Ox Bell

The Ox Bell (オックス・ベル, Okkusu Beru) is a sacred bell that is kept in the plaza of Marineford. It was originally on the warship Ox Lloyd's. The bell signifies the end of one year and the beginning of another. It is rung eight times to give thanks for the old year, and another eight times to welcome the new year. If it is rung twice that signifies some sort of disaster or distress. Monkey D. Luffy infiltrated Marineford to ring this bell. He rang it the traditional sixteen times. The Marines took it as a sign of war, and Killer of the Kid Pirates interpreted the meaning of it as the end of one era and the beginning of another. However, Luffy rang it under Silvers Rayleigh's suggestion, to send a message to his lost crew. Luffy sent a message to his fellow Straw Hats by ringing the bell sixteen times. It wasa message telling his crew to stay in their current locations and train. In the picture of Luffy after ringing the Ox Bell, a tattoo is seen on his arm representing the amount of time the crew would be separated.