King Harald

“Harald” · deceased · the late King of Elbaf, father of Prince Loki & Hajrudin · first named Ch. 1130 · first depicted Ch. 1137

Arc-by-arc updates

Elbaf — the King of the World “tried to use Harald” (Ch. 1189) — mentioned

Elbaf (Ch. 1181) — died at 144 — mentioned (flashback panel)

• Flashback panel: “…so you must kill me to take the throne, Loki!!! That makes me the worst king in the history of Elbaph…” (p. 2). Loki: “He died at age 144!! But giants live to 300 years naturally. It wasn’t his time to go yet.” (p. 2). See The Truth of the Aurust Castle Massacre, Giants.

Elbaf — “my faithful servant Harald” (Ch. 1180) — mentioned

Elbaf — his murder’s public narrative flips island-wide (Ch. 1178) — mentioned

• His murder’s public narrative flips island-wide: “So it turns out Loki didn’t kill King Harald?” (Huntsmen Village, p.9) — the exoneration is now common giant knowledge. See Prince Loki.

Elbaf — Jarul broadcasts the true circumstances of his death (Ch. 1172) — mentioned (broadcast reference)

• TRUE circumstances of death confirmed via Jarul’s broadcast (p.12–13): Harald dreamed of bringing Elbaf into the World Government to coexist with the world; betrayed and denied, he refused to bend the knee to “the demon” and would not make Elbaf the warfaring nation the demon demanded.
• 14 years ago, a demon (not Loki) slaughtered Harald — “He fought… and he died” (p.13). Jarul witnessed it and hid it for 14 years.
• See The Truth of the Aurust Castle Massacre.

Elbaf — the truth of his death (Ch. 1171) — shown (flashback)

• He chose death over the World Government’s manipulations to keep his reforms from being undone, and “continued to protect” Loki (pp. 10–12). The public “slain by his son” story is a deliberate cover Loki maintained.
• Prior to death he was manipulated (via the Holy Knights) into a covenant sworn to Mu that gave him “even greater power and an immortal body,” turning him into an exceedingly rare, monstrous Ancient-Giant warrior whose wounds “healed themselves” and who was prophesied (Jarul’s vision) to “lay waste to the world”; he was then killed — the WG does not know by whom (pp. 2, 6).
• Named location: “Harald’s Abyss in Elbaph” remains intact; the WG intends to investigate it (p. 6).
• Imu/Five Elders brand him a heretic for “connecting his country to other lands and peoples” and cite him proving “Elbaf is D” (pp. 6–7).

Elbaf — the truth of his death: mind-controlled, he forces Loki to kill him (Ch. 1170) — shown (flashback)

• See The Truth of the Aurust Castle Massacre.

Elbaf — the Aurust Castle massacre, revealed (Ch. 1169) — shown (flashback)

• The “patricide” is overturned: Harald himself, under the Great One’s control via the Holy Knights covenant, cut down his own guards and was made immortal (“I truly am immortal!!”; “144 years of life, down the drain”; “this undying body is a wonderful thing”).
• Signed the covenant to add Elbaf to the WG, then learned the WG meant to enslave Elbaf’s giants as battle-slaves — “the very antithesis of my dream” (p. 12).
• Begged Loki to kill him, take the throne “and be a hero,” and eat the “Treasure of Elbaf” forbidden fruit before Imu-Harald could claim it (pp. 12–13, 16); Imu’s control overrides him (“I’ll eat that fruit and take Ragnir for myself”; “I will give this country over to Imu”).
• Stabbed Jarul with the blade Jarul once gave him; Jarul survived (“the helmet saved my life”). (pp. 17–18)
• Had signed the “Shallows Covenant” with the Great One in Marijoa alongside Shanks (per Gaban’s account, p. 8).

Elbaf — THE TRUTH: made Imu’s immortal weapon; the day he died (Ch. 1168) — shown (flashback)

• See The Truth of the Aurust Castle Massacre, Depths Covenant, Imu Identity.

Elbaf flashback (Ch. 1167) — Harald’s WG service

• 33 yrs ago (5 yrs after God Valley): the sea “monster” wrecking pirate ships is revealed to be Harald, who — under a sworn “thousand-year atonement” — assisted the Navy to uphold order; the WG recruited “over a dozen giants” in this era (pp. 3-5).
• Granted a Shallows Covenant by Garling at Shangara, made a “Devoted Blade of God / trusted weapon of the Holy Knights”; seeks Elbaf’s admission to the government (pp. 5-7).
• 20 yrs ago: visits King Neptune at Ryugu; jokes about betrothing Loki to Neptune’s foretold daughter (pp. 8-9).
• Wants to make his outsider partner Ida his “true wife” (queen) and visits the Elders each time home to ask (p. 14).
• (Deceased flashback-native → last_appearance → 1167; HOLD fm 1130 / fa 1137. ) See The Covenant, Elbaf Royal Family, Loki Betrothed To Neptunes Foretold Daughter.

God Valley aftermath / the reformer-king’s submission (Ch. 1166) — shown (flashback)

• See Rocks and God Valley, The Truth of the Aurust Castle Massacre, Galleila.

God Valley flashback — ordered to stop Rocks; refuses him aid (Ch. 1159) — shown (deep flashback)

Rocks vs. Harald — the friendship’s end (flashback) (Ch. 1158) — shown (flashback)

• Revealed to have been Rocks’s friend; wants Elbaf to join the World Government to shed the giants’ “history of violence… a shackle that weighs Elbaf down” and “usher Elbaf into the circle of the world!! No longer will we be on the outside!!” (pp. 12–13).
• Rejects Rocks’s plea, fights him, calls him a “villain,” declares “I am the king!! …The talks are off!!”, and ends the friendship (p. 14).
• See Rocks, Rocks and God Valley.

Era of Rocks — Harald’s diplomacy backstory (Ch. 1157) — shown (flashback)

• See Elbaf Royal Family, Five Elders, The World Government Ordered Elbaf To Kill Rocks To Join, Rocks and God Valley.

Elbaf — Rocks-era flashback (Ch. 1156) — referenced / recounted (deep flashback)

• See Rocks, Rocks and God Valley.

Elbaf — Rocks-era flashback (Ch. 1155) — shown (deep flashback)

• See Rocks, Mariejois, Rocks and God Valley.

Elbaf — history flashback: the reformer-king, the eight routes, the Reverie murder (Ch. 1154) — shown (flashback)

• See Void Century and Ancient Kingdom, Rocks and God Valley, Elbaf.

Elbaf — origin flashback: the arrogant prince reformed by Ida (Ch. 1153) — shown

• Fathered Hajrudin with Ida (81 yrs ago, Fishermen Village) but was barred from marrying her by the “pure blood” law; was betrothed instead to Queen Estrid, who bore Loki at Aurust Castle 63 yrs ago while Harald was away — and, unbeknownst to him, cast the newborn into the Underworld (pp. 10–16).
• Visited the Fish-Man Kingdom ~70 yrs ago when heir Neptune was a newborn (p. 13). Lamented that the World Government kept “block[ing] our path” of national outreach (p. 17).
• See Ida, Estrid, Elbaf Royal Family.

Elbaf (flashback) — the beloved king’s brutal past + the day he died (Ch. 1152) — shown

• See The Truth of the Aurust Castle Massacre, King Harald’s Hidden War-Pirate Past, Giant Warrior Pirates.

• A Holy Knights Knight rants that Harald “screwed it all up”: Elbaf’s warriors were meant to serve the WG “as mercenaries,” wielding “the vicious, violent power that once terrified the world,” but Harald turned it peace-loving — “Schools? Libraries…?” (p. 17). Confirms, from the WG side, that Harald’s reformist turn cost the World Government a warrior-nation. See Holy Knights, Killingham.

Elbaf (Ch. 1143) — referenced: the shared Ancient Giant blood; the murder questioned

• Loki’s real horns are “a holdover of his Ancient Giant blood — just like his father, Harald” (p. 17), confirming the horned Ancient-Giant lineage the 1137 portrait established (Harald tore out his own horns). Hajrudin re-states that Loki “killed my father”; Loki himself casts doubt on whether he murdered Harald “with pure murder in my heart” (p. 19). See Loki Casts Doubt On Whether He Killed King Harald.

Elbaf (Ch. 1137) — first DEPICTED: the throne-hall portrait + flashback

• Father of two sons: Prince Loki (with the queen) and Hajrudin (with a woman from a different giant nation, before his marriage — whom Elbaf’s bigotry barred from the throne). (pp. 7–9)
• Killed ~14 years ago in a vicious battle with Loki at Aurust Castle, where Loki slew 100+ warriors; only Chief Jarul and Loki survived. The castle has been sealed as a bone-strewn “giant graveyard” ever since (pp. 2–5).
• See Giants, Elbaf Royal Family.

• Harald’s prophecy and death narrated at the giants’ feast. Before Loki was even born, Harald prophesied that he would be killed by his own son — fulfilled: Loki killed Harald in his own castle (pp. 8-11). Harald is described as “the greatest king in Elbaf history,” “the kind and radiant king who tried to connect Elbaph with the other countries of the world,” who were “so terrified of our warlike ways.” The queen (Harald’s unnamed wife) died a year after giving birth to Loki.
• During the regicide, Loki also stabbed Chief Jarul in the head (Jarul survived — his helmet “saved my life”).

• Re-mentioned (p. 12) in the context of Loki’s imprisonment — restated as the king “beloved by all the people of the realm,” killed by Loki, which makes Loki “the scourge of Elbaph.” Referenced only; no on-page depiction this chapter. The hooded intruders breach Aurust Castle in the Western Village hunting the patricidal Loki.

• The reformer-king’s doctrine and murder, expanded. Ripley’s history lesson names Harald the great reformist king of Elbaf (the kingdom of Warland) whose doctrine was “Don’t fight other countries — trade with them!” He clashed with the village chiefs and their warrior traditions, and “was killed by his own son before his dreams could be realized.” The country then refused to give his son the throne, so Elbaf has no king now (p. 12). The killer-son is strongly implied to be Prince Loki (the chained “accursed prince”), though not named as such on this page.
• He founded — or commissioned — Saul’s Walrus School and Owl Library ~20 years ago (“at the behest of the former king”). Described only — no portrait shown @1134.

• First mention. The late king of Elbaf, named in the Accursed-Prince backstory: Loki killed his father King Harald to inherit/eat the royal-line legendary devil fruit (p. 11). Referenced only — no on-page depiction this chapter.

Notes

• Etymology: “Harald” — Old Norse royal name (Harald Fairhair / Harald Bluetooth / Harald Hardrada), fitting Elbaf’s Norse-coded culture; the son-killing-father motif specifically echoes Harald Bluetooth, deposed/slain in son Sweyn Forkbeard’s revolt → mirrors Loki’s patricide. See etymology: frontmatter. (One Piece Wiki–sourced, high confidence.)