Columbus

*"If the World Government can't free the people.... I WILL." - Columbus After the War of the Wabiest*

## Statistics

### Affiliations:

Yonko
Liberation Armada (Leader)

### Alias:

"Face of Freedom"
"Lord of Liberation"

## Stats

**Columbus** was one of the Four Emperors of the Sea (Yonko) that resided and rule over the seas of the New World. He was the man that commanded the Liberation Armada and is was the primary antagonist of the The Liberation War Saga, and additionally played an instrumental part in causing the War of the Wabiest.

He took over the position of Yonko shortly after the defeat and demise of Oid, holding the throne of Emperor until his demise during the Liberbation War at by the collective efforts Silas Reaves and the rest of G-7 Chaos Squadron and their allies, Noah & Cesar as well as unlikely contributions from Mercules Wabo, Akuatoru, Hyperion & Maximus.

## Personality

A man at the twilight of his life, who has experienced sweetness and bitterness. He speaks of not giving up things that one considers important, and strikes the shoulders of comrades who have been disheartened to encourage them. From his face, composure has never been lost, only lost in confidence when victory is assured. A fearless smile that has never faded over the years. He knows. That if you continue pushing forward, Resisting oppression, you will certainly reach the destination of your desire of freedom and become enveloped by the apiration for ***Liberation!***

## **Abilities / Powers / Equipment**

#### Overview

He was a Yonko , meaning that he has incredible authority within the New World, and an insane level of personal power. As a side effect of some power, his eyes can radiate green light. A testament to his ability is that he was able to betray and almost kill the Yonko he served under, and slowly gain power within the shadows. Eventually taking the seat of power left vacant by the death of **OID.** Even strong enough to make the Land of the Giants his territory.

#### Influence

Anyone coming into the New World will eventually fall under his or a Yonko's territory. Columbus controlled a series of islands including Fishman Island, **Timebolt, Elbaf**.

Columbus had a vast influence as he;

* He had 8 Yonko commanders as well as 5 Freedom Card Officers. among which were at least 6 mythical zoans and several paramecias.
* He had control over a small collection of islands in the New World.

However, After his death, the marines took over several of the islands for the government.

#### Devil Fruit Power

Whilst Columbus had no eaten a devil fruit, due to the powers of science and the genius scientist known as **Doctor Flamal,** he was able to merge the **Genshi Genshi no Mi (***Nuclear Nuclear Fruit)* with his body, making him able to use its power. However, it seemed to cause a strain on his body when using an amassed amount of radiation at a singular point in time (**Nuclear Blast.)**

This granted him immeasurable strength and durablity which made him very difficult to take down, managing to remain standing after numerious of Cesar's Fa-Jin's, Noah's Sharpshooter Shots and Some fo G-7's strongest offensive counterattacks, Akuatoru's Rajin and Maximus' Dominus and even attacks from "The Emperor Wabi Wabo".

## History

### Prior to the Events of Aftermath

Sometime prior to the Nebula Incident; Columbus served on the Cloud Nine, the flagship of the Yonko known as **Jūryoku.** One eventful day, Columbus led a rebellion against his captain, mortally wounding him and leaving for dead, as well as several key members of the group before disappearing into the shadows to slowly begin to design his plan to "Liberate the New World"

### The War of the Wabiest

After the death of Oid, seeing the lynchpin of the New World fall and the sea devulge into a chaotic bloodbath of conflict to gain control of "The World's" Territory and assets; Columbus began to make his move from the shadows. The catalyst that would launch him into the postion of power he needed to achieve his end-goal. In order to achieve such, he struck Timebolt and anhillated **Saberpando, Grudenburg & Adrian Abel with overwhelming power:** Seriously injuring the Tormentor and forcing the Accursed to retreat whilst capturing the Third Son of Wabo in order to kick-start the next phase of his grand design.

Columbus would use the oppurtunity to hand Saberpando over to the World Government; Fully predicting the World Goverment would use this as an oppurtunity to take down Wabi Wabo in addition to the profit of influence he would gain as a result of his actions on Time-Bolt.. His intution and prediction worked to perfection; as his actions kick-started the War of the Wabiest whilst he made several tactical attacks on a few key locations in order to secure the territory; most notiablly Fishman Island.

## Quotes

* *"THIS IS THE POWER OF THE SCIENCE OF LIBERATION! BEHOLD! I AM HARNESSING ITS POWER WITHOUT ITS CONSUMPTION! FACE THE TRUE POWER OF MY LIBERATION! GENSHI GENSHI NO MI!  **ATOMIC SALVATION**!" - **Columbus upon using the most powerful nuclear blast against Wabi Wabo, Maximus, Hyperion & Akuatoru.***