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* AmbitionIsEvil: This is played through even more strongly in the book than in the game. Despite having a great stroke of luck in marrying a rich girl, loving parents and talent to turn things around if he chooses to, its not enough for Edward who wants a fortune and to see the world. He admits himself that what ruined his marriage wasn't Caroline's parents, her former suitor Mathew Hague but himself.
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* RichSuitorPoorSuitor: The book offers a {{Deconstruction}} as to why this might not turn out right. Caroline is engaged to a rich jerk Mathew Aubrey, Hague, an UpperClassTwit(and [[spoiler: the son of a Templar]]) but she hates him and falls for Edward especially when he pulls a BigDamnHeroes on her servant Rosa who was about to be raped by thugs. Her decision to marry Edward causes a social scandal that they ultimately can't withstand.
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Edward can't go two minutes in his hometown without someone making fun of him for being poor, Welsh, a drunk and the son of a sheep farmer. His marriage to a daughter of a wealthy businessman only makes it worse.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Edward can't go two minutes in his hometown without someone making fun of him for being poor, Welsh, a drunk and the son of a sheep farmer. His marriage to a daughter of a wealthy businessman only makes it worse. He has to stave of thugs who beat him up, attack his family home and further torment from Caroline's JerkAss father.
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Edward can't go two minutes in his hometown without someone making fun of him for being poor, Welsh, a drunk and the son of a sheep farmer. His marriage to a daughter of a wealthy businessman only makes it worse.
* TheAlcoholic: A TragicFlaw for Edward, one which Caroline's father exploits willingly. It's explained that Edward's drinking problem is partly related to a lack of hope at finding opportunities beyond working at his father's farm. He admits that his love for Caroline was enough that he actually quit drinking for a long time.
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* FreudianExcuse: Oliver Bowden invents a story about how Edward's family farm was burned down by Templars before the beginnings of the game.
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* EvilIsPetty: In addition to secretly wanting to or claiming to run the world, the Templars find time to help a brother out by burning down the home of Edward's family purely because he managed to beat the son of a Templar to a girl's heart. It borders on ComedicSociopathy.
* FreudianExcuse: Oliver Bowden invents a story about how Edward's family farm was burned down by Templars before the beginnings of thegame.
**game.Likewise, Edward is (initially) forced into piracy at (literal) sword point.point.
** Edward's class angst is further, and believably, expounded upon, in that he doesn't like the fact that even if Caroline's father Emmett is a local big fish and New Money, his family have to be extra kind and grovel at him during his wedding. His alcoholism is also driven by his sense of hopelessness since it helps him forget about his problems. As happy as his marriage to Caroline is, the constant reminder that he's UnableToSupportAWife eats at him.
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* KnightTemplarParent: Emmett Scott is perhaps the worst father in a series filled with the likes of Rodrigo Borgia and Haytham Kenway. Not only does he disapprove of Caroline's marriage to Edward and goes out of his way to KickTheDog by even offering money to Edward to abandon her, he still acts like a jerk even after she comes back to the house presumably learnt her lesson. This extends to [[spoiler: believing that she's faking her illness when she wasn't making her die before her time.]]
* KnightTemplarParent: Emmett Scott is perhaps the worst father in a series filled with the likes of Rodrigo Borgia and Haytham Kenway. Not only does he disapprove of Caroline's marriage to Edward and goes out of his way to KickTheDog by even offering money to Edward to abandon her, he still acts like a jerk even after she comes back to the house presumably learnt her lesson. This extends to [[spoiler: believing that she's faking her illness when she wasn't making her die before her time.]]
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** Edward and Caroline do love each other and she does bring the best out of him. But the social pressure and endless humiliation in addition to physical and emotional abuse heaped on Edward by her former suitor and her father only spurs him to become a Privateer and make them eat their words.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Stede Bonnet's fate is explained in the novel. [[spoiler: He's hung.]]
** Edward's memory of Stede are a bit dissonant as he thinks of the man as quite unfortunate and an utter failure as a pirate. In the games, Stede is actually deliriously happy up until his death.
** Edward's memory of Stede are a bit dissonant as he thinks of the man as quite unfortunate and an utter failure as a pirate. In the games, Stede is actually deliriously happy up until his death.
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* AppliedPhlebotinum: Bartholomew Roberts amazing RL success as a pirate (he was, arguably, the most successful of all time) is implied in the book to be the result of his [[spoiler: using the Observatory to view the Templars and their schemes.]]
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* BlackBestFriend: Adewale ''wasn't'' this in the game, being quite willing to call Edward out on his B.S as well as being bitterly disappointed the crew would rather have him as Captain than himself. In the book, Edward goes on and on about Adewale's support and loyalty as well as his graceful bowing out from the Captain's position. Which is, manifestly, ''not'' what happened.
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* BlackBestFriend: Adewale ''wasn't'' this in the game, being quite willing to call Edward out on his B.S as well as being bitterly disappointed the crew would rather have him the Welshman as Captain than himself. In the book, Edward goes on and on about Adewale's support and loyalty as well as his graceful bowing out from the Captain's position. Which is, manifestly, ''not'' what happened.
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* DroppedABridgeOnHer: [[spoiler: Caroline's death]] is even nastier since the book goes out of its way to show what a wonderful person she was, implies she was severely disfigured by smallpox, AND was left to die by her father. Apparently, the Kenway hereditary TraumaCongaLine is able to be passed along through marriage.
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* AdaptationalBadass: Inverted, played straight, and otherwise toyed with. Edward rarely kills people in the book yet has an epic duel with El Tiburon when, canonically, he just shot him.
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** [[spoiler: May become a FamilyUnfriendlyAesop as Edward's attempts to 'go straight' and live a respectable life result in him getting betrayed by Reginald Birch years later.]]
** [[spoiler: Becomes FridgeBrilliance and FridgeHorror when you realize Robert Walpole is most likely doing this so the Templars can find out what Edward knows about the First Civilization.]]
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* MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal: How Linette Hopkins feels towards her son Edward, [[spoiler: in the end she tells him upfront that he's a murderer and a disappointment and that she wants nothing to do with him and that he's not half the man his honest, humble father was.]]
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* MaleGaze: Edward's journals, which were written for ''his daughter'' spend a surprising amount of time talking about Mary Read and Anne Bonnie's bodies.
* MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal: How Linette Hopkins feels towards her son Edward, [[spoiler: in the end she tells him upfront that he's a murderer and a disappointment and that she wants nothing to do with him and that he's not half the man his honest, humble father was.]] ]]
* TheMentor: Whereas in the game Edward was mentored by Ben Horningold, he is instead mentored by the more famous Edward Thatch. This changes the dynamic from the game where the two Edwards were more akin to equals.
* MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal: How Linette Hopkins feels towards her son Edward, [[spoiler: in the end she tells him upfront that he's a murderer and a disappointment and that she wants nothing to do with him and that he's not half the man his honest, humble father was.
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* RevengeBeforeReason: Edward seems bent on this as he's long since outgrown his childhood enemies. [[spoiler: Subverted]].
* RevengeBeforeReason: Edward seems bent on this as he's long since outgrown his childhood enemies. [[spoiler: Subverted]].
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* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: [[spoiler: Caroline was not only a wonderful wife but pretty much an ideal woman. Which seems purely designed to twist the knife further in Edward's heart.]]
* TraumaCongaLine: The Kenways lives in a nutshell.
* TraumaCongaLine: The Kenways lives in a nutshell.
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* DeusExMachina: How the book resolves itself. Out of nowhere, [[spoiler: SirRobertWalpole, England's first Prime Minister appears and makes Edward give up his revenge on the Aubreys and even rewards him with a new life and a pardon.]]
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* NoTrueScotsman: Edward's opinion on Benjamen Horningold is that he was never a ''real'' pirate.
* ShipTease: The book confirms Edward's offer for Anne Bonnie to return to England with him was a romantic one.
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* NoTrueScotsman: Edward's opinion on Benjamen Horningold Benjamin Hornigold is that he was never a ''real'' pirate.
* ShipTease: The book confirms Edward's offer for AnneBonnie Bonny to return to England with him was a romantic one.
* ShipTease: The book confirms Edward's offer for Anne
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The book is technically a prequel to ''Literature/AssassinsCreedForsaken'', which first dealt with Edward's backstory. It also has canonical status, at least for the events that don't appear in the game itself, as per writer [[WordOfGod DarbyMcDevitt]] and in fact is AscendedCanon since an excerpt from this book can be found in one of the hacked computers in Abstergo Entertainment. Specifically Chapter 3, which details Edward's first meeting with his wife Caroline.
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* BrokenAesop: The thrust of the main game is Edward learning that money isn't everything and that people around him matter. It's hard to see the story since for all his TraumaCongaLine, Edward [[spoiler: for the time being at least, gets all he ever wanted and still likes to call himself an Assassin.]]
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* AmbitionIsEvil: This is played through even more strongly in the book than in the game. Despite having a great stroke of luck in marrying a rich girl, loving parents and talent to turn things around if he chooses to, its not enough for Edward who wants a fortune and to see the world. He admits himself that what ruined his marriage wasn't Caroline's parents, her former suitor Mathew Aubrey but himself.
* BrokenAesop: The thrust of the main game is Edward learning that money isn't everything and that people around him matter. It's hard to seethe story that here since for all his TraumaCongaLine, Edward [[spoiler: for the time being at least, gets all he ever wanted and still likes to call himself an Assassin.]]
* BrokenAesop: The thrust of the main game is Edward learning that money isn't everything and that people around him matter. It's hard to see
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The book is technically a prequel to ''Literature/AssassinsCreedForsaken'', which first dealt with Edward's backstory. It also has canonical status, at least for the events that don't appear in the game itself, as per writer [[WordOfGod DarbyMcDevitt]] and in fact is AscendedCanon since an excerpt from this book can be found in one of the hacked computers in Abstergo Entertainment. Specifically Chapter 3, which details Edward's first meeting with his wife Caroline.
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** Though this might be justifiable since its hard to translate gameplay into the written word.
* BrokenAesop: The thrust of the main game is Edward learning that money isn't everything and that people around him matter. It's hard to see the story since for all his TraumaCongaLine, Edward [[spoiler: for the time being at least, gets all he ever wanted and still likes to call himself an Assassin.]]
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* GoodParents: Edward's humble parents Bernard Kenway and Linette Hopkins are decent, common people. [[spoiler: They are deeply disappointed by Edward's seeming disdain to working on the farm and especially him becoming a pirate.]]
* HappilyMarried: Edward admits this of his parents. He and Caroline are happy initially but their relationship gets strained pretty fast.
* HappilyMarried: Edward admits this of his parents. He and Caroline are happy initially but their relationship gets strained pretty fast.
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Woodes Rogers]].Rogers. Though as per Walpole, he's kicked out of the Templars and is in debtors prison which he tries to convince Edward is punishment enough]].
** In the eyes of Edward's parents, [[spoiler: he himself is one, since he profited from plunder and murder which they abhor, and in the end is rewarded for it.]]
* MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal: How Linette Hopkins feels towards her son Edward, [[spoiler: in the end she tells him upfront that he's a murderer and a disappointment and that she wants nothing to do with him.]]
** In the eyes of Edward's parents, [[spoiler: he himself is one, since he profited from plunder and murder which they abhor, and in the end is rewarded for it.]]
* MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal: How Linette Hopkins feels towards her son Edward, [[spoiler: in the end she tells him upfront that he's a murderer and a disappointment and that she wants nothing to do with him.]]
* SweetOnPollyOliver: Edward alludes to having some uncomfortable feelings towards James Kidd before he finds out the truth.
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[[Literature/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag Assassin's Creed: Black Flag]] is a novel written by Oliver Bowden, released in the UK on 7 November 2013 and the US on 26 November 2013. The novel focuses on the events of the [[AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag game of the same name]].
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* UnreliableNarrator: Assuming the events of the game are canon, Edward doesn't mention his murder of assassins and changes numerous other events that reflect poorly on him.
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* IronicTwistEnding: Edward accepts a pardon from individuals who claim to be enemies of the Templars. [[spoiler: Who are almost certainly Templars and the secret employers of Robert Birch.]]
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Woodes Rogers]].
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Woodes Rogers]].
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* TheDragon: A title shared by [[DragonAscendant Woodes Rogers]] and [[TheHeavy El Tiburon]].
* TheDreaded: Woodes Rogers holds this position to pirates in the book.
* TheDreaded: Woodes Rogers holds this position to pirates in the book.
** Likewise, Edward is (initially) forced into piracy at (literal) sword point.
* IHaveNoSon: [[spoiler: Edward's father. Later repeated by his mother.]]
* IHaveNoSon: [[spoiler: Edward's father. Later repeated by his mother.]]
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The Golden Age of Piracy – a time when greed, ambition and corruption overcomes all loyalties – and a brash young captain, Edward Kenway, is making his name known for being one of the greatest pirates of his time. In the brilliant new novel, Assassin's Creed: Black Flag, discover the story of how Edward, a young privateer, became one of the world's most deadly pirates and was drawn into the centuries-old battle between the Templars and the Assassins.
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* AdaptationExpansion: Like all of Oliver Bowden's adaptations, new material is added. Most of which deals with Edward Kenway's childhood in Bristol.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: [[spoiler: A heroic example. Robert Walpole offers Edward land, title, and a pardon in exchange for his sparing some of his men.]]
** [[spoiler: This ties into a WhatAnIdiot and TooDumbToLive for Edward as one of the men assigned to Edward's household is the Templar Birch.]]
* FreudianExcuse: Oliver Bowden invents a story about how Edward's family farm was burned down by Templars before the beginnings of the game.
* ShipTease: The book confirms Edward's offer for Anne Bonnie to return to England with him was a romantic one.
* UnreliableNarrator: Assuming the events of the game are canon, Edward doesn't mention his murder of assassins and changes numerous other events that reflect poorly on him.
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The Golden Age of Piracy – a time when greed, ambition and corruption overcomes all loyalties – and a brash young captain, Edward Kenway, is making his name known for being one of the greatest pirates of his time. In the brilliant new novel, Assassin's Creed: Black Flag, discover the story of how Edward, a young privateer, became one of the world's most deadly pirates and was drawn into the centuries-old battle between the Templars and the Assassins.
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* AdaptationExpansion: Like all of Oliver Bowden's adaptations, new material is added. Most of which deals with Edward Kenway's childhood in Bristol.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: [[spoiler: A heroic example. Robert Walpole offers Edward land, title, and a pardon in exchange for his sparing some of his men.]]
** [[spoiler: This ties into a WhatAnIdiot and TooDumbToLive for Edward as one of the men assigned to Edward's household is the Templar Birch.]]
* FreudianExcuse: Oliver Bowden invents a story about how Edward's family farm was burned down by Templars before the beginnings of the game.
* ShipTease: The book confirms Edward's offer for Anne Bonnie to return to England with him was a romantic one.
* UnreliableNarrator: Assuming the events of the game are canon, Edward doesn't mention his murder of assassins and changes numerous other events that reflect poorly on him.
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Assassin's Creed: Black Flag is a novel written by Oliver Bowden, released in the UK on 7 November 2013 and the US on 26 November 2013. The novel focuses on the events of the [[AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag game of the same name]].
The Golden Age of Piracy – a time when greed, ambition and corruption overcomes all loyalties – and a brash young captain, Edward Kenway, is making his name known for being one of the greatest pirates of his time. In the brilliant new novel, Assassin's Creed: Black Flag, discover the story of how Edward, a young privateer, became one of the world's most deadly pirates and was drawn into the centuries-old battle between the Templars and the Assassins.
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* AdaptationExpansion: Like all of Oliver Bowden's adaptations, new material is added. Most of which deals with Edward Kenway's childhood in Bristol.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: [[spoiler: A heroic example. Robert Walpole offers Edward land, title, and a pardon in exchange for his sparing some of his men.]]
** [[spoiler: This ties into a WhatAnIdiot and TooDumbToLive for Edward as one of the men assigned to Edward's household is the Templar Birch.]]
* FreudianExcuse: Oliver Bowden invents a story about how Edward's family farm was burned down by Templars before the beginnings of the game.
* ShipTease: The book confirms Edward's offer for Anne Bonnie to return to England with him was a romantic one.
* UnreliableNarrator: Assuming the events of the game are canon, Edward doesn't mention his murder of assassins and changes numerous other events that reflect poorly on him.
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The Golden Age of Piracy – a time when greed, ambition and corruption overcomes all loyalties – and a brash young captain, Edward Kenway, is making his name known for being one of the greatest pirates of his time. In the brilliant new novel, Assassin's Creed: Black Flag, discover the story of how Edward, a young privateer, became one of the world's most deadly pirates and was drawn into the centuries-old battle between the Templars and the Assassins.
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* AdaptationExpansion: Like all of Oliver Bowden's adaptations, new material is added. Most of which deals with Edward Kenway's childhood in Bristol.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: [[spoiler: A heroic example. Robert Walpole offers Edward land, title, and a pardon in exchange for his sparing some of his men.]]
** [[spoiler: This ties into a WhatAnIdiot and TooDumbToLive for Edward as one of the men assigned to Edward's household is the Templar Birch.]]
* FreudianExcuse: Oliver Bowden invents a story about how Edward's family farm was burned down by Templars before the beginnings of the game.
* ShipTease: The book confirms Edward's offer for Anne Bonnie to return to England with him was a romantic one.
* UnreliableNarrator: Assuming the events of the game are canon, Edward doesn't mention his murder of assassins and changes numerous other events that reflect poorly on him.
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Assassin's Creed: Black Flag is a novel written by Oliver Bowden, released in the UK on 7 November 2013 and the US on 26 November 2013. The novel focuses on the events of the [[AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag game of the same name]].
The Golden Age of Piracy – a time when greed, ambition and corruption overcomes all loyalties – and a brash young captain, Edward Kenway, is making his name known for being one of the greatest pirates of his time. In the brilliant new novel, Assassin's Creed: Black Flag, discover the story of how Edward, a young privateer, became one of the world's most deadly pirates and was drawn into the centuries-old battle between the Templars and the Assassins.
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* AdaptationExpansion: Like all of Oliver Bowden's adaptations, new material is added. Most of which deals with Edward Kenway's childhood in Bristol.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: [[spoiler: A heroic example. Robert Walpole offers Edward land, title, and a pardon in exchange for his sparing some of his men.]]
** [[spoiler: This ties into a WhatAnIdiot and TooDumbToLive for Edward as one of the men assigned to Edward's household is the Templar Birch.]]
* FreudianExcuse: Oliver Bowden invents a story about how Edward's family farm was burned down by Templars before the beginnings of the game.
* ShipTease: The book confirms Edward's offer for Anne Bonnie to return to England with him was a romantic one.
* UnreliableNarrator: Assuming the events of the game are canon, Edward doesn't mention his murder of assassins and changes numerous other events that reflect poorly on him.
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The Golden Age of Piracy – a time when greed, ambition and corruption overcomes all loyalties – and a brash young captain, Edward Kenway, is making his name known for being one of the greatest pirates of his time. In the brilliant new novel, Assassin's Creed: Black Flag, discover the story of how Edward, a young privateer, became one of the world's most deadly pirates and was drawn into the centuries-old battle between the Templars and the Assassins.
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* AdaptationExpansion: Like all of Oliver Bowden's adaptations, new material is added. Most of which deals with Edward Kenway's childhood in Bristol.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: [[spoiler: A heroic example. Robert Walpole offers Edward land, title, and a pardon in exchange for his sparing some of his men.]]
** [[spoiler: This ties into a WhatAnIdiot and TooDumbToLive for Edward as one of the men assigned to Edward's household is the Templar Birch.]]
* FreudianExcuse: Oliver Bowden invents a story about how Edward's family farm was burned down by Templars before the beginnings of the game.
* ShipTease: The book confirms Edward's offer for Anne Bonnie to return to England with him was a romantic one.
* UnreliableNarrator: Assuming the events of the game are canon, Edward doesn't mention his murder of assassins and changes numerous other events that reflect poorly on him.
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