On Herd Island, most of the comings and goings were pirates who came for resupply, trade, or to indulge and seek pleasure.
The island was dominated by two powers belonging to Mahamadu and Safra, who held the greatest interests.
The commanding officer stationed by Mahamadu on Herd Island was Eddie Harold.
He had fifteen warships under his command. The largest ship carried over 200 sailors and eight huge cannons; even the smallest ship was equipped with a cannon and 20 sailors; in total, there were roughly over 1,500 sailors on his ships.
The commanding officer stationed by Safra on Herd Island was Crister Reedy, who had a similar number of ships and sailors as Eddie.
Should these two powers mobilize, they could easily suppress all the scattered pirates nearby Herd Island.
After all.
Duge's initial Smile Angel had a meager crew of just 12 people, not even matching the armament of Eddie's smallest warship.