Characters in "Under The Jolly Roger"
- Mary 'Jacky' Faber: The protagonist of the story. Jacky is press-ganged onto the Wolverine.
- James 'Jaimy' Fletcher: Jacky's love. In the beginning he is believed to have moved on from Jacky, but this is proven not to be the case later in the book.
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