Unlike Arlong, who suffered under the sun and saw his hero Fisher Tiger die, Hordy Jones never experienced human cruelty firsthand. His "true identity" is not that of a victim, but of a . He is a monster created entirely by his environment—a product of the toxic resentment passed down by his ancestors that he and his officers adopted without ever having met a human themselves. A Legacy of Emptiness
The "shocking fact" of his identity ends in tragedy. By the end of the arc, the steroids accelerate his aging, leaving him as a frail, withered old man—a literal "living husk" of the hatred that consumed him. 563 : A Shocking Fact! The True Identity of Hordy!
It was this vacuum of motive that led Hordy to assassinate Queen Otohime. He killed the one person bringing hope to Fish-Man Island specifically because her peace would render his hatred obsolete. The Physical Transformation and Price Unlike Arlong, who suffered under the sun and
The episode also highlights Hordy’s physical "identity" as an artificial threat. His power is entirely derived from , which he pops like candy to keep up with Luffy's post-timeskip strength. A Legacy of Emptiness The "shocking fact" of
When asked what humans had actually done to him personally to foster such resentment, Hordy’s answer was a single, devastating word: .