Chapter 1

**Chapter 1** is titled "Setting Sail from Dusk".

## Short Summary

The two protagonists(main characters) of the roleplay, Dansei D. Athermos and Vermithor D. Vhagar are introduced as teenagers. After having a brief conversation with each other and revealing their respective roles, the two are being seen off by their village on Dusk Island as they set off on their journey as official pirates. As they are being seen off two Sea Kings emerged ready to eat the new pirates. Through this they reveal both consumed Devil Fruits: Athermos ate the Gomu Gomu no Mi, and Vhagar ate the Mizu Mizu no Mi.

## Long Summary

The King of the Pirates, Gold Roger, is seen giving off a final speech to a crowd of onlookers to inspire countless souls to sail the seas. Before his execution, he explains that he has left everything he's gathered in a single place, stating the one who finds it will have everything he gathered. Wealth, Fame, and Power. A person tells the marines to execute Roger, and his head is lopped off just as the crowd cheered from his words. 20 Years have passed since then, and two pirates are about to head off from a small harbor on Dusk Island.

One of the Pirates is named Dansei D. Athermos and he is talking to his Co-Captain. Athermos was wearing a Straw Hat, a cape, and glasses and had just selected the boat they would begin their journey on, a simple Dinghy. His Co-Captain, Vermithor D. Vhagar was wielding his sword, Snow Flower, and examining it to make sure it was clean. When he heard his Captain ask if he was ready, he said yeah and asked where they were going, attaching Snow Flower to his belt and got on the Dinghy. Athermos got onto the Dinghy as well, telling Vhagar he had no idea where they would go. Then, Athermos said thanks to a woman named Mary. Mary told the two to take care of themselves, explaining she loaded the Dinghy with enough food to last them a week or so, but they had to find an island quickly. Another man named X.O., was holding back tears and sarcastically stating it was about time they were leaving the island as they had caused him plenty of trouble of the years.

Vhagar, facepalming at Athermos's stupidity, responded that they'll figure out what to do on the sea. He then said thanks to Mary, and after looking at X.O., he just smiled and said he'd seriously miss both of them. The other townspeople were wishing the duo luck on their journey, as Mary said likewise and also stated it was time to see how strong the duo got. X.O. lightly tapped on the Dinghy, smiling and stating they'd see them when the two traveled back from all the way around the world. He also added he was looking forward to seeing their first bounties, before lightly pushing the Dinghy and sending it flying hundreds of feet away from the Island.

After they were sent flying so far away, Athermos told Vhagar to prepare as there were two Sea Kings surrounding the island. Athermos also asked if Vhagar wanted to take one, as Athermos's fist was clenched and began stretching far back. Vhagar stated he would take one and it wouldn't be a problem, rolling his sleeves up to eye the water, with an idea on how to fight. Athermos's fist continued stretching back as he uttered the words "Gum Gum", letting the ship continue riding the momentum from X.O.'s send off, before then stating they were coming, his fist returning toward his side at a mighty speed. Two Sea Kings rose up from the seas ready to attack the two, only to be in shock that both Athermos and Vhagar had been ready with attacks. Athermos said "War Fist" and released a powerful attack, completely taking down a Sea King with a single punch while his fist was shaking for a flurry of hits with the one attack. Vhagar had his finger pointed and said "Mizu Mizu no", concentrating moisture around his finger into a small orb of water that was condensed. Then, he fired it forward, stating "Water Gun" once it was fully charged and large enough, resulting in the other Sea King dropping back into the ocean as well. The resulting shockwave as the Sea Kings hit the water, sending their ship propelling away from Dusk Island.

Watching on at their feats, both Mary and X.O. remark at their new strength. Mary even wonders aloud how Shanks and Umi would react if they saw Athermos and Vhagar defeat Sea Kings. Sometime later, Athermos and Vhagar are on the ship, carelessly sailing through the North Blue. Athermos remarks they did good and recalled his fist, stating that Vhagar's Water Gun was improved compared to before. However, Vhagar was spaced out and staring at his fingers, but a tear was flowing down his cheek when he snapped back to reality. He apologized and asked Athermos to repeat himself. Athermos, however, was watching Vhagar and instead when prompted he changed the subject. Athermos stated he was thinking of three or four islands before heading to the Grand Line, asking for Vhagar's thoughts. Vhagar was confused by this, and asked if that little amount was too little and if it was too early to think about the Grand Line. However, Vhagar stated they should try to go for five islands first, but he was fine with whatever as long as they spent enough time on each one and built a crew as they explored them. Vhagar then stated he was going to sleep and to wake him up when they arrived on the first island. Athermos just listened and nodded along to what Vhagar said, Athermos agreed with the five island number, before looking excitedly to see what they would find.

On an island not too far from where the duo was called Clockship Island, a woman was stating they were onto her and was trying to run through a forest. She leaned against a tree for a brief rest, noting she needed to get off the island. Another man was shouting in the forest to find this girl, calling her Rayne. Now identified, Rayne stated it was time to keep running and went off and to the edge of the forest. There, she spotted a dinghy with Athermos and Vhagar on it, trying to get their attention and call them over to the island. Rowing the boat calmly, Athermos heard and noticed Rayne and stated that was the first island. Rowing toward Clockship Island, he was giggling and said this was their first stop on their grand adventure.

## Quick Reference

### Chapter Notes

* The Island Athermos and Vhagar are originally from is revealed - Dusk Island.
* Athermos reveals his Gomu Gomu no Mi through his **Gum Gum War Fist** attack.
* Vhagar reveals his Mizu Mizu no Mi through his **Mizu Mizu no Water Gun** attack.
* Vhagar reveals a he has a weapon named Snow Flower.
* Shanks and Umi are name dropped.
* Rayne is revealed to be on the run from someone.
* An established number of islands Athermos and Vhagar want to visit at least before going to the Grand Line is decided: 5.

### Characters Involved

* Hanish Rayne
* Dansei D. Athermos
* Shanks (Mentioned Only)
* Mary

## Trivia

* This is the first chapter of the roleplay series, as well as the first chapter in the Clockship Island Arc and North Blue Saga.
* This chapter is roughly 30% posts from the One Piece Narrator bot.
	+ Similarly, each character has the following Post Counts from least to greatest: Townspeople/Unknown Rayne Hunters/Unknown Execution Orderer/Gold Roger - 1, Sea Kings/Rayne - 2, X.O./Mary - 3, Vhagar - 7, Athermos - 9
* In this Chapter, characters are roleplayed through bots for ease of handling multiple characters and npc's. Similarly, the bot names do not correlate to how the characters are known in universe.
	+ An example is Gold Roger's bot being titled "Gol D. Roger" when in universe it's still "Gold Roger".