Hemlock

Hemlock is one of the Eight Flames and formerly one of the Timber Lord's three commanders. She originally met the crew in Episode 9: The Grand Line and while initially starting out as their enemy, slowly became a major ally. She is currently on her way back to the Oasis together with Blake and the remnants of the Trojan Pirates.

Appearance
Hemlock has snakelike eyes and green hair that ends in a crop on one side while the other falls down to her hip. She has pale skin. Her nails, eyeliner and lipstick are all purple. On her wrist is a band made of leaves and, typically, a long white snake wrapped around the entirety of her body. She also wears a very revealing bikini held at the shoulders made out of leaves. The bikini ends at her belt, which holds her two knives and has a wolf design.

Personality
Hemlock is a calm, collected and well-informed individual. Her risk assessment and situational awareness capabilities are exceptional, being one of the only enemies to ever surrender to the Devil's Luck Pirates. She seems to be driven by survival rather than loyalty. She is a bit flirtatious towards the crew - possibly a tactic used to assassinate. She's occasionally sarcastic. She can also be a bit boastful at times, having some overconfidence when first meeting the crew, though that attitude quickly changed when William revealed his Devil Fruit to her. She enjoys the quality hot springs provided to her by the Timber Lord. She loves wine and filet mignon. She hates burgers.

Laughter Style
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Overview
Overall, her strength is comparable to Captain Marrow due to years of assassination training as well as her expertise in the use of various poisons.

Roguish Talents
Hemlock can use abilities similar to Uncanny Dodge, Cunning Action, and the abiltiy to use Sneak Attack die.

Snakes
Hemlock has a bag of about fifty small snakes, which she could make giant. However, she can only have one snake active at a time. After V used an unknown mechanism to neutralize the Flames' animal companions during their fight, none of the snakes can grow anymore.

Daggers
Hemlock has a dagger that has a strong poison (7d6). She also has a dagger that can turn people into stone, although this poison is hard to find and dries easily.

Devil's Luck Pirates
Hemlock does seem to like most of the Crew, but there are times where William can get on her nerves, such as when he asked for Little Timmy's spoon. But after defeating the Timber Lord she has grown quite found of Ragnar, saying he'll be an excellent addition to the Eight Flames. She then asked to swap Ragnar's Candle Number 2 for her Candle Number 6. Furthermore when interacting with Ragnar's wife, she acts a little jealous and in a manner of her wishing Ragnar was her husband instead. Ragnar seems to trust Hemlock, because she didn't betray them in the fight against the Timber Lord and the battle with Chuck. He also asks Hemlock to watch over Magnus and Hertha for him, to which she says yes. Ragnar was also able to convince Hemlock to join them in their fight against the other Flames and V. Before seeing the crew off she promised if the crew ever needed anything give them a call and to think of the Eight Flames as an extension of the crew.

Little Timmy
Hemlock was the one who saved Little Timmy from execution and subsequently brought him into the organization. She seemed to care a lot about the boy and could be seen acting in a somewhat motherly manner towards him. It can be assumed that she felt responsible for him.

Cleo
Hemlock seems to find Cleo very annoying and can't stand her. However, she was still devastated by her death, even going so far as to ask the Devil's Luck Pirates if they could've have let her live.

Blake
Hemlock and Blake seemed to be close partners, and it can be assumed that they have often worked together in the past. They seem to look out for each other and make an effective team in battle, as seen in Episodes 18, 24 and 30.

History
She was likely taken in by the 8th Flame as a child, as many other Flames. About two months ago she journeyed to the South Blue and saved Little Timmy from his hanging. This is very impressive, as it means that Hemlock was able to cross the Calm Belt, since she normally hangs out in L'Arbor or the Eight Flames Base, both of which are in Paradise. Hemlock first met the Crew when wanting Gravy to complete his mission as an Eight Flames member, but betrayed the Timber Lord ally with the Crew in Episode 12: "Acid Snake" and assisted the Devil's Luck Pirates in their fight against the Warlord. She was at G-4 hunting Captain Verona with the help of the 5th candle Blake. She later meets the Crew again during the 8 Flames Hideout raid and, after fighting against them first alongside Cleo and then Valentine, decides to betray her superiors and join the raid. She is later shot into space and lands on Planet Duros together with the rest of the raid force, eventually joining the Devil's Luck Pirates' coup against the planet's dictator. In Episode 32: Stony Silence Hemlock sets sail towards the Oasis together with Blake, Bullet, Malaise, Humphrey and Taurus to help Bullet figure out who put the contract on her brother.

Trivia

 * Hemlock was the third member of the Eight Flames to make an appearance.
 * Hemlock was the first enemy to fight the Devil's Luck Pirates and then join them later to fight other enemies.
 * Even though Hemlock is currently the 2nd Flame, she still has the power of a 6th Flame.

Quotes

 * "You know what right now? I'm a fan of not dying."
 * "If you're going to huddle you should probably do it a little further away from me."
 * "We're not bad people honest. We just have a different career path."
 * "A big, strong, handsome man like you will be quick to do the job."
 * "That's not the kind of gas I'm into"
 * "We take out the head.... and you know the rest of the quote."
 * "I don't know how that would work, just walk into the Boss' room and say 'Hello, I've killed half of your men, can I have a magical panda?'"
 * "I thought I was going to die, thank you Louis Le'Cloque, thank you little French boy"