The Merchant King

The Merchant King was a virtual representation of one of Alonzo Batilla's genetic memories, relived by a research analyst at Abstergo Entertainment through the Animus.

Dialogue

Alonzo arrives at Harbor Island and sees a lot of ships with black flags.

• Alonzo: What happened here? This place is overrun with pirates!
• Jumao: They're plundering what they can before the King's fleet comes to hang them all!
• Alonzo: We have to find our man before the situation turns to chaos!
• Jumao: I see a small ship! Let's see what they know!

Alonzo spots the little ship and approach it

• Pirate: What's your business, man? Are you pirate hunters working for the Royal navy?!
• Alonzo: I am no such thing, brother! I'm looking for Thompson, the merchant who runs this place!

Reassured, the pirate answers to Alonzo's questions

• Pirate: Thompson... the man who trades our stolen goods?
• Alonzo: Aye!... Where is he?
• Pirate: I have cargo to trade, but I couldn't find him... I heard Vane was looking for him!
• Alonzo: Charles Vane?
• Pirate: He has gathered an army to loot these islands before the Navy sails in!
• Alonzo: ... Why am I not surprised!

Alonzo sails out looking for Vane and eventually find him and his fleet.

• Alonzo: Surrender Thompson or I'll make you eat your insides!
• Vane: I'd love a bite, pirate! Want to share that meal with an old soul like me?
• Alonzo: I'm in no mood for your jests, Vane! Where is Thompson?
• Vane: You'll never find him landlubber!

Vane prepares to attack.

• Vane: Men! Let's sink this small-fry! He's giving pirates a bad name!

Alonzo sink the flotilla of Vane, who flees.

• Jumao: He's getting away, captain!
• Alonzo: No, he is not!

Alonzo goes after Vane, eviting the mines dropped by the pirate before catching him. The two pirates fight but defeated, Vane surrenders.

• Vane: For hell's sake, I give up!

Beaten, the brash pirate give Alonzo some answers.

• Vane: What's wrong with you, pirate! Why fight your own kind!
• Alonzo: Shut your gob, Vane... and tell me where you're holding Thompson!
• Vane: That coward of a merchant? I have not the faintest idea...
• Alonzo: Don't push your luck, Vane. My patience is thin and my men are eager to blast you to the deep!
• Vane: Hold your cannons, man! I haven't harmed Thompson... He's marooned on an Island... until he finds his tongue... and we find his gold. Eh! What do you say... Maybe we could share it?
• Alonzo: I won't share a gallows with you!

Alonzo leaves and goes to the islet on which Vane left Thompson, where he finds the merchant.

• Thompson: Have mercy! I will talk... but give me some water, I beg you!
• Alonzo: You have nothing to fear. We've not here for your gold!
• Thompson: You... you don't want to steal from me?

Cheered by the assurances of his savior, Thompson informs Alonzo.

• Thompson: My friends! I am forever in your debt! Just tell me what you need, I am at your service!
• Alonzo: I was told you knew about the whereabouts of friend of mine. La Buse, the French captain...
• Thompson: Yes! He came to Harbor Island... But he did not stay... He joined Thatch's fleet and sailed north!
• Alonzo: Thatch, eh?
• Thompson: The infamous Blackbeard! He made for Charleston, desperate to find a cure for his sick crew! If you hurry, you might still catch them!

Alonzo rush to north, in pursuit of his friends. But to catch up with them, decides to go through a narrow passage littered with sunken ships, mines and reefs.

• Alonzo: If we want to catch him, this path is our only chance!
• Jumao: But captain!... Pirates dropped hundreds of mines in this passage to protect the Harbor!
• Alonzo: Sound like a good way to die, friend! Like a true pirate!
• Jumao: This is crazy! No ship has ever survived this passage!

Alonzo manage to find a way and find Blackbeard's ship.

• Blackbeard: My young friend. I never thought I'd see you again!!

Blackbeard is worried for his crew.

• Blackbeard: Unfortunately, I have no time to waste! My sick crew is in urgent need of remedies!
• Alonzo: I am looking for my friend... I heard he was with you!

La Buse appears among Blackbeard's crew.

• La Buse: And you heard right...
• Alonzo: Here you are, finally!... We chased you to the ends of the Earth!
• La Buse: I carried such a weight I could not linger in one place, Alonzo. And now, I am tired... In fact, I need your help.
• Alonzo: You saved me, old man. You gave me a boat when I had nothing. You made me a captain!
• La Buse: And now it's your turn to give me a ship! A ship that will take me far from these rotten seas!

Reference

• Assassin's Creed: Pirates

Assassin's Creed: Pirates memories
Main memories
Prologue - A Legend is Born - The Prince of Pirates - The Treasure Fleet - On the Hunt - The Whydah's Secret - The Pirate Republic - La Boca del Diablo - Among Pirates - The Merchant King - The Way Out
Appendix memories
A Rich Bounty - The Fort - The White Whale - Blockade
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