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** He even does this to Cross at one point, sending him into a HeroicBSOD by stringing him up using his Devil Fruit powers and pumping Cross with Conqueror's Haki, traumatizing Cross badly enough that he can't even ''think'' until Rayleigh snaps him out of it.
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** He even does this to Cross at one point, sending him into a HeroicBSOD by stringing him up using his Devil Fruit powers and pumping Cross with Conqueror's Haki, Haki and causing a vision of being little more than a puppet for him to play with, traumatizing Cross badly enough that he can't even ''think'' until Rayleigh snaps him out of it.
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* TakingYouWithMe: When the Government found out that Vivi had been working with the Straw Hats and questioned Crocodile, he gave up everything that he knew of her illegal activities as Ms. Wednesday, intent on dragging Vivi down with him. This information directly led to Vivi getting a bounty, forcing her to flee Alabasta with the Straw Hats.
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* TakingYouWithMe: When the Government found out that Vivi had been working with the Straw Hats and questioned Crocodile, he gave up everything that he knew of her illegal activities as Ms. Miss Wednesday, intent on dragging Vivi down with him. This information directly led to Vivi getting a bounty, forcing her to flee Alabasta with the Straw Hats.
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--> '''Ace''': Pops? Pops, what are you doing?! C'mon, we need to get out of here!
--> '''Whitebeard''': ''You'' need to get out of here. You and all the rest of my sons and daughters. I am old, Ace. A relic of an era long past. A new era is dawning, and it's reckless youngsters like you that need to lead it. Not an old fossil like me.
--> '''Whitebeard''': ''You'' need to get out of here. You and all the rest of my sons and daughters. I am old, Ace. A relic of an era long past. A new era is dawning, and it's reckless youngsters like you that need to lead it. Not an old fossil like me.
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'''Whitebeard''': ''You'' need to get out of here. You and all the rest of my sons and daughters. I am old, Ace. A relic of an era long past. A new era is dawning, and it's reckless youngsters like you that need to lead it. Not an old fossil like me.
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* TakingYouWithMe: When the Government found out that Vivi had been working with the Straw Hats and questioned Crocodile, he gave up everything that he knew on her, intent on dragging Vivi down with him. This information directly led to Vivi getting a bounty, forcing her to flee Alabasta with the Straw Hats.
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* TakingYouWithMe: When the Government found out that Vivi had been working with the Straw Hats and questioned Crocodile, he gave up everything that he knew on her, of her illegal activities as Ms. Wednesday, intent on dragging Vivi down with him. This information directly led to Vivi getting a bounty, forcing her to flee Alabasta with the Straw Hats.
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* MakeSureHesDead: Seems to have become his new ''modus operandi'', for particularly troublesome or dangerous enemies, as of the Denouement. After impaling a Government assassin, he looked him in the eyes until he was satisfied he was ''really'' dead.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: The Whitebeard Pirates share a laugh when Cross claims one of the only ways to earn their ire is to [[TheAlcoholic steal their booze]].
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* INeedYouStronger: Why he offers Vivi the chance to be trained by him - he needs chaos and cracks to build his power back up, and making that sort of opening is what the Straw Hats are best at.
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* INeedYouStronger: Why he offers Vivi the chance to be trained by him - he needs chaos and cracks in the World Government's control to build his power back up, new powerbase, and making that sort of opening is what the Straw Hats are best at.at. So the stronger the Straw Hats are, the more chaos and diversion they'll make for Crocodile to exploit.
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* HonoraryTrueCompanion: In a sense. She's the only person who isn't a Division Commander standing with them during Whitebeard's funeral.
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* SoProudOfYou: He's very happy to learn Usopp's a pirate.
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* SoProudOfYou: He's very clearly happy to learn Usopp's Usopp has become a pirate.pirate, and sends him a Tone Dial via Lucky Roo when the latter goes to Skelter Bite.
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** It should be noted that in the last part of Strong World, Shanks admits he actually ''agreed'' with most of Shiki's speech about how MightMakesRight, and that the weak have no choice but to follow the whims of the strong and exist at their mercy, something even ''Eustass Kidd'' was disgusted by. Shanks ''also'' told Luffy plenty of stories about Shiki in the past, and Luffy recognizes him from them as "the most evil, hateful, bastard of a tyrant he ever met."
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* SpitTake: Does this when the Straw Hats announce their assault on Enies Lobby.
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* SpitTake: Does this when the Straw Hats announce begin their assault on Enies Lobby.Lobby and announce it over the SBS.
* StoryboardBody: In Part 2 of the Denouement, it's revealed that he's had another Jolly Roger tattoo added to the back of his neck - specifically, the symbol of the Roger Pirates, seemingly as a symbol of Ace making peace with Roger after his biological father called in to the SBS to ask Luffy to save Ace.
* StoryboardBody: In Part 2 of the Denouement, it's revealed that he's had another Jolly Roger tattoo added to the back of his neck - specifically, the symbol of the Roger Pirates, seemingly as a symbol of Ace making peace with Roger after his biological father called in to the SBS to ask Luffy to save Ace.
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Second Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, biological son of Gol D. Roger, and Luffy's adopted elder brother.
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Second Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, biological son of Gol D. Roger, and Luffy's adopted elder brother. He becomes the new leader of the Whitebeard Pirates after Whitebeard's death.
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* InsistentTerminology: While Whitebeard named Ace his successor before his death, Ace makes it clear to the surviving Whitebeard Pirates that they will ''always'' be the Whitebeard Pirates. Therefore, Ace will always hold the title of "Acting Captain" despite being the captain in full.
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* InsistentTerminology: While Whitebeard named Ace his successor before his death, Ace makes it clear to the surviving Whitebeard Pirates that they will ''always'' be the Whitebeard Pirates. Therefore, Ace will always hold the title of "Acting Captain" despite effectively being the captain in full.
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* RankUp: He officially becomes Captain of the Whitebeard Pirates upon Whitebeard's death.
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* RankUp: He officially becomes ([[InsistentTerminology Acting]]) Captain of the Whitebeard Pirates upon after Whitebeard's death.death.
* RegentForLife: A rare self-inflicted version - Despite being Whitebeard's chosen successor, Ace tells the rest of the Whitebeard Pirates that he's only their ''acting'' Captain, and that Whitebeard himself is the only Captain they will ever answer to.
* RegentForLife: A rare self-inflicted version - Despite being Whitebeard's chosen successor, Ace tells the rest of the Whitebeard Pirates that he's only their ''acting'' Captain, and that Whitebeard himself is the only Captain they will ever answer to.
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* InsistentTerminology: While Whitebeard named Ace his successor before his death, Ace makes it clear to the surviving Whitebeard Pirates that they will ''always'' be the Whitebeard Pirates. Therefore, Ace will always hold the title of "Acting Captain" despite being the captain in full.
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* VillainRespect: On top of his canonical respect for Zoro and Luffy, it seems he has come to respect all of the Straw Hats and their combat abilities. When Zoro lands on Kuraigana Island, he sees that Mihawk has deliberately set up Visual Transponder Snails all around the island so the Humandrills can learn and imitate the crew's fighting techniques.
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* VillainRespect: VillainRespect:
** On top of his canonical respect for Zoro and Luffy, it seems he has come to respect all of the Straw Hats and their combat abilities. When Zoro lands on Kuraigana Island, he sees that Mihawk has deliberately set up Visual Transponder Snails all around the island so the Humandrills can learn and imitate the crew's fightingtechniques.techniques.
** When Buggy finally gets enraged and fights ferociously, Mihawk is delighted to see he found a WorthyOpponent, which naturally means he respects Buggy.
** On top of his canonical respect for Zoro and Luffy, it seems he has come to respect all of the Straw Hats and their combat abilities. When Zoro lands on Kuraigana Island, he sees that Mihawk has deliberately set up Visual Transponder Snails all around the island so the Humandrills can learn and imitate the crew's fighting
** When Buggy finally gets enraged and fights ferociously, Mihawk is delighted to see he found a WorthyOpponent, which naturally means he respects Buggy.
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* WorthyOpponent: His former subordinate Law, who promises to one day take him down. Doflamingo is impressed enough from his threat that he decides it's enough for him to spare both Law and the rest of the Supernovas for the rest of the battle.
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* WorthyOpponent: His former subordinate Law, who promises to one day take him down. Doflamingo is impressed enough from his threat and ability to back it up that he decides it's enough for him to spare both Law and the rest of the Supernovas for the rest of the battle.
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* AdaptationalIntelligence: Warned by Cross, Squard is not folled by Akainu's lies this time and doesn't stab Whitebeard.
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* AdaptationalIntelligence: Warned by Cross, Squard is not folled fooled by Akainu's lies this time and doesn't stab Whitebeard.
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* BadassInDistress: They're captured by Blackbeard and then thrown into Impel Down alongside Ace.
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* BadassInDistress: They're captured by Blackbeard and then thrown into Impel Down alongside Ace. Beforehand, though, they actually put up a fight against Teach's crew, enough for Ace to perform better than canon.
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-> '''Whitebeard''': "I am saying... I [[HandicapedBadass still]] have [[WorldStrongestMan my right!]]
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-> '''Whitebeard''': "I am saying... I [[HandicapedBadass [[HandicappedBadass still]] have [[WorldStrongestMan [[WorldsStrongestMan my right!]]
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* VillainRespect: According to Sheepshead, the Straw Hats and Barto Club impressed him enough to send Sheepshead and Ginrummy to Skelter Bite to offer them a position in his crew (which they promptly decline).
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* VillainRespect: VillainRespect:
** According to Sheepshead, the Straw Hats and Barto Club impressed him enough to send Sheepshead and Ginrummy to Skelter Bite to offer them a position in his crew (which they promptly decline).
** He feels nothing but grief when Whitebeard dies because he respects him.
** According to Sheepshead, the Straw Hats and Barto Club impressed him enough to send Sheepshead and Ginrummy to Skelter Bite to offer them a position in his crew (which they promptly decline).
** He feels nothing but grief when Whitebeard dies because he respects him.
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* BadassInDistress: He and his allies still get captured by Teach courtesy of [[SpannerInTheWorks Aokiji's]] unplanned intervention, and they were kept drugged to the gills and imprisoned in a refrigerated cell by the Marines for four months, then transferred to Impel Down's Eternal Hell before the war.
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* BadassInDistress: He and his allies still get captured by Teach courtesy of [[SpannerInTheWorks Aokiji's]] unplanned intervention, and they were kept drugged to the gills and imprisoned in a refrigerated cell by the Marines for four months, then transferred to Impel Down's Eternal Hell before the war. However, without Aokiji, Ace could get the upper hand against Teach because he had backup and was prepared.
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* TheDogBitesBack: While he doesn't manage to take down Blackbeard, he does eventually get back at him by destroying Whitebeard's corpse, preventing Blackbeard from stealing the powers of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit (and severely burning him).
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* TheDogBitesBack: While he doesn't manage to take down Blackbeard, he does eventually get back at him by destroying Whitebeard's corpse, preventing Blackbeard from stealing the powers of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit (and severely burning him). This namely hurts Blackbeard so badly [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness he makes his hate of Ace personal.]]
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* SinsOfOurFathers: Deconstructed. On top of Ace's own distaste for his father (which he made ''adamantly'' clear on the SBS at the start of his execution), it's not illegal to be related to an outlaw, even one as infamous as Gold Roger. When Sengoku flat-out admits to the world that they don't care about any of the actual, legitimate crimes Ace committed and are instead executing him because he's Roger's son, it backfires ''massively''. The staff at Impel Down are furious because on that basis, neither Ace's imprisonment nor his execution is legal, while Cross points out that the World Government is essentially throwing away thousands of lives and deliberately destabilizing the state of the world over a grudge against a man that has been ''dead'' for over '''''twenty years'''''. In light of that, everyone except the most fanatic of Marines can't help but admit that the idea of holding Roger's crimes against Ace seems ridiculous...which is also the excuse that Dragon needed to step in to help save Ace.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: He survives Marineford, and manages to officially reunite with Luffy and Sabo and renew their brotherly bond.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: He survives Marineford, and manages to officially reunite with Luffy and Sabo and renew their brotherly bond.
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* SinsOfOurFathers: Deconstructed. On top of Ace's own distaste for his father (which he made ''adamantly'' clear on the SBS at the start of his execution), it's not illegal to be related to an outlaw, even one as infamous as Gold Roger. When Sengoku flat-out admits to the world that they don't care about any of the actual, legitimate crimes Ace committed and are instead executing him because he's Roger's son, it backfires ''massively''. The staff at Impel Down are furious because on that basis, neither Ace's imprisonment nor his execution is legal, while Cross points out that the World Government is essentially throwing away thousands of lives and deliberately destabilizing the state of the world over a grudge against a man that has been ''dead'' for over '''''twenty years'''''. In light of that, everyone except the most fanatic of Marines can't help but admit that the idea of holding Roger's crimes against Ace seems ridiculous... which is also the excuse that Dragon needed to step in to help save Ace.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: He survivesMarineford, Marineford this time, and manages to officially reunite with Luffy and Sabo and renew their brotherly bond.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: He survives
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* BadassBoast: While weakened, he fights Shiki, also a case of a legend who got worse with age. Shiki does some serious damage and taunts Whitebeard about him getting weaker. Whitebeard whispers to him something he won't forget before defeating him in one mighty blow.
-> '''Whitebeard''': "I am saying... I [[HandicapedBadass still]] have [[WorldStrongestMan my right!]]
-> '''Whitebeard''': "I am saying... I [[HandicapedBadass still]] have [[WorldStrongestMan my right!]]
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* GambitRoulette: Downplayed -- the main plan for preventing Blackbeard from getting the Tremor-Tremor Fruit seems to have been just Whitebeard targeting him as soon as he showed up (and if it hadn't been for Blackbeard freeing and recruiting Shiki, which was a case of DidntSeeThatComing, that fight probably would have ended with Blackbeard dead considering Whitebeard was in far better condition than he was in canon). The plan that ''did'' work, using Whitebeard's blood and Basil Hawkins's voodoo/hoodoo abilities and SympatheticMagic to burn his corpse, seems to have been a backup plan.
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* GambitRoulette: Downplayed -- the main plan for preventing Blackbeard from getting the Tremor-Tremor Fruit seems to have been just Whitebeard targeting him as soon as he showed up (and if it hadn't been for Blackbeard freeing and recruiting Shiki, which was a case of DidntSeeThatComing, and who was the one who did the most damage to Whitebeard, that fight probably would have ended with Blackbeard dead considering Whitebeard was in far better condition than he was in canon). The plan that ''did'' work, using Whitebeard's blood and Basil Hawkins's voodoo/hoodoo abilities and SympatheticMagic to burn his corpse, seems to have been a backup plan.
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* InsistentTerminology: Ace tells them, at Whitebeard's funeral, to only address him as the ''acting'' captain. As far as he (and they) are concerned, the only man who's ever been their captain is Whitebeard himself.
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* TaughtByExperience: In the Denouement, even though he ''hates'' it, he decides to keep the Whitebeard Pirates from going after Blackbeard, remembering what Cross told him about the events of canon - and knowing bitterly all too well what happened the last time he went after Blackbeard to get revenge.
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** In the Denouement, he decides that, with Joy Boy's return looking more and more likely, he needs to train. How does he do this? He tells his ''entire crew'' to fight him. And while the conclusion isn't shown, he was fighting them all and ''winning''.
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[[folder:Buggy the Clown]]
!!Buggy "The Clown"
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!!"Demon Heir" Douglas Bullet
See his folder [[Characters/ThisBitesAlliesAndPirates here]].
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!!Buggy "The Clown"
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!!"Demon Heir" Douglas Bullet
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!!!The Four Emperors
The four most powerful pirates alive who rule the New World, the second half of the Grand Line.
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!!"Red-Haired" Shanks -- Bounty: ฿4,048,900,000
Youngest of the Emperors and the one with the least apparent manpower, a former Roger Pirate and hard-drinking partygoer who lost his left arm many years ago to save Monkey D. Luffy's life and inspired him to sail the Grand Line as a pirate. None of the above has diminished how powerful he is.
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* TheAntiNihilist: Shanks's inner musings have elements of this mindset following the end of the Marineford War. He considers the world to be "an incredible place: filled with horrors and tragedies of uncountable magnitude -- and yet, dotted with honest miracles."
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: By observing the telltale mouth position of a cigar smoker from his Transponder Snail and the mention of "an impressive Devil Fruit" and "wielding twin swords", he deduces the mystery guest to be Shiki, which immediately alarms him.
* BerserkButton: Besides the obvious one of attacking Luffy, he also hates people wasting good booze. He got into a fist fight with Yasopp when the man's SpitTake sprayed alcohol over everyone.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He may appear to be a hard-drinking partygoer, and he is. But never forget that he's one of the four most powerful pirates in the whole world and he's ''earned'' his title, intending to teach Shiki that the hard way if he beats the Straw Hats.
--> '''Shanks:''' We'll see if the Golden Lion has bitten off more than he can chew by challenging [=the Straw Hat Pirates=]. And if he hasn't? ''(Delivers a burst of Conqueror's Haki)'' '''Then he'll wish that he had.'''
* BigDamnHeroes:
** He, Rayleigh, and Mihawk were potentially going to go to the East Blue to fight Shiki and his forces if the Straw Hats lost during Strong World.
** He later shows up at Marineford and blasts the entire island with his Conqueror's Haki, stopping Blackbeard's massive attack ''and'' having his crew stop the attacks everyone else was going to use to counter him, ending the war without any further bloodshed.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Compared to the monstrous Kaido, the tyrannical Big Mom, and the venerable Whitebeard, Shanks is a drunkard who doesn't look like he should be standing on par with them and the World Government or even respected in the same breath, and yet he is. And he knows it, considering what he told Lucky Roo a few years back:
--> 'Every second someone like me is the worst nightmare of the World Government, the Elder Bastards die a little bit more inside'.
* TheDreaded: PlayedForLaughs. Mihawk plans on avoiding him after Marineford due to stomping on two of his major [[BerserkButton Berserk Buttons]] during the battle: [[PapaWolf attacking Luffy]] and wasting good booze. He's left fuming when Shanks shows up at the battle anyway, with clear plans to ream his old rival a new one.
* FriendlyRival: To Buggy. After Buggy stops playing the part of a weakling, the two happily agree to a scrap once they meet up again.
* TheGadfly: The Christmas special has Shanks sending out drink bottles to a variety of people who are, at the very least, rivals if not outright enemies. Kaidou is getting sake, Big Mom is getting soda, Whitebeard is getting rum, Mihawk is getting wine, Garp is getting whiskey, and the Five Elder Stars... are getting ''nitroglycerin''.
--> '''Rayleigh:''' ...excuse me?\\
'''Shanks:''' Well, it's not Christmas without a good gag-gift, is it?\\
'''Rayleigh:''' [[BlankStare *flat stare*]]\\
'''Shanks:''' For the last time, Old Man, I'm 100% positive that I'm not a D!\\
'''Rayleigh:''' Psh. Could have fooled me.
* GiveMeAReason: Part of him ''wants'' Blackbeard to try attacking again so that he has an excuse to kill him, in Part 4 of Marineford Misery. Considering the last time they fought, he got the scars on his left eye, that says a lot.
--> "'''That. Is. ''Enough'','''" Shanks enunciated slowly, filling every word with his will. On some level, he ''wanted'' Blackbeard to try something, the Emperor wanted the debatably human scum before him to give him an excuse, but for now, he'd settle for making him put off whatever madness he had planned. "This war is over, Teach. And if you try to fight, then the only one who'll die is you, because ''nobody'' is going to join you."
* LessEmbarrassingTerm: What his crew calls a "party," the World Government calls a "rampage."
* OhCrap: During the aforementioned AwesomenessByAnalysis when he realizes just who the Straw Hats' guest is:
--> '''Shanks:''' BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THIS ISN'T ONE OF THOSE TIMES!...Damn it damn it damn i—!
--> '''Yasopp:''' How bad, Shanks?!
--> '''Shanks:''' 'Raging bastard who gave Roger ''and'' Garp the fights of their lives' bad! The only cigar-smoking asshole I remember to wield both an impressive Devil Fruit and a matched pair of Graded Swords—!
--> '''Benn:''' Shiki the Golden Lion?! Luffy, how could you possibly be that unluck—?
* PapaWolf:
** While he's usually content to leave Luffy alone on his journey, he won't hesitate to jump in every once in a while if he thinks his protégé needs it. Part of his motivation for his rampage/party during the Enies Lobby incident was to draw away some heat from the Straw Hats (which succeeded, as it sufficiently distracted every Marine that was on that side of the Red Line). And when Shiki appears on the SBS, the very moment Shanks realizes who he is and his probable intentions, he doesn't hesitate to punch in the Transponder Snail number as fast as he can so he can threaten the bastard.
*** When the SBS is starting up for Shiki's interview, Soundbite disguises his voice to make it sound like Cross is starting the SBS, which only happens when something serious is going to happen. Shanks snaps and declares that he is going to give Cross and Soundbite a piece of his mind when they finally cross into the second half of the Grand Line.
** While he's close friends with his former rival Mihawk, that does not mean he won't hesitate to rip him a new one for attacking Luffy.
* SoProudOfYou: Has high standards for Luffy and celebrates whenever Luffy exceeds them during his escapades on the SBS. Enies Lobby, in particular, made him so proud that in the subsequent party (which the WG called a "rampage") that the Red Hair Pirates had to both celebrate Luffy's newest accomplishment and to distract every Marine in the New World lasted ''two straight days'', long after the Straw Hats had finished leveling the island.
* SpitTake: Upon hearing that the Straw Hats are planning to [[RapePillageAndBurn invade an island and burn it to the ground]], he is visibly stunned. At least, until it turns out that said island was Enies Lobby. Then, he decided it was time to rampage/throw a party due to them setting a "new threshold for insanity."
* TearsOfJoy: In the aftermath of Omatsuri Island, he is relieved that Luffy was able to stop the Baron and save his crew. He even calls into the SBS to recap the crew due to their amnesia of the event, albeit with his voice disguised.
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[[folder:Whitebeard]]
!!Edward "Whitebeard" Newgate -- Bounty: ฿5,046,000,000
Captain of the Whitebeard Pirates and the strongest man in the world, he was once renowned as the only pirate equal to the late Pirate King. His old age and failing health do very little to reduce his threat level.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: He finds Cross mocking his alcohol tolerance, as well as the antics of the Straw Hats, quite amusing.
* BerserkButton: Halvar -- a Devil Dog Suomi sniper -- tries to shoot through Whitebeard in order to target Squard (the true target was Whitebeard, but completely focusing on and targeting Squard wouldn't set off his Haki). This has the very unfortunate (for Halvar) side effect of getting Whitebeard's attention focused on him.
->"H-how didn't you notice him sooner!?" Squard blustered.\\
"Because they were using an old sniper's trick: they weren't aiming for me, they were aiming for you. Trying to use you to kill me. Which…"\\
Whitebeard straightened, seemingly none the worse for wear and obviously furious.\\
"'''Was a ''mistake'''''."
* BrutalHonesty: He agrees with Squard when he says he's been an idiot. [[SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming And then he hugs him and tells him that doesn't mean he doesn't still love him]].
* CoolOldGuy: Even in his old age, he holds the titles of Emperor and WorldsStrongestMan for a very good reason.
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: Whitebeard, [[RasputinianDeath having weathered 402 sword wounds, 96 bullets, 23 cannonballs, a missing kidney, lots of scar tissue, failing vision, a bad lung and knee]], defeats Shiki and Teach, then turns his LastWords into one hell of a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech towards the latter while coming this close to punching his skull into pulp before dying. [[DiedStandingUp On his feet]].
* GambitRoulette: Downplayed -- the main plan for preventing Blackbeard from getting the Tremor-Tremor Fruit seems to have been just Whitebeard targeting him as soon as he showed up (and if it hadn't been for Blackbeard freeing and recruiting Shiki, which was a case of DidntSeeThatComing, that fight probably would have ended with Blackbeard dead considering Whitebeard was in far better condition than he was in canon). The plan that ''did'' work, using Whitebeard's blood and Basil Hawkins's voodoo/hoodoo abilities and SympatheticMagic to burn his corpse, seems to have been a backup plan.
* GeniusBruiser: Aside from being a match for Sengoku in the strategy department, Whitebeard figures out that Cross has knowledge of the future long before he gets any confirmation, and at Marineford, he slaps some blood he's coughed up onto Luffy's back while patting him. Ace later realizes that this was [[BatmanGambit intentional on his Pops's part]]; he takes Whitebeard's blood, infuses it with one of Basil Hawkins's voodoo dolls, and then sets said doll aflame, incinerating Whitebeard's corpse just as Blackbeard is making a play to steal the Tremor-Tremor Fruit. The traitorous pirate realizes to his horror that they somehow knew what his plan had been, and that even in death Whitebeard was one step ahead of Blackbeard.
* HeroicSacrifice: While it was likely partially motivated by the fact that he was extremely sick and likely to die soon anyways, in a call-back to Bege's words about somebody always "holding the bag", Whitebeard decides even before his crew arrives at Marineford to stay behind and keep the Navy busy so they can escape safely.
* ItHasBeenAnHonor: Tells Cross that he will save him a seat on the other side. Notably, Whitebeard calls Cross by his name while doing so, not "brat" like otherwise.
* LastSecondChance: Right before the War truly begins, he says this.
--> One chance, Sengoku. I'll give you ''one'' chance -- give me back my idiot son, and I'll just ''cripple'' your island, not sink it.
* MrExposition: When Cross muses to himself at the absurdity of the Davy Back Fights, Whitebeard calls in to the SBS to explain the origin and purpose of the games and how even the Four Emperors use them to build up their crews without bloodshed.
* NoPlaceForMeThere: A non-villainous example. He believes with all his heart that an age of great change is coming for the world -- but between his age and his illness, even before he decided to give his life to ensure his crew could escape Marineford safely, he knew he likely wouldn't live to see that age.
--> '''Ace''': Pops? Pops, what are you doing?! C'mon, we need to get out of here!
--> '''Whitebeard''': ''You'' need to get out of here. You and all the rest of my sons and daughters. I am old, Ace. A relic of an era long past. A new era is dawning, and it's reckless youngsters like you that need to lead it. Not an old fossil like me.
* NotAfraidToDie: Whitebeard knows he most probably won't be walking away from Marineford alive, but not once does he show a hint of fear for his life.
--> Hearing his son running finally eased the last of the tension in Whitebeard's chest. He felt relaxed. Freer than he'd been in decades. [[ComesGreatResponsibility There was no more consideration of politics, of responsibility]]. [[PassingTheTorch Those were all in the hands of his sons, his crew.]] [[DyingMomentOfAwesome All he needed to do was wreak the most havoc possible to aid in their escape.]]
-->"Alright, everyone, let's hurry this up. I've got a date to keep with Roger... '''So let's make my final hours in this life as memorable as possible!'''"
* PapaWolf:
** He calls his crew his sons and they call him "Pops" in return. His one ironclad rule is that nobody harms someone under his command. And if someone violates that rule? That someone just painted a bullseye on their back that the strongest man in the world and his massive crew are now relentlessly targeting.
** After explaining about the Davy Back Fight on the SBS, he states that he would rather die than lose his sons to those games.
** The Moby Dick is just as much a member of Whitebeard's crew, in fact, she was technically his first crewmate since leaving Rocks. In the past, Whitebeard got livid at Roger for letting the Oro Jackson scrape against the Moby's flank, and in the present, her death by Akainu's hand drives him into TranquilFury.
** This extends to those who are not on his crew, such as Luffy due to OneDegreeOfSeparation as Ace's little brother. During the broadcast from Omatsuri Island he becomes tempted to try and sink the island from his place in the New World when the snipers start hunting down the Straw Hats.
* ParentalSubstitute: To his crew and allies as a whole, who he refers to as his sons and daughters. They, in turn, call him "Pops", and there's never any indication that there's anything but good feelings on both sides -- except for Blackbeard, who is immediately disowned for killing Thatch.
* PassingTheTorch: Because Ace survived Marineford this time around, Whitebeard is able to use his last moments to declare him his successor as captain of the Whitebeard Pirates.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: The shockwaves of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit rank frighteningly high on the Richter scale, and this old man can still do plenty of damage ''without'' them.
* SignatureLaugh: ''"Gurararara!"'
* SympatheticMagic: Used to ignite his corpse before Blackbeard can take his Devil Fruit. Basil Hawkins's Devil Fruit allows him to transfer damage to others like this, with Luffy having Whitebeard's blood on the back of his shirt (which is used to imbue the subsequent voodoo doll) and Ace supplying the fire to his Pops's cremation.
* TokenGoodTeammate: To the other known former members of the Rocks Pirates - he's the only one of them who can really be called a good person, frankly. This is briefly noted at the end of the Marineford Misery arc, when he goes up against Shiki (who is arguably the worst of the entire group, even before he threw his lot in with Blackbeard).
* TranquilFury: He's smart enough to know that throwing a temper tantrum with ''his'' strength and Devil Fruit powers would probably sink every island and ship in his vicinity, so Whitebeard keeps a frighteningly calm tone even when he's pissed. But it's still scary -- especially if you're ''the source'' of his fury, as Doflamingo learned.
* WorldsStrongestMan: And don't anyone forget it.
* YouGotGuts: When he talks with Luffy over the SBS, and the latter says that he's going to be Pirate King, not Whitebeard, Whitebeard laughs and admits that the fact he's willing to say that straight to him means he may indeed have what it takes.
* YouOweMe: He basically makes Buggy fight in the Summit War by telling him that he still owes him for the scars his "damn firecrackers" left Whitebeard.
* YouShallNotPass: Stated verbatim as he holds off the Marines so Ace and his family can escape.
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[[folder:Kaido]]
!!Kaido "of the Beasts" -- Bounty: ฿4,611,100,000
[[InsistentTerminology Governor-General]] (not "Captain") of the Beast Pirates, one of the strongest, toughest, and most feared men in the New World. He rules over the region of Onigashima as his home base in Wano Country. His ultimate goal is finding the Ancient Weapons and One Piece in order to start the Final War with the World Government. He has consumed the Mythical Zoan Fish-Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon, which allows him to turn into a blue-scaled Eastern Dragon.
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* AbusiveParents: Yamato figures out quickly from the thunder outside his hiding spot that dear old dad failed in his attempt to join the war at Marineford. And that it's gonna translate into him taking his frustrations out on his kid.
* AntagonistInMourning: Whitebeard, despite being a rival Emperor, was a respected opponent and old comrade. When he senses Whitebeard's death he ''creates a hurricane'' out of rage and grief.
* TheGhost: Kaido held this status until the end of the Marineford Misery arc, as he never appeared in-story, even over the SBS. He was listening to the broadcast of Luffy punching Saint Charloss, as evidenced by Whitebeard talking to him during that time, but Kaido hangs up on him without appearing or saying anything.
* TheJuggernaut: He's this, and even Cross admits it when he, Conis, Soundbite, Robin, and Su are working to take out Oars's corpse before Moria can animate it, which had been reinforced heavily by Hogback.
--> '''Robin:''' [[NotSoStoic He was going to fight Kaido... with]] ''[[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever this?]]''
--> '''Cross:''' Other way around. He needed ''[[TheJuggernaut this]]'' to fight ''Kaido.''
* VillainRespect: According to Sheepshead, the Straw Hats and Barto Club impressed him enough to send Sheepshead and Ginrummy to Skelter Bite to offer them a position in his crew (which they promptly decline).
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[[folder:Big Mom]]
!!Charlotte "Big Mom" Linlin -- Bounty: ฿4,388,000,000
Captain of the Big Mom Pirates, wielder of the Soul-Soul Fruit, and the sole female Emperor. She rules over the Totland Archipelago with her countless children. Her dream is to build a paradise where all races can be happy...[[WellIntentionedExtremist by any means necessary]].
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* AbusiveParents: She has marked Lola for death for rejecting her ArrangedMarriage. She also sent [[SinisterSentientSun Prometheus]] to [[KillItWithFire completely immolate]] her daughter Macaron when she tried to escape the Big Mom Pirates' influence.
* AntagonistInMourning: Despite not being on the best terms with her old crewmate, when Whitebeard passed away she flew into a eating frenzy even worse than usual and drank every single bit of sake (Whitebeard's favorite drink) on Whole Cake Island, screaming the entire time that it didn't taste the same as before.
* DrowningMySorrows: Starts chugging sake until she passes out after Whitebeard's death.
* FromBadToWorse: For the World Government, during the attack on Enies Lobby: "Pirate Prince" Cavendish hijacked a ship heading for Totland right as Big Mom got a craving for what was on said ship, goading her into a rampage.
* SkywardScream:
** Upon hearing that Lola was inside the Florian Triangle, she unleashed a furious roar that immobilized the whole of Totland.
** She does it again during Strong World when she sees that Luffy is Roger reincarnated.
* VillainRespect: Like Kaido, she's impressed enough by the Straw Hats and Barto Club to send Pekoms and Baron Tamago to offer them a position in her crew. Ostensibly, anyway.
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!!!The Whitebeard Pirates
[[folder:General]]
!!The Whitebeard Pirates
The most powerful pirate crew in the entire world, who first work under Edward "Whitebeard" Newgate, and later his successor Portgas D. "Fire Fist" Ace, and are referred to as his sons and daughters alongside the many other allied pirate crews who work alongside them.
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* BadassCrew: They literally ''provide the page image'' for the trope.
* BerserkButton: The crew at first aren't happy with Cross for insulting their Pops's alcohol tolerance, but he quickly makes amends.
* CombatMedic: Whitebeard's team of nurses (Tate, Iris, Hannah, Mila, Shion, Camellia, and Sayuri) are pirates themselves, and are seen fighting in the war after they snuck aboard.
* DieLaughing: When Akainu tries to turn Whitebeard's allies against him by telling them that Whitebeard was planning to sell out his allied crews in exchange for his own, the pirate he chose as a target tells him that Cross warned them about this and the seawalls, and even as he's immolated, dies howling that the Marines never had a chance of winning.
* HappilyAdopted: They view themselves as this to Whitebeard, and the feeling is mutual.
* ItsPersonal: Marco is... not that fond of Kizaru, after he learned about how he was planning to slap sea prism stone handcuffs on him.
-->'''Marco''': You know, any other day I'd love to make this a bit, but today, I'm more than a little pissed, in no small part at you ''specifically''. So do me a favor by cutting the crap and ''dying'', monkey.
* PartingWordsRegret: Firmly defied. After the War of the Best is announced and the Division Commanders learn that Whitebeard himself was planning to die so that his crew and allies could escape, they decide as one that Cross is as good as a brother to them for letting them make sure that nothing was left unsaid with their father.
* StayInTheKitchen: Whitebeard himself is somewhat like Sanji in this regard, but he won't stop the likes of Whitey Bay or his nurses from participating in battle (though he did try to keep the latter at Sphinx, he didn't stop them after learning they snuck aboard).
* UndyingLoyalty: To each other. And this counts whether they're directly part of the Whitebeard Pirates or just one of their allied crews.
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[[folder:Portgas D. Ace]]
!! Portgas D. "Fire Fist" Ace
Second Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, biological son of Gol D. Roger, and Luffy's adopted elder brother.
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* BadassInDistress: He and his allies still get captured by Teach courtesy of [[SpannerInTheWorks Aokiji's]] unplanned intervention, and they were kept drugged to the gills and imprisoned in a refrigerated cell by the Marines for four months, then transferred to Impel Down's Eternal Hell before the war.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Like in canon, Ace is protective of his sworn brothers.
** When Cross lets him know that Sabo is alive, Ace almost roasts him, thinking that he is a lying conman trying to get his only surviving brother killed. He only believes him after Cross swears it while under the full overpowering weight of Ace's Conqueror's Haki.
** Twice during the Omatsuri broadcast. He nearly kills the Transponder Snail and his two companions with a combination of his Haki and Devil Fruit abilities a hundred meters away from where they were listening to the broadcast... while wearing a sea prism stone bracelet to help damper his Devil Fruit. Ace has to then be stopped by his allies from hunting down Omatsuri Island and saving Luffy. Why? Because if he saved Luffy, it would be the same as losing faith in his little brother, something that even Luffy would never forgive him for. The pillar of flames he sends up to cheer Luffy on is described as biblical.
* DespairEventHorizon: Upon waking out of his Marine-induced coma, and realizes what fate is in store for him. He recalls Cross's warnings and words about what his pride and pursuit would cost him and put Luffy through and breaks down crying.
* TheDogBitesBack: While he doesn't manage to take down Blackbeard, he does eventually get back at him by destroying Whitebeard's corpse, preventing Blackbeard from stealing the powers of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit (and severely burning him).
* FriendlessBackground: Until he met Sabo and later Luffy, then the Spade Pirates (and Isuka), and finally the Whitebeard Pirates, the only people he had watching out for him were Dadan's family of bandits and Garp, who even though they genuinely loved him, were [[ParentsAsPeople not good parental figures]].
--> "If I'm going to die anyway, then I'll set the record straight: I grew up ''surrounded'' by people telling me that my existence was nothing but a crime, that I was better off dead. I never knew any sort of love until I was 10, when a boy that would become my idiot kid brother told me that he wanted me to live."\\
Ace turned his head, staring melancholically at the horizon.\\
"I turned to piracy to be free of a world that rejected me, not to follow in anyone's footsteps. I made a name for myself, not anyone else, and I went after Whitebeard himself to do that. I was just another rookie who thought he could take his head. He spared me and brought me onboard. I didn't need his pity. I tried for a year to take his head. But it eventually sunk in that… he knew my past, and he still called me his son. The Whitebeard Pirates gave me the family I always wanted, and even now, I don't know if I deserve it for being the son of a demon like Roger. Especially not now that going against Whitebeard's orders got me here. But whether anyone believes me or not, I never wanted to be the Pirate King. For everything Whitebeard has done for me, I wanted to make ''him'' the Pirate King."
* FlatWhat: Aside from a jaw drop, Ace has this reaction to seeing Luffy and the Impel Down escapees falling from the sky.
* JawDrop: Has an epic one when the SBS announces that Luffy has to beat DJ Octavio, the ruler of all octopi, in a surfing contest.
** Has another one during Marineford when [[BigEntrance Luffy arrives]] on the battlefield.
* KnightTemplarBigBrother: He will burn ''anyone'' he thinks is trying to take advantage of Luffy. Punching Luffy in the face is fine, though; he knows how aggravating Luffy can be.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop:
** Because of the state of his imprisonment, Ace hasn't been keeping up with Luffy's adventures at all since Enies Lobby, necessitating Jinbe to fill him in. Hilariously, that means when Luffy does show up at Marineford, he's the only one who doesn't take his brother's crazy entrance in stride, [[DullSurprise as everyone else has long since gotten used to the Straw Hats' insanity]].
** He was the only one blind to the fact that Whitebeard considered him his heir apparent and successor as captain of their crew once the old man died. Even ''[[IdiotHero Luffy]]'' knew, and he barely knows Whitebeard.
* PipePain: Like Luffy, Ace goes back to using a pipe for melee at a little nudge from Cross. He enjoys shrouding it with flames to up the pain factor.
* PlayingWithFire: Courtesy of the Flame-Flame Fruit, he is fire itself.
* RankUp: He officially becomes Captain of the Whitebeard Pirates upon Whitebeard's death.
* ShutUpHannibal: After Blackbeard's VillainousBreakdown begins, and he starts screaming that he'll destroy everything Whitebeard held dear, Ace's response is to tell him to "Go ahead and try."
* SinsOfOurFathers: Deconstructed. On top of Ace's own distaste for his father (which he made ''adamantly'' clear on the SBS at the start of his execution), it's not illegal to be related to an outlaw, even one as infamous as Gold Roger. When Sengoku flat-out admits to the world that they don't care about any of the actual, legitimate crimes Ace committed and are instead executing him because he's Roger's son, it backfires ''massively''. The staff at Impel Down are furious because on that basis, neither Ace's imprisonment nor his execution is legal, while Cross points out that the World Government is essentially throwing away thousands of lives and deliberately destabilizing the state of the world over a grudge against a man that has been ''dead'' for over '''''twenty years'''''. In light of that, everyone except the most fanatic of Marines can't help but admit that the idea of holding Roger's crimes against Ace seems ridiculous...which is also the excuse that Dragon needed to step in to help save Ace.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: He survives Marineford, and manages to officially reunite with Luffy and Sabo and renew their brotherly bond.
* SpitTake: Does this when the Straw Hats announce their assault on Enies Lobby.
* TearsOfJoy: When Cross convinces him Sabo's alive. He pulls himself together quickly.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Isuka, after she saves him and reveals she's a deep-cover Mason.
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[[folder:Squard and Whitey Bay]]
!! "Ice Witch" Whitey Bay and "Whirlpool Spider" Squard
Two of Whitebeard's subordinate captains, who decide to help Ace after Cross convinces him to enlist aid in going after Blackbeard. They are captured alongside Ace when Aokiji freezes the battlefield and accidentally gives Teach an opening to bring them into the Darkness of the Dark-Dark Fruit.
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* AnArmAndALeg: Downplayed -- Squard gets one of his kneecaps shot out by Halvar, the top Suomi sniper, rendering him unable to help for the rest of the War.
* AnIcePerson: After she's freed from Level Six, Whitey Bay kills Madame Hiruno to gain the Cold-Cold Fruit, in order to ensure she won't be beaten by "her own element" a second time.
* BadassInDistress: They're captured by Blackbeard and then thrown into Impel Down alongside Ace.
* BullyingADragon: Squard attempts to kill Douglas Bullet, who took part of killing his comrades as a member of Roger's crew in the past, inside his cell in Level 6 but Whitey Bay quickly stops him and calls Squard an idiot for it.
* EasilyForgiven: Completely and utterly defied by Squard. More than twenty years after Roger's death, he ''still'' hasn't moved past the Pirate King slaughtering most of his crewmates, and even Whitebeard, who was Roger's FriendlyEnemy, says he has no need to ever forgive Roger or forget what he did to him.
--> '''Whitebeard''': (About Squard asking how he's supposed to forgive Roger) "Who said that you were? [[ArmorPiercingQuestion And more importantly, what the hell does]] [[SinsOfTheFather that have to do with]] ''Ace''?"
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Squard briefly has a case of this in Part 2 of Marineford Misery when he confronts Whitebeard. Considering Cross told the Whitebeards beforehand about the canon events of the war, it's not hard to guess why. It's subverted shortly after that when he decides against stabbing Whitebeard, however.
* PowerIncontinence: Whitey has decent control over her new powers for someone who has just eaten her fruit, but that's not saying much. She frequently sticks her hands on her face with impromptu freezing and tends to use her powers far more freely than she should during moments where she shouldn't need to use them at all. At one point Crocodile even snaps at her being so wasteful with them.
* SinsOfTheFather: Squard has this attitude, to which Ace takes great offense. Recalling as much in the Marineford Misery arc, he works through his grudge against Roger just enough to separate Ace from it.
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[[folder:The Moby Dick]]
!!Moby Dick
The flagship of the Whitebeard Pirates, and one of Whitebeard's oldest crewmates and companions, who he's sailed with since the days just after the destruction of the Rocks Pirates at God Valley.
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* ItHasBeenAnHonor: She manifests her Klabautermann after Akainu deals her a fatal blow, to speak to Whitebeard directly for the first time and tell him this before she's killed.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: While the exact long-term implications of her death haven't been revealed yet, Akainu killing her and declaring that anything existing because of outlaws had to be destroyed, be it things or people, or even miracles, sent Whitebeard into a TranquilFury that led to the Vice Admirals being either getting blown back or knocked unconscious, Oars Jr. being thrown to safety, and Doflamingo getting crippled in one of his arms.
** It was also noted to be "The worst possible thing he could have said and done" by ''the narrative itself.''
* TogetherInDeath: A non-romantic example - she's likely the longest-standing member of the Whitebeard Pirates besides Whitebeard himself, and just before she's killed by Akainu, not long before her captain meets his own end at the hands of the Blackbeard Pirates, she tells him that she'll see him again on the other side.
* TrueCompanions: Like the rest of the Whitebeard Pirates, she is this to her crew, saying to Whitebeard that to die in battle to rescue one of them was the best death any ship could have ever asked for.
** On another note, Whitebeard also noticeably doesn't refer to her as "brat", even in an affectionate manner, instead treating her as an equal and thanking her for all the years of service she's given him and his family.
* UndyingLoyalty: To the Whitebeard Pirates.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: She's only introduced shortly before her death. However, in the real world it's said that Klabautermann can only manifest on doomed ships.
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[[folder:Isuka]]
!! Ex-Commodore "Nailing" Isuka
A character from the Ace's Story light novel, one of the earliest Marine opponents that Ace faced when he was captain of the Spade Pirates. First appearing in this story as Ace's executioner at Marineford, she was a deep-cover agent for the Masons who was instrumental in saving his life. She demanded to be his first mate as they escaped.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: It's established before Marineford Misery that the World Nobles have actually passed a law banning all Marines from talking to Cross. Despite this, Isuka actually speaks to him a few times even before she reveals her true colors -- clearly, she wasn't too worried about being punished.
* HeroicWillpower: She took a direct blast of Conqueror's Haki from Luffy, and explicitly took it the hardest -- and while she was clearly unbalanced by it, she was able to stay conscious without any help.
* JerkassFacade: She was a deep-cover Mason for five months, and she did a good job acting the part. Vice Admiral Doberman actually said she reminded him of ''Spandam.'' While that's a clear indication she did a good job selling the act, ''damn.''
* MadeOfIron: She was spitting up blood for a few seconds after taking a hit from ''Sengoku in his Buddha form'', and still managed to grab Ace a few seconds after that so she could make a break for it.
* MasterSwordswoman: She's got Armament Haki, flying slashes, and can cut through steel (or at least sea king bone) without any real concern.
* TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: While she didn't say it outright, there's no better way to announce you're quitting the Marines then saving the life of Whitebeard's Second Division Commander, and Gol D. Roger's son, ''directly after the Fleet Admiral personally orders you to kill him.''
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: After Ace's capture was announced, she handed the request to Fleet Admiral Sengoku to be his executioner. [[SubvertedTrope Except not really]].
* TookALevelInBadass: When Ace met her when he was starting out (three years before canon), she was a standard Ensign. She's a Commodore by the time she shows up, and demonstrates in her EstablishingCharacterMoment the ability to perform both aerial slashes and to do them so well they cut through Sea King bone. And in Marineford Misery, Part 2, she's able to utilize Armament Haki.
* TookALevelInJerkass: When she shows up, she has become considerably more jaded than she was when she was when she was going after Ace. Until the second chapter of Marineford Misery where it's revealed that [[AvertedTrope in truth, this is Averted]]. She's actually a deep cover Mason and took the executioner position so that she could save Ace. Once he's free, she immediately starts lambasting him for believing she had taken said levels and bantering about joining him.
* VitriolicBestBuds: She took the position of executioner so that she could save Ace -- and she also takes the time mid-escape to chew him out for thinking she was actually going to kill him.
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!!!The Red-Haired Pirates
[[folder:Benn Beckman]]
First mate of the Red-Haired Pirates who has been part of Shanks's crew since before he first came to Windmill Village and met Luffy.
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* DopeSlap: Benn dishes out dual goose eggs to his captain and Yasopp because their fighting's blocking out an SBS broadcast with Usopp.
* NumberTwo: First mate to one of the Four Emperors, and even Akainu backs down when Benn's got his gun trained on him.
* OnlySaneMan: He's about the least quirky (named) member of his crew and sometimes has to rein in the others. Including his captain.
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[[folder:Lucky Roo]]
One of the highest-ranking members of the Red-Haired Pirates, who has sailed with Shanks since before he first came to Windmill Village and met Luffy all those years ago.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: He shows up on Skelter Bite before the Dead End Race that leads to the Straw Hats reaching the Sabaody Archipelago, and was also seen listening to several SBS broadcasts before that.
* StealthExpert: He offers Luffy lessons when Nami learns that Luffy paid for his and Roo's tab. [[OhCrap The tornado reaching into the sky and Nami screaming probably had a part in Luffy accepting]].
* StoutStrength: Roo's certainly a pudgy guy, considering he eats Sea Kings for his ''first'' breakfast. The crewmate that gets dragged along to be used as ''bait'' finds he can't free himself of Roo's iron grip.
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[[folder:Yasopp]]
One of the other high-level members of Shanks' crew who was with him long enough to meet Luffy, and also Usopp's father, who left Syrup Village many years ago. Despite the long separation he's had from his son, he still loves him.
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* ImprobableAimingSkills: It runs in the family -- his brief appearance in the Summit War had him sniping out Shiliew's joints in his new limbs, and holding ''Kizaru'' at gunpoint.
* ParentalNeglect: He left Usopp behind to become a pirate more than a decade ago, and he hasn't returned home since.
* ParentsAsPeople: He genuinely loves his son, and is very happy to learn that he's a pirate now -- however, he's also pissed at Shanks for his protege (Luffy) dragging Usopp into the pirate life, and he's well aware that he's a bit of a deadbeat dad.
* SoProudOfYou: He's very happy to learn Usopp's a pirate.
* SpitTake: When Cross introduces Usopp as one of the Straw Hats over the SBS.
* TemptingFate: He says that the voice he's hearing over the SBS ''can't'' be Usopp, because he's only seventeen, and the odds of Luffy passing by Syrup Village are a hundred to one. Guess who Cross introduces right after that?
[[/folder]]
!!The Seven Warlords of the Sea
A select group of outlaws granted diplomatic immunity in exchange for a measure of service to the World Government. Though other pirates belittle them as 'Government dogs,' they are collectively a viable counterbalance to the World Government and the Four Emperors.
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[[folder:Crocodile]]
!!Sir Crocodile
The former leader of Baroque Works, and ArchEnemy of Nefertari Vivi. Following his defeat in Alabasta, he was stripped of his rank and ultimately replaced by Marshall D. Teach, AKA "Blackbeard."
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* AncestralWeapon:
** His Sand-Sand Fruit isn't one for him specifically, but it ''is'' one of the Devil Fruits traditionally held by the six Alabastan Royal Guardians. Heck, it's how he gained his "Sir" title before his true colors became known.
** He was also pursuing knowledge of Pluton, which is also one of these.
* ArchEnemy: To Vivi. Besides his actions in canon, Vivi has even more reason to hate him since the Sand-Sand Fruit, also known as the Desert, was once part of Alabasta's treasury. After accepting his offer of mentorship, Vivi outright swears she ''will'' kill him one day.
* EvilMentor: To Vivi, which she is well aware of. Unfortunately, the skills he's offering to teach her are too vital for her to refuse his offer of tutelage.
* HowDareYouDieOnMe: He was genuinely angry in part 3 of Marineford Misery, when he realized that Whitebeard was planning to perform a HeroicSacrifice so his allies and crew could safely escape.
* INeedYouStronger: Why he offers Vivi the chance to be trained by him - he needs chaos and cracks to build his power back up, and making that sort of opening is what the Straw Hats are best at.
* KeystoneArmy: As Cross explains to Nami and Zoro, Crocodile's arrogance led him to build Baroque Works around himself. By defeating him, the entire operation would grind to a halt.
* KickTheDog: With hints of [[YankTheDogsChain yanking it]] as well. Vivi states Crocodile's Devil Fruit was originally used by Alabasta's royal guards alongside five others, including the Zoan fruits used by Chaka and Pell. When Crocodile first arrived, Vivi and the others were overjoyed to learn the Desert returned to their ranks, only for Crocodile to use it against them once he revealed his true colors to them.
* PetTheDog: During the Holiday Special, not only did Crocodile let the Christmas Truce between the royals and rebels go unhindered, but he also got Robin a present. A book from Ohara he had to pay a small fortune to Joker for, all for the sake of the season.
* SandBlaster: His Sand-Sand Fruit grants him this as his primary power. Secondary powers include a TouchOfDeath.
* TakingYouWithMe: When the Government found out that Vivi had been working with the Straw Hats and questioned Crocodile, he gave up everything that he knew on her, intent on dragging Vivi down with him. This information directly led to Vivi getting a bounty, forcing her to flee Alabasta with the Straw Hats.
* VillainHasAPoint: He might be a vile, greedy ManipulativeBastard, but he's absolutely correct when he says that the only way Vivi is going to get strong enough to survive the New World by the end of the TimeSkip is by learning from a fellow Logia who has already experienced and thrived on that sea, such as Crocodile. Which is why Vivi ultimately chooses to accept his offer to be her teacher and becomes his student.
* VillainousRescue: He saves the royal family and royal guards of Alabasta from a World Government assassin. Granted, he does it for his own reasons -- he wants Vivi and the Straw Hats to sow chaos.
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: His ''inability'' to do this has come back to bite him multiple times, both in One Piece itself and here. He lost to Luffy, in the end, because he decided to leave him for dead and suffering, ''twice'', instead of finishing him off and [[MakeSureHesDead making sure he was dead]]. And his decision to not just cut off Shiliew's head in Level Six and instead subject him to an attempted CruelAndUnusualDeath led to Shiliew surviving, thanks to Blackbeard.
* WhyWontYouDie: A persistent problem for him -- what he subjected Luffy and Shiliew would have killed nearly anyone else. He's very pleased when the World Government assassin he kills dies after he stabs them.
* WorthyOpponent: After hearing about all the things Luffy has pulled off over the SBS, he's pleased by this, admitting that he didn't lose to some "nobody" after all.
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[[folder:Boa Hancock]]
!!"Pirate Empress" Boa Hancock
See "Snake" [[Characters/ThisBitesNewWorldMasons here]]
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[[folder:Dracule Mihawk]]
!!Dracule "Hawk-Eye" Mihawk
The greatest swordsman in the world, an ominous and no-nonsense man who often wanders in search of alleviating his constant boredom. Zoro's dream is to defeat him in a duel and claim his title.
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* BigDamnHeroes: It's implied in Strong World that he, Shanks, and Rayleigh were going to fight Shiki and his forces together if the Straw Hats lost.
* BloodKnight: Mihawk appreciates a good battle, and it doesn't necessarily have to be with a swordsman. When Buggy has his LetsGetDangerous moment, he breaks into a SlasherSmile.
* TheComicallySerious: Very stoic, but it doesn't stop him from getting caught up or surprised at the craziness of the Straw Hats and others.
** During the Omatsuri saga, he uses the pommel of his prized sword to DopeSlap Shanks, to help him jog his memory.
** He's completely taken aback when it's revealed that Buggy is revealed to be affiliated with Shanks.
** During the Whitebeard War, even he apparently couldn't resist the urge to see if Buggy's nose was real or fake... by slicing it with his sword.
* MasterSwordsman: Mihawk's title of [[WorldsBestWarrior "greatest swordsman in the world"]] isn't something he won in a raffle. He can cut down objects both massive and miniscule with lightning-fast swings of his sword.
* NervesOfSteel: He remains utterly calm no matter who's standing in front of him (granted, there are only a handful of people in the world who can go toe-to-toe with him in a fight). When Cross warns him that attacking Luffy could put him in the crosshairs of the whole crew, Mihawk states with zero change in his posture his interest to see why Shanks sacrificed his arm for Luffy.
* NotSoAboveItAll: He had every intention of avoiding Shanks after Marineford, due to having both attacked Luffy and wasted good alcohol while doing so, two of Shanks' major [[BerserkButton Berserk Buttons]]. He's left fuming when Shanks shows up anyway at the end of the Marineford, making avoidance impossible.
* OddFriendship:
** During the events of Enies Lobby, he goes to find Whitebeard to ensure he doesn't also go on a rampage, thus necessitating him having to get involved. He not only succeeds but finds a new drinking partner.
** Likewise, the one he has with Shanks as in canon.
* RageBreakingPoint: After the events of Marineford nearly push him over the edge, he finally hits his limit when he returns home to find Zoro lounging in his castle, having made his way through a good portion of Mihawk's wine cellar (and not even having the decency to look buzzed), moved every piece of furniture two inches to the left, and allowed the Humandrills inside the castle for good measure. What causes him to truly snap, however, is learning from Zoro that the Humandrills soiled his rugs, causing him to try and kill his prospective student.
* SinkOrSwimMentor: He hasn't even officially become Zoro's mentor yet and already shows shades of this. After Zoro manages to (partially) cut in half a marine battleship during the Enies Lobby arc, he's disappointed to learn that Zoro cut something he wasn't supposed to (the sea and the sky) and only praises him once he hears Zoro's own disappointment over it.
* SlasherSmile: He sports an absolutely ''savage'' one after Buggy decides to cut loose. The resulting clash causes the battlefield around them to explode.
* VillainRespect: On top of his canonical respect for Zoro and Luffy, it seems he has come to respect all of the Straw Hats and their combat abilities. When Zoro lands on Kuraigana Island, he sees that Mihawk has deliberately set up Visual Transponder Snails all around the island so the Humandrills can learn and imitate the crew's fighting techniques.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Whereas most would be relieved at Shanks's arrival at Marineford, Mihawk's reaction is exasperation. He did, after all, attack Luffy a little while ago. ''And'' spilled good booze in the process.
-->'''Mihawk''': Of course he's here. Why ''wouldn't'' he show up as soon as I need to avoid him?
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[[folder:Donquixote Doflamingo]]
!!"Heavenly Demon" Donquixote Doflamingo
The king of Dressrosa and captain of the Donquixote Pirates, a perpetually grinning man with a bottomless thirst for power, glory, cruelty, and destruction.
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* ArchEnemy: To Trafalgar Law. Law hates him with every fiber of his being, while the mere sight of his old subordinate sends Doflamingo into a seething, murderous rage, especially after Law deflects his Overheat, preventing him from killing Luffy and Ace.
* BringIt:
** He essentially does the same thing Mihawk did to Zoro, although in a much crueler and sadistic fashion. After sparing the Straw Hats after the attack on the Human Auction House, he leaves behind a message: "Don't leave me hanging", which Luffy realizes is a challenge for them to get strong enough to challenge him, since he could have easily killed the crew, and has now made painfully aware just how much more difficult the New World is going to be.
** Law, after foiling his attack on Luffy, Sabo, and Ace, invokes this in him at Marineford. He loudly declares to all the Supernovas that if they manage to survive long enough to make it to the New World, they're all welcome to come to Dressrosa and take their own shot at him.
* EvilLaugh: ''"Fufufufufu!"''
* FateWorseThanDeath: He tells the members of his famiglia currently with him in Chapter 69 that with the slave market all but finished, he will need to focus on [=SMILEs=] and fill the void of slaves with ''Dressrosa's Toys'', dooming god-knows how many innocent people to Sugar's power and having their lives and memories wiped from everyone in the world.
* HeadsOrTails: In the same conversation, he mentions his decision over what to do with the Straw Hats in the Auction House practically amounted to this. Heads, he would have ordered the attack on them. Tails, he leaves them alone. It came up tails. His crew members who are present are shocked at this.
* TheHyena: The SBS amuses him greatly, even after Cross publicly disrespects him during one broadcast. When Saint Charloss does a live interview during the Sabaody Archipelago arc, Doflamingo is driven to [[LaughThemselvesSick literal tears because he's laughing so hard]].
* {{Jerkass}}: The nice thing he does for Christmas? Slightly better gruel for the Colosseum gladiators.
* KickTheDog: Once he decides to try and take a shot at Luffy, he gleefully says to his face that he wants to break the Straw Hat captain the same way he broke Cross's will to live. It takes all of Luffy's willpower to avoid taking the bait and attacking him in fury; it's only after noticing Cross himself is suffering a panic attack just by proximity that Luffy calms down and settles for driving him off with a specialized plastique bomb with one of Billy's supercharged feathers in it. Furious, Doflamingo tries to retaliate by readying an attack that would have cut off one of Luffy's legs, only to be stopped by Boa Hancock.
* PeoplePuppets:
** His String-String fruit allows him to control others like marionettes. He showed it, despite not being anywhere ''near'' the Auction House, by controlling the Auction's guards to fight beyond the point of exhaustion, and even the assembled Straw Hats and Supernovas until Rayleigh intervened.
** He even does this to Cross at one point, sending him into a HeroicBSOD by stringing him up using his Devil Fruit powers and pumping Cross with Conqueror's Haki, traumatizing Cross badly enough that he can't even ''think'' until Rayleigh snaps him out of it.
* ShutUpHannibal: On the receiving end when he tries calling into the SBS, on account of Cross hanging up on him. Cross makes a point of never letting the guy get a word in edgewise because of his tendency to twist whatever he gets involved with.
* TheDreaded: He has slowly become this to Cross after the latter was temporarily turned into his puppet. Just hearing his voice is enough to send Cross into a panic attack.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: One of his strings finds its way into Whitebeard's hands. Mistakes have been made indeed.
* VillainRespect:
** He greatly enjoys the SBS, stating that even though they're upstarts, the Straw Hats are keeping the world too amusing for him to dislike them.
-->'''Upon hearing that Soundbite has awakened his Devil Fruit''': ''FORGET THE ERA OF ROGER, AND FORGET THE ERA OF SMILES ITSELF! THE ONLY THING I WANT TO SEE IN THIS WORLD IS THE SHEER MADNESS THAT WILL ARISE FROM THE ERA OF THE STRAW HAT PIRATES! FUFFUFFUFFUFFUFFUUU!''
** He owes Cross a debt for letting him finally speak on the SBS during Marineford Misery.
* XanatosGambit: He set up a trap for the Straw Hats at Sabaody first by baiting the World Noble Charloss into a confrontation with some of their allies, forcing Cross to bail them out by guest-starring him on the SBS, which fortunately Charloss turns out to be a fan of. Unfortunately, the worldwide broadcast of the World Noble's complete disregard for anyone below them serves to be the final straw for the Five Elder Stars, who now fully expect a direct attack against a World Noble is not far off and dispatch a practical Buster Call's worth of Marines and Admiral Kizaru on standby to demolish them the moment it happens. Doflamingo then has his band kidnap Keimi at the same time the rest of the gang is tied up dealing with the World Noble, and leaving one of his crew members to deal with them at the Human Auction House once they take the bait, setting up the possibility of Luffy punching Charloss like in canon. Whatever he has planned, he sees two possible outcomes: Either the Straw Hats end up completely slaughtered, and the world falls to pieces at losing some of their greatest heroes, or the Straw Hats survive by the skin of their teeth and go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, tearing the world apart just to get to him. Either way, the world will be turned completely upside-down, just the way he wants it.
* WorthyOpponent: His former subordinate Law, who promises to one day take him down. Doflamingo is impressed enough from his threat that he decides it's enough for him to spare both Law and the rest of the Supernovas for the rest of the battle.
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[[folder:Bartholomew Kuma]]
!!"The Tyrant" Bartholomew Kuma
A high-ranking member of the Revolutionary Army. In the past, he built a reputation of cruelty beyond measure. In the present, he is a powerful cyborg that serves the Government with ostensible loyalty. As of the Marineford Misery arc, he has lost all sapience to the cybernetics.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: After he gives Cross a ForYourOwnGood speech in Chapter 70, he gives one of these that leaves Cross speechless.
-->'''Kuma:''' Do you believe, fully and completely, that all of you as you are can survive a war between the most powerful forces in the world, and then proceed to the Emperors' domain and successfully claim Roger's throne?
* BlowYouAway: Kuma's powers allow him to push the air at incredible speeds to attack (or to send himself flying) and compress it into a bomb for his Ursa Shock attack.
* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: By the time he arrives in Thriller Bark, his conversion into the first Pacifista is already well underway, but he still keeps his conscience until after the Sabaody Revolution arc.
* ForYourOwnGood: He appears before Cross alone in Chapter 70, tells him extremely bluntly that the Straw Hats will get scattered across the world by lampshading this trope, that they ''lucked'' out at Enies simply due to its lax security and only having [=CP9=] as a challenger, whereas the other two main Marine strongholds are far better guarded and that Marineford itself is preparing itself for the inevitable arrival of the Whitebeard Pirates, surmises that whatever plan Cross will have in a misguided attempt to save Ace will result in at least one fatality and that it would all be on Cross's head for even suggesting such a plan of action. He ends it with the ArmorPiercingQuestion above, leaving Cross speechless and finishes with telling him to prepare the crew for their separation at sunset.
* ImplacableMan: As per canon, Cross fears the guy due to his skills and toughness. His only strategy against him? "Put our heads between our legs and kiss our asses goodbye."
* PowerPalms: The Paw-Paw Fruit gives him the power to repel, deflect, or otherwise 'push' anything that they touch. In this story, they allowed him to push out the sedative that was applied to Moria and into both Luffy and Cross to capture them. He then transfers both their combined pain into Zoro and Nami to test their resolve in sacrificing themselves for their crewmates. Cross also informs the crew that he can push himself or others any distance he wants with them.
* SpannerInTheWorks: He was responsible for waking up Moria despite the heavy sedative, causing him to [[VillainousBSOD go ballistic]] and [[PowerBornOfMadness Awaken his Devil Fruit.]]
* XanatosGambit: Kuma's choice of training ground for Cross is different from the other Straw Hats to give Luffy an advantage no matter the outcome. Cross paints a massive bullseye on Luffy's back and Kuma isn't certain they can survive that much attention in the New World. So Kuma sent Cross to the Seventh Hell, Serpent, a training ground he wasn't sure Cross could survive filled to the brim with monsters, psychopaths, and people who have challenged the Government the way Cross has and lost. Either Cross exceeds his expectations and proves he can survive the chaos he's bred in the world, or he would die and Luffy would have far less of a burden on his road to the One Piece without the SBS to draw the world's ire.
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[[folder:Jinbe]]
!!"Knight of the Sea" Jinbe
A whale shark fishman and captain of the Sun Pirates, a crew of fishman partially composed of former slaves of the World Nobles. Stern and ruthlessly powerful, but ultimately kind and just.
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* TheDreaded: All former Sun Pirates fear his wrath. Cases in point:
** Arlong tolerated Nezumi since he could contact Jinbe at any time and his Empire would cease to exist.
** Chew and Kuroobi must remain loyal employees in Takoyaki 8 or else he will re-incarcerate them.
** The Macro Pirates [[FateWorseThanDeath prefer death over facing him]].
** The Sun Pirates are not the only ones Jinbe absolutely terrifies. Cross's reaction to Jinbe pulling his RightBehindMe moment? Sheer raw hot white terror at the notion of angering the Fishman due to the fact that even with all the levels of badass the Straw Hats have taken in advance, Cross is absolutely sure Jinbe is still powerful enough to casually beat the whole crew in a CurbStompBattle.[[note]]Not to mention the fact that Jinbe joining the Straw Hats in the future would be butterflied away if he got off on the wrong foot with the crew[[/note]]
** And later on while on Level 6 in Impel Down itself the implied threat that he could free himself from his bonds at any moment proceeds to not only silence Shiki's SmugSnake bravado real quick but every other prisoner in Level 6 shuts their mouth and heckling out of sheer fear in record time. It only lasts a few seconds, but still.
* ImpliedDeathThreat: After hearing Cross's claim that Hody Jones was responsible for Queen Otohime's death, Jinbe demands to hear Cross's evidence while he considers just how high Cross's ''bounty'' is.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: While trying to meditate in Impel Down, Jinbe demands that Shiki be quiet before he goes over and shuts him up. When he boasts that Jinbe can't do anything for being chained as well, Jinbe jerks enough to wrench part of his restraints free and repeats himself.
-->'''Jinbe:''' ''Be. Quiet.'' I'm trying to meditate.
* RightBehindMe: Was in the water beside the Sunny listening in on Cross while he was berating Chew and Kuroobi and only reacted and came aboard once Cross inadvertently reveals Hody Jones was Queen Otohime's murderer.
* TearsOfJoy: After hearing a fishman girl, after listening to the SBS, ask if "hate for hate's sake" was stupid. He agrees with her with these in his eyes.
* ThisCannotBe: Reacts this way to the "Hody Jones killed Otohime" revelation. It takes a careful explanation from Cross and his friends, along with Megalo's confession as a witness to the crime, to finally make him realize that what happened was true.
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[[folder:Gecko Moria]]
!!"Umbral Allfather" Gecko Moria
Master of Thriller Bark and the wielder of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit, a New World veteran who fled the sea after losing his crew to the Emperor Kaido. Following his defeat in Thriller Bark, he was stripped of his rank and ultimately replaced by his former subordinate, "Hellbeast Princess" Perona.
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* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In canon, Moria and Perona have a very close relationship, with Oda even stating in an SBS that Moria is essentially Perona's father. In ''This Bites!'' their relationship is far more transactional, and neither is shown to particularly care about the other. Moria's canonical loyalty to Absalom is also absent in this fic as well.
* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: In canon, Gecko Moria's losing a previous crew to Kaido is mentioned only in passing and with very few details, especially from the perspective of the Straw Hats. Here, the impact of that horrible fate is given much more emphasis on how it shaped and continues to shape Moria's psychology, and the crew get a much clearer understanding of what happened to Moria.
* AdaptationalBadass: Moria was a pretty powerful fighter in canon, even after having gotten fat and lazy, but ''this'' Moria is far worse. For starters, he Awakens his Devil Fruit, and basically makes his canon self look weak as a kitten.
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Similar to how canon!Moria was able to use ''Shadow's Asgard'' to grow into a gargantuan, bloated version of himself, Moria uses his post-Awakening Shadow-Shadow Fruit powers to transform into a giant version of himself easily the same size as Oars.
* CastingAShadow: His Shadow-Shadow Fruit allows him to shape and manipulate shadows, including creating zombie slaves by implanting human shadows into corpses, and creating a shadowy doppelganger ("Doppelman") as an indestructible, super-fast, shapeshifting minion, with whom he can also trade places in an instant. After Awakening it, he gains even more manipulatory abilities, including creating illusions, producing multiple Doppelmen, and creating ''draugr'', which are zombies that use the shadows of inanimate objects and so, whilst more DumbMuscle than "ordinary" zombies, are also far more savage and destructive.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: His beloved crew were brutally killed by Kaido, a rival pirate who outclassed Moria and his friends so vastly that they never stood a chance -- Moria only survived because Kaido decided to maim him and then let him live ForTheLulz. For years, he's festered on the memories of that terrible day, sanity slowly degrading until all he's been left with is the memory of the sheer horror of that day; he doesn't even remember who his crew ''were'' anymore, only that they all died horribly.
* EnlightenmentSuperpowers: After he wakes up, he finds out that while he was asleep, the Straw Hats snuck onto Thriller Bark, decimated his army and subordinates, and ruined all of his work from the last decade. He promptly Awakens his Devil Fruit. Cue MassOhCrap.
* EvilLaugh: ''"Kishishishi!"''
* FreudianExcuse: Invoked and Deconstructed. Whilst the Straw Hats are horrified and even [[SympathyForTheDevil kind of sympathetic]] when they learn that not only was Moria the only survivor of his crew when Kaido massacred them, but his mind has so warped by the horror of what he underwent that he can no longer even remember his crew by anything other than their last words and how they looked when he found them dead, they also call Moria out that [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse his reaction to his trauma is far beyond the excuse he uses to justify it]].
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Noted by the crew and lampshaded by Luffy during the end of their fight. It isn't just his strength that has degraded over the years -- Moria himself has completely lost sight of why he's even sailing anymore. Losing his beloved crew to Kaido and failing for years to mourn them and move on from their deaths properly have left him little more than a husk whose mind has warped the worst memory of his life into a nightmare straight out of hell, and driven towards achieving one aim (revenge on Kaido), as if it will end the emotional torture he's been enduring for so long, not unlike what happened to Baron Omatsuri. Even the Straw Hats come to pity him when they realize what's happened to him over the years. When Luffy calls him a "shadow" of his former self, what defeats the IncrediblyLamePun is the fact that it is ''painfully'' true.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: A variant, rather: Nicknamed by the Adaptation. Canon!Moria is the only Warlord whose epithet has yet to be revealed. Here, he's given the title of "Umbral Allfather", referencing Odin the Allfather; fitting into his Norse mythology theming Post-Awakening.
* NeverFoundTheBody: In the aftermath of Thriller Bark, despite being beaten within an inch of his life, there's not a trace of Moria left on the island. There has been no indication yet of whether HesJustHiding or it's a case of DeathByAdaptation.
* OneWingedAngel: As in the canon, Moria uses his Shadow-Shadow Fruit to try and manipulate himself into a more powerful form. Whereas canon!Moria took on the form of a gargantuan, green-skinned and bloated version of himself called ''Shadow's Asgard'', here Moria attempts to warp himself into the shape of a monstrous dragon named ''Nidhogg'', in imitation of Kaido's own draconic alternate form. [[TransformationHorror Emphasis on]] '''[[TransformationHorror attempts]]'''.
* PowerBornOfMadness: Two-fold:
** Firstly, it's Moria's SanitySlippage that causes him to Awaken his Devil Fruit, gaining access to its increased arsenal of abilities.
** Secondly, as Soundbite points out, Moria is actually using ''way'' more power than somebody newly Awakened to their Devil Fruit's full potential should be able to, eventually deducing that Moria has gone so crazy he's able to temporarily push himself past his limits... though that state won't last for long.
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: After his Devil Fruit Awakens, Moria's attacks are named and/or shaped after figures in Norse Mythology. His new zombies, filled with the shadows of inert objects, are ''draugr'', the Draugr!Oars is called a ''Jotun,'' and Moria himself transforms into ''[[OneWingedAngel Nidhogg]]'' towards the end of the battle.
* SoleSurvivor: Moria's traumatic backstory involves being this after Kaido massacred his crew for laughs.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Invoked in-universe; Moria's SanitySlippage was able to help him push past the strain and fatigue of using his newly Awakened Devil Fruit to a high level initially, but the body can only be pushed so far for so long. Sure enough, even Moria's craziness-induced obliviousness to pain and fatigue ultimately fails to keep him fighting.
** Additionally, the fact Moria is absolutely out of his ''mind'' with rage, despair and terror means he wastes a lot of his new power acting in a crazy manner, instead of using precisely controlled force to annihilate the Straw Hats.
* TookALevelInBadass: Moria manages to Awaken his Devil Fruit through sheer mental trauma, which results in a drastic in-universe upgrade to his powers.
* TransformationHorror: Moria tries to turn himself into a dragon with "Nidhogg," feeding his shadow other shadows and then reshaping itself, thus him, with Shadow Revolution. The emphasis is on "tried." The sounds Moria's body makes when undergoing the transformation are nauseating. When Cross gets a peek at Moria, he nearly vomits on the spot noting that the result can't be called human ''or'' dragon. Chopper himself is horrified at the amount of physical trauma the Warlord put himself through.
* TraumaButton: In-universe, awakening to find his entire "crew" of zombie slaves ''and'' his few loyal living henchmen have been all wiped out is so much like when Kaido massacred his original crew that it forcibly draws Moria's memories back to that original massacre, causing him to '''snap'''.
* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: The reason why Moria Awakens his Devil Fruit here when he didn't in canon; canon!Moria was awake and aware all throughout the Straw Hats' initial attack on Thriller Bark, so he (wrongfully) felt in-control during the whole situation. Here, Moria wakes up from an ordinary sleep to find his crew essentially annihilated, which is not only a huge shock in its own right, but also extremely reminiscent of Moria's greatest tragedy. This pushes him over the edge in a single massive rush of fear, despair and rage, and the resultant madness allows him to Awaken.
* VillainousBreakdown: At first, it looks like he's going down this route when he wakes up. [[OhCrap Then he Awakens his Devil Fruit]] and goes LaughingMad. The following fight shows that Moria has gone genuinely insane and too overcome with rage to fight properly, which is about the only thing allowing the crew any leeway in the battle.
* VillainousBSOD: He wakes up from an artificially enhanced slumber (courtesy of Kuma) to find that the zombie army he has spent years building has been decimated, and the "Ultimate Zombie" superweapon he had pinned all of his hopes and dreams on for finally avenging himself against Kaido has been completely destroyed, to the point that not even Dr. Hogback has a hope of reconstructing it. These would be traumatic enough, but Moria also instinctively likens this situation to when he lost his original crew, with the two traumas correlating enough that he ''completely and utterly'' '''loses his ''mind''!'''
* WeakButSkilled: While he's stated to be the weakest of the Seven Warlords in a direct battle, and has lost a lot of his former strength from his prime (he was once capable of fighting ''Kaido''), he's stated to have tactical skills rivaling those of Crocodile. But after his Devil Fruit Awakens, he's suddenly a '''lot''' more dangerous.
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[[folder:Perona]]
!!"Hellbeast Princess" Perona
See "Puppy" [[Characters/ThisBitesNewWorldMasons here]].
The four most powerful pirates alive who rule the New World, the second half of the Grand Line.
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[[folder:Shanks]]
!!"Red-Haired" Shanks -- Bounty: ฿4,048,900,000
Youngest of the Emperors and the one with the least apparent manpower, a former Roger Pirate and hard-drinking partygoer who lost his left arm many years ago to save Monkey D. Luffy's life and inspired him to sail the Grand Line as a pirate. None of the above has diminished how powerful he is.
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* TheAntiNihilist: Shanks's inner musings have elements of this mindset following the end of the Marineford War. He considers the world to be "an incredible place: filled with horrors and tragedies of uncountable magnitude -- and yet, dotted with honest miracles."
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: By observing the telltale mouth position of a cigar smoker from his Transponder Snail and the mention of "an impressive Devil Fruit" and "wielding twin swords", he deduces the mystery guest to be Shiki, which immediately alarms him.
* BerserkButton: Besides the obvious one of attacking Luffy, he also hates people wasting good booze. He got into a fist fight with Yasopp when the man's SpitTake sprayed alcohol over everyone.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He may appear to be a hard-drinking partygoer, and he is. But never forget that he's one of the four most powerful pirates in the whole world and he's ''earned'' his title, intending to teach Shiki that the hard way if he beats the Straw Hats.
--> '''Shanks:''' We'll see if the Golden Lion has bitten off more than he can chew by challenging [=the Straw Hat Pirates=]. And if he hasn't? ''(Delivers a burst of Conqueror's Haki)'' '''Then he'll wish that he had.'''
* BigDamnHeroes:
** He, Rayleigh, and Mihawk were potentially going to go to the East Blue to fight Shiki and his forces if the Straw Hats lost during Strong World.
** He later shows up at Marineford and blasts the entire island with his Conqueror's Haki, stopping Blackbeard's massive attack ''and'' having his crew stop the attacks everyone else was going to use to counter him, ending the war without any further bloodshed.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Compared to the monstrous Kaido, the tyrannical Big Mom, and the venerable Whitebeard, Shanks is a drunkard who doesn't look like he should be standing on par with them and the World Government or even respected in the same breath, and yet he is. And he knows it, considering what he told Lucky Roo a few years back:
--> 'Every second someone like me is the worst nightmare of the World Government, the Elder Bastards die a little bit more inside'.
* TheDreaded: PlayedForLaughs. Mihawk plans on avoiding him after Marineford due to stomping on two of his major [[BerserkButton Berserk Buttons]] during the battle: [[PapaWolf attacking Luffy]] and wasting good booze. He's left fuming when Shanks shows up at the battle anyway, with clear plans to ream his old rival a new one.
* FriendlyRival: To Buggy. After Buggy stops playing the part of a weakling, the two happily agree to a scrap once they meet up again.
* TheGadfly: The Christmas special has Shanks sending out drink bottles to a variety of people who are, at the very least, rivals if not outright enemies. Kaidou is getting sake, Big Mom is getting soda, Whitebeard is getting rum, Mihawk is getting wine, Garp is getting whiskey, and the Five Elder Stars... are getting ''nitroglycerin''.
--> '''Rayleigh:''' ...excuse me?\\
'''Shanks:''' Well, it's not Christmas without a good gag-gift, is it?\\
'''Rayleigh:''' [[BlankStare *flat stare*]]\\
'''Shanks:''' For the last time, Old Man, I'm 100% positive that I'm not a D!\\
'''Rayleigh:''' Psh. Could have fooled me.
* GiveMeAReason: Part of him ''wants'' Blackbeard to try attacking again so that he has an excuse to kill him, in Part 4 of Marineford Misery. Considering the last time they fought, he got the scars on his left eye, that says a lot.
--> "'''That. Is. ''Enough'','''" Shanks enunciated slowly, filling every word with his will. On some level, he ''wanted'' Blackbeard to try something, the Emperor wanted the debatably human scum before him to give him an excuse, but for now, he'd settle for making him put off whatever madness he had planned. "This war is over, Teach. And if you try to fight, then the only one who'll die is you, because ''nobody'' is going to join you."
* LessEmbarrassingTerm: What his crew calls a "party," the World Government calls a "rampage."
* OhCrap: During the aforementioned AwesomenessByAnalysis when he realizes just who the Straw Hats' guest is:
--> '''Shanks:''' BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THIS ISN'T ONE OF THOSE TIMES!...Damn it damn it damn i—!
--> '''Yasopp:''' How bad, Shanks?!
--> '''Shanks:''' 'Raging bastard who gave Roger ''and'' Garp the fights of their lives' bad! The only cigar-smoking asshole I remember to wield both an impressive Devil Fruit and a matched pair of Graded Swords—!
--> '''Benn:''' Shiki the Golden Lion?! Luffy, how could you possibly be that unluck—?
* PapaWolf:
** While he's usually content to leave Luffy alone on his journey, he won't hesitate to jump in every once in a while if he thinks his protégé needs it. Part of his motivation for his rampage/party during the Enies Lobby incident was to draw away some heat from the Straw Hats (which succeeded, as it sufficiently distracted every Marine that was on that side of the Red Line). And when Shiki appears on the SBS, the very moment Shanks realizes who he is and his probable intentions, he doesn't hesitate to punch in the Transponder Snail number as fast as he can so he can threaten the bastard.
*** When the SBS is starting up for Shiki's interview, Soundbite disguises his voice to make it sound like Cross is starting the SBS, which only happens when something serious is going to happen. Shanks snaps and declares that he is going to give Cross and Soundbite a piece of his mind when they finally cross into the second half of the Grand Line.
** While he's close friends with his former rival Mihawk, that does not mean he won't hesitate to rip him a new one for attacking Luffy.
* SoProudOfYou: Has high standards for Luffy and celebrates whenever Luffy exceeds them during his escapades on the SBS. Enies Lobby, in particular, made him so proud that in the subsequent party (which the WG called a "rampage") that the Red Hair Pirates had to both celebrate Luffy's newest accomplishment and to distract every Marine in the New World lasted ''two straight days'', long after the Straw Hats had finished leveling the island.
* SpitTake: Upon hearing that the Straw Hats are planning to [[RapePillageAndBurn invade an island and burn it to the ground]], he is visibly stunned. At least, until it turns out that said island was Enies Lobby. Then, he decided it was time to rampage/throw a party due to them setting a "new threshold for insanity."
* TearsOfJoy: In the aftermath of Omatsuri Island, he is relieved that Luffy was able to stop the Baron and save his crew. He even calls into the SBS to recap the crew due to their amnesia of the event, albeit with his voice disguised.
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[[folder:Whitebeard]]
!!Edward "Whitebeard" Newgate -- Bounty: ฿5,046,000,000
Captain of the Whitebeard Pirates and the strongest man in the world, he was once renowned as the only pirate equal to the late Pirate King. His old age and failing health do very little to reduce his threat level.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: He finds Cross mocking his alcohol tolerance, as well as the antics of the Straw Hats, quite amusing.
* BerserkButton: Halvar -- a Devil Dog Suomi sniper -- tries to shoot through Whitebeard in order to target Squard (the true target was Whitebeard, but completely focusing on and targeting Squard wouldn't set off his Haki). This has the very unfortunate (for Halvar) side effect of getting Whitebeard's attention focused on him.
->"H-how didn't you notice him sooner!?" Squard blustered.\\
"Because they were using an old sniper's trick: they weren't aiming for me, they were aiming for you. Trying to use you to kill me. Which…"\\
Whitebeard straightened, seemingly none the worse for wear and obviously furious.\\
"'''Was a ''mistake'''''."
* BrutalHonesty: He agrees with Squard when he says he's been an idiot. [[SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming And then he hugs him and tells him that doesn't mean he doesn't still love him]].
* CoolOldGuy: Even in his old age, he holds the titles of Emperor and WorldsStrongestMan for a very good reason.
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: Whitebeard, [[RasputinianDeath having weathered 402 sword wounds, 96 bullets, 23 cannonballs, a missing kidney, lots of scar tissue, failing vision, a bad lung and knee]], defeats Shiki and Teach, then turns his LastWords into one hell of a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech towards the latter while coming this close to punching his skull into pulp before dying. [[DiedStandingUp On his feet]].
* GambitRoulette: Downplayed -- the main plan for preventing Blackbeard from getting the Tremor-Tremor Fruit seems to have been just Whitebeard targeting him as soon as he showed up (and if it hadn't been for Blackbeard freeing and recruiting Shiki, which was a case of DidntSeeThatComing, that fight probably would have ended with Blackbeard dead considering Whitebeard was in far better condition than he was in canon). The plan that ''did'' work, using Whitebeard's blood and Basil Hawkins's voodoo/hoodoo abilities and SympatheticMagic to burn his corpse, seems to have been a backup plan.
* GeniusBruiser: Aside from being a match for Sengoku in the strategy department, Whitebeard figures out that Cross has knowledge of the future long before he gets any confirmation, and at Marineford, he slaps some blood he's coughed up onto Luffy's back while patting him. Ace later realizes that this was [[BatmanGambit intentional on his Pops's part]]; he takes Whitebeard's blood, infuses it with one of Basil Hawkins's voodoo dolls, and then sets said doll aflame, incinerating Whitebeard's corpse just as Blackbeard is making a play to steal the Tremor-Tremor Fruit. The traitorous pirate realizes to his horror that they somehow knew what his plan had been, and that even in death Whitebeard was one step ahead of Blackbeard.
* HeroicSacrifice: While it was likely partially motivated by the fact that he was extremely sick and likely to die soon anyways, in a call-back to Bege's words about somebody always "holding the bag", Whitebeard decides even before his crew arrives at Marineford to stay behind and keep the Navy busy so they can escape safely.
* ItHasBeenAnHonor: Tells Cross that he will save him a seat on the other side. Notably, Whitebeard calls Cross by his name while doing so, not "brat" like otherwise.
* LastSecondChance: Right before the War truly begins, he says this.
--> One chance, Sengoku. I'll give you ''one'' chance -- give me back my idiot son, and I'll just ''cripple'' your island, not sink it.
* MrExposition: When Cross muses to himself at the absurdity of the Davy Back Fights, Whitebeard calls in to the SBS to explain the origin and purpose of the games and how even the Four Emperors use them to build up their crews without bloodshed.
* NoPlaceForMeThere: A non-villainous example. He believes with all his heart that an age of great change is coming for the world -- but between his age and his illness, even before he decided to give his life to ensure his crew could escape Marineford safely, he knew he likely wouldn't live to see that age.
--> '''Ace''': Pops? Pops, what are you doing?! C'mon, we need to get out of here!
--> '''Whitebeard''': ''You'' need to get out of here. You and all the rest of my sons and daughters. I am old, Ace. A relic of an era long past. A new era is dawning, and it's reckless youngsters like you that need to lead it. Not an old fossil like me.
* NotAfraidToDie: Whitebeard knows he most probably won't be walking away from Marineford alive, but not once does he show a hint of fear for his life.
--> Hearing his son running finally eased the last of the tension in Whitebeard's chest. He felt relaxed. Freer than he'd been in decades. [[ComesGreatResponsibility There was no more consideration of politics, of responsibility]]. [[PassingTheTorch Those were all in the hands of his sons, his crew.]] [[DyingMomentOfAwesome All he needed to do was wreak the most havoc possible to aid in their escape.]]
-->"Alright, everyone, let's hurry this up. I've got a date to keep with Roger... '''So let's make my final hours in this life as memorable as possible!'''"
* PapaWolf:
** He calls his crew his sons and they call him "Pops" in return. His one ironclad rule is that nobody harms someone under his command. And if someone violates that rule? That someone just painted a bullseye on their back that the strongest man in the world and his massive crew are now relentlessly targeting.
** After explaining about the Davy Back Fight on the SBS, he states that he would rather die than lose his sons to those games.
** The Moby Dick is just as much a member of Whitebeard's crew, in fact, she was technically his first crewmate since leaving Rocks. In the past, Whitebeard got livid at Roger for letting the Oro Jackson scrape against the Moby's flank, and in the present, her death by Akainu's hand drives him into TranquilFury.
** This extends to those who are not on his crew, such as Luffy due to OneDegreeOfSeparation as Ace's little brother. During the broadcast from Omatsuri Island he becomes tempted to try and sink the island from his place in the New World when the snipers start hunting down the Straw Hats.
* ParentalSubstitute: To his crew and allies as a whole, who he refers to as his sons and daughters. They, in turn, call him "Pops", and there's never any indication that there's anything but good feelings on both sides -- except for Blackbeard, who is immediately disowned for killing Thatch.
* PassingTheTorch: Because Ace survived Marineford this time around, Whitebeard is able to use his last moments to declare him his successor as captain of the Whitebeard Pirates.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: The shockwaves of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit rank frighteningly high on the Richter scale, and this old man can still do plenty of damage ''without'' them.
* SignatureLaugh: ''"Gurararara!"'
* SympatheticMagic: Used to ignite his corpse before Blackbeard can take his Devil Fruit. Basil Hawkins's Devil Fruit allows him to transfer damage to others like this, with Luffy having Whitebeard's blood on the back of his shirt (which is used to imbue the subsequent voodoo doll) and Ace supplying the fire to his Pops's cremation.
* TokenGoodTeammate: To the other known former members of the Rocks Pirates - he's the only one of them who can really be called a good person, frankly. This is briefly noted at the end of the Marineford Misery arc, when he goes up against Shiki (who is arguably the worst of the entire group, even before he threw his lot in with Blackbeard).
* TranquilFury: He's smart enough to know that throwing a temper tantrum with ''his'' strength and Devil Fruit powers would probably sink every island and ship in his vicinity, so Whitebeard keeps a frighteningly calm tone even when he's pissed. But it's still scary -- especially if you're ''the source'' of his fury, as Doflamingo learned.
* WorldsStrongestMan: And don't anyone forget it.
* YouGotGuts: When he talks with Luffy over the SBS, and the latter says that he's going to be Pirate King, not Whitebeard, Whitebeard laughs and admits that the fact he's willing to say that straight to him means he may indeed have what it takes.
* YouOweMe: He basically makes Buggy fight in the Summit War by telling him that he still owes him for the scars his "damn firecrackers" left Whitebeard.
* YouShallNotPass: Stated verbatim as he holds off the Marines so Ace and his family can escape.
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[[folder:Kaido]]
!!Kaido "of the Beasts" -- Bounty: ฿4,611,100,000
[[InsistentTerminology Governor-General]] (not "Captain") of the Beast Pirates, one of the strongest, toughest, and most feared men in the New World. He rules over the region of Onigashima as his home base in Wano Country. His ultimate goal is finding the Ancient Weapons and One Piece in order to start the Final War with the World Government. He has consumed the Mythical Zoan Fish-Fish Fruit, Model: Azure Dragon, which allows him to turn into a blue-scaled Eastern Dragon.
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* AbusiveParents: Yamato figures out quickly from the thunder outside his hiding spot that dear old dad failed in his attempt to join the war at Marineford. And that it's gonna translate into him taking his frustrations out on his kid.
* AntagonistInMourning: Whitebeard, despite being a rival Emperor, was a respected opponent and old comrade. When he senses Whitebeard's death he ''creates a hurricane'' out of rage and grief.
* TheGhost: Kaido held this status until the end of the Marineford Misery arc, as he never appeared in-story, even over the SBS. He was listening to the broadcast of Luffy punching Saint Charloss, as evidenced by Whitebeard talking to him during that time, but Kaido hangs up on him without appearing or saying anything.
* TheJuggernaut: He's this, and even Cross admits it when he, Conis, Soundbite, Robin, and Su are working to take out Oars's corpse before Moria can animate it, which had been reinforced heavily by Hogback.
--> '''Robin:''' [[NotSoStoic He was going to fight Kaido... with]] ''[[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever this?]]''
--> '''Cross:''' Other way around. He needed ''[[TheJuggernaut this]]'' to fight ''Kaido.''
* VillainRespect: According to Sheepshead, the Straw Hats and Barto Club impressed him enough to send Sheepshead and Ginrummy to Skelter Bite to offer them a position in his crew (which they promptly decline).
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[[folder:Big Mom]]
!!Charlotte "Big Mom" Linlin -- Bounty: ฿4,388,000,000
Captain of the Big Mom Pirates, wielder of the Soul-Soul Fruit, and the sole female Emperor. She rules over the Totland Archipelago with her countless children. Her dream is to build a paradise where all races can be happy...[[WellIntentionedExtremist by any means necessary]].
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* AbusiveParents: She has marked Lola for death for rejecting her ArrangedMarriage. She also sent [[SinisterSentientSun Prometheus]] to [[KillItWithFire completely immolate]] her daughter Macaron when she tried to escape the Big Mom Pirates' influence.
* AntagonistInMourning: Despite not being on the best terms with her old crewmate, when Whitebeard passed away she flew into a eating frenzy even worse than usual and drank every single bit of sake (Whitebeard's favorite drink) on Whole Cake Island, screaming the entire time that it didn't taste the same as before.
* DrowningMySorrows: Starts chugging sake until she passes out after Whitebeard's death.
* FromBadToWorse: For the World Government, during the attack on Enies Lobby: "Pirate Prince" Cavendish hijacked a ship heading for Totland right as Big Mom got a craving for what was on said ship, goading her into a rampage.
* SkywardScream:
** Upon hearing that Lola was inside the Florian Triangle, she unleashed a furious roar that immobilized the whole of Totland.
** She does it again during Strong World when she sees that Luffy is Roger reincarnated.
* VillainRespect: Like Kaido, she's impressed enough by the Straw Hats and Barto Club to send Pekoms and Baron Tamago to offer them a position in her crew. Ostensibly, anyway.
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!!!The Whitebeard Pirates
[[folder:General]]
!!The Whitebeard Pirates
The most powerful pirate crew in the entire world, who first work under Edward "Whitebeard" Newgate, and later his successor Portgas D. "Fire Fist" Ace, and are referred to as his sons and daughters alongside the many other allied pirate crews who work alongside them.
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* BadassCrew: They literally ''provide the page image'' for the trope.
* BerserkButton: The crew at first aren't happy with Cross for insulting their Pops's alcohol tolerance, but he quickly makes amends.
* CombatMedic: Whitebeard's team of nurses (Tate, Iris, Hannah, Mila, Shion, Camellia, and Sayuri) are pirates themselves, and are seen fighting in the war after they snuck aboard.
* DieLaughing: When Akainu tries to turn Whitebeard's allies against him by telling them that Whitebeard was planning to sell out his allied crews in exchange for his own, the pirate he chose as a target tells him that Cross warned them about this and the seawalls, and even as he's immolated, dies howling that the Marines never had a chance of winning.
* HappilyAdopted: They view themselves as this to Whitebeard, and the feeling is mutual.
* ItsPersonal: Marco is... not that fond of Kizaru, after he learned about how he was planning to slap sea prism stone handcuffs on him.
-->'''Marco''': You know, any other day I'd love to make this a bit, but today, I'm more than a little pissed, in no small part at you ''specifically''. So do me a favor by cutting the crap and ''dying'', monkey.
* PartingWordsRegret: Firmly defied. After the War of the Best is announced and the Division Commanders learn that Whitebeard himself was planning to die so that his crew and allies could escape, they decide as one that Cross is as good as a brother to them for letting them make sure that nothing was left unsaid with their father.
* StayInTheKitchen: Whitebeard himself is somewhat like Sanji in this regard, but he won't stop the likes of Whitey Bay or his nurses from participating in battle (though he did try to keep the latter at Sphinx, he didn't stop them after learning they snuck aboard).
* UndyingLoyalty: To each other. And this counts whether they're directly part of the Whitebeard Pirates or just one of their allied crews.
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[[folder:Portgas D. Ace]]
!! Portgas D. "Fire Fist" Ace
Second Division Commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, biological son of Gol D. Roger, and Luffy's adopted elder brother.
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* BadassInDistress: He and his allies still get captured by Teach courtesy of [[SpannerInTheWorks Aokiji's]] unplanned intervention, and they were kept drugged to the gills and imprisoned in a refrigerated cell by the Marines for four months, then transferred to Impel Down's Eternal Hell before the war.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Like in canon, Ace is protective of his sworn brothers.
** When Cross lets him know that Sabo is alive, Ace almost roasts him, thinking that he is a lying conman trying to get his only surviving brother killed. He only believes him after Cross swears it while under the full overpowering weight of Ace's Conqueror's Haki.
** Twice during the Omatsuri broadcast. He nearly kills the Transponder Snail and his two companions with a combination of his Haki and Devil Fruit abilities a hundred meters away from where they were listening to the broadcast... while wearing a sea prism stone bracelet to help damper his Devil Fruit. Ace has to then be stopped by his allies from hunting down Omatsuri Island and saving Luffy. Why? Because if he saved Luffy, it would be the same as losing faith in his little brother, something that even Luffy would never forgive him for. The pillar of flames he sends up to cheer Luffy on is described as biblical.
* DespairEventHorizon: Upon waking out of his Marine-induced coma, and realizes what fate is in store for him. He recalls Cross's warnings and words about what his pride and pursuit would cost him and put Luffy through and breaks down crying.
* TheDogBitesBack: While he doesn't manage to take down Blackbeard, he does eventually get back at him by destroying Whitebeard's corpse, preventing Blackbeard from stealing the powers of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit (and severely burning him).
* FriendlessBackground: Until he met Sabo and later Luffy, then the Spade Pirates (and Isuka), and finally the Whitebeard Pirates, the only people he had watching out for him were Dadan's family of bandits and Garp, who even though they genuinely loved him, were [[ParentsAsPeople not good parental figures]].
--> "If I'm going to die anyway, then I'll set the record straight: I grew up ''surrounded'' by people telling me that my existence was nothing but a crime, that I was better off dead. I never knew any sort of love until I was 10, when a boy that would become my idiot kid brother told me that he wanted me to live."\\
Ace turned his head, staring melancholically at the horizon.\\
"I turned to piracy to be free of a world that rejected me, not to follow in anyone's footsteps. I made a name for myself, not anyone else, and I went after Whitebeard himself to do that. I was just another rookie who thought he could take his head. He spared me and brought me onboard. I didn't need his pity. I tried for a year to take his head. But it eventually sunk in that… he knew my past, and he still called me his son. The Whitebeard Pirates gave me the family I always wanted, and even now, I don't know if I deserve it for being the son of a demon like Roger. Especially not now that going against Whitebeard's orders got me here. But whether anyone believes me or not, I never wanted to be the Pirate King. For everything Whitebeard has done for me, I wanted to make ''him'' the Pirate King."
* FlatWhat: Aside from a jaw drop, Ace has this reaction to seeing Luffy and the Impel Down escapees falling from the sky.
* JawDrop: Has an epic one when the SBS announces that Luffy has to beat DJ Octavio, the ruler of all octopi, in a surfing contest.
** Has another one during Marineford when [[BigEntrance Luffy arrives]] on the battlefield.
* KnightTemplarBigBrother: He will burn ''anyone'' he thinks is trying to take advantage of Luffy. Punching Luffy in the face is fine, though; he knows how aggravating Luffy can be.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop:
** Because of the state of his imprisonment, Ace hasn't been keeping up with Luffy's adventures at all since Enies Lobby, necessitating Jinbe to fill him in. Hilariously, that means when Luffy does show up at Marineford, he's the only one who doesn't take his brother's crazy entrance in stride, [[DullSurprise as everyone else has long since gotten used to the Straw Hats' insanity]].
** He was the only one blind to the fact that Whitebeard considered him his heir apparent and successor as captain of their crew once the old man died. Even ''[[IdiotHero Luffy]]'' knew, and he barely knows Whitebeard.
* PipePain: Like Luffy, Ace goes back to using a pipe for melee at a little nudge from Cross. He enjoys shrouding it with flames to up the pain factor.
* PlayingWithFire: Courtesy of the Flame-Flame Fruit, he is fire itself.
* RankUp: He officially becomes Captain of the Whitebeard Pirates upon Whitebeard's death.
* ShutUpHannibal: After Blackbeard's VillainousBreakdown begins, and he starts screaming that he'll destroy everything Whitebeard held dear, Ace's response is to tell him to "Go ahead and try."
* SinsOfOurFathers: Deconstructed. On top of Ace's own distaste for his father (which he made ''adamantly'' clear on the SBS at the start of his execution), it's not illegal to be related to an outlaw, even one as infamous as Gold Roger. When Sengoku flat-out admits to the world that they don't care about any of the actual, legitimate crimes Ace committed and are instead executing him because he's Roger's son, it backfires ''massively''. The staff at Impel Down are furious because on that basis, neither Ace's imprisonment nor his execution is legal, while Cross points out that the World Government is essentially throwing away thousands of lives and deliberately destabilizing the state of the world over a grudge against a man that has been ''dead'' for over '''''twenty years'''''. In light of that, everyone except the most fanatic of Marines can't help but admit that the idea of holding Roger's crimes against Ace seems ridiculous...which is also the excuse that Dragon needed to step in to help save Ace.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: He survives Marineford, and manages to officially reunite with Luffy and Sabo and renew their brotherly bond.
* SpitTake: Does this when the Straw Hats announce their assault on Enies Lobby.
* TearsOfJoy: When Cross convinces him Sabo's alive. He pulls himself together quickly.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Isuka, after she saves him and reveals she's a deep-cover Mason.
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[[folder:Squard and Whitey Bay]]
!! "Ice Witch" Whitey Bay and "Whirlpool Spider" Squard
Two of Whitebeard's subordinate captains, who decide to help Ace after Cross convinces him to enlist aid in going after Blackbeard. They are captured alongside Ace when Aokiji freezes the battlefield and accidentally gives Teach an opening to bring them into the Darkness of the Dark-Dark Fruit.
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* AnArmAndALeg: Downplayed -- Squard gets one of his kneecaps shot out by Halvar, the top Suomi sniper, rendering him unable to help for the rest of the War.
* AnIcePerson: After she's freed from Level Six, Whitey Bay kills Madame Hiruno to gain the Cold-Cold Fruit, in order to ensure she won't be beaten by "her own element" a second time.
* BadassInDistress: They're captured by Blackbeard and then thrown into Impel Down alongside Ace.
* BullyingADragon: Squard attempts to kill Douglas Bullet, who took part of killing his comrades as a member of Roger's crew in the past, inside his cell in Level 6 but Whitey Bay quickly stops him and calls Squard an idiot for it.
* EasilyForgiven: Completely and utterly defied by Squard. More than twenty years after Roger's death, he ''still'' hasn't moved past the Pirate King slaughtering most of his crewmates, and even Whitebeard, who was Roger's FriendlyEnemy, says he has no need to ever forgive Roger or forget what he did to him.
--> '''Whitebeard''': (About Squard asking how he's supposed to forgive Roger) "Who said that you were? [[ArmorPiercingQuestion And more importantly, what the hell does]] [[SinsOfTheFather that have to do with]] ''Ace''?"
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Squard briefly has a case of this in Part 2 of Marineford Misery when he confronts Whitebeard. Considering Cross told the Whitebeards beforehand about the canon events of the war, it's not hard to guess why. It's subverted shortly after that when he decides against stabbing Whitebeard, however.
* PowerIncontinence: Whitey has decent control over her new powers for someone who has just eaten her fruit, but that's not saying much. She frequently sticks her hands on her face with impromptu freezing and tends to use her powers far more freely than she should during moments where she shouldn't need to use them at all. At one point Crocodile even snaps at her being so wasteful with them.
* SinsOfTheFather: Squard has this attitude, to which Ace takes great offense. Recalling as much in the Marineford Misery arc, he works through his grudge against Roger just enough to separate Ace from it.
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[[folder:The Moby Dick]]
!!Moby Dick
The flagship of the Whitebeard Pirates, and one of Whitebeard's oldest crewmates and companions, who he's sailed with since the days just after the destruction of the Rocks Pirates at God Valley.
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* ItHasBeenAnHonor: She manifests her Klabautermann after Akainu deals her a fatal blow, to speak to Whitebeard directly for the first time and tell him this before she's killed.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: While the exact long-term implications of her death haven't been revealed yet, Akainu killing her and declaring that anything existing because of outlaws had to be destroyed, be it things or people, or even miracles, sent Whitebeard into a TranquilFury that led to the Vice Admirals being either getting blown back or knocked unconscious, Oars Jr. being thrown to safety, and Doflamingo getting crippled in one of his arms.
** It was also noted to be "The worst possible thing he could have said and done" by ''the narrative itself.''
* TogetherInDeath: A non-romantic example - she's likely the longest-standing member of the Whitebeard Pirates besides Whitebeard himself, and just before she's killed by Akainu, not long before her captain meets his own end at the hands of the Blackbeard Pirates, she tells him that she'll see him again on the other side.
* TrueCompanions: Like the rest of the Whitebeard Pirates, she is this to her crew, saying to Whitebeard that to die in battle to rescue one of them was the best death any ship could have ever asked for.
** On another note, Whitebeard also noticeably doesn't refer to her as "brat", even in an affectionate manner, instead treating her as an equal and thanking her for all the years of service she's given him and his family.
* UndyingLoyalty: To the Whitebeard Pirates.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: She's only introduced shortly before her death. However, in the real world it's said that Klabautermann can only manifest on doomed ships.
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[[folder:Isuka]]
!! Ex-Commodore "Nailing" Isuka
A character from the Ace's Story light novel, one of the earliest Marine opponents that Ace faced when he was captain of the Spade Pirates. First appearing in this story as Ace's executioner at Marineford, she was a deep-cover agent for the Masons who was instrumental in saving his life. She demanded to be his first mate as they escaped.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: It's established before Marineford Misery that the World Nobles have actually passed a law banning all Marines from talking to Cross. Despite this, Isuka actually speaks to him a few times even before she reveals her true colors -- clearly, she wasn't too worried about being punished.
* HeroicWillpower: She took a direct blast of Conqueror's Haki from Luffy, and explicitly took it the hardest -- and while she was clearly unbalanced by it, she was able to stay conscious without any help.
* JerkassFacade: She was a deep-cover Mason for five months, and she did a good job acting the part. Vice Admiral Doberman actually said she reminded him of ''Spandam.'' While that's a clear indication she did a good job selling the act, ''damn.''
* MadeOfIron: She was spitting up blood for a few seconds after taking a hit from ''Sengoku in his Buddha form'', and still managed to grab Ace a few seconds after that so she could make a break for it.
* MasterSwordswoman: She's got Armament Haki, flying slashes, and can cut through steel (or at least sea king bone) without any real concern.
* TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: While she didn't say it outright, there's no better way to announce you're quitting the Marines then saving the life of Whitebeard's Second Division Commander, and Gol D. Roger's son, ''directly after the Fleet Admiral personally orders you to kill him.''
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: After Ace's capture was announced, she handed the request to Fleet Admiral Sengoku to be his executioner. [[SubvertedTrope Except not really]].
* TookALevelInBadass: When Ace met her when he was starting out (three years before canon), she was a standard Ensign. She's a Commodore by the time she shows up, and demonstrates in her EstablishingCharacterMoment the ability to perform both aerial slashes and to do them so well they cut through Sea King bone. And in Marineford Misery, Part 2, she's able to utilize Armament Haki.
* TookALevelInJerkass: When she shows up, she has become considerably more jaded than she was when she was when she was going after Ace. Until the second chapter of Marineford Misery where it's revealed that [[AvertedTrope in truth, this is Averted]]. She's actually a deep cover Mason and took the executioner position so that she could save Ace. Once he's free, she immediately starts lambasting him for believing she had taken said levels and bantering about joining him.
* VitriolicBestBuds: She took the position of executioner so that she could save Ace -- and she also takes the time mid-escape to chew him out for thinking she was actually going to kill him.
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!!!The Red-Haired Pirates
[[folder:Benn Beckman]]
First mate of the Red-Haired Pirates who has been part of Shanks's crew since before he first came to Windmill Village and met Luffy.
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* DopeSlap: Benn dishes out dual goose eggs to his captain and Yasopp because their fighting's blocking out an SBS broadcast with Usopp.
* NumberTwo: First mate to one of the Four Emperors, and even Akainu backs down when Benn's got his gun trained on him.
* OnlySaneMan: He's about the least quirky (named) member of his crew and sometimes has to rein in the others. Including his captain.
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[[folder:Lucky Roo]]
One of the highest-ranking members of the Red-Haired Pirates, who has sailed with Shanks since before he first came to Windmill Village and met Luffy all those years ago.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: He shows up on Skelter Bite before the Dead End Race that leads to the Straw Hats reaching the Sabaody Archipelago, and was also seen listening to several SBS broadcasts before that.
* StealthExpert: He offers Luffy lessons when Nami learns that Luffy paid for his and Roo's tab. [[OhCrap The tornado reaching into the sky and Nami screaming probably had a part in Luffy accepting]].
* StoutStrength: Roo's certainly a pudgy guy, considering he eats Sea Kings for his ''first'' breakfast. The crewmate that gets dragged along to be used as ''bait'' finds he can't free himself of Roo's iron grip.
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[[folder:Yasopp]]
One of the other high-level members of Shanks' crew who was with him long enough to meet Luffy, and also Usopp's father, who left Syrup Village many years ago. Despite the long separation he's had from his son, he still loves him.
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* ImprobableAimingSkills: It runs in the family -- his brief appearance in the Summit War had him sniping out Shiliew's joints in his new limbs, and holding ''Kizaru'' at gunpoint.
* ParentalNeglect: He left Usopp behind to become a pirate more than a decade ago, and he hasn't returned home since.
* ParentsAsPeople: He genuinely loves his son, and is very happy to learn that he's a pirate now -- however, he's also pissed at Shanks for his protege (Luffy) dragging Usopp into the pirate life, and he's well aware that he's a bit of a deadbeat dad.
* SoProudOfYou: He's very happy to learn Usopp's a pirate.
* SpitTake: When Cross introduces Usopp as one of the Straw Hats over the SBS.
* TemptingFate: He says that the voice he's hearing over the SBS ''can't'' be Usopp, because he's only seventeen, and the odds of Luffy passing by Syrup Village are a hundred to one. Guess who Cross introduces right after that?
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!!The Seven Warlords of the Sea
A select group of outlaws granted diplomatic immunity in exchange for a measure of service to the World Government. Though other pirates belittle them as 'Government dogs,' they are collectively a viable counterbalance to the World Government and the Four Emperors.
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[[folder:Crocodile]]
!!Sir Crocodile
The former leader of Baroque Works, and ArchEnemy of Nefertari Vivi. Following his defeat in Alabasta, he was stripped of his rank and ultimately replaced by Marshall D. Teach, AKA "Blackbeard."
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* AncestralWeapon:
** His Sand-Sand Fruit isn't one for him specifically, but it ''is'' one of the Devil Fruits traditionally held by the six Alabastan Royal Guardians. Heck, it's how he gained his "Sir" title before his true colors became known.
** He was also pursuing knowledge of Pluton, which is also one of these.
* ArchEnemy: To Vivi. Besides his actions in canon, Vivi has even more reason to hate him since the Sand-Sand Fruit, also known as the Desert, was once part of Alabasta's treasury. After accepting his offer of mentorship, Vivi outright swears she ''will'' kill him one day.
* EvilMentor: To Vivi, which she is well aware of. Unfortunately, the skills he's offering to teach her are too vital for her to refuse his offer of tutelage.
* HowDareYouDieOnMe: He was genuinely angry in part 3 of Marineford Misery, when he realized that Whitebeard was planning to perform a HeroicSacrifice so his allies and crew could safely escape.
* INeedYouStronger: Why he offers Vivi the chance to be trained by him - he needs chaos and cracks to build his power back up, and making that sort of opening is what the Straw Hats are best at.
* KeystoneArmy: As Cross explains to Nami and Zoro, Crocodile's arrogance led him to build Baroque Works around himself. By defeating him, the entire operation would grind to a halt.
* KickTheDog: With hints of [[YankTheDogsChain yanking it]] as well. Vivi states Crocodile's Devil Fruit was originally used by Alabasta's royal guards alongside five others, including the Zoan fruits used by Chaka and Pell. When Crocodile first arrived, Vivi and the others were overjoyed to learn the Desert returned to their ranks, only for Crocodile to use it against them once he revealed his true colors to them.
* PetTheDog: During the Holiday Special, not only did Crocodile let the Christmas Truce between the royals and rebels go unhindered, but he also got Robin a present. A book from Ohara he had to pay a small fortune to Joker for, all for the sake of the season.
* SandBlaster: His Sand-Sand Fruit grants him this as his primary power. Secondary powers include a TouchOfDeath.
* TakingYouWithMe: When the Government found out that Vivi had been working with the Straw Hats and questioned Crocodile, he gave up everything that he knew on her, intent on dragging Vivi down with him. This information directly led to Vivi getting a bounty, forcing her to flee Alabasta with the Straw Hats.
* VillainHasAPoint: He might be a vile, greedy ManipulativeBastard, but he's absolutely correct when he says that the only way Vivi is going to get strong enough to survive the New World by the end of the TimeSkip is by learning from a fellow Logia who has already experienced and thrived on that sea, such as Crocodile. Which is why Vivi ultimately chooses to accept his offer to be her teacher and becomes his student.
* VillainousRescue: He saves the royal family and royal guards of Alabasta from a World Government assassin. Granted, he does it for his own reasons -- he wants Vivi and the Straw Hats to sow chaos.
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: His ''inability'' to do this has come back to bite him multiple times, both in One Piece itself and here. He lost to Luffy, in the end, because he decided to leave him for dead and suffering, ''twice'', instead of finishing him off and [[MakeSureHesDead making sure he was dead]]. And his decision to not just cut off Shiliew's head in Level Six and instead subject him to an attempted CruelAndUnusualDeath led to Shiliew surviving, thanks to Blackbeard.
* WhyWontYouDie: A persistent problem for him -- what he subjected Luffy and Shiliew would have killed nearly anyone else. He's very pleased when the World Government assassin he kills dies after he stabs them.
* WorthyOpponent: After hearing about all the things Luffy has pulled off over the SBS, he's pleased by this, admitting that he didn't lose to some "nobody" after all.
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[[folder:Boa Hancock]]
!!"Pirate Empress" Boa Hancock
See "Snake" [[Characters/ThisBitesNewWorldMasons here]]
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[[folder:Dracule Mihawk]]
!!Dracule "Hawk-Eye" Mihawk
The greatest swordsman in the world, an ominous and no-nonsense man who often wanders in search of alleviating his constant boredom. Zoro's dream is to defeat him in a duel and claim his title.
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* BigDamnHeroes: It's implied in Strong World that he, Shanks, and Rayleigh were going to fight Shiki and his forces together if the Straw Hats lost.
* BloodKnight: Mihawk appreciates a good battle, and it doesn't necessarily have to be with a swordsman. When Buggy has his LetsGetDangerous moment, he breaks into a SlasherSmile.
* TheComicallySerious: Very stoic, but it doesn't stop him from getting caught up or surprised at the craziness of the Straw Hats and others.
** During the Omatsuri saga, he uses the pommel of his prized sword to DopeSlap Shanks, to help him jog his memory.
** He's completely taken aback when it's revealed that Buggy is revealed to be affiliated with Shanks.
** During the Whitebeard War, even he apparently couldn't resist the urge to see if Buggy's nose was real or fake... by slicing it with his sword.
* MasterSwordsman: Mihawk's title of [[WorldsBestWarrior "greatest swordsman in the world"]] isn't something he won in a raffle. He can cut down objects both massive and miniscule with lightning-fast swings of his sword.
* NervesOfSteel: He remains utterly calm no matter who's standing in front of him (granted, there are only a handful of people in the world who can go toe-to-toe with him in a fight). When Cross warns him that attacking Luffy could put him in the crosshairs of the whole crew, Mihawk states with zero change in his posture his interest to see why Shanks sacrificed his arm for Luffy.
* NotSoAboveItAll: He had every intention of avoiding Shanks after Marineford, due to having both attacked Luffy and wasted good alcohol while doing so, two of Shanks' major [[BerserkButton Berserk Buttons]]. He's left fuming when Shanks shows up anyway at the end of the Marineford, making avoidance impossible.
* OddFriendship:
** During the events of Enies Lobby, he goes to find Whitebeard to ensure he doesn't also go on a rampage, thus necessitating him having to get involved. He not only succeeds but finds a new drinking partner.
** Likewise, the one he has with Shanks as in canon.
* RageBreakingPoint: After the events of Marineford nearly push him over the edge, he finally hits his limit when he returns home to find Zoro lounging in his castle, having made his way through a good portion of Mihawk's wine cellar (and not even having the decency to look buzzed), moved every piece of furniture two inches to the left, and allowed the Humandrills inside the castle for good measure. What causes him to truly snap, however, is learning from Zoro that the Humandrills soiled his rugs, causing him to try and kill his prospective student.
* SinkOrSwimMentor: He hasn't even officially become Zoro's mentor yet and already shows shades of this. After Zoro manages to (partially) cut in half a marine battleship during the Enies Lobby arc, he's disappointed to learn that Zoro cut something he wasn't supposed to (the sea and the sky) and only praises him once he hears Zoro's own disappointment over it.
* SlasherSmile: He sports an absolutely ''savage'' one after Buggy decides to cut loose. The resulting clash causes the battlefield around them to explode.
* VillainRespect: On top of his canonical respect for Zoro and Luffy, it seems he has come to respect all of the Straw Hats and their combat abilities. When Zoro lands on Kuraigana Island, he sees that Mihawk has deliberately set up Visual Transponder Snails all around the island so the Humandrills can learn and imitate the crew's fighting techniques.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Whereas most would be relieved at Shanks's arrival at Marineford, Mihawk's reaction is exasperation. He did, after all, attack Luffy a little while ago. ''And'' spilled good booze in the process.
-->'''Mihawk''': Of course he's here. Why ''wouldn't'' he show up as soon as I need to avoid him?
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[[folder:Donquixote Doflamingo]]
!!"Heavenly Demon" Donquixote Doflamingo
The king of Dressrosa and captain of the Donquixote Pirates, a perpetually grinning man with a bottomless thirst for power, glory, cruelty, and destruction.
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* ArchEnemy: To Trafalgar Law. Law hates him with every fiber of his being, while the mere sight of his old subordinate sends Doflamingo into a seething, murderous rage, especially after Law deflects his Overheat, preventing him from killing Luffy and Ace.
* BringIt:
** He essentially does the same thing Mihawk did to Zoro, although in a much crueler and sadistic fashion. After sparing the Straw Hats after the attack on the Human Auction House, he leaves behind a message: "Don't leave me hanging", which Luffy realizes is a challenge for them to get strong enough to challenge him, since he could have easily killed the crew, and has now made painfully aware just how much more difficult the New World is going to be.
** Law, after foiling his attack on Luffy, Sabo, and Ace, invokes this in him at Marineford. He loudly declares to all the Supernovas that if they manage to survive long enough to make it to the New World, they're all welcome to come to Dressrosa and take their own shot at him.
* EvilLaugh: ''"Fufufufufu!"''
* FateWorseThanDeath: He tells the members of his famiglia currently with him in Chapter 69 that with the slave market all but finished, he will need to focus on [=SMILEs=] and fill the void of slaves with ''Dressrosa's Toys'', dooming god-knows how many innocent people to Sugar's power and having their lives and memories wiped from everyone in the world.
* HeadsOrTails: In the same conversation, he mentions his decision over what to do with the Straw Hats in the Auction House practically amounted to this. Heads, he would have ordered the attack on them. Tails, he leaves them alone. It came up tails. His crew members who are present are shocked at this.
* TheHyena: The SBS amuses him greatly, even after Cross publicly disrespects him during one broadcast. When Saint Charloss does a live interview during the Sabaody Archipelago arc, Doflamingo is driven to [[LaughThemselvesSick literal tears because he's laughing so hard]].
* {{Jerkass}}: The nice thing he does for Christmas? Slightly better gruel for the Colosseum gladiators.
* KickTheDog: Once he decides to try and take a shot at Luffy, he gleefully says to his face that he wants to break the Straw Hat captain the same way he broke Cross's will to live. It takes all of Luffy's willpower to avoid taking the bait and attacking him in fury; it's only after noticing Cross himself is suffering a panic attack just by proximity that Luffy calms down and settles for driving him off with a specialized plastique bomb with one of Billy's supercharged feathers in it. Furious, Doflamingo tries to retaliate by readying an attack that would have cut off one of Luffy's legs, only to be stopped by Boa Hancock.
* PeoplePuppets:
** His String-String fruit allows him to control others like marionettes. He showed it, despite not being anywhere ''near'' the Auction House, by controlling the Auction's guards to fight beyond the point of exhaustion, and even the assembled Straw Hats and Supernovas until Rayleigh intervened.
** He even does this to Cross at one point, sending him into a HeroicBSOD by stringing him up using his Devil Fruit powers and pumping Cross with Conqueror's Haki, traumatizing Cross badly enough that he can't even ''think'' until Rayleigh snaps him out of it.
* ShutUpHannibal: On the receiving end when he tries calling into the SBS, on account of Cross hanging up on him. Cross makes a point of never letting the guy get a word in edgewise because of his tendency to twist whatever he gets involved with.
* TheDreaded: He has slowly become this to Cross after the latter was temporarily turned into his puppet. Just hearing his voice is enough to send Cross into a panic attack.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: One of his strings finds its way into Whitebeard's hands. Mistakes have been made indeed.
* VillainRespect:
** He greatly enjoys the SBS, stating that even though they're upstarts, the Straw Hats are keeping the world too amusing for him to dislike them.
-->'''Upon hearing that Soundbite has awakened his Devil Fruit''': ''FORGET THE ERA OF ROGER, AND FORGET THE ERA OF SMILES ITSELF! THE ONLY THING I WANT TO SEE IN THIS WORLD IS THE SHEER MADNESS THAT WILL ARISE FROM THE ERA OF THE STRAW HAT PIRATES! FUFFUFFUFFUFFUFFUUU!''
** He owes Cross a debt for letting him finally speak on the SBS during Marineford Misery.
* XanatosGambit: He set up a trap for the Straw Hats at Sabaody first by baiting the World Noble Charloss into a confrontation with some of their allies, forcing Cross to bail them out by guest-starring him on the SBS, which fortunately Charloss turns out to be a fan of. Unfortunately, the worldwide broadcast of the World Noble's complete disregard for anyone below them serves to be the final straw for the Five Elder Stars, who now fully expect a direct attack against a World Noble is not far off and dispatch a practical Buster Call's worth of Marines and Admiral Kizaru on standby to demolish them the moment it happens. Doflamingo then has his band kidnap Keimi at the same time the rest of the gang is tied up dealing with the World Noble, and leaving one of his crew members to deal with them at the Human Auction House once they take the bait, setting up the possibility of Luffy punching Charloss like in canon. Whatever he has planned, he sees two possible outcomes: Either the Straw Hats end up completely slaughtered, and the world falls to pieces at losing some of their greatest heroes, or the Straw Hats survive by the skin of their teeth and go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, tearing the world apart just to get to him. Either way, the world will be turned completely upside-down, just the way he wants it.
* WorthyOpponent: His former subordinate Law, who promises to one day take him down. Doflamingo is impressed enough from his threat that he decides it's enough for him to spare both Law and the rest of the Supernovas for the rest of the battle.
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[[folder:Bartholomew Kuma]]
!!"The Tyrant" Bartholomew Kuma
A high-ranking member of the Revolutionary Army. In the past, he built a reputation of cruelty beyond measure. In the present, he is a powerful cyborg that serves the Government with ostensible loyalty. As of the Marineford Misery arc, he has lost all sapience to the cybernetics.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: After he gives Cross a ForYourOwnGood speech in Chapter 70, he gives one of these that leaves Cross speechless.
-->'''Kuma:''' Do you believe, fully and completely, that all of you as you are can survive a war between the most powerful forces in the world, and then proceed to the Emperors' domain and successfully claim Roger's throne?
* BlowYouAway: Kuma's powers allow him to push the air at incredible speeds to attack (or to send himself flying) and compress it into a bomb for his Ursa Shock attack.
* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: By the time he arrives in Thriller Bark, his conversion into the first Pacifista is already well underway, but he still keeps his conscience until after the Sabaody Revolution arc.
* ForYourOwnGood: He appears before Cross alone in Chapter 70, tells him extremely bluntly that the Straw Hats will get scattered across the world by lampshading this trope, that they ''lucked'' out at Enies simply due to its lax security and only having [=CP9=] as a challenger, whereas the other two main Marine strongholds are far better guarded and that Marineford itself is preparing itself for the inevitable arrival of the Whitebeard Pirates, surmises that whatever plan Cross will have in a misguided attempt to save Ace will result in at least one fatality and that it would all be on Cross's head for even suggesting such a plan of action. He ends it with the ArmorPiercingQuestion above, leaving Cross speechless and finishes with telling him to prepare the crew for their separation at sunset.
* ImplacableMan: As per canon, Cross fears the guy due to his skills and toughness. His only strategy against him? "Put our heads between our legs and kiss our asses goodbye."
* PowerPalms: The Paw-Paw Fruit gives him the power to repel, deflect, or otherwise 'push' anything that they touch. In this story, they allowed him to push out the sedative that was applied to Moria and into both Luffy and Cross to capture them. He then transfers both their combined pain into Zoro and Nami to test their resolve in sacrificing themselves for their crewmates. Cross also informs the crew that he can push himself or others any distance he wants with them.
* SpannerInTheWorks: He was responsible for waking up Moria despite the heavy sedative, causing him to [[VillainousBSOD go ballistic]] and [[PowerBornOfMadness Awaken his Devil Fruit.]]
* XanatosGambit: Kuma's choice of training ground for Cross is different from the other Straw Hats to give Luffy an advantage no matter the outcome. Cross paints a massive bullseye on Luffy's back and Kuma isn't certain they can survive that much attention in the New World. So Kuma sent Cross to the Seventh Hell, Serpent, a training ground he wasn't sure Cross could survive filled to the brim with monsters, psychopaths, and people who have challenged the Government the way Cross has and lost. Either Cross exceeds his expectations and proves he can survive the chaos he's bred in the world, or he would die and Luffy would have far less of a burden on his road to the One Piece without the SBS to draw the world's ire.
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[[folder:Jinbe]]
!!"Knight of the Sea" Jinbe
A whale shark fishman and captain of the Sun Pirates, a crew of fishman partially composed of former slaves of the World Nobles. Stern and ruthlessly powerful, but ultimately kind and just.
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* TheDreaded: All former Sun Pirates fear his wrath. Cases in point:
** Arlong tolerated Nezumi since he could contact Jinbe at any time and his Empire would cease to exist.
** Chew and Kuroobi must remain loyal employees in Takoyaki 8 or else he will re-incarcerate them.
** The Macro Pirates [[FateWorseThanDeath prefer death over facing him]].
** The Sun Pirates are not the only ones Jinbe absolutely terrifies. Cross's reaction to Jinbe pulling his RightBehindMe moment? Sheer raw hot white terror at the notion of angering the Fishman due to the fact that even with all the levels of badass the Straw Hats have taken in advance, Cross is absolutely sure Jinbe is still powerful enough to casually beat the whole crew in a CurbStompBattle.[[note]]Not to mention the fact that Jinbe joining the Straw Hats in the future would be butterflied away if he got off on the wrong foot with the crew[[/note]]
** And later on while on Level 6 in Impel Down itself the implied threat that he could free himself from his bonds at any moment proceeds to not only silence Shiki's SmugSnake bravado real quick but every other prisoner in Level 6 shuts their mouth and heckling out of sheer fear in record time. It only lasts a few seconds, but still.
* ImpliedDeathThreat: After hearing Cross's claim that Hody Jones was responsible for Queen Otohime's death, Jinbe demands to hear Cross's evidence while he considers just how high Cross's ''bounty'' is.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: While trying to meditate in Impel Down, Jinbe demands that Shiki be quiet before he goes over and shuts him up. When he boasts that Jinbe can't do anything for being chained as well, Jinbe jerks enough to wrench part of his restraints free and repeats himself.
-->'''Jinbe:''' ''Be. Quiet.'' I'm trying to meditate.
* RightBehindMe: Was in the water beside the Sunny listening in on Cross while he was berating Chew and Kuroobi and only reacted and came aboard once Cross inadvertently reveals Hody Jones was Queen Otohime's murderer.
* TearsOfJoy: After hearing a fishman girl, after listening to the SBS, ask if "hate for hate's sake" was stupid. He agrees with her with these in his eyes.
* ThisCannotBe: Reacts this way to the "Hody Jones killed Otohime" revelation. It takes a careful explanation from Cross and his friends, along with Megalo's confession as a witness to the crime, to finally make him realize that what happened was true.
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[[folder:Gecko Moria]]
!!"Umbral Allfather" Gecko Moria
Master of Thriller Bark and the wielder of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit, a New World veteran who fled the sea after losing his crew to the Emperor Kaido. Following his defeat in Thriller Bark, he was stripped of his rank and ultimately replaced by his former subordinate, "Hellbeast Princess" Perona.
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* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In canon, Moria and Perona have a very close relationship, with Oda even stating in an SBS that Moria is essentially Perona's father. In ''This Bites!'' their relationship is far more transactional, and neither is shown to particularly care about the other. Moria's canonical loyalty to Absalom is also absent in this fic as well.
* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: In canon, Gecko Moria's losing a previous crew to Kaido is mentioned only in passing and with very few details, especially from the perspective of the Straw Hats. Here, the impact of that horrible fate is given much more emphasis on how it shaped and continues to shape Moria's psychology, and the crew get a much clearer understanding of what happened to Moria.
* AdaptationalBadass: Moria was a pretty powerful fighter in canon, even after having gotten fat and lazy, but ''this'' Moria is far worse. For starters, he Awakens his Devil Fruit, and basically makes his canon self look weak as a kitten.
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Similar to how canon!Moria was able to use ''Shadow's Asgard'' to grow into a gargantuan, bloated version of himself, Moria uses his post-Awakening Shadow-Shadow Fruit powers to transform into a giant version of himself easily the same size as Oars.
* CastingAShadow: His Shadow-Shadow Fruit allows him to shape and manipulate shadows, including creating zombie slaves by implanting human shadows into corpses, and creating a shadowy doppelganger ("Doppelman") as an indestructible, super-fast, shapeshifting minion, with whom he can also trade places in an instant. After Awakening it, he gains even more manipulatory abilities, including creating illusions, producing multiple Doppelmen, and creating ''draugr'', which are zombies that use the shadows of inanimate objects and so, whilst more DumbMuscle than "ordinary" zombies, are also far more savage and destructive.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: His beloved crew were brutally killed by Kaido, a rival pirate who outclassed Moria and his friends so vastly that they never stood a chance -- Moria only survived because Kaido decided to maim him and then let him live ForTheLulz. For years, he's festered on the memories of that terrible day, sanity slowly degrading until all he's been left with is the memory of the sheer horror of that day; he doesn't even remember who his crew ''were'' anymore, only that they all died horribly.
* EnlightenmentSuperpowers: After he wakes up, he finds out that while he was asleep, the Straw Hats snuck onto Thriller Bark, decimated his army and subordinates, and ruined all of his work from the last decade. He promptly Awakens his Devil Fruit. Cue MassOhCrap.
* EvilLaugh: ''"Kishishishi!"''
* FreudianExcuse: Invoked and Deconstructed. Whilst the Straw Hats are horrified and even [[SympathyForTheDevil kind of sympathetic]] when they learn that not only was Moria the only survivor of his crew when Kaido massacred them, but his mind has so warped by the horror of what he underwent that he can no longer even remember his crew by anything other than their last words and how they looked when he found them dead, they also call Moria out that [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse his reaction to his trauma is far beyond the excuse he uses to justify it]].
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Noted by the crew and lampshaded by Luffy during the end of their fight. It isn't just his strength that has degraded over the years -- Moria himself has completely lost sight of why he's even sailing anymore. Losing his beloved crew to Kaido and failing for years to mourn them and move on from their deaths properly have left him little more than a husk whose mind has warped the worst memory of his life into a nightmare straight out of hell, and driven towards achieving one aim (revenge on Kaido), as if it will end the emotional torture he's been enduring for so long, not unlike what happened to Baron Omatsuri. Even the Straw Hats come to pity him when they realize what's happened to him over the years. When Luffy calls him a "shadow" of his former self, what defeats the IncrediblyLamePun is the fact that it is ''painfully'' true.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: A variant, rather: Nicknamed by the Adaptation. Canon!Moria is the only Warlord whose epithet has yet to be revealed. Here, he's given the title of "Umbral Allfather", referencing Odin the Allfather; fitting into his Norse mythology theming Post-Awakening.
* NeverFoundTheBody: In the aftermath of Thriller Bark, despite being beaten within an inch of his life, there's not a trace of Moria left on the island. There has been no indication yet of whether HesJustHiding or it's a case of DeathByAdaptation.
* OneWingedAngel: As in the canon, Moria uses his Shadow-Shadow Fruit to try and manipulate himself into a more powerful form. Whereas canon!Moria took on the form of a gargantuan, green-skinned and bloated version of himself called ''Shadow's Asgard'', here Moria attempts to warp himself into the shape of a monstrous dragon named ''Nidhogg'', in imitation of Kaido's own draconic alternate form. [[TransformationHorror Emphasis on]] '''[[TransformationHorror attempts]]'''.
* PowerBornOfMadness: Two-fold:
** Firstly, it's Moria's SanitySlippage that causes him to Awaken his Devil Fruit, gaining access to its increased arsenal of abilities.
** Secondly, as Soundbite points out, Moria is actually using ''way'' more power than somebody newly Awakened to their Devil Fruit's full potential should be able to, eventually deducing that Moria has gone so crazy he's able to temporarily push himself past his limits... though that state won't last for long.
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: After his Devil Fruit Awakens, Moria's attacks are named and/or shaped after figures in Norse Mythology. His new zombies, filled with the shadows of inert objects, are ''draugr'', the Draugr!Oars is called a ''Jotun,'' and Moria himself transforms into ''[[OneWingedAngel Nidhogg]]'' towards the end of the battle.
* SoleSurvivor: Moria's traumatic backstory involves being this after Kaido massacred his crew for laughs.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Invoked in-universe; Moria's SanitySlippage was able to help him push past the strain and fatigue of using his newly Awakened Devil Fruit to a high level initially, but the body can only be pushed so far for so long. Sure enough, even Moria's craziness-induced obliviousness to pain and fatigue ultimately fails to keep him fighting.
** Additionally, the fact Moria is absolutely out of his ''mind'' with rage, despair and terror means he wastes a lot of his new power acting in a crazy manner, instead of using precisely controlled force to annihilate the Straw Hats.
* TookALevelInBadass: Moria manages to Awaken his Devil Fruit through sheer mental trauma, which results in a drastic in-universe upgrade to his powers.
* TransformationHorror: Moria tries to turn himself into a dragon with "Nidhogg," feeding his shadow other shadows and then reshaping itself, thus him, with Shadow Revolution. The emphasis is on "tried." The sounds Moria's body makes when undergoing the transformation are nauseating. When Cross gets a peek at Moria, he nearly vomits on the spot noting that the result can't be called human ''or'' dragon. Chopper himself is horrified at the amount of physical trauma the Warlord put himself through.
* TraumaButton: In-universe, awakening to find his entire "crew" of zombie slaves ''and'' his few loyal living henchmen have been all wiped out is so much like when Kaido massacred his original crew that it forcibly draws Moria's memories back to that original massacre, causing him to '''snap'''.
* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: The reason why Moria Awakens his Devil Fruit here when he didn't in canon; canon!Moria was awake and aware all throughout the Straw Hats' initial attack on Thriller Bark, so he (wrongfully) felt in-control during the whole situation. Here, Moria wakes up from an ordinary sleep to find his crew essentially annihilated, which is not only a huge shock in its own right, but also extremely reminiscent of Moria's greatest tragedy. This pushes him over the edge in a single massive rush of fear, despair and rage, and the resultant madness allows him to Awaken.
* VillainousBreakdown: At first, it looks like he's going down this route when he wakes up. [[OhCrap Then he Awakens his Devil Fruit]] and goes LaughingMad. The following fight shows that Moria has gone genuinely insane and too overcome with rage to fight properly, which is about the only thing allowing the crew any leeway in the battle.
* VillainousBSOD: He wakes up from an artificially enhanced slumber (courtesy of Kuma) to find that the zombie army he has spent years building has been decimated, and the "Ultimate Zombie" superweapon he had pinned all of his hopes and dreams on for finally avenging himself against Kaido has been completely destroyed, to the point that not even Dr. Hogback has a hope of reconstructing it. These would be traumatic enough, but Moria also instinctively likens this situation to when he lost his original crew, with the two traumas correlating enough that he ''completely and utterly'' '''loses his ''mind''!'''
* WeakButSkilled: While he's stated to be the weakest of the Seven Warlords in a direct battle, and has lost a lot of his former strength from his prime (he was once capable of fighting ''Kaido''), he's stated to have tactical skills rivaling those of Crocodile. But after his Devil Fruit Awakens, he's suddenly a '''lot''' more dangerous.
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!!"Hellbeast Princess" Perona
See "Puppy" [[Characters/ThisBitesNewWorldMasons here]].
