Editing Do Not Go Gently...

{{Era|Memories|AC4}}
{{Memory Infobox
| image = Do Not Go Gently 2.png
| description = ''[[Edward Kenway|Edward]] sails to [[North Carolina]] to convince [[Edward Thatch|Blackbeard]] to return to the [[Caribbean|West Indies]].''
| appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''
| type = Main
| fullsync = <small>
*Use heavy shot to incapacitate the Man O' War.
*Kill 4 guards.</small>
| previous = [[The Fireship]]
| next = [[Vainglorious Bastards]]
| source = [[Edward Kenway]]
| location = [[Ocracoke]], [[North Carolina]], [[United States|British America]]
| date = 22 November 1718}}
'''Do Not Go Gently''' was a virtual representation of one of [[Edward Kenway]]'s [[Genetic memory|genetic memories]], relived by [[Noob|a research analyst]] at [[Abstergo Entertainment]] in 2013 through the [[Animus|Animus Omega]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref>

==Description==
Edward sailed north to persuade [[Edward Thatch|Thatch]] into returning to the [[Caribbean|West Indies]], but a sinister surprise awaited them.

==Dialogue==
Edward woke up on the [[Great Inagua]].
*'''Edward:''' ''Ahoy, [[Mary Read|Kidd]]. You missed quite a time.''
*'''Kidd:''' ''Aye. Pity about [[Nassau]]. And Blackbeard flying the coop.''
*'''Edward:''' ''Oh, we'll see about Thatch. [[Charles Vane|Vane]]'s off to see him now, and I'm following soon.''
*'''Kidd:''' ''This is what's left of your [[Republic of Pirates|experiment]] in [[democracy]]?''
*'''Edward:''' ''Aye, we do as we please here. And take our time doing it.''
*'''Kidd:''' ''For [[Jesus of Nazareth|Christ]]'s sake, Edward. Don't anything but the stink of riches wrinkle your nose?''
*'''Edward:''' ''What's got into you, man?''
*'''Kidd:''' ''Reality, mate. Reality.''
Kidd turned to [[Adéwalé]].
*'''Kidd:''' ''See that you ain't pulled into the drink by this drowning [[rat]].''
*'''Edward:''' ''Oy! I've lived longer than most men who trod this path!''
Edward boarded the ''[[Jackdaw]]'' and set sail for [[Ocracoke]]. There, he saw Vane and Thatch on the beach in heated discussion around a table.
[[File:Do Not Go Gently 3.png|thumb|250px|Edward and Thatch discussing the Sage]]
*'''Vane:''' ''A great disappointment you are, Thatch! His mind's made up to stay, he says. So sod 'im! And hang all of you lot that follow this sorry bastard into obscurity!''
Vane left and Thatch spat at his departure.
*'''Thatch:''' ''That man's a prick.''
Edward sat in nearby chair.
*'''Thatch:''' ''I know you've come to call me home, Kenway. And your faith in me is kind. But with Nassau done in, I feel I'm finished.''
*'''Edward:''' ''I'm not of the same mind, mate. But I won't begrudge you the state of yours.''
Thatch walked back to the table.
*'''Thatch:''' ''You still looking for that [[Sage]] fellow?''
*'''Edward:''' ''Aye.''
*'''Thatch:''' ''Taking a prize a month back, I heard a man named [[Bartholomew Roberts|Roberts]] was working a [[slave ship]] called the [[Princess]]. Might want to see about it.''
He sat in a chair opposite Kenway.
*'''Edward:''' ''The Princess. Cheers, Thatch.''
*'''Thatch:''' ''Now don't stand there like a barrel of wet [[fish]]. We're celebrating my retirement!''
He and Kenway chuckled.
*'''Thatch:''' ''Uncork this man's breakfast!''
Edward frowned upon seeing a shifty-looking man in the crowd push a lady and spill her drink in his rush to escape. He turned back to Thatch.
*'''Edward:''' ''Save us a few bottles, eh?''
He tailed the man into the jungle and [[Eavesdropping|eavesdropped]] on a conversation he had with [[Royal Navy]] personnel.
*'''[[Jenkins]]:''' ''Lads? Lieutenant? You out here?''
*'''[[Robert Maynard|Maynard]]:''' ''Stay here. Shoot anything that moves. Jenkins. What's the news?''
A flock of startled birds took flight.
*'''Jenkins:''' ''What was that?''
*'''Maynard:''' ''You certain you didn't bring some of those sand rats in tow, Jenkins? Look sharp. Stevens, make certain there's no surprises.''
*'''Stevens:''' ''Aye, sir.''
*'''Maynard:''' ''Secure the other side and watch the path.''
*'''Stevens:''' ''Aye.''
Stevens left to guard the path. Kenway covertly killed him and silently approached the pair while they walked ahead.
*'''Jenkins:''' ''There was a deserter among them who recalled my face. I sliced into his gullet before any word left his lips.''
*'''Maynard:''' ''Anybody see you?''
*'''Jenkins:''' ''Don't think so, sir. But I reckon Kenway suspects something. He don't miss much.''
*'''Maynard:''' ''Tell me about the beach.''
*'''Jenkins:''' ''A fair gathering, sir. Most too drunk to stand.''
[[File:Do Not Go Gently 6.png|thumb|250px|Edward tailing Jenkins and Maynard]]
*'''Maynard:''' ''That will suit our purpose. Tell me about Edward Teach. What sort of man is he?''
*'''Jenkins:''' ''It's Thatch, sir. Least, that's what he calls himself. But he's a mad bugger, he is. Cracked as a glass teapot, sir.''
*'''Maynard:''' ''Details man! Stop talking in gibberish.''
The two walked through a ruined fort with stairs.
*'''Jenkins:''' ''Well sir, he likes his drink for instance. Only he makes 'em queer. Takes the usual [[rum]] flip, and fills it with half a weight of [[gunpowder]] to top it off.''
*'''Maynard:''' ''Did I hear you aright? He DRINKS gunpowder?''
*'''Jenkins:''' ''Aye, sir. Just for show. And only last week he rounded up a score of his crew and bade us sit in the hold of [[Queen Anne's Revenge|his ship]] while he burnt off [[sulfur]] and other sickening minerals. We just sat there like it was one of a million pits of hell, and nothing less ordinary.''
*'''Maynard:''' ''Good GOD. What the hell for?''
*'''Jenkins:''' ''Likes to test his crew is all. Tease out their fitness and what. 'Course it always turned out he was the fittest of the lot. Thought for a moment I'd die there. Bloody savages.''
They came to an unguarded broken balcony overlooking the beach. A flare was positioned near the balcony railing and aimed out to sea.
*'''Maynard:''' ''Have no fear, soldier. This will be the end of them. Come on. It's time. Quickly, send the signal. And remember always this day.''
Jenkins ran forward and fired the flare, then ran off with Maynard once it was in the air.
*'''Edward:''' ''What the devil...?''
Several [[ship]]s opened fire on the harbor. Edward returned to the ''Jackdaw'', where Thatch had taken position beside the wheel.
*'''Thatch:''' ''Where the hell is Kenway? Note the day, lads! Today we send the [[George I of Great Britain|King]]'s finest to their graves!''
Edward and his men boarded the [[Man O' War]].
*'''Thatch:''' ''We've knocked them on the heads except three or four. Let's jump aboard and cut 'em to pieces!<br />Bury the lot, boys. Take no guff!<br />I'll cleave ye lengthwise, maggots!<br />How you be doing, Edward m'lad?<br />I'll not fall here today, bastards! Come at me!<br />Can you fight free, lad? Can ye make it clear?<br />Here's the path to perdition!''
Despite their best efforts, Thatch was soon overwhelmed. A soldier he had knocked over drew his flintlock [[pistol]] and shot Thatch's left shoulder, making him spin and drop to his knees before another man who cut him across the chest.
[[File:Do Not Go Gently 10.png|thumb|250px|British soldiers killing Thatch]]
*'''Thatch:''' ''Kenway!''
Edward ran to help but was restrained by a navyman. He punched the man in the gut, stole his [[Firearm|gun]], and tossed it to Thatch.
*'''Edward:''' ''Here!''
Thatch caught the gun and fatally shot the next soldier who was about to cut him.
*'''Thatch:''' ''In a world without gold, we might have been heroes!''
He used his [[sword]] as leverage to stand then swiped at an oncoming soldier, but the man ducked under his swing and slashed his back from behind. Thatch stopped and staggered at the wound.
*'''Edward:''' ''THATCH!''
The first soldier who had shot Thatch returned to his feet with sword in hand, ran up behind him, and cut across his back, killing him. At the same time, a [[brute]] knocked a stunned Edward overboard.
*'''Edward:''' ''Devil curse me... Where's the Jackdaw...!''
Edward reached his ship and escaped into the open sea.
*'''Adéwalé:''' ''What of Thatch, sir? Did he fall? Captain?''
*'''Edward:''' ''He drinks damnation.''

==Outcome==
Edward Thatch was killed by the Royal Navy forces lead by Lieutenant Robert Maynard, and Kenway barely managed to escape. He also learned of a ship called the ''Princess'', aboard which he might find the Sage.

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" widths="180">
Adewale Mary Edward Great Inagua.png|Kidd meeting with Edward at the Great Inagua
Do Not Go Gently 1.png|The ''Jackdaw'' docked at Ocracoke
Do Not Go Gently 4.png|Jenkins moving through the crowd
Do Not Go Gently 5.png|Edward tailing Jenkins
Do Not Go Gently 7.png|Edward witnessing the attack
Do Not Go Gently 8.png|The ''Jackdaw'' sailing against the Man O' War
Do Not Go Gently 9.png|Thatch fighting the British soldiers
Do Not Go Gently 11.png|Edward being thrown overboard
Do Not Go Gently 12.png|The ''Jackdaw'' escaping the battle
</gallery>

==Behind the scenes==
The name of this memory references [[Wales|Welsh]] poet {{Wiki|Dylan Thomas}}' famous 1947 {{Wiki|villanelle}} poem "{{Wiki|Do not go gentle into that good night}}". In a similar manner, two of Thatch dialogue lines echo a contemporary literary work. His rallying cry while boarding the ''Ranger'', calling for his men to cut down its presumed skeleton crew, loosely resembles how [[Captain]] [[Charles Johnson]] records Thatch's opening words of the skirmish in his 1724 book ''{{Wiki|A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates}}'', writing ''"Black-beard seeing few or no Hands aboard, told his Men, 'That they were all knock'd on the Head, except three or four; and therefore', says he, 'let's jump on Board, and cut them to Pieces'"''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/generalhistoryof00john/page/n11/mode/2up|title=''A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates''.|author=Johnson, Charles|date=14 May 1724|publisher={{Wiki|Charles Rivington}}, J. Lacy, and J. Stone|accessdate=1 September 2023|pages=p. 83}}</ref> As well, his last words to Kenway, about how different circumstances might have led society to see them as heroes, is paraphrased from Johnson's observation, writing ''"Here was an End of that couragious Brute, who might have pass’d in the World for a Heroe, had he been employ’d in a good Cause"''.<ref>{{Wiki|Ibid.}}, pg. 84</ref>

The line ''"I drink Damnation to you and your Men, who are cowardly Puppies! I shall give nor take no Quarter."'' is found in ''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''{{'}}s game files, indicating that it was cut from the memory's final version. In contrast with the above lines, it is not from Johnson, who wrote that Thatch's retort to Maynard was ''"Damnation seize my Soul if I give you Quarters, or take any from you."'',<ref>Ibid., pg. 82</ref> but is instead adapted from a line in one of Maynard's letters written a month later. In a missive sent to Lt. Richard Symonds<ref name="Brooks">{{Cite web|url=https://bcbrooks.blogspot.com/2018/07/lt-robert-maynard-rewards-of-killing.html|title=Lt. Robert Maynard: Rewards of Killing a Pirate!|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507205732/https://bcbrooks.blogspot.com/2018/07/lt-robert-maynard-rewards-of-killing.html|archivedate=7 May 2020|author=Brooks, Baylus C.|date=14 July 2018|publisher=''{{Wiki|Blogger (service)|Blogger}}''|accessdate=11 November 2025}}</ref> of the {{Wiki|HMS Phoenix (1694)|HMS ''Phoenix''}} dated 17 December 1718 and published in ''The Weekly Journal or British Gazetteer''{{'}}s<ref name="Cooke">Cooke, Arthur L. (July 1953). "[https://www.jstor.org/stable/4245947 British Newspaper Accounts of Blackbeard's Death]". ''The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography''. '''61'''(3). Virginia: {{Wiki|Virginia Historical Society}}. pg. 304–307. Accessed 11 November 2025.</ref> issue on 25 April 1719,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/weekly-journal-or-british-gazetteer-apr-25-1719-p-1/|title=Weekly Journal Or British Gazetteer Archives, Apr 25, 1719, p. 1|author=The Weekly Journal Staff|date=25 April 1719|publisher=''{{Wiki|NewspaperArchive}}''|accessdate=11 November 2025}}</ref> Maynard describes how "''At our first Salutation, he drank Damnation to me and my Men, whom he stil'd Cowardly Puppies, saying, He would neither give nor take Quarter.''"<ref name="Brooks"/><ref name="Cooke"/>

This memory featured as a 5-minute [[:File:Assassin's Creed 4 Gameplay Demo - E3 2013|gameplay demo]] for ''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag'' at {{Wiki|E3}} 2013. However, it differed in several ways from the final version. To start, it begins with Kenway on the beach torturing a restrained British soldier for his contact's identity by throwing [[Short blade|knives]] at his head while Thatch and the pirates watch; this scene is not in the final memory. Jenkins in the demo wears a coat and has a full head of black hair instead of the game's depiction of him as bald and sporting a goatee with two earrings in his left ear. His conversation with Lt. Maynard keeps most of the final dialogue, but occurs in the jungle instead of in a fenced-off area just outside the pirates' encampment. The flare is guarded instead of being a deserted spot and Maynard could be killed here, which would have anachronistically prevented his later appearance on his ship. The demo stops just after Thatch and Kenway board the Man O' War and are outnumbered, preserving the nature of Thatch's death for the main game.

In the memory presented in the game, players can [[swimming|swim]] back to the ''Jackdaw'' and sink the Man O' War that Thatch was killed on, but cannot damage or sink either of the two [[Frigate|frigates]] accompanying it. 

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