User blog comment:WonderfulUnicorn/New admiral prediction (home-made character)/@comment-3425840-20130208090728

Here goes my excuse of a trial for an Admiral:

Name: Ruben Schneider.

Epitaph: Brown Leopard.

Gender: Male.

Age: 45 (43 pre time skip).

Appearance: Ruben is a tall man of about the same height as the three original Admirals. He has a muscular built with broad shoulders, similar to Akainu but a bit slimmer than him at the chest area.

His clean shaved face is practically sharp, with a long nose, thin lips, slant eyes (only one eye could be seen as he wears a black eye patch over his left eye) and a prominent chin giving him a very cruel look.

His skin is pale white, so much so that the blue veins underneath are clearly visible where ever his skin is exposed. It is in fact so pale that gives off a false impression of anemia.

Ruben has short and spiky hair is grey in color.

He is generally dressed in a brown long military vest with shirt of the same color under it and a grey tie. Like other high ranking marines he has his marine coat over his shoulder in the cape like fashion. His coat has the Kanji "No Mercy" written on the back.

He also sports a brown military cap which has a badge pinned to it with "JUSTIZ" (the German word for justice) written in red.

He wears brown military boots with a rather thick sole. and a black leather belt in a slanted fashion wish hold his pistol holster at his right hip.

In the right chest of his vest, he has pocket to hold his cigarette case. On the left chest he has a iron medallion built in the shape of the the symbol of the World Government, it is actually attached to a chain that he wears around his neck.

On his waist just above the leather belt is an ammunition belt. He carries a pocket chain-watch on his right hip pocket.

Ruben wears black skin tight gloves (like Akainu), on his right hand he wears a ring on the ring finger (over the gloves), instead of a jewel it carries flint stone of octagonal shape.

Weapons (normally they comes later but the weapons are related to appearance): Ruben carries a pistol on his right hip that shoots sea stone bullets. He has a whole ammunition belt full of sea stone bullets. The pistol is designed with a long barrel and a 12 cylinder revolving round. When it's hammer is pulled it can also be used as a lighter as the is an ignition to off as a side effect built in it.

He carries a medium sized combat knife on the other left side of his belt, strapped to it in a leather sheath.

He also has a knuckle duster on his left hand and he carries a black military baton.

His boots could be also considered a weapon as the soles are spiky.

Personality: Ruben has an extremely sadistic personality, so much so that even his Akainu, his ruthless superior sometimes complains that he takes things too far.

He enjoys to torture and make fun of people who have already lost a battle and intention poke on their weak points just to enjoy their helplessness.

He is extremely cunning and calculative, never rushes or loses his calm no matter what kind of situation he is in. However he is cocky, so much to the point while he intentionally holds back to give his opponents a false ray of hope.

He is very punctual and shows no mercy to anyone who is his junior in rank about not being on time. He also believes rigorously on the chain of Command and if someone is junior to him in rank, he never shows any respect what so ever to him/her. On the contrary, with his own seniors he is rather reluctant to show respect himself, with the possible exception of Akainu.

Ruben hates spicy food and often goes to lengths such as compartmentalizing the kitchen crew for preparing them (just another testament of his cruelty). He usually eats boiled meat and vegetable dishes and drinks black coffee. He smokes but only when he fights or lectures his juniors or perform some sadistic act.

He has a huge ego about cleanliness and makes the lives of his subordinates miserable because of it.

Like Akainu he won't mind to get deceptive and use underhanded tactics in battle, in fact he is more prone to use a dirty trick than Akainu.

Contrast to his persona, he acts amazingly chivalrous with beutiful women but in reality it is only his farce to somehow get close to them. There are rumors of his maltreatment of many female marines and also female pirates and prisoners but there is no proof.

Relationships: Ruben is in good terms with Akainu, the Fleet Admiral really appreciates the way he handle stuff and Ruben admires Sakazuki for his ruthlessness. However even Akainu sometimes wishes that Ruben would hold back a little.

He is on moderate terms with Kizaru, while he admires Kizaru's strength, he does not like the trolling Borsalino does as Ruben believes in seeing things through.

Ruben is not on good terms with another fellow Admiral Kazu. He envies Kazu for having conquering king's haki (he does not have it himself). Also he absolutely despises Kazu's benevolent attitude. Kazu on the other hand does not like him for his sadistic attitude but has respect for his strength. Once things got rather ugly between them and they were about to fight but was stopped by Sakazuki.

His relationships with Hayai is not very well known, the two had met only once when Ruben intervened in a potential fight between Hayai and another Admiral Tenon. However Ruben did notice Hayai's extremely fast movements and it did annoy him a lot because there are not many people who can claim to be at the same speed range with Ruben however Hayai was at least on par if not faster than him. This sparked a slight envy in Ruben's mind.

Apparently Ruben considers Tenon to be his greatest rival, as Tenon once humiliated him by defeating him in one of the skills that he is most adept in. Until that time it was claimed that Ruben was the best in the marines with a gun but Tenon proved that not only he shoots further with a pistol but also he can draw faster. This fact made Ruben both to respect and to hate Tenon. Aside from that Ruben respects Tenon's habit of finishing what he starts. Ruben often compares him battling Tenon as they both have similar fight style to some extent and even though he knows that Tenon can beat him in gunmanship, he is confident enough that in a all out battle he can emerge victorious (however who would really win is unknown).

Ruben has never met London, but apparently he wishes to "check up" the new addition to Admiral class.

Ruben is has nothing but contempt for Garp and Sengoku as he regards them to be lenient and senile. He also hates Aokiji for his acts of showing mercy at times.

He does not like nor does he associates with the Shichibukai, except for Boa Hancock whom he often tries to befriend but she has never given him a chance.

He has a huge enmity with Shanks as till date he was the only man to humble him.

Abilities and powers: As an Admiral he has the authority that an Admiral has, including buster call and all.

He is of course extremely powerful. A master at and to hand combat, he uses a martial art similar to boxing but with some kicks blended into it (not as many kicks as kick boxing). His knuckleduster is often put to good use when he tortures his opponents.

He uses his baton in fights to, in a similar manner Vergo uses his bamboo stick by cladding it with haki.

Although Ruben does carry a knife, he seldom takes it out, but he is rather proficient in knife play, the reason he does not use it often is because he does not like blood to spill on his dress which is prone to happen if he stabs someone.

Ruben is uncanny marksman, he can compete against veteran snipers with just his pistol and shoot far away objects which are seemingly invisible with perfect accuracy.

Even though he has an eye patch, he is not really blind. He has it for the sake of making a false impression. When he decides to go all out in battle, he removes it and from then on he would refrain from using weapons and reveal his devil fruit powers.

His epitaph Leopard came partially from his blood thirst and partially from his speed, he is so fast that he can draw shoot and re-holster his pistol and walk away yet the victim who was shot won't realize that he has been shot until he collapses. (Like Brook's move but faster). He is also fast at dodging attacks, he can keep up with soru without using any techniques.

His physical strength is also immense as he has shown several times to break through steel with his bare hands and also to break masts of ships by just kicking them.

He has shown to use all forms of rokushiki and roukyugun and have great mastery over them.

He also has immense durability, stamina and endurance.

Ruben has shown to have all two types of haki: COO and COA, he can not use COH but of course can resist it.

Even though he has an eye patch, he is not really blind. He has it for the sake of making a false impression. When he decides to go all out in battle, he removes it and from then on he would refrain from using weapons and reveal his devil fruit powers.

Devil Fruit: He has eaten the Logia class devil fruit Oiru-Oiru no mi (oil Oil fruit). The brown color of spilled oil is the source of the brown part of his epitaph. It allows him to turn into, produce and control oil. He has mastery of his fruit just like the other Admirals. However he generally does not use it in battle and shows his ability only when against some big shot. Perhaps because he wants to toy with his opponents.

His devil fruit attacks mostly involves dripping someone in oil and setting them to fire with a spark. He can also cause huge explosions with his ability.

When pushed too far, Ruben tends to make bad use of his ability and starts to make random explosions not caring about his comrades, as he himself is not harmed by those explosions he simply attempts to kill off everyone else. This is the reason he was not called to Marineford. This attitude of him contrasts to his usual calm self.

Attacks: Human Torch: Ruben drenches his opponent(s) in oil and then sets them off in fire with a spark, most often made by his pistol or by his ring being scratched on his knuckle duster.

Rig: Like Caribou's swamp, Ruben forms an oil rig and sucks stuff/people in.

Burning Ground/Sea: Ruben floods the ground with oil (sea when applicable) and then sets it off to fire, often done by throwing his already lit cigarette on the oil.

Viscous Snare: Ruben throws crude oil on the ground making is sticky so that his opponent(s) get caught on it.

Oil Clock: Ruben immobilize an enemy and drench him/her. He then makes a trail of oil to him/her. He controls the concentration of the oil to vary the time it would need to reach the target and finally setting on a time of his own choice sets it to fire so that the target who would get burnt after a certain delay that he decided.

Crude: The name is a some sort of pun. He use crude oil to engulf people and suffocate them to death. He says it is a very crude way of using his powers and thus the double meaning of the name.

Drench: Like the name suggest it is a preface of an atttack, Ruben sends his fist up in the sky (like Akainu's Ryusei Kazan) and lets the oil rain down, drenching his targets and making them ready for Human Torch.

Tanker Buster: One of Ruben's most powerful techniques. He create a membrane kind of stuff with crude oil (similar to a balloon) and then feels it up with lighter oil inside. It expands in size and he then moves away and shoots to detonate it. The explosion is immensely powerful, an effect similar to Ursus Shock but way more devastating as it is accompanied by a blaze of fire.

Brief history: When he was 16 he joined the marine academy, he comes from a noble family (not World Noble, some noble like Sabo's family). He quickly rose through the ranks and at age 24 became a Commodore, then at 34 a Vice Admiral. Sengoku noticed his brutal tendencies and sadistic attitude and thus opted to not promote him any further and stationed him to a rather peaceful area. However sometime he would be called for operations in the the New World. He was not called to Marineford as Sengoku feared he might unnecessarily violent and cause causalities on both sides.

After Akainu became the Fleet Admiral he promoted Ruben to Admiral and Stationed him to G1 alongside himself.

In the past Ruben crossed paths with many a veteran pirate and revolutionary and in most cases killed or captured (not very often) his target. Sometimes he failed but never was he defeated. Except once when Red Haired Shanks beat him and literally took pity on him and let him go. Ruben sore to kill Shanks but he also knows, that powerful he may be, he is not yet as strong to get the Job done.