User blog comment:Pacifista15/What happened to the Three Great Powers?/@comment-1916732-20101108005335

i can see Appo as a Warlord, mostly becuz he would eventually want the Marines to not get in his way as much. They probably asked Buggy to be a Warlord, mostly to fill the spot. Hawkins would only be a Warlord if his cards stated it. of course Blackbeard would take over as a Yonkou, the others would still try to change that maybe.