Talk:Adéwalé

Scarification

Adewale's facial scars are a curious issue, imo... and knowing what I do of scarification, I can't agree with either the idea that the scars are self-inflicted or brought about by a life in slavery. 

Scarification was a common practice among various tribes; a permanent ID badge. As such, if dictated by tradition, by common practice, can scarring be considered self-inflicted? As Adewale's scarring is also darker coloured, it doesn't seem like an accidental memory of injury; sometimes ashes were introduced into the scarification wound to darken the scar.

Comparing what little we've seen of Adewale's scars with other scars, even from Black Flag, I think they're too... consistent, perhaps, to be from a fight. However, I do agree that maybe it's best to keep the detail out of the article until we learn more. But discussing them might not, hopefully, be amiss? Sadelyrate (siniath) 20:18, July 10, 2013 (UTC)

Considering that Adewale is roughly around the same age that Edward is (at least from what I can tell), I doubt he would have had scarification done because that would have meant he'd received it at quite a young age. Scarring one's body on purpose seems more of an adult thing to do, if not a coming of age thing.

I do believe that tribal scarification would be more to do with body modification, since you can only label it as self-inflicted if you were the one to do it to yourself. Slate Vesper (talk) 20:23, July 10, 2013 (UTC)

What would to us be "quite a young age" is when people received their first scars. Adewale certainly seems to be well out of his puberty; that's one reason for a given community to mark a person. Ritual scarification was not something a person did to themselves, but something another did to them, as said person passed milestones of the community. Sadelyrate (siniath) 22:28, July 10, 2013 (UTC)

That may be true, but considering he's a former slave, it may be that he was taken from his parents and community at a young age, where he would then presumably be put to work by his master. Considering this, he may never have had any ritual scars, and they're just the result of punishment for attempted escape or failing a task. We won't really know until Black Flag is released. :S Slate Vesper (talk) 18:55, July 11, 2013 (UTC)

Touché. It might be, though, that we'll learn more only after the DLC's release; whatever the case, I know I'll be looking forward to Adewale's story... amongst other things. :) Sadelyrate (siniath) 22:36, July 11, 2013 (UTC)