The fact that I'm already losing (in the polls) is depressing...
Name: Bach Lucifuge
Age: 324 (his age as an Arrancar. He was a Vasto Lorde for a long time before his ascension)
Race: Arrancar
Gender: Male
Appearance: Average height, fairly-muscular build, but still very flexible and agile. Greasy jet-black hair, topaz eyes, and pale white skin. Baggy white pants and sandals. He also wears a white robe, which he leaves unbuttoned. It's about knee-length. Long sleeves. The collar of the robe, instead of going around his neck, rests on his shoulders, showing a lot of chest and upper-back. The moon-shaped sheath for his weapon is attached to the upper-back of his robe by two belt-like apparatuses on his robe. He has an illegible tattoo on his upper-back, with his Hollow-hole being where his heart should be (upper-left chest)
Bach isn’t exactly a model, but he’s not ugly by any stretch of the imagination. His raven-black hair as been matted down in an attempt to control it, but it still rebels, the ends twisting and twirling in each and every direction. His hair completely covers his forehead in the front, and goes down to shoulders everywhere else, but since his hair tends not to obey him, it often curls in some odd direction before it reaches its full length. His hair has a bit of a greasy feels to it, as if it’s always slightly-wet. Several white beads hang off of random strands of hair.
His lazy eyes are a beautiful topaz-color, with a gaze that can pierce through souls. He’s got relatively small ears, a small button-like nose, and thin, strawberry-colored lips. Because of that, his face might be deemed “feminine” by someone who didn’t know any better. Of course, the bit of his mask that remains is anything but feminine. It covers his mouth and nose, much like a SARS mask. Red lips run along the edges of the mask, with huge, sharp white teeth coming together to form a hungry, devious grin.
Standing at about 5’10”, he certainly doesn’t look like the god of war he really is. Although Bach is very strong, he looks more lithe and agile than brawny. He does have some decent-sized muscles, but no 6-pick, bulging biceps, or anything like that. Pale-white skin adds to the idea that this arrancar is more of an aristocrat than a warrior.
Like all arrancar, Bach wears the standard white hakama and sandals. Like all arrancar, his shirt is different and unique. He wears a long-sleeve robe, which is snow-white in color, much like his pants. The robe hangs down to knee-level, which isn’t long enough to get in the way during fights. Unlike most robes and shirts, with collars that wrap around the neck, the collar on Bach’s robe is extremely wide, resting on his shoulders. Were he 4 or 5 inches skinnier, the robe would simply slide right off of him; that’s how wide the collar of the robe is. As one can understand, this extra-wide collar shows lots of chest and back.
Tattooed on Lucifuge’s upper-back (just above his the collar of his robe) is this
symbol. It really isn’t legible, but it must have some meaning, right? His hole (all hollows have ‘em) is right where his heart should be (upper-left of his chest), suggesting that he is a ruthless being with no heart. . .
Weapon(s): Whereas shinigami zanpakutou are generally katana, Arrancar zanpakutou can range from any number of European swords, from short swords to daggers, to rapiers to zweihanders. Bach’s own sword is a hand sickle. The top of the blade is weighted slightly, which increases its power when used to slice. Because the sword lacks a straight-forward point, it can’t really be used to stab much. However, Bach usually lets his zanpakutou sleep anyway, so it doesn’t matter much.
The handle is about 3 hand-grips long (roughly 10 inches), being completely black in color. The bottom of the handle is a spike, which doesn’t really have much use in a fight, but that’s irrelevant. The guard consists of 5 spikes jutting out about an inch or so from the handle (think pentagram). The actual blade is somewhat of a crescent shape. The back of the blade is black in color, while the inside of the blade is white.
Only the inside of the blade is sharp, although he can still block and attack with the outside of the blade. His strength is so much that, with the dull side of his blade, he can still dismember weak shinigami. The length of the blade, from the guard to the farthest point the blade goes, is about 3 feet. If one were to straighten the blade, though, it would be much longer. The top of the blade is slightly thicker than the bottom, and the tip of the blade is moved forward a bit as well.
I’ll post a picture later.
Abilities: Cero: a high-powered energy blast that can be fired from the mouth, or hand. Bach is reasonably-proficient with this skill, but it is by no means his area of expertise.
Sonido: the arrancar equivalent of the shinigami shunpou or quincy hirenkyaku; it allows the user to travel at incredibly high speeds. Bach is very skilled with this, but he’s by no means the fastest character alive.
Pesquisa: an arrancar technique used to sense spiritual pressure. In a way, it also grants him better-than 360 degree vision, as he can sense spiritual pressures on all sides of him, through buildings, etc. Not Bach's best skill, but he still has a decent mastery of it.
Hierro: by compressing enormous amounts of reiatsu into its skin, an arrancar’s skin becomes extremely hard. Bach enjoys hand-to-hand combat quite a bit, so having steel-hard skin is not only useful for defense, but attacking as well.
Bala: an arrancar technique in which the user hardens his spiritual pressure and fires it around 20 times the speed of a cero blast. Much like cero, Bach has some skill with this technique, but it’s not his favorite technique.
Garganta: a technique used by the arrancar to travel between Hueco Mundo and other dimensions. 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 discernable pathway. Bach's bestest and favoritest technique.
???: We don’t know much about Arrancar, and don’t know all of their techniques. As more techniques are shown in the manga, I’ll update this little list of techniques, and Bach’s skill with them.
Hohou: Mid. He's no speed demon, but he's not a slow poke, either. He's about Byakuya's speed, maybe just a smidgeon faster?
Zanjutsu: Very Low. His sword style consists of, "I have a sword, and it's pointy."
Kidou: Mid-high. When it comes to techniques such as cero, garganta, hierro, etc., he's fairly skilled with all of them.
Hakuda: Mid-high. Prefers hand-to-hand combat over sword combat.
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