Post by Subiendo Espada on Sept 4, 2008 14:43:36 GMT -5
Name: Arturo Rivera, Plateado Rivera, Cicatriz( his current name)
Age:
Actual:1,305
Apparent: 18
Age of death: 17
Birthday: 3/27
Height: 6'2
Weight: 152 lbs
Aligned With: Shiro
Number: Espada Primera or Segundo your choice.
Physical Appearance:
Personality:
Fighting Style:
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Zanpakutou Name: Cicatriz
Hollow Powers:
Release Phrase: Subiendo
Resureccion:
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*~!~*History*~!~*
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Age:
Actual:1,305
Apparent: 18
Age of death: 17
Birthday: 3/27
Height: 6'2
Weight: 152 lbs
Aligned With: Shiro
Number: Espada Primera or Segundo your choice.
Physical Appearance:
He has a much kinder appearance than his father once did, he has a very kind and gentle appearance and is considered to be rather good looking. His body type is a lanky one he is said to be built very much like his father and seems to be nimble and quick on his feet. He takes much after his father who was also a kinder looking man.
He has dark hair which has a messy appearance but not a terrible messy that would make him seem as if he were not very attendant to showering. His skin tone is somehwat tan much like most hispanics do seeing as the conditions in allow for much sun light and a good tan. His lanky physique although works for his style of fighting is quite unattractive to others, his ribs are slightly visible when his shirt is removed of course.
He wears the standard Espada clothing that the arrancar made oh so famous. His is slightly different he has his jacket with long sleeves with lone thin black trim along the clothing. His jacket is slightly revealing although it seems loose it is short revealing his midrift of his body. Along there is a scar across his torso, which also causes his name.
His hollow mask is very small at this point seeing as he has been in the ranks of Espada for quite some time. His mask covers the scar under his left eye and seems like a thin revealing part of bone under his eye, which is what it is taken as. He also has very dark eyes almost black and has dimples. He seems to have an indifferent look on his face somewhat uncaring just as the tone of his voice.
He is very lanky in physique which allows for him to be very nimble and move with great speed. Although it causesa very goofy looking walk as if he only walks in a slouched manner. He never understood why he had this walk it has just always been natural to him. He also tends to have a very tiresome aura which his body gives off, which basically means he has a very lazy body movement when not in battle of course.
Personality:
He is very much the opposite of his father when it comes to personality, he is very calm and reserved. He is considered quickest on the battle field of all young swordsmen, although he does watches his opponent and the environment carefully looking for changes in area. He believes the most minor of details are important to study in battle if you wish to be successful and win the fight. He is also very kind and says what people want to here, unlike his brother and father who were brutally honest at all times. His kind demeanor is somewhat taken as a weakness and all though it is a false cover.
As an ally of Shiro must be he is deviant and double crossing, his outward actions are a mere ploy for he is in truth a devil. As a fighter he is merciless, he very much hates having to act kindled seeing as he is in truth a pessimistic person and deceitful. He believes the day he changed was when he found out the meaning of his destiny and murdered his former allies for their treachery that day .
He can be somewhat pessimistic and extremely sarcastic at times and makes smart remarks towards people here and there. He is also very smart but extremely lazy and chooses to do something only if it is for the group or will hopefully sound exciting. Other than that most of the time he won't do it (well unless ordered to by an official). Although he believes his deceit can be the key to success he also knows that following orders is also key and is how you become a great warrior through training.
Another interesting part of his personality is of course his speech, which consist of spanish. He speas english well, very well in fact it was his second language and speaks it as if he has no accent. He is seen mostly speaking spanish though to sub-ordinates and enemies alike. He seems not to care if they understand seeing as sooner or later they shall figure it out on their own.
Fighting Style:
Although he refers to himslef as a traditional swordsmen his fighting style is very far from what most would say traditional. His movements are very jerky and he seems to stagger around like a drunk. There are steps to his method of battle though and shall be gone through as he does in battle although all steps are not to hard to read his strength assures that he can go through these even if his opponent can figure them out.
The first step to his method is bare fisted battle with no weaponry. This is where of course Hierro his favorite technique comes in, due to his high amount of reiatsu he can use Hierro against most opponents including captains. He also uses it to harden his fist when delivering a fisted blow to his opponent. He fights as if he is boxing moving around quickly and jerking side to side. Although very unorthodox it his very usefull.
This goes is also applicated in his use of a sword, he staggers much in this style of battle. He holds the sword in his left hand of course seeing as he is left handed. He holds it lazily to his side with no form at all., it seems as if he has had no formal training. This is hwere he gets his opponents they do not take him seriously ther for they are suprised that in his slouched stance that he has great speed. He moves around much confusing his opponent also firing bala at them to throw them off their balance.
His other method is movement which is the most imporant, he seems to move lazily and similar to that of a drunk. He moves quickly though dodging his opponents strikes with ease seeing as they see him moving slowly although moving at the exact same speed as they just with tired eyes, this is much more mental than anything else.
The final method is his ressurecion, his least used method unless he is battling a captain at the level of bankai. He is much more guerrilla style fighting than any other method. If they are at a dead lock he sues another body part to strike such as a head butt or kick, very untraditional his methods are seeing as he tends to mock the tyranny of tradition.
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Zanpakutou Name: Cicatriz
Hollow Powers:
Cero-high-powered energy blasts that can be fired from various body parts, such as mouth, tongue, hand or fingers. Only Menos, Arrancar, and Vizard have so far been shown to use cero attacks, and it appears that stronger entities can use it more efficiently. Various arrancar and hollow characters display variants of the technique, such as the Espada-exclusive gran rey cero Spanish for "synchronized zero").
Sonido- the Arrancar equivalent of the Shinigami flash steps and the Quincy hirenkyaku; it allows the user to travel at incredibly high speeds for short distances. Use of son¨ªdo is punctuated by a brief static sound, in contrast to the "swish" sound used for flash steps.
Bala-an arrancar alternative to the cero. The technique hardens the user's spiritual pressure and fires it like a bullet from their fist. Though weaker than a cero blast, it moves about twenty times faster and can be fired at a much higher rate.
Hierro-refers to the hardened skin of the arrancar, which is a result of their compressed spiritual power. While their skin is strong enough to block even released zanpakuto bare-handed, it is by no means impenetrable. Stronger arrancar have proportionally stronger skin.
Pesquisa-the Arrancar equivalent of the Shinigami ability to sense Spiritual Pressure. It functions similar to a sonar.
Negacion-fields are used to rescue fellow hollows. Only the gillian-class menos have shown the ability to use it. Negaci¨®n fields surround a target in a square beam of light that isolates the target from the dimension they are currently in, making it impossible to harm them. The field then pulls the target towards the menos that created the field. Espada have a special cube-shaped device called Caja Negacion (Spanish for "Negation Box") meant to simulate negacion fields, which are used to punish their subordinates if necessary. The cube, when used on a subject, traps them in an alternate dimension from which there is no escape; however, this assumes it's being used as intended. More powerful Arrancar, namely the Espada themselves, can escape given enough time.
Garganta-How Arrancar move to and from Hueco Mundo. Kaname Tosen and Kisuke Urahara have also demonstrated the ability to use the technique. 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
Sangre Sonando or blood sounding, this move is very odd in that it does use blood as an upstart but only a small amount as this point the user takes either the enemies blood or his own blood and then charges it with his reitatsu then firing multiple blades one being the actual blade the others acting as decoys that go after his target the blades make a loud whistling sound making it hard to concentrate on which blade is the real one.
This technique is one of his more powerful techniques Mastication or Masticacion in spanish is to reduce to a pulp and bastarda is bastard. But back to the masticacion part. THis move releases a good amount of reitatsu andrivera will jump into the sky and will recite "Para cortar la cabeza de gallo" (To sever the head of a rooster).He will raise his blade and slash horizontally creating mutliple but large and more jaged blades and they attach to his hands and he moves quickly slicing all opponents to pieces.
Release Phrase: Subiendo
Resureccion:
His form changes and he becomes a humanoid spiked creature with many sharp blades surrounding his fingers and his tail with three sharp ends. He is very sleek in this form and moves very fastand is completely covered he can move on four legs or two hind and his sonido¡os speed increases is slightly and he becomes significantly faster than most Hollows and Arrancar is this form which compliment the blades by leaving his opponents with many scars.
The better explanation of this form is basically the left half of his body is covered by spikes along the back an dthe left half of his face reforms the hollow mask which looks similar to the cross between a devil and wolf. The spikes look as if they are fur and a single horn which is on top of the left part of his head. His left eye also is black all around and has a black pupil.
The body overall is very sleek in appearance on the left half seeing as he has sharp claws and spikes emitting for his arm and shoulder areas. His elbow once he clenches his fist surrounds his whole arm with a large blade meant for piercing and slashing which can cause devestating damage to his opponents. His tail also has spikes at the end of it which act as tendrils stabbing and spinning through the opponents shredding the insides of his foe.
He also has the ability to transform his left hand into a large cat like claw. Once he slams the claw into the ground spikes emerge around ten meters in distance from him. He also uses it of course to shred his opponents to pieces but usually uses a quick and precise killing strike because that is much cleaner.
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*~!~*History*~!~*
<Living Years/ Spirit>
Born into a religious Hispanic family Rivera was always the odd child out all though he strongly believed in his religion(Catholicism) He did not flaunt it as much as his other family members did. He was a very wild child as his parents would say and was quite uncontrollable which would carry on into his future years. And to his father surprise like most men born in his family he had the mark of El rey de Ahueca(King of hollows). It was said that whoever bore this mark died and at an early age. His family had kept a record of spouses in the family and this was contracted from a spiritualist woman who was said to be in love with a dark entity which wore a long white robe and had a small part of a mask that was partially ripped off of his face.
That was all that was known on that and ever since they prayed this mark would never appear. But when Rivera turned seventeen he died mysteriously and would wander the human world for a bit and then he would learn of Hollows or how he called them "Hueco" and the large but redundant term of foot soldiers called "Menos Grande." He would learn then why his family was so afraid of his marks, but other than that a hidden dark ambition would grow within him and he now wants to become El rey de Ahueca which is his own and well hidden personal ambition.
<End of Spirit Years/Hollow>
He had been doing much research on Hollows during this time. He would then rush into an untimely death at the hands of a Hollow and his soul would be devoured rather quickly. He then would roam Hueco Mundo as a weak Hollow for an extended period of time and learn of the many forms of Hollow and become one. He roamed devouring Hollows meanwhile hearing of the threat of Shinigami which angerd him, he had encountered many weaker members but spent most of his time feeding his belly with hollows.
<Gillian/ Menos Grande>
These years be long an drather pointless he became a fool he felt dumbed down as a Menos Grande. Though he had to deal with the fact that he must go through this form and devoure his own bretheren. He roamed Hueco Mundo for many years in this form about five hundred to be exact. He continued to roam but he dealt with it, devouring any other hollows one after another.
He then entered the final battle of concious menos as they gathered he ripped them apart without even being touched. He ate them one after another taking chucnks out of each or devouring them swiftly what ever he preffered. He then cut felt a surge of power and concious he now became a lizard like creature, he was now Adjuchas.
<Adjuchas>
After about 500 years of devouring he would become Adhjuchas although not skipping the form of him becoming a conscious Menos Grande which was the form he hated most. Rivera roamed this world for days on end looking for the legendary Las Noches by these times he was a Menos form of Hollow now but it would be a long time before he would remove his mask and become an Arrancar. Rivera looked around to see nothing but a desolate and deserted wasteland. But that would not slow him down at all he would continue forth and continue on his journey for what he wanted, he wanted to find Las Noches and then conquer all of Hueco Mundo. If any goal were more precious to him it would be this goal. Seeing as in all honesty this is what he wanted to become El rey de Ahueca, the king of Hollows.
Rivera continued to roam the lonely and dark world of Hueco Mundo and many Menos class Hollows had walked his direction, he only looked at them as they passed through La Garanta in order to attack and destroy the human world He would normally state "I must become an Arrancar and join the group of Espada that will help me rule Hueco Mundo, this is a goal I must achieve." He continued walking through Hueco Mundo for an even longer time now and he had noticed one thing a large fortress where a crescent moon floated over it was in fact Las Noches itself Rivera looked with great intention of owning it, it would seem that it was vacant so he entered.
Rivera looked upon this desolate land and entered Las Noches with his head held high. It was truly an amazing achievement, he walked through Las Noches and saw the ten thrones. They were truly magnificent all though nothing was really special about it a white room but it was a home, it was his fortress and he intended on ripping his mask off to grab this world whole and take it as his own and then finally defeating the shinigami that cast this magnificent place aside.
He would then meet Shiro a god-like figure with great strength who he would later prove himself to Shiro. He continued to serve under him as an Adjuchas and would grow and become more powerful than he had at first imagined. Shiro was his leader and he would and shall remain loyal to him.
This world will soon be his for the taking it was ensured then he would go to the human world and seek the the help of Shiro to join his massive army which he would control but the first ten Arrancar including himself which he would call El dies Espada the ten swords, would have to be self made in order to assure that they were the most powerful Hollows in all of Hueco Mundo.
Then together they would wage war with the Vaizard showing them only true hollows should only exist within this world. It was magnificent how much ambition this place gave him he wasn't out to destroy the world it was just to rule all of this land and allow those Hollows with minds to mind their own and only go after shinigami and be honorable Hollows which did not go after the weak.
He wished to live freely he wanted to swim freely and not be a god among the people by utilizing his wings, he would later learn of Las Noches and train for one hundred thirty more years before finally finding it and he did a form of camping out there until he would be ready to be the subordinate of one of the espada , he would finally become a self-made Arrancar and a subordinate of one espada.
<Arrancar>
Years would pass and Plateado would gain a more power under the training of his Espada superior. He watched as the organization grew under the mysterious new leader named Shiro who was a former part of the thirteenth division squad captain known as Kurosaki Ichigo. He trained under Shiro and formed a bond of loyalty with him. He was Shiros' blade at some points doing the dirty work Shiro had asked him to perform such as mass killings or seeing if other Arrancar had the ability to prove themselves strong enough to join the ranks of the Espada.
During his time with Shiro he began to grow as a warrior proving himself to the Espada and earning his rank as the Segundo Espada. He was a great warrior of the Espada and that he could handle the ranks of the Gotei thirteen and was known to be well prepared for annihalating one which stood in his way. He knew that a battle dawned upon them and he must fight along his lord Shiros side.
His fight was a long one to show that this Espada was a much more powerful force than the Espada before them. His first showing of him being able to contend with the Gotei was proven against a Gotei force which tried to dispatch the newly formed Espada and Orihime. He acted as the irst line of defense between the two and he annhilated them, it was a rather clean massacre though, he was not one for bloodshed. He and another where the very few which survived the battle unscaved. That was the new and powerful Hisagi taichou, he seemed to equal the power of the Arrancar but saw no need for usless bloodshed and retreated.
He earned the title Cicatriz after this battle seeing as he left more than just scars on many of his opponents, he left a once in a life time mark on those around him other than Shiro of course; by revealing his blades true form. He then requested the ressurection of the Exequias force and that he would lead them and hunt down the renegade Espada.
He proved himself a loyal member to the cause of advancing the Espada prowess, he knew he must do so in order to make them god-like figures. He would continue his progress with the Espada further more by reforming a much more powerful and fearless Exequias unit. He wasn't going to form an Exequias that was as easily defeated as the unit which was formed under the weak Aizens rule. It angered him that the Shinigami thought that this was an Espada similar to the weak group before him he wished to form Gods.
This was his goal to show that no longer can the shinigami contend with the likes of the Arrancar. He was to become a god with his leader and the other top three Arrancar in his ranks. He believed this was to be achieved through another metyhod other than defeating the spirit king. Even though he was the Segundo Espada and seemingly lazy and uncaring he had grand ambitions, he was sure they were to be achieved.
Now three years latrer from all this prior event that would plauge earth and the soul society, Shiro would ifnally begin to make his move. Cicatriz or Rivera as those hwo wish to call him so, has followed and prepared to strike the seretei with great force now being promoted to the Primer Espada, he wishes to strike the Soul Society down like a hurricane. He has begun to gather an army under Shiros orders and has been hunting down renegades.
He will now show he can contend with the Soul Society and the Gotei thirteen and alongside Shiro defeat them and showing the Arrancar are a force which shall not be reckoned with. He has dubbed himself judge, jury and executioner and has placed his judgement upon those unworthy, which goes by the name Shunsui Kyoraku and the Soutaichou Yamamoto, and those who follow him.
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Visual of Character:
Theme Song:
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RP Sample:
[Rivera appeared through the garganta portal with eye's wide open staring at the dull city scape of this area in Karakura Town. He was slightly dissappointed, the leader wanted this place although he could feel the spiritual change which was constant and ever flowing. But he did not care for it, he knew but one thing, there was to be a war soon to be fought so he wanted to get to know his enemies a lot better possibly by drawing them out.
He saw a group of humans standing idol together laughing they looked to be his physical appearence of seventeen, local high school students, he then appeared in front of them. He proceeded to use Gonzui in order to absorb there souls and see if there was any truth in the rumors of this place, he only felt a slight increase and was extremely unsatisfied by how weak the current prey was he simply waited for a more formidable opponent.
Another Arrancar appeared a Numero and said "So, I see you're also looking for a worthy opponent huh, Rivera." Rivera looked to him and simply replied "Yes I am, I see you are here as well.....Were you sent on a mission or did you come here strictly upon a whim?" He looked around and observed the area for any change in spiritual pressure most of them where slight but not drastic.
He was becoming bored with standing around he looked to the Numero and said "Go out and seek the weakest Raitsu levels and destroy them." Rivera begin to walk forward and see if he could find a way to draw attention without killing all the humans. The Numero looked back at Rivera out of the corner of his eye ammused at the fact of him giving orders. "Well, it might attract some shinigami to come here, but I have an idea.
Let's cause some destruction around here, enough of it should alert those at the seretei and maybe some powerful opponents will show up," he said as he spotted a group of humans and procceded to fire a few rounds of balas at them causing destruction and panic as he shot them calmly. He looked at him and used Sonido to get right behind the young man he back handed him as he thrusted into the ground, "You are foolish we need these humans for as long as we can....This city contains the items that are of the upmost importance." The young Numero nearley smirked and thought he could challenge Rivera.
He unsheethed his blade and struck him, Rivera raised his hand and blocked it using the Hierro technique. He smirked at the numero and back handed him once more then fired a Bala at it's falling corpse stunning hin. He then opened a garganta and said "La sangre." meaning the blood the numero was confused as Rivera walked into the garganta he said "It's my calling card." and dissapeared into Hueco Mundo.
He entered Hueco Mundo slowly and looked upon the desolate landscape. It seemed as if it were night, he closed his eyes and remembered his time as a Hollow, and the battle between the first Espada and the Shinigami. He remembered the echoes and cries of death. He remembered how they hurt his ears. He walked toward the palace that Shiro had created and cracked his neck as he did. It was a rather fun work out seeing as the Arrancar he fought was a numeros he could not afford to kill him.
He realized how much man power was needed to defeat the shinigami. He remembered his battle with one of their captains and remembered he felt like a god swallowing the sun defeating all of these enemies and absorbing their spirits. Then he remembered showing the captain his blade and his fist reciting "State your preference?" it was a favprite phrase of his really.
He entered the palace and then stretched his arms out taking his place on a nearby seat. He heard a voice of content near him, a calm nad happy voice it reminded him of his mother. The strange thing was there was no one around. He had to stop these echoes, they hurted him mentally in a way. He got up and began huming an old tune he enjoyed quite a bit. He then wlaked past the meeting room and then into his quarters.
"I must destroy those pitiful gods of death...Dio de Muerte, how dare they call themselves such a name....They are no one near the strength of Gods." He then sat down on his seat and was looking through an old book. He then closed it and fell into a deep and happy sleep.]
