Morel Mackernasey

Morel Mackernasey is a Single-Star Sea Hunter who uses a giant smoking pipe and smoke as weapons, and was one of the members of the Chimera Ant Extermination Team. He is also the master of both Knuckle Bine and Shoot McMahon.

Appearance: Morel is a tall, well-built middle-aged man with shoulder-length white hair and prominent facial features, including a broad face, a strong square chin, and a crooked nose. He is always seen wearing pince-nez sunglasses. He typically wears a red tie and a gray shirt, which he tucks into his pants. He also carries a giant smoking pipe.

Personality: Like his colleagues, Morel is very experienced in his field and demonstrates calm and patience. He is willing to wait for quite some time for his plans to come to fruition and is also able to keep his cool in the middle of battle. He is very perceptive of his opponents, particularly Cheetu and Leol, and uses his calm disposition to outwit both of them. As the teacher of both Knuckle and Shoot, Morel proves to have good leadership skills and coordination with his teammates, although, like most Manipulators, he also works accordingly by himself. Despite all these, Morel is very emotional and has a great sense of compassion; he once cried during the exchange between Colt and the Chimera Ant Queen and promised Colt that he would protect him and "Reina" from harm. His emotional nature has rubbed off on his disciples, especially Knuckle Bine.

Background: After passing the Hunter Exam and learning Nen, Morel became Knuckle and Shoot's teacher. He and Knov are good comrades and both of them are members of the pro-Netero faction in the Hunter Association. At some point, Morel befriended Grachan and Likke.

Equipment: Pipe: Morel uses an oversized tobacco pipe as the medium for his Nen abilities and, should the need arise, as a melee weapon. It is composed of a white mouthpiece, a golden handle, and a shank, both adorned with swirling high reliefs, a straight, black stem, and a spherical bowl of dark beige in color. Morel carries the pipe on his shoulder. When not in use, he keeps it wrapped in a gray canvas. The Royal Guard Shaiapouf dumped it into a river during the palace invasion. It is unknown if Morel retrieved or replaced it afterward.

Abilities & Powers: Morel has all the benefits granted by his status as a Hunter. He is both a good strategist and an experienced, resourceful fighter. He uses his pipe not only for his Nen abilities but also as a melee weapon, which he swings single-handedly and without effort despite its weight. He also possesses an unmatched lung capacity and a strong spirit. By his own claim, his abilities work better as support, and he doesn't think of himself as a very strong fighter; in spite of this, he strategically defeated two powerful Squadron Leaders. By increasing the size of his muscles, he can enhance his strength and defense in preparation for a strong attack. He displayed this ability when testing the power of Gon's Rock after the latter recovered his Nen. He is also valued by the Zodiacs for his navigation abilities, taking it upon himself to steer their ship in the waters of the Dark Continent. Preternatural Perception: Morel was able to tell that Cheetu had powered up with with only a glance.

Enhanced Strength: Morel can wield his giant pipe as a club without effort, both with one and two hands and even lift it with just two fingers. His clone, whose power is allegedly much lower than Morel's, could single-handedly stop Cheetu in spite of the latter's leg strength. With a single swipe of his pipe, he was able to send one of Neferpitou's controlled humans flying into the distance.

Enhanced Speed and Reflexes: After being repeatedly struck by Cheetu's fast punches, he was able to see Cheetu's movements and rapidly got accustomed to his speed. A clone of him managed to intercept an arrow shot by Cheetu at mid-range easily. Advanced Agility: Morel can run on the rooftops and jump from one to another while carrying his huge pipe on his back.

Superhuman Lung Capacity: As a Sea Hunter, Morel has excellent lungs, allowing him to stay underwater for an extended period of time without taking any breath. He is confident that they are second to none. It is his proficiency in apnea that helped him win the battle against Leol in an underground church filled with water, first by letting him stay safe at the bottom, then by allowing him to exhale immense quantities of carbon dioxide to poison his opponent. Despite emitting enough of it to fill a good portion of a church, he managed to swim without breathing long enough to escape the maze-like building. Proficient Strategist: Morel can formulate accurate predictions on his opponent's move and has proved to be able to analyze hostile capabilities and thought patterns efficiently. He can devise effective strategies in a matter of instants, always exploiting his or his students' capabilities to the fullest. According to Shaiapouf, his determination, unshakable will, and confidence in himself bolster his defensive powers greatly. Also, Morel's years of experience can unconsciously lead him to pick the best option.Weapon Specialist: Although he rarely switches to close-quarters combat, Morel can use his giant pipe as a club, delivering strong blows with only one hand. Nen: Morel is a Manipulator. He is a veteran hailed as a very capable Nen user, and his two pupils are capable fighters in their own right. Knuckle, who has fought more than 5000 battles, claims Morel has the most abundant aura pool he had ever seen prior to meeting Youpi, amounting to 70,000 aura units, more than three times larger than Gon's (21,500 aura units). At 35% of his peak condition, Morel spread his smoky aura over a large area, summoned and controlled several smoke puppets, and maintained his impregnable Smoky Jail active for a few minutes. He is capable of using Ken, although he was frightened by an enraged Gon's Jajanken, and the latter indeed apologized, claiming his attack could have killed him. Morel is also a proficient Zetsu user, which, coupled with his ability to manipulate the smoke from his pipe, allows him to conceal his position to hide or launch a surprise attack. On top of Manipulation, Morel appears to be skilled in Enhancement, which he uses to increase his defensive abilities. Morel easily withstood Cheetu's numerous, rapid blows. Moreover, he successfully held his breath when hit by the waves and maelstrom produced by Leol, as well as enduring the relatively high water pressure seemingly without effort. Shaiapouf, one of the Royal Guards, did not do any noticeable damage to him with a stomping kick, after which Morel was quickly back on his feet. It also appears to grant him with exceptional recovery abilities, since he was able to stand up and run a mere few hours after suffering a deep, potentially lethal wound. Morel is also proficient at Emission and, possibly, Transmutation,.despite the latter being the category he has the lowest affinity for. Since it is made of or imbued with aura, the smoke functions as an En of sorts, allowing him to sense the presence of anyone engulfed in it with enough accuracy to tell people apart. With this ability, he was able to cover at least a few floors of Ming Jol-ik's palace. This effectively prevents him from being obstructed by his own smoke screens. The usage of Transmutation or Conjuration might also be at the heart of his ability to change the color of his smoke; however, the consistency of the creation remains similar to that of smoke, so the trick becomes obvious upon contact..Despite being made of or containing aura, many Nen users have been tricked into mistaking it for "normal" smoke or dust. It can even be utilized underwater. The downside to Morel's smoke-related abilities is that he cannot activate new ones without his pipe and is forced to rely on existing smoky aura in that event. Morel's Nen Type: Manipulation [Deep Purple: This ability allows Morel to manipulate his smoke as he sees fit. With the aid of his giant pipe, he produces great amounts of smoke which he can then shape in countless constructs, such as ropes, grass, hoses, rafts, rabbits, Nen Beasts, and even replicas of individuals fully capable of speech and with remarkable strength and speed, although physical contact with them will expose the trick. Smoke constructs can also be told apart from living beings with En, although not with general aura sensing. Morel can change the color of the smoke to make the created objects seem more realistic, even using them to blend into his surroundings, as well as modify their durability to the point they can become virtually indestructible, a facet of his ability that may include the use of Transmutation. The versatility of Deep Purple is such that Morel boasted he had yet to meet a Nen user with a more flexible ability. Morel can create a maximum of 216 dolls. By sacrificing quantity to gain quality, he can compress that amount to 50. These dolls then become more complex than his regular dolls, and Neferpitou admitted their quality was superior to the one they controlled. Deep Purple caps Morel's aura output. Dispelling the constructs enables Morel to retrieve the aura he poured into them and utilize it again.] His most complex creations are the Smoke Troopers. Morel can emit cores wherein he puts simple Manipulation commands, such as to attack defensively and retreat when encountered by an enemy, before covering the cores with smoke and mold them into his Troopers, which then start acting automatically. It is possible that the cores are not always required, as Morel was able to create Troopers directly from his exhaled smoke. In this case they seem to operate by taking direct orders from Morel rather than relying on preset commands. Alternatively, it is possible that Morel can form the cores remotely, at the same time as he shapes the smoke into constructs. [Smoky Jail: Morel encases himself and the opponent in an impenetrable barrier made out of smoke. The barrier appears to be unbreakable both from the inside and the outside, as Menthuthuyoupi was unable to damage it with his regular attacks as well as his explosions. Only particle-sized bodies can cross it. Since the smoky aura is detached from his body, Emission might also be involved in the ability, as might Transmutation.]

Trivia: Morel is in possession of the best lung capacity in the whole series; ironically, he is also its grandest smoker. However, despite his signature identity revolving much around the notion of smoking, it is unclear whether or not Morel is actually a smoker himself: the smoke in his ability Deep Purple is transmuted from his Nen, and he so far has never been seen lighting his giant pipe for smoke or smoking outside of combat. Morel's eyes are never shown. He wears sunglasses even underwater and at night. He was also allowed to wear his sunglasses inside NGL, although his pipe was transported via Knov's Hide and Seek ability.