One of the main antagonists of this arc was the tyrannical god Enel. He was the former inhabitant of the lands of Skypiea who had destroyed it with his Devil Fruit ability, and his goal is to reach Fairy Vearth. This is a mysterious land that has been talked about by the Skypieans as if it was the moon of planet Earth.
Oda may be dropping hints by using this name for the moon of this planet, as it’s not a place that you can visit or travel to. The symbolism of electricity and lightning in the name is almost too perfect if you’re looking at it from an astrological perspective. The word vearth is also used for the earth itself in the ancient Greek sense of Gaia, the goddess of endlessness.
It’s likely that if you look at the ruins of this ancient civilisation, they would have used electricity as a power source to build their robots and conquer new territory. You can even see that in the wall paintings. The meaning of electricity has a strong correlation with restarting a heart that has stopped beating and being reborn, as well as the idea of reviving dead things.
So what does this mean for Vegapunk? Well, it means that Enel wants to take over the Lunarian Seraphim he created. To Enel, these are his children, and he’s not going to let some gross old man like Vegapunk soil them.
Enel is a mechanical genius, and he was able to create the Ark Maxim, which could perform space travel, through his knowledge of electricity. He also knows that the Lunarians were once gods, and he wants to use their technology as his own army of robots.
During the fight between Enel and the Straw Hats, Nami tries to use her Waver to shut off his Devil Fruit and kill him. However, this is useless. Wiper, Zoro and Gan Fall are able to shut off the Arc Maxim with their Seastones, but Enel uses his Reject Dial to restart his heart. He then flies away on his rocket ship and the rest of the crew follow him.
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