Avalo Pizarro

Avalo Pizarro, also known as the "Corrupt King", was one of the criminals who was given a life sentence in Level 6 of Impel Down, as his crimes were so atrocious, he had to effectively be erased from history. Prior to his life of crime, he was once a king of a North Blue kingdom that overthrew him for his despotic ways. He has since been freed by Marshall D. Teach and has become a member of the Blackbeard Pirates.

He is currently one of the Ten Titanic Captains, as the captain of the Fourth Ship.

Due to his actions and role, he is a supporting antagonist in the Marineford Arc, and a major antagonist in the Final Saga.

Appearance
Unlike the other Impel Down escapees (barring Shiryu), he was not dressed in a prisoner's uniform even when incarcerated. Instead, he dresses in a regal attire, consisting of a long, white and dark brown patterned fur coat and light-purple necklaces.

He has many cat-like characteristics: his eyes are slit like a cat's and his cyan hair is a wild mane, with white horns attached to his head via black metal plates underneath. His mustache is a lighter blue than the rest of his hair, very large and droopy, sticking out about the same length as his shoulders; they resemble a cat's whiskers, fitting in with his feline-like appearance. He also has no eyebrows. Since his debut, his arms so far have always been somewhat obscured, but it can be seen at one point that he has black vambraces with a spiral design; in the anime, it was revealed that he was wearing black and dark bronze metallic gloves. He is also revealed that some of his upper teeth are missing from his jaw. He is also about the same size and width as others amongst his new crew like Blackbeard.

After the timeskip, he has the beard finished in three points and wears an elaborate crown with the Blackbeard Pirates' Jolly Roger.

Personality
In most of his appearances, he is usually seen smiling, even when attacking Whitebeard. He also seems somewhat nostalgic about things and has a tendency to say "Nya" at the end of his sentences, the Japanese equivalent of "Meow". He also has quite a desire to become leader, as he was daring enough to ask (albeit in a joking manner) Teach to let him be the captain instead. He also seems to be cool-headed and react to most situations with a casual attitude as he showed no signs of concern or anger when Moria and his zombies were rampaging on Hachinosu, only commenting that they were noisy while eating and asking questions to his men about Moria. Despite his lack of concern when Moria attacked Hachinosu, he is shown to not want to attract the ire of Teach, as he did not want himself, nor Vasco Shot or Sanjuan Wolf to go after escaped prisoners due to the damage it could cause.

During his time as a king, he was corrupt and selfish, using royal privileges for his self-serving purposes that led to his people impeaching him.

Marshall D. Teach
Marshall D. Teach is the one who freed Pizzaro from Impel Down after he earn a place in the crew through a battle royal and his likely very grateful. Pizzaro once jokingly suggested himself usurping Teach but has since been dissuaded from that idea. Pizzaro seems to fear Teach's wrath as he knew how upset Teach would be if too much damage happened to Hachinosu on his watch. Pizarro has expressed a degree of annoyance that Teach always makes headlines for his actions, wanting to also make a name for himself in the news and gain recognition as a powerful pirate.

Monkey D. Garp
Pizzaro hates Garp for all the commotion he caused with SWORD during the mission to rescue Koby from Hachinosu. Pizzaro decided to destroy Garp's ship and everyone on it in order to crush the old marine's spirit only for Garp along with Koby to seriously injure him. After Garp distracted the Blackbeard Pirates so Koby and the others could escape he became extremally frustrated.

Abilities and Powers
Pizarro's abilities have not yet been fully defined, but he was powerful enough to be contained in Level 6 of Impel Down when caught by the World Government. Another testament to his power is the fact that, when Blackbeard recruited the Level 6 prisoners, he only chose the ones that could survive when pitted against everyone else in a free-for-all battle. Thus, Pizarro is one of the strongest Level 6 prisoners.

As a king of a North Blue country, he had authority over his people, though his abuse of it led to them overthrowing him, stripping him of such privileges. After becoming captain of the Fourth Ship of the Blackbeard Pirates, he gained the authority associated with the status.

Physical Abilities
Pizarro has superhuman durability, as seen when he took a direct hit from a Gura Gura no Mi strike from former Emperor Edward Newgate, having taken a direct hit from Sengoku's shock wave bursts in Daibutsu form and remaining mostly untroubled by the attack.

Devil Fruit


Pizarro ate the Shima Shima no Mi, a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit that allows him to assimilate his body into an island itself. Once assimilated, he can control both the natural environment and any artificial structures.

While merged with an island, he can feel human activity on it, as if something were tickling a corresponding part of his body.

He can also make his face manifest across the island, in sizes and on surfaces of his choosing.

Weapons
In the manga he used unknown weapons, due to his arms being always obscured by something. In the anime, he was seen wielding flintlocks against Whitebeard.

Past
Avalo Pizarro once ruled over his own kingdom in the North Blue, but he used his power to fulfill his own goals and was consequently overthrown by his people. He became one of the most feared criminals in the world, but was eventually caught by the World Government and sentenced to life in Impel Down Level 6, where he was effectively erased from history.

Impel Down Arc
When the Blackbeard Pirates invaded Impel Down, Pizarro fought to the death with the inmates of his cell under Marshall D. Teach's orders, and being victorious, was given freedom and recruited into the Blackbeard Pirates.

Marineford Arc


After Ace died, and Whitebeard separates himself from his crew, Blackbeard's crew is revealed to be observing the fight. Pizarro is introduced along with his fellow inmates, Vasco Shot, Catarina Devon, Sanjuan Wolf and Shiryu. When Blackbeard is struck down by Whitebeard's Bisento, Pizarro attacks Whitebeard with an unidentified device on his arm, with all the members of his crew (with the exception of Wolf). After Whitebeard's death, he helps put the mysterious black cloth over Whitebeard's dead body, as Blackbeard goes under the cloth. He is then shown looking on laughing as Blackbeard demonstrates his new power. Afterwards, he and the other Blackbeard Pirates are attacked by Sengoku in his Buddha form and are sent flying away. He later leaves with the crew when Shanks comes to Marineford.

Post-War Arc


He is seen with the rest of the Blackbeard Pirates on a flaming island, waiting for the Marines to bring a battleship to exchange for Jewelry Bonney. He says that he could figure out the problem of acquiring a ship and jokingly asks Blackbeard to make him captain. Laffitte casually asks him if he had a death wish, saying that they are the Blackbeard Pirates. Later, when Akainu arrives, Pizarro leaves with the rest of the Blackbeard Pirates, leaving Jewelry Bonney to be captured by the Marines.

During the Timeskip
One year after the war had ended at Marineford, the Blackbeard Pirates fought against the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates and ultimately won. After that, the Blackbeard Pirates expanded and Pizarro became one of the Ten Titanic Captains, leading the fourth ship of the fleet.

The Blackbeard Pirates used Teach's knowledge of Whitebeard's former territory to conquer it. Now that Blackbeard has become an Emperor, the Blackbeard Pirates are hunting down powerful Devil Fruit users in order to absorb their abilities. At some point the crew encountered Kuzan and after a brief skirmish they all started drinking, laugh and having a good time. After Kuzan overhead Laffitte whispering the question if they should kill Kuzan for the Hie Hie no Mi, Pizzaro was among those who were frozen right before Blackbeard cleared up the misunderstanding and to everyone's shock managed to recruit the former Marine Admiral into the crew.

Following the events of the Rocky Port Incident the Blackbeard Pirates made the island Hachinosu their main base.

Zou Arc
The Blackbeard Pirates later attacked Baltigo, the Revolutionary Army's headquarters. Baltigo was destroyed by the time the Marines and Cipher Pol arrived, but the Revolutionary Army was able to escape. However, the Blackbeard Pirates fled after briefly clashing with Cipher Pol.

Levely Arc
After the events at Totto Land, he was seen listening to his captain's comments about Luffy being too soon to be called an Emperor.

Wano Country Arc
As Moria and his zombie army rampaged on Hachinosu, Pizarro was notified of Moria's presence. He was later present when Blackbeard told Koby, who was abducted by the Blackbeard Pirates following their invasion of Amazon Lily, about his plans to turn Hachinosu into a kingdom and listened to Kuzan's explanation about SWORD.

Egghead Arc


Days after the meeting, Koby had managed to escape with the help of Perona. Using his Devil Fruit ability, Avalo Pizarro managed to pinpoint the breakout and inform the Blackbeard Pirates to capture Koby, although alive. He was then questioned by Shiryu why he did not engage himself, only replying Teach would not like him doing that. He then scolded Vasco Shot for bringing up the idea of setting the town on fire which would make Teach even more furious and then brushed off the idea of sending Sanjuan Wolf, replying to the Rocky Port had just been repaired. However, when Garp and SWORD later wreaked havoc on the island, they were able to send off all prisoners and Marines off the island. Pizarro, seeing their ship using his powers, pointed out his disappointment and annoyance with Teach always getting the praise from the news for his actions. Sensing a chance, Pizarro attempted to crush the ship with his Devil Fruit powers by forming gigantic hands from the island while dubbing the upcoming news report as Garp's failed rescue attempt of Koby and their demise by Pizarro's hands. However, he was interrupted by Garp strike the Stone Skull greatly hurting Pizarro. Pizzaro pulled himself together and counited his attack when Koby went in front of the hand. Pizarro laughed and said that being called a hero must have gone to Koby's head, but to his and everyone else's shock Koby destroyed the massive stone appendage which inflicted even more pain to Pizzaro. As Koby and the rest of SWORD escaped Pizzaro saw Garp beaten and on the ground after Kuzan pieced his chest his a with huge icicle. Pizzaro glared at Garp as he and his fellow Titanic Captains surrounded the Hero of the Marines.

Major Battles

 * Blackbeard Pirates vs. Edward Newgate
 * Blackbeard Pirates vs. Fleet Admiral Sengoku
 * Blackbeard Pirates vs. Bonney Pirates
 * Blackbeard Pirates vs. Whitebeard Pirates (under Marco, unseen)
 * Blackbeard Pirates vs. Revolutionary Army (unseen)
 * Blackbeard Pirates vs. Cipher Pol (unseen)
 * Blackbeard Pirates vs. Monkey D. Garp, SWORD & Marines

Playable Appearances

 * One Piece Treasure Cruise

Non-Playable Appearances

 * One Piece Bon! Bon! Journey!!

Translation and Dub Issues
Pizarro's verbal tic remains in the Funimation dub of the anime, with him saying "meow" in place of words that rhyme with it.

Trivia

 * Pizzaro's is based on the Pizarro brothers, a family of four Spanish brothers who served as conquistadors to conquer the Inca Empire in Peru during the Spanish colonization of the Americas.
 * Pizarro's surname, Avalo, may be based on the d'Avalos family, a prominent family in Renaissance Italy who served as condottieri (Italian captains in command of mercenary companies during the Middle Ages) during the 15th and 16th centuries.
 * Pizzaro's surname may also be based on the Spanish word "avaro", which translates to "miser".
 * Pizarro was the only Level Six prisoner amongst the Blackbeard Pirates not to be mentioned by Emporio Ivankov. He is also the only new recruit to not be wearing a striped prisoner's uniform at the time of his debut. Whether this is a coincidence or not has not been made clear.
 * During the opening of One Piece: Stampede, however, Pizzaro is shown in a prisoner's uniform like the rest of his companions, but this scene is non-canon.
 * When Teach became Admiral of the now expansive crew, Pizarro was promoted to becoming the captain of the Fourth Ship of the Blackbeard Pirates, ironically granting him his request to be made captain.
 * Pizarro's favorite food is shark fin soup.

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