[center][h3][u][i][color=khaki]Who are you?[/color][/i][/u][/h3]
*With Longer Hair*
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[b]Name:[/b] Aiden Mercer
[b]Epithet:[/b] of the White Woods
[b]Bounty:[/b] 7,000,000
[b]Affiliation:[/b] Pirate Captain of the BlockHead Pirates(Working Name)

[h3][u][i][color=khaki]Tell me about yourself.[/color][/i][/u][/h3]
[b]Age:[/b] 28
[b]Species:[/b] Human
[b]History:[/b] Aiden grew up in South of the West Blue, on a cold island packed with dense forest. A forest which was the center of life for the people that called the island home. It provided food and lumber, the latter of which was the islands primary export and way to get goods. As a kid, Aiden was what you would call a bookworm, being so far south the island was subject to snow storms often, and he would find himself with naught to do but read when he was young and stuck inside. This made Aiden and incredibly inquisitive kid, as he asked to learn more about the places and stories he read about, his family managed to get a hold of more and more books.

He learned a lot from his books, wonderful things but also terrible things, and as he got older he sought out more knowledge about the real world. He found an encyclopedia volume that contained knowledge about a small section of the Grand Line, it was unlike anything he had ever read, but the book and those he asked insisted the grand line was a a real place. Full of these very fantastical but real and terrifying wonders. He immediately found himself wanting to know more, to see more. He reached out adn asked around for more books like the one he had, but there didn't seem to be any. When he accepted there weren't any to be had in the West Blue he vowed to write his own, a complete collection detailing the Grand Line.

As a young man Aiden began to take note of the injustices on his island in his village. They grew poorer by the year, more and more shut out from the outside world. According to the officials running the docks the lumber just wasnt worth as much any more, but that the market would definitely pick up next season. They were told this for several years until finally most people just stopped asking. Aiden being the guy he was, didnt stop asking questions. Just like when he was a kid he was curious and patient and persistent. This got him in trouble into the past and it definitely got him into trouble now. 

Aiden found out the dock officials had been pocketing increasing amounts of money over they years, stealing from the villagers. So he did the only logical thing and gathered a group of young lumberjacks and threw them off the island. Redistributing as much lost goods back tot he people as they could. The victory though was short lived as Marines soon showed up to the island looking for Aiden. He went along unable to put up much fight against an entire crew of marines.


While in transit a mafia family ship attacked the marines, and Aiden was able to get free. They had attacked to free another prisoner on board, a member of their family. Seeing his opportunity he begged the mafia to help him protect his home from being taken advantage of again. They agreed on a deal that they would claim his home island and protect it is as their own if he would offer his service to the family for 10 years, and he did just that. Ten years that rewarded him just as much as it did the family. They taught him how to look after himself and how to fight. They showed him the nuances of the law and what it meant to be free. After those ten years he left his family to achieve his dream to travel the Grand Line and write the Grand Line Encyclopedia, and to do that he would become a pirate like many before him.
[b]Personality:[/b] Curious, Patient, Persistent, Doting.
[b]Profession:[/b] Captain/Temporary Shipwright
[b]Dream or Motivation:[/b] He wants to author a complete Compendium Series detailing the Grand Line

[h3][u][i][color=khaki]What are you capable of?[/color][/i][/u][/h3]
[b]Haki:[/b] 
- Observation - C
- Armament - B
- Conquerors - B  
[b]Powers/Devil Fruit:[/b] Udo Udo no Mi/Wood Wood Fruit; Paramecia Type; Allows the user to produce and manipulate wood on several levels.
[b]Fighting Style:[/b] A brawler that fights using a stave and support constructs of wood. He shapes his wooden stave for appropriate situations. Crafts, limbs, armor and golems to assist him in fighting.
[b]Named Techniques:[/b]
- Gingko Golems - Summons moving monsters of wood. Can wrap around self for monsterfication.
- Poplar Pole - Uses powers to transform Adam Wood stick at will. Lengthening. Adding a Blade or Studs.
- Asura of Aspen - Creates a 2 additional sets of arms on the users back and shoulders.
- Buloke Battlesuit - Creates a solid suit of battle armor made of dense wood.
[b]Equipment:[/b] Carries a single stick from the Adam tree as his main weapon.
A book he found years ago, an encyclopedia of some part of the grand line, which inspired his dream.
[b]Notes:[/b]
- Makes the best chairs. 
- Hand makes paper for his books.
- Ex-Mafia
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