(Pending — the occupant of the throne and the deeper Void-Century significance are forward.)
occupant or the “Empty Throne” naming.
Foreshadowing FOLD #2, this is the canonical note for the apex-of-power seed; the 0907 “Empty
Throne — A Symbol-of-Peace Seat None May Sit Upon” seed folds here.
Earliest known caller
(Not researched.)
Why this matters
The deliberate withholding of the throne’s occupant is one of the series’ deepest negative-space
setups — a prop-tell (Luffy’s poster carried to the apex) that fuses the new Emperor to the unseen
seat of world power, and to the National Treasure Doflamingo dies to protect.