Highlights
- Baroque Works, a legendary crime syndicate, aimed to acquire the ancient superweapon Pluton to create a pirate utopia.
- The organization was run by Sir Crocodile, alias Mr. 0, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, with the help of Nico Robin, alias Miss All-Sunday.
- Baroque Works had a structured hierarchy with elite Officer Agents and Frontier Agents, as well as ordinary members and hundreds of subordinates.
Ever since One Piece saw the Straw Hat's entrance onto the Grand Line, they had been hounded by agents of a mysterious organization. Eventually, however, they found out that one of these agents was the princess of a kingdom called Alabasta, and she was working undercover to infiltrate the organization this whole time. The princess was revealed to be Nefertari Vivi, and she joined the Straw Hat's crew as they helped her reach her kingdom.
On the other hand, the organization is revealed to be the infamous Baroque Works, a legendary crime syndicate that was run by the mysterious Mr. 0. It was incredibly dangerous and showed itself to be a massive thorn in the side of both Alabasta and Luffy's crew, so let's break down what Baroque Works was, all of their agents and the powerful man who ran the whole operation in one of One Piece's best arcs.
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What Were Baroque Works?
First Appearance | One Piece, Chapter 103, "The Whale" |
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Release Date | September 6, 1999 |
Baroque Works was a legendary crime syndicate that had been operating from the shadows for years to sow discord in the kingdom of Alabasta. This was done to weaken the region by getting the rebels to engage in open war against the royal guards, destabilizing the rule of the island in doing so. Though this was the goal of the organization on the surface, there remained underlying plans that they looked to accomplish.
This was eventually revealed to be the acquisition of the ancient superweapon; Pluton. In their journey to achieve these goals, they undertook countless deceptive acts of espionage, murder, and sabotage, effectively plunging Alabasta into a Civil War so they could swoop in and take control of both the land and the weapon. The end goal of this organization was to initiate what they called 'Operation Utopia', which they almost succeeded with.
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Operation Utopia was a plan made by the leader of the organization, Mr. 0, to use Pluton to create a 'utopia' for pirates that would be powerful enough to compete with the World Government. He then dispatched many Baroque Works agents in an attempt to carry out this plan.
Although the organization was mostly made up of ordinary mercenaries, cutthroats, and bounty hunters, those in the higher tiers of Baroque Works were of significantly higher skill, consisting of various combatants and spies. These members often had the powers of Devil Fruits and served as the main enforcers of the will of Mr. 0, who turned out to be one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.
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Baroque Work's Organization And Structure
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At the very highest level of the organization, there is one character under the name of Mr. 0. However, it is revealed that Mr. 0 is only an alias for one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea; Sir Crocodile, a ruthless and intelligent pirate who planned every action of Baroque Works from the start. At the time of his introduction, he was playing a ruse for the people of Alabasta and the Marines as a hero who was saving the island from pirates.
However, this entire time, Crocodile had been running Baroque Works and was engineering events to overthrow the kingdom. He was conniving and intelligent, as he had been operating in silence for years. However, he also proved himself to be a very tough opponent to fight due to his consumption of the Suna Suna no Mi (Sand-Sand Fruit). This Devil Fruit gives Crocodile all the properties of sand, allowing him to transform into it and make weapons out of sand too. It also makes him impervious to many kinds of damage.
He ran Baroque Works with Miss All-Sunday, an alias for Nico Robin, a highly intelligent woman who had first been seen after the heroes' exit from Whiskey Peak, where her true motive and allegiance remained ambiguous. However, she finally proved herself to be on the good guys' side as she helped them in their time in Alabasta. After this arc, she would go on to join the Straw Hats.
The elite male members of Baroque Works were numbered from Mr. 1 to Mr. 12 and the lower the number, the higher they were in rank. Similarly, females were named based on holidays or weekdays, but unlike their male counterparts, their names had no indication of their rank within the organization. Teams were structured in pairs, with one male agent and one female agent assigned to work together in any given situation, with only a single exception to Mr. 2.
Hierarchy of Baroque Works
- Head of the Organization: Sir Crocodile (Mr. 0) was the mastermind behind Baroque Works.
- Vice-President: Nico Robin (Miss All-Sunday) was the second in command to Crocodile and essentially acted as the Chief of Staff.
- Officer Agents: The most elite members of Baroque Works, comprising the teams of Mr. 1 through Mr. 5. These were the most dangerous members of the organization and almost all of them had Devil Fruit powers. Many were considered vital to Crocodile's plans.
- Frontier Agents: The second-most elite members of Baroque Works, comprising the teams of Mr. 6 through Mr. 12. These members were still elites but were usually tasked with overseeing 'fundraising' opportunities for the organization, although Mr. 7 was entrusted with a pivotal role in Operation Utopia.
- The Rest of The Organization: Baroque Works had a total of around 2000 members. The bulk of this workforce consisted of various subordinates, bounty hunters, and mercenaries.
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One Piece (1999)
One Piece is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. The series follows protagonist Monkey D. Luffy and his Straw Hat Pirate crew as they explore the Grand Line to find the King of the Pirates' ultimate treasure, the One Piece, in order to become the next king. The manga's popularity helped it spin off into a larger media franchise, including an anime with more than 1,000 episodes.
- Release Date
- October 20, 1999
- Creator
- Eiichiro Oda
- Number of Episodes
- 1082+
