NAVICULARIIS

  DRACULE MIHAWK    —   NICKNAME/ALIAS    Marinehunter  AGE    41 ( Debut ); 43 ( Timeskip )  DATE OF BIRTH    March 9th  GENDER & PRONOUNS    Male, He/Him  ORIENTATION    Bisexual  RACE/ETHNICITY    Human / hispanic  NATIONALITY    Spaniard

  USELESS MID EUSTASS CAPTAIN KIDD    —   NICKNAME/ALIAS    Captain Kidd  AGE    21 ( Debut ); 23 ( Timeskip )  DATE OF BIRTH    January 10th  GENDER & PRONOUNS    Male, He/Him  ORIENTATION    Dumpster fire of a bisexual  RACE/ETHNICITY    Human / White  NATIONALITY    Scottish

  MASSACRE SOLDIER KILLER    —   NAME    Donal Greaves  NICKNAME/ALIAS    Kill  AGE    25 ( Debut ); 27 ( Post Timeskip )  DATE OF BIRTH    February 2nd  GENDER & PRONOUNS    Male; He/Him  ORIENTATION    Bisexual  RACE/ETHNICITY    Human / White  NATIONALITY    Scottish

  NICO ROBIN    —   NICKNAME/ALIAS    Robi, Ro, Demon of Ohara, Miss All Sunday  AGE    28 ( Debut ); 30 ( Timeskip )  DATE OF BIRTH    February 6th  GENDER & PRONOUNS    Female, She/Her  ORIENTATION    Bisexual  RACE/ETHNICITY    Human / Devil Fruit User / Indian  NATIONALITY    Indian

  PENGUIN    —   NAME    [ REDACTED ]  NICKNAME/ALIAS    Pen, Penguin  AGE    26 ( Debut ); 28 ( Timeskip )  DATE OF BIRTH    April 25th  GENDER & PRONOUNS    Male, He/Him  ORIENTATION    Bisexual  RACE/ETHNICITY    Selkie  NATIONALITY    Norse

  ROB LUCCI    —   NICKNAME/ALIAS    Rob  AGE    28 ( Debut ); 30 ( Timeskip )  DATE OF BIRTH    June 2nd  GENDER & PRONOUNS    Male; He/Him  ORIENTATION    Demisexual, Demiromantic  RACE/ETHNICITY    Human / Devil Fruit User / Southern Italian  NATIONALITY    Italian

  SHACHI    —   NAME    [ REDACTED ]  NICKNAME/ALIAS    Shach  AGE    25 ( Debut ); 27 ( Timeskip )  DATE OF BIRTH    April 7th  GENDER & PRONOUNS    FtM; He/Him  ORIENTATION    Bisexual  RACE/ETHNICITY    Half-Fishman ( Killer Whale )  NATIONALITY    [ To be added ]

  AKAGAMI NO SHANKS    —   AGE    27 ( Debut ); 37 ( pre-timeskip ); 39 ( Timeskip )  DATE OF BIRTH    March 9th  GENDER & PRONOUNS    Male, He/Him  ORIENTATION    Whore.  RACE/ETHNICITY    Human / White  NATIONALITY    SCOTLAND FOREVER!!

  BENN BECKMANN    —   NICKNAME/ALIAS    Benny  AGE    38 ( Debut ); 48 ( Pre-timeskip ); 50 ( Timeskip )  DATE OF BIRTH    November 9th  GENDER & PRONOUNS    Male; He/him  ORIENTATION    Bisexual  RACE/ETHNICITY    Human / First Nations ( Navajo )  NATIONALITY    ---

  HEAT    —   NAME    Aleister Barton  NICKNAME/ALIAS    Heat  AGE    28 ( Debut ), 30 ( Timeskip )  DATE OF BIRTH    December 1st  GENDER & PRONOUNS    Nonbinary, They/Them  ORIENTATION    Bisexual  RACE/ETHNICITY    Human / Devil Fruit User / White  NATIONALITY    Scottish

  WIRE    —   NAME    Andrew Asleifsson  NICKNAME/ALIAS    Wire  AGE    30 ( Debut ); 32 ( Timeskip )  DATE OF BIRTH    July 18th  GENDER & PRONOUNS    Male, He/Him  ORIENTATION    Bisexual  RACE/ETHNICITY    Human / White  NATIONALITY    Scottish / Norse

  CAT BURGLAR NAMI    —   NICKNAME/ALIAS    Nam, Namizo, O-Nami  AGE    18 ( Debut ); 20 ( Timeskip )  DATE OF BIRTH    July 3rd  GENDER & PRONOUNS    Female, She/Her  ORIENTATION    99% Femme lean [ there are all of 2 men who she would fold for. That's it. ] Demiromantic  RACE/ETHNICITY    Human / White  NATIONALITY    Swedish

  VASILLE NECROMANCER ALBESCU    —  Primary
Art by Charrtastrophe
tap on the name to see his biography!  NAME    Vasille Albescu  NICKNAME/ALIAS    Vas, Vassy, The Necromancer  AGE    28 ( Debut ); 30 ( Current )  DATE OF BIRTH    September 21st  GENDER & PRONOUNS    Male; He/him  ORIENTATION    Homosexual  RACE/ETHNICITY    Human / Devil Fruit User / White  NATIONALITY    American ( New Orleans )

  CAPTAIN ASTORIA NACHTEIS WYVERNHILL    —  Secondary
Art by Miyaarte.  NAME    Astoria Wyvernhill  NICKNAME/ALIAS    As, Tori, Nachteis  AGE    28 ( Debut ); 30 ( Timeskip )  DATE OF BIRTH    July 21st  GENDER & PRONOUNS    Female; She/Her  ORIENTATION    Homosexual  RACE/ETHNICITY    Human / Devil Fruit User / White  NATIONALITY    German

  CAPTAIN MALEKAI WOLF OF THE SEA KUZNETSOV    —  Tertiary  NAME    Malekai
Kuznetsov  NICKNAME/ALIAS    Mal, Captain, Scourge of the Sea, Wolf of the Sea  AGE    UNKNOWN  DATE OF BIRTH    October 31st  GENDER & PRONOUNS    Me; He/Him  ORIENTATION    Bisexual  RACE/ETHNICITY    ???? UNKNOWN / White  NATIONALITY    UNKNOWN

  BOA HANCOCK    — 
Canon Compliant.

  BLACK LEG SANJI    — 
Canon Compliant

  NEFERTARI COBRA    — 
Canon Compliant.

  DIVE    — 
Canon Compliant.

  IKKAKU    — 
Canon Compliant.

  IZOU    — 
Canon Compliant

  KALIFA    — 
Canon Compliant

  KAKU    — 
Canon Compliant.

  REMY LEBEAU/GAMBIT    — 
AU; Pirate, Thief, Charmer

  PORTGAS ROUGE    — 
Canon Compliant.

  COMMODORE SMOKER    — 
Canon Compliant

  SHAKKY    — 
Canon Compliant.

  CREW OF THE TOMBSTONE PIRATES    —  __
Vasille's Crew.
Captain: Iris Karim
Second Mate: John C.
Navigator: Orion Karim
Gunner / Carpenter: Roy H.
Sails Master: Nemeria Karim
Doctor: Ronan O'Byrne
Crew: Raven, Morpheus

  CREW OF THE CRIMSON GRACE    —  __
Malekai's Crew.
Kaith: Right Hand; Lover; Assassin
Hestia: Quartermaster
Ilya: First Mate
Ivan: Second Mate
Arlo: Navigator
Olivia: Boatswain
Jack: Carpenter
Nathaniel: Surgeon
Krys, Tylse: Gunners

  IKKAKU    —  @ikkaku-of-heart
Heavily Affiliated , Heart Pirates (Shachi & Penguin); budding relationship with Killer; Mihawk's Headache.  EUSTASS KID    —  @a-musing-mixologist
Shipping with Killer; Kid Pirates  SHACHI    —  @hex
Shipped with Penguin

  USOPP    —  @hex
shipped with Penguin & Shachi  TRAFALGAR LAW    —  @hex
Possible ship with Killer; Robin  Warner's Muses    —  Warner
Main, Shipped with almost all the muses.

  SURYA MOSALASKY    —  Warner
Main, Rob Lucci Ship  NEELA    —  @brophelia
Main , Blog-Wide  FIRSTNAME LASTNAME    —  @blogurl
Main , Blog-Wide

Commission; artist is miyaarteVasille is a tall, lightly muscled man in his early thirties. His hair is a natural silvery blonde tone, which he typically wears long and free; though on occasion, he will braid it back, in which it falls to the small of his back. His eyes are a clear hazel tone. He holds scars along his biceps resembling ropes from an accident a few years back, as well as a large burn scar on left shoulder blade from a work-related injury. The tips of his fingers are gray- it isn’t noticeable unless one really studies it. It’s a side effect of his ability; the beginning stages of decay. It will continue to progress as he uses his ability unless he can find a way to cease the growth. Due to this, he has begun to lose feeling down to the first knuckle on each finger.  BODY TYPE   : Endomorph
  COMPLEXION   : Clear; scarred
  SKIN TONE   : Limestone / Beige with grey undertones  CLOTHING   
Vasille tends to wear black or dark red “pirate” / poet laurent shirts paired with black cargo-esque trousers, and black leather boots that end slightly above the ankle. These boots are reinforced in the toes with steel, and have specialized grip on the soles to allow him traction when on a wet deck. Around his neck, he wears a golden crow skull on a gold chain; his right ring finger has braided gold band with an onyx gemstone sitting in the center, which belonged to his mother. Both ears are pierced twice in the lobe.His sword belts hold one bag of cut up cloth that is used to staunch bleeding when he needs to cut into his palm for his ability to activate, two daggers ( one short, one long ), a flintlock, and a coin purse.If the weather trends colder, he pulls out a heavy coat that dusts the floor. Black in color, with black wolf fur lining the interior. Embroidered with a golden filigree along the edges of the cuffs, only. High collared. On the back holds his personal Jolly Roger: A hand holding a skull upon the palm, fingers gripping the jaw.

Vasille was born on September 21st to Vladimir Albescu and Maria Albest in New Orlai, the largest city on Crescent Moon Island; at six months of age, the family moved to Ainamor, a small island in the North Blue- where Maria’s family was. His mother worked as a librarian, spending her days cultivating the history of the people in the region. His father was a Marine Captain, meaning that he and his men were stationed here in Ainamor. They remained in Ainamor until Vasille was five years of age; prior to this, their lives had been calm- surprisingly so. However, that changed on the night of his fifth birthday.You see, Maria’s maiden name was Pădure; she belonged to a family of so-called witches. Legend had it that her ancestor had been a healer who, in her grief of losing her husband, made a pact with a spirit to bring her husband back to her. Her husband was retrieved, though he returned the husk of a man- for she did not specify that she wanted his soul returned, only him.All things come at a price, and history certainly does enjoy repeating itself.SEPTEMBER 21ST, 24 years agoVladimir was working late on an arrest, trying to rush to get home to his son so they could celebrate together as a family. Maria was cooking dinner as Vasille sat in the living room, playing with the family cat and a feather. It was calm, quiet; their city was not one known for crime. Days prior to his birthday, Vasille had wandered out to the forest that bordered the northern side of the city while his mother walked a few feet behind him. It was here where Vasille found the Shinda Shinda fruit: a large, black fruit with swirls of red. In his defense, he was just a child who certainly loved fruits. Believing it to be an overly grown blackberry, he picked it up-And bit into it.The taste was right rotten, and he gagged, rubbing at his tongue as his mother rushed over. When she was the fruit, she gasped; she was familiar with Devil Fruits through her own research within the library. Distraught as she was, she kept this secret from Vladimir out of fear of how he would react- especially with their son’s birthday being so close. She kicked the fruit away, picked Vasille up, and carried him home.Vladimir had been assigned to a case of illegal weapons being carted through the docks, and that night, he’d managed to trace down the path that the ships would take the weapons to the opposite side of the island. Confident, he passed word along and left for the night, going home for his son’s birthday. However, what Vladimir returned home to was the front door having been broken down, and his son crouched over Maria’s body, his hands on her chest to try to stop the bleeding. His little face had been covered with blood splatter and tears, his hands cut up from falling on glass. As Vladimir pulled his son away, Vasille’s blood mixed with Maria’s- and for the first time, the Devil Fruit ability presented itself as Maria lurched upwards, reaching for Vasille. It startled Vladimir enough that he released his son, only for Maria to fall back once more, skin a sickly shade of gray, mouth open wide in a silent scream, eyes wide and unseeing.His wife had been the victim of a retaliation against him for exposing members of the local police force aiding with the weapons trafficking. No longer feeling safe within Ainamor- and knowing now that his son had consumed a Devil Fruit, Vladimir soon requested a relocation from his superiors and relocated himself and Vasille to Orlai, Crescent Moon Island. Homeward bound, their journey began.CRESCENT MOON ISLAND
A year after they moved, Vasille’s world shifted once more. Their cat, BonBon, had been killed by wild dogs, having escaped when Vasille failed to close the door. When Vas found out, he became distraught, and requested to see the cat. His father did let him see it, and began explaining how all things eventually die, for that was the natural cycle of life. The stress of the event caused his ability to appear once more. One moment, the cat was dead. The next, it was rising to its feet, chattering up a storm. Vladimir didn’t realize that happened at first until he saw Vas’ hands, and how the color seemed distorted on the tips of his fingers.However, the next morning, the cat was dead once more, and despite Vas’ attempts at raising it again, it never worked- the cat only decaying at three times the normal rate.Death usually is difficult to understand.Vasille was, admittedly, a loner in his youth, more due to the fact that he was coping with deep rooted trauma and became reclusive more than any sort of language barrier. As he grew older, he made friends with a girl named Sabryna, with hair like rubies and eyes like amethyst. A year older than himself, Sabryna was full of mischief and trouble; her mother was a Seer- someone who had the ability to see into the future without the usage of a Devil Fruit. This caused the family to be rather well known, although nowhere near well received due to her mother often dealing with Pirates seeking out her talent- among other things.Things were good. That is, until his house was broken into. He hid in the basement alone until his father was on the way home, bringing backup with him. The men were tearing their home apart above them. but when they started coming down the basement stairs, he panicked.And when he panicked, the fruits of Vasille’s hidden labor bloomed.Everything he knows of what happened in that moment, he learned from his father afterwards. According to him, their basement floor had begun cracking beneath Vasille’s feet as decayed hands reached up, grasping onto the men's ankles, pulling them down into the floor. Vasille didn't kill them, but one man did end up losing a leg, as the hand that had grabbed him twisted while bringing him down, snapping his leg like a twig. Vas passed out afterwards, his nose bleeding and pulse weak and thready. He woke up in the hospital the next day, where he learned of everything.He attended a public secondary school in the city, where he would spend his days with his friends and his nights sneaking out to break into the library, raiding the shelves for anything he could get his hands on pertaining to the art of magic- specifically, Necromancy. However, the public library held no such knowledge, much to his annoyance.MEETING THE MENTOR
Then, his luck changed one day when he wandered into a small shop on a side street. The man who owned the shop was tall, kind- his voice soft. He’d just opened a month prior, and unlike many shops- this one held no gimmicks. At the ripe age of fourteen, Vasille knew very little of magic or the arcane arts- but this man did, and had friends who could help him- a woman who owned a tavern named Dark Water.Kain Opacite, his name was- he was only three years older than him, but he’d been born into a family of practitioners, apparently; distant relatives to Sabryna. He agreed to teach Vasille the basics, but that was all. Kain gifted him his first Book of Shadows, explained the meaning of it and what he must do with it- why no one should ever touch it or look within. He explained rituals- very basic ones that Vasille could do without much trouble. He explained what Necromancy was in full- that normally, Devil Fruits such as his would be hunted down and sought after if word got out that he could raise the dead, emphasizing the need to keep this to himself.And keep to himself, he did; for the next two and a half years, he would train beneath Kain, honing his skills and branching out into forms of magic that work alongside his Devil Fruit.RETURNING HOME?
Vasille and his father took a trip back to Ainamor to visit with family they hadn’t seen in years when he was sixteen. It’d been ages since he had been here, and being able to see his cousins and grandparents on his mother’s side had been amazing. During this trip, he and a few cousins took a trip from Tania to Burast for the weekend. The first night had been fun- Vasille’s first time in a club, they enjoyed themselves. He’d met a man a year older than himself that he danced with, the pair getting on well. His name was Alexandru.The second night, he ventured out on his own, not wanting to return to the club again, and instead explored the city. He bumped into Alexandru outside of a bookstore, where he invited him to join him at a small get-together of him and a few friends. Naively, Vasille agreed. Venturing out of the city, Vasille realized something was wrong, and demanded to leave. Alexandru did not relent, and Vasille went to stab him with his pocket knife- but Alexandru moved quicker, covering Vasille’s face with a cloth that had been soaked in chloroform. When Vasille next woke, he was in a barn in the countryside.It turns out that his cousins had sold him- and his abilities- out to a group of pirates who sought out his ability to bring their Captain back from the dead. Vasille tried to explain the extent of his abilities, but they would have none of it- that if he were a Necromancer, he should be able to raise any dead person, right?For twenty-four hours, Vasille was kept in the barn and repeatedly tormented, cut, and forced to use his magic to attempt to bring forth the deceased. It was only at the very end, when the members began fighting amongst one another, that Vasille was able to escape- instead of bringing their leader who was nothing more than dust, he drew forth the bodies of the deceased farm animals and directed them to charge the barn.He didn’t stick around to see what happened- it was when he was half a mile away that the telepathic connection dropped between himself and the corpses, and by then, he’d managed to find a horse, stole it, and rode back to Tania, where he told his father what had happened.They left early the next morning, officially cutting ties with Maria’s family.

SPLITTING APART
Back home, Vasille met with Sabryna to tell her what had happened. Only Sabryan had changed in the years where Vasille had spent honing his skills. Sabryna had begun to develop similar skills as her mother, though her own were in the exact opposite direction. Rather than seeing the future, she saw the past. Her mother had warned Sabryna that Vasille would betray her one day, and it would cost her her life. When she revealed this to Vasille, he told her that it must have been a lie- that her mother saw wrong. That she was nothing more than a hoax.Words he regretted the moment they left him.Sabryna, in her rage, slapped Vasille and told him that if they ever met face to face again, she would kill him. Or perhaps what her mother saw was true, and he would kill her. From there, Vasille returned home, where he quickly packed up his bag. His father had wanted him to become a Marine- but Vasille didn’t want that life- a life where he would only be used as a weapon for a botched form of justice. Vladimir understood, and although he didn’t agree, he did not stop his son from leaving. It was a tearful goodbye in the early morning hours as Vasille bought passage on a merchant ship.FORTUNES AND LIES
Vasille would spend the next two years of his live traveling from city to city, from island to island, creating a name for himself as a fortune teller. There were small skills he had picked up over the years, such as reading Tarot cards and being able to decipher them. He made a habit of picking out Marines, luring them to his stall where he would then read their cards, and use what knowledge he held of the goings-on within the Marines to his advantage, conning them out of their money.And thus, how he met Captain Iris “Tombstone” Karim. When they first met, he had been running from a group of Marines after stealing their coinpurses. John, Iris’ partner, offered Vasille a way out if he could help them with their ship, to which he agreed, throwing himself aboard. Iris hid him, and the Marines were sent on their way. After, Vasille thanked both John and Iris, and began to introduce himself-Only to learn that they knew of him.They had three other members at this time: Raven, a girl with deep purple hair and a unique devil fruit that allowed her to create essential portals, Mephisto, a zoan-devil fruit user, and a man who simply called himself Dream, the user of the Sleep-Sleep fruit. Vasille offered his ability and knowledge of the Grand Line- if Iris would accept him to her crew.And thus, Vasille became a member of the Tombstone Pirates.FINDING THE PRINCESS
The Karim family hailed from Alabasta, royalty similar to the Nefertari family. According to Iris, Nemeria ( her younger sister ) had left home a few years after she did. She wanted to find her, and thus, the search began. Island after island they looked, until one day Vasille found himself playing the role of savior as a woman found herself caught in quite the fight. Cornered by a band of thieves, Vasille had almost kept walking- before turning around and dragging the men into the earth with his ability.Nemeria, relieved, thanked him- and went to run, before he caught her. He brought her back with him to the ship, where Iris and Nemeria were reunited. And their crew of five became six.ORION
One morning, they all awoke- to find someone in the kitchen, cooking away. Vasille attempted to strike, only to be caught by them and forced into a submission hold. Iris came in to find her own brother there with Vasille- and joked that it was about time they showed up. Vasille, confused and a touch dazed, asked for an explanation that he never received. Six, to seven.RONAN
And seven, to eight. Their doctor came to THEM, rather than the other way around. In an odd sense of deja-vu, Ronan came running to them, telling them they needed to leave port immediately. After seeing the group of Marines running towards them, they didn’t argue, and quickly left with a stowaway. Revealing himself to be Ronan O’Byrne, a talented doctor and a fae.Fae.Vasille had thought he’d seen it all, until the glamour dropped and Ronan’s skin went from a pale ivory to outright grey. Ronan asked if they had a doctor, and learning that no, they didn’t- offered his services. And who were they to say no?ROY
Picking up strays became a habit. Over the year of sailing together, Vasille and Nemeria became close, fighting alongside one another, sharing a bed; they were glued at the hip. It was as if Nemeria had healed all of the wounds Sabryna had carved into him, and he had helped Nemeria heal her own. It was while they were ported at an island, however, that Nemeria wandered away from Vasille. He had turned away for one mere second, and in the next, she was gone. For three days, Nemeria had been missing. They searched the island high and low, and could not find her. Iris was convinced that she had been kidnapped, until Raven happened to look up and see Nemeria returning with a man with red hair and a tool belt, loudly declaring that she had found them a Shipwright!The short of it being, she got lost, Roy had taken her in, cooked for her, helped her back to the docks. After proving himself with fixing their main mast, and then showing off his skills with both archery and hand to hand combat when Marines had swarmed them, Roy joined the Tombstone Pirates- and became the eternal pain in Vasille’s ass.SABAODY ARCHIPELAGO
The Tombstone Pirates were on the Archipelago during the Straw Hat’s arrival, and the subsequent chaos caused. While they had removed themselves from the situation and chose to lay low, they remained to watch curiously. Having grown names for themselves at this point through various interactions with the Marines and other pirates, the Tombstone Pirates had become quite notorious. One year before the beginning of the series, Vasille “Necromancer” Albescu’s bounty had climbed to sit at one hundred and sixty nine berries.The crew remained on Sabaody throughout the next two months as their ship was coated, thus allowing them to watch the events unfold at Marineford, and the Summit War that followed after.TIMESKIP
During the two year timeskip, the Tombstone pirates began to make their moves towards the New World. However, during this time, the Marines also became far more active. In an unexpected move, the Tombstone Pirates clashed with Commodore Junpei “Black Claw” Fujihara, Donquioxte Doflamingo- and Admiral Borsalino. The fight began on water, but quickly shifted to a small, deserted island as things grew intense.As Ronan was tied up thanks to Doflamingo’s wires, Iris, Nemeria, and Roy fought against Borsalino. Raven and Orion were unintentionally dragged into a fight with an individual with a chameleon-based devil fruit, which left Vasille to fight against Junpei. While the battle raged on, Vasille became distracted momentarily by the arrival of unexpected allies: Fushichou Marco, Fujihara Mai, and Portgas D. Ace, who had been traveling to a separate destination when Mai had recognized the Jolly Roger of the Tombstone Pirates.
And while their arrival did throw everything for a moment- it gave too many openings. Roy lost his right arm to Borsalino, rendering him unable to fight. Simultaneously, Iris sent a tombstone flying towards Doflamingo, catching him off guard and sending him flying, thus allowing Ronan to be freed. In his freedom, he sent stalagmites of ice jutting from the ground, managing to scrape Borsalino’s cheek, stunning him.In all of this chaos- no one had noticed Vasille’s army of the dead crumpling until Raven screamed.Junpei had used haki on his arm, and sent it plunging through Vasille’s sternum, much to the horror of the pirates. He held Vasille aloft before withdrawing his arm, letting him fall onto the ground, wheezing and choking on his own blood. Nemeria panicked as she crawled over, leaving Roy to Ronan to care for. As Mai fired a warning shot at Junpei, she backed him into the water, screaming at him to get back on his ship-Before shooting at the sand, revealing the chameleon: Fujihara Kai. Her own younger sibling.She pressed her gun to their forehead and threatened to shoot if they didn’t get in the water. Backing up, both Fujihara traitors were knee deep in the water when Nemeria released a scream that echoed over the water. Pausing, everyone watched in a mixture of awe and horror as the ground beneath Vasille glowed green, as his body lurched, suddenly sitting upright. Doflamingo decided to rejoin the world of the waking, walking up to watch as the hole in Vasille’s sternum stitched itself back together. Junpei and Borsalino made the executive decisions to retreat as Vasille rose to his feet, blood still dripping from his mouth- but beginning to pour like a faucet from his nose, eyes, and ears. As they rowed back to their vessel, skeletal hands reached out to grab at their ship- hundreds of them.It was as if Vasille had brought an entire graveyard to life.Shortly after the end of the fight, he passed out. When he came to next, Marco and Ronan were standing over him, discussing what happened. When asked, Vasille did not have an answer. He had died, and had been brought back by the power of Nemeria.To be continued…

STATS

  NAME    Vasille Albescu  NICKNAME/ALIAS    Vas, Vassy; Necromancer  AGE    28 [ Debut ]; 30 [ Timeskip ]  DATE OF BIRTH    September 25th  GENDER & PRONOUNS    Male, he/him  ORIENTATION    ??homosexual / demiromantic  RACE/ETHNICITY    Human / Devil Fruit User / White  NATIONALITY    Crescent Moon Island, South Blue

PHYSICAL

  HEIGHT    6’1” ( 185.42 cm )  WEIGHT    170 lbs. ( 77.11 kg )  HAIR    Blonde  EYES    Hazel  SCARS    Numerous; distinctly, his fingers are black from the tip down to the first knuckle. This isn’t paint; it’s an effect of his Devil Fruit.  PIERCINGS    Both ears twice in the lobe  TATTOOS   
A black band that wraps around his right forearm with “As Above” above the band, rightside up, and a matching black band around his left forearm with “So Below” beneath it, upside down. This references the belief that there will always be some sort of correspondence between the laws of life and death. This also references the practice within Paganism ( and various other religions ) that in order to take something, something must be given ( a sacrifice of some sort, an offering, etc. ). This correlates with how his Devil Fruit works: in order to use it, he must give something up. Balance.

BACKGROUND

  PARENTS   
- Vladimir Albescu ( Father )
- Maria Albescu ( Mother, Deceased )  SIGNIFICANT OTHER   
- [ VERSE DEPENDENT ]  OTHERS   
CREW OF THE TOMBSTONE PIRATES
*Captain Iris “TOMBSTONE” Karim
*Second Mate: John C.
*Navigator: Orion Karim
*Gunner / Carpenter: Roy H.
*Sails Master: Nemeria “GRAVEDIGGER” Karim
*Doctor: Ronan O'Byrne
*Crew: Raven, Dream  OCCUPATION    First Mate, Pirate, Tarot Reader, Fortune Teller, LYING THIEVING SCUM.  HOMETOWN    Crescent Moon Island, South Blue  CURRENT RESIDENCE    N/A  LANGUAGES    French, English, Spanish, Arabic  ACCENT    Southern with Cajun influences

PERSONAL

  POSITIVE TRAITS   
- Talkative
- Charming
- Polite ( well, as polite as a pirate can be… )  NEUTRAL TRAITS   
- Mischievous
- Self-Sacrificing
- Mildly hotheaded  NEGATIVE TRAITS   
- Gossip
- Power driven
- Manipulative
- Good at lying  ASTROLOGY    Libra Sun, Aquarius Moon, Gemini Rising  TEMPERAMENT    Vasille is a quiet individual, preferring to keep to himself more than speaking openly, freely. He’s been described as being a cold individual, outright walking away mid-conversation at times. He avoids talking about his past, outright avoiding speaking of the events that lead him on the path he’s chosen to follow.Despite this, if one were to stick around enough to cause him to break (which is relatively easy, really), he’s quite the chatter box- especially about the arcane magics. He also keeps an ear out for Marines- after all, being the son of a former Captain means you know a thing or two.He is quite the charmer when he wants to be- especially if he knows it will get him information- or into a place he knows he shouldn’t be. But that’s why he lays on the sugary sweet words and plays into the “dumb blonde” trope. Works like a charm.Men are weak creatures.

OTHER

  NEURODIVERGENCES & DISORDERS   
- Insomniac
- Depression  PHYSICAL DISABILITIES / CHRONIC ILLNESSES   
- - He was gradually losing feeling in his fingers until Nemeria “Gravedigger” Karim brought him back to life, after he was pierced through the abdomen by Commodore Fujihara. Since then, he has regained sensation in his hands, but the black, necrosis-esque pigmentation continues to spread.  POWERS / ABILITIES   
- Shinda Shinda Fruit — A Logia type devil fruit that allows the user to to raise the dead and use them as both offensive and defensive ‘puppets’, bending their will to the user’s own. TYPE: Ranged combatVasille is a unique case. Coming from Crescent Moon Island, which has a nickname for being the City of the Dead, Vasille had already been well aware of the Shinda Shinda fruit. However, he hadn’t been on the lookout for it; rather, the fruit seems to choose its user. Prior to eating the fruit, he had already been dabbling in the arcane arts, researching dark magics and relatively banned practices. He has himself a form of an infamous book, one that he had created and continues to write.With this ability, he is able to raise up to 6 bodies at once, though it is dangerous for him to attempt this. As with all things tied to the balance between life and death, it is give and take: he must first offer a blood sacrifice via his own blood before the bodies can rise. Due to this, his palms and forearms are covered in scars from doing this. More often than not, it is humans who rise, though occasionally, an animal will join the ranks.- Mild Telekinesis — Once the dead are above ground, a telekinetic connection is formed, and Vasille is able to control them with his mind alone, giving directions on where to move, how to move, and what actions to take.- Binding (Blood Variation): Caging: surrounding an object with barriers or otherwise restricting their actions, so they can move inside but have no way of getting out.- Entombing: Surrounding an object completely by a substance or another medium, so they can't move at all, or at best wiggle slightly. In this case, Vasille’s coffins that he creates, using a mixture of a wood stain and his own blood to create the bind rune needed.- Enhanced Strength: Vasille is stronger than the average human. Having to, occasionally, not only lift but carry deceased bodies requires strength.- Enhanced Agility: He is flexible, having always been so and continuing to train with his flexibility. It aids in his line of work, having to squeeze into awkward places at times.- Skilled in Hand-to-Hand Combat: He trained in hand-to-hand combat, specifically in aikido, mainly in the event that his devil fruit is rendered useless. However, he is also adept at boxing.  EQUIPMENT   
- Knife: He carries a pocket knife with him in the event of needing to raise the dead.- Gauze: He carries a roll of gauze with him to staunch his bleeding when he performs a blood sacrifice.- Clawed Ring: he wears a ring that doubles as a claw on his left middle finger. This is both a fashion statement as well as a weapon; he keeps it sharp enough to cut through skin, whether that be his own or someone else's.- Gun: He carries a flintlock as a last-ditch effort.  WEAKNESSES   
- Sensitivity to Light: His mutation causes his skin to be more sensitive to sunlight. While he won't burst into flames while in direct sunlight, after spending an hour in the sun, his skin will start to get a rash. He carries sunblock on him at all times due to this.- Sea Water: As with any Devil Fruit user, Vasille’s Devil Fruit ability will be rendered useless when doused in sea water.- Sea Stone Prism: As with any Devil Fruit user, Vasille’s Devil Fruit ability will be rendered useless when touched by Sea Stone Prism.- Body Count: He can only raise six bodies at once, though this is dangerous. His body will start to overexert itself, pushing itself to the limits to keep the reanimated bodies upright and in control, even if it means breaking down its own muscles and tissues. This causes his nose to bleed, as well as coughing up blood.
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POWER: 3/5 C
SPEED: 3/5 C
TECHNIQUE: 4/5 B
INTELLIGENCE: 4/5 B
COOPERATIVENESS: 2/5 D

CONNECTIONS

  TOMBSTONE PIRATES    —  WARNER  BASIL HAWKINS    —  WARNER
Enemies

VERSES

  NAVICULARIS     Main Verse. 
Main verse; open, canon compliant.  UPON THE LAND; UPON THE SEA    Warner. 
Closed Verse.

Commission; artist is miyaarteAstoria is a tall young woman in her late twenties with silver hair which falls, when loose, to mid-back. She tends to wear it either in a braid or tied up into a bun, with a middle part. Her skin is a light shade of ivory (she tends to burn quite easily when she is in the sun for extended periods of time), and her eyes are a deep, vivid shade of gold. She takes after her father in her appearance, having his hair color and height, while she takes her eye color from her mother. Her lips are scarred right down the middle vertically, and a small scar sits upon her left cheekbone.Post Marineford, Astoria gains a new scar that covers almost the entirety of her left shoulder due to being show by a cannonball while in her Zoan form by Fujihara Mai.•Body Type: Endomorph; she has a muscular, toned form due to her rigorous training regiment, needed to keep up both her human form, and her Zoan form.
•Complexion: Clear, with high cheekbones and a strong jawline.
•Skin Tone: Ivory, with naturally rosy cheeks that show up when she is in the sun for prolonged periods of time.CLOTHING
-Black, long sleeved shirt that has an opening along her forearms and the upper part of her spine, ending below her shoulder blades, with armor reinforced leather along the sleeves and across her midsection.
-Black, fitted trousers with leather along the calves and upper thighs.
-Black knee high heeled boots; the heels are silver, and come up to a point at the back of her ankle; these can be used as a weapon.
-Deep red hooded cloak that aids in keeping her warm during her travels north. Due to being an essential reptile, she gets cold easily.
-All of her clothing is altered to be able to fall away quickly the moment she shifts into her Zoan form, without fear of her clothing being ripped.•Casual Wear
-She tends to wear darker colors, specifically maroons and blacks.
-Black tank tops with maroon shorts or vice versa in the summer (especially when training or working out); high necked, long sleeved sweaters in the winters (black, specifically) with red necklaces.
-Formal wear consists of red dresses in varying styles, paired with a pair of black heels, OR a formal suit in all black, paired with a red tie.𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐔𝐏:
-Minimalistic. Mascara and a light red lip, occasionally paired with black or red winged liner. During formal events, she will put a bit more effort into it, opting usually for a black or deep red smokey eye, paired with winged eyeliner and a deep red lip.

Childhood
Astoria was born to a single mother, Marzia Weber, on Swallow Island. Her mother had been a well known member of the World government, known as the Drachenfrau ( Dragon Woman ) before she became pregnant by Astoria’s father, Noah Wyvernhill. Her father had once been an activist and former top aide in the World Government working alongside Marzia to aid in bridging the gap between the islands across the Grand Line, helping with trade. However, over time, he grew angry with the way things were becoming, according to Marzia, and defected- going AWOL in Marzia’s seventh month of pregnancy. He later reappeared as a “Revolutionary” in Sabaody, creating chaos and inciting uprisings with other Pirates before he was killed when Astoria was nine. During the nine year absence, her mother met a Vice Captain, Gunther Schmidt, who she would later marry when Astoria was three years old.Her mother was brutal- both on and off of the field. Astoria’s personality comes due to the way she was raised, something she is still unlearning. Gunther was a good dad to her, teaching her from a young age about the World Government and “all of the good they do.” Throughout her childhood, she spent her time around other children of Marines or World Government Agents. There was a point in time where there was talk of Astoria being merged into the Cipher Pol Program, though that never came to fruition.Noah was killed when Astoria was nine years old in Mary Geoise. Marzia struggled on whether or not she should tell her daughter. Gunther eventually talked her into it, and she sat Astoria down and explained who he was, what he had done, and why he was killed. Surprisingly, Astoria- at the time- was fine with it. She was only nine years old, but she had never known him. She held no emotional bonds to him. (Spoiler alert, she was not fine with it later in life).Birth of a Dragon
On her tenth birthday, Astoria was given a gift. A weird looking fruit, maroon in tone, with what appeared to be scales all over it. When she asked what it was, Marzia explained that it was a very, very special gift that she had found while traveling, one that she saved just for her daughter! Surprised and delighted, as many a child would be, Astoria took a bite- only to immediately be disgusted by the spicy, bitter taste of the fruit. She coughed, and gagged, and wheezed as Marzia watched and waited with baited breath. Astoria asked what sort of fruit tasted gross, to which Marzia replied that it was a Devil Fruit!This was the first time Astoria realized that Marzia did not see her as her own daughter, but rather, as a weapon to be crafted and used. Astoria knew what Devil Fruits were, her mother had a book about all of the known fruits. She asked which fruit she had just eaten, hoping for cool fire powers, or maybe some sort of flying power! She wasn’t wrong-Astoria ate the Ryū-Ryū Fruit: the Dragon-Dragon Fruit. There were physical manifestations that appeared over the next month as the fruit settled within her system, merging with her soul and growing with her. She had patches of scales grow on the backs of her forearms, down her spine, and on the backs of her calves; her nails began to grow and harden, thickening into claws; her incisors elongated into fangs on her upper and lower sets. Over time, she began to develop a hearth, where her fire would linger within her sternum. Her first time transforming into her zoan form happened three months later, after rigorous training from both Marzia and Gunther. It felt strange to transform her skin, for her skin to rip and tear and suddenly-
She was much bigger than she had been, standing on all fours. Her teeth felt larger and more vast, she could speak but the words felt odd in her mouth.Flying took time to learn. Many, many crash landings.Schooling
Astoria was put into a formal school setting on Mary Geoise, where her mother had moved them in order to be close to the World Government. Her thirteen and fourteenth years of age came and went, and soon, she was pulled and placed into a special form of Marine training- to become an agent of Cipher Pol. Astoria was thrilled! She’d always strived to have good grades, and being accepted to such an esteemed private school was more than a dream. She’d already been training for years, and had learned that the fire that she breathed was no normal flame- rather, it was cold, freezing the ground where she breathed. Her training was not just with this physical manifestation, but also with what she could handle without her full zoan form. She began to learn how to control the temperature around her, slowly expanding the range through the years, dropping the temperature at first five, ten, fifteen degrees by the time she was seventeen.She was quickly growing to become a well-known face.School was different than she anticipated it to be. There were the normal courses of mathematics, sciences, history, foreign languages- things that were to be expected. However, there were other mandatory courses for her: archery, weaponry, and mixed martial arts instead of physical education. She opted to take all three, as well as an extra course of gymnastics.It was during this time that the world began to shift. Word spread quickly about the raid on Mary Geoise; Astoria wanted to be like the Admirals ( or, at the time, Vice Admirals )- to protect the innocent. But first, she had to finish her schooling- and pass the final exam.Dreams, or Nightmares?
That dream shattered when she met a man named Kristoff while exploring the shopping district of Sabaody. Kristoff revealed himself to have known Noah, having been “close friends” with him. They began to walk and talk, Astoria well aware of how dangerous this could be but confident that she could protect herself. When they were alone, Kristoff told her the truth of what had happened:“Your father wasn’t a revolutionary- he was a Pirate. I had been his first mate; his crew is still alive, and we’ve been looking for you. The fruit that you ate had belonged to him; your mother, Marzia, searched for it after she shot your father while he was wearing Seastone Prism handcuffs. He had been helping stage a raid in Mary Geoise when we were caught, and instead of running, he turned himself in so we would have time to escape. I remained hidden and watched it all happen with my own eyes. Your father was a good man, Astoria. Your mother is the villain in this story.”

Astoria left quickly afterwards, confused and wounded by this reality. When she went in with her mother the next day to the office, she snuck away to the archives, where she quickly searched for anything regarding the Wyvernhill Pirates. What she found confirmed the story Kristoff had told her. Her heart had broken as reality settled in-She was nothing more than a weapon for the World Government.That night, she had dinner with her mother. She laughed. She joked. She cleaned up with Gunther. She had after dinner tea on the porch of their house. And as the house settled, as night fell over the island of Marineford, Astoria Wyvernhill packed her things, left her mother a letter explaining everything-And ran away the night before her eighteenth birthday.Birth of a Pirate; Death of a Marine
She met Kristoff on Sabaody, and went with him to the ship, where she met her father’s former crew. They took her in, treated her like one of their own. She paired herself with a younger man- still older than her, but younger than majority of the crew- named Edward Thomas. He took Astoria under his wing, showing her the literal ropes. As the months passed, Astoria grew into being a true pirate. After her first year, a vote was held to make Astoria their official captain.It was a resounding aye, and Astoria gained the moniker of her father: Nachteis, the Dragon of the North Blue.FIRESTORM
For six years, Astoria sailed the sea as the Captain of the Wyvernhill Pirates. Her ship, named the Dame Grace, was large and strong. Her crew had grown from the ten men of her father’s former crew and Edward to nearly thirty strong. Men and women of all ages, the Wyvernhill Pirates were quickly becoming well known, with Astoria’s bounty soaring to over ninety million. Marine ship after marine ship, she had destroyed. She learned the truth, had met Whitebeard on the high seas and had a meeting with the legendary pirate in which they agreed to be allies. Life was going so, so very well.Until she learned that a rat was on her ship far too late.A woman with red hair and sharp violet eyes who had told Astoria that her name was Chrissy. She’d been on the ship for six months, becoming another carpenter for them. She was good at repairing the sails, good with a needle and thread. Late in the evening, when the sea was calm and the ship was quiet, “Chrissy” disappeared. Astoria still isn’t sure what woke her up- the silence of the sea, perhaps. When she woke, she found Edward sitting on the deck- an odd place for him to be, considering he was supposed in the Crow’s Nest. Astoria called out to him, laughing, joking that he was slacking- until she walked around to his front and found his throat bitten out. She did not scream, but she did panic, stumbling backwards into a solid, firm chest.It was then that she noticed the Marine fleet at the stern of her ship, and three more of her men dead. “Chrissy” walked out from the shadows, dressed in Marine whites. She revealed herself to be Foxface, a known World Government agent. Astoria had been her mission. Astoria stepped forward, only to be held in place by a hand-Captain Cyrus “Firestorm” Umbra, a pyrokinetic Marine Captain. What happened next has been referred as “The Night of Flames”, with Astoria taking to the sky in a firefight against Cyrus. Their combination of icy fire and blue flames lit up the night sky over the water as the crews of the ships watched in a mixture of awe and horror. For two hours, they fought, until one of the Admirals- Borsalino- stepped in with a promise of killing her crew. He was being nice, he explained; he could just kill her, but if she agreed to their terms- she’d survive, along with her crew.Reluctantly, Astoria agreed, forced to her knees with seastone cuffs. For the next six years, Astoria and the Wyvernhill Pirates become Government dogs, doing their bidding with their lives hanging in the balance.MARINEFORD
Astoria was mandated to be present during the events of Marineford, with her own agenda under the works. This was the perfect time to make their escape, having made contact in secret with Whitebeard to explain what she wanted done. If things worked, he’d be able to get in. She was the one who gave him the knowledge of how to infiltrate Marineford after the gates were up; in return for her knowledge, he would get her crew out. As the fight began, she could see the Dame Grace taking to the sea quickly with her crew on it.Astoria did not intend on surviving Marineford.Her mother was not present, thankfully, even if the woman she had caught was going to be executed. That was how Marzia was; she simply didn’t care for the lives of others. Astoria did not know Ayame, nor did she wish to get to know her. Instead, she took the the skies, doing her “due diligence” and creating havoc for both sides, something she’d later blame upon “bad eyesight”- a lie. However, while in flight, Fujihara Mai of the Whitebeard Pirates fired a small cannonball at Astoria, getting her in her left shoulder. It was enough to take her down, plummeting her to the sea-Where her crew waited with a net, gathering her up and onto their ship with their doctor at the ready. The damage was extensive, her shoulder nearly destroyed and a large hole in the skin. They escaped Marineford, and did not look back.TIMESKIP
During the timeskip, Astoria was allowed to dock her ship at Gravedigger Island due to her and Drew Kiciloff being close. Here, she was hidden, guarded, and allowed to heal. Surprisingly, she meets Suma during this time period, in which the two form an odd bond of friendship.

STATS

  NAME    Astoria Wyvernhill  NICKNAME/ALIAS    As, Tori; Nachteis  AGE    28 [ Debut ]; 30 [ Timeskip ]  DATE OF BIRTH    July 21st  GENDER & PRONOUNS    Female, She/Her  ORIENTATION    Homosexual  RACE/ETHNICITY    Human / Devil Fruit User / White  NATIONALITY    Swallow Island, North Blue

PHYSICAL

  HEIGHT    7’2” ( 218.44 cm )  WEIGHT    190 lbs. ( 86.18 kg )  HAIR    Silver  EYES    Gold  SCARS    Numerous; distinctly, a scar through the middle of her lips vertically in the center.  PIERCINGS    Both ears twice in the lobe  TATTOOS   
N/A

BACKGROUND

  PARENTS   
- Marzia Wyvernhill ( Mother)
- Noah Wyvernhill ( Father, Deceased )
- Gunther Wyvernhill ( Stepfather )  SIGNIFICANT OTHER   
- [ VERSE DEPENDENT ]  OTHERS   
CREW OF THE WYVERNHILL PIRATES
*First Mate: Kristoff
*Second Mate: Andrej
*Navigator: Rose
*Gunner: Casimir
*Sails Master: Johan
*Doctor: Penelope  OCCUPATION    Pirate Captain, former member of the Marines  HOMETOWN    Swallow Island, North Blue  CURRENT RESIDENCE    N/A  LANGUAGES    German, French, English  ACCENT    Germanic

PERSONAL

  POSITIVE TRAITS   
- Protective
- Quiet
- Polite ( well, as polite as a pirate can be… )  NEUTRAL TRAITS   
- Flirtatious
- Self-Sacrificing
- Mildly hotheaded  NEGATIVE TRAITS   
- Deceptive
- Manipulative
- Good at lying  ASTROLOGY    Cancer Sun, Capricorn Moon, Saggitarius Rising  TEMPERAMENT    Astoria is brash, calculating, and will do anything to get her way in the end- a Pirate to the core. However, she will do anything to protect those who cannot protect themselves. She’s horribly selfless at the worst of times, and she will still argue to get her point across- she isn’t above yelling at those she is working with in order to get them to listen to her.She does not lack in intelligence; during her time at her school, she was in the top 3 of her class, falling in at number 2 by the time of graduation. She enjoys reading, as well.

OTHER

  NEURODIVERGENCES & DISORDERS   
- Imposter Syndrome
- Depression  PHYSICAL DISABILITIES / CHRONIC ILLNESSES   
- N/A  POWERS / ABILITIES   
- Ryū-Ryū Fruit — A Zoan type devil fruit that allows the user transform into a dragon.
TYPE: Ranged combatWith this ability, Astoria is able to take on all of the physical characteristics of a dragon. She is 152 feet long ( 46.32 meters ) from the tip of her maw to the tip of her tail, with claws reaching teen feet in length.-Osoroshi Sonzai-Kain ( Chilling Presence ): Astoria has the ability to project a field that lowers the temperature around her, creating a constant chill. It has a circumference of 30 feet. This can be used in either form, though within her Zoan form, it extends to fifty feet, and is controlled by her breathing.
•Congelatikinesis ( Frost Bite ) : Astoria can freeze up any part of an opponent's body where one can turn the tissues and flesh into solid ice making the victim shatter into pieces due to freeze drying, or cause a swelling making it hard to move for the victim. Most often done by breathing the ice-flame onto them.
°This particular ability is used only when Astoria feels as if she is in a life or death situation. In order for her to use this, she must channel her power into her hands. This is detrimental, as the effects of this cause her hands to go numb and become unable to use them for thirty minutes to a full hour.-Zoan Form: 152 feet in length, with a sixty foot height when standing on her rear legs ( twenty feet when laying down ), with teeth and claws befitting a dragon. Her tail is also used as a weapon- a whip or a form of battering ram.- Enhanced Strength: Astoria is much stronger than the average human, due to her natural physique as well as the enhanced strength given to her from the Devil Fruit.- Enhanced Agility: She is flexible, having always been so and continuing to train with her flexibility.- Skilled in Hand-to-Hand Combat: She was trained while in the Cipher Pol program in hand-to-hand combat.  EQUIPMENT   
- N/A  WEAKNESSES   
- Sea Water: As with any Devil Fruit user, Vasille’s Devil Fruit ability will be rendered useless when doused in sea water.- Sea Stone Prism: As with any Devil Fruit user, Vasille’s Devil Fruit ability will be rendered useless when touched by Sea Stone Prism.- Fire / Heat: Due to being ice-based, Astoria will always be weak both fire and heat based Devil Fruits.
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POWER: 5/5 A
SPEED: 4/5 B
TECHNIQUE: 4/5 B
INTELLIGENCE: 4/5 B
COOPERATIVENESS: 2/5 D

CONNECTIONS

  DREW KICILOFF    —  WARNER, ROMANTIC

VERSES

  NAVICULARIS     Main Verse. 
Main verse; open, canon compliant.  UPON THE LAND; UPON THE SEA    Warner. 
Closed Verse.