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Enter the Dragon

Zanpokuto: Arthion
Release Phrase (Shikai): "Roar! Arthion!"
Release Phrase (Bankai): Just 'Bankai'

Nice sword, huh? Standard katana, with black wrapping on the hilt. The golden hand guard is emblazoned with a dragon and a phoenix chasing one another in a circle around the blade.

Meet the resident! Arthion is a black dragon with a red highlight, so depending on where you are standing when looking at him, he can look jet black or blood red. However, no matter where you look his eyes are always all-knowing and are a deep, powerful, red. Of the two brothers, Arthion is more of the ‘Good King’, very regal and wise. He enjoys a good practical joke now and then, and enjoys riddles and puzzles even more, but that’s just the way dragons tend to be.

Bring on the Aesthetics! Gauntlets/gloves combo with clawed fingertips. Black mesh covered with golden plating provides flexibility and protection against fist and blade alike. The claws are approximately four inches long, extending from Fefnir's fingertips, and are razor sharp.

That... sounds painful. Everything it cuts burns, so every flesh wound is also cursed with a burn so rather than dying from blood loss most people go into shock or have a stroke because of the clots. All things burnable will burn to the ground if left unattended; all metals will melt if held in contact for a long time.

Step up your game.When using Arthion, The bankai form is more dedicated to a hand to hand battle utilizing the gauntlets and copious amounts of fire. From Fefnir's back, bony wings coated with flames extend 12 feet on either side, and on his shoulders, golden pauldrons shaped like dragon heads appear. A tail of fiery bone extends from the base of the spine some 5 feet behind Fefnir, and is fully mobile. Fire emerges from his legs, and the gauntlets extend themselves to cover the arms fully, and partially cover the chest as well. A head, similar in styling to a hound (a sharply dropping brow that provides eyes on the front of the face with a long muzzle holding numerous razor sharp teeth) extends from the top of the spine/base of the neck perched on a serpentine neck 4-5 feet long and is formed of the fire. This head has the distinct advantage of providing a second set of eyes and enhanced scenting, though it needs conscious effort to differentiate the two viewpoints and to switch between them. The head is also capable of moving oxygen to Fefnir in cases where he cannot breath for himself. There are long snake-like fangs in the front of the mouth and angular teeth in the back used for crushing with about the space of two teeth between them. The flames have high density as they are limited in their area of effect by Fefnir's reiatsu shaping the dragon, and as such, behaves similarly to skin, hiding the bone from view and providing resistance to physical attacks launched against the dragon's form. While slower than Kaji's version, this form is majorly a wait-and-react style anyway, so it functions primarily without movement. Due to the immense weight, Fefnir is constantly leaned over, almost down on all fours but counterbalanced by the tail to be semi-crouched.

How much a** does this kick? This is more of a power-based form for Fefnir, using the ambient heat and fire to repel attackers at close ranges. The flames can easily give 3rd degree burns just from the superheated air around the massive dragon. The large wings can be used for flight or to expand the area affected by the immense heat of the body. The head can use its teeth to bite foes, breath for Fefnir when the shinigami can't breath for himself, and give a second point of view for sight and smell, with smell being much more powerful.

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If you want to strangle him, it's okay. Phoenixes come back.

Zanpokuto: Kaji Hitokage
Release Phrase (Shikai): "Preside! Kaji Hitokage!"
Release Phrase (Bankai): "Judgement! Tenchu Kaji Hitokage!"

Nice sword? Huh? Standard katana, with red wrapping on the hilt. The blade is blood red, and the silver hand guard is emblazoned with a phoenix and a dragon fighting, the phoenix biting the dragon’s tail, and the dragon biting the phoenix’s tail, creating a circle around the blade.

Meet the resident! Kaji is a phoenix, with a burning red body and accents of gold at the tips of his wings and tail. Personality wise, he's very haughty and feels he is superior to those around him. His eyes are full of disdain for those he sees as unworthy (including Fefnir, funny as it is), and refers to a person by their gender (Boy, Girl, Woman, etc.) instead of their name out of a lack of respect.

How's it look? After the release phrase is spoken, the kanji "flame" burns into the base of the blade and intense heat radiates from the whole of the sword. Arthion, having no great faith in Kaji's strength, provides armor on the legs, covering them with black scales highlighted by red. The scales help to hold heat as well as deflect blades. The blunt force is mitigated some, but not completely nullified.

Bring the hurt. The blade is intensely hot, and its natural temperature superheats the air around it. So, even if a strike misses, there’s still a chance that the opponent will be burned by the hot air currents. Kaji, through exposure to Arthion's techniques over time adapted the ability to control heat into his release. Fefnir is able to manipulate the transfer of energy in order to raise or lower the temperature of any given thing or area. This is only done through physical contact, be that by the sword or one of his hands. Just add some reiatsu, and you've got a heat projectile. It's called Flame Surge. By pushing his reiatsu into the released blade, the hot aura can be projected toward a target, visible only as a fast moving ripple of air. Depending on the release level, this can cause either second or third degree burns. The aura itself is about the size of a basketball and squishes to wrap around the opponent after contact.

Level up! Fefnir's katana changes into a pata, a gauntlet with a blade extending from the clenched fist. It operates in very much the same way as a standard straight sword with the added bonus of being more easily controlled as a direct extension of Fefnir's wielding arm and it is extremely difficult to disarm him, if not impossible, due to the design. The gauntlet portion is silver plate worked around the entire forearm and extends up to the shoulder, where the design imitates a bird's wing. The excess reiatsu left over from forming small bankai is funneled into Fefnir's body, manifesting itself as a fire around Fefnir's legs and as a pair of flaming wings on his back, enabling high speed maneuvering and flight.

Death from above. The burning effect remains, and is intensified even further, creating second and third degree burns around the initial cut as well as cauterizing the wound, or even burning just by being in the vicinity of the burning hot metal. He can also utilize his control over heat without physical contact, excepting people or animals that are currently alive, which can still be affected through touch. Fefnir's initial speed is increased, acting as a substitute for True Shukuchi and easily matching its speed and even slightly exceeding it. The difference is, this speed runs off the fire, and will eventually run out with use. This is also very taxing on the body. When the fire is gone, Fefnir reverts to his standard Shikai release's capabilities, save for the replacement of his katana with the pata. It is possible but extremely difficult for him to continue to fight after this.

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Kidou? I hardly knew you!

He doesn't use any. At all. None. Long range pansies with their magic spells...

Wanna Hear My Story?

"So here's how it all started, quite a long time ago. I can't even remember exactly how long it was anymore, but we're talking the span of decades. Back when I was freshly buried, hardly more than a month after my mortal form was burned away, I was already an outsider, hardly worth a passing glance to anyone. I was simply another rat in the streets to them, so like the rat I was, I would scurry away and hide from them for fear of a second death, but there was never any way to escape. They always found me... found me and beat me until I was absolutely senseless, all of my being covered with blood and bruises and horrible numbness and stillness. I think that was the worst part: that dreadful, awful, stifling stillness. I could never stand idleness, so to have it forced on me was a fate worse than I could imagine. It seemed as if the men took pleasure in attacking my legs particularly, perhaps because I always tried to run from them... But who wouldn't? I tried to be courageous and stand up to them, but my body and mind disagreed, and I would flee no matter how much I wished to fight back, time and time again."

"It was during this time that I learned to escape my persecution. Now, I had always liked to meditate, because it took the stillness after the beating and made it productive by focusing the mind, will, and energy, but this time, my usual thoughts were interrupted by a distasteful voice, full of haughtiness and scorn. 'Do you wish to escape?' it asked simply, deeply, almost divinely, resonating inside my chest with exactly what I wanted. An escape... That was my only response to what seemed to be an offer that would never be fulfilled. It occurred to me that I may just be dreaming shortly after that. 'This is no dream, insolent cur,' the voice added in response to that thought, 'Follow my instructions, and you will truly find your escape,' That was the first of many times I spoke to Kaji in those days, though I wasn't aware of who he was at the time."

"Over the course of days, weeks, months, even years, I honed myself through the instruction of the voice. Every morning, I began my day with a run lasting until I could no longer continue. At the beginning, I'd run for a few minutes before slipping into a jog, but that habit was quickly broken when my route was changed. See, after a few slow jogs, I started having to run past the place where those thugs stayed, so they would chase after me, their favorite whipping boy, with weapons brandished. Nothing motivates quite like the threat of death. At the start, they caught me quickly enough that I could walk home in whatever sorry state they left me, but I always left a marker, a simple rock or something unimpressive to mark the distance I'd gotten that day. Slowly but surely, the distance began to grow, and finally, after a very long time, I could flee from those pursuers until they grew tired, either of the chase or were physically exhausted. But I didn't stop there. I continued running and running and running until it was days, full days, before I had to stop. While this was hard on my body, as sleep deprivation wreaks havoc on the flesh, this intensive and constant training made me, unquestionably the best runner in all of the outer districts, and probably even faster than some shinigami. What came next, though, could only have been a gift from a higher power."

"As I had found myself doing more and more physically, so too did I more work mentally. I learned of chakrams and how to balance them from the voice, and, as before, I immediately set myself to work on it. This mental training came quicker due to my adept mind and predisposition toward existential quandaries, theological virtue, and spiritual calmness. The eight chakrams aligned, and I felt a rush of energies that were new, and yet so familiar, like a hidden power of my own... This was the first time I felt my own reiatsu. There was some, but not a lot of the almost fluid red energy swirling around my legs, impossible to control as it began seeping back into my body like a wave of warmth. The voice broke my amazement at the phenomenon with its condescending tone. 'You are now closer to freedom than ever before, Boy. Follow my instructions, and I will truly allow your escape,' By this time, with my running lasting days, I'd become almost an insomniac, not requiring sleep for four to seven days, so I continued to meditate, feeling the warmth again as I did."

"The next morning, my running instructions changed. ’Run with balanced chakrams,' the voice demanded, 'Find your center without sitting and meditating by focusing on the earth chakram, the essential for this skill,' And so, I did. I stood there for a moment and cleared my mind, finding my earth chakram more distant than usual, and gave it a mental push to align it with the other seven. It was a little more difficult, but not so strenuous that I couldn't accomplish the task. Then, the same thing as before happened, but with a slight difference: instead of just flying out of my and being useless, the energy was drawn to my feet, wrapping them in visible crimson reiatsu. 'Good' The voice said with an air of boredom, 'Now do your regular run and see how long it takes you,' One step foreward, and boom! I was at the edge of town, some thirty miles away from my starting point. Normally, it would have taken me thirty to forty minutes to cover that distance with my already incredible speed, but had only taken seconds this time. Naturally, I was confused, and naturally, the voice clarified. 'Shukuchi, reduced earth. Using reiatsu, that red energy, you've enhanced yourself by passing your body's limits and utilizing the explosive energy of each stride. For every normal step you would have taken, you just took somewhere around ten. At your current skill level, you're very inefficient, but your previous training made a jump to the second fastest speed possible with Shukuchi possible. A little practice and you'll be ready to move up in the world and become a worthy of using me...' I... was a little dumbfounded by this. Was he... was he referring to becoming a shinigami? And, using him... my zanpokuto! I guess this was the truly the beginning for me."

"After pulling a few moves that seemed to be little more than party tricks with my newly found speed, I got myself accepted to the Shinigami Academy by impressing the guy running it. I stole s**t from him when he wasn't looking, and he said I was amazing and let me in. Three years later, I'm a full fledged shinigami, probably the first to attain shikai out of my whole class. This was majorly because I have always maintained a habit of communing with Kaji every day, and he eventually came to trust me enough to tell me his name. This was one of the definitive factors in my getting a seat in Squad 2 under Yukimaru, since most didn't have that level of release yet. Soon after, I advanced to the rank of Vice-Captain due to Rhia's promotion to Squad 4 captain. Yuki and I formed a strange friendship during that time, and she would have been the one person I'd hesitate to kill, though Iu Hana Kuchiki would also fall under that category as my best friend… Anyway, after a long time under Yuki, I became Squad 9 captain, and the place really grew on me, with help from my Vice-Captain Xeion Kuchiki (no relation to Iu) and my adopted daughter Unaharu. Shortly after I adopted her, her grandmother Yomiko Shihouin invited me to become part of their clan as well, as her adopted son."

Important People

Yukimaru - Teacher, Friend, Rival, Hero. If there is one person who has had an impact on Fefnir, it is her. Her influence, as his first captain and closest friend, is what shaped him into the man he is today. He carries her blade, and her lessons, through his life. Fefnir and Yuki can swap swords at will, if she were still around.

Amie Koigokoro - Lover. The person who helped Fefnir move past his nervousness about his duties and his own abilities.

Tezuka Matsushima - Student, Friend, drinking buddy. Things started off a bit rough between these two, but they rapidly formed a friendship after Fefnir put his VC on his a** in a fight. They've been great friends ever since.

Important Links

http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewtopic.php?t=15017957

http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewtopic.php?t=14952923

http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewtopic.php?t=16621849

http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewtopic.php?t=16798475

http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewtopic.php?t=18557335

http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewtopic.php?t=18926155

http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewtopic.php?t=20931191

http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewtopic.php?t=20480157

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That's my first profile. And holy god, it's bad! But I got better. I worked and talked to my captain to improve it and make it as good as it is today. It's all how much you put into things! =3