Tsuru

"Great Staff Officer" Tsuru is an extremely famous and powerful Marine vice admiral. Tsuru is one of the major figures, along with Kong, Sengoku, Shiki, Silvers Rayleigh, Monkey D. Garp and Whitebeard, from the times when Gol D. Roger, the "Pirate King", was still alive.

Appearance

Tsuru is a tall, thin, and elderly woman with gray hair tied in a bun. Her attire appears to be less formal than the other high-ranking officers', consisting of an untucked shirt, with the sleeves rolled up and a tie around her neck, and calves-long pants, which makes her somewhat resemble the animal of her name, the crane. She sports earrings made of beads, and wears two bracelets on her right wrist. The epaulets on her Marine coat are golden for the outer epaulets and purple with two white dots for the inner epaulets. During the time of the Battle of Edd War, they were the standard blue. Twenty-seven years ago at age 49, her skin was already wrinkled despite only being middle-aged.  In her youth, she was quite beautiful and had dark blue hair tied up in a loose ponytail, with sidebangs that framed both sides of her face. She wore a standard Marine uniform with a rifle strapped to her back.

Personality

She is a veteran Marine who is not without wisdom for her age. She seems extremely knowledgeable; she knew Donquixote Doflamingo set the Marines to fight each other in the Marine and Warlord meeting when all others thought the two were simply messing around, and knew who Laffitte was on sight. She is not above telling off the younger marines that show concern for her well being when she steps up to fight the incoming pirates at Marine HQ. She then justifies herself being on the front line with the other vice admirals by stating there is no longer a safe place left in the world for her to run to anyway. According to Garp, she is an empathetic woman although she does not show this disposition very often. Tsuru follows "Clean Justice". This motto was first seen in the Adventure of Nebulandia special, and was confirmed to be canon in Vivre Card - One Piece Visual Dictionary.

Abilities and Powers

As a veteran Vice Admiral from the same generation of Marines as Garp and Sengoku, Tsuru is one of the most prominent Marines in the world. She is well-renowned and recognized as a legendary figure by the likes of Franky and Usopp. Even in her elderly age of 63, Tsuru was strong enough to strike intense fear into Doflamingo, who even becoming a Warlord of the Sea was an extremely powerful pirate, as he was quick to flee during her many pursuits of the Donquixote Pirates throughout the North Blue, and despite his initial plans to reclaim Law from the Marines's custody to use his powers to immortalized himself, Doflamingo quickly changed this plan upon seeing her battleship off the coast of Minion Island. Several years later, when Doflamingo lost his title as a Warlord, he still showed respect for her, a stark contrast to his usual disrespect to other high ranking Marines. Alongside Sengoku and Issho, she was part of Doflamingo's Marine escort who fought against Jack, a right-hand man of Emperor Kaidou.

Tactical Skills

Tsuru has vast knowledge of criminals from various parts of the world, being able to instantly recognize Laffitte and explain his history to Sengoku. She is present at important meetings concerning the Three Great Powers, such as the meeting to determine Crocodile's successor in the Seven Warlords of the Sea. Tsuru is said to be second to none in experience and knowledge, and acted as a renowned staff officer for Fleet Admiral Sengoku before his retirement. 

Devil Fruit

Tsuru ate the Woshu Woshu no Mi, a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit that allows her to literally "wash and hang out to dry" people and objects as if they were clothes, turning them into flat and malleable like fabric. This disables the opponents by rendering them unable to move. This power can also "clean" a limited amount of evil off the victims, which is considered a dangerous ability against pirates.

Weapon

In her youth, she is seen with a flintlock rifle. How proficient she is in using it is unknown.

Haki

As a Marine Vice Admiral, Tsuru holds proficiency in Haki, specifically both Busoshoku and Kenbunshoku Haki.