Silk

Silk is the abandoned daughter of a pirate and a character from Romance Dawn V.1. She aided Monkey D. Luffy in her efforts to defeat Crescent-Moon Gally when he attempted to take over the town she was living in. She said she had heard of Shanks when Luffy mentioned his savior as a child and that he was one of the most famous pirates in the world.

Appearance
Silk is a tall and slim girl with blond hair and brown eyes. She wears a blue T-shirt and a green and white shorts. As a child, she wore a light blue dress.

Personality
She is very protective of her town and considers it her treasure. She is willing to risk her life to defend it. She understands that not all pirates are bad and shows compassion towards pirates like Luffy. A lot of the people in the town do not take her seriously, suggesting her confidence is high but her actions do not usually yield results.

Abilities and Powers
Silk wields a sword, possibly a saber, and she is very skilled at fighting with it.

History
As a newborn, Silk was abandoned by her parents, who were pirates who had raided the village. The people in the town took her in and raised her as their own without any ill-will toward her.

When the people in her town saw that Gally was coming to attack them, Silk urged everyone to take up arms against the pirates and protect the town. The people told her not to do anything, as her involvement would do more harm than good. When she first sees Monkey D. Luffy, she mistook him for Gally and thought such an infamous pirate would look tougher. When Luffy entered the restaurant where Silk was staying, she said hello and promptly attacked him. After he explained he was not a pirate yet, she stopped attacking and served him food. While he was eating, Luffy explained to Silk about the two kinds of pirates. When she asked if he had any treasure, Luffy told her about his hat and about Shanks. When he finished, Silk asked him if Shanks was the same person as "Red-Haired" Shanks, a legendary pirate, confirming that they are indeed the same. After Luffy said that he aspired to be like Shanks, Silk told him that she was actually the child of pirates. She then tells Luffy that she does not want anyone in the town to be sad and she will fight for them no matter what. She then asks if there were pirates on the ship Luffy had arrived on. Luffy instead begins to leave, thanking the old woman behind the counter for food, completely ignoring Silk, much to her irritation.

When they get outside the restaurant, she tries asking Luffy about Gally again. Before he can answer, Gally shows up, very much annoyed that Luffy defeated him. Luffy then realizes that the man Silk had asked about earlier was the captain of the crew he had defeated, and then tells Silk that Gally was in fact on the ship with him, which is by now obvious to her. She then asks what Luffy did to make the pirates so angry. When Gally ordered his men to attack, Silk called them cowardly for attacking unarmed opponents, but was surprised when Luffy started beating them without any weapons at all. When he used his Devil Fruit to stretch his arm, Silk was surprised by his ability. When Gally shot Luffy in a surprise attack, Silk screamed in terror but was shocked to see that not only was Luffy okay, he even rebounded the bullet. Silk was still surprised by Luffy's strange abilities as he ran off.

After the other people in the town mistakenly captured Luffy, thinking he was Gally, Silk rushed to tell them their mistake. She arrived too late though, as the real Gally was already there. Silk tried repeatedly to attack the pirates but each time was knocked to the ground. Eventually the mayor ordered her to stop. Silk protested, saying that if they complied with the pirates' demands, their town would only become an easy target and attract more pirates. Silk stopped, albeit reluctantly, and was surprised when the incapacitated Luffy angered Gally by making fun of his mustache. Later, when the pirates were loading their ship with all the stolen goods they had collected, Silk and the mayor were watching their activities from behind a crate. The mayor felt guilty about what they did to Luffy, and Silk insisted that Luffy was not a bad person, despite the odd circumstances surrounding his arrival. She watched as Gally was about to step on Luffy's hat, the latter threatening to kill the former if he did. Silk remembered what Luffy said about his hat being his treasure. She was then shocked to see one of the pirates throw Luffy out into the ocean. Silk could no longer sit back and watch, and dove in to rescue Luffy. She tried to ask Luffy if he was alright, but he only asked her where the pirates were. She told him that he could not reach them. She tried to sympathize with Luffy's desire to protect the things that were important to him. Luffy protested, saying their desires were the same, and ran off, leaving her confused. She was surprised to see Luffy propel himself through the air and onto Gally's ship.

After Luffy left, Silk was standing on the docks, looking out on the ocean, thinking about what Luffy had said about peace mains.

Trivia

 * Silk appears in the anime remake of Romance Dawn that aired on November 24, 2008. Not only was she redrawn to match Oda's current style, but her "Nami-like" appearance is far less apparent than in the original manga version.

Early Concepts
Silk was Oda's first attempt at a Nami-like character. She shares much of Nami's personality, however was much more kind and seemed to boast more leadership skills rather then relying on force to make people do things, although that could be put down to Romance V.1 Luffy being far more intelligent than the final version. Appearance wise, aside from her hair being long, everything about her (including her choice style of clothing) was almost identical to Nami.

Her background story was much closer to Nami's own background story than Ann's background story was. Both girls were parentless at very young ages and both experienced their hometowns being subjected to pirate related suppression. The difference is that while Silk encouraged the townsfolk to stand up to the pirates, Nami did not want anyone to fight them through fear of someone being hurt. Coupled with this was the difference in reaction from the two hometowns—Silk's hometown did not want to fight the pirates where as Nami's were prepared to die trying.

Silk was later followed by Ann in the next version of Romance Dawn, Romance Dawn, Version 2.

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