Sao Feng's father

"We are an unimaginative lot when it comes to naming things." The title of this article is conjectural. Although this article is based on canonical information, the actual name of this subject is pure conjecture.

Unknown
Biographical information
Gender	Male
Ethnic group	Chinese
Family	Liang Dao (son) Sao Feng (son)
Title(s)	Pirate Lord of the South China Sea Governor
Statistics
Affiliation	Brethren Court Chinese government
Behind the scenes
First appearance	Rising in the East (Mentioned only)
Latest appearance	Rising in the East (Mentioned only)

"Liang Dao is my older brother. He inherited the title of Pirate Lord from our father."

―Sao Feng to Jack Sparrow

This man was the Chinese pirate who served as the Pirate Lord of Singapore and the South China Sea, as well as a governor well as the father of Liang Dao and Sao Feng.

Biography

Life and death

Little is known of this man's life other than he became the Pirate Lord of Singapore and the South China Sea, as well as had two sons, Liang Dao and Sao Feng. He had also attended the Third meeting of the Brethren Court, which ended "badly" as he told Feng. At some point, the ancestral navigational charts that led to the land beyond death came into the hands of the great Chinese Pirate Lord. The Chinese government couldn't control him, so they made him a governor. He abused his power and was greatly reviled. Through unknown circumstances, the man who was Sao Feng's father died, and passed his position of Pirate Lord to his eldest son along with his piece of eight.

Legacy

It was believed that the Pirate Lord of the South China Sea's mantle was passed down to Sao Feng (pictured) from his father.

"The Court has not met in my lifetime."
"Nor mine."
"And when last it did, my father told me, it ended...badly."

―Sao Feng and Hector Barbossa

Upon his untimely death, his legacy as a Pirate Lord lived on. Though it was believed that the Pirate Lord of South China Sea's mantle was passed down to Sao Feng from his father, the mantle was actually passed to Feng's brother Liang Dao, only to be killed by Feng himself. Sao Feng would mention his father at least once in a conversation with Hector Barbossa, the Pirate Lord of the Caspian Sea, where he mentioned the Third Brethren Court, and still held the title of Pirate Lord until his own death.

Behind the scenes

Overview

Sao Feng's father was first mentioned in media relating to the 2007 film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, notably T.T. Sutherland's junior novelization. He was first identified as "Sao Feng's father" in the 2010 update of the Pirates of the Caribbean website.

In Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio's screenplay of At World's End, Sao Feng and Hector Barbossa talk about the Brethren Court that his father told him that the Third Brethren Court ended badly. Although the scene was omitted from the final cut of the film, it was retained in the 2007 novelization, 2009 novelization, and in the deleted scene titled "A Pox on Us All" originally released in Blu-ray releases in 2011.

Inconsistencies

In the "Inside the Brethren Court" feature in the At World's End DVD release, it was said that Sao Feng's title of Pirate Lord was passed down to him from his father. However, it was revealed that Sao Feng took the title from his brother Liang Dao in Legends of the Brethren Court: Rising in the East.

In Jack Sparrow: Dance of the Hours, Chapter Five, it is stated that Jack Sparrow's worst nightmare involves "a certain Pirate Lord from Singapore and a certain tentacled captain." Since Sao Feng did not become the Pirate Lord of Singapore until he overthrew his brother Liang Dao, at least eight years after the end of the Jack Sparrow series, it is more than likely "a certain Pirate Lord from Singapore" is one of Feng's predecessors. However, whether that predecessor is Liang Dao or his father is unknown.

Appearances

• Legends of the Brethren Court: Rising in the East (Mentioned only)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End (Mentioned in a deleted scene)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (junior novelization) (First mentioned)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Penguin Readers) (Mentioned only)

Sources

• DisneyPirates.com (First identified as Sao Feng's father)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End: "Inside the Brethren Court"

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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