Post by nefieslab on Oct 18, 2009 16:34:53 GMT -5
Name: Kylar Romain
Age: 95 (Appears to be 15)
Gender: Male
Personality:
Skill Level: Swordsmanship: Advanced
Skill Level: Shunpou: Beginner
Skill Level: Hand-to-hand: Beginner
History/Background:
Age: 95 (Appears to be 15)
Gender: Male
Personality:
Kylar is a naturally quiet individual and this is because, quite simply, he loves silence. Some may think this means he's a shy man but they are sorely mistaken, Kylar has already come out of his shell, he just goes back in there for the amazing silence. While loving silence, he is very capable of voicing his opinions and beliefs in a very vocal way for he holds his beliefs high in his mind, higher than his own personal safety. This leads to unbelievable conviction and a willingness to bring 'Retribution' to anyone, at any cost.Appearance:
His love of silence makes Kylar an odd person to try and befriend but he is a kind person due to the morals and beliefs he'd been raised with. While not always acting on his kindness, it is seen in almost all of his actions. But when it comes to himself he is darn right cruel to himself and any weaknesses he has due to his overwhelming desire to control everything his body does. One embaressing example of this occured when he reached puberty and proceeded to lock himself in his room before returning a week later stating, "I have control again."
Shikai -Zanpakuto Spirit:
Kylar's hair colour and style is not a basis for his appearance as it changes almost daily. He can appear with shoulder length black hair one day and then short blonde hair the next. His actual hair colour is blonde, after a small mishap with a longer lasting dye, and is cut short so that it can't be seen underneath the extensions, wigs and dyes he uses.
One constant about Kylar is his eyes, a deep blue. People describe his eyes in two different ways. Some describe them as bright and pure. While others see them as unending pools that promise pain and suffering. Both are right.
When not wearing his shinigami uniform he wears his 'work clothes'. These 'work clothes' are seen in the picture above and include a cloth mask.
Physically it is hard to tell what Kylar looks like beneath shinigami robes several sizes too big for him and loose 'work clothes'. It is generally agreed that he is near peak physical fitness but details are sketchy, even about his height. This is because Kylar regularly changes his footwear to gain or lose height to throw people off.
Kylar is almost never free of all of his disguises but when he is it is only in private. His body is covered in small scars and burns, mostly from his insistance that he should do better with kido. His real height isn't that great. Standing an inch short of six foot he is of average height for a man his age.
ShingaSealed Zanpakuto:
Shinga most often takes the form of a middle aged woman dressed as a prostitute. In this guise Shinga pretends to be weak and only interested in Kylar sexually. However, Shinga's true form in hidden beneath the disguise. Shinga's true form is still that of a woman but she wears clothes similar to Kylar's shikai clothes and wild red hair. In direct contrast to her prostitute disguise, she is a strong willed woman who seems to find fault with everything about Kylar, often attacking him to 'keep him sharp'.
The inner world of Shinga and Kylar is a strange one, even by inner world standards. It takes the form of a vast desert, made of what appears to be white sand. Upon closer inspection it is revealed that the sand is actually ashes. The ashes form 'sand' dunes against marble pillars and walls that jut out from the ground, as if a civilisation was buried under the ash. When asked about the civilisation, Shinga becomes enraged and attacks Kylar.
During battle Shinga seems to leave Kylar's mind altogether, ignoring his plees or reason. Although he's asked her about it many times she's never told him the reason why. She told him of the shikai's second ability because it would guide him when she wasn't with him. When sealed she still appears absent but can form her will on the flat of the blade.
When sealed, Shinga takes the form of a katana. The blade of said katana has an inscription on the flat side. The inscription represents Shinga's opinion on a person or action. There are only five inscriptions;Shikai Description:
Mercy - Means no blood should be shed, stay the course.
Retribution - Slay the wicked, blood should be stolen from the unclean.
Revenge - Kill those who've wronged you, no others should die.
Vengeance - Kill to protect, kill to right wrongs.
Justice - Stay the course, stand to your morals, "No one dies by Justice's light".
Release command: Judge the wicked and cleanse the unclean, Shinga!Shikai Abilities:
Shinga shrinks from her sealed form's size of an arm-and-a-half katana to a slightly curved blade the length of Kylar's forearm. The tip is sharp but the edge is thin enough for the blade to simply sink into solid wood under its own weight. Although thin, the blade is stronger and tougher than the sealed state.
First ability - "Purge!" The tip of Shinga glows briefly and every strike from the blade creates a thin line blue fire behind the slash that whips into his enemies.Bankai Description:
Second ability - "Justice finds you" This ability is not an attack in any sense of the word. It literally turns Shinga into a sort of compass. But instead of pointing north, the tip of Shinga points to show that path the Zanpaktu Spirit wants Kylar to take. He uses this ability as the shikai form of Shinga cannot form the words on the shorter blade.
Kylar's Bankai is seen as relatively small in size but its size disguises the true extent of its power. The sword itself is a slightly extended version of the shikai blade with a strand of thin metal wire that can extend in length indeffinately. When using bankai, the sheath for Shinga disappears. It is believed, Shinga didn't want to give Kylar all the answers, that the sheath turns into the wire.Bankai Abilities:
Kylar is given the power to become only partially visible (a man-like slab of shadow) and his attacks gain speed that the rest of his body finds hard to keep up with. The most obvious drawback of this speed is that stabs with Shinga often result in Kylar's sword arm being dislocated at the shoulder if it does not hit anything and is allowed to use all of it's momentum to break him. When using any of the other bankai abilities, Kylar instantly becomes visible again.Skill Level: Kidou: Advanced
The thin wire that trails from the hilt of the Zanpaktu is actually incredibly strong and controlled by Kylar's mind alone. While it doesn't move as a life-like being (so not like Renji's Bankai) it does heed Kylar's call and it flies into his left hand (his right being his sword hand). The most useful application of the wire is as a stealth weapon (think cheese wire) that can burn with the same blue fire as the shikai "Purge" command.
The true strength of the blade itself however is that it can be used as a focus point for any Kidou spells Kylar casts. It doesn't increase the spell's power in anyway but gives Kylar a brief period in which he has the clarity and control to use kidou spells that are above him normally. Command to enter this ten second state is : Through justice, strike clearly.
Skill Level: Swordsmanship: Advanced
Skill Level: Shunpou: Beginner
Skill Level: Hand-to-hand: Beginner
History/Background:
Kylar was found in an alleyway, when he appeared to be around ten years old, by a recruiter for the shinigami acadamy. He was brought in because he was found surrounded by thugs whom he'd tried to kill for being "Unclean".RP Sample:
Upon entering the acadamy he was declared a prodigy by his kidou and swordsmanship teachers. Unfortunately for these teachers, Kylar cared little for the rest of his classes. He was even held back a year when he failed a mathmatics exam because he'd chosen to get some extra kidou practice in before his next lesson.
When he finally graduated he was reviewed and deemed unsuited to join any of the squads. He was forced to take an incredibly long multiple choice test to decide which squad he would join. Inwardly he began to hate the petty men that held power despite no obvious strengths. With the results of his test he was assigned to the 2nd Squad.
He has been in his squad little over a week now and has already decided not to release his shikai in service of the 2nd squad. When asked about this strange decision by the squad's third seat, he'd meerly shrugged and pointed to Shinga and said, "She points north, you people don't."
The strike sent him to his knees, Shinga held above his head to keep the blade from cleaving his head clean in two. The pressure on his blade grew to the point where he knew he had to act soon or risk losing his head. Acting without any thought, only instinct, he suddenly stopped pressing against the longer blade of his opponent and rolled to the side.
His eyes widdened as he travelled through the air, his ribs aching and exploding in unexpected pain. He travelled through the air for a few more seconds before making a completely unwelcome stop at the ground. Rolling into the fall he was acutely aware of the sword smashing into the ground where his face had been only a few seconds before. The relief was expelled from his lungs, through his mouth in a mixture of the feeling and the blood from his insides. He'd been kicked again. He began rolling along the ground again and the kicks continued to rain down onto his prone form. He cursed his own weakness mentally as he let Shinga fall from his grip,
"I yeild!" he cried out, the initially modest comment turning into a near scream as a final kick slammed into his ribs. Then they just stopped. Not trusting himself to move, Kylar simply closed his eyes and tried to assess the damage done. A couple of broken ribs, one that could be broken, and a hell of a lot of bruises. He opened his eyes again and looked back up at the smiling shinigami standing over him, "I thought we agreed not to use hand-to-hand fighting this time... How am I suppose to fight against someone who works in the Maggots Nest eh?"
When the man was about to speak he scowled darkly,
"By playing to my own strengths!" he declared as he pointed his palm up at the man's chest, "Way of destruction no. 33 : Soukatsui!"
He smirked with satisfaction as the blue ball of spiritual energy launched from his upturned palm at the towering man above him.
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