L'ère de la voile – Character Locations and Information

Emplacements, specialties, and some other notes about every recruitable character in the game. Some details WIP. If you find any inaccuracies or missing information like an equipment bonus please let me know.

Asie

Personnage: Abdallah
Recrutement: Muscat after beating the game as him.
Spécialités:
Combattant qualifié – Increased exp gain from battles
Tactiques de saisie de navires – Ability to recruit ships that have surrendered
Butin – Increases supply gained when plundering ships
Langues – arabe

Personnage: Aji
Recrutement: Rose banner questline (triggered by a Garaba event in Malacca?)
Spécialités:
Southeast Asian Climate – Increases trade profits and contribution in the central south peninsula cultural sphere
Together as One – Increases sailor max morale
Hand-to-Hand Tactics – Inflicts enemy ships with water leakage after hand-to-hand combat
Extra Equipment Bonus:
Corne – +1 brawling +1 musique
Langues: Khmer / Siamese

Personnage: Garaba
Recrutement: Picked up in a stowaway event seemingly somewhere in Southeast Asia (would like more detail if possible)
Spécialités:
Java Climate – Increases trade profits and contribution in Southeast Asian cultural sphere
Pick the Lock – Chests can be opened immediately
Hidden Cargos – Ship cabins can hold +10 articles
Langues: Indonesia / Khmer / Chinois

Personnage: Hiyar O’Worley
Recrutement: Pick up in (aléatoire?) port
Spécialités:
Arabic Climate – Increases trade profits and contribution in the Arabic and East African cultural spheres
Médecin’s Kindness – Restores sailor morale after battle
Desert Traveler – Reduces supply consumption on Gobi terrain
Extra Equipment Bonus:
Glass Reagent Case – Médecine +2; Organisation +1
Langues: arabe

Personnage: Katelyn
Recrutement: Requires Sassi Palmis. Look for a fleet called the Pirate Queen’s Fleet in the Red Sea and defeat it. After finding the five treasures, find her just north of Toamasina.
Spécialités:
Pirate Star – Reduces exp required for upgrades
Rapid-Fire Cannon Expertise – Increased damage, précision, and penetration of Rapid-Fire Cannons
Langues: Espagnol

Personnage: Lu Liyuan
Recrutement – Must find random event in a port first (not sure if the port is random?). Alors, travel to Istanbul to see another event, and find him in the Western Turkey expedition (skill requirement?)
Spécialités:
Ming Empire Climate – Increases trade profits and contribution in the Ming Empire and Korean cultural spheres
Mountain Traveler – Reduce supply consumption on hills or swamp
Stone Identification – Increases trade profit of gemstones
Langues – Chinois

Personnage: Nasser
Recrutement: Rose banner questline (started by Garaba event in Malacca?)
Spécialités:
Bien informé – Increase sailor max morale
Confusion Tactics – Inflicts confusion after hand-to-hand combat
Business Adept – Increases trade profits and contribution in the Persian cultural sphere
Extra Equipment Bonus:
Dés – +1 négociation +2 firearm
Langues: arabe

Personnage: Sassi Palmis
Recrutement: Complete the Holi questline in Calicut and attend the festival (requires completing Kanam’S Direction de S?)
Spécialités:
Indian Climate – Increases trade profits and contribution in Indian cultural sphere
Dancing Grace – Increases sailor morale cap
Langues: Hindustani / Sanskrit

Personnage: Shen Shi
Recrutement: Pick up from the oceans around China in a random event
Spécialités:
Scout – Reduce stamina loss during expeditions
[Inconnu]
Langues: Chinois

Personnage: Takigawa Amagai
Recrutement: Meet in Nagasaki tavern and then learn about Moro-haku sake (Sakai I think?). Rescue from pirates.
Spécialités:
Japanese Climate – Increases trade profits and contribution in the Japanese cultural sphere
Rônin – When hp reaches 0 in duel, restaurer 1 hp and unleash an ultimate
Provocation – If both sides have morale after hand-to-hand combat, challenge the enemy to a duel
Extra Equipment Bonus:
Delicate Katana – +2 brawling
Langues: japonais

Personnage: Yoshitaka Shizuma
Recrutement: Nagasaki after beating the game as them
Spécialités:
Constructeur naval prestigieux – Grant exp when shipbuilding
Chats à portée de main – protects fleet from rats
Connaissance de l'artisanat – Increase trade profit of industrial goods
Dépassement de la nature – Can freely modify ship cabins
Langues: japonais

Personnage: Yunmu
Recrutement: Zhangzhou after beating the game as her
Spécialités:
Savant – increased EXP gain from discoveries
Analogiste – Decreases requirements for interpreting books
Achats difficiles – Increases profits of goods based on amount of knowledge accumulated for them
Langues: portugais / Chinois

Africa

Personnage: Beluget
Recruter: After learning about the Minos fleet in west Africa, find and defeat the fleet. They will not attack you, you must attack them. Alors, find Beluget in Cape Verde.
Spécialités:
Has one specialty that does nothing. (Quest upgrade?)
Langues: Swahili / Espagnol

Personnage: Kornelly
Recrutement: Event and expedition in Toamasina
Spécialités:
Wilderness Resident – Reduce supply consumption in forest
Way of Preservation – Increase fish gained from fishing and trade profit on fish
Langues: Hausa

Europe

Personnage: Anastasia
Recrutement: Complete an event in the Western Turkey expedition landing and then recruit along with Mustafa Amir in Beirut.
Spécialités:
Eastern European Climate – Increases trade profits and contribution in the Balkan cultural sphere
Fileur – Increases profits of textile goods
Neat Cargos – Ship cabins can hold +10 articles
Langues: Slavic

Personnage: Andrea
Recrutement: Bring black pepper to Calais and recruit in the tavern
Spécialités:
French Climate: Increases trade profits and contribution in French cultural sphere
Spice Expert – Increased profit from food and spice goods
[Inconnu]
Langues: Français

Personnage: Andreas Heinrich
Recrutement: See event in Pisa and then find event in Naples expedition
Spécialités:
Nordic Climate – Increases trade profits and contribution in the Northern European cultural sphere
Mars – Reduces supply consumption
Strong Willed – Protects fleet from hallucination
Extra Equipment Bonus:
Chevalier’s Longsword – +50hp +1 brawling
Langues: Allemand

Personnage: André
Recrutement: After beating the game as Andrew, recruit at the Lisbon pier.
Spécialités:
Esprit aventureux – Increases EXP gained from sailing
Leader inné – Reduces EXP required to level up character who are below Andrew’niveau
Explorateur d'itinéraire – Discovering new ports grants +100 local contribution
Extra Equipment Bonus:
Boussole – +2 direction +1 geography
Langues: portugais

Personnage: Beatrice
Recrutement: Tulip quest line in Amsterdam, start by going to Amsterdam in November
Spécialités:
Craftmanship – Increases trade profit of artware
Lowland Climate – Increases trade profit and contribution in Dutch cultural sphere
Extra Equipment Bonus:
Tulip brooch – +3 organisation
Langues: Néerlandais

Personnage: Carlos Cortez
Recrutement: In Seville after recruiting Blackbeard (and possibly Costello?).
Spécialités:
Spanish Nobility – Increases trade profit and contribution in Iberian cultural sphere
Cannon Expertise – Increases damage, précision, and penetration of cannons
[Inconnu]
Langues: Espagnol

Personnage: Costello Hermann
Recrutement: Monica (Seville Barmaid) questline
Spécialités:
Seasoned Pirate – Increased chance of inflicting abnormal status with cannons
Troublemaker – Inflicts enemy ship with burning after hand-to-hand combat
Master of Love – Unlocks sweet talk interaction with barmaids. Random chance for either +50 ou -20 favorability.
Langues: Espagnol

Personnage: Daniel Crete
Recrutement: See event in Trieste then travel a few times between Venice and Trieste. Eventually rescue from pirates.
Spécialités:
Surgery – Recovers a portion of dead sailors after battle
Plague Doctor – Protects from plague while sailing
Pharmacological Mastery – increases profits from trading medicine
Langues: italien

Personnage: Dietlind
Recrutement: Starts with the quest in Benghazi from the merchant. You then meet her in the tavern at Hamburg. Après cela, find the deed to a ship from Lübeck and order a ship at the shipyard there. After a pirate encounter outside the port, she joins.
Spécialités:
German Climate: Increases trade profit and contribution in German cultural sphere
Tireur isolé – Increased damage in boarding attacks
Extra Equipment Bonus:
Daybreak – +30 hp +1 firearm
Langues: Allemand / Slavic

Personnage: Esmeralda
Recrutement: Find in Marseilles and then Palma (Requires Daniel I think)
Spécialités:
Thought Reader – Interpret news topic that barmaids are interested in
Caravan – Increases expedition load (seems to double)
Romani Traditions – Increases profit of trading hobby goods
Langues: Français / Slavic / grec

Personnage: Henri
Recrutement – Recruit Blackbeard and then find in London
Spécialités:
Remote Combat – Increases damage, précision, and penetration of long-barreled cannons
Briber – Increases max sailor morale
Langues: Anglais

Personnage: Joyce de Fritz
Recrutement: Recruit in Amsterdam
Spécialités:
Precise Routing – Increase Fleet auto-sail speed
Mathematics – Increase fleet artillery accuracy
Orange Addict – Protects the fleet from scurvy
Extra Equipment Bonus:
Sextant – +1 mapping +1 geography
Langues: Néerlandais / Portugeuese / Allemand

Personnage: Loris Falaise
Recrutement: Purchase his songbook in the London item shop and then recruit in the London tavern
Spécialités:
Italian Climate – Increases trade profits and contribution in Italian cultural sphere
Oenology – Increases alcohol trade profits
Barde – Increases contribution gain
Extra Equipment Bonus:
Gone with the Wind – +1 musique +1 trésor
Langues: italien

Personnage: Maltim Almeida Blanca
Recrutement: Travel to Genoa and speak to him in the tavern. Alors, discover Ras ben Sakka (is this Andrew only?)
Spécialités:
Seasoned Officer – Increases negotiation success rate with NPCs
Climate Conqueror – Drastically reduces hull damage in storms
Supply Utilization – Reduces consumption of supplies while sailing
Langues: portugais

Personnage: Mustafa Amir
Recrutement: Complete an event in the Western Turkey expedition landing and then recruit along with Anastasia in Beirut.
Spécialités:
Turkish Nobility – Increases trade profits and contribution in the Turkish and North African cultural spheres
Évaluation du trésor – Adds a chance to obtain precious items when trading
Fire Cannon Expertise – Increases damage, précision, and penetration ability of fire cannons
Langues: turc

Personnage: William Ansel
Recrutement: Pick up in London and take him to Ceuta to recruit.
Spécialités:
British Climate – Increases trade profits and contribution in British cultural sphere
Sketch – Increases rewards and contribution from reporting discoveries
Journey of Odysseus – No longer become out of control in storms
Extra Equipment Bonus:
Scholar Flat Cap – +1 geography +1 humanities +1 biology
Langues: Anglais / latin / grec / portugais / Espagnol

Personnage: Yuskin
Recrutement: Tulip quest line in Amsterdam (go to Amsterdam in November to start) After recruiting Beatrice, go to Venice.
Spécialités:
Penny Pinching – Reduce fleet supply and sailor wage costs
Merchant of Venice – increased experience and profits from trading specialties
Business Craft – increased rewards from completing business contracts
Langues: italien / Néerlandais

Amériques

Personnage: Barbe Noire
Recrutement: Finish his questline in Nassau
Spécialités:
Coercion – Adds chance to cause confusion when battles take place
Reign of Terror – Provides protection from confusion
Tyrannical – Can recruit surrendered small and medium ships
[Inconnu]
Langues: Anglais

Personnage: Jaca
Recrutement: Nassau tavern after recruiting Blackbeard
Spécialités:
Caribbean Climate – Increases trade profits and contribution in the Caribbean cultural sphere
Boarding Tactics – Allows hand-to-hand combat immediately when a ram collides with an enemy ship
Fearless Charge – Increases ram damage
Extra Equipment Bonus:
Eagle Warrior Armor – +1 direction +1 brawling
Langues: indien / Espagnol

Personnage: Marma Cora
Recrutement: Wolf child clue in Veracruz
Spécialités:
Inca Climate – Increases trade profits and contribution in the Central and South American and West Coast American cultural spheres
Instincts – Increase Field of View in expeditions
Langues: indien