User blog comment:JAlbor/Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Q&A Opportunity/@comment-4999424-20130829135751/@comment-6517-20130902110748

Personally, I would have preferred it if they had introduced him, fleshed him out and had him survive; then killed him off in the next game (after Black Flag).

At least then his little monologue would have made sense to the average gamer.