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References found and seen in the world of Norrington's Desire 

Medea Norrington:

• Medea was named after Princess Medea from Greek Mythology, known for her magical abilities and story with the hero Jason. She's also my favorite character in Greek Mythology.
• Medea's gold demonic eyes are also a reference to both Circe and Medea. They got those eyes by virtue of being the daughter and granddaughter, respectively, of the Greek god of the Sun, Helios.
• Also, Medea's hair at birth was blond until Laurel magically changed its roots to be brunette instead. The mythological Medea, contrary to popular belief, was actually blonde.
• An ''artificial human'' created by a mad scientist and archmage, who has long, black hair and sometimes yellow eyes, is in conflict with their creator and sometimes is in conflict about their own nature. Are we talking about Medea or Frankenstein's Creature?.
• Medea offering her left eye (or at least, the eyesight of said eye) to gain control of her Umbrakinesis is a reference to Odin, who offered his eye to Mimir's dwell in order to gain knowledge.
• Her main outfit is modelled after traditional Japanese sailor fuku uniforms.
  
• The flute/dagger she initially used to summon Amun was a reference to Zen-Aku.
• Also, the katana that Ma'at du Cronos gives her as a prize for besting him, was also renamed Zen-Aku by her, literally meaning ''good-evil''.
• Medea being asleep bound to a tree when The V7D finds her at the beginning of the story is a reference to, again, Odin, who hung himself to the world tree to understand the runes, while Medea did it to heal from injuries sustained during a gruesome fight with a horde of demons.
• Medea has a few callbacks and references to Jesus, as she herself is the In-Universe Jesus of Norrington's Desire.
• Medea ''died'' to save her teammates and was ''resurrected'' as Asura.
• She has the gift of bestowing life granted by Anthony, Jesus brought more than one person back from the dead.
• Among other aliases, Medea is known for a horror story told in her hometown, Alexandria, that ends with ''...when the Lady Arrives in Town.'' In the eponymous Johnny Cash song, Jesus is referred to as ''The Man that Comes Around''
• Urizen, Medea's vessel for her memories in the form of a butterfly, is named after the deity in the mythology of William Blake.
• Greyback, the storming hurricane that takes the shape of a horse and serves as Medea's main mean of long transportation was named after the Elder Predator from Predator 2.
• Amun, Medea's enslaved Hellhound is named after the Egyptian god.

• The name Anthony was taken after YouTuber Anthony Padilla.
• The surname du Cronos/Kronos, meaning ''of Cronos'', was taken after the titan Kronos/Cronus.
• Anthony's real name Anima, was taken from the traditional Catholic prayer Anima Christi.
• Anthony's trademark pants (either gold or red) are taken from Seth Rollins' former wrestling gear. Anthony's male shape also used to be a carbon copy of Seth Rollins but after losing the beard, getting longer hair and gaining tanner skin, this no longer applies.
• Anthony's a trickster god with a complex moral compass (that tends to lie on the antagonistic side) and is the father of an abnormally huge wolf. Sound familiar?
• Anthony's middle name Nero is a reference to Emperor Nero.
• Anthony's preference for golden colours is a reference to the classic ''hoarding dragon'' trope, in which a dragon is guarding a treasure made up of mostly gold stuff.
• Anthony's chamber/main temple is commonly referred to by Medea as ''The Lair of the Crimson Emperor'', which is a name referencing ''The Court of the Crimson King'' song.
• Anthony frequently wears a shirt with the legend Ave Satannie. This is a play on the name of the theme Ave Satani with her nickname Annie.
• Anthony's fear-inducing ability surrounding her lair is named ''Crawling Snake Emperor'', a name inspired by the song ''Crawling King Snake'' by The Doors.
• On that note, she also wears a shirt saying ''Anima 11:18'', which was originally meant to be ''Anima 11:14'' as a reference to 2 Corinthians 11:14, but the 8 simply happened to look better in a shirt.
• Anthony can play the violin. It’s a nod to the infamous story behind The Devil's Trill. The composer of that piece once claimed he dreamt the Devil appeared to him, offering a deal in exchange for the hauntingly beautiful melody.

NICOLETTA DA FIRENZE:

• Nicoletta's family name, Argento, is a reference to italian filmmaker Darío Argento.
• Her given name was inspired by the (also italian) demigod Nico di Angelo from Percy Jackson. She initially was gonna be mostly referred to as ''Nico'' throughout the story, but I ended up preferring using her full name, it has a good ring to it.
• The Argentos (or at least the ones we know so far) all share the nickname ''Nico'' (Grandmother Nicola, father Nicolo, son Nicolás, and daughter Nicoletta), this was inspired by Robert Rodríguez and his children (Rebel, Rhiannon, Rocket, Racer and Rogue), who all share ''R'' names. The only exceptions are Nicoletta's biological mother Marianna and her stillborn son Gerard.
• Nicoletta's gun Whisper functions almost identically to the Stand Emperor.
• Her nickname is a reference to Ezio Auditore da Firenze from Assassin's Creed. To be fair, anyone born in Florence can have that nickname, since it just means ''from Florence''

• Omega Seraphim's head and horns are modelled after MetalGreymon.
• Seraphim, the name of Medea's angelic form, was taken after the highest-ranking angel in the Angelic hierarchy.
• Sokar, the name of Warren's demonic form, was taken after the Egyptian god Seker.
• Ahsmanet, the name of Emma's demonic form, was taken by mixing the word ''Asthma'' and the name of the Egyptian goddess Amunet.
• Freki du Cronos was named after Freki, one of Odin's wolves.
• Warren Norrington's name is (unintentionally) similar to Warren Worthington III, better known as Angel.
• Akane's name has a similar ring to that of Asena, the original OC who served as Anthony's lover and Freki's mother.
• Yoru Norrington is named after Yoru, the War Devil from Chainsaw Man.
• Jonathan (whose full name is Jonathan Hillstrong King) is named after Jonathan Joestar from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and horror writer Joe Hill (whose full name is Joseph Hillström King).
• Anthony's sons Ma'at/Matt and Neith/Nick are also named after Egyptian deities. Their human names are the same names of the Young Bucks.
• Aurora, mother of Anima, Myurne and Kawren. The name ''Aurora'' means ''Dawn'', the name was taken as a reference to Isaiah 14:12, which refers to Lucifer as the son of the Dawn, referencing the fact that Aurora is the mother of Anthony du Cronos, the in-universe Devil.
• On the topic of Aurora, she caught Geist du Cronos' attention after he saw he bathing with her lover from a hill, similar to how David met Bathseba, what happened afterwards was also similar...
• Laurel Nasuka was named after the laurel tree. Bay laurel was used to fashion the laurel wreath of ancient Greece, a symbol of the highest status.
• The succubus Mariya (Мария) has the standard Russian form of the name Maria. 
• The succubus Talia is named after Thalia, one of the three Graces from Greek Mythology.
• The Drekar Delilah is named after the biblical woman who famously betrayed Samson.
• Her last name, Nasuka, is a non-literal translation of Laurel's original last name, Nightshade, which was changed due to changing Laurel's eastern inspired aesthetic.
• Medea and Nicoletta's stillborn child would've been named Gerard Way Norrington. 
• Miyuuki's father, the vampire Valentino Michelangelo Chevalier, is loosely named after the main character of Stranger in a Strange Land.
• Quincey Harrigan is named after Quincey P. Morris and Mike Harrigan. Odd name for a Sicilian-Yoruba young man, isn't it? Well. Quincey Harrigan is a nickname; his real name is Adewale. 
• Quincey's grandfather is a Nigerian wrestler named Obafemi Adetokunbo. His nickname as a wrestler was Shango the Mighty.
• Mia Wilde was named after porn actress Mia Malkova and Irish writer Oscar Wilde.
• Emma Norrington, Jr. is and is not a reference. Originally, this name belonged to a friend's character who was a pirate, however I really liked the name so I asked this friend for permission to use it for a completely unrelated character, the ''Junior'' is basically a reference that my former friend's character is the original Emma Norrington. In-Universe, well, this is because she was named after her mother.
• Freki's son Vidarr is named after the Norse God of Silence, Resilience and Vengeance.
• Freki's son Bálor is named after Balor, a leader of the Fomorians, a group of malevolent supernatural beings in Celtic mythology.
• Juni was named after Juni Cortez from Spy Kids. Although in this case, his name actually is Juni while my Juni's name is short for 'Juniper'.
• Akane's first son Váli is named after the norse god of the same name.
• Juni's monicker, Domina Sanguinis (Italian for Blood Lady), is inspired by Mary I of England, better known as Bloody Mary.
• The first part of the story is named Under Pressure, after the Queen song of the same name.
• On that note, the second part of the story is named Under Siege, which was taken from one of Shane McMahon's promos.
• And last but not least, the last part of the story is named Under World... hopefully this one is self explanatory.
• Nicoletta's stepmother's name is Claudia Castagnoli.
• Ayuuki Strafford's middle name is Carmilla.

Zweikampf:

• The group is named after the German word meaning duel, contest or one-on-one fight. But also inspired by the wrestling stable Ringkampf.
• Sweyn Vikernes/Skjaldbaka is named after King Swein Forkbeard and musician Varg Vikernes.
• Kaori Okada is named after wrestlers Kairi Sane (whose real name is Kaori Housako) and Kazuchika Okada.
• Mordred von Richthofen is named after (and even implied to be a distant descendant of) Manfred von Richthofen. Their given name was after Sir Mordred.

REFERENCES FOUND AND SEEN IN LOST WANDERERS

• Rob's full name is François de Robespierre, which are all parts of Maximilien Robespierre's full name.
• James Jude Courtney has the same literal name as the american actor and stunt double.
• Yamato Roshi's name is phonetically similar to Hamato Yoshi's.