# The Pirate Captain — The Coral Island character guide

> The Pirate Captain in The Coral Island by R. M. Ballantyne.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0018-xvii

## Who they are

Leader of the pirates who briefly holds the boys captive.

## In the story

### [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_coral_island_se/chapters/xxii)

Leads the pirate crew, captures Ralph, and threatens him with violence.

### [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_coral_island_se/chapters/xxiii)

Implied to be the same as 'the captain'; his ruthless actions and hypocrisy regarding missionaries are highlighted.

### [XXIV Bloody Bill is communicative and sagacious—Unpleasant prospects—Retrospective meditations interrupted by volcanic agency—The pirates negotiate with a Fiji chief—Various etceteras that are calculated to surprise and horrify.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_coral_island_se/chapters/xxiv)

Identifies the volcanic eruption; keeps a sharp lookout over the crew; Ralph avoids him due to horror.

### [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_coral_island_se/chapters/xxvi)

Sends Ralph with a gift to Romata, is in a bad mood due to previous conflicts, and later conspires with the mate about fighting the natives.

### [XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_coral_island_se/chapters/xxvii)

Shot Bill for deliberately firing his musket; later executed by savages as witnessed by Bill.

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