Shinigami Template
Basics
Name: Ishukage (Malice’s Shadow)
True Age: 150
Gender: Male
Personality: Generally, age is a tactically sound individual who shares the principles of the Seventh Division that relies of strength and duties to defend those who cannot defend themselves. However, unlike his former captains, Love and Kumomura, he does not stand guard. Instead, he is willing to decimate his enemies as a way to prevent them before they even thought about attempting to attack the defenseless rather than to stand between them and the defenseless to prevent them from carrying it out. Overtime, he earned the reputation for his talents in tactics and great combat prowess. However, he also earned the mistrust from Captain Kumomura, who placed him on one of the lower ranked officers because a man who cannot simply follow orders should not be on the high ranking officer positions. He has no arrogance as he often thought about others while he does not invoke any authority to others around him, which earned some praises among those in the Rukongai. However, he is notably ruthless, relentless and ambitious. Despite the ruthlessness, he used his tactics to make sure those who work under him will survive to see eternity because good soldiers make good morale while good morale makes good army. He is very hard to his men, but is commented only for their sake and for his sake in return that he will have hardened soldiers, not lambs for the slaughter. When hunting defected Shinigami, he has a reputation to bring none back alive, so if he was sent, the deserters are too dangerous to be brought back alive or to be free.
To Captain Kumomura, Ishukage does have some grudge, but his passive aggression often hides that fact as only Captain Kumomura can pick up on that clue as well as others who are familiar with him. From time to time, he is seen training new recruits who are deemed to be determined enough to withstand his rigorous training regiments. He even provides consistent results to his superiors that the shinigami who are trained by him are more capable for tasks involving counter-insurgence, tactical warfare and interception than those who are trained by any other in the Seventh Division. Though he is ruthless, he is never reckless despite all of the time that he is leading any team, he stands in the front lines. The only reason that he is not involved with the Eleventh Division is that he has knowledge of kido which is looked down upon by its members. He knows Kendo, but he prefers to use his zanpakuto with one hand rather than two because it is more flexible for him and his shikai only makes his two-handed style seem pointless. However, if he fights against a Shinigami, an Arrancar or a Sugiura who uses seiteikane (explained in Shikai,) he uses it with two hands frequently to apply his great strength. Usually, he collects unorthodox schematics and archives from the realm of the living, but the reason remains unknown to his subordinates, but they speculate that they involve his even more unorthodox tactics where he is likely to incorporate his enemies to his arsenal. He regarded Hollows to be a valued resource if they are domesticated and not killed so quickly by the Humans or the Soul Reapers (Shinigami who are at the realm of the living as opposed to Shinigami in Soul Society.) Given to his tactical aspect, he is both liked and disliked by important people and families like the Central 46 and the noble families. It is a known fact the one of the members of the Central 46 is a relative to him, but both of them kept a professional tone between them, thus no one knows which of the members of Central 46 is his relative. One of the noble families who are openly against him was the Izuru Kira’s family.
General Appearance
Appearance:
Ishukage stands as a tall, muscular man without hair, grey skinned and bruised eye sockets. Judging by the many and many blemishes on his skin, he has seen plenty of action and training. Notably, his glazed, yellow eyes always carry a leer that intimidates new recruits almost all the time as his stance signifies his utmost authority that is hard to challenge. Given to his large body, he is considered a heavyweight despite his remarkably fit body and frequently can be recognized from the heavy footsteps he makes. Unlike the other Shinigami, his zanpakuto was sheathed with its blade exposed and on the right side rather than the left side despite he is right handed. As many Shinigami would claim, “Big, creepy, ugly guy with black armor? He is not hard to miss at all.”
Ishukage wears a standard uniform of a Shinigami, but he shares a style that Captain Kumomura has. Around his collar and over his breast, shoulders and upper back is a breast plate with bands of metal coated in dark color to possibly preserve it from wear caused by rust and burns. Around his forearms and over his hands is a pair of gauntlets similarly made like the breastplate as it protects his arms from damages. His shins and feet are protected as well with plated armor while his waist is protected with a metallic belt. Copied from the schematics of Kevlar, his uniform and a suit underneath it is made to be bullet, slash, and pierce proof, which offers great protection from hollows and humans who are going to pelt his body with bullets.
Appearance Age: Late Thirties
Height: 6’5”
Weight: Heavyweight
Natural Abilities
Unreleased Abilities: Strong Presence: He carries a presence as if he is on par with the Captains of the Gotei 13 and given to his great combat prowess, he should be in the eyes of his subordinates and those who are familiar with his reputation. It is said that his gaze alone can make a Hollow regret encountering him.
Unshakeable: Mobility Impairment/Manipulation can no longer affect him when they are direct, but environmental changes can move him or affect his balance. The unshakeable perk is based on his resolution; if his resolve is weak enough, he can be affected, but when not weak enough, he cannot be affected.
Zanpakutō: Takes form of a European long sword with straight blade, diamond tip, and winged guard as the hilt is dark. When held, it is heavy on the hilt.
Zanpakutō Release Phrase: “Shine with burning hatred and sing the doom song to all obstacles, Darth.”
Other Weapons: None
Zanpakutō Spirit
Zanpakutō Spirit Name: Darth
Zanpakutō Spirit Appearance: Darth stands as a cloaked silhouette holding an energy sword. Upon encounter, he has a dark and sinister presence that seems to be able to cut through even the most resolute mind of individuals.
Zanpakutō Spirit Personality: Darth is ruthless and ambitious, reflecting the nature of Nokage.
Zanpakutō Spirit's World: (A picture or five sentences)
Shikai
Shikai: When called upon, the straight blade begins to glow red and the visual of the space around it begins to distort.
Shikai Appearance:
Shikai Abilities: The blade is superheated to over 6,500*F (enough to melt tungsten, the metal of highest melting point in its purest form by 6,192*F, 5,555*C, or 3,695*K) as the only kind of metal that exist to not melt against it was Seiteikane (Soul God’s Metal) which is commonly found in Zanpakutou and Sacred Weapons. It is recognizable for its humming sound and red glow without involving flames and the kind.
Bankai
Not available: He said that he does not need it because his Shikai is strong enough as it is.
Bankai: Not Available
Bankai Appearance: Not Available
Bankai Abilities: Not Available
Past & Roleplay Sample
Character Background: His past is unknown in terms of the realm of the living. However, he said that he was once a tailor in Germany. The way he died was due to an accident when a rich man’s carriage trampled him without stopping, crushing most of his body into an irreparable state as he died without anyone caring about him because the rich person cannot be touched due to court favors. When he arrived in the Soul Society, he was part of a gang in the Zaraki District, learning to fight and survive for his keeps. He was then found by a Shinigami and was taken in because one of his relatives who had been long deceased was an important individual at the time. When he is enrolled into the Shino Academy, Ishukage was trained along with the others while he shown great promises in many fields of techniques. After six years, he graduated and was recommended to Seventh Division, led by Love Aikawa. Over a hundred years ago, Ishukage learned that Love fell victim to Hollowfication, which allowed him to take over the division in regards to training and leading. Captain Kumomura later came to power and relieved him of his primary duty and made him his lower officers. Frequently, Ishukage disregarded Captain Kumomura’s orders to stand guard and caused devastation upon his enemies ahead of time and these actions only confirmed Captain Kumomura’s reasons for keeping him at a low rank as an officer. When Captain Aizen was discovered murdered, Ishukage began leading search parties to find the Ryoka who are believed to be involved, but rather than capture, Ishukage is believed to be more than likely to decimate them like the deserters he hunted. When he learned that Aizen, Ichimaru and Tosen are traitors, he became eager to hunt them down, but because the Twelfth Division was unable to access the Hueco Mundo at the time. Because of orders and Captain’s mistrust, Ishukage was forced to stand down and stay at the Seireitei incase Aizen and his allies entered the Soul Society. When he learned that all three of the traitors are all neutralized, Ishukage was furious as he slowly began to compile all the knowledge he has and put them together. From now on then, he trains the recruits and plots for something greater than himself.
Roleplay Sample: “Recruits. I am Ishukage, your drill sergeant in the Seventh Division. First off, we will go into training. Each one of you are separated by three people per group; green, red and blue.” Ishukage introduces himself before handing the recruits the wooden version of their zanpakuto as well as colored badges. “As I call out the color, the one with the called color is the Hollow; as two people are trying to take it down to submission, the Hollow will try to get to me and if they reached me, the two failed their duties and are out as the Hollow is rewarded with a day off. Not only it trains you to have more reflex and flexibility, it will also teach you how to handle more than one opponent. Positions! Positions!” Ishukage explains and beckons the recruits to quickly find their group. Already Ishukage was slightly amused to see these maggots run around frantically about the training field. “Red is now the Hollow, take it out before it gets any closer! ” Ishukage barks out as the group scrambles around to have a 2-vs-1 combat against each other as a few others are rushing out to him while having resistances. One of them arrived and touched him. “Ichigaya wins. Fujimoto and Muramaru are out! Continue on!” Ishukage barks out as one walks away as two of them sits down and observes the fight.
