Askay

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Askay
Biographical information
Gender	Male
Ethnic group	Indian
Eye color	Brown
Hair color	Grey
Died	August 1729, Shipwreck Island
Family	Pusasn (twin brother)
Also known as	Akshay Axel
Statistics
Weapon(s) owned	Sword
Affiliation	Sumbhajee's pirates Brethren Court
Behind the scenes
First appearance	At World's End
Last appearance	At World's End
Cause	Shot by Edward Teague
Portrayer	Omid Djalili

"Remind me, which one are you? Axel or Pushy?"
"I am Askay. And this is my twin brother, Pusasn."

―Jack Sparrow and Askay

Askay was a pirate from India who served as Sri Sumbhajee's aide and spoke for him during the meeting of the Fourth Brethren Court. He served alongside his twin brother, Pusasn.

Biography

"Sri Sumbhajee proclaims this all to be folly! Hang the Code! Who gives a—"
[Teague shoots Askay]
"Code is the law."

―Askay and Edward Teague

Nothing is known of Askay's early life, except that he, at some point, became a pirate under captain Sumbhajee Angria, along with his twin brother, Pusasn. They served as aides to Angria, speaking on his behalf.

Askay, Pusasn, and Sumbhajee during the Fourth Brethren Court.

Askay, Pusasn and Sumbhajee were present at the meeting of the Fourth Brethren Court. Askay and his brother stood at either side of their master, ready to speak for him.

During the meeting, Askay spoke derisively of the Pirate code of the Brethren on Sumbhajee's behalf, and was subsequently shot dead by Captain Edward Teague, the Keeper of the Code.

Behind the scenes

• Askay first appeared in the junior novelization for the 2007 film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. In the film, Askay and Pusasn were credited and portrayed by the same man, Omid Djalili. The character's name was spelled "Akshay" in the novelization, a spelling that was done in at least one production draft of the film's screenplay. Jack Sparrow mistakenly identified Askay as "Axel" in the 2009 book Legends of the Brethren Court: The Turning Tide.
• In Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio's screenplay for At World's End, Akshay had more lines spoken, inquiring, quipping, declaring and decrying on behalf of the Indian Pirate Lord, Sri Sumbhajee. Some parts, like the spelling of the character's name, were retained in the film's junior novelization. In the Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - The Journey to World's End book, when Barbossa proposes the Pirate Lords should free Calypso, Askay says "Sri Sumbhajee says Barbossa has lost his senses! Do not let him speak any further!"

Appearances

• Legends of the Brethren Court: The Turning Tide
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (First identified as Askay)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (junior novelization) (First appearance) (First identified as Akshay)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Penguin Readers)

Notes and references

Members of the Brethren Court
First Court Pirate Kings First Pirate King Pirate Lords First Pirate Lord of the Atlantic Ocean Aides: Davy Jones Second Court Pirate Lords Henry Morgan – Bartholomew – Grandmama Third Court Pirate Lords Sao Feng's father Others: Tartaglia Court of inquiry Pirate Lords Ching – Boris Palachnik – Rafael – Edward Teague – Eduardo Villanueva Aides: Davy Jones Keeper of the Code: Edward Teague Others: Hector Barbossa – Jack Sparrow – Ragetti – Melinda – Esmeralda Prison Dog Fourth Court Pirate Kings Elizabeth Swann Pirate Lords Ammand – Sumbhajee Angria – Hector Barbossa – Chevalle Ching – Jocard – Jack Sparrow – Eduardo Villanueva Aides: Askay – Pusasn – Ragetti – Joshamee Gibbs Keeper of the Code: Edward Teague Others: Sao Feng – Pintel –Prison Dog – Carriers of the Code
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