Edward Thatch / Blackbeard

Edward Thatch’s Role and Personality in Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag Resynced

Thatch is no mindless brute. The terror he projects is theater, a calculated performance he himself describes as a show, built to make men fall to their knees before a single shot is needed. Beneath the fearsome persona lives a shrewd tactician and a true believer in freedom, one of the architects of Nassau’s pirate republic and its dream of a world beyond the reach of any crown. Resynced expands his story through a dedicated new quest chain, “In a World Without Gold,” which deepens the bond between Thatch and Kenway and traces the slow unraveling of a man who knows his era is ending. He is ultimately a tragic figure: a pirate philosopher who burned too bright and too late.

Who Voices Edward Thatch / Blackbeard in Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag Resynced?

Scottish actor Mark Bonnar returns to voice Edward Thatch, a performance that multiple reviewers of Resynced have singled out as the standout of the entire cast. Bonnar is widely recognized for his television work, including DCC Mike Dryden in Line of Duty and Duncan Hunter in Shetland, and his portrayal of Blackbeard carries the same texture of barely contained menace that made the original 2013 performance so memorable. In the Japanese dub of the original Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, the role was performed by veteran voice actor Kōsei Hirota, whose extensive career includes Nightmare in the Soulcalibur series and Joe Baker in the Japanese dub of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard.