Barney Kettle

Barney Kettle is the captain of the Black Hand Pirates and a notorious who first made a name for himself in  under the title of "Black Hand".

Appearance
Kettle is a tall man with a lean build whose appearance resembles that of a stereotypical pirate, with minor altercations. He sports long, wavy black hair that falls down his backside and a goatee that is taped around his chin and just beneath his lips. He has especially round eyes and a pointed nose; he often times wears a large grin on his face, bringing an overall psychotic atmosphere to his person.

In terms of clothing, Kettle fashions himself within a long red captain's coat sporting golden epaulets, beneath which he wears a blue button-downed shirt. A white cravat is also delicately laced around his neck. Dark trousers and boots are hidden beneath his long coat, which reaches down as low as his ankles. Sitting above his head, Kettle often times wears a black pirate hat with a simplistic Jolly Roger figured upon it.

Personality
Like most pirates, Kettle enjoys drinking and partying. In his first appearance, he was shown chugging liquor straight from the bottle while surfing over a crowd comprised of other pirates.

Ye good for nothin' whore! How dare ye speak against another man!

While he is keen on flirting with women, it should be noted that Kettle does not see them as being equal in status to the male gender; this was demonstrated when he attacked Catrina, a member of the Fire Rocker Pirates, for visually showing herself as being superior to Benjamin Tabart, a male pirate. In the past, he also scorned his wife for speaking out against him and ultimately took her life after she refused a number of his orders. He brutalized Colby's mother in the same fashion many years ago after becoming aware of the fact that she had refused her husband's pleas to escape town with their child and leave him behind to die in the process (his leg had been caught under a boulder, rendering him unable to move).

It would appear as though Kettle possesses a great deal of respect for his fellow sea dwellers, particularly those whom have established themselves as especially significant threats. When Qasarhog Yanbaal, a member of the Shichibukai, appeared in Tashoya during his altercation with the Fire Rocker Pirates, Kettle opted to retreat rather than wage war against him, out of the suspicion that Yanbaal might possess enough power to defeat him and hand him over to the.

Colby
Hoy, pipe down lil' fella. Oi ain't got no more need for ye, truth be told. But if Oi do remember correctly, Oi was able to buy me a brand new cannon with the money Oi got for sellin' ye. 'Ere! Why don't ye have the rest? Consider us even. Oi got ye a drink and ye got me a cannon.

Kettle met Colby for the first time in the year of 1569 when the latter was only seven years of age during his raid over an island someplace in. During this encounter, Kettle savagely beat Colby's mother before his very eyes, before ultimately taking the lives of both of his parents and abducting the seven year old Colby into his Black Hand technique. Later on, Kettle would sell Colby at a slave auctioning house and use the money he obtained from the deal to purchase a brand new cannon for his ship.

Abilities and Powers
As the captain of his own crew, Kettle has complete authority over them.

Devil Fruit
Kettle ate the Sei Sei no Mi, a type  granting him the ability to manipulate gravity.

Past
At some point in the past, Kettle married a woman and settled down to start a family. However, she would often times refuse his instructions and greatly anger him. During one such insubordination, Kettle lost his temper entirely and lashed out against his wife physically, striking her repetitively until it occurred to him at last that she no longer drew breath. While initially grief ridden, Kettle later convinced himself that it was her fault for disobeying him.

Seven years ago, in the year of 1569, Kettle and his crew raided an unknown island situated somewhere in. Using his Devil Fruit powers to tear up the town, Kettle and his crew searched for anything worth "value", yet managed to find nothing. Instead, Kettle ventured upon a wounded man who was stuck with his leg caught under a boulder and his family who refused to leave his side, made up of his wife and their single child. Because the woman had refused her husband's many pleas to leave him behind and run for her life, Kettle assumed that she thought herself to be superior to men as a whole and brutally beat him in front of her husband and child as a result. While kicking this woman, Kettle was interrupted by her child who attempted to rescue his mother by wrapping his arms around Kettle's leg; recalling that the slave market was thriving with children at that point in time, Kettle opted to abduct the child by using his signature technique, Black Hand.