Cavendish

Cavendish of the White Horse (白馬のキャベンディッシュ), also known as the "Pirate Prince" (海賊貴公子), is a Super Rookie and the captain of the Beautiful Pirates. He is a gladiator competing at the Corrida Colosseum for the Mera Mera no Mi.

Appearance
Cavendish is considered very attractive by women and they often faint upon seeing him. He is a lean yet muscular man with long, flowing hair that reach just past his shoulders.

He wears a dark cowboy hat with a large light-colored plume. He sports a ruffled v-neck shirt under a coat draped over his shoulders. His dark trousers has a thin stripe on the sides and ends in a ruffle just below a star on each knee. Each of his dark high-heeled boots has a buckle just above the ankle.

He carries his sword Durandal on his left side, which suggests that he may be right-handed.

Personality
Because of his good looks, Cavendish is extremely haughty and vain. He also tends to attract attention due to his good looks. Because of this, he harbors a deep-seated resentment of the Supernovas for stealing the spotlight from him two years ago. He even stabs their wanted posters as a way of releasing his anger.

Otherwise, he seems to be quite sociable as he tried to make a conversation with "Lucy" (unaware that he is actually Monkey D. Luffy, one of the Supernovas Cavendish hates) despite being a total stranger. He also gets deeply annoyed when the person he is talking to ignores him.

He has once been seen eating a rose he was carrying around. This could be either an obscure eating habit, or just a sign of absent-mindedness.

Abilities and Powers
The fact that he has a 280,000,000 bounty indicates that he is quite powerful despite not having eaten a Devil Fruit. Three years ago, he was an infamous and feared pirate known to the world before being upstaged by all the Supernovas from the Worst Generation.

Physically, he seems to possess a fair amount of power, as he was seen able to hold Chinjao's massive build in the air, after Chinjao stopped his "Biken: Blue Bird" with his headbutt. To be able to hold up in the air such a large man, not to mention the fact that he wasn't shaken by the force of the headbutt and did this with only one arm, showcases some high degree of physical strength. He is also quite acrobatic, being able to dodge a double-punch attack directed at him from Chinjao while he was in the air, doing a backflip, as well as a barrage of headbutts aimed at him and Luffy, showing considerable speed, reflexes, and elegance.

Weapons
He was seen carrying a sword named Durandal and has been shown that he is proficient in using it. It resembles a rapier.

Attacks

 * Biken: Blue Bird (美剣 青い鳥（ブルーバード）): an attack that Cavendish uses to stab his enemy directly with force. This attack is strong enough to hold Chinjao's strong headbutt which also creates a small shock-wave while clashing.

Past
Three years ago, Cavendish entered the New World and made a name for himself. However, following the events two years ago, he has since been overshadowed by the rookies of the "Worst Generation". This has caused him to be extremely resentful towards the Supernovas and has vowed to kill them all.

Dressrosa Arc
He entered the Corrida Colosseum to compete for the Mera Mera no Mi. He was first seen in the battle preparation room, telling Luffy (as Lucy) about the weight limit on protective armor. Luffy accidentally told him his name, but the other contestants thought he was just mispronouncing his alias. Cavendish then proceed to tell Luffy about his back story such as how he came to despise the pirates from the Worst Generation. Luffy ignored Cavendish in the middle of the conversation, much to his annoyance.



When Block B was about to start, Cavendish sulkily pointed out that Bellamy has a pretty good reputation and asks Luffy which block he is in. Afterwards, it is revealed that Cavendish is assigned to Block D. While watching, Cavendish refused Luffy's request to just forgive the past and insisted on taking revenge on the Supernovas from two years ago. Chinjao then approached the two and revealed Luffy's identity, which shocked Cavendish.

He then immediately drew his sword and prepared to attack Luffy, but Chinjao struck first, attacking Luffy with a headbutt. Right after Luffy dodged the attack, Cavendish tried to force Luffy to take off his fake beard. Chinjao then launched another attack, but Cavendish warded off the second headbutt with his sword. Chinjao continuously assaulted both Luffy and Cavendish with his headbutts until Luffy punched him into the ground. When Chinjao became very furious, Boo and Sai came to stop him. Cavendish then noticed Luffy had disappeared and sweared to kill him before Block C starts.

Major Battles

 * Cavendish and Monkey D. Luffy vs. Chinjao

Trivia

 * Cavendish shares his name with "The Navigator" Thomas Cavendish, an English explorer and privateer.
 * He seems to have a European fairytale and folkore theme:
 * White horses have a special significance in mythologies around the world.
 * His epithets may be references to the heroic princes or white knights in fairy tales.
 * His sword has the same name as the legendary sword of the French hero Roland.

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