

This ironically freed the island as it caused the kingdom's tyrant ruler Wapol to cowardly run away. The Blackbeard Pirates then invaded Drum Kingdom, Chopper's home town. He then fled Whitebeard's ship and assembled his own crew to further his goal of becoming the Pirate King.


Indeed, Jesus Burgess seems to know a way to steal a devil fruit power as he attempted to kill Luffy before Sabo interfered and tried to do the same to the latter as well. They are said to be stealing Devil fruits from users after death most likely in the same manner as Whitebeard. It was said by Gatz that Blackbeard is protected by the Ten Titanic Captains, who serve as personal guards. With nobody else standing in their way, the crew used their captain's knowledge of the Whitebeard Pirates' territory and took it over.Īfter the timeskip, Blackbeard took his former captain's position as one of the Yonko.

He somehow steals Whitebeard's Gura Gura no mi powers through an unknown method becoming the first person in history to use two devil fruits.Ī year after the Battle of Marineford, the crew fought against the remainder of the Whitebeard Pirates (led by Marco) and defeated them. He fought Whitebeard and with the help of his crew killed him in a cowardly fashion. Blackbeard later ate the Yami Yami no mi, a powerful devil fruit and briefly held the title of Shichibukai before throwing it away after breaking into Impel Down to recruit the inmates above. His strength was worthy of being commander on his crew but he turned it down as he lacked the ambition (it was likely to avoid becoming infamous). He was also defeated two Whitebeard commanders Thatch and Portgas D. Teach, who was originally an unknown pirate who was responsible for scarring Red Haired Shanks of the Yonko in a duel before eating a devil fruit. The true strength of the crew lies within their fearsome captain "Blackbeard" Marshall D. Their goal was to strengthen their numbers with more crewmates who were some of the most infamous and deadliest prisoners. They later broke into Impel Down and launched an attack, though the prison was admittedly in crisis so their journey was made easier. In their first mention, their attack on Drum island was so overwhelming it caused Wapol, the selfish king to flee in a cowardly fashion. The Blackbeard Pirates are one of the most powerful pirate crews in the world. The Blackbeard Pirates by the time of the Battle of Marineford
