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{{Quote|A new captain has come to Nassau, & I do not like him. Abel Bramah is his name, & he has the look of a scoundrel about him. I understand the humour what may be found in myself using that term. It is, as they say, the pot calling the kettle black.|Edward Thatch, chronicling his opinion of Bramah in his personal journal, 5 January 1714.|Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag: Blackbeard - The Lost Journal}} | {{Quote|A new captain has come to Nassau, & I do not like him. Abel Bramah is his name, & he has the look of a scoundrel about him. I understand the humour what may be found in myself using that term. It is, as they say, the pot calling the kettle black.|Edward Thatch, chronicling his opinion of Bramah in his personal journal, 5 January 1714.|Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag: Blackbeard - The Lost Journal}} | ||
[[File:Edward Kenway Memory 20.png|thumb|250px|Duncan Walpole assassinating Bramah]] | [[File:Edward Kenway Memory 20.png|thumb|250px|Duncan Walpole assassinating Bramah]] | ||
'''Abel Bramah''' (unknown – June 1715) was a [[Piracy|pirate]] [[Captains|captain]] of a [[brig]] known as the ''[[Jacobite]]'', operating in the [[Caribbean]] by 1714. | '''Abel Bramah''' (unknown – June 1715) was a [[Piracy|pirate]] [[Captains|captain]] of a [[brig]] known as the ''[[Jacobite]]'',<ref>''[[https://jacobitemag.com/2017/06/10/jacobite-why-bother/|Jacobite magazine: A Jacobitism for the 21st Century]]''</ref> operating in the [[Caribbean]] by 1714. | ||
Abel arrived in [[Nassau]] around January 1714. He was immediately disliked by the pirate [[Edward Thatch]].<ref name="Journal">''[[Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag: Blackbeard - The Lost Journal]]''</ref> In June 1715, his [[Ships|vessel]] was traveling past [[Cape Bonavista]], in western [[Cuba]], when it was attacked by a [[Royal Navy]] [[frigate]], [[HMS Intrigue|HMS ''Intrigue'']]. Bramah's crew managed to demast the attacking vessel, but the victory was short-lived as it was discovered the magazine had caught fire. Bramah immediately shouted for the crew to douse the flames, unaware of a hooded, shadowy figure behind him. Before Kenway could shout a warning, the figure, an [[Assassins|Assassin]] named [[Duncan Walpole]] who had been a passenger aboard the [[United Kingdom|British]] warship, leaped down and stabbed the captain in the back, killing him.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref> | Abel arrived in [[Nassau]] around January 1714. He was immediately disliked by the pirate [[Edward Thatch]].<ref name="Journal">''[[Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag: Blackbeard - The Lost Journal]]''</ref> In June 1715, his [[Ships|vessel]] was traveling past [[Cape Bonavista]], in western [[Cuba]], when it was attacked by a [[Royal Navy]] [[frigate]], [[HMS Intrigue|HMS ''Intrigue'']]. Bramah's crew managed to demast the attacking vessel, but the victory was short-lived as it was discovered the magazine had caught fire. Bramah immediately shouted for the crew to douse the flames, unaware of a hooded, shadowy figure behind him. Before Kenway could shout a warning, the figure, an [[Assassins|Assassin]] named [[Duncan Walpole]] who had been a passenger aboard the [[United Kingdom|British]] warship, leaped down and stabbed the captain in the back, killing him.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref> | ||
Revision as of 22:44, 13 August 2017
- "A new captain has come to Nassau, & I do not like him. Abel Bramah is his name, & he has the look of a scoundrel about him. I understand the humour what may be found in myself using that term. It is, as they say, the pot calling the kettle black."
- ―Edward Thatch, chronicling his opinion of Bramah in his personal journal, 5 January 1714.[src]
Abel Bramah (unknown – June 1715) was a pirate captain of a brig known as the Jacobite,[1] operating in the Caribbean by 1714.
Abel arrived in Nassau around January 1714. He was immediately disliked by the pirate Edward Thatch.[2] In June 1715, his vessel was traveling past Cape Bonavista, in western Cuba, when it was attacked by a Royal Navy frigate, HMS Intrigue. Bramah's crew managed to demast the attacking vessel, but the victory was short-lived as it was discovered the magazine had caught fire. Bramah immediately shouted for the crew to douse the flames, unaware of a hooded, shadowy figure behind him. Before Kenway could shout a warning, the figure, an Assassin named Duncan Walpole who had been a passenger aboard the British warship, leaped down and stabbed the captain in the back, killing him.[3]
Personality and characteristics
- "Nobody but his own mother was going to mourn our captain's passing."
- ―Edward Kenway regarding Bramah's death.[src]
Abel was a harsh and cruel man, fond of personally flogging his crew members and marooning them, which he referred to as "making a man a governor of his own island". For this, he was hated by his crew.[4]
Other pirates such as Edward Thatch also disliked him,[2] advising his fellow pirate Edward Kenway not to join his crew.[4]
Trivia
- Abel Bramah's character model is identical to those of pirate hunter captains.