Florian Triangle

The Florian Triangle is masked in incredibly thick fog that covers the entire sea. The fog is dense enough to completely block out sunlight and make it impossible to tell whether it is night or day. Many people travel through the Florian Triangle, as it is necessary to do so to follow the sea route from Water 7 to Fish-Man Island. Gecko Moria set up Thriller Bark inside of the Florian Triangle to take advantage of its heavy traffic. He was able to capture people traveling through the sea and steal their shadows to build his zombie army. Over 100 ships disappear every year in the Florian Triangle and are often found later without their crews. While some of these disappearances are due to Moria’s scheme, ships in the area vanished long before the arrival of Thriller Bark. The cause of this appears to be unidentified entities that dwell within the Florian Triangle. Nothing is known about these entities, except that they are massive and appear to have red eyes. They are large enough to completely dwarf Thriller Bark, an island-sized pirate ship. Despite their size, they are able to conceal themselves within the fog and remain undiscovered. Charlotte Lola was barely able to notice them through the fog.

Ships began disappearing in the Florian Triangle a long time ago, very long before Moria and Thriller Bark arrived 12 years ago. 52 years ago, the Rumbar Pirates sailed into the Florian Triangle and were attacked by another pirate crew. Everyone on their ship died except for Brook, whose soul returned to his body after being lost in the fog for a year. Because the ship’s rudder was broken, Brook drifted aimlessly in the Florian Triangle for the next 44 years, inspiring rumors of a ghost ship manned by a dead crew due to his skeletal appearance. 12 years ago, Gecko Moria and his crew anchored Thriller Bark in the Florian Triangle. They captured any ships that sailed into the sea using barrels with signal flares to mark them. Moria used his Devil Fruit ability to steal the shadows of his victims before sending them back out to sea. 7 years ago, Brook came across Thriller Bark and searched the island, hoping for a way to fix his ship’s rudder. However, his shadow was stolen by Moria and, after returning to the island a second time, he was ultimately forced back out to sea where he drifted for another 5 years. During the month in which the events of the Water 7 Saga took place, 14 ships went missing in the Florian Triangle.

Thriller Bark Saga

While traveling to Fish-Man Island, the Straw Hat Pirates came across and accidentally set off one of Moria’s signal flare barrels, making themselves targets of the Thriller Bark Pirates. Soon after, a storm forced the crew into the Florian Triangle, where they met Brook. The Straw Hats and Brook were then taken in by Thriller Bark, and Luffy, having befriended Brook, decided to fight Moria in order to recover Brook’s shadow. After Moria was defeated, he abandoned the island and fled the Florian Triangle with what remained of his crew. With their shadows returned, Brook and Moria’s other victims who were stuck on Thriller Bark were finally able to leave the Florian Triangle.

After The Timeskip

At some point after the timeskip, Perona returned to the Florian Triangle to find Kumashi’s corpse on Thriller Bark. Moria later returned to reclaim the ship and removed it from the foggy stretch of sea.