Long John Silver
From One Piece Encyclopedia
Long John Silver is the famous pirate captain of the book Treasure Island. In the book his background was that he had served on Captain Flint's crew as a quartermaster. Long John Silver was responsible for a mutiny and a brave strong character despite his disablity. He built a strong relationship with Jim Hawkins, to the point of the boy becoming concerned after Long John Silver escaped at the end of the novel and hoped the old pirate had settled down somewhere nice and comfortable.
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In One Piece, Silvers Rayleigh is generally believe to borrow his name. Also, Jim Hawkins hope for Long John Silver of just settling down to a comfortable life is reflected in Rayleigh. He himself states had it not been for a bounty he could retire as disappear.
- He might be the prototype for Red-Leg Zeff since they both have a similar outward appearnce, both lost a leg and both were chefs.
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