Eric Irongate (Update)

[Mr. Moon]

<Eric Irongate>

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Other Names:–
Epithet:– White Tiger
Height:– 180 cm
Build:– Athletic (muscular)
Age:– 21
Gender:– Male
Race:– Human
Occupation:– Pirate (Captain)
Bounty/Rank:– 16 800 000,-

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Total X-Poinz:– 3226

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{Earned Points}
+ 300 (Starting points)
+ 150 (Guardian angel)
+ 168 (Vacation on Micqueot)
+ 143 (Revenge is a dish best served cold)
+ 230 (Looking into Darkness I.)
+ 276 (Slayers)
+ 220 (Looking into Darkness II.)
+ 330 (Slayers II)
+ 330 (Welcome to the Grand Line)
+ 709 (Slayers in Jurassic World)
+ 220 (Looking Into Darkness III.)
+ 120 (Slayers and Ruby)
+ 150 (Imperial Fists)

Used X-Poinz:– 1950 / 200 Account Rebate

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{Eric Irongate - 1000 Points / - 100 Account Rebate}

Regular Points
Paw Strike (Rank I Technique) - 50 points
Assault (Rank I Technique) - 50 points
Leap (Rank I Technique) - 50 points
Slayer (D-class style) - 200 points
Indestructible: Iron Wall (Rank III Technique) - 100 points
Slayer (C-class Style) - 350 points
Flow Control (D-class Style) - 200 points

Slayer Rebate
D-class + 125 points 
C-class + 125 points
Indestructible (Rank II Technique) - 125 points
Indestructible: Piercing Mountain (Rank IV Technique) - 125 points

Flow Control Rebate
D-class + 125 points
Piercing Technique (Rank II Technique) - 125 points

Account Rebate
Indestructible: Bone Crushing Kick (Rank III Technique) - 100 points

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{Gabriel Moon - 275 Points / -100 Account Rebate}

Regular Points
D-class NPC - 100 points
C-class NPC - 175 points  

NPC Rebate
D-class + 125 points
C-class + 125 points 
Phantom Spear (Rank II Technique) - 125 points
Moon Step (Rank II Technique) - 125 points 

Account Rebate
Phantom Tree (Rank III Technique) - 100 points

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{Michael Gladio - 375 Points}

Regular Points
D-class NPC - 100 points 
C-class NPC - 175 points  
First Step: Silver Flame (Rank III Technique) - 100 points)

NPC Rebate
Step (Rank II Technique) - 125 Points
Death (Rank II Technique) - 125 Points

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{Ferrus Maleo - 200 Points / + 50 Trouble Rebate}

Regular Points
D-class NPC - 100 points
Trouble (Rank I Weapon) - 100 Points

NPC Rebate
Armor Piercing Bullet (Rank II Technique) - 125 Points

Trouble Rebate
Rank I Weapon + 50 points

 

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{Sarah Eskal - 100 Points}

Regular Points
D-class NPC - 100 points 

NPC Rebate
Tying Ten Threads (Rank II Technique) - 125 Points

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Personality

Demeanor
On the outside, Eric is every stoic philosopher´s dream come true. Hard and collected individual with stern face, that rarely shows any emotions, even in very dire situations. Thanks to his unusually strong will, he has usually very good control over his emotions and the way he responds on them, which he is very proud of. He also isn´t very talkative, opening his mouth only when necessary, he usually limits himself to very brief factual sentences and only rarely resorts himself to speeches that consists of more than few sentences. Not a great fan of unpractical jokes Eric is also very serious individual that acts decidedly showing no signs of doubt or weakness. Because of that he can make very imposing and aggressive impression when dealing with other people. Especially given to his tendencies to use violence as a the simplest, time tested method to solve even the smallest problems.

Nature
Natural born predator, Eric is hiding very aggressive side under his usually stern and emotionless face. Since a young age, he was always struggling with a powerful anger that is rooted in a very core of his soul. As a young boy he was prone to a frequent lost of self control that were turning him into raging, dangerous beast. And even now, when he got his emotions under control of his will, this powerful fire reflect on his behavior, making him naturally aggressive and dominant, proud and stubborn, unable to yield to different authority than his own. His aggressive nature is particularly noticeable in combat, where he tends to be ruthless and violent, relying on his instincts just as much as strategy and techniques.

Philosophy
As someone who was raised alone, in the darkness Eric lacked any purpose or meaning and so in the quiet days between fights, he created one for himself by twisting the faith of his parents into strict, militaristic cult of strength. From his point of view the world as whole is broken and corrupted. Led by incompetent rulers who twisted the natural order of things to suit their needs. In this world, he seems himself as a necessary evil of sort. Person chosen by god or fate if you will to shake the world and remind it´s people that in the end the only thing that truly maters their own strength and ability to fight for themselves and the one they loves. With this worldview, it would be easy to rule Eric out as another mad warmonger looking for an excuse to pick another fight, but things are never so easy with him. It´s true, that he believes that the strong are supposed to rule over the weak, but he also believes that the strong are obligated to protect the weak that follows them. This not only always sends him in the front line of the battlefield where he risks his life for his subordinates, but also rules out any sort of unnecessary violence or bullying in his crew. 

Relationships
Being stoic didn´t rob Eric of his emotions, nor does it suppressed them to the point of non existence. It simply helped him watch them from afar instead of being constantly immersed in them. Happiness, anger, grief, sadness, doubts, they are all still there, watched, evaluated free from Eric´s influence, yet unable to sufficiently influence him back. This state of mind, highly prized by stoic philosophers not only gives him great self control, but also gives him high understanding of emotions, his own just as that of people around him. Hidden behind the mask of savage barbarian is a sharp mind of very intelligent man, who can easily read in the emotions of other, using them in his own advantage. Either to break their spirits or to motivate them to a fanatical levels. To keep his act together and let others to underestimate him, he distances himself from others with very few exceptions of his closest friends but even among them only few knows how dangerously calculative person he truly is. Still, despite being master of psychological warfare he still is loyal and carrying individual towards people who earned his respect and trust. It´s just that it´s very hard, especially if their personality is chaotic and childish

Appearance

Physical Description
Despite his fairly average height of 180 cm, Eric is physically very impressive man with very broad shoulders and massive musculature that is far away from puffed muscles of regular bodybuilder and closer to the physique of professional fighter. His face isn´t beautiful and not even nice. With his square jaw, strong bones, wild white hair and stubbed beard he looks more like your typical brute or thug than cover model from magazines. And the general impression definitely isn´t improved by dozens if not hundreds of different scars from slashing, burning, stabbing and gun shot wounds that are covering his whole body.

Outfit and Accessories
Eric isn´t very picky about his clothes or other stuffs he is wearing. As his fighting style is based on unarmed martial arts, he doesn´t have any weapon near him, usually wearing only simple pants of dark color together with bandages wrapped around his forearms. Usually walking shirtless he is regularly showing off his many scars using them as a form of psychological pressure to any possible opposition. Also, aside from very special circumstances like being on very cold islands he is walking barefoot, without any additional jewelry, creating very strong contrast to his two most trusted lieutenants.




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Traits
Inhuman Reflexes
Free racial trait
Together with his aggressive nature, Eric was born with fast reflexes, which he honed during his life in the Pit. Thanks to it, he easily seize initiative as he can react much faster then regular person, even in confusing situations or when surprised.

Inhuman Strength
Free racial trait
Aside from his inhumanly fast reflexes, Eric was also born with great physical strength. Even as a six years old, he could match grown man in a terms of physical strength. And now, when he grew up, his strength is more comparable to the strength of Fishmans or Giants rather than regular humans.

Inhuman Toughness
600 points
After using his own body as a shield for many years, Eric developed incredibly tough body and thick skin, which act as natural armor and protect him against injuries. Even though that he is far from being indestructible, his body can still absorb incredible amount of punishment, far beyond human norm.

Inhuman Stamina
1 650 points
After surviving whole month of fasting during his imprisonment and going through several prolonged battles, Eric´s body created inhuman reserves of energy, which allows him to fight and work for hours if not a days without showing any signs of fatigue. And even when his reserves will finally runs out, a good meal and few hours of sleep is more than enough to put him back on his feet.

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Fighting Styles

Name:– White Tiger Style
Focus:– "Aggressive"; "Dirty fighting"; "Powerful attacks"
Class:– E-class
Description:– Very aggressive style focused on hit and run tactic together with short bursts of overwhelming offense with little to no defense outside of the timely retreat. This tactic is focused around powerful, explosive footwork and circular arm strikes with open palm, aimed for the weak points such as ears, eyes, throat and groins. It has little to no kicking techniques, but there is lots of ground fighting, especially in the form of choking and ground-pounding.

Name:– Slayer
Focus:– “Unarmed combat”; “Short / compact movement”
Class:– C – class
Description:– After several adventures in North Blue, Eric realized the biggest weakness of his fighting style. It was too flashy, full of big movements and too reliant on brute force. It was ideal style for fights in arena. It wasn´t so ideal for real life battles, where he became exhausted too quickly. So to compensate for White Tiger´s weakness, he created new style.
As a fighting style, Slayer is much more complete, when compared with his predecessor. It´s still heavily relying on short burst of power during strikes, but this time its focused on short compact movements, which allows Eric to least much longer in battle, even when battling bigger number of opponents. He also adopted more variety of strikes, adding open palm, closed fist, elbow and even chops and hammer strikes to his repertoire, together with some basic kicks. In close combat he can still transition to grappling movements, allowing for throwing and locking techniques. Thing that changed the least is his defense, as he is still going mainly strength against a strength, using his own body as a shield. Only rarely he will use any sort of evasive footwork, or other more refined defensive tactics.

• Flexible Steel: After experiencing the incredible power of Tekkai with his own body, Eric quickly learned the basics of this technique. Unsatisfied with the results, he pushed through to overcome its biggest flaw and trained extensively until he learned how to keep his mobility, while maintaining his whole body in it´s hardened state.
• Focused Strength: Thanks to his intense training and accumulated martial experiences Eric learned how to focus his tremendous strength into single point, which allows him to break through very resilient materials such as stone or even steel.

Name:- Flow Control
Focus:- “Inner Strength”; “Self Control”; “Shapes of Strength”;
Class:- D-class
Description:- During his voyages in the North Blue Eric become fascinated with different styles of martial arts. After creating the Slayer style, he got another opportunity to experiment with the abilities of his body during his imprisonment on B – 1. A few weeks later he shaped his discoveries and insights into Flow Control.
If there would be Martial Art that would be the exact opposite of the Slayer, it would be Flow Control. Where Slayer is direct and powerful is Flow Control fluid and subtle. Where Slayer works with raw muscular strength or outer body, Flow Control focuses on breathing patterns and greater control of the inner body. It´s a soft style, meaning that instead of meeting force with force the user is using circular, flow like movements to redirects incoming attacks and open his enemy up for a powerful counterattack, which uses his energy against him. For this purposes, it adopted many types of holds blocks, throws and joint attacks into its repertoire together with few strikes and kicks. But all of this is just the outer aspect or facade of this style. The true art is hidden much deeper, inside the body of the user, in the ability to influence the shape of the power he expresses through changing his breathing patterns and subtle repositioning of his own body.

• Piercing Strength:–  By pressing the bones in his limb together and compressing his breathing into one powerful “grunt”, Eric can change the impact force of his limb. So, instead of letting the energy of his strike to be absorbed and dispersed he can focus it into a powerful shock wave that can bypass the defense of his target and damage them inside.

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Name: Paw Strike
Fighting Style: White Tiger Style
Rank: 1
Description: Powerful circular strike with open palm and spread fingers, which aims at neck or clothes (shirt, jacket etc.).The goal isn´t to hurt the opponent, but rather to hook him and tear down on the ground. 

Name: Assault
Fighting Style: White Tiger Style
Rank: 1
Description: Fast flurry of circular strikes with varying angle and length (from full arm length to hook style punch). Each individual strike is somehow weaker then single strike, but together in succession they can overwhelm defense of the enemy and make substantial damage in short period of time. It can be focused only on one enemy at time.

Name: Leap
Fighting Style: White Tiger Style
Rank: 1
Description: Quick and powerful jump with little to no counter movement. It doesn´t allow Eric to move with "blinding speed" but still he can cover great distance quickly and without prior notice, which is ideal for surprising his opponent with violent charge or sudden retreat (as he can use it for both jumping forward and backward). He isn´t invisible during the movement and can travel only in straight line (or rather fixed curve) but on the other hand he can carry to momentum of the jump to the follow up strike.

Name:– Indestructible
Fighting Style:– Slayer
Rank:– 2
Description:– Eric´s own makeshift version of Tekkai technique from Rokushiki, which he developed after witnessing the real thing in his fight against CP agent. It allows him to harden his body to the (or beyond) the level of iron in exchange for his mobility. It can be mainly used to nullify damage taken from incoming attack, or as surprise counter against enemy who is fighting barehanded.

• Name:- Indestructible: Bone Crushing Kick
  Original:- Indestructible
  Rank:- 3 (Flexible Steel)
  Description:- After hardening his body beyond the level of steel, while maintaining his mobility, Eric will unleash powerful roundhouse kick against his opponent. Given his extraordinary level of strength combined with the fact that his leg is as hard as an forget steel during the impact this technique has indeed enough strength to crush the bones of regular person and sending them flying with single hit. 

• Name:– Indestructible: Iron Wall
  Original:– Indestructible
  Rank:– 3 (+ Flexible Steel)
  Description:– Improved version of the original Indestructible technique. Firs, Eric harden his body to the level of steel, while maintaining his mobility, and then strikes with open palm against his opponent. This technique has two mayor advantages against regular strike. Firstly, the user´s palm is hard as a forget steel, increasing his destructive power significantly. And secondly, because of it´s full body hardening effect, Eric can focus all of his strength on offense, while the, hard as steel, muscles will take care of the defense and possible counterattack.

• • Name:- Indestructible: Mountain Piercer    
    Original:- Indestructible: Iron Wall
    Rank:- 4 (+Flexible Steel; + Focused Strength)
    Description:- Improved version of the previous technique. First, Eric will harden his body beyond the level of steel, while maintaining his mobility, after which he´ll strike with his closed fist against his opponent. The main difference compared to the original technique is that the closed fist allows Eric to focus all his strength into one point and thus break even through very hard materials, such as stone or even steel with his bare hands.
    

Name:- Piercing Technique
Fighting Style:- Flow Control
Rank: 2 (Piercing Strength)
Description: From the outside this technique looks like regular straight punch aimed at the opponent. The difference will become clear only right before impact, when Eric´ll switch into his pressurized breathing and use his forearm muscles to press his bones together, thus focusing the strength of his punch into direct shock wave that will carry the power of his strike deep into the body of the enemy, resulting in internal, rather than external damage. As the result of its specific nature, the bruise created by this punch is usually located on the other site of the body not on the place where the target was hit.

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Background

Land of Peace
Eric was born on rather secretive and recluse island in the North Blue that may look like perfect utopia to the outsiders. Every single citizen seems so happy and smiling all the time, while “crime” is almost unknown word. Even violence be it physical or verbal is frowned upon as the safety of the island is protected by Guardian. Powerful swordsman who is rumored to be able to fight whole armies single handedly. However this peace is maintained for a price that is paid in human lives. Any citizen, criminal or not, who is deemed “dangerous to the peace and society” is, based on decision from council of elders, thrown into the Pit, great underground arena, where are people forced to fight against each other to death, watched by law abiding citizens. Usually the criminals won´t last longer than few months maximum a year. Eric was the first one who broke this record and was also the first one ever who escaped that place.

Troubled Child
Eric was not only the first one who ever survived and escaped the pit, he was also the youngest person ever thrown in there. Born as the eldest son of the current guardian with incredible strength and innate talent for martial arts he was groomed from his earliest days to become he next guardian of the island. However how he grew older his fault became more and more apparent. Even as a child, Eric was headstrong, prideful and aggressive, always doing things his way without any regards to the official authorities or traditions. Because of that he was slowly being seen as a failure. His life turned into vicious circle as he got into few fight with wannabe bullies, beating them hard and strengthening his reputation as a wild and dangerous child, bringing only more unwanted attention and potential bullies to him. This all led to the tragedy that happened on the day of his sixth birthday. At the day when he was supposed to become official disciple of his father he was disowned by him and forced to swear he will never practice the way of sword. Crushed by the lost of his greatest dream and “betrayal” of the person he admired the most, Eric headed straight to the place where his father´s older students were training their art. Determined to prove his worth he attacked them. At first he only wanted to show his strength to once again have the respect and recognition of his father he desired, however than someone cut him and next thing he remembered was he sitting among eight dead bodies with his father yelling at him.

Life in the darkness
After his rampage, Eric was immediately sentenced to the Pit. Too young and confused to truly understand his situation, he didn´t fight or protested when his father took him down into the darkness. Despite his previous track record no one expected him to survive his first fight however he did. Slipping back into his fighting madness, right after getting hit for the first time he managed to kill three adult men and secure his survival for next few months, and than again and again and again. As he was growing up he slowly became a legend, the White Tiger, the executioner from the Pit. His fame grew so much that it reached even the outside world. Without him knowing at least two groups expressed their interest in recruiting him I their ranks but they were always rejected as the laws of his country and fanaticism of it´s rulers demanded his death sooner or later. Meanwhile Eric was slowly growing not only physically but also mentally and emotionally. Disgusted with his lack of control, he start using the regular fights as a way to train his willpower, learning how to control himself and more importantly how to fight for himself without giving control to the beast that was lurking deep in his soul. As he quickly erased all of his potential companions he spend his days training and thinking about his faith and god he was taught to worship. About the world outside of his cage and his own place in all of this. Slowly but steadily he came into conclusion that he wasn´t the wrong one, but instead it was his home what was corrupted and broken. That maybe, just maybe he was given this extraordinary strength and aggression not as some kind of test or punishment but as a tool for changing his home back in the form it was supposed to be. He played with this thoughts for years, developing his own faith and philosophy around it. Speaking with the guards about it every time he had the opportunity, slowly learning how to argument his point while fixing some holes he didn´t found out himself. The guards themselves at first afraid and wary of him also slowly lost their vigilance around him as he was always very civil and calm around them. Also these regular conversations were helping them to overcome the pure boredom of their duty and so they alertness slowly waned. Not even now Eric can not say if he planned it from the start of if it was some sudden impulse of his, however one day he realized that he is dissatisfied with his life in the pit, with enemies that were unable to give him proper challenge. With inability to do anything really meaningful and so he used carelessness of his guards and beat them down during meal time, escaping from the pit back on the surface. Driven by instincts more than anything else, he escaped the main city and hit in the forests around it where he spend several months, before the situation around his escape calmed down a bit. Than dressed in clothes he stole from careless travelers with his face and head shaved he sneaked on a merchant ship and escaped from the island promising himself that one day he will return as how he was back than, he was far away from ready to take on whole country alone.

Roaming Freely
In the beginning Eric had big hopes for the outside world, but the more he traveled, the more he grew disgusted with it. As he realized, the rest of the world wasn´t so different from his home. Everywhere he went he saw the same corruption that he hated so much in his previous home. The people he met were weak plain and so much dependent on someone else´s protection that it pained him. Of course, there were few exceptions, namely three but that was woefully little. He realized that there was no place for people like him. No place that would abide the true laws of nature and with that he came to the conclusion that he was right. His strength and nature were given to him with a purpose of creating this place for not only himself but other souls like him. From this realization came a thought that slowly matured into plan. He, together with the few friends he made on his journey will travel into the Grand Line and establish country of his own, place that he will be able to call a home. So a whole year after his escape from his home island he start putting together his crew.

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• Guardian Angel
• Vacation on Micqueot
• Revenge is a dish best served cold 
• Looking into Darkness I.
• Looking into Darkness II
• Slayers
• Slayers II
  
• Welcome to the Grand Line!
  
• Slayers in Jurassic World
  
• Looking into Darkness III

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