Kritia's Burrow

[Kritia]

CTP: 0
SP: 500 (480 from Class, 20 from Training)
TTP: 0
SKP: 15 (6 in use)

Strength: 50 Points
Speed: 100 Points x1.5(150 Points)
Sppr: 50 Points
RS: 50 Points x0.7 (35 Points)
LA/DA: 25/75
Instinct: 100 Points
Senses: 50 Points
ES: 50 Points
HE: 50 Points

SKills:
Stealth: 1
Acrobatics: 1
Damage Recovery: 1
Battle Analysis: 1
Heat Resist: 1
Anti-Stealth: 1

Techniques:

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{Shunpo - Known(Class 7)}
Technique Name: [Shunpo (Flash Steps)]

Class: 7

Technique Type: Kido

Technique Element: None

Technique Description and Effects:

A movement technique that allows the user to move faster than the eye can follow. The focal point that determines the bases of this technique is speed. As speed is the main point of the technique the method is best characterized by how fast one can get from point A to point B in the least amount of steps. Training and skill are what determines how fast a user of Shunpo can move; those of little skill in the technique or those who haven't used it an extended amount of time would obviously be out of practice, causing those individuals to be considerably slower, which requires the use of more steps to move the same distance and become winded far easier in a shorter amount of time. A single step magnifies speed for that step by 10 times. Uses 50 Reiatsu per step. This one is automatically learned in the academy. ALL shinigami know this when created. This technique does not take up a technique slot.

How to use technique:

A focus of reishi around the feet area, and then launching off into a single step which blurs, not unlike teleportation in appearance, except it is simply extremely fast movement. Often used to gain an edge in a single moment of combat, or to dodge incoming attacks.

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{Physiology of the Sky Hunter - Mastered (Class Variant)}
Technique Name: Physiology of the Sky Hunter

Class: 8-1

Technique Type: Bodily


Technique Description and Effects: This technique dictates the special physiology of Kritia.

When outside of Yaseishin, Kritia is incapable of flight, however she is entirely capable of gliding at high speeds. Because of the perforated and narrow design of her 'wings' Kritia is capable of fast, efficient gliding. By launching herself from the ground with powerful thrusts of her legs, Kritia is able to maintain the initial speed of her launch through flight without any added effort for the entire post without pushing off of an available surface to add more momentum and lift. Because of this, Kritia is capable of gliding at speeds above 300 without using up stamina, and even capable of fighting while gliding so long as she uses her legs and keeps her arms out as she can use her legs to fight.
Starting at class 5, Kritia is able to glide at speeds above 300 without accruing intense stamina drain. At class 5, she can glide up to 350 speed, increasing by 50 per class, up to 600 speed at class 0. She must push off on a surface every other post in order to maintain this speed, and to keep being airborne.
Because of her ability to glide, Kritia can, additionally, use her arms instead of her legs to initiate a step technique, and thus eliminates the need for a solid surface to step on to use one.


Drawbacks: So long as she is going above 300 speed, Kritia must push off of a solid surface that weighs more than she does every other post (Increasing to every 3 posts at 250 strength and every 4 posts at 500 strength). Additionally, the use of Kritia's arms is restricted during gliding, and also requires that they be held out and her membrane stretched taut, this makes them considerably large targets, and thus a liability when facing enemies faster than her.

[Kritia]

To the Sky and Sea of a Whole New World

+220 ctp
I know it says sp, but I never actually specified I was training for sp. so anywho

CTP: 0->220.

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{A Seed Planted Long Ago}

-Opening-

Member's Discord Name (include nicknames): Forgottenmercy

Password 1: Kazu's Kidnapper

Password 2: Miraculous Kouhai

Type: Support

Affiliation: None

Rank: Mercenary Rank 1

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-Basic Information-

Name: Tveda "Jyuria" Anexet

Current Age/Age of Appearance: 35/35

Birthday (Month/Day): 8/4

Blood Type: O Negative

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-Appearance-

Height/Weight: 6'3"

Physical Description:



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-Personality-

Dislikes:

The Vandenreich - She doesn't remember why, but something about the symbol leaves an incredibly dark pit in her heart.

Redheads - A sense of distrust courses through her whenever she sees someone with red hair. Though not all-consuming, she is a bit more careful around them.

Bananas, Liars, Passive Aggression.

Likes:

Singin - A comfort from a far off life. In the depths of pain and despair, she can't help but cling to the vestiges of hope and warmth from her past. She still isn't incredibly good at it, but singing is something that soothes her tumultuous soul.

"Sis" - She never had the chance to be called something like this. But one day she hopes that someone might look up to her and utter such a thing to one even as deplorable as she.

Dirty Jokes, Dancing, Hospitals.

Flaws:

Damaged - Her soul has been through an incredible amount of turmoil. From a fullbringer to a quincy, to a hollow, and back again. Now her soul has been refashioned once again. Because of this, she suffers from mental duress and can be overwhelmed with memories of her past lives.

Devotion Lost - The Loss of her Lord was deep and damaging. Regardless of what form the "King of Quincy" has taken, the one she once knew is no longer present, and as such he is dead, so far as she is concerned.

A Zealot - Even without her Faith, by nature Tveda is a passionate and zealous woman. She can't help but seek out something with which to hold above all else. Something to apply herself to. Surely there must be something in this world anchoring herself to, and she insists on finding it.

Habits:

Humming - Connected with her love of singing. A comfort tic she has is to hum softly, generally falling back on her favorite tunes. This can even happen during combat at times.

Being Nosy - She's a curious woman and she has a habit of getting into people's business and prying a bit further into their problems than perhaps she aught to.

Giving People Food - A part of her maternal instincts. She has a habit of carrying snacks around with her and generally tends to offer it to others.

Fears:

The Fate of the Quincy - With the Empperor dead, she holds very little hope for the fate of the Quincy race. Without their true God, she dreads the path they will take unto the end.

Hollowfication - A fate she doesn't wish to repeat. Mainly out of concern that she might give into it once more and enjoy it. Her powers as a hollow were something that scared her among other things, and as a result she is very cautious around hollows.

Her Sense of Self - After having been through so much, she struggles to keep a hold of any sense of 'self'. Is she really herself? Does a 'Tveda' really exist? Won't she just always be the Shadow of Jyuria? She doesn't like thinking about it.

Goals:

Actualization - There has to be something at the end of the tunnel. This can't have all been for nothing. She wants to make something of herself. Once upon a time, she had the drive to fill the void left by her Lord. While she doesn't have such lofty aspirations anymore, surely heaven can't remain empty forever.

Family - Is such a thing even possible anymore? Even if she has to adopt, she wants to have something that isn't so feeble as the 'comraderie' that she had in the vandenreich.

Alignment: Lawful Good

Aspect of Hell: Heresy

Overall Personality:

A woman with strong morals and a dedication to an ideal lost many ages ago. Ideals wrapped around a man who had drawn a poor, downtrodden and suffering soul from the deepest recesses of pain to be something more. Because of her past experiences, Tveda is incredibly protective and motherly, often going out of her way to protect things weaker than she is. This was one of the major reasons she clashed with the Vandenreich.

In some ways, one might say that she has a hero complex, going out of her way to take others under her wing and give some semblance of hope. Such is the light of a Lord and Savior, to bless those in the dark with light. She fully believes in the notion of leading by example, and she is disgusted by those who trample over others in order to attain their goals. There is nothing so vile as someone who need feed off the suffering and death of others, even more for no reason other than their own vile desires.

Outside of such dire circumstances, she is a very lax and subtle person. Gentle and easy-going, she often could be noted as serene and thoughtful, taking the time to carefully observe her surroundings and often will just stare at people to try and get a sense of them before taking any direct actions. Because of everything that's happened, as well as her demonic corruption, she has grown unfond of the limelight and does her best not to draw too much attention to herself.

In that vein, she has become particularly drawn to those with deformities or scars. Whether it be physical or even just psychological, those marred by the hardships life has thrown at them have resulted in an increased interest in them as a person. And she will ultimately try to learn about it, prying into the subject, as gently as she can, and find some common ground. She finds them fascinating, and in some way, acknowledging it gives her some hope of someone finding interest in her own.


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-Powers-

Fighting Style:

Tveda has always been someone who played a supportive role in combat. Though she has not become so confined by the role itself, she still focuses her efforts on supporting others in combat. As such, her sense of combat awareness is incredibly keen and more than anything she will focus on finding ways to fight and function in a cooperative capacity. Analysis and planning are at the very forefront of her means of combat and although she isn't quite as potent as she once was, she still has very distinct patterns.

One of these such patterns is a competence for Ranged combat. Having to live in fear of Hollows for so long, she has a tendency to fight in such a way that can, at times, minimize her contact with an enemy. While she has more direct physical moves and styles, she can always fall back on those kiting instincts that served her as a quincy. This also makes her very familiar with the strategies and techniques often employed by ranged enemies, assisting in dealing with others who employ such tactics.

Finally, in an environment without access to her powers, Tveda draws more on her experience as a hollow. Brutal, vicious attacks. Clawing. Biting. Stabbing. Grappling. With her demonic corruption she no longer has to worry about hollow defilement, and as a result of this when the time comes for it, she's been able to adopt aggressive and brutal close range tactics.

Saisei Oni Overall Ability:

Terrible Divine

Tveda's Sasei Oni revolves around the corruption of the concept of Good and Evil. As such, it uses light and religious themes to inflict terror and despair. When her Sasei-Oni is active, her body is twisted and warped to match, each and every one of her vital internal organs crunch and twist together, forming a single sharp-pointed cross, which floats around inside of a hollowed out shell. This Cross serves as a seal with Release Weapon durability, and until it's destroyed, her insides (Heart, Lungs, Brain,lymphatic system,ect) are sealed within the cross, and as such. If this cross is destroyed, then her Sasei Oni ends prematurely. and then her body returns to normal.

Saisei Oni Appearance: Upon releasing her Sasei Oni, brilliant white Wings sprout from her lower back and shoulders, over 3 meters in length and winding around her body. Her eyes, tongue, and teeth vanish completely, and the inside of her body grows completely hollow. If she is punctured, slashed, or otherwise penetrated then the enemy will only see a hollow darkness on the inside and perhaps the bright cross that has sealed her internals.

Saisei Oni Primera Etapa Techniques:

Thorns of Twisted Divinity

Tveda's weapon in her Primera Etapa is a series of six Spear0like stakes riddled with Thorns. Upon close inspection the thorns are in fact white wings growing from the pale lengths of sharp pure-white wood. These stakes can reach up to 1 meter in length and float around Tveda in her released form. These can be fired at high speed similar to a Bala, but outside of just stabbing people, their only ulterior effect takes place when they are buried in Tveda or an ally. These thorns twist and burrow into the target. In allies or Tveda herself, this process is entirely painless and causes thorny vines to grow through the entirety of their body. When that individual is injured, the vines grow aggressively through the body and close wounds, acting like a sort of regeneration, only by replacing it with pale wood rather than flesh as if they had High Speed Regeneration. When Sasei Oni ends, the plant material transforms into flesh.

Gate of Embracing Wings

This Technique governs the wings sprouting from Tveda's released body, reminiscent of an old ability. These wings can not only multiple into multiple sets, but also peel away from her body in pairs and can fly off. Up to 8 pairs of wings can be active, including the pair on her body. Whenever these wings come into contact with an ally, they can burrow into the target's spine harmlessly and allows them to fly using their own speed. When Tveda or an ally embedded with these wings uses a step technique, they can open a portal which links them, doubling the speed of travel and allowing them to slip out of their current realm similar to a garganta so long as the destination is within 3 meters of their ally or Tveda.

Additional Powers:

Bow Release Overall Theme:

Purifying Flames, "B" the Benevolence

Jyuria's Quincy abilities revolve around benevolence and forgiveness. Purifying flames which invigorate and heal allies. These flames are pure white and seemingly give off an intense and energizing heat. Whenever there is an explosion or flare of the flames they have a tendency to form cross shapes.

Bow Release Properties:

Class 6: Arrow Form - Benevolent Tongues

This property allows Jyuria's arrows to take the shape of Tongues of pure white flame. Whenever these flames land on a spot, they begin eating up ambient spiritual energy from their surroundings as any flame does and begin to collect "Healing Heat" every post. This occurs at a rate of 100 HH per post (This is shared between all arrows present, not collected individually). Tveda or an Ally can consume these flames to receive a healing boost, temporarily boosting their HE by the ammount of collected HH for a single post (Increases to 3 posts at class 4)

Class 4: Power - Purifying Pyre

Tveda can detonate her flames into a massive vertical column of pure white flames, 50 meters high, 5 meters wide, and breaking into a cross shape once it reaches its full height. However, this eruption does not deal any damage, or even effect enemies in the slightest. Rather, this ability specifically burns away impurities, specifically traces of an enemy's reiatsu. Any negative effects inflicted on Tveda or an Ally within this Pyre loses 33% of it's Resistance/Immunity requirement every post (For example, if a Poison is produced by an enemy with 300 OS and requires 2x (600) to be immune. This will be dropped to 400 on the first post and 200 on the second post (Caps at 66% reduction)).
This Detonation requires spending 200 Reiatsu and lasts for 3 posts.

Class 2: Bow Form - Phoenix

This property allows Tveda's arrows to take the form of a Phoenix up to 20 meters in wingspan. In addition to being a platform for firing arrows, this Phoenix also has it's own sentience and stats matching Tveda's. Whenever Tveda or an Ally is dealt fatal damage, the Phoenix can shrink down and burrow into their body. The Phoenix then incubates inside of them for 3 posts, at the end of which their body will burst into flames and erupt intoa bonfire, from which a new body will emerge. This process requires that Tveda have at least 500 reiatsu to spend. In a DE thread, this also costs the target 1000 CTP.

Other Techniques (Kido, Cero, Etc.):

Technique Name: Imperfect Nakkabaki
Class: 8

Technique Type : General Technique

Usable By (Technique is available to which races?): Nakkabaki

Technique Element: None

Technique Description and Effects : This technique governs the imperfect nature of a Nakkabaki created outside of normal means. Rather than normal Sasei Oni progression, they are exclusively capable of Primera Etapa, leaving them incapable of Segunda Etapa. In exchange, Primera Etapa scales with their class (But still caps at Class 3) and can be refreshed.


How to use technique: This technique is innate to the nature of the Nakkabaki.

Technique Drawbacks: Loss of Segunda Etapa and upgrades for Primera Etapa.

Made By: N/A

Reserved? (Yes/No): No

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-History-

History:

Once upon a time, a girl was born with a terrible illness. A genetic degeneration which slowly ate away at her. All of her young life she spent in a hospital. Looking out at a world outside and unable to do anything but play spectator. As other children grew up and made friends, she had only the hospital staff to interact with and keep her company. All she could do was hope that one day she would be well enough to be just like the other children. But suffice to say it did not seem like that would be the case.

That is, until a man came to visit her. A man who for all intents and purposes should never have visited such a pitiful little girl. They cured her of her illness and instilled within her not only health but power. The power to be something so much more than could have ever been possible for her. The Emperor had found one of his daughters in the dark. And it was then that she had her eyes opened, her life extended, and she was saved a slow, sad, and painful death at the hands of her illness.

Jyuria more or less grew up within the Vandenreich, but in time she found herself struggling with the mannerisms and behaviors within the empire. Though a few sparse quincy seemed to get along with her, by and large the ...aggressive and somewhat cruel members of the Vandenreich clashed with her notions of the emperor. And though she grew up to be strong enough to be a Sternritter, she never would wind up being the Emperor's Right hand she always hoped she would be. That was a dream cut short by the most unlikely of creatures: A Mod Soul.

With the appearance of a mysterious surge of energy, Tveda found herself in combat with a number of others that had looked to investigate. It was here that she found herself faced with Hebika Nara,and to her surprise, she was completely and utterly outmatched. Her bow and arrows shattered, she found herself at the mercy of the blonde Mod soul. But rather than simply killing her, they had something else in mind. Looking into Jyuria's soul, they found something fascinating: Hollow Energy.

As it had turned out, she had been born a fullbringer, and her hollow powers had been what was originally keeping her alive as long as she had. While the Quincy powers had cured her illness, vestiges of that hollow energy had slowly been weakening Jyuria, and would have ultimately killed her. And so, Hebika drew that energy from Jyuria's soul, breathed life into it, and produced a hollow made from Jyuria's very core. And thus, the power that had once been keeping her alive, now devoured her.

IN time, without a real mind, Jyuria's consciousness took over, and she found herself enduring the suffering that was excistence as a hollow. But her zeal and devotion to his Majesty did not falter. Even as a hollow, her powers emulated the gifts that had been given to her. Protecting those around her and empowering them, things normally entirely foreign to most hollows. And yet it was her desire to be a guiding light that pushed her to such extremes. Extremes that ultimately landed her at the Vandenreich's door once again.

In an encounter with an old Member she had known growing up, Jyuria managed to break her mask and was reintroduced into the Quincy Empire. But even with such a boon, she was not allowed to enjoy it. Even with the passage of time, the Vandenreich proved to be a cold and unforgiving place. Alicia, one of the higher ranked members, wound up being her instructor, and in her first training, she found herself fighting not just to stand out, but to try and protect her fellow soldat from a murderous superior.

Through sheer teamwork and cooperation with her fellow Soldat, she managed to best her superior and began to make something of a name for herself as best she could. All whilst struggling with the mindset in the vandenreich that she'd attempted to ignore her entire life. The morals and practices that seemed so alien from the man that had saved her so long ago, seemed at odds with the cruel and hateful aura that seemed to saturate the vandenreich that was left in his wake. And in those moments of watching the darkness swelling within her fellow soldat, she wondered: Was the Emperor dead forever?

To her dismay, this sentiment was not kindly accepted by one of her superiors who she managed to open up to. And on the spot, she was promptly executed. Quincy energy almost obliterating her soul in its entirety. And in that moment, that should have been the end. She was killed almost completely and utterly. But for all of that time she expected to fade, for her soul to wither away into nothing, she instead found a voice in the very depths of her being. One that had already remolded her in the past. After all, this wasn't really Jyuria. It was the hollow given life by the mod soul.

Hebika.

And when her creation had suffered a mortal blow, it drew their attention. And in the midst of her fading thoughts, she heard that familiar voice once again. A faint and distant echo so far away, and yet coming from deep in her own mind at the same time. I appreciate the effort. But I'll not be losing you so easily And as her thoughts turned to dark, she wondered what was going to happen to her, if truly she was meant to expire as just a tool of the woman.

She never truly understood the process. Hebika never explained it. Had she been kept alive with what was left of her soul? Had she simply been allowed to die and then recreated with data from her old self? She never did quite understand. But what she DID know was that she was not herself. A pale wing growing from her left shoulderblade. A face reflecting back to her she didn't recognize in the slightest. And of course, that woman standing before her with a knowing smile on her face.

She was back, and the Mod soul, the woman who seemed to hold sovereingty over her soul now, as one of their creations, explained that she'd done everything she could to try and make her as close to she was as possible, but that she'd had to get creative. Using residual energy she'd collected from an Akki, she used it as a catalyst in order to fill in the missing pieces of Jyuria's soul. And as a result, she was reformed not as her old self, a Quincy. But rather as a hybrid between Demon and Quincy. A Nakkabaki.

She had questions. Concerns. An abject nausea at what she was being subjected to. Why couldn't she have just let her fade into nothing? But her worries were met with a playful smile, and not a single word. The woman left her in the laboratory with nothing but a surgical gown and memories that she didn't even know if they truly belonged to her. Eventually, after a while, she managed to get herself some semblance of proper clothing and emerged from the lab, unaware of just how much time had passed, but determined all the same.

Third time's the charm, right?

[Kritia]

+60 TP and Learned Shunpo From Alone in the Dark

Learned

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{Shunpo}
Technique Name: Shunpo (Flash Steps)

Class: 7

Technique Type: Kidō

Technique Element: None

Technique Description and Effects:

A movement technique that allows the user to move faster than the eye can follow. The focal point that determines the basis of this technique is speed. As speed is the main point of the technique, the method is best characterized by how fast one can get from Point A to Point B in the least amount of steps. Training and skill are what determines how fast a user of Shunpo can move. Those of little skill in the technique or those who haven't used it for an extended amount of time would obviously be out of practice, causing those individuals to be considerably slower. This requires the use of more steps to move the same distance and become tired more easily in a shorter amount of time. A single step magnifies speed for that step by ten times. Shunpo uses fifty Reiatsu per step. This one is automatically learned in the academy. All Shinigami know this when created. This technique does not take up a technique slot.

How to use technique:

Focus of Reishi around the feet area and launch off into a single blurring step. It is not unlike teleportation in appearance, but it is simply extremely fast movement. It is often used to gain an edge in a single moment of combat or to dodge incoming attacks.

+60 CTP

CTP:220-> 280 CTP total

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{Talentless}
Type: Mundane

Description: Someone not made for greatness. While many individuals are destined to be a protagonist, gifted with cruel or radical powers from the powers that be, there are those who are not so gifted with Innate inherited power, but instead must work hard in order to make up for the unique abilities they lack.

Advantage: All Ranks: Gain 150% the non-Release technique slots (the limit for this character technique-wise is 30 instead of 20. This does NOT apply to the techniques gained from Training Tier, too). Can learn any technique at any time through training as long as the character has the Reiatsu to use the technique in actual combat. Additionally, any number of their techniques may be reserved.

Rank 1: Gain 100 extra training SP, this SP can bypass the Stat Cap.

Rank 2: Gain 200 extra training SP, this SP can bypass the Stat Cap.

Rank 3: Gain 400 extra training SP, this SP can bypass the Stat Cap.

Rank 4: Gain 600 extra training SP, this SP can bypass the Stat Cap.

Disadvantage: Unable to form Release-type weapons. Additionally, SP that would normally be gained through Class-up (Aside from the base Class 8 SP) becomes Training SP instead that can only be trained for once they reach that class, requiring them to work for SP that others get immediately from Classing up.

Race Restrictions: Available to All Races, Except Hollow.

Initial Weapons: No Starting Weapon.

[Kritia]

+ 570 TP from Signs of Life Pvp

+420 CTP

CTP: 280-> 700 CTP total

Class: 8-> 6
Yaseishin Unlocked
+120 Class SP

+75 Training SP

Total SP Gain: 195

Sp Total: 500-> 695 (600 from Class, 95 from Training)

Strength: 75 Points
Speed: 140 Points x1.5(210 Points)
Sppr: 80 Points
RS: 50 Points x0.7 (35 Points)
LA/DA: 25/75
Instinct: 100 Points
Senses: 150 Points
ES: 50 Points
HE: 50 Points

SKills:
Stealth: 1
Acrobatics: 1
Damage Recovery: 1
Battle Analysis: 1
Heat Resist: 1
Anti-Stealth: 1

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{The failure}

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Member's Discord Name (include nicknames): [Insert Here]

Password 1: Kazu's Kidnapper

Password 2: Miraculous Kouhai

Type: Mundane

Squad: None

Rank: Mercenary Rank 1

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-Basic Information-

Name: Lyde Bruscar

Age of Death: 24

Real Age/Age of Appearance: 24/24

Birthday (Month/Day): 8/27

Blood Type: B Positive

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-Appearance-

Height/Weight: 5’9”/126 lbs

Physical Description:

Lyde is a fairly average-looking man. With alright features that one might expect of someone walking down the street. He has a sharp chin and a nose that’s slightly on the small side of things and a bit pointed. His eyes are actually a bit brown but due to some slight damage to them when he was younger there is a slight red tint to them depending on the angle and the lighting.

He is in decent shape and has a decent amount of muscle, but a slight layer of fat obscures what would otherwise be a nice bod. The result of an active and athletic youth followed by a sedentary lifestyle as an adult as he grew to be older and wasn’t able to keep up with his behaviors he’d once had when he was younger.

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-Personality-

Dislikes:

Thieves: Having had a number of his belongings stolen when he was in college, he has a sore spot when it comes to people who steal.

Sad Saps: Trying to keep a positive outlook on life, he not only dislikes being around them, but also struggles to say much that’s helpful to them.

His Father: Absent for most of his life, only to come staggering back in and make a mess of it.

Chicago: One of his siblings moved to the place and would not shut up about it. If he has to hear about that place one more time…

Cats: His neighbor had too many of them, and they harrassed his dog almost constantly.

Likes:

Love: Something he was never able to get to experience, but as a young man, he always held out hope that he’d meet someone. He just kinda wishes it could have happened while he was alive.

The Ocean: Usually peaceful, he’s always found staring out to the horizon to be a calming experience.

Nicknames: He always liked the idea of getting a nickname himself, so as a result he tends to make them up for other people.

Metalwork: Always having been a fan of working with his hands, in high school he got into metalwork and learned how to weld and solder. He had intentions on learning how to forge things the old fashion way, but never got around to it.

Wilderness: Always something of an outdoorsy type when he was younger.


Flaws:

Boring: He never really amounted to much. He managed to get himself a mundane job as a young adult and never really did anything with it. While an early death somewhat stunted dreams of moving up anyway, he’d be lying if he said that he had the ambition to really move on. He’s a nice guy and all, but he doesn’t currently have much drive.

Cynical: Not one for strong moral stances, Lyde often struggled to understand the powerful emotions that propelled some of his peers. Things such as religion, nationalism, even ideas of some higher power or destiny were things that never quite got to him. Because of this, he embraced a sort of neutral nihilism.

Proud: While he never really gained any sort of strong talents when he was younger, he was raised to be proud of what he did with his own hands, and that he should never accept handouts. The notion that everything should be earned is strong within him and as cuh, he finds it uncomfortable to accept gifts from others, even in the form of actual help. However, if he can frame something as him helping the other person, he’ll go for it.


Habits:

Sighing: A result of his cynicism, he has a tendency to get frustrated during any sort of debate or argument and often lets out an exasperated sigh. This even sometimes happens when he’s lost in his own thoughts and can sometimes catch people off guard when he does it seemingly out of nowhere.

Blaming Others: Not exactly a very good habit and an extension of his pride. Because of his insistence on earning things himself he also has a high opinion of anything he DOES earn, and if something imperils that, he will try and find a scapegoat rather than accept responsibility., He doesn’t LIKE lying, but the itch in his heart that comes with admitting his mistakes is a bit too strong.

Flirting: On his path for eventual love, he at times can be on the flirtatious side. So long as he’s the one flirting. Any sort of reciprocation makes him nervous and he’ll be quick to backtrack.

Fears:

Crows: A bad omen and he finds them rather creepy, especially the cawing noise they make. Extra spooky for large groups.

Seagulls: Similar to crows, but for different reasons. Seagulls just seem generally dirty and don’t even have the decency to be smart like crows.

Pidgeons: Worse than crows or Seagulls. Crows are smart. And at least Pigeons are somewhat competent. Pigeons however aren’t even rats. Theyre barely-living bugs with feathers and wings. Stupid. Dirty. And prone to just milling about and being in the way, only to suddenly burst into flight when startled, which in turn startles him.

Goals:

Graduate: Having joined the shinigami academy, his first and foremost goal is to graduate and become a shinigami. After all, its a pretty nice job.

Find a girlfriend/boyfriend: Maybe pump the breaks with all that marriage stuff. But finding some companion to be with might be nice.

Make a Weapon: He always thought forging was really cool, and as such he’s always wanted to make something for himself. Even if it’s not particularly strong or useful, he could at least be proud of making something for himself.

Alignment: Neutral

Overall Personality:



“Is… this a test? Uhm, alright, I guess I’m just … I dunno. Me? I don’t really know what it is you want from me. I try to be a nice guy. You know, pitch in where I can, earn my keep. If there’s any kind of heavy lifting or manual labor uh, I’m your guy.” Though despite this, he has trouble with perhaps being a bit too content. Getting caught up in the work he’s doing, he can sometimes nod off or stop paying attention, making him a bit clumsy.

“I’m a hard worker too, you know. I uh, passed all my classes back in highschool. Nothing crazy, but hey that’s better than most people right?” Something of an underachiever, he finds himself a bit too happy with simpler lifestyles. Though he has the capacity to learn, he struggles to find something to push himself. While his pride can stir him a bit, he hasn’t really been in any position that would motivate him to try. ‘I can always try again later’.

In general, he’s what you could consider a ‘nice guy’. But not a ‘great guy’. As much as he is helpful and friendly, he doesn’t have much else to him. Nothing has challenged him to aim for much, and his mother was never sufficiently present enough to really push him toward making something of himself. He’s just sortof there, almost as if he were a side character in his own life.

Whats perhaps even more alarming is how adaptive he is. In any sort of stressful circumstance this would actually be a boon, but given that he’s really just sort of coasted by in his life, this has made him rather mundane and satisfied. He doesn’t want for much, he can handle whatever is given to him and as such he is content even when given very little. He’s just… there. He does his best to not let that get to him.

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-Powers-

Fighting Style:

Due to his inexperience Lyda tends to stick to the basics as much as he can. With no particular finesse in tactics to speak of, he simply works as best he can with what he's been taught. First and foremost that revolves around the basic Hakuda and martial principles instilled in him at the academy. Though he performed well below many of his peers, the basics of stances and fighting principles were still able to be imprinted in him. He's a bit shabby and not exactly an expert, but he at least seems to know vaguely what he's doing in a fight.

Perhaps more notably, Lyde at least had a lot of promise when it came to the field of Hoho. Taking well to the school of high speed movement and even managing to perform well above his peers when it came to the use of Shunpo. As a result of this, Lyde can actually be quite slippery and though he has very little in the ways of other shinigami arts to compliment this talent, he has shown considerable talent in rapid strikes and attacks using Hoho. Because of this, a number of his instructors felt he should try to aim toward Onmitsukido, even though this ultimately never came to be.

Lastly, Lyde has a shaky relationshpi with honorable fighting. Though he is very pragmatic and generally doesn't allow some customs and the like to get in the way of doing his best, he also has a strong sense of fairness, which somewhat got in the way of his onmitsukido ideals. Due to the fact that he had never been in a proper fight, he clung to the idea that combat should be an upfront and honorable endeavor. This perhaps leads well into his most glaring issue: Inexperience. Without much combat under his belt, he is very naive when it comes to how brutal battle can be.



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-History-

Birthplace: Central Europe


History:


Lyda was born in Italy to a rather regular family. He grew up on the healthy side of things and had a stable, happy family. What else could one ask for? For all intents and purposes he was fairly set up for success. He was a bit athletic, energetic, and even had a good head on his shoulders as he grew up. He perhaps wasn't the smartest guy around, but he knew how to learn fairly quickly once he started to apply himself. as Lyda began to near adulthood, he had a fairly confident notion that things would be alright.

And for the most part, they were. But that was about it. He had fair grades but that was about it. Without any real motivation pushing him towards succeeding. He landed himself a nice stable job that never went anywhere in particular. As he grew into his early 20s he had aspirations, Hobbies in mind. But once he became a proper adult he found himself struggling to find that drive that would really push him to improve himself. And even in his personal life he found himself struggling to really make long-lasting connections.

He was just...there. He worked in earnest, put in effort, and made it through every day, but he still didn't have it in him to look for much more. While he'd had every intention of moving up. He never got around to it, and found himself growing content. Settling into a routine that seemed to never quite end. And so when he got himself into a car accident on his Twenty Fourth Birthday, ending his life. He didn't have much that tethered him to the world of the living. And he passed on rather peacefully into the afterlife.

The transition was....confusing. While he never really retained much memory from his life as a human, what he DID inherit was a sense of unease. Even as he found himself incarnating into the inner districts, a comfortable and safe life waiting for him, he could simply...SENSE that it wasn't for him. No, it was when he first saw those officers in black robes that he found himself knowing what it was he really wanted. He wanted adventure. And so at the first opportunity, he began working toward joining the gotei 13.

It was a bit tougher than he had initially expected. Having to take the entrance exams several times before he was able to be accepted, Lyde found himself struggling to keep up with his classmates. It was only his determination that kept him afloat with his classes. But even as he struggled to keep up, he couldn't help but find himself admiring the shinigami as a whole. Even as he struggled with the more practical applications of Zankensoki, he still felt drawn to what he potentially could be. Stories of shinigami of old, and even those of the present pushed him more and more.

Thanks to that push, he managed to begin showing some promise. His rather abyssmal grades showed trhe slightest signs of improvement, and in the depths of his soul he felt something that was a bit unfamiliar: Pride. It was that very pride that caught the attention of one of his instructors. A Man named Irusuke. Though Lyde had been unable to qualify for advanced training down in the world of the living, Irusuke made an exception and had Lyde come along with the other students down to the world of the living. It was there that the experienced shinigami pulled him aside.

Lyde of course was excited. Not only to be recognized by one of the instructors, but to get to see the world of the living. After all, it would be a place that eventually he would be deployed to to perform his job. But, the trip was not ...what he was expecting. Once they had arrived, his instructor pulled him aside and explained the situation. Technically speaking, he was expelled. Having failed to meet the minimum requirements to remain in the academy, Lyde was being dropped from the academy program. Irusuke had bent the rules a little to bring Lyde along on this little fieldtrip. Specifically so that he could assure him.

Don't give up.

Not a message that Lyde quite expected given the circumstances, but even so, he found himself inclined to listen to the Instructor. "Even if you're being dropped for now. You stil have a chance in the future. Time passes slowly in Soul Society, but you don't have to be left in the dust. Focus. Train with what little you've learned. And you can try again the next time a semester comes around.' It was nothing breathtaking, but even so, Lyde felt some modicum of appreciation and pride in him that even if the academy had deemed him unfit as a shinigami, that at least this man had faith in him.

It wasn't a sentiment he would get to enjoy for long. When they returned to the rest of the students and other instructors. They found that they had been attacked. A Vandenreich patrol had caught wind of the shinigami. They did not return to a class, but to a slaughter. In the ensuing fight, his instructor, Irusuke, lost his life, and Lyde himself was left for dead among the corpses. His only blessing was that the commotion attracted the attention of some hollows, and so he was able to drag himself out of sight before the Quincy could finish him off.

He didn't know how long he wound up running. Unbeknownst to him, the Quincy laid a trap, and wound up killing several of the teams sent to investigate the loss of contact with the instructors and students. By the time that they were finally able to touch down, Hollows had already consumed several of his fellow students and instructors. He was not even marked as KIA. Thanks to his Instructor having pulled him along after he'd already officially been expelled, the Soul Society didn't even know to look for him. And from Lydes point of view?

It seemed as if they had simply never bothered looking for him.