Post by Rubicon-|-Cross on Nov 16, 2010 23:10:50 GMT -5
Name: Sabunake Kaanso
Age: 359
Personality/Biography:
Kaanso is a kind man with a strange sense of humor. Overall, Kaanso usually shows a cheerful attitude around others. He is a good friend and father figure to Maikeru. Kaanso is calm and composed during battle, but can be socially awkward. He was once a high ranking member of the Seireitei Technological institute, and the manager of "Project Gateway", the research project responsible for the creation of the Yugami Kikai and Reireyu Maikeru. However, after the project literally exploded in his face, taking half the institute with it, he was sentenced to 100 years of confinement.
Physical Stature:
Fun Facts:
* Kaanso is German! He got his Japanese name from his adoptive family in Rukongai, but his name in life was Cedric Brinwald van Offenheim.
* Kaanso's Rukongai family affectionately named him "Kaanso" after he set up a small computer console in the back of their house, which he was absolutely fascinated with.
* Kaanso has a slight German accent mixed in his Japanese. It's well masked by hundreds of years in Soul Society, but you can hear it if you listen closely.
Zanpakutou: Kurushimeru
Shikai
Type:
Shadow
Command:
Suffocate, Kurushimeru
Form 1: Umbrella
Appearance:
A completely black zanpakutou, resembling a circular shield with several spikes sticking out of the front. There is a handle on the inside for... handling. The large circular portion is sharp edged, and useful for slicing. This portion can curve inward, making it look like an umbrella. The spikes are for impaling.
Abilities:
Stretch/Bend
The width of the circular portion can be increased or decreased, to block a larger or smaller attack. The spikes on the front may also be extended. In addition to stretching, all parts of the Shikai can be twisted and bent.
Suffocate
Any person who falls under the natural shadow of the shikai experiences the effects. To the victim, Pressure and gravity seem to increase dramatically, and they have great difficulty breathing. The victim sees only darkness while they are affected.
Blindness
Each time a wound is inflicted by Kurushimeru, The victim's sight darkens a little. After 5 strikes, the victim is blind. the effects last until the zanpakutou is sealed.
Form 2: Shadow Pike
Appearance:
The appearance of this form is not very impressive; it is simply a pitch black rod, about 5 feet long by 1.5 inches wide, with a black, 5 foot ribbon connected to the top. The ribbon is constantly billowing as if held aloft by a strong gust of wind.
Abilities:
Cage:
If the rod is stabbed into a shadow with which a person's shadow is intersecting, that person becomes incapable of moving to a position where at least some portion of their shadow is no longer in an intersection with that shadow. There is a feeling as if a strong force is tugging them back.
Axle:
If the rod is stabbed into a person's shadow, the first effect is a stabbing pain on the area of the victim's body in relation with the area in which the shadow was stabbed. After this, the person is unable to move in any way which cause the point of their shadow impaled by the rod to move. The only possible movement for the victim is flailing and rotation in place.
Age: 359
Personality/Biography:
Kaanso is a kind man with a strange sense of humor. Overall, Kaanso usually shows a cheerful attitude around others. He is a good friend and father figure to Maikeru. Kaanso is calm and composed during battle, but can be socially awkward. He was once a high ranking member of the Seireitei Technological institute, and the manager of "Project Gateway", the research project responsible for the creation of the Yugami Kikai and Reireyu Maikeru. However, after the project literally exploded in his face, taking half the institute with it, he was sentenced to 100 years of confinement.
Physical Stature:
Fun Facts:
* Kaanso is German! He got his Japanese name from his adoptive family in Rukongai, but his name in life was Cedric Brinwald van Offenheim.
* Kaanso's Rukongai family affectionately named him "Kaanso" after he set up a small computer console in the back of their house, which he was absolutely fascinated with.
* Kaanso has a slight German accent mixed in his Japanese. It's well masked by hundreds of years in Soul Society, but you can hear it if you listen closely.
Zanpakutou: Kurushimeru
Shikai
Type:
Shadow
Command:
Suffocate, Kurushimeru
Form 1: Umbrella
Appearance:
A completely black zanpakutou, resembling a circular shield with several spikes sticking out of the front. There is a handle on the inside for... handling. The large circular portion is sharp edged, and useful for slicing. This portion can curve inward, making it look like an umbrella. The spikes are for impaling.
Abilities:
Stretch/Bend
The width of the circular portion can be increased or decreased, to block a larger or smaller attack. The spikes on the front may also be extended. In addition to stretching, all parts of the Shikai can be twisted and bent.
Suffocate
Any person who falls under the natural shadow of the shikai experiences the effects. To the victim, Pressure and gravity seem to increase dramatically, and they have great difficulty breathing. The victim sees only darkness while they are affected.
Blindness
Each time a wound is inflicted by Kurushimeru, The victim's sight darkens a little. After 5 strikes, the victim is blind. the effects last until the zanpakutou is sealed.
Form 2: Shadow Pike
Appearance:
The appearance of this form is not very impressive; it is simply a pitch black rod, about 5 feet long by 1.5 inches wide, with a black, 5 foot ribbon connected to the top. The ribbon is constantly billowing as if held aloft by a strong gust of wind.
Abilities:
Cage:
If the rod is stabbed into a shadow with which a person's shadow is intersecting, that person becomes incapable of moving to a position where at least some portion of their shadow is no longer in an intersection with that shadow. There is a feeling as if a strong force is tugging them back.
Axle:
If the rod is stabbed into a person's shadow, the first effect is a stabbing pain on the area of the victim's body in relation with the area in which the shadow was stabbed. After this, the person is unable to move in any way which cause the point of their shadow impaled by the rod to move. The only possible movement for the victim is flailing and rotation in place.