Squard

“Whirl Spider Squard” · alive · Whitebeard-allied New World captain

Arc-by-arc updates

Marineford — vanished from the bayside (Ch. 559)

• Reported missing from the bayside and unreachable by Whitebeard’s Den Den Mushi just as the battle opens — a crewman reports “Captain Squard is… huh? I just saw him a while ago,” and Whitebeard’s “Is Squard there?” goes unanswered (p. 7). See Captain Squard Vanishes From The Bayside Before The War.

Marineford — the tearful betrayal (Ch. 562)

• Reappears at chapter’s end: professing lifelong devotion (“I dedicated my life to the Whitebeard Pirates long ago”), a sweat-soaked, tear-streaked Squard embraces “Pops” (“Squard!” / “Pops!”) then runs his sword clean through Whitebeard’s chest — the war’s first betrayal and Whitebeard’s first wound at Marineford (pp. 15-17). His grief-stricken face frames the act as deception rather than malice. See Squard Tearful Stab Manipulation Tell, Captain Squard Vanishes From The Bayside Before The War.

Marineford — remorse; the manipulation exposed (Ch. 564)

• Breaks down in remorse once the manipulation is fully exposed: “Pops!! I’m sorry!! Ace!! I’m sorry!! …What have I done?! …when I love him so much!! …how could I have doubted Pops…” (p. 4) — confirming he was deceived, not a genuine traitor. See Squard Tearful Stab Manipulation Tell.

Marineford — the betrayal explained; Whitebeard’s forgiveness (Ch. 563)

• The motive surfaces: his original crew was annihilated by Gold Roger himself, leaving him alone in the world and bitter toward Roger; Whitebeard took him in and he became one of Pops’s most loyal followers (p. 6).
• The Marine “rebel” Akainu fed him a lie — that Whitebeard struck a deal with Sengoku to sacrifice the 43 allied captains in exchange for sparing the Whitebeard Pirates and Ace — and revealed Ace is Roger’s son, redirecting Squard’s grief into the knife (pp. 5-8). He cries “AOKIJI!!” as the Encirclement Wall of ice rises, seeming to confirm the lie (p. 9).
• Decked by Marco (“They tricked you, Squard!!”, p. 9), then breaks down when Whitebeard forgives him with a headbutt — “You may be a fool… but I still love you” (p. 12) — and shatters the ice trap, proving the lie false (pp. 14-15).

Marineford — reappears in remorse; Whitebeard’s absolution (Ch. 572)

• Reappears wracked with guilt for having stabbed Pops, willing to die to atone — his crew is identified on-page: “It’s the Whirl Spider Pirates!! Squard!!” (p. 12) as he rolls his ship in to help evacuate Ace and the breakout allies. See Whirl Spider Pirates.
• Whitebeard absolves him (p. 14): “And you actually think that jab of yours hurt me?! …Everybody grows old and dies eventually” — closing the betrayal arc with forgiveness.

Notes

• Allied New World captain (not a division commander). Crew = the Whirl Spider Pirates (named forward). aliases carry the romanization variants (“Squardo,” “Whirlwind Spider Squard”).