[OOC] The New Shinigami: A Bleach RP

[Artymis]

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Hundreds of years have passed in the Soul Society since the capture of Aizen Sosuke. Whilst many sacrifices were made in order to destroy one of the greatest threats that the Soul Society had ever saw, nobody has forgotten the history. The memory of those who had stopped him and his subordinates is freshly written into the history books and remembered well by the Shinigami of the new generation. Names of former captains were passed down as legends, awe inspiring godlike figures after their departure from the Soul Society.

Much of what was lost has been rebuilt thanks to their great efforts, and no longer are there the gaping holes left by the vast conflicts caused by Aizen himself. However, little of what once was remains, and nearly everyone who had previously existed in the realm of the society is no longer present. New faces have taken over what once was, and that includes you. Whether you are fresh from the Shin'ō Academy, or have been a seat for a year or two, the fact of the matter remains that you are a relative newbie in regards to those in the Seireitei.

How your life starts as a Shinigami is up to you to an extent. Whether you try to ascend the ranks, or remain fiercely loyal to your squad in spite of a promotion is for the most part up to you.

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Shinigami or Soul Reapers as they are otherwise known are the regulators of souls and in some sense, the keepers of balance between the world of the living and the Soul Society. Their primary role is to purify hollows(corrupted souls) and help ensure the safe passing of non-corrupted souls to the Soul Society. In essence, their primary role is the governance of soul, and balancing the total number between the two worlds in order to maintain order.

Primarily, this is done through the usage of a tool known as a Zanpakuto which roughly translates to Soul Cutting Sword. Given by the name,
they are the weaponry of the Shinigami that are capable of combating spiritual beings as in Hollows or other Shinigami. Another fun fact is that no two Zanpakuto are the same and every Shinigami carries one. Even those who do not possess the spiritual pressure in order to know the name/release their sword, they still are unique to that said Shinigami. They are reflections of the Shinigami's power and soul, and the name gives the weapon the ability to empower the Soul Reaper that wields it. More often than not, they have distinct appearances and often have personalities that are similar to that of the owner.

It is important to note that Zanpakuto have two releases, Shikai and Bankai. Shikai is the first release of the sword and requires the Shinigami to learn the name of their Zanpakuto. Upon learning the name and communicating and harmonizing with their Zanpakuto, the sword effectively is able to attain the first release, which is activated by a release command. This changes the shape of the blade and more often than not gives it special abilities. The release commands can vary, from a word to a short poem. Bankai however, is vastly different. It is the final form of a Zanpakuto and is obtained once the user is able to materialize and subjugate their swords spirit. Very few attain this state.

Zanpakuto

Unreleased Zanpakuto


Released Zanpakuto of former Shinigami Renji Abarai

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I suppose I owe you all an apology for making you wait this long, and I will give it to you. I've had an exceptionally busy time over the holidays, but never the less, I apologize. Now that that's out of the way, I suppose we can get this show on the road.
I'm going to leave this welcome for new people to come and create sheets for a while, but once we reach a certain level of people I'll eventually cut off character creation until we stabilise.

Some things to cover however given the lack of clarity within my interest check. This world will be taking place many years after the original arc of Aizen Sosuke although the human world has not moved a hair. You do not need to know much about the series from the show as many of your questions can be answered by the fanmade wiki, but if you have any that they do not cover, then you can ask me. This RP will primarily be based in one squadron up until a certain point where people reach the level that they will be promoted to the rank of seated officers and thus start deferring from the squad if they so wish. We'll be running an original plot that'll slowly unveil itself made by yours truly.

On a final note, I'm going to need a co-gm. If you'd like to volunteer for this herculean task, just hit me up with a PM. Unfortunately, I have no friends otherwise I'd burden them with the task but given the situation I'm going to need a teeny bit of help managing things.

Below is the character sheet that will be used for this RP. If you are interested, please fill it out below and post it for me to review later this upcoming week. Just remember: a quality character sheet makes for a better RP so take your time with it and don't rush concepts if you don't really want to create them. RP what you want to RP.

Character Sheet

_{C H A R A C T E R N A M E / Z A N P A K U T O N A M E}

Name: (Doesn’t have to be Japanese)

Gender: Male or Female.

Age: (Include your visible age as well for clarity, given how long Shinigami live.

Appearance: (include a description if you want. It gives a better image of your character if your picture isn’t exactly what you had in mind. Height and weight would be nice to have as well)

Personality: (Be descriptive. Include your characters likes/dislikes/tendencies/traits/hobbies. Nothing is off limits here. What makes your character themselves?)

Biography: (At least 2-3 paragraphs minimum with enough detail. This should be about your characters life in the soul society/how they became a Shinigami)

Former Life: (I don’t expect a full backstory if you don’t wish to write one, but a short summary of what your character was before entering the soul society would be interesting to hear/valuable to the story)

【Zanpakutō】

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Zanpakutō Name:

Zanpakutō Spirit
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Zanpakutō Personality
Zanpakutō Inner World
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Sealed Zanpakutō Appearance
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【Shikai】
Release Command
Appearance
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Abilities: (Give us a rundown. Is your character an expert swordsman, a kido master, a master of Shunpo. Try to leave some room for development.)

Weaknesses: (Everyone has their demons. What are they lacking ability in, what is the thing holding them back?)

Theme: (I guess you can throw this in here if you want. It's optional but it gives flavor.)

Other: (Anything that my unnecessarily long sheet didn’t cover? Write it here!)

Also, heres a link to the discord so you can communicate easier: discord.gg/PYdEA23

[Artymis]

@vancexentan @Kaesus @Queentze @KawaiiKyouko @Loki Odinson @Jynmi88 @Suku @BladeSS4 @RumikoOhara

This is for those that expressed interest in the check, just doing it twice to make sure that the ping goes through.

[vancexentan]

I hope this turned out well as I stated I'm not too knowledgeable about Bleach.

Wallace Hakuno

Name: Wallace Hakuno

Gender: Male

Age:
Visible: 20-25
Actual: 220

Appearance: A standard built human with a pale complexion, and short cut choppy messy black hair Wallace appears rather un-intimidating at first glance. He sports no discernible scars, and isn't remarkably handsome in the slightest only being described as slightly above average by some. He wears standard shinigami garb for his rank, and doesn't tend to shy away from traditional clothes that suit his station. His eyes are a dull shaded hazel, and he stands in at about 5'11 making him discernibly average. Though where he differs is a modest amount of muscle underneath his clothes as he had spent his life training to be as powerful as he could.

Personality: Though usually laid back, and somewhat lazy in attitude in truth Wallace is willing to push himself to the limit to accomplish what he must. He is not weak willed, or easily frightened though he doesn't relish challenges. He constantly seeks to better himself to make himself more than he was before but he doesn't crave power for the sake of it in a corrupted sense. He wishes simply to improve himself further. He is often not one to enforce rules in themselves believing most rules are guide lines to be followed only at the expense of one's true emotions. If one rule conflicts with something, and is not truly important he is willing to let it slide. Though for more serious rules he understands that they must be enforced. He is loyal, and respectful but not always kind, and forgiving. While he is willing to follow someone he may also be willing to cut them down if circumstances change. Though not treacherous he believes that the individual is more important than the group. He follows the person leading him not the people following the safe path. He believes deep down loyalty can be faulted, and proved to be a mistake if given to the wrong person. But given to someone worthy of it then it becomes something beautiful akin to a sakura tree in bloom.

When in a fighting scenario he is much more blunt, and dangerous victory becomes more of a priority to him than fairness, or brotherhood the enemy in front of him becomes the target of his unrelenting force. He wishes, and hopes for a day that his blades won't need to be turned on a good person. He views those with darkness in their souls to be truly dangerous as they are unpredictable, and possibly the most at risk of being monsters. He doesn't battle purely for the thrill but because he believes it is the best way he can find himself through his zanpakuto.

Other than that one can expect a fairly casual, and simple man who wishes to simply life his after life to its best, and most useful extent.

Biography:
After being welcomed into the Soul Society young Wallace decided to leave his last name behind and take up the last name 'Hakuno' in order to establish something for himself. He wanted to disconnect his old life from his new one in this new world. Living in the Rukongai he spent his new life as an earnest man and thus set out to be hired by a shopkeeper in town. Though initially wanting to avoid the governing staff that the after life held Wallace held himself firm not allowing himself to be intimidated by local thugs, and scoundrels. It took awhile but he found some measure of peace learning the ways of the people here he wanted to make this next life worth something just like his old one. Though he wondered if he could measure up to it completely. Eventually his quiet life was boring him in its tendencies to become like a rut, and he decided to train himself more thoroughly.

Learning what it meant to be a shinigami was a difficult affair for him as he tried to train his body for the endeavor thoroughly. Though he had grown stronger than he had in the human world he wasn't satisfied with that. His training was hard, and often failure was more frequent than success but hard work is the measure of a man's determination. Though it took him a long time for him to figure out how to properly use his Reiatsu in order to pass the needed requirements to enter the academy he didn't falter in his attempts. It was a difficult thing for him to understand the concept of spiritual pressure. He more readily identified with brute force than his own spiritual side.

The time in the academy was good to him he learned easier with the assistance of others in the academy. Often it took him less time to learn with the assistance of an ally than it did by his own lonesome. He was quickly recognized for his almost savant when it came to sword fighting. He easily outclassed the majority of the class in his deft speed, and adamant refusal to be defeated in a contest of blades. Though he quickly found himself more at ease with twin blades, or staffs than he did with his singular blade. His ability to use his reiatsu increased but not exponentially. Though he was at least average in most regards he exceeded others in his Zanjutsu which had grown a fearsome reputation for being quick, and dangerous. Unlike some who sought to overwhelm the opponent Wallace turned his focus into counter attacking the opponents. His specialty was overwhelming them with a flurry of movement when they made a mistake in their form, or putting his opponent into a unrelenting assault in an attempt to bring them to their knees through attrition. He tended to fail however when it came to his Kido. It was not a form that came naturally to him and he struggled with it learning what he could in order to supplement his weaknesses.

When he was assigned to the soul society he was founded to have a rarer form of Zanpakutō. His inner soul was different than some split into two separate entities with two different personalities. Though Wallace was not known for his personality splits he was notable in that he seemed to be more cruel when it came to actually fighting another person. Perhaps it was always there somewhere deep inside of him, and simply dying had brought out a difference between being a hero, and being the victor. Being defeated had always been a concept that disgusted Wallace. Though he knew better than to be a sore loser for it led to unnecessary fights. Taking his place in the soul society he has simply now been complying with command awaiting a chance to become stronger.

Former Life:

Born in a small rural town in America young Wallace's life wasn't anything out of the ordinary. His parents were martial artists, and his grand parents were both standard nuclear families. Wallace's life was short, and one that he lived without regret. He didn't have much in the way of ambition but he was full of passion. He wanted to make his life count. He wanted to make a difference if not just a small one. Though he didn't crave it for power, or fame he just wanted to make the world a better place than he left it. Though this was not to be. As a young college aged adult he died, and passed onto the soul society after saving his friend, and a stranger from a crazed man who thought the government was brain washing the town. He died jumping the killer and got shot through the head. He died without regrets.

Zanpakuto:
Matsumune, and Makaze

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Matsumune


Makaze

A standard of well balance Katana swords that are used in unison. The handles are bound in black, and white covering to differentiate the two. Matsumune is the white katana wielded in the left hand (though the weapons are interchangeable if needed), and is shiner. It holds a more regal, and refined look than its counterpart. It shines when light is reflected off of its smooth blade. It makes a cleaner swifter noise when it cuts through the air than Ikeda.

Makaze on the other hand is bound with blood red cloth, and its hilt is black. Its blade doesn't reflect light like its counter part, and seems to be dirtier than its counterpart though it is not in actuality disgusting to look at just less brilliant in nature. It looks the same as its twin in appearance and can be used in the dominate right hand. It makes a more blunt, and forceful noise when swung in the air.

"Singing Twin Swallows that brings with them the Lightning Storm of Demise...Matsumune! Makaze! Rain divine rage onto the unworthy!"

Though not mastered yet Wallace's entrance into Shikai is marked with the blades changing shades becoming more like each other in appearance. They become wrapped in lightning though to what extent his Shikai can go is not yet known to Wallace.

Abilities: Savant Level Zanjutsu, Talented Hoho Fighter, Average Hakuda. Fair early, and mid fight adaption.

Breakdown: The main form that Wallace relies on is quick, but not light footed movements that attempt to blitz, and overwhelm the enemy. However they are also not lacking in the strength department either. Zanjutsu is the main talent that Wallace holds as his strongest, and he had made sure to not fall flat on his face due to either poor speed, or strength training both to his best extent. However he is still not a match for those who rely purely on overwhelming power, and he has issues keeping up with the quickest foes though that does not mean he isn't a match for either if it comes down to it. He attempts to subvert, and overwhelm the enemy using one of his swords are a diversion allowing him to getting in either light blows, or finishing shots. However without his swords his abilities are majorly hampered. His fist fighting techniques are enough to get him by but nothing worth writing home about.

Despite this his ability to adapt in the early, and mid fight allow him to be a dangerous opponent as he is able to size up, and power through most opponents he comes across through deadly blade work, and endurance. His ability to take blows is notable in that only the most grievous wounds will really put him down if it comes to it but it is not quite to the point where it is a death blow, or nothing. His defense is just as strong as his offense when it comes to it seeing as he has put as much work as possible into his footwork, and style he did not neglect his defensive style. Though he is no wall, or unstoppable dervish he is not a foe to take lightly if on a power scale near him.

Weaknesses: Below Average Kido Abilities, poor ability to invoke natural Reiatsu, and not notable for strategically adapting late fight.

Breakdown: Reiatsu, and Kido abilities were always an issue for Wallace. His abilities were not simply easily called upon. He knows few kido, and only then each is only used to supplement what he can't do with his blades. He doesn't tend to invoke his inner spiritual power because of this, and relies on his swords, and fists to deal with the enemies in front of him. This makes him a easy foe for those who are more able to use the energy they had made against him. In the late fight he starts to lose his bag of tricks. If he fails to overwhelm his opponent by the time wounds have started to set in, or his energy runs low Wallace becomes greatly less of a threat. He has likely exhausted most of his own tricks. Though thanks to his All-Rounder skill set he can still pose at least a viable threat assuming the enemy is in a similar state to himself.

[BladeSS4]

Here is my character sheet entry.

Bakuto Hokori

Name: Bakuto Hokori

Gender: Male

Age: 150

Appearance:


Bakuto is five eleven and weighs around one hundred ad ninty pounds. With a slightly pale but slightly suntanned skinned. He has a tattoo on one of his shoulders some sort of tribal art, he just got it because he thought it looked cool and made him look tough. He keeps himself lacks with his clothing both when he is in a human body in the world of the living

Personality: Bakuto has a rather eccentric personality, while during 'official business' he tries to seem stern, respectful and the kind of person who follows the rules and order of the soul society, when alone to do what he returns to his true personality. He is slightly unstable, and a bit quirky. Doing things the right way isnt his way, if he can get a job done better doing it another way then he will whether it be a harder way or easier.

Bakuto loves to fight hollows, and being surrounded by them just so he can kill more of them. The more hollows he has to fight the happier he is. While he does like fighting other soul reapers he prefers fighting hollows as he doesnt feel like he have to hold back and he can fight without worrying about killing an ally. Bakuto also likes a good competition whether it be gambling or some sort of physical sport to just plain fighting. Bakuto is very competitive and hates losing.

Bakuto always likes to keep 'updated' on what happens in the world of the living, always trying to find some reason to go there even if it is a very petty reason. Bakuto has a slight dislike to kido based zanpakutos. While he does find them impressive he believes the sword should be used like a sword and not like a magical wand or something along those lines.
Bakuto is a bit 'broken' from time to time he will go from being normal to very aggressive. He also is a bit unstable often doing things thought to be 'crazy' or abnormal.

Biography:
His time as as a Shinigami or Soul Reaper Bakuto spends most of his time hunting and killing Hollows. He has a been a soul reaper for one hundred years. Bakuto was found within the far outskirts of the Kusajishi district. The soul reapers who found him were chasing a hollow that managed to enter the soul society. The hollow attacked a young Bakuto, he was found killing the Hollow with a stick or at least that is the story that is told. The truth is Bakuto was found beating the Hollow with a stick until the soul reapers showed up to finish it off.

Bakuto had rather strong spiritual energy and was brought back with the soul reapers. Bakuto joined the academy and became a full soul Reaper. It was a few years after he became a soul reaper. He along with multiple members of his squad took on a menos grande. The Gillan class. Bakuto was stuck inside the belly of the Hollow for two weeks, his spirit pressure alone kept him from being digested.

It wasnt until the menos was killed was when he was freed but not before he lost himself. Mentally and physically being trapped within the monstrous hollow, surrounded constantly by the energy and spirit pressure of the hollow was enough to snap his mind and soul sort of speak.

Later he found his shikai to his Zanpakuto a gruesome weapon reminiscent that of a hollow and that of his chaotic soul. From here on he specialized in hunting hollows even requesting on multiple occasions to go to Hucho Mundo to fight hollows obviously denied. He keeps fighting for the soul society wanting to fight more hollows every day.

Former Life: N/A

Zanpakuto: Bakuto's Zanpakuto Chūkū no shi, The hollow reaper, a zanpakuto in a unreleased state is a normal soul reaper sword but when released it combines with the sheath to create a deadly scythe. A weapon that devours reishi, breaks any reishi and absorb it feeding the power that is Bakuto's Zanpakuto.absorb reishi that is below or equal to the spiritual pressure of the user and capibile of firing that energy back or store it for later.

Zanpakuto appearance

Abilities:
Unorthdox fighting skills good at using strange moves to fight.

Expert at hand to hand fighting without a weapon. He fights and to hand better then most.

Adept Flash Step user he is able to use the Flash Step but isnt really better then anyone who uses it, just cant move at the speed of flash step with an average level of quality and speeds when using it that other Flash step users can do.

Mastered of only one Kido, bakudo 1 sai, cant use any other kido attacks that arent part of his zanpakuto or this one. In fact other then this spell Bakuto is terrible at Kido

Supieror skills at tracking Hollows. Ever since Bakuto was eaten alive by a menos Bakuto has been able to track Hollows on a level that is superior over a normal soul reaper and that of officers sometimes he can track hollows by their spirit energy can almost even track them when they go into the in between worlds between where they are and Hucho Mundo.

Weaknesses:
Lacks in using nearly every form of kido. As said before he is terrible at Kido.

Poor sense of direction gets lost very easily even in the most obvious area and places he has been.

Cannot sense spirit energy very well, unless it is a hollow Bakuto cannot sense it very well unless it is abundently powerful or strong.

Other: N/A

[Loki Odinson]

Baili

"To uphold justice and punish those who defy it. To protect Seireitei and annihilate those who seek to harm it. That is what the Gotei 13 is for! That is what being a Shinigami means!"

Name: Baili (she doesn't have a surname)

Gender: Female

Age: Visible age = 20, actual age = 144

Appearance: Baili has straight, dark brown hair that looks black when not under light which she keeps short in a messy bob-cut, the end of the longest strands falling just shy of the top of her shoulders. She takes after her mother in her mortal life regards to facial features and lithe body structure. She has high cheekbones and an oval face that ends in a sharp and pointed chin, framed by short side-fringes that are just a little longer than the rest of her hair. Her fairly-even-but-jagged forehead fringe is parted to the left and stops just above her slightly arched eyebrows, high enough not to get into her eyes when she does vigorous activities, or merely tilts her head down. She has a straight nose, thin, firm lips that are faintly pink and a strong jawline, making her more handsome than pretty. Her eyes are gunmetal-blue, staring piercingly out from under heavy-lidded eyelids, giving her a consistently bored look, as though she is always a minute away from dozing off.

She can add excellent flexibility and muscle control to her physical attributes. Due to her short height and legs (standing at 165cm (5'5") and weighing 50kg), Baili has gotten used to needing to keep pace with people with longer strides than her, thus, her steps are always brisk and purposeful. Not to mention, her posture is ramrod straight no matter if she sits or stands as she wishes to appear taller. Her height is something of a sore spot due to her family members all being a good few inches taller, their teasing not really helping her slight complex.

Personality: Baili has many different aspects to her personality. She is often serious, maintaining a bland expression which can turn into a sharp scowl if faced with something – or someone – she dislikes. Most of her insults make her sound like a grumpy old man, courtesy of Sabaku no Hogo-sha. As someone who does not like to be under the spotlight, she tries to appear bland and unassuming. Her common looks, unmodified Shinigami uniform allows her to fade into the sea of people around her and her polite, mild-mannered speech all contribute greatly in making her seem like an ordinary, boring person. The sort you meet by the handfuls in every squad compound.

But unknown to mere acquaintances, she has a humorous side, often displayed in the form of dry or sarcastic comments - all influence of her spirit, really! - especially when hanging around the few people she fully trusts – most of them her squadmates. People on that list also include her adopted family, a few childhood friends she hasn't seen in a while, and a select few members of other squads. Baili only allows herself to be carefree, loud and active when in a place she feels safe, such as her home and her squad compound. She is relatively caring in that while she doesn’t believe in sugar-coating the truth no matter how harsh it may be, she will break the news gently if that person is close to her, or is in visible distress, close to breaking down.

Baili is extremely practical, and strives to be a woman of sound moral principles, and would stand by them no matter what it cost her. She takes what the Gotei 13 stands for to heart, and will not hesitate to dole out justice if she believes is for the greater good. Staunchly loyal, firm, and unbending in her beliefs. She is a hard worker and can be stubborn and hard-headed when she believes she is right, and refuses to be convinced otherwise unless the opponent manages to bring sound logic into the argument. Though she has a sharp tongue and has no problems in standing up to others when she is in a temper, Baili is still the type of person who would give others a second chance when they had proven themselves worthy of it. She refrains from judging people by first impression alone, and usually reserves her opinion until she knows them better. While she might be a hard person to offend, she can't stand being belittled, and can get rather competitive, especially if that particular person proves rather challenging. Her temper is a slow simmering fire, not easily coerced into rearing up and retaliate, but the right trigger works like kerosene, making it explosive and abruptly, but dwindles down quickly. The right trigger? Threatening her friends. The older ones can take care of themselves, but the younger were her responsibilities.

Biography: Baili woke up in District 76, Sakahone, East Rukongai, where she discovered she had no memory of her past except for the name Baili, and the flashes of voices and images that surface whenever she drifts off to sleep. Dying at the age of 19 didn't exactly give her enough time to refine her social skills in terms of adult society, and she had never lived by herself besides during a trip in the holidays. However, her willingness to learn and work just for a place to sleep and food in her stomach did manage to bag her a job in a noodle shop as the cleaning lady. She did her best to keep her head down, not drawing attention to herself as thugs roamed the streets and gang fights were a common sight.

For a few years this worked as Baili slowly integrated herself into this place, and learned about the world she is now a part of from anyone willing to share. Due to her getting along with her boss - a little old woman with several adopted kids of her own - and the family, she was gradually accepted into the little circle, becoming another one of the old woman's unoffical adopted daughter. Her life was fairly uneventful and peaceful, something which Baili was rather grateful for. Dying and losing her memories of her past life didn't seem so bad after all. However, what she wasn't aware of was that she possessed reiatsu higher than the average soul in this district, and her inability to control it - and ignorance of it - would land her in trouble sooner or later.

The time came when she left to gather some ingredients for her adopted grandmother. A Hollow, attracted by the uncontrolled spiritual energy she was unconsciously emitting, pounced and managed to score a good hit on her back. Shocked, injured and bleeding, Baili desperately tried to scramble to her feet and crawl away, adrenaline helping numb the agonising throbbing and stinging from the wound. And large, bone-white fingers wrapped around her middle and she was lifted off the ground, Baili resigned herself to dying again. Except that didn't happen. There was a rush of wind and the sound of a sword leaving its scabbard. Then she was falling back to the ground. Landing on her side, she pushed herself upright despite her muscles screaming in protest just in time to see a person in black Shihakusho cleaving pieces of the monster with the sword in his hands. She watched the fight in awe, a resolve forming deep within her heart.

In a matter of minutes, the monster died and faded away with one last wail and the man - who introduced himself as a Shinigami of Squad Ten - was kind enough to heal her wounds and answer her questions. He even presented a piece of paper summarising Shinso Academy where one could train to be a Shinigami before departing. Hearing from a Shinigami's own mouth that she had enough reiatsu to be accepted into the Academy in a couple of years' time, Baili was ecstatic. She didn't like feeling so useless in the face of that Hollow, and a large part of her shudders at the thought of being devoured by it.

The day she was accepted as a student in the Academy was one of the best things in her life, both past and present. Although kenjutsu came naturally to her, being talentless at kido held her back from early graduation. Hence, she graduated at the usual rate, and did not even get more than a passing glimpse of her Zanpakuto spirit when she joined a squad as a complete newbie. It was through a year of meditation and more years of facing Hollows that she eventually managed to get in contact with Sabaku no Hogo-sha. Even if sometimes, she really wish she hadn't. The fox had the personality and voice of a grumpy old man and over the years, she found some of its attitude bleeding into her own. It didn't help that she could always hear him. Sure, she can block him out, but Baili has never felt comfortable blocking out her Zanpakuto. It always feels as though she is missing a limb or two.

With a little less than a century of experience as a Shinigami under her belt, Baili still strives to uphold all that a Shinigami stands for. Perhaps it is due to her first impression of one being her saviour, but she tends to think the higher-ups all have the good of Seireitei in mind, even if the methods they use to achieve an end is less than ideal.

Former Life: The eldest daughter to a Taiwanese father and Japanese mother running a Kenjutsu dojo in the small city of Nagaoka, she was born Okita Yuya, with Baili being her middle name. Her mortal life wasn't all that exciting, with a normal childhood and normal life. She was six when her little brother was born, and she devoted herself to caring for the cute little boy. In between school, learning the Way of the Sword, teaching her brother and hanging out with her friends, she liked to go on random adventures with her best friend Senya. The two girls would always be gone for a week or so during their holidays, returning with stories of interesting sights or events. However, it was on one of this trip that she lost her life. The ship the two women took was met with a violent storm, capsizing the small vessel and throwing the passengers overboard. In the struggle for the pile of lifevests, Baili was knocked unconscious. At least she wasn't awake to experience drowning to death.

Zanpakuto:

Sabaku no Hogo-sha

Zanpukuto Spirit: Sabaku no Hogo-sha - A grumpy male desert fox with sandy brown fur, purple markings all along his body and glowing yellow eyes. He is a sarcastic SOB even to his wielder who hates getting wet. He is normally content with snoozing away in his wielder's mindscape but will get riled up whenever a fight is on. He hates his wielder losing as in extension, he is technically losing too.


When sealed, the zanpukuto takes the form of a wakizashi as it compliments Baili's short stature and preference for speed over power or reach.


"Hisan to takashio, Hogo-sha!" (Scatter and surge, Hogo-sha!)
Unsealed, Baili's shikai leaves her with no physical weapon as it dissolves her sword entirely into sand she can manipulate. She typically condenses half of it into a whip while the other half stick to her skin, providing a layer of protection via sand armour. This usually tricks her opponent into believing that her shikai takes the form of a whip constructed from sand which can reform when it breaks as long as Baili has enough reiatsu to do so. She has just figured out how to inject her reiatsu into her sand in order to protect it from getting wet but is still unable to use this skill effciently in a combat situation. More practice is needed.
Baili has yet to be able to manipulate every grain of sand her sword becomes without a lot of concentration on her part. As she usually only divides the amount of sand two ways (as an armour and a whip), she still finds it difficult to have her sand go off in multiple directions at a time. Only through practice will she be able to improve.

Abilities: An expert of Zanjutsu and an adept at Hoho, she prefers to run circles around her opponent and strike any openings with her wakizashi, using speed and agility to her advantage in combat. She certainly has the stamina and endurance to drag any battles she has little hope of winning until backup arrives. Baili is best at close combat currently, with mid-range combat a close second due to the nature of her shikai. She has a higher than average ability in the field of Reiatsu Chikaku (Spiritual Pressure Perception) thanks to her zanpakuto spirit, which is enhanced when her shikai is released. Her resilience and refusal to give up is perhaps one of her greatest strength, allowing her to endure more than she would be able to.

Weaknesses: Her hakuda skills are average, focused more on defensive than offensive due to lacking power and strength behind her hits and her kido is abysmal. Her reiatsu control is not atrocious, seeing as she can manipulate her shikai, but she just can't seem to grasp the basics of shaping her spells before firing them off. Most of the time, they blow up in her face and when they don't, it is either so weak it disperses before hitting the target or completely off target. Needless to say, she sucks at long-ranged combat. One of her biggest weakness is over-analysing her opponent in combat. She tends to overestimate them and underestimate herself, leaving her defending most of the time rather than keeping up constant attacks.

Theme: Finding one

Other: Although her Zanpakuto's element is sand, her reiatsu effect is not an elemental one. Rather, if she releases all her spiritual pressure, all the person standing next to her would be able to feel is as though sandpaper is being rubbed on their skin since she doesn't have that much presence. If she has it under control, nothing will happen.
She always end up curling into a ball when sleeping and has a habit of bearing her teeth when frustrated or extremely irritated.

[Artymis]

I'll review these sheets once I'm home from college today.

[KawaiiKyouko]

Any spelling mistakes I blame on the fact that I wrote it all with my left hand. I apologize in advance.

Araragi Mia

Name: Araragi Mia

Gender: Female

Age: 433 actual age, 24 in presented age.

Appearance:

Picture

Due to her dislike for the official shinigami kimono look, she's long decided to do it her own way. Tying up the torso-part of the robe around her waist, she instead keeps a sleeve-less tunic on show. Think like this, just with the official shinigami uniform instead of the mechanic pants:

Personality: At first glance, Mia seem to be cold and harsh. Her speech mannerism holds an overarching sarcastic and insulting tone, as if she constantly speaks down to people. Because of this she tends to struggle forming friendly relations, and people seem to distrust her as well. Not that it bothers her a lot, instead she simpe assumes them to be fools or whatever else one might imagine. However this is just the way she is to people she doesn't know, as a way to ward people off. Instead, when she actually is able to form a meaningful relationship with someone, she changes drasticly. Her offensive tone is exchanged with a cheerfully friendly one, her scowling turns to smiles. Nothing really stops her from protecting those she holds dear, even if that includes murder, kidnapping or whatever else. Warding them off with a cold glare which allows her time to properly judge the person and see if he or she fits their group. Thanks to this, she's an extremely reliable person in intent, always doing what she believes is best for her and the people she cares for. Even if that includes going against the laws of the Gotei 13, her captain or anything similar. If they make choices she finds problematic, she'll aduibly sound her dislike for the decision and instead urge a different path.

She's a hopeless romantic as well, the very idea of love between people is something she much shows enthusiasm for. If she sees anyone or hears of anyone in love, she'll start to plot in the shadows on how she can help that happen. And with her unlimited knowledge of romance from her books, she'll find a way, no matter what. Failure is not an option. Despite usually ending in it.

She isn't afraid of much, scoffing at the idea of it more often than not, considering she's a firm believer that a good plan can overcome the greatest of adversities. She constantly seek to challenge her tactical mind as well as her kido, finding much comfort in the idea of being a support unit in battle. And for that purpose she's willing to use every tool in the box, using traps, baits and what else to ensure victory. Very much a fan of dirty tricks in fights, honorable fighting is to her just foolishness, as ensuring every advantage over the opponent is far superior to walking off with a gash across the belly but with a smile of self-satisfied pride. She'd much rather leave battle with all troops alive and with the enemy utterly defeaated by tactical tripwires or anything similar.

In everyday business, it is common to see her either train her skills or sit under a tree reading a book. Her love for reading is fairly known, Mia does not hide it, and she often start to talk about any book she's read in a common discussion. She also loves particular kinds of seafood like bluefin tuna sushi, an element that she's brought along from her time alive, as well as various deserts to please her sweettooth. Chess and shogi are games she love to play as they challenge her wit and mind, and she's often seen playing with either herself or anyone else or discussing tactics, openings and the like. She dislikes anyone talking down her hobbies, disliking it enough to the level she might proclaim the person to be an enemy of hers until the end of day. She's quite animated in that sense. She also quite dislikes people similar to her, the twofaced people or the arrogant types, as the discussions will be far too boring. She also really dislikes anyone that to her seem like show-offs. Games that involve physics like football and such, she scoffs at. Calling it sports for simple minds.

Biography: Brought to Seireitei in the East Rukongai district 79, her initial beginning to afterlife was less than desirable. The people there were all sad, poor alcoholics that thrived on self-deprecation and hate. And so the soul of the former human had to find her spot in this unforgiving world through theft, manipulation, feats of strength and the like. There went no single day without her ending in a brawl, and many times she got the short stick of it considering her lacking powers. She eventually learned that her reiatsu was refined and thus she began training to control it all by herself. Successful in this feat she was, without any aid she managed to master the use of Kido #1 Sai. A good help to her life of theft.

Eventually came the day when the people in her district began to accept her. Perhaps out of necessity thanks to her newfound abilities with Kido, but that was no matter. She managed to form a little unit of bandits that quickly began to roam. Her wave of influence in the area increased and more and more joined her bandit force. They stole, they murdered, they raped, all to ensure her a good life. Yet within her she felt hollow and sad, she didn't mind the constant fight for survival per say, she did however struggle with the murdering. Unnecessary deaths are indeed unnecessary in her eyes. Yet she swallowed her distaste for her own actions and kept going until the one day the Gotei 13 marched to stop her rampage. It didn't take the soldiers long to split her force and break it down, yet she remained. Her kido mastery was so high for an untrained civilian that she was capable of restraining three soul reapers, enough for the leading officer to instead of putting her down, he recruited her. And so started her time in the Seireitei.

Call it a stroke of luck, she wouldn't care. Now she could instead do something more tasteful than senseless rampage as a bandit leader. Her time in the academy was a good one. Although her sword mastery was without doubt lacking, it mattered little in the face of her kido mastery. Within the few years she was present, she managed to master kido up to the 50's, and even manage to use semi-high level kido like Rikujokoro. The grades were accordingly, and she was pretty highly sought after due to her expertize. Given that she easily found herself in the Gotei 13 after graduation, she seemed to be pretty satisfied with herself. Yet she knew she could do more, and so she spent her first few years in the Gotei practicing shunpo exclusively. Every day she worked on her speed, and she simply went faster and faster. Her zanpaktou however, was sidelined. She knew her swordsmanship would never reach a great level, so she ignored the sword by her side. It took her far longer than most to discover that the sword actually had it's own conciousness. Even longer for her to discover it could speak. And mucch longer than that for her to unlock the Shikai form of the blade. And now she seeks a path into Squad 2.

Former Life: Mia was a court lady during feudal Japan, spending her time performing exhausting tea ceremonies and the like. The draw of shogi was there even then, but given the social issues tied to a female playing that game, she was disallowed to play by her husband. And one day, a warlord came to visit, turned out her husband had been trying to rouse the locals to overthrow the local government... and she was the one that had to perish for her husband to escape.

Zanpakuto: Mia has the dual-sided dagger-type zanpaktou, aptly named "Shizukana Yoru". Her shikai release phrase goes like this: "Shred the Light, Shizukana Yoru"


Abilities: A kido adept, expertizing in use of Bakudo based kido especially, and an adept shunpo user. Capable of using kido up to the 50's without incantation, 60's with full incantation. Proficient strategist, and exceptionally stealthy.

Weaknesses: Terrible swordplay abilities, poor at direct frontline combat in general. Like, downright useless. With or without a blade in hand, she's equally useless.

Theme: youtube.com/watch?v=_d0HRTx5CAI

My Hider

Watch the show the song is from btw

Other:

Kido Spellbook

Bakudo (Restraining Kido)

#1 Sai
#2 Joumyaku
#4 Hainawa
#8 Seki
#18 Shikakushogaisho
#21 Sekienton
#30 Shitotsu Sansen
#37 Tsuriboshi
#39 Enkosen
#61 Rikujokoro

Hado (Offensive Kido)

#4 Byakura
#31 Shakkahou
#32 Okasen
#33 Sokatsui
#58 Tenran

[Artymis]

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@vancexentan

Your character is good, but as you said you have limited knowledge of bleach so there is a few things that you're going to need to clean up.

- As a whole, Shinigami can live for a long time. However, 740 is bordering on one of the oldest characters in the entire soul society never mind the group, so you should probably shorten the age to the 50-300 range if possible.
- The picture you are using for your Zanpakuto is from the show itself, so I'd like if you change that if possible.
- I'd like to see a few more details in the abilities/weaknesses section. Whilst you've stated what is actually the case for your character, I'd like some more intricacies and expansion in this section.

You did a good job though, just fix those details up and you'll be alright to jump in.

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@BladeSS4

There's little explicitly wrong with this character and I'm fond of some of the design points although I'd like to see more detail as a whole(it's entirely optional if you want to add it). However, there's a few things that are going to need fixing from a balancing of power perspective

- Change your Zanpakuto's ability to "absorb reishi that is below or equal to the spiritual pressure of the user." The design is slightly overpowered even with this quirk, but if you were able to simply destroy captain's kido based zanpakuto at this stage in the rp then it'd push it a little far.
- In abilities, add more detail to how your character can do. Just give some intricacies and more flavour to it so that we can get a better feel of what your character is capable/incapable of.

Once you fix these up you'll be good to go.

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@Loki Odinson

I love this character. It's exceptionally well made and I'm pleased with the level of thought and detail that's been put in. However, because I'm myself, I'm just going to nitpick something just because it's bothering me.

- I'd like you to change Master of Shunpo to something else. Shunpo is an exceptionally difficult thing to sort of learn within the Bleach universe and to say that you are a master implies that you've perfected something, and given that the roleplay is centred around young/new blood, it leaves you little room for development in this aspect. A word like adept would be better suited in this case I feel.
- You may wanna lower the age a little bit. 344 is slightly old for a rookie Shinigami. Maybe 50 years or so, but this is up to you.

Change that for me and you are accepted(sorry for being annoying!)

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@KawaiiKyouko

Oddly enough, this is the same scenario as Loki's character. The design and everything is great and I enjoy the overall theme. However, there are a few things I'm going to nitpick just because they annoy me.
- I don't like the term master this early. Use adept, a master would imply that the ability is perfect and they have nothing to improve on. Also, tone down the usage of kido. Perhaps 50 without incantation and 60 with incantation and specify what kido she can use just so that we know what she could pull out, given even the kido masters are not capable users of every single kido.
- The age is a bit high for a young shinigami. Unless your character spent like 350 years in the Rukon district, tone it down to the 50-300 range.

I do love your character however and I feel it's a fairly balanced concept. Fix those two things and you're all good with me.

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Reviews are done, I'm sorry for the nitpicking everyone but I'm kind of obsessive over the smaller details so I just had to point them out so please be patient with me on this!

If you fix what I asked you to, just pm me to let you know here or on discord and I'll verify it so you can post it in the character sheet thread.

Also would like to let you know that Syn is going to co-gm. He's a cool guy so just ask him about anything if I'm not online.

[vancexentan]

@ArtymisI changed the pictures, and the age but what exactly are you looking for in terms of strengths, and weaknesses? I also couldn't find proper katana designs so I made do with what I could by using other swords from different animes.

[Artymis]

@ArtymisI changed the pictures, and the age but what exactly are you looking for in terms of strengths, and weaknesses? I also couldn't find proper katana designs so I made do with what I could by using other swords from different animes.

@vancexentan

Swords are fine if that's what you had in mind for their design. The strengths and weaknesses I'm looking for enhanced details. If you'd like an example to what I'm looking for exactly, something akin to those in Loki's sheet would be optimal. That's kind of what I had in mind for that section if that's fine for you.

[vancexentan]

@ArtymisI'm not happy with the designs so I went with aesthetics but I can't find any other sword that would match the pictures in my head. I also edited my skills section hopefully that's what you wanted because if not I'm at a loss for what exactly you want.

[Artymis]

@ArtymisI'm not happy with the designs so I went with aesthetics but I can't find any other sword that would match the pictures in my head. I also edited my skills section hopefully that's what you wanted because if not I'm at a loss for what exactly you want.

@vancexentan

Changes look good! Stick it in a spoiler and you're accepted.

[vancexentan]

Alright should I post it in the CS section, or are you doing that?

[Artymis]

Go ahead and post it on the character section.

[CaliforniaState]

Hello I am here

[KawaiiKyouko]

@Artymis
The kido changes are fine. I didnt want to use the word master yet anyways. However the age stays, she fought a long, hard bttle outta the dumpster!

As for which kido she can access, given the lack of knowledge of all kido available, can we create our own in those without an actual kido?

[Artymis]

@Artymis
The kido changes are fine. I didnt want to use the word master yet anyways. However the age stays, she fought a long, hard bttle outta the dumpster!

As for which kido she can access, given the lack of knowledge of all kido available, can we create our own in those without an actual kido?

@KawaiiKyouko

Feel free to. Just give a detailed explanation in creation/what it does/chant/number etc. Do submit it for review before so I know it's not broken from a balance perspective.

Age is fine if that's what you want, was just making sure that was your intention.

[KawaiiKyouko]

@Artymis
I'll make two Bakudo-style Kidos then which will be her go-to skills alongside Sai. Just some weak stuff for now. Might create some more later on too.

Aye it was. No worries! Also, updated for now. Will add in homemade kidos to the spellbook once you've accepted them.

[KawaiiKyouko]

H'okies, settled on these ideas

Kido ideas

#2 Joumyaku
A bakudo style kido where the practioneer holds an index finger up, pointing towards the sky, before a ray of light bursts up from the ground of the user's target, tying itself around his/her leg.

Incantation: "Burst of seeds. Sprawling grass in falling rain. Tie him up, oh Blue Light, Bakudo #2, Joumyaku!"

Easy for any to break out of, functions better as distractive measures.

#18 Shikakushougaisho
A Bakudo style Kido where the practioneer holds his/her zanpakuto high, letting the blade collect energy which bursts out in a blinding light for a brief moment. The practioneer can choose to use a finger instead of the zanpakuto, at the cost of massive effectiveness.

Incantation: "Gaze upon me, Gods of the Sky. Gaze upon me, Birds soaring so High. Gaze upon me, King of the Land. Gaze upon me, Peasant and Common Man. Gaze upon me, for your vision is nigh. Bakudo #18, Shikakushougaisho!

A blind type of kido that increases in effectivness based on user. For a newbie, it will last barely half a second, and for a master it may lSt for a whole ten seconds instead.

[Artymis]

H'okies, settled on these ideas

Kido ideas

#2 Joumyaku
A bakudo style kido where the practioneer holds an index finger up, pointing towards the sky, before a ray of light bursts up from the ground of the user's target, tying itself around his/her leg.

Incantation: "Burst of seeds. Sprawling grass in falling rain. Tie him up, oh Blue Light, Bakudo #2, Joumyaku!"

Easy for any to break out of, functions better as distractive measures.

#18 Shikakushougaisho
A Bakudo style Kido where the practioneer holds his/her zanpakuto high, letting the blade collect energy which bursts out in a blinding light for a brief moment. The practioneer can choose to use a finger instead of the zanpakuto, at the cost of massive effectiveness.

Incantation: "Gaze upon me, Gods of the Sky. Gaze upon me, Birds soaring so High. Gaze upon me, King of the Land. Gaze upon me, Peasant and Common Man. Gaze upon me, for your vision is nigh. Bakudo #18, Shikakushougaisho!

A blind type of kido that increases in effectivness based on user. For a newbie, it will last barely half a second, and for a master it may lSt for a whole ten seconds instead.

@KawaiiKyouko

Both are fine with me. Also, your characters accepted, feel free to post it in the character section.