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| Name | |
| Japanese Name | バルソ |
| Romanized Name | Baruso |
| Official English Name | Bartho |
| Statistics | |
| Species | Humans |
| Age | 27 |
| Status | Alive |
| Height | 238.76 cm (7"10') |
| Status | |
| Residence | Kumajima |
| Affiliation | Bearsplitter Clan |
| Occupation | Mercenary; Pirate |
| Relatives | Hagan † (Father); Nita † (Mother); Sharon † (Older Sister); Hagan Jr. † (Older Brother); Dojah † (Younger Brother) |
| Portrayal | |
| Debut Roleplay | Attack on Legion |
| Devil Fruit | |
| Japanese Name | Koku Koku no Mi |
| English Name | Engrave-Engrave Fruit |
| Meaning | Engrave |
| Type | Paramecia |
Bartho of the Bearsplitter Clan is a bounty hunter and mercenary who is searching for a new meaning to life and what it may hold whilst rebuilding his destroyed home, funding his goals by travelling the world collecting bounties and completing jobs. Bartho has eaten the Koku Koku no Mi, granting him the power to engrave objects imbuing them with power.
Appearance[]
Bartho is a young looking man of slightly above average height with long black hair with a slight purple tint, and a lithe body. Most notable about him is his deep purple kimono, a family heirloom passed down to the heads of the Bearsplitter clan, which bears the symbol of the Bearsplitter clan. Bartho carries with him 3 weapons, a katana, an axe, and a longsword that he wields in battle.
Beneath his clothing his torso is scarred numerous times. Something he only sparingly shows to people.
Personality[]
Bartho is a stoic individual preferring to not travel in groups and remaining silent unless called upon. Since achieving his vengeance he has become even less talkative and more withdrawn preferring to meditate, practice his writing, and work on improving both his sword skills and his devil fruit abilities.
As a child Bartho was much happier and joyful, wishing to spend time with his older siblings and being very diligent when it came to training both in the sword and how to be a well-rounded individual.
Relationships[]
Hagan[]
Hagan is Bartho's father a man of great importance in his homeland, he oversaw a large part of how island was run, including it's protection. It was his duty to train warriors to protect the island from outside attackers and to greet friendly outsiders, something he taught to his children. Hagan was a harsh but caring father to all of his children noting that Bartho was able to put forth his personality into every swing of the blade. Bartho looked up to his father as the strong warrior and guardian that he was.
Nita[]
Nita is Bartho's mother and was known as being a very loving, sweet, and caring mother. She passed away when Bartho was 5 years old from an unknown illness.
Sharon[]
Sharon is Bartho's eldest sister and his eldest sibling. Taking her role as "heir" to the clan very seriously she trained day and night to be a valiant protector and attended meetings with her father. A very doting sister she took care to advise and play with her younger siblings.
Hagan Jr.[]
Hagan Jr. being named after his father felt a great importance in training himself to be a powerful warrior and actively tried to surpass his father challenging his father to duels throughout his childhood. Bartho looked up to his older brother and wished to be as powerful as him.
Dojah[]
Dojah is the youngest sibling and was treated as the baby of the family by all the siblings, they all took care of him and helped to guide him along as he grew up.
Kudo[]
Kudo is a bear that resides on Kumajima and is regarded as the King of the bears. He was the childhood companion of Bartho and was gifted his signature handkerchief and scar by Bartho as part of their coming-of-age ritual.
Abilities & Powers[]
Physical Abilities[]
Bartho was trained predominantly in how to wield a katana. As a young man his father taught him with a strict hand and refused to allow Bartho be anything less than perfect. He has since increased his skillset and learned how to wield multiple weapons like a large axe and a longsword. His father noted that among his siblings Bartho was the one that was able to put his personality into the blade, this has been translated to current day, his blade is cold and ruthless.
Bartho spent a great deal of his life running away and hiding from being hunted always looking over his shoulder out of paranoia strengthened his eyesight, now as an adult his eyesight has gotten to a point where he is able to see over greater distances in better detail than the average person.
Devil Fruit[]
- Main article: Koku Koku no Mi
Bartho ate the Koku Koku no Mi, a Paramecia-type Devil fruit that allows him to imbue objects with various attributes based on the words written on them. This allows him to write a single word or short phrase empowering the item. This would allow Bartho to write the word "fire" on a sword and the sword would become wreathed in flames, or "ice" and the blade would become coated in icicles.
Weapons[]
Tormenta[]
- Main article: Tormenta
Tormenta is Bartho's primary weapon and family heirloom katana that was handed to him by his dying father. A long slender katana, this blade has cracks in the blade giving the appearance of lightning coursing through it.
Girasol[]
- Main article: Girasol
Girasole is Bartho's second weapon a re-forged longsword made from the materials of Hanamura Fujiwara's blade, forged by Reed Roxanne. A slender longsword with an intricate and ornately designed guard this weapon has a pommel that is reminiscent of the sun.
History[]
Past[]
Bartho grew up on a small island in the first half of the Grandline known as Paradise. His family was known on the island for their honor and skill with the blade and were the guardians of the island. Being born as the third child and second son of the head of the Bearsplitter clan a great importance was placed on Bartho's head. While he was not the first in line to inherit the title of family leader it was impressed upon him that he must hold himself in a "honorable and dignified manner befitting our clan." as was put by his father, Hagan. Bartho grew up learning how to wield a sword, how to perform calligraphy, as well as how to speak properly.
Fifteen years ago a tragedy befell the island, mercenaries arrived on the island and began to slaughter it's inhabitants. The warriors of the Bearsplitter clan were not enough to hold back the assault and as the mercenaries encroached upon the center of the island Bartho's family were forced to attack holding off the attackers for a brief moment of time. Bartho, who was at the time inside his family home with his father was told during the attack to hide and was shoved into a secret compartment within the house by his father. As his father and elder siblings attempted to hold back the attackers they were slain in battle while Bartho remained silent holding his breath to not be found. When the noise settled and the fighting stopped, Bartho left his hiding spot and found his siblings dead, and his father clinging on to his life. As Bartho ran over to his father he was only able to give Bartho their family katana, a sword that had been named Tormenta.
Since then Bartho has been travelling across the world hoping to learn about the people that attacked his island and massacred his people, accepting jobs as a mercenary aiming to get his revenge.
Attack on Legion[]
- Main article: Attack on Legion
Bartho agreed to do some guard work aboard the luxury vessel known as the Victoriam, being hired by Baal of the Legion Pirates. His job was simple, to guard the money at the casino portion of the ship while it was on the floor and to prevent any issues from arising. While mostly uneventful Bartho had an unfortunate encounter with Gladius Caligula, daughter of Yonko Gladius Caesar, who had begun to chase after a would-be assassin. Bartho, being informed on the type of person Caligula was attempted to help her capture the assassin to mitigate the damage that she would do to the ship. Unfortunately, the assassin got away and Caligula had to be restrained to prevent her tantrum from destroying more of the ship. After the events that transpired Bartho accepted his pay from the job and left to head back home to his island of birth, Kumajima.
A Long Time Coming[]
- Main article: A Long Time Coming
The journey home to Kumajima was not direct. Bartho had to first stop at Sabaody Archipelago and then charter a ship home. This was a trivial matter and Bartho eventually made it home after taking a few ships to get to his currently remote island. After receiving updates from the crew hired to rebuild the island, Bartho set out to connect with his friend and fellow native of Kumajima, Kudo, a large bear that acts as the leader of the Sleuth of Bears that call the island home. After reassuring Kudo, Bartho set out to begin the first steps of his revenge and searched for clues as to who it was that attacked his village all those years ago. Receiving a lead from a previous job Bartho went to an unnamed island in Paradise searching for more clues. Finding his way to a town covered in dust and dirt Bartho searched for a man named Hachiro who was said to have information on of the raid leaders. Fighting his way through the gang led by Hachiro he made his way to the leader's room he discovered that it was not a single man that led the raid on Kumajima, but a pair of men hired to do so. Bartho received the name of one of the men a mercenary from the Wano Country, a man named Hanamura Fujiwara and that he was currently based out of Sabaody Archipelago. With the information in hand Bartho planned to show mercy towards Hachiro, however Hachiro's cowardly nature shone through as he attempted to shoot Bartho in the back, in one swift motion Bartho eliminated Hachiro and took his prized revolver.
Now on Sabaody Archipelago, Bartho was on a warpath towards Fujiwara asking every person he could find if they knew where the man Hanamura Fujiwara was. Finally finding his location outside of a local bar, after briefly confirming it was him the two of them engaged in fierce combat. Initially, Bartho was held back by the sheer power and size of Fujiwara's attacks forcing Bartho to activate his devil fruit abilities taking Fujiwara by surprise. Countering Bartho's attacks using his incomplete Sakura-Ryu and Kitsunebi-Ryu sword techniques the pair fought each until one final deciding blow from Bartho sent Fujiwara flying and near death. Bartho approached Fujiwara declaring his victory and allowing Fujiwara to speak his last words. Once they were said Bartho completed part of his revenge and ended Fujiwara's life, giving him a "true warrior's death." Walking away from the fight and commotion that was caused Bartho took Fujiwara's blade with him as a sort of trophy of his victory. Returning to Kumajima with Fujiwara's blade in hand and a foot that was severely injured Bartho was stubborn in his recovery which took longer than normal due to his insistence to move forward, in part because of the despair he felt from getting revenge and also because he felt his fight should not have been such a close one. Eventually his foot healed and he began to train once more while searching for a way to re-forge the new weapon he just collected.
Finally hearing back froma contact of his Bartho found out about a blacksmith that could re-forge weapons based on the pirate haven of Jaya. The blacksmith, a pirate named Reed Roxanne was the proprietor. Negotiating with her the price of the re-forge and for a set of armor that would fit Kudo, the two settled on Bartho engraving her tools and teaching her how to use the engravings. After a few days Bartho returned to the forge and collected his new weapon, a shortsword that was dubbed, Girasol. As Bartho left he made sure that he kept his relationship with Roxanne a friendly one in case he needed to hire her for additional services. With his new sword in hand and Kudo donning new armor Bartho set back home for Kumajima to continue rebuilding the island.
Major Battles[]
- A Long Time Coming: Bartho vs. Hanamura Fujiwara - Win
Trivia[]
- Bartho is a port over from a Dungeons & Dragons campaign, in the campaign where Bartho appeared he wielded a Katana that contained the powers of Lightning, Ice, and another unknown element.
- Bartho's name originally came from Bartholomew Kuma, as when Bartho was created the user had just read the chapter that revealed Kuma was a slave for the World Nobles.
SBS-Based Trivia[]
- Bartho's hobbies are Sewing and writing poems