Adéwalé

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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.

Adéwalé (1692 – unknown) was a former slave - a maroon - from Trinidad, and a member of the 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 plantations. 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 Spanish and locked aboard a Spanish Galleon destined for Spain.

He found himself chained alongside a pirate named 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

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.

With a ship in their possession – by now renamed 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 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 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 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 his attempted assassination and returned to England. Before his leaving, Edward decided to allow the Assassins full access to his Manor, in lieu of the fact that Tulum was forever under Templar attack.

Later years

Eight years later, in 1730, Adéwalé found himself shipwrecked on the island of 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."
• Ubisoft confirmed that one of the single-player downloadable content additions included within the Season Pass will be focusing on Adéwalé's life, which is named Freedom Cry.
• Adéwalé is the second playable character to not be related to Desmond Miles in any way, with the first being Aveline de Grandpré.
• Adéwalé married a French woman and all his kids had Eagle Vision which is how Aveline is French, which means she has her grandparents hertiage, Edward’s kids had Eagle Vision as well, he had 6 girls with Caroline and only had Hathyam with Tessa, Edward wanted to take all his kids on the boat but Caroline only allowed 3.

Gallery

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  Concept art of Adéwalé
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  Adéwalé and Edward in shackles
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  Adéwalé introducing himself to Edward
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  Adéwalé and Edward aboard the Jackdaw
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  Edward introducing Adéwalé to Hornigold and Thatch
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  Adéwalé and other pirates in Nassau
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  Edward and Adéwalé interrogating Laureano de Torres y Ayala
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  Adéwalé attacking an armed gunman with a machete
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  Adéwalé in a cavern
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  Adéwalé with his blunderbuss
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  Adéwalé firing his blunderbuss
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  Adéwalé watching a group of slaves being escorted by soldiers
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  Adéwalé in combat