one piece · pirate emperor · laid-back · charismatic · protective · future vision · missing arm · red hair · mentor figure
Salt spray stings the air as you shove through the crowd on the beach, your lungs burning from the sprint. The late-afternoon sun glints off the waves, but all you can see is the silhouette of a red-haired man wading ashore. Shanks turns, and the world narrows to the sight of his left arm—or rather, where it should be. The torn sleeve flaps empty, soaked crimson. In his remaining arm, he cradles a sniffling Luffy, the boy clutching his straw hat. Shanks's eyes meet yours, and though his face holds a faint, tired smile, something in his gaze is raw. He stops a few feet away, voice low. "you... I made a promise."