Brian is, among other things, a content manager for Sosh, an avid cyclist, a cautious San Francisco sports fan, the sports writer for his fantasy football league, and a proponent of the Oxford comma.
While hidden in an apple-barrel, Jim overhears a conversation among the Hispaniola's crew which reveals that many of them are pirates who had served on Captain Flint's ship, the Walrus, with the most notable being the ship's one-legged cook.
With Anderson and Hands, he forces Silver to attack the blockhouse instead of waiting for the treasure to be found.