

Aside from being the name of Edward's Cool Ship, it also takes from Aesop's fable of the eagle and the crow, in that he pretended to be an eagle, aka Edward pretending to be an Assassin. Animal Motifs: The Jackdaw, aka the crow.He dons his robes and sets out for Havana to claim his reward, starting a chain of events that'll affect everyone in the Caribbean. Both sink, and he eventually chases and kills the Assassin. Things really started for Edward, however, when his ship is attacked by another helmed by an Assassin. In the course of his travels he met Blackbeard, Benjamin Hornigold and Charles Vane, and started the Pirate Republic of Nassau with them. He decided to go privateering in order to gain money for the family and prove to himself that he was worthy of her. The father of Haytham Kenway and grandfather of Connor Kenway, Edward was born to simple parents, and always struggled against his lower-class heritage, especially when he married Caroline, who was a member of high society. there's not a man or woman that I love left standing beside me." And when I turn around, and look at the course I've run. with riches and reputation, feeling no wiser than when I left home. "For years I've been rushing around, taking whatever I fancied, not giving a tinker's curse for those I hurt.
