Geko Moria

Gecko Moria is the captain of the Thriller Bark Pirates and a former member of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. When Moria was younger, he served as captain of the Gecko Pirates, until most of his members were killed in a battle with Kaidou. This traumatic event led Moria to seek power through an army of zombies, created by his subordinate, Dr. Hogback. He also believes that a true pirate should fear nothing, not even death. Moria is constantly grinning maniacally, and only seems to change expression when something bad happens to him or when he believes his power is being ridiculed. Moria desires to become the new Pirate King. In the past, Moria had the Gecko Pirates who he considered to be strong. This lead him to be overconfident and headstrong. He deeply cares about his crewmates. All of his crewmates died in battle against  Kaidou. Moria was shell-shocked and traumatized by the it the whole event. Despite his twisted outlook on life, he is capable of showing compassion towards those close to him. He has the tendency to rely mainly on underlings or his own shadow to fight for him in the fights. Moria most often runs away from or ignore an adversary if he deemed the battle not worth his time. Moria ate the Kage Kage no Mi, a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit that allows him to manifest and control shadows as physical entities. Moria can also manifest his own shadow and have it fight in his place. He can split his shadow into a number of bat-like creatures that he can use to swarm his enemy. His shadow can't be destroyed, and if attempted, it will simply reform. Normally, the shadow is attached the body with now will of it's own. But Moria can reverse it by altering the shape of a shadow, he can change the shape of the body. Moria can steal other people's shadows by cutting them off of the owner's body. People who have their shadow stolen are left in a coma for about two days. Once someone's shadow has been stolen, sunlight becomes deadly to them. Like a vampire, the sunlight reduces them to ashes almost instantly if they are exposed to it. Victims of shadow theft also lose their reflection and do not appear in photographs like a vampire. The body and the shadow count as a single being, even when separated; this meaning, if the person dies, the shadow dies as well. When stolen shadows are released, they automatically fly back to their original owners.The stolen shadows can also be inserted into corpses, reanimating them into a loyal zombie the serves Moria. When reanimating a zombie, the physical strength comes from the corpse itself, while the personality/fighting style comes from the shadow. When both of these elements are strong, it results in a more powerful zombie. Since zombies are already dead, they cannot be killed. As long as they still have their stolen shadow, they'll just keep getting back up. Zombies also never get tired and don't feel pain. Moria uses a giant pair of scissors, which he uses in conjuncture with his Kage Kage no Mi to sever people's shadows. He carries these with him all the time. The scissor blades can be disconnected at the joint which becomes two swords.

Moria moves to an abandoned island not knowing the real reason why it was abandoned.