Rosy Life Riders

Duval commands this crew of lawbreakers based near the Sabaody Archipelago, and the group is best known for riders atop enormous flying fish able to travel with equal ease overhead or below the surface. Their earlier incarnation was a kidnapping outfit called the Flying Fish Riders before the present name stuck. The mounts run about the size of dolphins and can hold to the air for roughly five minutes, though water suits them far better, where only merfolk outrun them. Handles, pedals, and seats let riders guide each fish smoothly, oxygen masks sit ready for plunges beneath the waves, and Duval instead rides a bison named Motobaro rigged for underwater travel.

The gang took shape because Duval's face closely matched the drawing on Sanji's wanted poster, which turned him into prey for Marines and bounty hunters once Enies Lobby was behind them. Joining forces with the Macro Pirates, they overpowered Hatchan and locked him up so they could at last grab Camie. To free their friend the Straw Hats fought and defeated them, and Sanji closed the matter by reshaping Duval's face, which moved him to quit the slave trade and befriend the crew. For taking down enemies the riders worked out several tactics, from the suicidal high-altitude Zero Fight ram to an Iron Net that hauls opponents down to drown, plus a Giant Anchor let loose to sink vessels, all backed by bombs, harpoons, and melee arms. They later ferried the Straw Hats to the auction house to rescue Camie and stood watch over the Thousand Sunny after the crew was flung apart.

Duval heads the gang and rides the bison Motobaro in place of a flying fish. Across the timeskip he and his followers, alongside Hatchan and Bartholomew Kuma, waged a fierce fight against the Marines and drove them back, though Duval came away badly hurt and swathed in bandages when next glimpsed. Several unnamed riders afterward saved Brook from being taken by the Marines. The group holds a base on the Sabaody Archipelago, set some five kilometers to the east of Grove 44, which they went on mending through the two-year gap.