Enies Lobby
Enies Lobby is an island in the fictional world of One Piece.
Location
The island is located in the first section of the Grand Line, above a waterfall. It is located near St.Popla, Puchci, San Faldo, and Water 7. It is connected to these islands via a Sea Train. It is a Judicial Island and has no original population, only government workers. Behind it lies the famed Gate of Justice, through which one can go to either the Marine Headquarters or Impel Down.
Places
In reality, the island consists of two smaller islands, although at points, it doesn't touch the water, somewhat questioning its status as an island.
The places on Enies Lobby are:
Main Island
Main Gate
The Place of Entrance to Enies Lobby, the first Gate. It is less guarded than the Front Gate.
Front Gate
Another gate, guarded by two giants, Oimo and Kaashi.
Courthouse
The Courthouse of Judge Baskerville, used to judge criminals (a person is already considered guilty when taken to Enies Lobby), but the final word is in the hands of the "Just Eleven Jurymen", criminals sentenced to death, who have adopted the notion to take as many people with them as they can. Therefore, no one in the entiere history of Enies Lobby was ever pronounced innocent.
Island, seating the Judicial Tower
The Smaller Island, accessible only from a drawbridge lowered from the Main Island.In order to reach this island, one must breach two gates, which must each be opened by unlocking two sections on either side.
Judicial Tower
The seat of CP9 and their overseer, who is the highest authority at Enies Lobby. One must pass through here in order to reach the Gate of Justice and enter one of the two destinations possible (Impel Down or Marine Headquarters).
Bridge of Hesitation
The bridge that connects the Judicial Tower and the Gate of Justice, it can only be accessed via an underground tunnel beneath the tower itself. From there, the Bridge is raised to a station where a convoy ship waits for passage either to Impel Down or to the Marine Headquarters.
Officials
The island housed ten thousand soldiers, being either Marine soldiers in their Marine uniforms or Government soldiers in black suits, embraced with the mark of the world government. It also housed more than a hundred attack dogs (the Houbantai), the "Just Eleven Jurymen", Chief Judge Baskerville, the giants Oimo and Kaashi, and CP9.
"Chief"
The Highest Authority, the overseer of CP9, formerly Spandam.
See CP9 for details.
Chief Judge Baskerville
Three-Headed Baskerville (３つ首のバスカビル Mittsu-Kubi no Basukabiru) is the gigantic, three-headed Chief Justice (裁判長 Saibanchō) on the island of Enies Lobby, in the service of the World Government and the Navy.He is Enies Lobby's only known (and probably only) judge (three judges) . He is a walking tribunal, and each of his three heads has a mind of its own: On the left and controllng the left hand is Left Baskerville, on the right and controlling the right hand is Right Baskerville, and in the middle is Center Baskerville, who prefers to call himself such things as "Center Freeway" and "Center Lone Mainline" instead of his actual name. In addition, each head has a distinct personality, and legal opinions to match: for example, Left Baskerville is in favor of punishing the Straw Hat Pirates because they are criminals, while Right Baskerville takes the opposite viewpoint and recommends letting them go. Center Baskerville, as his self-styled nicknames suggest, is a wild card: he consistently offers the "compromise" of execution, which is more extreme than either of the other two heads' viewpoints. This often leads to Left and Right Baskerville yelling at him and banging their heads against his own. Although being originally a judge they can also fight with a sword.
When they are chopped up by an attack from Paulie & Zambai, it revealed that Baskerville is actually three people. Center Baskerville is a man with very large legs but small arms, and Left and Right have very large arms but small legs. Left and Right actually sit on Center's thighs. Right's real name is Bas, Left's real name is Kerville, and Center calls himself Princess.
Eiichirō Oda seems to have drawn from a number of British sources as inspiration for Baskerville. The character's name comes from the famous Sherlock Holmes novel, The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Oda also paid homage to the novel by having Baskerville's elite subordinates direct packs of military canines. Baskerville himself appears to be based substantially on the Three-Headed Knight in the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which shares a general resemblance in costume and argues with itself in much the same manner as Baskerville does. Combined with the character's speech quirks and stereotypical British faces (particularly that of Right Baskerville), it seems abundantly clear that the idea for Baskerville was inspired by sources from the United Kingdom.
Oimo and Kaashii
Oimo and Kaashii are the two giants that guard the front gate of Enies Lobby. They fight against the Franky Family, Straw Hat Pirates, and Galley-La foremen as soon as the three groups invade the island. Kaashii falls first against the combined effort of the group and Oimo is defeated when Rocketman, the prototype Sea Train, jumps the gate and crashes into him. The two are left as the protagonists press forward. However, Usopp (still disguised as Sogeking), who had been accidentally left behind, hears them lament about their tragic existence: They had joined and worked for the Government for 50 years only because they thought that the leaders of their clan were being held captive in prison. Oimo and Kaashii were promised that by serving the World Government, their leaders would be released. As luck (for the Straw Hats) would have it their leaders were none other than Dorry and Broggy, whom the Straw Hats had met during the Little Garden arc (This revelation was met with some concern, considering that the entire Little Garden arc was cut from the American dub). When Usopp realized this, he told the two the real truth and how he had met them. Angered at being deceived for 50 years, Oimo and Kaashii switched sides and swore vengeance upon the World Government and Naval forces that had kept them in the dark for so long. They arrived just in time to save the Franky Family from being overwhelmed by the marines when Yokozuna gets knocked out, as well as take over it in guarding the door to the inner courthouse, keeping the marines out — But not before flinging Sogeking up to the rooftop to rejoin the Straw Hats.
After the main battle is done, they carried Sodom and Gommorah and the Franky Family out of the path of the inpending Buster Call, and manage to escape on the Puffing Tom. They were seen repairing Water 7 and joined in the party with the Straw Hats. They plan to return to Elbaf.
Hou no Banken Butai
Translation: Watchdog unit of the law
"Houbantai" for short,these are the first class guards at Enies Lobby under the control of Baskerville. They consist of a group of troops that wear arm blades and they are backed by dogs. They have the flag of the World Government tattooed on their arms.
Just Eleven Jurymen
These are the strongest and most fearsome of the troops at Enies Lobby under Baskerville's command. They are eleven men each wielding a large ball on a chain. They are the final say in whether a criminal sent to Enies Lobby is guilty or innocent. The Jurymen themselves are pirates who are faced with death and have decided since they have no other fate they will try and take out as many other criminals as they can with them. Because of this notion they have adopted, in the whole of the history of Enies Lobby no one has ever been pronounced innocent by the Jurymen. The kanji on their arms say "Guilty".
Weather
Enies Lobby is an Never-Night Island, which means that night never falls over it. The sun shines there even during an Aqua Laguna, one of the biggest storms in the world.
History
Enies Lobby was probably (according to its 800 year legend) built right after the establishment of the World Government, after the end of the Void Century. It became a legend and a symbol of the Omnipotence of the Government, executing every criminal taken here who has not been sentenced to stay in Impel Down, and became a synonym of the Absolute Justice doctrine. It remained undefeated partially thanks to the generations of CP9 and their strength.
Currently, the island was wiped out by the Buster Call, and it is unknown if it will be rebuilt.
