Magnolia was a native of God Valley, the lover of Figarland Garling, and mother to the twins Shanks and Figarland Shamrock. Garling himself struck her down in the run-up to the God Valley Incident.
Slim in figure, Magnolia stood out most for her long, brilliantly red hair, a trait passed down to both of her sons. She tended to dress in plain, single-colored gowns.
Although only a little of her nature was shown, Magnolia seemed gentle and romantic, loving Garling sincerely and never abandoning the hope that he would come back to God Valley. When his real character finally surfaced, her loyalty shifted toward her boys, and she went looking for a Marine in hope of getting them rescued, longing for them to be brought up by someone kind.
Forty years in the past, Magnolia encountered Figarland Garling when he paused at God Valley while traveling. She fell in love with him and conceived during his stay, and after nine months she delivered twin sons, Shanks and Shamrock. A year afterward she reunited with Garling, joyfully presenting him to his children and asking him to make a home with them. He turned her down, warned that God Valley would soon be wiped out, and cut her down with his sword before going off to ready himself for the Native Hunting Competition. It was the Marine Monkey D. Dragon who discovered the dying Magnolia, and with her last breaths she pleaded that he place the twins with a kind-hearted person so they would grow into good men, then she passed. Dragon would ultimately lose the boys, yet her wish was partly granted through Shanks, who was raised by the Roger Pirates into a caring man, while Shamrock fell into the hands of the Knights of God and came to mirror his father.

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Magnolia was a native of God Valley and the lover of Figarland Garling. She was the mother of the twins Shanks and Figarland Shamrock.
Magnolia, Shanks' mother, was killed by Figarland Garling after she brought their twin sons to him and asked him to make a home with them. Garling refused, warned her that God Valley would soon be destroyed, and cut her down with his sword.
Shanks and Figarland Shamrock's mother is Magnolia, a native of God Valley who fell in love with Figarland Garling. She died at Garling's hand shortly before the God Valley Incident.
Magnolia met Figarland Garling when he stopped at God Valley while traveling, forty years before the main story. She fell in love with him and conceived twins during his stay.
With her last breaths after being struck down by Garling, Magnolia begged the Marine Monkey D. Dragon to place her twin sons with a kind-hearted person so they would grow into good men. Her wish was partly fulfilled through Shanks, who was raised by the Roger Pirates.
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