Monkey D. Garp[12] is an extremely famous and powerful Marine vice admiral. He is the father of Monkey D. Dragon,[13] the paternal grandfather of Monkey D. Luffy,[14] and the adoptive grandfather of Portgas D. Ace. He was responsible for overseeing Ace's birth and raising a young Luffy, before entrusting them both to the Dadan Family. Garp is one of the major figures, along with Kong, Sengoku, Shiki, Silvers Rayleigh, Tsuru, and Whitebeard, from the times when Gol D. Roger, the "Pirate King", w