yonkou kaidou

Kaidou (カイドウ, Kaidou) is one of the Yonkou.

At one point in his life, he fought on equal footing with Gecko Moria and defeated him in the New World. Though it has yet to be fully explained how Kaidou defeated Moria, it is implied that he’s responsible for the destruction of Moria’s original crew

When Ace was announced to be executed by the World Government and Whitebeard was making a move to rescue him, Kaidou attempted to attack him. Shanks however intercepted Kaidou before he could reach Whitebeard.

As of now, it is unknown which of the remaining two unrevealed Yonkou is Kaidou.

Major Battle:

• vs. Gecko Moria. (Past battle, unseen)
• vs. Shanks. (Unseen)

Being an abnormally large human, he is roughly five times the size of a normal human. He is always seen with a bandana around his head and a white captain’s coat worn over his bare upper body.

The most prominent feature of his, is his large half-moon shaped mustache that has given him his nickname.

yonkou whitebeard

Whitebeard appears to have some health problems, possibly stemming from his advanced age. He is always surrounded by nurses and is hooked up to intravenous tubes. Despite this, he still drinks sake by the barrel.

Even with his health issues, he is still considered the world’s most dangerous and powerful pirate, which raises the question of how powerful he must have been in his prime during the days of Gol D. Roger (Though the databook states that he hasn’t lost any power from his prime). For unknown reasons, the scar on his chest wasn’t present in Ace’s flashback when they first met in the last three years. However, since it is heavily hinted that this scar was given by Gol D. Roger many years before Ace met Whitebeard, it is fairly safe to assume this was simply a mistake by the artist.

His reign on the sea, reputation and foreboding power has made him overconfident and he seems unable to see any cause for alarm on any decision he makes. He refuses all advice given to him (from his nurse telling him not to drink heavily to Shanks warning him of Blackbeard). He also seems to enjoy talking about the past, the first things he talks about when Shanks visits is old memories from the past 22 years. Among his philosophies in life is that it is fine when a man decides what to make of his life, as long as he doesn’t live to regret it.

He believes any nakama who kills another must be punished by another from his crew, they are to be hunted down by the commander of that former crewmember’s division. Whitebeard’s strong stand with crewmate killing is based on him regarding every crewmember who joins his crew as his son. However, Whitebeard has grown to expect much from his own crewmembers and even with the possibility that Ace’s own life may be on the line, he refuses to back off from Ace’s duty to him. This is not blind loyalty however as Whitebeard is willing to go to war with the Shichibukai to save Ace.

[edit] Enemies

Since none of the Yonkou are united together, any other Yonkou is a threat to him and his crew. When he first appears, he receives a letter from Red-Haired Shanks on behalf of Shanks’ newest crewmate Rockstar. However, before even reading the letter, Whitebeard throws it away, claiming that if Shanks wants to talk, then he should visit in person. He even asks Rockstar to tell Shanks to prepare an expensive bottle of sake when Shanks comes to visit. Most of all, he refuses to accept Shanks as anything more than the snot-nosed kid he was 22 years ago, believing he is 100 years too young to tell him what to do.

He has also made many enemies over the years besides the other Yonkou and World Government. There are many prisoners in the lower levels of Impel Down who wish to kill him, the only one known by name so far however is Crocodile.

He is the captain of the “Whitebeard Pirates”. As the only man in the world who was able to match the late Pirate King, Gol D. Roger, in a fight, Whitebeard has been given the title of the “strongest man in the world”. Whitebeard allegedly controls an enormous pirate fleet (much like Don Krieg’s) which is divided into numerous corps under the command of a Whitebeard subordinate.

Whitebeard is one of the Yonkou, four of the most formidable pirates that rule the second half of the Grand Line, along with Shanks, Kaidou, and an unnamed Yonkou. They are considered the biggest pirate threats in the world.  Another testament to this power is the fact that the Shichibukai and World Government are using virtually all their power to prepare to fight him. Also he aboard his ship the Moby Dick took out 23 Marine ships in an instant.

Whitebeard fights with a heavy spear-type weapon called a bisento.

Some time ago Whitebeard went to Fishman Island and freed it from pirate attacks and government attacks. He made this island one of his own and restored peace on the island. This stills stands today, but even Shichibukai Jinbei does not know what would happen if Whitebeard dies, or something happens to him.

It is unknown how events happened that led to the rivalry between Whitebeard’s crew and Roger’s. They competed often, leading to much bloodshed. Whitebeard came to know certain members of Roger’s crew and came to know certain familiarities amongst the crew such as seeing Shanks with a funny big nose. Somewhere along the Grand Line, Roger pulled away from Whitebeard and made it to Raftel.

Soon afterwards, Roger surrendered himself to be executed. Whitebeard became the undisputed power of the sea for being the only one able to battle on equal terms with the Pirate King. Whitebeard was always fully aware of events in the Grand Line playing out around him such as the fighting going on between Mihawk and Shanks. In time the World Government came to dub him and three other pirates as the 4 strongest pirates in the New World, the Yonkou.

More than 10 years ago, Blackbeard joined his crew. In an incident involving Shanks, Blackbeard was able to scar the Red-Haired Pirate across his left eye.

At some point in the last 3 years, Whitebeard drafted Portgas D. Ace into his crew, allowing him to become commander of his 2nd Division despite his young age. Blackbeard, a member of his division decides to kill Thatch (the 4th division commander) to gain access to a Devil Fruit he had found. After the death of Thatch, Ace was sent to kill Blackbeard by Whitebeard, even though he knew it would attract the attention of Shanks.

Sometime later, Rockstar arrives carrying a letter to Whitebeard from his captain Shanks. Unimpressed Shanks sent him a letter instead of coming to see him in person, Whitebeard tears it up in front of Rockstar telling him Shanks should see him in person and bring some rum.

Shanks finally arrived to talk with Whitebeard over Ace and Blackbeard after barging his way through a blockade set up to prevent them meeting. After talking about the years gone by, Shanks demands Whitebeard pull Ace back believing him to be not ready for Blackbeard. Whitebeard ignores the request and the talks between the two break down into a fight which leaves both captains crews uneasy and splits the clouds above them. Jozu (commander of Whitebeard’s 3rd division) mentioned that ‘some kind of deal must’ve been broken as he indicates that the heavens have split.

Whitebeard and his pirate crew are going to prevent Ace’s execution. Doflamingo states that the Shichibukai are getting ready to battle Whitebeard and his crew. While Ace’s execution is in a week’s time, the Marines are expecting something much sooner and are rallying the Shichibukai for his assault.  It has been revealed that Whitebeard’s mother ship, the Moby Dick, has started to move, and that he has taken out all 23 ships keeping an eye on him in an instant, leaving the Marines completely clueless as to exactly where and when he will attack. Recently, one of Momonga’s subordinates mentioned that Kaido had tried to attack Whitebeard but that Shanks had interfered.

Ruling beside her sisters, Hancock has power over Amazon Lily and the rest of the Kuja women. As the Empress and Captain of the tribe, she is most likely the strongest Kuja warrior. In fact, her strength is so great, it has even been acknowledged by Fleet Admiral Sengoku of the Marines.[11] Apart from her great beauty, Hancock has the ability to turn people into stone. This occurs when her hands form a heart shape, and beams are shot out of the shape. Anyone with “dirty thoughts” will be turned into stone as long as they do not have a means to block it out emotionally like with fear or pain.

She also can use the Haoushoku Haki, an ability of one in a million people can use. From the example shown by Luffy, it can be assumed that she can knock out a large number of individuals (with the exception of strong-willed people) with a massive burst of Haki. This perhaps adds as an additional reason why she is both adored and feared amongst the Kuja.

WeaponShe carries an extra large Snake Weapon with her, however she has yet to use it in battle.

Trivia:

• Boa Hancock has several comparisons to the Greek character Medusa of the 3 Gorgon sisters. Similarities include the ability to turn people into stone (although the methods are very different), the general snake theme, and most obviously, both are one of three Gorgon sisters.
• Her ability to seduce men is a reference to Sirens, which would fit her abilities, as a Siren would seduce sailors and lure them to a watery doom.
• She is one of two women who have claimed to be the “most beautiful”, the other being Alvida; she has also grown infatuated with Luffy though Hancock is perhaps the first character where her feelings are identified as love (Though Alvida’s reason was because he was the first man to defeat her, While Hancock’s reason was that she fell in love with Luffy after hearing about his view on the World Nobles and her being a slave).
• Her family name Boa comes from the Boa, a group of constricting snakes. It is possible that her second name comes from the flowering plant scientific name of a Snowberry, Symphoricarpos Chenaultii Hancock, a plant known for its showy flowers.
• While it is impossible to see the Tenryuubito who abused the Gorgon sisters when they were slaves, the only ones shown are Roswald’s family, who happen to have the same hair-style as Hancock’s owner. Of the family, the only one who matches it exactly is Roswald himself.
• Boa Hancock is the first Shichibukai to befriend a Strawhat Pirate, and the only Shichibukai Luffy encountered who he didn’t fight (Blackbeard, was not a Shichibukai at time of meeting).

are seven extremely powerful former pirates who have allied themselves with the World Government, hunting down pirates and other criminals. They hand over a fraction of their loot to the Government. In return for these actions, the World Government pardons these pirates for their crimes and removes their bounties. Other pirates consider the Shichibukai to be “government dogs”, however. The Shichibukai are granted large deals of autonomy, are not following the World Government’s orders and are rarely ever showing up for meetings. The World Government tolerates these actions, however, to maintain order over the One Piece world. As exclaimed by Doflamingo there is going to be a fight between the Shichibukai and the Whitebeard Pirates. The Shichibukai are loosely based on the privateers of Europe, government endorsed pirates considered heroes in their homeland and pillagers in others.

The Yonkou literally Four Emperors, are the 4 great pirates who rule the second half of the Grand Line (known as ‘the New World’).

They are one of the 3 great powers, the other being the Shichibukai and Marines and live quite literally as though they are Emperors, doing mostly as they please. For the World Government, these are the greatest pirate threats in the world. It is only the combined efforts of the Marines and the Shichibukai that keeps their power in check. The four emperors themselves are not united together as one group like the Shichibukai and follow their own individual paths, but the possibility that two or more of the Yonkou could form an alliance is a great worry to the World Government. For that reason, the World Government attempts unsuccessfully to prevent a meeting between Red-Haired Shanks and Whitebeard, at one point in the series, fearing the two emperors may unite together creating a stronger threat.

History

Much of the history of the Yonkou is unknown.
The first of the Yonkou to be introduced was Shanks who visited Luffy’s hometown ten years ago, though it was unknown that the Yonkou existed at this point of time. The second was Whitebeard, the only man to tie in a fight with Roger and was later announced the strongest pirate in the world upon his death. Some of the Shichibukai were rivals to the Yonkou in the past; Shanks was a rival to Mihawk and Kaidou to Gecko Moria.

Shanks and Whitebeard are both famliar to the old days of piracy, before Roger’s death 22 years ago, though it is currently unknown if the other two Yonkou are from the old days of piracy.

One of the more familiar movements of the Yonkou’s history were to aquire strong fleets, including ship and elite crewmen. All Yonkou traveled to the New World at some point in their past, where they are currently locked in stalemate, unable to progress any further into the Grand Line. This is a product of the combined efforts of both the Marines and Shichibukai, as well as the presence of each other Yonkou in the Grand Line.

Until recently, the World Government has been fine with the world powers remaining as they are, with the Yonkou stuck in a deadlock situation as this allowed the world to remain stable. With the absence of Crocodile, defeated at the hands of the Straw Hat Pirates, they were alarmed with two of the Yonkou, Shanks and Whitebeard, arranged to met each other. Later with Enies Lobby in ruins, the Marines saw another defeat in the New World when a blockade failed to prevent the two meeting.

Fearing the two crews forming an alliance, the World Government has resulted in laying in wait to see what happens. Shanks believes the days of Whitebeard as the top pirate are coming to end, warning him of the era to come. With Blackbeard now making his move to the top, the pair are last seen clashing weapons. It has recently been stated that the Shichibukai are preparing to battle the Whitebeard Pirates.