Bartholomew Roberts

— Bartholomew Roberts

## Summary

**Bartholomew Roberts**, born **John Roberts**, was a pirate and Sage, who raided ships in the Caribbean and on the West African coast between 1719 and 1722. He is regarded by many historians to be the most successful pirate of the Golden Age of Piracy, judging by the number of ships taken and the amount of goods stolen. For his actions, he earned the moniker Black Bart, although the name was never used in his lifetime. His death is often considered to be when the Golden Age of Piracy truly ended.

Bartholomew Roberts proved himself to be a cunning, intelligent, and manipulative opportunist. Extremely charismatic and a skilled strategist, Roberts became a captain and gained a fierce reputation over the span of a few months as among the deadliest of golden age pirates. His status as a sage and the memories of Aita caused Roberts to be highly cynical, nihilistic, and thoroughly amoral, viewing humanity as sheep to be preyed upon.

## Powers and Stats

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

**Name:** Bartholomew Roberts

**Origin:** Assassin's Creed

**Gender:** Male

**Age:** 39 by the time of his death, Millennia mentally (Has the memories of his past reincarnations, going all the way back to the First Civilization that is older than mankind itself.)

**Classification:** Sage, Pirate

**Powers and Abilities:**

* Roberts himself
* Eagle Vision/Sense
* Resistances

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Martial Arts, Weapon Mastery (Has all the memories of Jacques de Molay, a skilled Templar Knight who wielded a sword. Robert’s greatest combative ability was his marksmanship, as he never missed a shot during his pirate career, killing four men in quick succession and expertly firing at a bell.), Acrobatics (Skilled freerunner, able to climb walls, run through rooftops, and leap from buildings unharmed.), Immortality (Type 6, As a Sage, Roberts is a reincarnation of Aita, and will simply be reborn as another Sage after being killed.)

Extrasensory Perception (Due to having more Isu DNA than Hybrids, Sages should be able to 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.)

Resistance to Pain Manipulation (Can keep on fighting after being slashed by swords.) and to the abilities of the Apple of Eden (Due to being a Sage, Roberts 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.), Power Nullification (The Apple can nullify the powers of other Pieces of Eden.)

**Attack Potency:** **Small Building level+** (Can harm Edward Kenway.)

**Speed:** **Supersonic+** (Can land hits on Edward Kenway. Should be comparable to other reincarnations of Aita, such as François-Thomas Germain, who could land hits on Arno Dorian.)

**Lifting Strength:** At least **Class 1**, possibly **Class 5** (Comparable to Edward Kenway.)

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

**Durability:** **Small Building level+** (Should be comparable to Edward Kenway.)

**Stamina:** Superhuman

**Range:** Melee, Extended melee with swords, Hundreds of meters with firearms

**Standard Equipment:** Swords and firearms

**Intelligence:** Extraordinary Genius (Has all the memories of Jacques de Molay, who was the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar. Has the memories of Aita, who was one of the First Civilization's brightest minds. Roberts was regarded by many historians to be the most successful pirate of the Golden Age of Piracy, was a charismatic and assertive leader, and never missed a shot during his pirate career, killing four men in quick succession and expertly firing at a bell.)

**Weaknesses:** None notable