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Their True Names
Chapter 12: Masters & Apprentices: Greatest Hits

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13850809/12/Their-True-Names

Jared Sandeye explains to Larina Skyleaf that the Akret Branch has a fifth style named "Hayisōkū". This is in reference to Yoshukai Karate, a separate style from Chito-ryu. The three kanji, or Japanese symbols, that make of Yoshukai translate to "Training Hall of Continued Improvement" (called "the School of the Ever-Evolving" in-universe). The standardized English translation is "Striving for Excellence" (called "the Ascension to Brilliance" in-universe). The other four styles of the Akret Branch (based on Karate–dō, meaning "Way of the Empty Hand" in Japanese) are Kōnōtash (Shotokan), Hoskinyuk (Kyokushin), Gōryjūn (Gōjū-ryū), and Rtuyoshi (Shito-ryu).

Tipuka's "Ganguen Huk" techniques are references to actual moves and styles in the real-world Hung Ga Kuen style. Their names have been changed to fit within Redwall's worldbuilding.

"Taming the Wolverine in Ganguen Huk" - Gung Ji Fuk Fu Kuen (Taming the Tiger in Hung Ga Pattern)
"Wolverine and Heron Twin Figure Fist" - Tiger and Crane (Two) Twin Shape Fist
"Unshadowed kick" - Shadowless kick

The Five Elements
"Gilded Bridge Divided" - Gold Bridge Divides (fun gum kiu)
"Clenching Wood Clutch" - Squeezing Wood Punch (Ghat mok choy)
"Pushing Water Waves" - Water Wave Punch (soy long pow choy)
"Fire Arrow Strike" - Fire Arrow Punch (faw gin choy)

"Plum Blossom Fist" is a preliminary form of Hung Ga. The in-universe technical name is "Miszukhean", referencing the real-world name for the form, Meihuaquan.

The "Twelve Bridging Paws" are directly inspired by the Twelve Bridge Hands of Hung Ga, and are somewhat identical copies of the techniques.

"The legendary Ganguen Huk master Zackary Reones Bayot" is a reference to famed Chinese martial artist Wong Fei-hung. It was said that the Fire Arrow Punch (faw gin choy) and the shadowless kick were among his favorite and most famous techniques.

The "Bayot Family Style" is based on the "Lau Family Fist". This is a fist set originally from the "Mok Gar" style, and it was incorporated into the Hung Ga Kuen system by grandmaster Lam Cho.

The Githinsteel rings that Tipuka wears on his wrists for the fight are based on iron rings that Hung Ga Kuen practitioners wear during training and combat to increase their strength and endurance, as well as to provide defense.

There are more Hung Ga Kuen techniques beyond what Tipuka showed and used against Jared in their exhibition match. However, the combatants were limited by the two minute timeframe of their fight.
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Antonius' Halichit (Tai Chi) sword is called a "Naijiat". It is based on the real-world Chinese double-edged sword Jian. In his ambush by Nagrig Deathblade, Antonius uses the "32 Sword Form", or Yang Taiji Jian.

"Wolverine Holds Head" - Tiger Holding Head
"Wild Horse Leaps Over Matutinao River" - Wild Horse Leaping Over Creek
"Monitor Lizard Contemplates the Moon" - Rhinoceros Gazing at the Moon

Matutinao River is a river located in Badian, Cebu Island, Philippines, and is considered to be the cleanest river in the country. Since Halichit is said to have originated in the Eastern Island of Eseltharis, it is safe to assume that the island is based on the real-world Filipino province of Cebu.

"4 Tails can Move a Thousand Pounds" is based on the Tai Chi phrase "4 ounces can move a thousand pounds", which refers to a very skillful deflection.

Nagrig Deathblade's technique used to disarm and incapacitate Antonius is based on the Snake form of Shaolin Kempo Karate.

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Their True Names
Chapter 13: The Scornful Tyrant's Might

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13850809/13/Their-True-Names

Nagrig Deathblade: Lonxai (Snake Style Kung Fu). Nagrig name-drops the names of various Snakes featured across the Redwall series, including Asmodeus Poisonteeth, Berussca, and Slariss of Volcano Island, among others.
Zakrul Bloodeyes: Shonjin (Shorinji Kempo)
Dragel, chief mercenary of Terramort Isle: Akhdap (Aikido)
Adhuxnuo, helmsbeast of the Scornful Tyrant: Nata Shundua Uft (Choy Li Fut)

Madeline Sandeye: Lunkuthwo (Southern Dragon Kung Fu). Though Madeline's primary style is Tuah Mann (Muay Thai), she picked up learning Southern Dragon to honor hers and Jared's late eldest brother, Edoran, whom Adhuxnuo had murdered some time before the events of the fanfiction. Her style references Slothunog, the water-dragon who inhabited the Deeplough of the Green Isle.

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Their True Names
Chapter 14: Fernleaf Revisited

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13850809/14/Their-True-Names

Soy Tayuay (the "Assassin's Style"): Ninjutsu.

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Their True Names
Chapter 15: Breath and Focus

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13850809/15/Their-True-Names

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baduanjin_qigong

The energy which Jared mentions to Larina, called "Hangaw" (from Filipino meaning "breath") is a natural life energy inherent in all living creatures. The style "Hangaw Daloy" is directly based on Baduanjin Qigong, or the "Eight Section Brocades", one of the most common forms of qigong used as exercise. Think of "Hangaw" as the Redwall's Legacy universe's equivalent of qi/chi energy.

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Chapter 16: Mossflower Strikes Back

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13850809/16/Their-True-Names

"To kick up a stink" = to complain or cause a disturbance.

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Chapter 17: The Way of the Warrior

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13850809/17/Their-True-Names

For reasons of length and continuity, this chapter will be split into five parts.

In Japanese martial arts, a kiai is a short shout uttered when performing an attack. It can also be used to startle or intimidate one's opponent, as well as to express confidence or victory.

Tagalog to English:
"Ano ba'yan--Huminto ka!" = What the heck--Stop it!
"Hay nako!" = A Tagalog exclamation similar to "My goodness!", although in this case, it sounds more exasperated and disciplinary.
"púpiló" = student.
"Pagmumuni-muni ng Ahas" = "Meditation of the Snake", referring to how Lonxai, based on Snake Style Kung Fu, was originally developed as a meditative style in the Eastern Island of Bevidred, to honor the serpentine predators of the world. But this style was twisted and corrupted into an aggressive and violent combat style by Nagrig Deathblade.
"Tama ka, salamat." = You're right, thank you.
"Nakahanda!" = Ready!
"Aray!" = Ouch!
"Hindi ka galit?" = You're not angry?
"Hindi" = No
"Ano ba?" = What the?
"Anak ng gubat-uwak!" = Son of a jungle-crow!
"tsinelas" = a slipper, and the act of hitting someone with one for disciplinary purposes.
"Hindi ako makapaniwala na ginawa mo iyon!" = I can't believe you did that!

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Their True Names
Chapter 18: The Way of the Warrior: Through the Garden Gate

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13850809/18/Their-True-Names

Tagalog, Ilocano to English:
"tsinelas" - a slipper, especially one used in a disciplinary manner (see details for Chapter 17)
"kuya" - "older brother"
"Maraming salamat, bunso" - "Thank you, little sibling."
"manong" - an Ilocano term principally given to the first-born male of a Filipino nuclear family. Jared is technically not the firstborn sibling, but as the real firstborn sibling, Edoran Sandeye, is deceased, Jared, as the second youngest male, assumes the role in this case.
"Kinakabahan" - "nervous"
"Walang anuman" - "You're welcome"
"Tumahimik ka" - "Buzz off."
"Alam ko" - "I know"
"Lahat tama. Tara na." - "All right. Let's go."
"buwisit!" - A mildly vulgar Tagalog expletive, used for unlucky events or something generally described as a nuisance.

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Their True Names
Chapter 19: The Way of the Warrior: The Gardener's Serenade

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13850809/19/Their-True-Names

The thirteen ravens nesting in the trees is a reference to the traditional children's nursery rhyme titled "One for Sorrow" about magpies. According to old superstitions, depending on the number of ravens appearing, they could mean omens of good or bad luck.

One for sorrow,
Two for joy,
Three for a girl,
Four for a boy,
Five for silver,
Six for gold,
Seven for a secret never to be told.
Eight for a wish,
Nine for a kiss,
Ten a surprise you should be careful not to miss,
Eleven for health,
Twelve for wealth,
Thirteen beware it's the devil himself.

Tagalog to English:
"Oo" (pronounced "oh-oh") - "Yes"
"Ayos lang" - "It's okay"
"O sige! Lahat tama!" - Two different ways of saying "Okay!" or "All right!"
"Hindi" - "No"
"Maraming salamat po" - "Thank you so much". The word "po" is used to show respect or deference to one's elders or someone in authority, in similar concept to saying "sir" or "ma'am" in English.

A "bahay na bato" ("house of stone") is a type of building originating during the Spanish colonial period. Known for its use of masonry in its construction, it is an updated version of the "bahay kubo" ("country house"), a type of stilt house indigenous to the Philippines.

At one point in the chapter, Jared gifts Larina a leek like one would gift their love interest a bouquet of flowers. In ancient times it was believed that leeks had special powers to cure colds, relieve the pains of childbirth, ward off evil spirits, and protect against wounds. In particular, one legend holds that if a woman slept with a leek under her pillow, she would dream of the face of her future husband.

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Their True Names
Chapter 20: The Way of the Warrior: The Truths That Evil Bleeds

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13850809/20/Their-True-Names

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The martial arts style Jared Sandeye uses when he snaps into his Bloodwrath-esque rage is called Arnis, also known as Kali and Eskrima. Arnis is the national martial art of the Philippines, interchangeable in referring to traditional Filipino Martial Arts (FMA), which itself emphasizes weapon-based fighting with sticks, knives, bladed weapons, and various improvised weapons, as well as unarmed "open-hand" techniques. It is one of the deadliest martial arts styles ever created. Jared even uses the 12 Striking Techniques against an evil vermin fox named Ember.

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"Gidorr Adzi de Eolin", the in-universe progenitor of the Sandeye bloodline whom Nagrig Deathblade mentions, is based directly on the real-world historical figure Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar (circa 1043-1099), a Castilian medieval knight and ruler in medieval Spain. He fought with both Christian and Muslim armies during his lifetime, and earned the Arabic honorific as-Sayyid, meaning "the Lord" or "the Master", which would later evolve into the title El Cid, and the Spanish honorific El Campeador ("the Master of the Battlefield").

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Faolis Starwalker, the Sandeye's ancestor on their mother's side, takes her name from a non-Redwall Roleplay on the Redwall's Legacy forum, taking place in a fantastical universe with fantastical lands. I wrote this RP with a fellow user named Serena Rosebud. Faolis Starwalker was the mother of my character, also named Jared Sandeye. Unlike my fanfiction, Faolis did not found an order of knights in the Eastern Islands; instead, she was an heir to the throne in the Elven lands. Her sister, Katheen Mrae'Elen Starwalker, was Roleplayed by Rosebud.

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The fanfiction reveals that Morringtat colonized the Eastern Islands three centuries ago, around the same time as Razzid Wearat attacked Salamandastron and Redwall Abbey in The Rogue Crew. This is based on Spain's colonization of the Philippines, from the 14th-century up to the 19th (1500-1800). The original colonizer of the Eastern Islands, one Dathremac Karthor Nallegam--ancestor of Nagrig Deathblade and Zakrul Bloodeyes--takes his surname from real-world Portugese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, turned backwards. Magellan discovered the Philippines in 1521, the land upon which the Eastern Islands is heavily culturally based.

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Their True Names
Chapter 21: The Way of the Warrior: Martin's Calling

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13850809/21/Their-True-Names

This chapter is the fifth and final segment of Chapter 17: "The Way of the Warrior".

Tagalog to English:
"kadiri'!" - "Yuck!"
"Galit" - "Rage".
"Mabuhay ang Silangang Isla!" - "Long live the Eastern Islands!"

https://www.philippine-history.org/cry-of-pugadlawin.htm

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Chapter 22: Turned Upside Down

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13850809/22/Their-True-Names

At one point in the chapter, Zakrul Bloodeyes references the death of Dathremac Karthor Nallegam, via a poisoned arrow in the leg during a tribal skirmish. This is in reference to the real-life historical cause of death of Ferdinand Magellan, upon whom Dathremac is based.