The Pirates — Characters & Cast

To protect his bandit brothers from poverty and tyranny while defying corrupt authorities to claim the whale's bounty on his own terms.

Begins as an honorable military officer who defects in disgust when General Yi Seong-gye turns his army against Goryeo. As a bandit leader, he overcomes his comical clumsiness at sea to champion justice and protect both his comrades and the sacred whale.

To secure absolute freedom and safety for her maritime crew and settle scores with her treacherous former master.

After leading a righteous mutiny against her sadistic captain Soma, she assumes command to guide her crew toward honorable independence, eventually discovering love and mutual respect with Sa-jung while shielding the ocean's wildlife from slaughter.

To survive at all costs on dry land, avoid returning to the vomit-inducing ocean, and gain status within his chosen crew.

An inept pirate crippled by seasickness who defects to become a mountain bandit, only to find himself dragged right back to the ocean as the bandits' reluctant, self-proclaimed naval instructor.

To recover the imperial seal at any cost in order to guarantee his personal political survival and royal favor.

Rises within the newly founded Joseon state by enforcing strict imperial mandates, pursuing the lost seal with merciless cruelty and zero regard for innocent human or animal lives.