Diamante

Biodata

Background / History

Donquixote Family Officer

Diamante supported Doflamingo from the beginning of his rise and held an influential position among the Donquixote Family’s core officers. He had spent more than a decade roaming the Grand Line and was managing family affairs in the New World before returning to North Blue 5 13.

His return from Dressrosa was intended to secure the family’s North Blue business hub. The base distributed weapons, slaves, and other underworld goods across the Four Seas. Diamante completed most outstanding business before its capture, limiting the immediate losses despite more than a billion Beli’s worth of supplies remaining in storage 15 16 17.

Attempt to Recruit Arthur

Diamante had appointed Jeffrey to manage the North Blue slave trade. After Arthur killed Jeffrey and freed a shipload of captives, the family’s intelligence network identified Arthur as the culprit. Diamante was more angered by the challenge to the family’s authority than by the loss of over twenty million Beli in goods 2 5.

Recognizing Arthur’s potential, Diamante ordered his recruitment, with instructions to kill him and the escaped slaves if he refused. He later spoke to Arthur through a Den Den Mushi, threatening both Apple Town and the rescued captives. Arthur rejected the offer by killing the pirate leader, while Alfred killed the remaining men. Enraged by Arthur’s defiance, Diamante issued a thirty-million-Beli black-market bounty 5 7 8.

Loss of the North Blue Base

After three days of unsuccessful bounty attempts, Diamante prepared three armed warships to hunt Arthur personally and reassert the family’s reputation. Arthur instead attacked the base first, setting off the harbor’s ammunition with a cannon shot before confronting Diamante 12 13.

Diamante initially disrupted Arthur’s footing with his Devil Fruit and attacked with his sword techniques. Arthur adapted to the moving ground, resisted his strongest slash, and retaliated with repeated Atomic Light Swords. Diamante survived by fleeing their blast zones and using Armament Haki, but Arthur’s faster Atomic Lance inflicted severe internal injuries 13 14 15.

Using the explosion as cover, Diamante escaped unnoticed and reported his near-death experience to the family. Arthur and Alfred eliminated the remaining pirates and seized the base. Doflamingo responded by offering three hundred million Beli for Arthur’s death rather than risking more officers in individual attacks 15 16.

Revenge and Death

Diamante returned with the forces gathering to claim Doflamingo’s bounty, determined to erase the humiliation of his defeat. The family had decided to abandon the captured base and establish a replacement elsewhere, allowing him to attack without concern for preserving it 20.

Despite recognizing Arthur’s increased strength, Diamante trusted the attackers’ numerical advantage. When Basil Hawkins withdrew after divining no chance of survival, Diamante encouraged the others by promising the bounty and the Donquixote Family’s friendship to Arthur’s killer 21 22.

The attackers fled after Arthur mutilated Vinsmoke Yonji and Niji. Diamante unsuccessfully tried to stop the retreat by raising the reward to six hundred million Beli, then attempted to escape himself. Arthur intercepted him with Soru, crushed his Armament Haki-coated sword energy, and killed him with a single punch through his reinforced defenses 23 24.

Appearance

• Headwear: Fur-trimmed hat 13.
• Facial markings: Red stripes painted on his face 13.
• Clothing: Red cape draped over his shoulders; his overall appearance is described as outlandish 13.

Personality

Diamante is proud of the Donquixote Family’s authority and treats resistance as an intolerable insult. His reaction to Jeffrey’s death centers on the family being defied, rather than the monetary loss. He casually orders the deaths of escaped slaves and threatens an entire town to force Arthur’s cooperation 5 8.

He recognizes useful talent, as shown by his appointments of Jeffrey and attempted recruitment of Arthur, but repeatedly underestimates Arthur as an inexperienced North Blue youth. His confidence gives way to fear when Arthur demonstrates overwhelming power. Although willing to flee to survive, he remains deeply resentful of the humiliation and returns seeking revenge 2 5 13 14 15 20.

Abilities & Skills

Flag-Flag Fruit

Diamante describes himself as a “Flag Man” who can make objects he touches become light and flutter like cloth 13.

• Weapon manipulation: Makes his rapier flexible without sacrificing its strength or sharpness 13.
• Terrain manipulation: Turns solid ground into an undulating, cloth-like surface that disrupts an opponent’s balance 13.
• Demonstrated limits: Arthur learns to run on the shifting terrain. Diamante abandons the effect when forced to flee an Atomic Light Sword 14.

Swordsmanship

Diamante combines rapier attacks, Devil Fruit manipulation, and projected sword energy 13 14.

Haki

• Armament Haki: Can coat his entire body for defense. It helps him survive an Atomic Light Sword explosion but cannot fully protect his internal organs from the Atomic Lance’s shock wave 14 15.
• Localized hardening: Reinforces his head against Arthur’s final punch, unsuccessfully 24.
• Observation Haki: Identified as proficient by Navy and World Government personnel. He also recognizes Arthur’s use of the same ability during their first duel 9 13.

Command and Underworld Influence

• Appoints subordinates to manage the North Blue slave trade and commands the branch’s pirates 2 5 12.
• Uses the family’s intelligence network to identify Arthur and track his movements 5 20.
• Issues a black-market bounty that attracts pirates and assassins throughout North Blue 8 9.
• Commands access to three high-grade armed warships, described as one grade below Navy warships 12.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Rapier — Carried at his waist and reshaped through the Flag-Flag Fruit for his sword techniques 13.
• Den Den Mushi — Used to communicate with subordinates and threaten Arthur remotely; he throws one against a wall after Arthur hangs up on him 8.

Relationships

• Donquixote Doflamingo — Leader whom Diamante supported from the beginning. Doflamingo is furious at his near-death defeat and avoids sending other officers into similarly dangerous individual confrontations 5 16.
• Jeffrey — Trusted subordinate whom Diamante placed in charge of North Blue slave affairs. Jeffrey invokes Diamante’s protection before Arthur kills him 2 3 4.
• Arthur D. Dragonier — Intended recruit turned enemy. Arthur rejects his threats, takes his base, and ultimately kills him 5 8 15 24.
• Alfred — Arthur’s retainer, who kills Diamante’s recruitment party and most of the pirates defending his base 8 15.
• Basil Hawkins — Fellow participant in the bounty expedition. Diamante angrily dismisses his withdrawal after a divination predicts certain death 21.

Notable Quotes

“I'm a Flag Man who ate the Flag-Flag Fruit!” 13

“Whoever kills this brat first will not only get the three-hundred-million bounty, but also gain the friendship of our Donquixote Family!!” 21