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- Plagia do not refer to themselves as "pirates" seeing the title as a sneering insult. They refer to themselves as plagia, or as aguchu - the multitude. Indeed, a captured plagia will often simply say his name is Aguchu when questioned, they meaning he is one of many, one of the multitude.
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- Plagia might be easily confused with Corsairs from the City of Umbar who battle with the Gondorwith Gondor. Both are referred to as "pirates" by the people who oppose them. The Corsairs of Umbar however, are a race and people unto themselves. Plagia are a brotherhood by choice and circumstance, oft clinging to the traditions and beliefs they arrived with though by fortune, misfortune or birthright find themselves on a wayward and watery path.
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This was bad for business; for pirates and the Merchant Families. Until one day, as the story goes, there was a terrible storm upon the Sea of Rhun and it claimed many lives, drowning ships from short to short shore to shore and scattering the fortunate few across the raging waters. She was said to be found wrapped in sealskin on a floating cradle as an infant, nothing to name her and no one to claim her. A pirate ship found her and took her amongst them, raised her as one of their own. Her beauty was well-known as such was a well-sought companion to many a pirate captain. Yet during one of many battles upon the Sea of Rhun her ship was sunk and she was rescued by the dashing Captain Miogrin, for whom she forsook all others.
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