Brook

Brook (ブルック) is a musicain of Straw Hats pirates and 9th member of Luffy's crew. He meets the pirates, when they found a ghost-ship, while drifting in the Florian Triangle. Once seeing him Luffy immidiately asked him to join his crew and Brook agreed. He later aids Straw-Hats in their fight against Gekko Moriah.

Brook was a memeber of Rumbar Pirates. While beign with them Brook found a baby whale and named him Laboon. Alas, Laboon couldn't follow them to Grand-Line, so they have to left him, promising that they'll return to him one day. But one day, all Rumbar Pirates, including Brook, died in battle. Brook was ressurected due his ablity, but ended up being a skeleton nad later got his shadow stolen by Gekko Moriah. With Luffy's help he returned his shadow and decided to follow his lea.

Personality
While Brook claims to be a gentleman, in fact he possesses a very bad manners (such as regulary asking ladies to show their panties). Despite beign a living skeleton, he is very afraid of ghosts. Also, he tends amke a "skull jokes", which is based on the fact that he is dead. Brook, like many other characters, have his own distinct laughter (Yo-ho-ho-ho).

Also, being a musician, he is very fond of music and was called "Humming Brook" during his life.

Fighting Style
Brook is very capable swordsman and heavily relies on his speed during the fight. He can perform so fast attacks that some enemies does not even notice that they were cut until after Brook has sheathed his sword.