Episode 8: The Throne Room Battle

Podcast- 1 Hour, 34 Minutes and 37 Seconds

**"The Throne Room Battle"** is the Eighth Episode of the One Piece DnD Streams by Rustage, in this episode we follow the crew as they fight and kill Captain Marrow and Eustass Valve, kill King Malachite, get Jasper to adopt Atoms Sister and discover a bit about Williams past with a mysterious figure known as 'Boss'.

This episode was first streamed on Rustages Twitch, the VOD can be found here! It was later uploaded to Rustages Second Youtube Channel once edited, which can be found here! As well as being posted as a Podcast, which can be found here!

The Summary for this episode can be **found here!** This consists of a summary of the episode, a TL:DR for the episode, the story impact of the episode, characters in the episode and quotes of the episode.

*Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.*

#### TL:DR

In this episode we follow the crew as they start the battle and Verona makes a speech about how Marrow killed his father and so the battle against Captain Marrow, the man who killed Veronas father and Eustass Valve, the man who kidnapped Ragnars wife and child and sold them as slaves, begins. As they fight William gets the Heat Heat fruit and uses to to copy valves moves, hitting Valve with a thousand degree punch. Duros and Ragnar slash into Valve as the fight goes on, weakening to the point in which Ragnar is able to slice him and push him to the ground, stamping on his head with his foot to kill him. Meanwhile Verona gets knocked out by a powerful attack from Marrow and William hits Marrow with a thousand degree spinning kick and knocks him off a balcony. Marrow uses a special attack called BONE BONE EXPLOSION, he shoots hundreds of bones towards the ground but Duros protects them all behind his shield, Pearl then flies into the sky carrying Ragnar and drops Ragnar down onto Marrow, Ragnar using his special move KUMA SHREDDER, to shred Marrow into strips of meat, killing him. After killing Marrow they discuss the battle and manage to stabilize Verona from death and they venture into the treasure room, convincing Jasper to adopt Atom's Sister during the walk. Once they arrive at the treasure room they find a treasure chest has been looted with a blue card with a key on it, similar to the one they found back in the prison with Not Steve and a letter adressed to William, William explains what it says and who the Boss is.

## Summary

Episode 8 starts off where Episode 7 left off, with the Crew finding Marrow, Valve and Jasper staring one another down in the Throne Room of the Tarako Kingdom. Having just entered the Throne Room, Jasper notices them and calls out to them, calling our to Duros and Pearl and their friends, saying that they finally made it. As Jasper says this, Captain Marrow turns around and his glare pierces the Crew as he looks at them, he doesn't look happy. Verona now seeing his face clearly as Marrow walks towards them, standing on the platform just above where the stairs are a bit closer to the edge. Jasper moving out of the way slightly as Marrow stares down at the crew.

As Verona sees his face, he turns and holds an arm out to the crew, saying sorry for what hes about to do and steps forwards so Marrow can hear him, staring him in the eyes as he begins saying that he is the man who he was looking for, despite Verona not wanting him to be that man and he knew after he read a little letter, he says as he pulls out a letter, one of the letters he got from the mailman back in Episode 2, talking about how he had been searching for him for awhile and how he was thrown off that Marrow changed his name. Realizing that its no wonder no one knew who Dogtooth was when he asked about him and that it was by sheer chance they met his father and that he learnt these things from the letters Marrow wrote his father. Saying that it is not only the reason he knows that he is the man that killed his father, but that he also knows that he is the man who attempted to burn him alive!

Upon saying this, Verona removes his mask, revealing the bottom part of his face to be entirely burned off, going on to talk about how Marrow probably never expected to see him again as he was just a child, and that despite him not being strong enough by himself, he has found strength through his friends and then he tells Marrow to listen to him, telling Marrow that he will kill him, not for his father, not for himself, but for his good friend Atom who Marrow previously killed with no emotion mere hours earlier, Verona says that at first he didn't know about Atom, but he learn he was a good man and during their travels to the kingdom, he taught him a little something. As Verona says this, he quickly loads a bullet into the chamber of his gun, master than he will ever be, the kingdom quieting around him, as if there is nothing else but him, his gun and Marrow and under his breath he whispers, "Yeehaw", firing a bullet straight towards Marrows chest, exploding outwards like a bomb, smoke now coming off of Marrow as he steps back slightly and beneath the smoke you see his mouth contort into a smile, his bright white teeth shows through the smoke as he begins to laugh.

Marrow turns to Verona, telling him that he is surprised he survived, that he thought nobody could survive such an inferno, going on to tell Verona his father was a traitor and that killing him was just apart of the job before thanking Verona for coming here, because now he can kill a traitors son and the man that killed his father, referring to William. As Marrow says this William rolls his Roulette Roulette no Mi getting a 90, gaining the Heat Heat Fruit aka the ability to manipulate heat, his body exploding into hot energy and as he feels this power, William calls over to Marrow, telling him that he regrets nothing because his dad was old. Pearl and Verona run up behind Jasper, Verona greeting Jasper and Jasper forgetting his name, calling him Berona and Corona before Verona raises his rifle and shoots a bullet straight towards Marrow, hitting him in the heat and creating a small hole in his temple and creating a large hole in the cow skull he is wearing, half of it breaking off.

Marrow walks up to Verona after this shot with a carton of chocolate milk in his hand and as he reaches Verona he chugs the milk throwing the carton to the side and as he drinks it, the hole in his head closes up slightly, as bone covers the wound as if regenerating. He then raises his arm, it forming into a bone like shape and he stabs down, hitting Verona's leg, stabbing clean through, telling Verona that he made a mistake today and that he is going to die today. Valve looking over at this begins talking about how its like a party with more people to kill, how he just wanted to kill the king and take their riches but he gets to kill a Marine Captain, a Prince, a Princess and a bunch of pirates on top of that, questioning if they are the group who attacked one of their camps on an island. As he says this he zooms forwards with steam coming out of his pores, he lands in front of Duros and Ragnar, saying that he recognizes Ragnar as he has the eye patch, talking about how it'll be good to kill him!

As he says this he points his finger forwards and steam begins coming off of it, soon enough bursts of steam blasting out at Ragnar, Duros jumps forwards noticing the steam and it reflects off the shield bouncing right back into him, piercing his leg and the second blast of steam just misses Duros's shield and hits Ragnar. Valve then talks about how exciting this is, about how crazy this is about to get, that he wishes Piper was here, that one of his commanders was here, that maybe he should call the rest of his commanders and get a whole audience out of it! Ragnar begins laughing, saying that they have a pathetic Marine who drinks Milk and a pirate with a squeaky voice who plays with Steam and hurts himself, calling them both Pathetic, turning to Valve and saying that he recalls killing Piper.

Ragnar then says hes not the brightest man, but he's pretty sure his name is Wasteless Valve or something like that. Valve turns to him says that he feels so special that he's been looking for him, that it feels good to be wanted. As Valve says this Ragnar laughs and his body contorts and morphs into his hybrid bear form and walks up to him, saying that he will leave the talking for later, grabbing his great-axe with both bear hands, but for now its time to cut off an arm or two and Ragnar strikes down in his bear form, missing the first attack in his blind rage but Valve bursts some steam out of the side of his body that pushes him to the side and he talks about how Ragnar is gonna have to be quicker than that to catch him but that this is gonna be fun and that we'll see if Ragnar can keep up.

Prince Jasper then walks up, pulling out this shining sword, talking about how dare Marrow, a corrupt navy individual, do this to his people, to Duros, to Verona, asking him and making sure he got his name right, which Verona confirms he did. Jasper says that he will strike him down, taking a swing with his sword, just sliding off Marrows boney body without Marrow noticing, still focused on Verona. Duros says that he needs to protect his friend right next to him, and attacks Valve with his warhammer, hitting him before slamming him backwards with his shield in the other hand, causing Valve to smash into a banister, Valve saying that he is a strong one. William shoots forwards using the heat heat fruit, sending steam, much like Valve, behind him and pushing him towards Marrow, smashing him in the chest as Williams fist cools off, he pulls it back, showing that he hasn't even made a dent in Marrow.

As Williams fist cools off, Marrow turns up and looks at William, having been focused on Verona, now realizing who William is. Marrow talks about how he is the man who killed his father, a defenseless old man, saying that is why pirates are scum. William quickly backs up at this, as Marrow pulls out a carton of Strawberry Milk. Pearl looks up at Captain Marrow and jumps up with her claws, slashing across his bone body doing no damage as Marrow just laughs at her, telling them that he's killed hundreds of pirates just like them for breakfast. Verona looks up at Marrow and tells him that he wishes he could've sent his father some letters, so he's glad they took that away from him. Verona then loads up one of Bullets special bullets, taking aim but the recoil of the gun is too much, causing Verona to shoot off wrongly and hit Prince Jasper in the side. Jasper turns back, telling Verona he understands that was an accident as Verona apologizes. Marrow says that he knew the shot that Verona got off on him was a fluke before drinking the Strawberry Milk, as he does so out the sides of his body, his rib cage bones come out, giving him a spider like appearance.

Marrow runs up to Verona and Pearl, slamming a bone down on them both, both dodging simultaneously as Verona rolls to the side of the attack and Pearl back-flips out of the attack. Valve sees Duros and Ragnar in front of them and William to the side, questioning who is the Captain, which Duros says is him. Valve turns to Duros and says that he has something special for him, he holds his hands up towards Duros, and the crew can see a build up of steam in his hands, he then points it down at the ground and fires it at the ground, flying into the air and shooting towards Duros, planning to land on top of Duros but Duros just takes a step backwards and Valve falls, hitting flat on the ground, Duros saying that he's not very nimble is he. Ragnar runs up and shouting about how this is for Magnus and Hertha and slashing a large gash with his axe across Valves upper back, just missing his neck, blood and steam spraying out of it, Valve panics a bit before asking what were the names Ragnar said, Ragnar repeats himself and says their name again. Ragnar then says that there's a reason he's been coming after him, calling him Wasteless Valve.

Valve laughs at this, repeating Wasteless Valve and saying that it is a good one, asking why he has been coming after him. Ragnar says that one reason was to kill him and another was to ask him some questions, one he wants to know why he attacked and raided a poor village out in the middle of nowhere and two, are Hertha and Magnus still alive and if so where are they. Valve laughs and says that a village out in the middle of nowhere is prime slave territory and that Ragnar doesn't understand, Valve then says that Money and Chaos is all anyone needs in life, saying that once you start selling slaves and setting fire to the villages where they lived, you get both in one go, that's heaven. Ragnar says that you also get angry bears and money and chaos, saying who cares about that, in this world he has come to realise friends are much more powerful and he may not be able to defeat him by himself but together there will be nothing left of his remains, also telling Duros he is a good man. After talking Ragnar swings down on Valve but Valve shoots a bit of steam, sending himself to the side as Ragnar says that he got away this time, Valve calling him a funny one.

Jasper then pulls out his glowing sword once again, telling Verona not to worry, getting his name wrong and calling him Viona, as he says this mystical item will give him, finishing mid sentence as he slashes Marrow’s bones and it does nothing. Verona says that it is quite the weapon and Jasper says that when it works it works. William says that it makes sense he couldn’t hit Valve since Valve can shoot steam and shit but it makes no sense Jasper can’t hit since he is standing right next to him. Duros then runs up to aid Ragnar and slams his warhammer into his face, saying that this world doesn’t need chaos, it needs justice, just like this mace to the face. Valve exclaiming about some god under his breath, saying that they are ruthless, asking them if they’re sure they don’t want to join his crew. William immediately saying he’s good, Ragnar saying that he thinks he’d rather die.

William then shoots himself forwards with steam he bursted from his body by overheating his body, charging up a 10,000 degree punch, slamming it into Valve, shouting that he can do steam to, calling Valve a mother fucker. William now sees that Valve looks weakened and bloodied as he backs up. Pearl now becoming more and more frustrated is failing to be able to slash Marrow with her claws, getting angrier as she does so. Verona rolls away behind Jasper and pulls out his rifle, popping in one of the special bullets he found on Bullet into the gun and shoots it at Marrow, piercing in the shoulder, Marrow is seemingly more annoyed as he is the only one who has currently injured him. Verona says take that bonehead and William calls out to Verona telling him that was a good one.

Marrow begins walking towards Verona again, ignoring Pearl and Jasper next to him, Pearl attempting to slash him but doing no damage while Jasper finally lands a hit, slashing into the side of Marrow just slightly, as this happens it appears as if Marrows blood seeps into the sword and begins to close Jaspers wounds somehow. Marrow with his boney arms out says that he’s had enough of him and that he thinks it is time he killed him like he killed his father. One of the large bones stab Verona in the gut knocking him unconscious, and in the moment Marrow, not realising that he has knocked Verona out, ends up piercing his other bone with his other large bone, dealing damage to himself. He then pulls out chocolate milk and drinks it, causing the large bones to retract and healing him a small amount, still incredibly injured though.

Valve now gets up with a large smile on his face as he laughs, saying that he finally has an opponent he can use this on, Duros asks him if it will be himself again and Ragnar tells him it was a good one, Valve goes on to say that he knows they hate him and that he loves that they hate him. As he says this steam begins to overload his system, his blood seems to be pumping faster and faster as steam builds up inside his body and he begins becoming more and more jittery and he begins firing lots of steam out of his body, two bursts of steam hit both William and Duros, Duros manages to block one burst of steam from hitting Ragnar, causing massive damage to them but Ragnar does not get knocked unconscious like how that burst of steam would’ve knocked him out. Valve then pushes himself upwards onto a pedestal thing using lots of bursts of steams, quickly saying catch me if you can. Ragnar says that he needs to end this right now, dropping his axes he runs on all fours towards Valve, jumping up and above, slashing both his arms off with his bear claws and as his arms are ripped off, steam is frantically escaping from his arm holes. He begins to question if this is the end, beginning to talk about his child, his kid, saying he is sorry that his father won’t be there to raise him. Ragnar says that he now knows how all the slaves he’s captured feel, how all the towns that he burned to the ground feel, saying that this is why you don’t mess with a barbarians family and in that moment Ragnar raises his bear foot and goes to slam down on Valves head, saying that his life was a waste. In his final moments the world seems to slow down around for him and he looks up, saying that to his son, Eustass Kid will become a pirate and a better one than he ever was, asking him to make him proud as Ragnar's foot descents on his head, crushing it and killing Valve.

Jasper now turns to Ragnar calling him his boy or his cub, Ragnar laughing about it saying he has never felt so great and that it is time to take out Marrow. Jasper says that he has got this, turning to Marrow and attempting to slash him, missing him. William asks if he is the best swordsmen or not, as it is 2-3 now, Jasper says that he is the best swordsmen in this kingdom. Duros runs up to the stairs next to Jasper and pulls out a throwing axe, hurling it towards Marrows cartons of milk, destroying one, slicing through it and it spills onto the floor and Marrow turns to Duros and shouts that he wasted milk, seeming incredibly angry, Duros turns back and tells him not to cry over spilled milk, causing the crew to laugh. William now steam jets up onto the edge of the balcony, spinning as he does so, using the force and heat of the steam to kick Marrow in the face, saying that he is the first person to ever think of this and that this is awesome, William then lands and asks Marrow if he wants to know what his dads last words were before jumping down and disengaging.

Ragnar tells Pearl to believe in the her that believes in her, Pearl then runs up telling herself she has this and that she he has got this and that this has this power, as she says this her body becomes more dragon like as she accesses her perfect hybrid form, her full arms become these large dragon talons, she sprouts wings and her mouth comes out slightly like a snout with sharp teeth and she roars forwards, spraying a breath of fire over Marrow, the fire consuming Marrow and he ducks slightly but still is hit and burnt by the flames. Marrow not being able to go for his next milk carton as Duros destroyed it he looks down and so Marrow steps up to the edge and shoots a sharpened bone down off the balcony towards William. The sharpened bone goes into Williams thigh and William looks up at him pulling the finger at him, Marrow mutters about pirates under his breath. Ragnar then runs up behind Marrow and having been inspired by Williams actions runs up and jumps into the air, slashing along Marrows body with his claws as he pushes him backwards. Marrow stumbles slightly but manages to catch himself from falling.

Jasper says that he sees Ragnar, questioning if he could do something like that, Ragnar says he has got this and Jasper places his sword between his toes, Jasper says that he saw Ragnar do that but no and says that he realizes it is actually a stupid idea and picks up his sword back in his hand and attempts to slash Marrow again and misses once again. Duros goes to attack his milk again, just slashing across it as it is protected by bone, Duros then says he is just like his prince and that he is rubbing off on him. William using the leg that is not injured propels through the air, over the top and in front of Marrow, shooting two bursts of steam out of his hands at Marrow, Marrow stumbles back from the steam and fails of the balcony, being injured by the steam and the impact, a loud smash echoing through the throne room. Pearl now flies into the air with her wings, she dive bombs with her claws ready, slashing him once and flies up and slashes him again, creating an X across his body, causing damage to him. Duros says that maybe with the cross Jasper might hit his target.

Marrow now stands up very injured and wounded, he smirks slightly and asks what the name is of the man who killed his father, referring to William, William says he will have to kill him to find out, the same he did with Marrows dad. Marrow then says that William looks similar to a friend of Marrows, saying that he is an annoying little brat but that he is his superior, Marrow then says it will just make him even more satisfying when he gets to kill William. Pulling out his banana milk he drinks from it and then walks around to the bottom of the stairs, looking up where Ragnar, Pearl, Duros and Jasper are all in a perfect line and then Marrow shouts “BONE BONE EXPLOSION” and as he does this a bunch of sharpened bones begin firing out over and over again like a gatling gun, Duros manages to pull his shield down just in time, blocking all of the bones as they pierce into his shield, protecting Ragnar, Pearl and Jasper who are behind him. Duroses shield now has bones that are almost his size extending outwards. William tells Ragnar that he will help Verona and that he should go attack Marrow, Pearl then turns to Ragnar and tells him to get on his back, Ragnar jumps onto Pearls back and she flies him over Marrow, giving him a vantage point over the top of him and Ragnar jumps off.

As Ragnar is diving down he shouts “KUMA SHREDDER” as he raises one bear claw into the air and holds one down below, slicing everything between them, the bones in his body begin flying into various other directions as Marrows body is sliced to pieces as he drops to the ground. As he was dying William says his dads fish stew sucked dick. The man who killed Veronas father, the man who killed Atom, the man who ordered the attack on Duros and Prince Jasper is now dead on the ground in front of them. William then goes up to Verona and uses a medkit on him, waking him up, as Verona wakes up he asks what happened and where Marrow is, William telling him that they killed him and that Ragnar sliced him to pieces, he kicked Marrow in the face and Duros blocked his gatling gun. Verona walks over to the edge and sees his body, spitting down onto to it, saying that he waited his whole life to see him dead. Ragnar walks up to Verona saying that he fought well, Verona places a hand on his shoulder and then thanks them all for taking him out of this world, Duros turns and says he is just glad that he was able to protect those he loves and that he did not fail this time.

Pearl slowly comes out of this hybrid form, her horns and snout go back in, her claws retracting and for the first time in her life she sees her human hands, she says to herself that she did it, that she broke the curse, that he knows it’s not a curse but that she did it and that she can control it, looking up at everyone with tears in her eyes thanking them for everything. William says that he’d hug her if it wouldn’t give her third degree burns, Duros says that he is definitely hugging her and runs up and hugs her. Jasper says that he knew she could do it and that he is very proud of her before hugging them and turning to Duros, saying that he is now stronger than him, saying that it is crazy as he used to be the strongest one in this kingdom. Duros says that he just did what he needed to do. Jasper then looks up and they all see the king still hiding behind his throne and as he sees the crew he begins to leg it, Jasper than says for someone to get him, Ragnar gets ready to run after him but William shoots out with his last jets of steam and lands in front of the king, stopping him in his tracks.

The king begins to beg him not to kill him and William says they aren’t gonna kill him, that they even have his kids, saying that Jasper kinda sucks but Pearl is really cool. He looks over and sees Pearl walking towards them, her hand becoming a claw and she says that she has been waiting for this day with murderous intent in her eyes. Ragnar now runs over and stops Pearl, saying that he knows he is a horrible man and he knows she wants to rip him to shreds like they did Marrow but he needs to talk to him and William picks him up by the scruff of his neck towards Ragnar.  Ragnar then says he would never want to talk to a pathetic human being like him that would dare use slaves but he asks where his slaves are right now and if he knows Hertha or Magnus, the king says he doesn’t know their names but if he could describe them then he could probably remember as he takes pride in his slaves. Ragnar then says you could never miss them, that his 11 year old boy is almost as big as him, the king then questions that that was his son and the king then says that this is bad.

While he does so William pulls out his gun and points it into the kings back as the king asks what Ragnar's name is, the king then says that he is so sorry and Ragnar then says that his name is Ragnar, that the king should shut the fuck up and that his wife would’ve been with their son, a large muscular women but still beautiful, saying they are pretty noticeable. The king then begs Ragnar that he won’t kill him if he tells him, Ragnar agrees and the king tells Ragnar there is a particular man who likes to travel and collect the strongest slaves that he can find because he needs strong slaves for something he is building. Ragnar asks his name and the king says that he only knows him as the Timberlord and that he is one of the 7 warlords of the sea, explaining they are powerful pirates that the Navy sponsor. The king says that he sold his son to that man, Ragnar then asks about his wife and the king says that they are a two in one deal as they’re both strong which Ragnar agrees they are both strong, Ragnar then asks if he knows his location, the king only saying he knew he was in the grandline. Then Ragnar says that he promised he wouldn’t kill him but he didn’t say anything about Pearl, and he grabs him into a headlock, Pearl asks him if he remembers when he fed her this devil fruit as a baby, if he remembers when he fed her human meat to turn her into a weapon, if he remembers all those days of abuse that he put her through for his own gain, saying that she is now here to get her revenge and she raises her claw and pieces him straight through his heart, pulling it out and saying that that feels good.

Jasper and Duros are standing awestruck right now at the events that have unfolded in front of them. William then asks Jasper if he knows where the treasure room is, Jasper remembering their reward and tells them he hopes he knows that they can’t have it all as they need some to rebuild the kingdom and such. Jasper then says that they can head to the treasury and they being walking there. While they are walking Pearl goes to William and asks him what they do about Atoms Sister, Ragnar pipes in and says they’ll use money to pay for her medical bills and Duros says they must save her for their fallen comrade. Pearl says that shes an 8 year old girl and needs someone to look after her, saying that they can’t look after her, they could but it’d be dangerous due to them being pirates. Ragnar says they have a kingdom here and they could leave her here, William says it’d be killing two birds with one stone and Pearl asks if anyone wants to ask Jasper and William calls out to him. Jasper spins around and William asks him if he wants to adopt a kid, saying that it’s not like he is going to have an heir anyway, laughing and asking if he's right sarcastically.

Duros says that he never was good with the ladies and Jasper says that it was never his goal to be good with the ladies, William interrupts and says that all he has to do is get her to the Tarako Kingdom and pay for her medical bills and she is all his. Jasper says that is fine by him and William says that her brother got killed by Marrow earlier today. Jasper says he didn’t know she had a sister and that he will bring her as soon as possible and as long as she isn’t evil, he will make her the heir to the Tarako Kingdom. William says that seems like a very short sighted decision but he doesn’t give a shit what he does. Verona says that Atom would be proud and that it is the least they could do for him.

Ragnar says to Jasper that he sees that his weapon is very cool, asking if they have anything for us. Jasper turns to Duros and says that he is useless with this weapon, saying that maybe Duros is the man who will use this weapon to its fullest potential. Duros says that he will humbly accept and that it is his greatest honor to carry on his legacy and take up the status of the greatest swordsmen in the Tarako Kingdom, the sword is called The Sword of Protection. William then asks how much damage did his shield take, Duros showing his shield and saying that it’s just covered in bones now and he doesn’t know if it is better or worse now. As they head further down the stairs into the treasure room they see a lot of the treasure is gold and such, however in the center of the room is a chest which is open and has been looted and in the chest on the ground is a blue card with a key on it and a letter. As William sees this card he says goddamn it and that this guy does it every time and he kicks some gold nearby in annoyance.

William then reaches into his coat and pulls out the blue card Not Steve found back in the prison cell and says that this is a man he knew and honestly thought was dead, saying that he is clearly not and telling the crew that this is the guy who taught him everything he knows, including his stealing and he prides himself in that. William says that if he is still alive and he made it here he probably took advantage of the chaos and stole whatever was in this chest. William asks Jasper if he knows what was in the box, saying that he doesn’t know exactly what but that a devil fruit might’ve been in there, saying that his dad, the king, was hoarding a devil fruit and was gonna sell it. William now picks up the letter and reads it, it says “Dear William, I’m sorry I disappeared on you so suddenly, it's a complicated story. I fear my life might be in danger, it may be best for you to disconnect yourself from me. As for myself I hope you don’t mind I took a bit of the money and goods that were in this chest to fund my trip to the Grand Line. I’m gonna try to make a name for myself there. Signed, Boss.” William says that sun of a gun, he crumbles it into a ball and says that it seems like they are being directed to the Pirate Graveyard.

## Story Impact

Here are the main parts of this episode that have an overall impact on the ongoing story.

* The main impact of this episode comes from the fact that both Marrow and Valve are now dead, tying up parts of Verona and Ragnar's stories.
* We also get some William's backstory revealed and learn about someone named the Boss.

## Featured Characters

### The Crew

* William
* Verona
* Duros
* Ragnar
* Pearl
* Gravy

### New Characters

#### Met

* King Malachite

#### Mentioned

* The Timber Lord
* Boss

### Returning Characters

#### Met

* Marrow
* Valve
* Jasper

#### Mentioned

* Hertha
* Magnus

## Quotes

* "So it really is you after all! I was hoping it wouldn't be, but go figure! I never would've guessed it was you I was looking for! I've been searching for you, for awhile now and for awhile there I almost gave up cause the trail ran dry. I was definitely thrown off by the fact you changed your name to Marrow. No wonder nobody knew who I was talking about when I asked for a man named Dogtooth, by sheer chance we stumbled across your father on a quaint little island and he was nice enough to tell us about his prodigal son, through the letters you wrote back to him! Which is not only how I knew you changed your name, but also that you were indeed, the man who killed my father but attempted to kill me, by burning me alive! You probably never expected to see me again and that's understandable, I was just a child after all! But here I stand before you today and I am not alone! While I myself might not be enough to take you down, I've found strength through my friends! And listen here Marrow! I declare that today will be the day you die! But before I end your life, you will tell me what information was so important that my father had to die for it! And after you tell me, every ounce of that truth, I will kill you! But I will not be killing you for my father, nor for me, you see a little awhile ago you met my friend Atom, frankly at the time I wasn't convinced you were the man I was looking for but I knew when I saw that emotionless face as you pierced through his heart! It should've been me, but I let him die anyway, while I hated that guys guts at first, I can truly say he was a good man! And on our travels to this lovely kingdom here, he taught me a little something! Yeehaw....!" - Verona's Speech to Marrow as they first enter the Throne Room.
* "Little Verona! I am surprised that you survived, I thought nobody could survive an inferno like that! Your Father was a fool! He thought he was a great Marine but he was a traitor, I just had to do my job but thank you for coming here! You're doing a lot of work coming here, now I can take out a traitors son and the man who killed my father!" - Captain Marrow to Verona after his speech, also referring to William at the end.
* "I regret nothing, you dad was old!" - William to Marrow after getting the Heat Heat Fruit.
* "Hahaha! Take that, you won't get away with hurting my friend!" - Duros to Valve after smashing him into a banister,
* "Ya know Marrow, I really wish I could've sent my father some letters, but you took that away from me! So I'm glad we took it away from you!" - Verona to Marrow.