Lagan D. Swift

"Ahhh! Freedom at last, well time to reorganize the ol' crew!"

- Jonathan D. Swift upon release from Impel Down

 Jonathan Dunescence Swift is a genius in the military arts. Though he wastes his mind drinking and partying and, most of all, slacking off. He is the captain of the Black Coat Pirates, and yet he is the only one who wears a black coat. After his release, he hears that Gol D. Roger was executed and begins to gather his former three man crew (soon to be seven as three more join with him) In hopes of surpassing the Grand Line.

Appearance
"Don't mock the coat man, this is my only one."

-Jonathan D. Swift

Jonathan is almost always seen wearing a White puffy shirt, exposing his muscluar chest and two tattoos on his arms and hands resembling a circle and a cross on his hands. Black leather pants with brown traveling boots and he wears a large black coat that he won after defeating the Captain of Black Arms Pirate Armada, Giovanni Blackheart. He also gels his hair into backward spikes and had a small beard that covers his chin. Though after the Time Skip, he has a completely closed yellow shirt and has a goatee that encircles his mouth and he has dyed the black coat Gray.He often carries a cutlass and a shortsword hidden behind his thick coat.

Personality
"Did...you...just...call...ME...SLOW!"

-Jonathan D. Swift

John's personality is that of a slacker, he is often calm and coleective. He hates being ordered around and being given bad news, especially from Bastogne DiGolum. He is also very over confident in his abilities, but has good reason to be. Though he seems to take insults and brushes them off, he hates when people call him slow, to an extreme extent. His attitude changes to an extend throughout the Grand Line Saga as he becomes more and more serious, though he seems to revert back to his lacked back self after the Timeskip.

Abilities and Powers
"You know Bastogne, have you ever felt like 500 Miles an hour is too slow, no...me neither"

- Jonathan D. Swift

Jonathan Swift, at a young age, discovered a rare Devilsfruit at a young age, the Shunji Shunji no Mi (Flash Flash Fruit). He soon became amazingly fast, and learnign swordplay from his father, the Famed Doldred D. Swift. Jonathan soon made up many of his own moves that helped him defeated a many enemy that threatened him.
 * Shunji Sweep - Creates a series of powerful slashing by forcing air to move quickly, uses his cutlass to do so
 * Shunji Dopplegang - Moving at an immense speed to create an illusion that their is more than one person.
 * Shunji Slash - By creating momentum with a quick run, and a quicker swing, the person is able to create one of the most powerful slashes ever done.
 * Shunji Flash - Able to disappear and reappear on a moment's notice at high speeds.
 * Shunji Delayed Strike -By cutting through a person at a quickened rate, he wound opens up as you escape from the strike, making the pain more unbearable.
 * Shunji Duelist - By using both his long and short sword, he is able to create a whirlwind of strikes that are practically unstoppable or unblockable.
 * Shunji Strike - Adding momentum of running, then jumping high into the air and adding the momentum, one is able to create a strike so powerful no one can block it without injury.
 * Shunji Windwaker - By spinning the blade one is not only able to use speed to add a powerful blow, but wind that came be wrapped around the blade as well.

History
"History...I can see me now...The Man who Found the Grand Line, picture it Hammond!"

-Jonathan D. Swift

...Too be written