Nottingham's Legacy: Enzo

Dark Horses are in every single of of the plays in the Sherwood Cycle, because I love them that much.

Except in this one.

In "Nottingham's Legacy", there are three.

One of them--Declan--you already met, so I'm going to introduce you to the other two, starting with Enzo.

So I told you that Declan is basically Jean-Luc 2.0, right?

Well, Enzo is the type of person I would call Declan's Dark Side, for lack of a better description.

There are a whole lot of things about Enzo that came as a surprise. For instance, he has two "animal parallels". The first one is a scorpion, due to his close connection with Declan(you can read all about scorpion symbolism in the link above); and the other one is a seahorse.

In Ancient Greece and Rome, the seahorse was a symbol of power and authority and they both thought the seahorse was some kind of sea monster(there's even a legend that seahorses guide drowned sailors to the Afterlife), which is a little odd, considering it's size, but whatever.

The seahorse is a symbol of perspective, bravery, patience, serenity, persistence, protection and a desire the help others, which are all facets of Enzo's personality. He's stubborn and persistent and due to his close connection with Declan, he's one of the plot's catalysts.

I saw the film "Straight Outta Compton" four times when it was released. I loved the music; I loved the story(if NWA all wrote memoirs I'd read the covers off of them) and I loved that actors that portrayed members of NWA. Particularly this one:

This is Corey Hawkins. He's also in "24: Legacy"(which was surprisingly good), "Kong: Skull Island"(ditto), "Walking Dead"(which I haven't seen yet--I know!!), and the upcoming "In The Heights"(which I'm really excited about!!!!).

Enzo is a corsair and a former assassin, but he isn't as dangerous as any of the previous assassin characters in this cycle. He's one of those people who thinks everything down to the last detail before acting--almost like Jean-Luc, but not quite. He's also Declan's voice of reason, which is nice because everyone needs one of those.

And, just like everyone else in this particular play, his soundtrack is really eclectic. And I'm totally ok with that.

Soundtrack

Voodoo, by Godsmack

Lights Up, by Harry Styles

Christmas At Sea, by Sting

Pray for Me, by The Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar

The Hills, by The Weeknd

Animal by Def Leppard

Bad Boy For Life, by Black Rob, Mark Curry & P. Ditty

Saints and Sinners, by Godsmack

Last Way Out of Here, by Paoloalto