Lagan D. Swift/History

"My father once told me that anything is possible, So that must make One Piece a possible dream, right Elon?"

-Jonathan D. Swift

Jonathan was born from Doldred D. Swift and his lover and wife (unofficially) Rosebore Velenca. He lived on the small, peaceful island of Duskfelt where pirates hid and tried to live normal lives. Doldred loved his son, and in an attempt to hide the fact he was part of the infamous Gol D. Roger's crew, didn't tell him about it and often his memories and other souveniors in a chest in the basement of their house built from Doldred's ship.

Jonathan, loved by his father and mother, was quite the adventurous young man which often got him into trouble in the town Dusk. He would often play pirates with his dad, using wooden swords and his father would always win, though he never could figure out how. When Jonathan turned ten years old, he was out searching for driftwood for a fire when he noticed a small pink watermelon shaped fruit that had washed up on the beach. Curious on what it was, he grabbed it and took it back home quickly.

His father looked at it, knowing of the legendary Devil Fruit and told him never to eat it, that it was an evil thing. Though, this only increased John's curiosity towards it. That night, when his parents were getting ready for bed, he snuck downstairs and found the fruit and took a bite of it. He felt sick to his stomach and felt on to the floor screaming in pain. His father heard the screams and ran downstairs to see the fruit and his son, he carried his son up to his bed and waited till the next morning to tell him.

Training and Tragedy The next morning, Doldred told John about his years as a pirate and that he had eaten a Devil Fruit but he had never seen one like that before. He said that now he had eaten a Devil Fruit, that he would never be normal again and that he would begin to train him to be a pirate. John began training, not only with swords but with flintlock pistols and of course his new found Speed abilities. His father also told him the many adventures that he had been on, this intrigued John.

John trained for nearly six years and at the age of seventeen, but soon the peaceful island was visited by The Marines there to kill all the of the pirates for their crimes. Doldred was the first of many to be arrested and taken to Loguestown, including John to watch his father's execution and soon his mother's by association to Doldred. It was in Loguetown that he met Giovanni Blackheart who was recruiting crew members to go into the Grand Line. Hearing about the legends of Gol D. Roger from his now dead Father, he almost immediately signs up and joins them.

Bulge Island and Capture
John, along with the Black Arms Pirate Armada, headed for Reverse Mountain and were prepared to enter the Grand Line. But along the way, multiple ships slammed into the walls others crashed into others and behind him was a bloodbath of wrecked ships and dead pirates. Out of the 10 Ships that had started, they were already down to four. They continued down Reverse Mountain and into the Grand Line, their first stop was a place called Bulge Island. It was there, that they would stock up on supplies and food. Jonathan, being a cabin-boy, was already having doubts that this was nothing more than a suicide mission and waited for Giovanni to talk to him.

He was never able to talk to him, as the Marines began dock onto the island as well. They recognized the Black Arms Jolly Roger and their ships, they entered the town. Within minutes, explosions began and houses began to burn down. Jonathan, realizing that Giovanni was attacking Bulge Island, he quickly ran into town where he met Bastogne unconscious in the rubble of a building. Jonathan, knowing that this man needed medical attention, grabbing him. Using the Soku Soku no Mi, John rushed Bastogne to one of Giovanni's ships The Melmady. It was there that Giovanni was preparing to sail away, without his crew and head into the Grand Line in search of the treasure for himself. Jonathan came aboard and ordered him to abandon the ship.

Giovanni refused and the two entered a sword fight which ended in Jonathan disarming him and stabbing him in the chest before throwing him off the ship and onto Bulge Island. He then took control of the Melmady and put Bastogne into the ship's hospital where he rested. For three days of traveling, they talked and so became good friends and as they got closer to Reverse Mountain and to returning to the Calm Belt; the Marines attacked and captured Jonathan Swift after they recognized the Melmady as a Black Arms vessel and having already placed a bounty on him for attacking and destroying Bulge Island (Something he was accused of) Bastogne was taken aboard the Marine vessel though for unknown reasons. Swift was then taken into custody and sent to Impel Down.

Release and the New Search (Modern Times)
Jonathan, due for his ten year release hearing, was sent to Marineford. It was there that he had learned that a fellow prisoner of Impel Down, a Roronoa Senshi, had recently escaped and trashed much of the base. John quickly attempted an escape but ended up in a fight with Admiral Aokiji, which he won through smarts. He soon took a sinking ship's dinghy and sailed off into the All Blue before arriving to Loguetown. The ship however, did not have the supplies he needed to survive but was fortunately found by a merchant ship called the Pendragon which was heading for Loguetown.