# The Coral Island — Character guide

> Key figures in The Coral Island by R. M. Ballantyne.

- [Ralph Rover](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_coral_island_se/characters/ralph_rover.md): The narrator and one of three boys shipwrecked on a coral island.
- [Jack Martin](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_coral_island_se/characters/jack_martin.md): A resourceful and brave boy who becomes the leader of the castaways.
- [Peterkin Gay](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_coral_island_se/characters/peterkin_gay.md): The cheerful and impulsive youngest of the three shipwrecked boys.
- [Bloody Bill](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_coral_island_se/characters/bloody_bill.md): A reformed pirate who helps the boys and later sacrifices himself.
- [Tararo](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_coral_island_se/characters/tararo.md): A powerful native chief who initially opposes the missionaries.
- [Avatea](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_coral_island_se/characters/avatea.md): A native girl who converts to Christianity and faces persecution.
- [Romata](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_coral_island_se/characters/romata.md): A fierce and warlike native chief who threatens the boys.
- [The Captain](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_coral_island_se/characters/the_captain.md): Captain of the pirate schooner who captures the boys.
- [The Pirate Captain](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_coral_island_se/characters/the_pirate_captain.md): Leader of the pirates who briefly holds the boys captive.
- [Missionary](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_coral_island_se/characters/missionary.md): A Christian missionary who converts the natives on the island.
- [Dick](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_coral_island_se/characters/dick.md): A young sailor on the pirate ship who befriends the boys.
- [Hercules](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_coral_island_se/characters/hercules.md): A mythological figure briefly referenced by the boys.
- [Venus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_coral_island_se/characters/venus.md): A mythological figure briefly referenced by the boys.

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