A Forbidden Legend of the Grand Line
"There is a name even the Poneglyphs dare not carry. A man who traded his soul for flame and steel… and in doing so, became something else."
Eight hundred years ago, in the heart of the Void Century, there was a warrior whose homeland was erased by the tide of ancient war. Betrayed, broken, and bound by vengeance, he vanished into myth.
They say he performed a ritual under the blood moon. Not to gain power—
—but to shed mercy.
What returned was no longer a man.
It was Shura—a being who burned with endless wrath. His sword cleaved through space and time itself. Entire islands turned to glass beneath his feet. Even the Ancient Kingdom feared him.
Joy Boy fought him once. Only once. The skies cracked, and the sea bled.
Since then, his name was struck from all record.
Not to forget him…
…but to protect the world.
"When war returns to the sea... and justice rots... the Awoken of Shura shall rise again."
Some say he sleeps beneath a forgotten island in the Calm Belt.
Others say… he never slept at all.