Who Is Shamrock Figarland in One Piece? Shanks Twin Explained

Eiichiro Oda has been carefully dropping hints about Shanks having an evil twin brother for years. He successfully caught the fans off guard with the last chapter of 2024 where he introduced a new character. Since then, Shanks’ look-alike was always shown hooded and remained a mystery, fans wait with bated breath for the complete reveal of this character. In recent chapters, Oda has finally revealed more about Shanks’ brother, the newest member of the Figarland family. So, here’s everything you need to learn about Shamrock Figarland in One Piece.

Shamrock Figarland in One Piece, Explored

The One Piece creator has been hiding the true identity of Shanks’ twin face cleverly with the hood for the longest time. However, fans have been dying to see this character’s design and meet Shanks’ brother. Now those aren’t dreams anymore as Oda sensei has put the spotlight on the evil twin who is shaping up to be the main villain of the Elbaf arc.

The evil twin brother of Shanks has been officially revealed to be Figarland Shamrock. Yeah, you heard that right, he is confirmed to be the son of Figarland Garling, the newest Elder, which has also cleared the doubt of how Shanks is related to Garling. With this reveal, House Figarland instantly becomes one of the most powerful families, like the Monkey D. family.

Furthermore, Shamrock has been mentioned to be the captain of the God’s Knights aka Holy Knights. Since Garling has been promoted to the Elder Star position in the story recently, he must have made his son take over the group. However, keep in mind that the leader position is stated to be different from Garling’s supreme commander title.

How Is Shamrock Related to Shanks?

Should that even be a question now? Shamrock explicitly stated that Shanks is his younger twin brother in One Piece chapter 1138. Even before the confirmation, their indistinguishable character design has already given it away. Before Shamrock’s official introduction, fans wondered about the relationship between Garling and Shanks in the story, such as whether the old man is Shanks’ father or grandfather. Now that it is confirmed that Garling had twins in the story, he is the father of the two strongest characters in One Piece currently.

In case you aren’t aware, Roger found a baby Shanks inside a treasure chest after the God Valley Incident. As Garling was also present with his children on the God Valley island, this must be where Shanks was separated from his family.

As the Elbaf arc is inspired by Norse mythology, fans already predicted Garling’s twin sons could be based on Skoll and Hati, the wolves that chase the sun and the moon. Shanks has always stood with Luffy (the sun god Nika) and Shamrock is following in the footsteps of his father who has a crescent moon-shaped design. Now this theory is becoming more and more real with each passing day.

Shamrock’s Character Design in One Piece

One look at Figarland Shamrock and you can already tell that he possesses the unreal charisma of his brother. To top it off, Shamrock remains calm and composed, just like Shanks. The only way to differentiate both is, of course, their character design!

Shamrock has long braided hair, but the most important thing is that he doesn’t have any facial scars, and his left arm is intact. The fandom is already calling Shamrock the most handsome version of Shanks. However, Shamrock also has the distasteful pride of a World Noble as he mentions his younger brother likes the filthy lower world rather than the Mary Geoise.

One Piece Shamrock: Powers and Abilities

Since Gunko was revealed to be a devil fruit user, everyone expected Shamrock to be unveiled as a devil fruit user soon. Don’t you think it’s perfect for the twin brother of a non-devil fruit user like Shanks to have an overpowered devil fruit power? A glimpse of Shamrock’s powers was showcased in One Piece Chapter 1138. When Loki started to threaten him, Shamrock instantly drew his sword and summoned three-headed dogs aka Cerberus.

It should be noted that we haven’t witnessed any other swordsmen summon something out of their swords. Furthermore, Shamrock’s powers are now confirmed to be derived from the underworld in contrast to Shanks who had attacks with divine titles.

Shamrock could summon and retrieve the guardian of hell as he desires via his sword. So, this could be the case of a sword consuming a devil fruit. But if so, Oda would have mentioned the devil fruit’s name instead of simply calling it Cerberus. Now that raises the question of Shamrock being a devil fruit user or did Imu offer him this wicked power? We have to wait a bit more to find out.

For ages, Shanks has been trolled to the extreme for being a rat because he was seen talking about a certain pirate to the Gorosei in the Levely arc. This led to theories stating that Shanks could turn out to be an antagonist towards the end of the story, but there was one massive problem — it completely contradicted what Shanks’s character was all about i.e., peacekeeper.

Now, Oda sensei has brilliantly answered one of the long-standing mysteries in One Piece. What do you think of Shamrock’s character and his powers? Let us know in the comments below.