Rochus Horlf

Rochus Horlf is a former knight turned pirate who's homeland was anhillated at the hand of a Marine Buster Call, and the Captain of the **Roundtable Pirates.**

## Appearance

Most of Rochus' facial features are hidden, this is due to him wearing a full suit of old worn silver armor with a great helm that covers his face.

## Personality

Rochus, despite his hardened appearance; is reasonably friendly when talked to directly by people. However, if not approached by conversation he doesn't engage much, keeping to himself and will occassional speak sparingly

## Powers/Abillites/Equipment

### Overview

Rochus fights using his Grand Knight Fencing (A style taught to him by his now deceased instructor), in combination with his devil fruit: the **Supa Supa no Mi** to defeat his foes. Using his imposing stance to cut down his enemies and surge past his limits to keep going whilst deflecting blows from his body using his steel bladed body and armour.

### Devil Fruit

Rochus ate the Supa Supa no Mi, a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit that enables the user's body to gain characteristics of a steel blade to attack opponents with, making the user a *Full-Body Bladed Human.* The key strength of the fruit, is that Rochus is able to create strong blades from any part of his body. (Often forming a large greatsword from his left-arm). This allows his body to gain characteristics of steel, more specifically a blade, making him immune to most slashing attacks and able to slice through almost anything, from flesh to stone. Although the charactistics of steel are ineffective against a swordsman who is capable to cutting through steel; as it would slice through his defences and wound him.

### Plate Amour

A set of armour and one of the few possessions of Rochus which survived the destruction of his homeland, which he dons in order to keep him safe.

### Fencing Manuals

Manuals created by his mentor, holding the secret of his techniques and the legacy of the Grand Knight Fencing Style, which Rochus uses.

## History

### Past

Rochus was born into an order of knights that fought for the freedom of all living things. from a young age the values of honor and the ways of the order were instilled into him. As he grew up he developed a little bit slower than most of the other kids and was bullied for being weak. It was decided that When he turned twelve he  would be allowed to take the trial to officially join the order and help out in missions and stuff. One month before  he was supposed to take the trial, the orders island was found by the marines and got buster called (one piece cannon buster call) the only survivors of the buster call were Rochus and his brother as they were doing extra training in the basement of the castile with their fencing instructor.  After the marines left all that was left was rubble and ash.

After two weeks of trying to find a way off of the island the revolutionary army showed up to see if there was anything salvageable from the wreckage they were surprised to see the three and gave them food and water and gave them a ride to the nearest neutral island they immediately went into hiding and  trained with their fencing master for the next two years. One day Rochus’s brother went into town to get supplies but was stopped by some low level marines for “not respecting them” and was taken into custody. When Rochuss' brother didn't come back for multiple hours his fencing instructor and Rochus went to go find him but Rochus's fencing instructor was captured and both Rochus’s brother and mentor were executed.

After returning to camp Rochus found a note explaining what probably happened that his mentor left as well as his armor, sword/shield and the fencing manuals that survived the buster call. Rochus soon left the island in search of allies that can aid him in his quest to restore the order and get revenge on the world government.

After leaving the island he was captured and sent onto a prison ship. After a few weeks on the ship he was given a meal that was primarily whole fruit as he got ready to eat one of the fruits morphed into a strange gray fruit but he was hungry and bored so he ate it, which in turn granted him the powers of the **Supa Supa no Mi**