Edward Low
From One Piece Encyclopedia
Captain Edward "Ned" Low, also Lowe or Loe, (c. 1690 – c. 1724) was a notorious English during the latter days of the , in the early 18th century. He was born around 1690 into poverty in , , and was a thief and a scoundrel from a young age. Low moved to , , as a young man. His wife died in childbirth in late 1719. Two years later, he became a pirate, operating off the coasts of and the , and in the .
He captained a number of ships, usually maintaining a small fleet of three or four. Low and his pirate crews captured at least a hundred ships during his short career, burning most of them. Although he was active for only three years, Low remains notorious as one of the most vicious pirates of the age, with a reputation for violently torturing his victims before killing them. Sir described Low as "savage and desperate," and a man of "amazing and grotesque brutality". The New York Times called him a torturer, whose methods would have "done credit to the ingenuity of the in its darkest days". The circumstances of Low's death, which took place around 1724, have been the subject of much speculation.
In One Piece, his name is the basis for Trafalgar Law.[1]
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- ↑ SBS questions: One Piece Manga - Vol.52 Chapter 508, Fan Question: Do the Supernovas' names come from real life pirates?
