Feveruary

It was said that Gol D. Roger was acting less like a pirate and more like a man in love while on the island and the World Government searched the island for any signs of his child. Portgas D. Rouge lived here and gave birth to the infant that she would name "Gol D. Ace" after sustaining him in her womb for twenty months to protect the child from the Marines and government officials. After giving birth to Ace, she died from the extended pregnancy.[1]

1501 (23 years ago) January 10th – Eustass Kid is born (SBS Vol. 68)

He'd stayed away for a few days, but he wasn't sure where else to turn, no other connections, even as coincidental as his link to her. He spent the morning tucked into a harsh wooden chair at her side, lost in his own thoughts. It seemed the longer he was awake, the less he could remember. He inspects the scars on his arms - and he vividly remember.. well, not how he got them, but he can hear his crew, his family, screaming for him. He can remember Killer clutching him close as Wire and Heat cover them. the faces and voices of others, drifting in and out as he ponders the marks.

She has another round of surgeries to help with the burns, Kidd wandering the strangle familiar streets of Kutzk in a daze. He's never really explored the city - each day was work, finding food, finding shelter, finhsing clothes. svaaing and fighting for enough scraps to make it to the next day. one day, he'll be back to that, but the doc feeds him, and the nurses wash his clothes when they make him take a bath, and he's stuck in a strange limbo

her PT's coming along well, she's moving aorund on her own - abest slowly. she's jsut.. she has some issues holding things still, her range of motion is still limited, her joints stiff.

He doesn't know this boy. He WILL know him, but this Killer, this child, Kidd has never met. A sobbing tiny toddler, his tears so deep they rock his whole little frame, and Kidd - he's not a comforter - he's never been the shoulder someone cries on. Even after Wano, the best he could do was turn his back and give Killer space to grieve in private.   He doesn't know this part of the story though - if this is something Killer never told him, or something new, unique to this time around like so many other things. He looks at the other children in the cage as he lifts Killer free, faces a mix of brave, tear strewn, fearful. Killer looks to be the youngest, but only one of the children looks to be anywhere close to Kidd's age.   "how'd.. why are you all in a cage?" he asks the oldest boy. He doesn't answer at first, picking up one of the other little ones and helping them past the manged bars. Kidd wont put Killer down, but -pulls- the bars to make it easier for them to climb down without getting hurt   The boy wets his lips. "Some... some of us.. got sold." he says faintly, whispering the last word, nodding to Killer.   The metal sings in its place around him; Killer hiccups in his cries. "Who would!?"   "Single parents with too many mouths," the child says bitterly, sounding too much like he's had time to turn it over in his head, "Get a few shiny coins for the ones to small to work and its win-win."

The little boy still sits where he fell from the curb. his lip is bloody, tears still streaming down his face, but he utters not a sound. Those blue eyes, they lock with Kidd's and such a small face should never look so lost. It was so hard for him to find his way home again, the past few days filled with the unknown and terror that he'd be stolen away again. Only to find out he'd never been missed. That his family where upset to see him again.   That he was some terrible unwanted *burden*   Kidd glanced around to the unseen eyes watching, and he *flung* his anger out at them, all the rage and hate building in his heart, *wanting* them to fall to their knees in fear, *willing* them to force themselves into submission.   The boy sobbed at that, drawing Kidd's attention back. Just like he had only a few days before, Kidd haulled the tiny child up into his arms, lifting him from the metaphorical cage instead of a physical one this time.   He did not look back.   niether of them did.

1502 (22 years ago) – King Bekori passes a law that annexes half of his Sorbet Kingdom, turning the island’s southern side into a lawless area to be exploited for the sake of celestial tribute. The Freedom Fighters help liberate the country and overturn the law, resulting in Kuma and Ginny joining the Freedom Fighters (Chapter 1097: 22 years ago)

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1502 (22 years ago) – Revolutionary Army Founding – Monkey D. Dragon, who had been operating so far as the captain of the Freedom Fighters, founds the Revolutionary Army alongside Emporio Ivankov and Bartholomew Kuma (Chapter 1066: the Revolutionary Army was founded later that year, still 22 years ago)

1512 (12 years ago) – During the burning of the Grey Terminal Incident, the Revolutionaries are contacted about the struggling rebellion in Toumi in the South Blue. Kuma heads there with his powers to aid the rebels, finally ending the civil war and liberating the country (Chapter 1098: two years have passed since 14 years ago. We see Ivankov mentioning the Grey Terminal Incident that just took place as Kuma heads out)

Eustass “Captain” Kid unites the four gangs of his home kingdom in South Blue after the royalist gang ruling over the country kills his friend Victoria, deposing them from their rule. Alongside the other gang leaders, Killer, Heat, and Wire, Kid forms the Kid Pirates and sets out to sea, earning notoriety in the South (Chapter 999: Ace mentions Kid is starting to get notorious in the South Blue 4 years ago; SBS Vol. 104 details Kid’s backstory)