Whitebeard

Biodata

Appearance

Whitebeard is a huge, powerfully built older man with a crescent-shaped white mustache. He is often seen attached to numerous IV tubes 25 59.

Personality

Whitebeard treats his crew as family and is fiercely protective of those he calls his sons. Despite suspecting that Ace’s execution was a trap, he assembled his forces to rescue him 25 59.

He is proud and confident in his strength. He dismissed reports of Feng Lei’s victory over Rayleigh as Marine propaganda, but recognized Feng Lei as a formidable Admiral after seeing him strike Marco 83 104.

Abilities & Skills

Tremor-Tremor Fruit

Whitebeard uses the fruit’s power to produce destructive vibrations and shockwaves 103 107.

• Shattered Aokiji’s ice spears and detonated a cannon barrage in midair, protecting his advancing crew 103.
• Broke apart a mountain-sized iceberg that Feng Lei had redirected toward the pirates 104.
• Sent Feng Lei crashing into a Marineford tower with a vibration attack through Murakumogiri 105.
• Dented Marineford’s reinforced defensive wall; a stronger attack aimed at the execution platform was redirected into Luffy’s group by Feng Lei 106 107.
• Years of using the fruit left Whitebeard with severe hidden injuries 59.

Physical Strength

• Whitebeard is noted for being able to stop a ship with one hand 9.

Observation Haki

• He sensed where the Marines were looking when they identified Feng Lei as the person who had anticipated his plan 91.

Equipment

• Murakumogiri — Whitebeard’s Supreme Grade Blade. He used it to cut his IV tubes and channel a vibration attack against Feng Lei 59 103 105.
• Moby Dick — His beluga whale-shaped pirate ship and the flagship from which he directed the attack on Marineford 25 91 103.

Relationships

• Portgas D. Ace — His Second Division Commander and one of the crew members he considers his sons. Whitebeard hoped Ace would inherit his will and assembled the fleet to rescue him 59.
• Marco — His First Division Commander, who brings him news and tends to his IVs. Whitebeard reassured Marco when he worried about Feng Lei 59 83 103.
• Gol D. Roger — A dear friend and Ace’s biological father. Whitebeard had also fought Roger’s crew in numerous battles 59 83.
• Sengoku — The Fleet Admiral who planned to use Ace’s execution as bait to draw Whitebeard into a decisive battle 29 59.
• Feng Lei — A Marine Admiral who anticipated Whitebeard’s approach and inflicted devastating losses on his crew. Whitebeard came to regard him as a dangerous future threat 91 105 106.
• Monkey D. Luffy — Ace’s sworn brother. When Luffy arrived at Marineford to rescue Ace, Whitebeard ordered his crew to escort him 102 106.

Story Role

Preparations to rescue Ace

After Marco reported that an unknown Marine had killed Charlotte Cracker, Whitebeard wondered whether Sengoku intended to provoke both his crew and the Big Mom Pirates. He had already noticed the Marines gathering forces after Ace’s capture 25.

When Ace’s public execution was announced, Whitebeard cut his IV tubes with Murakumogiri and ordered the Whitebeard Pirates to assemble. Marco later reconnected the tubes as Whitebeard prepared for the journey to Marineford 59.

As shipwrights coated his fleet for underwater travel, Whitebeard dismissed a newspaper report that the teenage Feng Lei had defeated Rayleigh. He reassured the uneasy Marco that he was still Whitebeard, the strongest man in the world 83.

Battle of Marineford

Whitebeard sent forty-three allied crews ahead as a decoy while his own ships approached underwater. Feng Lei had anticipated the plan, however, and Aokiji froze the sea, forcing the Moby Dick and two other ships to surface at the edge of the inner bay 87 90.

Whitebeard led his pirates across the ice, using tremors to counter Aokiji’s ice spears and the Marines’ cannon fire. Feng Lei then knocked Marco from the sky, redirected Jozu’s iceberg toward the pirates, and devastated the inner bay with Super Almighty Push. Whitebeard shattered the iceberg and retaliated against Feng Lei after his crew suffered heavy casualties 103 104 105.

When Luffy and the Impel Down escapees arrived, Whitebeard ordered his crew to clear a path for Ace’s brother. The Marines sealed the bay and attacked the trapped pirates with Akainu’s Meteor Volcano. Whitebeard struck the defensive wall, then aimed a stronger shockwave at the execution platform; Feng Lei redirected it into Luffy’s group 106 107.

Notable Quotes

“I’d never abandon a single one of my sons!” 59

“Marco, what are you worried about? Don’t forget, your Pops is Whitebeard!!” 83