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'Assassins's Creed' Lore: Adéwalé

"To fight beside a man so driven by personal gain and glory is a hard thing, Edward. And I have
come to feel the Assassins - and their creed - a more honourable course."
―Adéwalé to Edward Kenway, 1721.[src]
Adéwalé

Biographical information
 Born

1692
Trinidad
Died

1758 (aged 66)

Vieille Carrière, Canada, New France
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Adéwalé (Black Flag)

Adéwalé (Rogue)
Political information
Affiliations

Crew of the Jackdaw (1715 – 1721)

Pirate Republic (1715 – 1718)
Assassins (1720 – death)
 West Indies Brotherhood
Crew of the Victoire (until 1735)
Maroon rebellion (1735 – 1737)
Crew of the Experto Crede (1735 – death)
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Tristan D. Lalla
Adéwalé (1692 – 1758) was a former slave-turned-piratefrom Trinidad, and later a member of the West
Indies Brotherhood of Assassins. He was the father of Babatunde Josèphe, grandfather of Eseosa, and is an
ancestor to Milton Jones.
During the early 18th century, Adéwalé served as Edward Kenway's quartermaster aboard
the Jackdaw before eventually assuming the captaincy of his own vessel, the Victoire, and later the Experto
Crede in 1735. That year, he briefly set aside his duties as an Assassin in order to aid the Maroon
rebellion in Saint Domingue.

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Biography
Early life and meeting Edward Kenway
"I was born in Trinidad, a slave from my first breath."
―Adéwalé to Edward Kenway, on his early life, 1717[src]
Born into slavery on Trinidad, Adéwalé recognized the oppression visited upon those who worked
the sugar plantations, and frequently dwelt on means of achieving his freedom. However, the life of a
fugitive slave was difficult and perilous, and Adéwalé was anxious about committing to such an existence.
[1]
However, a unique opportunity for escape presented itself in 1708, when pirates arrived at the plantation
where Adéwalé worked and raided the storehouse. Killing his master and grabbing a crate of sugar,
Adéwalé joined the pirates in their pillaging; while initially surprised at his presence, the pirates were
nonetheless pleased to have his help, and welcomed him among their number. For several years Adéwalé
continued to sail with this crew, learning the skills of a proper pirate and seafarer. However, in 1715, the
ship ran aground off the coast of Havana and he was captured by Spanish authorities.[1]

Adéwalé shackled alongside Edward Kenway

Due to Adéwalé being fluent in English, French and Spanish, his captors eventually decided to send him to
Spain to be an interpreter, and had him imprisoned aboard a ship in the Spanish Treasure Fleet for passage.
Adéwalé 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, procured
themselves a ship, in the process freeing a number of likewise captured pirates. [1]
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 fleet. Ultimately, they managed to escape, while
the remaining eleven ships in the fleet sank to the bottom of the sea.[1]
Life of piracy
Edward: "It's true, most of these men wouldn't accept you as a captain. So what fair role would
complement such unfairness?"
Adéwalé: "I'll be your quartermaster. Nothing less."
―Edward Kenway and Adéwalé assume their roles aboard the Jackdaw, 1715.[src]

Edward introducing Adéwalé to Hornigold and Thatch

With a ship in their possession, which Edward renamed the Jackdaw, the two pirates decided to head
to Nassau, a town that played host to a large number of their kind. Upon the pair's 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 recruited.[1]
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.
However, he became disillusioned with his captain's behavior over time, as Edward was more interested in
the pursuit of spoils than in the democratic ideals of the Pirate Republic. Adéwalé was also distrustful
of Bartholomew Roberts, whom Edward began interacting with regularly in his search for the
legendary Observatory.[1]
In 1719, after four years as the Jackdaw’s quartermaster, Adéwalé accompanied Edward on a voyage
to Long Bay, Jamaica led by Roberts, who claimed it was the location of the Observatory. While Edward
and Roberts took to land, Roberts' crew attacked the Jackdaw and attempted to overtake her. Adéwalé took
control of the ship and sailed her to safety, regretful for abandoning his captain, but believing he made the
right choice.[1]
Joining the Assassins
Edward: "Shall we set sail for- You're leaving?"
Adéwalé: "Aye, Edward. For I've another calling elsewhere. [...] When your heart and your head
are ready, visit the Assassins. I think you'll understand then..."
―Edward Kenway and Adéwalé, discussing the latter's life change, 1720.[src]
Adéwalé had first encountered the Assassins in 1716, when Edward visited the Assassin headquarters
in Tulumon the request of James Kidd. He saw in them a kind who fought for something greater than
themselves, which he greatly respected.[1]
It was only in 1719 that Adéwalé returned to Tulum and requested a meeting with the Mentor of the West
Indies Brotherhood of Assassins, Ah Tabai. After speaking with the Mentor about the nature of the
Assassin Order, Adéwalé began to believe it to be a calling that suited him. He then joined the Assassins,
becoming a student to Ah Tabai, and began searching for the whereabouts of his old captain. [1]

Adéwalé encouraging Edward to visit the Assassins

Several months later, word reached Tulum that Edward had been imprisoned in Port Royal, along with
Mary Read and Anne Bonny. Adéwalé helped Ah Tabai to plot their rescue; while Mary died inside the
prison, Ah Tabai was able to rescue both Edward and Anne. Adéwalé then traveled to Kingston to hand
control of the Jackdawback to Edward, and push his former captain onto a new path. From there, Adéwalé
returned to Tulum.[1]
Not long after his arrival, he was once again joined by Edward, who had elected to entertain 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 repel the latest Templar attack.[1]
Two years later, Adéwalé traveled with Ah Tabai to the Observatory, where Edward had journeyed in order
to 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.[1]
Adéwalé's last sail together with Edward
In September 1722, before Edward left for England, the pirate and Adéwalé sailed one last time together in
order to recover the gold of a sank Spanish vessel, the Polvora. However, while Edward was underwater in
the diving bell, looking for the treasure, the Jackdaw and the crew was captured by the infamous Ned Low.
Threatening the lives of the crew, including Adéwalé, the cruel captain forced Kenway to lift the rest of the
treasure back to the surface. Unfortunately for him, Edward trapped the bell which he had filled with
barrels of gold but also with barrels of gunpowder found in the wreck. Eventually, Edward, Adéwalé and
the Jackdaw's crew pushed the other pirates back on their own ship. [2]
In October, Adéwalé, Ah Tabai, Anne, and Edward reunited on Great Inagua. There, Adéwalé informed
Edward that one of his previous targets, Woodes Rogers, had survived the attempt on his life and returned
to England. Before his own departure to England, Edward granted the Assassins full access to the manor
on the island, as compensation for exposing the location of the Assassin camp in Tulum to the Templars. [1]
Crash on Saint-Domingue
Throughout the years, Adéwalé became a skilled and feared seafaring Assassin. In 1735, Adéwalé was
captain of the brig Victoire. He was tasked with eliminating a French admiral and Templar, whose ship was
passing by Saint-Domingue. The Victoire engaged the French galleon and disabled it. Boarding the ship,
Adéwalé assassinated the admiral and obtained a parcel meant for Bastienne Josèphe,[3] which contained
an artifact known as the Precursor box.[4] Shortly thereafter, the Victoire was surrounded by a French fleet
and forced to flee through an approaching storm in order to escape.[3]
Despite her crew escaping in time, the Victoire was wrecked and Adéwalé found himself washed ashore
near the town of Port-au-Prince. It was here that he found himself confronted once again with the realities
of the slave trade, which was increasingly prevalent in the French colony. [3]

Adéwalé meeting with Bastienne Josèphe

Within moments of waking, Adéwalé was forced to save a fleeing slave from her pursuing overseer,
cutting him down with a machete found on the beach. Saved, the woman told Adéwalé where he could find
Bastienne, the Madame of a local brothel, the La Dame en Rose. Upon locating her, Adéwalé was reluctant
to hand over the Templar parcel, and so she directed him to find Augustin Dieufort, who could be found by
speaking with her contact on a nearby plantation.[3]
Locating the contact, Adéwalé was directed to the headquarters of the Maroon rebellion; upon his arrival,
he found the resistance fighters being cut down by a contingent of overseers who had managed to locate
them. Adéwalé killed the overseers and managed to prevent any from escaping with knowledge of the
hideout's location. Dieufort then offered the Assassin new equipment and upgrades in exchange for helping
liberate any slaves he could before returning to the Brotherhood. [3]
Supporting the Maroon rebellion
With the aid of a number of recently freed slaves, Dieufort convinced Adéwalé to capture a docked slave
ship, the Experto Crede, in order to free the slaves held beneath its deck en-masse. After completing the
task, Adéwalé claimed the ship as his own, after which he agreed to train Dieufort, his new quartermaster,
in the ways of navigation and sailing so that he might captain the ship following Adéwalé's departure. [3]

Adéwalé joining the slaves

Returning to Bastienne, Adéwalé was tasked with infiltrating Governor Pierre de Fayet's mansion, in order
find out why the governor had recently become so strict in his enforcement of the Code Noir. Infiltrating
the manor's grounds disguised as a slave, Adéwalé discovered that the governor had hired a scientist
named Louis Godin to map the circumference of the Earth, so as to provide the French with accurate
geographical knowledge far surpassing that of its national rivals. [3]
Adéwalé was intrigued; as a sailor, the knowledge of navigation fascinated him, and he knew well that if
the Assassins possessed such information, they would hold a significant advantage over their Templar
rivals. Bastienne, however, was disgruntled with what little Adéwalé had learned about the expedition, and
dismissed him.[3]
Eventually, Bastienne's anger subsided. In order to help the Maroon and fulfill her promise to Augustin,
she supplied a forged manifest listing the names of three literate slaves, with which the expedition needed
to take notes. Adéwalé swapped the manifest and saw the French merchant ship, the Vautour, off from port.
He quickly noticed the waiting pirate fleet however, and was forced to defend the expedition ship from
them.[3]
Pursuit of the slave ship
Two years after Adéwalé's arrival, the French were in a panic over the increasingly strong Maroon
resistance, and the number of slaves being liberated by them. The French began to impose stricter curfews,
as well as harsher and more frequent punishments. Adéwalé considered this a small price to pay, however,
for the ultimate goal of Maroon independence. Angry, he left Port-au-Prince and set to sea in order to
liberate another slave ship. This time however, the ship's French escort opened fire on her, disabling the
ship and forcing her into a slow sink.[3]

Adéwalé unchaining the slaves

Adéwalé went aboard the severely damaged ship and rescued as many slaves as he could. Eventually, the
ship sank with Adéwalé still below deck, and he was forced to swim and climb his way through the vertical
ship in order to escape.[3]
On nearby Cumberland Bay, Adéwalé joined Augustin and Bastienne in burying those slaves that had not
escaped the vessel's sinking. Adéwalé vowed to kill de Fayet, claiming his Creed demanded it, and that it
would give an entire generation of warriors hope.[3]
Assassination of de Fayet

Adéwalé giving the Precursor box to Bastienne

In 1737, Adéwalé located the French governor on the grounds of his manor, torturing slaves in order to
locate the Maroon hideout and the man freeing the slaves - Adéwalé. As he approached, Adéwalé was
spotted and the governor fled through town.[3]
Despite the overwhelming number of French soldiers and overseers in pursuit, Adéwalé eventually caught
up with the governor and killed him with the very branding iron he had previously used to torture his
slaves.[3]
With de Fayet dead, Adéwalé was forced to leave Port-au-Prince, since remaining would call both his own
safety and the safety of the Maroons into question. Before leaving, he said goodbye to Bastienne and
finally gave her the package. He decided he must devote his energy to those who struggle for freedom,
using his conviction in his Creed to defend them along with anyone who helped him. [3]
Later life
"I feel a tide changing within me. I am no longer young. I must devote my energy to those who
struggle for freedom. I will use my conviction in my Creed to defend them, alongside anyone who
will help me."
―Adéwalé to Bastienne, 1737.[src]-[m]

Adéwalé reuniting with Achilles

During his time in Port-au-Prince in 1737, Adéwalé shared a night of passion with Bastienne; she became
pregnant and eventually bore a son.[5] Adéwalé continued to serve the Assassin Order and, at some point,
was assigned on a mission alongside Liam O'Brien, whom the latter came to respect greatly.[4] Adéwalé
returned to Port-au-Prince to offer aid following an earthquake in 1751. There he met his son, Babatunde,
and thereafter took him to join the Brotherhood.[5]
Adéwalé during the battle of Louisbourg
Discovering that Master Templar Lawrence Washington had stolen the Precursor box and Manuscript from
the Haitian Assassin Mentor François Mackandal, Adéwalé sailed after him at sea. After reaching New
York, he lost the Templars' trail. In 1752, at the suggestion of his son, he visited Achilles, Mentor of the
Colonial Brotherhood of Assassins and another of Ah Tabai's former students. While there, he collected
supplies for survivors of the Port-au-Prince earthquake, and warned Achilles that the Precursor box had
been stolen by the Templars.[4]
At the onset of the Seven Years' War, Adéwalé lent his support to the Assassins' French allies, launching
several campaigns against the Royal Navy. During the Battle of Louisbourg, Adéwalé attempted to destroy
British reinforcements with fireships, but the HMS Pembroke was able to destroy them, forcing Adéwalé to
retreat. However, his actions at Louisbourg had made him a target of the Templars. [4]
Death
Later that year, the Experto Crede engaged a Templar ship, the Morrigan, near Vieille Carrière.
Outmaneuvered, Adéwalé was forced to beach his ship to save his crew. Preparing for a final stand,
Adéwalé was confronted by Edward Kenway's son and Grand Master of the Colonial Templars, Haytham,
along with the Assassin-turned-Templar Shay Cormac.[4]

Adéwalé's final moments

Adéwalé and Haytham had a brief exchange over Edward, and that he would be ashamed in Haytham for
being a Templar. However, this distracted Adéwalé, allowing Shay to get close to the Assassin and engage
him in battle. Fatally wounded during the ensuing struggle, Adéwalé told Shay that his death would do
little to stop Achilles, who had found the means to locate the First Civilization sites. Before succumbing to
his wounds, Adéwalé lamented how far Shay had fallen to serving the Templars, declaring him a monster.
Shay lamented that the claim may have been true.[4]
Babatunde himself had a child named Eseosa in 1757, who also joined the Assassins and became an
influential participant of the Haitian Revolution.[5]

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