Seven Warlords Summoned To War Against The Whitebeard Pirates

Status: pending · Technique: chekhov-explicit, dialogue-from-villain

The seed

The payoff

(Forward-canon — the Summit War at Marineford is depicted far ahead. Keep pending; record only the announcement here.) Cross-link Seven Warlords of the Sea, Whitebeard Pirates, Marines.

Earliest known caller

(Not yet attributed.)

Why this matters

The war is named, in dialogue, chapters before it is shown — a clean “announced-before-depicted” setup. Cross-link Seven Warlords of the Sea, Whitebeard Pirates.