i personally think that luffy being their god probably trumps any allegiance they might owe Shanks. and i suppose we also don't know the alignment of the Giant Pirates relative to Elbaf
True, there could be plenty of reasons for them to bring the Strawhats to Elbaf. I just think Shanks is moving more into the foreground of the story since he said "time to claim the One Piece" after Wano and being at Elbaf with Dorry and Broggy.
i personally think that luffy being their god probably trumps any allegiance they might owe Shanks. and i suppose we also don't know the alignment of the Giant Pirates relative to Elbaf
True, there could be plenty of reasons for them to bring the Strawhats to Elbaf. I just think Shanks is moving more into the foreground of the story since he said "time to claim the One Piece" after Wano and being at Elbaf with Dorry and Broggy.