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7	[[folder: Cassandra Crew]]
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9	The crew of Hunters expedition, and his privateer, the Cassandra.
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11	!!Charles Hunter:
12	The main protagonist of the book, Charles Hunter is regarded as one of the best privateers in Jamaica. In spite of his personality and attitude, he has a classical education, and is inheritantly badass.
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14	* AntiHero: Bordering on VillainProtagonist. His only really good attributes is that he has a sense of honor, is loyal to his men, and that his adversaries -- Cazalla, and then later the likes of a CannibalClan and [[spoiler: Hacklett]]--are ultimately even ''worse.''
15	* BrilliantButLazy: Actually educated at Harvard, but fails to see the use of knowing classical mathematics, in practical use.
16	* TheCaptain: He's the captain of the pirate vessel sent to raid the Spanish treasure trove.
17	* TheCasanova: His habits as a womanizer are well-known.
18	%%* GeniusBruiser: His education.
19	%%* HandsomeLech: See TheCasanova.
20	* TheHero: He's the focus of the novel, which shows his efforts in fighting Cazalla and Hacklett.
21	* {{Privateer}}: He's a government sponsored pirate preying on Spain.
22	* YouKilledMyFather: Played with. Cazalla killed his brother, but for the most part, Hunter took this expedition because he's [[OnlyInItForTheMoney Mostly In It For The Money]].
23
24	!!Enders:
25
26	The "sea artist", regarded as the best sailor in the Caribbean, he is hired by Hunter as the steersman to his ship, the Cassandra. Is also a Doctor in Port Royal, and his skills repeatedly saves the crew.
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28	* DeadlyDoctor: The only one in Port Royal who isn't one.
29	* [DroppedABridgeOnHim: A year after the book, [[spoiler:he is killed in a storm]].
30	%%* TheLancer: Although he could go as TheSmartGuy.%%How?
31	%%* RedBaron: The sea wizard, and the sea artist.
32
33	!!Lazue:
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35	A corruption of the name Les Yeux, Lazue is a woman, having lived most of her life disguised as a man, and despite the fact that most know her secret, keeps going on with her life as a man. Her breasts can be ''very'' distractive to her enemies.
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37	* ActionGirl: She's a skilled swordsman who takes a lot of risks.
38	%%* BelligerentSexualTension: With Enders.
39	* CharacterDeath: She is hanged in Charleston port after being captured as a pirate some thirty-five years after Sanson's death.
40	* MySiblingWillLiveThroughMe: Started her male life, because she had to be disguised as her dead brother, lest her mother's philandering would be exposed.
41	* ShowSomeLeg: The distraction of the Spaniards, mentioned below.
42	* SweetPollyOliver: She spends most of her time disguised as a man.
43	* WeNeedADistraction: She brutally distracts and murders several Spaniards at Matanceros, be exposing her breasts, then slicing their throats.
44	* WholesomeCrossdresser: Lazue dresses as a man but in the context of the novel is a non-malicious and heroic character.
45
46	!!Don Diego de Ramano
47
48	Also known as Black Eye, or the Jew, Don Diego is an old, Spanish gunpowder expert, living in Port Royal. His skills in gunpowder make him useful for Hunters expedition.
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50	* AlmightyJanitor: On top of his gunpowder expertise, he is among the more learned of the cast, being the first to realize that the shipment of silver they have looted from Cazalla's galleons has been tainted with "worthless" platinum.
51	* BadAssSpaniard: He plays this a lot straighter than Cazalla, being a tough and calculating contribution to battles.
52	* CoolOldGuy: He's a bomb-making, one-eyed merchant who does a good job when briefly in command of the ship.
53	* DroppedABridgeOnHim: He outlives most of the cast, including Hunter himself—but dies in the earthquake that razes Port Royal forever.
54	* DemolitionsExpert: He specializes in powder bombs.
55	* {{Fingore}}: Lost all his fingers in the backstory.
56	* HandicappedBadAss: His right hand has lost all its fingers.
57	* RedBaron: Black Eye, and the Jew.
58	* TheSmartGuy: A straighter example than Enders, due to his skills with gunpowder.
59	* YouKilledMyFather: Cazalla tortured and killed his son and sold his grandchildren into slavery.
60
61	!!Bassa
62
63	Also known as The Moor, Bassa is a former slave, from Nubia, whose wife was killed by a slave owner whom he killed. He is the brute force of the crew.
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65	* TheBigGuy: He's the most physically intimidating pirate in Hunter's crew. [[spoiler:It takes getting trampled by a bull to kill him, and then only in the epilogue,]]
66	%%* MadeASlave: He was in the backstory.
67	%%* ScaryBlackMan: A heroic example.
68	* TongueTrauma: Inflicted on him in the backstory, by the slave owner that killed his wife.
69	* TheVoiceless: Due to having no tongue, Bassa never says anything.
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71	!!Andre Sanson
72
73	A large French, former priest, whom Hunter is suspicious of, but still lets join the crew due to his skills as an assassin. [[spoiler: Betrays Hunter in the ending, and turns into the final villain of the book.]]
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75	* BadAssPreacher: He is a priest, though not saintly at all.
76	%%* TheBigGuy: Competes with the Moor.
77	* ExitPursuedByABear: [[spoiler:Getting eaten by sharks.]]
78	* FrenchJerk: He's French and the most abrasive of Hunter's lieutenants.
79	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:He ends up getting killed by Hunter, using his own crossbow. Rather, the crossbow doesn't kill him, but wounds him, and sends him to the death by the sharks.]]
80	* JustDesserts: [[spoiler:The sharks, again.]]
81	* SinisterMinister: Though he is not a practicing priest anymore.
82	%%* SixthRanger: Could count as this, since he does not serve any specific purpose to the Five-ManBand.%%Examples aren't arguable. There's no such thing as "could count as this".
83	%%* SixthRangerTraitor:
84	* ThreateningShark: Sharks are the only creatures on the planet he fears. [[spoiler: Gives some karma, in that this is exactly what ends up killing him.]]
85	* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: He fears nothing but sharks.
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87	!!Trencher
88	A minor local pirate, and the first man Hunter selects for his crew.
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90	* {{Courier}}: He's the man Hunter sends to tell Diego, Enders, Lazue, Whisper, The Moor and Sanson that he'd like to see them to hire them or get information.
91	* SacrificialLamb: He's one of the first introduced pirates but suffers a brutal death before the halfway point when Cazalla has the crew as prisoners.
92	[[/folder]]
93
94	[[folder: Port Royal]]
95
96	!!Sir James Almont
97
98	The British governor of Jamaica, hiring Hunter to attack Matanceros.
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100	* BigGood: In the context of the novel, by bankrolling the privateers. That being said, if he isn't an outright CorruptPolitician, he's certainly close to being one—he's known as "James the Tenth" for taking an additional ten percent of any privateering profits for himself, on top of the ten percent that goes to the king.
101	* CoolOldGuy: In the context of the novel, he's a calculating guy whose supportive of Hunter.
102	* DirtyOldMan: He has, at age 55 mind you, a relationship with the 15 year old Anne Sharpe.
103	* InsistentTerminology: Similar to Hunter, he takes disgust in the word pirate, while finding no problem with privateers.
104	* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:He dies a few years after the novel, form the Great London Fire, along with his niece.]]
105	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He gives Hunter what he needs for the expedition and seems to understand the way things work in Port Royal.
106	* SurroundedByIdiots: His usual assistants, namely Hacklett and Commander Scott, though he has nothing but good things to think of his manservant Richards.
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108	!!Robert Hacklett:
109
110	The bureaucratic assistant of Almont, he is very loyal to the British crown, and takes it upon him to extort piracy and privateering from Port Royal, and turn it into a more respectable British town. However, despite these somewhat noble intentions, after Hunter's departure, he takes control of the town, imprisons Almont, and starts hanging privateers, stealing their treasures, and finally loses it when letting his wife get raped.
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112	* BigBad: He turns into this for the last several chapters.
113	* EvilIsSterile: A thoroughly unpleasant man who is sterile (or possibly even impotent) due to syphilis.
114	* GroinAttack: [[spoiler: Dies by getting shot in the groin.]]
115	%%* HangingJudge: When running the pirate trials.
116	%%* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Getting shot in the groin by his wife.]]%%Is karmic how?
117	%%* ObstructiveBureaucrat: He starts as this.
118	* ThePurge: He conducts this after taking over Port Royal, setting out to exterminate all privateers and his political enemies. Eventually including Hunter.
119	* SmugSnake: The man is grossly overconfident about his judgment being right and is ability to squash the pirates.
120	%%* TyrantTakesTheHelm: After imprisoning Almont.
121	%%* VillainousBreakdown: After realizing Emily is pregnant.
122
123	!!Anne Sharpe:
124
125	A young girl, 15 or so, that is accused of petty crime in England, having stolen bread, and send to Almont in Jamaica. He starts a relationship with her, and she helps free Hunter, and distracts [[spoiler: Sanson]] in the climax, allowing Hunter to kill him.
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127	%%* FemmeFatale: Bordering on FilleFatale.%%How?
128	* FromNobodyToNightmare: Hardly anyone knows her name at the start of the book. By the epilogue, she's become one of the most famous Caribbean courtesans in all of Europe—and her own words point to living a life of "delicious notoriety" before her death.
129	* TheImmodestOrgasm: Used as a signal to Hunter, while she has sex with [[spoiler: Sanson]] in the climax.
130	%%* ShowSomeLeg: ''All. The. Time.''%%Z.C.E.
131	%%* TheVamp: Heroic variety.
132	* WeNeedADistraction: She distracts both prison guards and [[spoiler: Sanson]] in the climax.
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134	!!Emily Hacklett
135
136	The promiscuous wife of Robert Hacklett, subjected to the misfortune of an impotent husband. She becomes pregnant during and infraction with Hunter early on, and bears his only son.
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138	* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:She shoots Hacklett in the groin, after he has allowed Commander Scott to rape her.]]
139	* ReallyGetsAround: Emily often cheats on her husband, and not just with a single lover. Sir James suspects King Charles has had his way with her enough that this is why her husband has been foisted on him in the first place.
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141	!!Lady Sarah Almont
142
143	The niece of James Almont, taken prisoner by Cazalla at Matanceros, and subsequently rescued by Hunter.
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145	* BelligerentSexualTension: She and Hunter have some, but its also UnresolvedSexualTension.
146	* BrainlessBeauty: She's very pretty but not overly intelligent.
147	* BuxomBeautyStandard: She calls her breasts her best feature and is upset that Cazalla brands them and she’ll have to keep them covered in the future.
148	* DamselInDistress: Repeatedly. Was captured by Cazalla as a trophy of his conquest, gets kidnapped by the Caribs, and the kraken ambushes her cabin. Hunter saves her every single time.
149	* DumbBlonde: A blonde-haired girl who does not know what a hurricane is, and does not understand the way Hunter governs the ship.
150	* GrandeDame: Sarah is younger and thinner than most examples of the trope but applies by carrying herself with exaggerated dignity in a situation where it isn't quite appropriate.
151	* TheHeart: Sarah is aught off guard by her violent surroundings, showing a little more compassion than the pirates.
152	* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:Along with her uncle, she's killed in the Great London Fire.]]
153	* TheLoad: She never really does anything useful to the expedition, and constantly getting herself in danger, both at the hands of the Caribs, and at the tentacles of the kraken.
154	* StayInTheKitchen: In response to her DumbBlonde, and TheLoad actions, Hunter tells her to stay in her cabin constantly. That is, until the kraken attacks her cabin...
155	* TookALevelInBadAss: It does give her some credit, that she helps her uncle kill the guards to his mansion in the climax.
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157	!!Commander Scott
158
159	The sleazy commander of Port Royals military garrison, and TheDragon to Hacklett, after his takeover.
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161	%%* TheDragon: To Hacklett.
162	* ProfessionalButtKisser: He's constantly trying to please Almont, and changes this to Hacklett.
163	* {{Slimeball}}: He's an incompetent, corrupt, cruel man with some spooky predilections.
164	* SmugSnake: Scott is far too cocky for his own good after Hacklett's takeover, [[spoiler:and killing him isn't much of an obstacle.]]
165	* SociopathicSoldier: Although he seems, just like a ProfessionalButtKisser, when he rapes Emily, he shows to be more than that.
166	* YankTheDogsChain: After he's sentenced to hang for his failed coup d'état with Hacklett, he pens a full confession to try and get his sentence commuted. Instead, he's shot and killed in his cell.
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168	!!Whisper
169
170	An old privateer, and the only survivor of the previous Edmunds expedition towards Matanceros, he has a minor role, to give Hunter the essentials of the island.
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172	* EveryBodyCallsHimBarkeep: His real name is never revealed.
173	* ShellShockedVeteran: Is scared to death of Cazalla and Matanceros, understandably.
174	* SlashedThroat: Cazalla slashed his throat, though he survived, which is the reason he whispers.
175	%%* SoleSurvivor: Of the Edmunds expedition.
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177	!!Richards
178
179	The butler to Sir James Almont.
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181	* BattleButler: He helps fight Hacklett's cabal at the end.
182	%%* NumberTwo: To Almont.
183	* TheQuietOne: Richards has very little dialogue.
184	%%* TookALevelInBadAss: [[spoiler:Killing Commander Scott.]]
185	[[/folder]]
186
187	[[folder: Others]]
188	!!Cazalla
189
190	The AxCrazy commander of Matanceros, widely feared by the privateers, for his cruelty and intelligence. He is the main antagonist of most of the story.
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192	* AxCrazy: Almost every mention of him involves torture and killing which he revels in.
193	* BadAssSpaniard: For all of his faults, the man doesn't go down easily when he fights the heroes.
194	* BeardOfEvil: Cazalla far outsteps any other character in villainy and has a notable beard.
195	%%* BigBad: [[spoiler:Until his early death.]]
196	* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Does not remember the killing of The Jews son, and Hunters brother.
197	* ColdBloodedTorture: Is a wide practitioner of it.
198	* TheDreaded: He's widely feared by the privateers.
199	* DrugsAreBad: He is a coca addict.
200	%%* ForTheEvulz: His primary motivation.%%Is?
201	* GeneralRipper: A military commander who slaughters helpless opponents and shows little concern for his own people.
202	* ImpromptuTracheotomy: [[spoiler:How he is gloriously killed.]]
203	* LovesTheSoundOfScreaming: Said to take pleasure in the agony of his victims.
204	* SlashedThroat: He likes killing people, including a crewmember this way. [[spoiler: He dies in a glorious variation of this.]]
205	* TheStoner: He chews coca leaves.
206	* VillainousBreakdown: After Hunters crew successfully invades Matanceros, [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope he kinda loses it.]]
207
208	!!Bosquets
209
210	A renegade French soldier, and the gunnery master at Matanceros, Cazallas second-in-command.
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212	%%* TheDragon: To Cazalla
213	* DragonAscendant: He takes charge of the warship after [[spoiler: Cazallas death.]]
214	* TheGhost: He is seen, but always through telescopes, and the protagonists never really meets him.
215	* LeanAndMean: He's described as tall and somewhat thin.
216	* TheQuietOne: He's never heard speaking.
217	%%* SatelliteCharacter: To some extent to Cazalla.
218
219	!!The Kraken
220
221	A vast creature that attacks El Trinidad, the Spanish treasure galleon, under Hunters command, as his final obstacle before Port Royal. Is probably a giant squid.
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223	* AttackOfTheMonsterAppendage: In the beginning of the attack, the only thing the crew sees, are tentacles flinging soldiers into the sea, Hunter only sees the main body of the beast later.
224	* AnimalsNotToScale: Is way larger than real giant squid and colossal squid as well, but being a colossal squid would make it MisplacedWildlife.
225	%%* CombatTentacles: Obviously.
226	* EarlyBirdCameo: Although, given the size differences, it is probably not the same individual spotted by Hunter earlier, the crew does see a GiantSquid, that is passive to their presence, even before encountering Bosquets' warship.
227	* EyeScream: Hunter defeats it by plunging an ax into the creature's eye.
228	* GiantSquid: Implied, given its tentacles.
229	* KrakenAndLeviathan: Its a mystrerious beast from the deep which attacks the crew.
230	* SeaMonster: Albiet one which seems to just be a squid.
231	[[/folder]]

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