Abram Cross (deleted)

Name: Abram "Silver" Cross

Age: 58

Bounty: 2,560,000

Species: Human

Occupation: Captain/swordsman

Allegiance: SilverSkull Pirates

Home Village/Ocean: South Blue

Appearance: Abram stands about six feet and weights about two hundred pounds. His hair has always been white since birth(hence the name silver). Abram wears his hair long and shaggy. His eyes are dark black. Abram has a muscular frame despite his age, and wears glasses where ever he goes. He doesn't wear a shirt, but wears a blue jacket with brown pants. Abram is always seen carrying a jug of sake.

History: Abram is one of the few pirates left who remember the old age of piracy. When Gold D. Roger was alive Abram was just a chore boy of the Rising Tide pirates. Abram knew he wanted to be pirate at the age of seven. He loved being at sea with his crew going on adventures throughout the grand line. Abram learned everything about being a pirate from swordsmanship to knowledge of the seas. His greatest inspiration was the pirate king himself, but unforunately Abram never got the chance to meet his hero. At the age of 16, Abram witnessed Gold Roger's death. Then at the beginning of the golden age, Abram decided the form his own crew hoping to claim one piece. Abram spent the rest of his youth sailing the grand line where he developed a powerful crew and a rather large bounty. Then at the age of 24, Abram found a rather interesting fruit. The fruit gave him the power over shadows. Abram used his power to steal shadows from powerful pirates and marines alike. He kept the shadows in his small treasure where they can be used for later use. Abram used his newly acquired shadows to increase his strength as well as his crew. This theft of shadows gave Abram a lot of enemies. Abram also became obssessed with collecting more powerful shadows. He wanted to take the shadows from the warlords themselves. Then as time passed it became a struggle for Abram to sail his ship further into the grand line. The silver pirates finally made it to the New World. A few days sailing into the New World, the silver pirates discovered that it was nearly impossible to stay there. The marines, warlords, and four emperors made it difficult for them to even survive in the New World. Abram hoped by stealing shadows that his crew would be powerful enough to survive, but he was wrong. More than half of his crew were killed in the New World. Abram decided that he should sail back to paradise. There his crew could train to become strong enough to sail in the New World. At the age of 27, Abram began training at his home town. For three years, Abram trained tirelessly to increase his strength. Then he found Sasha Pierce. The two fell in love, and got married. Abram never told her about his past as a pirate, and tried his best to keep it a secret. He took a job as a gardener where he discovered inner peace. Abram no longer thought of adventure or the sea. The only thing he wanted was to spend his life with Sasha. At the age of 32, Abram had two sons with Sasha. The crew eventually disbanded when Abram failed to reunite with his commardes. He decided that his family was more important than his dreams. His old crew sailed the seas under a different captain and flag. Troy and Silver Jr., Silver's sons, grew up to become young merchants. Silver's wife died unforunately by diease. Abram seeing that his sons were now grown, and his wife dead decided to return being pirate. Now as an old man, Abram doesn't desire to become king. His only wish is that he sails the grand line one last time. Abram now sails looking for new recruits to form the silverskull pirates once again.

Personality: Abram was once an evil merciless pirate captain in his youth, but over the years his heart has softened. He is a now kind and wise old man. Abram calls younger pirates "children" and older pirates as "geezers". He loves to drink and talk to his crew thinking of them as his new family. Abram also is not like other captains. He doesn't like making final decisions, but rather discuss decisions with his crew(though Abram does have the final word on what happens within the crew). Abram also likes to mediatate during free time. Though Abram has changed over the years, he still has old habits. Abram loves to steal shadows from people, but instead of stealing them from everybody he steals from his enemies. He also displays acts of cruelty when angered. Abram does not want to become pirate king seeing that the title belongs to the new generation. He only wants to sail the grand line completely just as Gold Roger did. One piece is not a treasure for Abram. His treasure is his friends, crew, and family. Abram doesn't like talking about the past saying that it often blinds people from the present.

Ship: A rather old pirate battleship.

Ship Flag: A skull with $ symbols in its eyes.

Devil Fruit: Kage Kage No Mi
type: Paramecia
effect: gives the user the ability to manifest and control shadows as a tangible physical form.

Special Abilities: Kendo swordsmanship.

Learned Techniques (Keep it 1-25):
Kage Kage"Shadow Clone": The shadow of the user will come to life attacking his opponents
Kage Kage"Snatch": The user uses his sword to cut shadows from their owners
Kage Kage"Black Spear": The shadow of the user will turn into a spear impaling the opponent
Kage Kage"Graveyard": The user absorbs all the shadows collected
Kage Kage"Mob": Uses the shadow of others as minions to attack opponents
Kage Kage"Disruption": Twists and turns a person's shadow to bend the person whatever shape he wants.
Kage Kage"Brick Wall": The user shadow transform into a wall
Kage Kage"Steel Cage": The user shadow transform into a cage trapping his opponents

Weapons/Items: A long black katana, and a jug of Sake

Goals: 1) Sail the grand line completely
2) Establish the most powerful crew in history
3) Gain the most powerful shadows in the grandline

Approved.