Recaps

Gawain brought the Shandia back to Jaya, reached an understanding with Shanks, and began preparing to help Alabasta. When Ace arrived in Alabasta, Rayleigh revealed that Ace was Roger’s son and Gawain’s crew took him in for training.

• Gawain offered the Shandia a home and a chance to return Jaya to its original location, then left them a week to decide whether to board his ship.
• Shanks and Rayleigh fought at Golden Town until Akainu attacked, and Gawain arrived with God's Island to restore Jaya and stop the battle.
• Gawain and Shanks agreed to remain allies, with Shanks restraining pirates while Gawain checked the Marines, and Shanks asked Gawain to spare Monkey D. Luffy.
• Gawain allowed Akainu to pursue Shanks, defended Rayleigh’s place aboard his ship, and considered Akainu’s proposals for a Marine purge and World Military Draft.
• Cobra asked Gawain for help with Alabasta’s drought and rebellion, and Gawain promised supplies and an investigation in exchange for compensation.
• Crocodile revealed that he had caused Alabasta’s drought to pursue Pluton, while Ace arrived in Katorea and began producing fresh water for civilians.
• Crocodile offered Ace his Treasure Tree Adam ship in exchange for free water, and Ace accepted before Gawain’s ship reached Alabasta.
• Ace challenged Gawain, but Rayleigh defeated him and revealed that Ace was Roger’s son, then Gawain subdued Ace’s crew and Ace asked Rayleigh to train him.

Gawain brought Alabasta under the Dark Bird Group’s protection, recruited Crocodile, Robin, Vivi, and others, and began building a railway while arranging for Zephyr to train his crew. After leaving Alabasta, the group set course for Drum Island to obtain Zephyr’s medical care and mechanical hand.

• Gawain recruited Ace into the Iron Eagle Group, then brought aid to Katorea and organized its residents as the Dark Bird Group distributed food and water.
• Gawain forced Crocodile to join him, recruited Robin to publish accurate history, and put Crocodile’s Baroque Works officers to work as agents.
• Gawain and his crew restored rain to Alabasta, raised the Dark Bird Flag, and began building a railway as a relief project, and Vivi joined the ship with Cobra’s approval.
• Chopper continued treating injured animals under Dr. Kureha’s guidance, while Shanks met Whitebeard and learned that he and Whitebeard had both partnered with Gawain.
• Gawain met Zephyr at Marine Headquarters and invited him to lead the Dark Bird Group, and Zephyr agreed to teach Gawain and brought Ain and Binz aboard.
• Zephyr explained that Doflamingo had killed his students and severed his hand, and Franky began planning a replacement mechanical hand made from Wapol Metal.
• Gawain ordered a trip to Drum Island for Zephyr’s treatment and assigned Issho to depose Wapol, after the railway’s trial run, the Dark Bird Ship departed Alabasta that evening.

Gawain deposed Wapol, helped Drum Kingdom recover, and brought Kureha and Chopper aboard while the crew honored Hiriluk’s dream with pink snowfall. They then recruited Dorry and Brogy to help secure Little Garden, took control of Whiskey Peak, and prepared to enter Laboon in search of Crocus.

• Gawain rescued a sick girl in Drum Kingdom, captured Wapol with Issho and Kuma, and appointed Dalton as the new king.
• Kureha treated Gawain’s dangerous exhaustion, joined the crew with Chopper, and began treating Zephyr’s failing health and injured arm.
• Gawain helped Drum Kingdom restore its medical care and celebrated Hiriluk’s dream as Franky’s cannon spread pink snow across the island.
• Gawain fought Dorry on Little Garden, won his respect, and recruited Dorry and Brogy to guard a future station and protect travelers.
• Franky completed Zephyr’s new mechanical arm, and the crew endured a hurricane before reaching Whiskey Peak.
• Crocodile offered Whiskey Peak to Gawain, who put Kalifa and Lucci in charge as the crew rebuilt the island and recruited more than thirty thousand people.
• At Rayleigh’s urging, Gawain agreed to seek Crocus at Twin Capes and take the crew into Laboon, where Rayleigh emerged and greeted Crocus.

Gawain brought Laboon into his crew, met Dragon at Reverse Mountain, and secured the Revolutionary Army’s cooperation with his plans. After crossing into the East Blue, he defeated a pirate fleet and began organizing the region for the Sea Train project.

• Gawain promised Laboon he would take him to find Brook, and Laboon joined the voyage while Crocus agreed to help the crew as a doctor.
• Rayleigh persuaded Crocus that Gawain’s reforms offered a better path than piracy, while Gawain explained why he planned to begin in the East Blue.
• Kuma met Dragon and Sabo at Reverse Mountain, declared his faith in Gawain’s cause, and warned Gawain that the Revolutionary Army had gathered nearby.
• Gawain and Dragon fought while their crews clashed, and Gawain’s officers captured Dragon before Ace and Sabo ended the confrontation.
• Gawain freed Dragon and proposed making Sabo a liaison, then negotiated Revolutionary Army withdrawals and support for his planned pirate blockade.
• Seventeen days later, Gawain had Laboon lifted over the Red Line and headed for the East Blue as Smoker battled more than one hundred pirate ships near Reverse Mountain.
• Gawain stopped the pirates, saved Tashigi, and arranged for his crew to transport the 5,422 prisoners while Smoker and Tashigi joined him aboard the Dark Bird Ship.
• Gawain set Loguetown as the Sea Train’s East Blue terminus and ordered Lucci and Crocodile to deploy their former agents across the region.