Van Auger, known as "The Supersonic," makes his first appearance in Jaya, casually sniping seagulls from an island so distant that the Straw Hat Pirates watching couldn't even locate where he was shooting from. He stays composed and methodical in combat, never losing his cool demeanor.
His name likely pulls from the Latin word "augur"—a fortune teller who read bird flight patterns to predict the future. Fitting enough, given that we meet him by shooting birds out of the sky while calmly remarking that their deaths were simply "fate." The name may also reference "auge," the German word for eye, which works well for a sniper character.
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