### **Den Grimsly, the Gunslinger**
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**Age:**
16
**Gender:**
Male
**Race:**
Birkan
**Picture or Description:** Den Grimsly is a yellow-eyed, dark-skinned, purple-haired late teenager who stands at 5'6. His body build is relatively average for a teenager, although one could say he would fall closer to the thinner side of the spectrum. As a Birkan, he is endowed with two wings protruding from his back, which face downward.
**Crew Member, Marine Rival, or Other:**
Crew Member
**Crew Position:** Marksman, Artillery.
- Grimsly is well-versed in marksmanship and is able to effectively operate a ship's ranged weapons. Such as cannons or ballista
**Techniques/Fighting Style:**
- Den Grimsly is a marksman, and owns a various assortment of ranged weaponry; extending from the basic pistols to a long-range rifle or bazooka. His ranged arsenal even extends to a bow, a slingshot and two crossbows. In combat, Grimsly constantly switches his weapons. He may be found firing a pistol for the first few seconds of a fight, but may switch to his long-range rifle to take a shot at enemy crew member on an another ship. His constant weapon-shifting keeps enemies on their toes and wary. Naturally, Grimsly's focus on ranged weapons leaves him at a very clear disadvantage versus anyone who can close the distance between him and them, as he has no melee weapon to fight with, and wouldn't be very proficient with it regardless. This combat style always makes people question where he actually stores his weapons. Even _he_ does not know.
- His eyesight is exceptional, and he is able to see over much longer distances than the average person. He is able to make out people on faraway ships, making him valuable as a ship's lookout (although he tends to get quite bored, doing that).
- Den Grimsly is a Birkan. A race that hails from the sky island of Birka; southeast of Skypiea. He shortly moved to Skypiea after birth, however. Grimsly has had access to, and has collected: Dials. He uses these Dials for combat, but some of these can be also be used outside of combat.
**Fruit (If applicable):** None.
**Personality:** Grimsly tends to be quite calm inside and outside of combat. And is difficult to surprise. He is quite appreciative of many things he finds , as he comes from the sky islands. He approaches most of his problems through thinking, rather than charging in mindlessly. He can be quite obnoxious at times, and enjoys nothing more than poking holes in the supposed foolproof plans of others. In a group, he takes the role of a ['deadpan snarker'](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeadpanSnarker), and is normally the voice of reason. When in combat, Grimsly tries to abstain from speaking, maintaining his focus, but he has been known to make the odd taunting remark or two.
He also tends to use the greeting 'Heso', as they do in Skypiea.
**Backstory:** Den Grimsly comes from a Birkan family of bounty hunters. Before he was born, his family had moved from the warrior-filled sky island named Birka to the more peaceful and organized sky island; Skypiea. This did not excuse Grimsly from the culture of the Birkans, and Grimsly was raised as both a bounty hunter and a warrior. His choice of weaponry had been decided fairly early, as Grimsly demonstrated his gift of good eyesight at a young age. When he walked around Skypiea's beaches with his family, he would constantly point at things somewhat close to the horizon that were difficult to see, and would describe them with relative ease. Since then, Grimsly was trained in such a way that allowed him to use multiple types of ranged weaponry. Naturally, he was given all of these weapons to use for his eventual role as a bounty hunter.
What happened for him to now be in Loguetown is the result of an undying desire for even more types of guns. He longed to journey to the fabled land below to collect different treasures in the form of weapons. However, he was certain that he would soon be six feet under (dead) should he attempt to travel from Skypiea to the Grand Line immediately. Through the use of a _four-length_ bird and incredible luck, he had somehow managed to reach Loguetown - despite having no idea where it actually was.
**Inventory:**
Den Grimsly carries around a small bag which contains most if not all of his Dials:
- Two Jet Dials.
- A Breath Dial.
- An Impact Dial.
- A Flash Dial.
Grimsly also has collection of weapons which are not stored in a bag, and are instead stored somewhere else.
**Other:** None.