Bail Hawkins

Basil Hawkins[8] is an infamous pirate from North Blue known as the "Magician" and the captain of the Hawkins Pirates. He is one of twelve pirates who are referred to as the "Worst Generation".[9] His previous known bounty amounted to Beli249,000,000,[1] but after the time skips, it was raised to Beli320,000,000.[6] After encountering Kaidou, he joined the Beasts Pirates and became one of the crew's Shinichi.[2Hawkins is a tall man, with black triangle symbols on his eyebrows, red eyes, and golden hair that reaches down to his hips. He also has a black cross pattée tattooed at the base of his throat.

His attire includes a pure white coat with a ruffled neckline and sleeves. He also wears purple trousers tucked inside black boots with white laces on them and a dark ornament made of fur circling the lower part of his torso, with a lighter shade in the middle of it. He also has a pink sash tied around his waist, with a piece of jewelry hanging from it. Hawkins also wears dark gloves similar to those worn by Blueno of CP9, and an armor-like armlet can be seen on his left arm around his left biceps, which also extends to cover his left shoulder. On his right hip, he carries a sword with an elaborate pommel that resembles a voodoo doll.

In SBS Volume 64, Oda drew the Supernovas as children. Hawkins is shown with much shorter hair and wears a similar shirt to the one he wore before the time skip but in pink. He wore light and dark green striped pants. He is also shown with his trademark stoic expression, possibly partaking in a tarot card reading.[10]

After the time skips, he changed the white cloak to a dark blue, green, and black checkered pattern, reminiscent of a Scottish kilt, a pink sash on an orange, on which hangs the same ornament. Also, he wears the same black fur belt, but already with blue ornament instead of red, the same black and purple armor, but at the same time stopped wearing gloves. In addition, his hair and skin became lighter.[6]

During the Wano Country Arc, he wore a long black cape (white in the manga), a dark shirt (white in the anime) with a ruffled collar low enough to show his tattoo, a brown glove on his left hand (Hawkins wore two brown gloves when he was in Rasetsu District), purple trousers with a checkered pattern with ruffles from the hems, a cream-colored cravat fastened by a dark cross pattée-shaped pendant, and brown boots. He also wore a black and red violet armor-like armlet.[11]

During the raid on Onigashima, he fought against Killer and had his left arm sliced off.[12]Hawkins portrays himself in a noble and enigmatic manner. He almost always remains completely calm regardless of the situation, showing no emotional response to events that would be considered outrageous to most people.[13][14] Even when approached by a powerful enemy like a Marine Admiral, Hawkins rarely falters from his usual composure while considering his options for the situation at hand. He is not entirely unemotional though, but on the rare occasion he expresses anything more than general aloofness, it tends to be brief and downplayed. So far, Hawkins has exhibited visible shock, unease, and even sadism at certain points.[15][16]

Hawkins is an extremely serious, no-nonsense individual, claiming to dislike jokes,[17] not being bothered by nudity,[18] and having little tolerance for unruly behavior.[19] He almost dismissed joining forces with the Kid Pirates and On Air Pirates for this reason, as he thought those crew's respective captains—Eustass Kid and Scratchmen Apoo—were not respecting his time due to constant infighting. Thanks to this seriousness, Hawkins holds a logical, pragmatic mindset when it comes to confrontations, even admitting in his fight against Monkey D. Luffy and Roronoa Zoro that he is not above fighting unfairly to subjugate a worthy foe, like his fellow members of the Worst Generation. This is facilitated by his Devil Fruit abilities, which allow him to take other people's lives hostage and utilize these as bargaining chips.[20] Still, Hawkins can demonstrate honor and release hostage lives if his goals or demands are met.[21]

Hawkins has the habit of foretelling the fate of those around him, sometimes remarking on it regardless of its significance (ranging from death to one's clothes getting stained).[1] He spends most of his time reading and analyzing his tarot cards, which appear to be his main tools for fortune-telling. Hawkins has the utmost confidence in his cartomancy, using it to calculate the probabilities of certain outcomes happening and determine a course of action to follow. Joining the Beasts Pirates, for example, was a result of that, as any other alternative had a zero percent chance of survival according to him.[22] Hawkins often accompanies his fortune insights with vague, ominous-sounding statements like "seeing the shadow of death upon one's future", doing so either to reassure others or as a threat towards an opponent.[23][17]

Hawkins prefers avoiding needless violence and commotion as much as possible, even apologizing on behalf of his crewmates to not make a scene.[1] He is a quick thinker and can make lies on the spot to prevent a disaster in the process.[24] On the other hand, Hawkins is a cruel fighter who is not against slaughtering whole crews in his way.[25] He has little regard for the lives of the people represented through his Straw Men, letting them endure lethal damage meant for himself without regret or concern.