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Although the producers have hinted that we have not seen the last of Connor, they wanted go in a different direction than they did with the Ezio trilogy, and instead devote a trilogy to the Kenway family rather than an individual character. Hence, the main hero is Connor's grandfather, Edward Kenway. The introduction of a new lead is also intended to symbolize fresh beginnings, as they have completed Desmond's saga and wrapped up the Apocalypse 2012 storyline.

Also popularlized in Robert Lewis Stevenson's Treasure Island and the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, the Golden Age of Piracy lasted from roughly 1650 until 1718, and involved history's most legendary pirates, such as Henry Morgan, William Kidd, Edward "Blackbeard" Teach, Jonathan "Calico Jack" Rackham, Charles Vane, and John "Black Bart" Roberts. As Great Britain, France, and Spain competed for control of the West Indies in a series of proxy wars (The Wars of Succession), the British appointed many privateers to augment their navy. The Treaty of Utrecht brought a fragile peace between the three nations, but consequently meant that many privateers and mercenaries who fought in these series of conflicts were out of work. It is also around this time that Spanish treasure ships were lost in a hurricane, and the promise of gold lured many of these ex-privateers to piracy. They set up a base in Nassau, which had been abandoned during the wars, and attempted to form their own government, the Brethren of the Coast. By 1718, tolerance for the rogue privateers had worn thin. The British appointed Woodes Rogers as the Governor of the Bahamas and drove the pirates off Nassau. Rogers captured Benjamin Hornigold, offering him a pardon if he agreed to hunt down his former comrades. Hornigold subsequently became a notorious pirate hunter, until he perished in a hurricane. By 1720, many of the era's most famous pirates had been executed or killed in battle. Most who survived the Purge fled the Caribbean, as pirate activity gradually became limited to trouble spots in Africa and Asia.