Alert: This piece includes reveals for One Piece chapter #1164.
The adage 'The past is recorded by the victors' serves as a central theme that One Piece author Eiichiro Oda has long woven into the narrative. Legends often fail to capture the full reality, including the most influential figures in this story's complex past. Kozuki Oden was no silly performer prancing through the streets of Wano Country; he behaved out of honor and principle. Kuma wasn't a merciless antagonist who separated the Straw Hats, as well; he was helping them. Likewise, Davy Jones meant beyond just a pirate's game in search of flags and crews.
In installment #1164 of One Piece, we see the culmination of this idea. The entire God Valley story serves as a warning story, advising audiences not to judge the individuals too quickly.
Myths frequently do not capture the full reality, including the most powerful characters.
One Piece's latest flashback, chronicling the God Valley event, represents one of the story's finest arcs to date. Apart from the excitement of witnessing legends in their prime, it's compelling to see them before they turned into symbols — when their reputation had still not surpass their human nature. The past, as recorded by the World Government and recounted through hearsay stories, painted our understanding of individuals like Gol D. Roger, Xebec, and including Monkey D. Garp. But both the government's records and the stories of those who knew them prove untrustworthy, revealing only pieces of who these individuals truly were.
Gol D. Roger may have been driven by mission and the bold spirit that sparked a new age of buccaneering, but before he was known as the King of the Pirates, he was a youth governed by emotion and wanderlust. When people discuss his myth, they typically refer to his second voyage, the epic expedition in pursuit of the guide stones that point toward Laugh Tale. Yet not much is understood about his first journey, the one that shaped him before glory found him.
Back then, Roger was largely unaware of the world's hidden history. His affection for Shakky guided him to God Valley, where he discovered the Global Authority's darkest truths: the extermination "contests," the grotesque appearances of the Gorosei, and even the existence of the planet's hidden ruler, the mysterious leader. We haven't seen Roger's thoughts about everything happening in the Divine Isle, but maybe finding the child of a God's Knight on his vessel will make him realize his role in the world and seek the truth he caught a glimpse of from Xebec's predicament.
Before this recollection, what we knew of Rocks D. Xebec was derived almost entirely from Sengoku's version, both to the audience and to young Navy recruits. He depicted Rocks D. Xebec as a vile, power-hungry man bent on world domination, someone so threatening that Roger and Monkey D. Garp had to team up to defeat him. But as it turns out, the strategist was not present at God Valley; he was only repeating the Global Authority's approved version of events, the exact story the sovereign authorized to bury the reality about Rocks D. Xebec and the incident itself.
In truth, Rocks D. Xebec, whose real name was Davy D. Xebec, was a ethical man who sought to topple Imu and dismantle the corrupt Global Authority. We are unsure if he was motivated by ambition, retribution for his family, or a desire for justice, but when he discovered the government's plan to eliminate the island where his kin lived, he gave up his dreams of conquest to rescue them.
This love for his family became his downfall. Upon confronting the sovereign, he lost his will and liberty, turning into a marionette enslaved to their authority. Now, with what limited awareness is left, he pleads with Gol D. Roger and Garp to end his life — believing that death would be a kindness in contrast to the living hell he suffers. The truth of Rocks D. Xebec is thus very different from the tale told by Sengoku, and the manga presents him in a positive light during the God Valley incidents.
But did Rocks really meet his end? An interesting theory is that he is even now a servant to Imu in the present day, serving as the scarred individual, maintaining the World Government's last ancient stone in continuous movement to keep the ultimate treasure from being found.
Another protagonist of the God Valley event is Garp, who has faced criticism from fans for a long time for standing by as Akainu killed Portgas D. Ace. That feeling became even stronger after the time jump, when he endangered everything to rescue the young Marine at Pirate Island, causing many to question why he was unable to do the identical for his own grandchild. Comparable questions have now reemerged with the God Valley recollection: how could Garp serve the Navy, knowing the World Government treats mass murder and enslavement as sport for the upper class?
The truth reveals something distinct. The moment Garp saw the Elders' monstrous shapes, he struck without hesitation. His partnership with Gol D. Roger wasn't to defeat some villainous Rocks D. Xebec, but a bold act of defiance, an attempt to stop Imu, who was manipulating Rocks D. Xebec as a pawn to eliminate everyone in God Valley, including it seems, including the Celestial Dragons themselves. This event is likely the reason Garp despises the World Nobles in the present day and why he never wanted to be elevated to Fleet Admiral, reporting directly to them.
Even though the audience are seeing the God Valley incident through a flashback narrated by the giant, covering viewpoints and events he obviously wasn't present for, I believe we can consider this version as completely truthful. The series may offer an explanation later, maybe linked to Loki's yet unknown Devil Fruit. Nevertheless, the Divine Isle event perfectly embodies the idea that the past is written by the victors. This mindset is {
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