Doflamingo said:
“Pirates are evil? The Marines are righteous? These terms have always changed throughout the course of history! Kids who have never seen peace and kids who have never seen war have different values! Those who stand at the top determine what's wrong and what's right! This very place is neutral ground! Justice will prevail, you say? But of course it will! Whoever wins this war BECOMES JUSTICE!”
The world waited with bated breath. Hundreds of countries watched anxiously. This was not about prisoners of war: it's war it represented. If the World Government was unable to stay the execution, the message would be clear: the World Government could be toppled - they would not be able to roll that one back. Revolutions would spark all over the seas, unable to be contained. The response was swift. The World Government gathered the biggest army assembled in the last half century. The Revolution would be put down for all the world to see. Any man in the seas worth his salt cast their die to the changing of an era.
The winds of change were strong, sweeping the Golden Era of Pirates aside. Winds of change blown by those who would fight for Justice. But who would BECOME JUSTICE?
The air was particularly wild and bitter in the Calm Belt. The sea was calm and the sky showed nary a cloud. Yet, the wind picked up nearing a certain island. An island that was not in the world map. An island newly formed as a bastion of Revolution: Sovereign Island. Three Kingdoms had slated their opposition to the World Government: Alabasta, Dressrossa, and Germa Kingdom. Two part of the original twenty. They would make their last stand in the
man-made island of sovereigns. An island of construct strategic. In the Calm Belt, guarded by Sea Kings, maneuvering was difficult. Man-made currents and whirlpools made entry from anywhere but the East or West impossible. Even the air currents locked an areal assault.
Surrounding Sovereign Island from the East and West were each surrounded by the five fleets and dozens of Vampire Warships. Their 30,000+ ranks were equally divided between East and West, making passage difficult. The Vampirates sought war. War would find them.
High-profile figures found Sovereign Island.
In the West, through the horizon, 50 ships, including 10 warships, broke the skyline. A group close to 18 thousand Marines, Government personnel, and spies, manned the largest show of force in half a century. From Marine Ensigns to Admirals, the ships approached the East Mountain Range en masse. Several Buster Call worth of warships braved the currents in a oval pattern approach, leaving no area to escape.
A battle cry from a Den Den Mushi ignited the bombardment, as dozens of smaller ships braved the area. The Vampirates returned fire: the Sovereign War had begun.
Through the smoke from cannon fire, several non-government ships slipped through. Pirates of all ilk and power took advantage of the war. They would steer the era forward. The Worst Generation was well represented, their fleets cutting the ranks and promising to turn the war.
One of those represented was the Hero of the Festival. His comrades rallied behind him when he led the escape of the Marines in Delta Island. Now, he sought to be the Hero of the World. A figure from his past would stand in the way of that: Big-Eye. The man who many credit with being one of the few who ushered the era that sought to close. Yet, his iteration of Silver Hairs was laid to waste. Unchained from his bonds, the strongest pirate without a Devil Fruit or special power sought to mend the mistakes of his past, and finally reunite with the man at his crew's helm. There was revolution even in the revolution. A young mink would meet ideology with reality, in pursuit of his world of peace. Similarly dissatisfied with the World Government, another marked the greatest variable in the seas. A man whose ideology was as reconstructed as his body, leading a new force that would take the world by storm.
In the Land of White Soil, Baltigo, a single figure walked out of the castle-like ruins - the Headquarters of the Revolutionary Army. The red face tattoo was visible on the man who walked to the edge of the balcony. The war was not led by the Revolutionary Army, but their support from the underground of the newly independent nations, Germa, Alabasta, and Dressrossa, had made the Vampirate's stand possible. While the Revolution did not support the means to which the Vampiretes sought the end, they did not interfere. They hoped the Vampiratess spark would ignite claims of independence around the whole world.
As the wind of change blew, the World Most Dangerous Criminal looked to the distance.
