Maha Mararlberma

Name: Maha "Black Sword" Mararlberma

Age: 25

Bounty: 2,000,000

Species: Human

Occupation: Swordsman

Allegiance: Pirate

Home Village/Ocean: Grand Line

Appearance:

Hail Shower Island Arc and Creta Tropica Arc Appearance:

Unknown Pirates Arc:

War of the Lords Arc:

History: Maha was born on a small island of the Grand Line. He is the son of two poor villagers named, Laius Mararlberma and Octavia Mararlberma. From a very young age, Maha started despising his life. Even if his parents were trying much for him and they were giving him whatever he wanted, Maha did not like his life and he was jealous of those who had a rich life. He would not even hesitate saying that his parents were just two fools and that if they were not stupid, he would not have to suffer the fate of a poor man. As the years passed and his economical problems could not be solved, Maha started developing hatred for his parents. No matter how much his parents tried to approach him, he seemed to be angry with them. He did not like them because they could not provide him the life he wanted. Maha dreamed of living the life of a Noble, of a person who could do whatever he wished for. Maha was dreaming of a life that he had never lived before and that he only happened to look at from afar...

As a result, when he grew up, Maha left from his house, setting sail in the seas in order to pursue his dream. He knew that he should connect himself to the World Government in order to be acknowledged as a Noble and so he thought of something. As marines nor bounty hunters did not seem to be enough to be accepted as Nobles, Maha decided to follow the route of piracy. His plan was quite simple. Maha planned to make a name for himself as a pirate in order to request the World Government to grant him the status of a Noble, with the exchange that he would work for them whenever they needed him. In other words, Maha started aiming to become one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea so that the World Government would do him a favor. If he proved himself to be worthy in the world of piracy, he would offer his assistance to the World Government if they granted his wishes...

For years, after the age of 17 (when he left from his house), Maha traveled a lot around the seas. During his journeys as a pirate in a former pirate crew, he worked as a swordsman in the crew, getting trained and learning the art of the sword from an weak swordsman of the crew. Maha took part in many battles and he became a worthy combatant. During his travels, he earned himself the bounty of 2,000,000 Beli with his former crew. However, one day the captain of the crew was killed in a battle against the marines and the crew was disbanded... And now, Maha is sailing across the seas, searching for a crew to join that will allow him succeed at his goals.

During his time, he came upon the Black Cross Pirates. Even if he was quite weak at that time, the Black Cross Pirates accepted him into the crew. Soon enough he turned out to be one of the standing rookies of the crew and he was placed on a higher level than they were.

Hail Shower Island Arc

Maha did not really make a big appearance on Hail Shower Island. While the superior officers of the Black Cross Pirates were discussing with the Dusk Pirates, Maha was in charge of the rookies of the basement and he was responsible to defend the place. At that time a giant tiger attacked the place and Maha easily sliced it in half, revealing his great skills as a swordsman to his fellow crew mates.

Creta Tropica Arc

Maha was one of the first people to set their foot on Creta Tropica from the Black Cross Pirates. He, along with Wally and Sabres went to the island. When they got there, they were approached by some of the island's bystanders and Maha started a battle against one of the two. During the battle, Maha revealed his superior skills as a swordsman once again and he managed to defeat the enemy fairly easily. However, the enemy warned them that unlike him, the marines of the island were much stronger and there were many people in Okuta who were strong enough to match even the superior officers of the Black Cross Pirates. Soon after that happened, Maha and his two superior officers were approached by some marines. Something unexpected happened, though. Instead of battling them, Wally accepted to surrender and so the three members of the Black Cross Pirates were taken in custody. As soon as they reached the marine basement, the three of them were introduced to the marines of the place. The boss of the basement, Commodore Alexander Rushford, unlike what anybody would expect, made a proposition to Wally. He wanted to make an agreement with him in order to catch Jason "The flying hermit", the man who was responsible for the loss of Wally that resulted to his fall from the spot of one of the four sea emperors. Wally declined, though, and after some talk between the three men and the marines, the Black Cross Pirates escaped and a battle began. During the encounter, while his two superior officers freed a man named Maes Cloud, Maha moved towards the direction of the village and found Dude on his way. When the two of them reunited, Hyoren, one of the powerful soldiers of the place appeared and started a brief battle with Maha until Dude took Maha's place and defeated him with ease, while Maha defeated some other soldiers of the Okuta Tribe, the tribe that resided on the island with ease. Seeing Hyoren lying on the ground, Maha moved towards him and gave him a speech about strength as Hyoren underestimated Maha when they had their short battle. He told him that as long as he had powerful allies, he did not need to be strong enough and that physical strength was not the only thing that mattered in the pirate world. One would need connections to be strong enough, to be respected and have protection. This showed some signs of Maha's personality that was much like a Noble's if not worse. Some time later, Maha and Dude moved towards Wally's direction and while on their way, they were approached by one of the strongest people on the island; Tendo. Being one of the most powerful people on the island, which was a New World Island, Tendo managed to defeat Dude quite easily and Maha wondered what he should do. Before he made a decision, though, Wally came to the rescue and he started a battle with Tendo. While the battle took place, Maha moved Dude to a safer spot and watched the movements of Tendo to learn how to use the techniques of the Okutan Tribe. After taking a careful look at him, he managed to leech some of his techniques and after his defeat, the appearance of Mimi, another resident of the island who came to pick Tendo up allowed him to observe more of the techniques of the residents. As a result, Maha increased the number of techniques under his arsenal and he's now training them in order to master them and become strong enough in order to achieve his goals.

Raijin Island - Unknown Pirates Arc

Maha, along with the rest of the Black Cross Pirates arrived at the place where the battle of the Dusk Pirates against the Black Cross Pirates was taking place. During the all-out war of the two factions, Maha was simply sticking to his superior officer, Suigo and he was there when the man was battling Sogun of the Unknown Pirates. After the end of the war, when his side emerged victorious, he agreed with Suigo to receive training away from Raijin Island in order to become one of the top swordsmen of the crew. As a result, during that training, Maha managed to come up with a few new techniques and he also managed to master most of his techniques, as well as his echo walk technique, due to the training that he received from Suigo.

Personality: Maha is a person who wants to live as a noble and he is eager to do anything to succeed at that. Apparently, he wants to live the life of a noble, a rich life during which nobody will say anything to him about what he should do. He hates people who are commanding him and he prefers being gently asked to do something. However, if he knows that the person that is commanding him is stronger than him, Maha will do nothing more than simply obey. Also, as he wants to live like that, he has already started developing a Noble-like personality. Unlike what most people would believe, even if he despises being commanded, he likes commanding people a lot. Moreover, he supports slavery and he's eager to have slaves that work for him, to the point that he would use them to carry himself and do anything that he should do. Also, he values his own life more than anybody else's and so he should be avoided as a partner in a double battle. He has great arrogance and he views himself as superior compared to others. He does not hesitate at speaking what he thinks about those who are weaker than him or he deems weaker. His words can be quite rude from times to times and he will never apologize to others unless he is forced to. Another trait of his personality is that he is very stubborn. As a result, he does not give up on his goals, no matter what is going on. Maha's goal from the start was something clear: to become a Noble and he would not stop at anything for that. However, even if he never changes his clothes, he is willing to pretend that this is not his goal so that he will fool the other crews he is in. As a member of his former pirate crew, he simply claimed that he wished to learn how to use the sword, for example. However, there is something that makes Maha differ from his enemies. Even if he has all those nobility tendacies, he is not a coward. In the case that he uses his own slaves to fight, he is just acting as a supreme lord, but when he fights, he's eager to risk his own life to defeat his enemies and he will take some risks in battles.

Ship: N/A

Ship Flag: N/A

Devil Fruit: N/A
Type: N/A
Effect: N/A

Special Abilities:
-One Sword Style Expert: Maha is an expert at using a katana. He can move his sword very fast to perform swift attacks. However, his swordsmanship has yet to reach the level of cutting steel.
-Good Speed: Maha is a fast runner. He runs faster than normal humans but compared to super human speed users, he is very slow. His speed is one step ahead of that of normal humans.
-Adaptability: Maha has the unique ability to learn and adapt new techniques easily. He is able to perform a technique he sees after seeing it getting used at least 3 times, though he has to master it by himself.

Learned Techniques (Keep it 1-25):
-Noble's Greed: Maha swiftly slashes his enemies diagonically with random strikes to cause multiple cuts.
-Noble's Wrath: Maha swiftly stabs his enemies with random stabs to cause multiple holes in their bodies.
-Echo Walk: Maha saw this technique being performed by several people on Creta Tropica. The users of this technique walk fast and silently, leaving behind an after image every 10 steps they take. After training with Suigo of the Black Cross Pirates, he finally managed to master it.
-Flesh Blade: The second technique that Maha saw being performed by several people on Creta Tropica. The users of this technique manipulate the muscles of their arms to make them sharp and user their own hands as if they were swords, capable of cutting down things. After starting a training session with Suigo of the Black Cross Pirates, he managed to master the technique.
-Cloud Walk: The third technique that Maha saw being performed by several people on Creta Tropica. Similar to Geppou, this move thrusts the warrior into the air and gives the impression of walking on air. However, as Maha has yet to master the technique he can stay on the air for a maximum of two posts before having to use the technique again. This technique has yet to be mastered, even if Maha actually trained with Suigo.
-Noble's Pride: Maha swiftly slashes the air in front of him and launches a powerful air blade against his enemies.
-Noble's Vainglory: Maha unsheathes his sword and takes a strange stance. He raises his arm which carries his katana at the height of the shoulder and he holds the sword in a way which he points with it at the enemy. During this stance, Maha concentrates his strength to his whole body to increase his speed and his mastery over the sword, increasing his cutting ability to the point that he can cut through steel and doubles his speed. However, Maha loses the focus after 5 posts and for 5 posts he is too tired to perform techniques other than his regular slash.

Weapons/Items: A katana with a black painted blade. The katana's handle is purple with red stripes. It's sheath is black.

Goals: To become a Noble.

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added Echo Walk to his arsenal. needs reapproval.

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I updated the history and the appearance

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