-Simple Information-Name: Dante Gato
Also known as: The Sand Spirit
Age: 27
Species: Human
Gender: Male/Heterosexual
Loyalty: Revolutionary/ Pirate
Affiliation: None
Occupation: Doctor, Shipwright, Navigator, Musician.
Bounty: 30,000,000 belli
Specialty: Devil Fruit Powers
Goals: To free the world of corruption.
Funds: 10,000,000 belli
Level: 14
Posts till next level: 3/15
-Appearance information-Physical appearance: Body: Dante is 6'0" and weighs 180 pounds. his body can be described as 'well built' but not in an exaggerated way. His muscles tend to show whenever he doesn't have a shirt, or pants on. His muscles are well detailed, but the amount of protrusion from the body isn't excessive. Dante's skin is darker tan in color, which makes him borderline exotic looking to most individuals. His bones are thicker then the average person because of the amount of muscles in his body. He has a 'six pack' on his abdomen, and scars around his back that seem to be the 'open' type (think of luffy's chest).
Face: Dante has a slightly smaller nose then normal, with a slight curve around the nasal bone area that moves outward and stops at the decently rounded front of the nose (a nose is either pointy or round in the tip in one piece, his is roundish). His lips are bigger then the average person by a small amount and are also naturally softer. His cheek is decently pronounced, but not so much where a person can stare at it for hours. It is enough of a penetration to show that he isn't fat, or skinny. His chin is average size and shape. His eye brows naturally curve around the eyes and look like they are 'well taken care off'. The edges of the eyebrows seem nicely cut and shapes to almost look like daggers. The left eyebrow has three lines moving down vertically in the end of the brow. The teeth are white, almost bleached, and perfectly placed. His eyes are hazel in color, and change depending on the day in brightness. Some days they are green, while others they can be light brown and others they are dark brown.
Hair: Dante's hair is longer then the average person's, but it isn't technically long. His hair can cover his eyes, or turn spiky if he wants it too with a little help from gel. However, his hair never covers his neck or begins to cover it. His top hair is long enough to cover his eyes, but the side looks almost completely shaven. His top hair can be either messy, slicked back, or braided and combed back. He does many combinations depending on his mood that day. His hair color is black, but with some minor brown hairs here and there. His eyebrows are blade in color, the same, and what facial hair he can grow (rarely grows it unless hiding) is usually a goatee, a small soul patch under his lip, or a connected goatee and mustache (forgot the name of it).
Non visual information: Dante's voice is a little deep, like the majority of adults, but is as gentle as a person can make his voice sound. He smells clean almost constantly, it's like he were made of sand or something(?). When he does have an odor it's usually of soap, since he likes to shower as often as he can.
Extra features: Dante has many scars on his back and in random directions. However all of the scars seem to be the same size, which is roughly a few centimeters thick and about a foot long in different directions around his back. The middle of his right forearm had a tattoo that said Life when he shows it to someone normally, and Death when he points his hand to the sky. The words don't change magically it's just the style of the letters.
Clothing: Dante has three outfits that people can usually find him wearing. In hot climates he has a large and baggy set of clothes that are like the typical desert traveler in the desert (think of straw hat attire when in alabasta). He'll wear a white hoody over his head and a cream colored scarf to put around his mouth. He usually wears close toed sandals that expose the sides of the foot. They are made of wood on the bottom and rubber on the sides. This outfit usually has a white scarf holding the waist together. The top part of this outfit usually ends to about 1/3rd of his thigh area. These set of clothes are meant to let the breeze through the soft fabric, but at the same time reflect most of the sun rays. This makes passage through the dessert a less tedious task.
His other outfit is for cold weather. Dante wears a black slim coat with black fur in the hooded area. The coat is stuffed with the usual modern materials to heat up the person inside. It is made to make travelling in the cold climate less tedious, but it doesn't effect attacks made of fire or meant to burn at all, or freezing techniques. His pants are long, black, and slim but with multiple layers in it. Underneath those pants are black shorts made for swimming, and under that underwear that varies depending on the occasions. Black socks that stretch up to his mid-shin are word with this outfit as well. His shoes are usually close toed and made of fur in the outside.
Lastly, on normal days he wears a white long sleeved shirt that makes it to his wrists, but he usually wears it with the sleeves rolled up to mid-radius/ulna. He wears black jeans and expensive looking Italian style shoes. Under that shirt is a tank top in case it suddenly gets hot, and usually around his shoulder or over it is a jacket in case it gets cold. The jacket is black in color with black fur on the hooded area. His belt is made with leather and has a gold belt buckle. Every outfit has three gold or silver piercings, circular (Cartilage style) or straight (Like Pain from Naruto if they are straight) that he wears on his left ear; they are usually moving from the helix to the auricle.
-Personality information- Personality Overview: In battle Dante is unforgiving and often mistaken as 'cold'. In reality he is just calculating in battle, depending on his tactical intelligence, and calm. He doesn't forgive easily when he fights because he is usually given a good reason TO fight. He doesn't use his devil fruit powers unless they are needed or used to teach an enemy a lesson. Dante doesn't give chances in a fight anymore then an opponent would do to a hated enemy. However, Dante is still cautious. He doesn't let enemies get near him without some type of back-up plan to ensure he doesn't get killed.
His relationship status is.. complicated. Dante's main view at the moment is to free the world of what he classifies as 'evil' which is an object or person that does more harm to the people then good. He does sometimes think about being involved in a relationship, but his mind usually wanders back into his reality. Dante does enjoy the company of a woman that knows what she is, but he dislikes the 'princess' types for obvious reasons. They usually represent what he is trying to rid in the world. He likes beautiful women with enough sense to see the world similarly to his vision, and likes a woman that can almost 'take control' of most situations. It compliments Dante's usual personality.
Dante is a laid back type of character when he isn't fighting. He is often seen with a drink in his hand when he is relaxing, although he rarely ever drinks too much (he rarely finishes two shots before leaving a bar). Other drinks include juice, milk, and water. He rarely drinks soda, however. He usually lets people talk around him so he doesn't have to talk. It soothes him to hear another person's voice instead of his own, when it isn't a threat that is. Although he prefers to be the leader of the groups he is in, he also enjoys seeing others do the work they can do without his help. It is because of this that Dante often looks like a grunt to anyone seeing the group he is with. The other person will do all the talking, they'll say the demands/message, while Dante does nothing but make sure everything that needs to be said is said. There will be moments when he prefers to talk to said person himself, however this is only in emergencies. This laid back attitude also comes with a price. If a friend or crewmate scolds him he won't fight back, and even someone weaker then him will likely run him over in demands. If a crewmate asked him to do the groceries, for example, he'd probably do it without even a hint of resistance (other then a possible sigh or slow movement towards the door).
Dante, when approached, is almost 'noble-like'. He stands straight, with good posture, but talks to people like they were all standing like him (in equal ground). When he speaks he uses clear and precise words to help the receiver of the message understand things clearer. Dante also gives opponents chances to walk away from a fight unless they've done something inexplicably horrible towards another human being that didn't deserve it.
Likes, Dislikes, Hopes and Fears: Dante loves to shower, even though his devil fruit makes that a problem. He also enjoys gatherings with large amounts of people. He dislikes drinking too much alcohol and people that don't care about another persons life. Dante hopes to change the world, and fears letting other people die or giving up on the world's change.
-History information- -Birth-Dante was born in the middle of the night, without power, in a town located in the west blue. The town was in an island known for its shipwrights, and among the shipwrights the best one was the mother of Dante. The father was the chief of the guards. It seemed like a match in heaven for the small island of people. The baby was born with the dark brown hair of the father, but no blue hairs of the mother. When the baby was born nobody seemed to be around other then the parents. It was too late at night for anyone to be up, and he arrived unexpectedly by a few days. That night the mother cried from joy and the father smiled genuinely for the first time in decades.
-Child-At the age of five Dante was named the smartest kid in class. He worked hard every day to study and become something that the father would be proud off. Dante didn't want to become a guard like his father; he wanted to become a shipwright like his mom. Dante studied hard every day and got good grades. By the time he was eight years old he was already two grades above his age group. He was in fifth grade with the bigger kids that were almost reaching middle school. By the time he reached middle school he was only nine years old, and he was about half the size of most kids in that area. He was picked on, a lot. Dante kept coming home with bruises and cuts around his body, but he never told them why. The parents already knew, but they didn't seem to care since a three year old boy seemed to be needing most of their attention. He didn't mind. Jack was a good little brother, albeit lazy. Dante learned to fight this way, or rather, he developed a body that could resist their attacks to fight back. By the age of ten middle school kids stopped harassing him, and he made it to high school at that age.
-Adolescent-By the age of eleven Dante was in 9th grade. His grades in school were the talk of the town, he was almost a legend as a scholar. Because of this the bigger and stronger kids started to surround him and pick on him. Some directly attempted to assault him. Dante fought back the best he could, but often times he had to miss school because of broken bones or open wounds. Even with the missed days he still got great grades. He majored in shipwright skills and was taking college level classes. By the time he graduated, by the age of 14 do to the missed days at school, he went straight to the towns shipwright area and learned to hold a hammer. Jack was ten by this age, and showing the complete opposite results that Dante had in school. Jack was struggling with C's, and hated any extra amount of work. Dante and Jack got into arguments frequently because of this and even had fist fights. Dante would win all of the physical fights, of course; but Jack never listened to the importance of school. In the end, Jack went to guard school, and Dante was in shipwright school.
-Adult-By the age of eighteen Dante was already a graduate of the shipwright school/college in the island. He showed the diploma to his mother, whom was very ill for some reason, and she couldn't help but smile. Dante was becoming like her. The next day after graduation he went to the ship yard and started making ships. A few years inside the job and he was recognized as the best shipwright in the village. However, soon after this proclamation was made by the village the mother passed away. Both Jack and Dante were devastated, but Dante took it the hardest. One week after the mother died and he heard what she told Jack, which was to live his dreams, Dante decided to leave the island and explore the world. He briefly read through a book and memorized the ways to navigate through the oceans. He had a map with him. One day, as he travelled through the oceans, a marine ship stopped him and hauled him overboard. His ship was left behind in the ocean, and Dante was dragged by rogue marines into an unknown dungeon. Dante didn't resist much, since he knew what would happen if he attempted to fight armed military men. His body wasn't as built as theirs, and he didn't have a pistol that shot multiple rounds. When he arrived he was mouth-gagged and with a bag over his face. He heard a voice ask for his name and they gave him the wrong one; he was dragged into the area and when they took off his bag he recognized the place he was in as a 'prison'.
-Later Events (up to today)-After Dante was set up to take the fall for the other prisoner, that obviously had connections with the marines, he spent years inside the cell with no light other then the one emitted from a small crack in the room. Jack was whipped weekly so he could count the whips as passing weeks. He knew every month that had passed by with the amount of whips he received. Jack was tortured for information he didn't know, they kept asking "Where's the money? How did you launder it from the marines?" and Dante kept repeating with an "I'm not the right man, so I don't know." He spent the entire first month in the prison shouting from the top of his lungs his innocence. The marines didn't believe him, and he quickly lost his will to continue to scream. He was nearly drowned several times, never allowed to shower, and fed once a day a decently big meal with many carbs. He starved the rest of the day. Dante spent his days moaning, crying, and wishing he had never left home. One day he thought of an idea to escape and it occurred to him in a dream. He built a tunnel and escaped the prison. That might not be likely to do in one night, but it was possible to dig a hole. But first he needed a weak enough spot for him to dig. When he looked at the tiny bit of light emitted from the crack he realized that he had been looking at the weak spot the entire time. Dante took his metallic plate, which they never wash, and used it as a shovel soon after his weekly beating. This way he had the maximum amount of time possible to start excavating. Dante dug out the hole, as fast as he could and as quietly, for seven straight days with bleeding wounds on his back that got clogged by the amount of debris and dirt that covered his skin. When he reached the last day he cracked the last part of the wall and made a small man-sized hole. Barely big enough to have Dante break through it in his hyposthenic body. Dante saw the sun for the first time in five years. He heard the jiggling of keys behind him and the door unlock itself. Footsteps stopped for a moment then started to crawl through the small tunnel that Dante had created. He threw himself through the hole and into the water surrounding the tower. When Dante landed on the water he swam to a nearby navy ship, whom was already packing to leave the prison. it was luck that brought him to a nearby island with inhabitants that weren't hostile. He clung to the side of the ship the entire way to the island; he didn't sleep. When he saw the island he let go of the side of the ship and used the last of his strength to swim to shore. It didn't take long before he was rescued by one of the people in the village. Dante was put in bed for months before he regained his full energy, but he forgot everything he learned in his island that came to shipwright skills. Not doing it for years made him very rusty. Eventually he walked around the island and found a fruit on a tree. It looked odd. Dante ate it, thinking it looked tasty, and found that it was the most disgusting fruit he had ever encountered in his life. He finished it quickly and went back to the village; he learned not to spoil food that was edible.
When he came back he quickly saw that no matter how many showers he took he continued to smell the same as when he didn't shower. He continued to feel dirty thanks to his experience in the prison, however, so that didn't stop his need to shower or bathe several times a day. Soon he realized of his new powers, however, and he quickly adapted to his new found power. Dante walked towards the marine ship the next time it docked and killed everyone on board once he became decent at using his new found powers. Everyone was drained of their liquids and killed. He let a hand full of the men ride the ship to the marine tower, where Dante stepped off and killed every marine inside the tower. He freed the prisoners and walked out of the area. He looked at the prisoners before he left, "You all have a second life now. A second chance to re-do the mistakes that put you in this situation. Don't waste this second chance." He never heard from any of those pirates again. Dante spent the rest of his days sailing around the west blue. He looks at newspapers frequently. When he returned to his island to see his father and brother he realized Jack was gone, and his father was dead. Dante no longer had a home he could return too. His only family now was out in the world. Dante returned to his home that day and took one of the pictures inside; it was a picture of Jack graduating from the guard school. Jack had the towns armor on and had a big smile, his dad had a decorated uniform with many ribbons and stood behind Jack (he was much taller), his mother felt weak but showed up that day with a nice dress, and Dante was with his arm around Jack looking at the camera with a smile. Dante left the home and went back to his ship. Today he is walking around and doing everything he can to stop corruption from taking over the world.
Relationships with other characters: Jack Blue Gato "Cat" (Brother)
-Stats- 370%
HEALTH: 175
- Strength: 10%
- Endurance: 30%
- Speed: 20%
- Agility: 20%
- Skill: 10%
- Tactical intelligence: 30%
- Practical intelligence: 10%
- Perception: 50%
- Charisma and leadership: 20%
- Devil fruit control: 100% (150%)
- Observation Haki: 20%
-Equipment List-Nine man ship
Two pistols
Cutlass
-Abilities- Ability Points: 33AP Total
20 Starting AP
+20 Event AP
+10 Bday AP
+1AP from skip leveling+10AP for Bday
+10AP for moderating zombie island
+30AP for winning tournament
+15AP for trading growth serum with cobby boyy
+10AP from answering 9 questions, plus extra AP
+5AP for answering the poll questions
+20 from event
+12 from rolling AP event
-40AP for DF
-10AP for DF tree
-25AP for DF upgrade
-20AP for gears
-20AP for observation haki
-5AP for SIQ
-10AP for technique list
Passive traits: Calm tone that never dies down. Knowledge in subjects such as Anatomy, philosophy, history, and general education classes (among them is literature, he is very good at writing). Ability to play a Bass almost perfectly, a trait he learned while travelling the world.
Devil Fruit: Suna- Suna no mi Talents:1st: Shipwright
2nd: Doctor
3rd: Navigator
Learned skills: Devil fruit mastery, will learn martial arts.
Techniques lists: suna- suna no mi techniques 
Mon Feb 17, 2014 5:23 pm
