My Marine sona !! I love One Piece sm, I keep rewatching it from the beginning to the end. I love so many op charas like the Straw Hats to even the Marines !! I think the Marines are fun characters to write/draw :> I’ve been fixated on Akainu LOL I’m a self-shipper :p I attached extra drawings after my official refs and some info below as well 💪😸 Thank you for checking my stuff out !!

Basic info

Name: Nova

Affiliation: Marines; Whitebeard Pirates (temporary, former)

Occupation: Admirals’ Proxy; ~~Government-Protected Anomaly~~

Residence: Marine Headquarters, Marineford

Alias: Hoshiusagi (literally means “Star Rabbit”)

Birthday: August 27th

Personality, Moral Alignment, and Philosophy

Personality: Whimsical and temperamental. Nova can be quiet and distant one moment, loud and emotional the other. She’s easy to stress, but will relax and mess around when she’s comfortable.

Moral Alignment: Chaotic Neutral.

Philosophy: Comfort; Nova believes in doing what brings you joy, peace, and security, and avoiding what doesn’t.

Backstory

Washed up on the shore of the Grand Line, Nova was found, taken in, and nursed to health by the Whitebeard Pirates. After meeting with Portgas D. Ace, Nova learned about a weird and colorful fruit that him and Marco the Phoenix collected as treasure. Later at night, Nova wandered the Moby Dick, and inside their ship, she discovered the fruit Ace told her about. Seeing it as regular fruit, Nova took a bite, and soon after, she was ambushed by a furious Marshall D. Teach. After defending herself against him, Nova broke her glasses in the fight, and ran from Teach and the Whitebeard Pirates.

Fleeing the Moby Dick, Nova finds herself alone and unable to see, now in a town that has the Marines stationed. After a few unsuccessful attempts at asking for help from the local residents, Nova gives up, and to calm down, she draws midair with magical color coming out of her fingers, without realizing a nearby citizen was watching her. Nova then gets reported to the Marines nearby, who confront her for having “potentially unknown and hazardous Devil Fruit powers.”

After evading five different Marine captures, Nova gets the attention of the World Government. Fleet Admiral Sengoku sends one of the Marine Admirals to capture Nova, and after that, she gets cornered by Admiral Akainu and his forces. With the order to bring Nova back alive to Marine Headquarters, Admiral Akainu makes a promise of ending the fighting and getting her a new pair of glasses. Nova is terrified of the ten-foot Akainu, and tries to run. Instead, Nova gets scooped up by Admiral Akainu, and hauled back to Marine Headquarters.

Arriving at Marine Headquarters, Nova is thrown into interrogation. Not having much to say about being washed onto the shore, she’s transferred for medical and scientific evaluation. During her testing, Sengoku receives an order from one of the higher-ups about a new proposal, and Nova is brought into the Fleet Admiral’s office with Admiral Akainu.

Fleet Admiral Sengoku reveals Nova’s new and unorthodox position. To Admiral Akainu’s displeasure, Nova becomes his Proxy. More specifically, the ‘Admirals’ Proxy’, a special role that allows her abilities to be observed and controlled properly, while keeping her close under tight security from upper ranks. With the hopes of not bringing too much attention to herself, Sengoku positions her near the Admirals in Marine Headquarters, while assigning her training and frequent evaluations, preparing her for ‘official’ work and business.

Power and Abilities

Ability: With a malleable, luminescent substance she calls her ‘color magic,’ Nova can literally draw into existence.

Ability Weaknesses: Her color magic is limited by her imagination, skill, emotional/mental/physical state, time, and erratic stability.

Influence: As the Admirals’ Proxy, Nova technically has the right to command over every Marine directly below the rank of Admiral, though Vice Admiral Garp is the exception for the simple reason of him disobeying orders in general. Despite this formal technicality, Fleet Admiral Sengoku and Admiral Akainu are very adamant that Proxy Nova does not give out any orders of her own unless absolutely necessary.

Leadership and Intelligence: Nova is capable of ushering out orders and keeping Marines in line. However, Nova is nowhere near the experience and overall level of her superiors, for good reason.

Combat: Nova lacks much physical strength or combat prowess, but she makes up for it with her speed and versatility from her color magic. Nova has high reflexes and huge destructive potential, but she has weak endurance and durability.

It’s unknown whether Nova has any confirmed Devil Fruit or type of Haki yet.

Signature Weapon and Attacks

Signature Weapon: Nova’s signature weapon, her ‘Brushstick,’ is a long glowing staff she creates with her color magic. Her Brushstick acts like a magical paint brush, allowing Nova to paint into existence with her color magic. In battle, Nova uses her Brushstick like a spear, painting massive, destructive waves of color. For travel, Nova can ride her Brushstick like a witch’s broom, allowing her to fly at top speeds.

Stars: With her color magic, Nova can create literal stars.

By creating one of these stars, any direct and intentional impact from Nova will transform the star into a supernova.

Nova can enhance or alter herself with her color magic.

Hand gun: Condensing her color magic into a singular point before her pointer finger, Nova can send sharp, powerful beams of energy, resembling the shape of a handgun with her hand.

Light bow: Forming a bow made of light, Nova can shoot stars across far distances that’ll explode on contact.

Shield: Nova can draw translucent, repellent barriers.

Color cloak: Nova can cloak herself with color magic that’ll reflect her surroundings like a mirror - effectively camouflaging her and rendering her invisible.

Technically, Nova can do anything with her color magic, but she almost never uses her color magic to even half of its abilities.

It’s unconfirmed if Nova has any special or named attacks yet.

Relationships

Marines: The average Marine's view of Nova is usually split between curiosity and unease, from freezing, to staring, to scrambling to salute her in time. She has a weird, almost intimidating demeanor, either from how Admiral Akainu is almost always near the rabbit like she’s a walking bad omen, or how she has a distant, almost vast-like feeling to her.

Akainu: Annoying and weak, and somehow managed to cause chaos by drawing and running away like a coward. Admiral Akainu thinks Nova is an impossible and infuriating little rabbit he has to wrangle and leash 24/7. Another fool who got her hands on power she shouldn’t have, and a massive disruption to Marine order and Absolute Justice that Admiral Akainu is committed to containing.

Sengoku: Sengoku sees Nova as a global-scale problem. She’s not only an infringement on the Marines’ structure and principles they had for decades, but she is a literal scientific variable, one that the “higher ups” are concerningly interested in. Sengoku hopes that the Marine Admirals will keep her contained. Who knows what would happen if she defected?

Garp: Garp thinks Nova is "the weird rabbit that Sakazuki is suddenly obsessed with." To Garp, Nova is another one of Sengoku’s strays he let in, another “Kid” to slap on the back and throw around like a cannonball. Garp thinks he should mold her into something that can withstand suddenly becoming a high-ranking Marine, but Admiral Akainu is making it harder for him.

Kizaru: An unlucky bunny, that’s how Kizaru sees Nova. An unlucky bunny rabbit that got caught in the Marine’s trap. A bit condescending, but at least Kizaru is fun to talk to if you get past the initial nerves of an imposing Admiral. Kizaru seems to enjoy teasing her, they get along naturally.

Aokiji: Aokiji thinks Nova is a mysterious, otherworldly woman. He’ll often tease her, insinuating that she’s some kind of alien or deity. Aokiji doesn’t mind her, and finds her cute and nice to be around. The only problem is her “closeness” with Sakazuki. Their growing closeness unsettles Aokiji, causing him to feel distant towards her.

Additional Character Info and Misc

Likes, Dislikes, Dreams, and Fears

Likes: Comfort, plushes, blankets, snacks, chocolate milk, magic, dragons, bunnies, and space.

Dislikes: Discomfort, bodily fluids, gore, death, illness, abuse, drugs, and alcohol.

Dreams: To be loved.

Fears: Losing control.

Strengths, Weaknesses, Hobbies, and Skills

Strengths: Nova is creative, adaptable, and powerful with magic. She tries to be helpful, and is determined about her interests.

Weaknesses: She struggles with discipline, low self-esteem, and is physically weak.

Hobbies and skills: Nova likes to daydream, write, draw, sing, and dance.

Drafted Quirks, Habits, Speech, and Mannerisms

Quirks: Bad balance, scratches, fidgets, and takes things literally.

Habits: Eating only snacks, staying up late, spacing out, and forgetting to drink water.

Speech: Speaks informally, uses words like, “Ya, I dunno, and dude.”

Mannerisms: Awkward eye contact, can’t stand still, and can laugh easily.

Timeline

Shortly after Thatch dies is when Nova becomes the Admirals’ Proxy.

This gives Nova at least 9 months of prep time before Marineford War to get stronger and be able to fight effectively with the Admirals - justifying her given “rank.”

Aesthetics and Styles

Clothing Style: Streetwear, casual, tomboy, and office wear.

Aesthetics: Spacecore, dreamcore, cybercore, and sparklecore.

Favorite Colors: Purple, blue, pink, black, and white.

Music Genres: Alternative Rock, Nu-Metal, Blues, EDM, and Hip-Hop.

Character inspiration

The Collector from The Owl House

Bill Cipher from Gravity Falls

Discord from My Little Pony

Ririko from City of Eternal 7 Days

Sailor Moon from Sailor Moon

Luna from My Little Pony

Misc

Nova’s hoodie is inspired by the hoodie Akainu wore as a Vice Admiral.

Nova's signature weapon, "Brushstick", was inspired by Kizaru's sword of light.

Nova is an INFP and her Zodiac Sign is Virgo.

Nova’s nicknames later for Akainu are “Aka” and “Saka”.

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Admirals’ Proxy • Hoshiusagi