Helmeppo

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Context

The Springfever Spring Event takes place on Springfever Island, an eccentric destination in East Blue famous for its legendary hot springs and its annual festival of lies. For one week, the island transforms into a giant carnival where everything is bought and sold – secrets, debts, betrayals, reputations, and even hopes.

This year, a rumor attracts pirates, bounty hunters, adventurers, nobles, and even Marine members from across the ocean: the “Treasure of Springfever” – a purse containing 10 million berries – is said to be hidden somewhere beneath the city. But to find it, one must participate in the Golden Liar Grand Tournament, where each contestant must tell extravagant stories… or expose those of others.

Among the most unexpected participants, a young Marine arrives on the island, his heart torn between fear and pride: Helmeppo, son of the infamous “Axe-Hand” Captain Morgan. Since his humiliating defeat by Luffy and Zoro at Shells Town, Helmeppo has lost everything – his father, his status, his privileges – but he has gained something he never had before: a chance to become someone on his own.

Helmeppo comes to Springfever not for the gold, but to prove his worth. He wants to show the Marines, his father (whom he now despises), Koby (his only friend), and above all himself, that he is no longer a useless coward. He wants his name no longer associated with a tyrant’s. But Springfever is an island of lies, and Helmeppo will have to face his own lies – the ones he used to tell to pass himself off as someone important, and the ones he still tells himself sometimes, to keep from falling apart.

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Biography

Helmeppo is the son of Captain “Axe-Hand” Morgan, a corrupt and tyrannical Marine who terrorized Shells Town. Before meeting Luffy, Helmeppo was a spoiled, arrogant, cowardly, and vain rich kid. He used his father’s name and power to intimidate villagers, walking around with his little dog and demanding that people bow to him. He wore a ridiculous blonde wig to hide his premature baldness – a vanity he still pays for today with mockery.

After Luffy and Zoro defeated Morgan, Helmeppo lost everything: his father (arrested), his