John Pitcairn
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Jonathan "John" Pitcairn (1722 – 1775) was a member of the Templar Order and a British marine stationed in Boston, Massachusetts, for a time before the American Revolutionary War.
Biography
Seven Years' War
In 1754 John Pitcairn was commissioned to Edward Braddock. However Braddock accused Pitcairn of desertion, despite Pitcairn's claims to be continuously absent under confidential orders. As Braddock began to threaten Pitcairn with execution, Haytham Kenway arrived and attempted to induct Pitcairn into his service. However Braddock refused, in part because Haytham already had service of Charles Lee who was also commissioned under Braddock, and because of the conflict of ideals between the two. After Haytham was removed from the premises, Braddock took Pitcairn on a patrol, only to lured by Charles Lee into an ambush devised by Haytham. Braddock's men were killed, but Haytham spared Braddock, warning him that should they meet again, he would not be hesitate to kill him. Lee and Pitcairn then left along with Haytham.
Pitcairn, along with William Johnson, Thomas Hickey, Benjamin Church and Charles Lee, then helped Haytham kill a patrol of redcoats under the employ of slave trader Silas Thatcher, so that they could infiltrate Southgate Fort and free the Mohawk prisoners inside, in order to gain their trust and expodite the search for the First Civilization storehouse. Pitcairn helped the effort by killing guards posted along the way, talking to soldiers inside the fort to distract them, and finally fighting to penetrate the inner fort so that Haytham could neutralize Silas. In 1755 Pitcairn again assisted Haytam in assassinating Edward Braddock during the disastrous Braddock expedition.
Work as a Templar
Pitcairn was later promoted to Major in 1771 and gained a reputation as one of the more reasonable of the British commanders. He continued to serve the Templar cause and was present along with William Johnson and Charles Lee during the Boston Tea Party. He watched alongside his Templar comrades as the Sons of Liberty and the Assassin Ratonhnhaké:ton dumped all of the smuggled tea into the sea.
Later, he began commanding battallions of Redcoats in battles against the resistance, particularly in between Lexington and Concurd. Soon, Pitcairn led a battle at Bunker Hill, though stayed out of sight in fear of damage. After Ratonhnhake:ton disabled ships bombarding Charlestown, Pitcairn comes out of hiding, only to be assassinated by the Assassin from above.
Final Words
- John: Why... Why did you do this?
- Connor: To protect Adams and Hancock - and those they serve. You meant to kill them-
- John: Kill them? Are you mad? I wanted only to parlay. There was so much to discuss. To explain... But you've put an end to that now.
- Connor: If you speak true, then I will carry your last words to them.
- John: They must lay down their arms. They must stop this war!
- Connor: Why them and not the Redcoats?
- John: Do you not think we asked the same thing of the British? These things take time. And it would have succeeded, had you let me play my part...
- Connor: The part of the puppeteer.
- John: Better we hold the strings than another.
- Connor: No. The strings should be severed. All should be free.
- John: And we should live forever on castles in the sky. You wield your blade like a man, but your mouth like a child. And more will die now because of that...
- Connor: It's better to have faith in something, than none at all...
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