Story Detail
Nico
Robin was born on the island of Ohara, and came from a family of
archaeologists. Her mother, Nico Olvia, went out to sea to find the True
History when Robin was two years old, leaving her in the care of
Olvia's brother and his wife, Roji. While Robin's father was never
revealed, Olvia stated that she will honor her husband's dream, she then
left to study the poneglyphs robin later wandered into the Tree of
Knowledge and was allowed to read the books held within on Clover's
invitation.
Roji both verbally and physically abused Robin over menial actions.
Roji made it obvious time and time again that Robin was not wanted; she
was expected to keep out of sight and she was not allowed to participate
in family celebrations.the powers of her Devil Fruit often freaked out
or scared the other children, on top of that often she would overhear
the conversations of parents telling their children to avoid her at all
cost as well as other children calling her a demon her only friends were
the scholars at "The Tree of Knowledge", with Professor Clover of the
archaeology lab, a friend of her mother, trying to take care of her.
At only eight years old, she aced an archaeology exam and was
officially inducted as a scholar however, when she announced that she,
like her mother, wanted to find out the true, unrecorded history of the
world, she was reproved by Clover who told her she will get banned from
the library if she continued to spy on the other scholars.
Robin ran off crying and headed to the northwest beach of Ohara,
where she met the giant, Jaguar D. Saul, who was washed up on shore. The
two became friends and Robin continued to visit him for the following
four days, while he built his raft after Saul found out he was on Ohara
and figured out that Robin was Olvia's daughter, he informed Robin about
the battleships that were on their way to Ohara to destroy due to the
scholars studying the Poneglyph
Nico Olvia had recently escaped off a Marine ship and returned to Ohara
(due to Saul's efforts). She informed the archaeologists that her
colleagues had been killed by the marines. She told them that the
Marines were able to infer that Ohara was their homeland based on the
items they possessed on the ship, and they were headed towards Ohara,
likely to kill them. The archaeologists, however, refused to leave; they
wished to continue to protect the tree and the knowledge they had
worked so hard to research and procure. When Olvia was warned that CP9
was on shore, she rushed out of the Tree of Knowledge, running past her
daughter without notice
Robin arrived at the Tree of Knowledge, and asked Clover about her
mother's whereabouts. As a wanted woman, Olvia wished to cut all ties
with her daughter, so that Robin might not be associated with a criminal
mother. Doing as Olvia wanted, Clover denied that Robin's mother was on
the island, but Robin seemed skeptical. Clover quickly changed the
topic and urged Robin to leave, and not to mention that she is an
archaeologist, or she might be arrested too. Robin refused and CP9 bust
into the Tree of Knowledge and began searching for the Poneglyphs
outside, agents warned the island's residents to move to the evacuation
boat, or be destroyed. Olvia confronted Spandine, the director of CP9 at
the time, but was quickly subdued by the brute force of his agents
Back at the Tree of Knowledge, all of the archaeologists were arrested
and taken outside the tree, and once again Clover urged Robin to escape,
but she refused once again. Spandine and the rest of CP9 arrived with a
gravely wounded Olvia, who instantly recognized her daughter once her
name is spoken CP9 found the Poneglyph in the basement of the tree, and
Spandine sentenced the archaeologists to death by Buster Call. However,
Clover began to speak out, talking to the Gorosei via Spandine's Den Den
Mushi, stating his theory on why the government really wanted to keep
the Void Century a secret. However, before Clover could reveal the name
of the civilization he spoke of, he was shot point blank and mortally
wounded
Seeing that the battleships had already arrived, Saul rushed off
to find Robin. As the attack on Ohara began, it was discovered that
Robin also had the capacity to read Poneglyphs. As the bombardment
began, Spandine and CP9 made their exit, Robin and Olvia reunited, and
shortly afterwards, Saul arrived.
It was then revealed
that Saul was a former vice admiral, and aided Nico Olvia with her
escape. Olvia asked Saul to make sure that her daughter was taken safely
off the island, and told Robin that she must continue to live. Robin
begged to stay with her mother, but Olvia insisted on staying, as there
was something more that she had to do.
Saul followed
Olvia's wish and managed to reach the island's shore. But the Marine
ships spotted him and opened fire. Seeing as he was carrying Robin, Saul
put her down and retaliated in anger for almost hurting Robin, and
destroyed several ships. Robin tried to make for the evacuation ship but
trying to use her Hana Hana abilities to get aboard frightened the
people on board, plus Spandine told them to not let her on since she
claims she is an archaeologist, though this would be fortunate for
Robin. Saul noticed Spandine and charged towards his ship for his
foolishness, but Vice Admiral Kuzan (later known as Admiral Aokiji)
prevented him from getting that far, challenging him.
The
evacuation ship was destroyed by another vice admiral, Sakazuki, who did
it as a precaution if any archaeologist had snuck aboard this act
disgusted both Saul and even Kuzan. Saul tried to get away with Robin
but he was frozen by Kuzan's ice power. Before being completely encased,
Saul encouraged Robin to escape and that her friends were out in the
ocean waiting for her. His last act was to laugh as he is frozen,
sticking to his philosophy to laugh from his heart even in bad times, as
most of the bearers of D. did when they met their demise.
Back at the Tree of Knowledge, Olvia, Clover and the other scholars had
tossed out as many books into the ocean as they could so future
generations could find them. They then realized there was nothing more
they could do and stood in the tree as it burned around them. Olvia
apologized to Robin for not leaving any parting words as a mother.
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