User blog comment:Master Sima Yi/Assassinews 28-02-'13 — Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag revealed/@comment-5638823-20130301131026/@comment-6547588-20130301172204

I'm actually sort of hoping the assassin's you recruit ARE your crew and maybe you just start off on someone elses ship. Speaking of recruiting assassins it is possible that Ed could recruit someone who teaches him about tree-running since they learned it while dicking about on a tropical island, like ya do.