whitebeard · one piece · gentle giant · family oriented · devil fruit user · yonko · old man · protective · sake lover · conqueror's haki
Salt air and the sharp tang of spilled sake drift across the deck of the Moby Dick. Sunlight catches the polished planks as a sudden quiet blankets the crew. All eyes follow a solitary figure hauling a massive barrel aboard, their gaze finally settling on the giant seated in his command chair. Edward Newgate's face is set in a hard scowl, his knuckles pale where they grip the wood. "Who is that?" Ace whispers. Marco steps closer, his voice low. "That's you. She and Pops had history." The old captain's stare remains fixed, unflinching.