Donquixote Pirates

Doflamingo built this crew after being cast out of Mary Geoise, gathering recruits he came to regard as the replacement for the family he lost. His earliest followers, Vergo, Trebol, Diamante, and Pica, swore loyalty to him as their future king and burned a destructive trail across the North Blue. Over the years the band grew into a power that controlled Dressrosa outright, with Doflamingo crowned its king through a staged heroic act after ousting the Riku Family. Their grip relied heavily on Sugar, whose Hobi Hobi no Mi turned countless citizens into toys and erased all memory of them, keeping the kingdom under a hidden stranglehold.

The organization ran on a card-suit hierarchy, with the Heart, Club, Diamond, and Spade seats reserved for the most trusted officers beneath the captain. Below the three elite officers sat ten more, split into the Trebol, Diamante, and Pica Armies, each specializing in a different kind of mission and commanding over two thousand soldiers. The crew counted no fewer than seventeen Devil Fruit users among its ranks, the most of any group outside the Marines. Deeply entrenched in underworld dealings, they trafficked in slavery, weapons, and artificial fruit, producing SMILE through their alliance with Caesar Clown and supplying them to the Emperor Kaido. Doflamingo's blackmail of the World Government, drawn from his knowledge of a national treasure, let him cling to his Warlord seat and even mobilize CP0.

Donquixote Doflamingo led the crew until Luffy brought him down with Gear 4, after which Admiral Fujitora arrested him and the bulk of his officers and shipped them to Impel Down. The elite officers Trebol, Diamante, and Pica each fell to opponents during the Dressrosa battle, as did the lower officers. Trafalgar Law, once groomed as a candidate for the vacant Corazon seat, defected after Doflamingo killed his brother Rosinante, the second Corazon and a secret Marine. Vergo, the first Corazon, died on Punk Hazard at Law's hands. Others met varied fates: Baby 5 defected to marry Sai, Viola rejoined the Riku family, and Bellamy, long dismissed for repeated failure, abandoned piracy after losing to Luffy.