#iselda.

iselda's mom was a musician before her and would often take her on the road on all her vacations from school, cultivating within her a love for music. when it was time for school, she would stay with her dad. her parents never married and while they loved each other, never really committed in the sense of a traditional relationship, but successfully co-parented.

her mom wasn't a major celebrity but has what would be considered a cult following.

while iselda wanted to drop out at sixteen to pursue music, her parents urged her to stay in school. she eventually graduated early and actually took college courses, majoring in a degree in music. (specific field tbd).

during her time in college, she would often go to underground music clubs of all sorts. while she frequented the punk scene, iselda had a wide variety of interests and would clubs that hosted other music like jazz, funk, new wave, etc.

sometimes, she would be recognized by some of the scouts or older musicians that know her mom, and would be offered opportunities. while she was proud of her mom's career, she also wanted to branch out on her own and find a sound that was hers.

eventually, she would join a few bands/projects, subbing in for bass or drums. she played a variety of genres and had even gone on the road with bigger names for experience.

she also creates a lot of her bands' merch and merch for other bands. she loves sketching and has made shirts, totes, pins, posters, album covers, etc.

her first serious commitment was with the band, WOUND; an all girl's rock/funk band. they had an eclectic sound but often infused elements of funk in their music.

after some time (tbd), she leaves the band on good terms.

she takes this time apart to enjoy the freedom of travel on her own.

name ... clover d. iselda. moniker ... age ... 34, post-time skip.

species ... human. current location ... verse dependent.

hometown ... village in the north blue. education ... educated in numerous locations; the equivalent of a family who moved around places every two years, thus attending schooling at a number of schools/locations.

father ... tbd, unnamed marine. mother ... clover d. mavis, alive. sibling(s) ... none. pet(s) ... giant wolf, link.

close friends/family ... koby, trafalgar d. water law [complicated]. sig. other(s) ... donquixote rosinante (as plotted with Makenzi/weatherw1tch), verse dependent.

position/rank ... captain in the marines, operating in tandem with SWORD. affiliations ... SWORD, revolutionary army. goal ... finding the truth about ohara and taking down the world government. bounty ... skill(s) ... navigation/a natural sense of direction, windsurfing, mechanical repair, swordsmanship, archery, rock-climbing. chosen weapon ... her left arm houses a weapons system (a reloadable gun in her index finger, while the rest of the fingers can turn into blades, and a storage in her forearm for sea-stone tipped arrows. the metal is infused with sea stone in order to use it for offense and defense against devil fruit users), a crossbow strapped to her back, arrows stored in her arms.

faceclaim / reference image ... may calamawy.

eye color ... golden, like wheat in the sunlight. hair color/style ... light brown with natural highlights from time spent in the sun, curly and thick, hanging down to her lower back or tied up in a messy bun.

dominant hand ... originally, left but had to learn to use her right hand when she lost her arm. after being fixed with a prosthetic, she practices using her left once more, so now she can make use of both. though, she's now more used to using her right for writing and more delicate procedures and left for everything else. height ... 7'2.

tattoo(s) ... tbd. piercing(s) ... a variety of piercings on her left ear, only a couple on her right, tongue piercing, a left eyebrow hoop piercing.

marks/scars ... scar that starts from the right side of her bottom lip to mid chin, scarring at the edges of her shoulder where her arm was severed.

notable body trait(s) ... a metal prosthetic for her left arm.

abilities ... armament haki, observation haki, advanced use of four out of six rokushiki (soru, rankyaku, shigan, and geppo).

fears ...

trait(s) ... outspoken, cynical, suspicious/distrustful, antisocial, selfish, determined to a fault, sarcastic, jaded, excellent memory, always late, patient, self-sacrificing to a cause.

character tropes ... fate vs. choice, the cynic looking for hope, doomed character, no one can save me but me, guard dog-coded, trapped in your own morality, truth seeker, knight-coded, losing your identity to the cause.

in-world information / lore ...

born in the north blue to clover d. mavis, iselda is the grand niece of professor clover. though, she never meets him as her mother has been away from ohara on an exploration of the world for a few years by then. iselda's father is a marine who mavis nursed back to health after finding him shipwrecked and separated from his unit.

despite her wariness, the two fall in love and iselda is born. however, after seven years, her father wishes to return to the navy. holding onto her desire to travel the world once more and to continue her explorations, as well as the knowledge that as an oharan citizen could put herself and iselda in danger, they separate reluctantly.

on the island iselda is born, there's an oracle who reveals she knows mavis' secret as an inheritor of D. she foretells that iselda will bring ruin and chaos "at the appointed time".

iselda loses her arm at 10 years old after a traumatic event, involving bandits on an island her and her mother are exploring. the event results in her cutting off her own arm and nearly dying if it wasn't for the village's doctor.

while mavis' travels aren't with the purpose of finding information on the void century and even more so now that she has iselda, she finds important information regarding the poneglyphs and makes the decision to return to ohara.

on the way to ohara, the pair are shipwrecked and separated. iselda drifts for some time until she washes ashore on an island. the very same one where she'd lost her arm, and they nurse her back to help. she's about 14-15 years old at this point.

a few days later, the report about ohara comes in and she's struck with grief. her mother had shared brief truths about the island and their goal, but had emphasized this as a secret never to be revealed. days after that, they received the wanted poster for nico robin.

at 17 years old, the island is overrun by corrupt marines, seeking to extort money from the village and use the place as a secret base for their dealings. in the year that they occupy the town, iselda listens in on their dealings and hatches a plan to infiltrate the navy to learn more about the truth of ohara.

at 18, before she leaves to enlist for the navy--- as a show of gratitude to the town, she destroys the makeshift base and launches an attack on the marines left behind there while the others had returned to headquarters.

after successfully enlisting into the navy, she is first trained within a unit headed by sengoku, where she meets donquixote rosinante, but shortly thereafter is transferred to be trained under monkey d. garp.

she rises through the ranks to captain, but stops there as she doesn't want to owe more "loyalty" than she needs to do the world government.

she's deeply affected by the death of donquixote rosinante, dropping off the grid for several months before returning to the navy to fulfill her original purpose and to exact revenge on those responsible for his death.

she later joins SWORD --- on a mission with them, she comes across the revolutionary army. from there, she begins to help the army using the navy only in name.

by this time, she meets monkey d. dragon and learns of the inherited will of ohara. (more on present arc tbd).

possible in-world connections ... iselda's world is very open to interacting with anyone, whether pirate, revo army, marines, canon and oc alike. specifically, nico robin, trafalgar law, monkey d. garp, monkey d. dragon, koby, kuzan, doflamingo, etc.

additional information/plot points/tidbits ...

iselda is often late or just on time. she has been left behind a number of times and stranded on islands, needing to seek passage to her destination. she's also late to meetings, appointments, etc.

she pretends to have a bad memory. in reality, she has an excellent memory.

she's deeply conflicted by her position in the navy. regardless of her goals and her reasons for being there, iselda recognizes the conflict it presents to her own nature + belief system.