The entity that Rocks D. Xebec worshipped — “Davy Jones.”
Dig into this, and a single line connects Rocks’s true ambition to why Blackbeard can eat multiple Devil Fruits.
Who Is Davy Jones?
“Davy Jones’s Locker” is a legend famous among old sailors.
Davy Jones — a lying, greedy boatswain. Cursed by a demon to “live forever at the bottom of the sea,” he is said to lock away every ship, every sailor, and every treasure that sinks into the ocean into “his own locker.”
The ambition of Rocks — “become King of the World” — overlaps with the legend of Davy Jones — “everything goes into my locker,” doesn’t it?
Furthermore, “the lying boatswain” = Usopp and “greedily locking all treasure into his own locker” = Nami — the elements of Davy Jones are split between Straw Hat crew members too.
For Oda-sensei, “Davy Jones” must be the very origin and symbol of pirates.
Digging Into the Name “Xebec”
Rocks was an alias — his real name was Davy D. Xebec. A “Xebec” is a small three-masted sailing ship used in the Mediterranean.
Three masts — the number “3.” Pay attention to this. It connects to the secret of his son Teach later.
Xebec’s technique name uses “Abyss.” Both “Abyss” and “the deep sea (Davy Jones’s Locker)” connect through the meaning of unfathomable depth.
Rocks’s Wife Eris
Rocks’s wife “Eris” — she is modeled on Eris, the goddess of discord from Greek mythology.
Eris triggered the Trojan War by throwing the “Golden Apple.”
The Trojan War was a war where a supremely beautiful woman was kidnapped, and the kings who were in love with her joined forces to take her back — which is exactly the “God Valley Incident” itself.
Furthermore, there is suspicion that Eris was a “Fish-Man.” Rocks’s hair is silver and blue, Eris’s hair is something other than black — yet Teach was born with black hair. This is a characteristic of Fish-Men.
Why Teach Can Eat Multiple Devil Fruits
It doesn’t matter what kind of Fish-Man Eris was — if his mother was a Fish-Man, it explains Teach’s abnormal body.
Simply put: Teach is an Octopus Fish-Man with three hearts, which is why he can eat two Devil Fruits.
- Octopuses are called “Devilfish” in English
- Davy Jones in Pirates of the Caribbean was also an octopus
- Teach’s Jolly Roger has 4 pairs of 8 bones — the number of octopus legs
- Three skulls — the number of octopus hearts
- The power of Darkness and octopus ink
Moreover, his father Rocks was from the Buccaneer tribe. In other words, Teach is a Buccaneer × Octopus Fish-Man hybrid.
What would we even call that kind of hybrid?
ONE PIECE’s Davy Jones and Pirates of the Caribbean’s Davy Jones — both octopuses?