Doflamingo

Giolla
Doflamingo was concerned about Giolla's life when Law threatened to kill her.[52] In fact, he cared for her so much that he would let the Straw Hat Pirates escape, while still holding Caesar captive, just to save her. In turn Giolla is very loyal to Doflamingo, where she would gladly give her life for her young master, just to make sure that nothing gets in his way.
Diamante
Diamante, as the "Hero of the Corrida Colosseum" on Dressrosa, is highly regarded by Doflamingo, so much so that Doflamingo openly notes on his importance and compliments him a lot, though he refuses this flattery until it has been retracted. The two have known each other for over 30 years and his loyalty to Doflamingo was fierce to the point he would help destroy an entire town for having bad pavement that made Doflamingo trip. He has enough faith in Diamante to hold onto the Mera Mera no Mi. Like the other elite officers, he refers to him as "Doffy".

Gladius
Gladius has blind loyalty to his captain, as he was quick to seek revenge for Violet's betrayal against him. Gladius also was overprotective enough to shoot Baby 5 when she was trying to kill Doflamingo, while the other members did not seem to care.
Senor Pink
Senor Pink apologized to Doflamingo as he fell in battle with Franky, signifying respect and loyalty towards him, but apart from that, has not been seen much around him.
Lao G
Lao G has respect and loyalty to Doflamingo and calls him "Young Master"; he considers Doflamingo's orders to be absolute. Lao G commented that Dressrosa belongs to Doflamingo and everybody in the country are slaves to him. Lao G also mused an apology towards Doflamingo during his defeat against Sai.
Sugar
He is extremely protective of Sugar, as she turned the majority of rebels to his rule into toys to help him control Dressrosa. As such, she is continually guarded under the protection of Trebol.
Pica
Pica is very loyal to Doflamingo as shown when he was willing to listen to him in spite of not liking Doflamingo's roundabout approach and preferring to take things head on. The two have known each other for over 30 years and his loyalty to Doflamingo was fierce to the point he would help destroy an entire town for having bad pavement that made Doflamingo trip. Doflamingo in turn does not tolerate anyone making fun of Pica's high-pitched voice.[39] Like the other elite officers, he refers to Doflamingo as "Doffy".

Caesar Clown
Doflamingo is associated with Caesar Clown. Caesar needs him to approve of his actions before committing them, to avoid drawing attention to Punk Hazard,[8] but Doflamingo distrusts the scientist and sends Monet to spy on him.[57] The high value Doflamingo has for Caesar is due to the disgraced scientist's ability to produce the SAD, which the Warlord uses to create the SMILE, which is highly stressed in preventing a wrathful Kaidou from killing the entire Donquixote Pirates.[60] For this, he threatens Monet with death if she lets anything happen to him.

Trebol
Elite Officers Swear Loyalty to Doflamingo
The Executive Officers bow before Doflamingo.
Trebol is very casual around Doflamingo and does not seem to be scared of him, as he gets awkwardly close to him, much to Doflamingo's dismay. The two met during Doflamingo's childhood, with Trebol never torturing Doflamingo like the other North Blue citizens did and even offered him power by giving the former Celestial Dragon his Devil Fruit and signature flintlock. Trebol often refers to Doflamingo by the nickname "Doffy". Despite how casual Trebol can be with him, Doflamingo trusts Trebol as much as the other executives, possibly ranking him as the most significant of them due to trusting him with the protection of Sugar and keeping him by his side when Law and Luffy encountered him.

Doflamingo cares for Trebol's well-being which was shown when he intercepted an attack from Law when he had Trebol cornered. In return, Trebol cares for Doflamingo's well-being as seen by his jumping to his aid whenever he appeared to be in danger or killing anyone who offended Doflamingo in the slightest manner.

Though, when Trebol was injured by Law, Doflamingo did call him an idiot for ignoring his repeated warning and falling into Law's trap. Nevertheless, he was visibly shocked when Trebol attempted to blow himself up to kill Law.

Vergo
Vergo is described as Doflamingo's most convenient and trustworthy Marine officer, implying there are other Marines loyal to Doflamingo. Vergo was originally the first Corazon of the crew. Along with Trebol, Diamante, and Pica, Vergo was one of four comrades who stayed the longest with Doflamingo, having known him since at least when Doflamingo was 10 years old. They never abused Doflamingo for being born a Celestial Dragon as the rest of the citizens did, and even declared Doflamingo as their leader upon witnessing his awakening of Supreme King Haki. Vergo enlisted in the Marines by Doflamingo’s instructions,[2] forfeiting his seat as Corazon, but nevertheless remaining as an elite officer. Vergo's loyalty to Doflamingo is fierce, as he violently beat up Rosinante for betraying Doflamingo's trust,[56] and intended to kill Law in the most brutal fashion possible for treason.

After Vergo had been defeated by Law and left to die in the exploding SAD production room, Doflamingo expressed his eternal gratitude for Vergo's loyal services before bidding him farewell, showing a good relationship despite Doflamingo's dislike for failures. In return, Vergo smiled in gratitude.

Monet is a very loyal subordinate of Doflamingo, having been placed to keep Caesar Clown under surveillance,[57] but he threatened her with death if she allowed anything negative to happen to the scientist.[58] He also ordered her to commit a murder-suicide bombing to take out the entire Punk Hazard populace to clean up the mess. Despite this, they might have a benign relationship, as Doflamingo expressed what seems to be an apology for putting her through the entire ordeal, and even regretted that he must order her to die for him; Monet's loyalty did not waver, as she was already plotting to die in such a way before Doflamingo ordered her, and gladly accepted his last order to her.[59][51] Right before she tried to push the button, Doflamingo appeared to lament the fact that he made Monet blow up the island. Baby 5 and Buffalo
Baby 5 has a grudge against Donquixote Doflamingo to the point that she attempted to attack him with fatal blows, but Doflamingo does not see it as rebellion as he sent her to Punk Hazard to assist Vergo right after her failed assault.[4] According to Buffalo, Doflamingo views her like a little sister, and killed all of her would-be boyfriends to protect her from her rash decision of accepting every proposal she receives.[49] When infuriated by the deaths of her fiancés, she refers to him derogatorily by his codename "Joker" rather than "Young Master", which is the standard way the lower officers refer to Doflamingo. At times when she wants to help him, she refers to him as "Young Master" like the others.

Buffalo is perfectly fine with that fact that Donquixote Doflamingo destroyed eight cities and all the people living there, simply for the sake of keeping Baby 5 away from her "boyfriends". He cares a lot for Doflamingo's well-being, as he was on the verge of tears when Kuzan used his ability to freeze Doflamingo at Punk Hazard and was outraged when Kyros seemingly decapitated Doflamingo in front of him.

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Two years after the Summit War of Marineford, he would continue to maintain his confident smile while everything was under control. However, when Law defeated Vergo and threatened the SAD supply and even mocked him for his lack of fear and doubt as signs of overconfidence, Doflamingo finally expressed true anger and worry.[37] When Law finally destroyed the SAD supply, captured Caesar, and used that to threaten Doflamingo into abdicating his position as a Warlord, Doflamingo finally lost his composure and showed utter panic and intense anger.[43]

Doflamingo also showed signs of fear of someone's ability when Admiral Fujitora brought down a meteorite during the three-way confrontation between the admiral, Law, and him. Upon finally losing control over Dressrosa, Doflamingo succumbed to fear, despair, and fury.[44] Doflamingo became so frustrated by all this that he decided to just laugh everything off. While discussing with Law about how his father abandoned the status of the Celestial Dragons and how he was set back from acquiring eternal life, Doflamingo became more and more frustrated as he relived the past.[23][45] Furthermore, when Doflamingo becomes furious, the veins in his head begin to pop out.[43] Should he hold utter contempt for his victims, Doflamingo has a habit of shooting his victims with a gun, as shown with his father,[46] his brother,[47] and Law.[48]

Prior to the timeskip, Doflamingo had a complete and utter lack of fear and doubt, going as far as to rob the World Nobles of their tributes so he could blackmail the government.[41] He is rarely seen with any expression other than amusement by any turn of events regardless of whom they affect. Only on rare occasions does he let go of his trademark smile, such as when he frowned in annoyance at being summoned to Mary Geoise and when he was surprised when Laffitte arrived unannounced and unnoticed until he made his presence known[15] and when Little Oars Jr. attempted to attack him directly. However, these moments were short-lived, as Doflamingo would usually just grin again.
That is not to say Doflamingo is completely fearless, as one of the few genuine fears he was shown reliving was his childhood memories of being attacked by a mob as a child. Doflamingo learned pain and hunger for the first time in his life during those times, which caused him to have nightmares of the torture he was subjected to even by age 25. To cope with it, he drank copious amounts of alcohol.

Doflamingo has immense pride in his flag, and he will let people sail under it, but he has great expectations for them and will not hesitate to dispose of them should they fail him, viewing their lack of strength as tarnishing to his name. He does not have much respect for people he considers weak and desires to only associate himself with the strong, being quick to cast aside the weak. Though he could not care less for weaker people, he does seem to have some interest in improving them, if possible, as he will point out their flaws and occasionally give them second chances to please him.

Despite his apathy for the weak, he often seems to make alliances with promising rookies. He adopted Trafalgar Law, Buffalo, and Baby 5 into his crew and apparently did it very early on their journeys and treated Law and Baby 5 as though they were his younger siblings.[49] It is extremely difficult to join his crew, as most people, especially children, were chased off.[50]

However, he does have an extremely strong sense of loyalty, duty, camaraderie and compassion to the subordinates who had been with him for a long time, as he expressed remorse when he had to discard Monet and Vergo,[51] felt disappointment when Law betrayed him,[43] and went out of his way to destroy eight towns simply to protect Baby 5 from her personality flaws.[49] This is also displayed by his anger when Trafalgar Law took his subordinate Giolla hostage.[52] He is also much more lenient toward his crewmates' failures. Despite his loyalty, compassion, duty, camaraderie, and devotion to his crew, he can still be annoyed by their antics, such as Trebol being too close while chatting with him, as evidenced by his irritated frown.[9] He cares enough for the officers of his crew that he protected Trebol from Trafalgar Law without a moment of hesitation.

In return, Rosinante saw Doflamingo as a dangerously evil man, and it was Rosinante's duty as a brother to stop him. The fracture of this brotherly relationship actually began when Doflamingo threatened their torturers fearlessly, which frightened both Rosinante and Homing.[25] Rosinante lost all genuine attachments for Doflamingo when the latter killed Homing two years after leaving Mary Geoise, where Rosinante pleaded in vain for his brother to stop; this traumatizing move left the younger brother in tears.
Doflamingo once had deep ties to his family, especially his mother, given how distraught he was after her death. He also cared about his father, Homing, and his brother, Rosinante, before Homing forfeited their World Noble status and Rosinante betrayed him, which led Doflamingo to kill them and consider them with contempt. By his own claim, Doflamingo forgave both his father and brother when they died, believing that only by dying could they redeem themselves for him.
Though his care for his new family seems genuine, he will not hesitate in sacrificing any of them when he sees it necessary, as he intended to force Rosinante to sacrifice his life to perform the Perennial Youth Operation for Doflamingo's immortality, a plan that he switched to Law when realizing that Law ate the Ope Ope no Mi, intending to "educate" the boy into seeing the importance of dying for him. Law speculates that Doflamingo's care for his crew is really nothing but an act whenever it's convenient for him.

Doflamingo apparently treasured his mother very much, as he and Rosinante brought food to her when she became ill and looked worried when she started coughing. She died right in front of an eight-year-old Doflamingo.[22] Doflamingo mentions to Luffy and Law how deeply he resented his father, as he sees him as the one ultimately responsible for her death. Doflamingo once considered Donquixote Rosinante to be his precious little brother, going as far as warning Law not to harm Corazon (as Rosinante was known as), since Doflamingo would personally bring death to anyone who dared to hurt a single hair on Corazon's head.[36] Doflamingo's protectiveness of his brother was also shown again as he was concerned upon seeing Corazon's stab wound. Even as children, the two were close together, as they hunted food together for their ill mother, and Rosinante cried in horror for his brother's injuries.[22]

However, when Rosinante left the crew with Law for six months, Doflamingo started to suspect his brother of being a spy since the Marines no longer pursued the crew. When Vergo reported Rosinante's attempt to pass vital information to the Marines, Doflamingo hardened his heart and disowned Rosinante from his family.[53] Shortly after that, Doflamingo personally murdered Rosinante; the closest thing to regret he showed was contempt for his brother for forcing him to commit family-killing a second time.[40][27] Like his father, Doflamingo spoke harshly about his brother to Law, proclaiming he was nothing more than an annoyance and it was a relief to be rid of him.[54] He also held a furious grudge against Rosinante for thwarting his attempt at gaining immortality by feeding Law the Ope Ope no Mi, as was shown when Doflamingo was outraged at Law's steadfast dedication to Rosinante even moments before his presumed death.

While Doflamingo may be sadistically cruel and unforgiving to his enemies, he seems to hold a genuine attachment towards the members of his crew, the Donquixote Pirates, to a very high degree, as they had been his family since his birth clan condemned him to a life of misery. This has been demonstrated when he was visibly distraught at the thought of Monet giving her life to destroy Punk Hazard, as well as when he gave his honest thanks to Vergo for his years of service. This is also further displayed when a foot soldier had laughed at Pica's voice, causing Baby 5 to shoot him as he provoked the ire of the entire family. This incident made Doflamingo explain how precious his "family" was to him, stating that the members of his crew with the titles of officer and above have shared joys and sorrows along with him and are all he has, while also threatening that he would not forgive anyone who laughs at them.[39] Buffalo stated that Doflamingo was even willing to reinstate Law back into his crew, having held a seat for him since his betrayal[55] (although this was something of an offset when Doflamingo has decided to use Law as a sacrifice for the Perennial Youth Operation).[27] He will even calmly forgive failure, as long as his orders were followed.[43] However, his brother Rosinante stated that only the Elite Officers know his true nature, suggesting that even among his crew he shares some secrets.[25]

His kindness, however, did not extend out of the officer tiers, as he dismissed Bellamy for constant failures and being an eyesore, while threatening a peon for giggling at Pica's high-pitched voice. Furthermore, while he would forgive any kind of failure, the one thing he will not tolerate is betrayal; he threatened to kill Law if he dares to break the Blood Law of the crew (by bringing harm to any member of the crew)[22] and when Rosinante, Law and Viola turned against him, he demanded their deaths in the most cruelest of ways.

He is well-versed in psychological warfare, as he prepared to use the Mera Mera no Mi as bait to break apart the alliance between Luffy and Law, believing that Luffy would never allow anyone else to have it. True enough, after learning of the fruit being offered as the grand prize at the Corrida Colosseum, Luffy immediately entered himself into the contest to try to win it. This displays great insight from Doflamingo towards other people. He also used his influence to have the media print out falsified news of his resignation from the Seven Warlords of the Sea in order to set a trap for his foes.[42] Upon Sugar's defeat, Doflamingo regained control over Dressrosa via turning everyone else against his enemies with prize money and the chance to survive, showing ample strategic preparation and flexibility.[43] Doflamingo also demonstrated good analytical skills, as he was able to identify weaknesses of Law´s Devil Fruit after witnessing it several times and he was also able to determine the benefits and skills Luffy's Gear 4 gives him after it was used against him. Doflamingo possesses a monstrous amount of resistance, durability, pain tolerance, and stamina. A testament to this is that over the course of the series until the Dressrosa Arc, he had never been injured or shown exhaustion by any other character during a battle.[38] This is noteworthy, as he was present in the war between the Marines and Whitebeard Pirates, a battle in which most of the series' strongest individuals, such as Sengoku, were in some way injured.

Doflamingo ate the Ito Ito no Mi, a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit, which allows him to create and control strings.[31] His strings are incredibly durable and razor-sharp, making them able to cut, pierce, block, bind, or bash his opponents. The strings are extremely thin, and some may even be invisible, making it almost impossible to notice and avoid them.

The strings have incredible cutting power, which allows Doflamingo to effortlessly slice off his opponent's body parts and cut weapons apart. He could even use his strings to slash a gigantic meteor into tiny pieces.[26] Depending on how he uses his power, Doflamingo can go as far as to cut an entire country to ribbons. He can also shoot strings at his opponent like a bullet, giving them great piercing power.

He can combine and compress a large number of strings into rope, allowing him to attack with blunt force. He can also use strings to create an immensely sturdy protective barrier web, which can halt debris and powerful Haki-enhanced blows in their tracks. In the case of an emergency, Doflamingo can use strings to repair his internal organs as a crude way to staunch the worst effects, though it is not considered actual healing or regeneration.

Doflamingo is an extremely skilled user of Armament Haki, which he used in conjunction with his Devil Fruit ability to cut Smoker, a Logia user, seriously wounding him at Punk Hazard.[51] He was also able to instinctively harden parts of his body and clothing enough to resist Luffy's Jet Gatling without any visible injury and counterattack with a Haki-enhanced punch that injured Luffy and sent him flying back a considerable distance.[29] His Armament Haki is strong enough to counter Law's spatial slicing powers, though it was still not strong enough to defend against the sharpness of Law's sword, as he cut his hand slightly after grasping the blade. Doflamingo possesses the ability to use Supreme King Haki, a rare form of Haki that only one in several million people in the world can use. Doflamingo's Supreme King Haki first awakened when he was around ten years old, when being pursued again by North Blue citizens who tried to continuously torture his family in revenge, knocking them all out, thus saving him.[32][48] He would eventually gain control over it, as shown when he knocked out the majority of the G-5 Marines at Punk Hazard decades later.[49] In a clash with Luffy, their Haki created a notable effect similar to lightning. He can also travel in midair by attaching his strings to clouds, as seen when he did so to cross over the seas to reach Punk Hazard from Dressrosa.[46][20] Currently the only known limitation of his sky traveling ability is that he cannot use it where there are no clouds, meaning that if the sky is clear, he loses his ability to fly.

Doflamingo possesses the ability to use Observation Haki. Doflamingo was given an obsidian-black flintlock pistol with luxurious gold plating by Trebol at 10 years old.[37] Doflamingo was first seen using it after he defeated Trafalgar D. Water Law at Dressrosa, firing three shots in rapid succession to brutally wound Law. It was loaded with lead ammunition, infecting Law with lead poison as a mocking reference to Law's past with the Amber Lead Syndrome. This pistol was apparently reserved for Doflamingo to kill people he particularly disliked, as he used it to kill his father and brother.

10 years ago, he was also shown using a sword when he nearly executed King Riku Doldo III.

When he was 8 years old, he had the spoiled and violent attitude typical of a Celestial Dragon, wanting slaves and expecting subservience from commoners. He also had a habit of ending his sentences with "eh" as a result of being around Celestial Dragons who spoke with this speech pattern, which eventually disappeared as he spent more time among the surface he disliked. Even after his father took him away from such a life of luxury, Doflamingo clung onto his noble heritage, believing that he was entiled to the rights that came with his heritage, and complaining that he did not want to live inside a rundown shack even though they were being hunted.[22] To this day, he still blames his father for all of the hardship he has had to endure, and his voice is never free of resentment when his father is brought up. Doflamingo's arrogance stems from his heritage and a deep sense of entitlement that makes him a hypocrite: he despises being looked down upon, while believing that he has every right to look down on every other person on the surface, seeing his life as being condemned to live with commoners as equals when he is their rightful superior. Suffering from his own past and his father's choice is, in his mind, greater than anything anyone else has suffered, as he deems those instances as child's play compared to his own miserable childhood, and not without merit.[23]

Despite hating the Celestial Dragons for rejecting his return and swearing revenge on them, Doflamingo continues to believe to this day that he is nothing short of being their equal (if not superior) and that he has the blood of a god flowing through him, something he would flaunt at his opponents.[24] Believing his heritage to be the supporting pillar to his greatness and that one's bloodline is the determining factor to superiority, Doflamingo holds humanity with contempt, as was shown when he ceaselessly flaunted his title in front of Luffy, even in his final moments before Luffy defeated him,

Arrogant, prideful, carefree, and quarrelsome, Doflamingo is the epitome of a flamboyant and ruthless psychopath. He revels in flaunting a sense of supriority over others and has a penchant for dramatic phrasing, and exaggerated posing when giving declarations, always attempting to set himself apart from everyone else. He fears very few people, as he openly taunted Fleet Admiral Sengoku, sits on the table during the Warlord meetings and shows only gleeful interest at the thought of warring with Whitebeard. It is rare for his face to show any other emotion other than his near constant malevolent grin, though he has been caught off balance and enraged in multiple instances, only for his grin to return moments later. He does, however, dislike it when people take rumors seriously and speak them as facts, and does not cave into such prejudice from such false rumors, as seen when he grew irritated when Giolla stated the incorrect belief that Amber Lead Syndrome was contagious. have his conversation over the phone.[4]

Doflamingo seems to live by a "might is right" philosophy, believing that the strong are the ones who make the rules and will be the only ones capable of living in the "New Age". Due to his belief in this "New Age", Doflamingo seems to lose interest in other things easily, as seen with his leadership of the Bellamy Pirates[14] and the ownership of the Human Auctioning House.[18] He also threatened to quit the Seven Warlords of the Sea if the orders given by the World Government are not satisfactory to his liking or if they annoy him, and that he never really cared about the World Government from the beginning.[19] Though a firm believer of the "New Age" philosophy, Doflamingo, unlike his former subordinate Bellamy, himself seems to have an open opinion on dreams, though dreams themselves do not seem to interest him at all; despite his belief, he does not seem to oppose becoming the Pirate King.