 The main character, Edward Kenway, is aboard one of the ships in the fleet as a prisoner, and manages to escape with the help of his future quartermaster, Adéwalé, recruiting other captive pirates as a crew.The pirates eventually manage to escape the fleet and the hurricane by stealing the twelfth ship, the brig "El Dorado", which Edward keeps and renames the "Jackdaw", becoming the player's ship for the rest of the game.Edward later makes reference to the event when Blackbeard inquires as to how he got the Jackdaw, and the latter then suggests visiting the site to salvage some of the lost treasure.