Post by Flame on Jan 9, 2018 19:50:01 GMT -5
Yan
"I need a drink." - Yan
{Character Information}
Surname: --
Given Name: Yan
Nickname/s: Yan "Stormblessed"
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Age: 32
Birthday: 10/12 Oct. 12th
Home Region: North Blue
Occupation: Shipwright, Janitor,Bounty Hunter?
Bounty: None
Jolly Roger:
{Appearance & Personality}
-Personality Traits-
Alignment: A Lazy Neutral Good
RelaxedYan is a relaxed sort of guy, for him there is no rush to get things done. He expects that he has time to get to them eventually. He talks in a casual manner to almost everyone. He values time spent alone simply doing nothing and believes that having some time to do just that improves his abilities in all walks of life.
Cleans to Calm DownYan enjoys cleaning. He is not a compulsive cleaner, does not do it in aiming for some sense of cleanliness of perfection. He is not often worried by an excess of dirty or anything. He just enjoys cleaning, the monotonous work of it calms him down, relaxes him. He can often be found with a small rag looped into his pants just so he can dust things off when he needs to relax.
Compulsive DrinkerYan is a compulsive drinker. He can almost never be found without his bottle hanging from its rope in hand or the like. It is a happy coincidence that he also enjoys drinking greatly, but he is by no means addicted to it. He could quit and on serious days he tends to fill his bottle with water or tea or something. But it is most often shochu which he fills it with.
PatientYan is a patient person. He has no issues waiting for something to get done. As long as it does it really doesn't bother him. To him the longer someone waits to get something done just means theres more time for him to relax. Until its his turn, it just is not his problem to deal with.
Slightly IndifferentYan is not always the most sensitive person. He prefers to not let other's problems trouble him too much. He gets involved when its absolutely necessary but otherwise he prefers people figure out their own issues and not bother him with them. This ties into his patience, hes not patient because hes considerate of others, hes patient because it just suits him to be so.
TruthfulYan is a truthful person. Or more to the point he sees no reason to lie. He will speak the truth whenever possible and only lie when being forced into it by outside forces (say a knife to the back). This comes with both facts and opinions which he holds, he is not against saying something terrible to someone's face.
LazyYan is a lazy person, it goes hand in hand with his relaxed personality. He sees no urgency in when things need to get done. As long as he gets them done eventually he thinks no qualms should be had. When told to do something he'll get it done on time, how he manages his time is up to him.
GarrulousYan likes to talk. Often about the first thought that pops into his mind and rarely about the most pressing matters. He likes talking about things that don't matter. And can go on and on about whatever, speaking endlessly to subjects likely no one else really cares about. It really is an effortless experience for him to do so.
Unruly DrunkYan when drunk becomes a much more energetic person. He becomes much more of a doer, continuing to uphold most of him traits but giving up his energy-saving lifestyle to take more initiative. It tends to get him into bar fights and the like. However due to his compulsive drinking Yan has a very high threshold and is rarely seen in this form.
Dark Sense of HumorYan likes jokes with a little bite to them. Its just how his sense of humor works. Yan prefers to make jokes that have darker tones and perhaps aren't easy to laugh at for most people.
Virtues: Relaxed, Patient, Truthful
Vices: Indifferent, Lazy, Blunt
Fears: Den Den Mushi, Sea Kings
-Physical Traits / Appearance-
Height: 6'9" or 205 cm
Build: Medium Build
Eye Color: Dark Maroon
Hair Style: Pulled-Back Medium Dark Blue
Ethnicity: Chinese
AppearanceOn first glance Yan tends to not be very intimidating. Baggy clothes hide his body and the relaxed look he maintains is hardly one to inspire fear. In fact often he is known to look quite friendly on first approach.
Yan is a fairly evenly built man. His armspan is quite similar in length to his height. He can rarely be found standing at full height, instead he tends to stand in a relaxed pose with legs bent slightly. His body is well muscled across the board mostly from his shipwright work . Upon his chest and back are a few large scars, though none of them are usually visible. This is mostly because he can almost always be found wearing at least a white wifebeater. On top of that he wears cargo pants, they come in a few colors but the most common is dark navy blue one. A jacket similar in color to the pants tends to cover the wifebeater as well. All are in decent condition, the pants have a few patches on them but they are barely noticable.
Yan has a few odder items which can usually be found upon him as well. The first are his pair of goggles, mostly they are for when he's working on ships. But he is so used to the feeling of them they are constantly on his head. The second is his flask, its fairly large, round, and blue. Around its neck is a red piece of rope which carries it, the rope tends to be connected to his waist giving him easy access to it. The final is a pair of bracers that he wears, its mostly because they have sentimental value to him. They are made from painted and laminated wood with metal reinforcement, strapped onto a cloth glove. They provide a little extra protection which is a nice benefit.
{Character Story}
Total X-Poinz: 1090
Used X-Poinz: 250{ See Full Breakdown}
Full Breakdown200 Rokotsu Sojutsu | D-Rank FiSt(125) Free X-Poinz | 125 Used
-125 Kaminari Kyofu | R2 Tech
-50 Tsukou | R1 Tech
-My Voyages-{Starting XPoinz}
Starting XPoinz
+ 300 X-Poinz
D Class Package
+ 150 X-Poinz{An Invitation to Party Arc}
Interesting Meetings
Wanderers in Sedna! Trouble Brewing in the North Blue!
+ 200 X-Poinz
Some Answers and More Questions
Hijinks in Caeserio! A Puzzling Situation Begins!
+ 260 X-Poinz
A Quiet Day
Hunters in Lyneel! The Roles Reversed!
+ 180 X-Poinz
{Skills and Combat Abilities}
-Inventory-
The Drink GourdYan's personal gourd for the carrying of liquids. He guards it with his life more than any of his other belongings.
Cleaning MaterialsAn amalgamation of random objects that help Yan with cleaning up and about. They all fit into a small pail that he tends to leave in his room unless he's really in the cleaning mood. It has a solid piece of soap, which he breaks down into the pail and fills with water. Other than that there are other instruments of his work including towels, dusters, etc.
Shipwright's ToolsA few random tools including a set of nails and the like, a hammer, a saw, a level and a filer for wood.-Skills-
Non-Combat Skills
ShipwrightYan is a solid shipwright as skills go. With multiple years of training under his belt he is capable of making, adding onto, and repairing ships. It is unfortunate that he's so lazy as he otherwise would live quite well off his shipwrighting abilities. But he works little and is better at keeping a ship in tip-top-shape rather than doing the more profitable ship building itself.
CleaningYan is quite skilled at cleaning. Be it versus dirt, mold, dust, rust, he is the enemy of all that would make a place less new. His weapons are water, a little soap, bleach, and a rag and he defeats his enemies wherever he finds them whenever he feels like it. He also has odd tendencies to clean people when he gets on cleaning rampages.
CookingYan is not a skilled cook. He can make very simple dishes, but one should not expect much more than him boiling whatever hes given and perhaps throwing it into a stew.
Combat Skills
Inhuman Strength - Human Trait #1Yan is extremely strong even for a human as large as himself. He is easily capable of moving large pieces of wood for the construction of large warships carrying them around in one hand.
Superb Diver - Human Trait #2Yan is a superb swimmer, especially in his capability to stay and maneuver underwater for elongated periods. This is powered by his strong limbs, thin body, large feet (;3) and long hours of practice inspecting ship bottoms from underneath the water.
Scarred Body - Additional Trait #1Yan has a scarred body from many battles and equally many defeats as victories. And for all those scars do to impress the ladies this shows in his fighting. While his skin is a little tougher, when wounded he tends to wear out faster, bleeding longer and heal slower than a normal person.-Fighting Styles-
Rokotsu Sojutsu
D-Rank Spear Combat200 X-Poinz (125 Free X-Poinz)
Yan's combat style displays a bluntness alike to him. Rather than many that use winding attacks, gaining momentum through constant motion he prefers straight to the point attacks. By giving less wind-up his attacks are swift and harder to predict. Characterized by short slashes with the blade and strong fast thrusts dependent on solid footing it manifests less power but more dynamic-ness.
AspectsArashi Megu: Storm Blessed, Yan's underlying affinity for storms manifests as an ability to manipulate the wind with his spear. As the spear moves it can cause gusts to manifest controlling power and direction.
WeaponBodikuriba
Rank 0 SpearYan's spear is made in the omi yari design featuring an extra long metal blade. To fit Yan's great height the full length of the weapon is eight feet. The blade is three feet long and the shaft is five feet long. In its prime it was a very sharp blade, but over time and use by Yan it has dulled down. He doesn't have the tools to properly sharpen it and thus really only cleans the blade. It is now notched in multiple places and the once precise patterns crossing the blade are fading. The shaft of the spear is made of a solid hard wood and over time has been reinforced by thin layers of bamboo. At the bottom is an iron cap to counterweight the blade. The spear lacks any truly defining features otherwise and is rather uninteresting.
TechniquesTsukou ~ Imperial Thrust
Rank 1 Ability - 50 X-PoinzReversing the spear so it faces down, he lets it start sliding down slightly before lunging forward. Using his fullest lunge he grasps the shaft firmly before the blade hits the ground and levers it up while extending his arm. Between his arm, the length of the weapon and his lunge he can get close to to ten feet of range with ease on the thrust. Due to the way this is done it forces a spinning action into the thrust which only makes it useful as a piercing attack.
Kaminari Kyofu ~ Thunderous Gale
Rank 2 Ability - 125 X-Poinz (F)
Aspect - Arashi MeguRaising the spear above his head Yan swings it down in a wide arc. The motion manifests a giant gust of wind pushing straight forward slamming into whoever is in front of him. This attack can be as a wide as a street.
{Character Relations}
-Family-Taka + Shino Parents - Status Unknown : Hoped Alive - Taka and Shino are Yan's parents. He cares for them greatly for all they've done for him and though he hasn't seen them in many years he hopes them the best every time he can. He used to write letters but they've become infrequent as of late. He has recently heard of the destruction at Treegap and is currently looking to return and find his parents again.-Friends-Bianca Stark Client - Status Known : Alive - Bianca is Yan's current employer. While formally he holds the position of her bodyguard, he has a pending invitation to join her Tea Party organization when she forms it which he is thinking over. He finds her a little tiring and youthful, and perhaps missing a little tact. But otherwise she seems like a nice person overall.
Kar Laden Guard - Status Unknown : Presumed Alive - Kar was the guard he gave him lessons in spear work. Yan has good memories of this man and would like to see him again. It seems to him a bit unfortunate with all the work he's done that he's never met Kar on any of the jobs he took.
-Foes-Captain Yuudai Former Captain - Status Unknown : Presumed Alive - Yan is not a fan of Captain Yuudai as Yuudai is not a fan of him. This is mostly due to conflicting views on life, Yuudai is a stickler for policy and the rules. He wants his marines to work hard and follow strict schedules. Yan of course isn't very good with this so they have their differences.
{History}
Youth (0-9)Yan was born on Treegap (now Treelore) into a family of shipwrights. While he was young he was often left alone as his parents worked. Bored he would often follow them sitting off at the edges of the drydocks watching them construct ships. As a youth he was fairly active moving about and playing when he could, however due to a lack of kids his age in the area he lived he was often alone in this. With nothing to do, on days he didn't go out he often found himself cleaning the house in his free time. When his parents came home at first is was troublesome because he'd do a shoddy job but after a while as his technique got better he gained praise making him want to clean more.
Shipwright's Apprentice (10-18)On his tenth birthday his parents decided that he needed something to do. He was brought in as an apprentice to the shop. At first in his youth he really wasn't capable of helping much. He brought snacks around, supplied tools, ran errands and the like for the actual workers. All the time he watched and learned by looking which was only vaguely helpful for him. But over time he managed to gather some tips and tricks of the trade by watching and more than that eavesdropping on others at work. After a few years he gained additional jobs, aiding in the use of certain tools, holding pieces in place for others to work and hauling about materials. Around sixteen he began to actually help out in the work in truly palpable ways. With all his visual experience he proved a solid shipwright even in his apprenticeship. With the muscles he had built up through the constant work he quickly proved capable of the hard work necessary.
First Job (19)A few months after his nineteenth birthday a job came in for the business that he was allowed to work on aiding in a more serious ways than before. While he didn't work as many hours as the regular members of the staff he aided in a lot of the construction of the ship itself as well as adding a little input into the layout as a whole. Between his time working Yan started spending time with the crew of the ship they were building. Specifically he got along with one of the guards who trained him in the use of a spear. Alongside his shipwork the spear drills honed Yan's body. When the work was completely done and they left Yan determined to not let it drop continued to use a long shaft of wood for training. He began to practice the use of the spear in the morning and before sleeping as a daily routine.
Full Shipwright (20-26)After his 19th year and the first job he'd taken on in full capacity, he was let free of his apprenticeship and became a full shipwright at the company. A skilled worker Yan's work was often praised for its preciseness and quality overall. However the lazy side of him which smoldered inside also began to come out during these years. At first small and nearly unnoticeable it grew to become a defining feature of working with Yan. Often unwilling to work continuously for days on end he would take long breaks from the work slowing down the company as a whole gaining the resentment of many of his coworkers. If there was a plus that came out of this, Yan often cleaned the ship as it was built in his time off from working thus leading to very neat ships coming out of drydock. A simmering problem for a while, resentments grew just below the surface and finally came to a boil near his sixth year of work. Many of his coworkers came forth and protested Yan's work and thus he was fired.
Travelling (27-29)After he was fired Yan decided to go travel. He was feeling rather unwelcome in Treegap so he figured now was a better time than any. Before he left he was gifted with his current spear which he named Bodikuriba, the blade was bought by his parents and the shaft constructed with their very own hands. Gathering what earning he had to his name Yan set out to the world. With spear in hand he ended up working as a guard on ships a lot. His skills as a shipwright and a janitor being perks for those who hired him. At sea he quickly learned the art of drinking from the other sailors. His manners grew worse and he became blunt and raucous often talking on end. During these travels he continued to maintain his morning exercises and was able to put them to good practice a few times after some dangerous run-ins with pirates. The last which finally got him to quit resulted in the deaths of nearly 1/3rd of the crew he was a part of. He himself had been badly wounded in the skirmish dispatching the second in command in a long duel.
Marine Stint (30)After the debacle on his last ship, Yan decided he needed to do something about the situation. Thus he signed on to the Marines. Sent to a training camp in the North Blue Yan was a terrible seaman recruit. His constant laziness earned him the ire of his superiors and though he completed the training he was assigned to a terrible duty under a Captain Yuudai. Or he thought it terrible due to the intense amount of work that he felt he was forced to do. (it was actually quite normal). While his laziness was variably tolerated by the shipwrights in the marines it was a terrible black mark on his record. After a few trips under Yuudai about the North Blue, Yan quickly decided to leave the marines. The sum total of his experience ended up not being too different from his time travelling. Yan battled a few pirate crews, personally taking down a few pirates of somewhat minor importance in the grand scheme of things. Quitting before his first year was up Yan left the Marines without looking back, thoroughly jaded by his experiences Yan went back to the private sector.
Travelling Again (31-Present)His time with the marines was short and brief and he never made it past the rank of Seaman Recruit. And while the training he got was good it was not really an improvement on his already fairly capable abilities. Travelling throughout the blues he continued to offer his services as a bodyguard. Alongside that Yan took on other jobs while staying on islands such as helping shipwrights. Otherwise a lazy person he often spent his money on booze, food and lodgings at whatever island he was at. It was during this time that he heard of the uproar on Treegap (now Treelore). Unsure of what to do, he decided he needed to return to the Grand Line and head to Treelore to see if his parents were okay. He is currently gathering money to undertake the return trip.
