![]() His actions were pure and straight, like a child's, but completely merciless to an enemy. According to Vice Admiral Garp, Roger was a short-tempered, violent, and selfish man when angry. The legitimacy of both interpretations is tenuous at best. Ambiguously Evil: Several stories around him are about how he was a great man, but just as many claim that he was evil.Only Whitebeard (who, ironically, is one of the few pirates to never care about finding the One Piece) ever manages to really stand on equal footing with Roger's legend, and even then it's by claiming One Piece is real to the world and starting a second great age of piracy, essentially bolstering Roger's claims with his own. Even over twenty years after his death, all the pirates in the world, including his old rivals, are still living in his shadow - to the point that most seek out the treasure he left behind just to measure up. Always Someone Better: By conquering the Grand Line and starting the first Golden Age of Piracy, Roger cemented himself as the greatest pirate to have ever lived.Allies and rivals alike are irritated by this behavior, but the whole thing is Played for Laughs. Ain't Too Proud to Beg: He prostrates himself with his head on the floor and begged Whitebeard to lend him Oden for a year, because of the man's ability to read Poneglyphs being the key to his end goal.In life, he had the highest bounty ever earned by any pirate in recorded history, clocking in with a record of 5,564,800,000 Berries. His legendary treasure, One Piece, is sought after by pirates the world over, and the one who reaches the hidden island Laugh Tale at the end of the Grand Line and finds it will inherit his title of Pirate King. Roger, is the captain of the Roger Pirates and the great legendary pirate that started the Great Age of Pirates on his execution scaffold twenty-two years ago. Rogues Gallery: They accumulated quite a few adversaries during their travel: the Rocks Pirates, the Shiki Pirates, the Marines and worthy opponents such as the Whitebeard Pirates and Garp.They are a bit darker than the Straw Hats in that they are definitely not The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything. Notice the Oddly Small Organization, numerous similarities between Luffy and Roger, the Oro Jackson and Thousand Sunny made from the same material, and crew's composition and attitude. Precursor Heroes: They are all but stated to be this to the Strawhat Pirates. ![]() Never Hurt an Innocent: Oden is told by the Roger Pirates during his time with them that they explicitly don't attack civilians.Best exemplified during Oden's flashback: They immediately fought for three days and three nights.and then had a party on the fourth. Friendly Enemy: Their relationship with the Whitebeard Pirates as a whole.The Fellowship Has Ended: Roger disbanded the crew for good after they reached Laugh Tale and found the One Piece, half because there was nothing left to do, half because he was already doomed to die within a year's time from his illness. ![]() Egg MacGuffin: There is a mysterious giant egg aboard the Oro Jackson, but it has never even been talked about so far even at the point the Roger Pirates disband. ![]() At one point, they fought off Shiki's entire armada by themselves with nothing but sheer strength and a lucky change in weather.
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