Rocks Pirates

Biodata

History

Formation

Before formally raising its flag, Rocks attacked a Heavenly Tribute warship near Marine Headquarters, seized its funds and vessel, freed enslaved prisoners, and escaped through Enies Lobby after blasting open the Gates of Justice. The captured Tribute Ship was refitted into a pirate vessel. 1 7

Guyue Fang Huo was Rocks’ first recruited member. After being freed from solitary confinement, Fang Huo accepted Rocks’ invitation in exchange for future cooperation and intelligence-sharing. 2 3

The crew expanded rapidly through direct recruitment, Davy Back Fights, and forced choices offered to defeated pirates. Babel and Sambel joined at Fish-Man Island; Edward Newgate joined after a Davy Back Fight against his former captain; Shiki and Silver Axe Xiong were recruited after defeats by Rocks. 8 11 18 22

The World Government publicly recognized the group before it had officially hoisted its flag. Rocks then declared the Rocks Pirates established, naming the first six members as founding members and ordering Sambel to raise the crew’s flag. 26

Elysium Island and Expansion

After destroying the Ochoku Pirates, the Rocks Pirates occupied Elysium Island. Newgate split the island to create a natural harbor, while Fang Huo and Shiki shaped its recognizable terrain and architecture. Rocks declared himself the “Overlord of the New World” there and began accepting subordinate crews. 46

The crew’s affiliated forces included the Ancient Moon Club, Ganzi’s smuggling fleet, the Bolo Pirates, and other crews approved after Elysium Island’s recruitment period. Affiliates could fly the Rocks Pirates’ flag while retaining freedom to operate and grow independently. 60 61 62

Rocks later entrusted command to Houka during a temporary departure to West Blue. Although several officers challenged or questioned Houka’s authority, they ultimately accepted him as acting commander. 67

Rocks Empire and New World Alliance

Rocks and Houka developed a system in which officers would become kings and division commanders, creating a network of states intended to unite the New World against the World Government. 180

The Rocks Empire was founded on Elysium Island. Shiki was ordered to establish the Flying Kingdom nearby, while Babel and Malone were assigned guard kingdoms. The surrounding kingdoms and divisions became the Empire’s defensive structure. 183 184

The Rocks Pirates later offered the Roger Pirates a choice between annihilation and joining the New World Alliance as an official pirate crew. Roger accepted, making his crew an allied force rather than part of the main Rocks crew. 200

The crew also strengthened its cooperation with Elbaf and the Giant Warrior Pirates. Their joint disappearance from Elysium Island alarmed Marine G-1, which feared that the combined force was preparing an offensive against the World Government. 171 264

War Against the World Government

The crew intervened in the Red Earth Island human-cleansing competition, killed Celestial Dragons, seized treasures, and triggered an emergency response from Marine Headquarters and the Five Elders. 223

Following the incident, Rocks planned to return the captured Celestial Dragons to God Valley, but Houka persuaded him to relocate the Davy Clan to prevent another catastrophe from reaching Rocks’ homeland. 241

Even while Rocks, Houka, and several King-level officers were absent, the remaining force fought the Five Elders, Holy Knights, and their monsters. Babel and Gier Buster awakened Conqueror’s Haki during this conflict. 341

The Rocks Pirates later launched a preemptive strike against the World Government’s grand fleet near Elbaf, with Newgate, Babel, Xiong, and Bolo Gram destroying large numbers of Marine and allied-nation warships. 407

During a later battle against Imu, Rocks lost his usual weapon in close combat and shifted to supporting Houka and Loki with the Dark-Dark Fruit until Houka supplied him with Joy Boy’s recovered divine sword and shield. 422

Dark-Dark Fruit and Dark God Awakening

Rocks eventually obtained and consumed the Dark-Dark Fruit, which can suppress another Devil Fruit ability through physical contact, possesses gravitational properties, and is believed to resist Imu’s control abilities. Its most valuable strategic function is the ability to hunt and seize Devil Fruit powers for the crew’s officers. 371 372 373

Seeking to awaken the ability away from Davy Jones and other unknown threats, Rocks traveled with Houka and Loki to the moon and underwent a life-threatening battle within Houka’s Lost World. Houka’s and Loki’s Advanced Conqueror’s Haki attacks forced Rocks to recognize that the Dark-Dark Fruit was not a Logia, but a Mythical Zoan ability. 466 467

Rocks awakened the fruit as a darkness-associated Mythical Zoan, taking the title “Dark God Rocks.” He overcame the multiple devil consciousnesses contesting for control and severed Davy Jones’ ability to use the bloodline contract and the fruit’s lingering consciousness to replace him. 468

Organization

Command

• Rocks D. Zebek / Davy D. Zebek — Captain and founder; the crew’s strongest combatant and architect of its campaign against Imu and the World Government. Following the awakening of his Dark-Dark Fruit, he also bears the title “Dark God Rocks.” 26 71 468
• Kozuki Houka / Guyue Fang Huo — Chief strategist and eventual vice-captain. He commanded the crew during Rocks’ absence and was formally appointed vice-captain later. 67 81
• Edward Newgate — Founding combatant and one of the crew’s King-level officers. 11 26
• Golden Lion Shiki — Founding swordsman and King-level officer; later ordered to establish the Flying Kingdom. 18 26 183
• Charlotte Linlin — King-level officer who participated in internal power struggles and the Red Earth Island operation. 57 200
• Patrick Redfield — King-level officer recruited to protect his family from Cipher Pol’s infiltration of Red Earth Island. 104 191

Other Documented Members

• Nautilus / Flame Titan Babel — Fish-Man combatant recruited on Fish-Man Island; later established the Titan Kingdom, awakened Conqueror’s Haki, and merged with a Marine blood thrall to gain aerial mobility. 8 184 341 407
• Tidal Sea Demon Sambel — Fish-Man helmsman recruited through Fang Huo’s efforts. 8 26
• Silver Axe Xiong — Founding combatant and later ruler of the Silver Axe Kingdom. 22 26 184
• Bolo Gram — Recruited at Elysium Island after Houka secured his agreement and protected his crew. 60
• Ganzi — Smuggler recruited after arriving at Elysium Island; his fleet became an affiliated force and logistical asset. 53 61
• Stussy — Female combatant who joined the crew while aligning herself with Houka. 55
• Malone — Mafia leader recruited in West Blue; later assigned a guard kingdom around the Rocks Empire. 76 183
• Fugetsu Kizaburo — Samurai swordsmith recruited after losing a High-Low Davy Back Fight to Rocks. 86
• Gier Buster / Gil Basta — Officer who founded the Victory Kingdom and Ghost Division. 184
• Scaredo — Officer of Shiki’s Flying Squadron who fought Saint Marcus Mars during the conflict against the Five Elders. 341

Allied Forces

• Roger Pirates — Official pirate crew of the New World Alliance. Though trained and deployed alongside Rocks’ forces, they remain a separate crew under Gol D. Roger. 200 204
• Giant Warrior Pirates and Elbaf — Major allied force whose cooperation with the Rocks Pirates substantially increased the New World Alliance’s military threat. 171 264 407

Recruitment Practices

• Defeated pirates are commonly given the choice to join, enter a Davy Back Fight, or face death. 18 73
• Strength is the principal qualification for the main crew; prospective affiliates were expected to hold at least a 200 million Beli bounty, demonstrate exceptional combat ability, possess a powerful Devil Fruit, or show exceptional potential. 49
• Rocks actively encourages rivalries and duels among officers, considering internal competition necessary for their growth. 26 57
• Houka often moderates Rocks’ brutality, persuading recruits such as Bolo Gram to join without being forced to endure Rocks’ attacks. 60

Territories and Forces

Ships and Resources

• Sword of Xebec — The crew’s flying flagship, originally a Heavenly Tribute warship captured and modified by Rocks. Its mobility makes it difficult for World Government agents to track. 1 7 65
• Rocks Fury — Flagship used by the force led by Shiki during battles against the Five Elders. 341
• Golden Lion King — Flying island-ship operating alongside the Rocks Fury. 341
• Pluton — A potential strategic weapon the crew seeks to employ; their disappearance from Elysium Island was tied to plans to locate the Great Hammer Warband and potentially use it. 264
• Devil Fruit stockpiles — The crew regularly pursues powerful Devil Fruits and later gains the ability to hunt Devil Fruit powers through Rocks’ Dark-Dark Fruit. 76 373
• Dark-Dark Fruit — Rocks’ Mythical Zoan darkness ability. It nullifies Devil Fruit powers through contact, exerts gravitational effects, and enables the hunting of other Devil Fruit abilities. 372 373 468
• Joy Boy’s divine sword and shield — Ancient weapons recovered from Imu’s treasury and provided to Rocks after he lost his original weapon in battle. 422
• Lost World — Houka’s separate-space domain, used as a secure location for Rocks’ Dark-Dark Fruit awakening and to isolate him from Davy Jones’ influence. 467 468

Reputation and Bounties

• The World Government regards the Rocks Pirates as one of the greatest threats to emerge in centuries and repeatedly attempted to infiltrate the crew through Cipher Pol agents and bribed pirates. 30 34 65 79
• Their reputation is built on Rocks’ killing of a Marine Admiral, their defeat of Marine fleets, aggressive recruitment, and open hostility toward the Celestial Dragons. 26 32 223
• Their sudden disappearance from Elysium Island alongside the Giant Warrior Pirates caused Marine G-1 to fear an imminent invasion. 264
• The crew’s ability to field major forces against the Five Elders even in the absence of Rocks and Houka, followed by its preemptive assault on the World Government’s grand fleet near Elbaf, reinforced its status as the New World’s dominant military power. 341 407
• Rocks’ awakening as Dark God Rocks further increased the strategic danger represented by the crew, particularly because the awakened Dark-Dark Fruit can be used to acquire additional Devil Fruit powers for its officers. 373 468

Notable Quotes

“Since the World Government has already announced the existence of the Rocks Pirates, let us officially establish the Rocks Pirates today.” — Rocks 26

“The Rocks Pirates would become the greatest pirate crew in the world and dominate the New World!” 23

“Half of the Rocks Pirates was still the strongest pirate crew in the world!” 341

“From today onward! The Dark God shall be called Rocks!” — Rocks 468