Marines

The marines are a military force that roam the seas in search of pirates disturbing the piece. They serve as the antithesis to Pironia as they directly attempt to end them entirely.

Their HQ is Marineford Island in the North Sea and are under the order and leadership of Fleet Admiral Shainingu.

### Notable members

* Shainingu (Fleet Admiral)
* Block (Former Fleet Admiral)
* Doinkus (Former Fleet Admiral)
* Kurokame/*Black Chameleon* (Admiral)
* Oreku/*Orange Bear* (Admiral)
* Shiwashi/*White Eagle* (Admiral)
* Duster (Vice-Admiral)

### Known Conflict

#### Marineford War (1644)

The original Marineford War took place in 1644 when the co-current 7 Warlords of The Sea tried to stage a coupe against the marines together in an attempt to overthrow the marines and hold it hostage against the will of the World Government. The war began with 2,000,000 Pirates and 1,500,000 Marines (including Vice-Admirals, Admirals, and Captains).

The Marines under the leadership of Fleet Admiral Block managed to kill 5 of the Warlords until the final 2 led an all out campaign by grouping the remaining 1,000,000 forces together and sieging the Marineford base. The remaining Warlords managed to annihilate the marines and even killed 2 of the 3 Admirals.

This led to Fleet Admiral Block arriving on lower Marineford in his wheelchair and unleashing his Haoshoku Technique: Konkarāzu dibain tokui-ten no ken (*神特異点の覇者の拳;Conqueror's Fist of Divine Singularity*) which destroyed more than half of Marineford and obliterated the remaining Warlords and destroying more than half of the pirates.

By the end of the war; Marine Casualties left them with 600,000 marines and only 400,000 pirates. Of the 400,000 pirates; 360,000 of the remaining pirates decided to join the marines after being impressed with Fleet Admiral Blocks leadership.

Block had suffered extreme exhaustion following his Konkarāzu dibain tokui-ten no ken which would later prove fatal. He would make a final order before he was to resign from office. He asked that a memorial be made in lower Marineford that commemorated the lost marines as well as the lost pirates.

Block would pass away 2 years later due to exhaustion.

### Justice

The leading force of all marines is Justice. Many marines follow one of three forms of Justice.

* Absolute Justice: The idea that justice is to be served no matter who may be affected. Nothing is to obstruct it.
* Lazy Justice: The idea that justice is to be served when needed rather than all the time. Justice is a tool that is not to be broken rather than something to be held in such extreme regard.
* Unsure Justice: The Idea that justice is to be served according to ones views rather than a predefined way, either with absolutism or laziness. Justice is something that is dependent on the beholder and is to be served when seen fit, and is not to be defined by one central idea.

### 7 Warlords of The Sea

The 7 Warlords of The Sea is a program originally brought in to encourage pirates to work with the government as a means to obtain peace across the sea. However, due to corruption in the World Government and Marines as a whole, the 7 Warlords are instead used as grunts to carry out dirty work across the seas. Usually to insurrect insubordinate islands.

Usually pirates around the 500,000,000 to 1,000,000,000 are invited as Warlords.

#### Currently Active Warlords

* Shit D. Piss
* Clou D. Ick
* Ben D. Over
* Don Quan
* Roald Reigen
* Francois Pont
* Friedrich Bottle

### Ranks

 Vice-Admiral
 Captain
 Recruit/Sailor
 Chore boy

### Trivia

* The marines had originally been established as the "Western Maritime Order" during the late 1100s
* The name was changed when they united with other similar orders across the seas
* Block is the only marine to ever go from Chore Boy to Marine Fleet Admiral