![]() ![]() Later, the four conspirators analyse the clues at their disposal. With the exception of a few unanticipated bruises, the con is a success Nate enters a secet subterranean library where he retrieves the antique cipher disk (designed to reveal a message with Drake's ring inserted), a map and a journal belonging to T.E. Though Talbot, Marlowe's lieutenant, arrives with a substantial payment to purchase Drake's ring in good faith, Nate's true goal is to track down Marlowe - and, by extension, the cipher disk. ![]() This stalemate lasts for many years until the opening scenes of Drake's Deception, where Nate, with the assistance of Sully, Chloe and Charlie Cutter, orchestrates an elaborate subterfuge. Without the astrolabe (which is in fact a cipher disk), Nate cannot solve the mystery of Sir Francis Drake's protracted voyage through the East Indies denied the ring, Marlowe's shadowy organisation is frustrated in its search for Iram of the Pillars. The encounter with Marlowe has a profound effect on Nate, and he harbours a desire for one-upmanship that abides into adulthood. Intrigued by the teenager's knowledge, wit and resourcefulness, he proposes to take Nate under his wing. Despite being in Marlowe's pay, Sullivan - a thief, yes a cad, yes but by no means bereft of a moral core - intervenes to rescue Nate as the latter attempts to flee with the ring. His intended theft of Drake's ring and what appears to be an astrolabe from the city's maritime museum brings him into contact, be it chance or fate, with Victor Sullivan, a thief for hire, and Katherine Marlowe, a senior member of a British secret society with a vested interest in Sir Francis Drake's history. Though it is unclear how a young Nate came to arrive in Cartegena, it soon becomes apparent that his visit is no accident.
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