John



Captain John (キャプテン・ジョン) is a famous dead Pirate whose corpse was found by Dr. Hogback and modified into one of the General Zombies of Moria. While alive, he is notable for collecting one of the most significant treasures in the One Piece world.

Appearance
As a zombie, Captain John is typically seen drinking alcohol due to the personality of the shadow animating him. His body however still retains the swords of his crew that were stabbed into his chest in his past life.

Personality
In life, Captain John was such a greedy and loathful person that his own crew betrayed him due to his ways.

As a zombie, Captain John has the personality of a drunkard due to the shadow animating him. He is an incredibly lazy bum who most of the time has a hard time following orders. Because of his drunken personality and constant drinking, he is thus called "Sluggish Captain John". In retrospect, his personality as a zombie is a stark contrast to that when he was alive.

Past
In his lifetime, he was once a pirate captain with a large amount of treasure. When he decided to keep the treasure for himself rather than share it with his crew, they turned on him and he died via multiple stab wounds to the chest. However, his treasure was never found and became the subject of one of the great myths. Buggy was later seen trying to track down this lost fortune.

Thriller Bark Arc
Later on, he was sent with the other Zombie Generals to capture the Straw Hats, but they eluded them. . Afterwards, he, along with all the others, attended Absalom's "wedding". Soon after, Oz changed the course of the ship and the zombie generals were sent to deal with him and were crushed. Later as he lay crushed alongside the other generals, the shadow animating him was recalled by Moria and implanted into himself along with the other shadows he stole.

Impel Down Arc
Though the actual Captain John was merely one of Moria's many zombies in the present day, his treasure is one of the many aims of Buggy and his pirate crew. After the fall of Thriller Bark, Luffy took an armband amidst Moria's riches which, unknown to him, was a map which was the key to finding Captain John's loot. When working with Buggy in Impel Down, Luffy gave the armband to the clown pirate in exchange of getting his possible assistance to reach the 4th Floor of the underwater prison, which may not be kept due to Buggy's deceptive nature and his past troubles with the straw-hat pirate.