Ralph (Sav)

Warren D. Ralph is one of the three 's within the who's proficient use of Busoshoku Haki earned him the moniker Gold Fist Ralph (Kin Ken Rarufu, 金拳ラルフ).

Appearance
Ralph is a tall man of old age, taller than most people Ralph staggers over most of his opponents and intimidates men. His tall stature is reinforced by his huge muscular physique which is a testament to his monstrous strength as well. Ralph has short, spikey golden hair on his head as well as on his face with a long mustache that nearly reaches the bottom of his chin.

As for his attire, he wears black shoes, maroon pants, and wears no shirt. Instead he just wears a custom Marine coat with red shoulder pads and golden streamers hanging off the pads. These streamers can also be found on the coat's forearm area on both arms.

Occasionally, Ralph can be seen wearing formal attire which includes an orange long sleeved shirt, blue slacks, black shoes, and a purple tie with a flower pedal design on it. With this attire, Ralph will have his marine coat draped over his shoulders like a cape. Another attire of his only includes a pair of yellow swimming trunks with large poke-a-dot designs on the trunks.

Personality
Ralph is a man who gives off good vibes to everyone who comes across him, even to Pirates considering he is a Marine Vice Admiral. When he comes across Pirates, he usually befriends them by drinking with them or having a few laugh. Afterwards because he feels bad, he lets the pirates know that he is about to capture them before doing so. A very interesting trait of Ralph's is that he doesn't go to sleep laying down, but standing. It is unknown why he stands up when going to sleep, but even while of rough waters that rock his ship different directions, he can stay in that one spot until he wakes up.

Ralph loves food, all kinds. On his ship, Ralph has 20 cooks, 15 for himself and 5 for his crew. This shows how much he loves food, having each cook prepare different meals for him and occasionally eating the same food prepared for his crew. He also is an alcoholic, being able to drink whole barrels of booze without even becoming tipsy. Ralph cherishes his crew as if they were his family, he usually does not let them go off on dangerous tasks without himself being present. When fighting an opponent, he won't kill them unless ordered to with good reasoning, or if he feels he needs to.

Ralph is an ecstatic person as well, always having a smile on his face even while talking. He doesn't talk at a normal tone of voice either, always screaming or having a booming tone of voice even if the person is next to him. Although an old man, he is filled with so much energy being able to keep up with young who are three times younger then he. People who know him say that instead of the feeling of a 53 year old man, he gives the impression of a 23 year old man. Furthermore, he is a calm person most of the time, only being tempered on rather serious situations like the life of a crew member.

As a marine Vice Admiral, Ralph upholds the law as much as he can and respects the world government most of the time. There are certain things in the world government Ralph just doesn't care too much for or doesn't like. One thing he despises are the. He refers to them as "Fat Spoiled Lazy Brats" because of their appearance and abilities. Ralph had multiple opportunities to become an admiral, but because of his change in being summoned to aid a world noble, he chooses not to become one. Ralph especially hates slavery, while it is something the world government condones, every chance he gets he helps slaves. Weather it be from a beating, work, or even escaping, Ralph will no hesitate to aid them. Reason being is because before he became a marine, he was a pirate and was taken in as slaves by another pirate crew and can relate to the harsh ordeals of being a slave.

Physical Abilities

 * Immense Physical Strength: Ralph has an immense amount of physical strength, one of the strongest men anyone will encounter. He is known to overpower enemies with his raw strength, he has even been known to lift whole ships effortlessly out of the sea with only his raw strength. At a young age, Ralph displayed superhuman strength being able to lift men 3 times his size off the ground. As he got older, this strength only increased enabling him to crush cannon balls with one hand, bend metals and other material harder than iron, and even knock a giant out with one punch. His crew boasts that his strength has no limit and that he could even break diamond with his bare fist, though this has not been done. This strength of his is attributed heavily because of the superhuman martial art style called . After leaning this fighting style, all of his physical abilities rocketed to unimaginable proportions. They only became more immense as he kept using these physical abilities and as well as training. Ralph's training was nothing less than intense, spending days at a time purely training. Performing workouts that included lifting boulders the size of a marine warship, and doubling the size and weight of boulders each time his muscles were used to the previous weight. Some days he would do a simple but very intense workout like devoting a day to nothing but push-ups; the same with other workouts as well. On his ship, Ralph has one section devoted to workouts, as well as a piece of workout equipment in each part of his ship. He maintains and increases his physical strength on a daily basis which gives him his muscular physique and immense physical strength.


 * Immense Stamina & Endurance: Many of Ralph's opponents assume that since he has a large muscular physique that he tires easily, but it is the exact opposite. Stamina is an ability of his that trumps all others. Ralph has trained with his stamina constantly, building up this superhuman endurance and stamina. Ralph can go days without food or water and still fight as if he were at full strength. When devoting days at a time to strength training, he does not eat, drink, or sleep. He started this at a young age, this is what built and it was thanks to this that as he got older and kept repeating workouts like these that he gained his immense stamina and endurance. Huge amounts of pain or other difficult situation in which the body or person gives up Ralph can endure. He has been cut, punched, crushed, thrown and more in his life time, he can endure multiple situations other people simply cannot.


 * Immense Speed and Agility: Along with his immense strength, Ralph displayed enhanced speed and agility at a young age. He was fast enough to out run the most physical fit men, and agile enough to move through difficult obstacles. Combined with his superhuman strength, Ralph could easily demolish a group of men at a young age in mere seconds due to his physical abilities. As he grew older and grew, he became faster and more agile, learning techniques like and . Ralph was and still is a quick person, even at his old age he displays his speed and agility against enemies who underestimate him because of his old age.


 * Life Return: Life Return allows the user to manipulate their bodily functions. A reason why Ralph has been able to retain his muscle mass throughout the years is because of the abundance of food he eats. This food is digested and using Life Return, Ralph converts the food he doesn't need to keep himself alive into energy for body and retain his muscles. He also uses Life Return to keep his endurance up, he either converts his fat or in serious situations his own muscles.

Rokushiki
Ralph has utilized and trained with for so long that its more of a natural ability of his now. He can utilize it effortlessly and cause maximum damage constantly when using it. Ralph learned Rokushiki from a trainer who taught members of the Cipher Pol and Marines Rokushiki, after a fight with a trainee, the trainer agreed to train Ralph. It took him a few years to have a basic knowledge of the technique, but afterwards he began to train with it on his own. During this time period, Ralph always pushed himself to have an advanced usage of Rokushiki. But this was wreckless of him as he would use his novice rokushiki against enemies that could easily defeat Ralph. Although wreckless, it gave him motivation to keep working to master the techniques. This itself took several years but eventually he mastered the fighting style.


 * : Geppo allows Ralph to kick off the air and stay in the air longer. Ralph has mastered this ability in such was that he can use it in the water, kicking off the water so fast that the water cannot sink under his weight. This technique is not only centered around his legs, but his whole body, similar with many of the Rokushiki techniques. He is able to move around in the air as if he were on the ground. He has bypassed the weakness of the technique to achieve a level of this technique greater than that of, who was a master at each technique. Like Lucci and other agents, he can combine this with  to move at even more greater speeds even creating after images of himself because of how fast he is able to move.


 * : The use of this technique allows Ralph to harden his body at the cost of him being unable to move. However, Ralph has mastered this technique in such ways that he can harden only a part of his body without moving it and using that part of the body to attack. When he implements this, Ralph is able to puncture steel; even cause damage to a person utilizing.


 * : This technique allows the user to thrust their finger in an opponent at very high speeds. Since Ralph has mastered this technique, he is able to extend this ability onto his whole arm. He has the ability to send compressed air to his opponents. This can even harm devil fruit users as well.
 * Senkaenken (千火焔拳,Thousand Flame Fist): A technique in which Ralph punches rapidly through the air so fast that it causes friction with each punch, therefor causing fire to form around his fist arm. They form balls of fire that can be used to set afire to opponents upon impact. The sheer force of each punch is capable of busting straight through steel armor and the flames are hot enough to through the hull of a ship. He can also use a finger variant of this technique calling them Bullets of Fire that has the same effect.Asakujaku.png


 * : This technique allows Ralph to kick and punch with such speed and strength that compressed blades of air are formed from it. This technique is similar to the use of Shigan but with the attack being sharp. He can also kick fast enough to cause friction on the air and therefor causing the whole wave to engulf into flames. This is stronger than his Asakujaku technique as one blade is hotter and stronger. He can very well cut through a very large ship with one kick using this technique.
 * Sōtōken (槍頭拳, Spear Head Fist): A technique in which he uses his fist to mimic the same results as Rankyaku. While considerably weaker than Rankyaku, Ralph can use this is faster succession than Rankyaku. The reason this variant of Rankyaku is weaker is because unlike the large blade of compressed air, it does not cause as much wide spread damage. The damage given by this technique is contained to the area Ralph punches. This extends his range so that he can damage targets from afar.
 * Sōtōkaenuzuken (槍頭火焔渦拳, Spear Head Flaming Vortex Fist): Very similar to Asakujaku, he can punch at such speeds that friction is caused thereby causing each attack to become ablaze. However, unlike the blunt force of Asakujaku, this creates a rapidly spinning point of flaming air. This has a enormous amount of penetrative power, being able to even puncture through a proficient user of.


 * : This allows Ralph to move at blinding speeds in such that many people cannot keep up. With this technique, Ralph can move at speeds faster than sound. Some people this movement White Out because of the vapor cloud left behind after his maximum speed using this technique. This extends to his punches and kicks as well, being able to overwhelm an opponent with a barrage of punches and kicks. He can combine this technique with to create afterimages of himself when moving to throw an opponent off.


 * : This a technique in which Ralph makes his body go limp in order to successfully evade attacks. Combined with his natural reflexes, he can evade attacks at high speeds. He also has a variant of this technique that allows him to not only evade but counter attacks as they are coming at him. These counters can prevent an opponent for attacking further more as they target area's like joints, pressure points and other unprotected weak areas.


 * : The strongest of the techniques allows Ralph to give off a powerful shockwave. Ralph has the ability to use this through one fist, using both causes a more powerful shockwave. He found a way to extend this technique beyond just his fist, but his whole body. Rokuogan can demolish a whole ship with one shockwave from this technique, and with his mastery over this technique he can increase the range and damage.


 * Rokuogan Kafuka (六王銃過負荷, Six King Gun Overload): Instead of this technique being used through Ralph's fist, he instead channels the the energy of the technique through out his whole body. He then releases this energy from his body in the shape of a dome that tramples through anything in the way of the shockwave. The shockwave can reach up to 60 meter and is powerful enough to destroy structures like large buildings and even large ships. This technique also serves as a mean of protection, attacks weaker than the shockwave are repelled away.

Hasshoken
The is a fighting style in which the users uses vibrations around their limbs to generate shock. Ralph learned this fighting style personally from the and at that time, Ralph was known for his mastery of Rokushiki and proficient use of Busoshoku Haki. The Happo Navy knew of Ralph power but weren't the least bit afraid. But Ralph wanted to learn their fighting style, so to convince them Ralph challenged the Happo Navy to a fight. If Ralph won, they'd teach him the secrets and if he lost then they wouldn't teach, that simple. After a few days of fighting, Ralph came out victories, so they taught Ralph Hasshoken. Ralph trained with it, mastering the style and creating his own techniques. He even unlocked new uses of the fighting style that exceeds even the Happo Navy's use of it. Since this style of fighting uses vibrations, it can cause harm to devil fruit users, even Logia to some extent. Most of the time, Ralph will use this fighting style through the limbs he is using to attack. Each shockwave depends on how much power he inputs. At times, his Hasshoken can only be strong enough to destroy a rock, or be powerful enough to be mistaken for the. Some of Ralph's techniques using Hasshoken extend beyond controlling the vibrations around him and instead can control the vibrations on a different objects. He can even absorb the vibrations off something in motion and control that; for example winds and moving objects. Many people also mistaken Ralph for using a devil fruit ability when using Hasshoken, but instead, his use of this fighting style is more related to. Not only focusing on controlling vibrations around his limbs and his body, but in his vicinity.


 * Hasshoken Yoshin (八衝拳余震, Eight-Impact Fist Aftershock): Ralph punches or kicks his target with an initial shockwave created by Hasshoken. This initial shockwave is enough to destroy large rocks, and snap large trees in half. The initial shockwave is not meant to be a finisher, but a means of weakening a target. As the vibrations from Ralph's arm spread out and cause the shockwave, he absorbs the vibrations in the vicinity of himself. As they gather up, he sends yet another shockwave that is twice as strong as the first one. This shockwave can bend metals, topple buildings, and destroy things in its path.


 * Hasshoken: Rekkō Suto (八衝拳:裂溝スト, Eight-Impact Fist: Fissure Strike): A simple technique in which Ralph strikes the ground sending a large shockwave through the ground to cause a huge crack to split the ground open. The technique can be used directly against other objects to cause an enormous amount of damage.


 * Hasshoken: Sandāsuto (八衝拳:サンダースト, Eight-Impact Fist: Thunder Strike): Thunder is the sound made after lightning strikes, it is known for its enormous booming sounds so loud that it can cause the ground to tremble. With this technique, Ralph somewhat mimics the effects of thunder using Hasshoken. After gathering vibrations around his specific limb, he strikes the target and releases a wave of vibration that carries sound to it that sounds much like thunder. The physical power of his strike is enough to knock out any man, with the addition of vibration this can be amplified to massive heights such as destroying large buildings.

Devil Fruit
Ralph ate the after becoming an. Mistaking it for a regular fruit, Ralph ate the Fuwa Fuwa no Mi and was able to cause all surrounding non-living matter levitate once he has touched it. The first display of Ralph's devil fruit power was when he attempted to set sail right after eating this fruit. Ralph's ship began to float because he was using his unknown powers at the time.

After being able to control his power which did not take him long, Ralph displayed masterful and destructive power with the Fuwa no mi. Ralph could easily take any ship and toss it around like a toy.

Kenbunshoku Haki
Ralph has the ability to use. This grants him a sixth sense which allows him to sense the presence of others even if concealed or far from view. He also has the ability to evade attacks before an opponent makes them giving him time to evade. With this Haki, Ralph can sense the strengths of others as well as their mood. Ralph has trained with this form of Haki enough to where he can sense people from far distances.

Busoshoku Haki
Ralph use of Busoshoku Haki has lead people to calling him a master of this form of Haki. Ralph's mastery over this form of Haki gave him the nickname "Gold Fist Ralph". With this Haki, Ralph has the ability to form an armor over himself that acts as a means of defense and offense. Ralph has the ability to harden his body parts enough to turn black. He can even do this with his whole body, similar to the former Vice Admiral. Ralph utilized this level of Haki a few years after becoming a in the marines. Already having a great proficiency over hardening certain parts of his body, the next level for him was to harden his whole body with this form of Haki. To do this, Ralph took time off from his job as a Rear Admiral to train at a private island of his.

Ralph can physically harm Devil Fruit user's by using this form of Haki, his mastery over this Haki has lead him to ways of harming Devil Fruit user's without making physical contact with them similar to. When he uses Busoshoku Haki from afar, a shockwave of this haki is released causing physical damage to anything it hits and its ability to bypass devil fruit users. The damage this wave causes depends on how much strength Ralph puts into the wave, it can barely hurt individuals or be capable of destroying buildings.

The reason why Ralph is known as Gold Fist Ralph is because when he hardens a part of his body so much with Busoshoku Haki, that part of the body becomes a golden pigment. He obtained this level of armament after continuous training with Busoshoku Haki, pushing himself every single day to over usage of the Haki. Eventually, Ralph stumbled upon a new form of the armament Haki. This new form caused the normal pigment of a metallic black color to loose its metallic color and become a matted color. This new form of Haki was two times stronger than the regular black glistening color that most people with this Haki had. The power of this form was naturally stronger than the invisible and black type, he could When he looked into this new form of Haki, he learned that former vice admiral had an obsidian black color of his armament haki.

Knowing that he could increase how powerful his Haki could become, the knowledge of this inspired him to work harder to obtain the next level. For the next several years he only used his obsidian black color haki when fighting no matter the strength of his opponent. He trained with this color constantly and like previously, to points where he would over use it multiple times in a training session which would be over 3 days at times. After nearly a decade in training, one day he applied his haki and instead of the obsidian black color, it was golden. Although this golden armament form of Haki was stronger than the black or obsidian black color, there is a greater draw back to its power. Extended use of this golden armament causes Ralph to be highly fatigued for a longer period of time compared to the black color armament. To combat this fatigue, Ralph uses to restore himself; though it must be a enormous amount of nutrition. Not only that, but after this period, Ralph is unable to use the golden armament for another five minutes.


 * Black Lighting: When two people using hardened Busoshoku Haki at approximately the same strength clashes, black lightning spreads out from the point of impact. Through the years of training, Ralph has worked to harness this phenomenon and eventually Ralph figured out how to harness this black lighting. To recreate this black lightning, Ralph clashes his fist together at equal power using hardened Busoshoku Haki. This clash of Ralph's fist alone causes a small shockwave to emit from the point of impact. In this shockwave, the black lighting emits from his fist and circulates throughout his entire body. This is done by circulating the black lightning that emits to his fist back into the body; like completing a circuit. Although it was created using Haki, the rule still applies to this lighting: Busoshoku Haki cannot be equipped to anything generated from one's own body. To increase amount of lighting he generates, Ralph concentrates Busoshoku Haki into his fist. With black lighting, Ralph can generate lightning attacks of small or massive proportions. These lightning attacks can harm devil fruit users depending on their devil fruits ability. Black lightning gives Ralph access to long range attacks, as well as more devastating short range attacks.

Weapons

 * Seastone Gauntlets: Ralph had the a Navy blacksmith custom build him a pair of seastone gauntlets. These Gauntlets are made completely out of seastone which makes them extremely useful against devil fruit users and just regular people with how hard it is.

Early Life
Ralph was born on a pirate ship to the captain of the pirate crew and one of his many women that were aboard the ship. His father was a ruthless man who would have the women who had kids by him throw them overboard as soon as they were born. He had no need for liabilities in his crew, his reasoning for what he did. However, Ralph's mother was different from the rest of the women, she was strong and didn't let Ralph's father dictate what she would do with her child. After Ralph's birth, his father like the rest of the women ordered her to throw Ralph off the ship. Instead she threw Ralph at his father, he evaded and Ralph was caught by another one of his women, when he looked back at Ralph's mother she was holding a pistol. By the time he attempted to react, she had fired off 3 shots already, hitting him in his chest. She then gave him one last shot in the head, killing him. Afterwards, the crew declared her their captain and she took this title.

As Ralph grew up, he was heavily influenced by pirate life, so much so that he wanted to become one himself. The crew would teach him how to be a pirate, what to do so that he could prosper on the seas. They taught him everything he knew at a young age on being a pirate while his mother taught him how to be a person. This was opposite what the crew taught him, but this was so he could have balance when he got older. If he only knew how to be a pirate, then he would be a menace to society, and probably cause despair wherever he went. However, if he was too nice, he could be taken advantage of, and would be too naive to survive the seas. One thing the crew and his mother taught Ralph was to be strong. The crew taught him to fight physically, while his mother taught him strength though his personality.

Around the time Ralph was eight, he was an essential member of the crew, a prodigy. He displayed super human strength at a young age and could hold his own against large men. He was fast and agile, giving him advantages over a group of people when he and his crew raided places. The crew was prospering on the seas as they continued to sail, until they ran into a pirate crew that was stronger then they were.

The pirate crew they ran into was a notorious crew wanted for the destruction of multiple villages. While pirate crew's Ralph and his crew faced were similar to their description, their crew was known throughout the new world and Ralph and his crew didn't know of this. When they went up against the crew, within seconds half of the crew was lost to the stronger pirate crew. Ralph's mother had no choice but to surrender, they were taken and held for one whole year as slaves of the ship. Ralph's mom and the other women apart of her crew were used for cleaning, and pleasure purposes. The men were used to fix the ship, clean as well, and risk their lives in situations the pirate crew didn't want to face. Many of the men died from these tasks or from getting beaten by the crew members. While the women were killed because the crew ran out of uses for them. After a whole year held captive by the pirate crew, it was just Ralph and his mother.

Ralph was nine at the time, but his hatred for pirates grew as they tortured his mother and himself, and put them through hardships. This hatred grew into power, and at nine, he unlocked. With this he could see people from far distances as well as evade attacks, however his Haki wasn't at this level yet and all he could do was see other people from long distances. Sometime after this, his mother died from an unknown disease. Ralph's anger grew even more and as a result he simply hated everything. However, Ralph would take this hatred and anger and secretly train himself in fighting as well as he newly awakened haki. After another year of enduring hardships with the pirate crew, Ralph escaped from the crew after an ambush by the marines. Although not all of the crew including the captain was killed or captured, the fighting allowed Ralph to escape.

Joining the Marines
In the past, Ralph wanted to become a pirate, specifically a captain of his own crew. Mainly because of all the exciting moments of a pirates actions. However, after being exposed to the dark side of a pirate, Ralph's fantasy of ruling the sea with his crew was torn and what filled Ralph's dreams and fantasy was that of becoming a Marine. Not even a week after being saved by the Marines, Ralph decided to join them.

Ralph quickly rose up the ranks of the infantry and sailor division, becoming a Master Chief Petty Officer before the age of 18. By this time, Ralph was very proficient in Kenbunshoku Haki and additionally unlocked Busoshoku Haki but wasn't as skilled in that compared to his other Haki. Ralph continued to stay among the infantry and sailor division, gaining fame for his fighting talent. He gained the interest of the, specifically a member of CP9. To display his skill, Ralph was pitted against a trainee, a man who had nearly all 6 techniques. Ralph defeated the man in just one punch after the man attempted to use his Soru to catch Ralph off guard. Ralph's proficient use of Kenbunshoku Haki enabled him to defeat his opponent easily and his victory impressed the trainer of Rokushiki. Although a great offer to Ralph, he declined joining the Cipher Pol, but because of his talents the trainer agreed to train Ralph in Rokushiki.

After a few more years of serving in the Marines, Ralph eventually gained the rank of Lieutenant. Ralph was a very reliable person within the marines, so much so that he could be sent to handle an entire pirate crew alone. He was recognized by marines and feared by pirate, his success only went up further after capturing a pirated wanted with a bounty of 200,000,000. And with this success was again and again more ranks: Captain, Commodore, Rear Admiral and eventually Vice Admiral after being in the navy for 20 years.

Vice Admiral Promotion
After being promoted to Vice Admiral, Ralph became extremely lazy in his job. This was because many pirate crews simply surrendered at sight of Ralph's warship. This laziness transitioned to his crew as well. When the time came for Ralph and his crew to actually capture pirates, they were clumsy at it. But with his new promotion came new responsibilities and after getting their clumsy acts together, Ralph's crew was back to catching pirates however still in a somewhat of a lazy manner. He would sometimes be referred to as one of the laziest members of the marines. Even though this is what they referred Ralph as, he was far from that. With the money he made from the Marines he brought his own island that he used for personal purposes such as training.