Here are the true stories behind the new faces we see swashbuckling alongside Blackbeard and Stede Bonnet this season.

He even reportedlyripped out a sailors beating heartand forced another prisoner to eat it.

We like to think the real-life Stede Bonnet really did chuck a violin at his head, though.

Ruibo Qian as Susan in Our Flag Means Death

Our Flag Means Deathseason 2 is streaming on HBO Max

Ruibo Qian as The Pirate Queen in Our Flag Means Death

Max Mitchinson as Hornigold in Our Flag Means Death

Minnie Driver and Rachel House in Our Flag Means Death

Bronson Pinchot as Ned Low in Our Flag Means Death