Recaps

Lorne visited Dragon and helped shape the Revolutionary Army’s strategy before continuing toward Marine Headquarters with Kuina, whom he recruited and trained. At Baratie, Lorne’s intervention against the Krieg Pirates revealed his Conqueror’s Haki to Sanji and Zeff.

• Lorne visited Dragon at Shimotsuki Village, proposed a strategy for the Revolutionary Army, and declared that he would rise through the Navy to bring down the Celestial Dragons.
• Lorne challenged Dragon to a fight, experienced Conqueror’s Haki Infusion, and began learning to use it himself.
• After seeing Koshiro discourage Kuina’s ambition, Lorne encouraged her to pursue becoming the world’s greatest swordsman and invited her to join his force.
• Kuina left Isshin Dojo with Lorne, who trained her and his Marines during the voyage toward Marine Headquarters.
• Lorne took Kuina and Masha to Baratie, where Kuina cut down pirates who tried to steal her sword.
• Zeff served Lorne’s party, and Lorne encouraged Sanji to grow strong enough to pursue the All Blue and protect Baratie.
• Don Krieg’s pirates invaded Baratie, and Lorne knocked out their advance party with Conqueror’s Haki after they insulted him and ruined his food.
• Lorne ordered Ethan and the Marines to bind the unconscious pirates, while Zeff approached his table and explained Lorne’s strength to Sanji.

Lorne formed the Special Vanguard Team and led it through a string of brutal battles across the Grand Line. The arc ended with Lorne facing Jack alone as his Battlefield Valor bloodline turned his injuries into growing strength.

• Lorne defeated Don Krieg and his fleet, then returned to Marineford with Kuina and Masha.
• Sengoku authorized Lorne to form an independent force, and Lorne recruited Ryan, Bakel, Kuina, and other trainees into the Special Vanguard Team.
• Lorne trained the team in the Calm Belt, where Ryan, Bakel, and Kuina killed a Sea King and developed their abilities.
• The Vanguard Team defeated Carlos and the Blood Hand Pirates, then Lorne used Conqueror's Haki to stop the fleeing survivors.
• After the Black Dragon Society killed five Marines, Lorne destroyed Klein's gang and its headquarters, then arranged compensation for the fallen soldiers' families.
• Lorne led the team through a month of pirate hunts, earning the nickname “Sett Rear Admiral” as Jack set out to kill him.
• Jack attacked the Marines' island camp, but Lorne faced him alone after ordering Ethan and the Vanguard Squad to retreat.
• Jack transformed into a mammoth and battered Lorne into a crater, but Lorne recovered as Battlefield Valor increased his strength and used Crushing Blow to pull Jack toward him.

After defeating Jack, Lorne fought off Big Mom’s fleets and brought Perospero to Marineford before joining the Reverie security detail. When Saint Charlos attacked Kuina, Lorne struck back and nearly killed him, leaving the Five Elders and Sengoku to confront the consequences.

• Lorne defeated Jack with a devastating punch, and Benny’s footage of the battle led Morgans to publish news that made Lorne a target of Big Mom and the World Government.
• Big Mom ordered Perospero to capture Lorne as her prospective husband, but Lorne fought off the fleets, captured Perospero, and brought him to Marineford.
• Sengoku ordered Lorne to join the Reverie patrol, where Lorne rebuked King Stelly and witnessed the abuses of the Celestial Dragons and their slaves.
• Lorne diverted the Fearless to rescue King Cobra from pirates, defeated the attackers, and brought Cobra and his wounded party back to Mary Geoise.
• Saint Charlos ordered CP0 to seize Kuina, and Lorne killed one agent, stopped Charlos’s bullet, and knocked out Charlos and his guards with Conqueror’s Haki.
• Kizaru stopped Lorne from crushing Charlos and fought him, but Lorne agreed to spare Charlos after Kizaru warned that the World Government could retaliate against his people.
• The Five Elders decided to send Lorne to G-5, while Saint Rosward and other Celestial Dragons demanded his execution and Garp declared he would protect his grandson.

Lorne completed his Haki training with Garp, returned briefly to Foosha Village, and then accepted Sengoku’s secret mission after being expelled from the Marines. As the Fearless reached Sabaody for coating, Lorne and Kuina faced pirates and a Celestial Dragon who ordered their legs cut off.

• Sengoku secured Lorne’s confinement on the Island of Misfortune, but Lorne chose to disappear into the Calm Belt with the Fearless and train there.
• Lorne struggled to master Conqueror’s Haki Infusion until Garp arrived and taught him to follow Haki’s rhythm through battle, and Lorne eventually merged Grit with his Haki and completed his training.
• After two years, Lorne defeated Garp in a powerful clash, then sailed with him to Foosha Village, where they saw Ace set out to sea and warned him about Marshall D. Teach.
• Sengoku stripped Lorne of his rank and expelled him, then secretly tasked him with opposing the Four Emperors, and Lorne and the dismissed Marines abandoned their identities and sailed for the New World.
• Lorne killed Gar of the Brutal Pirates in seconds, and Morgans published the news of Lorne’s return and break with Marine Headquarters.
• At Sabaody, Lorne and Kuina sought Silvers Rayleigh to coat the Fearless, after testing Lorne’s strength, Rayleigh agreed to do the work in at least three days.
• While shopping for supplies, Lorne overheard pirates plotting against him, then refused to kneel when Saint Mosti arrived and ordered his guards to cut off Lorne and Kuina’s legs.