So, Shanks, after Roger was executed, went back to Marie Geoise and got the members-only tattoo. Despite rejecting becoming a CD again, he defeated Loki, which made him an Emperor. He stinks of rich kid roleplaying as a pirate and acting as a controlled opposition for the government, nigga even stopped Kaido from taking part in the war. I bet he lost his hand only to hide the evidence of his rat ways and he can grow it back anytime he wants.