【Name: Kenpachi Sannouske
【Nicknames: Kenny-Kun, Sano, My Lieu will die if he calls me Noose-Kun
【Alias: The Unrelenting Flame
【Age: 687
【Age Appearance: 24
【Gender: Male
【Race: Shinigami
【Former Rank: Captain
【Former Division: 11th

【Additional Appearance Info: Sano is a tall, muscular young man at the height 6'4 whose most prominent feature is his hair color and thick eyebrows, which many people comment on; though his hair has lost its red coloration as he grew older and is now a dark brown. Sano's shinigami clothing has changed greatly since he grew older. Instead of the red armor he once wore, he now sports more casual clothing. His upper body is covered by a sleeveless black combat vest with a sleeveless red jacket with a high collar. The garb is held tight to his frame via three belts, with one wrapped around each of his shoulders and armpit, with the other bridging his chest to connect to the other two belts. His trousers are loose-fitting white jeans with a leather belt to hold them in place. On his knees, his jeans have a protective padding colored black, with belts to hold it in place. Dangling from his right side is a red tasset, held in place by another belt with the wording "FREE" written to the left-hand side. His shoes cover his entire ankle and are colored red.

【Biography: To summarize Kenpachi's life, he was always a gifted monster born for destruction. A still born in the real world, Sano, as he was mostly called, was raised in the world outside of the Soul Society. The barbarians and brutes raised him to be one thing, a weapon. That's the only thing that Sano ever knew in his life and a forced hatred for the Soul Society. He never knew why they hated the shinigami but he followed willingly. No one knows of the attack by the brutes, a well coordinated attack, instead the only thing that is known is of the battle of Kenpachi. Sano was pushed to his limit but he prevailed with his insane level of talent in Hakuda, killing the former Kenpachi. With all those events it was a wonder that Sano was allowed to survive and brought into the Soul Society.

Sano was dubbed the next Kenpachi and even thrown into the academy. He was not a man that understood their teaching methods but it did help in how he grew. Before most knew it, Sano had grown to a level befitting a captain; only taking a few hundred years give or take. Taking his rightful place as the Captain of Swuad 11 and the new Kenpachi, Sano crafted a legacy for himself for those to follow. A legacy that included a legendary fight against an Arrancar that he won. The exile has never truly sullied his name and many know how he was ganged up on to force out of the Soul Society. Sano has lived his life in the Human World but he still hunts for those that wronged him, ready to return to his rightful place.

【Personality: Sannouske is loud, aggressive, and calculating. He trusts no one until he's served with them in combat, and even then he has lingering doubts about most everyone he's acquainted with. This mistrust is so bad it took many years for the fourth's captain to convince him to let combat medics touch him. He is a ruthless warrior, and lives by a 'kill first, ask questions later' mindset- better to mistakenly kill someone than mistakenly let a threat go. Sano believes that anyone who chooses to pick up a weapon and fight automatically assumes the consequences of war and conflict, and should accept that death is a likely outcome, no matter the age or previous occupation. He also holds respect for those that battle for their beliefs, and will honor his fallen enemies as well as allies. And, for all his trust issues, Sano is incredibly loyal- he will never betray his allies. And to allies that do betray him or his subordinates, he has no mercy.

Because of his aggressive, and fight-happy nature, people often assume he isn't intelligent. This is a huge mistake. Snao is cold, calculating, and has a slight detachment from human bonds that would otherwise color his decisions. He is highly perceptive, and can recognize tics and body nuance that give people away. Though his curt manner of speech makes people believe he has a short temper, he always approaches things logically, and will quickly shut down a conversation partner he feels is wasting his time. Not out of anger, but efficiency. His battlefield tactics are solid, and he is an artist when it comes to administering death. Though he doesn't have the creativity for large scale strategy, he has proved during war time that he has one of the best minds for single combat.

Sano's greatest joy lies in hunting, be it an enemy or for sport. He considers each mission another hunt, another chance to feel the adrenaline of taking on a threat and overcoming it. He thrives on conflict, on besting his opponents and his allies alike, and tries to instill that sense of excitement in his subordinates. Though Sano sees no value in personal relationships, he prizes relationships forged in battle. There are a few people he considers family, battle brothers and sisters whom he grants his respect and trust- though not all of it. As a leader, his abilities alone inspire people to follow him, but his leadership style doesn't suit many people. He leads by example, and would never ask a subordinate to do something he wouldn't. He respects his warriors, but expects them to hold his mindset- that battle, and the mission, are the most important things in life. He knows how to keep morale high, even with his grueling training sessions.

【Name: Kanai Akio
【Nicknames: Kid
【Alias: Hato(鳩 Dove)
【Age: 380
【Age Appearance: 19
【Gender: Male
【Race: Shinigami
【Former Rank: Lieutenant
【Former Division: 8th Division

【Additional Appearance Info: Kanai stands at the short height of 5'6 and weighs around 175lbs. He has purple hair and hazel eyes, his hair is shaved at the sides leaving him with a long Mohawk on the top of his head. He wears a Shihakushō with a white long sleeve undershirt, the right sleeve on his Shihakushō is cut off. He wears a purple sash the same color as his hair and his zanpakuto is kept on his left side.

【Biography: Kanai was brough to the rukongai after being hit by a car while arguing with his parents. He came to one of the lower districts and become a fighter, learning how to fight to survive, not only with harsh people but in harsh climates. He did find a family after his first few years of being there, an elderly couple, who took him in and raised them as their son. He still went out and fought in matches, he would win, and bring home the little money he earned to help support his family.

He got caught sneaking in one night by his old man, and the man gave him an ultimatum; either enroll to become a shinigami or he was going to call the authorities the next time he went out to fight. So to respect the man that had taken him in he wen to school. He had never been socially acclimated so dealing with others and their smiles, likes and dislikes, attitudes and issues, all of this and more really pissed him so he stopped trying and caring. He stopped trying to be friendly and stopped caring about how other people felt. He quickly began to learn and gain an aptitude for kido and zanjutsu. Not really doing well at all with hakuda and hoho, more like failing, the boy was better with his fist and words than with a sword. He became an underdog all through out his time at Shino Academy. Not once ever getting the respect he deserved, and this hardened his heart even further.

Years later he had become a shinigami and was offered a position in the 8th Division, by the former lieutenant. The man felt that even though he was fierce as bloody lion he was a soft white Dove on the inside hence the nickname turned calling card. He would throw himself into training and work, even though he had pretty good standing in hakuda (due to his shikai) his talent lied in his massive reiryoku and kido. He was told by his mentor, the former 8th Division lieutenant, that if he could learn to control it he would step down and let him have his seat. So that motivated him to train harder and move forward, still keeping all his anger and soon he began to climb seat after seat until he was the 3rd seat. When Kanai and his mentor were sent out on a mission they got ambushed by a multitude of hollows and his mentor died. Kanai went on a rampage and went wild, when he returned the only thing he had was body of his only friend.

A year after he became the lieutenant things started to sizzle down and things got relatively quiet. Then the down fall of the captains set in and Kanai last order was to stay alive. Now the resistance is forming and he was one of the first to sign up. He needed to avenge those that where taken from him, plus this defeat is causing a major drift between him and his zanpakuto and it was only getting worse with each day. He wants to help get back the Gotei 13 and earn his position as Captain.

【Personality: Kanai is a mean person, he has a habit to snap at most and he is not the one to suffer the weak. Kanai feels like this is a dog eat dog world and treats everyone as such, he can't stand people who are to happy or to sad, most of the time he thinks they are weird and just faking it. Never one to sugar coat anything, Kanai like to tell it how it is and is not afraid to tell it anyone but his superiors. Kanai he knows to understand the chain of command but even then still earned a reputation as a "busier" and "rebel" for his attitude alone. There is a soft side for the ladies at times but even then he can be a insensitive jerk, and not a as sensitive as he should be. He is not the lazy sort though, and despite his colleagues teasing he can work with others as long as they are "tolerable" as he calls them.

His captain was the only one who cold reign him in once he got started but they worked good together, its evens aid he was the only one who had seen him smile. As a leader he could not stand laziness and would make sure everything ran like clock work, his old captain appreciated it greatly and would only step in if it got out of hand. Kanai is not a bad leader, he has a "no man left behind" mentality but if you are dying already he will be the first to put you out of your misery.

Ability: After Kanai says the words to awaken his shikai, it glows white, separates and becomes two swords. The plain blade is Shōkyo suru and with every cut to an opponent absorbs their reiatsu, while Iro disperses the reiatsu in different colors each with different properties. Shōkyo suru drains at the same rate a wound kills, if she makes a small cut among the arm, blood wont poor out, but reiatsu will instead and the blade "erases" it from existence by absorbing it. A small cut will yield small reiatsu, while a gash or stab can cause a great drain depending on the enemy. Iro can release the reiatsu in different colors that carry elemental properties: red (fire), blue (ice), yellow (air), the sword also changes color when the reiatsu changes as well.

【Name: Arina Kawagana.
【Nicknames: Rinnie (Reserved only for her brother)
【Alias: Kyōfu no Otome
【Age: As far as anyone knows, she’s twenty one, but then again, she’s been a part of the Gotei 13 for centuries, and she’s a well-known liar.
【Age Appearance: 21.
【Gender: Female .
【Race: Shinigami.
【Former Rank: Captain.
【Former Division: Division 2.
【Additional Appearance Info: Arina sits at an average height of 5'5", but seems to be extremely underweight, sitting at 110 lbs. Unlike her family, who normally have white or black hair, hers is a bright auburn and the only trait she carries from them is the vibrant blue eyes. She can mostly be seen wearing a questionably short kimono made of the finest fabrics one could find, with her Zanpakuto on her right hip tucked neatly into her obi.

【Biography: WIP

【Personality: To her peers and division, Arina is a graceful, intelligent, however, sometimes brash woman. Always calm, and very rarely serious, she tends to mock and play rather than settle into work. Although she can be empathetic, she also can come off blunt, and often points it out when people are letting their emotions get the better of them. Coming from one of the great families, she was treated like a princess from the moment she was born – and despite the eradication of her clan, she still carries herself with respect, even though she has an unnecessary gift of making everything she wears look immodest. She has an incredibly flirtatious nature and has a knack for getting up close and personal with everyone, with hardly any regard for personal space.

Under her playful and flirtatious façade, however, lies a skilled manipulator who uses any means necessary to achieve her goals. Her main personality attributes are a strong survival instinct and sense of self-sufficiency - with a particularly adaptive nature which allows her to easily switch alliances when she needs to.

Ruthless and calculating, Arina has no problem killing to get what she wants or using others to do her own bidding. She doesn’t like getting her own hands dirty, but will when she is backed into a corner. She has a tendency to hold grudges, but is completely uncaring when it comes to people insulting her. She is highly strategic in her planning, insisting that she has many back up plans to her goals – however, she is also impatient and sometimes lets her own arrogance get the better of her.

Because she has so much confidence in herself, she is often rattled when someone manages to deceive her. She is very resilient, but she borders on self-destructive at many moments.

It takes much for her rage to break and she detests any emotions that could cause her to lose control. Her hollow smile is only ever traded for a scowl when she is forced to work – and her personality is like that of a switch. The ruthless and cunning girl bubbles to the surface. She is loyal to the Gotei 13, and so, when her Division is placed in danger, she will have no qualms about eliminating the danger without a single question. She is a cold soldier and will carry out most orders given without a second thought.

Inner World & Spirit:


Zanpakuto Personality: Meikai Kumori is a narcissistic, vain spirit. The most beautiful Zanpakuto to ever come into existence (self proclaimed), she is often reminding Arina that she can never compare to her grace and beauty. She believes herself to be above Arina and therefore likes to prove her point every now and then by not releasing into Shikai when called upon. Underneath her beauty lies a sick and callous spirit, who finds comfort in the suffering of others. Ruthless and cunning, the spirit will often whisper death in Arina's ear; it has been mentioned that this could be the reason Arina is so cold blooded when it comes to taking lives... but then again, some do wonder if Arina enjoys it as much as Meikai Kumori.

Ability: The power of Meikai Kumori is shadow-based, however, the way in which it uses the shadows is special. The ribbons that hang off the scythe and the handle are constantly creating shadows, in which Arina is then able to manipulate and warp to her will. Her Shikai, essentially allows her to change the consistency of the shadow; for instance, hardening them to be used as extensions of her blade, or making them incorporeal, allowing her to enter them and travel through them at a disquieting pace.

【Name: Daigo Serizawa
【Nicknames: Dai, Old Man Dai (Dai-jii), Crazy Old Man
【Alias: Wild Animal
【Age: Most recent records say around 543; he himself has forgotten/neglected to remember.
【Age Appearance: Late 30's
【Gender: Male
【Race: Soul (Shinigami)
【Former Rank: 4th Seat
【Former Division: 5th Division

【Additional Appearance Info: Daigo is an intimidating old man that doesn't stand tall at only 5'5", but boasts a sinister poker face to make up for his height. Weighing 78 kg of muscle, he possesses a toned and battle-tempered build, numerous scars adorned on his rough pale olive skin. He has wavy black hair that is tied back in a messy ponytail that looks like an explosion of tangled locks. Lining his chin is an inconsistent shave; sometimes he lets it grow fully, sometimes he shaves it clean. Most times, you'll see a scruffy five o'clock shadow. Owing to his intimidation factor, Dai has piercing brown eyes with rather small pupils. For much of his time walking on earth, he sticks to his old standard issue shihakusho, his zanpakuto taking its rightful place fastened on the left side of his waist. Recently, he has attempted to try more...humanly styles of clothing, much to the embarrassment of his fellow exiled.

【Biography: For Daigo Serizawa, everything began with opening his eyes and finding himself in a place both alien and familiar simultaneously: the Rukongai. Like most souls that end up there, he remembered nothing of the life he once held, but couldn't be bothered to care even if he did. This realm he was plunged into was dangerous; one wrong step could mean the death of him. He focused on the now rather than the past or future. Having little options, Dai learned to just run away at the first sight of danger, but the day he picked up a fallen bandit's blade was the day the game changed. It was like something awakened inside of him. How natural the sword sung in his hands, it could only be fate.

Thus began the infamy of Daigo Serizawa as a renegade bladesman, fighting for his right to live in this chaotic cluster of shitty districts. Drifting between gangs and unscrupulous groups, he had a hand in countless crimes and murders, surely taking a toll on his conscience, but always justified by 'I did what I have to do'. There was little to no purpose in his 'life' besides making sure he saw tomorrow in one piece. Even when he was informed that his new existence was actually the afterlife, Daigo couldn't care less. He was the picturesque drifter; a man with blade in hand and no purpose but to fight and survive. Daily life in the Rukongai was shaped by those kind of people. And sometimes, the lucky among them rose to greatness alongside the famed Shinigami ranks. Dai never imagined himself having a place with them, the uptight enforcers of spiritual balance and law. They didn't seem like the kind of people that would take on one such as him.

Imagine his surprise when the otherwise proved to be the case.

On one seemingly normal day, Daigo was locked in combat with some upstart punks. They were fighting over a slice of bread. He dispatched them easily, poor bastards limping away on their last legs. But just when he started to walk away, he heard from them another scream. He turned back and they were gone. Completely gone. In their place was a massive, ape-like creature. All gray except for its white, macabre mask, it devoured the bodies of the punks he had beaten up. Blood stained its hands and mask. This must be a Hollow, the horrible beings that were the bane of Seireitei. For Daigo, just another enemy to slay. He daringly squared off against the Hollow, the two proving to be quite the even match. For every strike and swipe it dealt out, Dai's blade had an equally potent answer for it. Twenty grueling minutes of bloody combat later, he finally struck the final blow, killing the troublesome Hollow, but not before he could suffer significant wounds. Dai could've easily bled out, but thankfully a strike team of Shinigami moved into the scene to clean up the mess essentially. Too late for his tastes, but they had a healer with them who gladly brought him back to health, which was nice. It was clear to the Soul Reapers that this man, whoever he was, knew how to fight, at least enough to dispatch a Hollow on his own. The apparent leader of the strike team extended to him a hand of thanks and strongly suggested that he make for Shin'o Academy and become a Shinigami. After giving him some directions, they just...left as quickly as they came.

The Shinigami were an interesting sort, he'll give them that.

But the suggestion was not entirely ignored by Daigo. Having his strength recognized by the Shinigami was the closest anything has gotten him to being flattered. Perhaps with them, he could finally have purpose after all. He headed on over to Shin'o Academy, where the entrance exam found him worthy of entering. It was there that he learned the fundamentals of Shinigami conduct and pretty much perfected his code of combat. Predictably, Zanjutsu lessons were a cinch, but where he lacked was hand-to-hand combat, otherwise known as Hakuda. His Zanpakuto actually awakened while he was in the Academy. Edobashira, it was called and wielder and spirit formed a strong bond even from the get go. Hoho, the art of agility and footwork, was somewhat hard to master, but he managed. Surprisingly, he discovered an aptitude for Kido, spiritual spellcraft, which didn't seem like his style at all. It would be a lie to say that he would reject such powers, however. Daigo has seen the masters of Kido in action and their craft was more fearsome than any blade.

Skipping forward years of boring academy times, Daigo finally graduated from Shin'o Academy and was soon due to be assigned to a Division. His friends would guess that he'd go for the 11th Division, the division full of warriors, but in a shocking surprise decision, he opted to join the 5th Division. Not a soul knew why. His skill earned him the 4th Seat. Operating with the Shinigami was more fulfilling than he initially thought. It felt...great to have something to fight for, rather than just for himself. Daigo was sort of alienated in his division, being a drifter from the seedy districts of the Rukongai, but he quickly earned their respect as the years rolled onward. In this time, he frequented the realm of the living to deal with Pluses or itinerant Hollows. The man grew enamored with human culture and especially music, so much that between missions, he'd steal these machines called 'cassettes' which stored music like an Asauchi held a Shinigami's warrior spirit. Life seemed good. For a while.

Then the coup happened.

When the rogue transgressors suddenly overthrew the Gotei 13, Daigo was among many who opposed their new rule and as such, was exiled into the living world. Not that he minded. While his fellow exiles stewed in anger and despair, he quickly adapted to his new reality, like he always have. Hollows still existed and still terrorized souls. No kind of coup could stop him from acting out his duties.

【Personality: The first thing you'll notice about Daigo is his lack of seriousness. Over the years, he's grown to be a very jovial one with a positive outlook on what comes forward. Be it with friend or foe, he'll love to joke around and pretty much treats everyone with the same sort of amiable hospitality. Centuries of comparatively peaceful living with the Shinigami has dulled his volatile, warmongering edge by quite a bit. Once an emotionless fighter, Dai has learned to respect his opponents and treat them like he would his friends. Why is this? No one knows. Still, he retains one thing from his time in the Rukongai: eccentricity.

People once called him Crazy Horse due to how he acts and fights with reckless abandon. Daigo can be likened to that one annoying uncle you wish had never been born; you know he doesn't mean anything bad and respects you as a person, but makes no effort to be a bearable person himself. Some of his jokes rely on taking the piss on others and can cross the line between humor and harassment at worst. Back in his 5th Division days, he would often get reprimanded for disorderly conduct.

Daigo comes as he is. Just a simple and maybe insane old man, he feels that he has nothing to hide, so in turns makes no efforts to keep anything about him hidden. As...some have discovered, this makes him impossible to blackmail. In fact, it is notably difficult to bait his anger through conventional methods. Perhaps to counter his combative nature, Dai learns to be patient and not lash out in anger. Given his combat habits...this patience does not carry over well into actual combat.

Despite all these things he is known for, his main crux is possibly his unpredictability. You sort of feel on edge when you're with him as you never truly know what he's going to do. One moment he'll talk to you about human music and the next he's verbally ripping you a new one. Some even doubt whether Daigo himself knows what he's going to do next. I guess that's what Zanpakuto spirits are for.

Additional Description:
In its sealed form, Edobashira is a simple katana that really isn't much different than the standard issue Asauchi. A clean polished blade and a black hilt, he stores it in a black sheath.
Inner World & Spirit:


Zanpakuto Personality: Edobashira sees his master as not a master, but a good friend. The inverse is also true. The bond between them are almost brotherly. From day one, 'Edo' treats him with respect and patience, meaning he can put up with Dai's crazy antics easily, but will gladly knock some sense into him if he's about to do something too stupid. This compatibility makes mastering Shikai easy, though both of them know that Bankai will have to wait. He can be seen as Dai's rational side; the man he could be if he wasn't so damn eccentric. While he often gives his master counsel in combat, he is well aware that the Wild Animal can handle himself just fine.

Ability: Edobashira's Shikai ability is to manipulate gravity from its blade. With slashes, Daigo can send gravitational forces flying in the same direction as the slashes like a pushing wave of force. The forces he creates always overpower that of the Earth (or Soul Society. Or Hueco Mundo) and they can strangely be resisted by beings of strong Reiatsu. He can also use the blade like a sort of wand and increase or decrease the effects of gravity on an object (or person) for an indefinite time. Landing a direct attack on Daigo will temporarily disrupt any gravity effects caused by Edobashira. Gravity manipulation can only happen through his blade and only when his hand(s) are firmly on the hilt.

Unrelated to abilities, there is a chain attached to the Shikai so Dai can use it as a wicked sick flail of some sort.

Ability:

【Name: Amatus Kokoro
【Nicknames: Kido Hollow, Spellmask
【Age: 524
【Gender: Male
【Race: Human → Plus → Shinigami → Hollow
【Form: Greater Gillian

【Appearance Info: Amatus stands roughly three stories tall in height, their monstrous size owing to their state as a Gillian. Despite this, their form is highly defined, indicative of their proximity to the threshold of evolution into an Adjuchas. They have a long, prehensile, serpentine tail that drags behind them along with two cloven, ungulate legs, and a largely featureless and squat torso with four relatively small, frail arms extending from the shoulders and abdomen. The head features a prominent ridge of bone that sweeps from the collar up and around to encompass the upper end of the neck. Their Mask features four thin swept-back horns, thick, lowered ridge-crests that adorn the eyes, a prominent skeletal nose, and a recessed mouth with externally mounted teeth.

【Biography: Amatus remembers almost none of their life as a living Human, save that they were a priest of some form. They died in their autumn years during the brief cusp when physical ability is briefly matched by wisdom, and so enjoyed a brief period of prosperity upon their arrival in soul society due to their friendly and sociable nature, relatively high intellect, and their ability to take advantage of what opportunities were afforded him. For a time he lived a comfortable existence in the Eleventh Western District of Rukongai, living with a group of well-to-do associates and working as an accountant for a gambling den.

As would be lamented by Amatus for the next few hundred years, his life took a turn for the worse the day he gained an appetite. He learned that only individuals with the potential for spiritual growth, who could potentially become Shinigami, felt hunger and needed to eat. His many friends warned him that there was no happiness to be found amongst the Shinigami, that he would be stuck doing nothing but selfless and tedious work for a thousand years without nothing thankful to come out of it. However, Amatus was not one to let opprotunities go to waste - so he immediately set out to enter the Shin'ō Academy.

The entrance exam proved to be of immense difficulty to Amatus. Amongst his group of applicants he had the highest score possible on the written examination, and the lowest score possible in the physical portion. He only passed when one of the proctors gave him an extra point on the premise that it would have been a shame to see such an intellect go to waste - but he was placed in the lowest class of new students, being the only member thereof, and to this day one of his greatest shames is standing alone in his section during the acceptance ceremony, with hundreds of onlookers staring incredulously.

The academy was unkind to Amatus during his education there. He continued to perform poorly in every subject save for Kido, up until he was taught how to use his reiatsu in order to amplify his strength and speed - which, even strengthed, were merely sub-par. He made rivals with another student by the name of Arina Kawagana, a noble in the first class of students, who frequently taunted and mocked him for his inability to do anything properly. His frequent verbal bouts with her instilled within him a dreadful hate of the Nobility of Soul Society that persists until this day.

When he eventually graduated, he was one of the few students who was simply flat-out denied permission to even attempt to apply to either the Onmitsukidō or the Gotei 13. Determined to nonetheless reach prominence in Seireitei, he applied and was readily accepted to the Kido Corps due to his stellar ability with Kido, an ability with which he had already been ranked as having Mastery over - another shame of his, given that the only reason he could not attain the rank of Grandmaster was due to his lack of the reiatsu needed to cast the higher spells.

Upon entering the Kido Corps, Amatus thought for a time that his troubles were over and that all would quickly given way to his skill and talent - until he made the horrified discovery that not only was every single graduate that was accepted alongside him Noble, but that most of the Kido Corps hierarchy was as well. Amatus was immediately crushed within the insular hierarchy of the Corps, completely unable to jockey for position with any of his peers due to a complete lack of Noble status. He found himself having to work five times as hard to earn even half the credit, and nearly ever effort he made to advance in the ranks found him being punished for acting above his station. His hatred for the Nobility only grew more and more profound, reaching its zenith as he learned that his old rival Arina had attained captaincy in short order by recommendation, without her even having achieved Bankai.

Entering a state of despondency, Amatus' work was affected and he found himself relegated to Senkaimon duty. Maintaining the passageway between Soul Society and the World of the Living, Amatus found an unlikely friendship in Daigo Serizawa, who frequently used the Senkaimon to spend time in the World of the Living. In a scheme between the two, Amatus was able to create a small Reishi Henkan-Ki for Daigo in order to smuggle items from the Living World back into Seireitei, in exchange for Daigo bring back a few occasional items for Amatus - mostly consisting of self-help books and get-rich-quick pamphlets.

Amatus' second life in Soul Society eventually came to an abrupt end when he was called in for maintenance to fix a problem with the Senkaimon, as it was being reported that the opening in the World of the Living was not opening and instead showing a completely featureless, black void. Amatus stepped into the Dangai in order to investigate, and was immediately sucked through its entire length and into the void - as it turned out to be the open maw of a Menos Grande, standing directly in front of the open Senkaimon in the World of the Living and inhaling deeply once it sensed a victim in the Dangai. Amatus was killed instantly and his soul dumped into the vast ocean that was the Menos Grande's aggregate being.

Mere hours later, with no small amount of surprise and shock, Amatus regained consciousness as an Emergent Gillian. Despite the extreme statistical unlikelihood, his mind had somehow overcome the thousands of others composing the Menos Grande, and he had asserted willful control over it - forcing it to evolve into a Gillian in the process.

Amatus found that the new way of things agreed with him tremendously, despite the shortcomings of the Hollow form - bestowed with relatively tremendous strength and speed wholly beyond what he had possessed before, and with even more reiryoku than he could have dreamed of, he was also surprised to learn that he retained the use of his Kido despite having lost his heart. This gave him an immense advantage amongst his fellow Hollows, and using Bakudō he was often able to consume dozens at once with little to no actual effort on his part. Soon, the pressing hunger that threatened to swallow his mind receded, while his form gradually grew smaller and more distinct.

Venturing out from the Forest of Menos and into the Wastes of Hueco Mundo, Amatus joined with a band of other Gillian and shortly learned both of his own unique Hollow Ability as well as of Las Noches. Using his ability to form conduits with his new allies, he took command over them and led the way to Las Noches, using his command over his fellows along with his Kido to overcome any other bands they came across. When they arrived at Las Noches itself, Amatus was able to grant himself audience with the Custodian by dominating the mind of the Adjuchas barring entry to the palace. Managing to pique the interest of the Custodian with promises of insight into the Shinigami ways and of forbidden knowledge of Hollows and the Nature of the Soul, Amatus was given a place in the Court of Low Souls and given the task of establishing a laboratory.

Now there he dwells, plotting on how to enhance his power and status further amongst his kind as his thoughts turn to the Shinigami, amongst whom he had such difficult in his second life...

【Personality: Amatus is ultimately a largely reasonable and intelligent individual who is fairly friendly and accommodating, only growing upset when his personal aspirations and efforts are derided or otherwise obstructed. He is easygoing, cheerful, generous, slow to anger, forgiving of mistakes, reasonably patient, and can see the best in most people. However, he can become sullen and eventually infuriated if he is belittled or insulted, especially if his intellect or his capabilities are mocked. He also has a passionate hatred for Nobility, and becomes irrational when thinking about them or dealing with them. While he is slow to anger, once he forms a grudge he nurses it, teaches it to speak and walk, puts it through school, gets it a job, attends its wedding, attends its convalescences, its funeral, and then has its corpse stuffed and mounted on the parlor wall. Once angered, he will never let it go or forget it, and will descend with disproportionate fury and anger - at least, to the extent he is capable. He maintains a great many grudges he was unable to act upon in Soul Society that he only now has the power to act upon...

Ability: Amatus can forcefully distort his own reiatsu and that of other Hollows, forming conduits between them and forming a symbiotic link. While connected, every joined Hollow gains a significant boost to their reiatsu that scales according to how many other Hollows are joined and how powerful each one is. On top of that, a pseudo-telepathic link is established between them all, allowing for seamless and instantaneous coordination.

When used on entities who are not Hollows - Shinigami for example - the inherent difference in nature between the respective fields of reiatsu renders the symbiotic connection impossible unless the Shinigami willingly suppresses their own reiatsu. However, Amatus can still successfully distort a Shinigami's reiatsu in order to force a connection, preventing them from using any abilities dependent upon manipulation of their emitted reiatsu such as pressure waves, though not invested abilities such as Kido and certain Zanpakuto moves. The forced connection is usually also beneficial for Amatus in that it allows him to more efficiently and at a longer range consume the reiatsu of his opponents.

【Name: Tatasuko, Sunōfurēku
【Nicknames: Rēku
【Alias:
【Age: 429
【Age Appearance: 24-ish
【Gender: Female
【Race: Shinigami
【Former Rank: Captain
【Former Division: Ninth

【Additional Appearance Info: Standing at roughly five feet six inches and weighing a mere one-hundred sixteen pounds Rēku wears the standard outfit of the old gotei with the exception of her haori. Her haori she replaced the symbol of her division with the symbol of her clan, the Tatasuko. Her zanpakuto rests diagnoally across her back going from her right shoulder down to the left side of her hip. The strap that runs along the same path at the front of her body a shimmering black with a buckle also in the shape of the Tatasuko clan's symbol.

【Biography: Tatasuko, Sunōfurēku a girl known by her peers as Rēku, became one of the youngest lieutenant to date. Dying at such an early age not many had hope for the child, but she showed high promise to at least one shinigami who adopted her and sent her to the academy, which she graduated from ahead of schedule and achieved her shikai not long after. Making lieutenant only thirteen years after her shikai appeared Rēku was easily on the fast track to success leaving many to wonder just how far she would reach, and also just how fast.

To most peoples not so much surprise Rēku did not advance in an explosive way after that point. As most shinigami know that reaching higher than that takes a lot of time, experience, and effort usually even for a rare gifted individual. Luckily Rēku had found her place in the ninth division. For a few years several throughout the Gotei 13 thought that letting someone so young and inexperienced was the biggest joke ever made by the captain of the ninth division. Of course this did not express the feelings of the division in which she was lieutenant of for they had seen her with their own eyes while on missions. She had earned the respect of all of her division within a year and any new person to the squad was quickly taught a lesson.

What finally gained Rēku the respect of the other divisions was an attack in one of the districts by a abnormally large number of hollows. The response force was overwhelmed and probably would have been slaughtered. Luckily for them Rēku had been out exploring the districts for some personal time alone from the divisions when it had taken place and arrived in time to kill the hollows and save the Gotei members. After that event most people within the Gotei began to respect Rēku as a lieutenant and started looking at the good qualities that she had, quickly noting her aptitude for kido, and the control she had over her zanpakuto.

After that event the next century went by with little incident. Rēku killed hollows, kept the peace, and tended to her duties as lieutenant. Then one day Captain Takeyama told her that he wanted her to succeed him as captain of their division one day and so he decided to take her out and train with her every day for a few hours as long as the job didn't interfer with anything. Finally after another two centuries Rēku challenged her captain. The entire division had known the day would come. No one hated Rēku for challenging Captain Takeyama. The fight lasted roughly thirty minutes of back and forth kido being launched and deflected, their zanpakuto clashed, and finally Captain Takeyama changed things up when he released his earth based zanpakuto Ishi Jūden-ki. Rēku kindly responded with releasing her own zanpakuto Ryūshi Tōzoku. After that the battle was over in only a few more minutes with then former Captain Takeyama on his knees acknowledging he had lost to the new captain of the division.

Being called Captain Tatasuko by most was a little odd at first for Rēku. The man who adopted her, her father, Zume was the captain of the twelfth division. So now there were two captains with the same name. Of course her father probably wasn't surprised at all, but he made it known that he was proud of her and her achievements thus far and that made Rēku proud of herself. At this point she was still extremely young for being a captain. In the end even if someone wanted to, they couldn't say anything since she had defeated her captain with the appropriate wittnesses. The nice thing was she could still go visit her old captain for advice, or just to vist which is what it normally was. Of course there were still whispers about her age once more since she was now a captain and only looked nineteen years old. She had grown used to it though and flat out didn't care by this point.

At this point Rēku would seem to disappear a few days at a time but always seemed to make it back before anyone really worried. She still managed to make to every meeting, even any emergency meeting so no one ever complained. This went on for another century until one day the entire Seireitei was invaded. Everyone was driven to the world of the living. Disgraced with defeat the Gotei had spread out among the world. This gave her plenty of time to work on what she had been working on before. Finally Rēku had mastered her bankai.

【Personality: Like many children, Rēku began as a little brat, but over the centuries she mellowed out and matured. Despite her youthful appearance she learned much from the long years. To her friends she became kind, gentle, and even caring. To her father she was a serious and dedicated--if the somewhat egotistical. To her foes she was ruthless and without mercy as in her eyes they were worthless, and she had no issue revealing this to them. As with all people Rēku is a person with many facets, though many are harder to define.

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Ability: Ryūshi Tōzoku's ability is to convert the matter it touches into an unstable energy particle that seems to float in the air as shimmering light. Ryūshi Tōzoku accomplishes this by letting matter pass through the blade which is actually a casing. While matter is inside the blade it is converted into the special particle and then released. The factor for which allows Ryūshi Tōzoku to break down matter as it passes through the blade is a black hole. In fact there are twenty seven back holes in total along this twenty-seven inch blade each encased in a one inch blade bit.

Each blade bit is essentially an arrowhead but in a one inch shape of the tip of a double edged sword and can detach from the rest of the blade bits. While it looks as if they fly through the air independently, they actually are being pulled forward by taking in whatever is in its path. These bits are capable of turning, not at a very sharp angle while alone, but when more than one blade bits are around they are capable of messing with gravity enough to move more unpredictably, and more if enough are working together.

Now when you get down to the speed of the blade bits, each one individually can move seven meters a second and for each connected blade bit it can move an additional seven meters per second. This adds up to twenty-seven total blade bits that can detach together. This adds up to a maximum of one-hundred eighty-nine meters per second. It should also be noted that this will also affect how quickly it can turn around.

Ability: In bankai Ryūshi Tōzoku takes in all of the energy particles created while in shikai. Each particle being capable of charging a house for a month before starting to fade. At first this would seem like a ton of energy, which it is., however the amount that Ryūshi Tōzoku requires for each technique is on a whole different scale. The ability for Ryūshi Tōzoku in bankai is simply to utilize the unstable particles after stabilizing them through the activation of the bankai itself. The blade bits of Ryūshi Tōzoku become superheated burning and melting whatever it comes into contact with it as a by product of the super condensed energy.

【Name: Rekuzan Xero
【Nicknames: 0, X
【Alias: X-0
【Age: 401
【Age Appearance: 20
【Gender: Male
【Race: Shinigami
【Former Rank: 4th Seat
【Former Division: 11th Division

【Additional Appearance Info: Xero is 6'02" and weighs 218 lbs. When cloaking himself in the human world, he dresses like an urbanite millennial, three-quarter designer cargo pants with matching thick hoodies and fitted caps. He tends to wear the hood of his hoodies up, even in battle. He carries the sheath of his Zanpakuto diagonally across his back.

【Biography:

Xero was born to a prostitute and a gang hopper. That's all he ever knew or was told about his beginnings. The prostitute didn't want a child interrupting her affairs, neither did she have any particular inkling as to which particular member of the gang was the one to impregnate he due to her popularity with the gang that ran her territory. It mattered not, as the gang in question instructed their whores to keep the children to term so that they can be used as part of the syndicate and trained within it from birth. "Rekuzan" was the name of the whorehouse he was born in and "Xero" was simply a play on words: The gang was named the "Zero Family", headed by a man who only ever went by the name "Shogun Zero". To state his claim on the bastards his men made frolicking with the prostitutes they owned, all the illegitimate children were given the last name "Xero" to highlight that they belonged to him but did not deserve his actual name. All he was ever taught was the value of loyalty beyond all else. Not to question for oneself, not to think for oneself, but all that one does is for the boss. This was actually a new venture for the Shogun, who felt his gang's numbers were dwindling and the penchant for making kids wantonly kept rising.

Xero was valued, but nowhere near loved. He's value only extended as far as his usefulness. With his only goal in life being to have value to his boss, Xero put everything he had into doing so. He learned the ways of the sword. He trained tireless and religiously while those around him indulged and experienced the fruits of the business; money, power, women. It was inevitable that he would rise above the mire. His unquestioning loyalty and diligence won over his boss, who went from simply seeing value in Xero to genuinely having faith in him when he would go one step beyond his 'brothers' and 'sisters' to do as he was commanded. Xero became the Shogun's right hand man and inadvertently became a filter by which the shogun began to esteem the children he indoctrinated to become the perfect soldiers more than the scalawags and delinquents who originally made up his crew. He consistently saw how Xero and his generation could accomplish things with an impeccable attitude that the 'free-thinking' members did not and suitably began esteeming them for their hard work in similar fashion to the way he esteemed Xero, which only made them more willing to follow their childhood programming.

Seeing the end of the road coming, the vice-boss of the gang staged a mutiny with other disgruntled gang members and a local rival gang who wanted to own the territory and had concerns about how big and strong the Zero gang was getting all of a sudden. Little by little, the rival gang began assassinating the Xeros to whittle their numbers, and even going as far as to kill their prostitutes and women to stop them giving birth to new soldiers and frighten away the ones that survived from being affiliated to the Zero Familia. In a bid to protect the legacy he had built, Shogun Zero prepared his forces for a pre-emptive all out attack on the rival gang to reaffirm the entire territory. Unfortunately, he remained unaware of the coup d'etat and was set up by the other gang and his traitors. The Shogun, his loyal 'freethinkers' and Rekuzan Xero were cornered at the rival gang's base after finding out too late that the enemy had been sitting in wait for them. Seeing the end was near, the Shogun opened his mouth and with a loud voice gave a final order to all of his underlings that they were free and that they were to leave him and survive him. Unfortunately for the Shogun, the loyal 'free-thinkers' couldn't obey his message due to their emotions, and the Xero's couldn't obey due to their indoctrinated loyalty. His survival superseded anything. They fought bravely, valiantly against the much greater foe.

Xero was the only one of the Xero's to survive. He had been rescued by a higher up from the Zero gang when he had been given a mortal wound. The higher up himself was fatally wounded, and brought Xero to a doctor. Xero awoke while the higher up was on his death bed. The higher up accounted the battle, and how they hunted and killed all the remaining Zero members who fled. They were fortunate that the higher up had connections that got him well away from their district. He explained to Xero that as the last remaining members of their gang, he was now the acting head and Xero was the last person able to complete a mission. He instructed that Xero "hunt down and find the architect of the coup and kill him with his own bare hands. Not because I told you to - not because I want you to, but because you want to. Avenge yourself!"

Xero was troubled by this instruction and was unable to act upon it until after the higher up died and Xero had no one around to tell him what to do. In the silence of solace, Xero could hear a faint voice. He would have believed it to be his own, the budding of an inner monologue, but he had a distinct notion of it not being a voice his own mind simply conjured up. It didn't seem to actually say any words... at least not in a language Xero understood, but it seemed to be insisting he do as was instructed and hunt the architect down. He did so, scouring for information on the key traitor. His search lead him to Seireitei, where he found out that his target had joined the ranks of the shinigami. Xero followed in suit, starting in the academy and patiently building his skills to advance into the Gotei 13. Once there, he understood the target was yet again out of reach, seated within the Eleventh division. Xero walked into the mosh pit of blood, battle, gore and glory that was division Eleven and finally found the man he was looking for - the acting 4th seat. Xero waited until he was strong enough to lawfully kill him under Division 11 rules - a direct, confrontational, battle to the death. Xero avenged his family and caught himself breathing a sigh of relief when the former 4th seat of the 11th division fell to his blade.

In that breath, Xero stopped to think and look around. Realising it had been over a hundred and fifty years since his family had been assassinated, he was in the midst of the Seireitei as one of their shinigami and had just inadvertently become the next 4th seat of the 11th division. He had no more motive, purpose or orders to follow. Not from the gang. Not anymore. In that moment, Xero shed his attachment to the gang, suppressing all of the memories regarding them to a deep dark corner of his mind, replacing it with the Seireitei and continuing on his life as a loyal dog to the Shinigami cause instead. With the treachery that occurred amongst the Gotei, it is a retread of history for Xero. He will not let it end as tragically as the last time.

【Personality:
Xero's defining characteristic is his loyalty. The gang-mentality that was birthed into him cemented this trait for life. He puts following orders before anything. He doesn't even question whether they are right or wrong - honestly, he is too well groomed to indifference. Xero is a man that doesn't know himself. When responsibility or authority calls he can act and exist and even flourish above just about anyone; when something requires his own opinion or views he is near enough hopelessly lost and incompetent. He has an aversion to doing his own thing typically because he deems it inappropriate. At the root, Xero is afraid to be his own man and own opinions and an identity in case those around him do not like who that person is. Xero find common ground with those who show great loyalty - even his sworn enemies or that of the Seireitei.

Beneath all of that Xero has a noble conscious. He may not act upon it, but Xero constantly recognises opportunities for altruism, especially for those who are weak, helpless and relatively innocent. His personality is quite hollow in terms of more fickle preferences but it's clear that he enjoys completing tasks and requests set by his superiors and being relied upon by others. When he is useless or rendered useless, Xero has been known to become anxious and desperate in his personality and his usually cool, calm, composed monotonous nature cracks into fear and panic.

Xero is quick witted, patient and astute, however Xero is happiest amongst those who give him no time to speak as he believes he doesn't and shouldn't have anything to say. It's a stretch to call him stoic, as he does get mad, happy, upset, depressed, embarrassed and such, but he expresses his emotions with his actions more than his facial expressions or words. Xero can reciprocate humorous banter, but will never be one to start it. When in battle, Xero's words are very matter of fact. He doesn't boast or gloat - when he is talking dismissively or with prejudice against his opponent it's because he genuinely believes what he says to be true. Xero's humility and loyalty make him a very good wingman. He instinctively knows to pay attention to the little details when in the presence of superiors tackling the elephant in the room. He is so reserved about his own personality that he can easily make a sound board for other people to reflect their own interests and ideas off of, making him pragmatic and flexible to a variety of personalities.

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Légion is the definition of erratic. He spokes in a multitude of voices typically, male and female, old and young in constant whispers that overlap each other. Whatever subject matter Légion is trying to express, the whispers will be anecdotes, thoughts or facts surrounding it, like gossiping whispers before they will be silenced by a multitude of voices speaking monotonously in unified tempo. Légion isn't so much expressionless as he is perfectly balanced. Légion typically is exuding all the connected emotions all at once either in the disjointed whispers or the unified choir which can seem distant at first exposure. Légion likes to communicate through speech.

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Ki-Manipulation. Légion has the ability to disrupt reiryuku like a physical sword can disrupt a physical body, making power leak like blood or Ki-skills malfunction like broken/injured limbs.

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