Fort

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Forts are military complexes engineered for the defense of territory.

History

During the early 18th century, the pirate Edward Kenway assaulted and captured ten forts under the control of either the Royal Navy or Spanish Navy throughout the Caribbean,^[1] whereas during the Seven Years' War, Templar Shay Cormac captured forts under control by the French Navy throughout the Northern Atlantic Ocean and River Valley.^[2] During the American Revolutionary War, Edward's grandson, the Assassin Ratonhnhaké:ton, captured several forts under the control of the British Army, located in Boston, New York, and the Frontier.^[3]

When Kenway or Cormac assaulted a fort, they first used their ship's cannons to destroy all of the outer walls and towers, rendering the fort vulnerable. They would then infiltrate the fort itself, kill its officers, destroying powder reserves, and break into the war room, where they would dispatch the commander. In the case of Edward taking over, the fort's flag would be lowered and replaced with a black one, and served as outposts for pirates in the nearby waters. When taken over by Shay, the flag would be replaced by a British one. ^[1]^[2]

In Colonial America, after destroying a fort's gunpowder reserves and killing its captain, Ratonhnhaké:ton lowered the British flag in exchange for a Colonial one. By doing so, control of the fort shifted from British control to that of the Continental Army.^[3]

By capturing the forts in the Caribbean, Edward was able to exert his piratical influence over a much greater area, as the forts would attack any passing warships. In addition, capturing a fort would clear away a part of the map, detailing previously undiscovered locations.^[1] In the Thirteen Colonies, capturing the forts helped make the trade routes much safer, as previously there had been a higher risk of losing trade vessels, such as convoys, to bandits.^[3]

List of forts

Levant

Caribbean

Cabo de Cruz – West Indies
Castillo de Jagua – West Indies
Charlotte – West Indies
Chinchorro – West Indies
Conttoyor – West Indies
Dry Tortuga – West Indies
Eleuthera – West Indies
Gibara – West Indies
Navassa – West Indies
Punta Guarico – West Indies
Serranilla – West Indies
Castillo de la Real Fuerza – Havana
Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta – Havana
Castillo Morro – Havana
Fort Charles – Port Royal
Fort Nassau – Nassau

North America

Fort St-Mathieu – Frontier
Fort Monmouth – Frontier
Fort Duquesne – Frontier
Fort Hill – Boston
Fort Independence – Boston
Southgate Fort - Boston
Fort Washington – New York
Fort Division – New York
Fort George – New York
Fort Arsenal – New York
Fort Phoenix – Martha's Vineyard
Fort Wolcott – Goat Island
Fort St-Jean – Quebec
Port La Joye – Atlantic Ocean
Fort Baie Rouge – Atlantic Ocean
Fort Louis – Atlantic Ocean
Anticosti – Atlantic Ocean
Fort de Sable – Atlantic Ocean
Fort Blanc – River Valley
Fort La Croix – River Valley
Fort Soleil – River Valley
Fort Saint-Jean – Louisiana

Europe

Trivia

Forts replace Borgia Towers from Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood and Assassin Dens from Assassin's Creed: Revelations.
Liberated forts in Assassin's Creed III, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, and Assassin's Creed Rogue can be used as fast travel points.
In Assassin's Creed III, when used as a fast travel point by Connor, a liberated fort will occasionally spawn a single British soldier, who will then be killed by the fort's Continental soldiers.
When warships pass captured forts in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag and Assassin's Creed: Rogue, they will be fired upon by the fort's cannons although no military force will appear manning the cannons after the fort is captured. In Rogue, British soldiers could be hostile to Shay should he chose to attack them.