Duncan Walpole

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Ah Tabai: "Where is the Assassin, Duncan Walpole?"

Edward: "Dead and buried, after he tried to kill me."

Ah Tabai: "We are not sorry to see him gone, but it was you who carried out his final betrayal."

—Ah Tabai and Edward Kenway discussing Duncan Walpole's betrayal and fate, 1716.

Duncan Walpole (1679 – 1715) was a member of the Assassin Order stationed in the Caribbean, during the early 18th century, who attempted to defect to the Templars. On Duncans eighteenth birthday he joined the British navy serving for three years until he became frustrated by is slow progress.He was then recruted by a fellow sailor into the assassin brotherhood.Duncan was a valuable asset to the brotherhood.However was disliked by the assassin elders for his temper and arogence In June of 1715, the Royal Navy warship carrying Walpole, the HMS Intrigue, identified and attacked a pirate brig, the Jacobite, captained by Bramah. The pirates managed to de-mast the frigate, but soon found that their own weapon magazine had been hit. Boarding the ship, Walpole assassinated the captain, but was thrown overboard by the magazine explosion.

Shipwrecked in Cape Bonavista, Cuba, Walpole attempted to enlist the aid of the only other survivor - the pirate Edward Kenway - in reaching Havana. Edward attempted to haggle the price of passage, but Duncan threatened him with a flintlock pistol, but couldn't fire it due to wet gunpowder. Walpole subsequently fled into the jungle, and Edward gave chase before eventually catching up with him.The two fought fiercely yet Duncan was killed

On Duncan's corpse, Edward found a letter from the Spanish Governor of Cuba, Laureano de Torres y Ayala, referencing the cargo Walpole was bringing to him, a blood vial and maps pertaining to the locations of Assassin bureaus across the Caribbean. Edward chose to assume Walpole's identity and collect the reward himself.

Trivia

• Notably, Duncan Walpole was the second cousin of Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Oxford, the generally-recognized first Prime Minister of Great Britain.<ref name="AC4"/

Duncan was trained by both British and Caribbean assassins

Gallery

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