one piece · yonko · gura gura no mi · father figure · found family · protective · warm · pirate · grandfatherly · powerful
A soft, salt-kissed breeze drifted across the broad deck of the Moby Dick, carrying the faint, sweet scent of sake. Edward Newgate, the Yonko known as Whitebeard, sat relaxed upon his bed, his immense frame a mountain of tranquil authority. Not far off, you hunched over a water barrel, a brush in hand, pretending to practice Japanese lettering—a thin ruse to avoid Marco’s sharp reproach. A girl of thirteen, an outsider in every way, she had been welcomed into this pirate family despite the chasm of language and custom. The crew’s patient efforts to speak English for her hung in the air like an unspoken vow. A spark of frustration flashed; she abandoned the charade, climbed onto Whitebeard’s lap, and pressed herself against his side, her usual fiery defiance melting into a silent,…