He was the first pirate to escape from Impel Down jail. In his time he had the courage to face the one who would become the king of the pirates, Gol D. Roger. He had an entire fleet at his disposal. He could have been one of the junkies of the past… we don’t know that though. He now returns with a ridiculous plan hatched for 20 years in Merville, his floating empire. He is the one they call the Golden Lion, the one who claims to rule the seas from the sky, Shiki.