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Alias: Bloatgut Age: 32 Sexuality: Straight Height: 210 centimeters Weight: 220 Kg Hair: flat grey Eyes: Dark blue Skin & Scars: Body paint often used in different forms to make his body more threatening. Sometimes painted white cross on his face.
Details
A man almost as wide as he is tall, he tends to stand out wherever he is going. He tends to always mask his face with something, be it a sharkshead fashioned into a hat, or a simple scarf over his face. He tends to go shirtless, revealing his chest. He either wears nothing or a vest most of the time. He always wears sandals, as anything fancier would get ruined by anything even mildly wet. As he walks, his belly tends to jiggle just a bit with each step, and when he runs, it outright bounces. If his hair is not under whatever he is wearing on his head, its usually wrapped in a pony tail, even multiple ones, and swinging behind him. He isn't afraid of wearing rings or other baubles on his body from his successful hauls, even sometimes using them on their own as payment.
Personality
"THAR IT GLEAMS!"
Positives & Likes
✔ DETERMINED ⤊ BIG TARGETS ✔ COOPERATING ⤊ BIG MEALS ✔ PROMISE KEEPING ⤊ GAMES ✔ PROVIDING ⤊ GAMBLING ✔ SOBER ⤊ TEAMWORK
Negatives & Dislikes
✖ HARSH ⤋ LIARS ✖ CRITICAL ⤋ UNDERPAYING ✖ BIT OF A SCROOGE ⤋ MINT ✖ ADAMANT ⤋ WORTHLESS SACRIFICES ✖ LONG TERM PLANNER⤋ WASTEFULNESS
Behaviour
George is surprisingly methodical and heavy planner when it comes down to it. Many things he does follow certain order in how he does them, and usually skipping one of them renders him in a bad mood. Because of that, he also doesn't usually like changing the plans that have been made upon offering him a job or in sharing of the loot. In that regard, he might even get violent to keep people on track of what the plan was, and his punishments tend to be quite brutal.
Surprisingly however, if you do go by his rules or are just working with him out of principle, you usually do find him to be a very compliant guy to fall upon, helping even stranger fellows and sharing a bit of food. Getting on his good side usually means a lot of invitations for his other efforts... and long time trust may even end up with a spot in his long term plans. He enjoys all sorts of games, and even though he can be stingy with money, when gambling, he takes his own losses like a man, no matter how frustrating. Sometimes his readiness to hang out with his mates gets the better of him. Whenever he gets very excited about something, be it delicious food or just the idea, he starts foaming from the mouth. Part of the reason why he covers his mouth, is to keep his poker face stellar.
One of the weirder parts of his life is his surprisingly religious lifestyle. He himself denies it, But whenever he comes back from scavenging, he always tends to offer up the head of whatever creature he has caught, or something else of value as a tribute to the buried goddess. He says that he does it to keep her attention firmly on him, and to make sure he is in her good graces when the time comes. Some others say that the goddess is the only one he is very humble about, and he doesn't really like that. In the end, as the saying goes, keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.
History
George was born on the more poor side of the wharf, living under the cliff that provided safety to the rest of the citizens. He was a pretty regular boy all things considered, living on a quite dull diet of fish and old bread, yet being alright with it. He had quite a few friends, but one of them was a little bit more special. Fran was a very special girl, always talking about how she wanted to be an adventurer of some kind. George himself liked to look at the ocean, as it was the most ambiguous thing in his sights most of the time. And thus the duo naturally came to the conclusion, that adventuring to the sea one day was their goal. A chance for the first time, when a simple fishing boat offered to take the kids for the ride. Fran of course got on. George would go next time...
But when the boat came back, Fran was gone. George being very young, His parents tried to explain to him that 'the sirens had gotten her'. He himself understood it. Took it to heart even. His parents tried to put a little morale to it, because of his insistence on asking, could he somehow bring her back, saying how 'sometimes fair trade is hard to achieve with the ocean'. And after that, he proceeded to always throw a part of his meager meals into the ocean. He thought that maybe he could get his best friend back that way. Some of the older folk laughed, and said how 'he was feeding the buried goddess gourmet!' And George got into a conclusion: Whoever this goddess was, it was who he wanted to come to him.
Over time, He kept this going, couple of years passing... and he started to get bigger, even though he ate a little less. Some were surprised, and thought it was a gift from the goddess. In actuality it was his Vele awakening. When fellow kids mocked him of his round body, and bulky face, he proceeded to cover it with a scarf. Heck, with his age, he was starting to feel how pointless throwing food away was, his appetite growing immensely... If he wanted to see this goddess, he would need to catch it, and not feed it. He proceeded to fish at first with regular fishing poles, over time starting to fish for them just by hand, with the same fishermen from before helping him along. With money being tight, buying proper harpoons was out of the question. So instead, he took upon himself to grab an anchor on a rope, and swung it like a giant hook to catch many things he wanted.
But no siren. He continued his little ritual of giving the goddess a piece of his earnings. At this point, it was almost like placing a bait. Not a very noticeable one, but it did make sense to him. With all this work, He was starting to become a quite liked figure, mostly because he was bringing a whole lot of fish home. And indulged in the same food himself. Eventually however, there was a year, when there was just not enough fish to go around... Nobody knew exactly why. Was it overfishing? Or had it just been a too hot summer which made it so fish didn't want to get close enough to the shores? it didn't matter. They needed to get their food from somewhere else. The wharf was too pricy...
But George himself wasn't. He started working for cash, started traveling to regions he had never seen before, without even noticing it granting one of his previous dreams to him... and he didn't care. Each pile of cash he divided to three portions. One for himself into his own nest egg, one part to the cursed goddess, and the rest to buy food for some sort of feast for his own comrades. These visits to the weird lands known as the Outlands started to get more and more regular, and he started bringing more and more exotic things home... even ripping them off from the hands of fellow hunters if he had found them first.
As some people found out about the riches he was gathering, he was invited to the city to gamble with his money. He enjoyed it massively. The risk taking of fighting creatures from the Outlands was almost the same in the games he was playing with his hard earned money. And it became a minor loop.
But in the back of his head, something had changed. Fran was not his target anymore. In his thoughts, getting his friend back was no longer a priority. The goddess itself shone brightly as a target. A great beast nobody had seen before, a creature nobody had been able to touch or ruin. A creature all for himself if he could catch it! The amount of glory and money in it just made him drool from the thought... But, even he knew as an effort it was not simple. Gods were gods for a reason. And taking on a god alone, heck, taking an ocean on alone, was foolish. He needed friends... skilled people. And enough money to cover the trip... His daily routine was set.
A very brutal hook shaped anchor with quite a few sharp pointy bits across its bend. The hook part of it is big enough to allow him to hook it around his neck with no issues. with the grip itself being the same size as it. A long chain is attached at the grip of it, with the rest of the chain usually wrapped around Bloatguts arm. The sharpened edges of it shine compared to the othervise quite dark metal it is made out of. The grip is made out of sturdy wood to make sure he is able to always grip it easily when pulled back. From certain angles, it almost looks like a very bent ax.
Ability
Like any hook, the purpose of Ranchor is to pull whatever he targets closer to him or to slash at targets close or far. However, if it was simply that, in the hands of someone quite sluggish like Bloatgut, the hook would probably prove to be only a glorified blade. which is why the chain on it is used to throw it around. The chain has a quite long range, 12 meters about, allowing the axe to be thrown far, way further than the chain amount seen wrapped around his arm. It acts almost more like a very well made fishing line, making it very light, yet sturdy. This also allows it to be thrown around in very weird ways, and still pull it back without any issues.
However, the hook does have its own gimmick, which is quite funky. It in itself can reel in its owner, the chain wrapping around it, allowing Bloatgut to pull himself towards things which the anchor is latched onto. Combined with his Vel, the Vanta weapon gives him a very easy way of chasing foes who are trying to escape, or allowing him to dodge attacks coming his way a little bit easier depending on the hooks position.
Grease king
Vel Rank 1 - Vel Application(s): Transformation
Power
The weight isn't just for show. Bloatguts ability allows him to convert the fat in his body into other substances. Currently his only application for the ability is turning it into slick and slippery grease. This allows his hook to be that much slicker, and makes it very easy to untie any knots the chain would end up in. Other applications also include him making himself slippier, making it very easy for him to move around, which for his size is very handy, although not that much speedier or more agile on its own. Combined with the pulling power of his hook, He can still be somewhat swift in his own right.
However, when he slides, he usually leaves a trail of grease behind him from the contact with the ground. This grease can also be used to slip up his enemies, making them overextend, or to make the more blunt attacks a little bit less effective on contact. This in the end can make enemies moves just a smidge more predictable, making it easy to hook them closer for a proper counter attack.
Disadvantages
Naturally, when throwing anything, the problem is that he needs to get it back to throw it again, or to use it in melee. Although getting it back is made easier due to the chain, it can still be considered a recharge period. Combine with this the fact that the hook can get stuck (It was made to function as an anchor too after all), and it will make the retrieval process of it even harder. Somebody stronger than him can even pull on it themselves to force him to come to them, instead of the other way around.
For his Vel, the greasiness makes him look a little bit sparkly, and the ground can glisten a bit from where he has gone. But that's not all. Being slippery is not always a good thing, making it so he himself might overextend his target if too much momentum is gained. Sharp weapons are of course not really effected by the slippiness, And in the end, whatever the case, nothing gets you to be more prone for worse attacks coming your way, than slipping and falling on your back.
Although his body in itself is thick enough, that he probably won't suffer from losing too much fat ever, he will have a growing feeling of hunger the more he uses his Vel. He needs to recuperate his calories regularly to keep his body in the shape it is, and for himself to stay concentrated.
Star Rank: ★ Description: With his work as a fisherman, he has been pulling many things that fight back, from smaller fish to outright sharks to himself. This has made his arms especially strong, and has made it so he can lift and throw most people and things around to the maximum of 100 kg. Sometimes he has pulled so hard that the wooden deck under him has broken. His feet naturally have also gotten their own share of training, although more because of the heft that they need to hold up at all times.
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Hook em and cook em (Fishing)
Star Rank: ★ Description: Living in a fishing village, this is kind of a no-brainer. He knows most common fishes movements, and can choose proper bait or reaction to whatever they are. That and his aim with his hook underwater isn't any weaker compared to his aim as a landlubber.
It has come to our attention that you have been quite the Scavenger as of late! Be wary of the sea and the dangers that lurk within, for those who reach too far never come back. Keep your nose clean and stay out of trouble, Bloatgut, or you may just get your wish of meeting the Buried Goddess after all! Welcome to Surrender Dawn! Pilfer to your heart's content!
