Hancock

Biodata

Background

At age twelve, Hancock and her younger sisters, Sandersonia and Marigold, went to sea with the Kuja Pirates for the first time. A stranger deceived them, and the three were captured without the rest of the crew noticing. Hancock later blamed herself for trusting him 41 44.

Hancock spent four years enslaved by the Celestial Dragons, who fed her the Love-Love Fruit and branded her back. In adulthood, she continued to dream about the slave ship that had taken her away 39 44 45.

She eventually became Amazon Lily’s empress and captain of the Kuja Pirates. By the time she competed for the position of Snake Princess, she had already reached the 9 Snake Realm of Armament Haki 45 48.

Appearance

Hancock is a strikingly beautiful woman with fair skin and long, smooth black hair reaching her waist 40 45.

• She wears a red dress with floral sleeves, a high-slit skirt, a patterned gold clasp, and an imperial cloak 44 45.
• The Celestial Dragons’ Hoof is branded on her back. According to Hancock, special dye has penetrated deep into her flesh 45.
• Her pet snake, Salome, coils into a throne for her in Kuja Castle 44 45.

Personality

Hancock presents herself as proud and commanding, issuing orders that her warriors obey readily. She is guarded about her enslavement: when Ruidio alludes to her brand, she reacts with anger and fear that he knows her secret 40 44 46.

She cares deeply for her sisters and carries guilt over their capture. After accepting Ruidio’s help, she asks him to treat their emotional trauma as well. Her affection for him becomes open and playful, though it also makes her reluctant to strike him during training 44 45 47.

Abilities & Skills

Love-Love Fruit

Hancock’s Paramecia Devil Fruit can turn people and objects to stone. Her system profile rates her mastery as ultimate 14 48.

• Mero Mero Mellow sends out a wave that petrifies susceptible targets. Hancock accidentally turns four of her own warriors to stone while attacking Ruidio 40.
• She reverses their petrification with waves of broken-heart-shaped light 41.
• Perfume Femur is a kick imbued with petrifying power. Ruidio’s Limitless barrier prevents it from reaching him 40.
• She can petrify and break restraints, freeing herself and her sisters aboard the slave ship 44.
• She says a particularly large Sea King is too big for her to turn completely to stone 47.

Haki

Hancock uses all three types of Haki and instructs Ruidio in their principles 46 47.

• Armament Haki: She demonstrates the 3, 6, and 9 Snake Realms, including hardening, flowing Haki and coating projectiles. She carefully channels Haki into Ruidio’s body to help him awaken his own 47 48.
• Observation Haki: She catches falling leaves and deflects fruit with her eyes closed 47.
• Conqueror’s Haki: She knocks out several jungle beasts with an invisible wave 46.

System assessment

Ruidio’s system records the following assessment after several hours of contact with Hancock 48:

Story Role

Encounter with Ruidio

Ruidio finds a task connected to Hancock’s recurring nightmares and teleports to an island near the Calm Belt. After fighting Kuja warriors, he reaches Hancock aboard the Perfume Yuda 39 40.

Her petrification attacks fail against his Limitless barrier, and he incapacitates Hancock and the crew with Unlimited Void. He tells her that her emotional wound needs treatment before vanishing. Hancock is left afraid that he has recognized her as a former slave 40.

Revisiting the slave ship

Ruidio returns to Hancock and deploys with her into the night of her capture. In her younger body, she frees herself and her sisters, and they escape the ship with him. While adrift, she describes their capture and breaks down over her guilt. The mission fails before they return to Amazon Lily 44.

Back in the present, Ruidio treats a wound Hancock sustained during the mission and comforts her over her brand. She agrees to teach him Haki and asks him to help her sisters 45.

On a second deployment, Hancock and her sisters defeat Saint Shepherd Sommers. Ruidio brings the sisters and fourteen captive girls back to Kuja Castle 46.

Haki training

Hancock instructs the Kuja to give Ruidio the same respect they give her, then begins teaching him in the jungle. After her gentle attacks prove ineffective for Observation Haki practice, she channels Armament Haki into him for hours, helping him reach his first glimpse of the skill 46 47 48.

When Ruidio brings Ace to Amazon Lily, Hancock assigns Sandersonia and Marigold to train him while she continues teaching Ruidio. Ruidio later reaches beginner-level Armament and Observation Haki with her help 49 50.

Relationships

• Boa Sandersonia and Boa Marigold — Hancock’s younger sisters and fellow survivors of enslavement. She protects them and asks Ruidio to soothe their trauma 44 45.
• Ruidio — Initially an intruder she attacks; he becomes her confidant and Haki student. Their relationship grows affectionate after he helps her confront her past 40 44 47 50.
• Portgas D. Ace — Ruidio’s crew member. Hancock arranges for her sisters to teach him Armament and Observation Haki 49.
• Salome — Hancock’s pet snake, who serves as her throne in Kuja Castle 44 45.