Adéwalé

Adéwalé (1692 – unknown) was a former slave-turned pirate from Trinidad, and later a member of the Assassin Order.

During the early 18th century, he served as Edward Kenway's quartermaster aboard the Jackdaw, before eventually assuming the captaincy of his own vessel, the Experto Crede, during the early 1730s.

He is also an ancestor to Milton Jones.

Early years and meeting Edward Kenway
Born into slavery on Trinidad, Adéwalé recognized the inequality, discrimination and oppression visited down upon those who worked the sugar plantations. When he was able, he broke free of his captivity, killing his guard in the process, and fled. Eventually, after many years on the run, Adéwalé was captured by the Spanish and locked aboard a Spanish galleon destined for Spain.

He found himself chained alongside the pirate Edward Kenway, who was also destined for Spain. Together, the two broke free of their bonds and, after incapacitating a number of guards, proceeded to procure themselves a ship – in the process freeing a number of likewise captured pirates.

Adéwalé chose a relatively small brig named El Dorado to make their escape, which was made all the more difficult by a sudden, powerful storm that struck the Spanish Treasure Fleet. Ultimately, they managed to escape, while the remaining eleven ships in the fleet sank to the bottom of the sea.

Introduction to piracy
With a ship in their possession, which Edward renamed the Jackdaw, the two pirates decided to head to Nassau, a local town that played host to a large number of pirates. Upon their arrival, Adéwalé met with the pirates Benjamin Hornigold, Edward Thatch and James Kidd, before returning to the ship in order to organize the crew his captain was out recruiting.

During his time on the Jackdaw, Adéwalé served Edward diligently; ensuring the ship was in a seaworthy condition, keeping the crew organized and, wherever possible, pointing out locations and ships of interest to the captain.

Joining the Assassins
In 1716, not long after the capture of Julien du Casse's manor on Great Inagua, Adéwalé had his first encounter with the Assassins. In them, he saw a people who fought for something greater than themselves, and he came to believe it to be a calling that suited him well.

In 1720, after five years as the Jackdaw's quartermaster, Adéwalé decided to pursue a new path, and chose to join the Assassin Order. Adéwalé met with Edward – who had recently escaped imprisonment in Port Royal – in Kingston to hand back control of the Jackdaw and push his former captain onto a new path. From there, Adéwalé traveled to Tulum, headquarters of the Assassins, to assist them in repulsing Templar attacks.

Not long after his arrival, he was once again joined by Edward, who had elected to at least accept the possibility that he could better himself as a member of the Assassins. Together the two pirates fought alongside Ah Tabai and his Assassins to stave off the latest Templar attack.

Two years later, Adéwalé traveled with Ah Tabai to the Observatory, where Edward had journeyed to in order eliminate the Templar Grand Master, Laureano de Torres y Ayala. Upon their arrival, they found Laureano dead, and Edward standing before the Observatory's armillary sphere, with the Crystal Skull that powered the device in hand. Upon returning the skull to its resting place, Adéwalé handed Edward a letter from England.

Sometime later, Adéwalé, Ah Tabai, Anne Bonny, and Edward Kenway met once again on Great Inagua. There, Adéwalé informed Edward that one of his previous targets, Woodes Rogers, had survived the attempted assassination and returned to England. Before his departure, Edward decided to allow the Assassins full access to the manor on the island, as a compensation for the fact that the location of the Assassin camp on Tulum was known to the Templars.

Later years
Thirteen years later, in 1735, Adéwalé was the captain of the Victoire. He was tasked with eliminating a French Templar armada and taking a parcel from the Templar Admiral. After accomplishing his mission he was forced to flee through a storm to escape French reinforcements. During the escape through the storm he was thrown overboard. Adéwalé found himself shipwrecked on the island of Saint-Domingue without a crew and just his Hidden Blades and blowpipe. It was here that he found himself confronted once again with the realities of the slave trade.

Trivia

 * Adéwalé is a variant of the Yoruba name Adebowale, suggested to mean "crown has come home."
 * Adéwalé is the second playable character to not be related to Desmond Miles in any way, with the first being Aveline de Grandpré.
 * Adéwalé possesses a scar on his lip, despite not being of Desmond Miles' ancestry.