The Jackdaw traveled across the West Indies Sea to the ancient city of Tulum, home of the Caribbean Assassins, where the crew members were soon taken prisoner by Laurens Prins Kenway soon freed his crew and they returned to sea. It was here that he would establish his own base of operations, and the Jackdaw could often be found moored at the docks in the cove. Kenway then infiltrated the island, killed the French Templar Julien du Casse and took both the ship and the island. Soon after, it was used to transport Kenway to Cat Island to plunder a plantation, and eventually followed a Spanish Man O' War, El Arca del Maestro, through the Bahamas to its moorings at Great Inagua. It was after this voyage that the brig was given its very own black flag. The Jackdaw 's first major act of piracy took place off of the coast of Nassau in 1715, when captain Benjamin Hornigold showed Kenway how to successfully take a ship. We'll need to take a few more prizes to make this a profitable day.' -Edward Kenway and Benjamin Hornigold, after the Jackdaw took its first schooner, 1715. PiracyĮdward: ' It's a shaky feeling, sailing around with this much stolen cargo.' Hornigold: ' Get used to it. Later on, Kenway then rechristened the ship the Jackdaw, after a small, swift bird from his homeland of Wales. While El Dorado managed to successfully navigate the natural disaster, the remaining ships sank during the pursuit. Subsequently, Kenway used the pirates he freed to escape from the fleet under the cover of a hurricane.

įollowing this, the pair secured a crew by freeing other prisoners from their Spanish captors, and set their sights on a brig within the fleet, El Dorado. Adéwalé and Edward assessing the damage done to El DoradoĪfter an imprisoned Edward Kenway was placed on a ship in the fleet bound for Spain, he met his future quartermaster, Adéwalé, who helped free Edward from the bilboes and assisted him in incapacitating the guards until the pirates retrieved their equipment.

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