finally my newest character is ready! since he's a man of mystery please remember that your characters know nothing about him!
Name: (Known simply as) The Count
Real Name: Edmond Luna
Age: Looks 43
Bounty: None
Species: Human (though some rumor otherwise)
Occupation: Aristocrat / man of mystery
Allegiance: “When one finds out just what this world is like they also find that they are the only one they have to rely on, my allegiances lie with my own self for similar reasons”
Home Village/Ocean: Undisclosed
Saint Reia (south blue)
Appearance: Dark and handsome for his age the count has a full head of thick and very wavy hair that falls to his shoulder blades and gets very nearly curled at the bottom, parted down the middle and pulled back past the bangs very dark brown, nearly black. He wares a black, traditional looking suit which has no visible buttons almost like a robe, the ornately embroidered red and yellow spiraled designs o the cuffs of the sleeves the are the only non jet black fabric. A stiff white undershirt is visible in its down turned collar and around the wrists from under the outer shirt, the cufflinks are dark navy blue triangles fitted with small jewels. Very tight white dress gloves and shined black dress shoes complete the effect of wealth. A black high colored cape with golden shining silk along the inside and a black stain top hat are worn when abroad. The count wares a wide white ascot. His skin tone is slightly paler than average, he is just above average height and his eyes are a deep green. He commands an air of importance and mystery about him and has a voice that tends to invoke suggestion very easily. He manages to be just as intimidating as he is inviting, it all depends on his mood.
History: Edmond began life as a sailor on a merchant ship near Saint Reia, living a humble but otherwise happy life, fell deeply in love with another common yet generally devoted woman whom he married very early on named Mercedes. He soon found that his hard work rewarded itself with seemingly limitless good luck. One day their ship fell pray to a pirate crew, however mostly in thanks to him these pirates were unsuccessful, the cargo of their ship, mainly weapons, were turned over to the crew by the marines as a payment for their bounties. Though most of the gold was taken by others Edmond found himself with a large stockpile of weaponry and nothing to do with it. It was then that Mercedes helped him to realize a point; people had always been killing one another, that much was a plain and simple fact of life but everyone else just picked a side, they could use others conflicts to make a living for themselves. Throwing the obvious ethical dilemma aside for the time being in anticipation of an expecting child the Luna family weapons business was born. Though they were by no means skilled at the fine arts of trade or marketing they found far to many eager customers, on either side of the law to lose money.
As time went by the Luna business grew along with the family, four children born in order Valentine, Yoru, Sano and Clarisse Luna. By the time Valentine was ten the family was already considered rich, and continued to advance. By the time Yoru was old enough to help out with business Sano, whom had an unexplainable obsession with justice left home to join the navy, two and a half years later Yoru left home to become a pirate, by this time Valentine had already began living on her own. It seemed like their lives would enter a welcome state of dullness.
Soon however many ambitious friends began to inquire of their business practices, none of which he told. This curiosity drove a few of these friends to conspire against him and found his dealings in secret. It was then that these people reported this, with out hesitation or consideration to the navy, whom split their wealth with them after Edmond’s life had been destroyed much like those pirates from so long ago. Neither Edmond nor Mercedes were given any trial, a minor offense was played to be a crime against humanity and the two were thrown in to the secret level of impel down where they could not seek justice against the conspiracy that had ruined them. Even as he was being dragged down to the depths of the sixth hell his pleas against this unsolicited punishment fell on depth ears. “look just shut up already, if you deserved this there are plenty of other prisons, level six is for those that their ashamed of” was a reply that stuck in his memory. At layer six his wife perished with in the first year from the harsh conditions.
After another couple of years he was assigned a cellmate, a slightly older man charged with the destruction of a small densely populated city as a marine, with nothing else to occupy their time other than torture the two began to explain how they had gotten their, the marine had been stationed under a vice admiral whom had chosen him for his devil fruit ability, after a battle he was ordered to use this ability to “siphon” the damage and fire from their ships to the town he only did so because the vice admiral would take responsibility and evacuate citizens. In stead the vice admiral went off and instgated another battle with the repaired ships and he was left with the blame for committing the equivalent of a war crime as his superiors plundered the recharge. Though this man was in the same exact situation as Edmond he believed that he stood a better chance at escape and revenge after hearing his story. The man commenced to siphon the many years he had left in his life to Edmond and give him one other parting gift, a map which he had been hiding all those years. When the time came for the man’s body to be removed Edmond managed to slip in to his body bag and get thrown to his freedom in the sea where he road a raft of coffin wood and corpse using his hands as oars on the deadly calm belt drifting for days before at last reaching an island, the first green plants he had seen in years.
After some time on the island he managed to acquire a tiny ship and set off to follow the dead man’s map. Before long he had found it, a treasure that had made him richer than he was ever before, but he had only one interest in mind, his vengeance. Nothing was going to take that from him. He used his new found wealth to become someone new, a count. With his new identity he went to seek out those who had betrayed him and reap his vengeance with only his extended life and vast fortune to accompany him. He set out to acquire an estate and servants when he came across a slave vendor selling his own daughter Clarisse. he quickly purchased her and gave her her freedom, explaining what had happened. He has currently set out to began his vengeance.
Personality: The count is an incredibly cultured and gentlemanly man with a mysterious charm about him, he is often regarded as an influential figure with out even opening his mouth. He dose his best to act with poise, tact and a quiet confidence. His actions seem at times to be out of place or needless when in reality they are part of a bigger plan or to a more distant and often hidden end, he knows that his air of mystery along with his wealth are what allows him to get what he wants or needs and dose his best to play to that. Inwardly he is full of wrath for most of the people that he surrounds himself with, needing them only as implements of his vengeance. He approaches life with a calm, cool and very disarming confidence that leads him to act as a realist. Though his revenge is currently what is most important to him he shows a debilitating sympathy for the life that he lost thinking the new reclaimed life that he has made for himself to be hollow and meaningless despite having more of a purpose.
Ship: A relatively small but decidedly lavish ship named “The Harmony Discord” made of African Blackwood, a rare and very expensive wood usually used for musical instruments, the ship itself files no flag but has a wide, barely crescent moon rather than a mermaid or conventional design on the bowsprit, the exterior of the ship has ornamental holes drilled in to it with the wind and Blackwood composition cause the ship to emit an eerie, ominous but oddly beautiful if not hypnotic sound that can be heard as the ship approaches and as a quiet background music heard only above deck.
Ship Flag: none
Devil Fruit: none
Special Abilities:
-Dramatically extended lifespan (roughly twice that of a normal human)
Learned Techniques (Keep it 1-25):
-Excalibur (the greatest cutting technique): a more honed variation on air cutting techniques (ex 360 pound cannon) but unlike most kamaitachi based attacks the Excalibur is more than an individual slash of air but rather an elongated wave that cuts clear through a target rather than simply slashing if it is performed with total focus and complete concentration (as in with out doing any other action) it has even been known to cleave steel.
-Sword dace (style NOT A TECHNIQUE!): techniques centering around the Excalibur, creating up to seven sword shaped air waves instantaneously
-Sword dance; seven pointed star: the swords arrange themselves in a star linking from point to handle flung in the direction of the users choice, the aim is to catch the victim in the air torrent in a motion similar to the Rankyaku "Hyoubi" but with a great emphasis on cutting than moving the victim
-Sword dance; scatter: the blades fan out in sweeping motions in effect attacking a wide range with unpredictable flying blades that move to quickly and erratically to be avoided by normal means.
-Sword dance; great parry: creates seven larger swords facing upright around the user that move upwards curving over the head before disappearing, attacks that hit these are often cleaved in two, due to how quickly the technique takes effect and wares off so quickly that timing is key.
-Sword dance; great thrust: sends out seven sword shaped air projectiles in a forward “V” formation, the speed of these instantaneous thrusts pierce rather than cut and can be done multiple times in succession but can not move in any way other than perfectly strait
-Sword dance; seven point lunge: a lunging motion producing a stream of seven air blades end to end that curve to the direction of the blade from rapid small movements.
-Sword dance seven point wheel: Like the seven point star but with the swords all linking at the handles to create a shuriken like wheel
-Sword dance; great slash: like the great parry but with a quick spinning motion that changes the swords in to curved slashes that rush around the user (think Zoro’s rising phoenix)
-Sword dance; chasseing sword: creates swords that follow behind seven other attacks, the victim may think they have avoided an attack only to be hit by the second.
-Sword dance; great defense: the blades link at the points and spin before the user for a time (2 posts) at high speeds to defend them ((
-Hiroyuki’s blade rush: by attacking with one leg, wing or beak at a time the bird can remain in the air while attacking and flying towards an opponent.
-Hiroyuki’s feather fan: flings many sharp, steel feathers outward in a conic pattern.
-Hiroyuki’s Drill peck: the bird launches itself forward while spinning in the ultimate piercing attack.
-Hiroyuki’s Excalibur: the bird is capable of performing Excalibur with its wings, legs or neck.
-Hiroyuki’s Kama Kyuushuu: the bird grips on to its masters back causing it to appear as if the user has metal wings, capable of flight.
-Hiroyuki’s Scatter fan: like the feather fan but with air slashes thrown in, much more destructive, and similar in design to the Rankyaku Ran
-Hiroyuki’s Great drill: Like the drill peck but with air slashes adding to the drilling motion.
-Footwork, shade stepping: a form of s=footwork that may have been the father to Yoru Luna’s body double maneuver, the user moves forward at near Soru speeds as his image is lost in a storm of rushing after images, making their real location undetectable and to unpredictable to detect.
-Shade stepping, half moon: creates four afterimages that remain constant during an attack, the user can be in any one of them
-Shade stepping; full moon: the afterimages form two rings around a target, as they spin in different directions, the user can be part of any one of them in either ring, it is almost impossible to tell which one until the attack comes.
-Shade stepping, you’re too late: the user is able to stay one step ahead of his image causing a three second lag visually
-Shade stepping sword dance: creates seven images, each behind an air blade the result is an instantaneous attack from eight opponents only one of which can take damage
-Benevolent lies: a simple slash is in reality an after image leaving the user with time to attack
-Wrong one: places an afterimage ahead of the user to take an attack for them
-Seven thousand paybacks: a circle of afterimages surrounds the user as seven Excaliburs fly from equally spaced points to the user affecting a very large and very high range.
Weapons/Items:
-His Pocket Watch
-Kamijochuu (head Servant) Hiroyuki
-A rather massive amount of gold to rival one piece itself
Goals: Revenge is the driving force behind most of his actions, though his schemes may take years to come to fruition
Mon May 11, 2009 10:26 pm
