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'''Ah Tabai''' ( | '''Ah Tabai''' (1660s – c. 1745) was a [[Maya]] [[Assassins|Assassin]] and the [[Mentor]] of the [[West Indies Brotherhood of Assassins|West Indies Brotherhood]] of Assassins in the first half of the 18th century. During his tenure, the Caribbean Assassins secured the [[Observatory (Isu)|Observatory]] under their protection and decisively destroyed their archenemies, the [[West Indies Rite of the Templar Order|West Indies Rite]] of the [[Templars|Templar Order]], thanks to the unlikely exploits of [[Edward Kenway]], a [[Piracy|pirate]] who eventually converted to the Assassin cause. | ||
Although Assassin control in the [[Caribbean|West Indies]] would remain uncontested for the rest of his life, Ah Tabai's later years also saw tensions with a [[Saint-Domingue Brotherhood of Assassins|splinter Brotherhood]] established in [[Haiti|Saint-Dominigue]] by the radical Assassin [[François Mackandal]]. At the end of his life, one of his last acts was to send his last [[Assassin | Although Assassin control in the [[Caribbean|West Indies]] would remain uncontested for the rest of his life, Ah Tabai's later years also saw tensions with a [[Saint-Domingue Brotherhood of Assassins|splinter Brotherhood]] established in [[Haiti|Saint-Dominigue]] by the radical Assassin [[François Mackandal]]. At the end of his life, one of his last acts was to send his last [[Assassin apprentice|disciple]], [[Achilles Davenport]], to the [[United Kingdom|British]] colonies in continental [[North America]] to establish the [[American Brotherhood of Assassins|Colonial Brotherhood]]. Aside from Achilles, two other notable students of his were [[Mary Read]] and [[Adéwalé]], the quartermaster for Edward Kenway prior to his recruitment. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
===Early life=== | ===Early life=== | ||
Given the alias of the Maya god of [[hunting]], Ah Tabai was born in | Given the alias of the Maya god of [[hunting]], Ah Tabai was born sometime in the 1660s to a family of Mayan Assassins. As the son of the Assassin Mentor [[Bahlam]], Ah Tabai spent the entirety of his youth with the Order. His given name remained a closely guarded secret.<ref name="ACI DB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – [[Database: The Mayan Mentor]]</ref><ref name="AC4 DB">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Database: Ah Tabai (Black Flag)|Database: Ah Tabai]]</ref><ref name="ACID DB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Identity]]'' – [[Database: Ah Tabai (Identity)|Database: Ah Tabai]]</ref> | ||
In 1673, Ah Tabai briefly met the [[Sage]] [[Thomas Kavanagh, Jr.|Thom Kavanagh]] when his father brought the man to the Assassin compound in Tulum, and | In 1673, a young Ah Tabai briefly met the [[Sage]] [[Thomas Kavanagh, Jr.|Thom Kavanagh]] when his father brought the man to the Assassin compound in Tulum, and later traveled with them to prepare the Sage for his journey to the Observatory.<ref name="Thom's Letters">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Thom Kavanagh's letters]]: 17. TAKING MY LEAVE</ref> Little else is known of his early decades.<ref name="AC4 DB" /><ref name="ACID DB" /> | ||
By 1705, Ah Tabai had sired a son, but the child died before his tenth birthday.<ref name="AC4 DB"/><ref name="ACID DB" /> | By 1705, Ah Tabai had sired a son, but the child died before his tenth birthday.<ref name="AC4 DB"/><ref name="ACID DB" /> | ||
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In June of that year, the West Indies Assassins received word that a Sage – [[Bartholomew Roberts]] – had been captured by the [[Templars]] and was being transported via prison ship to [[Havana]]. Noticing an opportunity to deliver a crippling blow to his enemies, Ah Tabai tasked Walpole with gathering Assassin forces throughout the region and launching an assault on the ship.<ref name="AC4 DB"/> | In June of that year, the West Indies Assassins received word that a Sage – [[Bartholomew Roberts]] – had been captured by the [[Templars]] and was being transported via prison ship to [[Havana]]. Noticing an opportunity to deliver a crippling blow to his enemies, Ah Tabai tasked Walpole with gathering Assassin forces throughout the region and launching an assault on the ship.<ref name="AC4 DB"/> | ||
It was only after Walpole left the Brotherhood's base in Tulum that Ah Tabai learned of his defection to the Templar Order. However, the full extent of Walpole's betrayal was not realized until later | It was only after Walpole left the Brotherhood's base in Tulum that Ah Tabai learned of his defection to the Templar Order. However, the full extent of Walpole's betrayal was not realized until later; after a failed attempt by the Assassins to recover the Sage via ground assault, it was discovered that Walpole had intended to present a [[blood vial]] and maps marking the location of West Indies [[Assassin bureau]]s to the Templars. Instead, they had been delivered by the [[Piracy|pirate]] [[Edward Kenway]], who had assumed Walpole's identity.<ref name="AC4 DB"/><ref name="ACID DB" /> | ||
===Quest for the Sage=== | ===Quest for the Sage=== | ||
{{Dialogue2|Ah Tabai|It seems another Sage has been found, the race for the Observatory begins anew.|Edward|Is that why we're whispering?|This is your doing, Captain Kenway. The maps you sold to the Templars have led them straight to us. And now the agents of two empires know exactly where we operate.|Ah Tabai and Edward during the attack on Tulum, 1716.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag|Overrun and Outnumbered}}[[File:Nothing Is True 5.png|thumb|left|250px|Edward, Mary, and Ah Tabai]] | {{Dialogue2|Ah Tabai|It seems another Sage has been found, the race for the Observatory begins anew.|Edward|Is that why we're whispering?|This is your doing, Captain Kenway. The maps you sold to the Templars have led them straight to us. And now the agents of two empires know exactly where we operate.|Ah Tabai and Edward during the attack on Tulum, 1716.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag|Overrun and Outnumbered}}[[File:Nothing Is True 5.png|thumb|left|250px|Edward, Mary, and Ah Tabai]] | ||
Ah Tabai was present when | Ah Tabai was present when Mary brought Edward to Tulum in 1716, and demanded to know Walpole's location. Edward admitted to killing the man in the midst of a confrontation, after Walpole had threatened his life. Although he expressed no sorrow at Walpole's demise given his treason, Ah Tabai confronted the pirate for having killed the Assassins sent after the Sage, and for unwittingly providing the locations of Assassin bases to the Templars.<ref name="Nothing Is True">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Nothing Is True...]]</ref> | ||
Mary informed her Mentor that Edward had "[[Eagle Vision|the Sense]]" and that he had met the Sage, staying Ah Tabai's hand. After confirming that Edward would recognize the Sage if he saw the man again,<ref name="Nothing Is True"/> Ah Tabai allowed Mary to escort Edward into a temple to see if a bust of the Sage within resembled Roberts.<ref name="Sage's Buried Secret">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[The Sage's Buried Secret]]</ref> | Mary informed her Mentor that Edward had "[[Eagle Vision|the Sense]]" and that he had met the Sage, staying Ah Tabai's hand. After confirming that Edward would recognize the Sage if he saw the man again,<ref name="Nothing Is True"/> Ah Tabai allowed Mary to escort Edward into a temple to see if a bust of the Sage within resembled Roberts.<ref name="Sage's Buried Secret">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[The Sage's Buried Secret]]</ref> | ||
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===Welcoming pirates=== | ===Welcoming pirates=== | ||
{{Dialogue4|Ah Tabai|What do you think of our creed?|Edward|It's hard to say. For if nothing is true, then why believe anything? And if everything is permitted... why not chase every desire?|Why indeed?|It might be that this idea is only the beginning of wisdom, and not its final form.|That's quite a step up from the Edward I met here many years ago.|Edward and Ah Tabai discussing the Creed, 1721.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag|...Everything Is Permitted}} | {{Dialogue4|Ah Tabai|What do you think of our creed?|Edward|It's hard to say. For if nothing is true, then why believe anything? And if everything is permitted... why not chase every desire?|Why indeed?|It might be that this idea is only the beginning of wisdom, and not its final form.|That's quite a step up from the Edward I met here many years ago.|Edward and Ah Tabai discussing the Creed, 1721.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag|...Everything Is Permitted}} | ||
In 1719, Ah Tabai met | In 1719, Ah Tabai met Edward's quartermaster, [[Adéwalé]], after the man was forced to abandon his captain in [[Long Bay]], Jamaica. Disillusioned with the defunct [[Republic of Pirates|Pirate Republic]] in [[Nassau]], Adéwalé was in search of a nobler cause and spoke with Ah Tabai at length, inquiring about the nature of Assassin Order. Pleased with what he learned, Adéwalé joined the Assassins, and Ah Tabai took him on as a student.<ref name="Everything is Permitted">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[...Everything Is Permitted]]</ref> | ||
[[File:To Suffer Without Dying 9.png|thumb|250px|Ah Tabai returning Edward's robes]]In early 1721, news reached Tulum that Edward was imprisoned in [[Port Royal]], along with Mary and [[Anne Bonny]]. Adéwalé and Ah Tabai, after taking some convincing, devised a scheme to rescue the three, and the Mentor himself traveled to the prison to execute it.<ref name="Suffer Without Dying">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[To Suffer Without Dying]]</ref> | [[File:To Suffer Without Dying 9.png|thumb|250px|Ah Tabai returning Edward's robes]]In early 1721, news reached Tulum that Edward was imprisoned in [[Port Royal]], along with Mary and [[Anne Bonny]]. Adéwalé and Ah Tabai, after taking some convincing, devised a scheme to rescue the three, and the Mentor himself traveled to the prison to execute it.<ref name="Suffer Without Dying">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[To Suffer Without Dying]]</ref> | ||
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Ah Tabai acknowledged Mary's high opinion of Edward, and the two briefly conversed about the principles of the Order, with Edward offering his perspective. Though admitting it was an undeveloped one, Ah Tabai nevertheless encouraged him, saying that it was a significant step up from the man he had met five years before. Their conversation was interrupted by a [[Spain|Spanish]] attack on Tulum, which Edward assisted in repelling, using the [[rope dart]]s given to him by Ah Tabai.<ref name="Everything is Permitted" /> | Ah Tabai acknowledged Mary's high opinion of Edward, and the two briefly conversed about the principles of the Order, with Edward offering his perspective. Though admitting it was an undeveloped one, Ah Tabai nevertheless encouraged him, saying that it was a significant step up from the man he had met five years before. Their conversation was interrupted by a [[Spain|Spanish]] attack on Tulum, which Edward assisted in repelling, using the [[rope dart]]s given to him by Ah Tabai.<ref name="Everything is Permitted" /> | ||
Following the battle, Ah Tabai assigned Edward three assassination targets: [[Woodes Rogers]], Bartholomew Roberts, and [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] [[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]]. While Edward doubted that he would be able to track down all of them, the Mentor believed the pirate was up for the challenge and the two parted ways.<ref name="A Governor No Longer">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[A Governor No Longer]]</ref> | Following the battle, Ah Tabai assigned Edward three assassination targets: [[Woodes Rogers]], Bartholomew Roberts, and [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] [[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]]. While Edward doubted that he would be able to track down all of them, the Mentor believed the pirate was up for the challenge, and the two parted ways.<ref name="A Governor No Longer">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[A Governor No Longer]]</ref> | ||
===Fight for the Observatory=== | ===Fight for the Observatory=== | ||
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===Later life=== | ===Later life=== | ||
{{Quote|I hope your remaining days are comfortable and free of pain, Ah Tabai. Thank you for everything you have given me. I will never forget you.|Achilles Davenport's last letter to Ah Tabai, 1745.|Assassin's Creed: Rogue}}In the mid-1730s, Ah Tabai recruited and trained [[Achilles Davenport]], whom he would send to the [[United States|Thirteen Colonies]] a decade later in order to establish a [[American Brotherhood of Assassins|local Brotherhood]] there, with the help of the [[France|French]] Assassin [[John de la Tour]].<ref name="First Colonial Assassin">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters#The First Colonial Assassin|War Letters: "The First Colonial Assassin"]]</ref> At some point, | {{Quote|I hope your remaining days are comfortable and free of pain, Ah Tabai. Thank you for everything you have given me. I will never forget you.|Achilles Davenport's last letter to Ah Tabai, 1745.|Assassin's Creed: Rogue}} | ||
In the mid-1730s, Ah Tabai recruited and trained [[Achilles Davenport]], whom he would send to the [[United States|Thirteen Colonies]] a decade later in order to establish a [[American Brotherhood of Assassins|local Brotherhood]] there, with the help of the [[France|French]] Assassin [[John de la Tour]].<ref name="First Colonial Assassin">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters#The First Colonial Assassin|War Letters: "The First Colonial Assassin"]]</ref> At some point, the Mentor also entrusted several ancient maps of the [[Yucatán Peninsula]] to members of his Brotherhood, including [[Rhona Dinsmore]].<ref name="Thief in the Night">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters#A Thief in the Night|War Letters: "A Thief in the Night"]]</ref> | |||
Ah Tabai and Achilles maintained a correspondence,<ref name="Death of the Executioner">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters#Death of the Executioner|War Letters: "Death of the Executioner"]]</ref> until the former passed away around 1745.<ref name="Siege of Louisbourg">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters#The Siege of Louisbourg|War Letters: "The Siege of Louisbourg"]]</ref> | Ah Tabai and Achilles maintained a correspondence,<ref name="Death of the Executioner">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters#Death of the Executioner|War Letters: "Death of the Executioner"]]</ref> until the former passed away around 1745.<ref name="Siege of Louisbourg">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[War Letters#The Siege of Louisbourg|War Letters: "The Siege of Louisbourg"]]</ref> | ||
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Even as a middle-aged man, Ah Tabai was able to evade capture by [[Laurens Prins]]' troops, and silently dispatch several of them undetected during an attack on Tulum.<ref name="Overrun and Outnumbered" /> He would later sneak into [[Fort Charles]] alone and free Edward Kenway and Anne Bonny, before escaping in a rowing boat.<ref name="Suffer Without Dying"/> | Even as a middle-aged man, Ah Tabai was able to evade capture by [[Laurens Prins]]' troops, and silently dispatch several of them undetected during an attack on Tulum.<ref name="Overrun and Outnumbered" /> He would later sneak into [[Fort Charles]] alone and free Edward Kenway and Anne Bonny, before escaping in a rowing boat.<ref name="Suffer Without Dying"/> | ||
Ah Tabai wore a sienna set of robes with a metal shoulder plate and collar. He was equipped with dual [[Hidden Blade]]s, a small [[Short | Ah Tabai wore a sienna set of robes with a metal shoulder plate and collar. He was equipped with dual [[Hidden Blade]]s, a small [[Short blade|knife]], and a [[blowpipe]]. He used these to kill or incapacitate efficiently, while usually avoiding combat.<ref name="AC4 DB"/><ref name="ACI DB"/> | ||
==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
Ah Tabai is a character introduced in the 2013 game ''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'', where he was voiced by actor [[Milton Lopes]]. | Ah Tabai is a character introduced in the 2013 video game ''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'', where he was voiced by actor [[Milton Lopes]]. | ||
In the memory "[[Overrun and Outnumbered]]", Ah Tabai appears with a red aura when seen with Eagle Vision. However, it is unknown if this is a glitch or deliberate design decision, due to hostilities between Edward and Ah Tabai for the pirate's harmful actions against the Brotherhood. | In the memory "[[Overrun and Outnumbered]]", Ah Tabai appears with a red aura when seen with Eagle Vision. However, it is unknown if this is a glitch or deliberate design decision, due to hostilities between Edward and Ah Tabai for the pirate's harmful actions against the Brotherhood. | ||
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They call me many things: Murderer. Cutthroat. Thief. But you may call me Ah Tabai. This article is about a subject that lacks an official name and is known only by its nickname, title, or alias. |
Ah Tabai (1660s – c. 1745) was a Maya Assassin and the Mentor of the West Indies Brotherhood of Assassins in the first half of the 18th century. During his tenure, the Caribbean Assassins secured the Observatory under their protection and decisively destroyed their archenemies, the West Indies Rite of the Templar Order, thanks to the unlikely exploits of Edward Kenway, a pirate who eventually converted to the Assassin cause.
Although Assassin control in the West Indies would remain uncontested for the rest of his life, Ah Tabai's later years also saw tensions with a splinter Brotherhood established in Saint-Dominigue by the radical Assassin François Mackandal. At the end of his life, one of his last acts was to send his last disciple, Achilles Davenport, to the British colonies in continental North America to establish the Colonial Brotherhood. Aside from Achilles, two other notable students of his were Mary Read and Adéwalé, the quartermaster for Edward Kenway prior to his recruitment.
Biography[edit | edit source]
Early life[edit | edit source]
Given the alias of the Maya god of hunting, Ah Tabai was born sometime in the 1660s to a family of Mayan Assassins. As the son of the Assassin Mentor Bahlam, Ah Tabai spent the entirety of his youth with the Order. His given name remained a closely guarded secret.[1][2][3]
In 1673, a young Ah Tabai briefly met the Sage Thom Kavanagh when his father brought the man to the Assassin compound in Tulum, and later traveled with them to prepare the Sage for his journey to the Observatory.[4] Little else is known of his early decades.[2][3]
By 1705, Ah Tabai had sired a son, but the child died before his tenth birthday.[2][3]
Mentor of the West Indies Assassins[edit | edit source]
By 1713, Ah Tabai had risen to the rank of Mentor, succeeding his father. He maintained semi-regular contact with the Assassins in the British North American colonies, various parts of Europe and Africa, as well as China. Besides this, Ah Tabai was also crucial in opening the West Indies Assassins to men and women from around the world. His Brotherhood consisted mainly of Europeans, Africans, and the local natives.[2][3]
In 1713, rumors began circulating of the appearance of a new Sage and Ah Tabai, believing it was the Assassins' duty to protect the Observatory, sent word to various Assassin outposts in an attempt to track the man down.[1] However, two years later, the effort had yielded no results.[2]
Prior to 1715, Ah Tabai met Mary Read in Spanish Town, Jamaica, and elected to take her on as a student.[5] In early 1715, Ah Tabai also met the British Assassin Duncan Walpole, who requested to train under the Mentor directly, despite already being a Master Assassin. Over the course of the next few months, Ah Tabai came to regard Walpole as one of his most trusted colleagues.[1][2][3]
In June of that year, the West Indies Assassins received word that a Sage – Bartholomew Roberts – had been captured by the Templars and was being transported via prison ship to Havana. Noticing an opportunity to deliver a crippling blow to his enemies, Ah Tabai tasked Walpole with gathering Assassin forces throughout the region and launching an assault on the ship.[2]
It was only after Walpole left the Brotherhood's base in Tulum that Ah Tabai learned of his defection to the Templar Order. However, the full extent of Walpole's betrayal was not realized until later; after a failed attempt by the Assassins to recover the Sage via ground assault, it was discovered that Walpole had intended to present a blood vial and maps marking the location of West Indies Assassin bureaus to the Templars. Instead, they had been delivered by the pirate Edward Kenway, who had assumed Walpole's identity.[2][3]
Quest for the Sage[edit | edit source]
- Ah Tabai: "It seems another Sage has been found, the race for the Observatory begins anew."
- Edward: "Is that why we're whispering?"
- Ah Tabai: "This is your doing, Captain Kenway. The maps you sold to the Templars have led them straight to us. And now the agents of two empires know exactly where we operate."
- —Ah Tabai and Edward during the attack on Tulum, 1716.[src]-[m]
Ah Tabai was present when Mary brought Edward to Tulum in 1716, and demanded to know Walpole's location. Edward admitted to killing the man in the midst of a confrontation, after Walpole had threatened his life. Although he expressed no sorrow at Walpole's demise given his treason, Ah Tabai confronted the pirate for having killed the Assassins sent after the Sage, and for unwittingly providing the locations of Assassin bases to the Templars.[6]
Mary informed her Mentor that Edward had "the Sense" and that he had met the Sage, staying Ah Tabai's hand. After confirming that Edward would recognize the Sage if he saw the man again,[6] Ah Tabai allowed Mary to escort Edward into a temple to see if a bust of the Sage within resembled Roberts.[7]
When the two returned, the village had been seized by British soldiers sent by the Templars. After Edward worked to free both the captured Assassins and his own crew, Ah Tabai noted his noble actions, but remarked on his arrogance, stating that he had not earned the right to wear the Assassin robes he had taken from Walpole. He then declared Edward absolved of his actions in Havana and elsewhere, but said he was not welcome in Tulum.[5]
Welcoming pirates[edit | edit source]
- Ah Tabai: "What do you think of our creed?"
- Edward: "It's hard to say. For if nothing is true, then why believe anything? And if everything is permitted... why not chase every desire?"
- Ah Tabai: "Why indeed?"
- Edward: "It might be that this idea is only the beginning of wisdom, and not its final form."
- Ah Tabai: "That's quite a step up from the Edward I met here many years ago."
In 1719, Ah Tabai met Edward's quartermaster, Adéwalé, after the man was forced to abandon his captain in Long Bay, Jamaica. Disillusioned with the defunct Pirate Republic in Nassau, Adéwalé was in search of a nobler cause and spoke with Ah Tabai at length, inquiring about the nature of Assassin Order. Pleased with what he learned, Adéwalé joined the Assassins, and Ah Tabai took him on as a student.[8]
In early 1721, news reached Tulum that Edward was imprisoned in Port Royal, along with Mary and Anne Bonny. Adéwalé and Ah Tabai, after taking some convincing, devised a scheme to rescue the three, and the Mentor himself traveled to the prison to execute it.[9]
Releasing Edward from a gibbet outside the fort, Ah Tabai offered the man safe passage in return for assistance in rescuing Mary and Anne. Though they successfully saved Anne, Mary died as a result of sickness from childbirth in the prison's unsanitary conditions. When Edward brought her body to Ah Tabai's boat, the Mentor presented him with the Assassin robes taken from Walpole, saying that while he had not earned them, they suited him.[9]
After drinking heavily to drown his sorrow at Mary's passing,[10] Edward returned to Tulum at Adéwalé's request. Having come to terms with his flaws, Edward asked Ah Tabai to help him redeem himself, as Mary's dying wish had been for him to make amends and join the Assassins.[8]
Ah Tabai acknowledged Mary's high opinion of Edward, and the two briefly conversed about the principles of the Order, with Edward offering his perspective. Though admitting it was an undeveloped one, Ah Tabai nevertheless encouraged him, saying that it was a significant step up from the man he had met five years before. Their conversation was interrupted by a Spanish attack on Tulum, which Edward assisted in repelling, using the rope darts given to him by Ah Tabai.[8]
Following the battle, Ah Tabai assigned Edward three assassination targets: Woodes Rogers, Bartholomew Roberts, and Grand Master Laureano de Torres y Ayala. While Edward doubted that he would be able to track down all of them, the Mentor believed the pirate was up for the challenge, and the two parted ways.[11]
Fight for the Observatory[edit | edit source]
- Ah Tabai: "(Quiet now. Go back to sleep.) We will seal this place, and discard the key. Until another Sage appears, this door will remain locked."
- Edward: "There were vials when I came here last. Filled with the blood of ancient men, Roberts said. But they're gone now."
- Ah Tabai: "Then it's up to us to recover them. Before the Templars catch wind of this. You could join us in that cause."
- —Edward and Ah Tabai after returning the Skull, 1722.[src]-[m]
After Edward killed Torres inside the Observatory on 1 September 1722, Ah Tabai arrived alongside Adéwalé and Anne and congratulated him before inserting the Crystal Skull, which powered the Observatory, back into its armillary sphere. He declared that the Observatory should remain sealed until such time as the next Sage was found.[12]
Edward then revealed that when he had last visited the Observatory with Roberts, there had been hundreds of blood vials present. With most vials gone, likely taken by the Templars, Edward promised to help recover them after he returned home to Bristol to see his wife, Caroline. Remorsefully, Ah Tabai handed him a letter, which had arrived for Edward a week prior, informing him of the death of his wife and the existence of his daughter, Jennifer Scott.[12]
Before reuniting with his daughter, Edward offered Ah Tabai and the Assassins the use of his manor on Great Inagua as their new hideout, to make up for his mistake of exposing their previous bases to the Templars. Although Ah Tabai believed, as Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad had, that the Order should decentralize and live with the people it sought to protect, he readily accepted the offer.[13]
Later life[edit | edit source]
- "I hope your remaining days are comfortable and free of pain, Ah Tabai. Thank you for everything you have given me. I will never forget you."
- ―Achilles Davenport's last letter to Ah Tabai, 1745.[src]
In the mid-1730s, Ah Tabai recruited and trained Achilles Davenport, whom he would send to the Thirteen Colonies a decade later in order to establish a local Brotherhood there, with the help of the French Assassin John de la Tour.[14] At some point, the Mentor also entrusted several ancient maps of the Yucatán Peninsula to members of his Brotherhood, including Rhona Dinsmore.[15]
Ah Tabai and Achilles maintained a correspondence,[16] until the former passed away around 1745.[17]
Personality and traits[edit | edit source]
Born and raised as an Assassin, Ah Tabai took his role very seriously, displaying a calm and wise bearing. He also had little patience with Edward Kenway's cocky and arrogant behavior. He rarely spoke of his own life, and when he did, it would only be in the form of cryptic references.[2]
Ah Tabai was proud of his Mayan heritage, and would often speak of his people's tragic history. He used these stories to exemplify the complexity of interactions between different cultures and religions. This led him to accept people of all faiths and nationalities into the Brotherhood. His compassion and wisdom led the Assassins under his command to look up to him greatly. Despite his great intellect, however, Ah Tabai was still deceived into trusting the Assassin turncoat Duncan Walpole.[2]
Dedicated to the Assassin cause, Ah Tabai synthesized it with the ways of his people. Born in Tulum, he lived a somewhat ascetic life in the Assassin community. As a Mayan, he was well acquainted with stories and rumors of the ancient Observatory, believing the Assassins should be the ones to protect it. For most of his life, Ah Tabai strove to adhere as closely as possible to the ideals of the legendary Assassin Mentor Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, sharing his beliefs that the Assassins should live among the people in order to protect them.[2][13]
Despite his near stoic demeanor, Ah Tabai could be a caring and sensitive individual. He cared deeply for the men and women under his command, and felt guilty over the Assassins that died during the many attacks on Tulum,[5] eventually agreeing to relocate to Great Inagua.[13] He also admonished Edward for having brought both direct and indirect harm to the Assassins, specifically those he murdered in Havana when masquerading as Duncan Walpole.[6] He expressed great dismay upon discovering Mary Read's death, and singlehandedly escorted a laboring Anne Bonny out of prison, calming her during childbirth.[9]
Ah Tabai could also be forgiving, absolving Edward of his actions against the Assassins.[8] Despite his distrust towards the pirate, Ah Tabai freed him from prison without demanding anything in return.[9] He later bade Edward good fortune and accepted him into the Brotherhood, recognizing the pirate's sincerity.[8]
However, such kindness did not extend to those who had betrayed him. Having been deceived by Duncan Walpole, Ah Tabai was furious upon learning of the man's treachery and was later satisfied to learn that Duncan had been killed.[2][6]
Skills and equipment[edit | edit source]
Having been born into the Brotherhood, Ah Tabai was a highly skilled Assassin. He was especially adept at stealth, using the environment to hide, and was a capable freerunner as well. Throughout his life, Ah Tabai would pass these skills on, training Assassins such as Mary Read,[5] Duncan Walpole,[2] Adéwalé, Edward Kenway,[8] and Achilles Davenport.[14]
Even as a middle-aged man, Ah Tabai was able to evade capture by Laurens Prins' troops, and silently dispatch several of them undetected during an attack on Tulum.[5] He would later sneak into Fort Charles alone and free Edward Kenway and Anne Bonny, before escaping in a rowing boat.[9]
Ah Tabai wore a sienna set of robes with a metal shoulder plate and collar. He was equipped with dual Hidden Blades, a small knife, and a blowpipe. He used these to kill or incapacitate efficiently, while usually avoiding combat.[2][1]
Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]
Ah Tabai is a character introduced in the 2013 video game Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, where he was voiced by actor Milton Lopes.
In the memory "Overrun and Outnumbered", Ah Tabai appears with a red aura when seen with Eagle Vision. However, it is unknown if this is a glitch or deliberate design decision, due to hostilities between Edward and Ah Tabai for the pirate's harmful actions against the Brotherhood.
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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Mary and Ah Tabai -
Ah Tabai rescuing Anne Bonny -
Ah Tabai receiving Mary's body -
Ah Tabai informing Edward of Anne's condition -
Ah Tabai telling Edward to contact the bureau leaders -
Ah Tabai asking for Edward's help in recovering the blood vials -
Edward meeting with Adéwalé and Ah Tabai in Great Inagua
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Assassin's Creed: Initiates (first mentioned) (mentioned in Database entry only)
- Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (first appearance)
- Assassin's Creed: Black Flag
- Assassin's Creed: Rogue (mentioned in War Letters only)
- Assassin's Creed: Memories
- Assassin's Creed: Identity (mentioned in Database entry only)
- Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Assassin's Creed: Initiates – Database: The Mayan Mentor
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Database: Ah Tabai
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Assassin's Creed: Identity – Database: Ah Tabai
- ↑ Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Thom Kavanagh's letters: 17. TAKING MY LEAVE
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Overrun and Outnumbered
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Nothing Is True...
- ↑ Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – The Sage's Buried Secret
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – ...Everything Is Permitted
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – To Suffer Without Dying
- ↑ Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Delirium
- ↑ Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – A Governor No Longer
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Ever a Splinter
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – The End
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Assassin's Creed: Rogue – War Letters: "The First Colonial Assassin"
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Rogue – War Letters: "A Thief in the Night"
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Rogue – War Letters: "Death of the Executioner"
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Rogue – War Letters: "The Siege of Louisbourg"
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