Gerfaut
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The Gerfaut was the personal Man O' War of the Chevalier de la Vérendrye during the Seven Years' War.
In 1752, shortly after Shay Cormac acquired his own ship, the Morrigan, Shay used his vessel to fight off several schooners and gunboats attacking the Gerfaut, before returning de la Vérendrye to the Man O' War. The two ships met once more at Port La Joye in April 1752 and again at St. John's in May 1754.
In 1760, long after Shay defected to the Templars, Achilles Davenport tasked de la Vérendrye to create a diversion at sea, with the hopes of delaying or even preventing Shay from following the Mentor and Liam O'Brien as they sailed for a First Civilization temple. Although the Gerfaut was able to ambush the Morrigan in the middle of a field of icebergs and a fierce blizzard, Shay managed to disable and board the Man O' War. After a short skirmish, the Templar killed de la Vérendrye and sunk the Gerfaut before resuming his pursuit of Achilles.
Tactics
The Gerfaut mostly used its mortars and tried to deal devastating damage at long ranges. But when close it mostly used its ram and avoided using cannon fire.
Trivia
- Like several other Assassin-allied ships, the Gerfaut's name has an avian connection: the French word gerfaut translates to "gerfalcon", the largest member of the falcon genus.
- Furthermore, the gerfalcon is native to the arctic regions of North America, northern Europe, and the Russian coastline, areas similar to Assassin's Creed: Rogue's North Atlantic map, where the Gerfaut could be found.
- The Gerfaut's figurehead bore resemblance to the Ezio Auditore figurehead obtained by Edward Kenway during his time in the Caribbean.
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