User blog:TimberWolf2011/Edward Kenway vs. Jack Sparrow

This is just a quick blog illustrating the opponents of this ficticious battle, and to see who would emerge victorious between them. like my first blog, I'll be putting down info on each character, though this time, I'm going to attempt to keep this thing short. anyway, first up is:

Jack Sparrow:

Now the first thing we can surmise here is that, since Jack is a pirate himself, he and Edward are on equal ground in terms of basic skills. But, due to Jack having basically come back from the dead, it could be theorised that Jack Sparrow is just the slightest bit immortal...though that's only speculation, at best he probably gained a few extra years of life, but is still a mortal man, the only time he had truely ever become immortal being the time he fought against the undead Captain Barbossa of his ship the Black Pearl, and even that was temporary. One thing he did gain, however, was a fairly insane insight into certain things, as seen when he made his crew aid him in capsising his ship, in order to end up in a different part of the ocean in a mere few seconds.

That being said, Jack does have his flaws, such as his taste for rum, nothing to the point of being a drunkard (despite what his constituents think of him), but enough to make him just that much more...loopy. That doesn't go to say that Jack has no chance in this battle though, in fact it's the opposite, because the mere fact that Jack is always like this, slightly insane and maybe a bit drunk, would give him a slight edge over Kenway, in the sense of being hard to predict, as well as Jack having fair skill with a sword, as seen when fighing against William Turner in the first film, when he pouted himself a drink of water while parrying his opponent's blows. Though there is a major flaw that Edward could possibly take advantage of and that is his need for gold, though not an extreme distraction, it could prove to be enough for edward to get the upper hand.

with that being said, Jack also has his own firearm, whether he uses it at all is unknown, but he did have ammow for at least one shot that we know of. with this is Jack's mind, yes I mentioned it before but i mean his mind in the sense of how he thinks. being a pirate, Jack could be seen as a fearful man, maybe even a bit of a coward, though in actuality, this is what's known as self preservation, being able to recognise when a fight is futile, and not being willing to concede or accept death. this fact could lend a higher amount of planning in Jack's head than most give him, and if we go back to the last battle of the first film, Jack deliberately gave himself the same curse as Barbossa, to ensure he couldn't die during the conflict. This also shows how clever the pirate captain is, as he was able to do this and, with aid from William, time the breaking of the curse so he could shoot Barbossa at the exact moment the curse was broken.

another moment of clever skill is shown when Jack was able to steal the key of the Dead Man's Chest from Davy Jones himself as he slept, and in turn, at least temporarily, gain a bargaining chip for his soul. i could go into more details, but frankly i can't think of any aside from those he gains from his ship the Black Pearl, which is sonething that any ship has ranging from cannons, possibly mortars, and maybe even chain shot, but i cant be certain. with that, let's move onto Jack's opponent.

Edward Kenway:

As most people may already know, Edward is a pirate, as well as an assassin, with skills used by both of those two factions. in basics, he and Jack are equal, but Edward may have an upper hand in his Eagle Vision, allowing him to spot Jack from a crowd if that's what Edward had to do. along with this, he has many other advantages such as his climbing skills, his ability to use two swords as opposed to just one, as well as having three more pistols than Jack does. along with this, he has the trademark weapon of the Assassin Order, the hidden blade, which gives Edward an advantage over Jack in that Jack may not know how to fight that aside from maybe trying to parry the attacks with his own sword.

Being from the Navy, Edward is well versed in the theater of combat, which (as far as we know) Jack Sparrow did not, and being born on a ship during a hurricane, while an amazing bit of info, doesn't give Jack any form of advantage aside from possible bragging rights. That's not to say that Edward would win hands down, in fact, as i adressed above, his skills may give Jack an advantage in the long run, this being overconfidence. let me explain this by pointint out that, during the most part of the story in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, Edward is depicted as being unstoppable, in the sense of no matter how hard his opponents may try, there's nothing that can stop him. in short, Edward may think he'd easily be able to defeat, even kill Jack without giving it a second thought, but due to Jack's clever mind, we could see Jack Sparrow take one of Edward's pistols and use it against him.

as for Edward's ship, the Jackdaw, assuming it's got every elite upgrade, would be quite the force to face, even for a ship like the Black Pearl. but then again, who's to say that Jack hasn't been visiting the Harbormaster and upgrading his own ship as well? for all we know Jack may have all elite upgrades to his own ship, so in the naval battle feild, i'll give that an honest fifty-fifty in the advantage area. despite this, Edward has one skill that Jack may not be able to match (at least not vewy well) and that is his ability to climb with the deftness of a monkey, which could easily give Edward the literal high ground in the battle if he decides to take out Jack from above. at the same time, who's to say Jack won't just turn and use his pistol on a leaping Edward, so it's not a huge advantage, but it is an advantage. along with the usual tools of a pirate, Edward has the darts, though for the sake of fairness, the darts would only be aplicable if Edward were going after Jack Sparrow as a target, and Jack happened to be in a tavern surrounded by other pirates, and even then it's sketchy. so for the most part, the blow darts don't apply, but the rope dart does, and even if Edward uses one on Jack, he has a sword, he can cut the rope before Edward can tug him down.

there you have it, and for my personal opinion, i think Edward has a fair chance of winning, not because i'm the one who made the Edward Kenway page, but simply because he has so much skills and abilities, but that's just my opinion, the comments below will decide the fate of this battle.