Request a Zanpakuto Concept

» Zanpakutô Name: Tetsumaru (鉄丸, Iron Ring).

» Zanpakutô Spirit Summary: Tetsumaru is a pacifist, it dislikes violence and enjoys peace. Sitting on top of the mountain watching the world she can never touch but only watch over it like a caring older sister.

» Inner World: Desolate and harsh. It is a dry mountain range which is high enough to reach into the heavens. On the horizon one can see extremely far, a distant utopia of flora and biomes which change with her mood but she can only see this mirage.

» Zanpakutô Appearance: Tetsumaru is an ornately designed katana which is slightly larger than normal. It has a diamond tsuba and a onyx sheathe, along the grey background is a very elegant golden pattern that stretches all over the sheathe. Its handle is wrapped in a dull golden cloth.

» Sealed Zanpakutô Power: Tetsumaru's apparant power classifies it as a defence-type zanpakuto, its sealed power is directly tied to altering the density and hardness of an object before it appears to manipulate a special substance the blade creates due to this change, it is more correctly known as a kido-type despite initially being classified incorrectly from a misunderstanding.

Iron Touch
Using the sheathe of Tetsumaru Rio is able to touch something and cause it to transmute into iron or cover it in a shell of iron. By touching a target with the sheathe she can encase parts of their body in a shell to bind them or she can increase the durability of something by touching it. This power is directly tied to the sheathe however and the blade does not have the same effect.

Steel Skin
Rio's skin is naturally incredibly powerful. While most humans are made out of carbon Rio's zanpakuto ensures that her chemical composition is closer to diamond which is still within the range of carbon making just cutting her a chore. She is highly durable but her zanpakuto's power makes her unnaturally heavy for a human since she weighs seven times more than a normal person of her height.

» Shikai Release Phrase: Harden, Tetsumaru.

» Shikai Release Action: Rio extends out her blade pointed forward, upon calling the release phase the blade turns black before it splits into four larger blades that hover around her and are chained together. Rio is left with the handle but the blade is gone.

» Shikai Appearance: Upon activation of her shikai Rio's zanpakuto takes the form of four completely identical black blades about the size of her which idle behind her, as she uses techniques the blades' forms change and warp such as growing barbs, changing in size and density or other changes that are covered by her usage.

» Shikai Abilities: The shikai of Tetsumaru revolves around manipulation of the four blades, by piercing the ground the blades can absorb carbon and matter to increase density as well as serve as material for any adjustments that Rio would like to accomplish. Tetsumaru can harden itself at will by Rio reinforcing it with her reiryoku being drained and there is no cap except until she cannot mantain this drain anymore which makes her possess incredibly powerful potential as she grows.

Black Iron Cage
By using a blade Rio converts it into a sphere large enough to wrap around a reasonably large adult man, she can encase targets whether for the sake of protection or containment. Due to the nature of her shikai this cage can become larger as more material is absorbed into the blade she is using to accomplish it.

Black Iron Cage: Heaven-Earth Tether
An enhancemnet of her cage, by attaching a chain to the ground and the blade she can apply the affect of grounding energy movement, making attacks that are comprised of energy very difficult to pull off and reducing their effectiveness by thirty percent.

Black Iron Guillotine
Manipulating a blade to float above an enemy she can bring it down with an extreme level of force that intends to cut an opponent in half.

Black Iron Maiden: Heavenly Execution, Earthern Burial
Utilising one of her shikai blades to initiate her black iron cage before raising one above it as a guillotine. This is a move designed to execute someone within the sphere. Dropping down it phases through its sibling bisecting caught in the attack if it cannot escape or survive.

Shikai Weaknesses:
Scaling Release: Her shikai is initially very basic as it is just four large blades she can use as shields and weapons, as she gathers materials however her shikai can become incredibly difficult to deal with given her creative freedom.
Multiple Factors: Rio has her attention divided by four different blades and ironically these four blades do not appear to join together meaning she cannot reduce the number by mixing two blades into one however she can choose to leave any number of her blades to absorb material to reduce the amount she needs to focus on.




» Bankai Release Phrase: "Bankai, Gogyōsan Tetsumaru (五行山鉄丸, Five Elements Mountain Iron Ring).

» Bankai Release Action: [Player Choice]

» Bankai Appearance: Activation of her bankai causes Rio's blade to disappear into the ground. After a brief pause the very land itself becomes black for up to a kilometre and this black land terraforms the environment into a small mountain range. The purpose of this is simple, Rio has all the materials she could need to protect.

» Bankai Abilities: Rio's bankai typically only builds off her shikai, only on a much grander scale that allows her to control the battlefield with a great deal of finesse and potency to protect her allies and crush her enemies.

Elemental Negation
Rio's bankai exerts a law that no basic element may exist on the black land itself itself. This effectively seals most elemental abilities. Anything that derives from, Wood (plants), Earth, Water, Fire, and Metal are prevented from being able to be used on the dirt. It is a counter to some of the strongest elemental-type zanpakutos but Rio's allies are also affected by this edict.

It should also be noted that only those touching the ground are affected by it, if someone were to fly or not be touching the black material of her zanpakuto they would not be breaking the law it imposes as they are not on it.

Will of the Black Dirt
Rio can freely control the material of her bankai to create constructs and structures, weapons or tools she might need. All of this relies on the range though, if someone steps outside of her bankai's range her constructs cannot pass that range. This is somewhat mitigated by a technique that turns the field into a giant sphere of black dirt that traps everyone within but also prevents light in.

Black Dirt Mausoleum: Mountainscape
Rio erects a large barrier made of her dirt that tries to trap as many people in as possible to overcome the weakness of her bankai's static range. She relies on catching a target off-guard but the technique needs some time to stall before it can be erected. Regardless though it can be called the true form of her zanpakuto that locks everyone within the mountain she has created.

Bankai Weaknesses
Affects Allies: Allies on her bankai cannot use elements the same way the enemies cannot.
Static: The mountain does not move, if someone were to walk and refuse to go onto the black dirt of Rio's bankai then they would be unaffected and there is not much she could do about it.
Scaling Release: Her bankai is limited by the amount of material it has, she requires a large amount built up in her shikai before she can activate her bankai which can make it difficult to immediately pull out in a fight unless she has set it up prior.
Large Presence: There is by no means any way this bankai doesn't go unnoticed by people unless some incredibly high concealment abilities were being used. It will most certainly change the landscape by the time the bankai is ended.
Recharge Time: Due to such magnitude and the energy consumation it possesses a recharge time. She cannot use it more than once every five months in-character.

» Zanpakutô Name: Yamawaru (山笑う, Laughing Mountain).

» Zanpakutô Spirit Summary: Yamawaru takes the form of a large dragon, she is very prideful and greedy. She behaves like a spoilt brat and expects everything to revolve around her.

» Inner World: It's a mountain, surrounded by a village. The village looks middle-classed and reasonably wealthy but within the mountain is a horde of treasure that would befit a dragon's lair.

» Zanpakutô Appearance: It's a above average katana in length, it has a gold cloth around the handle and a six pointed star tsuba. The sheathe has golden ornate star print down it. At the bottom of the sheathe is a chain.

» Sealed Zanpakutô Power: By taking the sheathe and spinning it by the chain, Yamawaru can generate a reasonably strong barrier in the direction of the spinning sheathe. The barrier will stop the moment the sheathe stops spinning.



» Shikai Release Phrase:
Tickle 'Till They Giggle, Yamawaru [Melee Only]
Open Your Mouth, Yamawaru [Full Release]

» Shikai Release Action: [Player Choice]

» Shikai Appearance: Yamawaru's shikai causes the blade to take on the form of an oversized sword with a large chain attached to the base that allows for it to be used as a flail.

» Shikai Abilities: Yamawaru could initially be mistaken for a melee-type zanpakuto, its oversized form makes it incredibly powerful to swing and crush opponents with raw power but its physical aspects are only a side of its potency, its user could feasibly release the zanpakuto under a secondary release phrase or alternate name if they desired to make it completely function as a melee zanpakuto to conceal its true nature.

The true nature of Yamawaru however is tied to its singing, as the sword is swung it makes a screeching sound, typically this is done through either swinging it or spinning it on the chain. Those that hear the sound of this zanpakuto fall under an illusion that alters their perception of sound, causing all sounds to simply sound as laughter. Someone with higher focus or mental perception could naturally notice the issue, join the dots and realise but even so it can be difficult to deal with when one cannot tell whether the sounds coming from an opponent's mouth are an incantation or simple taunting on their part.

Shikai Weaknesses:

Large: Yamawaru is cumbersome, not hard to wield as it is weightless for its wielder to use but its size will make it hard to use it tight spaces.
Skill: Using it as a ranged weapon requires a lot of skill on its wielder's part.
Illusion Counter: Yamawaru's illusion of changing all the sounds to laughter only applies whenever the blade is in motion, this is because of many microscopic holes along the blade that pass air through it. Because of this if one were to clog up the blade's tiny holes or prevent the sword from moving then the illusions wouldn't be able to materialise.
Allies: It affects allies as well.

» Bankai Release Phrase:
"Bankai. Close Your Eyes, Yamanemuru (山眠る, Sleeping Mountain)."

» Bankai Release Action: The user spins the shikai above their head, calling the release phrase before the bankai takes shape.

» Bankai Appearance: Upon using the activation phrase, the bankai takes the form as the chain and blade become a large serpentine dragon construct made of steel with a chain-link body that extend from the user's right arm which has become encased in an armoured metal carapace. The dragon is about one-hundred metres long.

» Bankai Abilities: Yamanemuru's power takes the illusion based power of its shikai to new levels. Being so large the dragon is so difficult to stop the air from moving through its body, generating a permanent sound but unlike the laughter; it is a loud hum that verberates around the battlefield. By hearing the sound a person's eyesight is frozen, not that their eyes do not move but the image that they saw becomes all the eyes can perceive until the humming stops.

The left arm armour filters reiatsu from leaving the body, making it harder to detect her somewhat but given that the right arm is still exposed the energy is still able to be detected possibly but much easier to conceal. While the target is incapacitated the dragon can attack as necessary.

» Bankai Weaknesses:

Hearing Based: A person that is deaf or destroys their ability to hear will become immune to the bankai's ability.
Generation: The ability can be stopped by preventing the air from moving through the bankai. If it cannot generate a hum then the ability is null.
Energy Sensing: A person can still use other senses, including their ability to perceive energy, making it possible to potentially continue past it. The ability also does nothing to defeat a different form of visual perception such as echolocation.

» Written in Their Eyes: The inner-hollow possesses the capacity to glance a person's entire life in a meeting of eyes. As eyes are the windows to the soul it is within the power of this hollow to break that glass and force itself into a target's deepest and darkest secrets.

» Hollow Feeling Imitation Puppet: The ability of the hollow that is formed from Liana Unohana's change into a Vizard. Hollow Feeling Imitation Puppet is an ability that allows for the hollow to draw out the strongest feelings of a target through touch, tearing out a black muck from their soul before eating it.

Upon eating it the form they wear changes, their very body becomes that of the target's greatest feeling. A person, an object, a place. There's no powers gained from this aside from that of pure psychological trauma which is designed to break a target's will for the moment it needs to overcome its barrier and seize control. It is devoid of empathy, despite embodying--for the inner hollow cannot perceive any feeling other than it is trapped and alone. Feelings like happiness, pleasure or pain is beyond it. It can only attack its host to try and test the limits of its cage.

» Zanpakutô Name: Ajisai (紫陽花, Purple Sun Flower).

» Zanpakutô Spirit Summary: Ajisai is much like it's master, the emblem of pride and arrogance. The difference being that her refined nature separates her from her vulgar counterpart and causes some strife between the two due to her belief that her master lacks the temperence to truly benefit from her. Ajisai's own arrogance though does contribute as her lack of respect holds her back from providing more.

This cause can be found in the philosophy, she does not like loud or explosive situations. It is nicer when everything is much more pleasant and quiet to her and the way in which she is typically used for combat does not satisfy her one bit when she desires a more graceful and respectable treatment of her.

» Inner World: A world of endless flowers, the amount of flowers present are various. Even beyond the namesake of Ajisai--but the core fact remains that they are purple. The sky seems to be tinted purple, adding an eerie colour to the whole area. There is a distinct hazy feeling in the air which carries an obnoxiously sweet scent that would turn most people off just being in the realm. At the centre is a gazebo; within a small moat of water with four entrances and a vagely female looking humanoid with her face obscured by a veil who seems locked in the state of pertetually drinking tea.

» Zanpakutô Appearance: It is a katana which is atypical, in that it is quite straight as a blade compared to most katana. The sword has a hilt that also is bulbous, reaching up like petals to surround the blade as a kind of flower. The blade has the first kanji of Ajisai's name; 紫. Interpreted as either 'purple' or 'imperial'. It has a small tassel hanging from the handle and the sheathe is decorated in a flower pattern.

» Sealed Zanpakutô Power: There is no apparent power associated with Ajisai. This is particular due there being no reason there should not be one, the most reasonable explaination is that Ajisai is withholding any usage within the sealed state.



» Shikai Release Phrase: Flourish, Ajisai

» Shikai Release Action: [Player Choice]

» Shikai Appearance: The shikai appearance of Ajisai takes the form of a naginata, the blade of the naginata appears to have holes in it which constantly emit a sweet smelling incense. By swinging the blade, it scatters this incense around the area as a haze.

» Shikai Abilities: The primary ability of Ajisai can be determined as being different depending on who is wielding it. Akane's usage of her zanpakuto and her spirit's usage are vastly apart from one another. When used by Akane the shikai causes the incense to be burned, allowing for her to cover the area in a thick haze while she fights before backing away and igniting it to cause explosions and large fireballs to occur.

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» Bankai Release Phrase:
"Bankai. Ajisai Bijinhakumei (紫陽花 美人薄命, Imperial Sun Flower's Fleeting Beauty)."

» Bankai Release Action: [Player Choice]

» Bankai Appearance: The unity of Akane and Ajisai. Upon activation the blade vanishes and covers the entire area in a haze which appears as red and puple mixed together. The haze saturates the entire area for up to three kilometres and a forest begins to bloom, breaking through structures and growing around them.

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