History Headscratchers / AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag

** Caroline may not have known/been certain she was pregnant at the time Edward left. As for Jenny, she doesn't have to be rational about it. And even so, Edward never bothered to come home in all those years, and was a legitimately awful person shortly before his big [[HeelFaceTurn]], when he finally started to improve. Their bonding may not have been without ups and downs.

* Why did Caroline hide the fact she was pregnant from Edward? She wanted him to stop risking his life chasing a "fool's errand" and stay with her, so revealing to him that she was pregnant with his child had a big chance of convincing him to stay by her side. And while we're at it, why did Jenny hold the fact that his father didn't raise her during her first 7 years against him to the point she refused to use his surname and resented her half-brother? It was her mother who hid Jenny's existence from Edward, so he had no way of knowing that he had a daughter.

* The biggest headscratcher to fans who have played ''AssassinsCreedIII'' and/or read ''[[Literature/AssassinsCreedForsaken Assassin's Creed: Forsaken]]'' and then played this game's [[AdaptationalBadass version]] of Edward Kenway is how does TheCaptain of the Jackdaw, the scourge of Empires, the man who outlasted Benjamin Hornigold, Blackbeard, Charles Vane and Bartholomew Roberts, [[spoiler: end up dying in his house, at the age of 42, killed by random mooks]] when in the past he sacked Spanish and British Man O'Wars, defeated ''five'' immensely lethal and durable ships, and hunted several sharks and whales moreover.

* Related to WhatHappenedToTheMouse, in the game you build and upgrade the Jackdaw into a CoolShip that can take out Man O Wars and Legendary Ships, so how come it seems to disappear completely by the time of ''AssassinsCreedIII'' where the Aquila is the flagship of the Assassin Fleet. Did Edward salvage the Jackdaw or did it go down in battle sometime in his retirement?

* The biggest headscratcher to fans who have played ''AssassinsCreedIII'' and/or read ''[[Literature/AssassinsCreedForsaken Assassin's Creed: Forsaken]]'' and then played this game's [[AdaptationalBadass version]] of Edward Kenway is how does TheCaptain of the Jackdaw, the scourge of Empires, the man who outlasted Benjamin Hornigold, Blackbeard, Charles Vane and Bartholomew Roberts, [[spoiler: end up dying in his house, at the age of 42, killed by random mooks]] when in the past he cleared Spanish galleons, British Man O'Wars and several legendary ships, and hunted several sharks and whales moreover.

How the hell did Edward not realize he was working/befriending with a templar? As far as I know, Edward kept active as an assassin in London. Is there an explanation for this?

** In-game its stated that they plan to alter the content and market it differently from how it was. The player character is Research Analyst who merely collects data as to how it happened in the past. The final game trailers are StylisticSuck ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' knock-offs whereas ''Black Flag'' is a ShownTheirWork WartsAndAll look at the GoldenAgeOfPiracy.

*** This. Don't forget, too, that he can find and retrieve a Mayan Stele stone on the first island he ends up on, long before James Kidd ever explains to him how.

*** Well there's all the various assassin tricks that he knows. Things like the way he uses the hidden blade like he's been trained in it for double kills, running kills and the other various special kills. Things like a regular stealth kill or kill from hiding make perfect sense, just imagine using a dagger. But these skills do not come off as the sort of thing just anyone would know how to do but Edward just does. Just because. As for Haytham this makes more sense than you're giving it credit for - there's no reason the two groups shouldn't fight in almost the exact same way - they're basically two sides of the coin. They want the same things essentially, they just want it to happen in entirely different ways.
**** Haytham was being trained in swordsmanship by his father Edward in the explicit hopes of raising him as an Assassin and he also inspired him to awaken his "eagle sense". Of course he died at the age of 10 but undoubtedly part of that training led Haytham in the same direction.
*** The best answer is perhaps blood, first-civilization genes which Edward and many Assassins possess. In the second game, the Video "The truth" with Adam and Eve showed them having Parkour and freerunning skills implying that this is the source for the Assassin's gifts. There's also the fact that Edward is a very quick learner, capable of assimilating information fast and good improviser. All it took was Woodes Rogers and Julien du Casse telling him the different assassination techniques and we play him go through that in an obstacle course. He also has skills as a sailor of climbing up masts and topsails, "every finger a fishhook".
*** ''"Things like the way he uses the hidden blade like he's been trained in it for double kills, running kills and the other various special kills."'' Really? I don't see what's so terribly complex about "stab two people at once" and "stab someone while running" that Edward couldn't figure out. Air kills in particular are something Edward would probably be quite skilled with already, being a sailor with a great talent for climbing. No doubt he's killed many men that way while boarding enemy ships, only now he's using an Assassin's hidden blade instead of his usual twin swords.

*** The above is actually the best answer. If you look at the people rescued and the ones standing with Calico Jack they're the same. Those who are turning against you are Jacks own crew mates that he's already convinced to turn against Vanes. The bigger cause for confusion is why Vanes, Edward and Ade just stand there - those three could take Jack and the whole damn crew if they had to seeing as how you can basically do just that to any regular Man-o-War. GameplayAndStorySegregation at its finest.

*** Robert didn't like his brother much.

*** That would be true if this wasn't already a running gag of the Assassin's Creed games. All that work Altaïr put into making things right in the first game? Irrelevant. Everything falls apart in front of him, he does nothing to stop it and his kid and best friend gets killed for it. Desmond busts his hump to save the world only to find out that every step of the way he's been manipulated and then [[spoiler: he dies.]] So having Edward die, his son taken in by the Templars and his daughter sold into sex slavery makes perfect sense for an epilogue. In the future we'll find out that Connor was killed by slipping and falling down the stairs to his home, accidentally crushing his infant child in the process.

*** That's easy. [[OhCrap They found Shao Jun's descendants and put them in the Animus]]. [[DramaticIrony Hell, they might even be working for Abstergo Entertainment.]]

** My guess is that it was something ment to prepare R-L for hosting Juno. Melanie mentions it was far below a lethal dose and he empties the syringe, so he couldn't have been trying to kill R-L. R-L was meant to be Juno's host, and she would use his body to take over Abstergo, but something went wrong on her end and R-L 's body wouldn't be able to handle the presence of a member of the First Civ. What I am interested in is why Juno chose a male host?
*** Nowhere was R-L's gender alluded to in any way. Especially considering John's comments about his/her body, it's not unreasonable to think R-L is actually a woman.

** A few reasons present themselves. First, the Abstergo higher-ups are clearly pressuring the crew for time, so its possible anyone higher up has significant responsibilities already. Replaying Edward's life, while it does reveal important facts, is still effectively busywork since they can just record what they need. Second, it's possible that R-L was either intended to be inducted into the Order when they found what they were looking for, or alternatively was going to be killed. They had zero qualms about locking the new hire in a basement dungeon when they thought they were a traitor, and without the assistance of the Assassins they would not have escaped it.

* Why did Abstergo Entertainment allow ''a completely new employee'' to view secret and classified information, such as the mere ''existence'' of the Templars and Assassins in the first place, let alone artifacts of power like the Observatory and vials? They try to handwave it by having some other characters laugh it off like it's fantasy, but wouldn't it be easier to have this job done by people who are already in the "need to know" list rather than a freaking new hire?