One Piece Theory: Rocks Pirates
The Importance of The Rocks Pirates
It was mentioned that the Rocks Pirates were said to be terrorizing the world by 1984 (Ch. 907). The God’s Valley Incident occurred in 1486, just 2 years later. Now, we don’t know much about the Rocks Pirates or their captain, Rocks D. Xebec, but by taking a look at the other members of the crew, we may be able to garner some clues.
Despite having a crew filled with powerful members, the only ones with canon ages are: Charlotte Linlin (AKA Big Mom) and Edward Newgate (AKA Whitebeard). As pointed out on Ohara Library there is heavy evidence that Big Mom was at sea from at least 50 years ago (1474), as her first son, Perospero was born on a “certain random port”. In addition, the Katakuri triplets (48), Cracker (45), and Montd’Or (38) were all born on a ship. Interestingly enough, Montd’Or was born the same year that the God Valley Incident occurred. This would mean from the ages of 18 – 30 she was at sea, with at least two of these being spent with the Rocks Pirates (1484 – 1486).
Sengoku tells us that it was Xebec’s dream to be “King of the World” and that he established a crew of fearless and ruthless pirates to accomplish it. Sengoku also says that Xebec’s ambition was involved with many of the world’s taboo subjects. We can assume that one such topic would include the “Will of D.” and the “D. Clan” , however there is a whole slew of other things he could have also had a hand in:
· The Void Century
· The Ancient Weapons
· The Poneglyphs
· The Treasure in Mary Goise
· Im-Sama
I think it is important to point out, that by 1496, Big Mom already had a Road Poneglyph in her possession and by 1504 Kaido had managed to take the one hidden in Wano. It seems very peculiar that two of Rocks’ crewmates went after them. This leads me to believe that they had to have some type of idea regarding their use or at the very least, their importance. This is highlighted by the fact that Big Mom had one before Roger even knew what they were used for. In addition, Shiki, another ex-member of the Rocks pirates, knew enough about the ancient weapons by 1497 to want to make an alliance with Roger who was rumored to have one. This leads me to believe that the Rocks Pirates were somehow involved in at least the first three subjects listed, to some degree. Yet, they don’t appear to have any interest in collecting the other Poneglyphs. Could it be that the events of God’s Valley convinced them that Laugh Tale was not safe to go after?
As for the treasure in Mary Goise and Im-sama, it all goes back to Rocks’ goal: to become King of the World. We know, from the Reverie arc that if someone were to sit on the ‘Empty Throne’ it would symbolize that they had power over the entire world. In the next chapter, we see a figure called “Im” sitting on the throne. The fact that we were given a brief description of the Rocks Pirates in the midst of these groundbreaking chapters, is not a coincidence. Is it possible that Xebec was also aware of Mary Goise’s treasure?
[I’ll be talking about the Treasure in a different post]
Now, in regard to the God Valley Incident. We know that, for unknown reasons, the world nobles and some of their slaves were present during the events.
“Garp and Roger encountered each other on the island… and teamed up to defeat the Rocks Pirates. All in order to protect the Celestial Dragons and their slaves…”
For starters, “encountered” insinuates that neither party was aware the other was going to be there. So why the hell did Roger care so much? Why did Garp for that matter. He has, on multiple occasions shown a disgust for the Celestial Dragons, citing them as the reason he won’t accept a promotion. Perhaps this incident is the cause for that dislike. However, considering he was already 40 during the incident, that might not be the case. I guess it would all depend when they began to offer him a promotion.
On Roger’s side, we have a man who will one day be King of the Pirates. We don’t know much about his past other than he was born in Loguetown in the East Blue. Still, I can’t imagine he had the best opinions on Celestial Dragons and slavery. There must be more to the story.
People have speculated that due to the name, “God Valley” and the fact that Celestial Dragons view themselves as “gods” that the place must have had a connection to them. I think the fact that there were Celestial Dragons canonically present during the attack confirms that. The true question is: What were they doing there?
Xebec, much like Blackbeard, wanted power, he wanted to be King of the World. Whatever occurred in God Valley, it must have started with him after something.on the island. Considering what we know about his interest in “taboo” subjects it would have something to do with them. Something that would get him closer to the seat of power.
I would conclude that whatever it was, he got close. Close enough that a whole island/country was destroyed in the process. My apologies – “vanished” – the entirety of God’s Valley vanished. The easy conclusion would be that the Marines performed a Buster Call. And there sure is a lot of evidence to suggest this. For instance, the disappearance of God Valley sounds eerily similar to Robin’s story of Ohara, as both islands are no longer drawn on any maps. In addition, the World Government put a lot of effort into erasing the incident altogether from history. However, it is also possible that something else just as sinister occurred.
Heck, we aren’t even 100% sure that Xebec is dead. The people who would have the best idea to what happened would be those who took part in the incident itself: Rocks D. Xebec, The Rocks Pirates (to some extent), Monkey D. Garp, and Gol D. Roger.
