Once part of the Three Great Powers which maintained a delicate balance of power in the world of Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece, the Seven Warlords of the Sea, or the Shichibukai, were a group of notorious pirates who chose to ally with the World Government. In exchange for aiding the Marines whenever they were called upon, each Warlord had their bounty frozen and was given free rein to do as they pleased for the most part.