One Piece: Torchbearer

In the shadows of the Void Century, the coliseum stands as a brutal crucible, where men are forged into legends—or shattered and discarded. Hector, a young slave torn from his home, is moulded into a gladiator through grueling trials of blood and sand. Guided by an ancient philosophy that teaches mastery of self and unlocks the latent power of Haki, he fights not only to break his chains but in defiance of those who would extinguish the light of a forgotten age. When he is thrust into the Great Pirate Era, he becomes a living relic of a lost age—a torchbearer of truths hidden in darkness, his existence threatening the lies upon which the World Government’s power is built. Now, in a world long veiled in darkness, Hector must decide: will he protect the embers of the past, or wield their fire to ignite a rebellion that could reshape the future?