Benjamin Hornigold
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Benjamin Hornigold (1680s – 1719) was an English pirate from 1715 to 1718, and a member of the Templar Order. He was most famous for mentoring Blackbeard and for being one of the founders of the pirate republic at Nassau.
He later became a pirate hunter working for Woodes Rogers, after the British offered him a letter of pardon in exchange for the lives of his former comrades.
He was ultimately killed by the Assassin Edward Kenway, who considered Hornigold a traitor for siding with the Templars and turning his back on their pirate principles.
Final Words
- Hornigold: You could've been a man who stood for something. But you've a killer's heart now, with nothing but mettle to show for all your blunders.
- Edward: A damn sight better than you, Ben. The heart of a traitor, who thinks himself better than his mates!
- Hornigold: Aye, and proven true! What have you done since Nassau fell? Nothing but murder and mayhem!
- Edward: [furious] YOU THREW IN WITH THE VERY KIND WE ONCE HATED!
- Hornigold: NO! These Templars are different, I wish you could see that. But if you continue on your present course, you'll find you're the only one walking it...with the gallows at its end!
- Edward: It may be. But the world has one less snake in it. And that's enough for me.
Gallery
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Concept art of Hornigold
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Thatch, Edward Kenway and Hornigold on a Nassau beach -
Hornigold, Kenway and Jack Rackham
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