Recaps

Roy manipulated the Marineford war to weaken the Marines and Whitebeard’s forces, while using the chaos to attack Mary Geoise and broadcast Golden Lion’s declaration that One Piece was real. After escaping with a fraction of his army, Roy began expanding his power in the Sky Cloud Sea as the Marines continued pursuing Whitebeard and Bullet.

• Sengoku ordered a retreat as Roy and Queen led the pirates away from Marineford, and Roy flew off after discovering Blackbeard had arrived.
• Roy persuaded Blackbeard to join the battle, while the Marines and pirates clashed and Blackbeard’s crew arrived with escaped prisoners from Impel Down.
• Roy’s timed bombs released Death Dioxide and Ice Oni, incapacitating fighters across Marineford as Golden Lion and the others used the threat to force a retreat.
• Saint Saturn arrived and the broadcast cut out, but Roy brought Enel into the fight and ordered Torres and Scarlet to attack Mary Geoise with poison-gas bombs.
• Roy used clouds laced with Seastone particles to help Enel escape Kizaru and Aokiji, then wounded Kizaru and watched Blackbeard’s crew attack Saint Saturn.
• With Buggy’s broadcast restored, Golden Lion announced that One Piece was real and vowed to find it, while the combatants began withdrawing as Bullet arrived through the teleportation array.
• Roy escaped Marineford with Enel, Caesar Clown, and Golden Lion, then ordered his forces to return to Sky City and declared his intent to unify the Sky Cloud Sea.
• Roy learned that Becky’s troops had conquered Achia, comforted a traumatized Spandam, and read that the Marines were still pursuing Whitebeard and Bullet while destroying islands.

Roy used the World Government’s campaign against Whitebeard and the ensuing chaos to capture Whitebeard secretly, seize Grant Kingdom from the Big Mom Pirates, and build support for a governorship. The arc left Roy leading a politically useful investigation into murders while Cracker was sent to Impel Down and Fish-Men watched from below.

• Roy and Spandam pursued the Octopus Pirates, and Roy killed Karma after Funkfreed and the Marines crippled the pirates’ ship.
• The World Government mobilized its forces against Whitebeard, and Roy realized the campaign would leave other territories exposed.
• A devastating strike erased Galenbit and unleashed a tsunami, while Roy guided his warship through the waves and suspected the Government had used an ancient weapon.
• Roy sent Samael to find Whitebeard, and Samael recovered the unconscious, mangled pirate from the sea so Roy could have him treated in secret.
• Roy and Bon Clay prepared to take control of Fish-Man Island, while the Government falsely announced Whitebeard’s death and pirates seized territory across the seas.
• Roy led an assault on Grant Kingdom, defeated Charlotte Cracker, and captured him before Charlotte Linlin’s forces could arrive.
• Roy, Spandam, Spandine, and Carlos campaigned for Roy to become East Blue Governor, using money, influence, intelligence, and blackmail.
• The Government assigned Roy and Spandam to investigate killings, and they arranged to frame the Whitebeard Pirates while Enel and Bon Clay steered the inquiry, and Cracker was sent to Impel Down as Fish-Man eyes watched beneath the sea.

Roy built Wings of Freedom into a base for the fish-men and used the World Government’s campaigns to expand his control over the East Blue. After Whitebeard helped destroy the armies of five member nations, Roy forged alliances with Buggy, Blackbeard, and Crocodile while preparing to exploit the resulting chaos.

• Kuzan and the fish-men used Samael to wreck the Navy ship carrying Charlotte Cracker, and Roy rescued Cracker before continuing his campaign against the Whitebeard Pirates’ remnants.
• Roy was appointed East Blue Governor, and Lucci agreed to join him after the former CP9 agents invoked their pact.
• Bon Clay led the fish-men migration toward the East Blue, and Roy established Wings of Freedom in the conquered Monig Kingdom as their new home and his future base.
• Roy used the World Government’s invasion of three Third World nations to weaken five member states, while his agents infiltrated their governments and prepared to replace their leaders.
• Whitebeard awoke in Sky City and agreed to serve Roy for a year and a half in exchange for treatment and protection for his core crew.
• Golden Lion and Caesar Clown stole Dyna Stone, while Roy prepared Whitebeard to attack the armies returning from the conquered nations.
• Whitebeard unleashed a massive tsunami that wiped out the leaders and elite forces of the five member states, and Roy mobilized his forces to seize influence amid the East Blue turmoil.
• Roy secured Buggy’s cooperation, offered Blackbeard a Road Poneglyph clue that led him to attack Zou, and gave Crocodile information about Pluton while asking him to capture Baccarat at Gran Tesoro.

Roy used the World Government’s crises and Zephyr’s rebellion to prepare a major assault on Wano Country. His forces devastated Onigashima, where Whitebeard and Kaido fought while Roy’s allies moved to capture the Beasts Pirates and seize Wano.

• Roy consolidated his growing territories, secretly purged Marines in the East Blue with World Government backing, and prepared to exploit Spandine’s planned Impel Down rebellion.
• Zephyr abandoned his original plan after learning of the Celestial Dragons’ crimes, spread his ideals of freedom and equality, and began a war that fractured the Navy and distracted the World Government.
• Roy assembled Whitebeard, Jinbe, Enel, Law, Caesar Clown, and his commanders for an assault on Wano Country, sending Jinbe’s vanguard ahead while Sky City and Edwards’s fleet followed.
• Roy dropped a compressed Dyna Stone on Onigashima, where its explosion badly injured Kaido and devastated the island, then ordered Caesar Clown to spread neurotoxic gas.
• Whitebeard fought Kaido amid the ruins as Roy assigned Enel and Law to battle the Beasts Pirates’ fighters and left Albert, Torres, and Bruno to secure Wano Country.
• Roy trapped Jack, Page One, and Ulti beneath Seastone-laced clouds, overwhelmed them, and announced their capture while Whitebeard and Kaido continued fighting and King returned toward Onigashima.