Aeons

The **Aeons** are a cult-like secret society operating out of the Grand Line. They are led by a mysterious figure commonly known as the "All Mother", who is also worshiped by the cult as their God. Even though their members are scattered all across the sea, their leaders seem to have their base of operations on the island of Chronograd. The main stated goal of the organization is to achieve immortality for one's loved ones.

## Goals and Methods

The main goal of the organization, befitting its name, is achieving immortality for those who deserve it. To this end, they seem to be willing to do almost anything. From denying help to a suffering individual to actual genocide, the Aeons do not shy away from crude methods in order to achieve their goals, as they believe their God's cause to be above everything else. In true cult fashion, the will of the All Mother is everything to the average member.

## **Members**

The organizational structure of the Aeons starts with the All Mother as their sovereign leader, followed by four Brothers directly under her command. The Brothers were all given the position when the Aeons were founded. Cousins were recruited afterwards and are strong but still lower on the totem pole than the All Mother and Brothers. There are 4 Brothers and an uncountable amount of Cousins, they also have machines that can shape shift and read minds, whether these machines have a rank is currently unknown. It is currently unknown exactly how many members the organization has, but Jefferson attempted to recruit Trevor and seemingly also tried to recruit Verona's father Viridian.

Some time after the organization's foundation, one of its Brothers, V, tried to become immortal by creating what would become Duros Black's armor. However, once it developed a personality, another one of the Brothers, Arzen, believed it to be too dangerous and shot it into space. V, infuriated, left the Aeons and eventually gained control of the Eight Flames through unknown means.

### **Members**

#### All Mother

The "All Mother" is the leader of the Aeons. She is worshipped by the cult as their God. She resides on the island of Chronograd in a large fortress surrounded by a moat filled with water. As the absolute leader of the Aeons, she has complete control over the island and its inhabitants. Her true identity is largely unknown even to the cult members themselves as even Jefferson, a Brother, admitted to not knowing her real name.

Judging from the information given in the story so far, it can be surmised that the All Mother is actually Rain, a former Marine Lieutenant who was radicalized by the deaths of her loved ones and subsequently decided to pursue immortality by any means necessary.

#### Brothers

The four Brothers are the most powerful and respected members of the Aeons. They serve directly below the All Mother. Aside from their identities as members of the Aeons, all known Brothers are extremely important and influential figures in their own right. They are all founding members of the organization and received their position at the time of its conception. As such, a Brother cannot be replaced.

* Jefferson
* Arzen (Deceased)
* V (Defected, Deceased)
* Louis Le'Cloque

#### Cousins

The Cousins are powerful members who were introduced into the cult after its formation. They generally hold high positions and are generally strong in their own right, but are sometimes looked down upon by the Brothers.

* Everest
* The Timber Lord (Deceased)
* Na'nuut (Deceased)
* Jam (Deceased)

#### Unknown Rank

* The Fantastical Fayln
* V Jr. (Likely Cousin)
* Penny
* Jester

#### No Apparent Rank

* Jeremiah
* ~50-60 other Cultists

## Threat Level

The Aeons are a massive cult that has deep ties to Marines in at least the South Blue and Paradise, but given how strong and old the organization is, it's likely they have members in every major organization. Due to the Brothers, all of whom were about at the level of a Vice Admiral in terms of power, 'countless' Cousins, who vary in power level from normal humans to that of Marine Captains, along with the resources of an entire country, cutting edge technologies, and the All Mother herself, the Aeons are, short of the entirety of the Marines themselves, the strongest organization the Devil's Luck Pirates have faced.

## History

### Past

The group was formed by Arzen, V, Jefferson, and an alternate timeline version of Louis Le'Cloque so that they all may achieve immortality. In this process they manipulated Rain spanning a period of many years.

### Present (One Piece DnD: Pirates)

#### L'Arbor Saga

##### L'Arbor Arc

The Devil's Luck pirates fought and defeated The Timber Lord, a cousin of the Aeons.

#### G-4 Saga

##### G-4 Arc

Arzen, a brother of the Aeons, chopped of the arm of Cyril and fed him the Mizu Mizu no mi. It would later be the use of the Mizu Mizu no mi that would fatally wound Arzen. Afterwards, Cyril joined the Devil's Luck Pirates.

#### Gravy Retrieval Saga

##### Eight Flames Base Arc

After fighting alongside Gravy and other Eight Flames members, the crew defeated V, a former brother of the Aeons.

#### Space Empire Saga

##### Crash Landing Arc

After defeating V, the Devil's Luck Pirates were suddenly blasted into space to eventually land on Planet Duros.

#### Aeon Saga

##### Stäringard Arc

At Stäringard the crew encounter Na'nuun, a cousin of the Aeons, soundly defeating him without much of a struggle. Afterwards, Rear Admiral Jefferson appears, and, after a drawn out battle, the crew emerges victorious as Jefferson plummets into the ocean, assumed to be deceased.

##### Chronograd Arc

After arriving at Chronograd, the crew encounters Captain Everest and his girlfriend, The Fantastical Fayln, two cousins of the Aeons. Everest eventually decides to forfeit as he does not want Fayln's life to be in danger. Soon after this the previously presumed dead Arzen appears. He is eventually taken down by Verona's animated bullet after using an ability that left him severely exhausted. When the crew makes it to the All Mother, Verona has to make the difficult decision to kill Rain once William is put in harm's way.

## **Trivia**

* It was long theorized that the ending stories starting from Episode 32 onward are actually the origin story of this organization and its leader. This theory was later proven to be correct.
* 'Aeon' originally meant 'life' or 'vital force', but eventually came to mean a very long period of time. This makes sense as group name, as many members of the cult are obsessed with immortality.
* It was mentioned by Jefferson that the Aeons have four Brothers, but he also revealed that the Brothers were appointed when the organization was founded and that they were irreplaceable, meaning that, even though one of the Brothers (V) had left the organization, he wasn't replaced.
* The organization might be based off of the lyrics of the BeeGees song "Stayin Alive". Specifically, "whether you're a mother or whether you're a brother, you're stayin alive". As the organization is based off of staying alive and the top members are the mother and the brothers.
* According to the Fourth Brother, the Aeons are a constant across many timelines.