The two boats laid their sterns against the edge of the island's roots before dropping an anchor on the ground. When the boats stilled, all the pirates began appearing on deck, leaving the cabin and the area below deck one after the other. Most of them looked understandably rugged, but the last one to appear on the first boat had an especially rude face.
The pirate's short, greasy hair was pulled back, fully revealing his face. The scrunched-up forehead and the eyes locked in a constant glare did more than scare children since they also pulled attention away from the crooked nose and scarred chin. The scars messed up the beard, making it look like a dead and dried-up rat.
