Name: Zerry Bell

Epithet: Stinging Fist

Blue/Sea: Grand Line, Fishman Island

Crew/Base: Will add this once he joined a crew

Bounty/Rank: 1000 Belly

Age: 29

Height: 200 cm
Weight: 73 kilo

Appearance:Zerry Bell is a tall, lean, light blue box jellyfish Fishman. What appears to be his long, white hair and the sea green spotted cap are actually parts of his body. The tentacles are what resembles his white hair and the spotted cap is an extension of his head, the two eyes are actually two eyesand the small dots all around are like sensory 'thingies'.

Personality: Zerry Bell is very laid-back and easygoing. He takes everything lightly regardless of the severity of the moment, but always keeps his senses on alert. In surprising, perilous and unexpected situations, he is apparently never shocked. However, he tend to lose his temper when it comes to either slavery or the World Nobles

Skills & Talent: Zerry uses fishman karate in combination with his stinging abilities as a jellyfish fishman. He is also naturally an excellent swimmer and can perform basic repairs on ships.

Two Hundred Tile True Punch: A hard punch that can send an opponent flying.

Stinging Hundred And Fifty Tile Punch: While the attack itself is weaker, Zerry can, as long as he hits his opponents skin, cause longer lasting pain thanks to the fact that he activates the chemicals on his skin to "sting" the opponent.

Water Shot: Zerry wets his arm and then throws a single drop of water with the strength of a bullet.

Stinging Tentacle Grap: As the name implies this move relies on Zerry's tentacles. He wraps them around an opponent's bodypart and stings them.

Transportation: So far either as a passenger a stowaway or by swimming either at the surface or underwater.

Dream/Goal: To put an end to slavery.

Origins: As a child Zerry had heard stories about the fate that Fishman and Merfolk slaves had to endure at the hands of the World Nobles and as such he decided that he had to learn to defend himself and others. To that goal he started training at the Dojo learning Fishman Karate. While he progressed only slowly he was determined to improve as far as he could and was eventually offered a spot in the newly formed New Fishman Pirates howvwer he didn't agree with their views on humans as a whole and refused. Not knowing the extent of Hody's plans he left Fishman Island in search of a crew of his own.

Knowing he would be no match for the Pirates or Marines in the New World or even deep in the Grand Line, Zerry decided to head to one of the Blues. The first leg of his journey he simply swam, but after a couple of days he came across a ship heading in roughly the same way he was. Since the ship was out in open sea they weren't looking out for anyone sneaking in which he did only to leave a few days later. A lot of the times he stowed away he got away with unnoticed, but every now and then he would get caught. When that happened escape was his main goal so he mostly got away without having to fight. Still this was enough for him to get his bounty.

Name: Eugene Elfrith

Epithet: Hornet's Nest

Blue/Sea: South Blue, Briss Kingdom

Crew/Base: 200th Branch. This Marine Base is located near Baterilla the Island where Portgas D. Rouge gave birth to Ace the son of Gold Roger.

Bounty/Rank: Lieutenant.

Age: 23

Height: 185cm
Weight: 80 kilo

Personality: Eugene is quite the relaxed person. He is sometimes too calm and relaxed, which angers his crew.
He loves to drink and to do nothing. Nonetheless he loves his job and would never want to do something different. While fighting he is a almost mercyless person, only holding back against women.

Devil Fruit (if any): Bachi Bachi no mi (hornet hornet fruit)

Skills & Talent: Due to his Devil Fruit he has become a human hornet's nest meaning that he has hornets that he can control individually inside his body.

Bachi bachi no supai (hornet hornet spy) Eugene sends out one or more hornets to either spy on someone or to act as a scout.

Bachi bachi no mure (hornet hornet swarm) Releases most if not all if his hornets at once.

Bachi bachi no ken (hornet hornet fist) Cover his fist in hornets in such a way that when he punched someone, they also get stung countless times.

Weapons (if any):

Transportation: He travels aboard a marine ship.

Dream/Goal: To become a Marine admiral

Origins: Eugene was born on an island in South Blue He was the son of a pirate and never liked him. His father was never at home and left them to go to sea. So he and his mother had to try their best to have a good life. He never understood why his mother had chosen a man like him. He was 9 years old as a pirate crew attacked the island. They just came to the island to rob and murder. As almost half the village where they lived was burning, the pirates attacked their house. Eugene tried to save the house but was easily overwhelmed by three of the pirates. Just before one of them could kill him the pirate was send flying by a kick. Apparently a marine ship saw the smoke and came to rescue. The pirates who attacked the island and village were easily defeated by the marines.

A day later before they left the island, Eugene begged the marine to take him with them. He saw what pirates were like and hated his father and the likes of them more than ever. So he wanted to become a marine. He was allowed to join them, but would have to leave the ship at the next marine base, where he would start his career as a marine.

Name: Strider Alva

Epithet: N/A

Blue/Sea: Red Line, Leroux Terre

Crew/Base: No crew at this time.

Bounty/Rank: 0 Beli

Age: 17

Height: 5’7”

Weight: 120

Personality: Strider Alva is friendly enough, an individual willing to hear others out and saves judgement until he understands how they act. And that’s what he likes to do, understand things. His inquisitive nature has submerged his mind in many a book, and Alva is very well studied because of this. Although, this also makes him very curious, which could get Alva involved in problems that he has no part in dealing with. When faced with a great threat, Alva does not get a surge of bravado to will him through troubles; no, he’d rather run away to live another day than die foolishly. He barely even likes fighting anyway, preferring to hang back to observe the situation so that he may devise a plan to fix the problem. If plans A through Y fail and Alva is left back against a wall with the final plan Z, then he’ll initiate it and die fighting, but he’d like to one day grow stronger so that plan Z never happens. For now, Alva will surround himself with strong individuals in the form of pirates, and while he may forge relationships with these people, he has his own motives and will see them finished no matter what.

Devil Fruit (if any): N/A

Skills & Talent: Reading, writing, cooking, cleaning, playing various games such as cards and chess, manipulation and deception, planning.

Weapons (if any): Alva purchased a Thompson submachine gun or “Tommy Gun” specifically for the purposes of warding off shady individuals looking to cause him harm, and if it came down to it, protection. Keeps it strapped to his back for easy access, loaded with one 30 round drum.

Transportation: A series of ferries and transport ships; meaning that Alva has no claim on a ship of his own.

Dream/Goal: Obtain the powers of the Kamen Kamen no Mi and take up the mantle of the Mask.

Origins: Strider Alva was born and raised on the great continent of the Red Line in the city of Leroux, where his family made a modest living in the urban jungle. While the Strider family always had food on the table and a roof over their heads, the city was plagued with terrible crime enforced by bandits and warring gangs, making the Leroux streets incredibly unsafe. To counter this, the tall skyscrapers were blocked off and bridges were built on the rooftops, thus creating a divide between the rich and the poor, and essentially creating two new cities. Those with the money and power had the privilege of living in Leroux Ciel, while the impoverished were left with Leroux Terre. Unfortunately for the Striders, they fell on the latter side.

While life like this was hard, Alva managed to stay on the right side of the law, and found a role model in someone nothing less than a hero. Shortly after the Leroux divide, a woman made herself known as the protector of the streets below, and using the powers that only a devil fruit could offer, she protected the weak and helped the police drop the crime rate to a record low. She was the Mask, and had eaten the similarly named Kamen Kamen no Mi, or Mask Mask Fruit. This fruit allowed the Mask to remove her face from her body to place it on other objects or living things, allowing her control over whatever wore her.

Ever interested in the pursuits of the Mask, Alva would track the heroine and write down all her stunts and accomplishments, taking note of her mortal enemies and how she used her abilities to foil their evil plans. It was unfortunate that the last story Alva ever wrote on the Mask was the incident involving her death after the police found her corpse submerged in a local swimming pool, with a single nail hammered into her forehead. This was the calling card of Pincushion, a man who had his fingernails, toenails, and teeth ripped out and replaced with nails. A note was also found hammered into a wall at the crime scene, letting Leroux know that he planned to venture out to sea to become a pirate in order to find the Kamen Kamen no Mi for himself.

Afraid of having the name of the Mask tarnished by letting those powers get into the hands of Pincushion, Alva decided to make it his mission to find the Kamen Kaman no Mi and take up the mantle of the Mask. With the crime rates in Leroux Terre rising again, they’d need a hero. Leaving behind his family, the boy now travels the sea, hoping to reach his goal before the foul Pincushion does.

Name: Balthier D. Sydney

Epithet: Black Dragon Sydney

Blue/Sea: East

Crew/Base: Former Captain of the Black Dragon Pirates.

Bounty/Rank: 99,999,999

Age: 22

Height: 6'5"

Weight: 98kg

Appearance: Dark red Eyes
Outside of combat he wears a black trench coat (usually open) with a button-down maroon shirt and white pants. (He removes the coat during combat because he likes it and doesn't want it ruined.)

Personality: He has a easy-going personality, and he is hard working. Generally speaking he has a good sense of humor, but he also has a mild temper. He can be more than a little arrogant and stubborn, he defiantly doesn't take orders very well. He is a thrill-seeker and has a lust for adventure that is without equal. He loves to live life on the edge, which can result in him diving head-first into ridiculously dangerous situations without a second thought and a smile on his face. In combat, he seems to go a little crazy and can often be heard laughing like a maniac.

Devil Fruit:
Name:Ryū-Ryū no mi (dragon-dragon fruit)
Type: Ancient Zoan
Ability: Allows him to turn into a dragon and take on dragon-like attributes. So far, he can only use the first transformation.

Skills & Talent: What ever needs done. (Can cook, clean, make, break, fix, navigate, or fight. He knows first aid, and is always eager to learn something new.)

Weapons: Sword and Revolver and powerful Haki. (Although he can't use his weapons in his dragonform. In combat, he fights with infighting techniques that utilize every part of his body as a weapon.

Transportation: Was a Large Frigate called the Nidhogg. Now, he has nothing.

Dream/Goal: Adventure, and to find his old crew.

Origins: Background: Born to a somewhat well-to-do family, Balthier was well educated from a young age. His life was normal until he was 13. On the eve of his birthday, his town was attacked by pirates and his family disappeared, he got separated from them in the chaos, and when he went back, he could find no sign of them. He was on the streets until he met a man who took him in. The man's name was Alzac, and he was a long retired Marine Vice-Admiral. Despite this, Alzac was a wise and kindly man. As a Marine Vice-Admiral he was scoffed at for being merciful. He didn't condone all pirates, just the criminal ones. Many mistook this for weakness, they would be dead wrong, he was a master swordsman and an exalant navigator; he taught Balthier how to fight and how to sail. Unfortunately, he died two years later from simple age. Balthier mourned him, but he understood that he wouldn't want him to wallow in grief. So, a month later, he gathered supplies and set out on the sea as a cabin boy on a merchant vessel. The captain of that ship was a cruel and uncaring man. Many long voyages were spent under the lash with little food and water to maximize cargo space. During a particularly bad storm, the captain drove them mercilessly, finally the crew snapped and Baltier ended up leading a mutiny. It succeeded, and Balthier, despite his young age, became captain of the Black Dragon Pirates. A very sucessful carrier as a pirate followed, during which he eventualy earned a bounty of 99,999,999 berries for piracy, sinking multiple Marine warships, sacking three towns, destroying a Marine base, burglarizing a Marine Captain's house, and shaving a Marine Captain's prize showdog. But then, after seven years of piracy, when he is 22, a rebellious subordinate wanted the money and fame, so he lead a mutainy of his own, marooning Balthier on an island.

Name: Taylor Sinclair

Epithet: Dead Man

Blue/Sea: South Blue, Baterilla
Crew/Base: (Small description)

Bounty/Rank: (Must keep updated)
Age: 24

Height: 178cm
Weight: 75kg

Appearance:

Personality: Lover of all women and hater of all stagnation and things that get in his way. Taylor believes himself unstoppable, not infallible, but surviving many near death scenarios has left him slightly deluded and believing he has some kind of divine guardian looking after him.

Skills & Talent: Can garden, plan parties, do something that might be called fencing if you squint and the sun is in your eyes, quality cabinetry and lock picking (well a hammer is a lock pick by a different name).

In addition Taylor is adept at a martial art called Candy-Fu.

Techniques:
“Choc-Ripple” uses techniques similar to fishman karate using the body’s water in inflicting damage.
“Jawbreaker” the basic strike move in Candy-Fu can be used with any limb
“Ginger Snap” as the name might imply it is a move made to snap bones. This must be struck with either an elbow or a knee.
“Gum Drop” an axe kick designed to concuss an opponent with a blow to the head or neck.

Stances:
“Way of the Gummi Bear” a power stance to increase well... power!
“Dance of the Gummi Worm” a grappling stance designed to incapacitate an opponent.
"Flow of the Soda Stream" a defencive stance for redirecting damage

Weapons: An elegant falchion with a sapphire for a pommel and a basket hilt, mostly for show since he stole it and isn’t really that proficient. Taylor usually carries a bouquet of flowers; it’s a gimmick, a calling card, a gift for any lovely that passes by, good for a makeshift 'smokescreen' and he occasionally hides a gun in there.

Transportation: Coffin full of flowers

Dream/Goal: To be remembered for all time

Origins: Taylor Sinclair was the youngest son of a funeral director. He had a green thumb as a child, with a natural talent for making flowers and plants bloom. Taylor grew up with a healthy respect for the dead and when his mother passed he gave them the most beautiful funeral and although he himself came to be respected for supplying the beautiful flowers and services Taylor feared that he would live and die in this one place and fade into obscurity.

Fearing this more than anything Taylor went into town and asked for a suit “good enough to die in” and secretly constructed a slightly large coffin and filled it with lots of colourful flowers, telling his father it was simply something to drum up customers.
Then the night a storm hit Taylor dragged the coffin down to the docks, got dressed in his suit, painted his face like a skull and lay down in the coffin for the storm, deluding himself that if he survived such an ordeal that he simply must be more than human.

When Taylor woke his coffin was being hauled out of the water by the navy. Not sure what he was doing Taylor closed his eyes and played dead. When the navy officers opened up the coffin and saw a ‘dead’ man surrounded by flowers they were confused, even more so when the dead man sat up and cracked two sailor’s heads together. Taylor made his way throughout the small ship and stumbled across a medical room with what must be said a truly lovely lady doctor. Still high on adrenaline and the fact that he survived a storm in a coffin Taylor ran up to the doctor as if to strike before falling to his knees and saying to the confused woman.

“I know you are a saviour of life Miss Doctor, but we cannot be together! You see I have died and been reborn and as such am beyond what medicine can heal! No! We mustn’t! Our love cannot ever last, rendered apart as it is my the heavens! I would defy heaven for you my Princess, healer of my heart’s wounds, but I cannot linger since it is no longer just heaven that prevents us, but soon the law as well! Officer and outlaw! I cannot in good conscience put you in such a jeopardizing position that associating yourself with one such as me would place you.” The utterly bemused doctor made to talk, but Taylor was too far into his delusions “No, no, do not say a word, simply take this and remember me...” handing the fair maiden a red rose and sliding out of the room.

From then on there was a tale in the South Blue, if you saw a floating coffin and took it aboard a white faced ghost, smelling of flowers, would emerge and all males would fall unconscious.

Name: Rem

Epithet: Mouth

Blue/Sea: Born on Grandline, raised in East Blue.

Crew/Base: The Gold Teeth Pirates: A pirate crew that values freedom above all else. Their main focus is to not only achieve the goal of the captain, but of each individual crew member that happens to board their ship.

Bounty/Rank: -

Age: 17

Height: 5'6"
Weight: 156 Pounds

Personality: Rem is generally a very carefree person, unlikely to be serious and demanding person one would expect from a pirate captain. He tends to act goofily and mess around, often being very blunt and disrespectful when doing so. When he speaks, he is often very loud. In fact, seeing him spend a day without yelling only occurs once in a blue moon, if even. Like many pirates, he is not only foul mouthed, but has lots of ambition as well. This stems mostly from his own avarice. He desires to enjoy anything the world can offer him, gain anything that he can attain, and explore parts of the world he's never seen. He is very loyal to his comrades, especially his crew mates. They are treated like family, even insulting them would be enough to make Rem lose his temper.

Rem, since his early childhood, has always been interested in learning about the world. While not initially seeming like he would, he possesses an adequate knowledge of the world's history. As a child, he dreamed of traveling to these places. This is one of the things (among others) that inspired him to set out to sea. While he is very ignorant when it comes to other subjects, he has a vast knowledge of a number of islands. Rem is very fond of musical instruments and has learned to play a variety of them. He is very fascinated with bizarre or strange things, such as weird animals or people. He has a natural love for fighting and has great pride in his strength, often smiling when met with a powerful foe.

The best word that can be used to describe Rem is "bizarre". Often times his behavior seems random or childlike, not often thinking things through or putting much thought into his actions before he does them. Rem's thought process behind most things is to do what's most fun at the moment. As a result, he can often be unpredictable enough to keep people wondering what's going on inside of his head. Despite this, he still has some level of self-control and typically refrains from doing things that could potentially harm innocent civilians.

Devil Fruit (if any): N/A

Skills & Talent: Monstrous physical strength, knowledge of many of the world's islands, can play a variety of instruments, and easily able to bring people together.

Weapons: Wooden staff

Transportation: 2 person boat.

Dream/Goal: To become the pirate king and explore the entire world.

Origins: Ever since his birth, it seemed inevitable that Rem would become a criminal.

His parents were two notorious pirates, both rookies at the time. One of them was a man named Easton Seegar. He was a notably handsome and muscular young men, but also very cruel. Another trait of his that stuck out like a sore thumb was his oversexed personality. Wherever he went, he would always have a one night stand with a woman foolish enough not to know his true identity. As a result, many children have been left fatherless because of his tendency to never let relationships go beyond a one night stand. It is said that "Easton Seegar" is an alias and he keeps his true name hidden for reasons unknown.

The mother, on the other hand, was a curious woman. Her name was Olivia Levasseur, a former high-ranking marine. She was known to be very capricious, but no one expected her to do something of this caliber. The only explanation she gave was that she couldn't being held back by laws for much longer. Not only was she actively a threat to the world government, but she had also managed to gather a crew of incredibly powerful fighters. One of these fighters was a man named Bruno, a hairy musician whose main purpose was to keep the crew at high spirits. He comes into the picture shortly after a short series of events. Anyhow, Olivia was also known to be a thrill-seeker, always having the need to experience new things. This manner of thinking is eventually what caused Rem's birth.

Both of these infamous figures had met each other at Mock Town where they had both gotten incredibly drunk. Against their better judgement, both of them had decided to spend the night together. When morning came, it was clear that the Seegar was the only one of the two that didn't regret his actions. They both split up soon after, Olivia's crew never dared to bring up that moment again, but there was a reminder for the next nine months of travel. She was pregnant with Seegar's child. Even her own adventurous personality quickly grew frustrated by the torture she had to endure day after day. It was obvious to her crew from the very start that once she gave birth, the child would not be staying with them for very long.

She gave birth while traveling through the sea. Without so much as giving the newborn a name, she immediately ordered for it to be killed. Bruno knew that this was coming, but he could not bear to let a child be killed. Even as a pirate, Bruno still had standards. He firmly believed that children were born without sin and could not bear to see one be harmed. Even when they raided villages or committed other crimes, Bruno refused to ever harm a child. This was when Olivia issued a challenge to test his resolve. He would spend fourteen days without eating food. During this time, the baby would be fed in his place. Without a moment's hesitation, Bruno accepted the challenge.

For two harsh weeks, Bruno kept his word and ate nothing. All the while he played his violin for the crew as per usual. By the end of the challenge, Bruno felt significantly weaker than he did before. He collapsed right after the end of the last day. Olivia had pity on the man and allowed him to rest until he was fully recovered. Even after he left the crew, Olivia could not pretend as if the friendship she formed with Bruno had never existed. After a month of rest, they were sent off with a small ship and a month's worth of rations as parting gifts. The crew's ship was extraordinarily large and full of food; a month's worth of food was nothing to them.

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They both arrived at the East Blue within a year. Bruno disguised himself to avoid being identified by anyone. Fortunately, because his most defining characteristic was his obscene amount of hair spread all over his body, Bruno was easily able to shave it and hide from the authorities.

Bruno raised Rem in a small village in the East Blue, one that wasn't very heavily populated. Bruno homeschooled him and taught him basic math and literacy. However, he was never taught any of the more advanced topics, mostly because Bruno wasn't all too bright either. Not surprisingly, given his heritage, Rem was also a huge troublemaker. He had a nasty habit of stealing from other people and often picked fights with. Several other boys from the village would try to fight against him, but not one of them had ever defeated him. This is also when he started trying to execute some techniques that he thought would be cool to pull off. He never did have quite enough strength to successfully use them on actual people. He was around 10 years old during this time.

Soon, he was challenged by a boy named Puer. The boy was a year older than him. But he was a bit too easy to make cry and constantly talked about his "manly pride". Predictably, Rem was easily able to take him out. But his other opponents, Puer would come back day after day to challenge him. While Puer never actually won, it was clear that he had been improving because of their fights. Over time, the two of them had developed an odd friendship. They would always fight each other and train to get stronger. They both dreamed of becoming the strongest warriors on the island and protect their "turf". Nobody really understood how these two were able to become friends. The closest explanation anyone got was from Puer; he said that their friendship was forged by the sheer power of their manliness!

On one of the island's more relaxed days, something strange happened. People had actually come to visit! Everybody was intrigued by the group of new arrivals. They were a group of adventurers that simply traveled across the world with no real goal in mind. Their leader was an adventurous botanist named Carlos. The group stayed there for the rest of the day. Rem and Puer listened to the stories they had to share. Carlos and his men told of unbelievable sights and new discoveries all over the world! The band of travelers are what inspired both Rem and Puer to set off to sea in the future. Rem had even convinced them to lend him one of the history books from their ship's small library.

After the travelers left, both Puer and Rem agreed that they would set sail when they thought they were powerful enough. They had also unintentionally inspired both of them to become pirates! As pirates, they would be able to explore just as Carlos and his men did. The major difference being that they wouldn't be restricted by the law of the government. While they had achieved remarkable feats, explorers were ultimately bound by the same laws of everyone else. Pirates had the most freedom on the sea, it was only natural that the two boys would choose to become one of them. Rem soon realized something. If a pirate had such freedom, how much would their king have? He was 12 years old at the time, he had gained two ambitions: become the pirate king; explore the entire world. This news was met with much protest from Bruno, who had hoped that Rem would stray away from the path of a pirate. Rem payed no attention the old man's words, he had already made his decision and was very adamant. At age 16, Puer had set out ahead of Rem to become a pirate. Once Rem had become the same age, he set out to sea. He has been sailing for approximately one year and plans on starting his own pirate crew!

Name: Matteo DiAngelo

Epithet: The Engineer.

Blue/Sea: South Blue

Crew/Base: The doctor and acting shipwright of the Powder Keg Pirates

Bounty/Rank: 30 000 000 Beli

Age: 17

Height: 5' 9"
Weight: 173 lbs

Appearance: His right arm and left leg are mechanical. They look to be made of steel, but he usually wears a long sleeved parka or hoodie, canvas pants, and a glove on his metallic hand.

Personality: He is pretty energetic, goofy, and fun-loving. He is often laughing at situations and finds a lot of things funny. He is also sometimes easily impressed by mildly-interesting things. Don't take these as signs of stupidity, however. He is very intelligent, especially in the medical field. While it isn't too often, he can be serious when the situation demands it. When he is serious, it can be scary, especially in a fight. He gets a strong look if determination on his face and become extremely focused on his goal. When he begins to work on mechanical things, he often gets quiet. It's not quite the full serious look, as he merely looks calm and he can snap out of it at any time.

Devil Fruit (if any): N/A

Skills & Talent: Considerable skill as a doctor and some experience doing shipwright duties. Basically, if something broken, he fixes it. Great talent with machines and firearms.

Weapons: he has a mechanical right arm and left leg, which are great defensively as he can block attacks with them in a pinch and no damage will come to his real body. A hole in the centre of his mechanical palm can be revealed, which he can use to shoot small explosives out of. He can also fire a grappling hook from the top of his wrist (opposite side of the palm) at a high velocity so it sticks into things. It also can retract back into his arm, allowing for him to pull himself to things or vice-versa. He can extend a blade from the other side of his wrist with a maximum length of two feet. He can also make a blade come out along the length of the front of his leg.

Finally, he carries two revolvers in a gun harness on his waist and a sawed off shotgun on his back.

Transportation: A small Marine vessel re-purposed and painted over with all Marine insignia removed and replaced with pirate flags and a jolly roger.

Dream/Goal: To become a complete master in his craft of medicine and artificial body parts, and engineering and use what he learns to explore the world.

Origins: Matteo's place in the south blue was small, but it was home. Growing up, his father was a fisherman and his mother was a manual labourer. They both took care if him as well as they could, whenever they were home. It was often hard as their jobs demanded them to be away from home, and even when they got back there was no guarantee Matteo would be home anyways. Mateo wasn't so much a trouble maker as curious as all hell. He didn't steal or get into fights, he mostly got into places he shouldn't be by just exploring. One time he was even found in the storeroom of a local shop with no idea how he had ended up there, it turned out there was an old smuggling tunnel that led to there that no one had found before then. If he wasn't exploring , he was with his friend Suzaku. All in all, he caused no real harm so the townsfolk didn't mind him.

When he actually had time with his parents, his mother showed her trust in him by teaching him to shoot. She was a crack shot with a handgun and she taught all she knew to Matteo. He picked it up fast and enjoyed it greatly, but would never dream of aiming down on another person with intent to harm. Between his newfound hobby of marksmanship, Matteo was shaping up to be quite an interesting kid.

No one ever thought his love for exploring would get him into trouble, but they didn't know what was in store for Matteo. One day he decided to explore some cliffs on the small island, since his parents weren't expected back until the night and Suzaku was becoming unavailable as of late, he figured he could handle being out some time. He had been to the cliffs before of course, just hadn't explored them quite as extensively as he would have liked. As he meandered along the cliff sides he encountered a few Marines, apparently laying down foundations for a base; again, Matteo ending up where he shouldn't be. The Marines were quick to bark at him and tell him to back off the private property. The shock caused Matteo to slip, unfortunately for him there was nothing behind him to stop his fall. He tumbled down the cliff, holding his arm out for something to grab onto or slow him down; all that met his arm was a rock jutting out far from the cliff, smashing against the limb. Luckily it did slow him down some, so that when the cliff sloped out he slid along it, the only problem was it was still too fast and he kept gaining velocity. He saw another rock jutting out and he made a split second choice, moving so that one leg would take the brunt of the blow against it instead of avoiding it all together. His leg shot up in intense pain, and the move causing him to fall forwards and tumble down the rest of the way, sounds of cracking filling his ears. He eventually crumpled at the bottom of the cliff, unable to move on his leg and with his arm. The pain grew as he attempted still though, until he blacked out.

It took a full day to find him, the townsfolk not truly knowing he was missing until the next morning accounted for that. They found him spread out at the bottom of the cliff and took him back to town. The doctor only confirmed what they had guessed from his oddly twisted arm and leg, those two limbs were shattered beyond repair available to them. The doctor however was quite willing to attempt repairs with a more... experimental science. Matteo's patents weren't sure what to think, but left the choice up to their son. When he awoke, Matteo was surprised to be in a strange bed, being attended by a strange man. He was presented a choice, remain likely crippled for life or be a subject of a newer medical science. It was no choice for Matteo, and work soon began. With measurements galore and testing to see if he was healthy enough, the day finally came when Matteo's new limbs were built. Attaching them was painful as all hell, and getting used to them was worse, but soon he was fitted with his new mechanical limbs. They were cool and fun and opened a lot of possibilities.

While this new advancement was fun, there was the problem that he was still growing, and mechanical limbs didn't. The heavier Marine presence also made problems. His doctor was taken under custody for malpractice, meaning no one was trained to make new limbs for him, and Matteo's father was forcefully recruited into the Marines. With that, Matteo snuck into the doctors old now abandoned house and took whatever books and on medicine and artificial limbs he could find, which was a lot. He even picked up books on engineering to be safe, which proved vital in his new ambition. There was a change to him that none had quite seen before. He hardly left the house for awhile, spending time in his room. He read and memorized all the books he could and practised as best he could. He helped sick patients since the island now had no real doctor and he took whatever mechanical parts he could find (from the doctors house, the Marine base, and neighbouring islands when he could manage) and tinkered with them.

Eventually he made himself a new arm and leg, even better than the last. It took a lot to get to that level of success though, years, and in those years the islands condition only got worse. The island was under a strict and corrupt military control. His fathers missions off the island got longer and longer until he eventually was declared MIA by a letter delivered to the home. It was plain white paper with black ink spelling it out, but no pen and paper could express the tears shed and the loss felt that day. That was the last straw for Matteo. He met back up with his friend Suzaku and together they planned a revolution. In perpetration, Matteo remodelled his limbs, weaponizing them and improving their performance. With a revolution underway and many people at their side, Matteo and Suzaku fought together to rid the area of oppression, and they succeeded. With that finished and the dust settled, he headed out to sea with Suzaku for adventure and to become as strong as he could be.