Rodrick De'louise

Rodrick "The Arsenal" De'louise is a former marine turned pirate. He abandoned the Marines, and the rank of Rear Admiral, three months after the Whitebeard war due to emotional trauma, and disgust with how the Government handled the aftermath.

Contents
[hide]#Introduction
 * 1) Appearance
 * 2) Personality
 * 3) Abilities and Powers
 * 4) Weapons
 * 5) Devil Fruit
 * 6) Haki
 * 7) Relationships
 * 8) Crew
 * 9) Marines
 * 10) Enemies
 * 11) History
 * 12) Major Battles
 * 13) Quotes
 * 14) Trivia

Appearance
Rodrick is a pale, tall, relatively thin (though surprisingly strong) man with black hair, and piercing orange eyes. His usual outfit is comprised mainly in a classic Victorian fashion, including a charcoal suit, leather riding boots, and a flamboyant, intricately knotted red cravat, covered by a full-length, red frock overcoat with cape. He also has been seen wearing a red fedora hat with a wide, floppy brim and a pair of circular, heavily tinted, wire-framed orange sunglasses with goggle sidings

During his service in the Marines his attire consited solely of the typical Marine attire during his entire carrier. Including the Officers "Justice" coat.

One of his more distinguishing features are his piercing orange eyes, which even during his youth unnerved most who looked directly into them. Other then there uncanny appearance, they seem to glow when ever Rodrick is under great distress, such as in the heat of battle.

Personality
While on duty, during his service to the Marines, Rodrick was the epitamy of loyal, willing to carry out the orders of his superiors with out fail, strongly believing in Absolute Justice. Off duty however was a completely different case. Those who knew him during those days, such as his subordinates, often enjoyed his company, as he did all he could to "liven up the joint", as he would often put it. His demenor was that of a easy going, party loving, comedian who despite not having an interest in romance himself, was often referred to as the best wingman in history. He also had a strange, strange habit, of saying "It's entertaining to the readers" when asked why he acts the way he does.

One week after the Whitebeard war, due to the horrors he witnessed done towards the marines, not only by the great pirate himself, but by the shichibukai, including one of his closest friends being turned to stone and later shattered by Whitebeards power, he fell into a deep depression. He took to drinking and quickly fell behind in his work. However after three weeks of this behavior he returned to his original demenor, and was welcomed back by his comrades, though secretly he was now harbouring a great deal of contempt towards his superiors.

After leaving the Marines, he, now feelling more free and satisfied with his life, maintains his "off duty" personage as a constant, befriending most everyone, and taking things easy, he is even prone to suddenly bursting into song for no real reason. Unfortunately he is now much more absent minded, and forgetful. Though when the time comes to get serious, he adopts a bizarre mix of the two demenors, one moment being commanding and insightful the next relaxed and goofy, to the point most wonder if he is insane, which his now much more frequent reference's to "the readers" or sometimes "viewers" does not help with.

Despite being a pirate now, he has no real ambition other then to hunt for adventure and never serve people like the Government again.

Abilities and Powers
As a former Marine Rear Admiral, Rodrick had at one point authority over various subordinates. Now that he is a pirate however, he has lost the level of authority he once possesed. What he retains however, is the strategic training he gained from service, which helps not only in commanding his own crew, but also in predicting the Marines movements, allowing him to evade capture with greater ease, one of the reasons for his bounty. As far as intelligence goes, he can easily outwit pirates and Marines alike.

While he can predict the Marines fairly well, he himself rarely plans voyage's out, simply stopping at the nearest island and hoping something, or someone cool turns up, then taking that (or them) and running with it.

In terms of physical power, his training as a Marine has granted him greater strength then the average civillain, and after years of continued training he now possesses enough strength to lift, carry, and throw a boulder more then twice his size with one arm. He was also shot with a cannon and not only survived but was able to keep fighting, albeit with with various injuries through out his body, indicating high endurance.

While he was fast enough to dodge bullets from only 9 meters away, he isn't particularly fast when it comes to running, being just above the average Marine, though he is able to run for much longer.

He has most frequently been seen using a sword, and pistol, but he claims he can quickly think up ways to turn anything available into a weapon thats just as useful as his sword or pistol. As far as the actual weapons themselves they aren't particularly special, the sword being a standard Marine sabre, and the pistol being civilian class. Though with his training he is a fairly competant in use of both.

Haki
While originally, due to his rank, he did not possess Haki of any sort, after witnessing all three Admirals who were known Logia users, he began searching for information on how this could be. He soon learned of Haki, particularly Busoshoku Haki and after further prying learned how it is gained. Once he left the Marines, he began trainging himself to use it, and though the prosess was very slow, two years later he managed to attain to a weak degree Busoshoku Haki. He has far from mastered it, but is for the moment happy with his progress.

Crew
The Everyone Pirates is called so due to the fact that in Rodricks eyes, everyone he meets is a member. And usually due to his personality, he can convice most people to go along with his shenanigans, which involve either attacking other pirates, treasure hunting, and other such activities. Unfortunately there are no official crew members, most simply go for an adventure or two, before returning home. Rodrick however is okay with this, and actually do to his own desire to remain in the first half of the Grandline he has actually met up with a few of his former crewmates. Out of a desire to protect his various crewmembers, he often will require them to wear masks or similar identity hiding clothing. While the individuals themselves are rarely identified, it is usually noticed that he can gather many different people where ever he goes, adding to his bounty.

Marines
Despite now being a pirate, some of the Marines he served with still consider him a friend, which has worked to his benifit on a few occasions. Others however, are now nearly as kind, considering him a traitor both as a Marine and a friend, leading to their increased attempts to bring him down. A close friend of his was also a Marine, who was kiled when he was turned to stone by Hancock, and then crushed by Whitebeards power, leading to his downward spiral and eventual turn to piracy. Also as a rule(and possibly a weakness), Rodrick will both never inflict lethal damage on a Marine, but also come to a Marines aid if he or she is being over whelmed by another pirate.

World Goverment
Due to the fact that they no immediate action was taken against Shichibukai Boa Hanconk, and (as it appeared to him at first) Gekko Moriah, Rodick has developed a great deal of bitterness and comtept for Government. While he does not enjoy fighting Marines he has repeatedly stated that so long as the two organizations are together he will continue to fight.

Boa Hancock
Rodrick has a deep level of resentment towards Hancock due to her attacking Marines as well as pirates during the war, which led to a dear friend of his being killed. He has stated that if the two should ever meet, he will disregard everything and attempt to kill her. Adding this to his disinterest towards romance has cause Rodrick to honestly view Hancock as revolting.

Gekko Moriah
Due to Moriah's stealing of Marines shadows and using them himself, Rodrick had a great deal of anger towards him. Once he learned that Moriah had died, he calmed down a bit. However rumors of Moriah being alive have slightly reawoken his anger. As with Hanconk, Rodrick has sworn to kill Moriah should the two meet.

Whitebeard Pirates
While there captain, who brought down many of his comrades, may be dead, Rodrick will still turn dreary when the Whitebeard Pirates are mentioned. Though not to the extent of the Shichibukai, Rodrick is quite bitter towards them.

Major Battles
Rodrick Vs Pirates.(Various through out career)

Rodrick Vs Whitebeard pirates.

Rodrick Vs Marines (Various)

Quotes
"You know, thats a good question.. ah, I'll let the readers argue about it.." When asked what he would do if confronted by Blackbeard.

"Y'know.. I get the feeling I forgot something.." *canons fired, Marines shouting* "Oh yeah I'm a pirate now.. hueh hueh hueh.." One week after defecting.

Trivia
He like many others has a distinct laughter style (hueh hueh hueh hueh..)