King

King the Conflagration is an All-Star of the Beasts Pirates, Kaido's three closest confidants known as the Disasters. He is part of a yet-to-be-identified race that is otherwise considered extinct. Due to his actions and role, he is a major antagonist in the Wano Country Arc. King is an extremely large man who towers over normal humans, though still standing a fair bit shorter than Kaido and fellow All-Star Jack, at a height similar to Queen's. While less widely built than the other two All-Stars, King is better-proportioned than either, being well-muscled and broad in the shoulders (but not overly top-heavy like Jack) with long limbs.


Notably, a plume of fire ever rises from his back, befitting his epithet. King's natural appearance is a mystery, seeing as he keeps himself clad in a dark uniform that bares no skin. Its bottom layer is a form-fitting bodysuit made mainly of black and dark-blue leather, with white-studded bands of lighter-blue leather tied variously around. Visible of such garment are the head and neck areas, the latter showing a zipper in the middle and two of said bands left and right. The head portion, a full-faced mask, leaves only two holes for King's narrow, reddish eyes (being fully black around the eyes, otherwise dark blue). Below the eyes is leather of flame-like shape flanking a central, triangular strip of light blue to mark off the nose, mouth, and chin section (also beset with studs). Above the eyes are blue-lensed, gray-rimmed goggle pieces and on each side of the head, connected by a studded base, is a large, black spike akin to a horn. Five more such spikes, only smaller, are located further on top upon a light-blue band that runs coronally into another one positioned like a headband, and crossing yet another that goes sagittally, with airholes around. Otherwise visible of the suit are the legs, each having three studded leather bands wrap around their upper halves plus a ring of the same material on each knee, and going inside black, high-heeled boots (once again with studded straps) whose high shafts end with jaggy, studded fold-overs. On top of the bodysuit is a dark-blue, double-breasted leather jacket, ten-buttoned in gold with notch lapels that have red, square skull patches (edged in gold) sewn on, and wherefrom white ruffles emerge. Running straight down each side of the waist are two columns of yet more studs, and flat, two-part shoulder pads (black and double-trimmed with studs) are present on each side, down the upper arms with three curved spikes atop either (the outer ones the biggest). The tight sleeves of the jacket (each with two additional, stud-covered bands topping thinner strips along with three very small, white spikes above the wrists) are cuffless, ending in black gloves. Finally, King has a pair of large, black-feathered wings sprout from his back. Though it is unconfirmed if they are natural, their disappearance with King's pteranodon transformation may imply that they are. In his full pteranodon form, the aforementioned flames further engulf his back. Like Queen, King is extremely rude and critical of his crewmates, constantly deriding Queen and especially Jack for their actions. According to Queen, he is a "torture-loving pervert". Showing initiative and being seemingly good at making big decisions under pressure, King personally engaged with Big Mom and her crew to keep them from entering Wano despite not being ordered to do so by Kaido. Likewise, he is not intimidated by Big Mom, bluntly refusing her offer to join her. King even took the initiative to summon the Tobiroppo after hearing that Kaido was looking to address a problem with Yamato, and acted conniving by framing the summons as one from Kaido since he knew the Tobiroppo would not answer to him. While loyal to his crew and Governor-General, King has no qualms about betraying allies who are outside of their direct organization, as he lent his sword to Kaido to decapitate their ally Kurozumi Orochi, whom they had been friendly with for 25 years.[8] Likewise, King also shared Kaido's cruelty and ruthlessness, having no qualms executing even a child like Momonosuke, even demanding Sanji to hand over Momonosuke as his execution is necessary for Kaido's New Onigashima Project. As an All-Star of the Beasts Pirates, King holds great authority in the crew, second only to Kaido's, and is one of the crew's three strongest warriors, alongside Queen and Jack. Befitting his epithet of "Conflagration", King can generate fire in his humanoid and pteranodon forms (though whether this is a passive attribute of his or something he can actively control remains to be seen).King possesses tremendous physical strength. He easily threw Shinobu with great force after grabbing her by the head, repressed a Raid Suit-donning Sanji by grabbing his neck one-handed, and blocked a powerful kick from the latter using his own leg. King is very fast and agile, leaping across a great distance within a single moment. King ate from the Ryu Ryu no Mi, Model: Pteranodon, an Ancient Zoan Devil Fruit that allows him to transform into a pteranodon-human hybrid and full pteranodon at will. When transformed, he gains the ability to fly. His full-beast form is extremely large and powerful enough to inflict significant damage upon objects he flies into, with his beak potentially yielding great piercing power. King carries a large katana on his right hip, befitting his size. It sports a plain-round, golden tsuba and matching gold kojiri, with tsuka-ito of dark-orange color forming traditional rhombus gaps, showing the lighter-orange same. It is sheathed in a saya of the same orange as the tsuka-ito, and below its mouth are two red cords with hanging, tufted ends.