Hook and the Pirates Research

In the very beginning, Bill encouraged me to tell my story in a way we haven't seen it before.  I struggled initially , but when I began to research all of the pirate factions in history, I came across these guys that were active in Asia 13th-16th centuries.
The WOKOU PIRATES

And I was off and running from there,  I know had a world and time period I could draw from.  So I started developing Captain Hook first.

Samurai Research