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Zelda4dinner wrote: The first novel, The Legend of the Condor Heroes, features the tribes of Mongols united by Genghis Khan and becoming a world military power, then detailing their battle against the Song Dynasty. Maybe there will be comparisons made between Big Boss and Genghis Khan, alluding to how Big Boss will be viewed by history as a madman and a terrorist warlord.

With the literary allusions to Moby Dick, perhaps naming the character Albatross is an allusion to The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner, and the use of the albatross as a metaphor for burdens and obstacles. Also, it is said that if you kill an albatross it will bring you bad luck as they were thought to be the souls of lost sailors. Come to think of it, didn't Fortune kill some Albatross when delivering the coup de grace on Seal Team 10's Bravo Squad?