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1	* "Reynard" not only means "fox" in French, but the original Germanic name "Raginard" that Reynard is derived from refers to someone who gives strong counsel, making it a more than appropriate name for a smooth-talking character like Captain Reynard. Not at all coincidentally, the film studio Twentieth Century Fox produced a number of swashbucklers starring Creator/TyronePower in the 1940s, including ''Film/{{The Mark of Zorro\|1940}}'' (1940) and ''The Black Swan'' (1942).
2	* Niccolo Sabatini, Reynard’s first mate, gets his surname from Creator/RafaelSabatini, who wrote numerous historical adventure novels, several of which feature pirates as main characters, such as ''Literature/CaptainBloodHisOdyssey'', ''Literature/TheSeaHawk'', and ''Scaramouche'', among others.
3	* Robert Hale is named for actor Alan Hale, who was Creator/ErrolFlynn’s sidekick (and occasional adversary) in many of his films. His friends from the ''Keighley'' are likewise all named for actors who have played “sidekicks” and supporting roles in pirate and swashbuckler films.
4	** The ''Keighley'' itself is named after director William Keighley, co-director of Film/TheAdventuresOfRobinHood and several other of Flynn's films.
5	* Lord Edmund Alleyn gets his surname from Edward Alleyn, acclaimed actor of the Elizabethan era. Among Alleyn’s starring roles was his portrayal of Faustus in Creator/ChristopherMarlowe’s play of the same name.
6	* Esau Tynan, the boatswain, is named for David Tynan, the writer of numerous episodes of ''Series/{{Highlander}}: [[RecycledTheSeries The Series]]''.
7	* The boatswain’s mate, Jason Reverte, gets his name from Arturo Pérez-Reverte, author of ''Literature/TheClubDumas'', ''The Fencing Master'', and the Literature/CaptainAlatriste series (one entry of which has Alatriste crossing swords with pirates, and another having him engage in a pirate-esque escapade of his own).
8	* The seven pirate captains that Reynard collects are named after actors who have portrayed pirates in movies.
9	** Brian Lancaster is named after Creator/BurtLancaster, star of ''Film/TheCrimsonPirate'' (1952). [[spoiler:To compensate for the movie not having any sword fights, something the author was very disappointed about, Lancaster was chosen to be the final pirate Reynard would hunt down and cross swords with.]]
10	** Thomas Byrne is named for Creator/GabrielByrne, who played a fugitive pirate in the movie ''Shipwrecked'' (1990).
11	** Henry Sanders is named for Creator/GeorgeSanders, who played the villainous Captain Billy Leech in ''TheBlackSwan'' (1942).
12	** Oliver Newton is named for Robert Newton, who popularized many pirate stereotypes with his portrayal of Long John Silver in Disney’s live-action ''Film/{{Treasure Island\|1950}}'' (1950).
13	** Alvaro Quintero is named for Creator/AnthonyQuinn, who was in several pirate movies, including ''TheBlackSwan (1942), ''Against All Flags'' (1952), and ''A High Wind in Jamaica'' (1965).
14	** Thomas Fairbanks is named for Creator/DouglasFairbanks, swashbuckling action hero of the Silent Era and star of ''The Black Pirate'' (1926). Fairbanks doesn’t have a single line of dialogue throughout the book.
15	** Maureen Barnes is named for Creator/MaureenOHara and Binnie Barnes, both of whom appeared in ''The Spanish Main'' (1945). O'Hara has also starred in numerous other swashbucklers and costumed adventure films, including ''The Black Swan'', ''Against All Flags'', and ''At Sword's Point''.
16	* John Curry is named for Creator/TimCurry, who portrayed Long John Silver in ''Film/MuppetTreasureIsland'' (1996).
17	* Matthew Heston is named for Creator/CharltonHeston, who also played Silver in the classic ''[[Film/TreasureIsland1990 Treasure Island]]'' TV movie (1990) alongside Creator/ChristianBale, Creator/OliverReed, and Creator/ChristopherLee.
18	* The two pirates mentioned in the scene at Ciudad d’Esperanza, Langella and Rush, are named for Creator/FrankLangella and Creator/GeoffreyRush, both of whom played prominent roles as pirate captains in ''Film/CutthroatIsland'' (1990) and the ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' film series respectively.
19	* Fredrick Cavendish is named for Fred Cavens, Belgian fencer sword fight choreographer and fencing instructor for pretty much any decent Hollywood swashbuckler from the 1920s through the 1950s you can think of, as well as Disney's classic ''Series/{{Zorro\|1957}}'' television series. He also trained Hollywood royalty such as Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Creator/ErrolFlynn, Tyrone Power, Creator/BasilRathbone, and Creator/RobertDonat.
20	* Sergeant Donald Gilbert is named after Ron Gilbert, creator of the ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' video game series.
21	* Captain Fillion is obviously named for Creator/NathanFillion, star of the TV show ''Series/{{Firefly}}''. And no, the brown coat he wears is not a coincidence.
22	* The name Lincoln Parker, Reynard’s pirate mentor, was inspired by the Steve Goodman song “The Lincoln Park Pirates.”

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