Sabo

About Sabo

Sabo is the chief of staff of the Revolutionary Army, second only to its leader, Dragon. As children, he swore brotherhood with Ace and Luffy over a cup of sake, but a terrible incident tore them apart and cost Sabo his memories for years. When his past finally returned, he inherited Ace's fire powers, and now he fights to free the world from the Celestial Dragons.

Appearance

Sabo is a tall young man with wavy blond hair, a scar and burn marks over his left eye, and a gentleman-rebel look: a long dark coat, cravat, top hat with goggles, and a simple pipe he carries as a weapon. After eating Ace's fruit, his hands wreathe in flame, and his clawed fighting stance, fingers curled like a dragon's talons, is unmistakable in battle.

Personality

Sabo is cheerful, kind and freedom-loving, much closer to Luffy in spirit than his noble birth suggests. As a boy he rejected the corrupt nobility of his own family; as a man he serves the Revolution with warmth and total conviction, and a teasing older-brother energy toward everyone younger. His one raw nerve is his lost brothers: the years he forgot them are his deepest regret, and Sabo's fury when he speaks of what the Celestial Dragons did to his family is the coldest thing about him.

Background & Story

Sabo was born to nobles of the Goa Kingdom on Dawn Island, and ran away from their loveless house to live in the Gray Terminal slum, where he met Ace, and then Luffy, and the three boys swore brotherhood over cups of sake and dreamed of sailing free. When Sabo tried to set out to sea at ten, a Celestial Dragon's ship shot him down; everyone believed him dead. In truth he was rescued by the Revolutionary Dragon, with his memories gone, and grew up in the Revolutionary Army, rising to Chief of Staff. At Dressrosa, twenty years on, Sabo's memory came flooding back, too late for Ace, but in time to win Ace's Devil Fruit and carry his fire forward.

Powers & Abilities

• Dragon Claw Fist: Sabo's fighting style shapes his hands into dragon claws strong enough to crush armour, weapons and skulls, and to shatter a fighting ring's stone.
• Flame-Flame Fruit: After winning and eating Ace's fruit at Dressrosa, Sabo gained Ace's fire powers, his Fire Fist now answers to a brother's will.
• Staff fighting and Haki: Sabo fights with a simple pipe staff backed by Armament Haki, a habit from his street-fighting boyhood in the Gray Terminal.

Key Relationships

• Monkey D. Luffy: His sworn younger brother, Sabo's returning memories began with news of Ace, and protecting Luffy became his promise.
• Portgas D. Ace: His sworn brother, whose death Sabo learned of only when his memory returned; he inherited Ace's fruit and his Fire Fist.
• Monkey D. Dragon: The Revolutionary leader who saved his life and raised him into the army, Sabo serves as his right hand.
• Koala: A fellow Revolutionary and former slave who works beside Sabo constantly, and scolds his recklessness like family.
• Bartholomew Kuma: A Revolutionary commander whose fate Sabo's army fights to undo; rescuing him became one of their great missions.

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