Valentine

Valentine is the 7th and strongest Flame who actively takes contracts. He appears to be the oldest Flame in the organization, after the 8th. He met Louis, Florence, and Gravy in Episode 19. In Episode 22 he appears after the crew dispatches Cleo, then seemingly gets the best of them for the majority of the fight. In Episode 23 Duros finally stabs him through the heart and kills him. When Valentine dies he turns into ash just as a vampire would.

Appearance
Valentine is a pale man with long flowing black hair and a goatee, He wears eccentric attire. Including glasses with circular red lenses, a black cloak, a white ruffle shirt under a red suit with silver trimmings, and a black suit with gold trimmings. He also has vials of blood as earrings and a container of blood resembling a top hat on his head. He looks like a vampire and appears to be the tallest of the Flames.

Personality
Valentine talks in an Eastern European accent, which makes him sound like Count Dracula and other classic depictions of vampires. He is a faithful member of the Flames and also expresses great pleasure after draining people's blood.

Laughter Style
'' ah-ah-ah! ''

Overview
As a senior member of the Eight Flames Valentine is a highly skilled professional assassin, holding the rank of the Seventh Flame inside the organization. His strength and natural charisma are enough to make Hemlock, a very strong assassin in her own right, cower in fear. He also possesses the abilities provided by an extremely versatile Devil Fruit. He was able to effortlessly defeat Louis Le'Cloque and Florence at the same time, killing the latter.

Physical Abilities
Valentine is a capable hand-to-hand combatant, but does tend to rely on his Devil Fruit in combat.

Devil Fruit
Valentine has eaten an unknown Logia-type Devil fruit that grants him several blood-related abilities. The primary function of his Fruit is transforming his body into blood. He can separate his blood from himself to create beings of blood at the cost of his health. As compensation, he can heal himself by ingesting the blood of others. He can also use drops of his blood as projectiles.

Blood Bending
Valentine is a skilled Logia user and a master in controlling his blood. Curiously enough, despite having eaten a Logia Devil Fruit, Valentine isn't invulnerable in his blood form. Instead, he takes half-damage from all attacks except those that involve Haki. It appears that when Valentine turns into blood, he coagulates and becomes a solid structure. This is unlike the invulnerable fluid state that one would expect from a typical Logia.

Blood Boy
One of Valentine's abilities is to make a person-sized blob of blood at the cost of his HP. In gameplay terms, 40 HP from Valentine translates to 80 HP for the summoned blood elemental.

Blood Bullets
Valentine bites his finger tips and shoots out drops of blood. Which makes a useful projectile. If someone is hit by Valentine's blood bullets, he can mix his blood into their body to control them like a puppet.

Vampire Bite
Valentine has a powerful bite, and maybe some vampire-like fangs. He sinks his teeth into his victim to suck their blood (8d10), thus healing himself.

Blood Vials
Valentine keeps various vials of blood on his person. It is unclear who's blood is in there or why he carries them.

Animal Companion
Valentine's animal companion is a bat who can turn invisible, thanks to the inventions of The Eighth Flame.

Haki
Valentine is aware of the existence of Haki and is knowledgeable enough to recognize the use of Armament Haki. Whether he is capable of using the ability himself is unknown.

William
William hates Valentine for taking Gravy and killing Florence, like the rest of the Crew.

Verona
Verona hates Valentine for taking Gravy and killing Florence, like the rest of the Crew.

Duros
Duros hates Valentine for taking Gravy and killing Florence, like the rest of the Crew.

Ragnar
Ragnar hates Valentine for taking Gravy and killing Florence, like the rest of the Crew.

Pearl
Pearl hates Valentine for taking Gravy and killing Florence, like the rest of the Crew.

Gravy
N/A

Eighth Flame
Valentine is subservient to the Eighth Flame and therefore the most loyal member of the Flames. He acts as the Eighth Flame's right hand man and uses his power to scare all the other flames into submission. Thus discouraging any acts of betrayal.

Little Timmy
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Hemlock
Hemlock seemed to fear Valentine greatly. But after the Devil's luck Pirates gained the upper-hand, she showed courage and made good attempts to impale Valentine with her dagger. Valentine mocked Hemlock for surrendering herself to the Devil's Luck Pirates

Blake
Valentine kept tabs on Blake and made sure he never went out of line, constantly threatening to kill Blake whenever he acted rebellious.

Cleo
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History
WIP

Trivia

 * It appears that Valentine is the first and only established member of the Eight Flames to have a Devil Fruit.


 * Valentine has been mistaken for a vampire, by William, Louis, Cyril, and Bullet.


 * In a comical turn of a events, Valentine smiled and turned to ash at the moment of his death. The cause of this anomaly is unknown. Perhaps he used one of Spinkle's Special substances? Or maybe he really was a vampire?

Quotes

 * "So weak-willed, Hemlock, so weak-willed." - Valentine making fun of Hemlock's inability to use Haki to actually hurt him
 * "You...have Haki?!!" - Valentine's reaction to Ragnar using his Armament Haki to hurt him