Also known as the "Underwater Prison" or the "Great Prison", Impel Down is the World Government's prison for all kinds of criminals and pirates. Imagine a fusion between Alcatraz and the "Inferno" of The Divine Comedy and you get the idea.
The prison is divided into six levels. The higher number of the level, the higher the bounties of the prisoners kept inside, and on each level there is a different kind of torture:
Level 1: Crimson Hell: The prisoners are forced to run from the guards and the blue gorillas through a forest made of trees with leaves as sharp as razors. For this reason, the leaves, stained by the prisoners' blood, appear red.There's a giant hole that leads to level 2. Buggy used to be in this level
Level 2: Wild Beast Hell: The halls are inhabited by dangerous beasts like manticores, giant scorpions and a basilisk who chase and devour any prisoner they enconter, while a large sphinx guards the exit. For this reason, the prisoners prefer to stay in the jails.He says that all the prisoners from this level have a bounty higher than his (15 million berries).
Level 3: Starvation Hell: This level is hot and has a desert-like terrain, while the prisoners are kept in a near death state, fed just enough water and food to keep them from starving..
Level 4: Blazing Hell: This level is even hotter than level 3 (whose heat in fact comes from the level below) due to the presence of a large pool with boiling blood. There the prisoners are constantly working supplying wood logs in the pool or under torture. Daz Bones used to be kept in this level.
Level 5: Freezing Hell: In contrast to the level above, this one is a desolate tundra where prisoners either die because of the freezing cold (which is so intense the prisoners lose pieces of their bodies due to frostbites) or starvation (due to the food becoming frozen and inedible). In this level there is also the wolf unit, that has been moved from level 2 to level 5 because the wolves used to hunt down and eat the other beasts! Criminals with a bounty higher than 100 million are kept here, and Magellan sends Luffy here after having captured him.
Level 5.5 : Newkama Land: It's inhabitated by okamas and ruled by "Queen" Ivankov. After the latter escapes with Luffy, Bentham becomes the new "Queen".
Level 6: Eternal Hell: The lowest level, reserved exclusively for criminals so strong and/or dangerous that they are basically "erased" from history, to the point that even this level's existence is considered a legend. The prisoners are fed and left alone, letting them die out of boredom, like Shiki who, after a while, was almost Driven to Suicide. Ace used to be here before being moved for his execution. Jinbe and some of the athere new Blackbeard Pirates used to be here too. After his defeat and capture, Doflamingo is being kept here.
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