Database: Adéwalé (Rebellion)

Freedom's Champion

Adéwalé grew up a slave on a Trinidadian sugar plantation. He always had a strong sense of justice, and he was aware from an early age of the wrongness of what was being done to his people. He gained his chance for escape during a pirate raid on the plantation, during which he killed his slave master, looted a crate of sugar cane, and aided the pirates in getting in and out. They accepted him as one of their crew.

Captured by the Spanish in 1715, Adéwalé made the acquaintance of Edward Kenway. They escaped, freed the other captives, and together they stole a small brig they would name The Jackdaw, and took to the sea as pirates. When the age of piracy was done, he left Kenway’s side to captain his own ship, and continue to take the fight to the Templars. Adéwalé would take a prominent role in history, aiding the Maroon Rebellion in Saint Domingué and fighting the Templar-backed Royal Navy at the Siege of Louisbourg.

Adéwalé’s stoicism and shortness of speech belied a big heart, deep compassion, and respect for life. He was a skilled sailor, a deadly fighter, and archetypal member of the Brotherhood.