<P> Multiplayer also returns, with new settings and game modes, though it is only land - based . </P> <P> The main character of the game is Edward Kenway (Matt Ryan), a Welsh privateer - turned - pirate and eventual member of the Assassin Order . Edward is the father of Haytham Kenway, and grandfather of Ratonhnhaké: ton (Connor), the two playable characters of Assassin's Creed III . Real - life individuals that are encountered include the pirates Edward "Blackbeard" Thatch (voiced by Mark Bonnar), Benjamin Hornigold, Mary Read, Stede Bonnet, Anne Bonny, Calico Jack, and Charles Vane (Ralph Ineson). </P> <P> As is the case in previous games in the Assassin's Creed series, the story is divided into two intertwined halves, with one in the present day, one in a historical setting, and the events of each influencing the other . Although the present - day story had previously established that an Animus was required to view one's ancestors memories, the ending of Assassin's Creed III reveals that Abstergo can now view a host's genetic memories simply by sequencing the host's DNA . As such, the player character is hired by Abstergo Entertainment to investigate a pivotal character in Desmond's ancestry, the Assassin Edward Kenway . A notorious pirate and privateer operating during the Golden Age of Piracy, Kenway's story is set in the Caribbean, and mixes open - ended ship - based exploration with combat and land - based adventures in Cuba and Jamaica, and on a number of Caribbean islands, parts of southern Florida and eastern Mexico . </P> <P> Samples taken from Desmond Miles' body in the moments after his death have enabled Abstergo Industries to continue to explore his genetic memories using the Animus' newfound cloud computing abilities . The unnamed player character is hired by Abstergo Entertainment, from their Montréal headquarters, to sift through the memories of Edward Kenway, an eighteenth - century pirate, the father of Haytham Kenway and the grandfather of Ratonhnhaké: ton . Ostensibly, this is to gather material for an Animus - powered interactive feature film, but in reality, Abstergo--the Templars of the present time--are searching for a First Civilization structure known as the Observatory, and are using the memories of Edward Kenway to find it . </P>

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