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~Appearance~
Name: Toumaru Evangelle
Age: Exact Number Unknown [Died at 19]
Sex: Male
Race: Shinigami
Division: 2nd Division
Seat: [Unseated Officer]
Zanpakuto: Meireidou
Personality: Touma has a tendency to wallow in the past, never truly focusing on the present. Though once a great captain, thousands upon thousands of years ago, his lack of focus on the campaign of the Soul Society has reduced him to nothing more than an Unseated Officer. With a resultantly apathetic stance toward wordly matters, his sorrow seems to encompass every aspect of his self-image. For there is only one man left whom he might call friend, and whom he might show a smile to. The one man who had survived with him, his rival and his friend...Perhaps the only being that would ever see the true Touma.
~Background~
Height: 5'11 [71 inches]
Weight: 145 lbs.
Hair: Touma's hair, when left completely to its own whims, falls halfway down his back. Perfectly straight, its jet black is offset by only the slightest hint of violet, visible when the sun is upon it. For functionality, Touma usually ties the back of his hair with white cloth, binding it into a tight tail. His bangs, however, are left to the wind...Though they do tend to hang over his eyes.
Eyes: Icy blue. With a slight downward slant, Touma's eyes seem to display his ever-present sorrow...A sorrow belied from too many years of fighting, too many years of watching the people that surrounded him die. They are not particularly small, nor large, but seem to fit his face perfectly- The epitome of symmetrical beauty. When he sheds his garb of sorrow, though, his eyes glow with a great golden malice. Only then must an opponent truly fear for their life.
Clothing: (It's obvious)
Physical Appearance: Touma's years of combat have kept his ageless body in absolute top conditions- Though not overtly muscular, his thin physique has been toned to its absolute straining point. The strength within his relatively thin body is nigh unbelievable...But to any who see him simply straying through the Seireitei, he would seem nothing more than a waiflike speed-fighter. For it is his thin body that allows him to travel at unbelievable speeds when he needs to. In his most desperate moments, traveling at speeds beyond most human imaginations, such a body could never fail him.
Past Divisions: 6th Division [Captain]
History: Toumaru Evangelle was once a mighty captain of the Soul Society. The second of the 2nd generation Captains, 6th Division was he one he called his own. His was to be the generation to succeed the Soul Society, and to ensure that its greatness and its nobility would never diminish or fade. But...they failed. Slowly but surely, his friends and his allies faded away- Some were killed, destroyed by enemies while others were silenced by disease and old age. Even his lover...And when she passed on, Touma took his own life. His guilt weighed far too heavily upon his soul.
And yet, he was unable to achieve his goal of death. He was reborn as a hollow, and left to walk the path of sin- In some attempt to repent for his deeds, perhaps. So he did. For millenia, he walked the dark paths and deserts of Hueco Mundo, almost always alone. There was but one man whom he could call friend, and he was most often beyond reach. Sorrow was to be the only true companion of the ex-captain. Only after he believed he had truly found the light was he able to return to the Soul Society...After centuries upon centuries of fighting for his life, he was allowed to walk in the light once again.
So he returned...But with a vow not to be the man he once was. He would not be the combat-seeking man that once caused so much bloodshed; he would fight only in the defense of himself, the defense of his friends. But there were so few of those...And so never took it upon himself to rise in the ranks of the shinigami. In taking his own life he had dishonored the Souls Society, and so his name had been all but forgotten. He was able to walk the Seireitei without fear of discovery or even recognition, cloaking his reiatsu perfectly. In his years of absence, at least he had mastered that skill. Even those who might have recognized him would not be able to read the frequency changes caused by his long years as a hollow. And so he found his way to the Soul Society...still a mystery. Though no living being would remember it, he would always be the Immaculate Captain. Not since he reached adulthood did he age even a day.
~Techniques~
Touma has mastered all known forms of Bakudou, Bougyoudo and Chiyudo spells, but has long cleansed his mind of Hadou. Their destructive nature, in combination with the general lack of control they allowed their user made them rather unfitting for him. However, the Ex-captain has the more subtle arts of the Shinigami [e.g. Shunpo, Mirror Gate] down to an art.
[Black River]: The ultimate perpetuation of Touma's millenia alone. A form of energy derived directly from his body, neither physical nor spiritual in nature, that can be released in whatever form Touma chooses. If left unshaped, the Black River appears as jet black energy with a consistency similar to that of water. If focused, it can be formed into any variation of weapon Touma chooses to wield [most commonly a hand-and-a-half blade, curved], and in its most powerful form appear to be made of physical matter. Alternatively, it can be used to create tendril-like extensions, orbs, beams, bolts or any other conceivable form of attack. However, the Black River can only take a form within a certain vicinity around Touma [and so cannot suddenly appear inside of someone and destroy them], and its power can reach levels more than high enough to destroy entire city districts unfocused [Once all seals are released].
[Eve's Angel]: Allowing the river of energy within him to take physical form, this technique causes a white wing of pure energy to unfurl from Touma's white shoulder. Once formed, it begins to absorb energy from flora surrounding the battlefield, siphoning their very lives to feed Touma more energy. Though it does not allow him flight, the majestic wing feeds him with a power the defies the natural limits of his kind.
[Evangelle]: The counterpart to the Eve's Angel...The Evangelle is a technique of a darker nature. Stealing life away from the natural fauna, intelligent beings, Touma is able to derive a great power. Borne from the snuffed lives of the creatures around him, his extinguishing of their being allows him to increase his power all the further- To more than superhuman levels. However, the moral crisis it implies simply through its use is one that the ex-captain never willingly calls upon himself...so the technique is one seen only in times of absolute requirement. It has ben said that Touma would rather die than be forced to release its power upon the world.
~Zanpakuto~
Shikai: When released in its Initial Form, Touma's blade loses almost all usabiltiy as a weapon- A duty he leaves to his inborn Black River. In Shikai, his Zanpaku-Tou appears to be a a crimson Hagoromo. A sacred cloth, thinly woven hung over the user's arms. Similar in appearance to scarves used by dancers- and rightfully so. If any shinigami might be called a dancer when fighting, 'twould be Touma himself. When released, his Zanpaku-Tou gains the ability to bend incoming attacks away from Touma, and instead force them to collide with some form of environmental obstacle. This 'bending' is accomplished by creating a localized pressure zone around Touma, which influences incoming matter. When confronted with the enormously high pressure, it seeks to return to low presure and so is forced away. For the most part, this is ineffective against melee attacks [too close to affect fully].
Release Incantation: Odore, Meireidou
Bankai: In Bankai form, Meireidou takes the form of two large poles, trailing from each of which is a large rectangular banner- Twenty feet long, perhaps three feet wide, and intricately patterned with tribal characters long forgotten to the world. Painted in black upon the deep crimson of the banners, the same characters appear painted in a durving line all across Touma's body. beginning from his hairline, on the left side of his forehead, they wrap around his forearm and trail all down his back and wrap again around his right leg. Each character in his body...represents a single seal he has placed upon his body. When released in full, each solid black character on tapestry and skin will transfrom, beoming crimson [And so disappearing on the banners] and releasing the user's power in the form of black rose petals. These seals each represent a century, and have allowed Touma to literally seal time away within his blade- A power that, once the seals upon it have been lifted, can be used in battle.
Release Incantation: Odore oite Mugen, Meireidou
Zanpaku-Tou Techniques:
Temporal Stasis: Having unlocked the secrets of the true cold, the chilling secret of life and death itself, Touma is able to focus parts of those abilities into his Black River ability. At its most basic level, these mighty powers allows him to lower the temperature of his Black River to a point at which it can affect the world around it- To Absolute Zero and beyond.
The Lorde's Ecstasy: Forming a small field of temperatures below absolute zero around his body, Touma destroys the small layer of matter surrounding his body. By doing so, he is able to travel as though he was in a vacuum of empty space, without resistance from any outside factors- In such a state, his speed often surpasses the level of spiritual beings perception, and he becomes invisible to any observer.
Angel's Tears: Freezing the very air around it, Touma's Black River becomes coated in super-chilled oxygen when this technique is activated. Upon collision with any sort of surface [or opposing attack], this frozen oxygen will burst, flying upward before slowly drifting down, freezing anything and everything it touches upon the way down.
Nightmare's Footsteps: An ability borne from the thousands of petals created by releasing Meireidou's many seals. Using the sheer cold of his Black River, Touma chills the very rose petals as they lie upon the ground, leaving any who step upon them a victim to their chilling cold. Upon contact, their cheer cold bites through an opponent- When contact with multiple petals is made upon a single body part, the roses can often freeze it completely, reaching temperatures of Absolute Zero.
A Thousand Black Flowers: Using the black petals released from the seals of his Bankai, this technique allows the pretty things to be used for more than simple decoration. Transmitting the black river throughout them, Touma becomes able to use each as a transmitter through which his chilling abilities can be used- Granting him both range, and the inability to have his techniques stolen from him by an opponent's power. Every one of his dark petals must be gathered before his power is bereft of him.
A Single Black Rose: Using sheer cold, chilling the area around his Black River, Touma finds the abilty to affect the air pressure around him. Slowing movement in the area around him to a near halt, while he feels nothing more than a cool breeze upon his skin- Barely drawing goosebumps. His opponent, meanwhile, can only stand still while Touma strikes him down with a single blow, the sheer temperature of which causes their internal functions to halt. A blow that does not kill them, but leaves their body as though it were a carcass. Until Touma removes the effects of the technique, they are left thoughtless...helpless.
Dead Zone: Lowering the temperatures of the area around him, Touma is able to create a field in which no life can possibly survive and propagate. Temperatures are lowered to a point at which skin freezes within seconds, and matter begins to erode- Anyone within a vicinity of approximately twenty feet for more than a few seconds will become frozen solid, left to die if not found and assisted.
Dark Rejection: The ultimate defensive ability within Touma's arsenal, used only in the most dire of circumstances- It requires all seals upon him to be lifted. Chilling the Black River to a point below absolute zero, the user forces the area in and around his Black River the singular ability to destroy. Within seconds of exposure, it can destroy matter, reverting its state to before its very creation- When met with an attack, it can completely remove it from existence. However, it cannot be used directly on other Spiritual Beings.
Crest of the Avenged: The last resort. Upon activation, Touma chills an extremely small area just in front of his palm, until it reaches a temperature below Absolute Zero. He then contains this chill to a very small area, manipulating the area around it and preventing it from simply destroying the matter around it. When so compressed, it becomes a simple void, where no matter remains. This void is then sealed using the power of his Bankai into a single character on the user's palm. When released through a vocal command, the character is released from its compressed state, and creates suction- Devouring all matter that reaches it upon contact.
Name: Toumaru Evangelle
Age: Exact Number Unknown [Died at 19]
Sex: Male
Race: Shinigami
Division: 2nd Division
Seat: [Unseated Officer]
Zanpakuto: Meireidou
Personality: Touma has a tendency to wallow in the past, never truly focusing on the present. Though once a great captain, thousands upon thousands of years ago, his lack of focus on the campaign of the Soul Society has reduced him to nothing more than an Unseated Officer. With a resultantly apathetic stance toward wordly matters, his sorrow seems to encompass every aspect of his self-image. For there is only one man left whom he might call friend, and whom he might show a smile to. The one man who had survived with him, his rival and his friend...Perhaps the only being that would ever see the true Touma.
~Background~
Height: 5'11 [71 inches]
Weight: 145 lbs.
Hair: Touma's hair, when left completely to its own whims, falls halfway down his back. Perfectly straight, its jet black is offset by only the slightest hint of violet, visible when the sun is upon it. For functionality, Touma usually ties the back of his hair with white cloth, binding it into a tight tail. His bangs, however, are left to the wind...Though they do tend to hang over his eyes.
Eyes: Icy blue. With a slight downward slant, Touma's eyes seem to display his ever-present sorrow...A sorrow belied from too many years of fighting, too many years of watching the people that surrounded him die. They are not particularly small, nor large, but seem to fit his face perfectly- The epitome of symmetrical beauty. When he sheds his garb of sorrow, though, his eyes glow with a great golden malice. Only then must an opponent truly fear for their life.
Clothing: (It's obvious)
Physical Appearance: Touma's years of combat have kept his ageless body in absolute top conditions- Though not overtly muscular, his thin physique has been toned to its absolute straining point. The strength within his relatively thin body is nigh unbelievable...But to any who see him simply straying through the Seireitei, he would seem nothing more than a waiflike speed-fighter. For it is his thin body that allows him to travel at unbelievable speeds when he needs to. In his most desperate moments, traveling at speeds beyond most human imaginations, such a body could never fail him.
Past Divisions: 6th Division [Captain]
History: Toumaru Evangelle was once a mighty captain of the Soul Society. The second of the 2nd generation Captains, 6th Division was he one he called his own. His was to be the generation to succeed the Soul Society, and to ensure that its greatness and its nobility would never diminish or fade. But...they failed. Slowly but surely, his friends and his allies faded away- Some were killed, destroyed by enemies while others were silenced by disease and old age. Even his lover...And when she passed on, Touma took his own life. His guilt weighed far too heavily upon his soul.
And yet, he was unable to achieve his goal of death. He was reborn as a hollow, and left to walk the path of sin- In some attempt to repent for his deeds, perhaps. So he did. For millenia, he walked the dark paths and deserts of Hueco Mundo, almost always alone. There was but one man whom he could call friend, and he was most often beyond reach. Sorrow was to be the only true companion of the ex-captain. Only after he believed he had truly found the light was he able to return to the Soul Society...After centuries upon centuries of fighting for his life, he was allowed to walk in the light once again.
So he returned...But with a vow not to be the man he once was. He would not be the combat-seeking man that once caused so much bloodshed; he would fight only in the defense of himself, the defense of his friends. But there were so few of those...And so never took it upon himself to rise in the ranks of the shinigami. In taking his own life he had dishonored the Souls Society, and so his name had been all but forgotten. He was able to walk the Seireitei without fear of discovery or even recognition, cloaking his reiatsu perfectly. In his years of absence, at least he had mastered that skill. Even those who might have recognized him would not be able to read the frequency changes caused by his long years as a hollow. And so he found his way to the Soul Society...still a mystery. Though no living being would remember it, he would always be the Immaculate Captain. Not since he reached adulthood did he age even a day.
~Techniques~
Touma has mastered all known forms of Bakudou, Bougyoudo and Chiyudo spells, but has long cleansed his mind of Hadou. Their destructive nature, in combination with the general lack of control they allowed their user made them rather unfitting for him. However, the Ex-captain has the more subtle arts of the Shinigami [e.g. Shunpo, Mirror Gate] down to an art.
[Black River]: The ultimate perpetuation of Touma's millenia alone. A form of energy derived directly from his body, neither physical nor spiritual in nature, that can be released in whatever form Touma chooses. If left unshaped, the Black River appears as jet black energy with a consistency similar to that of water. If focused, it can be formed into any variation of weapon Touma chooses to wield [most commonly a hand-and-a-half blade, curved], and in its most powerful form appear to be made of physical matter. Alternatively, it can be used to create tendril-like extensions, orbs, beams, bolts or any other conceivable form of attack. However, the Black River can only take a form within a certain vicinity around Touma [and so cannot suddenly appear inside of someone and destroy them], and its power can reach levels more than high enough to destroy entire city districts unfocused [Once all seals are released].
[Eve's Angel]: Allowing the river of energy within him to take physical form, this technique causes a white wing of pure energy to unfurl from Touma's white shoulder. Once formed, it begins to absorb energy from flora surrounding the battlefield, siphoning their very lives to feed Touma more energy. Though it does not allow him flight, the majestic wing feeds him with a power the defies the natural limits of his kind.
[Evangelle]: The counterpart to the Eve's Angel...The Evangelle is a technique of a darker nature. Stealing life away from the natural fauna, intelligent beings, Touma is able to derive a great power. Borne from the snuffed lives of the creatures around him, his extinguishing of their being allows him to increase his power all the further- To more than superhuman levels. However, the moral crisis it implies simply through its use is one that the ex-captain never willingly calls upon himself...so the technique is one seen only in times of absolute requirement. It has ben said that Touma would rather die than be forced to release its power upon the world.
~Zanpakuto~
Shikai: When released in its Initial Form, Touma's blade loses almost all usabiltiy as a weapon- A duty he leaves to his inborn Black River. In Shikai, his Zanpaku-Tou appears to be a a crimson Hagoromo. A sacred cloth, thinly woven hung over the user's arms. Similar in appearance to scarves used by dancers- and rightfully so. If any shinigami might be called a dancer when fighting, 'twould be Touma himself. When released, his Zanpaku-Tou gains the ability to bend incoming attacks away from Touma, and instead force them to collide with some form of environmental obstacle. This 'bending' is accomplished by creating a localized pressure zone around Touma, which influences incoming matter. When confronted with the enormously high pressure, it seeks to return to low presure and so is forced away. For the most part, this is ineffective against melee attacks [too close to affect fully].
Release Incantation: Odore, Meireidou
Bankai: In Bankai form, Meireidou takes the form of two large poles, trailing from each of which is a large rectangular banner- Twenty feet long, perhaps three feet wide, and intricately patterned with tribal characters long forgotten to the world. Painted in black upon the deep crimson of the banners, the same characters appear painted in a durving line all across Touma's body. beginning from his hairline, on the left side of his forehead, they wrap around his forearm and trail all down his back and wrap again around his right leg. Each character in his body...represents a single seal he has placed upon his body. When released in full, each solid black character on tapestry and skin will transfrom, beoming crimson [And so disappearing on the banners] and releasing the user's power in the form of black rose petals. These seals each represent a century, and have allowed Touma to literally seal time away within his blade- A power that, once the seals upon it have been lifted, can be used in battle.
Release Incantation: Odore oite Mugen, Meireidou
Zanpaku-Tou Techniques:
Temporal Stasis: Having unlocked the secrets of the true cold, the chilling secret of life and death itself, Touma is able to focus parts of those abilities into his Black River ability. At its most basic level, these mighty powers allows him to lower the temperature of his Black River to a point at which it can affect the world around it- To Absolute Zero and beyond.
The Lorde's Ecstasy: Forming a small field of temperatures below absolute zero around his body, Touma destroys the small layer of matter surrounding his body. By doing so, he is able to travel as though he was in a vacuum of empty space, without resistance from any outside factors- In such a state, his speed often surpasses the level of spiritual beings perception, and he becomes invisible to any observer.
Angel's Tears: Freezing the very air around it, Touma's Black River becomes coated in super-chilled oxygen when this technique is activated. Upon collision with any sort of surface [or opposing attack], this frozen oxygen will burst, flying upward before slowly drifting down, freezing anything and everything it touches upon the way down.
Nightmare's Footsteps: An ability borne from the thousands of petals created by releasing Meireidou's many seals. Using the sheer cold of his Black River, Touma chills the very rose petals as they lie upon the ground, leaving any who step upon them a victim to their chilling cold. Upon contact, their cheer cold bites through an opponent- When contact with multiple petals is made upon a single body part, the roses can often freeze it completely, reaching temperatures of Absolute Zero.
A Thousand Black Flowers: Using the black petals released from the seals of his Bankai, this technique allows the pretty things to be used for more than simple decoration. Transmitting the black river throughout them, Touma becomes able to use each as a transmitter through which his chilling abilities can be used- Granting him both range, and the inability to have his techniques stolen from him by an opponent's power. Every one of his dark petals must be gathered before his power is bereft of him.
A Single Black Rose: Using sheer cold, chilling the area around his Black River, Touma finds the abilty to affect the air pressure around him. Slowing movement in the area around him to a near halt, while he feels nothing more than a cool breeze upon his skin- Barely drawing goosebumps. His opponent, meanwhile, can only stand still while Touma strikes him down with a single blow, the sheer temperature of which causes their internal functions to halt. A blow that does not kill them, but leaves their body as though it were a carcass. Until Touma removes the effects of the technique, they are left thoughtless...helpless.
Dead Zone: Lowering the temperatures of the area around him, Touma is able to create a field in which no life can possibly survive and propagate. Temperatures are lowered to a point at which skin freezes within seconds, and matter begins to erode- Anyone within a vicinity of approximately twenty feet for more than a few seconds will become frozen solid, left to die if not found and assisted.
Dark Rejection: The ultimate defensive ability within Touma's arsenal, used only in the most dire of circumstances- It requires all seals upon him to be lifted. Chilling the Black River to a point below absolute zero, the user forces the area in and around his Black River the singular ability to destroy. Within seconds of exposure, it can destroy matter, reverting its state to before its very creation- When met with an attack, it can completely remove it from existence. However, it cannot be used directly on other Spiritual Beings.
Crest of the Avenged: The last resort. Upon activation, Touma chills an extremely small area just in front of his palm, until it reaches a temperature below Absolute Zero. He then contains this chill to a very small area, manipulating the area around it and preventing it from simply destroying the matter around it. When so compressed, it becomes a simple void, where no matter remains. This void is then sealed using the power of his Bankai into a single character on the user's palm. When released through a vocal command, the character is released from its compressed state, and creates suction- Devouring all matter that reaches it upon contact.
