Duncan Abnomar

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## Duncan Abnomar

* Official Human
* Official Ghost
* AI Realistic
* AI Anime
* Ron Strian

### Aliases

Zhou Ming
Ron Strian
Usurper of Fire
Fire Usurper

### Affiliation(s)

The Vanished
 Duncan's Antique Shop
The Vanished Fleet

### Occupation

The Captain of The Vanished
Leader of The Vanished Fleet
 Owner of the Duncan Antique Shop

## Physical Information

### Species

Unknown (Duncan Abnomar)
 Human (Ron Strian)

### Eye Color

Black (Duncan Abnomar)
 Brown (Ron Strian)

### Hair Color

Black (Duncan Abnomar)
 Brown (Ron Strian)

## Biographical Information

### Relative(s)

Nina Strian (Adopted Niece)
Lucretia Abnomar (Daughter)
Tyrian Abnomar (Son)

### Friend(s)

Alice Guillotine
Goat Head

## Appearance/Death

### First Appearance

Ch. 1 - A Thick Fog that "Day"

**Duncan Abnomar**, or *Zhou Ming*, is the main protagonist of the web novel ***Deep Sea Embers***. He is a former human and captain of a formidable galleon known as The Vanished. After entering the subspace alongside his ship, he returned as something more than human, a supernatural force alongside his now-ghost ship.

## Appearance

### Duncan Abnomar

A tall man with thick black hair, a short and majestic beard, deep eye sockets, and a look that demands respect. Despite already forty, his manly appearance blurs his actual age, so one might mistake him for someone younger.

His body is bony like a skeleton, though it's a suitable match for the exquisite captain's uniform that he has, as well as the black flintlock pistol of classical design that hangs from his waist.

### When using Ghost Fire

A ghost captain with coursing flames as blood and flesh with a skeletal figure of unquenchable death. His captain uniform is no longer exquisite and is worn and ragged like it has been soaked in the sea for hundreds of years.

### Ron Strian

A tired-looking middle-aged man with brown hair and brown eyes.

## Personality

Duncan is a man adept at thinking on his feet. He can get a good grasp on his emotions and even if bewildered, can easily control himself. According to Alice, "A good talker and a bit of a caring parent."

## History

### Zhou Ming

One day, without any rhyme or reason, Zhou Ming found himself trapped inside his apartment room with no clue how to escape. He couldn't contact the outside world either. Somehow, an unknown force had locked the windows and deprived him of prying them open, the exception being the door of the room. The whole room seemed to have been 'cast' into an isolated space by something.

But the situation outside that door was even more wrong. The door seemed like a barrier between two worlds and crossing it turned Zhou Ming to Duncan Abnomar, the **Captain** of The Vanished. Since then, he has been living as a ghost ship captain.

### Duncan Abnomar

For the majority of sailors who traverse the vast oceans, tales of The Vanished are always shrouded in mystery, intrigue, and fear. The ship, and especially its ghostly captain, are regarded with a mix of terror and awe. To many, Captain Duncan appears as if he was born directly from the depths of subspace, a force of nature itself, without any ties to the world of men. To them, he isn’t a man with a history but more a mythological figure or natural event, existing without a past or origin.

The ghostly captain of The Vanished was no supernatural entity. Before the infamous incident at Witherland's Thirteen Islands which led him to transform into an ethereal shadow, Duncan was a human being with friends and family. He led a crew of loyal sailors and officers, anchored at various ports, resupplied, and communicated frequently with the authorities of various city-states. He wasn't a curse of calamity incarnate.

### Ron Strian

He was an ordinary man who owned an antique shop in the lower sector of the City-State of Pland. Through misfortune and fate, Ron found himself diagnosed with a lethal illness. It had worsened to the point of no return, so poor-quality spirits and painkillers were the only things that could ease the pain at that time. However, pain remedies cannot help to prolong a sick patient's life.

So, the man, who had lost all hope in his life, turned to the Sun Sect after the preacher told him about how the healing power of the Sun God could solve all ills of the world - including one's ailing body.

And to a certain extent, the cultists did keep their promise.

By performing a gruesome and strange ritual, the cultists were able to transfer the vitality of the innocent into another body of its believers. Ron did get better after the ceremony. But the shock of seeing Duncan crash a ritual caused his illness to worsen and ultimately, his death,

After his death, Duncan took over his body and unknowingly altered reality, effectively removing the name Ron Strian from the mind of everyone and substituting it with the name Duncan Abnomar. Since that day, the person named Ron Strian has never existed, only his memories.

## Powers

- Goat Head

- Dog, "*Dog describing Duncan to Shirley*"

### Captain of The Vanished

As the captain of The Vanished, he has full authority over the ship's affairs. The Vanished is almost a part of him, and his powers stem from his bond with the ship. The captain and The Vanished are inseparable, though not identical. He can sense everything that happens on the ship, even the waves that splash against its hull.

### Spirit Fire

He wields Spirit Fire. This gives him vast, almost limitless power.

In the world he inhabits, fire isn’t merely a source of illumination and warmth; it is a primordial force that enables humanity to persevere and prosper through innumerable adversities. Fire is integral to maintaining a delicate equilibrium between the supernatural and the physical realms, symbolizing the divine grace and safeguarding the gods offer to human beings. In any circumstance that invokes the supernatural, fire stands as an element of overwhelming importance.

However, the flame Duncan wields is unlike any other. Even when compared to other supernatural fires, his flames are uniquely malevolent. It is a fire tinged with dangerous attributes like corruption, concealment, usurpation, and sacrilegious power.

This mystical fire possesses the capability to taint and distort supernatural objects. It can inhabit the corpses of the dead and nest surreptitiously within the souls of the living. Even the purported powers of a saint cannot eradicate it entirely. Given the right conditions, this enigmatic fire can lie dormant within a soul, forming a covert connection with the Vanished, akin to a nearly undetectable, incurable disease.

### Spirit Walk

He can enter the Spirit World whenever he wants and navigate through it with the help of Ai and his powerful intuition.

### Spirit Projection

He has the ability to transfer his spirit to another body, regardless of the distance.

The extent and limitations of this power are still unknown, but he has demonstrated that he can inhabit both living and non-living things. He can also access the memories of the original owner of the body if the body is not too decayed.

If he maintains the transfer for a while, he can keep the connection to the other body even after he returns to his own. This allows him to manipulate the other body remotely without having to project his spirit again.

### Intuition

According to the Goat Head, his intuition is much more powerful than the marking on The Vanished's chart.

### Reality Manipulation

Whatever he says is true even if the facts tell otherwise as reality will change according to his wishes. This is shown when he battles an offspring of the deep and sees it as "fish," therefore it becomes fish. Another example is when he takes over the body of Ron Strian. Ron Strian's shop "Ron's Antique Shop" becomes "Duncan's Antique Shop" and the name "Ron Strian" is replaced with "Duncan" in the minds of everyone.

### Psychological Manipulation

He can manipulate the minds of his targets.

It is an AOE power.

### Corruption

Any mention of his name or even thought of him can cause corruption and create a connection between him and the corrupted being. This corruption can serve as a "node" for him to express his power or spy on said being.