Which character is the captain of the Jackdaw in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag?

Edward Kenway is the captain of the Jackdaw in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.

Edward is a Welsh privateer-turned-pirate who takes possession of the brigantine and renames it the Jackdaw. The ship serves as his mobile base as he travels through the Caribbean during the early eighteenth-century Golden Age of Piracy. Naval exploration and ship-to-ship combat are core parts of the game.

Edward initially pursues wealth and the possibility of a powerful identity, but his encounters with Assassins, Templars, and other pirates gradually change his priorities. The story also connects him to the wider Kenway family: he is the father of Haytham Kenway and grandfather of Ratonhnhaké:ton, the protagonist of Assassin's Creed III.

Adéwalé is an important ally and later becomes the protagonist of the Freedom Cry expansion, but he is not the Jackdaw's main captain. The Jackdaw is also distinct from the Morrigan, the ship used in Assassin's Creed Rogue.