[Shichibukai] Hellhound - Gilles Kanis

[Osseo]

''I still didn't find anything more difficult than 'being human'...''

NAME: Gilles Kanis

AGE: 28

BOUNTY: 305'000'000 Beri *frozen*

DEVIL FRUIT: ----

EQUIPMENT:

> smokebombs
> throwing knives
> Log Pose [New World]
> pistol
> pack of cigarettes
> Heat Dial - a Dial specialized in absorbing and storing heat
> Flavor Dial - a Dial specialized in absorbing and storing gasses
> Flame Dial - a Dial specialized in absorbing and storing flames
> Thunder Dial - a Dial specialized in absorbing and storing electrical discharges
> Jet Dial -  more powerful version of the Breath Dial, which blows out a burst of air at great speed
> Tone Dial - a Dial specialized in storing sounds

OCCUPATION: Bounty Hunter / Shichibukai

AFFILIATIONS: World Goverment / Der Wilde Jagd

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Likes: Family

Dislikes: Everything else



ABILITIES:

Prodigious Talent - the thing that made him famous, the incredible inborn talent to 'be good at something'; Gilles has amazing ability to grasp new concepts that it seems almost like instant learning, but in reality, he's just 'at least decent' in anything he attempts. Be it navigation, marksmanship, fencing - whatever he does, he never appears as a common amateur would. The biggest weakness of this ability is that things gained so easily are easily forgoten - a skill that isn't sharpened actively will quickly fade from memory, allowing true mastery only in few things he puts his mind into; the source of this ability is enormous mental and physical capability, a 'special body' possesed by few rare individuals every century.

Kenbunshoku Haki - is a form of Haki that allows the user to sense the presence of others, even if they are concealed from view or too far to see naturally. With enough skill, one can use this Haki to predict an opponent's moves shortly before they make them, thereby making the attack that much easier to evade. It cannot predict inherently random attacks this way, and attacks faster than the user ability to react will still connect. Gilles trained his to the point he calls it his 'Smell' and uses it for battle purpose as well as for tracking others by literally pinpointing their presence in enormous, island-wide radius.

Busoshoku Haki - the 'color' of Haki allowing the user to create an invisible armor around their body or harden it to the point it seems dark as iron; it boosts the offensive and defensive capabilities greatly, but also allows to hit the 'substantial body' of Devil Fruit users, bypassing their usual defensive abilities - using this Haki extensively is the basis of Howling Fist.

Haoshoku Haki - the rarest, inborn kind of Haki, the least developed of Gilles' three colors. Used to subdue the wills of others, he made it a significant part of his new fighting style, sharpening its mastery to the point of using it as another weapon; it forms the basis of his experimental Howling King Fist style and by degrading the wills of others while extending his own, it also improves the performance of other colors.

• Vision of Death - an extension of Haoshoku 'aura of intimidation', this techniques comes from Gilles' deep understanding of Kenbunshoku Haki; by releasing a burst of his own, threatening Haki while opponent tries to predict his actions, he imparts the 'prediction' with his 'intimidation', thus displaying a terrorizing illusion torwards his opponent, with the dual intent of paralyzing them or clouding their perception - depending on their overall strength of will, they will experience one of the effects stronger than the other, thus making using Observation against Kanis particularly risky
  

SKILLS:

Close Combat Master - one of those things is his mastery of close combat techniques - unarmed and knife-fighting, both of which are the basis of all his other skills. That's where his true nature as a killer shows itself.

Improvised Weapons Mastery - a peculiar ability to grab basically anything and use it as an improvised weapon; Gilles draws it to its limit, weaponizing things like ash from his cigarettes.

Shouken (Howling Fist): - Gilles' personal melee fighting style interacting with surrounding air and creating vibrations, weaponized as various moves. All of the techniques cause visible air movements, so they can be avoided by skilled opponents. The basic inspiration for the style were the Six Styles (Rokushiki) used by Othello and some katas of Fishman Karate (using air instead of water as its medium).

Shououken (Howling King Fist): - experimental style created in the span of two years, it's more of a 'rule' than anything more estabilished; the basis is using Shouken techniques combined with powerful, focused bursts of Haoshoku Haki, creating strikes that attack both the body and will of the opponent at the same time - due to the focused nature of the most powerful 'color', the techniques appear magnified and more powerful than usual.


TECHNIQUES:

Toboe (Howl) - the basic skill, a powerful open palm strike or kick that causes a strong conical shockwave, powerful enough to stop projectiles like cannonballs and bullets or knock groups of people away; when used as a melee strike, it causes destructive vibration in target's body which tear open internal organs.

Unarigoe (Bark) - a focused version of the previous technique, it's usually formed by a quick jab, sending a concentrated vibration that can shatter rock at a distance or blow away limbs and rend steel up close; multiple can be used nigh-instanteneously, appearing as a single strike with multiplied destructive power - the modification is known as Mugen no Juhi (Endless Barking).

Nakigoe (Growl) - imbues a swift kick, chop or knife slash with a short range, high frequency vibration creating a chainsaw-like effect that inflicts tearing wounds if the strike connects; when used together with his cigarettes, the hot ash can be trapped in a whirl of vibrating air to create a burning, tearing blade - calling the invented technique Moeru Hoko (Burning Roar).

Higan (Fire Gun) - utilized by imbuing a burning cigarette with Haki, then performing a fast stabbing strike; it increases the hardness and the heat at the tip, creating wounds very similar to being shot with a flare gun.

Kyushu (Pounce) - the only non-offensive skill, the user takes an all-fours stance and blasts himself forwards, using the power of all limbs - the resulting movement is faster than Soru; can be used without the four-leg stance at the cost of reduction in speed.

Shouken (Howling Fist), Ougi (Final Skill): Kerberos - combination of three strikes, each causing an internal vibrations resonating with one another. While the effect of a single strike will be less severe than a close-quarters Howl, two strikes will cause much heavier damage, and three strikes connecting perfectly are almost a guaranteed kill - they cause the heart of the victim to either stop completely or explode; the technique can be modified so it works only after a certain number of heartbeats of the target happen - creating a feeling of despair in the opponent expecting impending death.

• Kaiberos (portmanteau of Kai (Reverse) Kerberos) - a technique that creates a shockwave with a frequency directly opposite to another; it can be used either to stop the effects of Kerberos technique from occuring, cancel other shockwave based strikes or even restart a stopped heart - this technique was actually developed before Kerberos itself, being aimed to counter the Rokushiki Ougi: Rokuougan used by Othello.
  

Shouken (Howling Fist), Ougi (Final Skill): Anubis - focusing his Busoshoku Haki to the limit using its hardening quality, the body of Kanis turns jet-black like the desert jackal, becoming almost impervious to damage at the same time; it shares the weakness of other Haki-based defensive abilities in being possible to be simply negated by stronger Haki.
 

• Anubis: Kuroe no Kami (Black God) - the technique works on the same basis as Anubis, but it grants offensive abilities aswell as defensive, enlarging the user's muscle mass along with hardening it.
  
• Anubis: Sabaku no Kami (Desert God) - a modification of Anubis, where the defensive force of Hardening is used along the heat caused by air friction (the use of Dial was abandoned after two years) to heat up the fist of the user; the strike with a heated limb causes flesh to boil in the place of contact, creating burns instead of bruises.
  

Shouken (Howling Fist), Ougi (Final Skill): Garmr - a stronger version of Howl, unleashed from both arms, it's used to destroy fortifications, damage battleships and sink smaller and less armored ships; it's based mostly on observations of Rokushiki Ougi: Rokuougan used by Othello; the technique requires good footing to be performed at its full power, otherwise the recoil can seriously damage the user himself.
 

• Kokuinu (Black Dog): Garmr - a modification of Garmr, where both arms are affected with Busoshoku: Koka (Hardening), turning pitch black; that increases the power considerably while making the strike look like jaws of a black hound rushing at the target.
  

Shouken (Howling Fist), Ougi (Final Skill): Cuchulainn - used with an arm or knife thrust, Haki and air are used as a sharpening tool, turning the attack into a 'spear' which only task is skewering the vital organs of the target or just hurt them heavily - a technique which was inspired mostly by Rokushiki Shigan skill, which focuses on the same principle of exerting direct and rapid impact upon the target to pierce it; it can be even more powerful by combining it with other basic techniques of Shouken (use of Dials to assist them was mostly abandoned).

• Chuuchuulainn - a combination technique, where one hand is surrounded by air vibration created by the Growl skill and used to rapidly rub a hardened forearm, creating a static charge that electrifies the Haki-imbued limb, creating a chirping noise, from which the strike takes its name (''chuu chuu'' - ''chirp chirp''); the lightning increases the power of the strike and also makes it have a numbing effect on the target.
  
• Hyuhyulainn - a modified technique, where the piercing vibrations of Bark skill are used to create an aerodynamic tunel for the Cuchulainn strike, making the already incredibly fast motion even faster, adding both force and accuracy to the blow (''hyu hyu'' - sound of fast motion).
  

Dai Shouken (Great Howling Fist), Ougi (Final Skill): Caladbolg - a special flying slash technique, performed with a Haki-hardened arm in place of a sword; it focuses the entire force of the swing in a thin crescent of air touched by the tip of the fingers, sending a cutting wave with enough force to bisect a city.