New shinigami joining ranks.

[momoe]

Name: Momosuke Miyuka
Age: about 120
Gender: Female
Personality:

Momoe is quite conservative and polite person, possessing kind and caring heart that seemed to be increasingly rare around shinigami, who tended to get arrogant and obsessed with their own power. She is really modest about her own strenght, often speaking less of herself than she really is. She often puts safety of others, especially those not involved anyhow, on top priority.

When she speaks, she is always polite and keeps on positive tone to her voice. she tends to use honorifics to everyone, and often refers to even her peers with honorific tittles. When it comes to action, she tends to be stern, and she takes her duties as shinigami very seriously, always aiming for top performance.

Appearance:

Tomoe stands roughly 5' 5" tall, carrying herself straight up and with pride it seemed, face always up, unless the situation demands otherwise. Her skin was soft coloured, slight tan on it from the days spent under the sun. Her hair was straight and black, usually kept open, with red hairband around her forehead, above her blue eyes.

Her body possessed usual charms of trained and well fed woman, soft, curvy and yet in shape. This however would not be seen by near anyone, as she always seemed to wear the traditional kimono and hakama of the shinigami, the loose clothes hiding it all under them.

Zanpakuto Spirit:

Jubaku no Miko (sorceress of curses)

Her Zanpakutos spirit takes form of an old, seer like woman dressed into clothing quite like shinigami uniform of Miyuka, but in red and white. She is hunchbacked, wrinkly all over and slightly hunchbacked. Her personality is calm and soothing mostly, often giving mysterious insights and riddles rather than direct answers.

Miyukas relationship to this medium of her zanpakuto is like that of students and teachers, and she treats the spirit with utmost respect, trying her best to follow its instructions to the letter, but now and then getting scolded for not listening.

Her spiritual world is a japanese garden with a shrine, plastering in apple and cherry trees. Her zanpakuto claimed that this was to reflect the inner peace she possessed within, even if she did not realize it herself.

Sealed Zanpakuto:

In sealed form the sword has chosen to stay as modest as possible, remaining as nonidentified katana often seen on shinigamis of academy and such.

Shikai Description:

release command: "kiyomemasu, Jubaku no Miko!" (purify, sorceress of curses)

The sword bursts in blue kido flames, and when they vanish, it has new form.

The shikai of Jubaku no Miko keeps the katana shape, though it now takes more unique appearance, the handle now red coloured, and the guard turning into somewhat oval shaped. The guard is black, with thick gold trimmings on its sides. On the end of the handle there are two beads hanging from strings, and at the base of the blade there is blue flame symbol.

Shikai Abilities:

The power of Jubaku No Miko is mostly based on empowering Miyukas kido with various abilities. she currently knows only the most basic, primary ability.

Mamori no kido: (Talisman of Spirit Way)

First of the abilities she learned, it allows the caster to stock kido spells for rapid use. the ammount of spells possible to stock and the level they can be depends on the reiatsu of the user. These spells are seen as tags much similar to those used in rituals on japanese shrines, and they glow with blue coloured, fire like reiatsu. Each spell needs to be cast like as if using it at the moment, with or without incantation, but instead of firing it gets held back.

at her current level she is able to stock spells up to kido level 35, and to create up to 4 talismans.

Draw back is that the power is limited, especially without incantation, and with incantations it takes time to prepare enough of the spells to make it powerful. Each spell cast on talisman takes as long to cast as it would to use the spell, with or without incantation, and can only be cast if the caster is free. That means that while she can cast them while moving around, if she is actively parrying attacks or forced to use shunpo, she won't have time to concentrate her reiatsu into kido.

Bankai Description:

Bankai Abilities:

Bankai Abilities:

Bankai Abilities:

Skill Level: Kidou: Advanced
Skill Level: Swordsmanship: Beginner
Skill Level: Shunpou: Intermediate
Skill Level: Hand-to-hand: Beginner
History/Background:

Miyuka came to wake up at Rukongai some 120 years ago, being back then still young girl. She was soon enough picked up from wandering by one of the many family communities that the souls of Rukongai formed, her adobtion mother deciding to take the young girl into her care. She was amongst the luckier souls that entered, her district happening to be rather calm and relatively prosperous area, the living there being mostly calm and easy going. From small age she was able to produce some sort of reiatsu, mostly forming small light balls and such.

Her life changed completely when she was scouted out to the Seireiteis academy, chosen as potential shinigami. At first she was hesitant on leaving her home and entering new enviroment. After long debating and thinking it over, she decided to do it, realizing that if she became shinigami, she might be able to change things, and help those who lived in Rukongai.

So she entered the academy, starting her training amongst other recruits. She didn't stand out mostly, apart from the kido trainings, in which she showed above avarage potential. Her swordmanship and hand to hand combat on other hand seemed to drag, barely keeping up with rest of the class. She ended up passing the academy along rest of her class, apart from those who had been picked out pre graduation to squads. She entered as member amongst others to a squad, herself getting assigned to 13th to begin with.

She served few years as unseated officer, now and then sent to real world along others to hunt down hollows. it was after these few years that she finally felt contact with her zanpakuto, getting drawed into her spiritual world for the first time. Therein she met Jubaku no Miko, her zanpakuto.

Next few years saw great advancement from her, having learned her swords true name, and thus gaining the ability release its powers, her own strenght was multiplied as she learned the first techniques of her zanpakuto. She was told that she might even get seated officers spot, should she keep on advancing.

RP Sample:

A figure in night is sent flying, stumbling on ground for few meters, then regaining its balance in crouched stance. Her eyes glance quickly around herself, trying to see something in the shadows around, all of her senses keenly trying to pick a trace of her foe.

"There!" she shouts, turning to her left, her zanpakuto slashing just in time to intercept a huge fist, recoil sending her backwards for few steps. From the shadows a hollow steps out, laughing maniacly.

This was stronger, old hollow, she had gathered that much already, but still she wasn't going to give it any quarter, hollow was hollow, and it was her duty to cut it down. With this in mind she retaliated, jumping into air, her zanpakuto held high to cut down. The silvery arch cuts the air, the blade swung down, but all it met was that same, hard hand blocking, then swinging her off like a doll.

She stumbled again, rolling on dirt before regaining her balance, panting a bit. The hollow just looked at her, mocking her. "you shinigami are so pathetic, all you can do is get killed by me!" the hollow yelled cheerfully. Miyka on other hand was dead serious, standing up straight, relaxing her shoulders. "What, giving up?" the hollow asks amusedly.

"kiyomemasu, Jubaku no Miko!" Miyka only whispers the words, the katana on her hand suddenly blazing into blue flames, fading as fast as they appeared, the sword now having more distinctive look.

Without word said further, she starts to run towards the hollow, her lips moving, mumbling incantations as she runs. One tag covered in blue flames appears on her side, and then another, the flame symbol at the base of her blade lighting up aswell, the hollow infront of her just then. the tags flash brightly, both of them shooting out thin yellow ropes towards the hollow, word "Hainawa" scripted on papers that now faded quickly. The hollow was easily bound by two binding spells, and she stood for a moment still, staring at the abomination of soul.

"rest in peace..." she said softly, lifting her swords tip to rest against the hollows skull, piercing it just lightly. The hollow struggled against the bindings, the yellow ropes giving in slowly, but too slowly. "w-wait!" it tried to bargain, but it was no use.

Crack was heard, the katana slowly piercing the hollows skull, until it cracked to pieces, the hollow disappearing. The zanpakuto returns to its original state, and Miyuka sheates it in its scabbard, letting out a long breath.

[Rebel Raven]

"The power of Jubaku No Miko is mostly based on empowering Miyukas kido with various abilities. she currently knows two abilities, both with alterations:

Mamori no kido: (Talisman of Spirit Way

First of the abilities she learned, it allows the caster to stock kido spells for rapid use. the ammount of spells possible to stock and the level they can be depends on the reiatsu of the user. These spells are seen as tags much similar to those used in rituals on japanese shrines, and they glow with blue coloured, fire like reiatsu. Each spell needs to be cast like as if using it at the moment, with or without incantation, but instead of firing it gets held back.

at her current level she is able to stock spells up to kido level 35, and to create up to 4 talismans.

Draw back is that the power is limited, especially without incantation, and with incantations it takes time to prepare enough of the spells to make it powerful."

Kido up to 35 is a bit powerful. It may sound petty, but 30 might be a better number.

I need to now how long it takes her to make a talisman, and if she can make them in battle.

"Kidoken (spirit way blade):

Another ability of Jubaku no Miko is to hold a kido spell within its blade so that it can be used to power or give other traits to users attack, which proves useful to Miyuka who is quite avarage with kenjutsu. When kido is cast on the sword, the flame symbol at base of blade will start to glow bright.

The kido can be released at any given time from the blade then, either on point of contact with something or from its tip with command word: "shakuhou, kidoken" (release, spirit way blade)"

Wouldn't this allow her to have a 5th "talisman?"

What do you mean "power" her blade? If she uses Bakudo number Nine, Geki, for instance, on the bade does that mean she can paralyze who ever she hits with her sword?

Over all channeling Kido through a weapon is a tight rope walk between being over powered, and not due to the fact that Kido has an incredible amount of use, and in it's own right is extremely powerful.

[momoe]

Modified a bit, was intended so that she needs to cast the spells just as if normal shinigami was doing them, so cant do when actively sword fighting. I took the rough number of 35 to get shakkaho and sokatsui within these powers, both being quite standard issue kido for any shinigami.

The sword ability is meant to give her bit of kick she lacks in fight, being able to use the kido to deliver the extra strenght she might lack in some situations. the blade itself doesn't charge, it holds the spell back to be used on advantageous moment, and again, it has to be cast like normal kido, needing time.

[Rebel Raven]

Alright, I see your point with those two kido. 35 will be the limit, then.

The fact that the spell storage can't be done in the middle of battle works well.

The sword doesn't have a limit in what kido can be used on it, however.

That will have to be addressed.

[momoe]

Okay, i actually had meant to put that Kido cap on the sword ability, but for some reason forgot it, propably accidentally having cut when i wrote it.

I'd like it to be around level 70 max, as i thought that would be what she was able to use anyways, but since she is still somewhat novice, 50 and up will need incantation from her. I took it this high since i have sort of made her kido specialist, and this is used to somewhat offset her relatively weak close combat skills.

[Rebel Raven]

I'm sorry, but a cap of 70 is way too much for a shikai. It's a bit much for a bankai due to the fact that Kido can do so much for a person, and having so much access to it is something of Vice captain level, if not captain.

50 is a bit much, too, even for a specialist since odds are good your character will be placed into a tier that would make anything above 35 too exhausting and energy demanding for your character to cast. If it wasn't for the explaination why you wanted kido up to 35 I would've called that a bit much as well, but I don't mind some compromise.

35 would likely have been a better number, IMO for the cap. Maybe it can be stored in the blade to agument her ability to fight with a sword as it delivers some extra damage per hit in te form of raw energy as opposed as being shot out?

It could run out after, say, a number of hits, and get recharged, optionally, by one of the talismans?

[momoe]

I removed the whole sword thing, your right, its not working for weaker shinigami, but i like the idea of it. I will keep it in store and save it until character is powerful enough, around lieutenant, to justify this power. Will start with only one ability, which might be realistic, since her shikai is quite recently found.

[Rebel Raven]

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