“With a dedicated band of murderous young…

“With a dedicated band of murderous young men, Cornelisz began to systematically kill anyone he believed would be a problem to his reign of terror, or a burden on their limited resources.

The mutineers become intoxicated with killing, and no one can stop them.

They needed only the smallest of excuses to drown, bash, strangle or stab to death any of their victims, including women and children.”

Cornelisz never commits any of the murders himself, although he tries and fails to strangle a baby.

Instead, he uses his powers of persuasion to coerce others into doing it for him, firstly under the pretense that the victim had committed a crime such as theft.

Eventually, the mutineers begin to kill for pleasure, or simply because they are bored.

He plans to reduce the island's population to around forty-five so that their supplies will last as long as possible.

Between them, his followers murder at least one hundred and ten men, women, and children.