Silvers Rayleigh

Silvers Rayleigh is the former first mate for the Gold Roger Pirates and was known as the Right Hand of Pirate King. He became a coating mechanic in Sabaody Archipelago after Gold Roger died and the crew disbanded. He is one of main focuses in the current arc as the Straw Hats seek his skills in order to get to Fishman Island.

Appearance
Two of Rayleigh's most distinguishing marks are that he typically wears glasses, and that the facial hairs on his chin are arranged like stripes across his lower jaw. When he was younger, Rayleigh kept his black hair cleaned cut and had a moderate amount of facial hair. Over the years as his hair whitened, he let it grew longer and wild. He also grew a beard from his initial stripped patterned facial hairs and got a scar over his right eye.

Abilities and Powers
He specializes in coating ships with Yarukiman Resin, so they can travel underwater to Fishman Island and the New World. Even there being more coating mechanics in the Shabondy Archipelago, Hatchan entrust the quality of Rayleigh work. Shakky, a business parter of his, has high praise for his strength, saying that he's "100 times stronger than all the Eleven Super Novas."

Trivia

 * When Shanks and Buggy were first revealed to be part of Gold Roger's crew, a fan asked Oda in a SBS question if the man that scolded them was a subordinate captain under Roger that commanded the ship they were sailing on, or even a high ranking officer. Without giving away Rayleigh's name at the time, Oda responded that this man was none other than the First Mate of Gold Roger's crew. Oda also stated in his response that since he had set this fact in stone from the very start, he told the anime staff that when they adapt Buggy's flashback for the anime, Buggy and Shanks wouldn't call Rayleigh captain.