User blog comment:DarkSkullPirates/Round 8: Semi Finals: Battle of the 4 Swordsmen/@comment-5640399-20130626012300/@comment-5640399-20130626075747

We do know more about Shanks personally, but I'm more talking about him as a Yonko. Some people think that he just has his crew with Lucky, Beckham and Yasopp instead of a huge fleet, while I personally think he likely has a lot of men under him spread out across his territory. With Kaido, we know he has over 500 zoan ADF users, with Big Mam, we know about her large fleet she uses to extort sweets all across NW. We know a bit about what Kaido and BM want, but what about Shanks? Does he want to be Pirate King? I really don't think so, though I think he tries to emulate Rogers outlook.

With Rayleigh, I'm don't think he's been even nearly developed enough, I agree that at one time he lived life on its grandest scale, that he did it all and came back, but now, he spends months at a time wondering the lawless streets in Sabondy, getting massively drunk and running cheap scams. He's the last of his generation in a way, look at his words after WB's death, I think Rayleigh's just waiting for something, and it may very well be a death he was never made for.