* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: It's pretty much a whole book of it.
** Are Hunter and his crew [[AntiHero Anti-Heroes]] or {{Villain Protagonist}}s?
** Is Almont a BigGood or a CorruptPolitician?
** Is Hacklett prior to crossing the MoralEventHorizon TooDumbToLive or merely BornInTheWrongCentury?
** Are the character's final fates in the epilogue merely examples of DroppedABridgeOnHim or long overdue {{Karmic Death}}s?
* BaseBreakingCharacter: Whether Sarah is a whiny, stilted character irrelevant to the plot or a nice AudienceSurrogate who has some unfulfilled potential in her interactions with Hunter can be argued.
* EnsembleDarkHorse: Of the Pirates, there’s Lazue the sharp eyed [[SamusIsAGirl male impersonating]] ActionGirl and Don Diego, being one of the more sympathetic pirates with his DarkAndTroubledPast and DemolitionsExpert accomplishments.
* FanonDiscontinuity: Some fans would rather ignore the final chapter, with its overuse of the DeadlyDistantFinale trope.
* MoralEventHorizon:
** Hacklett and Scott collectively cross this when [[spoiler: Hacklett allows Scott to rape Emily.]]
** Cazalla (an AxCrazy man who has tortured and killed countless people both in cooperation with the Inquisition and as part of his conflict with England) has crossed it a long long time ago, and probably does not even care anymore (if he ever cared at all).