Assassin's Creed: Black Flag - 5 Awesome Pirate Details You Missed

3. Vane's Explosive Exit

Nassau was a crucial part of the first half of the game's plot, acting as a haven for the pirates of the Caribbean and their longing for a truly free society away from the kings and emperors of the time. Nassau was a very real port during the golden age of piracy and was actually proclaimed as a free republic for a time by a few leading pirates when the War of Spanish Succession came to an end in 1714.

One of the most prominent of these men was Charles Vane, portrayed in the game as being the most devout and dedicated to the free Nassau dream, albeit a deranged and violent person, too. One of his standout moments comes after Woodes Rogers and the Templars issue the pardon of Nassau, which Vane and Edward Kenway don't take too kindly to.

To escape Nassau, Vane straps a whole load of fire barrels to one of the stolen ships in his armada and set it ablaze, allowing both he and his crew a means of escape. It makes for a great showpiece level, however players might have missed out on just how many intricate historical details and nods there are embedded in it.

Rogers and his pardon, the disagreements between the real-world pirates Vane, Ben Hornigold and Ed Thatch over how said pardon should be received by Nassau, and the gun barrels used by Vane, were all given an admirable amount of detail in the game and were accurate representations of how the event went down in history.