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'''Edward Thatch'''<ref name="Thatch">[https://twitter.com/DarbyMcDevitt/status/316277443885412354 ''Darby McDevitt comments on Blackbeard's true name'']</ref> (c. 1680 – 1718), sometimes known as '''Edward Teach''', or by the alias '''Blackbeard''', was an infamous [[United Kingdom|English]] [[Piracy|pirate]] captain who sailed the [[Caribbean|West Indies]] and the American Colonies during the early 18th century, aboard the ship ''[[Queen Anne's Revenge]]''. | '''Edward Thatch'''<ref name="Thatch">[https://twitter.com/DarbyMcDevitt/status/316277443885412354 ''Darby McDevitt comments on Blackbeard's true name'']</ref> (c. 1680 – 1718), sometimes known as '''Edward Teach''', or by the alias '''Blackbeard''', was an infamous [[United Kingdom|English]] [[Piracy|pirate]] captain who sailed the [[Caribbean|West Indies]] and the American Colonies during the early 18th century, aboard the ship ''[[Queen Anne's Revenge]]''. | ||
Thatch was also a contemporary and associate of [[Edward Kenway]]. | Thatch was also a contemporary and associate of [[Edward Kenway]]. Following his retirement, Kenway took an Irish bloodhound as a pet, which he named Thatch.<ref name="ACF">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forsaken]]''</ref> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Lead Writer [[Darby McDevitt]] stated on his Twitter feed that the developers would be using the name Edward Thatch over the more commonly accepted Edward Teach, when referring to Blackbeard in ''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag''.<ref name="Thatch"/> | *Lead Writer [[Darby McDevitt]] stated on his Twitter feed that the developers would be using the name Edward Thatch over the more commonly accepted Edward Teach, when referring to Blackbeard in ''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag''.<ref name="Thatch"/> | ||
**The [[Database/Locations (AC3):Dead Chest Island|database entry]] for [[Dead Chest Island]] in ''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' uses the name "Edward Teach". | **The [[Database/Locations (AC3):Dead Chest Island|database entry]] for [[Dead Chest Island]] in ''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' uses the name "Edward Teach". | ||
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Edward Thatch[1] (c. 1680 – 1718), sometimes known as Edward Teach, or by the alias Blackbeard, was an infamous English pirate captain who sailed the West Indies and the American Colonies during the early 18th century, aboard the ship Queen Anne's Revenge.
Thatch was also a contemporary and associate of Edward Kenway. Following his retirement, Kenway took an Irish bloodhound as a pet, which he named Thatch.[2]
Trivia
- Lead Writer Darby McDevitt stated on his Twitter feed that the developers would be using the name Edward Thatch over the more commonly accepted Edward Teach, when referring to Blackbeard in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.[1]
- The database entry for Dead Chest Island in Assassin's Creed III uses the name "Edward Teach".
Gallery
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Blackbeard alongside Edward Kenway
References