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THE SHINIGAMI APPLICATION
Name: Hyoroshi Iwamura
Real Age: 326
Phys. Age: 27
Gender: Male
Personality: Hyoroshi is a durable, diligent man with a classical working-class mindset; get whatever it is done, and get it done well, regardless of the circumstances or the obstacles. Indeed, there isn’t an ounce of entitlement or prideful pretenses in his bones; should anyone encounter him away from the bustle of life, they will likely find him meditating or reading a book from the World of the Living. This is not to say Hyoroshi is without emotion, however–if anything, it takes but a snarky comment or lighthearted tease to get him animated. Most of the time–as in, as long as the instigator is merely jesting–Hyoroshi’s boisterousness is equally in jest. In essence, Hyoroshi can be considered the honest, sociable, good-hearted big brother of 6th Division.
Iwamura is not as shallow as he seems. At his very core is an endless hunger for self-improvement that drives him to distance himself from the connotations of his appearance. He has Bashira herself to thank, and though she may have left him behind for the Captain-Commander position, his aspiration remains the same: to become half the person that she is. In line with this core tenet is his stark aversion to combat–in his view, a commitment that lowers its participants to their most base elements. Should he have to raise his Zanpakuto, he remains stalwart in fighting with honor, restraint and respect. It is an ideology that has served him well..at least, for now.
CHARACTER APPEARANCE
Height: 8’6” (2.591 meters)
Weight: ~580 lbs (263.08 kg)
Physical Traits: Note: Iwamura’s face-paint patterns change on a near-daily basis–always with some sort of tribal design, sometimes as small as hash-marks and as big as an art-piece that covers half his face. Furthermore, the hair on his body grows as any human’s would; thus, he is sometimes long-haired and other times short-haired.
BACK-DROP
History: To Be Explored
Exposition: Hyoroshi Iwamura is the tether between heart and mind made manifest. He walks the proverbial tightrope between the two–between thoughtless desire and moderated, high-minded rationality. This is why savagery in any form from any individual, in Iwamura’s eyes, is tantamount to thoughtless animalism, a sin that reduces that person to a beast of their behavior. And like any other wild animal, they must be put down.
Iwamura did not choose to be born of the Beast Clan, yet the atrocities of the past pump through his veins. Knowing this–and knowing of the cruelty of existence, writ large–he continues to walk the tightrope between man and beast, consciousness and desire. There is no other recourse, for the balancing act ends with his death.
Side Notes: Elemental Reiatsu (Fire)
COMBAT INFORMATION
General Fighting Style: Endurance-Oriented CQC
Strengths:
+ High Constitution/Durability
+ Exceptional Physical Strength
+ High Reiryoku
+ Master Hakuda Combatant
+ Expert Zanjutsu Combatant
Weaknesses:
- Poor Kido Ability
- Poor Shunpo Ability
- Poor Spiritual Sensing
- Slow Physical Movement
Ability Name: Shishino Kyoei (Beast’s Vanity)
Ability Description: Hyoroshi condenses his Spiritual Energy into wisps of flame that hover upon up to four claws. From here, he can either slash the air or thrust his arm forward, causing the condensed fllame to release from him in either a slashing arc or a puncturing beam. Each wisp can only injure one target per arc/beam, and cannot continue onto additional targets. In either case, they travel for fifteen feet and inflict minor 1st-degree burns. Should they hit nothing, they dissipate into nothing. 2 post cooldown.
Ability Name: Bestial Physiology
Ability Description: A passive ability resulting from Iwamura’s nature; Iwamura possesses a 1x boost to Physical Strength.
ZANPAKUTO
Sealed Appearance:
Zanpakutou Name: Odayako Tanken Shishino (Serene Beast Dagger)
Call Out Command: “Immolate, Odayako Tanken Shishino”
- Shikai [Unlocked at 3-2]:
- SHIKAI
Appearance: (5’3” / 1.6 meters long)
Abilities:
Shakunetsu no Shinpan (Blazing Beast’s Judgement) - When the target is within five feet of Hyoroshi and when they make contact with his Released Zanpakuto (regardless of if damage is dealt), Iwamura is able to summon a flaming spectral copy of his right arm and Zanpakuto that can then be controlled to take additional swings at the target. Should the target be hit by this specter, its sword deals minor slashing damage and minor 2nd-degree burns (this can stack with damage from the actual sword, should damage be dealt simultaneously). The arm remains active for 3 turns before requiring a 3-turn cooldown, and it will not attack should the target exit the five-foot range.
Shinseina Sasagebutsu (Sacred Offering) – When the target is within ten feet of Hyoroshi, he is able to draw a circle in the air around the target’s feet. At once, a pillar of flame explodes from beneath the target and engulfs them, dealing moderate 2nd-degree burns. This ability cannot be cast if the target is outside of the ten-foot range, and it requires a 2-turn cooldown.
Buzokugishiki (Tribal Ceremony) - When the target is within fifteen feet of Hyoroshi, he is able to write the symbol for Down [ 下 ] with his finger and swipe said finger at his target. At once, pillars of flame with the circumference and spacing of jail bars erupt from the ground in a circle around Hyoroshi and his target. Said pillars are 20 feet in height, with a flat disc of fire acting as a “roof” above and fully trapping Hyoroshi and his target within. Should the target seek to escape the jail, they may pass through the pillars or roof freely, though not without taking major 2nd-degree burns. This ability remains active for 3 turns before requiring a 3-turn cooldown; should the target escape the jail, the ability disappears.
Ikenie Kuronokusari (Sacrifice’s Black Chains) - When the target is within fifteen feet of Hyoroshi and if any of his flame-based Shikai abilities are active, he is able to summon a thick black chain from anywhere on the fire’s surface that wraps around the target’s limb closest to that section of fire, suspending that limb in place. The chain remains in place for the target’s next turn, and is the equivalent of Bakudo #60 in strength. 2-turn cooldown.
