates.png|Torres as he appears in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Pirates]]''
Mister Walpole I Presume 7.png|Torres holding an empty blood vial
A Man They Call The Sage 11.png|Torres paying Edward Kenway for his services
Claiming What's Due 8.png|Torres interrogating Edward
Travelling Salesman 4.png|Laurens Prins dealing with Torres
Imagine My Surprise 5.png|Torres with Hornigold and Rogers in Kingston
To Suffer Without Dying 11.png|Rogers and Torres interrogating Edward
Ever a Splinter 7.png|Edward preparing to assassinate Torres
</gallery>

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Bahlam

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'''Bahlam( 1630s - unknown)''' was the [[Mentor]] of the [[Caribbean Assassins|Caribbean Brotherhood]] of [[Assassins]], and the father of [[Ah Tabai]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]''</ref>

In 1673, Bahlam secured the [[Sages|Sage]] [[Thomas Kavanagh, Jr.]] from [[Peter Beckford]]'s estate in [[Jamaica]], preventing him from falling under [[Laureano Torres y Ayala]]'s [[Templars|Templar]] influence. He subsequently brought Kavanagh to the safety of the Assassin compound in [[Tulum]], and helped the Sage prepare for his journey to the [[Observatory]] several days later.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref>

==Trivia==
*"Bahlam" is a variant transliteration of the [[Mayans|Mayan]] word meaning "jaguar".

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Bahlam

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'''Bahlam (1630s - unknown)''' was the [[Mentor]] of the [[Caribbean Assassins|Caribbean Brotherhood]] of [[Assassins]], and the father of [[Ah Tabai]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]''</ref>

In 1673, Bahlam secured the [[Sages|Sage]] [[Thomas Kavanagh, Jr.]] from [[Peter Beckford]]'s estate in [[Jamaica]], preventing him from falling under [[Laureano Torres y Ayala]]'s [[Templars|Templar]] influence. He subsequently brought Kavanagh to the safety of the Assassin compound in [[Tulum]], and helped the Sage prepare for his journey to the [[Observatory]] several days later.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref>

==Trivia==
*"Bahlam" is a variant transliteration of the [[Mayans|Mayan]] word meaning "jaguar".

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Tessa Kenway

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[[File:Family.jpg|thumb|250px|Tessa, after death]]
'''Tessa Kenway''' (née '''Stephenson-Oakley'''; 1695 – 1747) was the second wife of [[Edward Kenway]], the mother of [[Haytham Kenway|Haytham]], and the grandmother of [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]]. She is also an ancestor of [[Desmond Miles]], through the [[William Miles|paternal line]].

==Biography==
Tessa was the daughter of a wealthy landowner.<ref name="ACF">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forsaken]]''</ref> In 1723, Edward Kenway retired from a life of [[piracy]], and was introduced to the Stephenson-Oakley family by [[Robert Walpole]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Black Flag (novel)|Assassin's Creed: Black Flag]]''</ref> The former pirate rented out one of Tessa's father's houses. Tessa decided to help Edward buy his own home and to find the necessary servants, eventually falling in love and marrying him. Her family disapproved of the union, leading to them becoming estranged.<ref name="ACF"/>

With the birth of Haytham, Tessa, Edward and Edward's daughter from his first marriage, [[Jennifer Scott|Jennifer]], lived in a manor on {{Wiki|Queen Square, London|Queen Anne's Square}} in Bloomsbury. There, Tessa treated Haytham with unequivocal affection, until the night before his tenth birthday in 1735.<ref name="ACF"/>

On this night, five [[mercenaries]] broke into the house, and she witnessed her son kill an assailant in order to protect her. As a result of this attack, Edward, an [[Assassins|Assassin]], was killed for a [[Edward Kenway's journal|journal]] that he possessed, which contained encoded information about the [[First Civilization]].<ref name="ACF"/>

Following this, seeing her son as a killer, as opposed to the innocent boy he had been prior to the assault, Tessa agreed to let [[Reginald Birch]] train Haytham in [[Europe]]. She stayed behind in [[United Kingdom|England]] to oversee the reconstruction of the manor, but passed away twelve years later after suffering a fall.<ref name="ACF"/>

==Gallery==
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ACITessa.jpg|''Initiates'' art of Tessa
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Linette Kenway

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'''Linette Kenway''' (1665 - 1728) was a farmer from {{Wiki|Cardiff}}, {{Wiki|Wales}}, the wife of [[Bernard Kenway]] and the mother of [[Edward Kenway]].

She was the grandmother of Edward's two children, [[Haytham Kenway]] and [[Jennifer Scott]], as well as the great-grandmother of Haytham's son, [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]].

==Biography==
===Early life===
Hailing from Cardiff, Linette was born to a father who left the familly when she was 8 and a achchlec mother.

fell in love with an Englishman from {{Wiki|Manchester}}, Bernard Kenway, whom she married. The pair settled in {{Wiki|Swansea}} and had a daughter together, though she would die during infancy. In 1693, they had another child, a boy, whom they named Edward.

In 1703, Linette and her family moved to [[Hatherton]], a village near [[Bristol]], where they ran a small household keeping sheep. The family was respected by their neighbors, even if at the edge of adulthood, Edward was known for frequenting the [[taverns]]. Having basic skill in reading, Linette took care of the book-keeping while her husband took care of the farm and Edward was in charge of the trips to the city for the sales.

===Initial troubles===
At one point, in the [[Auld Shillelagh]], Edward provoked the anger of [[Tom Cobleigh]], his [[Seth Cobleigh|son]] and their [[Julian|associate]] when he fought them to keep Tom from raping [[Rose]], the maidservant of [[Caroline Scott-Kenway|Caroline Scott]] whom the three had gotten drunk. Two days later, the group slaughtered two of the Kenways' sheep and placed the carcasses in front of the Kenway house, where they were discovered by Linette.

When Edward won the heart of an already engaged Caroline Scott, Linette and Bernard were present at their wedding and witnessed [[Emmett Scott]] disowning his own daughter for her misalliance. They gave shelter to the young couple at their home, but Edward's ambitions would continue to cause tension. Eventually, Caroline, disappointed in her husband's plans of becoming a privateer, left the Kenway farmstead for her father's house. This broke Linette's heart, as she had become fond of the young woman and saw her as the daughter she had lost.

In late 1712, a group of hooded men were sent by Caroline's father to burn down the Kenway farmstead. This occurred while Linette and Bernard were sleeping inside and when Edward was in Bristol, setting out for his life as a privateer. Due to his departure being delayed, Edward ventured back to Hatherton and witnessed the men at his farm, but despite his attempts to defend his home, the group pinned him to the ground and beat him before leaving. Afterward, Edward alerted his parents to the fire, but the outcome was dire: the fire had killed all the livestock. It was due to this that Bernard disowned his son, and before Linette could say anything, Edward left.

===Later life===
Following the attack on their farm, the Kenways descended into poverty, forcing Linette to work in the Auld Shillelagh. In December 1717, Bernard died of {{Wiki|pleurisy}} and Linette sent a letter to her son informing him of his father's death, while worrying about the rumors which announced that Edward had became a [[Piracy|pirate]]. Years later, having heard that Caroline had died of smallpox, she tried to go to the funeral, but the Scotts forbade her from entering the cemetery.

Linette saw her son again in 1723, when Edward came back to Bristol with her granddaughter, Jennifer. Edward came to see his exhausted mother in the tavern where she was working, with the intention of taking care of her now that he had money, and he informed her of his intentions to kill the [[Templars]] who had ordered the burning of his parents' farm – Emmett Scott, [[Aubrey Hague]] and [[Wilson]]. Horrified by the killer he had become during his time in the [[Caribbean|West Indies]] and by his plans to commit more murders, she disowned him too as her husband before her, calling Edward "no-son-of-mine" in front of everyone in the Auld Shillelagh.

==Reference==
*[[Assassin's Creed: Black Flag (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Black Flag'' novel]]
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Linette Kenway

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{{Era|AC4|4book}}
'''Linette Kenway''' (1665 - 1728) was a farmer from {{Wiki|Cardiff}}, {{Wiki|Wales}}, the wife of [[Bernard Kenway]] and the mother of [[Edward Kenway]].

She was the grandmother of Edward's two children, [[Haytham Kenway]] and [[Jennifer Scott]], as well as the great-grandmother of Haytham's son, [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]].

==Biography==
===Early life===
Hailing from Cardiff, Linette fell in love with an Englishman from {{Wiki|Manchester}}, Bernard Kenway, whom she married. The pair settled in {{Wiki|Swansea}} and had a daughter together, though she would die during infancy. In 1693, they had another child, a boy, whom they named Edward.

In 1703, Linette and her family moved to [[Hatherton]], a village near [[Bristol]], where they ran a small household keeping sheep. The family was respected by their neighbors, even if at the edge of adulthood, Edward was known for frequenting the [[taverns]]. Having basic skill in reading, Linette took care of the book-keeping while her husband took care of the farm and Edward was in charge of the trips to the city for the sales.

===Initial troubles===
At one point, in the [[Auld Shillelagh]], Edward provoked the anger of [[Tom Cobleigh]], his [[Seth Cobleigh|son]] and their [[Julian|associate]] when he fought them to keep Tom from raping [[Rose]], the maidservant of [[Caroline Scott-Kenway|Caroline Scott]] whom the three had gotten drunk. Two days later, the group slaughtered two of the Kenways' sheep and placed the carcasses in front of the Kenway house, where they were discovered by Linette.

When Edward won the heart of an already engaged Caroline Scott, Linette and Bernard were present at their wedding and witnessed [[Emmett Scott]] disowning his own daughter for her misalliance. They gave shelter to the young couple at their home, but Edward's ambitions would continue to cause tension. Eventually, Caroline, disappointed in her husband's plans of becoming a privateer, left the Kenway farmstead for her father's house. This broke Linette's heart, as she had become fond of the young woman and saw her as the daughter she had lost.

In late 1712, a group of hooded men were sent by Caroline's father to burn down the Kenway farmstead. This occurred while Linette and Bernard were sleeping inside and when Edward was in Bristol, setting out for his life as a privateer. Due to his departure being delayed, Edward ventured back to Hatherton and witnessed the men at his farm, but despite his attempts to defend his home, the group pinned him to the ground and beat him before leaving. Afterward, Edward alerted his parents to the fire, but the outcome was dire: the fire had killed all the livestock. It was due to this that Bernard disowned his son, and before Linette could say anything, Edward left.

===Later life===
Following the attack on their farm, the Kenways descended into poverty, forcing Linette to work in the Auld Shillelagh. In December 1717, Bernard died of {{Wiki|pleurisy}} and Linette sent a letter to her son informing him of his father's death, while worrying about the rumors which announced that Edward had became a [[Piracy|pirate]]. Years later, having heard that Caroline had died of smallpox, she tried to go to the funeral, but the Scotts forbade her from entering the cemetery.

Linette saw her son again in 1723, when Edward came back to Bristol with her granddaughter, Jennifer. Edward came to see his exhausted mother in the tavern where she was working, with the intention of taking care of her now that he had money, and he informed her of his intentions to kill the [[Templars]] who had ordered the burning of his parents' farm – Emmett Scott, [[Aubrey Hague]] and [[Wilson]]. Horrified by the killer he had become during his time in the [[Caribbean|West Indies]] and by his plans to commit more murders, she disowned him too as her husband before her, calling Edward "no-son-of-mine" in front of everyone in the Auld Shillelagh.

==Reference==
*[[Assassin's Creed: Black Flag (novel)|''Assassin's Creed: Black Flag'' novel]]
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Bernard Kenway

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{{Quote|I'm reliving the life of Bernard Kenway, sheep farmer. Yeah. I'm literally shoveling virtual shit all day.|Philippe Chartrand on his Sample 17 subject, 2013.|Assassin's Creed: Initiates}}
'''Bernard Kenway''' (1665) – December 1717) was an [[United Kingdom|English]] sheep farmer from {{Wiki|Manchester}}, the husband of [[Linette Kenway]] and the father of [[Edward Kenway]]; as such, he is an ancestor of [[Desmond Miles]].<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref>

==Biography==
===Early life===
Hailing from Manchester, Bernard fell in love with a Welshwoman, Linette Hopkins, whom he married. The pair settled in Swansea and had a daughter together, though she died during infancy. In 1693, they had another child, a boy, who they named Edward.<ref name="Black Flag novel">[[Assassin's Creed: Black Flag (novel)|''Black Flag'' novel]]</ref>

In 1703, Bernard and his family moved to [[Hatherton]], a village near [[Bristol]], where they ran a small holding keeping sheeps. Although the Welsh accent of the Kenways marked them as different, the true love of Bernard for his wife, and his fairness in commercial matters earned him the respect of the surrounding tradesmen. In 1711, Bernard left the sales part of the farm to Edward; however, Edward's dissatisfaction with the farmer life caused him to frequently forgo his duties and spend time at the [[taverns]] instead.<ref name="Black Flag novel"/>

===Initial troubles===
At one point, in the [[Auld Shillelagh]], Edward provoked the anger of [[Tom Cobleigh]], his [[Seth Cobleigh|son]] and their [[Julian|associate]] when he fought them to keep Tom from raping [[Rose]], the drunken maidservant of [[Caroline Scott]]. Two days later, the group slaughtered two of Bernard's sheep and placed the carcasses in front of the Kenway house in order to provoke Edward. Bernard refused to let him retaliate, explaining that the Cobleighs and many merchants of Bristol had joined the Trade Organisation, an association of tradesmen protected by "powerful men". An organisation that he himself had refused to join when he was approached.<ref name="Black Flag novel"/>

When Edward won the heart of an already engaged Caroline Scott, Bernard and Linette were present at their wedding and witnessed [[Emmett Scott]] disowning his own daughter for this misalliance. They gave shelter to the young couple at their home, but Edward's ambitions would continue causing tension. Eventually, Caroline, disappointed in her husband's plans of becoming a privateer, left the Kenway farmstead for her father's house. This caused pain to Bernard and his wife who had became fond of the young woman, having learned how to read from her.<ref name="Black Flag novel"/>

In late 1712, a group of hooded men sent by Scott burned down the Kenway farmstead while Bernard and Linette were sleeping inside and while Edward was in Bristol, embarking on his life as a privateer. Coming back to Hatherton due to his departure being delayed, Edward tried to stop them, but the group pinned him to the ground, beating him and subsequently left. Edward subsequently alerted his parents to the fire. After the fire had killed all the livestock, Bernard blamed his son for the attack. He told Edward that he was poison to his family, and ordered him to leave and never return again. Bernard also never saw his son's wife again nor his granddaughter, [[Jennifer Scott|Jennifer]], that was born after the departure of Edward.<ref name="Black Flag novel"/>

===Later life and death===
Following the attack on their farm, Bernard and Linette descended into poverty, forcing Bernard's wife to work in the Auld Shillelagh. In December 1717, Bernard died of {{Wiki|pleurisy}}. A month later, Edward, now a pirate of the [[Caribbean Sea|West Indies]], received a letter from his mother informing him of Bernard's death.<ref name="Black Flag novel"/>

==Legacy==
In the year 2013, the [[Abstergo Entertainment]] researcher [[Philippe Chartrand]] was given Bernard as his research target for the [[Sample 17 Project]]; much to the researcher's subsequent chastisement.<ref name="ACI">''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]''</ref>

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