Patrick 'Dropkick' Maguire (1759-1837) was an Irish naval captain. He was a prominent member of the Templar Order from the late 18th century onwards. Additionally, he was a soldier in the American and later British Armed Forces, eventually gaining the ranks of General, Field Marshal and Admiral. He is sometimes known as Thomas Maguire J.R.
History[]
Early Life[]
He was born on July 4th, 1759, somewhere in County Down, Ulster, Kingdom of Ireland (where Northern Ireland is today) to a pirate captain and a bar maiden. From being 2 years old his father left him at home so he could go to war, and Patrick wanted to be a pirate as well, but his mother wanted him to become a city guard. In 1771 his mother passed from cholera when he was just 12 years old. After this he became distraught, even more when his sister died and made him sadder. At some point between 1771 and 1774, Patrick became a city guard, controlled by the crown of England, and later became an assassin for a few months as well. When he told him, his father, Thomas, was very annoyed by this. In 1774, his dream of being a pirate somewhat was met (his father died at sea). This occurred from Thomas visiting an island carrying Kennedy's diary, a cursed piece of Eden, killing him and later his crew aboard. After this, captain Callum Kerr brought the ship, the Queen Mary to Patrick's house and he became captain of it at the young age of 15. (The next paragraph is taken from another of the writer's pages, named USS Maria)
Arriving in the Caribbean[]
…Patrick proudly set sail for the the Caribbean, arriving in 1776. With the purge already in peak (its last year), Patrick met up with some Templar sailors who quickly decided to join his crew, wanting to because of the already numeral myths and legends which had reached them through conversations at public houses. When the sailors came aboard, they were simply impressed by the sheer size of the legendary vessel, telling Captain Maguire of their liking of the tremendous ship. The newly formed crew set off immediately to take down their first target: a large brig of feeble armaments. When Patrick and his crew incapacitated the brig, they discovered it was a French convoy and boarded it. Killing the entirety of the crew in less than five minutes, Patrick euthanized the French captain by giving him a firm dropkick to the chest, therefore obtaining his nickname, Dropkick Maguire. …
First Victory[]
June 23rd, 1776, a 17-year-old Patrick completed his first naval battle. It was led by himself and 10 other young sailors. Their party was thrown in Kingston, Jamaica and was held on the beach and supplied by the cargo found aboard the convoy. The crew of his ship also paid off the local law officials for the night with the money on the ship. He was found in the sea three days later, still very drunk from the party. A man of Italian descent was known to steal the prizes upon Patrick's person (this man was an assassin). Maguire chased him through the city while killing the assassins helping the Italian run away. Patrick later caught up to him and jumped from a ledge to confront him. He is apparently known to quote at this moment, "Oy, watch who ye steal from, ye damn thief!". One of his crew watched the entire encounter and was impressed by his would-be mythical captain.
Induction into the Templars[]
The next night, Patrick visited the Kingston Templars to be inducted to the Templars. When he arrived, he found a large basement; dark and dreary. He went down the stairs and found an enormous table surrounded by ten different Colonial Templars. Haytham Kenway was the grandmaster of the order and stood at the end of the table. Patrick stood at the sides of two other recruits-one of them being his new friend, Callum Kerr. The man at the end of the table, Haytham, asked him some loyalty questions.
Kenway: "Do you swear to uphold the principles of our order and all that for which we stand?"
Maguire: "I do."
Kenway: "And never to share the secrets nor divulge the true nature of our work?"
Maguire: "I do."
Kenway: "And to do so from now until death – whatever the cost?"
Maguire: "I do."
Kenway: "You are now a Templar, harbinger of a New World. May the Father of Understanding guide us."
– Patrick Maguire becoming a member of the Templar Order
A Young Captain[]
The Morrigan
The next morning, Patrick set off for New York to meet master templar Shay Patrick Cormac and to discuss of the business of the Templar rite. When he arrived the next month, he did not find Shay but only a group of British naval officers. He asked the men of where he could find Cormac, only for them to respond, "Clear off, you filthy pirate, we're talking business." He told them that he must speak with him immediately, although they refused yet again. That night, when Maguire visited the nearest tavern, the Fighting Cocks Inn, he overheard a man consulting his friends about the templar. He tailed the tavern patron to his hotel room, having to scale numerous buildings in the process. When they reached the housing room, Maguire interrogated the man, the man telling him that Shay may be at his manor in Ireland, an unlikely story to Patrick. Thinking this could be indeed possible, Patrick eliminated the man and drank the wine that the patron ordered as well.
Meeting Cormac[]
At the crack of dawn, Maguire hesitantly set off to Cormac Estate, Ireland, having to sink a couple of French ships on the way. Upon arrival, Patrick killed the assassins he found outside, kicked down the door and stormed in as if it was his own. Entering the master bedroom, he spotted a man leaning over the bed, thinking him an assassin. Convinced it was not an ally, he took a shot at the inhabitant's head, missing by approximately an inch. When the stranger turned to see him, he also took a shot, much closer (but still missed). The man asked, "And who are you, son?", Patrick replying, "'son of old Tommy Maguire, sir". The man introduced himself as Shay Cormac, and, apologising for his life, Patrick took shooting at Shay back. Shay was fine with it and led Maguire to the Morrigan, Cormac's own sloop-of-war.
Shay killing Charles Dorian
"So, I assume you received my letter, lad?", Shay questioned Patrick. Patrick replied that he of course did, otherwise he wouldn't have come. Shay thanked him for defeating the assassins outside his house. The two captains were heading for New York, to retrieve the Queen Mary so that Patrick could sail his own ship, since he deeply disliked sharing a vessel with another captain. When they arrived in the November of 1776, they were undergoing an extremely bad winter. When the same naval officers saw the two, they severely apologised for what they had said the previous autumn. Shay told Maguire of his recent killing of Charles Dorian, which Patrick was extremely impressed by. Shay told him that it wasn't actually that impressive, since he said that he kills many assassins on a day-to-day basis. Later that evening, the two visited the Fighting Cocks Tavern once again and started a contest. Patrick found himself on the Morrigan the next morning, believing that he had collapsed from crapulousness. Shay sailed them back down to Kingston.
Induction to the Sons of Liberty[]
When they landed in Kingston, they socialised with the privateers there and Shay demonstrated to Patrick how to take a real naval prize. Shay and Maguire that day sank about twenty-seven vessels, and Patrick's ship was fitted with a naval mortar. Many hours later, Patrick was greeted by a man in a formal attire, claiming to be "someone you may want to meet". When Patrick told the man that he would follow him, being complimented by the stranger. After they got to their desired location, there was a ship waiting, with many more suited men aboard. The ship was to be sent to Boston, where they would dock the next month, December 1776. When they arrived, the men led Maguire along the front street and later along numerous dark alleys, the first man he met regularly shouting at the passing British soldiers. Many minutes later, they finally reached their location, a large hall behind a tavern. Entering the building, Maguire saw many other sharply dressed men standing in the hallways leading to the main room. It was here he was then asked questions, all slightly related to the Templar's one's, just more based around "the Freedom of America". Patrick answered all of these questions correctly and was then told he was a "Son of Liberty".
Joining the Sicarus Fleet[]
Two years later, Patrick was roaming aimlessly in the Mediterranean Sea when he sighted a Neapolitan frigate on the horizon. The ship escorted the Queen Mary to Napoli, Napoli, were Patrick met his old friend, Shay and another man, named Pietruccio Di Bronte I. He and Bronte eventually concluded that Maguire and Cormac would be inducted into the Sicarus Fleet. From then on, both of them and their ships would be parts of the Sicarus Fleet and would only leave the fleet at death, whatever the cost. In their first mission for the fleet, they would have to defeat some French and Assassin vessels in the local territory, as all new members' initial missions are carried out.
Haytham's Death[]
At his graduation in 1776 Patrick met colonial grandmaster Haytham Kenway, son of Edward. He was a very close friend to Haytham, for the limited time he knew him in his living form. He originally met him as he became a templar and got to really know him when they were hunting the Assassins, specifically Connor Kenway, in River Valley. Patrick also on many occasions interacted with and both have tried to kill Connor at least once. On the morning of September 16th, 1781, something occurred that would stay with him for the rest of his life. Maguire was hunting small game just outside of New York City when he suddenly heard an infernal cry and slit. He ran to the location of the scream at full pelt, hearing an assassin saying, "goodbye, father.", then discovering a neutralised Haytham, Callum Kerr and an escaping Connor Kenway.
First Fight with Connor and Aftermath[]
He and Kerr free-ran across roofs, trees and streets in attempt to kill Connor, until he unexpectedly ran out of breath. Patrick cornered Connor, making him fall to the ground. He nearly eliminated Connor and even said in response, "goodbye, Connor", though his flintlock pistol flashed, and it unfortunately didn't fire. Maguire left Connor to be dealt with by Callum, though Kerr was unable to kill him. He decided he must tell Charles Lee, new grandmaster. When 1782 would come, Maguire was to be part of the British lookouts that guarded Lee, he did his job well, always moving his eyes to scan his assigned rooftop for any sign of suspicious activity. In April 1782, Patrick was a rooftop guard at Haytham's personal funeral, an event he and Callum didn't volunteer to be in as they collectively since he and Kerr felt highly sorry for the elimination of Kenway, but he reluctantly took part. As Lee began to read the eulogy for Haytham, Cal on the ground glimpsed Ratonhnhaké:ton in the funeral crowd walking about in plain sight. Why he was doing this Dropkick didn't know, but Kerr signalled for Maguire on the roof to incriminate Kenway (Connor), and he did.
Returning to Ireland[]
the Morrigan engaging in battle
When Lee saw that the assassin was being brought to him, he told Kenway that the Templars would ruin all the good in Connor's existence and what he held dear. Dropkick also scolded Connor for his actions. Many hours later, Maguire set off on a brisk walk to the New York docks, many citizens questioning his business since he was still wearing his guard uniform. Upon arrival he met an aged (possibly over eighty, a rare age at the time) Caucasian man resting by the side of the path who was shouting at him in an archaic English accent, barely understandable to Patrick. The man asked Patrick if he was Liam Maguire's child, which he did not agree but told him he was Liam's grandson, and needed to be taken to Liverpool, United Kingdom. Patrick was mildly confused when the old man said that it was the man's ship, since it was Maguire's, which the old man simply replied with a simple "Argh, stop kidding me, ye damn cur." When they both boarded the ship, to Dropkick's surprise, the man took the wheel instead of letting Patrick take it. After they left dock, Patrick asked him how the vessel was his and who he was, the man informing him that the ship was built for himself, and that he was former captain Charles Worthington, and that he was born in 1712; aged 69. They then left port and reached the open sea, where they were ambushed by a fleet of 18 assassin-controlled warships. Patrick could hear some of the sailors on the ships heckling him because of his voluntary acts with the Templars against Connor, and just seconds after this, they began attacking him. He closely dodged a large mortar volley from a large sloop and sent back a fierce broadside fire, triggering a full attack from the assassins. Captain Worthington requested they retreat, yet Maguire was not ready to do so; he was bold. Many minutes later, the assassin's flagship, the infamous Aquila suddenly arrived. Both Maguire and Kennedy thought that all was lost, until, out of the fog, the Morrigan arrived. Shay and his crew fought the fleet valiantly, until Connor came closer to the Morrigan, when they fought harder. Captain Cormac's crew then roped in the Aquila, slightly damaging the side of the vessel. The three men then led their crew onto the flagship, then starting an on-ship battle.
Second Fight with Connor[]
Patrick then boarded the Aquila along with Shay, Charles and the Morrigan's crew, having to kill many assassins in the process. He then clambered over the freshly made corpses and boldly marched through the deck fire to the wheel where an assassin stood while fighting Kennedy. Maguire then shouted to question where he would find Kenway. The assassin was Robert Faulkner, Connor's quartermaster, who told Patrick, "Son, if you're looking for the cap'ain, I won't be telling the likes of ye". Maguire responded that if he was not told, he would kill Faulkner, and burn his ship, which Robert did not take well, shooting and killing Worthington in the back. Faulkner then engaged in fight with Maguire, being incapacitated in a matter of seconds. Robert then begged for mercy, and told Patrick that Kenway was on bottom deck, but Dropkick did not give mercy, and stabbed him through the neck with Faulkner's own sword. He then went to bottom deck as told, finding Connor in a short while after arriving due to Connor's master hiding skills. When he found Kenway, they ruthlessly fought for many minutes, nearly both being killed by the other in many circumstances. After about ten minutes, Patrick started to fear losing to the assassin but did make a comeback after half a minute of running to the other side of deck, then climbing onto the boards keeping up the ceiling until he reached an area directly above Ratonhnhaké:ton. He was just above Connor when he looked up and knocked Maguire off centre and landing just a few inches from Kenway, swords trapped inside the floorboards. Patrick was then knocked over and nearly killed when luckily, Cormac saved him just in time by shooting Ratonhnhaké:ton in the back with his flintlock pistol, moderately wounding him. At this point, Kenway was on the floor, in the process of dying. Shay shot him again, this time with his air rifle filled with sleep darts. Dropkick then pried his swords from the floor and scabbarded them while walking to top deck, where Shay's crew had surprisingly killed all of the remaining assassins aboard. Later, they dropped the unconscious Ratonhnhaké:ton into the freezing water, left the Aquila floating, boarded their own respective ships and the two vessels left for Ireland.
Time in Great Britain and Ireland[]
When the two docked in County Down, Ireland, they met Shay’s son, Takanhaké:ton. Although he was an assassin, he obviously did not attack Cormac and Maguire due to him being related to Shay. He told them of his adventures in North America, reminding the two of their earlier days as assassins, and Cormac told his son and Patrick of having to kill his previous close friend, Liam O’ Brien because of his loyalty to the corrupt assassin order, Takanhaké:ton not understanding his father. The Cormac duo then informed Dropkick about Haytham's (anglicised nickname for Takanhaké:ton) mother, Alsoomse dying at the hands of a Templar, Patrick responding with, "Ye Shouldnae be blamin' me ye know, I didnae e'en do it", which Shay agreed on, but Haytham didn't even understand. After a short walk, they reached the port centre, where Patrick entered a general store. It would be here he would buy a pair of Irish arming swords, which would be passed down as far as templars in the mid 21st century. On the swords he had engraved: Absque Labore Nihil, the motto of the County Down (English from Latin: Nothing Without Labour). When he was done, the three made their way to the Hawks House Inn, Patrick later obtaining a room named after him inside. They stayed in the inn overnight and left early in the next morning, ready to leave for Dublin.
Assassination of Rockingham[]
The next morning, Shay, Haytham and Patrick took a brisk walk to Maguire's childhood house, where they found three horses, perfect for the given task. As they rode through the countryside, they encountered a British patrol of 50 regulars, 5 officers, 10 bounty hunters and King George III. They claimed bounties for all three of the travellers: Haytham Cormac, 500 pounds for failure to comply becoming a templar, with his father; Patrick Maguire, 15,000 pounds for piracy, killing British soldiers and defecting from the British Army; Shay Patrick Cormac, 50,000 pounds for piracy, killing British soldiers, defecting from the British Army and desertion. The men denied these crimes, saying they were in fact innocent and were simply mistaken. The soldiers did not believe these statements and immediately attacked the trio, leaving George behind for now. The three fought ruthlessly until they had killed the foot soldiers and officers, deciding to leave the others for last. Maguire suddenly remembered that he had a musket on each horse and told the other two to go and collect them, although Shay already had his personal dual pistols, so held the line at the front. After they had collected the muskets, they started to fire at the hunters, killing two of them instantly, although Shay had defeated another two of his own. Many minutes later, the group had killed all but George, so they made ready to do so. As they had ran out of bullets, Patrick dropped his musket, drew his arming swords and made a run for George. He had almost killed him when an unexpected Sons of Liberty land force made a backup for Shay and the crew, George then escaping on his horse in fear, intermediately wounded.
When they reached Dublin, they stealthily positioned themselves on the Cathedral roof in the city where they were told they could find Rockingham. Rockingham was indeed there, just under where they were positioned. The group decided they would send first Shay's son, Haytham for the job, due to his assassin skills being much newer and updated than the others. He found a hole in the roof of the Cathedral, just big enough for a human body to fit in. He leaped, but missed by a large area, so hid behind a nearby column instead until Rockingham walked past, looked right at Haytham, and was killed. The first target was completed.
Living in the Lake District[]
About six months later, in February 1784, Maguire had bought a large manor in the Lake District, with a surrounding area of about 100 acres. In May of the year after, 1785, Patrick was stopped from having peace by the Assassins again. Maguire was simply taking a casual stroll around his manor when he got a letter from Master Cormac, it read:
Dear Master Maguire,
I have received a letter from the Russian Empire, stating that if I and thou do not surrender Templar-controlled New York, they will eliminate the troops there and take it themselves. Do not hesitate to reply to this.
Sir Shay Patrick Cormac OBE, Master of the Colonial Rite.
When Patrick read this, he began to worry, to the point where he forgot to return the letter opener. After this, he heard a soft murmur, which he thought was from an assassin, making him run to his front lawn. This was where he was attacked by the famed Assassin Eric Rackham, who was known by Maguire to only operate in the West Indies. He ran from the assassin as fast as he could, but Rackham was faster. He tackled Maguire onto the floor, stabbing him in the abdomen with his wrist blade. Just as Eric thought he had killed him, Patrick stabbed Eric in the stomach with the letter opener, knocking him unconscious. Minutes later, when he was back inside his lake house, he decided to write a letter to Cormac to tell him of the Assassins finding him, when again in the hall to his study he was confronted by four more assassins. He taunted them, telling them to come and fight him like a man, and they ran to fight him. At this point Patrick was still relatively hurt from his brawl with Rackham, so was quickly incapacitated again. One of the assassins came forward as Maguire was on the floor, but Patrick suddenly remembered the assassins had pistols, so he took one out of the assassin's holster on top of him, kicked off the assassin and shot him in the heart, killing him instantly. the pistol he took had four barrels, so he swiftly finished the rest of them and kept the pistol. Just in case he lost his swords in the future, he took a pair of hidden blades as well. He then walked to where he docked USS Maria and boarded her, then leaving for New York.
Russian siege of New York[]
Maguire during the Russian Siege of New York, painted in late 1790
A few days into his voyage, Maguire wrote back to Master Cormac, telling him he was on his way to New York. At least twenty British ships were sunk by Maguire on the way there, on one a crewmember called out his name. Patrick later realised that the man who had shouted his name was one of the other boys from the city guard for his town in Ireland. When Maguire and his crew docked in New York, chaos had already outbroken, for Master Cormac had sent back a letter to the Russian Empire telling them to attack, and to give the best they had. On the way to meeting Cormac, Patrick had to fight his way through approximately forty Russian troops, and surprisingly to him, some assassins loyal to Connor. When he finally found Shay, he also met John Crockett (Father of Davy Crockett) as well as Shay's first confirmed son, Haytham. For many hours, the city was raided and terrorised by the Russian troops, sometimes attacking New York with a fleet of the emperor's finest Men of War and frigates. Shay saw Maguire's pistol, telling him, "Grow up, you're not a godforsaken inventor. Here, here's four instead". Patrick thanked him, saying they were easier to carry. At this point, the four were up a hill, and their enemies could only come up, which they did. Including about fifty American troops remaining, it was about 40:1 to the assassins and the Russian Army. After a few long hours, the last of the troops and even Connor Kenway himself emerged from where they were hiding. Maguire was then quite confused, for he had dropped Connor's unconscious body into the freezing water of the Atlantic Ocean, which would kill most men. Thus commenced a great battle between the Templar squad and Connor, lasting for many days throughout New York.
Third Battle with Connor[]
The four Templars (three templars, one assassin) fought Connor for a mere half hour where they were originally fighting, but later they did hide and fight once again. They all fought relentlessly, Kenway occasionally making rude remarks about Haytham being an Assassin, but he quickly shrugged these off and kept fighting. Kenway nearly made the killing blow upon Shay, but no permanent harm was done, and Haytham, along with the others easily held Connor off at these points. After the bulk of the battle was completed, both parties escaped from each other to replenish their strengths. Maguire thought he had seen Russian troops multiple times, which he did only once, and the group quickly killed these; the other times were mainly hoaxes, except for once when a singular soldier found them, but was outnumbered so retreated. In the morning when the four woke up, they swiftly set out to find and fight Connor. When they found him, he was completely alone, perfect for one of them to catch him off guard and try to kill him. Therefore, they decided that Master Cormac had the most experience with surprise attacks, and so Cormac did so. He carefully lined up the attack, with the others in position in case anything went wrong. He jumped, but missed, for Connor had seen his shadow and had moved. They then had a short fight again, but Kenway dropped a smoke bomb and had brought down a stack of crates to separate them. A few weeks later, Patrick was sent a letter, which told him that Kenway was already in the middle of River Valley.
Life in Ireland 1786[]
Months later, after a terribly long voyage, Maguire landed in Galway, Ireland, the area in which his ancestors lived for centuries before his birth when they fled to Down. A few weeks later, he met a woman that he knew as a child, who was called Anne Cavanaugh. He had courted this girl for many years in his teens before he went to sea in 1774. They moved into an old castle that traced back to the 1340's which was owned by Maguire's family before they lived in County Down. They married in the year after in the church in which he was born (March 1786). He could not live this new life of his for very long before battle called once again, though this caused a major problem: Anne was left pregnant with Patrick's first-born son, Patrick Maguire II, who was then born upon the 1st of January 1787.
Shay's Rebellion[]
After a few months of hardship and grief, by September 1786 the rebellion started by Daniel Shays was killing hundreds of men each week, on both sides. Maguire had fought alongside his old companions (Master Cormac, John Crockett etc.) to keep the Shaysites at bay. Patrick didn't understand why some rebels worried so much about paying their taxes, though Cormac told him that the American government was taxing them slightly unreasonably, and so they rebelled. The rebellion had started to shut down courts, and later an ally of Maguire's, William Shepard found that rebel leaders Daniel Shays and Luke Day who were about to perform an attack upon a court that met in Springfield, Massachusetts. The court later adjourned after being targeted by the rebellion, and Shepard's troops fell back. By January 1787, the troops on Patrick's side started to decrease in numbers due to an extreme lack of funding for them, so the leaders in Massachusetts began working by themselves. By the end of the month, Master Benjamin Lincoln had managed to fund some 3,000 men to fight against the rebels, who marched to Worcester on the 19th. The rebels were planning to take the federal armoury in Springfield. A week later, Maguire got news of the Shaysites marching for the armoury. As he was in the area, he planned to intercept the attack. As the Shaysites marched upon the armoury they were encountered by Master Maguire just shy of a mile from it, losing men in decades by the minute. eventually, Patrick was left with only a fight with Shays and Luke Day. After minutes he had brought Day to a state in which he could not possibly fight, and now his target was Daniel Shays. Though this duel took much longer than a mere few minutes, it seemed to flash before Maguire's eyes as he had again found a man of similar skills to himself and was nearly incapacitated many times. Henceforth, Patrick was victorious though he had not killed Shays, who had fled, to which Maguire mocked and would later tell of how he made the great Daniel Shays and Luke Day run as if they were "children called by their mother". After he gave word to Cormac that the rebels were defeated, he wrote to home a letter to enquire how his wife and child were, also stating he would return again a hero until he was later called upon .
Life in Ireland 1787-1796[]
Two months later, Maguire arrived in Galway. Upon his return, he met with a childhood acquaintance, Liam O'Brien II, the son of an old friend of Captain Cormac. O'Brien then escorted Patrick home, making reminiscent conversation along the way. They spoke of each other's fathers, and how they may have at some point met through Shay. A plethora of minutes later, they arrived at Maguire Castle, where both were greeted by a host of Patrick's close and distant family, many of whom he had not been acquainted with. Although, who he did not find was Master Cormac, but he was told by Junior that he was continuing his hunt for Connor and his goons, which Maguire agreed that this was most likely. He then proceeded to dine with his guests and household. Through the night, Maguire slept shallowly, as he felt a strange presence, as if someone had intruded with the intention of ambushing him and his family, though no one actually came. The next morning he set out to send a letter to Captain Cormac, which was written to inquire upon his progress in the North Atlantic. After sending this message, he was ambushed by a small gang of men sent by Connor, who told him that they had been following his movements since he left America, meaning Kenway probably knew of him being in Western Ireland. Patrick then had a short tussle with these associates, resulting in him killing all but one, who he told to tell Connor that he should come and fight him like a man, rather than sending some trivial henchmen. Upon ending this conversation Maguire returned home.
When he returned, he received a letter, stating that it would be late, and it was. It was about the assassination of Nathanael Kennedy, a very old Master Templar and powerful British officer. He had been killed by Connor on the 4th July 1786, after he, Patrick and their associates agreed to murder Kenway's mentor and somewhat acting father, Achilles Davenport. Kennedy died upon his own residence, Wellington Manor, a reputable slave plantation in Jamaica. Kennedy had also once been Captain to the USS Maria in the early 1700s, under a different name. His funeral was attended by hundreds of his subjects, friends, etc. This included the likes of Maguire and Shay Cormac. Maguire came back to Galway in late 1787, as the funeral was delayed due to conflict. Patrick then went on to spend the further eight years peacefully, playing with his wife and son, which later became plural, as his second boy was born on 28th March 1793, and this son was called Shay, of course after his greatest friend. At some point from 1787 to 1796 Patrick is said to have drank a total of 126 pints of Guinness Draught Ale, in a matter of five hours. Historians speculate if this is myth or reality, although Maguire was known to be an impressively competitive man when it came to alcoholic beverages. On the 1st of December 1789, Maguire founded the Brotherhood of United Irishmen, a military association who mainly fought alongside Maguire and his allies, although additionally aided the armies and navies Maguire was in without his leadership.
In the November of 1792, Patrick received a message from Master Cormac. It stated that French revolutionaries were becoming sick of their king's antics, and he was to be executed in January of the next year. Shay was already in Paris, and had been for some time now; since the start of the revolution. Maguire sent a letter back, stating that he would not be active for a period of time. This was because he had a child at home, and of course by this point, a pregnant wife.
Maguire spent 1793-1795 rather inactive in matters concerning his work. This was interrupted only a small number of times, in which he fought off a man of similar age to his own, as they had fought in the past over Patrick's now wife, and this individual was not aware of Patrick and Anne's wedding as he had been in prison overseas since 1772. He was a very inexperienced in the way of combat compared to Patrick now, although they were rather equal opponents in their teenage years. Maguire chased him out of Galway, and he got himself arrested and locked up, just to get away from Maguire, after being beat by Patrick on nine occasions.
In 1796 February, Patrick got a second letter from Cormac, and this time it was urgent. He had been called to arms as Shay was having trouble fighting the Assassins of Paris, there wasn't much backup for competing Templars like Shay. They were to go after the infamous Arno Dorian, as he had much influence there. Maguire said farewell to his family, and left for Paris at the beginning of March.
Action in the French Revolution (1796-1799)[]
Maguire and Cormac met in Paris when the former arrived. Shay suggested that Maguire take the USS Maria out of Paris, and for it to reside in a dock on the West coast of the country, to which Patrick agreed, and had his crew take it away. Cormac decided that they take action about Dorian. Cormac had an assistant go to a local tavern, to enquire about the Assassins without the increased risk of being found prematurely. Shay thought this as although he was an exceedingly skilled and experienced Templar, he thought he could be vulnerable to a much younger man , like Arno. When he considered this with Patrick, the latter simply stated that Dorian was just a "posh git", and he couldn't be nearly as tough as "us mighty sons of Éireann". By late April, the duo had gained many leads upon how, and where, to find Arno. Most of their sources said Saint-Denis, a town near Paris. Dorian was rumored to be on his own in the Saint-Denis, but Maguire doubted this, as it came from men who worked with him, and they would be of course in Arno's favour. They departed on May 1st, and arrived on the 3rd.
When the two got to the town, they found another associate, again in a tavern. He pointed them to the Abbey nearby, and so they left the pub and carefully approached their target. When they got there, they found that seemingly no one was there, so they waited. in the middle of the night, they finally spotted someone. It looked to be Dorian, but they couldn't be sure, so they investigated, keeping their wits. when they approached, Maguire said he'd hang back, and let Shay kill the Assassin, if it truly was who they were seeking. Shay delivered a fatal blow, taking the man to the ground. He turned him over, only to find he was a decoy. They had fallen right into a trap.
Skirmish at Saint-Denis Abbey[]
When Shay turned to check the dangers, he noticed they were being ambushed; by hundreds of assassins. The henchmen were quickly dispatched, no match for Cormac and Maguire. Just when they thought they were done, they turned to see Dorian, running at them like a charging soldier. Maguire made an attempt at going for the kill, but quickly had to realise that he was fighting the best assassin in France at the time. They fought for nearly an hour, trying to find his weakness, but it seemed he didn't have many, and neither Shay nor Patrick could manage a clear shot with a pistol, even considering their mastery of these tools. Eventually, Shay got Maguire to distract Arno with swordplay, and just as Dorian thought it had become a one on one, Cormac got the former into a terrible position, and leaping onto him from out of a tree. Shay managed to hold Arno at blade point, and said he was about to finish what he started some twenty years ago, and finish the Dorian assassins. Eventually, after giving him a chance to give final words, he threw a swing of his wrist blade right at his heart, when something completely unexpected happened. He was shot in the back with a musket ball, letting out a dying yell while falling to his knees, and then the ground. When Maguire looked to see who it came from, he saw no other than his worst enemy standing there; Connor Kenway.
Connor's Ambush[]
Connor ran at Maguire, and vice versa, knocking into each other at great speed. After recovering from the thought that Kenway may have just killed his best friend, they fought violently, initially engaging in swordplay. Their fight went on for hours, each getting very close to the fatal blow many times. After a long skirmish, Maguire drew one of his ornate pistols, and dispatched a shot directly into Connor's forehead. For now, Connor was dead. When the combat finished, Patrick came to Shay's side, making sure he was not dead. Maguire screamed at Shay, attempting to wake his dying friend. After a few minutes of this, Cormac finally arose. He told Patrick he needed to be taken to a doctor, and as fast as possible. minutes later, they reached a doctor, telling him that Shay would be in good hands as long as he was taken to a Parisian Hospital.
After many hard days of travel, the duo reached the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris. Master Cormac stayed here until August 1796, and Maguire stayed in the hospital with the former to make sure he had company in his return to health. They returned to action in November, with the aim of eliminating the assassins in Paris. As for Dorian, he was reported to have left the country, fleeing to Spain. Over the next couple of years, the two templars managed to completely wipe out the Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins, by themselves. Connor's body was taken from Saint-Denis to the western coast, and put on a ship to be exiled permanently to Australia, in case of his revival.
After dealing with the Assassins, the duo fought alongside the Royalists. Cormac is said to have pondered why the people wanted such freedom, could never understand it. He continued to hate the French Republic in the future, fighting against Napoleon in wars afterwards. They continued their fight against the people until 1799, when combat ceased, giving power to the people. The people in question then went on to create the French Republic, until the monarchy returned. Maguire and Cormac went back to Ireland in the winter of 1799 via the USS Maria, arriving in time for Christmas festivities.
Life in Ireland 1799-1806[]
Patrick came home on December 20th, and had a peaceful Christmas, also celebrating Patrick JR's thirteenth birthday on New Year's Day; The turn of the century. On July 4th 1802, Patrick had his third son and first daughter (they were twins) who he named Thomas Maguire II and Erin Maguire, respectively. The growing family lived happily in Galway for these years, and Maguire taught Junior the art of sailing throughout 1804, alongside Master Cormac, who became something of an uncle to the Maguire children.
During this time and after his feats earlier, Patrick became considered a Master Templar, second-in-command to Cormac, who was now and had been for around twenty years, Grandmaster of the American Rite of Templars.
Action against the Assassins 1806-1812[]
In 1807 Patricks son became a Templar, and a member of the USS Maria's crew. the two sailed many places in this period, but are most known for their hunting of remaining assassins in the Frontier. They cleared the Davenport Homestead in 1808, killing everyone present. as they thought, Connor was not there. when they were done, they departed, leaving behind Kenway's ship, the Aquila; a mistake Maguire would later regret. The pair, accompanied by Cormac, who came over aboard the Morrigan the next year, managed to also clear Boston, New York and Philadelphia of their assassin influence over the span of two months each. They also took the rest of the assassin strongholds in the North Atlantic, with help by the United Irish Knights. Over the next couple years, the Knights fought against assassins in Canada, giving templar control to Quebec and Hudson Bay. They continued their ways until summer 1812, when United States Congress called for war against Britain, and the Knights and Master Templars were called to arms.
War of 1812[]
When war broke out in June 1812, the men were not initially sure upon who they would fight alongside in this war. After long and hard consideration, they decided to fight with their old friends, the U.S, as the crown had been blockading the coasts of another country unnecessarily. William Hull invaded Upper Canada on July 12, arriving at Sandwich after crossing the Detroit River. Hull issued a proclamation ordering all British to surrender. The proclamation said that Hull wanted to free them from the "tyranny" of Great Britain, giving them the liberty that his own people enjoyed, unless they preferred "war, slavery and destruction". He also threatened to kill any British regular fighting alongside Indigenous fighters. Hull's proclamation only helped to stiffen resistance to the American attacks as he lacked artillery and supplies. Maguire went with Hull across the Detroit, and they retreated to the U.S side of the river after receiving information upon the British ambushing a band of 200 men, some Shawnee. Hull also faced a low amount of support from Patrick, along with many other officers. Hull surrendered Detroit after further combat in the area, especially from the natives. 600 stayed in Canada with officer James Miller. Later that year, Maguire met with the Americans at Queenston Heights.
Battle of Queenston Heights[]
The village of Queenston consisted of a stone barracks and twenty houses each surrounded by gardens and peach orchards. Several farmhouses were scattered through the neighbouring fields and pastures. The village lay at the mouth of the gorge of the River Niagara. The British were stationed here in October, when the battle occurred. South of the village, the ground went up to 300 feet high (the Queenston Heights). The Americans were stationed in the town on the other side of the Niagara, Lewiston. The American regiments were the 6th, 13th, and 23rd of Infantry, with detachments of artillery serving in the infantry. There were also the 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th Regiments of New York Militia and a volunteer battalion of riflemen, totalling 900 regulars and 2,650 militia. the U.S. crossed the river to Queenston in the early morning of the 13th. When they got close, the British began firing upon the boats, and wounded an officer when he came ashore with five musket shots to his legs. Patrick took over his position in battle, as the former could not fight in this condition. After this, the redcoats opened fire on Lewiston shore, and this was returned by the Americans, sending the English back to the village further back up the hill. As the light increased, fire became more accurate, one musket ball landing in Patrick's left thigh, just as he docked on Queenston. He continued combat throughout. At Fort George, Isaac Brock had been awakened by the noise of the artillery at Queenston. As he considered this might only be a diversion, he ordered only a few detachments to move to Queenston but rode there himself, accompanied by a few aides. He passed through the village as dawn broke, and moved up to the redan to get a better view of the fight. Around this time, the U.S. was being held off very well, and had to come up with what they would do. Maguire was then ordered to charge the redcoats, storming the battery. they then advanced up the hill, and engaged with the English. Unfortunately for the latter, Brock was easily recognised due to his uniform, as he had just led more men down to the village. Brock's charge was made by Dennis' and Williams' two companies of the 49th and two companies of militia. The assault was halted by heavy fire and as he noticed unwounded men dropping to the rear, Brock shouted angrily that "This is the first time I have ever seen the 49th turn their backs! Surely the heroes of Egmont will not tarnish their record!" At this rebuke, the ranks promptly closed up and were joined by two more companies of militia. Brock saw that the militia supports were lagging behind at the foot of the hill and ordered one of his officers, Lieutenant Colonel John Macdonell to push onward, while he led his own to the right. as Brock came forth, he was shot in his dominant wrist by a U.S regular. Master Maguire then came forward, and shot Brock from fifty yards in between his eyes, killing him instantly. The latter's men retreated, and Patrick advanced. By 10 a.m., the Americans were opposed only by the 24-pounder at Vrooman's Point which was firing at the American boats at very long range. The Americans were able to push several hundred fresh troops and a 6-pounder field gun across the river. They unspiked the 18-pounder in the redan and used it to fire into Queenston village, but it had a limited field of fire away from the river. Some American soldiers entered Queenston village and looted some houses. They also collected some of their earlier captured men. During the hour of 10 am, Maguire was appointed a General amidst the combat, a feat probably never done before. After some further battle, the British forces surrendered in the evening.
After this in the remaining months of the year, Maguire made some final attempts to capture land north of Lake Chaplain, but his men refused to do so. After not seeing Grandmaster Cormac in quite some time, he received a letter from Shay, informing him that he had joined forces of the English. Maguire was disappointed by this, although he himself did not yet join Cormac. During late December, Patrick Junior arrived at where Maguire was, in time to celebrate his 26th birthday. Junior then joined the U.S. Army.
1813[]
In 1813, Patrick rejoined the fight on January 22nd, although the U.S. lost this time. In May, Procter and Tecumseh, a native leader fighting alongside the British, set siege to Fort Meigs in northwestern Ohio. Tecumseh's fighters ambushed American reinforcements led by Patrick who arrived during the siege, but the fort held out. The fighters eventually began to disperse, forcing Procter and Tecumseh to return to Canada. They sieged another fort on the way back up Canada. Master Maguire fought the Battle of Lake Erie on 10 September 1813. His decisive victory at Put-in-Bay ensured American military control of the lake, improved American morale after a series of defeats and compelled the British to fall back from Detroit. This enabled General Harrison to launch another invasion of Upper Canada, which culminated in the American victory at the Battle of the Thames on 5 October 1813, where Tecumseh was killed. Patrick and his son's forces moved to the south of the country in May 1814.
1814[]
In July, General Andrew Jackson complained to the governor of Pensacola, Mateo González Manrique that combatants were being harboured in Spanish territory and made reference to the British presence on Spanish soil. Although he gave an angry reply to Jackson, Manrique was alarmed at the weak position he found himself in and appealed to the British for help. Woodbine arrived on 28 July and Nicolls on 24 August. The first engagement of the British and their Creek allies against the Americans on the Gulf Coast was the 14 September 1814 attack on Fort Bowyer. Captain William Percy tried to take the United States fort, hoping to then move on Mobile and block United States trade and encroachment on the Mississippi. After the Americans repulsed Percy's forces, the British established a military presence of up to 200 Marines at Pensacola. In November, Jackson's force of 4,000 men took the town. This underlined the superiority of numbers of Jackson's force in the region. The United States force moved to New Orleans in late 1814. Jackson's army of 1,000 regulars and 3,000 to 4,000 militia, pirates and other fighters as well as civilians and slaves built fortifications south of the city. During the winter, Patrick further pondered Cormac's fighting with the British, and decided he would convert to a redcoat if necessary. In the early days of 1815, Jackson, Maguire and his son led men down to the Mississippi, around New Orleans.
Battle of New Orleans[]
On January 8th, Maguire and his men met the British south of New Orleans, hearing rumours of Grandmaster Cormac participating in the battle. The main attack began in darkness and a heavy fog, but the fog lifted as the British neared the main American line, exposing them to withering artillery fire. Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Mullins, the British commander of the 44th Regiment of Foot, had forgotten the ladders and fascines needed to cross the eight-foot-deep and fifteen-foot-wide canal and scale the earthworks, and the British forces fell into confusion, thrown into disorder by the flight of the advance guard. Most of the senior officers were killed or wounded, including Major General Samuel Gibbs, who was killed leading the main attack column on the right, and Colonel Rennie, who led a detachment on the left by the river. Earlier, Patrick had seen a native in his ranks, who looked awfully familiar, who he later found to be Connor, who he had killed 19 years prior. Connor killed Edward Pakenham in the battle, and was gradually nearing Cormac, which Patrick spotted, and followed, leaving his son to command his men. The two large main assaults were repulsed. Pakenham and Gibbs were fatally wounded while on horseback by grapeshot fired from the earthworks. Cormac reformed his lines and made a third assault. They were able to reach the entrenchments and attempted to scale them. Cormac made it to the top before being shot by Connor. The Americans were amazed at his bravery and carried him behind the rampart. The British soldiers stood out in the open and were shot apart with grapeshot from Line Jackson, including the 93rd Highlanders, having no orders to advance further or retreat. General Lambert was in the reserve and took command. He gave the order for his reserve to advance and ordered the withdrawal of the army. The reserve was used to cover the retreat of what was left of the British army in the field. Artillery fire from both sides ceased at 9am with American batteries ceasing at 2pm. After the combat had settled. Maguire approached Connor and Shay, and saw that Shay was bleeding out, shooting Connor in the gut, making him retreat, but made the Americans question Maguire's loyalty. Maguire joined the British Army on January 13th, after being fired from the U.S. Army for shooting Connor, but he made allegiances with the Americans in 1816.
Cormac was taken from battle by Patrick, where he and the English nursed him back to health by March. Maguire, his son and Cormac left America and therefore the war, they now wished to fight the French, a reason for Patrick's American desertion as they were assisting the French in the Napoleonic Wars. The trio left for Waterloo, after gaining information on where the French were located, arriving in late May.
Battle of Waterloo[]
When they arrived in Waterloo, they met with Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, and Nathanael Kennedy IV, great grandson of the Master Templar, now one in his own right. They discussed their hate for the French, Napoleon, and later Arno Dorian, whom the Duke, but not Kennedy, did not know of. On 18th June, at around ten o' clock, Napoleon began his first attack, on Hougoumont. The post was defended by British regulars, Jäger and 1/2nd Nassau, along with the group. The initial attack emptied the wood and park, but was driven back by heavy British artillery fire. As the British guns were distracted by a duel with French artillery, a second attack succeeded in reaching the north gate of the house. Sous-Lieutenant Legros, a French officer, broke the gate open with an axe, and troops managed to enter the courtyard. The Coldstream Guards and the Scots Guards arrived to support the defence. There was a fierce melee, and the British managed to close the gate on the French troops streaming in. The Frenchmen trapped in the courtyard were all killed. Fighting continued around Hougoumont in the afternoon. Its surroundings were heavily invested by French light infantry, and coordinated attacks were made against the troops behind Hougoumont. Wellington's army defended the house and the hollow way running north from it. Napoleon personally ordered the house to be set on fire, resulting in the destruction of all but the chapel. Du Plat's brigade of the King's German Legion was brought forward to defend the hollow way, which they had to do without senior officers. Eventually they were relieved by the 71st Highlanders, a British infantry regiment. Adam's brigade was further reinforced, and successfully repulsed further infantry and cavalry attacks. Hougoumont held out until the end of the battle.
The 80 guns of Napoleon's grande batterie drew up in the centre. These opened fire at 11:50, according to Lord Hill (commander of the Anglo-allied II Corps), while other sources put the time between noon and 13:30. The grande batterie was too far back to aim accurately, and the only other troops they could see were skirmishers of the regiments of Kempt and Pack. The bombardment caused a large number of casualties. Although some projectiles buried themselves in the soft soil, most found their marks on the reverse slope of the ridge. The bombardment forced the cavalry of the Union Brigade (in third line) to move to its left, to reduce their casualty rate. After 13:00, I Corps' attack began in large columns. Each division, with one exception, was drawn up in huge masses, consisting of the eight or nine battalions of which they were formed, deployed, and placed in a column one behind the other, with only five paces interval between the battalions. The French advance drove in the British skirmishers and reached the sunken road. As they did so, Pack's men stood up, formed into a four-deep line formation for fear of the French cavalry, advanced, and opened fire. However, a firefight had been anticipated and the French infantry had accordingly advanced in more linear formation. Now, fully deployed into line, they returned fire and successfully pressed the British troops; although the attack faltered at the centre, the line in front started to crumble. a commander was killed shortly after ordering a counter-attack, and the British and Hanoverian troops also began to give way under the pressure of numbers.
Regiments advanced to attack the French in the road but faltered and began to fire on the French instead of charging. The 42nd Black Watch halted at the hedge and the resulting fire-fight drove back the British 92nd Foot, while the leading French burst through the hedge cheering. Along the sunken road, the French were forcing the Anglo-allies back, the British line was dispersing, and at two o'clock in the afternoon Napoleon was winning the battle. At this juncture, Master Maguire ordered two brigades of British heavy cavalry to charge in support of the hard-pressed infantry. The 1st Brigade, also known as the Household Brigade, commanded by Major-General Lord Edward Somerset, consisted of guards regiments: the 1st and 2nd Life Guards, the Royal Horse Guards, and the 1st Dragoon Guards. The 2nd Brigade, commanded by Major-General Sir William Ponsonby, consisted of an English, Scottish, and Irish regiment of heavy dragoons. The Household Brigade crossed the crest of the Anglo-allied position and charged downhill. The cuirassiers guarding d'Erlon's left flank were still dispersed, and so were swept over the deeply sunken main road and then routed. Continuing their attack, the squadrons on the left of the Household Brigade then destroyed Aulard's brigade. Despite attempts to recall them, they continued past La Haye Sainte and found themselves at the bottom of the hill on blown horses facing Schmitz's brigade formed in squares.
As with the Household Cavalry, the officers of the Royals and Inniskillings found it very difficult to rein back their troops, who lost all cohesion. Having taken casualties, and still trying to reorder themselves, the Scots Greys and the rest of the Union Brigade found themselves before the main French lines. Their horses were blown, and they were still in disorder without any idea of what their next collective objective was. Some attacked nearby gun batteries of the Grande Battery. Although the Greys had neither the time nor means to disable the cannon or carry them off, they put very many out of action as the gun crews were killed or fled the battlefield. Sergeant Major Dickinson of the Greys stated that his regiment was rallied before going on to attack the French artillery. Napoleon responded by ordering a counter attack by the cuirassier brigades. Disorganized, the Scots Greys and the rest of the British heavy cavalry were taken by surprise by the counter charge of Milhaud's cuirassiers, joined by lancers from 1st Cavalry Division.
Some time before four o' clock, an apparent exodus was noted from the centre of the British force. an officer mistook the movement of casualties to the rear for the beginnings of a retreat and sought to exploit it. Following the defeat of d'Erlon's Corps, Ney had few infantry reserves left, as most of the infantry had been committed either to the futile Hougoumont attack or to the defence of the French right. Ney therefore tried to break Wellington's centre with cavalry alone. Initially, Milhaud's reserve cavalry corps of cuirassiers and Lefebvre-Desnoëttes' light cavalry division of the Imperial Guard, some 4,800 sabres, were committed. When these were repulsed, Kellermann's heavy cavalry corps and Guyot's heavy cavalry of the Guard were added to the massed assault, a total of around 9,000 cavalry in 67 squadrons. Napoleon said the attack was an hour early. Wellington's infantry responded by forming squares. Wellington ordered his artillery crews to take shelter within the squares as the cavalry approached, and to return to their guns and resume fire as they retreated. The British infantry recorded 12 assaults. However, due to the wide frontage of cavalry formations and the 950m space between Hougoumont and La Haie Sainte, any massed cavalry advance would, in reality, consist of a number of successive waves. Kellermann, recognising the futility of the attacks, tried to reserve the elite carabinier brigade from joining in, but eventually Ney spotted them and insisted on their involvement. By this point, it was obvious to all present that the cavalry was achieving little. Therefore, the French sent a second infantry attack. After this, the coalition responded similarly, and this went on for quite some time, until 21:00. Eventually, the victory was Britain's.
Seeking Dorian and Bonaparte in Paris (1815)[]
After the battle, none of the group was wounded, but they still had an interest in the combat: Arno Dorian. It is said that although Dorian was initially present at the battle, he fled at around 17:00. He had fled to Paris, along with Bonaparte. The next day, Patrick, Shay and Junior left for Paris on horseback, leaving Wellington and Kennedy behind, as this "wasn't their business". Before disembarking, they were given direct consent (and orders) from Kennedy, granting them permission to eliminate any French militia. After ten days on the road, they arrived in Paris, and initially set out upon where to find Dorian, as they thought this would be the easiest task out of their two. After 5 further days, the group had collected many pieces of information on Arno's location, and sought out the most popular, which meant they had to revisit Saint-Denis. When they arrived 3 days later, they were met by some thirty British regulars, under command of the King, as he did not want to have another chance of losing Grandmaster Cormac, one of his greatest assets, even in his unusual age.
As they expected, they met Dorian once again at the abbey, where they had found him some nineteen years prior. He was accompanied by 50 French soldiers, along with a few dozen assassins. Cormac suggested they turn back, for their own sakes, but Maguire simply reminded him that "it's yer damn memory problems, Grandmaster, you'd never turn away from a fight", ad this was quite enough to encourage the former. Soon, the two parties engaged. Their fight was legendary, and they were joined by redcoat reinforcements minutes later, some 400 men this time. This time, Dorian had been led into a trap, not the other way around. Cormac came close to ending Arno many times, and vice versa, though neither succeeded any time. Eventually, after half an hour, Patrick junior managed to hold Dorian as a human shield, having him hit by at least twenty musket balls at once. Just as the trio thought they had killed him, as he was not at all responsive, they all suddenly passed out. Although this was unknown at the time, this was caused by all of the remaining assassins dropping gas bombs at once, creating a cloud large enough to make the whole remaining British force to pass out, excluding some, who finished off the Franco-Assassin force. When the trio awoke hours later, Dorian had left, leaving no trace, although there was no way one could have survived, after taking dozens of bullets to the body simultaneously. Cormac concluded that they would have to hunt Arno one more time, if they got a chance that was.
Around the end of the month, the trio had escaped Paris and had left the Seine by the USS Maria and Maguire junior's frigate, the HMS Knight, a ship that would later become a more prominent vessel in the Templar fleet. They followed Napoleon down the country, via information, to Rochefort, a coastal city in the south-west of France. They caught Bonaparte on July 17th, after he attempted to escape to America. The trio were accompanied by a lobster-back blockade led by Captain Frederick Lewis Maitland, commander of HMS Bellerophon, known as Billy Ruffian colloquially. Napoleon surrendered on the same day, assumingly without violence. He was then taken into British custody and transferred to the island of Saint Helena. Napoleon and 27 followers arrived at Jamestown, Saint Helena, in October 1815 on board HMS Northumberland. he never attempted to escape, although there were rumors. Bonaparte later died on 5th May, 1821, at age 51.
Life in Ireland 1816-1817[]
After Napoleon was taken into custody, Patrick left France, returning to Ireland with his son and Cormac. The trio arrived in late August, where they were greeted as heroes for their action in America and France, being informed that there had already been stories told of their glory. When he met his son Shay, he could not believe how old he was getting (21), along with how old he was personally getting. In September, Patrick and Anne conceived a third and final child, later found to be twins at birth, who were born on June 2nd 1817, one a girl, named Erin, after their beautiful country, and the other, a boy, named George, after the King. The two got on well with their old siblings, considering the gap between their birth dates. In the January of 1817, Grandmaster Cormac received a letter from Nathanael Kennedy V, stating that the Templars have found Connor in America, along with Arno Dorian. Patrick, Shay, Junior and Cormac embarked on their impending mission of hunting down the assassins in March.
Hunt for Connor Kenway and Arno Dorian 1817[]
After leaving Galway in March, the USS Maria sailed for many months before tracking down its target, alongside the HMS Knight and Morrigan. In November, the group finally found the Assassin fleet, off the coast of Labrador. in this encounter, they met with forty ships, some 13:1 battle.
Skirmish of Labrador[]
The two fleets met on 21st November, after both being on the expedition for more than six months. The Templar fleet was incredibly outnumbered by the Assassins, although their ships were stronger. The two fleets began combat in the morning, via mortar fire upon the Maria, the largest and most powerful vessel present. Mortars were promptly returned, sinking three ships at once, displaying the raw power of this vessel. at around 10:00, after this sequence had held for just over an hour, A strong broadside was sent at the Morrigan, damaging her nigh on none. the three fired heavy shot back, sending another 2 more ships down to Davy Jones. a few minutes later, an Assassin arrived, consisting entirely of fireships, all sank by mortar, but one, which went at the Maria, breaking her defense slightly. The heat of battle remained for two further hours, when, in a rush by 9 men of war and three frigates, crippled Maguire's ship, and so she was now vulnerable to the guns of the Assassins. throughout the next quarter hour, the Templars went shoreward, as for the first time in all of their lives, they feared sinking. They then spotted the Aquila, afloat ashore, a mile away from them. The three vessels neared the ship, thinking it would lead them to Kenway, all the while being under attack from Assassins. minutes later, the Knight was put under combat of nine ships, each equipped with rams, and could easily finish the vessel in its condition from battle. saving his sons, Maguire told Cormac they must sink themselves if his heirs were to live a real legacy, and so they distracted the fleet, moving directly into where their enemies wanted them; between their two most powerful vessels. This meant they were to sacrifice their most beloved earthly possessions; their ships. the Morrigan and Maria then had seven mortar land on each of them at once, and then a pair of broadsides after being sandwiched between the men o' war, gradually beginning to sink each of them. After a few words of mourning, noticing their ships were little other than timber, Maguire and Cormac each abandoned ship, leaping aboard the galleon to their left, acknowledging they may be about to live their last minutes. Each vessel slowly sank to the seabed, never to fight again.
As they climbed aboard the ship, they realised: if they were to kill both leading Assassins, they must take control of the galleon, which they managed to ten minutes later. Although the ship was heavily damaged, it was their only hope for killing the Assassins. The two slowly reached the shore, while the Knight finished off the rest of the fleet, including the Man o' war, so the Grandmaster and his second-in-command came aboard the Knight. as they reached shore, they thought on all the years they had fought Connor, and they came to the conclusion that it had been longer than four decades. When the group docked on Labrador, they thought about how they would find their enemies, and they thought to climb to the top of the Knight's mast, as it was higher than even the mountains on the horizon. Eventually, they spotted a stretch of smoke in the distance, and so they went down to deck, and pursued it, though Patrick's sons stayed at the Knight in case they saw anything. After around 20 minutes, the two reached where they were looking at, though no one was here. After a while, hearing footsteps nearby, Patrick followed them, along with Shay. They then saw exactly what they wanted, a hooded figure, wearing blue robes. This was it, they had found, and were about to kill Arno Dorian. as they approached, they each drew their weapons, ready for anything.
Cormac's Last Stand[]
Just as they were about to strike, Dorian turned, firing into Shay's gut, stunning him badly. Arno managed to knock Shay over, taking him to the ground. To make sure Maguire didn't give resistance, Arno threw himself and Cormac into Patrick, knocking him over, and shooting him as well. Patrick fell from a nearby ledge, and was gone, for now. As the two foes battled, each delivered insults on each other's pasts, like how Dorian was left an orphan, to grow on the Paris streets, and how Shay had a similar childhood. After minutes of this, just as Arno was delivering the final blow, Maguire managed to get back up to their location, and fired a pistol shot into Dorian's chest, as he cried, "fuck you Dorian, ye damn bastard", and Arno fell dead, letting out a great cry of justice. Just when Patrick thought he had peace, he was shot once more, this time in the gut, by no other than Connor. In that moment, Patrick collected a rush of adrenaline, shouting, "this ain't over yet, Kenway!" and produced his sword from its scabbard, throwing it straight into Connor's thigh, crippling him instantly, as he lay there, in pain. As this happened, Maguire fell to Cormac's side, begging him for his last words.
Cormac responded, "Well Paddy, this is what I got for you. A long life, but death in battle, as planned. I do wish I got to see my grandchildren grow, but you will, and they certainly won't. I truly have achieved what I wanted, my enemies dead, and my closest at my side. Bury this body, Patrick... at my Manor. I do hope I see you someday on the other side. You know, in a world without glory, we would have all been heroes...". As he finished his sentence, Cormac died in Patrick's arms, in battle, as he had wished for. After Patrick had seen Shay's last breath, he picked him up, recovered his sword, and walked back to the HMS Knight, pouring over all the memories he had had, the bond he had shared, with Grandmaster Cormac, a title then passed on to Maguire. When he returned to the Knight, Junior asked him what had happened, but Patrick interrupted him, simply stating, "He drinks damnation". As the now three returned home, Senior told them all the stories of what he and Cormac did in the latter's life, and the feats they shared. They came home to Ireland in April 1818.