My bad. It seems to me that to most people here know of pirates to be of the villainous sort.
[He's had to correct most people.]
It was more like the opposite. My Captain and her crew aided Awa's people and protected them as much as we were able to. The lord Kum-Ji, and his soldiers, who oversaw the area were far, far more antagonistic. The townspeople were in constant fear, as even children could be killed for supposedly acting out. The very worst, however, was that Kum-Ji ran a human trafficking ring, which went on for many years. It wasn't until Yona's arrival with the others that we were able to bring down that monster for good.