Riku was a Revolutionary under Tadashi. At the age of 14 he became a commander of the Revolutionary Army. As he grew up he refused to learn any form of Haki, even though his Haoshoku Haki had been proven at a young age stating, "I will learn it when the time comes, right now, it's not right." At the young age of 8 on one of his expeditions eith Tadashi, he traveled accros a devil fruit, the Han Han no Mi. At the age of 22 he assisted with the save of Gray Terminal, by ahnihilating a majority of the fire, even meeting Luffy for the first time when he traveled up the Mountian to see if everyone and every animal was alright. He later met Kure S. Akira while assisting the folks of Gray Terminal, him developing a hatred for Nobles. He later went with Tadashi and Dragon to see the Tenryubitto co