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
|name = Adéwalé
|image = Adewale_render.png
|birth = 1692<br>[[Trinidad]]
|death =
|faction = [[Assassins]]<br>Crew of the ''[[Jackdaw]]''
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''
|voice = [[Tristan D. Lalla]] }}
'''Adéwalé''' (1692 – unknown) was a former [[Slavery|slave]] - a maroon - from [[Trinidad]], and a member of the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]]. During the [[Golden Age of Piracy]], he also served as Captain [[Edward Kenway]]'s quartermaster aboard the ''[[Jackdaw]]'', before assuming the Captaincy of his own vessel not long after.

==History==
===Early years and meeting Edward Kenway===
Born into slavery on Trinidad, Adéwalé recognised the inequality, discrimination and oppression visited down upon those who worked the [[sugar plantation]]s. 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 [[Piracy|pirate]] [[Edward Kenway]], who was also destined for Spain. Together, the two broke free of their chains and, after incapacitating a number of guards, proceeded to procure themselves a ship – in the process freeing a number of like captured pirates.

Adéwalé chose a relatively small [[brig]] called ''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 abord ''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 organise 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 organised 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 [[Inagua|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 a calling that suited him well.

In 1720, after five years as ''Jackdaw'''s quartermaster, Adéwalé decided to pursue a new path, and chose to join the Assassin Order. Adéwalé met with Edward – who had only just escaped capture and eventual execution by the [[Royal Navy]] – briefly, in [[Kingston]] to hand back control of the ''Jackdaw'' and push his former captain onto a new path. From there, Adéwalé travelled to [[Tulum]], headquarters of the Assassins, to assist them in repulsing Templar attack.

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 the [[Ah Tabai]] and his Assassins to repel the latest Templar attack.

Two years later, Adéwalé travelled 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 device to its resting place, Adéwalé handed Edward a letter from England.

Sometime later, Adéwalé, Ah Tabai, [[Anne Bonny]] and Edward Kenway met once again at the [[Great Inagua hideout]]. 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 leaving, 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===
Eight years later, in 1730, Adéwalé found himself shipwrecked on the island of [[Haiti|Saint-Domingue]] without a crew or weaponry. 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 name="http://www.behindthename.com/name/adebowale">[http://www.behindthename.com/name/adebowale Behind the Name: Adebowale]</ref>
*Ubisoft confirmed that one of the single-player [[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag downloadable content|downloadable content]] additions included within the Season Pass will be focusing on Adéwalé's life, which is named ''[[Freedom Cry]]''.<ref>[http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/assassins-creed-iv-black-flag-dlc-season-pass-detailed-play-as-first-mate-adewale/ EGMNow: ''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Season Pass detailed'']</ref>
*Adéwalé is the second playable character to not be related to [[Desmond Miles]] in any way, with the first being [[Aveline de Grandpré]].

==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 [[Benjamin Hornigold|Hornigold]] and [[Edward Thatch|Thatch]]
Proper_Defenses_1.png|Adéwalé and other pirates in [[Nassau]]
The_Forts_5.png|Edward and Adéwalé interrogating [[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]]
AC4-FC_2.jpg|Adéwalé attacking an armed gunman with a [[machete]]
AC4-FC_3.jpg|Adéwalé in a cavern
AC4-FC_4.jpg|Adéwalé with his blunderbuss
AC4-FC_5.jpg|Adéwalé firing his blunderbuss
Freedom Cry DLC Screenshot.jpg|Adéwalé watching a group of slaves being escorted by soldiers
AC4 FD Screenshot2 .jpg|Adéwalé in combat
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{AC4}}
[[Category:1692 births]]
[[Category:Individuals]]
[[Category:Slaves]]
[[Category:Pirates]]
[[Category:Assassins]]
[[Category:Maroons]]
[[Category:Jackdaw crew]]

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