Post by zoi on Sept 7, 2012 6:39:31 GMT -8
Name: Zane Grinpiers
Gender: Male
Age: 274, though he appears to be in his early 20's.
Reiatsu Color: Electric Purple
Reiatsu Aura: Paranoia - the thought process believed to be heavily influenced by anxiety or fear, often to the point of irrationality and delusion.
Faction: Shinigami
Rank: 1st Division, 10th Seat
Appearance: Zane stands at 6'1" tall and his tallness seems to be stressed all the more by his slender frame and small build. His hair is black in color and extends down to the nape of his neck in the back and down past his nose in the front. It's usually kept in his face, covering his striking blue eyes from the view of others. What separates Zane from others in appearance is the lip piercing he has in the middle of his bottom lip and a large black mask that covers his mouth and nose. The mask wraps around Zane’s entire head and has a screen over the area where his mouth and nose are, allowing him to breath easily.
Personality: As a child, Zane tended to be a shy boy and hated to be anywhere near other people. As he grew older, however, he grew to become more social and took to even having conversation with random strangers to try and make friends. On the outside, Zane seems to be a happy individual, but it's a facade to hide the fact that Zane is nothing more than a depressive pessimist. He has a liking for peace and quiet as well as puzzles. He finds testing his mind rather thrilling more than anything else, even in battle. He tends to stray away from large crowds as they are too loud for his liking, though he flocks to small groups. He always has a high dislike of ignorance regardless of who it's coming from. He uses a facade of weakness in battle and will carry out said facade throughout an entire battle, using strategy to essentially make an opponent beat themselves before dealing a fatal blow to them. This is because of the abilities of his Zanpakutou which are more supplementary than anything.
History:
1726 n.w. – Zane is born in District One to Feirra and Toshiiro Valentine along with his twin brother; Leon Valentine.
1736 n.w. – Zane’s shy and anti-social personality gets him picked on and beat up. Zane begins to use rocks and other items to increase his weight to train with while running. He then removes the rocks and items when he goes around his bullies in order to outrun them.
1738 n.w. – Toshiiro and Feirra are killed in their home and are found by their sons. The two boys are told that this as a result of a hollow attack, but rumors swirl around that this was, in fact, a lie.
1739 n.w. – One year following the death of their parents, Leon departs from Rukongai and abandons Zane, leaving him to fend for himself.
1740 – 1760 n.w. – Now alone, Zane casts away his family's last name and begins to use his mother's maiden name of Grinpiers. He is picked on again, but now the bullies become more violent when they beat up Zane. Zane begins to train in Hand-to-hand combat, using a tree near his house for practice.
1763 n.w. – Three years following the start of his training, Zane begins picking fights and beating bullies up for many years to come.
1830 n.w. – After nearly a century of fighting with the bullies of Rukongai, Zane discontinues fighting. He shifts his focus toward training and studying, deciding to prepare to become a member of the Gotei. His resources are limited so his studies don’t go far.
1900 n.w. – After another seven decades, Zane is accepted into the Gotei, being placed in the 1st Division as an unseated member.
1910 n.w. – Zane met Brain, Watson Yoshiya (Who was never identified by Zane) and Third Division Lieutenant, Natsukoi Sumie. During this encounter, Zane assisted Sumie and Yoshiya in dealing with Brain’s heatstroke.
1930 n.w. – Zane picks back up on his studies from one hundred years prior, studying various things known to Shinigami.
1950 n.w. – Zane resumes his training and begins to question himself when he hears a voice in his head. After several similar encounters, Zane learns that it is his Zanpakutō spirit speaking to him and, soon after, learns how to release it. This and the steady improvement in his skills gets Zane placed at the 20th seat of the 1st Division.
1963 n.w. – Zane continues to show improvement and the ability to work well within the Division, allowing him to be promoted to 16th seat.
1975 n.w. – Zane only further improves, working his way up the ranks steadily, making it to the 13th seat.
1980 n.w. – Zane encounters Watson Yoshiya for a second time (Still never identified), Sui Torako and Hitoshi Harupia. The encounter was brief and was simply for Zane to assist the Second Division Taicho if a fight broke out after an incident involving snowballs.
1986 n.w. – Zane decides to get the middle of his bottom lips pierced and, later in the year, takes to wearing a mask over his mouth. The reasons behind either of these is still a mystery.Later in the year, Zane encounters the draconic Hollow, Kurohime Kurai. After the encounter, the two share a bond and refer to each other as siblings
1995 n.w. – In the summer of this year, Zane encounters the Arrancar, Andra, who beats the hell out of him. He is later saved by the Rukon, Sengoku and kicked by his own comrade, Akegata. In the fall of that year, Zane encounters the Shinigami Anémos and the Rukons Ubaga and Jerax. Due to suspicions, Zane and Anémos follow the Rukon, but it’s short lived when they escape and Anémos abandons Zane in the Rukongai.
2000 n.w. – Zane gets promoted to the 1st Division’s 10th seat. The long delay stems from Zane’s slow and lazy pace at improving his own self as well as his questionable psyche and anger issues. His depression had worsened suddenly and caused him to regress back to an anti-social, lazy person who put little effort toward his work. When he finally rebounded, a random angry streak took place of his depression and he snapped at other members at random as well as overly beating up criminals. Zane took several years, but finally stabilized and returned to his original regimen, earning the 10th seat soon after. He continues to do so and studies regularly in order to progress further in his Division.At some point in the year, Zane was an observer of Andra’s death within the Rukongai. He also took part in the invasion of the Rukongai where he saved Hotaru from a creature after the woman saved his own life. After the event took place, Zane headed for the Second Division barracks to check on Tanaka Malik, whom Zane was escorting to the area, but the man insisted on going on his own. Zane discovered he was in good condition and departed.
Present time – Zane is part of a mission to return peace between the Seireitei and the Rukongai along with Miyamoto Kanade. Zane was separated from the group when reaching the Rukongai and fell into battle of the Hollow invasion where Zane, with much assistance from Kiba, eliminated a large snake-like Hollow.
Born in the Rukongai's 1st district to good parents and a twin brother, life couldn't be much better for Zane. It was too good to be true though as he was picked on as a child and even lost his parents, his brother abandoning him soon after. The only solution was to become stronger and strike back against those who aimed to hurt him or was it? After so long, he realized that this was not the answer and lead a life to better himself. He became a member of the Gotei and even learned to use a Zanpakutou, but this could only distract him for so long. Soon the depression took over again and when it faded, anger came. The problems were to the point that he was almost released from the Gotei, but he accepted his problems and decided to work on them rather than suppress them, but how long can he do that?
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Inventory
265 Gold
30 RP
1 pack of Shuriken [five pieces]
1 pack of Kunai [three pieces]
2 Packs of Senbon [ten pieces]
3 bags of Caltrops [thirty pieces]
Tsume - female Shiba Inu [Pet Dog]
Stat Tiers
Speed - Good [4/4]
Reiatsu - Poor [1/2]
Stamina - Average [2/3]
Strength - Poor [1/2]
Skill Tiers
Footwork - Average [2/4]
Reiatsu - Average [2/2]
Weaponry - Average [2/3]
Hand to Hand -Poor [1/2]
Division Skill: Hell Butterflies - A tradition passed down from the first People, members of the First Division are trained in the art of creating black butterflies from reiatsu that can carry verbal messages. The creator must know the appearance of the person they are sending the hell butterfly to or the exact location it needs to go to, as the image of the recipient or place is embedded into the hell butterfly upon creation and that is what the winged messenger looks for when delivering its contents
Free Skill: Let me in! - During his childhood, Zane had a lot of trouble with bullies and taught himself to pick the locks of homes to escape them. Over the years he began to perfect the skill and is capable to pick the locks of most homes in a matter of seconds, but more complex locks are out of his skill set.
Abilities
Shikai
Shunpo
Kidō Set One - Shō, Byakurai, Seki
Zanpakutō
Zanpakutō Name: Shi Hōkō (死咆哮, Death Howl)
Spirit: Shi Hōkō takes the appearance of a half naked opera singer who appears to be in her 30's. She stands at roughly 5'4" with a slender build. Her lower body is covered by a shadowy-looking dress that covers her from the waist down. Her hair is red-colored and extends down to cover her breasts and she has yellow-colored eyes with pin dot, black pupils. The relationship between her and Zane is, at best, odd. The two get along rather well, but Zane is not immune to Shi's flirtatious nature. She does not hesitate to interrupt Zane's day to flirt with him at any given moment which tends to be random. Zane tends to let this go as the last time he ignored her, she changed from flirting with him to cussing him out for three full days.
SPOILER: Click to show
Inner World: The inner world of Zane is called the "Sunken Opera House". It appears as a large secluded room with a small stage with a curtain draped behind it. The rest of the room looks like a music room in a cave and has multiple instruments strewn throughout it.
Sealed: The sealed form of the Zanpakutou is a normal Katana. The sheathe is black with specs of gold on it, the hilt is grey and the guard is golden and circular. The length of the blade is 25 inches long, the hilt is 5 inches and the sheathe is as long as the blade.
Shikai: “Kanakirigoe, Shi Hōkō!” (Screech, Death Howl!)
In it’s released state, Shi Hōkō remains the same as in it’s sealed form. There is a small difference which is that in it’s released state, this Zanpakutou has no guard.
Attack:
Name and Description: Raionesu no Hōkō (Howl of the Lioness) – Zane focuses his Reiatsu into his Zanpakutou and holds it upside down, blade pointed to the ground. Zane then raises his free hand and flicks the blade of Shi Hōkō, releasing a loud screeching sound around Zane.
Range: Mid-range. (25 ft or 8.3m radius around Zane’s body)
Effects: The sound causes temporary deafness for a short period of time and, while it does not get worse, when a person is within a 5 foot radius of Zane's person, they will experience temporary deafness as well as nausea. Zane, himself, is also effected by the sound of his own Zanpakutou, but given his long exposure to it over the years, he can recover in half the time as anyone else not use to it.
Length of Effects:
[-]Deafness lasts up to two full posts of affected person. Zane’s deafness lasts one full post of his.
[-]Nausea lasts anywhere between two to five posts, depending on the affected person’s tolerance to being nauseous. Zane’s nausea lasts for two full posts of his.
Limit: Zane is limited to using this attack once every three posts of his, given the time it takes to fully recover from the effects.
Bankai: Raionesu no Shibō Hauru (ライオネスの死亡ハウル, Death Howl of the Lioness).
A large, metal gauntlet that covers the entire right hand and forearm. The outside of the forearm consists of a small hole surrounded by six more holes that in themselves form a mid-sized circle around the middle hole.
Attack:
Name and Description: Kyōmeisen (響鳴穿, Vibrating Sound Drill): The gauntlet gets infused with Reiatsu and, when brought close to the opponent's ear, releases the Reiatsu as sound waves that assault the inner ear of the person
Range: Short (Must be within 5 inches of the person’s head to work)
Effects: dizziness, nausea, pain and vertigo and holds a chance to cause bleeding from the ear.
Length of Effects: Anywhere from two to five posts
Limit: Zane is limited to using this attack once every five posts
Notes on Attack:
[-] To completely succeed, Zane must keep the attack steady for two complete minutes
[-] The effects brought on by this attack and their lengths are subject to change based on how long they were exposed to the attack, their health at the time and how well, if at all, they are prepared for the attack.
Attack:
Name and Description: Ponpu de Teion: (ポンプで低音, Pump that bass): The gauntlet gets infused with Reiatsu and, when placed in contact with a person, releases it as multiple, low-frequency sound waves that shake the insides of a person, including the organs.
Range: Short, if any. Must be in contact with opponent to initiate and use.
Effects: Shakes the insides of whoever is affected, damaging their bones and organs. Long exposure could result in death by shaking a vital organ too long and causing it to shut down.
Length of Effects: Length varies depending on the length the affected person was exposed to the attack.
Limit: Zane is limited to using this attack once every ten posts
Notes on Attack: [-]Damage only occurs from Zane’s direct contact with the person. Breaking contact eliminates effects of the attack.
[-]Even if the contact never happens and the attack fails, Zane’s ten post limit still occurs from the point where he initiated it.
[-]The effects brought on by this attack and their lengths are subject to change based on how long they were exposed to the attack, their health at the time and how well, if at all, they are prepared for the attack.
Gender: Male
Age: 274, though he appears to be in his early 20's.
Reiatsu Color: Electric Purple
Reiatsu Aura: Paranoia - the thought process believed to be heavily influenced by anxiety or fear, often to the point of irrationality and delusion.
Faction: Shinigami
Rank: 1st Division, 10th Seat
Appearance: Zane stands at 6'1" tall and his tallness seems to be stressed all the more by his slender frame and small build. His hair is black in color and extends down to the nape of his neck in the back and down past his nose in the front. It's usually kept in his face, covering his striking blue eyes from the view of others. What separates Zane from others in appearance is the lip piercing he has in the middle of his bottom lip and a large black mask that covers his mouth and nose. The mask wraps around Zane’s entire head and has a screen over the area where his mouth and nose are, allowing him to breath easily.
Personality: As a child, Zane tended to be a shy boy and hated to be anywhere near other people. As he grew older, however, he grew to become more social and took to even having conversation with random strangers to try and make friends. On the outside, Zane seems to be a happy individual, but it's a facade to hide the fact that Zane is nothing more than a depressive pessimist. He has a liking for peace and quiet as well as puzzles. He finds testing his mind rather thrilling more than anything else, even in battle. He tends to stray away from large crowds as they are too loud for his liking, though he flocks to small groups. He always has a high dislike of ignorance regardless of who it's coming from. He uses a facade of weakness in battle and will carry out said facade throughout an entire battle, using strategy to essentially make an opponent beat themselves before dealing a fatal blow to them. This is because of the abilities of his Zanpakutou which are more supplementary than anything.
History:
1726 n.w. – Zane is born in District One to Feirra and Toshiiro Valentine along with his twin brother; Leon Valentine.
1736 n.w. – Zane’s shy and anti-social personality gets him picked on and beat up. Zane begins to use rocks and other items to increase his weight to train with while running. He then removes the rocks and items when he goes around his bullies in order to outrun them.
1738 n.w. – Toshiiro and Feirra are killed in their home and are found by their sons. The two boys are told that this as a result of a hollow attack, but rumors swirl around that this was, in fact, a lie.
1739 n.w. – One year following the death of their parents, Leon departs from Rukongai and abandons Zane, leaving him to fend for himself.
1740 – 1760 n.w. – Now alone, Zane casts away his family's last name and begins to use his mother's maiden name of Grinpiers. He is picked on again, but now the bullies become more violent when they beat up Zane. Zane begins to train in Hand-to-hand combat, using a tree near his house for practice.
1763 n.w. – Three years following the start of his training, Zane begins picking fights and beating bullies up for many years to come.
1830 n.w. – After nearly a century of fighting with the bullies of Rukongai, Zane discontinues fighting. He shifts his focus toward training and studying, deciding to prepare to become a member of the Gotei. His resources are limited so his studies don’t go far.
1900 n.w. – After another seven decades, Zane is accepted into the Gotei, being placed in the 1st Division as an unseated member.
1910 n.w. – Zane met Brain, Watson Yoshiya (Who was never identified by Zane) and Third Division Lieutenant, Natsukoi Sumie. During this encounter, Zane assisted Sumie and Yoshiya in dealing with Brain’s heatstroke.
1930 n.w. – Zane picks back up on his studies from one hundred years prior, studying various things known to Shinigami.
1950 n.w. – Zane resumes his training and begins to question himself when he hears a voice in his head. After several similar encounters, Zane learns that it is his Zanpakutō spirit speaking to him and, soon after, learns how to release it. This and the steady improvement in his skills gets Zane placed at the 20th seat of the 1st Division.
1963 n.w. – Zane continues to show improvement and the ability to work well within the Division, allowing him to be promoted to 16th seat.
1975 n.w. – Zane only further improves, working his way up the ranks steadily, making it to the 13th seat.
1980 n.w. – Zane encounters Watson Yoshiya for a second time (Still never identified), Sui Torako and Hitoshi Harupia. The encounter was brief and was simply for Zane to assist the Second Division Taicho if a fight broke out after an incident involving snowballs.
1986 n.w. – Zane decides to get the middle of his bottom lips pierced and, later in the year, takes to wearing a mask over his mouth. The reasons behind either of these is still a mystery.Later in the year, Zane encounters the draconic Hollow, Kurohime Kurai. After the encounter, the two share a bond and refer to each other as siblings
1995 n.w. – In the summer of this year, Zane encounters the Arrancar, Andra, who beats the hell out of him. He is later saved by the Rukon, Sengoku and kicked by his own comrade, Akegata. In the fall of that year, Zane encounters the Shinigami Anémos and the Rukons Ubaga and Jerax. Due to suspicions, Zane and Anémos follow the Rukon, but it’s short lived when they escape and Anémos abandons Zane in the Rukongai.
2000 n.w. – Zane gets promoted to the 1st Division’s 10th seat. The long delay stems from Zane’s slow and lazy pace at improving his own self as well as his questionable psyche and anger issues. His depression had worsened suddenly and caused him to regress back to an anti-social, lazy person who put little effort toward his work. When he finally rebounded, a random angry streak took place of his depression and he snapped at other members at random as well as overly beating up criminals. Zane took several years, but finally stabilized and returned to his original regimen, earning the 10th seat soon after. He continues to do so and studies regularly in order to progress further in his Division.At some point in the year, Zane was an observer of Andra’s death within the Rukongai. He also took part in the invasion of the Rukongai where he saved Hotaru from a creature after the woman saved his own life. After the event took place, Zane headed for the Second Division barracks to check on Tanaka Malik, whom Zane was escorting to the area, but the man insisted on going on his own. Zane discovered he was in good condition and departed.
Present time – Zane is part of a mission to return peace between the Seireitei and the Rukongai along with Miyamoto Kanade. Zane was separated from the group when reaching the Rukongai and fell into battle of the Hollow invasion where Zane, with much assistance from Kiba, eliminated a large snake-like Hollow.
Born in the Rukongai's 1st district to good parents and a twin brother, life couldn't be much better for Zane. It was too good to be true though as he was picked on as a child and even lost his parents, his brother abandoning him soon after. The only solution was to become stronger and strike back against those who aimed to hurt him or was it? After so long, he realized that this was not the answer and lead a life to better himself. He became a member of the Gotei and even learned to use a Zanpakutou, but this could only distract him for so long. Soon the depression took over again and when it faded, anger came. The problems were to the point that he was almost released from the Gotei, but he accepted his problems and decided to work on them rather than suppress them, but how long can he do that?
________________________________________
Inventory
265 Gold
30 RP
1 pack of Shuriken [five pieces]
1 pack of Kunai [three pieces]
2 Packs of Senbon [ten pieces]
3 bags of Caltrops [thirty pieces]
Tsume - female Shiba Inu [Pet Dog]
Stat Tiers
Speed - Good [4/4]
Reiatsu - Poor [1/2]
Stamina - Average [2/3]
Strength - Poor [1/2]
Skill Tiers
Footwork - Average [2/4]
Reiatsu - Average [2/2]
Weaponry - Average [2/3]
Hand to Hand -Poor [1/2]
Division Skill: Hell Butterflies - A tradition passed down from the first People, members of the First Division are trained in the art of creating black butterflies from reiatsu that can carry verbal messages. The creator must know the appearance of the person they are sending the hell butterfly to or the exact location it needs to go to, as the image of the recipient or place is embedded into the hell butterfly upon creation and that is what the winged messenger looks for when delivering its contents
Free Skill: Let me in! - During his childhood, Zane had a lot of trouble with bullies and taught himself to pick the locks of homes to escape them. Over the years he began to perfect the skill and is capable to pick the locks of most homes in a matter of seconds, but more complex locks are out of his skill set.
Abilities
Shikai
Shunpo
Kidō Set One - Shō, Byakurai, Seki
Zanpakutō
Zanpakutō Name: Shi Hōkō (死咆哮, Death Howl)
Spirit: Shi Hōkō takes the appearance of a half naked opera singer who appears to be in her 30's. She stands at roughly 5'4" with a slender build. Her lower body is covered by a shadowy-looking dress that covers her from the waist down. Her hair is red-colored and extends down to cover her breasts and she has yellow-colored eyes with pin dot, black pupils. The relationship between her and Zane is, at best, odd. The two get along rather well, but Zane is not immune to Shi's flirtatious nature. She does not hesitate to interrupt Zane's day to flirt with him at any given moment which tends to be random. Zane tends to let this go as the last time he ignored her, she changed from flirting with him to cussing him out for three full days.
SPOILER: Click to show
Inner World: The inner world of Zane is called the "Sunken Opera House". It appears as a large secluded room with a small stage with a curtain draped behind it. The rest of the room looks like a music room in a cave and has multiple instruments strewn throughout it.
Sealed: The sealed form of the Zanpakutou is a normal Katana. The sheathe is black with specs of gold on it, the hilt is grey and the guard is golden and circular. The length of the blade is 25 inches long, the hilt is 5 inches and the sheathe is as long as the blade.
Shikai: “Kanakirigoe, Shi Hōkō!” (Screech, Death Howl!)
In it’s released state, Shi Hōkō remains the same as in it’s sealed form. There is a small difference which is that in it’s released state, this Zanpakutou has no guard.
Attack:
Name and Description: Raionesu no Hōkō (Howl of the Lioness) – Zane focuses his Reiatsu into his Zanpakutou and holds it upside down, blade pointed to the ground. Zane then raises his free hand and flicks the blade of Shi Hōkō, releasing a loud screeching sound around Zane.
Range: Mid-range. (25 ft or 8.3m radius around Zane’s body)
Effects: The sound causes temporary deafness for a short period of time and, while it does not get worse, when a person is within a 5 foot radius of Zane's person, they will experience temporary deafness as well as nausea. Zane, himself, is also effected by the sound of his own Zanpakutou, but given his long exposure to it over the years, he can recover in half the time as anyone else not use to it.
Length of Effects:
[-]Deafness lasts up to two full posts of affected person. Zane’s deafness lasts one full post of his.
[-]Nausea lasts anywhere between two to five posts, depending on the affected person’s tolerance to being nauseous. Zane’s nausea lasts for two full posts of his.
Limit: Zane is limited to using this attack once every three posts of his, given the time it takes to fully recover from the effects.
Bankai: Raionesu no Shibō Hauru (ライオネスの死亡ハウル, Death Howl of the Lioness).
A large, metal gauntlet that covers the entire right hand and forearm. The outside of the forearm consists of a small hole surrounded by six more holes that in themselves form a mid-sized circle around the middle hole.
Attack:
Name and Description: Kyōmeisen (響鳴穿, Vibrating Sound Drill): The gauntlet gets infused with Reiatsu and, when brought close to the opponent's ear, releases the Reiatsu as sound waves that assault the inner ear of the person
Range: Short (Must be within 5 inches of the person’s head to work)
Effects: dizziness, nausea, pain and vertigo and holds a chance to cause bleeding from the ear.
Length of Effects: Anywhere from two to five posts
Limit: Zane is limited to using this attack once every five posts
Notes on Attack:
[-] To completely succeed, Zane must keep the attack steady for two complete minutes
[-] The effects brought on by this attack and their lengths are subject to change based on how long they were exposed to the attack, their health at the time and how well, if at all, they are prepared for the attack.
Attack:
Name and Description: Ponpu de Teion: (ポンプで低音, Pump that bass): The gauntlet gets infused with Reiatsu and, when placed in contact with a person, releases it as multiple, low-frequency sound waves that shake the insides of a person, including the organs.
Range: Short, if any. Must be in contact with opponent to initiate and use.
Effects: Shakes the insides of whoever is affected, damaging their bones and organs. Long exposure could result in death by shaking a vital organ too long and causing it to shut down.
Length of Effects: Length varies depending on the length the affected person was exposed to the attack.
Limit: Zane is limited to using this attack once every ten posts
Notes on Attack: [-]Damage only occurs from Zane’s direct contact with the person. Breaking contact eliminates effects of the attack.
[-]Even if the contact never happens and the attack fails, Zane’s ten post limit still occurs from the point where he initiated it.
[-]The effects brought on by this attack and their lengths are subject to change based on how long they were exposed to the attack, their health at the time and how well, if at all, they are prepared for the attack.
