Rena D. Stryder is a pirate captain of the crew Ghost Wake Pirates. She was once a Marine who had started from the rank of 'Seaman Recruit' to the prestigious position of 'Marine Captain'. She had joined the Marines at the age of 17 because she believed they were the way to change the world, having no prior knowledge of the many atrocities, questionable, and horrible actions of the Marines' higher ups, the World Government, and the Celestial Dragons. Before all this, she had trained for 10 years when she had first figured out what path she'd wanted to take in the world. She felt amazing at having achieved so much at such a young age until her illusion of righteousness of the Marines shattered. Rena then discovered that all the organizations and those she had looked up to when she had been