Xena Parker 
Luffy is a very good judge of character, and considering how he views Loki, this answer may surprise a lot of people. Loki has the traits of a good guy, but a lot points towards that not being the case. Elbaf’s most confusing character by far since the start of the arc, is Loki. What happened in the past with King Harald, and why does Loki seem very intent on destroying the world? This are the questions that many One Piece fans are contemplating on getting answers as soon as possible. Who is the main villain of the arc, is it the World Government as always with the presence of the Holy Knights on Elbaf, or is it Loki, the damned child of Elbaf.
For starters, Loki’s reputation in Elbaf is far from good. He was cursed to be shunned by society before he was even born. A prophesy had already dictated what his life was going to be like, despite what implications that would do to his psyche. Despite not knowing what happened in the past, what we do know is that Loki was basically forced to be this way. Villains are not born, they are created. He most certainly decided to play out his role, as it had already been predetermined. But there is something curious about this. Loki did try to leave Elbaf and try to conquer the world, but is that what he was doing? The son of King Harald, decided after killing him together with over 100 giants, to flee Elbaf in excitement to conquer and destroy the world? This doesn’t add up. Why not destroy Elbaf first, then go to fulfill your lifetime goal. This looks like a clear setup. There is more to the picture that we can’t see.
Another thing that is baffling is the Giant Summoning circle in the middle of the Throne room in the Castle. Luffy and company discover a summoning circle, which chapters before had been used by Shamrock and Gunko to infiltrate Elbaf. We know that this is the same power that the Five Elders were using in Egghead, but what is it doing in Elbaf. The Magic Summoning Circle doesn’t just spawn where you want to teleport to. You need to invoke it between two points to achieve a full connected road. Saint Saturn needed to Invoke summoning circles all over Egghead so as to call upon the Five Elders. If they are on a closer relationship to Imu, and even they couldn’t just spawn a magic circle anywhere on the planet, how did Shamrock and Gunko do that. The only explanation is that the Summoning Circle was already there. Someone visited Elbaf in the past, made a deal with King Harald, and invoked a summoning circle in the Throne room. This increases Loki’s credibility since a direct connection to Mary Geoise to King Harald which is not a good look. Maybe King Harald wasn’t the charming patriotic King everyone believes he was.
Loki is definitely not a good guy by any standards. The first thing he does after being released by Zoro, is strike at the Adam Tree using his trusty hammer, Ragnir. He did this knowing very well that the Adam tree’s weakness is Fire and Lightning. This does not help his case, but it also doesn’t fully make him the villain of this story. I have a feeling that Loki is a tragic character who just accepted fate, and went along with it. He will bring Ragnarök to the world, not because he wants to, but because he is needed to according to fate. Will Luffy understand what is driving Loki and maybe turn him into a savior of Elbaf, instead of the destroyer. Loki believes that he is Sun God Nika, but if he meets the actual Nika in Gear 5 Luffy, will be decide to leave his ambitions to destroy the world. The real enemy of Elbaf is clearly not Loki, but in the meantime he is going to fulfill that role. Elbaf is currently burning due to Loki’s Lightning Strike, so his redemption is very slim. But faith can be had when we finally see what happened in the Castle all those years ago. What was King Harald doing communicating with the Holy Land, and did Loki kill him in an attempt to stop his plans and save Elbaf? This are the questions that need to be answered in the oncoming chapters. The Elbaf Arc is shaping up to be a very important stage, in the search of the treasure of this world.
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