BravoBuds
I don’t think it’ believable that arlong’s 3 officer were held off by villagers despite however amount you say they had. Sanji and Zoro(injured) still had a lo of trouble facing them and they were trained by professionals. The amount of time Rowan took to fight arming most of the villagers would’ve died before the fight ended, leaving Rowan outnumbered. I like the build up of someone without the knowledge of OP but he had no possible way to train to face arlong. Would he get lucky in a fight, yes it’ possible. But as someone who most likely lived in peaceful civilization would have no mentality to fight to the death despite his tragedy. He never learned to fight or have the mentality built into him (though you did make sure to take that into account in the fight somewhat). Overall not believeable but if you polish it a bit more I think you got a gem on your hands.