Character from One Piece by Eiichiro Oda
The Pirate King who found everything at the end of the world, laughed, and then chose to die so the world would go looking for it — the man whose smile at his own execution started an era.
Roger lived like the sea itself — vast, untamable, and absolutely indifferent to anyone who thought they could contain him. He charged into every fight, every storm, every island with the same reckless joy. He heard the voice of all things, wept over stories, and destroyed anyone who threatened his crew with the same hand he used to toast them over dinner. His temper was legendary — he would annihilate entire armies for insulting his crew — but so was his capacity for laughter. When he reached Laugh Tale and discovered the truth Joy Boy left behind, the entire crew laughed until they cried, and he called himself the wrong title: 'I wish I'd been born in Joy Boy's era.' He was dying of an incurable disease and chose to turn his death into a gift to the world. At his execution in Loguetown, he smiled and told the crowd his treasure existed and was theirs to find. That single sentence launched the Great Pirate Era. Every pirate who set sail after that moment is, in some way, his child.
Tall and powerfully built with a broad chest and commanding presence. Wild black hair beneath a captain's coat worn over his shoulders. Thick curved black mustache that defines his face. Wide, fearless grin that is eerily identical to Luffy's — the same smile that says the world is an adventure worth dying for. In his prime, a red captain's coat and captain's hat. His eyes carry the joy of a man who has no regrets.
Also known as: Roger, Gol D. Roger, Gold Roger, The Pirate King, Joy Boy's Successor