#vernocs : ringo

[nonrevelry]

THIS WAS A LESSON IVE COULD'VE LIVED WITHOUT - nxdia, OUCH!

basic information about Ringo, my one piece oc

Ringo Han . 23 years old . he/they . East Blue

main lore

A former butler to the Eden family, a family of nobles that settled in his island/village after being colonized by Celestial Dragons. He served them since he was 17 years old.

He was chosen to be a butler instead of a slave, due to how he "charmed" the female members, especially the only daughter, Evelyn.

Ringo's parents has long passed away at the age of 10, his older brother accompanied him to live and took him under his wing until he was 15, leaving to become a marine. He has learned independence & adapting quickly to survival.

Although being "luckily" pampered by the Edens, they have caused Ringo to have insecurities about his appearance, hence why the bandages on his face, covering his freckles, birthmark & scar.

He had grown a liking towards the daughter, Evelyn. Still, it was long dulled down as he had witnessed the constant lies and flakiness of the girl, trying to blend in with anyone by having no set opinions, or beliefs, basically just wanting attention from anyone who can give it to her. (A/N : so, Evelyn isnt her own person, she just follows the flow of anyone/she's a people's pleaser, wanting praise or attention from anyone. she does not care for the person, and she does not have any empathy)

At age 20, he joined the RA, as he always wanted to see what's more outside his hometown. Also with what he has witnessed with the Edens, he has set a goal to help others and stop those horrible treatments from continuing (A/N : basically he doesnt want anyone else to suffer the same, you catch my drift? i srsly dk how to word this in a literature way HAHA)

tidbits

during his time in the RA, he developed a connection with Vin (shown above, middle), later dating him post-timeskip.

he has developed a slight crush on Sabo & Koala when he first arrived in the RA. later faded out as he focused on East Blue projects & Vin.

he is easily flustered with men of his type. (example : Vin, Law, Sabo, Sanji.)

post-timeskip, he removes his bandages. its to show he is no longer bothered by the horrible comments by the Edens.

he is often with Belo Betty, Ahiru, and Ivankov. with Iva is due to him being curious of being the opposite gender. he does not care about gender roles or what genders are. (boy or girl, you're all awful in some way!)

he is bisexual, he has discovered this long ago when he was with the Edens (pretty butlers of both genders are their. choice. so...)

his role in the East Blue Army is a engineer, navigator & guard. his weapon of choice is usually melee (a crowbar or a bat) but he is also capable in using a revolver & shotgun.

he does have a slight observation haki, being trained with Belo Betty. he does not have any devil fruit abilities either, only equipped with combat skills, like Fish-man Karate (under Koala)

due to his curiosity & quick learning, he reads a lot of books and practices speaking/reading in a few languages (he's from the East Blue, i imagine him to be able to speak some North & Alabasta basically- European (french/german) & Arabic i guess ?????)

his navigator skills are taught from young, however advanced engineering was learned during his time with Edens & RA.

almost and all-rounder, but he cant cook as good as Sanji. pfft-

negatives/others

he is very patient/forgiving, sometimes too forgiving that he does not stop to realize he wasn't a slave. (he has no realization that he was somewhat privileged sometimes, some people were treated horribly and they do not forgive them.) this is however a deflection that he was severely hurt mentally/emotionally by Evelyn.

during the 2 years with Vin, he learned slowly that- its okay to not forgive

although equipped with combat skills & little observation haki, he is still lacking in confidence, he mainly depends on blocking/dodging attacks. only when he is affected by Belo's fruit he is capable of heading through.

he is a workaholic, burying himself in work to block off trauma instead of understanding what can come to terms with it.

artist/author insight

pictured above ; early!female Ringo.

he was originally a self-insert but i was uncomfortable with that thought ngl (the aroace was speaking back)

out of all the ocs, he actually has concept designs/development progress because i had to study how the One Piece world fits, and information about the RA was very sparse!