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Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h3>The Pirate King</h3> <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"><img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22image%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFile%3ARoger_Before_Execution.png%7Cthumb%7Cleft%7C225px%7CGol%20D.%20Roger%2C%20known%20to%20most%20as%20%26quot%3BGold%20Roger%26quot%3B%2C%20the%20former%20%26quot%3BPirate%20King%26quot%3B.%5D%5D%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Roger_Before_Execution.png%22%2C%22params%22%3A%7B%22thumbnail%22%3Atrue%2C%22alt%22%3A%22Roger%20Before%20Execution%22%2C%22align%22%3A%22left%22%2C%22caption%22%3A%22Gol%20D.%20Roger%2C%20known%20to%20most%20as%20%5C%22Gold%20Roger%5C%22%2C%20the%20former%20%5C%22Pirate%20King%5C%22.%22%2C%22width%22%3A225%2C%22captionParsed%22%3A%22Gol%20D.%20Roger%2C%20known%20to%20most%20as%20%5C%22Gold%20Roger%5C%22%2C%20the%20former%20%5C%22Pirate%20King%5C%22.%22%7D%7D" data-rte-instance="1081-4872487085962bb058640d" alt="" src="https://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/onepiece/images/3/33/Roger_Before_Execution.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/225?cb=20130311201721" width="225" height="328" class="image thumb alignLeft withCaption" data-image-name="Roger Before Execution.png" data-image-key="Roger_Before_Execution.png" type="image" /> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">The <img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Nihongo%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7BNihongo%7C%27%27%27Pirate%20King%27%27%27%7C%5Cu6d77%5Cu8cca%5Cu738b%7CKaizoku-%5Cu014c%7Calso%20called%20%27%27%27King%20of%20the%20Pirates%27%27%27%20in%20the%20English%20versions%7D%7D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1081-4872487085962bb058640d" class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D" type="double-brackets" /> is the strongest pirate alive and owner of the legendary treasure that was later dubbed as "<a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22One%20Piece%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22One%20Piece%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BOne%20Piece%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1081-4872487085962bb058640d" href="/wiki/One_Piece" title="One Piece">One Piece</a>".<img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22qref%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7Bqref%7C%5B%5BCoby%5D%5D%20tells%20Luffy%20he%20needs%20to%20find%20One%20Piece%20to%20become%20Pirate%20King.%7Cchap%20%3D%202%7Cep%20%3D%201%7D%7D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1081-4872487085962bb058640d" class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D" type="double-brackets" /> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Before his death, Pirate King Gol D. Roger hid One Piece. It was rumored to be located at Raftel, the island at the end of the Grand Line. The frenzy over discovering and owning such a massive treasure sparked the "Great Age of Pirates". Until One Piece has been claimed, there will be no current Pirate King. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Until his death, the closest person to becoming the Pirate King was <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Whitebeard%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Edward%20Newgate%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BEdward%20Newgate%7CWhitebeard%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1081-4872487085962bb058640d" href="/wiki/Edward_Newgate" title="Edward Newgate">Whitebeard</a>. Many people who had met Luffy, such as Vivi, Coby and Helmeppo, believe that he will be the Pirate King; Kokoro also addressed Luffy as the Pirate King<img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22qref%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7Bqref%7C%5B%5BKokoro%5D%5D%20calls%20Luffy%20the%20Pirate%20King.%7Cchap%20%3D%20431%7Cep%20%3D%20313%7D%7D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1081-4872487085962bb058640d" class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D" type="double-brackets" /> and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Shakuyaku%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Shakuyaku%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BShakuyaku%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1081-4872487085962bb058640d" href="/wiki/Shakuyaku" title="Shakuyaku">Shakuyaku</a> has stated that both she and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Silvers%20Rayleigh%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Silvers%20Rayleigh%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSilvers%20Rayleigh%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1081-4872487085962bb058640d" href="/wiki/Silvers_Rayleigh" title="Silvers Rayleigh">Silvers Rayleigh</a> were rooting for Luffy to achieve this goal.<img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22qref%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7Bqref%7CShakuyaku%20says%20she%27s%20rooting%20for%20Luffy.%7Cchap%20%3D%20498%7Cep%20%3D%20392%7D%7D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1081-4872487085962bb058640d" class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D" type="double-brackets" /> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">The reasons for a person wanting to be the Pirate King vary, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Gekko%20Moriah%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Gekko%20Moriah%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BGekko%20Moriah%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1081-4872487085962bb058640d" href="/wiki/Gekko_Moriah" title="Gekko Moriah">Gekko Moriah</a> and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Blackbeard%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Marshall%20D.%20Teach%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMarshall%20D.%20Teach%7CBlackbeard%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1081-4872487085962bb058640d" href="/wiki/Marshall_D._Teach" title="Marshall D. Teach">Blackbeard</a> wish to acquire it for the power and influence the title would come with, while others like the Yonko are considered candidates for it because they are extremely powerful and very close to it, but the two shown so far appear to not have any interest in it except for Blackbeard who later replaced Whitebeard as one of the Yonko. Still others like Luffy and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Crocodile%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Crocodile%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BCrocodile%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1081-4872487085962bb058640d" href="/wiki/Crocodile" title="Crocodile">Crocodile</a> (prior to the event that caused him to let go of it) wish to become the Pirate King because it is a dream of theirs. Luffy (and Crocodile in his youth) seem to want it for the adventures that are involved with becoming the Pirate King. The Pirate King is said to be the ruler of the sea (Enel asks Luffy about the country the Pirate King rules [after Luffy says that he will be one], Luffy answers this by saying that the Pirate King is the king of the sea, Enel then says that it would be a very interesting title). </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">When talking to <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Silvers%20Rayleigh%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Silvers%20Rayleigh%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSilvers%20Rayleigh%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1081-4872487085962bb058640d" href="/wiki/Silvers_Rayleigh" title="Silvers Rayleigh">Silvers Rayleigh</a>, Luffy said that the Pirate King is the person with the most freedom on the sea. After hearing this Rayleigh smiled to himself, possibly because Roger himself had also stated this being his primary value.<img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22qref%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7Bqref%7CGol%20D.%20Roger%20refuses%20Gold%20Lion%20Shiki%27s%20offer%20to%20join%20him%20and%20rule%20the%20world.%7Cchap%20%3D%200%7Cep%20%3D%200%7D%7D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1081-4872487085962bb058640d" class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D" type="double-brackets" /> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Despite "King" usually being a masculine title, the title of Pirate King appears to be gender-neutral, as <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Big%20Mom%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Big%20Mom%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BBig%20Mom%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1081-4872487085962bb058640d" href="/wiki/Big_Mom" title="Big Mom" class="mw-redirect">Big Mom</a> seeks the title.<img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22qref%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7Bqref%7Cchap%3D847%7Cep%3D%7CBig%20Mom%20mentions%20her%20desire%20to%20become%20Pirate%20King.%7D%7D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1081-4872487085962bb058640d" class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D" type="double-brackets" /> </p> Loading editor Insert: ~ – — … ° ≈ ≠ ± − × ÷ ← → · § { } Sign your name: ~~~~ ~~~ Templates: {{-}} {{!}} {{Delete}} {{Fairuse}} {{Screenshot}} {{No Source}} {{Active Discussion}} {{Cleaning}} {{LQ}} {{Bad Profile|}} {{Rename|}} {{png|}} {{Stub}} {{Main|}} {{Confirm}} {{Spoiler|start}} {{Spoiler|end}} {{Ban}} {{Unsigned|}} {{NoPic|}} {{NoPic|mode=gallery|}} {{No References}} {{Qref|name=|chapter=|episode=|sbs=|databook=|page=|movie=|text=}} {{References}} {{Redlink|}} {{Vandalism|{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}}} {{FRR|{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}}} {{Talkback|{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}|ts=~~~~~}} {{IGR|{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}}} Wiki markup: {{}} | [] [[]] [[Category:]] #REDIRECT [[]] {{PAGENAME}} <s></s> <sup></sup> <sub></sub> <big></big> <small></small> <code></code> <pre></pre> <center></center> <blockquote></blockquote> <ref></ref> <ref name=""></ref> <ref name=""/> <references/> <choose></choose> <option></option> <includeonly></includeonly> <noinclude></noinclude> <nowiki></nowiki> <code><nowiki></nowiki></code> <!-- --> Symbols: ~ | ¡ ¿ † ‡ ↔ ↑ ↓ • ¶ # ¹ ² ³ ½ ⅓ ⅔ ¼ ¾ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞ ‘ “ ’ ” ¢ $ € ₦ £ ¥ Characters: Ā ā Ē ē Ī ī Ō ō Ū ū Ȳ ȳ Ǣ ǣ Ǎ ǎ Č č Ď ď Ě ě Ǐ ǐ Ľ ľ Ň ň Ǒ ǒ Ř ř Š š Ť ť Ǔ ǔ Ž ž Á á Ć ć É é Í í Ĺ ĺ Ń ń Ó ó Ŕ ŕ Ś ś Ú ú Ý ý Ź ź À à È è Ì ì Ò ò Ù ù Â â Ĉ ĉ Ê ê Ĝ ĝ Ĥ ĥ Î î Ĵ ĵ Ô ô Ŝ ŝ Û û Ŵ ŵ Ŷ ŷ Ä ä Ë ë Ï ï Ö ö Ü ü Ÿ ÿ ß Ã ã Ẽ ẽ Ĩ ĩ Ñ ñ n' Õ õ Ũ ũ Ỹ ỹ Ç ç Ģ ģ Ķ ķ Ļ ļ Ņ ņ Ŗ ŗ Ş ş Ţ ţ Đ đ Ů ů See this template This field is a spam trap. 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