| “ | We're getting the Op-Op Fruit. This is a truly wonderful twist of fate. | „ |
| ~ Van Augur to Blackbeard about stealing Law's Devil Fruit after defeating him in Episode 1115 |
Van Augur, nicknamed "The Sonic Shooter", is a supporting antagonist in the One Piece franchise.
He is the sniper of the Blackbeard Pirates and one of its original members. Following the time-skip, Augur became one of the Ten Titanic Captains of the Third Ship in the crew.
He is voiced by Masaya Takatsuka in Japanese and Barry Yandell in English.
Personality[]
Van Augur is a stoic individual compared to other members of the Blackbeard Pirates. He also shows an intellectual and rational personality in confrontational situations, and is rarely startled by anything that may prove a threat to him. Like most members of the Blackbeard Pirates, he has a strong loyalty to his admiral and is willing to help him through his endeavors including to take over the world. He shown displeased when Blackbeard being so reckless and asked his admiral to retreat.
History[]
Skypiea Saga[]
Jaya Arc[]
Van Augur first appeared in Mock Town with Blackbeard and his pirate crew. They later tried to capture the Straw Hat Pirates but they escaped from them.
Incident on Banaro Island[]
Post-Enies Lobby Arc[]
Van Augur and the Black Pirates later appeared on Banaro Island where they confronted by Portgas D. Ace. Ace wanted revenge on Blackbeard for betraying the Whitebeard Pirates and Van Augur observed the battle between them. After Ace's defeat, the Blackbeard Pirates turned Ace into the Marines so that Blackbeard could become apart of the Shichibukai.
Summit War Saga[]
Impel Down Arc[]
Van Augur and the Blackbeard Pirates appeared in Impel Down where they were planning on recruiting the strongest pirates as their crewmates. As Luffy and the other prisoners head off to Marineford to save Ace from execution, they encounter the Blackbeard Pirates who allow them to pass.
The crew encountered Magellan, the head chief of the prison, and they were poisoned by him. They were saved by Shiliew who had an antidote to the poison. Van Augur was seen smiling as Blackbeard offered Shiliew a chance to join the crew, an offer that was accepted by the latter. After reaching Impel Down's lowest prison level, level 6, Blackbeard orders the prisoners to have a battle to the death and whoever is left still standing will join his crew.
Marineford Arc[]
After Ace's death by Akainu, the Blackbeard Pirates appeared at Marineford with their recruits. The crew are attacked by Whitebeard who their captain fights. Augur and the rest of the crew helped Blackbeard kill off Whitebeard. After Whitebeard's last words and death, Augur and the crew cover Whitebeard up with a large black cloak with Blackbeard also going inside. After some time passes, Augur and the crew lift up the cloak to reveal Blackbeard and Whitebeard. Blackbeard then reveals that he has eaten Whitebeard's devil fruit, the Tremor-Tremor Fruit (Gura-Gura no Mi), Laffite and the crew seem happy and pleased for their captain. After the Red-Haired Pirates show up at Marineford, Blackbeard and his crew leave Marineford, apparently not yet ready to face Shanks.
Post-War Arc[]
The Blackbeard Pirates were later seen with Jewelry Bonney and her crew on an unknown island. They left her crew behind to get arrested when Augur spotted Akainu on a ship coming for them.
Time Skip[]
A year after the crew killed Whitebeard, they fought the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates led by Marco and defeated them with ease. The Blackbeard Pirates then used their captain's knowledge of Whitebeard's former territory to conquer it. Now that Blackbeard became a Yonko and the Blackbeard Pirates began collecting powerful devil fruits to enhance their fighting abilities. Augur became the captain of the third fleet.
Zou Arc[]
When Jesus Burgess contacted Laffite and Shiliew, he told them to bring everyone else as he found the base of revolutionary army. The crew went through with their attack and invaded Baltigo, leaving the base in ruins before they were forced to retreat after briefly fighting Cipher Pol. Their attack left the status revolutionaries unknown but let the world learn where their headquarters were.
Reverie Arc[]
After the events at Totto Land, he was seen listening to his captain's comments about Luffy being too soon to be called a Yonko.
Final Saga[]
Germa 66's Ah... An Emotionless Excursion[]
Augur and Aokiji abducted Charlotte Pudding
After Big Mom's downfall, Van Augur and Aokiji were sent to Totto-Land and captured Big Mom's 35th daughter, Charlotte Pudding.
Egghead Arc[]
After capturing Pudding, Van Augur accompanied Blackbeard of attacking the Heart Pirates in attempt to steal their Road Poneglyphs copies now that Big Mom and Kaido are gone. They managed to defeat the Heart Pirates and sank their submarine. However, Bepo used the special drug to turn into a Sulong pushing the Blackbeard Pirates as well grabbed Law to escape to the ocean.
After Law got away, Augur and Devon went to Egghead where their mission is complete. They were confronted by Jaygarcia Saturn (who Devon touched in order to mimic his appearance). When Saturn demanded what is Blackbeard's intention, Devon and Augur revealed to take over the world. Saturn tries to attack them but were teleported by Augur's powers. Devon tells Augur he should teleport more further but only revealed to her he is not yet fully mastered his powers. They later meet Caribou who begs them to take him with them due to his idolizing Teach. Van Augur recognized Caribou but pointing his rifle at him. He asked if he intend to kill his Admiral, but Caribou revealed he has valuable informations. He and Devon are listening.
Abilities and Powers[]
As a Sniper, Van Augur has an excellent markshipman even with his scoped molecular glasses. As the Captain of the Blackbeard Pirates third ship, Augur has commands over low ranking Blackbeard Pirates.
He has superhuman durability when he was able to withstand Sengoku's powers.
His rifle is called Senriku. He can easily destroy ordinary firearms such as the Marines' rifles.
Devil Fruit[]
Van Augur eats the Wapu Wapu no Mi (Warp Warp Fruit) making him a Warping Human. He has the ability to teleport himself and anyone to different location. It is unknown whether he obtained the Devil Fruit or stolen it by killing its previous user. However, Augur doesn't have a completely master over his powers yet when Devon tells Augur that he should teleport them into an even further distance.
Trivia[]
- Van Augur is the youngest of all of the Blackbears Pirates.
External Links[]
- Van Augur on the One Piece Wiki
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