Rider (Fate/Crossover - Edward Newgate)

**Rider** (ライダー, *Raidā*) is the servant of ??? in the ??? Holy Grail War.

*"I am only one man with one heart...Call me a demon, call me a monster...but I can't be the strongest forever...!!!"* - Edward Newgate

## Profile

### Identity

Rider's true identity is **Edward Newgate**, better known in life by his epithet "Whitebeard", was the captain of the Whitebeard Pirates and one of the Four Emperors ruling in the second half of the Grand Line, known as the New World.

Born in the impoverished and lawless village of Sphinx in the New World, Newgate lost his parents at an early age. He left the village at an early age to pursue piracy, though never forgot his birthplace as later in life he would use his considerable resources to funnel funds into the village and ease the suffering of it's citizens.

At some point Whitebeard would go on to join the legendary crew known as the Rocks Pirates, the strongest crew of the age. Yet after it's disbandment following the God Valley Incident, he would express open distaste at how the crew were all loose cannons and egotists that had only their own goals in mind.

Eventually Whitebeard would go on to form his own crew, rising to the top of the pirate world and becoming a rival to the would-be Pirate King Gol D. Roger. 30 years prior to the current storyline, Whitebeard and his crew were shipwrecked in Wano Country, meeting Kozuki Oden, who would eventually go on to serve as their Second Division Commander before leaving to pursue One Piece along with Roger.

After Roger's death, Whitebeard grew to be perhaps the single most legendary pirate alive, becoming known as "the Man Closest to One Piece", even though he never desired to find Laugh Tale, having already accomplished his goal of creating a family through his surrogate sons and daughters of his crew and subordinate crews.

Whitebeard would ultimately give his life in the failed attempt to save the life of one of his Division Commanders, Portgas D. Ace, the son of the late Roger himself. His death would send shockwaves through the world, and his incredibly powerful Devil Fruit would end up stolen by his killer and former subordinate, Blackbeard, along with all his authority and territories.

Due to his actions and role, he is one of the central allies of the Marineford Arc.

His bounty while he was alive was 5,046,000,000 Berries, the second highest known in history.

### Appearance

In his younger days, Newgate wore an open dark gray vest and a black bandanna, and his trademark mustache was nonexistent. Later in his life, he grew the prominent crescent-shaped mustache, which would spawn his epithet, "Whitebeard". When he was 52, he wore a white and yellow pirate hat with his jolly roger on it over a black bandana with black and red, both worn over long, blond flowing hair he had back then.

Whitebeard was an abnormally large man, with a height of 666 cm (21'10"). Unlike other large-sized humans, however, he was well-proportioned. He had a long face, ploughed because of the advanced age with many wrinkles around his eyes, and many scars running along his chest, and was very muscular. The muscles on his biceps seemed to grow bigger whenever he used his quake-based powers. Like all of his men, he had his own Jolly Roger tattooed on his back. In the manga, his eyes are brown, but in the anime, his eye color is seen to be yellow.

He wore a black bandanna around his head and adorned himself with a white captain's coat, which hung loosely from his broad shoulders and bore his Jolly Roger symbol. He was always seen bare-chested, and wore light, loose pants tucked inside his large black boots, and a dark pirate sash around his waist. While not in battle, Whitebeard was typically on oxygen and attached to several medical sensor machines, due to health issues concerning his age.

In the manga, after Akainu melted off a portion of his head, Whitebeard lost his left eye and the left side of his mustache (this was changed to just losing the left side of his mustache in the anime) as well as a massive hole in his torso (a second, bigger hole in the stomach was also dealt by Akainu in the anime). However, for the entire 72 years that he lived, he had never once received a wound on his back because he never ran away from his battles.

As a child, he wore a light-colored sleeveless shirt with the word "Power" (力, Chikara) written on it. He also wore shorts and a white bandanna. He had bandaged scrapes and cuts from his fights.

### Personality

Edward Newgate was a cheerful and carefree person during his younger years, prior to commanding his own ship and becoming known as Whitebeard. Due to being an orphan who grew up in poverty, Newgate had a strong desire for a family, which he saw as the greatest treasure one could have. Despite his peers considering this to be strange and humorous, Newgate was never ashamed of this wish.

His reign on the sea, reputation, and foreboding power made him seemingly overconfident and fearless. In initial appearances, he seemed unable to see any cause for alarm on any decision he made and refused all advice given to him, such as his nurse telling him not to drink heavily or Shanks warning him of Blackbeard. However, he was much more thoughtful than he initially appeared to be. Actions that initially seemed to be the result of thoughtless, headstrong bravado actually had strong reasons behind them; his loud declaration that Fish-Man Island belonged to him freed the island from all invading pirates and slavery, and his insistence that Blackbeard be punished was merely a cover for Ace, who had set out after him against Whitebeard's wishes.

Though he may seem to have an overgrown ego, Whitebeard knew deep down that he was nothing but a single man and was fully aware of his own mortality. He knew that the youth were the keys to the future, and that their lives were far more important than his own. Because of this, he was not afraid of sacrificing himself for the safety of those he considered his children. Like Gol D. Roger, Whitebeard believed that a child should not be responsible for their parents' sins. Yet another belief he held is that any path a man wished to follow in life was fine by him, as long as they did not regret it.

Despite his fierce reputation, Whitebeard was a compassionate man, having adopted countless people of different backgrounds into his crew as his foster children, such as Squard, whose life was devastated by Roger killing his crew, or Teach, who requested to join his crew due to being homeless. Marco stated that the main reason the Whitebeard Pirates held such strong loyalty to their captain was due to Newgate's paternal-like attitude, deeply caring for them like a father. Contrary to the tyrannical Kaidou and Big Mom, Whitebeard used his power and influence as one of the Four Emperors for humanitarian purposes. He liberated and protected Fish-Man Island from slavery, an act which touched the hearts of the normally human-distrusting citizens of Ryugu Kingdom and invested the majority of his riches to support his homeland of Sphinx, an once poor, lawless island. Whitebeard was understanding and forgiving of his subordinates, going to great lengths to rescue any who were in great danger, no matter the cost. Whitebeard was naturally protective of his family and did not tolerate the idea of letting a crewmate join someone else's crew, especially a rival one. In fact, the notion of separating himself from just one of them and for a short time infuriated him. Even if he did accept doing so, it was reluctantly and while showing much annoyance.

Whitebeard was very careful about choosing a person to be included in his crew, depending on their personality and nature. This cautiousness mainly stemmed from his time as a member of the Rocks Pirates, as the violent and poor relationship among the members of that crew left a negative impact on Whitebeard. For this reason, Whitebeard was fully against letting someone like Kozuki Oden join his crew, since the Samurai was rebellious by nature. Still, Whitebeard showed enough open-mindedness to give Oden a chance to prove himself in a challenge and eventually allowed the Kuri daimyo to be part of his crew after the latter prioritized the life of an innocent woman over the challenge itself. Also, while he held reserves regarding Marshall D. Teach, he nevertheless allowed the boy to join his crew for being an orphan with nowhere else to go; this turned out to be a mistake that Whitebeard would come to regret.

A distinguishing feature of Whitebeard's nature was his high moral standards: he never forgave the death of a crewmate by another and believed that a man could not live without some form of honor code. When confronted by Blackbeard, he intended to avenge Thatch, despite being close to death at the time. However, he was willing to go against his personal code under certain circumstances, if he felt the risk would not be worth the safety of his crew.

Whitebeard seemed to enjoy talking about the past; when Shanks visited his ship, the first thing Newgate did was recollect his memories from the last twenty-two years, particularly those involving old rivals like Roger, Garp and Sengoku. People that were children at that time were still viewed as children in Whitebeard's eyes, no matter how powerful they had grown since. Despite fond memories of his time as a pirate captain, Whitebeard was not proud of his former association with the Rocks Pirates due to the lack of camaraderie among members, thus he rarely referred to those times unless in a negative tone.

Regardless of his poor health at the time, Whitebeard liked drinking, to the point that bringing and sharing a drink with him (preferably of high quality and very expensive) was viewed as enough of a respectful gesture to engage a conversation. This was seen in his encounters with Shanks, Gol D. Roger, and Shiki; still, this did not guarantee complete cooperation from him, judging from the nature of these conversations.

Like other characters in One Piece, he had a unique laugh, which was "Gu ra ra ra ra". Like Perona, his laugh is similar to the name of his Devil Fruit, the Gura Gura no Mi. However, in the anime (before the Marineford Arc) and Gigant Battle, his laugh was changed to a regular "Ha ha ha ha ha". In the American Shonen Jump, his laugh is changed to "Gu ha ha ha ha".

### Relationships

#### **Kozuki Oden**

From their first meeting and their brief fight, Whitebeard understood how crazy and strong Oden was. He initially disagreed on taking Oden into the crew as he saw him as a dangerous type and not capable of submitting to anyone, but eventually after Oden passed a hard test of endurance, even after the samurai threw out the challenge just to save a nearby woman in need, Whitebeard decided to take him on board his ship as his brother and promised him the adventure of a lifetime.

During the time Oden was onboard his ship, Whitebeard became close to Oden, even regarding his as a brotherly figure. He got very angry when Roger asked him to borrow Oden and then got annoyed when Oden himself asked him to allow it, hating just the idea that he could leave his crew, even if only for a short time. He let Oden go without saying goodbye, but still ordered his crew to leave some supplies for him and his family.

Whitebeard was well aware of Oden's incredible strength and entrusted him with the command of the second division. He left the command vacant for a long time also after his departure, since he had not received any news of his death until several years after it happened. Whitebeard considered Ace arrogant for thinking he could defeat Kaidou when even Oden couldn't defeat him.

## Abilities

Whitebeard was one of the most powerful pirates in history. In his prime, he was one of the few able to take on the Pirate King Gol D. Roger, battling him for days to a draw. Due to his incredible strength, he was already feared as the "Strongest Man in the World", before Roger's death and the start of Great Age of Pirates. After Roger's death, Whitebeard became one of the Four Emperors, the four most powerful pirates in the world and the rulers of the New World. In fact, among them, he was considered the "Closest Man to One Piece", and the ruler of the sea who stood before the "throne" and the title of Pirate King. As a testament to this, Whitebeard held not only the highest bounty among his peers, but the second highest in recorded history, at over 5 billion (only behind Roger's own). Kaidou, who is renowned as the world's "Strongest Creature", put Whitebeard in the same elite class as other legendary pirates, that actually possess the strength to stand against him in battle, such as Roger, Kozuzki Oden, Shanks, and their former captain.

Even in his old age, he was able to effortlessly defeat Ace over a hundred times, even once while he was sleeping. During the Summit War of Marineford, Newgate's health was declining at a rapid rate due to his refusal to go into battle with life support and medication, despite this, he was able to engage in combat with Aokiji, Kizaru, and Akainu on even terms. After Akainu killed Ace, Whitebeard brutally injured the Admiral in retaliation, with the latter being practically helpless in response to Whitebeard's power, temporarily defeating him in a relatively short battle with a mere two hits, causing immense destruction all around.

Whitebeard's reputation alone made his simple declaration of Fish-Man Island being his territory enough to keep slave traders and pirates from attacking the island further, making Whitebeard himself far more effective than the treaty signed with the World Government 200 years before his death. People from every ocean were aware of the Emperor's power and seemingly believed that he could end the world if he so wished. Few would dare to challenge him or any of his crew, which makes Ace, Crocodile, Aokiji, Akainu, Blackbeard, Kaidou, and Luffy very brave and powerful people, for just trying. After his death, the entire world fell into chaos: with total victory declared for the Marines and all of Whitebeard's territories no longer considered dangerous (despite the fact that his crew was still alive).

As a true testament to his strength and reputation, the World Government was prepared to use practically the entire Marine force and the Seven Warlords of the Sea to fight Newgate and his crew, with Sengoku even remarking that their victory was not guaranteed due to Whitebeard's overwhelming power.

### Skills

#### Class Skills

* Riding (N/A Rank): This skill has been Removed for Voyager of the Storms.

* Magic Resistance (B Rank): Whitebeard, as a Rider-class Heroic Spirit, possesses a notable resistance to magical effects. This skill, at the level of B, grants him protection against spells and magical attacks. While not impervious to high-level magecraft, Whitebeard's inherent resistance allows him to endure and overcome mystical assaults to a considerable extent. This ability is a testament to him Fighting countless Enemies with abilities from the Mysterious Devil Fruits.

#### Personal Skills

* Haki (A Rank): Haki is an esoteric power that transcends the physical realm, embodying one's spiritual energy and willpower. There are three main types of Haki: Observation Haki, which grants heightened perception and the ability to sense others' intentions; Armament Haki, which enables the user to create an invisible armor, enhancing both offense and defense; and Conqueror's Haki, an extremely rare form that exerts the user's willpower over others, potentially rendering them unconscious.

Whitebeard, standing at the pinnacle of Haki mastery, has honed each facet of this extraordinary ability to perfection and gives him a High level Clairvoyance, An Effect Similar to Mana Burst and allows him to instantly knock people out that have a weaker will.

* Guar Guar no mi (A Rank): Devil Fruits are enigmatic and sought-after fruits in the world of Heroic Spirits that grant extraordinary powers but come at the cost of the consumer's ability to swim. There are three main types: Paramecia, which grants superhuman physical abilities; Zoan, which allows the user to transform into an animal or a hybrid form; and Logia, which grants control over, creation of, and transformation into an element.

Whitebeard consumed the Gura Gura no Mi, a paramecia-type Devil Fruit, bestowing upon him the ability to generate and control seismic vibrations. This extraordinary power allows him to create earthquakes of varying magnitudes, shaping the very landscape of the battlefield. The Gura Gura no Mi is considered one of the most formidable Devil Fruits, granting Whitebeard unparalleled destructive capabilities.

Whitebeard, as the pinnacle of Gura Gura no Mi mastery, has elevated this Devil Fruit to its highest form. Through years of experience and relentless training, he has honed the ability to unleash earthquakes with pinpoint precision, altering terrains strategically during battles. His control over seismic forces is so precise that he can focus the tremors into devastatingly powerful punches or use them defensively to repel attacks.

* Voyager of the Storms (A+ Rank): Whitebeard, the strongest pirate of his era and one of the Four Emperors of the Sea, possesses the extraordinary talent to navigate the treacherous seas. This unique Skill, "Voyager of the Storms," represents his unparalleled expertise in sailing vessels recognized as ships. Beyond mere navigation, it encapsulates the qualities of a charismatic group leader and a strategic mastermind

"Voyager of the Storms" enhances the overall morale and efficiency of Whitebeard's fleet. His charismatic leadership inspires courage and unwavering determination in the face of adversity, while his tactical expertise ensures that every naval engagement is approached with calculated precision. The very essence of this Skill embodies the legacy of a true sea emperor, guiding his crew through the stormy seas

### Noble Phantasm

#### **Moby Dick; "The Strongest Crew in the World"**

It's the Noble Phantasm of Edward Newgate it summons a Fleet of Ships that he lead when he was still alive. It is the personification of his legend as a Captain of the "Strongest Crew in the world."

The ships unleash a relentless barrage of cannon fire, raining destruction upon enemy forces. The cacophony of cannons echoes the power and might of Whitebeard's crew, overwhelming adversaries with a relentless and overwhelming assault.

Moby Dick "The Strongest Crew in the World" encapsulates the essence of Whitebeard's leadership and the unbreakable bond he shared with his crew. As the fleet materializes on the battlefield, it becomes a manifestation of the sea emperor's legacy, overwhelming foes with the combined might and spirit of the heroic warriors who once sailed under Whitebeard's black banner. This Noble Phantasm stands as a testament to the enduring legend of the "Strongest Crew in the World."

#### **Murakumogiri**

Murakumogiri is the legendary bisento wielded by Edward Newgate, famously known as Whitebeard. This colossal weapon is a masterpiece, both in terms of size and craftsmanship. Its imposing double-edged blade, adorned with intricate markings, reflects the immense power it possesses.

As one of the 12 Supreme Grade swords, Murakumogiri is among one of the most powerful weapons ever created, which in Edward Newgate's hands clashed with Kozuki Oden's dual legendary Meitos Enma and Ame no Habakiri, both which of soon scarred Kaidou, Gol D. Roger's Supreme Grade Sword, Ace, and Shanks' Gryphon.

it was revealed to have extraordinary durability, described as allowing him to channel his full power through it, whether this was the Gura Gura no Mi, the Strongest Paramecia, Haoshoku Haki, Busoshoku Haki or his own tremendous strength.

## References

https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Edward\_Newgate

https://vsbattles.fandom.com/wiki/Edward\_Newgate\_(Whitebeard)

https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/summon-a-servant-mark-vi-the-dark-six-fate-fiction-servants-read-the-threadmarks-please.370875/post-98232412