Rhona Dinsmore

"Ah... Captain Kenway. I'm assuming this is the friendliest face you've seen since dropping anchor?"

―Rhona to Edward, 1722.

Rhona Dinsmore (1688 – unknown) was a Scottish Master Assassin who led the bureau of Assassins in Havana during the Golden Age of Piracy.

Biography

Early life

Rhona was born in Glasgow, Scotland to an absent father and an alcoholic mother. Leaving her depressed household in her mid-teens, she found work among merchants in Bristol at the age of nineteen and remained at said post for almost two years.

At the age of twenty-one, Rhona was trapped in a distressing marriage. She fled once again, traveling to the New World and seeking refuge in Boston, where she remained for six months, before moving to Jamaica. With work among farmers being exceedingly difficult to find, Rhona took to the sea and found her calling with the Assassins. Her dedication to the Order eventually led her to be promoted to the position of bureau leader.

For some time, Rhona was in a relationship with Hilary Flint, an English Templar, though it soon soured when the two learned of each other's affiliations. During her time in the Caribbean, she also became loosely acquainted with the pirate Edward Kenway.

Conflict with Hilary Flint

Edward: "Possibly, I had a hand in selling a "sensitive document" to one of those Templar chaps you're so fond of."

Rhona: "Congratulations. Your mission was a success."

—Rhona chastising Edward for his actions, 1717.

In July 1715, the location of Rhona's bureau was revealed to the Templars by Edward, who had delivered them maps – created by the traitorous Assassin Duncan Walpole – which detailed the whereabouts of various Assassin encampments in the Caribbean. Consequently, Rhona's bureau was repeatedly besieged by Spanish troops.

During one of these attacks in 1717, Rhona was joined by Edward, who had come to make amends on the suggestion of James Kidd. Together, the pair managed to withstand the onslaught of guards, following which Kenway requested Rhona's assistance in locating the Templar key required to access a set of robes at his base in Great Inagua. Rhona asked him how he would respond if she were to take the robes for herself, to which Kenway pointed out that they would not fit her.

Reluctantly, Rhona agreed to team up with Edward, as she had been wounded by the troops during the last fight and was unable to conduct a proper investigation on her own. Edward was sent to Havana's marketplace to look for clues regarding a recent rash of thefts and mischief, while Rhona stayed at the bureau to do some research of her own.

Rhona and Edward making plans to sabotage Flint

After acquiring a pickpocket's map that revealed a network of criminals working for Hilary Flint, Edward returned to Rhona. She too had discovered Flint's involvement and realized his attempts to eliminate the Havana Assassins through running an arms race. By this point, the Templar had accumulated a large stock of gunpowder, which he kept stored throughout the city.

Using the map Edward had previously procured, the pair located and destroyed three gunpowder storages, thus depleting Flint's stores and eliminating his advantage. This final act brought Flint out into the open; he promptly went to the docks to move the rest of his powder offshore.

Rhona and Edward then devised a final plan wherein she would distract Flint while Edward moved in for the kill. Although Rhona seemed anxious about carrying it out, the pair nonetheless succeeded in bypassing Flint's troops and eliminating him. In his final moments, Flint lamented that he and Rhona had not had the chance to fight together on the "correct side of things"; after Flint had succumbed to his wounds, Rhona took his Templar key and handed it to Edward.

Locating Torres

Edward: "Is Havana under curfew on my account?"

Rhona: "Hm, aye. Torres seems to think someone's coming after him."

—Rhona and Edward discussing Torres, 1722.

Edward giving the Crystal Skull to Rhona

In 1722, Rhona was reunited with Edward, who had come to Havana to hunt down the Templar Grand Master Laureano de Torres y Ayala, though Edward found the city to be on high alert. He then showed Rhona the Crystal Skull from the Observatory and inserted Torres' blood vial into it, activating the artifact and demonstrating its purpose. Rhona identified the projection as Havana's cathedral, following which she was given the Skull for safekeeping, while Edward left to track down Torres.

Edward later returned to her bureau, revealing that the man he had assassinated had been a decoy, and instructed Rhona to warn Ah Tabai that Torres was headed for the Observatory. Rhona then returned the Skull to Edward, following which the captain headed after his target.

Trivia

• Rhona is a name derived from either the masculine Ronald, the meaning of which is "well-advised ruler", or the Hebridean island Rona. Dinsmore is a surname of Scottish origin, referring to the old lands of Dundemore near Lindores, Fife. It is composed of the Old Gaelic elements dun(dh), meaning "fort", and mor, meaning "big, extensive".
• Melanie Lemay speculated in several Abstergo Entertainment database entries that Rhona had actually been a con artist, claiming it would explain the Assassin's constant transition from place to place.
• Out of the four Master Assassins with which Edward worked together to acquire the Templar keys, Rhona was the only one that could potentially take out the Templar target herself.

Gallery

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  Concept art of Rhona Dinsmore
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  Rhona meeting Edward at the Havana bureau
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  Rhona firing at the attackers
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  Rhona asking for Edward's assistance
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  Edward and Rhona with the dying Flint
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  Rhona giving Flint's Templar key to Edward
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  Rhona and Edward looking at the Crystal Skull's projection
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  Rhona, Edward and Anne at the bureau

Reference

• Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag