Lowell Harlee

Lowell Harlee often shortened to Lee (リー, Rii) is a half-breed; born as the daughter of a wolf- and a human. Truthfully, Harlee doesn’t remember anything about her first few years in life. She has lived on the streets for as long as she can remember. Due to certain events, Harlee gained the Kaya Kaya no Mi and decided to enroll into the Marines, currently sitting on the rank of with the epithet of "Scarlet Calamity" (朱色禍). Harlee’s goal is to rise to the top of the Marines in order to enforce her personal beliefs in justice.

Personality
Harlee could be considered the living epitome of what the Marines should represent. She is a woman who believes in doing what’s right no matter the situation. She is selfless and kind, going out of her way to help others and expecting no reward in return. Harlee tries to help others simply because, well, she herself was never helped by anybody. While most would want others to feel like they have, Harlee wants to prevent others from going through what she has gone through, she intends to break the cycle, showing a sense of innate goodness; one that she was born with. Harlee’s attitude is not just for certain civilians, no, it is the same for everyone no matter their political or economic status, origin or race. She herself as a half-mink knows what’s it like to be judged by others and that is exactly why she will not let this stop her. Her heritage and past also make her quite empathetic to many.

Her treatment of equality is taken a step further when it comes to her job. She treats Marines, even those of a higher rank rather casually. While she knows that there is a line of disrespect that she cannot cross, if one didn’t know her rank, the assumption that she is of a higher or equal rank could be made. She dislikes honorifics, stating that it makes her somewhat uncomfortable. Others can misinterpret as being rude although this is only natural as living alone for so long has caused her to develop no manners whatsoever. However, she will use honorifics when publicly reporting to higher-ups knowing that her behavior could cause an uproar among the Marine troops.

The only exception to her “treating everyone the same” believe would be with those who are on the other side of the law, bandits, murderers and especially; Pirates. Although she tries for her emotions not to get the best of her, she can adopt a passive-aggressive behavior towards that sometimes can become even outright rude, insulting or calling them out if they’ve done something wrong, particularly if immoral deeds are happening right in front of her. In most occasions though, she will try to remain cool-headed and go through the proper procedure before capturing criminals. She always offers them a chance to surrender and if they don’t which is usually the case she completely transforms. Truthfully, Harlee’s calm nature is a facade, she only acts this way because she believes it is required of her. Harlee surprisingly has a strange liking for violence, whether she inherited from her parents or not is unknown. It can also come from the fact that Harlee wants to prove she’s right. So many years, wandering around homeless have made her realize that in this world, whoever holds the power holds the correct ideals as well. So by beating these criminals, she thinks that she is enforcing her believes in justice unto others, while completely discarding whatever their conviction is. This is a side of her that others rarely see. It is also a way of assuring her goal, Harlee’s greatest desire is for justice to prevail above all, and achieve a state of peace in the pirate world. While this sounds like an unachievable goal, it is honestly her wish, stemming from her desire to help others and it is also what has kept her going this far. Harlee has seen too much unfairness and injustice in the world, her ambition, and belief that she can do so is definitely one of her biggest strengths. When it is related to her objective, she is quite stubborn and will do whatever is needed to get closer as long as she isn’t betraying her own principles. Harlee has vowed to never let power get to her head and to remain the same person she is now, no matter what. However, her stubbornness can also be one of her weaknesses as she can rush in without thinking at times if others are in danger. She also prefers to act as a lone-wolf due to the nature of her power. While the girl is definitely kind and wants to achieve some sort of world peace, even if it’s impossible. Harlee’s goal and placing others lives before hers is a way to distract herself from what really goes on in her head. Yes, the hybrid is relatively laid-back, calm and friendly but beneath her exterior that has been hardened over the years lies the “old” her. A scared child who longs for the comfort of the parents she never had. This is physically manifested through some of her traits such as her manners, whether it be related to food or not. The girl has a huge appetite, probably because of being half-wolf and eats in a way no lady should. She is loud, eats with her hands and worst of all, talks while chewing. She also lets her animal-side take over at times, doing things that others might find strange. When others reprimand her for this, she blows it off as a joke or pretends to act tough granted that in reality this makes her slightly sad as well as making her feel bad about herself. The scared child she also comes out whenever a storm hits, she completely reverts back having some sort of psychological trauma related to her past. One could say this is her biggest weakness.

On her free time, Harlee enjoys sparring against other combatants, and whether she wins or loses takes it as a learning experience. If she is not doing this then she is probably wandering around looking for any evil-doers or training herself to become stronger. Harlee heavily dislikes any sort of feline; instinctively becoming hostile when around them and even if she doesn’t want to, her body tenses up by itself. Lastly, another one of her bad-habits is her bad memory, she usually has a hard time referring to others by their actual name, unless they have made an impact on her and will usually give them a nickname that usually causes annoyance.

Electro
is a technique that all minks are born with. It is an innate ability exclusive to that specific tribe. Although Harlee is partly human, mink blood still runs through her veins allowing her to use the power of this race. Since she was born with this ability, the process in which she is able to channel electricity is rather mysterious. Harlee herself has stated that she does not know specifically how, since for her “it’s just…there”. She is instinctively able to use it, although she has also said that to actually grasp the technique she had to “think really hard about lightning”. Her usage of Electro is slightly weaker than that of a full-blood Mink due to her blood being diluted but is still useful in battle.

With Electro, she is able to enhance her physical attacks. Not only increasing the strength of her moves but the speed as well. Her attacks can be very dangerous, causing not only raw damage but leaving behind secondary effects such as electric burns and shock. She can also channel this power through weapons, although she rarely uses a weapon. Preferring to fight mano-a-mano. Currently, her style consists of enhancing the blows of her savage-like fighting style. She also uses Electro in conjunction with the Kaya Kaya no Mi, in order to explode the gunpowder that she controls causing sizable amounts of damage not only to her opponents but to the environment she is in as well.

Devil Fruit
The Kaya Kaya no Mi is Harlee’s own Devil Fruit, it is a Logia-Type allowing him to control gunpowder as she sees fit. Unlike many who actually want Devil Fruits, much like the Pirate King, Monkey D. Luffy, Harlee consumed hers accidentally. She still remembers it vividly to this day. She was wandering around the streets, as usual, it had been weeks since she had consumed something that could actually be considered edible. She barely stayed alive by consuming the leftovers she found on trashcans but there was a limit to what she could find there. Her body was telling her to stop moving but she would not listen. She heard a very loud noise nearby and with the little bits left of her strength left she found its source; a bar and decided to go in. What she found kept her conscious for a little longer, the smell of food assailed her noise and many different plates filled her vision. Not being able to contain herself any longer, she grabbed the nearest food she could find, which just so happened to be the Kaya Kaya no Mi unaware that she had just stolen it from some pirate.

The pirate, obviously got angry because he lost what was “rightfully” his. He tried smacking the young girl away but his hand went right through her. This was the first time she used her powers and realized she had the ability to become intangible. Physical hits wouldn’t hurt her since she could turn into gunpowder. The pirate, even angrier that this happened ordered his crew to rampage through the entire bar. They terrorized others unfairly, using “payback” as an excuse. This confrontation was what caused Harlee to gain a certain disdain towards pirates as well as made her discover all she could do with the fruit. She was able to drain away the gunpowder of the criminals, rendering their guns useless. While they were confused, she manifested the powder and shaped it into a giant fist, slamming her foes away. Before she could deliver the finishing strike, the Marines showed up and she ran away. This also made her want to be one of the “good guys” that captured Pirates. It was truly a turning point for her. Not only had it gave her a goal but she managed to learn that she could absorb existing gunpowder as well as shape it into different weapons for her use.

After that fateful day, Harlee’s usage of her Devil Fruit has increased even further. Asides from being able to solidify gunpowder to create constructs and to restrict her opponents. She can also make more vivid creations such as clones that look much like her. She also developed a specific style of combat by detonating the gunpowder she creates with her Electro. This can prove devastating in battle due to the damage as well as sizes of the explosions she makes. This combination also has more supplementary uses, she is able to explode the gunpowder at smaller scales to propel herself wherever she wants to go. It should be noted that there are many more uses of her powers that she has yet to discover. However, like all Devil Fruits, she has a weakness to water, even more so than others since gunpowder cannot be ignited if wet. Additionally, it is quite tricky to use. If she slips up the distance of her explosions she could end up hurting herself.

Trivia

 * She is slightly inspired by Yuki from Wolf Children.