The world is divided into four oceans by the Red Line -- which are those islands squished together I mentioned, and the Grand Line. Both the Red Line and Grand Line intersect each other at Reverse Mountain and Mariejois or Fishman Island. Mariejois is the Holy City of the World Government, so pirates are obviously not allowed through. However, the can go under the Red Line through Fishman Island, which the World Government marines can't police.
The Clam Belts which I drew with the yellow dotted lines, are areas of ocean with no winds, no storms, no weather. As such, they're perfect breeding grounds for seakings, and nearly impossible for most people to get through. The tracts of ocean create extra turbulent currents for the Grand Line, and the weather is notoriously insane, even without each island creating its own weather system.
Straw Hat, Roronoa Zoro, and Cat Burglar Nami, and I are all from the East Blue. Black-Leg Sanji was at least in the East Blue for quite some time, but I'm not sure if he's a native. In any case, Loguetown is my home island and where Gold Roger was born and executed. It's the last stop for any East Blue pirates before they can go to Reverse Mountain and into the Grand Line. Reverse Mountain uses the chaotic currents to create rivers or pathways that flow up from each of the four blues, and then down into the Grand Line.
I was a Captain in Loguetown at the time with a perfect track record, so when Straw Hat showed up, I almost had him arrested, until Dragon stopped me. East Blue is the weakest of the four Blues, and generally pretty boring. Loguetown itself is pretty dull and its only real claim to fame is Roger. So having Dragon show up definitely took me by surprise.
Alabasta is further along the Grand Line, it's very big and one of the oldest countries in the whole world. You should probably ask Vivi about more than that however. Impel Down is in one of the Calm Belts, underwater. Punk Hazard is after Fishman Island in the New World. Marineford is the fort along the Red Line that also protects Mariejois -- though they're far enough apart to be safe even from Earthquakes. Sabaody is an archipelago of mangrove trees where the pirates get their ships coated by the sap of the trees so that they go underwater to Fishman Island.
In the New World there are about 3 islands starting off, one with lightning rain. [Which he tried to draw.] But Punk Hazard is off the usual compass directions. It's nearly on the direct opposite side of the world from Alabasta, as you can see. [Ish. Kind of. Again, no maps means accuracy is not a sticking point.] I also drew G5 as the grey dot. That was my new base. My men there are pyromaniac idiots. [But he loves them. In his super tsundere way.]
From there the islands are various different emperors' territories or No-Man's Land. Wano doesn't have any world Government involvement, and Foodvalten used to be a Whitebeard territory. I don't really remember which islands are in Shanks territory or not. I knew Kaidou has a bunch. Big Mam has even more, including Fishman Island now. And Elbaf is somewhere out there. Maybe in the sky. And there's some famous island with sakura growing... Either way, at the far far end of the New World is Raftel. No one's reached it since Gold Roger. Anyone trying has died along the way.
But that's the basics of the world's geography. Oh and Enies Lobby is always sunny, and the Florian Triangle is always dark. There's also a train that connects Enies Lobby, Water 7, Pucci, St. Poplar, and San Faldo, but I have no idea how to draw those connecting, and other than Enies Lobby, they haven't come up.
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The world is divided into four oceans by the Red Line -- which are those islands squished together I mentioned, and the Grand Line. Both the Red Line and Grand Line intersect each other at Reverse Mountain and Mariejois or Fishman Island. Mariejois is the Holy City of the World Government, so pirates are obviously not allowed through. However, the can go under the Red Line through Fishman Island, which the World Government marines can't police.
The Clam Belts which I drew with the yellow dotted lines, are areas of ocean with no winds, no storms, no weather. As such, they're perfect breeding grounds for seakings, and nearly impossible for most people to get through. The tracts of ocean create extra turbulent currents for the Grand Line, and the weather is notoriously insane, even without each island creating its own weather system.
Straw Hat, Roronoa Zoro, and Cat Burglar Nami, and I are all from the East Blue. Black-Leg Sanji was at least in the East Blue for quite some time, but I'm not sure if he's a native. In any case, Loguetown is my home island and where Gold Roger was born and executed. It's the last stop for any East Blue pirates before they can go to Reverse Mountain and into the Grand Line. Reverse Mountain uses the chaotic currents to create rivers or pathways that flow up from each of the four blues, and then down into the Grand Line.
I was a Captain in Loguetown at the time with a perfect track record, so when Straw Hat showed up, I almost had him arrested, until Dragon stopped me. East Blue is the weakest of the four Blues, and generally pretty boring. Loguetown itself is pretty dull and its only real claim to fame is Roger. So having Dragon show up definitely took me by surprise.
[Now to map two!]
Alabasta is further along the Grand Line, it's very big and one of the oldest countries in the whole world. You should probably ask Vivi about more than that however. Impel Down is in one of the Calm Belts, underwater. Punk Hazard is after Fishman Island in the New World. Marineford is the fort along the Red Line that also protects Mariejois -- though they're far enough apart to be safe even from Earthquakes. Sabaody is an archipelago of mangrove trees where the pirates get their ships coated by the sap of the trees so that they go underwater to Fishman Island.
In the New World there are about 3 islands starting off, one with lightning rain. [Which he tried to draw.] But Punk Hazard is off the usual compass directions. It's nearly on the direct opposite side of the world from Alabasta, as you can see. [Ish. Kind of. Again, no maps means accuracy is not a sticking point.] I also drew G5 as the grey dot. That was my new base. My men there are pyromaniac idiots. [But he loves them. In his super tsundere way.]
From there the islands are various different emperors' territories or No-Man's Land. Wano doesn't have any world Government involvement, and Foodvalten used to be a Whitebeard territory. I don't really remember which islands are in Shanks territory or not. I knew Kaidou has a bunch. Big Mam has even more, including Fishman Island now. And Elbaf is somewhere out there. Maybe in the sky. And there's some famous island with sakura growing... Either way, at the far far end of the New World is Raftel. No one's reached it since Gold Roger. Anyone trying has died along the way.
But that's the basics of the world's geography. Oh and Enies Lobby is always sunny, and the Florian Triangle is always dark. There's also a train that connects Enies Lobby, Water 7, Pucci, St. Poplar, and San Faldo, but I have no idea how to draw those connecting, and other than Enies Lobby, they haven't come up.