Marshall D. Teach (Yonko) JUS

Marshall D. Teach, most commonly referred to by his epithet “Blackbeard”, is the captain-turned-admiral of the Blackbeard Pirates, and one of the Four Emperors that rule over the New World.^[3] He is also the only known person in history to wield the powers of two Devil Fruits, as well as part of a special bloodline, which is only known to a small number of individuals, including his own crew and the Five Elders.

Teach started out his pirate career as an apprentice of the Whitebeard Pirates, then later became a member of the crew’s 2nd Division. However, he murdered Thatch, the 4th Division Commander, in order to steal the Yami Yami no Mi, a rare darkness-based Logia Devil Fruit with the power to nullify the Devil Fruit abilities of others. He then fled from Whitebeard’s crew and, after defeating the infamous 2nd Division Commander Portgas D. Ace and handing him over to the Marines, was awarded a position among the Seven Warlords of the Sea. He only held the position briefly, though, using it to infiltrate the great underwater prison Impel Down and escaping with multiple infamous Level 6 prisoners recruited into his crew…