Slend

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## Physical Information

Slend is a fighter, participating in the Ministry Succession Tournament.

## Personality

Slend is a jovial person. He’s easy to get along with and very polite with those around him. He’s always there to help if someone needs him, and overall is loved and respected among the seafaring people for his fun-loving personality and bravery in the ocean.

He feels a lot of respect for his mentor figure, Grant. After he took him to the Ministry and treated him as a son, Slend developed a lot of respect towards him, and took his position as Grant’s successor very seriously. Due to being 18 despite his elderly appearance, Slend is kind of immature and can be childish and easy to provoke. One way to make him furious is to say or even insinuate Grant is a traitor to the Ministry, a thing which sends him into a blind rage.

He adores seals, considering them the cutest animals ever. This fascination for pinnipeds have made him a good friend of Illyricus, since he’s a fellow seal admirer. He tends to visit the spatial being just to play with his pet ringed seal, Tsurara.

## History

Sabtu was born on Maiga island, one of the fisher islands of Malaysia. Even before the Apocalypse, people on Maiga were rather primitive by that age standard, but they were very spiritual and able to use a mysterious aura power said to be divine. Their culture and tradition lasted eons, being hunter-gatherer people whose main lifestyle was fishing. Sabtu was one of the best fishermen of the island at the young age of 15, his skills with the harpoon being unmatched and possessing an insane strength and aura power. He could even hunt sharks by himself. However, he grew bored of the island and its traditions and, inspired by visiting sailors who went to Maiga to trade with the inhabitants, wanted to see the world with his own eyes, desiring to live adventures through the oceans of Earth. One day, being Sabtu 16, an unsuspecting threat attacked. A Livyatan Melvillei, an ancient raptorial sperm whale thought extinct, suddenly appeared and started to terrorize the Maigans. It attacked their ships, scared all the fishes off and caused destruction everywhere it appeared. The desperation of the Maigans made them contract a hunter. However, Sabtu wasn’t willing to wait for a stranger to save his people and decided to hunt the Livyatan by himself.

Going with only a small boat and his signature harpoon, he confronted the monstrous beast alone. After 7 long days in which he barely ate and nearly died in many instances, he finally succeeded and slayed the whale. Suddenly, a voice coming from Livyatan's corpse urged him to eat the meat of the beast, and, like in a trance, Sabtu obeyed. After eating the meat, his body acquired the impressive power of the Livytan, but also aged him greatly, to the point he ended looking like a 56 years old man. When he returned to his island, the Maigans couldn’t recognize him due his older appearance and having the same aura as the Livyatan. Believing he was the monster and that he killed Sabtu, he was banished. However, when he was sad and alone, a person appeared before him. A tan bearded man wearing sunglasses, a straw hat and with eyes as blue as the sea praised him for his feat, revealing himself to be the hunter the Maigans hired. Recognizing he was Sabtu who was powered up by the meat of the cetacean, he offered the now homeless Maigan to come with him, as he would mentor him and take him on an adventure. Sabtu, filled with joy and tears, took the offer. When he asked the bearded man what his name was, he told him he was “Grant*. Sabtu decided to leave behind his old identity and received a new name: Slend.*

Sabtu came to the Ministry, where he spent the next two years training with Grant in the ocean world of Lautan. He improved his aura power, got a better education, got better control out of his new body, learned to hunt more dangerous marine creatures and even gained the ability to control water. Eventually, he participated in the dangerous Leviathan hunt tournament, where he went alone with a small boat and his harpoon, like he did with the Lyviatan. He waited for 10 days, raising his aura to his maximum to attract dangerous creatures. His aura was so powerful it made the biggest, most dangerous inhabitant of Lautant to appear; the Giga Leviathan, a gargantuan whale demon that could swallow islands. Their battle lasted for 21 days, with eventually Slend rising as the winner after the beast swallowed him and he pierced his heart with his aura-imbued harpoon after traveling through the inside of the creature for days. After the referees (having noticed the appearance of the monster) came to his encounter, they lost any word they may have had. With this, Slend was crowned as the champion of the tournament and gained the utmost respect of the seafaring community of the Ministry. A great feast was made out of the Giga Leviathan’s meat, and he was given a special armor made with one of the humongous bones from the spine of the beast.

Shortly after that, he was called by Grant to have a private reunion. Here, Grant attacked him out of nowhere and told Slend he grew too powerful for him to control and that he was going to end with him. Confused and hurt, Slend was forced to fight Grant. Their clash made every blue corner of Lautan tremble. They fought for almost an hour, with Grant ending as the winner, though moderately injured. However, instead of finishing Slend off, he revealed that he was in truth testing him and his power, as he was to nominate him as his successor. He was going to leave the Ministry to get into a long journey, so he wanted to see how strong Slend had become to see if he was leaving Lautan in good hands. Despite winning, Grant declared Slend as a rightful successor for his bravery, strength and love for the sea, saying farewell to the sobbing Maigan. From that point onwards, Slend became the ruler of Lautan, and never saw Grant again. Wanting to become someone his master could be proud of, he decided to polish his skills at his best to prove Grant he didn’t err when he chose him to lead the dimension, aspiring to become the ultimate sea warrior.

## Abilities

**Godly Strength:** As Sabtu, he was strong enough to kill sharks with his harpoon. After consuming the Livyatan’s meat, Slend has become so strong he can kill any marine creature on Earth with his bare arms, not needing the harpoon or aura powers.

**Godly Speed & Agility:** Especially in the water, Slend can move and maneuver at very fast speeds, his average being 120 mph(193 kmh), surpassing the sailfish, the fastest fish on the sea. He’s much slower on land, but still faster than the average person.

**Godly Durability:** Having the flesh from the Livyatan running through his blood, Slend acquired the might of the whale. He can withstand being stabbed and being hit with strong attacks, only crumbling if he’s attacked by many powerful blows in a short span of time.

**Godly Stamina**: Powered by the Livyatan, Slend’s stamina far surpasses that of a common mortal. He can fight for hours and not get tired.

**Aura Manipulation:** A natural talent of the Maigans. By controlling the aura (the subtle, luminous radiation that surrounds a person or object) around him, Slend can use energy attacks, manipulate elements and detect other beings. He can also release his aura violently to intimidate others. His aura is pinkish and it’s shaped like the head of the Livyatan he consumed.

**Ikan:** A martial art taught by Maigans. Imbuing his body with aura energy, Slend relentlessly attacks the enemy with a series of very fast strikes with his fists. He mainly uses this if he doesn’t have his harpoon in hand, being a very skilled melee fighter.

**Hydrokinesis:** Slend can manipulate water by imbuing his aura into it. This way, Slend has free control of water, being able to shape it, walk on it and travel through it, essentially “riding” through water.

**Voice of the Sea:** Slend can understand and communicate with every sea creature known. He can also befriend them easily. This is not an offensive skill, instead being used to gain the friendship of marine animals.

**Harpoon Mastery:** As a fisherman, Slend had to learn how to use harpoon for his bigger hunts. While skilled before the Livyatan incident, after acquiring its power Slend now can make it a lethal weapon, being able to imbue it with aura energy to gain a longer range and make it return to him if he throws it via aura control.

**Man of the Sea:** Due to his ancestry, Sabtu's body adapted to underwater swimming and living. After consuming the Livyatan, Slend’s body now is able to swim and move in the water as well as the cetacean. Being a mammal, he still needs to breathe air, but can hold his breath inside the water for 137 minutes(Over 2 hours), the same as the modern sperm whale.

## Equipment

**Maigan Harpoon:** An harpoon made by the Maigans for generations. Made from whale bones, covered by shark scales and decorated with sea gemstones, this harpoon has taken the lives of countless sea creatures. The material it is made of works as a perfect aura catalyst and also makes it more durable of what it would be. It can be used for both stabbing and throwing, usually charged by aura.

**Leviathan Armor:** An armor made from one of the bones of the spine from the Giga Leviathan. This armor greatly increases defense, and Slend can move in water with it as good as he does normally. However, in land, while keeping its defense, it greatly reduces Slend’s mobility. The armor resides in a pendant Slend possesses, and can be equipped instantly just by touching the pendant and applying aura to it. The reverse is also possible by taking away the armor inside the pendant with aura.

## Techniques

**Ikan, Sphere:** The ultimate Ikan technique. By charging his hands with aura, Slend forms it into a spherical form then he throws it to the enemy. The attack can also be used point blank, with devastating effects.

**Whale Tooth Impact:** Charging his harpoon with aura, Slend jumps and throws it to the enemy, turning it into a giant projectile. An impact from this attack is potentially lethal, but can be dodged if one has good instinct.

**Spear Maelstrom:** Gathering water in the tip of his harpoon with his aura, Slend makes it spin violently until forming a powerful, big drill of water. He then impacts it against the enemy, with devastating results.

**Whale Rider:** Slend’s strongest technique, created in his desire to surpass Grant after his defeat. By releasing all of his aura, Slend forms a whale-shaped giant, solid aura that holds him on it’s interior. With this, Slend can tackle, charge, crush and tail slap his enemies with the might of a whale, while being unaffected by any enemy attack or environment. The weak spot of this technique is that it can only be used for three minutes, and it consumes a lot of energy. Furthermore, if the time for the activation of the technique runs out, Slend will be unable to use aura for an hour.

**Whale Rider, Leviathan:** Slend’s last attack. By compressing the Whale Rider attack to the palm of his hands, he then points them to the sky and releases it violently in the shape of the Giga Leviathan, becoming a gigantic strike of pure energy that he unleashes to the enemy in a desperate attack, causing lots of destruction. Slend only uses this attack if he runs out of options before the Whale Rider fades out, as if this attack fails, all the aura inside him will disappear and he will be at the mercy of the enemy. If that isn’t enough, he lasts about 30 seconds in casting the technique, a span of time where his body is auraless and vulnerable to attacks.

## Trivia

* While the mythical monster Leviathan may not be real, Livyatan Melvillei was a real genus of prehistoric, macropredatory sperm whale of about 13-16 meters long that lived from 9.9 to 8.9 million years ago in Peru, in the Miocene epoch. The Livyatan was presumed to be an apex predator from the formation it was discovered, and paleontologists believe it could have been a competitor of the monster shark Megalodon, as both species lived in the same place and period.
* Graff did casual racism by mistaking Sabtu for Indonesian, rip maLysian.