Red

Biodata

Background / History

Red commanded more than eighty pirates aboard three shallow-draft ships. A swordsman with a six-million-Beli bounty, he was reported to have massacred three villages in the preceding year 19. His crew and the Iron Fist Pirates were hired by a Goa Kingdom noble to capture commoners and deliver them to an island prison called the Red House 23.

At Withered Leaf Village, Red posed as the village chief while his pirates occupied the settlement. When Rubick and Zoro arrived, he led his men to the coast to kill them before they could reveal the crew’s location 21. Zoro overpowered Red’s opening sword strike and later defeated him with Three Sword Style: Oni Giri 21 22. Red was subsequently reported dead, and the bounty hunters took his body away 23 24.

Appearance

Red is bald and wears a headscarf while posing as Withered Leaf Village’s chief 21.

• Carries a long blade, nearly five feet from end to end, with dried blood in the groove along its edge 21.

Personality

Red is cruel and confident in his strength. He boasts when his men surround Rubick and Zoro, and his remarks about the missing villagers provoke Rubick’s anger 21. He insists on facing Zoro himself rather than immediately overwhelming him with subordinates, fearing that doing so would damage his standing as captain. After Zoro overpowers him, he looks for a way to have his men deal with Rubick first 21.

Abilities & Skills

Swordsmanship

Red is known as a skilled swordsman and fights with a long blade 19 21.

• His opening attack against Zoro is a two-handed downward strike; Zoro meets it head-on and sends him flying 21.

Equipment / Assets

• Long blade — Red’s weapon in his fight with Zoro 21.
• Three shallow-draft ships — vessels under his command 19.
• Pirate flag — depicts a skull above two crossed red swords 19.

Relationships

• Todd — subordinate who warns Red that Zoro is too dangerous for a small group of pirates to handle 21.
• Roronoa Zoro — bounty-hunter opponent who defeats Red 21 22.
• Rubick — bounty hunter whom Red initially dismisses as harmless; Rubick demands to know where the villagers have been taken 21.