Post by Anirion on Mar 14, 2020 20:18:42 GMT -5
Taiwani
Other Names: N/A
Epithet: Goldbeard
Height: 7'2"
Build: Muscular
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Race: Fishman (Shark)
Occupation: Soldier/Fighter
Bounty/Rank: 5,000,000
Total X-Poinz:– 300
Used X-Poinz:– 250
Personality
Taiwani is proud of his fishman lineage, although this pride may extend to racism, especially against humans, he believes fishmen to be superior because of the biological fact. He isn’t completely of the idea that humans are terrible, but his expectations of them are low. He can be prideful and arrogant but retains his own idea of honour(not cheating, using poisons, nor fighting unarmed opponents unless they’re martial artists or brawlers, and so forth).
In this sense, he always liked doing what he wanted to do, believing in living life by personal passion and choice. He appreciated his time in the Neptune Army, but it was more so something he did out of family tradition instead of something he wanted to do himself, so when he was eventually kicked out for playing loose with command, it didn't surprise him that it'd eventually happen, nor being kicked from his family.
In the end, he lets individuals do their actions and he judges them based on that. He usually doesn't take rumours or gossip into account unless it's on the account of high profile people, like high bounty pirates or high-ranking marines, but even then, he'd have to see their actions for themselves.
He appreciates honesty, strength, and strong personalities. He doesn't punish people for not being apart of those categories, but his eye is more drawn to people of those three categories, especially if they're all three.
He has dealt with fishman racism ever since he left Fishman Island, but he tolerates it to an incredible extent, with the only time he actually acts against it is his life being threatened.
To sum up his personalty, he is prideful, honourable, and can be cynical but more so on the account of humans.
Appearance
A dark pinkish shark Fishman with a muscular build, having a fin on the top of his head which is dark red, along with each of his arms sporting an arched-backwards, fin on the outer side. He wears a dark brown, open short-sleeved shirt, adorned by a number of light brown triangles and trimmed by thick beige fur, over his muscular chest, which is crossed by two dark brown bands, each secured on the front by two small, light grey metallic links. He dons loose, whitish brown pants, possessing prominent dark hems, with an orange-brown band circling his waist and wears simple brown boots.
The most distinguishable trait is his golden plate which is placed on his chin, crediting to his nickname of "Goldbeard"
Traits
Amphibious, allowing them to breathe naturally in open air and underwater and making them efficient swimmers.
Inhuman Strength, as it has been stated that Fishmen are physically much stronger than humans.
Inhuman Toughness, the training Taiwani has been exposed to, along with his shark-like genes has granted him incredible endurance.
Fighting Styles
Name: Fishman Karate
Focus: Martial Arts
Class: E
Description: Fishman Karate is a martial art practised by certain members of the Fishman Race, with Taiwani partaking in it, he uses the standard techniques of Fishman Karate alongside skills fit for his shark genes.
Techniques
Name: Fifty Tile True Punch
Fighting Style: Fishman Karate
Rank: Rank 1 (50 X-Poinz)
Description: A hard punch of Fishman Karate that can send opponents flying, said to be able to break through fifty tiles, this technique is even stronger when underwater.
Name: Samehada Shotei (Sharkskin Palm Block)
Fighting Style: Fishman Karate
Rank: Rank 1 (50 X-Poinz)
Description: A simple palm block with enough force behind it to slap away a sword swing in most cases, but can also be used to block other attacks involving melee weapons.
Background
Taiwani’s bloodline always involves it’s fishmen having odd colourings, some of which see this as a blessing, while others merely see it as mutations… his bloodline always served the royalty as apart of the Neptune Army, as Taiwani’s ancestors tended to be very physically strong fishmen and Taiwani himself was no exception. He joined the Neptune Army at the age of sixteen, but he carried his own arrogance and ideals as a soldier which often conflicted with command. This was looked past for many years, but it went to a breaking point as they considered Taiwani to have an unreliable personality, and not somebody to be counted upon to serve the army.
This brought dishonor to his line, which led to his family exiling him. This eventually led to his leaving of Fishman Island and pursuing other jobs to make use of his combat experience, he became a bounty hunter, but two years into the job led to a violent end, throughout his works of dealing with problems on the sea, he came across racism quite often. He learned to tolerate it at first, as he didn’t mind the occasional insult, degrading or worse, but he lost it when an town elder attempted murder on him.
He was hired to take care of a local bandit problem the town had, with a sum of 500,000 beli. The bandits weren’t a challenge for Taiwani, as they were few in number and their equipment was poor, but the village elder tried to pay Taiwani 50,000 instead, under the excuse that times were hard and tried to prey on Taiwani’s empathy, but he remained insistent on the original payment.
Under the impression that the elder would finally own up to his word, Taiwani instead got a sword pierced through his back as a way to avoid payment. It wasn’t enough to kill him and instead, Taiwani killed the elder and focused his rage on the entire town, slaughtering most of them. He came to his senses eventually but he ran away soon enough, with the survivors of the town reporting his crime.
With witnesses and a soon-to-be placed bounty on him, he quit his job as a bounty hunter, starting to be chased by the Marines. He was forced to fight back, which led to marine casualties and a injury from his end, but escaped by resorting to the sea everytime. This has landed him as a threat to the public eye. He ended up running to the Blues, as the marine presence in the Grand Line is too much for him to tackle on by himself. He hopes to find some way of removing his status but with each passing day and the marines coming closer for his bounty, he may find it impossible...