Ivan D. Corazon

Ivan D. Corazon is the leader, and founder of the Revolutionary Army

Past
As a young boy, Corazon was friends with a child whose parents were all slaughtered by the World Government. They saw that the World Government was corrupt and sought to make it better, so at the mere age of 12 years old, they both enlisted into the Marines. However, Corazon after joining realized that the World Government was too corrupt, and the only way to truly create peace, was to abolish the old laws of the Tenryubito. He left the World Government, and traveled the world from there, gaining strength and knowledge.

One day, while on a island in the Grandline, he witnessed a riot against the corrupt king of that kingdom. Seeing this he was inspired, and wanted to not only abolish the Tenryubito, but all the corrupt rulers of the world. This lead to him creating the Revolutionary Army, and recruiting the people on that island to his cause. They decided to sanction their base on the nearby desert island of Baltigo.

However, not a month past before the former King came back to take his throne back. However this time, he had the backing of the World Government. The World Government had only expected a simple riot from the people, unbeknownst to them however, the Revolutionary Army was also involved now. The battle began with the Revolutionaries taking the upper hand, with there surprise attack from behind the ships. Although the Revolutionaries had advantage in numbers, they were still a rather new force. Furthermore, the marines also had a logia user by the name of Saint K. Florian, a name which Corazon vaguely remembered, who took out several hundreds of his army. Corazon seeing this, knew he had to personally take him out. But once he reached Florian, he realized that he was his friend from years ago. Although shocked, Corazon went in, knowing this had to be done.

They clashed for well over 30 minutes before Florian finally fell. It seemed that the Revolutionaries had won this battle, but just as they were about to celebrate, they saw a huge battalion of Marines ships lead by Vice Admiral Monkey D. Garp. The Revolutionaries seeing this, fled the scene, along with many of the villagers, back to Baltigo. This event would be eventually be known as "the First Clash".