Ox Bell

The Ox Bell (オックス・ベル, Okkusu Beru) is a sacred bell that is kept in Marineford. It is kept on the Ox Royce, which was an important vessel in the olden days. 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. Luffy infiltrated Marineford to ring this bell. He rang it the traditional sixteen times. The Marines took it as a sign of war, while Killer of the Kid Pirates interpreted it as the end of one age and the beginning of a new one.