Portgas D. Rouge

Rouge was slim, with long strawberry blonde hair that fell in waves and brown eyes set above the freckles she would later pass to her son. A pink hibiscus bloom rested tucked into the left side of her hair. Her outfit was a flowing light blue dress with short sleeves that fell all the way to her feet, paired with sandals.

Surviving accounts of her character are sparse, yet they paint her as gentle and deeply loving, a woman who surrendered her own life so that her son could draw breath. She also bore the hallmarks of the Will of D., facing her end with a smile and an unbreakable resolve.

While carrying Ace on Baterilla, an island of the South Blue, Rouge learned of Roger's execution and was seen gazing out across the ocean. Determined to keep her son's connection to the Pirate King secret, she stretched her pregnancy to a full twenty months through willpower alone. When the boy was finally delivered, she cradled him and gave him the name Gol D. Ace, drawing on a name Roger himself had picked, before the strain of holding him so long claimed her life.

Her sacrifice let Ace pass his childhood beyond the reach of the World Government. Though he never knew her, he felt he owed his mother a debt and adopted Portgas, her surname, in tribute. She had also placed her trust in Garp, Roger's old enemy, to look after the infant, and out of respect for her love and sacrifice he honored the request without ever disclosing Ace's lineage to the Marines.