Teach D. Marshall

* Post-Timeskip
* Pre-Timeskip

**Teach D. Marshall**, also known as "**Blackbeard**", is both a fictional character and antagonist from the *J-Star's* *Fairy One Piece Tail* series created by Hiro Mashima and Eiichiro Oda. He is the captain-admiral of the Blackbeard Pirates.

He is also a part of the "Worst Generation", along with the eleven Supernovas. He is also the only known person in history to wield the powers of two Devil Fruits. Teach started out his pirate career as an apprentice of the Roger Pirates.

After his captain's death, he left to join as the Whitebeard Pirates' 2nd Division member. However, he defected after murdering the 4th division commander, in order to obtain and steal the Devil Fruit that he long sought for his life.

For betraying Whitebeard's crew and the murder of his crewmate, he was pursued by them since. Before the 2-year timeskip, he meets the Straw-Natsu in Mock Town when he boasts a speech on the Sky Islands and all dreams.

Eventually the infamous Ace finally confronts him on Banero. Teach was appointed Crocodile's replacement as one of the 7 Warlords, after defeating Ace in a brutal fight and turning him in to the Marines and World Government.

He briefly held a position he promptly abuses before resigning upon returning from Impel Down once he is finished to expand and strengthen his crew with multiple prisoners from Level 6. His actions resulted in him a threat.

After killing Whitebeard with the help of his new crew at the Marineford War, Blackbeard somehow subsequent steals his former captain's ability to his own. He's at war against Bluebeard's crew over Whitebeard's Emperor spot.

He also turned the island of Hachinosu into his base of operations after the Rocky Port Incident.

"*I recognize you as my enemy, Dragon. And I shall slay you.*"

—Acnologia.

## Appearance & Biography

*Voice Actor*: Chris Rager (English), Akio Ōtsukai (Japanese), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Bulgarian), Not Known (Cantonese), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Croatian), Not Known (Czech), Not Known (Danish), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (Filipino), Not Known (French), Not Known (Galician), Not Known (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hindi), Not Known (Hong Kong), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Indonesian), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Malay), Not Known (Mandarin), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Persian), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Tagalog), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Turkish), Not Known (Ukrainian), Not Known (Valencian), Not Known (Vietnamese), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (Canadian French), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (French Creole), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish), Not Known (Spain-Spanish), Not Known (Taiwanese Mandarin)

### Appearance

#### The Young Past Days

In SBS Volume 63, Oda drew the Seven Warlords of the Sea as children. Teach is shown wearing a baseball cap with a rolled up long sleeve shirt and green shorts. He is also wearing black curled tip shoes, and unlike his usual cheerful expression, is crying for an unknown reason.

As a member of the Whitebeard Pirates, Teach wore an open buttoned white shirt with rolled up sleeves, green trousers with black line patterns, a yellow sash around his waist and classic black swashbuckler boots complete with large bronze buckles.

#### Pre-Timeskip

At his first appearance in Mock Town, he had added a large black and gold captain's coat over his attire, along with white beads on each wrist as bracelets and rings with gemstones on all of the fingers of both his hands (similar to his predecessor, Crocodile).

During his raid on Banero Island and throughout before the two-year timeskip, he added a pair of necklaces of red as well as golden-yellow and blue beads to his dark orange sash (dark yellow in the anime) and a traditional black tricorne hat over his grey bandana, as well as switching to a red shirt, while wearing his captain's coat like a cape. He also has three flintlocks and a flask tied to his sash around his waist.

#### Post-Timeskip

After the timeskip, Teach has grown a long beard that he has split into multiple sections, very much like his real-life basis. He also wears golden hoop earrings and the same black tricorne with a yellow bandana with red polka dots. He switches to a light purple shirt with a black captain’s coat with red linings. He has a red and white feather with a purple flower on the side of his tricorne. He has an orange plume alongside with his coat. He now wears dark blue pants with light blue floral designs on them.

He also now dons a pair of sunglasses.

* Hair Color: Black
* Skin Color: Brown
* Eye Color: Black
* Age: 38 (debut), 40 (after timeskip)
* Birthday: March 14th
* Height: 344 cm (11'3") (debut, after timeskip)
* Weight: Not Known

## Personality

Teach's personality seems to be a strange mixture of courage and cowardice, carefulness and recklessness, and intelligence and stupidity. While at times his character appears strong and fearsome, like he has full control of a situation, in others he will seem weak and ridiculous, struggling in ways that are unbecoming of a pirate of his stature.

All those contrasting elements reinforce the idea that Teach is rather unpredictable and somewhat of an enigma, making him similar to one of the series' protagonists Luffy to a great extent. It is worth noting that Teach was a rather gloomy and serious individual in his childhood, back when he was nothing more than an orphaned pirate apprentice, unlike his more outgoing and expressive adult self.

"*Have you got the wrong idea about pirates?! Nobody said we were all the best of friends here!!! The only thing pirates need is an alignment of interests!!*"

—Teach, telling Kuzan the modus operandi of his crew.
In general, Teach is perhaps the most realistic depiction of a pirate within the series, showing various degrees of greed, dishonesty, brutality, opportunism and cunning. This is a point Teach has in common with his crewmates for the most part, as they are known for being equally rowdy and violent.

Having wild personalities under his command, however, does not bother Teach in anyway, as he believes that a pirate crew is primarily defined by its members being in sync about their goals and agendas, with relationships among personnel being a secondary concern.

This means that Teach is willing to welcome in anyone who he thinks could assist him in achieving his objectives, whether they are infamous criminals from Impel Down, which is the case for half of his Titanic Captains, former warlords, like Moria Gecko, or even former Marines, such as Kuzan. Like many other characters, Teach has a unique laugh: "Zehahahahahaha!". This laugh is not present in the English dub version.

### Deceptiveness

Teach is most well-known for his treacherous, long-term plans, having lied and deceived various organizations in order to reach the top of the pirate world. As stated by Rex and Shanks, Teach is very patient and careful, choosing to lurk in the shadows until the perfect opportunity presents itself, at which point he will quickly act to capitalize on whatever he has set his sights on.

As an example, Teach as a child joined the Roger, later Whitebeard Pirates, to find the Dark-Dark Fruit, killing a crewmate in cold blood despite having spent decades aboard both of the ships. Later, he deceived the Marines by joining the Seven Warlords of the Sea in an elaborate and convoluted fashion for the sole reason of gaining access to Impel Down in order to find new, powerful crewmates.

Though he betrayed the Whitebeard Pirates, Teach does consider the crew he himself formed as comrades to an extent, which is made evident when he was willing to make a trade with the Marines for a battleship big enough to hold all of them comfortably for the sake of one crew member, Sanjuan Wolf. Despite his obvious malevolent nature, he can also put up a front of compassion, care, show sympathy and empathy towards his crew's well-being and is willing to take assaults intended for them.

However, this apparent kindness does not eclipse his lust for power, as he would have no qualms in sacrificing anyone of his crew in order to save his own skin or obtain a powerful Devil Fruit. In addition, Teach does not care about any allies sailing under his flag, which is in contrast to most Emperors, who tend to retaliate when their subordinates get attacked.

### Ambition and Fatalism

Teach is an ambitious, power-hungry man who will bide his time to get whatever he needs in order to become stronger. Having a major interest in Devil Fruits, Teach believes that their pros heavily outweigh their cons. As such, he is constantly on the lookout for powerful abilities to steal for himself and his crew, with this ability hunting routine being the backbone of his rule as one of the Worst Generation.

Teach also seeks to become a king, even attempting to negotiate with the World Government to make his homebase of Hachinosu an official nation.

"*This "New Era" they keep rambling on and on about is a load of crap! The era where pirates dream of treasure will come to an end!? Yeah Right! THE DREAMS OF PIRATES... WILL NEVER END!!! AM I RIGHT!?*"

—Blackbeard's opinion on the "New Era" that Bellamy and Sarkies boast about.
Teach, like others who carry the Spirit Will of D., has a strong belief in fate and the dreams of men, but unlike the others, is the only one who truly seems to take it to heart. He shares several attributes with Luffy, including having a voracious appetite, a carefree attitude and a love for partying, as well as a competitive and reckless nature to the point of persevering even if there may be grave consequences, and huge ambitions to follow his dream of finding the One Piece and become the new King of the Pirates.

Despite that, there is a great contrast between him and Luffy: primarily, Teach fears death whereas other D. carriers embrace it if it comes. Furthermore, when backed into a corner, Teach has shown himself to be a coward: when being held at chokepoint by Whitebeard, he pathetically begged for mercy, calling him "Pops" and reminding Whitebeard that he was his "son" and that he could never kill one of his own "family".

Just before his death, Whitebeard cryptically noted that Teach was not the one Roger had been waiting for and dismissed Teach as being incapable of continuing his first captain's legacy. Perhaps because of his strong belief in fate, Teach is highly amoral. He believes that there is no inherent "good" nor "evil" in the world, jeeringly mocking anyone who expresses such belief.

His nihilistic tendencies are in line with the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit he possesses, which is said to reduce everything to "nothingness". During his raid on Impel Down, he stated that his plans have not gone exactly as expected, but is willing to take these surprises in stride and adapt his plans to whatever new circumstance he stumbles into.

### Carefreeness and Arrogance

Teach is often very calm, composed, relaxed, easygoing, cheerful, and free-spirited, being often politely sarcastic and mocking towards those around him. He does not seem to hold resentment towards those who wrong him or when a disaster befalls his crew, taking things in stride while laughing in amusement. He is also fond of relaxing and having some leisure every now and then, believing that the pirate life should be fun.

Teach is overconfident and tends to converse and/or taunt his opponents in the middle of battle, having done this in every confrontation he has been depicted in and something Whitebeard once pointed out as a weakness of his. This arrogance often translates into consequences, as he almost always suffers a heavy, painful attack while his guard is down. Since having acquired two Devil Fruit powers, Teach has developed a severe superiority complex, believing himself to be truly invincible and the strongest of them all.

Despite his arrogance, Teach does show a sense of caution, and will avoid fighting opponents he views as highly troublesome.

## Abilities and Powers

As one of the members of the Worst Generation, Teach is one of the most powerful pirates in the world. Even before becoming an Emperor, Teach was an immensely powerful pirate, even for a former member of the Roger Pirates, Whitebeard Pirates, and Seven Warlords of the Sea. At some point in his life, Teach once fought Shanks and gave him the scars on his left eye, with Shanks admitting that the injury did not occur because of carelessness. Their battle led Shanks to cautiously recognize Teach as an extremely dangerous menace.

Ace once stated that Teach could have become a commander when he was recommended for the position. The most remarkable thing in these two feats is that Teach had not yet eaten a Devil Fruit. After the War of the Best, the Five Elders believed that Teach would have had a one-step lead to usurp the position of Emperor, Whitebeard hadn't chosen Bluebeard to be his position's successor prior upon Whitebeard's will.

Before the timeskip, he had mass notoriety with his bounty being set at ฿2,247,600,000, showing how dangerous he had become. During the timeskip for unknown reasons, it was later raised to ฿3,996,000,000, making his bounty the highest among the former Warlords of the Sea and members of the Worst Generation. He easily defeated his fellow ex-Warlord, Hancock Boa.

Rayleigh Silvers, the former "Right Hand of the King of the Pirates", confessed both her and Danzen, the new captain of the Whitebeard Pirates, that he would stand no chance against Teach due to his elderly age. He managed to defeat Law Trafalgar whose bounty is worth ฿3,000,000,000 and one of the two pirates responsible for defeating former Emperor Big Mom.

One of the most prominent feats that showcase Teach's incredible power were displayed by him defeating three division commanders of the Whitebeard Pirates: Thatch, Ace D. Portgas, and later, Marco. After the timeskip and during the Grudge War against the Bluebeard Pirates, he and his crew fought against the army and destroyed their headquarters on Baltigo, before briefly clashing against the Marines and the Cipher Pol and eventually fleeing the place.

### Tactical Skills

Teach has shown himself to be an expert planner and a master at orchestrating manipulative schemes provided he has time to prepare; he waited decades aboard Oro Jackson with the Roger Pirates, later the Moby Dick with the Whitebeard Pirates and even integrated with the crew dynamic solely to increase his opportunities of obtaining the Dark-Dark Fruit (and also recruited some future members of his own crew during this time, indicating great charisma and leadership skills even as a regular crewmate).

He also went to capture Luffy and Natsu to guarantee an offer for the vacant position of the Seven Warlords of the Sea by the World Government, which in turn was simply sought for free access through the Gates of Justice into the notoriously impenetrable Impel Down to recruit mighty Level 6 prisoners to strengthen his crew.

This scheme completely deceived both Sengoku and Tsuru, the two greatest strategic masterminds of the Marines, with Sengoku realizing Teach's true intentions only after the Blackbeard Pirates had appeared in Marineford. Marco also suggested Teach had already made plans to steal the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, from being on the crew for so long.

Instead of taking Whitebeard head-on to steal his Devil Fruit, Teach effectively manipulated Whitebeard and the entire military force of the Marines, including the Admirals Akainu, Aokiji, and Kizaru, into fighting each other during the former's attempt to rescue Ace. Eventually, Whitebeard became fatally injured and weakened enough for Teach and his crew to brutally overpower and ultimately kill Whitebeard to steal his power, becoming the first person to wield two Devil Fruit powers.

When confronted by Shanks and his crew, Teach instead had his crew retreat as he deemed that it was not the right time to fight them, which showed a great sense of caution. This side of him was seen again when he chose to flee from Marine Admiral Akainu.

Later, in an attempt to steal the Road Poneglyph rubbings now that both Kaido and Big Mom are gone, Teach set a trap for one of the three pirate crews leaving Wano Country, ambushing them at Winner Island.

However, for all his combat prowess and intellect, Teach can be overconfident and careless, as noted by Whitebeard. He has a habit of concentrating too much on conversations with his opponents while fighting them, letting his guard down in the process, a weakness he has demonstrated in his battles against Whitebeard, Luffy, Ace, Magellan, Bluebeard, and Law. This usually results in him suffering critical injuries.

In fact, if not for Shiryu's help, Teach and his entire crew would have been killed by Magellan's poison.

### Devil Fruits

Through an unknown method, Teach became the first and so far, only known person to wield the powers of two Devil Fruits at the same time. Bluebeard and Marco both speculated that this was possible due to an unstated peculiarity unique to Teach himself, having to do with an "atypical body structure" of some sort. Bluebeard also pointed out that the other Whitebeard Pirates should be aware of this fact.

With the power of darkness (the Dark-Dark Fruit), which "reduces anything to nothingness", and the power of earthquakes (the Tremor-Tremor Fruit), which "brings destruction to everything", Teach claimed himself to be truly invincible and the strongest of them all.

Teach has since attempted to acquire other additional Devil Fruits such as Hancock's Love-Love Fruit and later Law's Op-Op Fruit, though it is not known if he has acquired any more abilities yet or how many he has in total.

#### Dark-Dark Fruit

*Main article:* *Dark-Dark Fruit*
The **Dark-Dark Fruit**, a Logia-class Devil Fruit, which was eaten by Teach, allows him to become, generate, and manipulate darkness, turning him into a **Darkness Human**. The darkness appears reminiscent of a fiery black smoke while also bearing a resemblance to a liquid. Teach has an infinite amount of space inside of his body made of darkness. The darkness has strong properties of gravity and absorption. The darkness has the power to pull things in, much like a black hole.

Even light itself cannot escape. Furthermore, the gravity is so strong that it can completely crush anything in its path. Once something has been pulled in, it can be absorbed into the darkness, where it will be trapped until Teach himself decides to release it. It is described as a void which devours everything and returns all to nothingness. The most frightening power of the fruit is that it allows Teach to absorb/nullify other people's Devil Fruit powers.

So long as Teach maintains physical contact with the other Devil Fruit user, it is as if the victim never ate their Devil Fruit at all. Unfortunately, using the fruit's absorbing ability renders Blackbeard unable to turn intangible for the next 24 hours; due from this fact, any damage he would also take will actually hurt worse than normal.

##### Techniques

The named techniques that are used by Blackbeard that involve the Devil Fruit are as follows:

* **Black Hole** (ブラック･ホール, *Burakku Hōru*): Blackbeard spreads his darkness over a large area and, much like an actual black hole, swallows up anything he chooses. When swallowed, the person or object is subjected to a large amount of gravity and crushed, such as an entire village on Banero Island. This technique was first seen as it was demonstrated in front of Ace. When the kanji of this technique is read as "Anketsudō", it refers to a road taken by a Chinese ajari Buddhist monk when he incurred the wrath of Emperor Gensō (685-762).
	+ **Liberation**(リベレイション, *Ribereishon*): Used following **Black Hole**, Blackbeard expels all of the destroyed remains of what his darkness had swallowed up at once. This is especially good at demonstrating his power. This was first seen being demonstrated before Ace. In the anime, Teach foreshadowed that this attack can possibly be used to launch cannonballs and swords like projectiles.
* **Black Vortex** (くろうず, *Kurōzu*): Extending one arm towards his opponent, Blackbeard activates the gravity power of his darkness to pull them into his grasp. Blackbeard can then attack them with his massive strength. This move is particularly useful when used in conjunction with the fruit's power-nullifying abilities, since the target could easily avoid it by fighting at a distance from Blackbeard, as Ace attempted. This was first seen being used on Ace in order to grab him. However, this technique has also proven to be a great weakness, as most opponents he draws near him have attacked him while at close range, such as Ace launching two fiery spears into Blackbeard's chest, or Whitebeard slamming his bisento into Blackbeard's shoulder. The name of the attack is also a pun on the English word "close", and it can also mean "black vinegar", a vinegar commonly used in Chinese cooking.
* **Black World** (ブラック･ワールド, *Burakku Wārudo*): Blackbeard covers the area surrounding his opponent in darkness, blocking their vision.
* **Black Opening** (闇開, *Yamiagari*; literally meaning "Dark Opening"): Similar to a combination of **Black Hole** and **Liberation**, Blackbeard draws surrounding enemies into a pool of darkness in front of him before ejecting them, causing heavy damage in the process.

#### Tremor-Tremor Fruit

*Main article:* *Tremor-Tremor Fruit*
The **Tremor-Tremor Fruit**, a Paramecia-class Devil Fruit, which was stolen from the dead body of its previous user, Whitebeard, allows him to cause earthquakes and generate powerful shockwaves, turning him into a **Tremor Human**. It is considered to be the strongest power of the Paramecia class, in addition, it is said that it has the power to destroy the entire world.

He has the power to send incredibly powerful shockwaves through the air, creating cracks in the air itself in the process. By striking at the general area with his quake powers, he can cause large earthquakes. His quakes cause serious damage and alterations to the surrounding landscape and are capable of destroying buildings. He can also "grab" the surrounding area and literally tilt it, he can even do this with not just an entire island, but also the surrounding sea's.

He unknowingly caused a tsunami at a nearby island when he first tried this. In the anime, he has also displayed the ability to use his shockwaves defensively, as their vast raw power can easily stop incoming attacks, even from the Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit power of the then Fleet Admiral, Sengoku. Upon initially obtaining the power, he did not have great control over it.

After the timeskip, he seems to have more control of the power, as he casually created an earthquake with no effort.

##### Techniques

The named techniques that are used by Blackbeard that involve the Devil Fruit are as follows:

#### Armament Haki

Teach is an extremely skilled user of Armament Haki. By hardening his arm, he was able to defend himself against S-Hawk's sword slash, which could cut Amazon Lily's large mountain in half.

#### Observation Haki

Teach is a highly skilled user of Observation Haki. As he was able to sense that [Luffy D. Monkey|Luffy's]] bounty of ฿30,000,000 was too low compared to his strength, and during his raid on Impel Down he was able to sense that Luffy's Haki had improved since meeting him in Jaya.

### Weapons

Teach has occasionally been shown using claw weapons, one of which he favored since his youth days. It is very likely that this was the weapon he used to give Shanks his facial scars. When the Whitebeard Pirates started protecting Fish-Man Island, he was seen with longer metal claws in one hand. He has yet to been seen wielding a claw weapon in the present day, however.

Teach used a flintlock pistol when dealing the deathblow to Whitebeard along with the other Blackbeard Pirates, and also has three pistols tied in his sash. His accuracy with them is not completely shown, as he was only seen emptying his ammunition into Whitebeard at point-blank range, yet Whitebeard was still briefly alive after he had finished shooting.

## Anime and Manga Differences

* While the manga has never depicted how exactly Teach killed Thatch, the anime shows that Teach literally stabbed him in the back.
* In the anime, the fight between Teach and Whitebeard is slightly extended, as Teach punched Whitebeard several times while having the latter in his grip. He also shot Whitebeard in the heart with his flintlock and fired several more times before ordering his crew to join in. In the manga, he simply ordered them to attack right after surviving one of Whitebeard's quake bubbles. Also, the wound he received from the Whitebeard's bisento was not as brutal as it was in the original manga. In the manga, the Dark-Dark Fruit was in Teach's left hand and the Tremor-Tremor Fruit was in his right. In the anime, they are reversed.
* In the anime, the fight between Teach and Sengoku is also extended, with the former's quake punch and the latter's shockwaves tearing apart Marineford. Sengoku knocked Teach back with another shockwave, but he retaliated by tilting the island just as Whitebeard had done. Jesus Burgess jumped into the fight to assist but was knocked back by the intervention of Garp.
* When Teach shifted the seas, the tsunami saved the Heart Pirates from a naval bombardment and a longer scene of people escaping Sabaody Archipelago is shown.

## External links

* Sir Crocodile *Heroes Wiki*
* Sir Crocodile *Nintendo Wiki*
* Sir Crocodile *One Piece Wiki*
* Sir Crocodile *Villains Wiki*