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In a world without gold, we might've been heroes!
— Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag ‧ 2013
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Thatch imagines a world in which greed would not have pushed men like him into piracy. The regret does not erase his actions, but it exposes the distance between the life he led and the person he thinks he might have become.
Sources (1)
- PolygonAssassin’sCreedIVBlackFlag2013, EdwardBlackbeardThatch’s fictional dialogue; no historical utterance authentication.Reference checked
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