Post by Mr. Moon on Dec 5, 2023 13:38:05 GMT -5
Michael D. Gladio
Other Names:– Jonathan Campbell
Epithet:– Devil´s Advocate
Height:– 190 cm
Build:– Athletic
Age:– 38
Gender:– Male
Race:– Human
Occupation:– Lawyer
Bounty/Rank:– None
Devil Fruit:- Neko Neko no Mi, Model: Nekomata
Total X-Poinz:– 2060
{Earned Points}New Rules Reset + 2060
{Spent Points}Aspect Vouchers
Starting Vouchers + 3
Earned Vouchers (2000 XpZ) + 2
1) Inhuman Strength (Tier 1)
2-4) Inhuman Speed (Tier 2)
5) Inhuman Precision (Tier 1)
Regular Points
Inhuman Reflexes (Tier 2) - 300
Padfoot (Tier 1) - 100
Bagua (Tier 1) - 100
Divinity (Tier 1) - 100
Depth (Tier 1) - 100
Swiftness (Tier 2) - 300
Full-Beast Form (Tier 1) - 100
Half-Beast Form (Tier 1) - 100
Maine Coon (Tier 1) - 100
Necromancy (Tier 1) - 100
Channeling (Tier 1) - 100
Compression (Tier 1) - 100
Technique Vouchers
Aspect (1400) + 16
1) Invisible Blade
2) Phantom Step
3) Crescent Slash
Starting Vouchers + 3
Earned Vouchers (2000 XpZ) + 2
1) Inhuman Strength (Tier 1)
2-4) Inhuman Speed (Tier 2)
5) Inhuman Precision (Tier 1)
Regular Points
Inhuman Reflexes (Tier 2) - 300
Padfoot (Tier 1) - 100
Bagua (Tier 1) - 100
Divinity (Tier 1) - 100
Depth (Tier 1) - 100
Swiftness (Tier 2) - 300
Full-Beast Form (Tier 1) - 100
Half-Beast Form (Tier 1) - 100
Maine Coon (Tier 1) - 100
Necromancy (Tier 1) - 100
Channeling (Tier 1) - 100
Compression (Tier 1) - 100
Technique Vouchers
Aspect (1400) + 16
1) Invisible Blade
2) Phantom Step
3) Crescent Slash
Personality
At his core, Michael is an idealist with a strong sense of justice, who strongly believes in the concepts of the greater good, true love, unbreakable friendship, and sacred vows. There wouldn´t be anything wrong with this if his idealism wasn´t twisted by his innate cruelty and pragmatic, ruthless mentality, which frequently drives him on a crusade to achieve his vision of the greater good by eradicating the corrupted and evil. Unfortunately for everyone around him, Michael embraced the dark legacy of their father, turning himself into lethal and cunning hunter, who approaches challenges with a keen sense of analysis, always seeking to exploit weaknesses in his prey, whatever this weakness is some flaw in their fighting style, character or dark secret he dug up.
Despite his violent nature, Michael isn´t without a certain dark charm. When in company of others, he can act as a true gentleman, polite, noble and charismatic, capable of easily swaying hearts of people around him. This helps him greatly not just in the court room, but also to avoid any suspicion regarding his killing.
Beyond his martial prowess and skills in court room, Michael is also known for his philosophical musing, often delving into the existential and nihilistic aspects of the grim reality that pervades the world controled by seemingly all powerful, corrupted government. This intellectual depth is another aspect, that sets him apart, offering a naunced perspective on someone who could be otherwise classified as crazy killer or misguided vigillante.
Seeing how often Michael butt heads with his brother Gabriel it might come as a great surprise to find out that he is in fact fiercely loyal to his older sibling and the organization they are both part of, to the point, where he goes out of his way to eredicate any threads or possible traitors that might threaten them.
Appearance
Michael is a tall man in his thirties, who usually walks around with his back slightly hunched so he looks somehow shorter than he really is. Despite this, he has a fairly athletic build coupled with firm, wiry muscles, and a nice aristocratic-looking face. Despite his usually tired expression, Michael takes good care about his look, keeping his black hair cut an appropriate length and his face shaved. As mentioned above, his face has usually a tired expression, which is reflected even in his dark brown eyes. However, when he let himself loose the tired mask will make a place for a grim smile and focused gaze.
Outfit and Accessories
To stay true to his status and occupation, Michael almost always wears a quality two-piece suit together with a dark shirt, tie, and perfectly maintained formal shoes. When necessary he puts a black coat over his jacket as he doesn´t recognize any lighter color than black and its shadows. When being outside he also frequently uses leather gloves together with his sword cane carried for self-defense reasons. At least usually.
Fighting Style
Name:- Fist of Divine Swordsman
Focus:- "Swordsmanship"; "Flow;"
Description:- Using the experiences he gained from his previous study of the original Imperial Fists, Michael built a style of swordless swordsmanship tailored to his specific skills and needs. As a whole, the Divine Swordsman stands on the foundation of Bagua´s Circular steps, which allows the user to take advantage of the full momentum of their body when delivering attacks, or countering. It also allows them to seamlessly flow from one technique to another and thus create a seemingly never-ending combo attack. Using no sword in his techniques, this style doesn´t contain any blocks, only attacks, and counterattacks, using power to knock the opponent´s blade away.
Core Aspects
General Aspects, describing Michael´s physical prowess compared to the general populace.
Name:- Inhuman Strength
Tier:- ★Description:- With his training in martial arts Michael improved more than just his techniques, but also developed an incredible level of physical strength. It doesn´t matter whatever we are talking about his raw destructive potential, or the ability to carry and lift, his raw physical might is way above the limits of the regular human body.
Name:- Inhuman Speed
Tier:- ★★
Description:- Being born with a natural affinity for quickness over brute strength, Michael trained his movement and combat abilities until his natural swiftness surpassed the limits of the normal human body. This doesn´t allow him to move with blinding speed, but its enough to outpace most normal people in both fighting and running.
Name:- Inhuman Precision
Tier:- ★
Description:- Gifted with steady hands and excellent hand-to-eye coordination Michael reached inhuman levels of precision that allows him to exploit even the tinniest opportunities for counterattack and attack from uncommon and unpredictable positions and angles with great accuracy.
Name:- Inhuman Reflexes
Tier:- ★★
Description:- Facing several life-or-death situations over the course of his journey awakened Michael´s reflexes, making them incredibly sharp and accurate. Thanks to that he can react to sudden changes in his environment, even under very chaotic conditions, faster and more accurately than would be possible for any normal human
Tier:- ★★
Description:- Facing several life-or-death situations over the course of his journey awakened Michael´s reflexes, making them incredibly sharp and accurate. Thanks to that he can react to sudden changes in his environment, even under very chaotic conditions, faster and more accurately than would be possible for any normal human
Name:- Padfoot
Tier:- ★
Description:- Michael is a natural-born predator and hunter who instinctively knows how to conceal his presence and stay silent. Moving from shadow to shadow without making many if any sounds. Coupling his training with practical experiences, Michael learned how to stay silent. This ability comes very handy to him whenever is he stalking his next prey, or trying to disappear from his pursuers. He is so good at this, that mere humans can hope to match him in the art of silent movement.
Divine Sword
Aspects dedicated to Michael´s unique form of formless swordsmanship.
Name:- Bagua
Tier:- ★
Description:- Mastering the lesson taught by the circular step of Bagua, Michael learned how to use rotation of his whole body and the momentum it generates to increase the virtual weight of his techniques to the point where it feels almost as if a giant swung his sword and not a human. Because of that his attacks can not only cut but also knock his opponents away with incredible force.
Name:- Divinity
Tier:- ★
Description:- Through intense internal training, Michael learned how to use visualization to project his attacks forward in the form of various blasts and blades of compressed air, that are serving as his sword and are also greatly increasing his effective range.
Name:- Depth
Tier:- ★
Description:- Diving deep into the mysteries of Fishman Karate and their techniques, Michael learned how to cut the water inside of his opponents, effectively bypassing their natural toughness and other similar forms of defense. This way he can cause damage comparable to a sword wound in its severity, without actually cutting his target´s skin, confusing both the target and any potential onlookers.
Name:- Swiftness
Tier:- ★
Description:- Taking lesson from his brother about speed, Michael underwent intense internal training, that taugh him how to increase the tempo in which he can repeatedly relax and tense his muscles through a whip-like action, gaining the ability to reach a blinding speed with his techniques.
Nekomata
Aspects dedicated to Michael´s Devil Fruit and the mastery over its unique abilities.
Tier:- ★
Description:- In their Full Beast form the user transforms into the form of an incredibly large house cat that can easily rival a tiger in its size. It has long silver fur that is much darker on the back, than on the belly, with a prominent ruff around the neck and light blue eyes. The most distinct features however are two long and bushy tails where you can usually find only one. Thanks to its sheer size, the Full-Beast form significantly improves user´s raw physical strength.
Name:- Half-Beast Form
Tier:- ★
Description:- In their half-beast form the user will retain most of their feline attributes including a silver fur coat, pointy ears, sharp teeth, retractable claws, and the twin tails. However, their hands are more human-like, with opposable thumbs that are capable of holding weapons and other objects and legs that allow them to stand upright without issues. When compared to the full beast form this transformation is also much smaller, resembling closely the user´s original body height, only adding some additional bulk to it. Because of that, it increases user´s raw physical speed rather than strength.
Name:- Maine Coon
Tier:- ★
Description:- Maine Coon is a new transformation developed by Michael, that´s based on his regular Full Beast Form. When transformed, the lawyer will change his body into the form of a large house cat, roughly the size of an average male Maine coon, with long silver fur that´s much darker on the back, than it´s on the belly, with a prominent ruff around the neck and dark yellow eyes. And while he still possesses the two tails that are so distinct for Nekomata, Michael can use the unusual flexibility of this form to interlock them so tightly, that the thick fur on them makes it look as if he had only one.
Tier:- ★
Description:- Maine Coon is a new transformation developed by Michael, that´s based on his regular Full Beast Form. When transformed, the lawyer will change his body into the form of a large house cat, roughly the size of an average male Maine coon, with long silver fur that´s much darker on the back, than it´s on the belly, with a prominent ruff around the neck and dark yellow eyes. And while he still possesses the two tails that are so distinct for Nekomata, Michael can use the unusual flexibility of this form to interlock them so tightly, that the thick fur on them makes it look as if he had only one.
Name:- Channeling
Tier:- ★
Description:- Unlike regular bakeneko, which uses fire, Nekomata is said to have power over the dead. This translates into the user´s ability to summon mischievous spirits. Malevolent entities that resemble light blue fireballs with jack-o´-lantern-like faces, floating around their tails. These spirits seem to have a limited intellect of their own because once thrown, they can chase their target with mischievous laughter. Their ability to change the direction of their flight combined with their impressive speed makes them very hard to doge, although fortunately for the potential victims hard physical hit is enough to disperse them completely. Also, despite looking like fireballs these spirits don´t burn, although they still pack enough blunt force to seriously hurt their target.
Name:- Necromancy
Tier:- ★
Description:- Aside from serving as unique missiles these malevolent spirits summoned by Nekomata have one additional and way more sinister ability. They can possess the bodies of deceased humans and use them in battle. Once possessed, the body becomes a zombie, inheriting the mischievous nature of the spirit that occupies it, together with its laughter and facial expression that resembles that of Jack-O-Lantern. While these zombies are not stronger or faster than regular humans, they are much more durable, as they don´t feel any pain and protect the spirit from being dispersed with a single sufficiently strong blow.
Name:- Compression
Tier:- ★
Description:- Gaining a greater mastery over the mystical abilities of his Devil Fruit, Michael learned how to compress several spirits he summons into one greater entity, making them more solid and tangible. These larger constructs offers greater versatility as when they are struck by physical force they don´t disappear right away but rather split themselves back into their smaller forms.
Assassination Techniques
Techniques Michael created for the sole purpose of assassination of his targets
Name:- Invisible Blade
Fighting Style:- Fist of Divine Swordsman
Aspects:- Depth (★); Swiftness (★★); Inhuman Precision (★)
Description:- Swinging his arm with blinding speed against his opponent, Michael will slash them with his knife hand. However, instead of attacking the body from the outside, he will let his energy flow inside of his opponent to cut his water, effectively bypassing their natural toughness and other similar forms of protection, while causing damage comparable to a cut from an actual sword.
Description:- Swinging his arm with blinding speed against his opponent, Michael will slash them with his knife hand. However, instead of attacking the body from the outside, he will let his energy flow inside of his opponent to cut his water, effectively bypassing their natural toughness and other similar forms of protection, while causing damage comparable to a cut from an actual sword.
Name:- Phantom Step
Fighting Style:- Fist of Divine Swordsman
Aspects:- Swiftness (★★); Patfood (★);
Description:- Hitting the ground more than ten times in blink of eye allows Michael to reach a blinding speed for a short moment, giving him an opportunity to either avoid the incoming attack or to change a position quickly.
Fighting Style:- Fist of Divine Swordsman
Aspects:- Swiftness (★★); Patfood (★);
Description:- Hitting the ground more than ten times in blink of eye allows Michael to reach a blinding speed for a short moment, giving him an opportunity to either avoid the incoming attack or to change a position quickly.
Sword Techniques
Techniques Michael created as part of his swordless swordsmanship
Fighting Style:- Fist of Divine Swordsman
Aspects:- Divinity(★); Depth (★);
Description:- With his knife hand ready, Michael will swing his arm in a wide arc across his body, with such speed, that it creates a crescent blade of compressed air in its wake. Instead of flying away, however, this blade cuts through the space in front of him in a semicircular manner, effectively increasing the range of his arm several times. This sword, however, won´t cut through its target´s body as its energy will flow inside, cutting its water instead. Thanks to that, Michael can cause damage comparable to a sword slash while effectively bypassing the natural toughness and similar forms of protection of his target.
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