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{{Quote|Let us find the Observatory together. For with its power, kings will fall, clergy will cower, and hearts and minds of the world will be ours.|Laureano de Torres y Ayala, 1715.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag}} | {{Quote|Let us find the Observatory together. For with its power, kings will fall, clergy will cower, and hearts and minds of the world will be ours.|Laureano de Torres y Ayala, 1715.|Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag}} | ||
At some point, Torres was entrusted with the task of locating a [[First Civilisation]] site known as the [[Observatory]]. After two decades of searching, Torres was contacted by [[Duncan Walpole]], a treacherous Assassin that desired to join the Templar Order. Seeing in this an opportunity to deliver a crippling blow to the Assassins and procure further information on the Observatory, Torres arranged a meeting with Walpole, who was to bring maps that detailled the locations of [[Assassin bureau]]s in the [[West Indies|Caribbean]], as well as an empty [[Blood Vials|blood vial]]. | At some point, Torres was entrusted with the task of locating a [[First Civilisation]] site known as the [[Observatory]]. After two decades of searching, Torres was contacted by [[Duncan Walpole]], a treacherous Assassin that desired to join the Templar Order. Seeing in this an opportunity to deliver a crippling blow to the Assassins and procure further information on the Observatory, Torres arranged a meeting with Walpole, who was to bring maps that detailled the locations of [[Assassin bureau]]s in the [[West Indies|Caribbean]], as well as an empty [[Blood Vials|blood vial]]. | ||
[[File:Mister_Walpole_I_Presume_9.png|thumb|250px|left|Torres explaining the Observatory to the others]] | [[File:Mister_Walpole_I_Presume_9.png|thumb|250px|left|Torres explaining the Observatory to the others]] | ||
Along with fellow Templars [[Julien du Casse]] and [[Woodes Rogers]], Torres plotted to use the Sage [[Bartholomew Roberts]], who was in their custoday, to gain access to the Observatory, in order to control the [[Europe]]an Empires from behind the scenes. Unbeknownst to Torres however, Walpole had been killed by the [[Piracy|pirate]] [[Edward Kenway]], who arrived in Havana to collect the reward initially promised to Walpole. Oblivious to this, Torres formally inducted 'Walpole', Rogers and Du Casse into the Templar Order, before explaining his plans. | Along with fellow Templars [[Julien du Casse]] and [[Woodes Rogers]], Torres plotted to use the Sage [[Bartholomew Roberts]], who was in their custoday, to gain access to the Observatory, in order to control the [[Europe]]an Empires from behind the scenes. Unbeknownst to Torres however, Walpole had been killed by the [[Piracy|pirate]] [[Edward Kenway]], who arrived in Havana to collect the reward initially promised to Walpole. Oblivious to this, Torres formally inducted 'Walpole', Rogers and Du Casse into the Templar Order, before explaining his plans. | ||
Torres was later killed by the pirate Edward Kenway in the Observatory, while he attempted to access the First Civilization site. | Torres was later killed by the pirate Edward Kenway in the Observatory, while he attempted to access the First Civilization site. | ||
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- "A body enslaved inspires the mind to revolt. But enslave a man's mind and his body will follow on naturally. Efficiently."
- ―Laureano de Torres y Ayala regarding the difference between slavery and the Templars' goals to Woodes Rogers.[src]
Laureano de Torres y Ayala (1645 – 1722) was the Spanish Governor of Florida from 1693 to 1699, Governor of Cuba on two occasions between 1707 and 1716, and the Grand Master of the Templar Order in the Caribbean.
Biography
Early life
The son of the nobles Tomas Torres y Ayala and Elvira de Quadros Castelanos, Laureano de Torres y Ayala was born in 1645 in Havana, Cuba, but raised in Madrid, Spain. Torres joined the Spanish army in his late teens and was later appointed governor of the Spanish territories in Florida, a post he held from 1693 to 1699. He then returned to Europe to participate in the Spanish war of Succession.
In 1708, Torres was appointed governor of Cuba, a position he held until he was arrested on charges of corruption in 1711. Torres was eventually acquitted of these charges and managed to win a re-election bid two years later. During his tenure as governor, Torres' made various lasting improvements to the city, including the fortification of the island's defenses and kick-starting the tobacco prodution.
Search for the Observatory
- "Let us find the Observatory together. For with its power, kings will fall, clergy will cower, and hearts and minds of the world will be ours."
- ―Laureano de Torres y Ayala, 1715.[src]
At some point, Torres was entrusted with the task of locating a First Civilisation site known as the Observatory. After two decades of searching, Torres was contacted by Duncan Walpole, a treacherous Assassin that desired to join the Templar Order. Seeing in this an opportunity to deliver a crippling blow to the Assassins and procure further information on the Observatory, Torres arranged a meeting with Walpole, who was to bring maps that detailled the locations of Assassin bureaus in the Caribbean, as well as an empty blood vial.
Along with fellow Templars Julien du Casse and Woodes Rogers, Torres plotted to use the Sage Bartholomew Roberts, who was in their custoday, to gain access to the Observatory, in order to control the European Empires from behind the scenes. Unbeknownst to Torres however, Walpole had been killed by the pirate Edward Kenway, who arrived in Havana to collect the reward initially promised to Walpole. Oblivious to this, Torres formally inducted 'Walpole', Rogers and Du Casse into the Templar Order, before explaining his plans.
Torres was later killed by the pirate Edward Kenway in the Observatory, while he attempted to access the First Civilization site.
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Torres holding an empty blood vial -
Torres paying Edward Kenway for his services -
Torres interrogating Edward -
Edward speaking to Torres -
Laurens Prins dealing with Torres -
Torres with Hornigold and Rogers in Kingston
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