Name: Ahab Boomer, "The Three-Legged Beast"
Age: 76
Bounty: 2,000,000 B
Species: Human
Occupation: Captain, Navigator
Allegiance: Pirate, The Bad Hip Pirates
Home Village/Ocean: Pinacolade Island, South Blue
Appearance: In his brighter days, Ahab had what would be considered beauty. He had the muscles of a well trained martial artist and a jet black hair that could grow as long as Ahab desired. He was almost 2 meter high and weighted almost 100 kilograms, a defined beast. Now, after almost 50 years, his body changed, drastically.
Now, Ahab reached up to only 1.80 meters because of his crouched posture, and weights less than 70 kilograms. He lost most of his muscle mass, leaving only core muscles to power his strikes, and his skin turned from beautifully smooth to unbelievably wrinkled. He lost every bit of hair that he had on his head, and his hair is now limited to his elongated eyebrows that break out of his face's frame, and his long white beard that reached his waists. He has a pair of blue eyes that gained a fainted tone as the years gone by, and his entire body is decorated with marks of old age. He is missing about 4 teeth and his remaining teeth are old and dented.
As for clothing, Ahab wears a white sleeveless shirt over a black long-sleeved shirt. His right sleeve is usually folded to reveal the tattoo on his right shoulder. Over that, Ahab wears a brown cape that is tied to his neck like a scarf. He wears a pair of brown bermuda pants that reach slightly below his knees, and a pair of old wooden sandals on his feet. His cape has a hood that can be pulled on in cold climates. On his neck, Ahab carries a medallion that has a picture of his old crew stored inside it. He carries his cane at all times, even when he's sleeping. The cane is 1.5 meters long. In addition, Ahab used to have a tattoo of a fancy-dressed lady on his right shoulder. As he grew older and his skin grew wrinkled, the tattoo now looks like a tattoo of an old lady instead of an attractive one.
History: Ahab was born in the small island known as Pinacolade island in the South Blue. The island, because of his small size and relative distance from any marine bases, was a vacation attraction for pirates who looked for some rest. As a result, the island was filled with different motels and tourist attractions, one of them being owned by Ahab's family: The Boomer Inn. The Boomer family had greed, and their businesses were the most important thing to them. After having 12 children, with Ahab being the seventh, the parents start to care less. Ahab's life started off as normal, though he did have a weird liking for pirates.
One day, when Ahab was 6, his family's motel was visited by a famous pirate crew around the South Blue: The Sunshine Pirates. The crew offered the family a deal: A free room for every of their crew members, for life, and in exchange, they will use their fame to make the inn famous. The parents were thrilled by the unbelievable opportunity, and quickly assigned the job to Ahab. He was supposed to join the Sunshine pirates and be incharge of advertising the inn.
For the first few weeks, Ahab took his role seriously, handing out fliers and what not, but as the weeks flew by, he realized something amazing: HE WAS A PIRATE! It was time to live the life he adored so much! To become a pirate! He couldn't let the opportunity slip, he could be returned home at any moment, he had to prove he had what it takes to be a pirate.
For the first few weeks of trying to prove himself, Ahab cleaned the ship and took most annoying chores on him, but he hated doing these things. He was more interested in the frontier, where the magic happened, where fists were handed out, where devil fruits sprouted, where blood was spilled! He realized he had to prove something other than his cleaning skills to get to the frontier: His strength. This task wasn't easy for a six year old, but that wasn't going to stop him. He spent his days washing the ship, and his nights watching the crew as they practiced their fighting skills. He was interested in the captain the most. The man, known as George Sunshine, outmatched the entire crew with his unbelievably powerful kicks. He tried imitating the man, until one night, he was caught by George. He thought that that was it, he was going back home for copying off the captain, but in actuality, George liked what he saw: spunk. "Hey there, Sunshine Jr." He said, and from that day forward, Ahab was George's official student, protegee, and favorite.
The years passed, and Ahab grew older. He turned into a martial artist, and earned the title: The Two-Legged Beast. He took part in some significant piracy acts, including the crew's departure to the Grand Line, a few thefts and murders, and he earned his own fame and titles, along with a respectful bounty. He was living the dream, he was a pirate! and a damn good one too! But it all exploded when George died, Ahab was 27 back then. The crew was disbanded after the death of the captain, and Ahab was forced to settle in a small island in the Grand Line, where the crew hid their beloved ship. Ahab was too attached to the ship, and settled in the island to protect it from harm.
The island was filled with mountain bandit gangs, which made Ahab's protecting job much harder. He spent his years fending off the bandits away fro the ship with his intimidating fighting skills, allowing him to maintain his strength for the duration of his life. He liked that life style, it was comfortable, yet exciting and surprising, just like he imagined pirate life to be. Sadly, while his years passed, he watched the world changing under his feet. Crews rose and fall, and he was following it all with the news papers that he got form the village.
Until, one day, he couldn't believe what the paper said: NEW SHICHIBUKAIS! And whole lot of them! That was absurd! That wasn't piracy! That was everything BUT! Back in his days, they used to hang people for cooperating with the WG! He had to do something! He had to teach these youngsters a lesson, a lesson in piracy!
Personality: Ahab is a senile old kook. His old age makes him quite blind towards new ideas and life styles. You could say he is trapped in the old times, when politics and piracy had no connection at all. He is arrogant, greedy and a slight womanizer, although his old age stops him from achieving this goal. He likes rambling about the past, and he has an entire arsenal of stories prepared for any occasion, being completely unaware to the fact that he is the only one who finds them interesting. He can be considered slightly insane, though old age does that to the best of men eventually. He tends to take no situation seriously and often jokes around with no sense of humor to back him up. He lives by a certain mentality that is associated with the old days of piracy: If you like something enough, you should be brave enough to take it, the hell with the outcomes!
Other than that, Ahab tends to be quite forgetful and naive, and he pretty much despises anything that is too different from what he used to know back in the days in his opinion. In addition, Ahab believes that the only way to teach someone anything is with a steady hand and a heavy stick.
Ship: Young Spirit
Ship Flag: A bald Jolly Roger, with elongated white eyebrows and a long curly white beard. Behind the Jolly Roger, there is a pair of crossed canes instead of swords.
Devil Fruit: None
Type: Effect:Special Abilities: Sharpened Fighter: After spending years at sea, fighting and training, Ahab became an expert martial artist, specializing in kicks. During his retirement years, Ahab would have lost every bit of muscle that is capable of fighting in his body, if it weren't for the lousy location that he settled in. He managed to maintain his skills by having to defend himself and his property against the threat of mountain bandits, carrying his fighting skills to his current old age. His kicks are capable of breaking bones, a shadow of his boulder-breaking kicks he had in his youth.
Trileg Style: Back in the days, Ahab used to terrorize his opponents with his lightning fast and rocket powerful kicks, but as old age finally caught up with him, Ahab lost some of his spark, but that doesn't mean he can't kick. By giving up on the use of his hands in combat, Ahab gains a third leg to kick with: his cane. By combining his expert foot work, that he managed to maintain from his youth, and the use of his cane as a weapon, Ahab can pull some impressive attacks and maneuvers, that would even put young martial artists to shame.
Navigation Skills: As a veteran pirate, Ahab sailed through significant parts of the Grand Line and the Blues, allowing him to memorize them and being able to navigate to them. Since his memory is kind of blurry, his navigation isn't always perfect.
Old Dog's New Tricks: As the old man he is, Ahab usually gets tired after using his fighting skills and style. To prevent that, he came up with a much more advanced fighting style, fitting his current age. This style involves the ultimate arsenal of dirty tricks that an old man can pull. By acting as a senile old grandpa, Ahab can usually take care of any unsuspecting opponent without any effort.
Learned Techniques (Keep it 1-25): Old Dog's New Tricks:- Spoiler:
Aim For The Blank!: A psychological trick that Ahab uses against opponents that are not familiar with his methods. He will act as the senile old man that he almost is, announcing the name of this technique along with a body part's name ages before he strikes. Then, while the enemy prepares to block the predictable attack, Ahab will aim for a completely different part. The most common use is the Head-Groin switch.
You Know, Back In My Days The Skies Were Bluer...: Another psychological trick. Ahab will start blabbering about the good old days, boring any listener to death. This usually irritates opponents and disturbs their focus, but that's only a side effect.
AWWWW! MY BACK!: Ahab will yank his lower back while screaming in pain and tears, complaining about the pain from that old war. This usually sets any opponent with a drop of humanity off and they'll lower their guard down.
ZzZzZzZz!: In the ultimate peak of a battle, Ahab will rest on his cane and will seemingly fall asleep, snoring out loud. Then, when his opponent will lower their guard, he will use the element of surprise to land a sure hit.
Whowhatwherewhenwhy: The ultimate weapon of a senile old man. This technique is not only useful in combat, but also in the day-to-day life. By acting as if he doesn't remember anything that happened in the last hour, Ahab can trick opponents into lowering their guard and use the same moves they used before, making it easy for him to predict them.
Trileg Style:- Spoiler:
Extinct Kick: Ahab's basic kick or cane swing, that he also considers a kick. This attack may take the form of any kick towards any target, and is the basic technique that forms Ahab's Trileg style. His kicks and cane swings are powerful enough to break bones. They don't give kicks like these anymore!
Blast From The Past: By cracking either of his arms like a whip, Ahab can perform a quick swing with his cane, appearing as nothing but a blur.
Hidden Ace: This barrage starts with a side kick from either of Ahab's legs. Afterwards, Ahab will lift his body off the ground while balancing himself with his cane, and deliver a powerful second kick with his other leg by spinning on his cane's axis. After the second kick, Ahab's first leg will be placed on the ground, allowing him to lift his cane to a mighty back swing towards his opponent while the second leg lands. This barrage is incredibly quick, but a successful block at any moment will force Ahab to stop it and balance himself.
Good Ol' Thunderclap: Ahab will balance himself with his cane and lift both of his legs. Then, by extending each leg from it's respectful side, Ahab can perform a mighty thunderclap by kicking his opponent from both sides simultaneously.
Gentleblock: A perfect harmony between offense and defense. By hooking the hook-like upper-end of his cane around his wrist and spinning his cane like a fan, Ahab can parry away an incoming attack and quickly counter attack with a kick or a swing of his cane.
Pogo: By powerfully forcing the edge of his cane to the ground while jumping, Ahab can achieve an impressive height of up to 10 meters in a single bound. By changing the angle of impact between the cane and the ground, Ahab can launch himself towards different directions with speed.
Jackhammer: Ahab will perform a rapid barrage of powerful cane thrust. The barrage is fast enough to appear as nothing but a blur to an inexperienced viewer. Half a minuter of these thrusts will crumble any boulder and any wall. The rapid thrusts produce the sound of a loud jackhammer.
I Remember That One!: As a result of his old age, Ahab is no longer capable of performing some of the advanced moves he used to perform, like airblades for example, but he still knows and remembers how these moves work. As a result, he can effectively block advanced techniques such as air blades and shockwaves by using miniature versions of them with his cane and feet in the right moment and placement. For example, an airblade can be avoided by producing a small counter airblade on it's side, thus making the blades disturb and nullify each other.
Weapons/Items: A fancy 1.5 meters long steel cane
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Character Flaws: Ahab is old, bordering the very-old. As a result, he is not the man he used to be. His eyesight and hearing are far from ideal, and he definitely needs glasses although he refuses to wear any. While he can stand on two, walking on two is a harder task and he needs his cane to do so, but he covers that disadvantage with his creative use of his cane. Although he is not as strong, flexible or agile as he used to be, he is far better than average, and is on par with expert martial artists in the fields of strength, speed and agility. Ahab's old age makes him forgetful and quite naive. His will to bring back the old days makes him blind to new things. In addition, his blurry senses may lead him to unwanted incidents.
Goals: Teach the foolish young generation what true pirates are like!
Mon Nov 14, 2011 3:49 pm
