Edward Kenway

— Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

## Summary

**Edward James Kenway** (1693 – 1735) was a Welsh-born British privateer-turned-pirate and a member of the West Indies and British Brotherhoods of Assassins.

During his formative years, Edward was a brave, albeit reckless individual who was infatuated with the idea of fame and glory. As the captain of the Jackdaw he quickly became feared and respected for his skill at the helm of a ship and his combat prowess, with even the renowned Edward Thatch commenting on his ability. Despite the vested interest of both the Assassins and the Templars in the veteran pirate, Edward remained steadfastly focused on his own goals: power, infamy and proof that he was better than he was born to be. As a father, Edward encouraged his son to think for himself instead of believing everything his home-school teachers said.

## Powers and Stats

**Tier:** **9-A**

**Name:** Edward James Kenway

**Origin:** Assassin's Creed

**Gender:** Male

**Age:** 42 by the time of his death

**Classification:** Human, Pirate, Assassin

**Powers and Abilities:**

* Edward himself
* Eagle Vision/Sense
* Weapons
* Shroud of Eden
* Resistances

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Martial Arts (Edward proved to be a capable hand-to-hand combatant having been experienced in several brawls in local taverns where he could take down multiple opponents, as well as utilize the environment to his advantage.), Vehicular Mastery (Over time Edward accrued skill in captaincy, as he was able to pilot various ships with relative ease across the Caribbean, fending off rogue waves and storms. Defeated five Legendary Ships.), Weapon Mastery (Bayonet, blowpipe, firearms, Hidden Blade, rope dart, and dual-wielding swords.) Acrobatics (During his time as a privateer, Edward repeatedly climbed the vast rigging and masts aboard various ships; through this he became a capable freerunner, able to transverse through cityscapes as well as climb natural elements, including trees, just as easily, providing him with an agility and dexterity that rivalled that of a Master Assassin.), Stealth (Despite not being originally trained in the Assassin methods, Edward possessed his own skill set that rivaled that of the Assassins, demonstrating some expertise in stealth, eavesdropping and pickpocketing. Additionally, despite only being recently introduced to the Hidden Blade, he proved capable in its usage and, after being instructed by Rogers and du Casse, was capable of performing various assassination techniques.), Pressure Points (Can knock an opponent out with quick strikes.), Regeneration (Mid-Low, Instantly healed from a shot to the stomach.)

Extrasensory Perception (Can use Eagle Vision, a "sixth sense" that lies dormant within human beings as a result of interbreeding between ancient human beings and Isu.), Information Analysis (Those who possess the gift are able to instinctively sense how people and objects relate to them, which manifests as a colored glow, much like an aura. Red indicates enemies or spilled blood, blue indicates allies, white indicates sources of information or hiding spots, and gold indicates targets or objects of interest.), Enhanced Senses (When an individual masters Eagle Vision, the ability can evolve to the more advanced Eagle Sense. This stage heightens all the senses of its user, allowing them to scent vapors of datura, diagnose an injured mercenary as being poisoned by just listening to their heartbeat, pick up cold trails, locate disguised enemies, sense the presence of stalkers, or see through walls.), Precognition (Eagle Sense can be used to foresee a target's path, which is particularly helpful in tailing a target, or detecting the path a guard would take, in order to set up a bomb or lay an ambush.), Retrocognition (Eagle Sense can give the user visions of past events that have happened in the location.), Telepathy (Eagle Vision allows the user to read a target's memories with a touch.)

Poison Manipulation and Madness Manipulation (Type 1, Those infected by Poison Darts will go crazy and attack anyone around them, before quickly dying due to the poison.), Sleep Manipulation (Sleep Dart will put a target to sleep.), Smoke Manipulation (Smoke Bomb will fill the battlefield with smoke, allowing Edward to more easily attack the enemies), Magnetism Manipulation and Forcefield (Mayan Armor creates a magnetic forcefield around Edward, passively deflecting metallic and energy projectiles.)

Healing and Regeneration (Low-Mid, The Shroud of Eden can heal stab wounds that would normally have killed the user instantly.), Necromancy (While the Shroud cannot fully bring the dead back to life, it can reanimate bodies to a small degree for a short amount of time.), Biological Manipulation (The Shroud of Eden can heal birth defects. If one who is not strong enough tries to use the Shroud, it will literally tear them inside out.), Illusion Creation, Retrocognition, and Dream Manipulation (If one who is not strong enough tries to use the Shroud, it will cause severe hallucinations, making them hear thousands of voices shouting at once and controlling their dreams to show the memories of those who have used the Shroud in the past; Those effects can still remain for years after the Shroud is used.), Statistics Amplification and Absorption (The Shroud can enhance the user's strength by absorbing the life force of others.)

Resistance to Pain Manipulation (Can keep on fighting after being slashed by blades and shot.) and to the side effects of the Shroud of Eden (Came in contact with a Shroud of Eden without suffering any of the side effects.), including: Biological Manipulation (If one who is not strong enough tries to use the Shroud, it will literally tear them inside out.), Illusion Creation, Retrocognition, and Dream Manipulation (If one who is not strong enough tries to use the Shroud, it will cause severe hallucinations, making them hear thousands of voices shouting at once and controlling their dreams to show the memories of those who have used the Shroud in the past; Those effects can still remain for years after the Shroud is used.), Sleep Manipulation (Kept on fighting after being shot by a Sleep Dart.), Poison Manipulation and Madness Manipulation (Type 1, Unaffected by a Poison Dart. Can take hits from high poisonous jellyfish.), and to the abilities of the Apple of Eden (Due to being a direct descendant from hybrids such as Adam and Eve, Edward lacks the neurotransmitter required to be affected by the Pieces of Eden), which include: Illusion Creation (The Apple can create realistic illusions, such as making it seem like the Red Sea was parted, or make it seem like water can be turned into wine.), Reality Warping (The Apple can turn thoughts into reality, including an entire alternate timeline.), Mind Control and Mind Manipulation (The Apple can control the minds of others.), Energy Manipulation and Energy Projection (The Apple can control and fire energy.), Animal Manipulation (The Apple can make animals attack the opponent.), Paralysis Inducement (The Apple can freeze a target in place.), Creation and Existence Erasure (The Apple can bring things into existence or erase them from existence), Aura, Madness Manipulation (Type 2), and Death Manipulation (When using the Apple, a golden perimeter spread around the user, followed by a smaller, white perimeter, opponents within the golden perimeter will go mad and fight each other and opponents within the white perimeter will immediately die.), Precognition (The Apple can show the user the future.), Teleportation (The Apple can be used to teleport.), Duplication (The Apple can be used to duplicate the user.), Pain Manipulation (The Apple can cause great pain onto a target.), Curse Manipulation (The Apple can cast curses.), Healing (The Apple can restore the user's health.), and Power Nullification (The Apple can nullify the powers of other Pieces of Eden.)

**Attack Potency:** **Small Building level+** (Can kill targets who are comparable to him in durability.)

**Speed:** **Supersonic+** (Comparable to Adéwalé, who can battle Shay Cormac.)

**Lifting Strength:** At least **Class 1**, possibly **Class 5** (Comparable to Adéwalé, who can battle Shay Cormac.)

**Striking Strength:** **Class MJ+**

**Durability:** **Small Building level+** (Can survive being hit by the Observatory's defense system, which is this powerful. Can get right back up after being hit by exploding gunpowder barrels, which are this powerful.)

**Stamina:** Superhuman

**Range:** Melee, Extended melee with swords, Hundreds of meters with ranged weapons such as pistols or darts

**Standard Equipment:**

* Hidden Blade.
* Blowpipe.
* Darts.
* Golden Flintlock Pistols.
* Smoke Bomb.
* Rope Dart.
* Pirate Scimitar.
* Pistol Swords.
* Mayan Armor.
* Shroud of Eden.
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* **Hidden Blade:** The signature weapon of the members of the Assassin Brotherhood, designed as their primary means of enacting assassinations. Consisting of a blade that can be discreetly extended or retracted from a bracer or gauntlet, the Hidden Blade's portability and concealability complement the Assassins' trademark affinity for stealth and freerunning.
* **Blowpipe:** A ranged weapon consisting of a long narrow tube for shooting light projectiles, such as darts
	+ **Poison Darts:** Silent and long-range weapons used to poison and kill assassination targets. A target injected by this poison will go crazy and attack anyone around them, before eventually dying.
	+ **Sleep Darts:** Silent and long-range weapons used to put a target to sleep, making it easy to bypass them or kill them. A target injected by this poison will fall asleep instantly.
* **Golden Flintlock Pistols:** Edward's personal firearms. They are a set of legendary, golden flintlock pistols, famed for their extraordinary precision.
* **Smoke Bomb:** A bomb that will create a large cloud of smoke upon exploding, which can be used for escaping, distracting enemies, of dazing enemies, giving Edward the chance to assassinate them.
* **Rope Dart:** A flexible weapon of Chinese origin that consists of a long rope with a metal dart attached at one end. This type of long-ranged weapon can be swung at enemies, and, once anchored into the target, can be used to pull them over distances.
* **Pirate Scimitar:** A pair of sharp and devastating scimitars, praised by pirates and privateers from Barbados to Boston.
* **Pistol Swords:** A rare pair of swords with firearms attached. Those swords are famous for their explosive finishing moves.
* **Mayan Armor:** A set of armor created by the Maya through the use of scavenged Isu Shards of Eden. It has magnetic properties, allowing it to deflect metallic and energy projectiles. When Kenway wore the armor, he was immune to damage from bullets and firearms.
* **Shroud of Eden:** A Piece of Eden shaped like a cloth capable of restoration and healing. The Shrouds are nanotech matter regenerators designed by the Isu.

**Intelligence:** Genius (Defeated and killed Duncan Walpole, a Master Assassin, almost effortlessly. Escaped his imprisoned inside a Spanish Treasure Fleet alongside Adéwalé, before stealing one of their ships, freeing dozens of other prisoners, and sailing away. Invaded the island of Great Inagua without being noticed, before sneaking into Julien du Casse's ship and assassinating him from above. Tracked down Lucia Márquez, a esteemed and high-ranking member of the Templar order, before defeating her in direct combat and murdering her. Infiltraded Laurens Prins' highly guarded mansion without being detected to assassinating Prins. Successfully assassinated Hilary Flint, esteemed member of the Templar order. Invaded Peter Chamberlaine's heavily guarded ship and assassinated him right in front of his men. Destroyed Chamberlaine's blockade by attacking it with a retrofitted fireship, allowing himself and his fellow pirates to escape the Navy controlled island of Nassau. Invaded a large gathering of Templars, before killing all of them and murdering Kenneth Abraham. Even after being marooned on the island of Isla Providencia for months without any any way of escaping, Edward was still capable of fighting Charles Vane, who was armed with a large arsenal of weapons, while Edward had none, yet Edward still ended up victorious, with Vane only surviving due to Edward deciding to spare him. Edward then went on to attack and take over an entire schooner all by himself with no weapons, and use it to escape the island. Assassinated Vance Travers, the leader of the Assassin bureau of Nassau, and did so without much dificulty. Defeated and killed a hitman who had been sent to assassinate the Assassin Upton Travers, saving Travers' life in the process. Discovered Jing Lang and Vance Travers' plan to betray the order and murder Vance's brother, Upton Travers. Killed Jing Lang, a notoriously successful pirate and high-ranking member of the Templar order. Assassinated both Josiah Burgess and John Cockram at the same time, both highly successful pirates and members of the Templar order. Defeated Benjamin Hornigold's ship, The Benjamin, in a naval battle, forcing Hornigold to flee into a nearby island and hide inside a Mayar temple, quickly surrounding himself with soldiers, yet this wasn't enough to stop Edward, who quickly bypassed them and assassinated Hornigold. Impersonated an Italian diplomat to enter Woodes Rogers' party, before approaching Rogers without being detected and stabbing him, nearly killing Rogers and giving him a wound that he would never fully recover from. Tracked down Bartholomew Roberts, who is is regarded by many historians to be the most successful pirate of the Golden Age of Piracy, and defeated him in a naval battle, disabling his ship, Royal Fortune, before invading it and killing Roberts in direct combat. Fought El Tiburón, who is physically superior to Edward and immune to most of his weapons, and was able to defeat El Tiburón by figuring out his armor's weakness of not being able to protect him from gunfire. Assassinated Laureano de Torres y Ayala, Grand Master of the West Indies Rite of the Templar Order. Edward was without a doubt one of the greatest sailor who has ever lived, with his skills in piloting a ship and commanding his crew being enough to destroy several military forts, take control of most of the Caribbean sea and defeat five legendary ships.)

**Standard Tactics:** Assassins will try to stealthily assassinate their opponent without being noticed or getting into direct combat. This can be done at a close range with weapons such as the Hidden Blade, or from a distance using silent projectiles such as arrows. If an Assassin is forced into direct combat, they will battle using pressure points and close weapons, such as swords. If an Assassin is spotted from a distance, they can use ranged weapons such as arrows or bullets to fight without having to get close.

**Weaknesses:** His firearms can only carry a limited amount of bullets. Can only carry a limited amount of darts.