OnePieceis famous for its mysteries and interesting characters. InOne Piece,Eiichiro Oda has created a masterpiece that has managed to keep the audience on the edge of their seats even after a thousand chapters. Oda’s creativity and writing ability are responsible for turningOnePieceinto the best-selling manga series of all time.
There is a huge cast of characters and almost all of them have a role to play in the story. With so many characters present, it is extremely difficult to figure out who is going to be responsible for the next major event that takes place in the series. There is one character, whose name is associated with power and destruction. The character is none other than Rocks D. Xebec.
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Who Was Rocks?
His name was brought up for the first time in the series by Sengoku when Brannew was revealing the bounties ofthe Four Emperors or Yonko. The information about the existence of a pirate so fierce shook the entire fanbase as they had assumed that Gol D. Roger was the most feared pirate in the world.
According to Sengoku, Rocks' full name was Rocks D. Xebec. After reading his name, the first thing that comes to mind is that he also had theletter “D” in his name like other great piratessuch as Gol D. Roger, Monkey D. Luffy, Marshall D. Teach, etc. Rocks was the captain of the infamous Rocks Pirates, a pirate group so nefarious that not even the crew members were safe. Rocks existed forty years before the current timeline, and he was considered to be the greatest threat to the authority of the World Government.
Who Were The Rocks Pirates?
The Rocks Pirates were incredibly dangerous even to their own friends. They were known for fighting and killing members of their own crew, which hints towards the discontent among the crew. The crew was filled with literal monsters such as Edward Newgate, Charlotte Linlin, Kaido, Shiki, John, etc. who went on to become popular pirates. With such powerful members, it is quite apparent that a single pirate crew could never dream of taking them down.
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Thirty-eight years ago, the Rocks Pirates attacked the Celestial Dragons and their slaves on God Valley. The World Government had to take action as they could not afford to turn a blind eye to the attack, so they sent the Marines led by Monkey D. Garp to defeat the Rocks Pirates. However, it was quite obvious that the Navy could not accomplish such a ginormous task on its own and required help to take them down. This led to Garp forming an alliance with Gol D. Roger, which lead to the defeat of the Rocks Pirates. After their captain’s death, the Rocks Pirates disbanded and the God Valley mysteriously disappeared, and Garp went on to be named asthe “Hero of the Marines.”
How Powerful Was Xebec?
Rocks was arguably the strongest pirate of his generation. It took more than just the Marines to defeat him, which hints that he was a monster. Also, it is important to remember that the Rocks Pirates were known for infighting, and it would take an extremely powerful person to lead them. Kaido placed Rocks among the handful of characters who could actually hurt him in a fight, which makes the latter even more impressive. It is unclear whether Rocks possessed some kind of devil fruit, but it would be plausible to assume that he did.
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Many theorists have predicted that Rocks possibly had the Goro Goro no Mi, a logia type devil fruit that allows its user to create and manipulate lightning. The devil fruit’s power is immense and if used properly it could easily wipe off an entire island. After Rocks' death, the World Government could not get their hands on the Goro Goro no Mi, so they decided to look for a devil fruit that could counter the Goro Goro no Mi. This devil fruit wasthe Gomu Gomu no Mi, which is why the World Government was protecting the devil fruit, but unfortunately for them, Shanks stole it, and it was later eaten by Luffy.
Influence On The Series
Rocks D. Xebec had a great deal of ambition. He openly proclaimed that he wanted to become the King of the World. This could possibly mean that he wanted to claim the Empty Throne, which is currently occupied by Im. Rocks had a great deal of interest in the secrets that the World Government was keeping hidden from the rest of the world. Rocks D. Xebec had no qualms about killing Celestial Dragons and considering thatthe World Governmentsends Admirals to defeat the attacker shows that Rocks was confident in his abilities as a fighter.
According to a popular theory, Rocks and Blackbeard might be related in some way because the name of Blackbeard’s ship is Saber of Xebec. It could very likely be that Blackbeard might be trying to accomplish the same thing that Rocks couldn’t. Despite all his strength, not many people know about Rocks D. Xebec because he was able to uncover several truths about the World Government, so they decided to erase his name from history.
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