Age:
239

Height:
6'2"

Weight:
85Kgs

Hair Colour:
Black

Eye Colour:
Green

Race:
Shinigami

Rank:
11th Squad Lieutenant

Spiritual Energy Colour:
Dark Green

Personality:

As a child, Jinzo used to be courageous, headstrong and valiant. After his traumatic experience, however, he become a different person entirely. A darker, more sadistic person. He is more eager to use violence to solve his problems and frequently enjoys inflicting pain upon others. Jinzo utilizes his twisted personality as a weapon in battle, morphing and transforming it into fear against his enemies. He laughs as they attempt to run from his all-consuming power and pummels them into oblivion.

Out of combat, Jinzo is noticeably calmer, more reserved. He attempts to maintain his composure around his comrades and the lower ranks. Though there are times where his control may slip, Jinzo usually manages to keep his feelings in check. Despite this, Jinzo can be quite the conversationalist. Often enjoying meaningless chatter with his comrades and colleagues. He does this oftentimes to block out the voices of the dark.

Jinzo doesn't like to talk about his past, this is due to the trauma that he survived when he was merely a child. Sometimes he has quiet moments where he reflects upon these horrific events but usually he is quite an open person.

History:

Jinzo Iaori was born and orphaned within Kusajishi, the 79th District of North Rukongai. His early years consisted of thieving and crime to survive. Being merely a child, Jinzo wasn't able to defend himself from older criminals and he was often beaten and abused if ever he was caught. One night he was caught sleeping, exhausted from a day of running scared. A strange group of men had been following him discreetly until he'd noticed them, which is when they started to chase him outright. He didn't understand why they would want him so he ran. And kept running until his feet gave way and he passed out from exhaustion. But the men weren't far behind and, whilst Jinzo was unable to defend himself, they took him.

He awoke in a dark room, sporadic noises kept him from sleeping. Sounds of scraping metal and distorted laughs haunted him as he sat in the darkness. When he finally decided to try and move, he found that he'd been chained to the wall and his clothes were gone completely, except for a loincloth to save his dignity. Then from nowhere, freezing water was thrown on him. He cried out, asking to be let free, begging for a reason behind his capture but nobody answered. Hours passed and more obscure tortures were dealt to his tiny, malnourished body. They had kept him from sleeping the entire time, forcing him to bear witness to the latest horror they would enact upon him. By the next day, Jinzo was a shivering wreck, unable to hear the squeak of a mouse without jumping out of his skin. They'd beaten and abused him and for no reason he could think of. He'd given up trying to ask why, but the torture only went on.

Then, what seemed like a lifetime later, there was fire, and lots of it. Jinzo was barely able to see, having lived within the darkness for nearly a decade. The fire was from simple candles placed throughout the dingy room where he'd been kept. When his eyes finally adjusted to the light, he could see a stone altar, dried blood having dripped down it's sides. Symbols, written with more blood, covered the room. They depicted phrases of fear, darkness and death. Jinzo struggled to read them. A group of hooded figures entered the room, wearing skull masks that obscured their faces. Jinzo panicked immediately, desperately trying to scramble as far from them as he could. His chains, however, remained strong. They slowly moved towards him, laughs of evil coming from their terrifying faces. The men unchained him and then beat him, making sure that he didn't have the strength to move. Then, without care, they dragged him towards the altar and placed him upon it.

He was dazed from the beating he'd just taken, however, as the group of men began, what seemed to be, a sacrificial ritual, Jinzo took one last look around the room. He noticed a single corner, untouched by the light of the candles. He looked deep within it. For the past year, the darkness had been his only friend. It had both tortured and comforted him and he'd recently begun to feel a part of it. Now that he'd been thrust into the light, forced to take part in the reality that were his final moments, Jinzo longed to be back in the darkness, to feel it's cold touch and bask within it's empty glare. He began to close his eyes, accepting his fate and relinquishing his grasp on the darkness, when an icy voice called from the darkened corner.

"Live" It said. "Live and fear nothing, forevermore." The message repeated itself and with each iteration, Jinzo could feel his strength return to him. Miraculously, his pain from the years of torture had numbed. For a single fleeting moment Jinzo felt invincible, as if the darkness itself had come to his aid. He looked up, noticing one of the hooded men stood above him on the altar, an Asauchi raised in both hands, intending to plunge it down into his stomach. "Live" the voice said again. And he did just that.

Jinzo moved quickly, rolling to his left and falling off of the altar. He rolled into the abdomen of an unsuspecting ritualist, sending him to the floor. Jinzo lashed out immediately, caving the man's mask into his face using his balled fists repeatedly. The room was in uproar. The man on the altar stood stunned as his blade clashed upon stone and jolted from his grasp. The Asauchi clattered to the floor in front of Jinzo, who didn't hesitate to retrieve it. He swung right instinctively, using the blade's weight to cleave through the leg of an oncoming attacker. A scream of pain and a thud followed as he dropped to the floor. Jinzo didn't need to think, he just acted, defending himself against the men who'd imprisoned and tortured him in darkness for months.

Before long, they were all dead, he didn't know quite how, exactly, but they just were. The silence of the room was deafening and the light still burnt at his eyes. Gingerly, Jinzo climbed a set of wooden stairs that lead to a single door. Using a key he'd found on one of his kidnappers, he opened the door and was met with a blinding light. The outside world. He stepped through the door, blade in one hand with the other shielding his face from the sun, covered in fresh cuts, old scars and mixture of blood. He took one final look back into the pitch-black basement room and then walked off.

Many years later, he arrived at the Seireitei, with the same blade in his hand. He stood at the gates, ready to join the Gotei 13. He hasn't recalled his training to anyone and refuses to do so.

Shinigami Skills

Immense Reiryoku (3/4)
Legendary Reiatsu (5/4)
Kido Power (0/4)

Legendary Zanjutsu (5/4)
Legendary Offense (5/4)
Excellent Defense (4/4)
Impressive Physical Strength (3/4)

Pathetic Hakuda (0/4)
Offense (0/4)
Defense (0/4)
Physical Strength (0/4)

Pathetic Kido (0/4)
Average Intelligence (2/4)
Poor Knowledge (1/4)

Hoho Master (3/4)
Excellent Mobility(4/4) -

~Zanpakuto~

Zanpakuto name:
Akuma no Kage (悪魔の影) Shadow of the Devil

Type:
Fear/Darkness/Illusion





Sealed appearance:
Akuma no Kage's sealed appearance is a standard Black Asauchi albeit with a thick, black shackle, identical to the ones he wore as a prisoner, for a tsuba, it has no sheathe and is, by standard Asauchi rules, grossly reduced in power comparative to a normal Sealed Zanpakuto. Jinzo sheathes it at his hip by way of a matching shackle and chain, which is looped through his Obi Sash. When he sheathes the blade through the shackle, he locks it in place with a slight twist as the two shackles meet.

Though the blade itself is relatively low in power, Jinzo is easily able to channel his Reiatsu through the blade. The extreme limits of this sealed form is so that he forces himself to better his zanjutsu techniques rather than rely on power.

Zanpakuto Shikai Release Command:
Ibushi, Akuma! (シャックル悪魔恐怖) Smother, Devil!

Shikai appearance:
Akuma's Shikai appearance is that of a Black Dao Sword. It's tsuba is identical to the sealed form. Three links of a chain are attached to the right side of the tsuba and dangle freely. The blade itself is pitch black, it does not reflect any light and looking into it is akin to peering into a dark abyss. Occasionally, faint ghoulish faces will appear on the blade, these are said to be the souls of whom the blade has slain.



Not only does his Zanpakuto change, so does Jinzo's attire. The top half of his Shihakushō melts into a strange ooze-like liquid, running down both arms and eventually re-materializing as two black, metal shackles. Their likeness is also identical to the ones he wore as a prisoner. Eight chain-links are attached to these shackles and they dangle freely, producing disturbing clinking sounds as he moves. Jinzo can then use these chains to attack and defend with. They become and extension of himself, moving to his will alone.

Shikai skills:

Chained Existence (チェーン有無) Chēn Umu
Jinzo sheaths his Zanpakuto then grabs both of the chains hanging from his shackles in each hand. The chains then begin to grow hotter, until they are glowing white. The metal begins to melt and drip down forming more chain links at the ends, making them longer and more whip-like. They seem to be extremely heavy, easily damaging the ground as they pile up at his feet. Once the chains stop growing, the metal cools rapidly. Jinzo then begins to use them exactly like whips, except that he can change the length and thickness of each chain at will, even mid-swing. If Jinzo aims a strike at an opponent and misses, he can manipulate the chains in such a way that he can target them again at their new position with the same swing.

Being able to change the length and thickness of the chains has a varied effect on their damage output. The longer the chains are, the thinner they get. Meaning that the chains will be lighter and only able to inflict minimal damage. The shorter they are, the thicker they get. Meaning that the chains will be denser and able to produce a higher damage output. There are limits to how much Jinzo can increase and decrease the thickness of the chains, dependent on how far away or how close they are to him.

Shackled Embrace (縛ら抱擁) Shibara Hōyō
Jinzo can melt his sword down into the same ooze-type substance that created his shackles. Once he does this, it becomes a part of his chains and gives him the ability to launch smaller-sized, projectile chains towards his opponents. If these chains hit their designated target, they will begin to wrap around and slowly constrict whatever body part it hits, causing the victim to become slowed or distracted by their weight and the slight pain caused from the constriction. There is a limited distance to which Jinzo can launch these chains, also if the victim can manage to move a certain distance away from Jinzo, the chain will no longer be animated and will simply become loose and fall off. However, it will then revert back to it's ooze state and re-envelope itself with Jinzo.

Become Darkness (闇になる) Yami ni Naru
Jinzo throws out his arms to either side, casting his chains to their full length also, before slamming his palms together and simultaneously yanking his chains back towards him with such force that they quickly begin to wrap themselves around his entire body. Once fully covered, the chains begin to heat up rapidly until they glow a brilliant hot white. This lasts for a few moments wherein Jinzo is impervious to attack but is also unable to move. After a minute or two, the chains begin to cool rapidly until they are back to their original metallic black, except now the chains have melted to become almost a living metal. In this form, Jinzo's movements become faster and more precise, and his attacks now hit a lot harder, improving his overall combat ability. His defense also gains a very noticeable boost since the chains now act as a highly durable second skin.

During this state, Jinzo can choose to activate his Shadow Strider (シャドウストライダー) Shadousutoraidā ability, where the chains suddenly begin to melt once more, leaving his body unscathed despite the intense heat, until eventually the chains are merely a molten puddle of metal beneath him. When Jinzo steps into the puddle he gains the ability to step between shadows, increasing his overall movement speed and stealth capabilities. He cannot, however, step into his opponents shadows.

Zanpakuto Bankai Release Command:
Bankai, Akuma no Kage! (燻し、悪魔の影) Final Release, Shadow of the Devil!

Bankai appearance:
Not Yet Achieved