User blog:Great Kapros/Great Kapros OC: Az Delante

General Information

 * Name: Az Delante (アズ デランテ)
 * Epithet: Forward Ogre (前鬼 Zenki), Slaver-killer (奴隷商人殺し Doreishounin-goroshi)
 * Height: 3 meters (9 feet)
 * Age: 28
 * Birthday: February 1st
 * Country of Origin: Grand Line, Unknown Island
 * Likes: His companions, Freedom
 * Dislikes: Slavery and Slavers
 * Favourite Food: Stir-fried Meat
 * Least Fav. Food: Boiled Meat
 * Animal: Longhorn Bull
 * Real World Country: Spain
 * Abilities: Observation and Armament Haki, Nitoryuu, Deflecting Blows Style

Description
Az Delante is a huge, handsome man with a sculpted body, squared chin, straight nose and long, wavy red hair. He's covered in many scars from his period as a slave. Az usually wears long dark trousers with black boots, a khaki sash around his waist from which he hangs his weapons and a short, sleeveless black jacket rimmed with magenta fur. When he becomes furious, his eyes go blank and become rounder.

Personality
Az Delante is a laidback, jovial and composed man, quick to smile and laugh; he genuinely likes his life as a member of the Fujiwara Pirates. When slaves or slavers are mentioned, Az loses his happy-go-lucky attitude and becomes almost livid, ready to fall in a rage if he happens to run into them. When in combat, Az becomes much more focused and serious, using all his energy to wipe out threats.

History
Born in a Grand Line country unaligned with the WG, Az was sold to slavery when he was 5 and forced to witness many horrors under the cruel tutelage of his master. Rescued by a band of mountain bandits, he was unofficially adopted by their boss, a man named Fuera. Under his tutelage, Az grew stronger and more skilled, learning how to fight with swords. During his first expedition he attacked the Slave Auction House to release slaves but mostly kill all the slavers there. Due to his brutality and single-minded desire for revenge, Fuera soon chased Az from the band. Undeterred, Az Delante soon became infamous for hunting down and killing slavers, learning a defensive style that allowed him to block and redirect many attacks at once. When he was 19 he was captured by the Marines and about to be executed when he was rescued by the Fujiwara Pirates and was persuaded into joining them. During this period as a pirate and bodyguard to Fujiwara, Az became more laidback and affable.

General Abilities
Az is undoubtably the strongest member of the Fujiwara Pirates when it comes to physical strength alone. Due to his size and muscles, he's able to send ordinary people flying with ease and can even overpower real Giants when he fights seriously. Having trained himself in the Nitoryuu, Az can fight with two swords at the same time with great skill and coordination, being able to perfectly keep track on each slash and concentrate on the opponents' attacks. He mostly employs this style to deflect attacks and suddenly counter them as he moves forward. Due to his high tolerance to pain, Az is able to push forward and keep pressuring his opponents until they are overwhelmed.

Haki
Having being trained by Fujiwara, Az is able to use Observation and Armament Haki, especially the latter. Az is skilled enough to coat his fists or weapons as he fights opponents. Rather than coat his entire body or torso to protect himself, Az relies on a special style that covers his body in "stripes" of Haki to protect only the area targeted.

Weapons
Az Delante carries two katana with him and is very proficient in using them: since they're not scaled to his size, he can easily wield each in his hands. His trump card is a massive, sharpened Sai with humongous side arms called "Horn Twister" (角曲がり Tsunomagari), which he uses to block attacks and redirect them better.

Trivia

 * Az Delante's name is a pun on the spanish word "adelante", meaning "forward".
 * Zenki is the name of a legendary Oni, usually depicted as a massive red Oni with an axe walking in front of his summoner and one of the familiars of a legendary Onmyoji master.