In Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevens creates a diverse group of people, all with individual characteristics and backgrounds. Some of the most important characters in the book are Jim Hawkins, Doctor Livesey, Squire Trewlaney, Captain Smollet, Long John Silver, Ben Gun, and Billy Bones. Jim Hawkins, who is also the narrator of the book, is a young boy who discovers a treasure map in the pocket of the late Billy Bones and accompanies the Doctor and the Squire on their journey to Treasure Island. Billy Bones was a strange former sea pirate who lives in the inn owned by Jim Hawkins' parents. He dies early in the book (the same week as Jim's bedridden father) after receiving the "black spot". Jim's father's doctor, Dr. Livesey, is the first one Jim and his mother turn to after escaping from the inn with the map. after a group of pirates barges in looking for Billy Bones, he and Squire Trelawney are the leaders of Treasure Island. Squire Trelawney is a wealthy associate of the doctor. He is the next person to receive news of the map and quickly organizes the ship and crew. Captain Smollet is the ship's voyage captain and is wounded after fighting breaks out between Long John Silver's men and the remaining men under his command. command. The ship's one-legged cook, Long John Silver, was a former pirate under the command of Captain Flint and embarks on the voyage with a crew of former sailors to try to steal the treasure left behind by their former captain. Treasure Island begins in the seaside inn, Admiral Benbow, of Jim Hawkins and his parents. One day a strange ex-sailor arrives at the inn and ends up staying there for the rest of his life. Comes with only one old mystery chest. Soon after the death of Jim's father, the strange man is given the "black spot" (which is never exactly explained in the book) by a strange visitor. Soon after his visitor leaves, the man dies. Jim and his mother go to the village for help, but no one will return with them to help them, so they go back alone. Returning to the inn, Jim finds the key to the man's trunk hanging from a chain around his neck and a strange piece of paper in his pocket..