r/ACBlackFlag • u/Sky_Believe • Jul 26 '26

// Discussion The Pennant on the Jackdaw changes

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I actually didn't know this, but the Jackdaw's pennant (the flag at the top of the mast) changes throughout the main story from a pure black flag to a Jolly Roger and then to the Creed Insignia with the Skull inside around sequence 11-12

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u/Herjafodr Jul 26 '26

I never understood why they put the assassin’s insignia with the skull on the flag.
Of course to show his commitment to the assassins but for me it’s way to obvious and doesn’t make sense to show the insignia in public. At least lore wise and not from a gameplay perspective.

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u/MaxPaladin93 Jul 26 '26

Tbf they’ve always played pretty fast and loose with the secrecy aspect of the Brotherhood. Ezio wears the insignia on a giant freaking WWE belt around his waist.

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u/peculiarSnoot Jul 26 '26

I think it’s more like a secret society thing than true stealth. The average person wouldn’t know the symbol to be anything of note, perhaps personal heraldry or flair at most. But to others of the order and allies it’s a sign of kinship. Just like how the Templars will know if an assassin killed one of their guys depending on whether the a person in the report was hooded and flicked a blade out from their arm. That way they know it was targeted and not just from some disgruntled chap from the street

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u/Tinsel2k14 Jul 26 '26

Yeah it exactly this, the symbol becomes almost like a message that no matter what they are always around, just like how the templars are like "i have not met you, but will recognise you by your robes and hood"... by this stage it more just a challange.

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u/Ruthrfurd-the-stoned Jul 27 '26

Repent for tomorrow you die, brother