The Four Emperors are the most feareless pirate leaders in the One Piece world, who, alongside their powerful crews and numerous allies, each rule over large territories of the New World like overlords. They are widely considered to be the strongest pirates in the world as well as the candidates closest to becoming the Pirate King, and a single Emperor's crew and alliance is strong enough to challenge the World Government's forces. Thankfully for the world at large, the Four Emperors function independently from each other, sometimes fighting each other in power struggles mainly contained within the New World part of Grand Line.
Amongst the original four, only Shanks and Whitebeard were seen to be benevolent, while Big Mom and Kaido were far more immoral and nefarious. While only Blackbeard's (absolutely massive) bounty has been revealed thus far, they are all undoubtedly among those whose bounties go up to at least ten figures — a level of bounty reserved for people whom the government and onlookers consider to be near-unstoppable monsters.
The once-dreaded power of the Emperors has since been challenged by newer, bolder generations of pirates: Whitebeard lost his life in a War Arc with the Marines, and his killer, Blackbeard, officially replaced him over the course of the following year after he took over the former's territories and defeated the remnants of his crew; Linlin lost two of her ally ships to Kid, who formed an alliance with Hawkins and Apoo (two more Supernovas) to bring down Red-Haired Shanks (only for their alliance to be attacked by Kaido, who inducted Apoo and Hawkins as allies and captured and brutalized Kid); Monkey D. Luffy (one more Supernova) publicly challenged Big Mom for authority over Fish-Man Island; and Trafalgar Law (both a Supernova and a former Warlord of the Sea), is actively working with Luffy to take down Kaido.
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