Morgan

A towering, heavily muscled man with tanned skin and blonde hair, Morgan has a steel jaw carved with the German word for seagull. True to his nickname, a massive steel axe takes the place of his right hand, its handle bolted straight through the bones of his forearm and jutting out at the elbow. He favors a large, sleeveless overcoat worn like a normal jacket rather than draped cape-style, and it lacks the usual Justice marking; his trousers carry a striped pattern.

In his younger days he had a cleft chin like his son's and two intact arms. An attack by Captain Kuro shattered his jaw and ruined his arm, forcing the prosthetics he wears later. After his arrest he was placed in a striped prison uniform and shackled, which became his final known outfit.

As a young recruit, Morgan showed bravery and grit, defying foes even when death seemed certain. Success eventually rotted him into a cruel despot fixated on his own rank and glory. He governs through fear, threatens execution at the slightest disobedience, and treats his own judgment as flawless. His vanity ran so deep that he counted a tax-funded statue of himself among his proudest achievements.

Family meant little to him. He took his own son hostage to break out of custody even though Helmeppo was the last person who still cared about him. After escaping he grew careless enough to doze off while sailing away.

Three years before the story began, Kuro of the Black Cat Pirates wiped out Morgan's crew and spared him alone, leaving him with a broken jaw and a wrecked arm. Jango then hypnotized Morgan into believing he had captured Kuro, sending him off with a lookalike pirate. When the false Kuro was executed, Morgan, then only a low-ranking officer, received full credit and a swift promotion to lieutenant commander, eventually rising to captain over the 153rd Branch and the town of Shells Town.

By the time Zoro reached Shells Town, Morgan had become a full tyrant, taxing the townsfolk and erecting monuments to himself. He had Zoro imprisoned and starved, then planned to execute him. The arrival of Luffy and Koby upended this, and after his troops were easily defeated, Morgan was cut down by Zoro. His own men, free of his rule at last, celebrated and locked him away. He later escaped during a transfer under Garp, taking Helmeppo hostage before the boy disowned him and swam back. Morgan continued alone across the sea, at one point unknowingly passing a sleeping Jango.