Name: Dr. Calamari, Epithet "Back-Alley Calamari"
Age: 45
Species: Human or Fishman- nobody's quite sure.
Gender: Male
Appearance:
"It's medicinal. I wrote a prescription and everything!"Weapons and/or Devil Fruit: Rumors circulate about the most useless type of Devil Fruit: Aquatic Zoans. Those unfortunate enough to consume one are turned into hybrids of aquatic creatures, requiring water on their gills... but being subject to all Devil Fruit weaknesses. If these rumors are true, it goes without saying that Craig has consumed the Octo-Octo Fruit, Model Blue Ring. A poisonous bite, the ability to spray foul-smelling ink, highly dextrous tentacles stemming from his face and body, and constant talk of it being safe to smoke due to having gills would lend credence to these rumors. He's an able surgeon, using his tentacles to assist in surgery, and is vaguely aware of the concept of acupressure- though he's more given to relying on proven techniques. Of course, he knows how to take advantage of the tentacles growing from his face in combat as well, wielding percussion revolvers in five of them while using three to reload and cock the weapons. They're a lot less lethal than typical guns, with low penetrating power in keeping with his attempt to adhere to the Hippocratic Oath even as a criminal. Due to a quirk of an octopus's eye, his pupils stay horizontal at all times- allowing him to perform incredible acrobatic feats and still aim somewhat reliably in a style he calls "Octopus Gun Kata." Since he's not very accurate, he relies on the sheer number of bullets to fell his foes.
History: Craig Calamari isn't his real name. That's about the only thing people can agree about the mysterious Butcher. A surgeon from the South Blue, he appeared seemingly from nowhere and operates as a back-alley doctor. He performs impossible surgeries alone, takes his payment, and vanishes, reappearing on a distant island for the next operation. If he's a Marine, he's unusually lenient with pirates. If he's a pirate, he's awfully sympathetic to Marines. If he's a human, nobody's seen his real face, and if he's a fishman, nobody's ever heard of a blue-ring octopus studying to be a surgeon and working on humans willingly. One of the more outlandish theories is that he's actually a normal human with a chain-smoking octopus stuck to his head. But that would be ridiculous... right?