They then sailed back to Marineford with their new comrades for the final part of Teach's plan.Īfter Sengoku revealed Ace's secret to the world, the Whitebeard Pirates 43 subordinate pirate crews from the New World appeared before the Marineford Bay. They arrived during Luffy's mass breakout, and taking advantage of the chaos, they infiltrated all the way to Level 6, where they Teach recruited the strongest and the worst prisoners on the floor, via a battle royale.
Shortly before the war started, using his newly gained authority as a Warlord, Teach and the Blackbeard Pirates commandeered a Marine ship and sailed to Impel Down, with Laffitte hypnotizing the Marines in the Marineford Gates of Justice control room to open the gates whenever a ship approaches. Having attained the Warlord status he wished for, Teach put his plan into action. With this, Luffy and the 240 other prisoners sailed to Marineford.
Though the non-Revolutionary Army affiliated prisoners thought of staging a mutiny when they heard the ship was heading to Marineford, after Buggy (who through a series of coincidences, ended up becoming their "messiah") inspired them to take part, the prisoners happily complied. The Warlords managed to hijack a ship, and the prisoners were able to successfully escape thanks to Bentham's sacrifice. In order to increase their chances, they orchestrated a mass breakout, randomly freeing prisoners from Level 5 upwards. Fortunately, he made allies in the prison, including Buggy, Galdino, Bentham the Revolutionary Army's Emporio Ivankov, Inazuma and the Newkamas' as well as former Warlords Jinbe and Crocodile, as well as his subordinate Daz Bonez. Luffy, infiltrated Impel Down in an attempt to rescue his adopted brother Ace from execution, but unfortunately, failed in his task. He used the coated ships to infiltrate into the midst of the enemies formation, with the intention of surfacing four of them in the middle of Marineford Bay, while keeping the paddle-ship submerged as a trump card. Whitebeard coated 5 of his ships, including the flagship, Moby Dick as well as a paddle-ship. Though Kaidou and his crew attempted to attack the Whitebeard Pirates, Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates intercepted them, allowing Whitebeard to go to Marineford. Knowing that they were being monitored by the Marines, the Whitebeard Pirates simultaneously destroyed all 23 patrol ships observing them, in order to hide their movements. In order to match the Marines, they called in all 43 allied pirate crews and sailed into Paradise. These lies would later be used to turn one of Newgate's allies against him. He then mixed lies into his statement, claiming that Whitebeard knew this, and was protecting him, all in order to groom Ace into the next Pirate King. Roger, in front of the Marine forces and consequently the world. Sengoku announced Ace's origins of being the son of Pirate King, Gol D. Prior to Ace's execution, the normal citizens of Marineford were evacuated from the town, leaving only the Marines to prepare for battle. However, all of them were simultaneously cut off by the Whitebeard Pirates, leaving the Marines blind to the pirates movements. Knowing that Whitebeard would make his move soon, the Marines had 23 patrol ships observing the pirates. However shortly before the execution took place, Blackbeard and his crew commandeered a Marine vessel and sailed away from Marineford. Jinbe, however, caused an outrage in the headquarters in his refusal to cooperate, and was transferred to Impel Down. This was one of the world's most pivotal events. To prevent Whitebeard and his crew's attempt to save their comrade, all of the high ranking Marines (almost one hundred thousand strong), along with the Seven Warlords of the Sea, were called to Marineford to prepare for the war. Ace's public execution was scheduled to take place at 15:00 sharp. The Whitebeard Pirates' 2nd division commander Portgas D. Aware of the Emperors fierce loyalty to their own crewmembers and allies, both Marines and the Whitebeard Pirates alike prepared for war. Despite Newgate insisting otherwise, Ace pursued Teach, until finally dueling on Banaro Island, with Ace losing. Initially, Ace had pursued Teach for murdering their former crewmate, 4th Division Commander, Thatch, for the Yami Yami no Mi, before fleeing the ship. Ace, and handed him over to the World Government for a position in the Seven Warlords of the Sea. Teach, after he defeated the Whitebeard Pirates 2nd Division Commander, Portgas D.