Paramount War of Marineford
Structural lore — the world-historical battle Oda formally names and canonizes Ch. 580. The blow-by-blow lives in the Marineford chapter notes (Ch. 550–Ch. 580); the consequences live in the relevant Threads.
What we know
- The Navy-vs-Whitebeard war over Ace’s execution, fought at Marine HQ (Marineford).
- Triggered by the public execution-muster for Ace (Roger’s son) and Whitebeard’s allied-fleet assault to rescue him (Ch. 550+).
- Key deaths on-page: Ace Ch. 574 (taking Akainu’s blow for Luffy); Whitebeard Ch. 577 (dies standing).
- Blackbeard steals the Gura Gura no Mi from Whitebeard’s corpse and declares his era (Ch. 577).
- Ended by Shanks’s intervention (Ch. 579–Ch. 580): the Red Hair Pirates land, Shanks calls off the combatants and defers Blackbeard, and Fleet Admiral Sengoku grants the ceasefire terms (p. 15).
Chronology / structure
The conflict spans roughly Ch. 550 (the war proper opens at “Navy Headquarters”) through Ch. 580 (“The War’s Conclusion”), where the closing narration retroactively names it. Saga tag: Summit War; arc: Marineford.
Open questions about this topic
(The world-shaking consequences of the war — the destabilized balance of power, the new era it ushers in — are tracked in the relevant Threads, not asserted here.)
Cross-links
- Characters connected: Whitebeard, Ace, Sengoku, Shanks, Blackbeard, Garp, Luffy
- Location: Marine Headquarters
- Powers in balance: Four Emperors (Yonko) · Seven Warlords of the Sea · Marines