TheNinja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance, originally Straw Hat-Heart Alliance, was an alliance first formed between the Straw Hat Pirates and Heart Pirates, but later on expanded to the Kozuki Family and the Mink Tribe. Their goal was to take down Kaidou of the Four Emperors, which succeeded during an all-out battle and put an end to Kaidou's master plan. Upon the conclusion of their mission 1.0 1.1 One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 5 Chapter 41 and Episode 17, The Going Merry is given to Luffy and crew. ↑ SBS One Piece Manga — Vol. 86 (p. 152), The Going Merry's completion date is revealed. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Vivre Card - One Piece Visual Dictionary (Card #0011), Information about the Going Merry is revealed. ↑ One Piece Summaries Follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and his pirate crew in order to find the greatest treasure ever left by the legendary Pirate, Gold Roger. The famous mystery treasure named "One Piece". There once lived a pirate named Gol D. Roger. He obtained wealth, fame, and power to earn the title of Pirate King. BaroqueWorks was a criminal syndicate created by the Warlord Crocodile to destabilize and conquer the Arabasta Kingdom (and, by extension, acquire the ancient superweapon Pluton). For this sole purpose, it conducted countless acts of espionage, sabotage, and murder over a span of years, ultimately manipulating Arabasta into civil war. While the syndicate mostly employed common bounty hunters Anex-pirate hunter, Zoro is the combatant and one of the swordsmen of the Straw Hats and is the first one to join the crew. He is also one of the two people in the crew that can use Conqueror's Haki, the other being Luffy. Zoro is arguably the 2nd-strongest member of the crew, which contributed to his large bounty. Tostart things off, I'll list down the current straw hat members and their dreams: Monkey D. Luffy (Captain) - Dream: To become King of the Pirates and find the one piece. Roronoa Zoro (First Mate) - Dream: To become the world's greatest swordsman. Nami (Navigator) - Dream: To draw a map of the whole world. Usopp (Sniper) - Dream: To become a Laboonis an Island Whale the Straw Hat Pirates encounter immediately after entering the Grand Line. He is native to the West Blue and is classified as a Type A creature, "Big Friendly", and at the top of both the size and friendliness scale. 50 years ago, after being separated from his pod as a baby, Laboon became a close companion of the Rumbar Pirates, but he had to be left behind under Formerlya member of Buggy's Delivery, Hajrudin opted to join the Straw Hat Grand Fleet in order to show his gratitude to Luffy and, to a lesser extent, Usopp. Orlumbus (Yonta Maria Grand Fleet) Ifa Straw Hat crew member leaves the crew without Luffy's permission, Luffy does his best to recruit them back. So far, Nami, Robin, and Usopp have all chosen to leave the crew in the past, before returning. Luffywas born 19 years ago in Foosha Village to Monkey D. Dragon and an unknown woman. Dragon left Luffy in the care of his grandfather, Monkey D. Garp, who did many dangerous things to Luffy to make him stronger, like throwing him down a deep ravine, leaving him alone in the wild, and tying him to a balloon. When Luffy was 6, Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates stationed themselves in Foosha 5vWfP.