Sink-or-Swim Mentor: His approach to parenting boils down to "Here is my old ship, now go and don't come back until you're the greatest sailor in the world.". Previous Player-Character Cameo: As Joao, you occasionally get to see a much older and stricter Leon from the first game (who happens to be Joao's dad). Other characters Leon FrancoThe protagonist of the original Uncharted Waters, now a Portuguese duke and Joao's father.
Rags to Riches: From an orphaned street urchin to the richest noble in the Ottoman Empire. This is specifically something that Howell warns him of at the beginning of his story. Intrepid Merchant: His storyline summed up in two words. An Entrepreneur Is You: Pretty much the entire Ali storyline. Do You Want to Haggle?: Ali can do it better than anyone since his haggling is capped to his navigation level. Buying the Mediterranean, one port at a timeA Turkish trader who grew up in extreme poverty but slowly works his way up to the richest merchant in the Mediterranean, while searching for his long-lost sister.