更改：施蒂德·邦尼特

2017年8月20日 (日) 16:33的版本

“阿，我的頭髮都被強風吹亂了！海的感覺和味道讓人心廣神怡，即使是海上船來的惡臭都會讓我感覺還活著，就有...就有未來！”

―施蒂德·邦尼特對愛德華·肯威，在他們航行到哈瓦那的旅途上，1715 年^[来源]

施蒂德·邦尼特 (c. 1688 – 1718) 是一位 18 世紀初期的巴巴多斯英籍海盜，他與他的船員航行過東部沿海地區的十三個殖民地。儘管他聲名狼籍，但經常被稱為「紳士海盜」，其中部分原因是他的前身——他在巴巴多斯是一名擁有獲利甘蔗種植園的中等富俗地主，後來轉型成了海盜。

儘管與他的成長經歷形成對比，施蒂德成為了加勒比海地區幾位知名的可愛海盜同事，認識他的人包括愛德華·肯威、愛德華·薩奇、本杰明·霍尼戈尔德以及玛丽·里德。

生平

早年人生

施蒂德·邦尼特出生於布里奇敦的巴巴多斯並成為一位成功、有影響力的種植原主。當施蒂德七歲時他的父母突然驟逝，從此成為孤兒的他一生都鬱鬱寡歡。

作為父母逝世的結果，施蒂德從他父親繼承了400畝土地。在他晚十幾歲時，施蒂德讓他的甘蔗種植園進入營利狀態。早婚的他開始建立了一個家庭，但從未在家庭生活中得到舒適和滿意。在1715年前，他的第一個孩子早年夭折，讓他的不安更加複雜。他以航行世界各地和享受自由義務作為他的悲傷與不安的應對手法。

在哈瓦那這段期間

“兩年前西班牙跟英格蘭還在打仗呢，真是不可思議！而我現在居然在這裡跟西班牙人進行交易，就像他們真的是我的親戚一樣。”

―施蒂德抵達哈瓦那^[来源]

In 1715, Stede's schooner, the Revenge, was waylaid by a Royal Navy warship off the coast of Cape Bonavista, Cuba. The British suspected Stede of being involved in a nearby battle between a pirate warship and a passing vessel.

Despite denying this profusely, the British refused to accept his turn of events, intending to commandeer his vessel and marooning him. He was saved by the timely intervention of Edward Kenway, a pirate who had been involved in the engagement, and shortly beforehand assumed the identity of Duncan Walpole, an Assassin whom Edward had been forced to kill. Having saved Stede's life, the pirate offered to pilot Revenge to Havana, where both of them had business. On arriving in Havana, Stede and Edward headed into the city, eventually ending up in a tavern.

There, Edward was recognized by a privateer, who knew of Kenway being a pirate, and of his ties to those in Nassau. The two engaged in a fight after Edward's attempt to silence him, drawing the attention of some nearby Spanish guards. Stede was mistaken for Kenway's accomplice and severely beaten by the guards, having his sugar confiscated in the process.

Once Kenway had returned from avoiding the soldiers, he found a battered Bonnet by the docks, who told the former that the soldiers had confiscated Edward's possessions, as well as the sugar. Edward then agreed to retrieve Bonnet's cargo at the same time as his own effects, but could not fulfill on his promise. Fortunately however, Stede was still able to make a profit with his remaining inventory, and Kenway then confessed his real first name to Bonnet.

Later on, Bonnet spotted Kenway with the Templars and excitedly called him by his real name, nearly blowing his cover, to which Kenway was quickly able to talk his way out of trouble. Kenway later met with Bonnet and complained about the small pay he received from the governor Laureano de Torres y Ayala for the items he brought. Bonnet, on the other hand, was really trying to inform Kenway of his great sales from the day.

成為海盜

Around his twenty-ninth birthday, Bonnet grew restless with "the tedium of domesticity", which may have been exacerbated by the death of his son. This prompted him to take up a life of piracy, hiring a crew of seventy men. To maintain a part of his life of comfort, he installed a full library in the captain's quarters of his ship, and dressed in fine pajamas, smoking jackets, and frocks. Near the end of 1717, Stede bid his wife and children farewell, sailing north from Barbados, never to see them again.

Sailing under the moniker "Captain Edwards", Stede was eager to take his first prize. His crew foolishly chose a Spanish Man O' War as their first target, and nearly half of his crew was killed or injured during the battle. Bonnet survived, and set sail for Nassau, meeting and befriending fellow pirate, Edward Thatch. Thatch convinced Bonnet to hand over the Revenge, leaving Bonnet happily confined to his cabin.

Two months later, Thatch captured a massive French slave ship called La Concorde, renaming it the Queen Anne's Revenge. Thatch continued to mentor Stede for a time on board the Queen Anne's Revenge, where Bonnet reunited with his old friend Edward Kenway, while searching for medicines for Nassau in the old ship wrecks. There, he became an unfortunate victim of Thatch's fear tactics, which frightened him speechless.

Later on, Thatch and his crew engaged a British Man O' War, and were eventually assisted by Kenway. After the battle, Thatch allowed Bonnet to leave his service, returning him the Revenge. Meeting Kenway for the final time, Bonnet joyfully bade his friend farewell, thanking him for their friendship, which he claimed was "more precious than any treasure".

Feeling that he had received adequate tutelage under Thatch, Bonnet had hoped to return to the Caribbean and receive a letter of marque from the Danish governor of St. Thomas to go privateering against Spanish ships. However, hurricane season left the Revenge trapped in the Northern Colonies, and as his crew grew restless, he was compelled to return to piracy despite decreased tolerance for pirates in the region.

During the Battle of Cape Fear River, Bonnet's crew engaged Royal Marines led by Colonel William Rhett, and was captured. Though he attempted escape, he was recaptured by Colonel Rhett and was hanged for piracy. Eyewitnesses reported being moved to tears by his remorse in the last moments before the execution. However, Bonnet left clues for Edward Kenway, who followed in Bonnet's footsteps on the island of Saint Lucia, and uncovered the secrets of the pirate's adventures.

性格特徵

Stede Bonnet was a jolly and gracious man, shown especially by his great respect for Edward Kenway, who saved his life, and his ability to see a silver lining to any situation. However, this came paired with naivety, as Bonnet clearly did not understand the potential dangers he could have faced while traveling with Edward, nor for the consequences of piracy, passing it off for grand adventure.

While sailing under Thatch, Bonnet showed more courage than earlier, being toughened up by living with the pirates. Of course, when Thatch was demonstrating to Edward what it meant to instill fear in men, Bonnet still cowered weakly when Thatch used him as an example. Despite this, Stede left Thatch's crew in good spirits, even commenting to Kenway the great impact that the man had on his self-esteem and confidence, as his last words to Kenway involved Bonnet thanking him for his help.

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