User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 03-03-'13 — Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag trailer and screenshots/@comment-107.193.43.114-20130310021016/@comment-1888015-20130310042555

"Ubisoft needs to explain why the main character is working with prates or if their is some catch to it, cause its kinda srewed if Edward openly chooses to be in a gang with pirates"

They have explained, and no it's not screwed if he does.