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Name: Worches

Gender: Male

Nicknames/Aliases: Fogey, Gramps, Old Man

Epithet: Strikeout Worches

Age: 55

Bounty: 54,000,000

Hometown: North Blue, Sports Island

Pirate Crew: (Formerly the Fossil Rush pirates)

Role: Powder Monkey

Abilities & Skills: Despite being past his prime, Worches is still incredibly athletic. So athletic, in fact, that he doesn't bother with cannons- He just throws the cannonballs. He's the greatest pitcher in the North Line, with a fastball that can sink ships. What would be a single for most batters becomes an in-the-park-homer thanks to his speed, and he wields a Seastone baseball bat with disturbing skill. He's also good with his fingers, able to pick locks like nobody's business.

Personality: Worches is, at his core, a professional pirate. He's plied the shipping lanes for twenty years, and expects the crew to behave like professionals. The idea of operating a ship with only a skeleton crew disgusts him, and he's just as disturbed by the lack of vital positions on the crew's roster. He feels that pirates who fall back on Devil Fruits are less than worthless, forsaking the sea for power and failing to train themselves.

Biography: Born on Sports Island, an island obsessed with all forms of sports. While stopping to resupply, the quartermaster of the Fossil Rush Pirates saw his skill on the baseball diamond and figured he'd make an excellent powder boy- he was quick, he was small, and he had incredible dexterity. Jumping at the chance for adventure, the then-15-year-old pirate joined the crew without a second thought. Sailing across the North Blue, waylaying ships, plundering cargo, and ransoming captives- the true life of a pirate. Twenty years of adventure followed.

Now, however, it's forty years later. The captain of the Fossil Rush has retired, and the crew has disbanded. Most of the crewmen have moved on to other crews or integrated into civilian life. But not Worches. He's been beaten and weathered by a life at sea, looking far older than he is. Piracy is his life, and if he has anything to say, it will be his death. The powderboy's all grown up, looking for a new crew, and hoping they aren't the "chivalrous pirates" that seem to be infesting the seas these days.

Theme Song: [url=https://youtu.be/j1l7N-WLa3Q]WAY-HO-HO! IT'S ONE FOR ALL FOR ONE![/url]

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