Edward Newgate (Whitebeard)

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## Summary

Whitebeard, real name
Edward Newgate, is the most powerful of the Four Emperors ruling over
the New World (the second half of the Grand Line), and the only person
to ever battle the Pirate King to a draw. With Roger's death he became
the "Strongest Man in the World", and this reputation makes him the most
 feared and respected person in the world.

However, 22 years have
 passed since the Pirate King's death and, although Whitebeard is still
greatly feared, the world is slowly changing and there are those in the
Grand Line are looking to rise to the top and take Whitebeard's place.
Whitebeard believes that pirates should have at least some sense of
morality and honor, and every member of his crew is treated as his
child, and they in turn treat him as their own father.

When people say that
he has the power to shake the world, they mean it literally, as he ate
the Tremor-Tremor Fruit (Gura Gura no Mi), which has the power to
generate massive shockwaves and cause earthquakes.

## Powers and Stats﻿

**Tier: 7-B | 6-C**

**Name:** Edward Newgate, epithet "Whitebeard", "Strongest Man in the World", "Man closest to One Piece"

**Origin:** [Piece|One Piece]

**Gender:** Male

**Age:** 72 at time of death

**Classification:** Human, Captain of the Whitebeard Pirates, Former Yonkou (Four Pirate Emperors), Paramecia Devil Fruit User

**Destructive Capacity:** **Large City level+**
 (The effects of his power can shake islands thousands of kilometers
away, also generated two humongous tsunamis with his quakes and also
shattered them later after Aokiji had frozen them, he was capable of
tilting the Marineford and the area around it with his power), hype
suggests he may have been higher in his prime | **Island level+** via powerscaling (Stronger than Prime Chinjao)

**Range:**
 Extended human melee range with bisento (a couple of meters), at least
several hundred meters with air quakes (can also indirectly generate
effects much further than that, at the very least hundreds of kilometers
 away)

**Speed: Massively Hypersonic**
 (able to intercept Kizaru and matched the Marine Admirals in
close-quarter-combat), his pre-cog also further complements his
reactions

**Lifting Strength: Class T** (Garp has strength in the billions of tons, so naturally so would Whitebeard)

**Striking Power: Class EJ+** via powerscaling

**Durability:** At least **Large** **City level+**
 via powerscaling (Akainu, a weaker character, was able to soldier on
after taking two consecutive attacks from Whitebeard himself, also
withstood an all-out attack from Akainu to the abdomen while in an
extremely vulnerable position, unable to guard himself as he was
suffering a heart attack) | **Island level+** via powerscaling

**Stamina:**
 Marvelous (despite his old age and illness), during the Marineford
Battle he continued to do battle while accumulating literally had taken
267 sword wounds, 152 gunshot wounds, and 46 wounds from cannon balls.
The sum adds up to a total of 465 hits, most significantly those he
received from Akainu and Kizaru, and even soldiered on after having half
 his head taken by Akainu, weaker character with less endurance were
also able to continuously battle one another for ten days, Whitebeard
possesses incredible endurance.

**Standard Equipment:** His bisento (a polearm resembling a glaive, with a long, heavy half and a heavy, curved blade)

**Intelligence:**
 Whitebeard is the pirate closest to obtaining the "One Piece" treasure
in the entire world, and along with a couple of decades worth of
experience, is the single most-dangerous pirate in the OP-verse. Has
sufficient leadership qualities to oversee a last-minute invasion of
Marineford, an incredibly skilled military strategist, and a match for
Sengoku the Buddha. His tactical prowess was demonstrated when he
scattered the pirates so that they wouldn't be routed by Pacifista, or
when he bypassed the siege wall and has mastered his Gura Gura Fruit

**Powers and Abilities:**
 Superhuman strength, speed, durability, endurance, agility, stamina,
dexterity, premium Haki user (Kenbunshoku Haki, Busōshoku Haki and
Haōshoku Haki), battle - precognition (via Haki), can surround his body
with an invisible armor to augment his defensive and offensive
capabilities (he can also imbue physical objects, such as his sword with
 Busōshoku Haki), can harm and affect characters with elemental mimicry,
 can dominate the will of others (Haoshoku Haki allows him to knock
those with inadequate wills unconscious), very high resistance to heat
(were unperturbed by the ambient heat of Akainu's elemental body, which
is sufficient to swiftly evaporate steel, while battling him for an
extended period of time in close-quarter, also withstood a direct magma
attack to the abdomen from him), outstanding willpower (unmoved by
physical pain, able to push through his grievous injuries and continue
battle), ate the Gura Gura no Mi, a Paramecia type Devil Fruit which
allows him to generate powerful shock waves by emitting vibrations (can
use airquakes through cracking the air and sending shockwaves through
the air as a result, seaquakes through sending quakes to the seabed and
concentrated quakes by focusing all his power on a single point all to
his advantage, using his abilities he can also tilt whole land masses
without breaking a sweat), powerful breath (was able to blow out the
"flames" on a magma rock fired from Akainu with his very own breath
casually), skilled use of his bisento (Whitebeard is able to imbue his
bisento with both Busōshoku Haki and his Gura Gura no Mi either to
increase its defense capabilities as shown when he engaged in close
combat with Akainu and was able to prevent Akainu from
melting/evaporating his bisento, and concerning his Devil Fruit, when he
 used the bisento to sweep hundreds of soldiers away with singular
sweeps)

**Weaknesses:** Cannot swim and becomes immobilized if more than half of his body is covered in water

 There are normally two types of Haki regular people can tap into: the
Kenbunshoku Haki which allows individuals to sense the presence of
others, and Busōshoku Haki which allows individuals to create an
invisible armor around them. There is however a third type of Haki,
Haōshoku Haki, that only a few individuals can use. Whitebeard is one of
 these people.

* **-Haōshoku Haki (Color of the Conquering King):**

```
The ability to knock out someone else or a large group. While

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inexperienced users are restricted to intimidating one being or blindly
knocking out any with weak wills around them, those with more expertise
can pick out weak willed individuals in a large group to knock out.

* **-Busōshoku Haki (Color of Armaments):**

```
A form of Haki that allows the user to create an "invisible armor"

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around themselves. With that, they can protect himself from attacks, and
 if trained well, use it to deliver stronger attacks. Besides the
increase of strength, it is the only form of attack that doesn't involve
 Kairouseki that can hit any Devil Fruit user, being able to hit the
user's original body even if it's a Logia user. It can also be used in
weapons.

* **-Kenbunshoku Haki (Color of Observation or Mantra):**

```
A form of Haki that allows the user to sense the presence of his

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opponents. A user of this type of Haki can predict an opponent's moves
before he gets hit. This works by showing the user an image or brief
"premonition" of what the opponent will do, manifested as a mental image
 in the user's mind's eye, and the damage the user will take if the
attack "hit" for real. It appears that the more killer intent the enemy
has the easier they are to predict, though more efficient users can
predict future moves regardless whether there are ambient murderous
intents or not. Including the distance, location, and where the opponent
 may strike next.

**-Gura Gura no Mi (Tremor-Tremor Fruit):**
 A Paramecia type Devil Fruit that turns the user into a Quake Human,
allowing the user to create vibrations (or "quakes"). This fruit's major
 strength is that it allows the user to generate massive vibrations, or
shock waves, which can travel though virtually any medium, including the
 ground, the seafloor, or even in the air. The different techniques
Whitebeard so far have demonstrated with the Gura Gura no Mi are listed
below (note: since Whitebeard didn't name any of his attacks or moves,
the names used are simply placeholders, to distinguish the techniques
from each other).

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* **-Kaishin:**

```
Whitebeard swings his arm (or arms) and literally cracks the air

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itself, sending devastating shock waves through the air in the direction
 it is facing. These shock waves are able to pass through and damage
almost any substance, literally tearing it apart. The shock waves can
also be sent into the sea, generating huge tsunamis, and can be used in
conjunction with physical attacks in close-quarters combat - as Akainu
can bear witness to.

* **-Gekishin:** A close range version of Kaishin, causing severe damage to even giants and an admiral.
* **-Kabutowari:**

```
Whitebeard converges quakes into a sphere of focused power around his

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fist, effectively harnessing his terrible destructive power into a
pinpoint attack he can use in close-quarters combat and completely avoid
 collateral damage (evident when Moby Dick's deck didn't suffer a single
 dent when he crushes Ronse's head with a quake bubble against it).

* **-Naginata Rasetsu**: Whitebeard surrounds his bisento with the same bubble to greatly increase its striking power and range
* **Shima Yurashi:**

```
Whitebeard grabs the air around him as if it were tangible and pulls

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it, causing the area around him to shift. Using this, he was capable of
tilting the entire island of Marineford and the sea around it.

* **-'Quake-Explosion':**

```
Similar to his quake bubble, Whitebeard focuses his quake power around

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in a sphere of focused power, with the difference that he then sends it
forward and releases it in an explosion-like quake.

**Others:** The
discrepancy between his name and appearance is apparently due to the
fact that the Japanese language only has one word for facial hair.

**Note:**
 Prime Whitebeard was exaggerated to be a life wiper though this is
generally accepted as hyperbole. His powers in his prime state were
never shown properly. Whitebeard was often exaggerated to unimaginable
levels by some ridiculous fanatics, like Violentrl.

## Others

**Notable Victories**

**Notable Losses**

**Notable Draws**