Ah Tabai

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Ah Tabai (1660s – unknown) was the Mayan Mentor of the Caribbean Brotherhood of Assassins during the early 18th century. Two of his noteworthy students included Mary Read and Adéwalé, both pirates operating in the Caribbean.

In 1717, Read brought the pirate Edward Kenway, who had killed the traitorous Assassin Duncan Walpole and stole his robes, to the Brotherhood base on Tulum. Tabai confronted the pirate for killing the Assassins sent after the Sage Bartholomew Roberts in Havana, as well as fulfilling Walpole's betrayal by handing the Templars the maps of Assassin bases. However, Read noted that Kenway had "the Sense", and had met the Sage, for which Tabai asked if Kenway would recognize him. Read then took Kenway into a temple to test him and see if a bust of the Sage resembled Roberts.

When the two returned, the compound was already seized by British soldiers. After Kenway worked to free both Assassins and his own crew, Tabai took note of both his noble and arrogant traits and stated that he had not earned the right to wear Assassin robes. Kenway smugly reminded him of the "Everything is permitted" part of the Creed. Tabai declared Kenway absolved of his actions in Havana, though he would not be welcome in Tulum.

Ah Tabai next met Edward in Kingston in 1721, when he freed Edward from a gibbet before attempting to free Mary Read and Anne Bonny from prison. Though they successfully saved Anne together, Mary died, having given birth shortly beforehand.

After drinking heavily to drown his sorrow at Mary's passing, Edward returned to Tulum at Adéwalé's request, where the latter criticized Edward's obsession with personal fame and glory, and lack of concern for anything else. Having come to terms with his flaws, Edward asked Ah Tabai to help him, as Mary's dying wish had been for Edward to make amends and join the Assassins.

Ah Tabai agreed, 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 that it was a significant step upward from the man who had betrayed the Order seven years before.

The two were, however, interrupted by a Spanish attack on the island, which Edward assisted in repelling. Following this, Ah Tabai assigned Edward three assassination targets - Woodes Rogers, Bartholomew Roberts and the Templar Grand Master, Laureano de Torres y Ayala.

After Edward killed Torres in the Observatory, Ah Tabai congratulated him, and gave Edward a letter which had arrived for him from England.

With his work finished, Edward opted to return to England to be with his daughter, and to finish Woodes Rogers, who had survived Edward's attempt on his life and fled there.

Before leaving, he sequestered his base on Great Inagua to Ah Tabai, despite his insistence that he believed, as Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad had, that the Order should decentralize and live with, rather than above, the people.

Trivia

• "Ah Tabai" is the name of a Mayan god of hunting and protector of animals.

Reference

• Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag