Laurens Prins - Revision history

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	[[File:Overrun and Outnumbered 6.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Prins' ship docked at Tulum]]		[[File:Overrun and Outnumbered 6.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Prins' ship docked at Tulum]]
	In 1716, with the approval of Jamaican governor [[Archibald Hamilton]], Prins expanded his slave operations to [[Mexico]], receiving a number of British soldiers as bodyguards. After learning about the [[Assassins]]' stronghold in [[Tulum]], Prins launched a surprise assault, capturing several Assassins, as well as the pirate crew of the ''[[Jackdaw]]'', who were stationed nearby. However, the ''Jackdaw''{{'}}s captain [[Edward Kenway]] and the Assassin [[Mary Read]] freed Prins' prisoners and ~~killed~~ the soldiers serving under his command, forcing the slaver to flee.<ref name="Overrun and Outnumbered">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Overrun and Outnumbered]]</ref>		In 1716, with the approval of Jamaican governor [[Archibald Hamilton]], Prins expanded his slave operations to [[Mexico]], receiving a number of British soldiers as bodyguards. After learning about the [[Assassins]]' stronghold in [[Tulum]], Prins launched a surprise assault, capturing several Assassins, as well as the pirate crew of the ''[[Jackdaw]]'', who were stationed nearby. However, the ''Jackdaw''{{'}}s captain [[Edward Kenway]] and the Assassin [[Mary Read]] freed Prins' prisoners and eliminated the soldiers serving under his command, forcing the slaver to flee.<ref name="Overrun and Outnumbered">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Overrun and Outnumbered]]</ref>

	In January 1717, word reached Prins that Torres was still actively seeking Roberts, who had recently begun working under Prins' employ in Kingston. Seeing a possibility for financial gain, Prins contacted Torres and offered to sell Roberts to him for a hefty ransom.<ref name="The Forts">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[The Forts]]</ref>		In January 1717, word reached Prins that Torres was still actively seeking Roberts, who had recently begun working under Prins' employ in Kingston. Seeing a possibility for financial gain, Prins contacted Torres and offered to sell Roberts to him for a hefty ransom.<ref name="The Forts">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[The Forts]]</ref>

	The following month, while transporting the [[Fragment of Eden]] on the Templars' behalf, Prins' [[Slave ~~ships~~\|slave galley]], the ''[[Whydah]]'', came under attack by the pirate and Assassin [[Samuel Bellamy]] and his two associates, [[Olivier Levasseur]] and [[Alonzo Batilla]]. The trio stole the [[Fragment of Eden\|Piece of Eden]] in Prins' possession,<ref name="Pirates">''[[Assassin's Creed: Pirates]]'' – [[The Whydah's Secret]]</ref> but the slaver himself survived the encounter and resumed his operations in Kingston.<ref name="Database" />		The following month, while transporting the [[Fragment of Eden]] on the Templars' behalf, Prins' [[Slave ship\|slave galley]], the ''[[Whydah]]'', came under attack by the pirate and Assassin [[Samuel Bellamy]] and his two associates, [[Olivier Levasseur]] and [[Alonzo Batilla]]. The trio stole the [[Fragment of Eden\|Piece of Eden]] in Prins' possession,<ref name="Pirates">''[[Assassin's Creed: Pirates]]'' – [[The Whydah's Secret]]</ref> but the slaver himself survived the encounter and resumed his operations in Kingston.<ref name="Database" />

	===Death===		===Death===
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	There, Torres offered part of Roberts' ransom to the slaver, but Prins refused, having noticed that they had been followed by Edward and Mary. He then called a group of [[Soldier\|guards]] and made his escape, narrowly avoiding death at the hands of a furious Mary.<ref name="Traveling Salesman" />		There, Torres offered part of Roberts' ransom to the slaver, but Prins refused, having noticed that they had been followed by Edward and Mary. He then called a group of [[Soldier\|guards]] and made his escape, narrowly avoiding death at the hands of a furious Mary.<ref name="Traveling Salesman" />

	Frightened by the attack, Prins secluded himself inside his [[Laurens Prins' manor\|mansion]], under heavy guard. That night, however, as he stood in his mansion's gardens, Prins was assassinated by Edward, who had infiltrated the grounds to free Roberts. With his last breath, Prins dismissed Edward's notions about his motivations, claiming that, just like the pirate, he too had only ever sought wealth.<ref name="Unmanned">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Unmanned]]</ref>		Frightened by the attack, Prins secluded himself inside his [[Laurens Prins' manor\|mansion]], under heavy guard. That night, however, as he stood in his mansion's gardens, Prins was assassinated by Edward, who had infiltrated the grounds to find and free Roberts. With his last breath, Prins dismissed Edward's notions about his motivations, claiming that, just like the pirate, he too had only ever sought wealth.<ref name="Unmanned">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Unmanned]]</ref>

	==Behind the scenes==		==Behind the scenes==
	Laurens Prins is a historical character introduced in the 2013 video game ''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'', where he was voiced by the English actor [[Christian Rodska]]. ~~Historically, Prins' true fate is unknown, as there are no records of his activities following the ''Whydah''{{'}}s capture by Samuel Bellamy.<ref>{{WP\|Lawrence Prince}}</ref>~~		Laurens Prins is a historical figure and character introduced in the 2013 video game ''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'', where he was voiced by the English actor [[Christian Rodska]].

	Portraits depicting Prins as he appeared in early concept art can be found in the [[Port-au-Prince]] [[brothel]] ''[[La Dame en Rose]]'' in ''[[Freedom Cry]]'',<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – ''[[Freedom Cry]]''</ref> and in the [[New York City]] house owned by [[Barry Finnegan\|Barry]] and [[Cassidy Finnegan]] in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[The Color of Right]]</ref>		Historically, Prins died in the mid-1680s, decades before the time period depicted in the game. His inclusion in both ''Black Flag'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed: Pirates]]'' is therefore anachronistic, though it may be the result of confusing Prins with Lawrence Prince, an English slave trader active around the same period, who gained notoriety as the ill-fated captain of the ''Whydah'', the slave galley captured by Samuel Bellamy in 1717.<ref>{{WP\|Lawrence Prince}}</ref>

			Portraits depicting Prins as he appeared in early concept art can be found in the [[Port-au-Prince]] brothel ''[[La Dame en Rose]]'' in ''[[Freedom Cry]]'',<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – ''[[Freedom Cry]]''</ref> and in the [[New York City]] house owned by [[Barry Finnegan\|Barry]] and [[Cassidy Finnegan]] in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[The Color of Right]]</ref>

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==

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	\| image = AC4-LaurensPrins.png		\| image = AC4-LaurensPrins.png
	\| birth = ~~1630~~<br>[[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands\|Dutch Republic]]		\| birth = 1630s<br>[[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands\|Dutch Republic]]
	\| death = 27 April 1717<br>[[Kingston]], [[Jamaica]]		\| death = 27 April 1717<br>[[Kingston]], [[Jamaica]]
	\| species = [[Human]]		\| species = [[Human]]
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	{{DEFAULTSORT:Prins, Laurens}}		{{DEFAULTSORT:Prins, Laurens}}
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	[[Category:1717 deaths]]		[[Category:1717 deaths]]
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	\| birth = ~~1630s~~<br>[[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands\|Dutch Republic]]		\| birth = 1630<br>[[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands\|Dutch Republic]]
	\| death = 27 April 1717<br>[[Kingston]], [[Jamaica]]		\| death = 27 April 1717<br>[[Kingston]], [[Jamaica]]
	\| species = [[Human]]		\| species = [[Human]]
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	\| birth = 1630s<br>[[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands\|Dutch Republic]]		\| birth = 1630s<br>[[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands\|Dutch Republic]]
	\| death = 27 April 1717 ~~(aged 87)~~<br>[[Kingston]], [[Jamaica]]		\| death = 27 April 1717<br>[[Kingston]], [[Jamaica]]
	\| species = [[Human]]		\| species = [[Human]]
	\| database = [[Database: Laurens Prins\|Laurens Prins]]<br>[[Database: The Dutch Buccaneer and Slaver\|The Dutch Buccaneer and Slaver]]		\| database = [[Database: Laurens Prins\|Laurens Prins]]<br>[[Database: The Dutch Buccaneer and Slaver\|The Dutch Buccaneer and Slaver]]

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	\| birth = 1630s<br>[[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands\|Dutch Republic]]		\| birth = 1630s<br>[[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands\|Dutch Republic]]
	\| death = 27 April 1717<br>[[Kingston]], [[Jamaica]]		\| death = 27 April 1717 (aged 87)<br>[[Kingston]], [[Jamaica]]
	\| species = [[Human]]		\| species = [[Human]]
	\| database = [[Database: Laurens Prins\|Laurens Prins]]<br>[[Database: The Dutch Buccaneer and Slaver\|The Dutch Buccaneer and Slaver]]		\| database = [[Database: Laurens Prins\|Laurens Prins]]<br>[[Database: The Dutch Buccaneer and Slaver\|The Dutch Buccaneer and Slaver]]

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	===Working with the Templars===		===Working with the Templars===
	{{~~Dialogue3~~\|Torres\|There is no true profit to be gained by the practice of slavery. In the short term it makes us money, si (yes), but in the long term it will render us the victims of our own success.\|Prins\|Ah, but you and I, sir—old as we are—will not live to see that unfortunate day. So why bother?\|For virtue, if nothing else~~.\|Virtue... Torres, I have no wish to waste my day chattering about slaves and their pitiable condition. Let us conclude this transaction, then celebrate as friends~~.\|Prins discussing the practice of slavery with Laureano Torres, 1717.\|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag\|Traveling Salesman}}		{{Dialogue2\|Torres\|There is no true profit to be gained by the practice of slavery. In the short term it makes us money, si (yes), but in the long term it will render us the victims of our own success.\|Prins\|Ah, but you and I, sir—old as we are—will not live to see that unfortunate day. So why bother?\|For virtue, if nothing else.\|Prins discussing the practice of slavery with Laureano Torres, 1717.\|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag\|Traveling Salesman}}
	In November 1715, after the [[Sage]] [[Bartholomew Roberts]] escaped from the grasp of [[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]], [[Grand Master of the Templar Order\|Grand Master]] of the [[West Indies Rite of the Templar Order\|Caribbean Templars]], Prins and Torres met briefly to discuss Roberts.<ref name="Traveling Salesman" />		In November 1715, after the [[Sage]] [[Bartholomew Roberts]] escaped from the grasp of [[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]], [[Grand Master of the Templar Order\|Grand Master]] of the [[West Indies Rite of the Templar Order\|Caribbean Templars]], Prins and Torres met briefly to discuss Roberts.<ref name="Traveling Salesman" />

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	\| image = AC4-LaurensPrins.png		\| image = AC4-LaurensPrins.png
	\| birth = 1630s<br>~~{{Wiki\|~~Amsterdam}}, [[Netherlands\|Dutch Republic]]		\| birth = 1630s<br>[[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands\|Dutch Republic]]
	\| death = 27 April 1717<br>[[Kingston]], [[Jamaica\|English Jamaica]], [[United Kingdom]]		\| death = 27 April 1717<br>[[Kingston]], [[Jamaica\|English Jamaica]], [[United Kingdom]]
	\| species = [[Human]]		\| species = [[Human]]
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	==Biography==		==Biography==
	===Early life===		===Early life===
	Laurens Prins was born in [[Amsterdam]] in the 1630s and spent most of his life operating out of [[Port Royal]], [[Jamaica]]. In the early days of the [[Golden Age of Piracy]], he sailed as a privateer and developed a reputation for courage fighting against the [[Spanish Navy]] on behalf of the [[British Empire\|British]] crown, notably taking part in Sir Henry Morgan's infamous raid on ~~{{Wiki\|~~Panama}} in 1671.<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Database: Laurens Prins]]</ref>		Laurens Prins was born in [[Amsterdam]] in the 1630s and spent most of his life operating out of [[Port Royal]], [[Jamaica]]. In the early days of the [[Golden Age of Piracy]], he sailed as a privateer and developed a reputation for courage fighting against the [[Spanish Navy]] on behalf of the [[British Empire\|British]] crown, notably taking part in Sir Henry Morgan's infamous raid on [[Panama]] in 1671.<ref name="Database">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Database: Laurens Prins]]</ref>

	After retiring from privateering, he settled in [[Kingston]] and entered the [[slave]] trade, seeing it as a more profitable venture than military service. This made him as a target for the [[Caribbean Assassins\|local Assassin Brotherhood]].<ref name="Database"/>		After retiring from privateering, he settled in [[Kingston]] and entered the [[slave]] trade, seeing it as a more profitable venture than military service. This made him as a target for the [[Caribbean Assassins\|local Assassin Brotherhood]].<ref name="Database"/>

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	\| database = [[Database: Laurens Prins\|Laurens Prins]]}}		\| database = [[Database: Laurens Prins\|Laurens Prins]]}}
	'''Laurens Prins''' (1630s – 1717), often anglicized as '''Laurence Prince''', was a [[Netherlands\|Dutch]] [[Piracy\|buccaneer]] and an officer under Captain [[Henry Morgan]]. Following Morgan's death, Laurens became a successful [[Slavery\|slaver]], and an associate of the [[Templars\|Templar Order]] in the [[Caribbean]] before his death at the hands of [[Edward Kenway]].		'''Laurens Prins''' (1630s – 1717), often anglicized as '''Laurence Prince''', was a [[Netherlands\|Dutch]] [[Piracy\|buccaneer]] and an officer under Captain [[Henry Morgan]]. Following Morgan's death, Laurens became a successful [[Slavery\|slaver]] and an associate of the [[Templars\|Templar Order]] in the [[Caribbean]] before his death at the hands of [[Edward Kenway]].

	==Biography==		==Biography==
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	In January 1717, word reached Prins that Torres was still actively seeking Roberts, who had recently begun working under Prins' employ. Seeing a possibility for financial gain, Prins contacted Torres and offered to sell Roberts to him for a hefty ransom.<ref name="Black Flag"/>		In January 1717, word reached Prins that Torres was still actively seeking Roberts, who had recently begun working under Prins' employ. Seeing a possibility for financial gain, Prins contacted Torres and offered to sell Roberts to him for a hefty ransom.<ref name="Black Flag"/>

	In February 1717, his flagship [[Slave ships\|slave galley]], the ''[[Whydah]]'', was attacked by the Assassin [[Samuel Bellamy]] and his two associates, [[Olivier Levasseur]] and [[Alonzo Batilla]]. The [[Fragment of Eden\|Piece of Eden]] that it transported on the behalf of the Templars was stolen, but Prins managed to survive the encounter and continue his slaving.~~<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Pirates]]''</ref>~~<ref name="Database"/>		In February 1717, his flagship [[Slave ships\|slave galley]], the ''[[Whydah]]'', was attacked by the Assassin [[Samuel Bellamy]] and his two associates, [[Olivier Levasseur]] and [[Alonzo Batilla]].<ref name="Pirates">''[[Assassin's Creed: Pirates]]'' – [[The Whydah's Secret]]</ref> The [[Fragment of Eden\|Piece of Eden]] that it transported on the behalf of the Templars was stolen,<ref name="Pirates" /> but Prins managed to survive the encounter and continue his slaving.<ref name="Database"/>

	Prins met Torres at the Kingston docks that April, and led the Templar through the city to a safe place to make the exchange. Along the way, they were tailed by Kenway and Read, who both sought to claim Roberts for themselves. After discussing slavery, religion, politics, and Prins' past, the two men finally reached a secluded area. Torres offered part of Roberts' ransom to the slaver, but Prins refused, having noticed that they had been followed by Kenway and Read. He then called a group of [[Soldier\|guards]] and made his escape, narrowly avoiding death at the hands of Read.<ref name="Black Flag"/>		Prins met Torres at the Kingston docks that April, and led the Templar through the city to a safe place to make the exchange. Along the way, they were tailed by Kenway and Read, who both sought to claim Roberts for themselves. After discussing slavery, religion, politics, and Prins' past, the two men finally reached a secluded area. Torres offered part of Roberts' ransom to the slaver, but Prins refused, having noticed that they had been followed by Kenway and Read. He then called a group of [[Soldier\|guards]] and made his escape, narrowly avoiding death at the hands of Read.<ref name="Black Flag"/>
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	==Appearances==		==Appearances==
	*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' {{1st}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' {{1st}}
	**''[[Freedom Cry]]'' ~~<small>(~~painting ~~only)</small>~~		**''[[Freedom Cry]]'' {{Io\|painting}}
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Black Flag]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Black Flag]]''
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Pirates]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Pirates]]''
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Memories]]''
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' ~~<small>(~~painting ~~only)</small>~~		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' {{Io\|painting}}

	==References==		==References==