[CENTER][COLOR=LightSlateGray][I]Character Theme -[/I][/COLOR] [URL=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-U2JdiHBsc]Daylight's End[/URL] [color=LightSlateGray]--------------------------------------------------------------------------------[/COLOR] [IMG]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xjYUXalUC_s/UCGZosuwsTI/AAAAAAAAARE/vx-IIZ9nwZ8/s1600/Diana+Sketch+-+2011.jpg[/IMG] [color=LightSlateGray]--------------------------------------------------------------------------------[/COLOR] 【[U]Full Name[/U]】 [I][color=LightSlateGray]Tsuminaki, Shisai[/COLOR][/I] 【[U]Alias[/U]】 [I][color=LightSlateGray]Scorn of the Moon[/COLOR][/I] 【[U]Gender[/U]】 [I][color=LightSlateGray]Female[/COLOR][/I] 【[U]Age and Age Appearance[/U]】 [I][color=LightSlateGray]Shisai is approximately 2800 years old, but appears to be approximately 30 years old.[/COLOR][/I] 【[U]Sexuality[/U]】 [I][color=LightSlateGray]Shisai is Bisexual.[/COLOR][/I] 【[U]Division[/U]】 [I][color=LightSlateGray]2nd Division[/COLOR][/I] 【[U]Rank[/U]】 [I][color=LightSlateGray]Captain; Leader of the Onmitsukidō[/COLOR][/I] [color=LightSlateGray]--------------------------------------------------------------------------------[/COLOR] 【[U]Personality[/U]】 [I][color=LightSlateGray]Shisai is a rebel at her very heart, and absolutely refuses to take orders from anybody she does not respect. It is this rebellious nature that makes Shisai who she is, and while one would expect Shisai to be very lively and very feisty, this is often not the case. Shisai tends to remain solemn throughout most affairs, but does so with a fire in her eyes, a flame that burns throughout her very being, and this is leaves her in the curious position of being very somber, but also very direct and determined, and she is often extremely witty and sarcastic to boot. Shisai is one of those people whose respect is immensely difficult to earn, but those who do earn it will have it until they betray her trust. Shisai has always hated tradition with a passion, and she is extremely wary of people with power who seek to adhere strictly to tradition, as she knows the pain that that can bring. She believes firmly in allowing everybody an equal chance, regardless of any circumstances that make them different from other people. She tolerates and embraces all people openly, but does not truly respect or open up to those that take the gruelling road of learning how she works. Shisai is very often disliked by those who see her for who she makes herself out to be, because she seems to be overly angry and demanding, but it is clear when one understands Shisai that this is merely the darker interpretation of her, and those who enjoy her company can see how she has been burned by not being careful before, and how she refuses to bow to the flame ever again.[/COLOR][/I] [color=LightSlateGray]--------------------------------------------------------------------------------[/COLOR] 【[U]History[/U]】 [I][color=LightSlateGray]Shisai's life began in a fairly normal family in rural Japan. Shisai was the middle child of a family of five, and worked the rice paddies with her brothers and sisters from a young age, quickly becoming used to what was essentially poverty quickly. Comfortable poverty, perhaps, but poverty nonetheless - such was the life of someone living in the countryside. As she reached adolescence, Shisai began learning from her mother the values of the traditional Japanese housewife. The lessons, while useful, did not really ring true with the rebellious Shisai, and she begun to question the dogma that the age had developed. Shisai, due to the physical labour she endured, was easily as strong as her elder brothers, and with finesse would easily be as strong as her father - so why should she be relegated to cooking and cleaning for the circumstances of her birth? While she never openly expressed these abilities, they remained as ideas deep inside her mind. She took her mother's lessons well, and produced good harvests of rice, so the family ate as well as could be expected. Her father taught her the art of brewing Sake, not out of love or respect - the woman's duty was to the man of the house, after all - but so that he might spend his time better, rather than brewing his own drinks. It was quickly discovered that Shisai had quite the talent for brewing Sake, and with how well she cultivated the Rice Fields, Shisai spent half of her days brewing, and the other half farming, leaving her younger sister to cook and clean. It was a freedom that she embraced wholly, her very being loving the idea that she could do a man's job [b]better[/b] than the men that were supposedly the pinnacle of skill. She, of course, expressed only a humble subservience as she was taught, but inwardly she was ablaze with the spark of independence. After years of this simple lifestyle, Shisai changed her family's life forever. A group of travelling Samurai - to whom the family had the highest respect - stopped at their household and asked for rest on their journey back to Kyoto. The Tsuminaki family were, naturally, overjoyed at the privilege of being able to aid the Samurai, and by virtue their masters and the Daimyō himself. The Samurai ate well, at the expense of Shisai and her siblings eating at all, and they sampled the fine Sake that Shisai had created. Of course, it was attributed to her father - a woman making Sake at a rural home was unthinkable - and the Samurai remarked upon its high quality. The Samurai were offered beds, Shisai's and her sister's, and the Samurai laid with the beds' respective owners as tribute to their service. At 18, Shisai had lost her virginity. While she was not overly attracted to the Samurai (though she was by no means repulsed, and by no means unwilling), she did enjoy the more material pleasures of the world, and the pair spent the remainder of the night talking. It was at this stage that the Samurai remarked upon Shisai's incredible inner flame, and asked her a question that started her true journey in life: "Did you make that Sake?". Shisai's mind whirred at that point - she should have been humble, and given the credit to her father, but she simply could not resist the siren song of her pride, and she admitted that she had made the Sake. The Samurai made an offer - Shisai would come with him to be educated, to be trained in a life of service to the Daimyō, and she could finally be free of the shackles of tradition that bound her so tightly. She accepted without further thought. On the next day, she left for Kyoto, and quickly became romantically involved with her saviour. She arrived at Kyoto, and was immediately taken to her lover's master. She was taken on as a Samurai, controversial as it was, the very second that he tasted Shisai's prized Sake. Over the next decade, she became an incredibly potent Samurai, better than any of the men under her master, and she married happily to her then-boyfriend, partially as debt for what he did for her, and partially out of love. Shisai had turned her life from dull, monotonous, and steeped in tradition into a life that pushed the dogma that governed Japan. Unfortunately, many did not like her success, and she was brutally murdered for daring to overstep her place. Skilled as she was, she was no match for the numbers that befell her, and she died by her husband's side, also put to death for his wife's crimes. Her crime had been having talent, and seeking encouragement for it. That could not be allowed, for such was the way of the world, and of tradition, at that point. It was then that Shisai crossed over to the Seireitei, where her existing skills as a Samurai would lend her great credit. She had an immense amount of spiritual power, and was sent to the then newly founded Shin'ō Academy after a few years in the Rukongai, and she graduated extremely quickly, having a natural aptitude for the ways of the Shinigami. Her nature conflicted tradition, however, and the result of this was her downfall. Her husband, Yukishiro, Ryouhei, was the Captain of the First Division, and his higher status, and her more lowly status, prevented their being together. Though she would reach the level of Captain after a few short years (12 exactly), and achieve her status as the leader of the Onmitsukidō not long after, the gap in time had been enough that she and her ex-husband, now totally different people, had drifted apart. And so, while the pair remained very amicable towards each other, and sometimes even romantic, they knew that they simply were not meant to be together, not in their previous life, or this life.[/COLOR][/I] [color=LightSlateGray]--------------------------------------------------------------------------------[/COLOR] 【[U]Equipment[/U]】 [I][color=LightSlateGray]Akari no Wa [Starlight Ring]:[/COLOR][/I] Shisai keeps this plain golden ring on a necklace around her neck. Two things distinguish the ring from an average ring - the first being the engravings on the ring, which begin at the topmost point (where the necklace meets the ring), circle around the ring clockwise, then progress to the inside of the ring and curve around anti-clockwise. The engravings read: "Lost to time is the art of trapping starlight within a ring of purest gold.". The second distinguishing feature, is that there is what seems to be the image of a small cosmos within the center of the ring, constantly emanating light. This is, in truth, a mere fragment of Shisai's bankai - She moves even the stars with her power and trapped a fragment of one in the ring as a memento of the terrible power she wields. Upon being subjected to her, or whomever wears the ring's reiatsu, they will almost instantly disappear from sight for as long as they pour their reiatsu into the ring. Should the ring be removed and thrown, it creates an explosion of Reiatsu vast enough and powerful enough to incinerate lieutenant level Shinigami effortlessly, and badly wound Captain-level Shinigami. Should Shisai die, the ring will automatically trigger this explosion, completely incinerating her body. Shisai claims that the ring was "given to me by a friend who knows me too well". Only she knows that she created the ring, and will defend her explanation of how it came into existence to the death. [color=LightSlateGray]--------------------------------------------------------------------------------[/COLOR] 【[U]Zankensoki, Reiatsu and other Talents[/U]】 [I][color=LightSlateGray]Incredible Reiatsu:[/COLOR][/I] Shisai's Reiatsu is exceptionally vast, even for a captain of her apparent age. While her Reiatsu is perhaps not as blunt or overwhelming as most, it radiates a subtle power that inspires a quiet reverence rather than outright awe. Shisai's presence in the human world has been known to instantly kill any human unfortunate enough to encounter her, and likewise her fellow Shinigami are subject to injury if they are not of sufficient power. While her Reiatsu's presence is not exceptionally striking, it possesses an incredible longevity that allows Shisai to continue fighting for longer than most Shinigami can bear to. Shisai's spiritual pressure does not cause "fear" per se, but rather creates an anxiety within those subject to it that steadily grows over time. It culminates in eventual terror akin to the likes of Yamamoto's spiritual pressure, but this takes a very long time to occur. [I][color=LightSlateGray]Zanjutsu Grandmaster:[/COLOR][/I] Shisai's skill in Zanjutsu is her second best, and she has practiced the art of swordplay considerably in order to perform her duties as necessary. She is able to trade blows excellently, but favours a more defensive style in this fashion. She does not use her blade as her main form of "offence" per se, as the Zanjutsu techniques she has mastered are those related to the art of assassination, not of trading blows with the intention to kill. While Shisai is able to kill an opponent exceedingly quickly with her Zanjutsu, in an extended fight against somebody of equal skill she would never be able to land an offensive blow unless the opponent made a mistake or were caught off guard by her speed - the consequence of which is likely death. [I][color=LightSlateGray]Hakuda Combatant:[/COLOR][/I] The leader of the Onmitsukidō is expected to be able to perform adequately in the art of Hakuda. In Shisai's case, this is not true. She is at the very basest level a Captain is expected to have, but is incapable of anything else. She has shown herself to be a master assassin without the use of Hakuda, and is easily able to perform her duties without the skill. [I][color=LightSlateGray]Kidō Combatant:[/COLOR][/I] While the flow of spiritual energy and its uses are known and often executed by Shisai, she is relatively poor at the art of Kidō. She is able to use mid 40's ranked techniques without an incantation, as is expected of a Captain, but she is unable to use the higher level Kidō without both incantation and great difficulty. [I][color=LightSlateGray]Hohō Grandmaster:[/COLOR][/I] As the leader of the Onmitsukidō, Shisai is expectedly brilliant at the art of Shunpō, able to perform the most complex and difficult of techniques with ease as if they were second nature to her. She is able to outspeed most, if not all, of her fellow captains and has been rumoured to be the new "Shunshin [Goddess of Flash]", but this is a title she refuses to take, knowing that it is hardly likely she would be able to live up to it. [I][color=LightSlateGray]Dessert Making Legend:[/COLOR][/I] Shisai, by virtue of being married to Nigella Lawson in the human world, is one of the best Dessert Makers the world has ever seen. Her Desserts are truly indulgent, truly delicious, and absolutely addictive. [I][color=LightSlateGray]Brewery Grandmaster:[/COLOR][/I] Shisai is one of the most knowledgeable people in the art of brewery that Soul Society has ever seen. She has her own private brewery, for herself, and a commercialised brewery that provides most of the liquor that the Soul Society consumes. [color=LightSlateGray]--------------------------------------------------------------------------------[/COLOR] 【[U]Zanpakutō[/U]】 [u][b][color=LightSlateGray]Zanpakutō Name:[/color][/b][/u] [u][color=LightSlateGray]Tsuki Yorikō [Twisted Moonlight][/color][/u] [i][color=LightSlateGray]Sealed Zanpakutō Appearance:[/color][/i] While sealed, Tsuki Yorikō looks like it does in Shisai's image. This is the direct result of Shisai having too much power to truly seal away, and so her blade always looks to be unsealed in some form. [b][u][color=LightSlateGray]Shikai[/COLOR][/u][/b] [I][color=LightSlateGray]Release Command:[/COLOR][/I] "Eclipse the Cosmos, Tsuki Yorikō." [I][color=LightSlateGray]Shikai Appearance:[/COLOR][/I] Tsuki Yorikō, when released, changes its form particularly intensively. The blade initially becomes a normal Katana, which then shortens slightly, by 3 inches, and flattens off to make the blade completely rectangular. Both sides become sharp in this form, and aside from this change there is little else to be observed except for the excess of moonlight spilling forth from the blade in all directions. The blade is tinted in colour not because the blade itself undergoes a change, but more because the moonlight is constantly visible which alters the perception of its colour. Its "colour" is a darker blue, not quite black and not quite navy, but definitely a darker blue than a shade lighter than Navy. In this state, the light flows as if it were liquid, but keeps the light-like qualities it is supposed to have. The Tsuba vanishes in this blade, and instead a ring of moonlight made solid replaces it, very slightly thicker than the blade. With the moonlight flowing forth it is difficult to tell that this exists, however, and Tsuki Yorikō overall looks like the vague form of a blade almost "dripping" with light. [I][color=LightSlateGray]Shikai Abilities:[/COLOR][/I] [u][color=LightSlateGray]Taiintō [Lunar Light]:[/COLOR][/u] Upon release, Tsuki Yorikō's blade emits a pale cascade of blue light constantly. By her will alone, or by movement of the blade, she is able to cause the light to arc out in order to provide pathways for her abilities. Being hit with the light directly is extremely painful, and also enables the use of several of Shisai's other abilities. While in Shikai, the power of these arcs of light is slightly less than a Getsuga Tenshou, but upon her entering Bankai the light is easily more powerful. The Taiintō also has the peculiar effect of revealing hidden presences, as its light clearly reveals their location to Shisai. [u][color=LightSlateGray]Gimantsuki [Moonlight Deception][/COLOR][/u] Shisai bends the light reflecting from her Zanpakutō and the light reflecting from her opponent to distort when given people see specific actions she takes. She is able to slash people with her blade several times and distort the light of these actions in order to delay when her opponent/allies see the actions take place. She is able to use Shunpō during this time and keep the light in place for long enough to land several strikes before her opponents see her actions taking place. While her opponents' sight is disabled, they are easily able to sense her actions using other senses (if applicable). The maximum amount of time Shisai can delay this light is three seconds, and only one second while using Shunpō. [u][color=LightSlateGray]Chisō o Yaburu [Break the Strata]:[/COLOR][/u] Wherever the Taiintō flows, tiny specks of it break off and remain as miniature stars should Shisai will it. In addition to revealing things in the nearby area, the "stars" soon collapse in a thin, blade-like stream of energy that is easily as sharp as her blade. Hundreds upon thousands of these specks of light are given off with extensive movement of Tsuki Yorikō, as well as whenever the Taiintō flows. The blades are able to collapse whenever Shisai wills it, but will automatically do so after two seconds if she has not willed it by that time. [u][color=LightSlateGray]Shōmei no Shin [True Illumination]:[/COLOR][/u] The light given off by Taiintō is ethereal by nature, and passes through all physical obstructions. Whenever Chisō o Yaburu is used, this ability becomes inactive for 10 seconds. In addition to this, Shisai herself radiates the light of the Taiintō, rendering it impossible for anything to hide within close distance of her. [u][color=LightSlateGray]Mikotonori Taiintō [Imperial Moonlight Decree]:[/COLOR][/u] Shisai either causes a circular arc of moonlight to surround her or swings her blade in a circle, and then places her blade perpendicular to it in the center of the circle. Immediately afterwards, a large sphere of moonlight erupts from Shisai's location that remains for up to sixty seconds. Shisai and her Allies are hidden from plain sight while in the Mikotonori Taiintō, and all enemies are revealed. Attacking will briefly reveal those rendered invisible by this technique. While in the boundaries of the Mikotonori Taiintō, Shisai is unable to utilise any technique except her Taiintō. [u][color=LightSlateGray]Bankai[/COLOR][/u] [i][color=LightSlateGray]Bankai Name:[/color][/i] [u][color=LightSlateGray]Tsuki Yorikō: Saigo no Shoku [Twisted Moonlight: Final Eclipse][/color][/u] [color=LightSlateGray]"The Promised Day approaches."[/COLOR] [I][color=LightSlateGray]Bankai Appearance:[/COLOR][/I] The change from Shikai to Bankai is usually very dramatic, and Shisai stays true to this tradition. Upon releasing to Bankai, it is almost as if a thick blanket of damp reiatsu falls over the area she is in, and light itself struggles to rise above the density of the power at Shisai's command. Her blade shifts from blue with moonlight to pitch black with darkness, and hundreds of tiny stars seem to speckle to life within the black void that is her Bankai. Overall, however, there is a very specific cluster of stars that stand out from the rest, a large constellation of Gemini almost forming the backbone of her blade itself, which seems to be the only real indication that the blade is solid, for the remainder of the thick, black reiatsu that encompasses the blade is like pitch in consistency, but drips of it frequently fall to the floor. Overall, the blade is very menacing to look at. [I][color=LightSlateGray]Bankai Abilities:[/COLOR][/I] [u][color=LightSlateGray]Nisshoku [Solar Eclipse]:[/COLOR][/u] Upon being released, such power is released from Tsuki Yorikō: Saigo no Shoku that the cosmos themselves adjust to its will. A solar eclipse immediately forms, and the shadow caused by it marks a ring on the ground, with Shisai at its center. The Ring consists of extremely powerful and turbulent reiatsu, and no beings can enter or leave the confines of the ring under any circumstances. [u][color=LightSlateGray]Akari no Suimin [Sleeping Starlight]:[/COLOR][/u] In Bankai, not only does Shisai's Taiintō become vastly more powerful, but wherever it travels it leaves behind an invisible trail of miniature stars. These stars radiate reiatsu, and can be felt, but are almost impossible to simply see. When an enemy's reiatsu comes into contact with the Akari no Suimin, they become visible. Visible Akari no Suimin will slowly but indefinitely travel towards the source of the Reiatsu that awakened them, and upon contact with them, will explode. Shisai's Akari no Wa contains a large cluster of these stars, hinting at the immense power they contain in numbers. [u][color=LightSlateGray]Sōdai Shūsoku [Grand Convergence]:[/COLOR][/u] Whenever the Taiintō comes into contact with an opponent, all Akari no Suimin will converge upon whomever was hit by them, regardless of their visibility. This process takes a few seconds, and as the Akari no Suimin are slow, they can be stalled by clever use of Shunpō. [u][color=LightSlateGray]Tenno Ame [Celestial Rain]:[/COLOR][/u] Shisai marks an area with a helix of Taiintō, and after three seconds a massive ray of energy similar in appearance and power to the Hiryugekizoku Shintenraihou is called down from the heavens, dealing massive damage to the area in which it hits. The Tenno Ame will also detonate all Akari no Suimin in its general area, potentially adding to the immense destructive power that Shisai commands. [u][color=LightSlateGray]Uchū o Idō [Move the Cosmos]:[/COLOR][/u] Shisai stabs her blade into the air, and it literally sinks deep into the air, becoming invisible as it does so. Then, Shisai marks a target area with a bright light (not her Taiintō). For as long as the blade does not move (Shisai herself can leave the location, and can still use the remainder of her abilities), massive streaks of thick, black Reiatsu speckled with hundreds of tiny stars, will slice through the targeted location from any direction at set intervals of three seconds. Shisai may change the target area by twisting the blade, but doing so delays the time the next streak of Reiatsu will occur by 3 seconds. [u][color=LightSlateGray]Irogoto ni Tentō [Every Colour Illuminate]:[/COLOR][/u] Shisai focuses the sun's light in the circle created by Nisshoku, creating a dazzling array of white light. She then splits the light into its individual colours with the force of her Reiatsu. The resultant array of light then focuses intensely on certain areas (that Shisai wills), creating seven pillars that deal immense damage to all beings within them. The pillars remain until Shisai dispels her Bankai. 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