sam "shadow king" matthews

name: sam "shadow king" matthews

bounty: 40,000

species: human

occupation: navigator/martial artist

allegiance: pirates

homevillage/ocean: west blue

appearance: sam is 5 foot 11 inches and has short some what spiked black hair he wears a black shirt and a black leather jacket also blue jeans and black shoes. his eyes are a dark blue and he has dark rings around his eyes to give him a spookey look and feel to him being the king of shadows he wears a black bandana with his ships flag picture on it.

history: sam was just a young boy when the accident happened that took his brother. his brother was walking home from the store after buying grocerys for the house that they needed a group of marines had just landed on the island to scout for new troops. thats when they saw sam's brother fighting off a group of pirates that were trying to attack a young woman thats when they took him away sam was devastated. His brother had promised to become a pirate with him but he left to join the marines all his brother had to say was "i'm sorry bro see you on the sea". After that sam got lonely but he had heard of a fruit that he could make a friend of his shadow called the kage kage no mi or the shadow-shadow fruit so he found a ship but it was crawling with pirates so he killed them all using the taekwondo style martial arts he learned as a kid. after he found the fruit he ate it and began to reek havoc on marines and stealing their shadows to create new people for him to sail with but he would kill the marines after taking their shadow so they could never get it back. he countinues to sail and search for his brother and to join a crew that will take him far and wide to write a map of the world.

personality: he is quiet and mostly keeps to himself but when need be he will work with others and find ways to increase their probability of victory being a navigator he has a very good sence of direction and knows how to use his surroundings to his advantage.

ship: the shadow stealer

ship flag: a skull with swords thru the skull and a black flame design on the sides of the flag

devil fruit: kage kage no mi (shadow-shadow fruit)
type: paramecia
effect: gives the user the ability to manifest and control shadows as a tangible physical form.

special abilities: taekwondo techniques and bo staff fighting

learned techniques: 1.doppelman-a dark shadow clone of the user that will fight and protect him
2.brick bat-transform the shadow clone into a ball that splits off to create bats to attack the opponents
3.kage kakumi-steal and implant a shadow into a minion the user creates
4.kagemusha-swap places with doppelman at anytime
5.shadows asgard-absorb the shadows of your mininons or people to increase your power and strength
6.axe kick-lift your leg straight up then bring down onto someones shoulders or head
7.black box-incase a opponent in a box made of shadows then crush them
8.tsuno-tokage-attack a opponent with a spear made of shadows
9.front kick-a straight kick to the face or chest
10.side kick-a kick to the side or side of the head
11.Tornado kick-The exponent steps foward then spins in the direction of their back leg while raising their knee and jumping to perform a spinning inside crescant kick in midair.
12.Four Knuckle strike -Instead of closing the fist completely, the fingers are held out and only the knuckles are bent thereby presenting the upper set of knuckles as the striking surface.
13.Forefist - A closed fist may be jabbed out directly to strike with the forefist knuckles. This is a suitable position for general punches to soft areas of the body
14. shadow fist-only make the shadow clones hands appear to deliever a strong punch
15.shadow kick-make the legs appear to kick the opponent away
16.shadow staff-create a staff made of shadows to attack

weapons/items:staff, medical kit, and smoke bombs

goals: write a map of the world and to kill his brother for betraying him

Approved.