Cross Guild

The Cross Guild is a powerful organization headlined by three former members of the Seven Warlords of the Sea: Buggy, Crocodile, and Dracule Mihawk. Originally founded by Crocodile and Mihawk, Buggy accidentally usurped presidency of the organization due to misunderstandings on behalf of his crew, and now serves as the figurehead leader, which led the World Government to recognize him as one of the new Four Emperors.

Logo
The organization's logo consists of a Jolly Roger with a striped, bicorne hat and clown features much akin to Buggy's. Two large, crossed cutlasses are positioned behind it.

Overview
After the Warlords system had been dissolved due to a vote of majority by the Levely, Buggy and Mihawk became criminals once again. Crocodile, seeing this opportunity, offered Mihawk partnership in his new brainchild company, the Cross Guild, which intends to hunt down Marines for bounties. In order to fund this new organization's formation, Crocodile went to Buggy to call up on a huge debt the latter owed him, while inadvertently saving his organization, the Buggy's Delivery, from a fleet of Marines. Buggy, being unable to repay his debt, offered to use his lingering fame he gained as a Warlord and Buggy's Delivery to serve as the starting foundation and to advertise, free of charge.



However, Buggy's employees, being completely enamored by his fame and mistaking that Crocodile saved him out of loyalty, created a flyer that had Buggy as the foremost member of the Guild, and distributed them worldwide, before Buggy could even review it. As a result, the World Government mistook Buggy as the leader, and named him as one of the new Four Emperors due to his alleged charisma to recruit even the likes of two former Warlords as subordinates. Crocodile and Mihawk were very displeased with this, and brutally beat up Buggy for it, but Mihawk eventually suggested using Buggy as a figurehead leader to stave off any unwanted attention from himself and Crocodile, and that they could eliminate the clown anytime they need to, which Crocodile agreed on. Buggy then introduced to his subordinates that Crocodile and Mihawk are the chief officers of this new company.



The Cross Guild is able to use their battle might and political influence to issue bounties on Marines, an initiative which appears to be working as indicated by it being reported on in the newspapers. As a result of the bounties, the Marines now have to worry about attacks not only from pirates, but civilians and bounty hunters as well. Due to the group's popularity, they have received funding from many underworld organizations.

The bounty system is based on number of stars given to the individuals, with each one equaling to roughly 100,000,000 and given out in chests. Under normal circumstances, a Captain-rank is worth only 1 star, but Koby was given the exception of having 5 due to his reputation as a "Hero".

Organization Strength
The Cross Guild is recognized as a dangerous organization with power and influence equivalent to that of an Emperor's crew. This is mostly a result of the strength and infamy of its chief officers, ex-Warlords and true founders of the company: Sir Crocodile, former Baroque Works president and user of the Suna Suna no Mi, and Dracule Mihawk, the World's Strongest Swordsman and once a rival of Shanks of the Four Emperors. Another factor in the Cross Guild's rising influence is the notoriety of current Emperor Buggy, who is also an ex-Warlord and a former apprentice of the Roger Pirates. Not only did he bring a massive amount of legitimacy to the organization for "supposedly" having the cunning and charisma to have two mighty people work under him, he also provided the Guild with the necessary infrastructure and manpower to run smoothly by integrating his previous organization, Buggy's Delivery, into it. The organization's ability to issue bounties on Marines was described by commodore Brannew as a massive threat to their naval operations. Indeed, as Sengoku and Tsuru noted, the betrayal coming from civilians may very well destroy the Marines' morale in the long run.

The reality, however, is that despite Buggy's contributions to the organization, he is not its actual creator nor its sole leader, as the true founders, Mihawk and Crocodile, are in charge of its operations, and Buggy himself is kept around as a figurehead leader in order to draw attention away from the chief officers. Together, the three command absolutely massive bounties that, combined, hit a total of 8,744,000,000.

Among the ranks of the Cross Guild are the members of the Buggy Pirates and former Baroque Works Officer Agents Daz Bonez and Galdino, the latter proclaiming himself as Crocodile's subordinate once more, as well as multiple Impel Down ex-convicts and former Buggy's Delivery employees who are fervently loyal to Buggy.

Ship


Shortly after the organization's hierarchy was settled, Crocodile and Mihawk requested a ship to fulfill their needs. Buggy offered to have his shipwrights to craft the vessel, confident of their talents. However, the shipwrights, being zealots to Buggy, decided to use his face as the figurehead for the ship, and even designed the entire ship to have a circus theme, having tents in place of the cabin. While the crew was excited for the new ship that they considered to be a masterpiece, Buggy became horrified as he knew that both Crocodile and Mihawk would be furious at him out of their disgust, for expecting them to ride on it in such a tasteless design. As a result, they took out their frustration on Buggy by beating him up again.

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