Greetings to all admin and moderator staff.
Looking to get a character review on some in-character abilities and powers for the King of Fishman Island and Captain of the Black Sea Pirates, Curry Dutchmen.
Items to be claimed:
Voice of All Things
Bounty Gauge
Plot/Context:
Dutchmen is the Pirate Captain of the Black Sea Pirates and is the current ruler and protector of Fishman Island in our verse.
Dutchmen was born into a life of piracy having a knack for being able to hear ocean life speak to him. Growing up as a pirate apprentice being forced into harsh situations and realities of life at a young age. (Killing, stealing, racism etc) Dutchmen grew to have a raging ambition to take over the seas and free his people from tyranny one day, vowing to get stronger to do so.
Throughout his early life, Dutchmen had come across the likes of many strong pirates and foes, including Marines, which tested his strength, his life coming to near ends multiple times in his battles yet he overcame them. His body bears many scars and wounds from his travels.
Dutchmen as his strength and skills refined grew into a very powerful combatant, (Haki and Fish Man Karate) rising his way through the ranks reaching the second highest position of right hand, and even taking over the crew after defeating his captain for ownership of the crew.
As the newest leader of the crew. He would then head to Fish-Man Island only to be greeted by a 65-year ongoing civil war. During this War Dutchmen was faced with the biggest challenges of his life, putting his body and goals on the line for what he thought was right.
During these wars, Dutchmen and his crew took the island piece by piece, not through just sheer firepower but negotiations and deals. The people recognized Dutchmen as someone who could lead the people into a new era. Dutchmen were able to grow their forces from 50,000 to 1.5 million in two years.
During the final moments of the civil war after conquering the final location of Fish-Man Island, Dutchmen awakened his Conquerors Haki against a Sea King in the Sea Forest known as "Dark Eel" This creature was used and lured by the enemy as a weapon to destroy the Noah.
The battle was fierce and intense with Dutchmen nearly killing the Dark Eel before allowing it to guard the ship as his commander making it a part of his crew. Emerging victorious Dutchmen were hailed the newest King and protector of Fish-Man Island, gaining a whole nation in 3 years.
Haki Explanation
Being born into the New World while into an infamous pirate crew, Dutchmen is no stranger to haki having been taught it at a young age by the older cast of the crew. He first unlocked the armament haki and then the observation haki.
Dutchmen struggled with learning how to use haki effectively in combat, which served as a double-edged sword, being able to grow exponentially in fights, but at the cost of physical health multiple times. Eventually, after decades of training, Dutchmen became a proficient user of both haki's having the basics mastered with some variation techniques with imbuement and hardening.
During his time on Fish-Man Island, his haki really grew and bloomed after being caught in many drawn-out battles, and scrimmages, yet he didn't reach the next level until he was taught by a Fish-Man Karate Teacher who taught him a new form of martial art which involved using Emission Haki incorporated into his fish-man karate.
This technique is called "Push Palm", Dutchmen took three years to master this technique being able to push his haki out of his body in order to hit things from afar without touching them.
My biggest argument for his Haoshoku awakening doesn't have to deal with his strength but rather his mindset and the way he looks at the world. Dutchmen from a young age were always natural-born leader, and fearless character who never shied away from a challenge or threat.
As a young man his dreams and desires were always for something more, wanting to rule the seas and liberate his people from the clutches of the world that hated them so much. This burning desire to make the world new was the main driving force for him to excel as a pirate.
Of course many times has his will been tested by the world, being captured by slavers and marked, and beaten, having his father killed before his eyes, loosing his first born child to a sickness. Many trials and tribulations, loss and defeats his will never wavered nor did it ever break. In fact his hardships actually fueled his ambitious more wanting to go harder at the world for what it did to him creating a chip on his shoulder.
Dutchmen also had that same charisma that drew people towards his cause and goals, during his conquest of Fish-Man Island the people early on during his raids recognized him as someone who could lead them into the promised land and a brighter future.
He would fully unlock this ability during his final battle with the Sea King Dark Eel, where he would tame the beast using his Haoshoku haki establishing his dominance over one of the greatest forces of nature.
Voice of All Things Explanation
Dutchmen was born with the VOAT, ever since a young boy being able to communicate with fish, and marine and aquatic life. At first, this skill was untrained and unknown to Dutchmen thinking he was just crazy or senile. Even being able to hear women's voices in the sea aids him in his travels.
Throughout his life, Dutchmen never searched more about this ability outside of having conversations with creatures and the oceans that would explain to him about the "Language of the King" (Their term for VOAT)
Bounty Explanation
His bounty is where I think flexibility can come into play.
The Black Sea Pirates were already a notorious pirate crew in the new world before he became pirate captain. Being around and known for about 80 years having many people of power run the crew,
The crew was known for two things, its constant raids and attacks on human islands and marine bases, while also targeting Celestial Dragon cargo ships that carried fishmen slaves. The crew's reputation was known to be very brutal towards humans and non-fishmen, having the most vicious and deadly crews.
Their total fleet before he became captain was 34,000 - 51,000.
After he became Captain of the crew Dutchmen made many political advances in the pirate world allying with the Red Bill Pirates and their captain Bon D. Jovi a man with a 565.000.000 bounty, while helping to establish and take New Province,
He then took the crews strength to Fish-Man Island where he would end a civil war, take back the island and establish himself as the new king bringing the pirate fleet from 51,000 to over 3 million active combatants.