

In chapter 507 the Straw Hat crew meets Rayleigh for the first time. It was
then that Robin asked whether Roger was able to understand the ancient
language used on the poneglyphs, because at Skypiea she had come across a
poneglyph with a passage written on it, supposedly signed by Roger. Yet
Rayleigh said that they were merely pirates and that Roger could not match the
intellect of those of Ohara. So then in the end, who did write the passage?

> I have come here, and will lead this passage to the very end. - Pirate Gol
> D. Roger

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Who wrote the passage on the Poneglyph at Skypiea?


Just like Luffy is stupid and can't understand Poneglyphs, Roger would've have
been no good but he might have had a nakama like Robin, probably from Ohara,
who may not only be able to read Poneglyphs but also might have a mastery in
Poneglyph writing. Seeing Rayleigh mentioning about the Ohara tragedy, makes
me think that that Nakama from Ohara was probably separated from others after
Roger and with the end of Ohara, Rayleigh would've realised that he even lost
another Nakama or maybe Rayleigh just have known the background of Robin (I
can't declare for sure). That thing about Rayleigh saying "ability to hear"
things is too inexplainary and not adequate to jump to any sort of conclusions
but I gues Oda is probably preparing for a new ability for future like he did
with Haki. That thing about **Ability to Hear** is similar to what Zoro had
experienced during the Alabasta Arc while fighting Mr. 1. He was able to
feel/hear the steel, rock, leaves, etc. But I still can't relate it to this
Rayleigh's proposed **Hearing Abiltiy** theory. So I guess it would've been
the work of a scholarly Roger Nakama like Robin.


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It seems that we finally know. Oda revealed in chapter 818 that...

> ...it was most likely Lord Kouzuki Oden that wrote down that passage. The
> Poneglyph were created by the Kouzuki clan and it was confirmed that Lord
> Oden was able to read the language and write on the stones.  
>  [![enter image description
> here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vG27vm.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vG27v.png)  
>  Later it was revealed that he himself had travelled with the former Pirate
> King, Roger. So chances are that he travelled along with Roger to Skypiea
> and wrote that additional paragraph.  
>  [![enter image description
> here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/hBSzKm.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/hBSzK.png)


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This is finally confirmed in the last page of Chapter 966

> Kozuki Oden is the one that read the poneglyph and write a note on the bell
> [![Oden carving the skypiea's
> bell](https://i.stack.imgur.com/FSLsP.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/FSLsP.jpg)


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