Hemlock

* Hemlock
* Devil's Luck card game
* Hemlock Poster

## Stats

**Hemlock** is one of the Eight Flames and former member of the Timber Lord's three commanders. She originally met the Devil's Luck Pirates in Episode 9: The Grand Line and while initially starting out as their enemy, slowly became a major ally.

## **Appearance**

Hemlock has snakelike eyes and green hair that ends in a crop on one side while the other falls down to her hip. She has pale skin. Her nails, eyeliner and lipstick are all purple. On her wrist is a band made of leaves and, typically, a long white snake wrapped around the entirety of her body. She also wears a very revealing bikini held at the shoulders made out of leaves. The bikini ends at her belt, which holds her two knives and has a wolf design.

## **Personality**

Hemlock is a calm, collected and well-informed individual. Her risk assessment and situational awareness capabilities are exceptional, being one of the only enemies to ever surrender to the Devil's Luck Pirates. She seems to be driven by survival rather than loyalty. She is a bit flirtatious towards the crew - possibly a tactic used to aid in her assassinations. She's occasionally sarcastic. She can also be a bit boastful at times, having some overconfidence when first meeting the Devil's Luck Pirates, though that attitude quickly changed when William revealed his Devil Fruit to her. She enjoys the quality hot springs provided to her by the Timber Lord. She loves wine and filet mignon. She hates burgers.

## **Abilities / Powers / Equipment**

#### Overview

Overall, her strength is comparable to Captain Marrow due to years of assassination training as well as her expertise in the use of various poisons.

#### Roguish Talents

Hemlock can use abilities similar to Uncanny Dodge, Cunning Action, and the abiltiy to use Sneak Attack die.

#### Cunning Action

Hemlocks quick thinking and agility allow her to move and act quickly. She can take a bonus action on each of her turns in combat. This action can be used only to take the Dash, Disengage, or Hide action.

#### Sneak Attack

Once per turn, Hemlock deals an extra 14 (4d6) damage when she hits a target with a weapon attack and has advantage on the attack roll, or when the target is within 5 feet of an ally of hers that isn't incapacitated and she doesn't have disadvantage on the attack roll.

#### Evasion

If Hemlock is subjected to an effect that allows her to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, the assassin instead takes no damage if it succeeds on the saving throw, and only half damage if it fails.

#### Uncanny Dodge

When an attacker that she can see hits her with an attack, she can use her reaction to halve the attack's damage against her.

#### Snakes

Hemlock has a bag of about fifty small snakes, which she could make giant. However, she can only have one snake active at a time. After V used an unknown mechanism to neutralize the Flames' animal companions during their fight, none of the snakes can grow anymore.

#### Poison Dagger

Hemlock has a dagger imbued with strong poison. It is +6 to hit and 1d6+3 piercing damage, also the target must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw, taking 24 (7d6) poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful

#### Petrifying Dagger

She also has a dagger that can turn people into stone, although this poison is hard to find and dries easily. The petrifying dagger only does 1d6+3 but the creature does 2 15 DC saving throw, one on hit and the other at the end of its turn, on the first fail the enemy starts to petrify and if they fail the second, they get fully petrified. Hemlock can use a combination of the 2 daggers if necessary.

## **Devil's Luck The Card Game**

Hemlock is a FIGHTER Mind card with 2 power and the following effect:

"Whilst this card is on the board"

Players get +1 points for each other FLAME they control.

Hemlock is part of the FLAME faction

Artist: Niupoo

## **Relationships**

### **Devil's Luck Pirates**

Hemlock does seem to like most of the Devil's Luck Pirates, but there are times where William can get on her nerves, such as when he asked for Little Timmy's spoon. At first, Hemlock seemed to take a bit of liking to Duros when they met her for the 2nd time at her temple. But after defeating the Timber Lord she has grown quite fond of Ragnar, saying he'll be an excellent addition to the Eight Flames. She then asked to swap Ragnar's Candle Number 2 for her Candle Number 6. Furthermore when interacting with Ragnar's wife, she acts a little jealous and in a manner of her wishing Ragnar was her husband instead. Ragnar seems to trust Hemlock, because she didn't betray them in the fight against the Timber Lord and the battle with Chuck. He also asks Hemlock to watch over Magnus and Hertha for him, to which she says yes. Ragnar was also able to convince Hemlock to join them in their fight against the other Flames and V. Before seeing the Devil's Luck Pirates off, she promised if they ever needed anything give her a call and to think of the Eight Flames as an extension of the Devil's Luck Pirates.

### **The Eight Flames**

#### Little Timmy

Hemlock was the one who saved Little Timmy from execution and subsequently brought him into the organization. She seemed to care a lot about the boy and could be seen acting in a somewhat motherly manner towards him. It can be assumed that she felt responsible for him.

#### Cleo

Hemlock seems to find Cleo very annoying and can't stand her. However, she was still devastated by her death, even going so far as to ask the Devil's Luck Pirates if they could've have let her live.

#### Blake

Hemlock and Blake seemed to be close partners, and it can be assumed that they have often worked together in the past. They seem to look out for each other and make an effective team in battle, as seen in Episodes 18, 24 and 30.

#### Tempest

Hemlock and Tempest were childhood friends, this was probably before Hemlock was taken to be a member of the Eight Flames. After reuniting, they show great care for each other and would trust each other with their own lives.

## **History**

She was likely taken in by The Eight Flames as a child, as many other Flames. About two months before the Devil's Luck Pirates meet her, she journeyed to the South Blue and saved Little Timmy from being hanged.

Hemlock first met the Devil's Luck Pirates when wanting Gravy to fulfil his obligation as a member of The Eight Flames but betrayed The Timber Lord and allied with the Devil's Luck Pirates in *Episode 12: "Acid Snake*". Hemlock assisted the Devil's Luck Pirates in their fight against the Warlord. She was at G-4 hunting Captain Verona with the help of the 5th candle Blake. She later meets the Devil's Luck Pirates again during The Eight Flames Hideout raid and, after fighting against them first alongside Cleo and then Valentine, decides to betray her superiors and join the raid. She is later shot into space and lands on Planet Duros together with the rest of the raid force, eventually joining the Devil's Luck Pirates' coup against the planet's dictator. Later, in Episode 32: Stony Silence Hemlock sets sail towards the Oasis together with Blake, Bullet, Malaise, Humphrey and Taurus to help Bullet figure out who put the contract on her brother.

## **Trivia**

* Hemlock was the third member of the Eight Flames to make an appearance.
* Hemlock was the first enemy to fight the Devil's Luck Pirates and then join them later to fight other enemies.
* Even though Hemlock is currently the 2nd Flame, she still has the power of a 6th Flame.
* The goroawase of her name gives her two sixes (ム, ロック), which fits her ranking in the candles.
* Rustage agreed with this post saying Hemlock would be Columbian if she was in real life.

## **Quotes**

* "You know what right now? I'm a fan of not dying."
* "If you're going to huddle you should probably do it a little further away from me."
* "We're not bad people honest. We just have a different career path."
* "A big, strong, handsome man like you will be quick to do the job."
* "Oh, it's a shame you're already married Ragnar, I could kiss you right now."
* "That's not the kind of gas I'm into"
* "We take out the head.... and you know the rest of the quote."
* "I don't know how that would work, just walk into the Boss' room and say 'Hello, I've killed half of your men, can I have a magical panda?'"
* "I thought I was going to die, thank you Louis Le'Cloque, thank you little French boy"