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The New World Masons

A secret alliance founded by Cross and formed by people around the world to tear the World Government down and rebuild it anew into one where the innocent are kept safe, and the adventurous can indulge their desires to explore without repercussion. It has two halves, the Zodiac of the Divine, and the Zodiac of the Damned.

Zodiac of the Divine (Formerly MI3 → MI4 → MI5 → MI6)

What's the difference between a good Marine and decent Marine? The answer: good Marines follow their orders to the letter, and sacrifice everything for the sake of Justice, while decent Marines sacrifice everything for the sake of all... even Justice, if it comes down to it.

A secret Marine organization formed after the events in Alabasta for the purpose of destroying the World Government from the ground up to restore Justice to the Navy.

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General

Tropes applying to the organization as a whole.

The Atoner: Part of their motivation for forming this organization is atonement for serving such a corrupt institution willingly. More specifically, Smoker and Tashigi formed the original MI3 out of guilt for being the indirect cause to Vivi's involuntary exile from Alabasta, which is the event that made them realize how corrupt the World Government was. T-Bone joined the group after he realized that continuing to follow Absolute Justice was spitting on the graves of his lost comrades who were killed by Akainu.
Code Name: At Scorpio's suggestion, they employ these as an added measure of security, taking them from the Western Zodiac. As of the end of the Water 7 arc, they still have five code names available: Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra and Taurus.
- After Marineford Misery, Momonga becomes Leo, Koby and Helmeppo pair up to be Gemini, and Taurus is taken by Garp, leaving only Aries and Libra unaccounted for.
Defector from Decadence: Obviously. T-Bone and Hina do it more explicitly during the Marineford Misery arc after they publicly become turncoats and begin aiding the Whitebeards, with T-Bone even preventing the containment seawalls from going up.
Everyone Has Standards: Each and every one of them joined the Masons because they could no longer stand the sheer corruption of the World Government and the Marines.
Military Coup: Their ultimate goal is to tear down the Marines and World Government as they currently stand and rebuild it into what it should have been, cleaning out the corruption by force if they have to.
The Mole: During the Impel Downfall and Marineford Misery arcs, they serve as this for Luffy and the Whitebeards, doing their best to aid them while maintaining their covers. Of those involved in the arcs, only Cross, Luffy, Whitebeard, and (presumably) his commanders are aware of their identities; Luffy himself explicitly tried to stop Squard from attacking Smoker after Smoker was 'beaten' because he knew Smoker was an ally, and only managed to escape without breaking Smoker's cover with some aid from Tashigi and Popora.
Persona Non Grata:
- Not a person, but a codename; Cross excluded Virgo from the Zodiac given that the Vergo they know is a spy for Doflamingo. Similarly, "Dragon" is not used as a codename due to that already being a person of great import.
- Practically a case of Fridge Brilliance as well, since Virgo is often believed to be the woman holding the Scales of Justice (aka Libra, which borders Virgo as a constellation and is also not currently present) in all statues of Lady Justice. The Marines that make up this group are all disgusted and/or disillusioned by the World Government's definition of 'Justice' so not having a member's codename match up to the personification of Justice makes perfect sense.
Prevent the War: After learning about the sheer damage the War of the Best would cause if it wasn't stopped, the Zodiac decided to help Luffy break into Impel Down to save Ace and remove the source of the conflict.

Cancer

Commodore "White Hunter" Smoker, a.k.a. Cancer

A powerful and dedicated Marine who follows his sense of justice, regardless of his superiors telling him otherwise. Formerly stationed in Loguetown, where he prided himself on never letting any pirates escape, he pursued the Straw Hats when they broke that record, but grew to respect them upon meeting them again. Co-founder of the Zodiac of the Divine.

Berserk Button: Perverted behavior toward his protégé Tashigi. When he catches a Marine with revealing pictures of her, he punches him in the face.
Cigar Chomper: Two at a time, to boot.
A Father to His Men: Cold and ferocious though he appears to his subordinates, it's nothing compared to what happens if someone harms said subordinates.
- After Mr. Three killed several dozen of the Marines under him, possibly civilians as well, and came close to killing Tashigi, he gave specific orders to take him in alive so that they could send him to A Fate Worse Than Death in Impel Down.
Friendly Enemy: Not to as much of an extent as Tashigi, but after Alabasta, Smoker has more respect for the Straw Hats than he has for his superiors, and even (in his way) cheers them on during the Enies Lobby Incident. He later compliments Luffy for managing to figure out a way to get Smoker out of his way without blowing Smoker's cover as a Mason during the Impel Downfall arc.
Ironic Nickname: While Cancer is part of the Western Zodiac, Hina wasn't thinking of that when she suggested the name, focusing instead more on the typical repercussions of smoking. (Ironically, if anyone's going to get cancer from smoking it's going to be Hina, as she also smokes, and Smoker's Logia powers give him immunity from the negative repercussions of smoking.)
Lawman Baton: His weapon is a jutte with Sea Prism Stone in its tip.
Mentor in Sour Armor: To Tashigi. While Smoker still has faith and loyalty to the Marines, he has long since been jaded with the World Government and the world in general. It just took Cross and what happened to Vivi for him to finally do something about it.
Papa Wolf: He looks out for Tashigi and ensure her well-being such as putting a gag order on the bounty of "Cabin Girl T.A. Shigi" and, in this case of Played for Laughs, intimidate his men from putting up mistletoes to get a kiss from her in Christmas and oogle at her during her training routine.
Slasher Smile: In canon, he has yet to show an expression kinder than neutrality, but this story contains several instances of him grinning sadistically.
- One that "wouldn't look out of place on a sea king" when Hina ends up joining him against the World Government.
- One in the Omatsuri Island chapter after Papa kills the Lily Carnation.
- One when listening to "sounds of all-out warfare" on the SBS during the Straw Hats' attack on Enies Lobby. Complete with a toast to the Straw Hat and this.
Smoker: Give 'em hell, Straw Hats...
- One when Aquarius joins the Zodiac due to the events of Enies Lobby, and he informs her that she's just signed up for insanity of the Straw Hat variety.
Super Smoke: Courtesy of the Plume-Plume Fruit, fighting him is literally fighting against smoke.
Unwitting Instigator of Doom: He heard Cross saying they were doing a favor for Alabasta's heir apparent, and passed it up to his superiors, and when the World Nobles got ahold of that info, they wasted no time labeling Vivi as a pirate. His and Tashigi's decision to start what would eventually become the New World Masons was no doubt partially motivated by this.
Weak, but Skilled: Relatively speaking, compared to the other Logia users in the series, as his powers don't share their sheer destructive potential. But he makes up for that with good tactics and cunning coupled with a mastery of his powers. For example, during the Impel Downfall arc, he's able to use the perpetual blizzard in Level 5 to take on no fewer than three New World-grade pirate captains, each with mastery over Haki, and Luffy and hand them their asses. He later admits that if Luffy hadn't managed to dissipate his form (and thus give him a reason to throw the fight), he might've crippled one of them.

Pisces

Lieutenant "Inquisitor" Tashigi, a.k.a. Pisces

Smoker's protégé, a ditzy but skilled swordswoman who, like Smoker, follows her sense of justice. Formerly of the black and white mindset that all Marines were righteous and all pirates were evil without exception, she became disillusioned after talking with Cross. Co-founder of the Zodiac of the Divine.

Adaptational Badass: While she was plenty tough in canon, her experiences here, as well as her learning about Zoro's drive and how hard he trains himself, have driven her to take her training further. In Alabasta, she was able to cut Mr. 3's wax (as hard as steel) with her only help being Cross's cryptic advice (a full day before Zoro managed the same thing), and in the Road to Sabaody arc, while Zoro was still able to beat her when she challenged him, he states that she put up a very good fight.
Break the Cutie: Happens during Enies Lobby when listening to the Broadcast of Enies Lobby. Finding that the World Government has eroded her sense of disgust and only anger remains, she leaves to kill the biggest Sea King she can find. It takes Merry telling Tashigi that she indirectly saved her life for her to begin to put herself back together.
Berserk Button: As in canon, Tashigi despises the idea of swords being "used for evil" (even if, as Funkfreed the elephant-sword points out, swords themselves only desire to be used and don't care what for). Likewise, insulting her womanhood will tick her off. The story also adds a third one that didn't show up in canon (but which makes logical sense): destroying swords infuriates her. She is so enraged to hear how cavalierly Captain Shu uses his Rust-Rust Fruit to destroy swords being wielded against him that she not only has to be sedated but after she recovers, goes out of her way to beat him up.
The Ditz:
- Skilled swordswoman and competent Marine though she is, she's rather clumsy and has a tendency to make mistakes even when trying her best.
- A recurring example is when she starts traveling with the silent Popora, who can communicate with her well enough through gestures. Now, if only she'd remember to put on her glasses so she could see them correctly...
Fire-Forged Friends: Before Alabasta, she thought of all pirates as evil without exception. After an Enemy Mine with Cross to take down Mr. 3, which she only lives through thanks to a bit of advice he gave, the two of them become about as close to friends as possible. Their dynamic changes more to Vitriolic Best Buds starting around the G-8 arc.
Got Volunteered: Cross practically shanghais her into the Straw Hats for their trip to Skelter Bite.
Honorary True Companion: Luffy at least views her as this due to her brief stint as the "Cabin Girl".
Jade-Colored Glasses: Through listening to the story of Ohara, her Plucky Girl temperament is finally worn away to give her a pair of these. Smoker takes it a bit hard because he had wanted Tashigi to not become like him.
- Merry thanking her post-rescue does perk her up a great deal, though.
Non Sequitur, *Thud*: Upon learning how many high-grade swords Captain Shu destroyed with the Rust-Rust Fruit, she was ready to go into an unholy rage but collapsed into a chair when Chopper struck her with a sedative.
Tashigi: I am going to—! *THWAK!* —hug a cuddly bunny...
Price on Their Head: This almost happens at the end of her tenure as Straw Hat Cabin Girl T. A. Shigi when she helps out with the Sabaody Revolution before getting her Marine Uniform back on. Thankfully, Smoker puts a gag order on it before it circulates.
Rank Up: Sometime between the Long Ring Long Land arc and the Water 7 arc, she gets promoted from Ensign to Lieutenant Junior Grade after investigating the corrupt practices of Inspector Commander Sheppard. In the aftermath of the Sabaody Revolution, Tsuru mentioned that she was due for a promotion within the week to Lieutenant Commander (two ranks up), but is shown to be only Lieutenant (one rank up) in Impel Down.
Red Baron: By leading the official investigations into corrupt marines between Shepard and those involved in the slave trade, Taishigi finally earns her own epithet as "Inquisitor".
Sitcom Archnemesis: Her relationship with Cross is a mix of this and Vitriolic Best Buds, even after allying. He enjoys riling her up to no end.
- Chapter 53 reveals that this is mostly Cross's fault; Merry even considers her possibly shanking Cross to be "semi-justified."
Scary Shiny Glasses: Subverted. Tashigi has been attempting this for years with no success.
Sue Donym: After Cross shanghaied her and turned into the Straw Hats' cabin-girl, she got the name T.A. Shigi.
The Paragon: Cross sets Tashigi up as this after the main swing of the Sabaody Revolution is in full sway. Broadcasting her rants that she stakes her pride on the Navy as a symbol of justice and the values it stands for, along with ensuring that every slaver they come across will be jailed immediately, Cross has essentially turned her into the hero of the Navy in the eyes of the public, to ensure that the common folk don't end up completely distrusting the Navy. As such, if any real harm comes to her, it would only cement the corruption that exists in the Government.
Unfortunate Item Swap: A verbal one in chapter 60 while trying to excuse herself from getting involved in Cross's latest scheme.
Tashigi: Come on, Popora, we’ve got to pick up the food so that we can deliver it to the pirates and get back to arresting our men!
Popora: (Fascinating Eyebrow)
Tashigi: YES I KNOW WHAT I JUST SAID JUST HURRY UP AND RUN BEFORE—!
Vitriolic Best Buds: More or less what they become, even back to where she fought alongside Cross. Both take varying levels of pleasure riling each other up, but Cross shows definite care for her well-being, and Tashigi, however reluctantly, does call him a friend.
We Want Our Jerk Back!: She wishes that Cross was more like Smoker since she and Smoker both did not like his smart-assery. However, upon seeing the cold and dead-serious stare Cross had on the Vis-Snail during the final assault on Shiki's Palace, she says that she really wants Cross to make jokes again. She's downright frightened of him.
When She Smiles:
- The thing that made her stand out most to Smoker, and his very first order to her was to never become like him. And after hearing the story of Ohara, she's unable to follow that order anymore.
- However, after Merry thanks her for saving her, it helps restore some happiness into her, something Smoker is grateful for.
Workout Fanservice: She dresses up in a female gym outfit during her training routine to get stronger and catch up with Zoro, much to the delight of her Marine subordinates watching her from the sidelines.

Capricorn

Captain "Black Cage" Hina, a.k.a. Capricorn

Captain of the Black Cage Corps, a fleet renowned for its impenetrability, and an old friend of Smoker. Formerly dedicated to the Navy, Smoker and Tashigi convinced her of its corruption through the aftermath of the Alabasta arc, and she became one of the co-founders of the Zodiac of the Divine.

Batman Gambit: With the forewarning that the Straw Hats were most likely going to invade Enies Lobby, she and Smoker beached their ships for a "routine" cleaning of the hulls. As such, when Sengoku calls them to arms, they're unavailable, and he's forced to concede that the better course of action for them is to finish cleaning the hulls rather than rush to set sail when they would only arrive after the action anyway.
Broken Pedestal: When Cross rejected her suggestion of having Vergo join MI3, saying that he was really part of Doflamingo's crew and had played a part in the coup on Dressrosa, she denied his accusations, believing that Vergo was a Marine of respect. The belief came crumbling down when T-Bone revealed that Vergo was the one responsible for his flotilla being massacred by Akainu.
Extra-ore-dinary: She ate the Cage-Cage Fruit, giving her the ability to produce iron bindings from her body. At one point, she gets angry at either the Navy or the Divine for wanting her to make iron for them to melt down for their own iron supplies.
I Need a Freaking Drink: She and the rest of the MI3 and T-Bone went diving for the sake when they first heard Soundbite and Su do the SBS.
Hina: "I knew keeping a bottle at my desk was a good idea."
Metaphorically True: When she gave the response mentioned above to Sengoku. She confides to Smoker after the call ends that it took a lot of effort not to say "How could we have known that the Straw Hats were going to try assaulting Enies Lobby?"
Not So Above It All: In Chapter 34, she's desperately trying to ignore her crew dancing and singing along to some music playing over the SBS broadcast before she catches herself joining in.
Third-Person Person: She often refers to herself this way such as "Hina's surprised," "Hina's confused," or "Hina's convinced." Even when partaking in New World Mason audio-snail conferences, she has a tendency to refer to herself as "Capricorn" in the same manner.

Scorpio

Captain "Ship Cutter" T-Bone, a.k.a. Scorpio

Former Knight and current Marine Captain, Captain T-Bone is a Marine devoted to the ideals of justice, ostensibly believing that the World Government could do no wrong. However, the latter comes from a dark point in his past, and after listening to Cross and Smoker, he throws in his lot with the Masons.

Ancestral Weapon: His sword was passed down through the 13th Royal Marine Flotilla from leader to leader.
But for Me, It Was Tuesday: Vergo doesn't even remember his name or why he might be angry at him when they finally meet at Marineford. Unsurprisingly, this just makes T-Bone even angrier.
Defector from Decadence: His Marine flotilla were this when they protested the overwhelming force and the ensuing collateral damage on the search for Nico Robin. And now that he cannot deny the Marines' corruption anymore, he has become this again when he joins the Masons. He openly becomes this after destroying the gears that lift up the seawall at Marineford to prevent the Whitebeard Pirates from getting surrounded.
Determinator: His well of stamina and resilience is nigh bottomless, and no matter how many hits he takes, no matter how beaten up he gets, he can keep coming back for more without faltering. How else would he achieve a two-day-long Victory by Endurance over Rob Lucci?
It's Personal: Intends to see Sakazuki have his day in court for his crimes, and wants to remove Vergo's head for selling out his comrades personally.
One Degree of Separation: Was put on the West Blue hunt for Nico Robin, but when his flotilla objected to the excessive force, they were sold out by Vergo and massacred by Sakazuki.
- The next leader of the Zodiac of the Divine to join after him is Jonathan, the student of Sakazuki/Akainu.
Scars Are Forever: He has a skeletal appearance in canon. The reason for it that this story gives is that most of his skin is burn tissue that has healed.
Scare 'Em Straight: Was so terrified of Vice Admiral Sakazuki after he murdered all his men that when Sakazuki confronted him to finish the job, he swore total allegiance to the Marines and the World Government and renounced the evils of his comrades. It becomes a What Have I Done moment in Chapter 30 when Cross's defiance in the face of torture makes him question his integrity, and he realizes that he had spit on and shamed the souls of his comrades with his change in morality.
Signature Laugh: "Fahahahaha!"
Sole Survivor: Is the only remaining member of the 13th Royal Marine Flotilla after Sakazuki massacred them.
Stone Wall: He cannot ignore damage, but he can take damage like almost nobody else in the story. His endurance is right up there with Luffy (who has Rubber Man powers that render him mostly immune to blunt force) and Moria (a Warlord who was able to fight Kaido in the past).
Took a Level in Badass: After he got Curb Stomped by Leo, he redoubled his training to a non-stop rate, such that after the Enies Lobby Arc, he could outlast Lucci in a battle of stamina.
Victory by Endurance: How he wins his duel with Rob Lucci despite Lucci being a stronger warrior than him.
Worthy Opponent: He proved himself as this to Rob Lucci during their duel, which is how he persuaded the former CP9 agents to become Jormungandr.
"You Used to Be Better" Speech: Part of how he's recruited into the Masons is Smoker talking about his past as part of the 13th Royal Marine Flotilla, and how he truly believed in their Moral Justice before his fear-induced change of heart when they were slaughtered by Sakazuki. His initial response is to decide he "didn't hear anything" before the above SBS where Cross is tortured by Eneru.

Sagittarius

Vice Admiral "Chessmaster" Jonathan, a.k.a. Sagittarius

An anime-only Marine who commands the G-8 Marine Base, an impenetrable fortress. A master tactician and a wise and affable leader, if somewhat mischievous, he reached his post by tricking Admiral Akainu into believing that he supported his doctrine of justice. The Straw Hat Pirates encounter and escape from him, and convince him soon after to throw his lot in with the Masons.

Adaptational Badass: Inspired by what many fans theorized once the Navy was fleshed out in greater detail after Navarone's arc, Vice Admiral Jonathan is an explicit user of Haki in the This Bites! universe.
Beware the Nice Ones: Jonathan is very patient, slow to anger, quick with a joke, and a benevolent man altogether. But that doesn't change the fact that he’s a Vice Admiral, which is synonymous with One-Man Army.
Blackmail: The fail-safe that Cross discovered long before sending Jonathan the invitation to join the Masons; if Jonathan sold the defectors out, Cross would make certain that Akainu found out that he had been tricking him, which meant certain death.
Bunny-Ears Lawyer: As in the anime canon, Vice-Admiral Jonathan is a strategic genius and also a master Haki user... who absolutely loathes vegetables, especially broccoli.
The Chessmaster: Three ways. It's his epithet; he has a distinct liking and skill for the actual game, though he rarely gets to play due to said skill; and he is a master tactician. He came close to catching the Straw Hat Pirates with his skills, despite Soundbite's abilities and Cross's awareness of how he acted in anime canon, and long before that, as stated above, he tricked Akainu into believing that he supported Absolute Justice because of the doors that his reputation would open.
Crazy-Prepared: He had a White Transponder Snail (anti-wiretap device) secretly on hand since long before he joined the Masons.
Defector from Decadence: Despite being the prized student of Admiral Akainu, he has always followed "Moral Justice," and after listening to the fiasco of Omatsuri Island, he elects to act on it more severely, resulting in the entire garrison of G-8 joining the Masons.
Does Not Like Spam: He's not a fan of vegetables, especially broccoli (at least until he tries some that Sanji made). His wife is most annoyed when she finds that he's been throwing out or giving away the meals she fixes for him because of this.
The Dreaded: To anyone who doesn't know him, and even those who do when he's angry; he may not support Akainu's doctrine, but he was an excellent student.
Explain, Explain... Oh, Crap!: Vice Admiral Jonathan has a civil, friendly even, conversation with Cross about why the latter is terrible at chess. The game has too many rules, and no matter what you do, it has to follow those rules. Cross works best when he has the option to flip the board. That and the accompanying explosion let Jonathan know that Cross just metaphorically flipped the board on their little game.
Henpecked Husband: He and Navarone's head chef Jessica have a very close and very loving relationship, but he’s nonetheless terrified when she’s angry. When the Straw Hats arrived, they managed to take advantage of that twice. Once by telling Jessica that Jonathan threw away or otherwise did not eat the food she made for him—which was true—resulting in a brutal lesson in honesty involving a Frying Pan of Doom, and once when he instinctively froze up and received a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown from Nami for stealing her gold.
O.O.C. Is Serious Business: He hates vegetables, especially broccoli, to the point he throws away his wife's cooking if it includes them. Sanji's cooked vegetables, on the other hand, are good enough to make him almost think about getting seconds.
One Degree of Separation:
- Is the student of the man that massacred T-Bone's flotilla when they objected to the excessive force being employed by the Marines during the hunt for Nico Robin in West Blue.
- He was also friends with Nami's mother, Bellmère, before she was presumed dead in the East Blue; later, when he finds out from Nami that Captain Nezumi (who has since been put up for court-martial) associated with Bellmère's killer Arlong, he immediately promises to put a word in against the other man.
Out-Gambitted: Jonathan is a master tactician, but Cross knew what to expect from him and Navarone, and Soundbite's Devil Fruit makes arranging his usual traps extremely difficult. He does manage a few tricks that temporarily get the better of the Straw Hats, but overall, he had no real shot at catching them without resorting to his Haki, which he did not want to do because it would have impeded his men's self-improvement and fostered an unhealthy reliance on his strength.
Reasonable Authority Figure: Natch.
Secret-Keeper: Serves as this in the brief period between when Cross gives the invitation and when he accepts it.
Smart People Play Chess: During the G-8 arc, Vice Admiral Jonathan and Robin play a friendly game of chess. We never find out who won. It's also established that Jonathan struggles to find anyone to play with these days since all the Marines at G-8 are aware of how good he is at it and refuse to play.
Your Approval Fills Me with Shame: Downplayed, in part due to his Chess Master tendencies, but Jonathan was unable to hide his grimace when Cross referred to him as "one of Akainu's favorite students."

Aquarius

Vice Admiral "Great Staff Officer" Tsuru, a.k.a. Aquarius

A high-ranking Marine and wise old woman, and a longtime friend of Garp and Sengoku. At 74 years of age, she’s a veteran from the days of Gol D. Roger. Very few people who are familiar with her don’t respect her in one way or another. During the events of Enies Lobby, her faith in the Navy and Sengoku faltered enough that she threw her lot in with the Masons.

Awesomeness by Analysis: Somehow found out about the Masons' existence, without them even knowing about it.
Calling the Old Man Out: Does this to her old friend Sengoku after hearing about Ohara. Especially regarding why nobody ever court-martialed Sakazuki for genocide.
Defector from Decadence: Hina believed that it would take 'a cataclysm of untold depths' for Tsuru to willingly turn against the Navy due to her friendship with Sengoku. Cross predicts that their invasion of Enies Lobby will fit the bill. He's right.
Hina: Son of a bitch, Cross can be a terrifying bastard sometimes...
Just in Time: Tsuru somehow discovered the Zodiac's existence, and had compiled a large amount of evidence about them. The night before she planned to turn in the report to Sengoku was the night that the Straw Hats invaded Enies Lobby. After shaking her faith enough, she used her powers to erase the evidence she'd gathered before calling them to join them.
Making a Splash: Her Wash-Wash Fruit gives her the power to "hang enemies out to dry," incapacitating them and cleaning them of some of their evil. It's also really good at washing reports into blank paper, and she later adapts it to literally wash away memories.
Memory-Wiping Crew: Heads the "Cleaners," a New World Masons group who do this to anyone deemed a threat. Current members include her, Miss Goldenweek (under Bartolomeo's command), Jango (under Hina's command), CP9's Kalifa (under T-Bone's command) and Popora (allied with Smoker & Tashigi).
Never Mess with Granny: She’s in her seventies and looks like it. But make no mistake, this in no way prevents her from literally "hanging you out to dry." Even Doflamingo is, if not scared, rightfully apprehensive of her.
One Degree of Separation: She trained Hina, as well as Vergo, the man that betrayed T-Bone's flotilla to Sakazuki.
Parenthetical Swearing: After learning the truth of Ohara, Tsuru responds to Sengoku's orders with "At once, Fleet Admiral," that sounds far more like "Fuck you."
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: Her first words to Sengoku after finding out about Ohara.
Reasonable Authority Figure: Very much so.
Right Behind Me: Calls the SBS to warn everyone about Shiki, only to realize through her Snail's mounting fright that he’s already with the Straw Hat Pirates.
Spanner in the Works: Nearly ended up being this to the Masons. She had discovered them and compiled a lot of information on them, and was going to turn it all over to Sengoku. But the night before she did was the same night that Cross broadcasted the invasion of Enies Lobby, changing her mind.
Tempting Fate: In Chapter 24, she does this in regards to the SBS, much to Sengoku's ire. She regrets it.
The Dreaded: She's a Vice Admiral like Jonathan and has been a Marine since before Roger's execution. Plus canon implies that she's Marineford's second-in-command.
This Is Gonna Suck:
- In Chapter 40, this is her reaction after joining the Zodiac due to the events of Enies Lobby, and Smoker informs her that she's just signed up for insanity of the Straw Hat variety.
- In Chapter 56, this is her reaction to realizing that the man she's calling the Straw Hats about (Shiki) is right next to them and just heard every word she said.
We Used to Be Friends: Feels this in regards to her friendship with Sengoku due to hearing about the destruction of Ohara and Sengoku's response to the Calling the Old Man Out mentioned above. It's cemented when Cross details how much Dirty Business CP9 was involved in, much of which was signed off by Sengoku himself.
You Are in Command Now: With Cross and the other Straw Hat members of the Masons incommunicado during the Time Skip, she takes over de facto leadership of the organization.

Leo

Vice Admiral Momonga, a.k.a. Leo

A stern and serious Marine Vice Admiral whose belief in the current Marines and World Government was slowly chipped away by their injustice. A master swordsman in his own right, he was persuaded by and eventually joined the Masons after the War of the Best.

Broken Pedestal: His belief in the World Government was shattered during Impel Downfall as having both evidence of Hancock (in the form of her sister Sandersonia) being part of the Sabaody Revolution, as well as proof of the crimes against humanity done by the World Nobles and the Marines being allies with the slavers. Yamakaji basically tells him to burn all the evidence and forget all about it. It was enough to anger the swordsman to the point that he destroys his ship's cabin in a rage. And then Akainu decides to burn loyal Marines and pirate prisoners who had surrendered right in front of him, which is the straw that breaks the camel's back.
In-Series Nickname: Garp, at least, refers to him as "Bushy-tail" (from "Momonga" being part of the Latin name for the Japanese dwarf flying squirrel, which really does have a rather bushy tail). Momonga himself doesn't comment on it.
Master Swordsman: In a World of Badass, he fits right in amongst the other sword fighters like Zoro, Tashigi, and Mihawk. In fact, he is shown both using a Sea King he killed to float towards the Marine ships at the other side of the Gates of Justice at Enies Lobby. In Impel Downfall, he kills a BioMEGA with a slash right through its weak spot without it being visible.
This Is Going to Suck: After Marineford Misery, he is "abducted" by T-Bone after his belief in the World Government has been throughly shattered and is explained about the New World Masons. As soon as T-Bone mentions how it begins with Cross, Momonga immediately says he has a migraine.
You Shall Not Pass!: He's the final obstacle before the Straw Hats can fully escape from Enies Lobby. Zoro takes care of him with an Imperial Lion's Anthem that manages to cut his ship in two, though Momonga wards off serious injury with his Haki (and wasn't using it offensively because he wasn't taking Zoro completely seriously until the last second).

Gemini

Chief Petty Officers Koby and Helmeppo, a.k.a. Gemini

Two up-and-coming Marines trained personally by Garp, the former was an unwilling cabin boy to the Alvida Pirates and the latter was the spoiled brat son of the corrupt "Axe-Hand" Morgan. After their training by Garp, they have become more competent than they were before. Personally selected by Tsuru to join the Masons.

Beyond the Impossible: Luffy actually confuses Koby with Natsu Dragneel when they meet after a long time, which naturally puts Cross (and even Soundbite) in a rage at his outrageous stupidity.
Curb-Stomp Battle: In Water 7, Garp orders them to fight Boss and the TDWS and adds the two of them don't have a chance of beating the disciples of the second-strongest Kung Fu Dugong in the world, let alone the first disciple of the first-strongest, showing they were severely outclassed if they fought.
Defiant to the End: When Tsuru gets Koby to admit he sympathizes with the turncoats, Helmeppo draws his kukris, preparing to fight Tsuru to defend Koby and their ideals, even knowing he has absolutely no chance of winning. While Tsuru was already sure Koby would be a good fit for the Masons, this convinces her that Helmeppo will be a good fit as well.
Gonk: Whereas Koby wasn't ugly just wimpy, Helmeppo was certainly this being the spoiled rotten son of a corrupt Marine. Once Garp was through with them, Koby became more Bishounen whereas Helmeppo added some Cool Shades that changed his appearance.
Only Sane Man: Just as in canon, Koby tries to stop the War of the Best from getting out of hand, only to be stopped and nearly killed for his trouble. This show of decency makes Tsuru select him and Helmeppo for a position within the Zodiac of Divine Masons.

Taurus

Vice Admiral "The Hero" Monkey D. Garp, a.k.a. Taurus

Grandfather of Monkey D. Luffy and a veteran from the days of Gol D. Roger. At 75 years old, he was the Pirate King's greatest Marine rival and backed it up with raw strength. Personally selected by Koby and Helmeppo to join the Masons.

Abusive Parents: Played for Laughs. Garp subjects his grandchildren, Ace, Luffy and Sabo, to an extreme training and corporal punishment when they fail his training or misbehave.
Adaptational Badass: This story portrays Garp as having Conqueror's Haki, a variation that canon has never mentioned him having.^note
Almighty Janitor: Played with. The rank of Vice-Admiral is no "Janitor", but the man who rivaled the Pirate King Gold Roger would be at the top of the chain. Garp, however, is perfectly content with his current rank and has refused numerous promotions to Admiral, because accepting the position would make him essentially a pawn of the World Government and the Celestial Dragons, which Garp despises.
Bait-and-Switch: Vehemently denies that Sifu Dugong, Boss's teacher and the strongest Kung Fu Dugong alive, can kill a Sea King in one punch. He then states that Sifu can kill three, at least.
Berserk Button: Do not call his son Dragon a hero. As far as he's concerned, the Revolutionary is just a jobless bum using his "hobby" of changing the world as an excuse to get out of "real" work.
Butt-Monkey: Even though he's acknowledged as one of the strongest men in the world, he receives a lot of comical abuse, usually at the hands of his best friend Sengoku (who uses him as his personal chew toy when stressed, especially when Garp is somehow connected and/or responsible for it), and is just as much a target for mockery for stupidity.
Charles Atlas Superpower: He is a perfectly ordinary human by blood, with no hint ever given that he has Devil Fruit powers, but he can punch hard enough to leave mountain-sized dents in the Gates of Justice.
- In Part Four of Marineford Misery, he fights Byrnndi World — a man who has Haki and a Devil Fruit that can use to amplify the strength, speed, and durability of himself and anything he touches by up to a hundred, and is capable of defeating Luffy in canon without using it. Garp goes up against him — and he was either drawing with World, or possibly winning.
Cool Old Guy: He doesn't like his grandson being a pirate, but he isn't exactly in a hurry to arrest him either. He even use his vacation time to make a visit to his grandson and his crew
The Dreaded: To his grandsons and even to his fellow Marines. Aokiji outright shivers in terror when thanking his lucky stars that he wasn't trained by him^note, while Akainu gulps in fear when he finds out Sengoku has tasked Garp with "convincing" him to accept his reassignment.
Disproportionate Retribution: To get back at Merry and Cross, he pulls strings so the former gets a bounty, and forges Sengoku's signature to triple Cross's proposed bounty, giving him the highest starting bounty in history.
The Fettered: When Tsuru asked him how he could accept the Marines' justice, he said that the varieties of justice that the Marines follow are all just opinion, and the only thing he follows and trusts to do what's right is his own gut.
Goofy Print Underwear: After Merry chomps down on his rear end, Cross eventually rips her off of Garp with his board shorts still in her teeth, exposing his fire hydrant-themed boxer shorts. Cross is quick to point out the running theme considering the dog-shaped figurehead on Garp's ship.
I'll Never Tell You What I'm Telling You!: Is idiotic enough to do this post-Enies Lobby, both with regards to Luffy's parentage (broadcasted on the SBS, no less!) and Vivi's Sovereign's Will, though he assumed that Cross already knew the latter with everything else he knew.
Laugh Themselves Sick: Busts an earth-shaking gut whenever the SBS comes on. Much to Sengoku's irritation.
My God, What Have I Done?: Seeing Luffy go so far as to hit him with a Red Hawk in the face to protect Ace from him, after he nearly punches Ace and Isuka with his full power in a rage, is the straw that broke the camel's back and finally causes him to quit the Marines.
No-Sell: Isn't affected by Vivi's attempt to use her Soverign Will on him, and actually chuckles at the attempt.
Not Me This Time: During Enies Lobby, Sengoku feels the ground rumbling and thinks that it's Garp laughing at his soldiers getting their asses kicked by the Straw Hats. It's not; it's a full-on rebellion inside Marineford, due to the Giant Marines not taking the revelations the SBS is presenting about Jaguar D. Saul well.
One Degree of Separation: Regularly spars with Boss's teacher, Sifu Dugong.
Papa Wolf: As much as his grandson is a pirate, do not lay a hand on him if you have any interest at all in living. Seeing Luffy in the middle of Baron Omatsuri's Rain of Arrows had him so furious that it left all of the Admirals shaking and him fully determined to rip the monster apart with his own two hands.
Parents as People: Lampshaded repeatedly. It's no secret that despite being on differing sides of the law, Garp loves his family, just like it's no secret that in spite of that, he's a flat-out terrible parent.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: With Sengoku. Garp is the red oni, being Hot-Blooded and a Rebellious Spirit within the Marine ranks. Sengoku is the blue oni, being calculated and serious
Secret-Keeper: He accurately assumes that after two months on the Thousand Sunny, Perona had developed loyalty to the Straw Hats despite her claim that she had parted ways with them, but promises to keep her secret.
So Proud of You: Says as much to Luffy after the Straw Hat defeats Lily Carnation.
Spanner in the Works: For Buggy's weakling façade. He's the one who informed Sengoku about Buggy's status as a former Roger Pirate during the Battle of Marineford. This actually backfires for the Marines, because it prompts Buggy to go all-out, attracting Mihawk's attention and allowing Luffy to escape his fight with the latter and continue his journey to the execution platform.
Take This Job and Shove It: After Luffy attacks him with Red Hawk, landing him on his ass, Garp takes one look at his grandson, who is protecting his other grandson, who in turn is being protected by the most powerful pirate crew in the world plus about a hundred or so mutineers and whatever allies Cross managed to gather (including all the survivors of the now-former Cipher Pols), and makes a very prudent decision:
Garp: Hey, Sengoku?... I quit.
This Is Gonna Suck: Garp's reaction to seeing Sengoku's golden hand crashing through his roof and grabbing him while he's listening to his grandson utterly demolish Enies Lobby over the SBS.
Sengoku: GET THE FUCK IN HERE AND PAY FOR THE SINS OF YOUR BLOOD, YOU DAMN BASTARD!
Garp: Shit.
You Didn't Ask: How he approaches the Government saying that he captured Roger (he didn't; Roger turned himself in). He's never denied the claims, but he's never made them himself.

Zodiac of the Damned

The counterpart organization to the Zodiac of the Divine, a secret alliance of pirates devoted to rebuilding the world to one where adventurers can pursue their dreams without repercussion.

General

Tropes applying to the organization as a whole.

Anti-Hero: Lest we forget, as nice as the pirates that make up this organization are, they're still pirates.
Code Name: They employ these as an added measure of security, taking them from the Eastern Zodiac as opposed to their counterpart. As of the Skelter Bite arc, they still have three codenames available: Horse, Pig, and Rat (they have offered Snake to another, but that person has yet to accept formally). Later, with her taking up the name officially and Magellan's introduction to the group as Boar in the Marineford Misery arc, only Rat and Horse remain available.
Persona Non Grata: Not a person, but a codename; Cross excluded Dragon from the Zodiac given that the Dragon they know is the head of the Revolutionary Army. Later, during the post-war gathering, it's all but stated that this also applies to Eustass "Captain" Kid, who will never be invited to join since the other Damned all hate him.

Monkey

"Roar of the Sea" Scrachman Apoo, a.k.a. Monkey — Bounty: ฿250,000,000

Captain of the On-Air Pirates, wielder of the Tone-Tone Fruit, and a member of the Long-Arm Tribe. He struck up a friendship and alliance with Cross through the SBS, and joined the Zodiac of the Damned after Foxy invited him during the events of Enies Lobby.

Adaptational Heroism: Seems to be the case as this Apoo is working to make the world a better, or, at least freer, place instead of joining up with Kaido and deceiving his fellow Supernovas before betraying them.
Awesomeness by Analysis: Can identify Soundbite's Transponder Snail Rig model just by listening to him transmit and hearing the nuances in the transmission. Then was able to use that information to track down the exact shopkeep who installed the rig in the first place.
- He was also able to figure out that Foxy was allied to the Straw Hats and coordinated attacks with the Foxy Pirates and the Kung-Fu Fleet to attack the Marines, thereby keeping them off the Straw Hats' backs.
Hostile Show Takeover: Invoked: the rest of the world believes the "Scratchmen Apoo Music Hour" to be Apoo hacking the SBS to play what he believes is better music. In reality, it's an act the trio put on for the entertainment value.
I Resemble That Remark!: He says that Vivi's statement about all Long-Arm Tribe members only putting in an effort for making money and causing trouble is harsh, stereotypical, downright racist, and completely correct.
Musical Assassin: His Tone-Tone Fruit powers enable him to turn his body parts into instruments, and create sound waves from them that can act like blades or bombs, and most likely other forms of weaponry as well.
The Rival: To Cross; at least as far as the SBS viewers are aware. His "hijacking" of the SBS to play his music was pre-discussed with Cross and Soundbite.
- Also to Luffy; his dream is to be King of the Pirates.

Rooster

"Black Bart" Bartolomeo, a.k.a. Rooster — Bounty: ฿350,000,000

A Super Rookie and the captain of the Barto Club. He set out into a life of piracy after being inspired by Luffy during the events of Loguetown. He is allied both with the Straw Hat Pirates and the New World Masons.

Always a Bigger Fish: When he finally reveals his origins in East Blue to Shiki, he admits his crew isn't strong enough to defeat all the present Golden Lions. Cue him introducing a group who can: the Straw Hats.
Barrier Warrior: He has eaten the Barrier-Barrier Fruit, a Paramecia Devil Fruit capable of creating nigh-invulnerable barriers out of thin air.
Bash Brothers: Fights alongside his hero, Luffy, as they team-up against Shiki in Strong World.
Batman Gambit: Pulls this off by deliberately attacking a Celestial Dragon, knowing that the Navy/Government will send an Admiral and five battleships after him and his crew, as much to help the Straw Hats as for fun.
Bring It: His taunt-turned-Badass Boast to the Five Elder Stars for attacking a Celestial Dragon, when said Five inform him that they're sending Akainu and five battleships.
- He has something of a policy of this in regards to his crew:
Bartolomeo: I piss them all off, they insult me, it evens out.
Defiant to the End: Bartolomeo and his crew intend to make Boa Hancock remember them for the rest of her life when they see her ship heading straight for them. Naturally subverted when the two become fast friends over mutual like for the Straw Hats.
Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?:
- After attacking a Celestial Dragon's ship and stealing its Transponder Snail, Bartolomeo calls up the highest-ranking member of the World Government it knows to taunt them. Then he learns he just taunted the Five Elder Stars. Most of his crew faint, and even he's terrified for a few moments before getting his bravado back.
- Does it again in front of Shiki the Golden Lion when, right after Shiki is finished laying out his desire to destroy the East Blue, Bartolomeo (who's from that very sea) stands up, raises his sake cup, and toasts the East Blue right in Shiki's face, before smashing his sake cup at his feet.
Early-Bird Cameo: Bartolomeo was present for Luffy's would-be execution in Loguetown in canon. In this fic, Cross takes the opportunity to temper his passion for being a pirate like Luffy, and suggest that he do it right.^note
Fanboy: Like in canon, he's this for all of the Straw Hats, though on a more personal level due to keeping in constant contact with them (or at least Cross) for so long.
Gone Horribly Right: His plan to help the Straw Hats at Enies Lobby is to attack a Celestial Dragon, and use their snail to contact the highest ranking person it knows to piss them off. He did not expect that the people he contacted would be the Five Elder Stars.
Glad I Thought of It: He keeps taking credit for being the one to punch out a Celestial Dragon, even though his first mate was the one to do it. Said first mate Gin is not pleased.
Half-Human Hybrid: It's mentioned in passing during the Strong World arc that Bart's distinctive teeth and hair color suggest he has a fishman somewhere in his recent ancestry, which is called out as one of the reasons why Shiki probably didn't realize he was from the East Blue.
Heroic RRoD: Overstraining his powers by creating too many barriers puts a major toll on his mind and body. When he used his Barrier-Barrier Bastion to create one strong enough to block a mountain, his arms broke from the strain.
Hidden Depths: While he's an obvious super huge fan of Luffy, the man shows that he's also surprisingly well read about Roger himself, which allows him to convince the other Supernovas to go to Ace's aid in the Marinesford Misery arc.
- He's deeply loyal to his crew, friends, and family, which isn't immediately obvious from how he acts most of the time. But it becomes clear during Strong World when he even yells at Luffy — a major OOC moment for him — about how he deserves to help take down Shiki, since Bart, his crew, and his friends are also from the East Blue.
The Mole: Acts as one to Shiki as he has been selected as the 51st commander of his Navy, while still maintaining his loyalty to both the Straw Hats and the Masons.
Mythology Gag: His ship is named the Cannibal, which is his canon epithet.
No-Sell: He is completely immune to Boa Hancock's powers due to his respect/admiration towards Luffy.
- He isn't the only one immune in his crew either. So is Miss Goldenweek (due to her hypnotic paints suppressing any such feelings), Apis (due to her youth), and Lindy (due to having lived in a reincarnation cycle for so long that no human could comprehend his sexual preference).
Professional Butt-Kisser: Averted. Unlike his canon counterpart, he intends to actively take part of the competition with Luffy to find the One Piece and become the Pirate King as he told Desire, though he thinks he's not as likely to win as Luffy.
Pun: He makes an incredibly lame one when he hears Eneru went to the moon:
Bartolomeo: ...He's a literal lunatic.
Shaping Your Attacks: Black Bart plowed his way through Indigo and Scarlet by shaping his barrier into a cowcatcher and running past them like a speeding locomotive.
- His Barrier-Barrier Buster attack also counts, which is a barrier BFS big and heavy enough to smash through almost anything in his way.
- During the Dead End Race, he was able to use his barriers to split apart privateer ships in a battering ram-like method.
The One Thing I Don't Hate About You: Inverted. He loves everything about the Straw Hat Pirates... except for that stupid foghorn.
Troll: For anyone but the Straw Hats, this is his most dominant personality trait. He has respect for his crew and allies but doesn't fully restrain himself with them.
Undying Loyalty: To the Straw Hat Pirates. They are the reason he became a pirate as canon, took Akainu and five Marine battleships on a wild goose chase in the Calm Belt during Enies Lobby, became a mole for both them and the Masons during Strong World and why he likewise rejected the offers from the Emperor representatives during Skelter Bite. However, he's not planning on helping Luffy claim the One Piece without trying to claim it himself, although he admits he doesn't think he'll win that particular competition.

Goat

"Fiendish" Foxy a.k.a. Goat — Bounty: ฿24,000,000

Captain of the Foxy Pirates, a crew that specializes in Davy Back Fights. After challenging and losing to the Straw Hat Pirates, they secretly recruited him as Commander of their Recruitment Division. He was the first member of the Zodiac of the Damned.

Adaptational Badass: Downplayed, but the This Bites! version of Foxy emphasizes his intelligence and charisma more overtly than the canon does... whilst still leaving him a fundamentally comic character. In particular, he's the center of a network of intelligence so formidable that even the Supernova Scratchmen Apoo is intimidated when he realizes just how far Foxy can reach.
Adaptation Name Change:
- His moniker changes to "Fiendish" Foxy at some point after Strong World. Cross guesses, and Foxy essentially confirms, that he begged the members of the Divine to change it.
- His original ship, Sexy Foxy, also got this: it's since been renamed Silver Foxy.
A Father to His Men: He may recruit his crew by force thanks to the Davy Back Fights, which guarantees their loyalty, but the entirety of the Foxy Pirates like and respect him. The Christmas Special, above all else, implies this when he and his first mates staff the party entirely on their own for his crew to have a good time.
Almighty Janitor: Despite the outward appearance of arrogance, Foxy is not only a dangerous fighter but has an intelligence network extensive enough to fill Apoo with dread. The story heavily implies that the only reason his bounty is so low is that he has been actively attempting not to make a name for himself.
Combat Pragmatist: He and his crew have mastered the Davy Back Fight, and they utilize every last loophole in the rules to skew the odds in their favor.
Combination Attack: During a meeting at Skelter Bite he works out one of these with Bartolomeo, getting Barty to encase one of Foxy's Slow-Slow Beams inside a baseball-sized barrier.
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: He was able to give Luffy one hell of a fight, and as it says in Almighty Janitor, the implication is that he's only not seen as a major threat because he's specifically avoided making a name for himself. Luffy even claims that he's one of the hardest fights he's had by the time Sabaody rolls around.
Hidden Depths: Foxy often visits the slave houses on Sabaody Archipelago, drops a large amount of money to buy slaves, and then frees anyone who decides not to join his crew. But even more so is the reason he headed for the Grand Line and started using the Davy Back Fights. Thanks to a piece of information he found on a Marine warship during a routine raid, he's aware of the massive storm that will erupt for the throne of the Pirate King, and he wants all the power necessary to weather it. Cross reasoning this by reading their logbook is the only reason that they recruited him in the first place.
Knowledge Broker: Similar to the above, he has an extensive network of informants and crewmembers that keep their ears to the ground during shore leave, allowing him to collect a lot of information. It's how he gained information on Task Force Cerberus to share with Apoo.^note
Loophole Abuse: His main method of recruitment: he knows the rule book of Davy Back by heart, and uses that knowlege to cheat in a way that cannot be challenged by his opponents.
Minor Insult Meltdown: His ego is as delicate as a soap bubble; very easy to burst, and very easy to inflate.
Obfuscating Stupidity: After their first meeting, Scratchmen Apoo flat-out asks if Foxy has been deliberately playing down his true capabilities in order to be underestimated. Foxy simply gives him a wicked grin in response.
Theme Naming: He names all of his ships after himself, with a pattern of [descriptor] Foxy, which seems to have been tweaked at some point into [metal] Foxy.
- His original ship was the Sexy Foxy (later renamed Silver Foxy).
- The Road to Sabaody arc introduces the Brass Foxy.
- The same arc mentions that he'll be going to Water 7 soon to add a third ship, the Lead Foxy, to the mix.
Time Stands Still: His Slow-Slow Fruit powers enable him to emit and control photons that slow all moving objects they impact down to a crawl. But once the light fades, the effect only lingers for 30 seconds.
Unwitting Instigator of Doom:
- It was Foxy's Davy Back fight, broadcast over SBS, that got Hatchan to hire Kuroobi and Chew, which would alter how the Sabaody Arc went, revealed Hody Jones' involvement in the death of the Queen to Jinbe, and caused one of Cross's few times of actually going berserk.
- The Davy Back fight was one of the impetus for Luffy trying to become Dumbass No More, since physically Luffy could have beaten Foxy in a straight-up fight, but because Foxy was smart, Luffy eventually considered this one of his toughest pre-Sabaody fights.
Weak, but Skilled: He's only a pushover in regards to physical strength and endurance when compared to other big-shots on the Grand Line, and he compensates for that with his wits, traps, and well-honed mastery of the Slow-Slow Fruit.
- Cross even uses Foxy as an example to Kid as to what the secret to getting an advantage over Luffy is — use of more esoteric powers and abilities that Luffy can't just brute-force his way through.
What the Hell Are You?: Is left screaming this at Luffy after the latter manages to get up from strikes from the Gorilla Puncher #13, two Megaton Nine-Tailed Rushes, and all of the damage that he got hit with before that during their duel.

Dorry "The Blue Ogre" and Broggy "The Red Ogre" both a.k.a. Ox — Bounty: ฿100,000,000 each (฿300,000,000 each due to inflation)

Co-Captains of the Giant Warrior Pirates, two giants that were locked into an endless duel of honor over a fishing catch until Cross finally pronounced the match a tie, at which point they revived their crew after a 100-year hiatus. During Enies Lobby, they declared themselves allies of the Straw Hat Pirates.

Cool Sword: Dorry's weapon, though he sacrificed it to help the Straw Hats escape.
Duel to the Death: Dorry and Broggy are locked in one, and for the sake of honor, their constant streak of draws isn't ending anytime soon. Up until chapter 43, when Hajrudin and Usopp, with some guidance by Cross, managing to convince them that it's a draw. Called back to when they get to Water 7, when Iceburg dryly informs them that they shouldn't get into another death-duel over whether ale or beer is superior.
Proud Warrior Race Guy: They spent a century on an uninhabited island in the middle of the Grand Line trying to kill each other each day in a fight to the death to prove which of them had caught the biggest Sea King when they were fishing. They kept fighting this same duel so long that they forgot why they were fighting it in the first place, and still wouldn't give up on it. Even when one of them is injured by an explosive concealed in his drink just before the daily duel, he refuses to call a time out and instead tries to fight as normal, despite knowing that this puts him at a disadvantage and will probably get him killed.
Tears of Joy: When their duel ends in a permanent draw, and they both realize that they don't have to kill their best friend.
Silly Reason for War: When they reveal that their century-long duel was the result of an argument over who caught the biggest Sea King, nobody listening is impressed. Their crewmembers Oimo and Kashi are indignant that they ended up stuck in servitude to the Marines for 50 years over something so petty, Usopp breaks down in tears over his heroic image of the two being so shattered, and even Hajrudin, a hero-worshipping young giant who called into the SBS to talk to them, admits that the epicness of their duel is kind of undercut by its root cause being so lame.

Rabbit

"Mist Maiden" Lola a.k.a. Rabbit — Bounty: ฿200,000,000

Captain of the Skull Mist Pirates (formerly Rolling Pirates), she is a woman trying to find love. She has proposed over 4400 times and has met rejection each time. The Straw Hats met and allied with her and her crew after Moria captured their shadows. Born to privilege as one of "Big Mom" Charlotte Linlin's many daughters, she laid low in Paradise for years to escape her family's wrath for fleeing her arranged marriage. After Thriller Bark, she appropriated the area and transformed it into a pirate paradise named "Skelter Bite" and is appointed the Governor-Captain of the ship-island.

Adaptational Badass: She knows Armament Haki and goes from a one-shot arc ally to a full-fledged New World Mason and Governor-Captain of Thriller Bark (rechristened Skelter Bite).
Arranged Marriage: Escaped from one arranged by her mother, Charlotte Linlin, and has been marked for death due to rejecting it to find true love.
Calling the Old Woman Out: She basically does so by revealing she is alive to her family on the SBS but also tells them she is now in the Florian Triangle and dares them to come to her.
Defector from Decadence: She is the 23rd daughter of "Big Mom" Charlotte Linlin, and unlike the majority of her siblings, she is a kind and honorable person.
Easily Forgiven: Subverted. She doesn't like the fact Perona is part of the Masons due to her years of being trapped as a shadowless in Thriller Bark. However, she takes up her frustrations with Nami since she was the one who vouched for her.
Gonk: She is... pretty plain-looking, to be blunt, which is the major reason why her constant marriage proposals fail to find any takers.
Mafia Princess: Lola is the daughter of an Emperor, after all.
Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond: Actually serves to her detriment. She was born and raised in the New World, where Haki of all three varieties are common knowledge, including Armament Haki. In Paradise, though, such abilities are rare, and if it became known that she had them, it would allow her family to track her down.
Not-So-Safe Harbor/ Outlaw Town: After living for so long in the Florian Triangle (and as a final insult to Moria), she proposes co-opting Thriller Bark and turning it into a pirate haven, much to the approval of the Damned. The reborn ship-city of "Skelter Bite" becomes a neutral territory for the Supernovas, allowing Cross the opportunity to get them all to Sabaody and setting them up for his plan to tackle the slave trade.
Punch a Wall: Her reaction upon learning her sister Macaron was personally executed by one of her mother's personal homies instead of one of her siblings, shattering her belief that her mother would never hurt her. Her fist goes through the wall.
Reasonable Authority Figure: As the new Governor-Captain of Skelter Bite, she is tough but fair in her governing of the ship-island.
Red Baron: Had her canon epithet of "Marriage Proposal" changed to "Mist Maiden," due to being the Governor-Captain of the island-ship Skelter Bite located within the Florian Triangle. Likewise, her crew had their name changed from "Rolling" to "Skull Mist."
Running Gag: She proposes to any man she meets and the crew announces each time the rejection count goes up. Here, she proposed not only to the male Straw Hats, per canon, but also was rejected by Foxy, Apoo, and Bartolomeo when joining a meeting of the New World Masons.
She Cleans Up Nicely: After revealing to her world her lineage and becoming Skelter Bite's leader, her outfit changes to a proper pirate ensemble reflecting both her power and new-found authority. Hawaiian shirt notwithstanding, that is.
Shout-Out: Soundbite's proposal of her codename comes from another rabbit named Lola.

Puppy (Dog)

"Hellbeast Princess" Perona a.k.a. Puppy

A Gothic lolita, formerly one of Gecko Moria's Mysterious Four. She stowed away on the Thousand Sunny after Moria's defeat to get passage to another island. At the end of the Strong World saga, she settled in Merveille as its new ruler and coerced Sengoku into making her a Warlord, and later, was approached by Nami to become a Mason.

Abusive Parents: Perona reveals to Nami after stowing away aboard the Thousand Sunny that her parents treated her with horrible cruelty, locking her away in the basement and refusing to let her out until she "started acting normally". They were so bad to her that when Moria raided her family's mansion, she decided to go with the freaky-looking giant pirate rather than stay with them.
Adaptational Angst Upgrade: The idea that Persona had a Dark and Troubled Past involving Abusive Parents was invented for this fic; in canon, all that's known of Perona's past is that Moria adopted her when she was young.
Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: With Gecko Moria. In canon, what little we know of their relationship is that Moria raised Perona from a young age, and Oda stated in an SBS that Perona canonically views Moria as her father, something reinforced by her sorrow at hearing of Moria's apparent death at Marineford and her willingness to finally leave Mihawk's island after learning he's alive but in trouble post-timeskip, which suggests she was Happily Adopted. In This Bites, Perona and Moria's relationship is purely transactional; Moria only took her in because he viewed her powers as useful, and Perona only went with him because that still made him better than her parents.
An Offer You Can't Refuse: Gives one to Sengoku and Garp over giving her Moria's vacant Warlord seat by not only making sure to keep the Strong World mutants in line and bending them to her command, but also giving them the remaining members of the 50 subordinate crews of Shiki's former armada to them. She also points out that, whatever else you can say about her, she's better behaved than Moria and Crocodile, who made a huge mess of things for the World Government.
Astral Projection: Can leave her body at will. This ability allows her to give some very useful advice to Brook, whose Revive-Revive Fruit grants him the same power.
Because You Were Nice to Me: The reason she followed Moria was that he was the first person in her life to take in interest in her personally, even if it was just in regards to her powers. It is later played straight with Nami, who decided to stay with her after being capture by Shiki the first time and pulling a Fake Defector to save her a second time.
Black Sheep: According to her, her family was wealthy, and she was the youngest of their many children. However, because of her Nightmare Fetishist-mindset, she was shunned and bullied by them, causing her to further delve into her mindset to escape them until Moria showed up.
Dark and Troubled Past: She was abused by her family for her Nightmare Fetishist ways, up to being locked in a basement and isolated from all human contact until she agreed to "be normal", and kidnapped by Gecko Moria.
Defrosting Ice Queen: She started her stay on Sunny being very aloof to the entire crew, but Nami managed to get her to open up.
Girls Love Stuffed Animals: Her room back at Thriller Bark was full of them (which was used to the Straw Hats' advantage to disable her) and then there's her Tragic Keepsake Bearsy.
Emotion Bomb:
- Negative Hollows cause despair in their victims.
- In Merveille, she shows off a different version, Positive Hollows, which cause joy instead.
Fake Defector: Inverted. She honestly intended to defect to Shiki when he defeated the Straw Hats and captured Nami for the second time, and succeeded. But guilt drove her crazy, and she turned against Shiki when it mattered most, showing where her true loyalties lie.
Fluffy Tamer: Thanks to using her Hollows to manipulate the emotions of the Merveille Beasts, she practically has all of them under her thumb. It's what gains her her new epithet of "Hellbeast Queen (Princess)."
Hidden Depths: As a former member of a crew specializing in tricks, she's a lot smarter than her bratty exterior would make her seem, such as tanning herself on the Sunny knowing the Marines are looking for a Goth. After showing off her Positive Hollows, however, Cross deduces she can further manipulate her abilities through "hollowing" things.
I Choose to Stay: Decides to stay in the remains of Shiki's palace alongside her many new animal friends after his defeat.
Insistent Terminology:
- Bearsy is cute. Not creepy or even Creepy Cute, just cute. Nami realizes that this insistence is because if Perona admits that the doll isn't cute, then she isn't cute, just a freak like other people called her.
- Perona's new kingdom and status have caused her to gain the epithet "Hellbeast Queen." Naturally, Perona insists that she's a princess.
- As covered in the title, officially, Perona should be the Dog of the Zodiac of the Damned... but she insists on being called "Puppy" instead.
Irony: Despite being a Nightmare Fetishist and living much of her life in the hellish horror zone of Thriller Bark, she finds Nico Robin to be too creepy for her.
Massive Numbered Siblings: She's the youngest of ten children, with five elder brothers and four elder sisters.
Nightmare Fetishist: She finds zombie stuffed animals adorable, which got her bullied by her family.
Power Incontinence: Unless you are very in tune with your mind, Astral Projection can cause your spirit (and mind) to slowly drift apart, causing forgetfulness, and eventually death.
Red Baron: Calls herself the "Ghost Princess," which irritates Vivi (an actual princess).
Redemption Demotion: One of the key reasons she chose not to stay with the Straw Hats. After Little East Blue, she tried to use a Negative Hollow on Cross but discovered she couldn't call on the "will to terrorize" needed to use her Hollows. This terrified her and cemented that she couldn't become a Straw Hat.
Rule of Cute: The reason behind her Code Name in the New World Masons being "Puppy" instead of "Dog."
Supernatural Fear Inducer: Her "Horror Hollow," which she uses against Absalom during the Christmas special.
Superpower Lottery: With her fruit, she can take down almost anybody with one Negative Hollow: not to mention its other powers. Cross openly calls it one of the most dangerous abilities he's seen before the Straw Hats attack Thriller Bark.
Tragic Keepsake: Her stuffed bear, Kumacy/Bearsy. (Both names have been used. Kumacy during the Christmas special, Bearsy in Chapter 53.)
Unwitting Instigator of Doom: During Strong World, while she let Xiao play with one of her Hollows, one of Shiki's Visual Snails caught sight of it and let Shiki know that the crew was in the village.
What Is This Feeling?: In contrast for looking out for numero uno her whole life, her initial betrayal of Nami to Shiki to save her own skin caused a whole lot of personal anguish, and when she couldn't take it anymore, she proceeded to help Nami escape, and then completely Freak Out over feeling care for someone besides herself. Nami helps her understand with three words:
Nami: Because... we're friends.
When She Smiles: She is shockingly surprised over Xiao calling her cute and stops short of using a Negative Hollow, opting to use a Positive one on her to make her happier.

Tiger

"Surgeon of Death" Trafalgar D. Water Law a.k.a. Tiger — Bounty: ฿375,000,000

Hailing from North Blue, Law is a pirate known for his medical skills and cruelty. He is the current user of the Op-Op Fruit and, in a convoluted, roundabout way, Sengoku's adoptive grandson.

Actually Pretty Funny: While he considers the Straw Hats' actions in Enies Lobby to be immature, he also admits that his actions in helping Jewelry Bonny in distracting the Marines to be the most fun he's had in years.
And I Must Scream: As Robin once puts it, Law's victims can be "chopped into a thousand pieces while staying perfectly alive and unharmed."
Awesomeness by Analysis: He could determine that Luffy's wounds during the fight against Lily Carnation were non-fatal through sound alone.
Berserk Button: Anything involving either the destruction of Flevance or Donquixote Doflamingo will rile him up. Even if he doesn't show it physically.
Diagonal Cut: Uses his sword Kikoku to literally dissect the tower he, Cross, & the Partners were in upon learning the truth behind Flevance.
Enemy Mine: He raids a Marine Base alongside Jewelry Bonney. He joins her in a game of Jenga, using paralyzed Marines in place of blocks.
Genocide Backfire: The World Government knew there was a D. bloodline hiding in Flevance but didn't know who it was. So as soon as they had an excuse, they did everything they could to wipe out the entire country. Not only did one of the D.s that they were trying to kill survive, but the incident also left him bearing quite the chip on his shoulder and a massive grudge against the World Government that he only let go of because of the rogue actions of one of their Marines. After learning this detail, however, that grudge returns tenfold.
Immortality Inducer: The ultimate technique of his Op-Op Fruit is to grant someone immortality, at the cost of his own life. He states at one point that the only person he would have ever considered using it on is Corazon, his long-deceased adoptive father.
Misplaced Retribution: When he thinks Funkfreed's lying about why Flevance was destroyed, he attacks Cross.
Not So Above It All: Becomes literally starry-eyed when seeing the Gaon Cannon in action for the first time.
One Degree of Separation: His relation to Sengoku. While Law is aware that Corazon reported to him, he has no idea that his idol and adoptive father was Sengoku's son in all but blood until Cross later fills him in.
Psychic Strangle: He can pull this off a la Darth Vader using Tact.
Sole Survivor: Of the Flevance Massacre. It would be an understatement to say he's not very happy when Funkfreed tells him the reason.
Tragic Keepsake: His hat is apparently a style which was found only in the White City. When asked how he got it, he says his parents gave it to him and it's a reminder of his hometown.
Tranquil Fury: When he learns the Awful Truth of Flevance's destruction, he goes very quiet before attacking, thinking it a lie. At no point does he raise his voice, rant, or rave; it's simply made clear that had he not been talked down, he would have killed Cross for the perceived deception. Later on, during his induction in the Masons, he tells T-Bone that if the latter gets his hands on Vergo before Law does, he can do what he wants, but Law specifically tells everyone that Doflamingo is his and his only.^note
Verbal Tic: He addresses almost everyone as [X]-ya; [X] can be the individual's name, epithet, species, or nickname.

Boar (Pig)

Magellan a.k.a. Boar

The Warden of Impel Down and the most powerful combatant in it (who isn't locked up). Was demoted to Vice-Warden after being defeated by Blackbeard, but acts as Impel Down's representative to the Masons without argument.

Actually Pretty Funny: When Tashigi mentions they can probably get him a steady supply of Kuja Island snake wine and Alabastan desert strawberries if he joins the New World Masons, Magellan bursts out laughing, noting that she's the first person to ever try and bribe him since he came to work for Impel Down.
Affably Evil: Magellan meets Luffy coming up with a dining table and a last meal, and allows Luffy to sit and eat while they talk before fighting. After his ultimate attack misfires due to a rubber band and a sucker punch, he lets Luffy and co. leave without further incident.
Anti-Villain: As far as Luffy is concerned, Magellan's a good guy who just happens to work on the other side.
Berserk Button: Magellan explodes with anger when he's told to break the law and ship Ace to his execution before the appointed date.
By-the-Book Cop: The man's devotion to upholding the law is absolute, and not even a direct order from the Five Elder Stars will get him to break it. In his own words:
Magellan: Every law we have followed to the letter, and every law we enforce. None may break them and none may bend them. Not even ourselves. Especially not ourselves. And on this matter, you may be certain: there is no question or compromise.
Can't Kill You, Still Need You: His temper is worn so thin in recent times that he admits the only reason he keeps Hannyabal around is because he has his uses.
Dangerous Forbidden Technique: His Poison Goetia, which involves manifesting animal shapes made of distilled venoms from his meals and then eating them in order to mix together every single possible poison in his system into a new ultimate attack, the Typhon Genesis. His mental narration as he chows down makes it very clear that this move is pushing his body's resistance to poison to its limit, and could kill him.
But as simple as such a concept sounded, it was far easier conceived than accomplished. Each of Magellan's poisons was more than a deadly liquid, it was a curse given physical form, hazardous to be in the mere presence of. Mixing even two of the poisons promised disaster, and the dangers only escalated exponentially from there. The foremost issue was that in order to recombine the poisons, a vessel was inevitably required for the unholy fusion to take place in. And yet, the combined poisons were too corrosive, too destructive for any such vessel to take place in. Any vessel, save one.
To use his own stomach as a crucible for the mother of all poisons was a daring feat, but also a double-edged one. Even with his powers, Magellan could only just withstand the blowback of his meals on a good day. To experience them all at once wasn't just risky. This technique presented a very real, very present danger to Magellan. In fact, one bad combination and it could outright kill him.
Death Glare: He starts the "Impel Downfall" arc in a bad mood, thanks to the World Government using Impel Down as a testing ground for the BioMEGA project.
Even Evil Has Standards: Magellan runs potentially the most despicable prison in all of fiction, but the man has standards. The BioMEGA project gets a lot of his ire due to how mindless and indiscriminate they are about inflicting cruelty. He also point-blank refuses to advance Ace's execution ahead of schedule and threatens to kill any Marine who tries to withdraw him before then. And on a more humorous note, even he frowns on the usage of puns to torture prisoners.
- It's implied that this may be why the World Nobles have their own personal prison, the Seventh Hell, on the Never Day Island of Nox Vestibule in the North Blue: they didn't want Magellan's morals and by extention Impel down itself, interfering with their fun.
Exact Words: Well, the World Government did insist that Luffy arrive at Marineford alive...
Eye Scream: Twice by Luffy in both their battles to stun him and set up a counterattack.
- In their fight in Level 4, Luffy uses his gift from Franky, a heavy-duty laser pointer, and blasts it into his eyes to stun him and go on the offensive.
- During their final battle just as Magellan is about to unleash his Typhon Genesis final attack after setting it up with his Poison Goetia technique, Luffy uses Usopp's Rubber Band of Doom — sorry, Elastic Wonder of Doom — and flicks it into Magellan's eye to stun him once again and land a solid punch into his stomach, causing the Warden to literally puke the attack out involuntarily, saving him and the rest of the prison break party.
The Fettered: When Luffy surrenders, it is abundantly clear that Magellan would like nothing more than to ignore it and beat seven kinds of crap out of him. But that would be against the rules he has sworn to uphold, and Magellan will never break the rules.
Gasshole: Thanks to eating breakfast burritos on Tuesday. The rest of the Impel Down staff (mostly) remember to wear gas masks since his farts are affected by his Venom-Venom Fruit.
Genre Savvy: After Luffy surrenders, and agrees to Magellan's assessment that he's playing him, the Warden gives Hannyabal strict orders as they take Luffy to Level 5:
Magellan (to Hannyabal): I am letting him out of my sight only because you can still keep him in yours. Do not take your eyes off of him until he breathes his last, and then take the corpse directly to the incinerator. I don't anticipate any miracles, but Level 6 is currently housing two individuals who made assumptions about what this man can or cannot survive. We cannot afford to, and thus will not take any chances. He goes in a cell. He dies. He is disposed of. No surprises. No mistakes.
Implacable Man: Nobody in the entire Impel Down arc was able to do much more than inconvenience him, and the response in canon for everyone fighting him was typically Run or Die. Heck, Cross offhandedly mentions that he's not sure they'd be on Magellan's level even after the Time Skip.
Know When to Fold 'Em: After his second fight with Luffy, Magellan ultimately decides to let Luffy and his band leave under the logic that since Luffy is going straight to Marineford, he's basically walking to his death, and trying to take the fight to a logical conclusion would only leave him too exhausted to clean up the rest of Impel Down, or to deal with Blackbeard... to say nothing off the grim possibility that he might actually lose.
Loophole Abuse: Magellan is not happy with the BioMEGA presence in his prison. So, when the one stationed on Level 4 appears during his first fight with Luffy...
Luffy: Oh, look, I'm standing in front of your big bad weapon. You can't attack me or you might kill it too.
(Beat)
Magellan: Hydra.
BioMEGA: SHKREEEEEE!
Magellan: Oh, no. I missed. Now I have to report that because of you, Straw Hat, we lost two of the Government's prototypes. Maybe even three, if the one above us interferes in the clean-up of the mess you caused and has to be put down. How very... tragic.
- One key argument for why he will be a valuable member of the Masons despite remaining stationed in Impel Down:
Foxy: Fehfehfehfehfehfeh…Boar, allow me to venture a guess: you know the World Government's lawbook cover to cover and by heart, right?
Magellan: Naturally.
Foxy: And can anyone else tell me precisely what you can do if you know all of the rules?
Apoo: (grinning wider) Find every possible way to cheat.
No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Dine: Before he fights Luffy, Magellan insists on sharing a meal with the pirate.
Noble Demon: He runs a prison explicitly modeled after hell and will do horrific things to the prisoners without an instant's hesitation, but he does these things for the sake of protecting the world from the criminals held within Impel Down and will never compromise his principles for any reason.
Poisonous Person: He's the wielder of the Venom-Venom Fruit, which allows him to secrete an infinite supply of venom in liquid, gaseous and mucus forms, and he uses it to terrifying effect.
Reasonable Authority Figure: Surprisingly so given Impel Down's well deserved reputation.
Rousing Speech: After he realizes Luffy will be attempting to break out with backup, Magellan gives a very effective speech to the staff of Impel Down, one he later admits he stole from the SBS.
Signature Laugh: "Dokukukuku!"
Technicolor Toxin: Magellan's poisons are noted as coming in a variety of vibrant colors based on which specific poison he's projecting, though they tend to default to a noxious purple hue. Exaggerated when he vomits up a misaimed Typhon Genesis attack, which is supposed to be based on all his poisons at once: it looks as if he's puking up rainbows, much to the shock of the onlookers, who comment on how weird that is.
This Is Gonna Suck: This is his rather understandable reaction when he gets ready to go after the invading Blackbeard Pirates and Luffy warns him that Blackbeard is also a D.
Magellan: ...Damn today to Tartarus...
Threat Backfire: After being warned to remember which flag he serves, Magellan thinks that he knows full well which flag that is, and it's not the World Government's. It goes so far that, after the War of the Best, he agrees that the World Government needs to go, and so he signs up with the New World Masons.
Token Good Teammate: After a fashion. Magellan is the only member of the Damned who isn't a pirate, but is a member of the legal and judicial system.
Villain Respect: He notably shows some respect towards Luffy for refusing to surrender (initially) or sell out his comrades.
Vomit Indiscretion Shot: He upchucks the entire Typhon Genesis attack after Luffy lands a solid punch to his stomach. It is caustic enough that it melts through the floors all the way down to Level 6.

Snake

"Pirate Empress" Boa Hancock a.k.a. Snake — Bounty: ฿80,000,000

Empress of Amazon Lily and captain of the Kuja Pirates, she has a troubled past after she and her sisters were kidnapped and later sold off as slaves to the World Nobles, ultimately being freed during Fisher Tiger's attack. Wielding the power of the Love-Love Fruit, she was originally part of the Warlords as it protected Amazon Lily from attack by pirates and Marines alike. After being stripped of her Warlord status during the Marineford Misery arc, she finally joins the Masons, as Cross would predict she would.

Dark and Troubled Past: She and her sisters were slaves to the World Nobles for four years when they were children, escaping only thanks to Fisher Tiger; the trauma has never left them and they developed a seething hatred for the World Nobles. In fact, her decision to join the Warlords is based on this: to prevent any Kuja from ever being kidnapped or becoming a slave.
Faint in Shock: When Luffy arrives on the isle of Amazon Lily at the end of the Sabaody Revolution arc, instead of the relatively warm reception he was expecting due to the bonds Cross had forged with Hancock by way of the SBS and Sandersonia, he's greeted by angry Kuja warriors who accuse him of having attempted to assassinate Hancock. Turns out she, Marigold and Nyon had all actually fainted from the shock of seeing him punch out a World Noble (and then a disguised Stussy fanned the flames by suggesting this was part of a plot to assassinate her, as cover for her own government-ordered assassination attempt).
Fangirl: For the Straw Hats, thanks to Cross's SBS broadcasts on slavery.
Heel Realization: After hearing Cross's comments on how pointless it is to spread hate for the sake of hate itself over the SBS, she realizes to her horror that she and her sisters have taken on more than a few of the aspects of the World Nobles.
In Spite of a Nail: She still falls for Luffy; in fact, it's implied she developed her crush earlier thanks to the SBS. It's possible that she may have had some attraction to Cross as well, but it was cemented in Luffy’s favor when she passed out to him socking a World Noble in the face and woke up to him saving her from an assassin.
O.O.C. Is Serious Business: The World Government has taken notice of Hancock's sudden change in behavior ever since the SBS began, such as letting Bartolomeo escape, and capturing Shiki when before she always gave the World Government the cold shoulder. Suspecting she might secretly be supportive of the Straw Hats, especially after they ransacked the slave trade at Sabaody, they send CP0 agent Stussy to try and assassinate her to avoid the worst-case scenario of a Warlord teaming up with the Straw Hat Pirates.
Scars Are Forever: A grisly reminder of being a former World Noble slave is the "Hoof of the Soaring Dragon" she and her sisters have on their backs. She is paranoid of anyone ever learning of it, keeping her back perpetually covered at all times and preventing anyone from seeing them when bathing. Ultimately subverted, though: Not long after the sisters leave for Marineford — which comes shortly after they tell the rest of the Kuja Pirates the truth — Marguerite surreptitiously arranges the creation of branding irons with their Jolly Roger to permanently smother the scars.
Secret-Keeper: She has known that Cross is from another world since the meeting where the Masons formally formed, as Marigold attended that meeting.
Signature Laugh: "Snahahaha!"
Took a Level in Kindness: Cross's speech about hate for hate's sake being pointless is what causes her to spare Marguerite after she correctly reasons that their powers come from Devil Fruits.
Taken for Granite: Hancock's Love-Love Fruit amplifies her natural beauty and enables her to petrify anyone who feels lustful feelings toward her regardless of gender, age, or species.
The Paranoiac: She doesn't want anyone, aside from her sisters and Elder Nyon, to know about her past as a slave and her slave brand. Anyone who learns about it are immediately taken care of by Sandersonia and Marigold. It took Cross's SBS broadcasts on kindness to finally realize they were acting just like their former slavers, and she slowly started opening up to those around her. But it took her assassination attempt in the Amazon Treachery arc to make her finally come clean about her past to the Kuja Pirates.
Trauma Button: Downplayed, but Mariejois is this for her. She's just able to hide it very well.
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: The World Government, knowing her past history as a slave, make plans to assassinate her before she could attempt to team up with the Straw Hats. After Luffy's intervention saves her, she's summoned to the battle against Whitebeard, with Elder Nyon heavily suspecting they're using it as a cover to try again during the chaos of the war. Her fears prove to be correct; during Ace and Luffy's retreat, CP0 agents go after Hancock directly after formally stripping her of her title as a Warlord. After Dragon saves her and she escapes, she joins the Masons.

Affiliate Groups

Marine Base G-8

The Marine base fortress on the cavernous island of Navarone, where the Straw Hats accidentally landed upon their return from Skypiea. After beating its commander, Vice Admiral Jonathan, in a battle of wits and establishing him as one of the "decent Marines", they became part of the fledgling Zodiac of the Divine. Following Enies Lobby, G-8 became the new training grounds for the Navy, allowing the Divine to spread their influence across the world.

Adapted Out: Inverted; Marine Base G-8 was one of the first major bits of anime filler content to be incorporated into the story. On a similar note...
Ascended Extra: In canon, they were filler characters. Here, they're recurring cast.

Jessica

Vice Admiral Jonathan's wife and Navarone's head chef.

Happily Married: To Jonathan.
I Need a Freaking Drink: Her reaction when she sees Zoro sitting in the base's walk-in freezer, calmly having a drink. Despite him not being there a few minutes ago. And the only way in was past her and Sanji, who very much did not see him going there.
Team Chef: The head chef of G-8.

Lieutenant Commander Drake

Navarone's second-in-command, notably sterner and less calm than Jonathan. Often irritated by the latter's attitude, he is nonetheless fiercely loyal to his boss.

Butt-Monkey: Ain seems to be enjoying screwing with him for fun after she and Zephyr both have to move to G-8.
Open Mouth, Insert Foot: He has a tendency to say things that really are inappropriate for the situation at the worse possible moment.
Tempting Fate: He's very prone to this, so much so, when Cross does an SBS about averting it, Ain makes him take notes.

The Barto Club

The pirate crew under Bartolomeo "Black Bart", a member of the Supernovas and an admirer of Luffy. Initially set to start sailing post-time skip, Cross inspired Bartolomeo to head out to sea two years early.

Adaptational Superpower Change: Well, Superpower Expansion. In canon, Goldenweek only has five colors she's shown using — Bullfight Red (referred to in the fic as "Rage Red"), Sadness Blue, Laughter Yellow, Tranquil Green and Betrayal Black — plus two combinations ("Yellow-Green of Friendship" and "Rainbow of Dreams"). This Bites has her mention two more — "Terror White" (which surpasses everything) and "Lovesick Pink" (a "tertiary color"); later, when Merry asks her to "lobotomize" the Cannibal so said ship won't be attracted to the Thousand Sunny in a way that she finds very disturbing, it's indicated that the color brown will be used for that purpose (though the technique is never given an official name).
Ascended Extra: Cross inspired Bartolomeo to head out to sea two years early thanks to a chat with him in Loguetown. During his adventures, he picked up a few members that the Straw Hats had already run in and beaten:
- Gin from the Baratie arc, formerly of the Krieg Pirates, is his first mate.
- Mr. 5, Miss Valentine (the crew's chef) and Miss Goldenweek (the crew's navigator) of Baroque Works joined him after laying low in Alabasta proved impossible due to the country going Revolutionary.
- Bartolomeo was also the one to help and rescue Apis, the Whisper-Whisper girl from the anime-exclusive Warship Island arc, and Lindy (short for lindwyrm), the reincarnated form of her dragon friend Ryu.
- In the Enies Lobby arc, Apis befriends Mohmoo, the cow monster fish from Arlong Park.
- After Strong World, the winged waitress Ever decides to travel with them as well and becomes their Mistress of Ceremonies.
- During the Skelter Bite arc, he "reunites" with Desire, a childhood friend (and a post-time skip filler arc-exclusive character) who joins the crew.
Cloudcuckoolander's Minder: Most of the above group tends to act like this to Bartolomeo himself.
Crazy Enough to Work: When the Straw Hats invade Enies, Bartolomeo decides to help them out by attacking a Celestial Dragon yacht and drawing away several battleships, as well as Akainu.
Cut Lex Luthor a Check: Apis manages to make a lot of money by putting on Sea King water shows with Mohmoo. Gin is surprised at how profitable they are.
Demoted to Extra: Gambia, the canon first mate of the Barto Club. He's absent until the events of Strong World, when he's shown back in Loguetown and preparing for the invasion of the Golden Lion Pirates alongside the rest of Loguetown's citizens.
Emotionless Girl: Goldenweek reveals to Hancock that she gave herself a tattoo that she effectively uses to lobotomize her emotions for the sake of professionalism. Both Hancock and Bartolomeo find this disturbing.
Having a Blast: Mr. 5, courtesy of his Bomb-Bomb Fruit. His favorite attack is the "Nose Cannon," which are basically Explosive Nose Nuggets.
Kid with the Leash: Apis is the only one capable of keeping Lindy the dragon in line as he becomes younger and more ruthless. The parallels between their relationship and Alucard and Integra is fitting, more so since Soundbite gave him Abridged Alucard's voice.
Memory-Wiping Crew: Goldenweek has been chosen to join the ranks of the "Cleaners," a group under the New World Masons responsible for memory-wiping those who may be a threat to the Masons.
A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Read: Implied to be how Apis, a ten-year-old human girl can intimidate Lindy, a dragon.
The Mole: They infiltrate the Gold Lion Pirates along with their captain.
Our Dragons Are Different: Lindy, especially after consuming some SIQ from Strong World. Bartolomeo even rode on his back once!
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: Just like the Straw Hats in this story. A trolling Barrier Warrior Fanboy/captain, his childhood friend with an attitude, a Deadpan Snarker first mate, three former assassins, a girl who Speaks Fluent Animal and her dragon companion, a juvenile Sea King, and a wing-armed former waitress.
Red Baron: Gin got his epithet changed after becoming part of the Barto Club. Formally the "Man-Demon," he is now the "Empyrean Envoy."
Shock and Awe: After joining the club, Gin has installed magnets in his cannonball-ended tonfas, turning them into electrically-charged Magnetic Weapons when he spins them fast enough.
Temporary Bulk Change: Played with. Even though she doesn't change physically, Miss Valentine's Day's Kilo-Kilo Fruit gives her the ability to change her weight mass from a few kilos allowing her to float in the air to several thousand allowing her to smash through objects like a heavyweight.
You Don't Look Like You: After consuming the SIQ, Lindy undergoes a dramatic change, de-evolving into a form that the Millennial Dragons used to have in past times before they took to their life of hiding, shedding off most of his feathers and fur for more draconic scales. Cross describes him as looking more like a traditional western dragon.

Giant Warrior Pirates

An all-giant pirate crew that disbanded 100 years before the story began, when their co-captains "Blue Ogre" Dorry & "Red Ogre" Broggy began an honor duel. The Straw Hats met and befriended the giants on the island where they held their duel, and much later, they declared the Straw Hats their official allies when they meet two of their old subordinates.

After the events of Enies Lobby, Cross arranged matters to bring Dorry and Broggy's duel to an official draw, and they announce the reformation of the Giant Warrior Pirates.

For co-captains Dorry & Broggy, see "Ox" under "Zodiac of the Damned."

Ascended Fanboy: The co-captains invite Hajrudin, who grew up on tales of the Giant Warrior Pirates, to join the reformed crew.
Boxed Crook: After telling Oimo and Kashi that their bosses were in Impel Down, the World Government "employed" the two to guard the gates of Enies Lobby for 100 years to gain enough goodwill to release them. Oh, and they'd have to restart every time they failed. This is all one big bluff.
Cool Ship: Since their old vessel Valhalla is no longer seaworthy, they commission a new ship from Water 7. And then Iceburg offers them to chance to make the city of Water 7 itself into their ship, since it would make an excellent symbiotic relationship.
Defector from Decadence: The Marine Giant Squad defected from the World Government after accidentally allowing the Accino Family into Alabasta, and, realizing they were already in the crosshairs after the revelation of Ohara and Saul's death, decide to rejoin their old crew outright.
Proud Warrior Race Guy: That they are. Do NOT make them mad. And especially do NOT trick them. When they find out they will not be happy. Marines, we're looking at you.
Roaring Rampage of Revenge: When Oimo and Kashi find out they've been lied to about their bosses' whereabouts for the past 50 years.

Jormungandr

Jormungandr, formerly Cipher Pol No. 9

A group of superhuman soldiers trained from birth as the World Government's personal assassins, and Enies Lobby's last and greatest line of defense. The current generation consists of seven assassins, including the strongest agent in CP9's history, Rob Lucci. Following the events of Enies Lobby, the World Government disavowed them, and with nowhere else to turn, they accepted an offer from Cross to join the New World Masons, under T-Bone's command, and were immediately put to work dismantling the other Cipher Pols. By the time of the Marineford War, they had assimilated every branch except CP-0.

Animorphism: Lucci, Jabra, and Kaku all have Zoan Devil Fruits (Leopard, Wolf, and Giraffe, respectively), as in canon.
Ascended Extra: In the original story, Hattori was Rob Lucci's pet pigeon. Here, he's still Lucci's pet pigeon... and he's also trained in the Six Powers, just like the rest of CP9, and proves a big enough threat to Cross, Lassoo, and Soundbite that it takes Soundbite Awakening his Devil Fruit to defeat him.
- It's revealed during Marineford Misery that Jormungandr has sublimated several other members of the other Cipher Pol units into their group, including Jerry of CP6 and Wanze of CP7, who both have Taken A Level In Badass.
Badass Crew: Cross describes them as living weapons, and canon explicitly states that the weakest of the assassins is still easily superhuman.
- The Team Fortress 2 Expies that populate CP2 are strongly implied to be these as well. The Spy analogue in particular is noted by Sentomaru to have Armament Haki capable of challenging his own.
Blood Knight: Lucci and Jabra are both Carnivorous Zoans, so they are this by nature. As such, after a few SBS broadcasts, they decide to seek Luffy out for the fight of their lives.
The second his mission was complete, the second he was free, he would cash in every vacation day he'd been saving up for as long as he'd been alive, every last one of them, all for the express purpose of seeking out Straw Hat Luffy for the fight of his life.
Cluster F-Bomb: Kaku's response to Cross's job offer, though he doesn't toss the number.
Defeat Means Friendship:
- Kaku, after Zoro defeats him, asks if there's an opening on the crew. Zoro says they've already got someone lined up for the job he's thinking of, but Luffy just might accept him anyway.
- Though as it happens, Cross does give CP9 (excluding Spandam) a job offer in the wake of Enies Lobby, which they accept.
- Once they find out the details of the offer, a wetwork position of the New World Masons under T-Bone, all of them decide to accept it. Aside from Lucci, who eventually comes around... after T-Bone triumphs over him in a one-on-one.
Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?: Jabra has Brass Balls for sure. (In the Marineford Misery arc, after Luffy and Ace blatantly ignore Akainu's attempts to intimidate them, he blasts a large portion of the retreating Whitebeards with magma).
Lucci: "Your response to someone ignoring you is to lash out and break things to get more attention?"
Jabra: "We definitely made the right choice turning against the World Government if one of their best men is an overgrown baby."
Expy: CP2's ranks include nine very colourful, militaristic, competent individuals taken right out of Team Fortress 2.
Graceful Loser: Lucci considers his fight with Luffy the fight of his life and after Hattori points out that he managed to push him farther than a Warlord and "God," passes out smiling. As in canon, Kaku also concedes gracefully to Zoro when the latter defeats him.
- Lucci also gracefully agrees to work for the Masons after his fight with T-Bone, content with his inability to win over the sheer determination of the Captain.
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain:
- In trying to get his ten rounds with Luffy without Lucci getting in the way, Jabra interrupts Blueno's first encounter with Luffy and knocks his own teammate out, thus solving the problem of Blueno potentially getting to Robin and taking her somewhere no-one can follow.
- When Kalifa tries using her new powers to wash Nami's mind clean, all she ends up doing is washing her mind free of her lingering stress and anger, meaning that Nami's no longer burdened by it for the remainder of the arc.
Not in This for Your Revolution: Lucci is the furthest thing from an idealist and gives little indication that he cares for the actual goals of the New World Masons, but he’s loyal to them anyway because he respects the Masons themselves more than he ever did his superiors in the Government.
The One Thing I Don't Hate About You: Lucci seems to be fond of the fact that he can have a proper two-way conversation with Hattori thanks to Soundbite.
Rogues' Gallery Transplant:
- Because Jabra goes off on his own to fight Luffy and loses badly, Sanji goes up against Blueno instead.
- Instead of Franky, Fukuro fights Boss.
The Scapegoat: They still get (partially) blamed for the Enies Lobby disaster.
Sword of Damocles: T-Bone has the entire group as this for the New World Masons if they ever stray from their original mission. If this happens, they are allowed to eradicate their target. Tsuru even lampshades the trope's name.
Token Evil Teammate: Unlike the other members and groups affiliated with the Masons, Lucci and at least a fair number of the members of Jormungandr aren't taking part in the Masons' plan to overthrow the Government for moral or ideological reasons.
Weak, but Skilled: Kalifa is (canonically) the least physically powerful member of CP9/Jormungandr, but here she's made up for it by having the most versatile array of abilities (her thorn whip, the versatility of her Bubble-Bubble Fruit, and mixing together the different forms of the Six Powers).
Worthy Opponent: Lucci towards Luffy. Jabra as well, but where Lucci was the rubber-man's equal, Jabra got Curb-Stomped.
- And later, Lucci towards T-Bone.

Allies

Coo

News Coo #1851, or "Coo"

A News Coo that Cross befriended after Little Garden, and has proven to be a reliable ally ever since.

A Dog Named "Dog": His only identification is "News Coo 1851", and his nickname is Coo.
Because You Were Nice to Me: Cross gained his approval after giving him a 900 Beri tip on a 100 Beri newspaper. As a result, he became an ally, beginning when he risks life and wing to give Cross a heads-up on Vivi's bounty.
Defector from Decadence: Has convinced a detachment of Coos to split off from the World Economic Journal to ally with Apoo and the rest of the New World Masons to produce a pirate newspaper called the "Free Feather Report".
Sitcom Archnemesis: To Soundbite. Soundbite doesn't particularly like birds, considering what they eat, but the dislike is mostly one-sided, and it subsides after Thriller Bark.
Unstoppable Mailman: Manages to get inside Serpent to deliver Cross a copy of the Free Feather Report to explain the finale of the war at Marineford.

The Boa Sisters

Boa Sandersonia and Boa Marigold

Co-rulers of the Island of Women, Amazon Lily, and co-leaders of the Kuja Pirates, alongside their sister Boa Hancock. Darkness in their pasts from the evils of the World Government haunts all three to this day, and Cross's outspokenness against it earned their respect. The two younger sisters became silent allies of the Masons following Enies Lobby, and later full members post-Marineford War. Sandersonia and Marigold use the codenames "Anaconda" and "Cobra", respectively.

For tropes specific to Boa Hancock, see "Snake" under "Zodiac of the Damned."

Abhorrent Admirer: Like Hancock with Luffy, Marigold and Sandersonia develop unrequited crushes on Ace and Sabo. However, while Luffy doesn’t seem to return Hancock’s feelings for him, he doesn’t seem to be bothered by them either. The same cannot be said for Ace and Sabo.
Animorphism: As in canon, Sandersonia and Marigold have the ability to shapeshift into half-human half-snake or giant snake forms due to their having consumed models of the Snake-Snake Zoan Devil Fruit. After the Skelter Bite arc, Sandersonia is aware that they may be able to shapeshift in other, more specialized ways as well.
Code Name: Their involvement with the New World Masons is limited for most of the story, with Hancock only becoming the Snake of the Zodiac of the Damned in the first half's final chapter. Meanwhile, Marigold and Sandersonia go by Cobra and Anaconda, respectively; few even among the Masons know their true identities until Sandersonia reveals them in Chapter 62.
Crush Filter: Sandersonia and Marigold have this for Sabo and Ace, respectively, after the two save them from a Cipher Pol Aegis Zero agent.
Dark and Troubled Past: See their sister's entry above. Hearing about Luffy punching a World Noble in the face causes all three sisters (and also Granny Nyon) to faint; whilst Sandersonia is quickly awoken, the oblivious Kuja leave the other three to remain in their stunned state for three days, until she arrives and violently wakes them all up again.
Designated Driver: Or Designated Drinker, in this case. When Hancock gets smashed, and Sandersonia is drunk on the atmosphere, Marigold's left as the one that keeps them in line.
Engaging Conversation: In Chapter 62, during the Skelter Bite arc, after Jeremiah Cross lays out his plans to not only absolutely annihilate the slavery rings of Sabaody, but deliver what could possibly be a killing blow to the entire slavery industry worldwide, the ex-slave Sandersonia is so struck with awe and arousal that she declares herself to be seconds away from sexually ravaging Cross on the spot... and looks sincere enough that her companion at the time, Koala, thinks it best to knock Sandersonia unconscious so she'll cool off. Though her fellow ex-slave then admits that she's only slightly less aroused than Sandersonia is.
Sandersonia: The 'mere implications' have me three seconds away... from leaping clean across this table... and jumping Blondie's-!
- When Cross bluntly wakes Sandersonia up after she faints from seeing Luffy punch a World Noble in the face and forestalls any hysterics on her part through sheer force-of-will, she secretly admits to Koala that seeing him in "take charge mode" gets her aroused.
Fangirl: For the Straw Hats, thanks to Cross's SBS broadcasts on slavery. Much more dignified than Bartolomeo, but not much less passionate.
Half-Human Hybrid: Sandersonia confesses to Chopper that her and Marigold's size in human form is their natural size, and she believes the reason is that they might have giant blood from their father's side of the tree.
It Runs in the Family: Hancock fell in love with Luffy in the original timeline, and still did here after she saw him hit Saint Charloss hard enough that he was Punched Across the Room, followed by saving her life from an assassin. In Part Four of Marineford Misery, Sandersonia and Marigold fall for Sabo and Ace after the two keep a Cipher Pol Zero agent from killing them.
Little Bit Beastly: Even in their human forms, Sandersonia and Marigold possess snake-like tongues and a distinctly reptilian aversion to the cold. Chopper cites this as evidence for his theory that Zoan fruits are actually more flexible than anyone has realized since the two somehow managed to unconsciously add their tongues — and the enhanced sense of taste/smell they provide — to their human forms during their escape.
Oh, My Gods!: When Sandersonia recovers from her brief coma during the climax of the Sabaody Archipelago arc, her confusion at what she missed leads to her cursing by "Set's rotten shedded skin".
Rescue Romance: After being saved from assassins by Sabo and Ace respectively during the battle of Marineford, Sandersonia and Marigold become as smitten with Luffy's brothers as Boa is smitten with Luffy himself. During the post-battle party on Amazon Lily, the two begin chasing the two brothers all over the island in a love-induced mania.
Scaled Up: Sandersonia and Marigold have powers from the Zoan-type Snake-Snake Fruit, Model: Anaconda and Model: King Cobra, respectively. This allows them to transform into either giant snakes or Snake People, with the added ability that they can transform their hair into mobile, snake-stylized attacking appendages.
Scars Are Forever: Like their sister, they keep their backs perpetually covered and make sure nobody sees them bathe to ensure that the brands on their backs remain hidden. Later on, they get brands of the Kuja Pirates symbol to permanently cover them.
Secret-Keeper: Unlike other allies of the Masons, all three of them (and their foster mother Nyon) know that Cross is from another world after Marigold attended the initial meeting with all the current members were informed of Cross's origins.
Sizeshifter: During a conversation with Chopper about the hidden potential of Zoan-type Devil Fruits in the Skelter Bite arc, Sandersonia admits that she and Marigold have the ability to shrink themselves down to a smaller state even in human form, although their enormous size is natural.
Surrounded by Idiots: Sandersonia is not happy to arrive on Amazon Lily and discover that not only have her sisters (and Granny Nyon) been left in their stunned coma for 3 days since Luffy punching Saint Charloss was broadcast over the SBS, the entire Kuja have become convinced that it was a deliberate assassination attempt on Luffy's party and they're now out trying to hunt him down.
The Paranoiac: All three are perpetually scared of their secret past becoming known. They are aware that Cross knows it, and though they trust him, it scares them to think about what he would have done to them if he wasn’t on their side. Eventually, they let their followers know that their powers come from Devil Fruits, though for a time they were still leery about their brands and passed them off as scars that they didn't want anyone to see. It wasn't until Amazon Treachery with Hancock's failed assassination that all three sisters come clean on their past.
Took a Level in Kindness: Cross's speech about hate for hate's sake being pointless is what causes Hancock to spare Marguerite after the latter correctly reasons that the sisters' powers come from Devil Fruits, and slowly open up to the other Kuja Pirates.

Marguerite

An Amazon who was one of the first people Luffy befriended on Amazon Lily originally, ripple effects from the SBS cause her to become Hancock's protégé and a member of the Kuja Pirates.

Awesomeness by Analysis: She works out the Boa Sisters have Devil Fruit powers after hearing about them over the SBS.
Exhaustion-Induced Idiocy: Stussy apparently messed with her sleep schedule to make her easier to manipulate, during Amazon Treachery.
Eye Scream: She loses her right eye due to a run-in with Stussy.
My God, What Have I Done?: After she realizes that Luffy didn't try to kill Hancock.
Took a Level in Badass: After the war, as a personal mission of vengeance and penance for what Stussy did, she joins Jormungandr as Rob Lucci's apprentice, teaching Haki in exchange for learning the Six Powers.

Great Kung Fu Fleet

Alabasta's entire population of Kung Fu Dugongs, inspired by Luffy's strength and Cross's words to seek their most challenging fights in piracy. They began with one ship formed from salvaged shipwrecks off Alabasta's coast, but their modus operandi is hijacking other ships for their usage. As of the Skelter Bite arc, they have obtained an entire faction of Millennial Dragons in their ranks.

Ascended Extra: In canon, the Dugongs only appeared as one-off characters/creatures that the Straw Hats encountered in Alabasta, helping them out once en route to Alubarna. Here, they're a formidable pirate fleet, capable of disabling battleships in the blink of an eye.
Almighty Janitor: They have still yet to get bounties, excluding Boss and the TDWS post-Enies Lobby.
Always Second Best: Captain née Chief Dugong is this to Boss. Not that he minds. Officially this is not the case, as he always managed to beat Boss... but everyone knew that Boss was throwing the fights because Boss didn't want to lead.
Boarding Party: Has made a habit about capturing other ships for their use.
Dig Attack: Oceanic version: their initial attacks on enemy crews involve pushing their submerged ships out of the water at high speeds, sending any other ship in their way flying.
Mix-and-Match Critters: They're the result of mating between sea-turtles and manatees. As in, there were originally two separate populations of turtles and manatees in Alabasta, and they interbred themselves into extinction, creating the Kung Fu Dugongs.
Monster Adventurers: An entire faction of turtle-manatees and dragons being pirates on the Six Oceans.
Papa Wolf: Captain's reaction to hearing that Boss and the TDWS got eaten by Lily Carnation:
Captain Dugong: FIND ME THAT GODS-BE-DAMMED ISLAND RIGHT THE HELL NOW! FIND IT SO I THAT CAN RIP THAT FUCKING BASTARD'S SKULL OUT THE BACK OF HIS HEAD AND CRUSH IT WITH MY OWN BARE FLIPPERS!!!
Parental Sexuality Squick: They're very embarrassed about their racial origins as the result of extended turtle/manatee interbreeding, and strictly deny it.
Proud Warrior Race: They love their country, getting into fights, and have the words "Kung Fu" in their species name.
Reasonable Authority Figure: Even Shiki's strictness about betrayal doesn't earn any points from Captain Dugong. While Shiki would have betrayal meet with execution no matter the cause, Captain would take the time to have the mutineer explain themselves... right before hanging them to the anchor chain and enacting their punishment.

Popora

A mysterious being with uncanny abilities related to memories. He served as protector of an island in Paradise until the arrival of Smoker and Tashigi. He is now allied with them and the Masons as a whole.

A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Read: Uses his powers to refresh Cross's memories and accidentally sees the memory of Ace's death in canon. It's enough to drive him to tears.
Canon Foreigner: He comes from the Wii-exclusive game One Piece: Unlimited Adventure.
Carry a Big Stick: His weapon is a croquet mallet-like maul which also serves as a Magic Wand to channel his powers.
Ear Wings: Has a pair of these.
Everyone Has Standards: He quite enjoys hitting people with his mallet and seems mainly exasperated by the guys surrounding him — understandable since they're the Straw Hat Pirates and The Ditz Tashigi — but expresses genuine compassion for Cross after forcing him to relive Ace's death.
Exposition Beam: He is capable of tapping into a being's memories by touching them with his hammer, and is also able to sharing those memories telepathically with anyone in the vicinity.
Memory-Wiping Crew: He is a member of the New World Masons' Cleaners due to his abilities.
Mix-and-Match Critter: Is described as a mix between a rabbit and a wolf.
Noodle Incident: The circumstances which lead to Smoker and Tashigi meeting him on his island are still unknown.
Older Than They Look: While it's never mentioned, he's over a thousand years old, even if he spent that time on his island.
Silent Snarker: He doesn't talk, but is fully capable of demonstrating his exasperation with gestures. Most notably, a Face Palm whenever Tashigi misunderstands his other gestures because she's forgotten her glasses.
The Speechless: He doesn't speak at all, and Soundbite is unable to give him a voice.

Duval

A former small-time mafia don and leader of the Rosy Life Riders, formerly the Flying Fish Riders. He was born with an unnaturally ugly face which got even worse thanks to Sanji's drawn bounty making others mistake him for the pirate. When the two crossed paths, Sanji beat him and, using his kicks, rearranged his facial structure into a much more beautiful form. Duval subsequently became a steadfast ally of the Straw Hats and, eventually, the Masons under the codename of Bison.

Adaptational Heroism: Before his Heel–Face Turn, he makes it clear that the Flying Fish Riders are a kidnap & ransom gang only, and do not deal in the slave trade. There's no indication that this was the case in canon.
Doppelgänger: Unwittingly to Sanji's drawn bounty thanks to Attachan not getting Sanji's photo. It was getting mistaken for the cook and hunted down because of it that drove him to a vendetta against Sanji and the Straw Hats as a whole.
Heel–Face Turn: Once Sanji "fixed" his face, he dropped his vendetta and became a steadfast ally.
Gonk: He was born with a very ugly face that shocked even his mother. It was this same face that was later drawn in Sanji's bounty posters since Attachan forgot to remove the lens cap for his photo.
Magic Plastic Surgery: How else would you explain getting a salvo of kicks to the face actually restructuring said face and making Duval more handsome in the process?
Man in the Iron Mask: Used one to hide his face from bounty hunters and the Marines. He naturally ditches it after his new attitude and face.
Secret Test of Character: After getting his face fixed and learning the Macro Pirates apparently got away with Keimi, he apologized profusely and was on his way to get her back when Soundbite lampshades this trope to test whether he truly did change and reveals Chopper and Su already beat the Macros and saved Keimi.
Undying Loyalty: To Sanji and the Straw Hats after fixing his face. He even becomes part of the Masons after the Sabaody Revolution ends.
Villainous Valor: Even while kidnapping one of the Straw Hat pirates' friends and demanding they face him to get his revenge, despite knowing their reputation, the crew finds his moxie pretty damn respectable.

Yoko and Boss Kabuto

The daughter of Ryudo, a Marine officer who died protecting the Little East Blue, and a massive beetle that escaped from Merveille, Shiki the Golden Lion's Strong World. They joined the Masons under T-Bone after meeting the Straw Hats were aged up and down respectively by Jewelry Bonney in the last chapter of Marineford Misery.

Breath Weapon: Boss Kabuto can breathe fire.
Child Soldiers: Using a clause implemented by Akainu, T-Bone formally recruits Yoko into the marines under his command.
Dark and Troubled Past: Yoko's father, a good man and good Marine in every non-Knight Templar sense of the term, died protecting their home from the worse kind of pirates. Boss Kabuto was an escapee from Merville, and is still traumatized by his experiences there long after he escaped.
Everyone Has Standards: Despite interpreting the Straw Hats' actions in the worst light possible, Yoko considers Nami beating her 'fan club' senseless when she sees their collection of nude statues of her completely justified.
Fountain of Youth: Thanks to Jewelry Bonney, Boss Kabuto is reduced in age down to a giant grub. This was before canon confirmed that her powers are temporary.
Giant Flyer: Boss Kabuto can fly, and is physically strong enough to keep up an extended fight with both Luffy and Boss Dugong.
Improperly Paranoid: Yoko's the only person in the Little East Blue who's worried about the Straw Hats. Her fears are entirely unfounded. Her fears of the Amigo Pirates, on the other hand...
Inspector Javert: Yoko is initially this to the Straw Hats when they show up, and decides to "prove" their "villainy" by taking notes on what they're doing.
The Mole: While most of T-Bone's forces mutinied against the Navy during the war, Yoko and Boss Kabuto chose to stay undercover and fake outrage at T-Bone's rebellion.
One-Steve Limit: Aversion. Part of why Yoko doesn't like the Straw Hats at first is that everyone's started calling "her" Boss "Boss Kabuto" since the SBS started, to differentiate him from the Straw Hat crew's Boss Dugong.
Rapid Aging: Yoko is aged into a young adult by Jewelry Bonney at Marineford. This was before canon confirmed that her powers are temporary.
Seen It All: Yoko invokes this when she sees a bunch of books that have grown feet (thanks to Robin) walking into the forest in an unsuccessful attempt to make herself feel better about the ridiculous sight.
The Unintelligible: It takes Soundbite a long time to figure out how to translate Boss Kabuto — it's theorized later that the rapid evolution and aging of the animals in Merville made their communication skills change just as rapidly.

Characters / This Bites!: New World Masons

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The New World Masons

Zodiac of the Divine (Formerly MI3 → MI4 → MI5 → MI6)

General

Commodore "White Hunter" Smoker, a.k.a. Cancer

Lieutenant "Inquisitor" Tashigi, a.k.a. Pisces

Captain "Black Cage" Hina, a.k.a. Capricorn

Captain "Ship Cutter" T-Bone, a.k.a. Scorpio

Vice Admiral "Chessmaster" Jonathan, a.k.a. Sagittarius

Vice Admiral "Great Staff Officer" Tsuru, a.k.a. Aquarius

Vice Admiral Momonga, a.k.a. Leo

Chief Petty Officers Koby and Helmeppo, a.k.a. Gemini

Vice Admiral "The Hero" Monkey D. Garp, a.k.a. Taurus

Zodiac of the Damned

General

"Roar of the Sea" Scrachman Apoo, a.k.a. Monkey — Bounty: ฿250,000,000

"Black Bart" Bartolomeo, a.k.a. Rooster — Bounty: ฿350,000,000

"Fiendish" Foxy a.k.a. Goat — Bounty: ฿24,000,000

Dorry "The Blue Ogre" and Broggy "The Red Ogre" both a.k.a. Ox — Bounty: ฿100,000,000 each (฿300,000,000 each due to inflation)

"Mist Maiden" Lola a.k.a. Rabbit — Bounty: ฿200,000,000

"Hellbeast Princess" Perona a.k.a. Puppy

"Surgeon of Death" Trafalgar D. Water Law a.k.a. Tiger — Bounty: ฿375,000,000

Magellan a.k.a. Boar

"Pirate Empress" Boa Hancock a.k.a. Snake — Bounty: ฿80,000,000

Affiliate Groups

Jessica

Lieutenant Commander Drake

The Barto Club

Giant Warrior Pirates

Jormungandr, formerly Cipher Pol No. 9

Allies

News Coo #1851, or "Coo"

Boa Sandersonia and Boa Marigold

Marguerite

Great Kung Fu Fleet

Popora

Duval

Yoko and Boss Kabuto

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