Captain Smollett

How Stevenson describes him:

"a sharp looking man who seemed angry with everything on board".

His role in Treasure Island:

Captain Smollett is a fine, upstanding gentleman and an excellent captain. He is immediately suspicious of his motley crew, but taken in by Long John Silver. He proves to be very brave and eventually retires on the money made from the treasure.

Captain Smollett said,

"I knew that crew was no good - especially that Long John Silver. I had my eye on him from the start (ahem!) - no more adventures at sea for me".

"He was a tall man, over six feet high, and broad in proportion, and he had a bluff, rough-and-ready face, all roughened and reddened and lined in his long travels. His eyebrows were very black and moved readily, and this gave him a look of some temper, not bad, you would say, but quick and high".

His role in Treasure Island:

He funds the secret treasure hunt, but due to his big mouth he lets the secret out, alerting Long John Silver and his pirate mates. Brave, means well, but a little bit stupid - he is also hopeless at keeping secrets.

Squire Trelawney said,

"I didn't say a thing... well only to an Innkeeper - that was all - and, oh yes, the stable lad... and the cook... "

"He was the bloodthirstiest buccaneer that sailed. Blackbeard was a child to Flint."

His role in Treasure Island:

Captain Flint was the most evil, cruel and heartless pirate to sail the seven seas and it is his treasure that everyone is after. A really nasty piece of work but now long dead (thankfully).

Captain Flint said,

"I wish I'd put my treasure in the bank now! If I could just get my hands on them..."

"A tall, strong, heavy, nut-brown man; his tarry pigtail falling over the shoulders of his soiled blue coat; his hands ragged and scarred, with black, broken nails; and the sabre cut across one cheek, a dirty, livid white".

His role in Treasure Island:

A drunken, violent and yet terrified man who brings the map to Jim's Inn. He is given the Black Spot by Blind Pew and dies of a heart attack from terror.

Billy Bones said,

"Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum...(hic)".