User blog comment:Neowitch/664 - Exposure and Exposition/@comment-4754162-20120418174105/@comment-4820500-20120419034328

1.Brownbeard said he lost his legs & crew to Hawkins

3.CC & company could have deserted the island while the admirals fought

4.They probably subdued it with K haki

5.Yeah probably, it will probably be the next arc & if its true that oda said their next nakama will be a former marine then that next arc could be where they get that nakama