Gecko Moria
Gecko Moria is a male manga and anime character who features in One Piece.
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Biography
Origin
Gecko Moria (Japanese: ゲッコー･モリア, Hepburn: Gekkō Moria)
In order to build an army, Moria stole corpses from across the world including John, Ryuma, and Oars from the Land of Ice. He stored them in Thriller Park in order for Hogback to transform into zombies. Situating Thriller Park in the the Florian Triangle, the crew ambushed anyone who entered, looking for those with strong shadows, such as pirates with high bounties, and Moria started making zombie minions with shadows stolen from his victims and creations supplied by Hogback. Five years ago, a skeleton named Brook came to Thriller Bark in hopes of fixing the rudder to his ship. He was captured and Moria implanted his shadow into the corpse of Ryuma. However, Brook returned to Thriller Bark shortly afterward and purified several of Moria's zombie minions in an attempt to retrieve his shadow. Though Brook was defeated by Ryuma, Moria was forced to rebuild his army from the mess he left behind.
Thriller Bark
After four days of sleep, Moria was awoken by his servants and told of the night attack to be commenced on the Straw Hat Pirates whereupon he prepared to confront them. As the attack commenced, Moria took Sanji and Roronoa Zoro's shadows as they were brought before him, implanting them in the zombies Inuppe and Jigoro, respectively. Later, Luffy was brought to Moria, who expressed his desire to become the Pirate King. After noting that they had only caught Zoro and Sanji prior to obtaining Luffy, Moria berated his subordinates for bickering among themselves over the other Straw Hats escaping and reminded them that he had brought them here to witness the birth of an exceptionally powerful zombie. Luffy attempted to escape but was incapacitated by Perona's Horo Horo no Mi, allowing Moria to cut off his shadow. Noting that obtaining Luffy's shadow had put him one step closer to becoming the Pirate King, Moria proclaimed that he would not have lost to Kaidou in the New World if he had possessed such a powerful underling before ordering Gyoro, Nin, and Bao to open the door to the special freezer. When Absalom informed him that Brook had returned and was purifying the zombies once more, Moria merely told him to do something about it himself. Soon afterward, Moria, Hogback, Absalom, Perona, and Kumashi walked down the hall to the special freezer, with Moria listening to Hogback explaining the legend of the being whose corpse he found in the ice country before stating that they would revive that legend as the group reached the corpse of Oars. Moria approached Oars's corpse before informing Luffy's shadow that he was its new master. When Moria explained how he would give it a body and ordered it to forget its past and become his soldier, the shadow nodded its head, prompting Moria to note that the contract was complete before shoving the shadow into Oars's corpse. After a few seconds, Oars began moving and roared, prompting Nami, Usopp, and Tony Tony Chopper to fall out of Kumashi, which Moria noticed and was confused by. However, Moria quickly turned his attention back to Oars, whom he noted with delight was easily ripping off his large chains. While his zombie minions brought in large amounts of food to satisfy Oars's hunger, Moria explained to Oars how he was a legendary villain from five hundred years ago who was revived to become Moria's underling. However, Oars refused to serve Moria and broke out of the freezer as a grinning Moria watched.
After being informed of Oars climbing up Thriller Bark's mast, Moria noted that they will be able to obtain the shadows of even stronger people and create more special zombies before informing Hogback that they would be needing more marios. When Hildon arrived and informed Hogback of Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji waking up and learning how to purify zombies, Moria listened with interest, but was left disappointed when Hogback told him that everything was fine after Perona claimed that she would deal with them herself. Sitting down, Moria told Hogback that he would stay there and play with Oars for a bit. Soon afterward, Moria was confronted by Luffy who demanded to be given back the shadows he had taken and threatened to beat him up in order to make him do so. Moria though explained that the shadows would only to return to their owners if he commanded them to do so and that he would need to be severely weakened in order to do this, though he did not believe that Luffy would even be able to touch him at his current level of power. Having Doppelman block Luffy's subsequent attack, Moria admitted that he once aspired to become stronger before claiming that he would become the Pirate King through the strength of others. When Luffy proclaimed that he would be the one to become the Pirate King, Moria noted that Oars said the same thing and that Luffy's will was strong in him before revealing that Oars would eventually lose his memories of being Luffy and become completely obedient toward him. Moria proceeded to attack Luffy with Brick Bat while claiming that an inexperienced brat who underestimates others will only be embarrassed in the end. However, Luffy suddenly jumped off the observation deck and kicked Moria from below, angering him. Eventually, Oars returned, and Moria confirmed that he had become obedient to him before ordering him to mercilessly attack the Straw Hats and transport the survivors to their ship. After telling Oars to display all of his power, Moria ran away, prompting Luffy to pursue him. While continuing to run, Moria taunted Luffy by proclaiming that his crewmates would be falling victim to his fighting prowess while Luffy was chasing him. Eventually, Luffy seemingly caught up with Moria and tackled him, only to discover that it was actually Doppelman, which quickly returned to Moria himself.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In the past, Moria had the Gecko Pirates who he considered to be valuable comrades, and by his own admission was overconfident and headstrong. He also deeply cared for his crewmates, which was a point of tragedy when his last encounter with the Emperor known as Kaidou ended with Moria being the sole survivor of his crew. Shell-shocked and traumatized by the horrific event, Moria immediately departed from the New World, and decided that the only way he would not have to face such pain ever again would be to make his comrades unable to suffer by turning them into mindless zombies that serve only his desires. The loss of his crew to Kaidou changed Moria's outlook on life substantially, making him believe that subordinates are better off as zombies because, due to their undead status, they cannot be harmed by any physical damage - they can only be "purified" by the sea or elements of the sea and even if they were purified, he could easily find other shadows to reanimate them. In addition, creating a zombie powerful enough to defeat Kaidou became one of Moria's driving motivations.
Powers and abilities
At some point, he came to acquire one of the fabled Devil Fruits (悪魔の実, Akuma no Mi) that gave him unique powers. In his case, he gained the power of the Kage Kage no Mi (カゲカゲの実, Shadow-Shadow Fruit) that was a Paramecia (超人パラミシア系, Paramishia-kei) type Devil Fruit. Consuming it transformed Moria into a Ruler of Shadows (影の支配者, Kage no Shihaisha?, VIZ: Master of Shadows) that allowed him to steal the shadows of other beings and insert them into different bodies, living or dead, which in the latter case enables the creation of zombies.
Moria can insert stolen shadows into his own body, causing him to become bigger and stronger. The more shadows he takes in, the more gigantic he becomes, though it also makes him uncoordinated. The stolen shadows can also be inserted into corpses, reanimating the corpse into a zombie loyal to Moria. When reanimating a zombie, the physical strength comes from the corpse itself, while the personality and fighting techniques come from the shadow and are identical to those of the shadow's original owner.
Among the techniques known to him included:
- Doppelman (影法師ドッペルマン, Dopperuman?, literally meaning "Silhouette") :
- Kagemusha (影武者, Kagemusha?, literally meaning "Shadow Warrior") :
- Kage Giri (影切り, Kage Giri?, literally meaning "Shadow Cutter") :
- Brick Bat (欠片蝙蝠ブリック・バット, Burikku Batto?, literally meaning "Fragment Bats") :
- Kage Kakumei (影革命, Kage Kakumei?, literally meaning "Shadow Revolution") :
Moria wields a giant pair of scissors, which he uses in conjuncture with his Kage Kage no Mi to sever people's shadows. He carries these with him all the time so he can steal shadows even during battle. The scissor blades can be disconnected at the joint, becoming two inverted swords for Moria. With shadows of capable swordsmen implanted into himself, Moria can become a swordsman with dual swords.
As a pirate captain, he established his own crew that were known as the Gecko Pirates (ゲッコー海賊団, Gekkō Kaizokudan) until their destruction against the Beast Pirates. Afterwards, he created a new crew of pirates known as the Thriller Bark Pirates (スリラーバーク海賊団, Surirā Bāku Kaizokudan). The highest ranking members of the group were the Mysterious Four (四怪人, Yonkaijin?) with Moria standing amongst their number. They were responsible for directing the efforts of the pirates and coordinating their activities. For a time, his power and strength meant that he became a member of the Seven Warlords of the Sea (王下七武海, Ōka Shichibukai).
Notes
- Gecko Moria was created by Eiichiro Oda where he featured in the setting of the One Piece universe.
In other media
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Appearances
- One Piece:
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