Name: Gnopped C. Dust
Age:24
Bounty:
Species: Human/hyena
Occupation: (Specialist class: Assasin, Covert Ops, Intelligence
Allegiance: Marine
rank: Seaman 1st class
Home Village/Ocean: North Blue
Appearance: A rather tall man man, wearing a black cloack and a large belt slung crosswise his chest for his katars, he has long dark blue hair, and blue eyes. He has a scar that runs close to his left eye, a reminder of his first showdown with the Betrayer. he has a black headband, and a white shirt beneath the cloack, and some dark green trousers, he wears large black boots.
History: Born on a flyspeck isle in the North Blue, most people would look at this quiet village and think nothing was amiss, they could not be further from the truth. This island is the home of the "Yuro Utso" ninja clan. Almost everyone in the village is part of the clan, and they go about their day to day lives as if they were nothing different then what they appeared.
Making a fatal mistake, a group of pirates attacked the town when Gnopped was seven years of age, he had already been trained in the ways of his clan since he could walk; His immediate family taking his training in hand until a certian age where he would be take on by a master. When the pirates stormed ashore they had already signed their death warrent, they found nothing but an abandonded village. Being lazy, and none to curious they only scouted around half heartedly before settling down in the village for a night of drunken debauchery. None lived to see the sun-rise.
During the night the Grandmaster of the clan had seen his abilities, wich were far above what he should have for his age. He formally requested that his family release him early for his next stage of training, this usually did not happen until the child was 10 years of age. his family, honored though they were had reservations. In the end they allowed him to be taken for his next stage of training.
For the next twelve years his life revolved around training in the art of silent death, he became a stalker in all of its forms. He also learned much of the world, of its various cultures and peoples. he may have to blend in with any populace at any time. probably the most important thing he learned however, was what the Grand-Master repeated to him, often in the middle of hard training.
"We are not murderers, we are not dishonorable..yes we kill for money but we are not common assasins. We choose what targets to take, we choose those that effect the world the most negativly, and we eliminate them. We do not take lives callously, but as if the fate of the world rested on it. Remember this boy"
He would often fish with the old man, Gnopped was an easily excitable boy and regular meditation was hard for him, so the Grand-Master started to take him fishing, and helped him slip into his meditative state that way.
When he was 19 a large fleet of pirate ships came to the island without any warning. they landed before any but a very few were able to dissapear into the woods and hills. Among the pirates was a man swathed all in black that most had not seen for years. hiding in the hills Gnopped was able to see the Grand-Masters reaction. He found out that the man with the pirates was part of the clan, though they had not seen him for years. When he started to direct the pirates to the various hiding places of the clan, everyone could see that he had betrayed them.
In one of the bloodiest battles any of them had taken part in, they attacked the Pirates and the Betrayer. The battle raged all day long, and when night fall it ended in a victory of sorts for the Clan, the pirates were driven back to their ships, but they were now shelling the island. Knowing something had to be done the Clan gathered together soem of their best, Gnopped though he was young was included at the Grand-Masters urging.
They snuck onboard the pirates ships, and started to slaughter the pirates at their guns with a vengence. As they went from ship to ship they noticed their numbers dwindling, though not from the pirates as far as they could tell. Halfway through their assault a marine fleet showed up, they had been tracking the Pirate fleet for months and had finally caught them. That night it seemed as if a circle of hell had supplanted this stretch of water, as guns bellowed, and men roared and died on all sides. Ships bellied up like dieing beasts or floated in pieces, burning. It was in this chaos that the clan team, now only 2 men and a woman; found the ship the betrayer was on. They engaged him, but his skill was too great. The other two were killed in a set of barely seen blows. Gnopped saw this, and backed up into the main cabin trying to buy himself some time. While in there he noticed an open chest, inside of it was a slightly glowing fruit that seemed to be covered in..spotted fur. His training had included a brief overview of the Devils Fruit, though it was frowned upon to actually eat one. Seeing no other choice he ate the fruit, almost choking on the fur.
He rushed out onto the deck and felt his body change, a primal roar erupted from his mouth as he suddeny grew taller and felt strength flood into his body. He saw the betrayer standing in front of him and roared out a challenge, and he was turning towards Gnopped whenever a cannon blast shattered the deck between them, throwing Gnopped overboard in a spectacular explosion. His last vision before he sunk beneath the waves, his arms suddenly heavy as lead and unable to move; was that of the betrayers ship sliding away into the night, then all was black.
He came to in his house, the worried face's of his family and the Grand-Master on one side, a Marine Officer on the other. It was then that he knew what he was going to do, he was going to join the Marines...they had come to the rescue of his village whenever everything looked grim, they had attacked fearlessly to defend those that could not. He would offer his specialized services to the Navy. When he said this out loud his family was dismayed, but the Grandmaster understood, and gave his blessings. Gnopped also swore to hunt down the Betrayer of the Clan.
He has now served six months with the Marines, he has just ended his first deployment and is being assigned to a newly formed ship, with a newly formed mission that might suit his unique skills better.
Personality: Almost as if he doesnt realize that his buisness is one of silent death, he is quite a jovial character. When not on a misison or fighting he is almost never serious, enjoying stories, good food and good beer. Tends to talk too much as well. that being said when it comes to mission time or actualy combat he is deadly serious. He Dislikes reasonless bloodshed, and abhors murder in any form ( he does not see what he does as murder) one of his odder habits is his tendency to fish...alot. He finds it calming and meditates while he does it, he rarely keeps the fish he catches, throwing them back mostly. It is the act of fishing not theactualy catching of the fish.
Ship:
Ship Flag:
Devil Fruit: Haiena Haiena No Mi
Type: zoan
Effect: Gives the user access to two other forms other then his original
Hyena form- Hyena/human Hybrid
Special Abilities: ninjitsu, climbing biting.
Learned Techniques (Keep it 1-25):
1. Poison throwing knife/shuriken. He applies a poison or sedative to either a shurikan or a throwing knife. this action takes a two posts to complete, once fully applied the weapon can be thrown and will cause the desired effect if it strikes.
2.Hamstring : While in Hyena form, he charges the enemy, but swerves at the last minute, fucking around behind them he attempts to bite their hamstring (if they have and applicable anatomy)
3. Duece Crucifix- Lashing out with his Katar's, he stabs the enemy through the shoulders and lifts them off the ground then throws them. (note, attempting to do this with someone huge will probably get you a laugh in the face, and an asskicking.)
4. Wall Nailing: His hand duck into his clothes and pouches, and with a flurry he throws all of his shurikans and knives at the enemy. Must be close range but has a good chance to pin the enemy to whatever is behind them, not to mention stab them a whole bunch. (is out of all shurikans and knives until he recovers them)
5. Kusarigama charge: charges in with the Kusarigama and whips the chain end of the weapon through the air, trying to wrap it around the enemies neck. he then pulls it tight and strikes at them once while in close range.
6. Stealth Strike: Using the Ninjitsu arts, he strikes at an enemies pressure points from close range, he can either use this ability to put them into extreme pain, causing actual damage as their joints swell slightly. Or he can use it to immobilize them (5 posts) this attack can only be used when the enemy does not see him, dues to how defenseless it leaves him in executing the attack.
7. Garrote- Another attack that require him to be unseen, he uses his garrote against the enemy,either strangling them into submission or attempting to slice into their neck. Though hard to break out of, Gnopped is totally vulnerable to attack while he attempts to do either.
Weapons/Items:
Mortar and Pestle, vials and mixing bowls
Fishing Rod
Marine Shirt and hat
Ghillie suit-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghillie_suitStealth Clothes- A-typical "Ninja" clothes, he has four sets of these, One totally made up of shades of grey and black, one made up of Whites and greys, One made up of shades of green, and another shades of tan. (Darkness, Winter, Forest, Desert)
weapon name: Throwing knives
Description:
http://www.karatedepot.com/sites/karatedepot/images/items/large/wp-th-14.jpgweapon spechal abilitys: throwing
History: A set of throwing knives made specially for his Size and strength. they are balanced perfectly for him.
Weapon name: Bottles of Poison
Description: a bottle of poison where you can dip knives or shurikens in
Weapon special abilitys: poisoning people, dealing damage per turn
History: he learned the art of making poisons, not to mention sedatives from his father, and later the Grand-Master. He smears the poison onto the blade before he throws it or stabs with it.
Weapon name: Shurikens
Description:
http://www.shingan.ro/images/shurikens.jpgweapon spechal abilitys: throwing
History: A set given to him whenever he passed his coming of age test, when not secreted on his person they rest in a rosewood box lined with felt.
Weapon name:Garrote **Not Approved yet, placed here for convinience**
Description: Two wooden handles with a piece of wire strung between them. only really usefull from behind the enemy, as you hold the handles you cross your arms, forming a loop in the wire. this loop is put over someones head and around their neck. by pulling on the handles you can either strangle them or in cases of extreme strength slice into their neck
Weapon name: Kusarigama
Description: The kusarigama is a traditional Japanese weapon that consists of kama on a metal chain with a heavy iron weight at the end. Though the kusarigama is derived from a farmer's scythe, and though the sickle was often carried as a weapon by farmers during the feudal era of Japan, these farmers did not carry kusarigama. Its purpose as a weapon was very obvious, so unlike a sickle, it could not be carried openly.
http://www.shingan.ro/images/kusari_gama.jpgWeapon special abilitys: "Attacking with the weapon usually entailed swinging the Weighted chain in a large circle over one's head, and then whipping it forward to entangle an opponent's spear, sword, or other weapon, or immobilizing his arms or legs. This allows the kusarigama user to easily rush forward and strike with the sickle.
history: This weapon was handed down to him from his father, enscribed on the handle is the motto of his family. It is graven in such a way to almost make it uncomfortable to hold, as if to constantly remind him of it.
Weapon name: Dual Katar(wears one in both hands)
Weapon description: a dagger or katar, meant to be gripped at right angles to the blade for forceful stabbing;
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1700_1799/localrulers/weapons/katar.jpgWeapon spechal abillity: stabbing
Weapon history These blades are not a matched pair, making using them dual wield slightly awkward. He has trained himself in their way however and it does not effect him. He looted the first one off of a pirate during the first attack. The second one he found in a back alley shop in Lougetown during his first deployment.Both of the weapons have steel blades. The right hand Katar is slightly longer then the left, and has a solid bronze handle, the left hand one had a fire hardened wood handle inset with pearls. (can not be used in his hybrid form, his hands are too large)
Goals: To stop the strong from preying on the weak, to master his art,to find and kill the Betrayer and to become a great Marine.
Thu Mar 05, 2009 3:49 pm
