Trivia / The Self Made Man

• Ripped from the Headlines: The Atlesian criminal gang Black Sun, comprising of ex-military who were disgraced for their war crimes with a fascistic zeal for their Kingdom, bear a striking similarity to the ultra-right and Neo-Nazi groups that have cropped up in the 21st Century.
• Write What You Know: Coeur once participated in a tour of a real drug lab used to make counterfeit pharmaceuticals, the experience of which allowed him to lend an air of realism to the one described in chapter 14.