Chidori

Name: Chidori

Epithet: Teiden no Chidori, (lit. "Power Outage" Chidori)

Age: 17

Bounty: 0

Species: Mermaid

Occupation: Musician

Allegiance: Pirate

Home Village/Ocean: Fishman Island, Grand Line

Appearance:



History: Chidori was born on Fishman Island, the product of a Fishman father and a Mermaid mother. She was an interestingly exceptional case; while most such offspring's race depended on the chance between Fishman and Merfolk, in Chidori's case her phenotype took an interesting turn. Instead of having a body resembling a humanoid fish like her father and being a Fishgirl, or an upper body of a human and lower one of a fish like her mother and being a mermaid, she instead possessed a Fishman's characteristics combined with a Mermaid's physique. She was still genetically a Mermaid like her mother, but appearance wise, due to some mutation, her upper-body resembled a Fishwoman.

This resulted in her being viewed as an outcast since birth. While her parents loved her dearly and always told her how she was the most beautiful creature in the Grand Line, that did little to quell the ridiculous comments passed to her by all the other inhabitants. Every bit having her feet stuck in two boats, no pun intended, she was not accepted among her the Fishkids her age or the Merfolk her age and even the adults seemed to look at her strangely, as if one would be looking at a freak of nature. And she was everybit a freak of nature, no doubt.

So, from a young age, Chidori suffered. Whether it be the lack of anyone willing to socialize with her, the cruel comments about her ugly appearance, or, as she grew older, the pranks that all the younger kids played on "Monster-neechan". She was not beautiful enough like the other mermaids to belong with them and the Fishwomen literally despised her. With the death of her father, her only solace was her mother, who was the only one who could understand her daughter's perdicament. Forced into a life of solitude, Chidori would often be found just dreaming to get out of the Hellhole that was her "home". She didn't belong here and she knew it, despite her mother reassuring her otherwise.

When she was old enough, Chidori began to get out of Fishman Island and go exploring. She often trained by wrestling with other creatures of the sea as much as she could and built up her abilities, deciding to become a fighter if not anything else. She knew why she wanted to become a fighter. She wanted to take down every other creature in the sea; that way, people would recognize her worth. If they treated her like a freak of nature, she'd be one and gain their respect. Her second goal was also accomplished; the more powerful creatures she beat, the stronger she got and the stronger she got the more she would be able to go out into the sea and, maybe, just maybe, find a place where she belongs.

And then she met a black-haired genius Pirate Captain and his crew.

Personality: Cynical and headstrong, Chidori is well known amongst her fellow Pirates for her sarcastic personality. She has a bad complusive habit of making wise-cracks, making sarcastic, or even mocking, comments regarding situations that she finds herself in. Apart from the Captain, Chidori frequently disrespects the authourity of her superiors, particularly the First Mate and other senior members, who she displays the most impertinence towards. A driven woman, she is both headstrong and forthright; following what her instincts tell her, whether her fellow pirates approve or not. In a fight, she will come out strong and is not afraid to use deadly force when necessary. Chidori also has a slight tendency to look for a fight rather than just perform the task she is given when she is told. In short, her flight/fight switch has been locked into fight mode, as she sees an enemy around every corner.

Chidori has a seething dislike of both Fishmen and Mermaids, attributed to how she was treated by most of them and she often would interact cruelly towards other people of such species unless they actually manage to earn her respect (which takes a lot of warming up). She is hardworking, who is willing to do whatever odd jobs that her Captain gives her. Yet, as opposed to popular belief, Chidoi does have a softer side. There are things that can tug at her heartstrings. Like, though it’s been rare to Chidori, love, and though yes, children tug at her heartstrings sometimes. Due to the prejudice and loneliness she suffered in her childhood, Chidori developed a craving for acknowledgment. In order to achieve this, Chidori would fight and train herself all around the ocean near Fishman Island, wrestling all sorts of bigger species and often getting into trouble with Sea Kings even. She decided to strive to become the strongest offspring of Fishman Island ever, stronger than any other Fishman and faster than any other Mermaid out there, and find a place where she belongs.

Ship: Monkey King

Ship Flag: The Avenger Pirates' jolly roger; she does not have her own. Yet.

Devil Fruit: Not Applicable
Type: Not Applicable
Effect: Not Applicable

Special Abilities: While she has phenotypes resembling both Merfolk and Fishwomen (her upper body is that of a Fishwoman), she is still genetically a Mermaid and therefore possesses a Mermaid's abilities. Also, due to being an electric ray-based species both from her father and her mother's side, she possesses bioelectrical abilities as well.

• Amphibious Physiological Adaptation: Chidori's body is specially developed for underwater conditions, granting her specialized blood circulation to withstand freezing temperatures and highly developed vision to see clearly even in murky ocean depths. She possesses both lungs and gills. This physiology means she can survive indefinitely underwater or on land, though she would still need occasional contact with water to survive.
  
• Superhuman Strength: Like all those possessing Fishman blood, Chidori is superhumanly strong, though she does not attribute her great strength to her father. Mostly, it comes from the private training sessions she used to do when wrestling with other sea creatures, while most other Mermaids, in her words, "were being fat, blonde, scaleless pigs who could not punch a plankton if it killed them and wasted themselves in the Mermaid Cafe". She is capable of lifting 10 tonnes over her head with maximum effort, and while she can't take down one just yet, one of her goals is to one day get strong enough to break a Sea King in half with a single punch.
  
• Superhuman Speed: Like all those possessing Merfolk blood, Chidori, when underwater, can move at speeds greater than even the finest aquatic specimen, easily fulfilling every mermaid's monikor of being the fastest swimmer in the world. She is not as fast on land as she is in water, in fact she is incredibly slow because she can't really move much with her mermanus tail, but she makes up for it with her strength. Like most powerful mermaids, she can swim at speeds greater than 60 miles per hour.
  
• Aquatic Telepathy: Like all mermaids, Chidori possesses a telepathic rapport with all forms of marine life. She is able to mentally communicate with most forms of marine life and can mentally persuade them to do her bidding, though she can only convince them, not force them like mind control.
  
• Bioelectricity Generation: Coincidentally, both of Chidori's parents were electric ray type Fishman/Mermaid, making Chidori inherit the ability as well. Hence, like all electric rays, she is the most electro-sensitive of all animals, and can generate an electric dischage of upto 440 volts, capable of killing any average human. She also has electroreceptive abilities, allowing her to detect electric fields around her and around others. She can use this ability for electrolocation (detecting objects in a manner similar to the echolocation used by bats).

Learned Techniques (Keep it 1-25): Apart from her general mermaid/fishwoman abilities, Chidori has also learned to use her electrical abilities and created quite a few techniques with it. As water, especially salty seawater is a great electrical conductor, the damage scale of all her electricity-based techniques is magnified underwater.

Spoiler:

Weapons/Items: None

Goals: To become the strongest creature in the sea, to get acknowledgement and to find a place where she belongs.

Fishmen mermaid hybrids don't exist. As we learned in the last chapter, the children of a fishman and a mermaid are either full fishman or full mermaid. It doesn't make much sense, but it just is that way. I'm not sure if I can accept any "special cases"....
Other mods?

Nikky seemed to be okay with it...

And I've been throwing around the idea of a "merfish" around the cbox for the past three days and no one said anything. I know they don't exist "normally", that's the basis for her character.

Oh, and she's complete now. Almost. Just need an Occupation.

hmmm, i dont see the complete issue with it... then again, Oda is the creator of this world

Oda never said evolution can't happen. o.o

this is fine, APPROVED