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'''François Mackandal''' was the former [[Mentor]] of the [[Assassins]] in the Colonial Carribean, and the teacher of [[Agate]], by 1765 he was dead but his name was used by an aspirant Templar impostor named [[Baptiste]]. | '''François Mackandal''' was the former [[Mentor]] of the [[Assassins]] in the Colonial Carribean, and the teacher of [[Agate]], by 1765 he was dead but his name was used by an aspirant Templar impostor named [[Baptiste]]. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Mackandal was a Houngan who is believed to have lived in Mali, Guinea, or Senegal before being sent to San-Domingue, modern Haiti, as a child. He escaped enslavement as an adult became an infamous and charismatic Maroon leader | Mackandal was a Houngan who is believed to have lived in Mali, Guinea, or Senegal before being sent to San-Domingue, modern Haiti, as a child. He escaped enslavement as an adult and became an infamous and charismatic Maroon leader and a Mentor of the Brotherhood. He was feared among the populace as a practitioner of Vodou "Black Magic". In truth, he utilized his mastery of poisons to prey upon the superstitions of the San-Domingue colonists. He created networks of slaves and Maroons and organized riots to destroy plantations and kill their owners. His enslaved contacts poisoned the food and water of their masters. In 1758, he was burned at the stake after being betrayed by a former ally. | ||
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*''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]'' | *''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]'' | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/François_Mackandal Wikipedia: Francois Mackandal] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/François_Mackandal Wikipedia: Francois Mackandal] | ||
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[[Category:Characters]] | [[Category:Characters]] | ||
[[Category:Assassin's Creed III: Liberation characters]] | [[Category:Assassin's Creed III: Liberation characters]] | ||
[[Category:Assassins]] | [[Category:Assassins]] | ||
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François Mackandal was the former Mentor of the Assassins in the Colonial Carribean, and the teacher of Agate, by 1765 he was dead but his name was used by an aspirant Templar impostor named Baptiste.
Biography
Mackandal was a Houngan who is believed to have lived in Mali, Guinea, or Senegal before being sent to San-Domingue, modern Haiti, as a child. He escaped enslavement as an adult and became an infamous and charismatic Maroon leader and a Mentor of the Brotherhood. He was feared among the populace as a practitioner of Vodou "Black Magic". In truth, he utilized his mastery of poisons to prey upon the superstitions of the San-Domingue colonists. He created networks of slaves and Maroons and organized riots to destroy plantations and kill their owners. His enslaved contacts poisoned the food and water of their masters. In 1758, he was burned at the stake after being betrayed by a former ally.
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