Monkey D Dragon & Second in Command Sabo

Monkey D. Dragon,[10] also known as the "Rebellious Dragon",[7] is the infamous Supreme Commander (総司令官, Sōshireikan?)[6] of the Revolutionary Army and one of its founding members, as well as formerly the captain of the Freedom Fighters.[11] He used to be part of the Marines but became disillusioned with the organization's outlook on justice;[4] this, along with the fallout from the Ohara Incident, sparked Dragon's desire to attempt to overthrow the World Government, with his endeavors ultimately causing him to be labeled the "World's Worst Criminal".[5]

Dragon is the father of Monkey D. Luffy and the son of Monkey D. Garp, having been born in the Goa Kingdom just like them.[2] He was also responsible for saving Sabo's life after the latter had almost drowned from a World Noble attack, eventually turning the boy into his second-in-command.

Dragon was first introduced in the Loguetown Arc, where he helped Luffy escape from Marine captain Smoker's clutches. Since then, Dragon occasionally shows up throughout the series as an important background character.Dragon is a tall middle-aged man with spiky black hair with a widow's peak and a tattoo on the left side of his face, which is colored dark red in the anime and bright red in the manga. He has a bit of stubble on his chin. He is usually dressed in a long green cloak, underneath which he wears the orange garb of a revolutionary. He is most often seen sporting a grin. Only on rare occasions, such as at Roger's execution, has Dragon not been seen smiling.

At Gol D. Roger's execution, 24 years ago, Dragon did not have his tattoo or his stubble on his face.

After the timeskip, Dragon's hair has grown slightly longer, reaching down his back past his shoulders.As the leader of the Revolutionary Army, Dragon is dedicated to dismantling the World Government and its corrupt nobility system that allows its World Nobles to oppress lower-class citizens as they please. He considers the corrupt nobility in his homeland of the Goa Kingdom to be the same problem on a smaller scale and was enraged when their self-serving actions caused an innocent noble boy like Sabo to denounce them.[12][13] When he rescued Sabo the next day from being attacked by a World Noble's ship, Dragon was shown with a powerful glare of anger on his face.[14]

Dragon is most often seen with a serious expression, his face in an almost permanent frown with a furrowed brow, and focused on business at hand, taking little time for pleasure or relaxing. He prizes information and knowing his enemies, taking care to stay informed as head of a seasoned spy ring about as many world affairs and events as possible, while educating his subordinates about relevant pieces as their missions allow. A realist at heart, Dragon knows his movement is small and almost insignificant compared to the power of the World Government and is quick to caution his subordinates against celebrating small victories given how much work is still to be done.[15] Even when his compatriots seem enthusiastic over any victory, Dragon is shown to remain stone faced and stoic. While his business-like view among his compatriots seems grim, he is an optimist, as he has been shown smiling when reflecting on the changing course of the world and shows particular amusement in his son Luffy's role in it as a pirate.[16] Dragon's personal life and history are written in near invisible ink even to his subordinates and confidantes, as he did not tell anyone in the Revolutionary Army that he was Garp's son or Luffy's father. Ivankov was once stopped stone cold when he attempted to ask if Dragon had any family out in the world.[17] When the news of his family ties came out following the Summit War of Marineford, Dragon noted that it would help his subordinates to see him as more human, rather than the intimidating figure he has always been.[18] Flame Emperor" Sabo[5] is the Revolutionary Army's chief of staff, recognized as the No. 2 of the entire organization and outranked only by Supreme Commander Monkey D. Dragon.[2] He is also the sworn brother of the notorious pirates Monkey D. Luffy and the late Portgas D. Ace.[9]

Raised in nobility by his parents Outlook III and Didit in the Goa Kingdom, Sabo ran away at the age of 10 with the intention of becoming a pirate and writing a book about his travels and met Ace and Luffy while living as a vagabond in Gray Terminal.[9] He tried to set sail just a few months afterward to get away from his family, but had his ship destroyed by the World Noble Saint Jalmack.[10] He was saved by Dragon but lost his memory in the process, and so devoted his life to the service of the Revolutionary Army. However, his memories would return 10 years later after hearing about Ace's death.[11] Two years after regaining his memories, Sabo would reunite with Luffy and also carry Ace's legacy by consuming his Devil Fruit, the Mera Mera no Mi.[12] He currently has a bounty of Beli 602,000,000.

He acts as an ally of Luffy during the Dressrosa Arc, as well as the movies Sabo was a ten-year-old boy at the time of Luffy's flashback, the same age as Ace at that time. He had round eyes, a missing tooth, and short curly blond hair. He wore a large black top hat with a pair of blue goggles wrapped around it, a blue jacket with the sleeves rolled up, a cravat and a pair of light blue cyan shorts held up by a belt with an elaborate flower-design buckle.

Before he entered into the Gray Terminal, he was seen with a gentle outfit with a white colored short-sleeved shirt and wearing blue colored shorts as usual.

As an adult, Sabo became taller and more muscular. He has matured greatly, with more pronounced facial symmetry and a scar he acquired over his left eye, which was inflicted when Saint Jalmack selfishly blew up the fishing boat Sabo used to set out to sea, leaving him with serious burns and critical injuries.[13] He resembles Luffy enough to allow him to easily deceive opponents as perceptive as Diamante into thinking he was "Lucy" by simply wearing the same outfit, although Sabo is still taller than his younger brother. His hair has also grown noticeably longer since his youth, which he styled deliberately to cover up his eye scar.[14]

While participating in the final round at the Corrida Colosseum in Luffy's place, he wore Luffy's cape, fake beard, and viking style helmet. In addition, he wore shades to conceal his eyes. He also drew an X-shaped mark on his chest.

Later, after the round, he returned to his original outfit, which resembles his old outfit from twelve years ago: a long black jacket with a buckle on the left sleeve, with a blue shirt and vest, a frilled cravat, and a simple belt holding a pair of loosen light-blue pants with black boots (said boots are shown in greater detail in Pirate Warriors 3, to be wrapped with buckles and with cloth bracings). He also wears a pair of brown gloves and the same top hat with goggles over the band.Sabo is devoted to his dreams to the point that he agreed with Ace that the two of them had to kill Luffy so that he could not tell anyone about their treasure, though neither Ace nor Sabo knew how to kill a person nor had any experience, implying some degree of innocence despite their profession. He is very ashamed of being a noble, and even stated that he wished that he had not been born as one.

According to Luffy, Sabo is a nicer older brother than Ace. He acknowledged Luffy's powers, and even encouraged his improvement. He helped Ace and Luffy get along when they were fighting, thus being the nice, diplomatic one of the trio.

Sabo's dream involves traveling around the world as a pirate. This is in order to write a book containing the story of everything he would see and every place he would visit during his journey. One of the reasons behind all this could be the "segregation" that envelopes so much of the Goa Kingdom, a thing that could easily stir a freedom-loving spirit like Sabo's to ask himself what the world was really like outside the walls of High Town, and outside the island itself. However, he was ready to cast aside his dream for the sake of his loved ones. Sabo was loyal to his friends and, in this case his two "brothers", to the point that he would give in to the demands of his father, becoming miserable and "alone" in order to save both Luffy and Ace. After reawakening his memories, Sabo did not leave the Revolutionary Army to resume his dream as a free-sailing pirate, as he seems to remain convicted to the Army's causes.