History Literature / BlackSun

* Literature/ArsGoetia: There are seventy-two Deviblades overall, and each one takes its name from an ''Ars Goetia'' demon.

** Drake is based on Creator/TimCurry, though some readers consider him akin to Creator/ChristophWaltz. Either way, [[JustForPun he's a model of a modern Magnificent Bastard.]]

* CorporateWar: The overall plot of ''Curse of the Nebula'' is based on a war between two such entities in the Outer Rim.

* ''Gold of the Lost Empire'' (Coming Soon)

* CulturedBadass: For a pirate, Jon is very refined in his tastes. He enjoys a good glass of wine as he does rum, can quote ancient literature (up to and including the King James Bible) from memory, holds a collection of valuable artworks (which he later uses to decorate his spaces aboard the ''Black Sun'') and retains a preference to classical media (basically anything from the First Age of Terra). The latter especially applies to his choice of music; when he isn't out captaining the ''Black Sun'' or slaughtering mooks wholesale with Astaroth, he can be found in his quarters listening to songs from certain [[Music/TheRollingStones long]] [[Music/{{Sting}} lost]] [[Music/{{Metallica}} and]] [[Music/JourneyBand "forgotten"]] [[Music/GordonLightfoot artists]].

* TheCasanova: Howell Davis, UpToEleven. He literally has a girlfriend or two in every corner of the galaxy.

* CulturedBadass: For a pirate, Jon is very refined in his tastes. He enjoys a good glass of wine as he does rum, can quote ancient literature (up to and including the King James Bible) from memory, holds a collection of valuable artworks (which he later uses to decorate his spaces aboard the ''Black Sun'') and retains a preference to classical media (basically anything from the First Age of Terra). The latter especially applies to his choice of music; when he isn't out captaining the ''Black Sun'' or slaughtering mooks wholesale with Astaroth, he can be found in his quarters listening to songs from certain [[Music/TheRollingStones long]] [[Music/{{Sting}} lost]] [[Music/{{Metallica}} and]] [[Music/{{Journey}} "forgotten"]] [[Music/GordonLightfoot artists]].

** Kaguya's name (much like Anna's) stems from two sources: Princess Kaguya from ''[[Literature/TheTaleOfTheBambooCutter The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter]]'', and master ninja (and occasional pirate) Fuma Kotaro. Her father and brother are also named after the latter.

** For starters, it's fairly obvious that ''Black Sun'''s Terran Empire is heavily based on [[Franchise/StarTrek a certain other franchise's]]. It seems to particularly follow the ''[[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Enterprise]]'' depiction, from the military grey warships to the Imperial Marines fighting less like [[Franchise/StarWars Stormtroopers]] and more like [=MACO=]s (though their PoweredArmor - particularly their [[GlowingMechanicalEyes glowy eyed]] skull-shaped faceplates - give more of a [[Anime/JinRohTheWolfBrigade Kerberos Panzer Cop]] image) to the general attitudes of certain Imperial officers. That being said, it's far less nightmarish than the latter, being more akin to a colonial empire during the Age of Discovery as opposed to a true "Evil Empire".

* ''Fury of the Phoenix'' (Coming Soon)

** Nassau, as anyone whose played ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag'' (or, you know, studied history the old fashioned way) could tell you, is an entire planet of such.

** Nassau, as one can guess, is an entire planet of such.

* WretchedHive: Penzance. It's basically a space colony version of [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Tortuga]].

[[TimeSkip Fifteen years later]], Jonathan and Alexander have grown into relatively successful pirates (actually mercenaries) in their own right, managing to etch out an existence for themselves. Unfortunately, this would be an empty existence at best; though they have garnered a fair amount of wealth and prosperity, they are forced to take jobs from the most unsavory of clients while constantly being on the run due to their surname and their late mother's long list of enemies (in other words, simply surviving and nothing else). This is best depicted with their latest assignment. Despite their accomplishing it, their client, an Imperial Senator, would attempt to assassinate the brothers upon their return - not because he can't afford their rate either, but to illustrate what the brothers may expect of him should they enter his service on a permanent basis (long story).

It is somewhere around a couple thousand years in the future, during the Third Age of Terra. Due to a previous interstellar war that desolated Earth - so much so that it effectively ended what we would consider the modern era - humanity would end up reforming into the prosperous but xenophobic [[TheEmpire Terran Empire]], which for the last nine hundred plus years has enjoyed a veritable golden age of advancement and expansion. As a result of that expansion however, as well as continuous rediscovery of humanity's past knowledge and culture, piracy would become rampant throughout space, eventually culminating in the development and formation of the Pirate Clans. One of these, the Gold Dragon Clan, would come to be founded and led by a Terran woman named Morganna Flint, who had long established herself as the most successful pirate of all time. And with that success, the Gold Dragon would also become considered the foremost of the clans.

It is somewhere around a couple thousand years in the future, during the Third Age of Terra. Due to a previous interstellar war that desolated Earth - so much so that it effectively ended what we would consider the modern era - humanity would end up reforming into the prosperous but extremely xenophobic [[TheEmpire Terran Empire]], which for the last nine hundred plus years has enjoyed a veritable golden age of advancement and expansion. As a result of that expansion however, as well as continuous rediscovery of humanity's past knowledge and culture, piracy would become rampant throughout space, eventually culminating in the development and formation of the Pirate Clans. One of these, the Gold Dragon Clan, would come to be founded and led by a Terran woman named Morganna Flint, who had long established herself as the most successful pirate of all time. And with that success, the Gold Dragon would also become considered the foremost of the clans.

It is somewhere around a couple thousand years in the future, during the Third Age of Terra. Due to a previous interstellar war that desolated Earth[[note]]so much so that it effectively ended what we would consider the modern era[[/note]], humanity would end up reforming into the prosperous but extremely xenophobic [[TheEmpire Terran Empire]], which for the last nine hundred plus years has enjoyed a veritable golden age of advancement and expansion. As a result of that expansion however, as well as continuous rediscovery of humanity's past knowledge and culture, piracy would become rampant throughout space, eventually culminating in the development and formation of the Pirate Clans. One of these, the Gold Dragon Clan, would come to be founded and led by a Terran woman named Morganna Flint, who had long established herself as the most successful pirate of all time. And with that success, the Gold Dragon would also become considered the foremost of the clans.

** Jon, Alex and their mother are obviously named after Captain J. Flint of ''Literature/TreasureIsland'' fame. Morganna herself also takes her name from the witch [[Myth/ArhturianLegend Morgan le Fay]], as does her flagship.

** Jon, Alex and their mother are obviously named after Captain J. Flint of ''Literature/TreasureIsland'' fame. Morganna herself also takes her name from the witch [[KingArthur Morgan le Fay]], as does her flagship.

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