Easter Eggs

All the stories and books in the Astarnia universe have easter eggs in them. Most are popular culture or hommages, but some are just silly. As an example, there is someone with an eyepatch in every story.

Suzetta Origin

 * Father Anton Lillivan's name comes from Father Anthony Lilliman from V for Vendetta.
 * Curly's brothers, Dabon and Nomar are two fixes (DABON and NOMAR) from the fictional airspace used at Daniel Webster's Air Traffic Control lab.
 * Vayan Frudd's last name is my employer's.
 * The man Suzetta steals a dagger to use on Lillivan has the eyepatch.

Slaver's Bay

 * Marci's children, Jobb and Ron, are named after Robb Stark and Jon Snow from A Song of Ice and Fire
 * One of the men attempting to buy Suzetta has the eyepatch

Downfall

 * Baron Mason Covington is three doors down from Suzetta's in when she meets the Prince.  An easter egg for the band, Three Doors Down.
 * Baron Mason Covington is wearing an eyepatch as a disguise

The Mage's Apprentice

 * As Suzetta and Captain Hal'azrae are traveling to Illyara, they discuss Elvish history.  Hal'azrae names the races of the elves, Earth, Fire, Air and Water, in a particular order; the order of the Avatar Cycle.  Kyoshi (Earth Kingdom)/Roku (Fire Nation)/Aang (Air Nomad)/Korra (Water Tribe).  This order occurs again as Taeryn teaches Suzetta magic and every time the four elements (and Spirit) are named together.  This is a tribute to Avatar: The Last Airbender and Legend of Korra
 * The marraige between Suzetta and Taeryn is the first time Suzetta's middle name is revealed.  It is Dahli, a tribute to author Roald Dahl.
 * I named my Sith Warrior in Star Wars: The Old Republic "Suzetta."  The Sith Warrior said "Sounds like a plan" multiple times.  So of course, Suzetta says it too.
 * The port city of Rilyeh is named after R'lyeh, the home of the Great Cthulhu, may he eat me first.
 * The elven captain who saves Suzetta from being raped by the undead in Aldara'draskor has the eyepatch.

Demonborn

 * As Alessya faces her execution, she angrily snarls that she saved the city, that she saved all their rotten lives, in a similar fashion to Tyrion Lannister's anger during his trial.
 * The Dro'hagron Ton'lag's name comes from Samuel Adams Boston Lager.  Tonlag is of Clan Sam'ad.  Samuel Adams.
 * Kiska is a name used by one of my guildmates when I played World of Warcraft.
 * Alessya's horse Miskyr is an anagram for Skyrim.
 * The Raven named "Mikhal Gorbo" is a reference to Mikhail Gorbochev.  No particular reason why.
 * Alessya's captain, Captain Mal Picart, is a combination of Captains Mal Reynolds and Jean Luc Picard.

The Last Angel

 * Elenia picked the name Serafelle after dying, ressurecting, and losing her memory.  It is a word that is built off of Seraphim, a judeo-christian angelic being.
 * Elenia's family name of Haswyll is a play on Intel's Haswell CPUs.

Miscellaneous

 * Eliash is a mash-up of Elijah and Elisha from the Bible
 * Angoth is a guildmember from when I played WoW
 * Orissa is NOT named after the state in India (now known as Odisha,) that is a coincidence.  Her name comes from my WoW Paladin.  The random name generator gave me 'Orissan' and I dropped the 'n.'
 * Suzetta's swords, Ramas and Romel, were named after Remus and Romulus, who founded Rome.
 * The Church of the One God is based loosely on medieval Christianity
 * Ysimminor and the Grimwealden gods are based loosely on the Norse gods
 * The Korraang is Korra and Aang smashed together, from the Avatar series, though their culture and religion is more or less based on the Jews and otherwise has nothing to do with the Avatar universe.
 * The Korraang "messiah," the Rokuzin, that name is derived by smashing Avatar Roku and Firelord Sozin's names together.