Post by Constance on Nov 5, 2022 9:52:19 GMT -5
<Johannes La Laine>
Other Names:– Lala, Lainey
Epithet:– N/A
Height:– 5’9”
Build:– Athletic
Age:– 23
Gender:– Male
Race:– Human
Occupation:– Pirate || Captain
Bounty/Rank:– N/A
Total X-Poinz:– 300
Used X-Poinz:– 0
Total Rebate:– 0
Used Rebate:– 0
Earned X-Poinz Record:–
Personality
La Laine Johannes, a brazen, ambitious, and violent young man, always solving his problems with violence instead of peace. He doesn’t take kindly to disrespect or insult, and believes that any action against himself should be paid back with interest. He is vengeful and cocksure. He will get what is owed to him and that usually means taking it with his own two hands.
Like a child and animal, he is impulsive and guided by instinct. He acts before he thinks and is headstrong enough to commit to actions that put him in extremely dangerous situations. His arrogance and confidence push him to keep going even when odds are stacked against him. The result is a sort of naively fearless indomitable will. As far as he is concerned there isn’t a force in this world that can stop him from getting what he wants. All obstacles are there for him to overcome.
He is skeptical of others yet fiercely loyal. He finds it hard to put trust in others but once it is there it is absolute. The only reason he will see reason is if it’s spoken by those he trusts, but people like that are few and far between. While skepticism and fear of abandonment hold him back from trusting relationships, he truly does want to trust again, to belong again. There was a time he felt he belonged but the loss of that feeling has affected him greatly. Still he doesn’t want to be alone.
For all the violence, cocksure attitude, and skepticism of others, Johannes is trying to change. Why? Because he fell in love. He found a woman who was benevolent, giving, and pure of heart. She loves him just the way he is but he has been inspired by her to become something more. He’s already begun to change in smaller ways.
Johannes is also a picky eater, is extremely competitive and prone to games of one-upmanship, and loves to dance.
Appearance
Johannes is a pale skinned, muscular man with cropped, baby blue hair. He has the kind of swagger that can only be achieved through a life of crime. If he isn’t seen straight-faced or with a frown, the smile on his face is sure to be unsettling. He can usually be seen wearing a black shirt buttoned three quarters of the way up, black breeches, a matching sash and a black and silver studded belt combo, as well as a pair of scuffed and scratched black boots. On colder islands he'll don a black fur coat. He accessorizes often with a pair of small, silver hooped earrings, a silver bullet earring hanging from his left ear, an assortment of silver rings, and a small silver crossed necklace. The most striking part of his wardrobe is his sleek, pointed, black sunglasses that he hasn’t taken off since acquiring them. Not many know what the true color of his eyes are, but underneath the black sunglasses hides a steely and cold set of blue eyes.
Traits
O.T.S.S.
Human Starter Trait
“Only the strong survive.” A phrase that Johannes heard often from his criminal mentors. He took the message to heart and grew up strengthening his body anyway he could. Thanks to intense and unorthodox training regimes Johannes has physical might that far surpasses the human norm.
Legacy of the End
Human Starter Trait
Growing up in such a violent environment has altered Johannes’ body. Beating after beating has made him tough and durable. Johannes’ toughness allows him to shrug off light wounds, and has enabled him to take hits that would normally cripple a person.
Urchin’s Grace
Human Starter Trait
Running, jumping, and tumbling down the streets of The End just to survive make a kid quite nimble. Johannes’ youth mixed with intense training and guiding hands gave him capability and ability. Ability enough to become much faster and more agile than the average person.
Fighting Styles
Name: Slums Slugger
Focus: Unarmed Combat
Class: E
Description: An untrained and instinctual brawling style with as much focus on throwing strong and speedy strikes as well as having the grit to take them and get back up.
Background La Laine Johannes, one of the unfortunate souls cursed by the legacy of the End. Born on the lowest point of Platform Island, Johannes was destined for a short life of hardship among the muck and the mire. He was orphaned early on by an absentee father and a mother taken by disease, and left to navigate life in the “End” alone.
Criminality and violence were the norm. As a child, Johannes was forced to resort to thieving and brawling just to survive. He was recognized for these talents and was quickly recruited into one of the several gangs that claimed territory in the End. With the promise of a better life, one away from the smog, and smelly rain, and the prospect of an entire gang meant to back him up, Johannes joined in a heartbeat. He was all in and it paid off in a big way.
Over a decade went by and Johannes became a key player. He made deals that benefitted the gang and no one else. Johannes and the gang were aggressive and reckless in the decisions they made, and more importantly they made life hard for the “Endless,” A syndicate that had its hands on all sorts of unsavory business. So in a dastardly move made by the “Endless” Syndicate and backed by the island’s political officials, Johannes’ gang was exterminated. Johannes was lucky enough to escape the massacre and buy passage aboard a slaver’s ship.
While on the slaver’s ship Johannes met a woman, a slave by the name of Gato. He was enchanted by her beauty and bravery. When Johannes looked into her eyes he didn’t see fear or desperation. He saw determination and hope. He took any moment he could to talk to her, to get to know her, to figure out why she had enchanted him so. He quickly found that she was benevolent, pure, innocent, and so much more. She was all things that Johannes was not. He was fully taken with her and knew what he was feeling was love. So he hatched a scheme. A scheme that would free her from the slavers. He admitted his love for her and the plan to free her and she accepted all of it, his love and the plan, under one condition. They free not just her but all of the slaves. Johannes accepted her condition.
On the night before the slaver ship would arrive at port, Johannes set his plan in motion. He stole the keys to their bonds. He let the slaves free. He inspired a revolt and took down any slaver in his path. When the last slave was freed, only then was Johannes allowed to let Gato loose from her bonds. They were made of sea prism stone and when they hit the floor Johannes watched his love take flight. The transformed Gato appeared to Johannes as a gigantic bird with wings that sounded like the clap of thunder. He listened to her speak. “I accept your love, Johannes. One day we will spend our lives together but I must fulfill a promise made. I will be in the South Blue again although I can’t say when. If you can’t wait, follow me. Find me in the Grand Line.” Johannes tried to stop Gato but she flew higher and farther until he couldn’t see her anymore.
Johannes knew then what he had to do. He would sail the sea in search of Gato and use his experience as a gangster to become the kind of man that could survive the Grand Line and be reunited with his love.
