One Piece Prince Loki who is it? Here’s What He Has in Store for the Endgame

Last updated on November 18th, 2025 at 11:15 am

One Piece Chapter 1130 hit different, you guys. When Loki finally got his full reveal chained up, smiling in the dark of Elbaf after we already had context on him (or at least what seemed to be a great deal). I knew Oda was cooking up something more than just another arc villain.

So just who the hell is Prince Loki in One Piece, anyway? And most importantly, what is his real role in the endgame of the story?

The Setup: Not Just Another Villain

Here’s what we know. Loki is Harald’s younger son he even murdered his own father to get hold of the king’s royal Devil Fruit and branded himself as the “Accursed Prince.” The Giant warriors and Shanks chained him up, he’s been decaying in the underworld of Elbaf for years.

But here’s the thing Oda doesn’t unveil characters with-ten bounties just to have Luffy one punch them good and be done. Loki made early silhouette cameo in Chapter 858 during Whole Cake Island. That’s more than 200 chapters of buildup. The guy’s been in Oda’s book for decades.

The Norse Connection Everyone’s Missing

Yeah, the name’s obvious. Norse Loki, god of trickery, etc. etc. But I believe most readers are snoozing right through the very myth on which Oda’s drawing here.

Loki is associated with the apples of immortality (golden fruit that prevent the gods from aging) in Norse mythology. The theory boards are abuzz over whether Loki’s Devil Fruit is related to the Five Elders’ immortality. Consider: those at the highest echelons of the World Government don’t grow old. Saturn regenerates. Something is keeping them alive, and it is definitely not normal.

But what if Loki didn’t just have some random Devil Fruit? What if he consumed the very thing that was supposeed to cover up the entire Five Elders’ system?

Here’s My Read: Loki’s Not the Baddie

I know how this looks. Patricide, chains, the full “Accursed” treatment. But Oda is a great fan of morally ambiguous creations and Loki design just screams “there´s more behind this”

His price is equal to that of Yonko. He could well be as strong, or stronger than them,’” but here he sits in chains for who knows how long.” Well, if he wanted out, if there was even an ounce of pure evil in his dark soul wouldn’t he have broken out by now?

I believe Loki had Harald killed because his father was compromised.” Perhaps by cooperating with the World Government. Perhaps concealing something regarding Elbaf’s true history. The Giants refer to him as “Accursed,” though that could just be propaganda, narrative control to keep the greater truth in the ground.

The Shanks Factor Changes Everything

Here’s where it gets interesting. Shanks personally helped chain Loki. Okay, so we know Shanks has some relationships to the Celestial Dragons, appeared at Mariejois and obviously knows way more about how the world’s power structure works than he might lead you on.

Why would Shanks be interested in some Giant prince stirring up family trouble? Unless Loki’s Devil Fruit and what he knows might somehow threaten the balance Shanks is striving to maintain. Shanks isn’t evil but he’s 100% playing the long game in ways we don’t understand, yet.

If Loki is an ally of Luffy (and I believe he will be), it’ll seriously drive a wedge between him and Shanks. That confrontation is a long time coming, we’ve been gesturing at it since Chapter 1. Oda didn’t not foreshadow their eventual meeting for nothing but hugs and sake.

What’s Coming Next: Three Predictions

First: Loki’s Devil Fruit is directly connected to the Void Century. It’s not good, it’s powerful. it reveals something. Perhaps it allows him to see, or dip into memories, histories and truths that the World Government erased! Hence they did NOT want it confined to the royal line of Elbaf.

Second: Luffy’s going to get him released. Certainly not a character Luffy trusts, but “hates to see in chains” as well. It’s who he is. And once Loki is free, we’re setting up for a team-up that will reveal chinks in the armor of the Five Elders’ immortality.

Third: That it’s not a “curse” but something else. Loki’s function may be a play on old One Piece redemption a man condemned by history sacrificing himself for the truth. Think Senor Pink, think Bon Clay. Oda loves these arcs.

Why This Matters in the Final Saga

We’re in the endgame now. And every new character introduction circles back around that same mystery, always with the same core question… What really happened during the Void Century? Why does the World Government keeps it hidden? What is the mechanism behind Devil Fruits?

Loki’s not here to be the next step on that ladder. He’s here to bust something open quite possibly the same thing the Giants have been maintaining (or concealing) for centuries. Elbaf’s always been set up as this key point, this agency with deep knowledge. Now we’re finally getting them, and it’s Loki who holds the key.

I’ve been wrong before. Perhaps he’s just another evil dude with a slick visual and sad past. But there’s something about that grin, those chains, the way Oda laid out his reveal. it feels different. Feels like set-up for a twisteroo we won’t see coming until it’s too late.

One thing is for sure: the power structure in One Piece will be vastly different come our exit from Elbaf. And Prince Loki is the reason for it all.

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