Post by D - Tetsushiga Mai on Dec 1, 2007 21:44:11 GMT -4
Arrancar
Name: Gatobah
Gender: Male
Age: around 600 years old, 26 in appearence
Ranking: Espada
Number: 6th Espada (rogue)
Base Type: Vasto Lorde
Physical Description:
Tall, lean and sinewy as opposed to stacked and muscular (but still with fairly broad shoulders...). Black shortish length scruffy hair, constant five o'clock shadow facial hair, ice blue eyes. Bares a resemblance to Kurosaki Isshin. Gaunt in appearance but still handsome, gives quite a dark first impression. His mask fragment (is difficult to describe...) resembles either a halo that has been flattened out and sits level around the back of his head, finishing just over his ears(alternativey, a chakram sitting around the back of his head)... Has a horizontal scar running across his cheek underneath his left eye and towards his nose. He has pale skin similar to that of Ulquiorra
He wears more stereotypical samurai like robes, however they are still that of the stylised white and black hemmed theme, with blue as a recurring motif. He has simlar hakama pants to that of a shinigami, only in white, and with a teal-blue vine pattern going up his left leg. He has a teal-blue sash with a white long Haori, with the recurring teal-blue vine pattern along the shoulders again. His hole is not visible, it is underneath the wide blue sash around hs waist.
Personality
Gatobah spends alot of time on his own, wondering around the furthest reaches of Hueco Mundo, particularly a fringe area called "The Black Sands" where theres a higher than normal concentration of energy and as a result stronger hollow. Outside of battle Gatobah can be quirky and laid back (Isshin anybody? If you havent been able to tell already Isshin is my fave character along with Urahara), sometimes if there are attractive members of the opposite sex around even letcherous. However, on the battlefield he is deadly serious, yet also calm and collected. He always makes an effort never to underestimate an opponent, although he harbours contempt for those that consider themselves above everyone else. Outside of Hueco Mundo he is actually somewhat of a pacifist, or at least will make an effort to talk to somebody beforehand if they really want to battle him. He likes lying on the grass and watching clouds float by, because they dont have clouds in Hueco Mundo...
History:
He was a Samurai of varying importance in Ancient Japan and fought during many wars and battles. Initially he was a footsoldier but soon worked his way up through the ranks, showing promise at a young age. By 19 he was controlling armies for his lord and by 20 he had control over the clan. He fought many an honorable battle, Bushido and the way of the samurai being everything to him, he searched for death in battle, often recklessly. However he eventually fell in love with a prostitute, and that marked the end of his time in power. He became hot headed and impatient and was killed in battle during an infamous defeat. His forces were wiped out themselves and he himself fought to the last man standing, hacking down the final enemy before collapsing from his wounds.
He awoke in Hueco Mundo as a soul where several Hollows 'initiated' him into Hollowdom. He quickly slaughtered his naive makers and wandered Hueco Mundo, defeating many other Hollows. He went straight from his initial form to Adjuchas after single handedly defeating a large swarm of Gillians. He continued to roam Hueco Mundo and eventually attained Vasto-Lorde roughly 1000 years after having died, it took a while but he did it... From then he could sense more powerful enemies gathering from the direction of Las Noches . He learned eventually of the Arrencar and how to attain shinigamification eventually doing so, after defeating another arrancar in battle. The removal of his mask shortly after devouring the previous arrencar boosted his tranformation releasing roughly the same potential as a lower rank Espada. Eventually he had the pwer to challange and defeat the 6th Espada at the time, and was promoted to the position where he remained for many years... until one day he simply walked out of Las Noches and into the sands.
Then he travelled back of into the far reaches of the deserts, uninterested in events at Las Noches, where the consumption of hollow and arrancar was shunned, and back to the powerful beings that roamed the Black sands where he continued to increase his power, defeating many more adjuchas, and several vasto lorde, as well as making some friends and aquaintances. Now he's on his way back, to see how things have changed...
Additional Info:
General:
Appearance:
called Vashna.
Similar to Ichigo's initial Zanpakutou that Byakuya, and later Urahara slice up into bits, that is, roughly a four foot long blade, which is about about four inched deep from spine to cutting edge, very shallow curvature. Blade has a red sheen to it and vine engravings down the folowing edge of the blade. Long tsuka, roughly about 18-20" wrapped in red shark skin as is custom. Worn across back similar to Soifon only slightly lower down and with tsuka on left side. Saya is square ended, black with a marbled effect.
Style: Gatobah uses Iaijutsu, drawing, fatally cutting (more often than not) and sheathing all in one fluid movement, as a result his sword often stays sheathed. His unnatural arrancar strength combined with his skill from his life as a samurai and warrior means he can weild the large blade with minimal effort, despite drawing with and often employing a reverse grip. The tsuba is eliptical and written in kanji upon it is 'Honour' and 'Death'.
Resurrección
" Rakka, Centella no nenshou sora!"
"Descend, Lightning of the Burning Skies!"
Centella is spanish for lightning
Armor/ Appearance:
His mask partially reforms around his face, covering his lower jaw with the stereotypical hollow big sharp toothed grin, The chin of the mask is pointed and extends down about two inches. At the sides the mask goes up a bit further over his ears. Around his temples, one on each side, there are further pointed protrusions, a bone like projection on each side that is angled down slightyl, and sits out about six inches. His body is covered in the white carapace armour, while his legs extend slightly longer with a second join in them, and pawed type feet, similar to the rear legs of a quadroped or the xenomorphs from "Alien". His thighs' and shoulder white carapace armour is styled similar to the Haidate and Sode of japanese armour. The ring around the back of his head expands slightly, and further disc blade type rings (like semi chakrams) form down his back, eventually forming into a tail made of these joined together and overlapping, which he can control and move, about nine feet long. The chakram segments can open rank allowing the tail to extend up to 20 feet maximum. Gauntlet type armour forms around his fore-arms, the ends of which extend into blades (still made out of the white carapace) that curve shallowly about 12" past his hands.
He crackles with electrical energy.
Abilities:
Gatobah's abilities are lightning based.
Passive ability:
The element of electricity is added to his physical attacks, which can have the ability to burn skin/clothes and increases his attack power, however the burning effect is minimal, and only really affects when more power is put into an attack.
Raikou Dageki:
He can fire lightning at his enemy, which comes from the sky, not from his hands, either in one strike, or lots of multiple strikes concentrated over a very small area. These can be blocked against, although if against just bare hands or skin, it will start to blacken and char after a prolonged period of time (by lightning strike measurements prolonged is upwards of ten seconds).
Raikou Enchuu:
An advanced version of Raikou Dageki, where instead of a lightning strike, it is a solid column of lightning from the skies which can carve swathes through the ground, although it moves much more slowly.
Denki-Tama:
He can surround himself by a ball of highly charged plasmolised air, basically like a ball of electricity, which can defend against physical objects as well as airborne intruders such as toxic vapours or gases (as plamolised air burns the air around it, it burns up that which is in the air as well, it is worth mentioning that the air inside of the sphere is not plasmolised so he CAN breath and maintain himself). Whilst the electricity can defend against physical objects its damaging potential is much weaker, for example skin isnt nearly prone to burn and blacken and char as with the other attack. It is a defensive move, and as such, whilst in it he cannot attack. He can move, but not really faster than walking pace, and when airborne its a slow hover. He cannot make use of other hollow abilities however cannot use Cero, Garganta, Negacion or Sonido during this. Whilst it can be drawn up near instantly around Gatobah, it cannot be drawn up, then dropped instantly, use an instant attack and then put it back up again immediately in quick succession.
Cero:: High-powered energy blasts that can be fired from various body parts, such as mouth, tongue, hand or fingers
[Menos, Arrancar, & Vizard only]
Garganta:: It literally tears open the dimensional fabric separating the worlds, revealing a tunnel of whirling, torrential energy that must be focused and solidified to create a discernible pathway
[All hollow possess this ability, though the appearance of the ability differs according to a hollow's strength]
Hierro:: Hardened skin caused by the compression of spirit power. This allows Arrancar to block released Zanpakuto bare-handed, but is not impenetrable. Stronger Arrancar possess stronger skin.
[Arrancar Only]
Negacion:: A field that surrounds a target and pulls them towards the caster. This is often used to rescue or protect fellow Hollow
[Menos class and Arrancar only]
Pesquisa:: The ability to sense and track spiritual power
[All hollows may possess this, though the strength of this ability depends on the strength of the user]
Sonido:: Allows the user to travel at incredibly high speeds for short distances, similar to flash step.
[Arrancar only]
Other Characters: Kurokawa Hasumi (coming soon to a proboard near you)
Roleplay Sample:
The gales blew across the vast expanse of the white desert, kicking up sand and shifting the dunes endlessly.
A lone figure appeared out of the winds, wrapped a heavy brown high collared traveling cloak. He crested a dune and stopped, pausing to look around.
The figure sighed. What was he expecting to see? He would be mad if he expected to see anything but the endless rolling dunes. A hollow would be nice... A powerful one preferably, something to test one's self against...
However, there was nothing.
He shifted his cloak on his shoulders and leaned into the wind.
He had been travelling the dunes for so long, nearly as long as he could remember. Through his battle art and practice, he retained a grip on his humanity, but even now, after all these years, he could feel it slowly slipping away. He'd met many Hollow and other Arrencar, learned many things from them, often shortly before they were dispatched. Sometimes he came across one he favoured, and would travel for a time with them, but eventually they would leave... they always did. He had even been lucky enough in his time to encounter five Vasto Lorde not too dissimilar from himself, four of those had fallen beneath him, boosting his power significantly, and one he had made a pact with... He smiled as he remembered his various friends and enemies. But they were as good as all gone now...
The ground rumbled.
Well... Gatobah smiled to himself.
Not all friends... he placed his hand on the hilt of his zanpakutou, which seemed to hum with anticipation in reply.
The hollow burst forth from under the sand, looming over him.
And not quite all enemies...
General Info
Name: Gatobah
Gender: Male
Age: around 600 years old, 26 in appearence
Ranking: Espada
Number: 6th Espada (rogue)
Base Type: Vasto Lorde
Physical Description:
Tall, lean and sinewy as opposed to stacked and muscular (but still with fairly broad shoulders...). Black shortish length scruffy hair, constant five o'clock shadow facial hair, ice blue eyes. Bares a resemblance to Kurosaki Isshin. Gaunt in appearance but still handsome, gives quite a dark first impression. His mask fragment (is difficult to describe...) resembles either a halo that has been flattened out and sits level around the back of his head, finishing just over his ears(alternativey, a chakram sitting around the back of his head)... Has a horizontal scar running across his cheek underneath his left eye and towards his nose. He has pale skin similar to that of Ulquiorra
He wears more stereotypical samurai like robes, however they are still that of the stylised white and black hemmed theme, with blue as a recurring motif. He has simlar hakama pants to that of a shinigami, only in white, and with a teal-blue vine pattern going up his left leg. He has a teal-blue sash with a white long Haori, with the recurring teal-blue vine pattern along the shoulders again. His hole is not visible, it is underneath the wide blue sash around hs waist.
Personality
Gatobah spends alot of time on his own, wondering around the furthest reaches of Hueco Mundo, particularly a fringe area called "The Black Sands" where theres a higher than normal concentration of energy and as a result stronger hollow. Outside of battle Gatobah can be quirky and laid back (Isshin anybody? If you havent been able to tell already Isshin is my fave character along with Urahara), sometimes if there are attractive members of the opposite sex around even letcherous. However, on the battlefield he is deadly serious, yet also calm and collected. He always makes an effort never to underestimate an opponent, although he harbours contempt for those that consider themselves above everyone else. Outside of Hueco Mundo he is actually somewhat of a pacifist, or at least will make an effort to talk to somebody beforehand if they really want to battle him. He likes lying on the grass and watching clouds float by, because they dont have clouds in Hueco Mundo...
History:
He was a Samurai of varying importance in Ancient Japan and fought during many wars and battles. Initially he was a footsoldier but soon worked his way up through the ranks, showing promise at a young age. By 19 he was controlling armies for his lord and by 20 he had control over the clan. He fought many an honorable battle, Bushido and the way of the samurai being everything to him, he searched for death in battle, often recklessly. However he eventually fell in love with a prostitute, and that marked the end of his time in power. He became hot headed and impatient and was killed in battle during an infamous defeat. His forces were wiped out themselves and he himself fought to the last man standing, hacking down the final enemy before collapsing from his wounds.
He awoke in Hueco Mundo as a soul where several Hollows 'initiated' him into Hollowdom. He quickly slaughtered his naive makers and wandered Hueco Mundo, defeating many other Hollows. He went straight from his initial form to Adjuchas after single handedly defeating a large swarm of Gillians. He continued to roam Hueco Mundo and eventually attained Vasto-Lorde roughly 1000 years after having died, it took a while but he did it... From then he could sense more powerful enemies gathering from the direction of Las Noches . He learned eventually of the Arrencar and how to attain shinigamification eventually doing so, after defeating another arrancar in battle. The removal of his mask shortly after devouring the previous arrencar boosted his tranformation releasing roughly the same potential as a lower rank Espada. Eventually he had the pwer to challange and defeat the 6th Espada at the time, and was promoted to the position where he remained for many years... until one day he simply walked out of Las Noches and into the sands.
Then he travelled back of into the far reaches of the deserts, uninterested in events at Las Noches, where the consumption of hollow and arrancar was shunned, and back to the powerful beings that roamed the Black sands where he continued to increase his power, defeating many more adjuchas, and several vasto lorde, as well as making some friends and aquaintances. Now he's on his way back, to see how things have changed...
Additional Info:
Zanpakuto
General:
Appearance:
called Vashna.
Similar to Ichigo's initial Zanpakutou that Byakuya, and later Urahara slice up into bits, that is, roughly a four foot long blade, which is about about four inched deep from spine to cutting edge, very shallow curvature. Blade has a red sheen to it and vine engravings down the folowing edge of the blade. Long tsuka, roughly about 18-20" wrapped in red shark skin as is custom. Worn across back similar to Soifon only slightly lower down and with tsuka on left side. Saya is square ended, black with a marbled effect.
Style: Gatobah uses Iaijutsu, drawing, fatally cutting (more often than not) and sheathing all in one fluid movement, as a result his sword often stays sheathed. His unnatural arrancar strength combined with his skill from his life as a samurai and warrior means he can weild the large blade with minimal effort, despite drawing with and often employing a reverse grip. The tsuba is eliptical and written in kanji upon it is 'Honour' and 'Death'.
Resurrección
" Rakka, Centella no nenshou sora!"
"Descend, Lightning of the Burning Skies!"
Centella is spanish for lightning
Armor/ Appearance:
His mask partially reforms around his face, covering his lower jaw with the stereotypical hollow big sharp toothed grin, The chin of the mask is pointed and extends down about two inches. At the sides the mask goes up a bit further over his ears. Around his temples, one on each side, there are further pointed protrusions, a bone like projection on each side that is angled down slightyl, and sits out about six inches. His body is covered in the white carapace armour, while his legs extend slightly longer with a second join in them, and pawed type feet, similar to the rear legs of a quadroped or the xenomorphs from "Alien". His thighs' and shoulder white carapace armour is styled similar to the Haidate and Sode of japanese armour. The ring around the back of his head expands slightly, and further disc blade type rings (like semi chakrams) form down his back, eventually forming into a tail made of these joined together and overlapping, which he can control and move, about nine feet long. The chakram segments can open rank allowing the tail to extend up to 20 feet maximum. Gauntlet type armour forms around his fore-arms, the ends of which extend into blades (still made out of the white carapace) that curve shallowly about 12" past his hands.
He crackles with electrical energy.
Abilities:
Gatobah's abilities are lightning based.
Passive ability:
The element of electricity is added to his physical attacks, which can have the ability to burn skin/clothes and increases his attack power, however the burning effect is minimal, and only really affects when more power is put into an attack.
Raikou Dageki:
He can fire lightning at his enemy, which comes from the sky, not from his hands, either in one strike, or lots of multiple strikes concentrated over a very small area. These can be blocked against, although if against just bare hands or skin, it will start to blacken and char after a prolonged period of time (by lightning strike measurements prolonged is upwards of ten seconds).
Raikou Enchuu:
An advanced version of Raikou Dageki, where instead of a lightning strike, it is a solid column of lightning from the skies which can carve swathes through the ground, although it moves much more slowly.
Denki-Tama:
He can surround himself by a ball of highly charged plasmolised air, basically like a ball of electricity, which can defend against physical objects as well as airborne intruders such as toxic vapours or gases (as plamolised air burns the air around it, it burns up that which is in the air as well, it is worth mentioning that the air inside of the sphere is not plasmolised so he CAN breath and maintain himself). Whilst the electricity can defend against physical objects its damaging potential is much weaker, for example skin isnt nearly prone to burn and blacken and char as with the other attack. It is a defensive move, and as such, whilst in it he cannot attack. He can move, but not really faster than walking pace, and when airborne its a slow hover. He cannot make use of other hollow abilities however cannot use Cero, Garganta, Negacion or Sonido during this. Whilst it can be drawn up near instantly around Gatobah, it cannot be drawn up, then dropped instantly, use an instant attack and then put it back up again immediately in quick succession.
Hollow Techniques
Cero:: High-powered energy blasts that can be fired from various body parts, such as mouth, tongue, hand or fingers
[Menos, Arrancar, & Vizard only]
Garganta:: It literally tears open the dimensional fabric separating the worlds, revealing a tunnel of whirling, torrential energy that must be focused and solidified to create a discernible pathway
[All hollow possess this ability, though the appearance of the ability differs according to a hollow's strength]
Hierro:: Hardened skin caused by the compression of spirit power. This allows Arrancar to block released Zanpakuto bare-handed, but is not impenetrable. Stronger Arrancar possess stronger skin.
[Arrancar Only]
Negacion:: A field that surrounds a target and pulls them towards the caster. This is often used to rescue or protect fellow Hollow
[Menos class and Arrancar only]
Pesquisa:: The ability to sense and track spiritual power
[All hollows may possess this, though the strength of this ability depends on the strength of the user]
Sonido:: Allows the user to travel at incredibly high speeds for short distances, similar to flash step.
[Arrancar only]
Additional
Other Characters: Kurokawa Hasumi (coming soon to a proboard near you)
Roleplay Sample:
The gales blew across the vast expanse of the white desert, kicking up sand and shifting the dunes endlessly.
A lone figure appeared out of the winds, wrapped a heavy brown high collared traveling cloak. He crested a dune and stopped, pausing to look around.
The figure sighed. What was he expecting to see? He would be mad if he expected to see anything but the endless rolling dunes. A hollow would be nice... A powerful one preferably, something to test one's self against...
However, there was nothing.
He shifted his cloak on his shoulders and leaned into the wind.
He had been travelling the dunes for so long, nearly as long as he could remember. Through his battle art and practice, he retained a grip on his humanity, but even now, after all these years, he could feel it slowly slipping away. He'd met many Hollow and other Arrencar, learned many things from them, often shortly before they were dispatched. Sometimes he came across one he favoured, and would travel for a time with them, but eventually they would leave... they always did. He had even been lucky enough in his time to encounter five Vasto Lorde not too dissimilar from himself, four of those had fallen beneath him, boosting his power significantly, and one he had made a pact with... He smiled as he remembered his various friends and enemies. But they were as good as all gone now...
The ground rumbled.
Well... Gatobah smiled to himself.
Not all friends... he placed his hand on the hilt of his zanpakutou, which seemed to hum with anticipation in reply.
The hollow burst forth from under the sand, looming over him.
And not quite all enemies...