Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2018 2:36:24 GMT -5
Character Name: Adolf Reinhard
Previous Real Age: 345
Current/New Real Age: 551
Previous Age of Appearance: 16
Current/New Age of Appearance: 19
New Ideals/Personality:
Over the last 200 years, Adolf has had quite a decent difference to his personality. He’s no longer a naive child, nor does he act like that anymore. Instead, he’s calmer than before, and his normal personality is somewhat apathetic. Normal being said, due to the fact that he’s both an empath, and fairly good at falsifying his own emotions, should the situation require it. If he needs to go a bit hard, and throw sympathy out the window, he can do it. If he needs to be polite, respectful, and a kind person, he can do it. If he needs to remain seemingly emotionless, once again, he can do it. This is a skill he’s perfected over quite a long period of time, which has come from the use of deception towards others, which he eventually fine-tuned and turned into an art form. Adolf has become an extremely sneaky person, and more than just his personality reflects this. A new trait he has picked up is being flirtatious. It's more something he does for fun, and not entirely seriously, but he'll flirt with just about anyone if he feels it could make the situation a bit more entertaining. This goes hand in hand with his acting skills, as he'll usually do what he can to have it seem as realistic as possible.
Goals changes - “To Bring Back Joan” Removed - “She was nothing but a figment of my imagination. I see that now, and feel as though a weight has been removed from my conscious being.”
“To Make As Many Friends As Possible” Removed - “People you care for will inevitably come and go; some due to drifting apart from each other, others due to death, or some other tragedy. Moving passed this is the key step to growing, not only in strength, but as a person.”
“To Bolster Hueco Mundo” Changed - “The Hollows and Arrancar that inhabit Heuco Mundo have the potential to be some of the strongest beings in existence. It is my goal to have this army reach, and surpass those standards.”
“To Rise in the Ranks of the Espada” Added - “Achieving Segunda Espada is my primary power struggle, at the moment. The current Segunda is nothing but a child. If my time in the Espada has taught me anything, it's that children don't belong here. I am not going to sit around twiddling my thumbs when I could be achieving greatness.”
“To stay ahead of Kazuna” Added - “Though not a necessity, it appears as though Kazuna and I have a bit of a rivalry in the works of forging. I intend to stay ahead of that man if I can. If not, then so be it.”
“Revenge” Added - “Over the last few centuries, I have been wronged by numerous people, whether I had let it happen or not. I intend to make them pay for their actions.”
New Appearance: New Height/Weight: 6’0”/130 lbs.
New Face Claim: Teru Mikami (Death Note)
Adolf has gone through numerous physical changes, some of the more obvious ones being his height and age. He stands about three inches taller, but has remained the same weight. Adolf is underweight, but not by a noticeable very noticeable margin. His hair has been colored to be a more natural, brown color. This is something he regularly keeps up with, having started to take pride in his appearance now. He now takes on a more masculine appearance, leaving few traces of his adolescence. His jawline is more defined, his neck is larger, and his shoulders are broader. His chest is more defined, though he’s not what people would consider “ripped” in any sense. His legs are longer as well, as well as his feet. His hair has grown in length, and is just as messy, even covering part of his eyes. His espada number, which is currently 8, still resides on his forehead above his right brow, less visible than ever. On both his left and right hips, he has sheathes for his twin daggers, Macht des Drachen. His robes remain unchanged. Adolf’s Reiatsu has taken on a more blood red color, as opposed to the original pink. His hollow mask is now a single horn, covering the left side of his forehead, and stretching upwards. It wraps around to about right before his ear, before continuing to stretch upwards and occupy that corner of his head.
Adolf’s Primera Etapa has gone through a drastic difference in appearance, having taken on a different ability and weapon set. Upon releasing, Adolf loses both of his weapons. Replacing them, is the weaponized form a hollow normally has. Adolf now has a set of claws, each around three inches in length. Most of his body is coated in hard, bone-like scales. His eyes change from normal human eyes, to that of a serpent; slitted in the center, and vertical. The skin around his cheeks is now similar to that of rubber, being able to stretch for him to open his jaw more than a normal human could, and his jaw can also be unhinged at will. From his neck down, he is coated with a thick layer of scales that are snow white, which provide ample protection. Sprouting from his back, is a large pair of draconic wings, of similar coloration. These wings are roughly 75% of his height, scaling to 4'5". His legs are now digitigrade, and clawed. He now has a thick, prehensile tail, coated in scales, which has numerous blades protruding from the end. On his arms, legs, and along all of his back, are protruding spikes, curved and shaped in similar way to his left dagger. None of these spikes have nerves in them, meaning Adolf would feel no pain if they were broken off. His face remains the same in Primera Etapa as it was in his sealed state.
New Powers:
New Type: Freak
Fighting Style:
Adolf’s fighting style has considerably changed since his time with Desamor. Instead of fighting defensively like he used to do in the past, Adolf has become fairly aggressive in combat. While not quite in a hurry to land a hit, he’s now more willing to engage in close-quarters combat, and will do so more actively than before, requiring damaging his opponent more than ever. When fighting in his sealed state, Adolf holds his left dagger with a backwards grip, and the right dagger with a forward grip. His main focus is slashing and piercing with the left, and striking from afar with the right. While both can be used for their opposite uses, they’re not as effective as the other dagger would be, respectively.
Post-Resureccion, Adolf focuses on rushing down his opponent, getting hyper-aggressive and quite relentless. Considering he loses most ranged capability in his released state, Adolf has to rely on landing his hits in close quarters in order for his released state to work. Prioritizing his claws, then tail, he will use all of his available tools in order to incapacitate, and possibly mutilate the opponent, depending on who it is. He’ll use his release techniques rather often in order to constantly taunt and traumatize the opponent, much like he did in the past.
If in the losing position while sealed, if he did not initiate the fight by releasing, Adolf will release. This could be a huge tide-turner for Adolf, due to the large increases to his offensive ability. If this still does not help lead him to a position where he can emerge victorious, he’ll begin to fight defensively and stall as best he can. Though, the defense is a bit of a last resort.
If in a winning position while sealed, Adolf will not release unless absolutely necessary. Activating his Resureccion takes a lot out of him, and is something he’d prefer to avoid if he can win a fight without it. While he does enjoy fighting in that state, he does not enjoy the recuperations that come from leaving it, such as the exhaustion that hits him rather hard. If there’s any question as to whether or not he’s going to succeed, he will release. Personal choices should be cast aside if it means victory can be achieved.
If in a losing position while released, Adolf will take a more defensive approach. He’ll do his best to make sure his opponent cannot reach him, and will try to protect himself from further conflict. If he can outrange the opponent, his chances of survival go up. Though, in turn, this does mean he’s extremely limited to what he can and cannot do while fighting. Thankfully, he does know quite a few ranged techniques.
If in a winning position while released, Adolf will tend to get somewhat reckless. Granted, he won’t overexert himself like he had done so often in the past, he’s grown past that. He’ll fight up-close, and keep a flurry of melee attacks on the opponent. He’ll actively use everything at his disposal in order to shut down the opponent as soon as he can.
Against melee, Adolf’s fighting style is fairly unsurprising; his main focus is to burst down the target, fighting from close range. He’s a close range adept, and in being so, he’s naturally going to spend most of his time in close quarters. Against ranged, it’s as simple as getting within close quarters to overwhelm them. Someone who’s proficient at ranged combat usually isn’t going to be the best at melee, so it’s a pretty strong matchup for him.
Zanpakuto Appearance:
Adolf’s Zanpakuto, Macht des Drachen, now takes shape of a set of daggers. The daggers are about a foot long. Each blade is tinted a dark maroon, and their blades serrated. The blades are both curved in an “S”-like pattern, making them very effective at both slashing and stabbing. Each weapon radiates a warm heat, though not enough to warm someone during something like a blizzard. The guard and pommel of both weapons have a bone-like appearance to them, similar to his appearance in his released state. These weapons store away nicely in two sheathes on either side of his hips.
In his Primera Etapa, Adolf doesn’t really have a particular weapon that he uses. His body is more weaponized, somewhat acting as his Zanpakuto. On his hands, three inch long claws. On his back, Wings with rather sharp wingtalons, as well as a weaponized, prehensile tail with multiple blades protruding from the back. Each of these can be used rather well by Adolf, as well as being able to be used quickly.
Zanpakuto Release Names & Callouts: “Dragon Up, Macht des Drachen!”
Overall Ability:
Macht des Drachen can be described in the word “Dragon”. That’s really all there is to it. Before release, Adolf is a very rush-down fighter. He prefers to enter close range, and prevent the opponent from having a moment to think about what’s going on. Every second not spent inches away from the target is wasted time. Both his Primera Etapa and Segunda Etapa follow this same characteristic, as well. Adolf’s toolkit is heavily burst-based, with minimal set-up time required.
Primera Etapa Overall Ability:
Adolf’s Primera Etapa comes with a fairly small, but powerful bunch of upgrades to himself. First off: Dragon Physiology. This includes wings, scales, claws, talons, a tail, and the ability to breathe fire. Many of these have the potential to be rendered useless, like the wings and tail, should they be cut off. These help to enhance Adolf’s ability to quickly close the gap between him and his opponent, as well as damage them heavily in close range.
Explosive Personality: Adolf's wings are fairly different from most dragons, in the sense that each of his wings give off a trail of gas automatically, which can be later ignited by him for a Reiatsu cost. Upon activating resurrection, a trail of carbon monoxide begins to flow from his wings, trailing behind him. The amount of gas is proportional to his wingspan, releasing a trail that's roughly 2'3" in diameter, 50% of his wingspan. Due to the nature of carbon monoxide, the gas is not easy to detect, being tasteless, odorless, and colorless. While carbon monoxide is toxic under extended exposure, that is far from the main use of the gas. Carbon monoxide is highly flammable. For a cost of 50 Reiatsu, Adolf can detonate the entire trail of gas, leaving those inside the area with second degree burns on areas affected. Upon detonating the gas, more begins to release from his wings, continuing the pattern of expulsion and detonation of carbon monoxide.
Zanpakuto Techniques:
Technique Name: Scarlet Comet
Primera Etapa Technique
Technique Description and Effects (Explain appearance, powers, and effect):
With his newly strengthened wings, Adolf takes to the sky at a speed of 800, breaking through anything covering above his head. While flying upwards, he ignites himself for 100 Reiatsu. After a few seconds, he crashes down anywhere of choosing within 500 feet of the initial takeoff point, causing an explosion on impact with anything, and causing damage equal to his OS. The explosion causes 3rd degree burns, and has a diameter of 10 feet surrounding the point of impact.
Technique Drawbacks (Limitations, repercussions for use, etc):
While able to get up from the end of the tech and continue fighting, this technique is extremely draining. If used more than twice in one thread, it will result in Adolf losing consciousness.
Made By:
Adolf Reinhard
Reserved? (Yes/No) (Can others use your technique, or just your character?): Yes
Technique Name: Dragonfire
Primera Etapa Technique
Technique Description and Effects (Explain appearance, powers, and effect):
Dragonfire is effectively a supercharged fireball. For 250 reiatsu, Adolf can launch a fireball approximately 10 feet in diameter at a speed of 800 in one direction. Upon making contact with either a reiatsu-based attack, or a physical force, the fireball will explode with an impact equal to double the user’s offensive stat, and leave any biological target with second degree burns all over.
Technique Drawbacks (Limitations, repercussions for use, etc):
The direction of the fireball cannot be changed once firing has begun, so it can be hard to aim. Hefty reiatsu cost means it’ll leave Adolf down 250 reiatsu should the opponent be able to dodge it. A 3 in Heat Tolerance will completely negate the burns.
Made By:
Adolf Reinhard
Reserved? (Yes/No) (Can others use your technique, or just your character?): Yes
Technique Name: Savage Roar
Primera Etapa Technique
Technique Description and Effects (Explain appearance, powers, and effect):
For a cost of 75 Reiatsu, Adolf can let out a deafening roar. Depending on the distance from Adolf, anyone near him will suffer from different effects. If you’re within 5 feet of Adolf, the sound is similar to that of a gunshot being fired next to your ears, and will leave you with permanent damage and hearing loss. Bleeding from the ears is likely to occur. If you’re within 6 to 20 feet of Adolf, the sound will likely leave you with some severe damage and severe ringing in your ears, but likely will not be permanent. Bleeding from the ears may occur. If you’re within 21 to 50 feet from Adolf, damage to the ears will occur, as well as a small amount of ringing. Damage will not be permanent. Bleeding from the ears will not occur. Anybody within a distance greater than 51 feet will not be affected.
Technique Drawbacks (Limitations, repercussions for use, etc):
Savage Roar is on a 5 post cooldown before it can be used again. It takes 1 second before use for Adolf to take in as much air as he can, so it is fairly predictable and can give somebody the opportunity to escape, should they be able to. Adolf must remain stationary while using this. Savage Roar lasts for 5 seconds, giving ample time to counterattack, should someone be able to. More than two uses in a thread will lead to permanent vocal cord damage, rendering this technique completely useless.
Made By:
Adolf Reinhard
Reserved? (Yes/No) (Can others use your technique, or just your character?): Yes
Technique Name: Windstorm
Primera Etapa Technique
Technique Description and Effects (Explain appearance, powers, and effect):
Utilizing the strength behind his wings, Adolf can immediately create a massive gusts of wind, capable of leveling residential areas. The Reiatsu cost depends on the force of the wind, but will cost a minimum of 150 Reiatsu. These winds are on par with a hurricane, minus the rain, and encompass a 50 foot diameter in front of Adolf. For 150 Reiatsu, these winds are comparable to a category 1 Hurricane. This entails minimal terrain damage, including but not limited to snapped tree branches, and minimal roof damage to houses. These winds average out to be around 80 miles per hour. Damage to people is left fairly minimal, mostly resulting in issues standing and moving, depending on a person's height and build.
At a cost of 300 Reiatsu, the winds reach 100 miles per hour, comparable to that of a category 2 Hurricane. This includes major roof damage, as well as uprooting small trees. These winds, to a person, cause even more trouble to stand and move, and possibly blowing a few people backwards, depending on height and build of said person.
At 450 Reiatsu, these winds reach 120 miles per hour, comparable to that of a category 3 Hurricane. This is where terrain damage starts to get serious, as well as possible physical harm towards others. This includes major damage to the roof of many houses, as well as removal of the roof decking. These winds can uproot medium-sized trees. These winds will push back most, lifting them from the ground with relative ease.
At 600 Reiatsu, these winds reach 140 miles per hour, comparable to that of a category 4 Hurricane. This includes loss of most of the roof of houses, as well as sustained damage to exterior walls. Larger trees will be uprooted, and smaller ones may be flung through the air at fast speeds. Power poles will likely be downed. These winds can pick up most people, and depending on height and build, may be able to fling them around with relative ease.
At 750 Reiatsu, these winds exceed 160 miles per hour, comparable to that of a category 5 Hurricane. This includes destruction to a large percentage of framed homes, the possibility to uproot most trees and fling them through the air, as well as the possibility to begin to launch power poles at slower speeds. These winds will most definitely be able to throw another person, and fairly hard as well.
Technique Drawbacks (Limitations, repercussions for use, etc):
Windstorm can potentially have upwards of a 750 Reiatsu cost, depending on the strength of the winds. Winds of category 3 and higher leave Adolf with wing damage, causing him to require a post of rest. Upon finishing this post of rest, Adolf is not able to fly for 2 posts following winds of category 3, 4 posts following winds of category 4, and 8 posts following winds of category 5. Each burst of wind lasts for 1 post, no matter how strong the winds are, and die down back to the original wind speed afterwards.
Made By: Adolf Reinhard
Reserved? (Yes/No) (Can others use your technique, or just your character?): Yes
Stats & Skills:
Strength- 100 (175 after type)
Speed- 250
Reiatsu Strength- 400 (600 after type)
Spiritual Pressure- 350 (262 after type)
Light Aura - 30
Dark Aura - 70
Senses- 100
Instinct- 300 (225 after type)
Energy Sensory- 50 (75 after type)
Healing Expertise- 0 (locked at 0)
1550 SP
[Pain Tolerance] {3}
[Strength of Will] {3}
[Calm Mind] {3}
[Poison Resist] {3}
[Acting] {3}
What kind of update: General Update, Release Update, Stat Update.
Current Rank: Rank 2, Octava Espada.
New Rank: None.
IC Reasoning:
A Hopeful Induction [Open Social, R]
Upon joining with the Espada, much has happened. After his confrontation with the rest of the Espada, he had felt as though he was nowhere near strong enough to hold up to them. Compared to the rest of the Espada, he felt extraordinarily weak. This lit a spark inside of him, causing him to want to grow in strength in order to impress them. This want to impress quickly faded away as time went on, to now gaining power for his own gain, casting aside what others expect from him.
Sparring With Myself [Solo Training Thread]
He began to train on his own, practicing to see how far he could exert himself in his released state, attempting to prolong it. These attempts also helped him learn to strengthen his Spiritual Pressure, as well as help him learn just how strong his Reiatsu Strength was. Though extending his release time was not a successful goal, he did manage to accomplish a lot of other tasks in order to boost himself up. This had also helped him to further enhance his melee prowess, helping him get to be more effective in close quarters. Freak Justification - Adolf sparred with a clone of an Espada, training to further strengthen his reiatsu strength and physical strength, two benefits of the Freak type.
Reminiscing the Past [Private Social with Ludwig, Kazuna, R]
Adolf learned about the existence of Shinigami during a trip to Cologne, Germany. Having met with Ludwig, he learned that there are those who oppose Arrancar. During this trip, having encountered Kazuna, Adolf had stood up for himself, and ended up angering Kazuna. He did happen to befriend a Shinigami captain, though. Whether or not this friendship will hold, however, is something only time will tell.
Espada Vs 4th Seat [Closed NDE Fight]
In his fight with Wycliff alongside Kazuna, for as short as his participation in that fight before he was incapacitated, he did learn a few things. Firstly, he learned how hard he could push himself before losing consciousness from overexertion. Second, he learned that he was not going to win every fight, a fact that he did not want to admit. From that point on, he made a promise to himself that he was going to win every fight he entered. Losing meant growing stronger, and making sure the victor of the fight he lost was never to win another fight again. This fight helped him learn that charging straight in can be effective from a period of time, as long as one can afford to use that strategy to win, as well as rushing down an opponent can be a necessity sometimes, depending on the opponent before him. Freak Justification - In this thread, Adolf took an extremely reckless approach to combat, by rushing down his opponent with no real plan. This is a requirement to the Freak type.
Hollowhunting [Joint Training with Valentin, Kazuna, R]
Encountering Valentin was another experience in and of itself. During that “training” session, Adolf had learned the usefulness of his ranged techniques, such as his his ceros and balas, though not particularly prefering to use them.Once again, though, Adolf had lost against Valentin, and had lost consciousness. During this confrontation, he learned the importance of strategizing, as, if he hadn’t been taken down so quickly, it could’ve led to his and Kazuna’s victory in the skirmish.
Desensitization [Solo Training, R]
A large portion of Adolf’s time was spent in Menos Forest, and for good reason. Primarily, he had decided to get over his dislike for causing harm, and taking the life of others. He felt as though the Espada needed to be stronger than he was, and went to wreak havoc in the Forest. Until he was put into a life threatening situation, Adolf still felt distasteful about taking a life. Upon quickly taking multiple, and needing to in order to save himself, he managed how to forget about how much he disliked this, and the problems it had brought him in the past. He managed to trick himself into feeling rather apathetic about taking a life, and, without noticing, learned how cruel he can really be. He also gained a strong amount of experience in close quarters, as well as breaking grabs. Freak Justification - Setting morals aside, Adolf embarked on a fairly disturbing journey to break himself from the distaste of murder. I figured this fairly strong harden in his personality would help to justify the type change.
OOC Reasoning:
After having experience on the site for a decent period of time, I realized how bad a fit for a character that doesn’t fight and just want to make friends to be in the Espada is. It’s an extremely inconvenient and rather frustrating character type to play. That being said, I have been doing what I can to change his personality, fighting style, etc. in a way that would make sense for him to 180. Also, I’m not entirely sure how many threads of IC reasoning are required in order to make these kind of changes, hopefully this will suffice, but if not, I don’t mind submitting this again at a later date.
Previous Real Age: 345
Current/New Real Age: 551
Previous Age of Appearance: 16
Current/New Age of Appearance: 19
New Ideals/Personality:
Over the last 200 years, Adolf has had quite a decent difference to his personality. He’s no longer a naive child, nor does he act like that anymore. Instead, he’s calmer than before, and his normal personality is somewhat apathetic. Normal being said, due to the fact that he’s both an empath, and fairly good at falsifying his own emotions, should the situation require it. If he needs to go a bit hard, and throw sympathy out the window, he can do it. If he needs to be polite, respectful, and a kind person, he can do it. If he needs to remain seemingly emotionless, once again, he can do it. This is a skill he’s perfected over quite a long period of time, which has come from the use of deception towards others, which he eventually fine-tuned and turned into an art form. Adolf has become an extremely sneaky person, and more than just his personality reflects this. A new trait he has picked up is being flirtatious. It's more something he does for fun, and not entirely seriously, but he'll flirt with just about anyone if he feels it could make the situation a bit more entertaining. This goes hand in hand with his acting skills, as he'll usually do what he can to have it seem as realistic as possible.
Goals changes - “To Bring Back Joan” Removed - “She was nothing but a figment of my imagination. I see that now, and feel as though a weight has been removed from my conscious being.”
“To Make As Many Friends As Possible” Removed - “People you care for will inevitably come and go; some due to drifting apart from each other, others due to death, or some other tragedy. Moving passed this is the key step to growing, not only in strength, but as a person.”
“To Bolster Hueco Mundo” Changed - “The Hollows and Arrancar that inhabit Heuco Mundo have the potential to be some of the strongest beings in existence. It is my goal to have this army reach, and surpass those standards.”
“To Rise in the Ranks of the Espada” Added - “Achieving Segunda Espada is my primary power struggle, at the moment. The current Segunda is nothing but a child. If my time in the Espada has taught me anything, it's that children don't belong here. I am not going to sit around twiddling my thumbs when I could be achieving greatness.”
“To stay ahead of Kazuna” Added - “Though not a necessity, it appears as though Kazuna and I have a bit of a rivalry in the works of forging. I intend to stay ahead of that man if I can. If not, then so be it.”
“Revenge” Added - “Over the last few centuries, I have been wronged by numerous people, whether I had let it happen or not. I intend to make them pay for their actions.”
New Appearance: New Height/Weight: 6’0”/130 lbs.
New Face Claim: Teru Mikami (Death Note)
Adolf has gone through numerous physical changes, some of the more obvious ones being his height and age. He stands about three inches taller, but has remained the same weight. Adolf is underweight, but not by a noticeable very noticeable margin. His hair has been colored to be a more natural, brown color. This is something he regularly keeps up with, having started to take pride in his appearance now. He now takes on a more masculine appearance, leaving few traces of his adolescence. His jawline is more defined, his neck is larger, and his shoulders are broader. His chest is more defined, though he’s not what people would consider “ripped” in any sense. His legs are longer as well, as well as his feet. His hair has grown in length, and is just as messy, even covering part of his eyes. His espada number, which is currently 8, still resides on his forehead above his right brow, less visible than ever. On both his left and right hips, he has sheathes for his twin daggers, Macht des Drachen. His robes remain unchanged. Adolf’s Reiatsu has taken on a more blood red color, as opposed to the original pink. His hollow mask is now a single horn, covering the left side of his forehead, and stretching upwards. It wraps around to about right before his ear, before continuing to stretch upwards and occupy that corner of his head.
Adolf’s Primera Etapa has gone through a drastic difference in appearance, having taken on a different ability and weapon set. Upon releasing, Adolf loses both of his weapons. Replacing them, is the weaponized form a hollow normally has. Adolf now has a set of claws, each around three inches in length. Most of his body is coated in hard, bone-like scales. His eyes change from normal human eyes, to that of a serpent; slitted in the center, and vertical. The skin around his cheeks is now similar to that of rubber, being able to stretch for him to open his jaw more than a normal human could, and his jaw can also be unhinged at will. From his neck down, he is coated with a thick layer of scales that are snow white, which provide ample protection. Sprouting from his back, is a large pair of draconic wings, of similar coloration. These wings are roughly 75% of his height, scaling to 4'5". His legs are now digitigrade, and clawed. He now has a thick, prehensile tail, coated in scales, which has numerous blades protruding from the end. On his arms, legs, and along all of his back, are protruding spikes, curved and shaped in similar way to his left dagger. None of these spikes have nerves in them, meaning Adolf would feel no pain if they were broken off. His face remains the same in Primera Etapa as it was in his sealed state.
New Powers:
New Type: Freak
Fighting Style:
Adolf’s fighting style has considerably changed since his time with Desamor. Instead of fighting defensively like he used to do in the past, Adolf has become fairly aggressive in combat. While not quite in a hurry to land a hit, he’s now more willing to engage in close-quarters combat, and will do so more actively than before, requiring damaging his opponent more than ever. When fighting in his sealed state, Adolf holds his left dagger with a backwards grip, and the right dagger with a forward grip. His main focus is slashing and piercing with the left, and striking from afar with the right. While both can be used for their opposite uses, they’re not as effective as the other dagger would be, respectively.
Post-Resureccion, Adolf focuses on rushing down his opponent, getting hyper-aggressive and quite relentless. Considering he loses most ranged capability in his released state, Adolf has to rely on landing his hits in close quarters in order for his released state to work. Prioritizing his claws, then tail, he will use all of his available tools in order to incapacitate, and possibly mutilate the opponent, depending on who it is. He’ll use his release techniques rather often in order to constantly taunt and traumatize the opponent, much like he did in the past.
If in the losing position while sealed, if he did not initiate the fight by releasing, Adolf will release. This could be a huge tide-turner for Adolf, due to the large increases to his offensive ability. If this still does not help lead him to a position where he can emerge victorious, he’ll begin to fight defensively and stall as best he can. Though, the defense is a bit of a last resort.
If in a winning position while sealed, Adolf will not release unless absolutely necessary. Activating his Resureccion takes a lot out of him, and is something he’d prefer to avoid if he can win a fight without it. While he does enjoy fighting in that state, he does not enjoy the recuperations that come from leaving it, such as the exhaustion that hits him rather hard. If there’s any question as to whether or not he’s going to succeed, he will release. Personal choices should be cast aside if it means victory can be achieved.
If in a losing position while released, Adolf will take a more defensive approach. He’ll do his best to make sure his opponent cannot reach him, and will try to protect himself from further conflict. If he can outrange the opponent, his chances of survival go up. Though, in turn, this does mean he’s extremely limited to what he can and cannot do while fighting. Thankfully, he does know quite a few ranged techniques.
If in a winning position while released, Adolf will tend to get somewhat reckless. Granted, he won’t overexert himself like he had done so often in the past, he’s grown past that. He’ll fight up-close, and keep a flurry of melee attacks on the opponent. He’ll actively use everything at his disposal in order to shut down the opponent as soon as he can.
Against melee, Adolf’s fighting style is fairly unsurprising; his main focus is to burst down the target, fighting from close range. He’s a close range adept, and in being so, he’s naturally going to spend most of his time in close quarters. Against ranged, it’s as simple as getting within close quarters to overwhelm them. Someone who’s proficient at ranged combat usually isn’t going to be the best at melee, so it’s a pretty strong matchup for him.
Zanpakuto Appearance:
Adolf’s Zanpakuto, Macht des Drachen, now takes shape of a set of daggers. The daggers are about a foot long. Each blade is tinted a dark maroon, and their blades serrated. The blades are both curved in an “S”-like pattern, making them very effective at both slashing and stabbing. Each weapon radiates a warm heat, though not enough to warm someone during something like a blizzard. The guard and pommel of both weapons have a bone-like appearance to them, similar to his appearance in his released state. These weapons store away nicely in two sheathes on either side of his hips.
In his Primera Etapa, Adolf doesn’t really have a particular weapon that he uses. His body is more weaponized, somewhat acting as his Zanpakuto. On his hands, three inch long claws. On his back, Wings with rather sharp wingtalons, as well as a weaponized, prehensile tail with multiple blades protruding from the back. Each of these can be used rather well by Adolf, as well as being able to be used quickly.
Zanpakuto Release Names & Callouts: “Dragon Up, Macht des Drachen!”
Overall Ability:
Macht des Drachen can be described in the word “Dragon”. That’s really all there is to it. Before release, Adolf is a very rush-down fighter. He prefers to enter close range, and prevent the opponent from having a moment to think about what’s going on. Every second not spent inches away from the target is wasted time. Both his Primera Etapa and Segunda Etapa follow this same characteristic, as well. Adolf’s toolkit is heavily burst-based, with minimal set-up time required.
Primera Etapa Overall Ability:
Adolf’s Primera Etapa comes with a fairly small, but powerful bunch of upgrades to himself. First off: Dragon Physiology. This includes wings, scales, claws, talons, a tail, and the ability to breathe fire. Many of these have the potential to be rendered useless, like the wings and tail, should they be cut off. These help to enhance Adolf’s ability to quickly close the gap between him and his opponent, as well as damage them heavily in close range.
Explosive Personality: Adolf's wings are fairly different from most dragons, in the sense that each of his wings give off a trail of gas automatically, which can be later ignited by him for a Reiatsu cost. Upon activating resurrection, a trail of carbon monoxide begins to flow from his wings, trailing behind him. The amount of gas is proportional to his wingspan, releasing a trail that's roughly 2'3" in diameter, 50% of his wingspan. Due to the nature of carbon monoxide, the gas is not easy to detect, being tasteless, odorless, and colorless. While carbon monoxide is toxic under extended exposure, that is far from the main use of the gas. Carbon monoxide is highly flammable. For a cost of 50 Reiatsu, Adolf can detonate the entire trail of gas, leaving those inside the area with second degree burns on areas affected. Upon detonating the gas, more begins to release from his wings, continuing the pattern of expulsion and detonation of carbon monoxide.
Zanpakuto Techniques:
Technique Name: Scarlet Comet
Primera Etapa Technique
Technique Description and Effects (Explain appearance, powers, and effect):
With his newly strengthened wings, Adolf takes to the sky at a speed of 800, breaking through anything covering above his head. While flying upwards, he ignites himself for 100 Reiatsu. After a few seconds, he crashes down anywhere of choosing within 500 feet of the initial takeoff point, causing an explosion on impact with anything, and causing damage equal to his OS. The explosion causes 3rd degree burns, and has a diameter of 10 feet surrounding the point of impact.
Technique Drawbacks (Limitations, repercussions for use, etc):
While able to get up from the end of the tech and continue fighting, this technique is extremely draining. If used more than twice in one thread, it will result in Adolf losing consciousness.
Made By:
Adolf Reinhard
Reserved? (Yes/No) (Can others use your technique, or just your character?): Yes
Technique Name: Dragonfire
Primera Etapa Technique
Technique Description and Effects (Explain appearance, powers, and effect):
Dragonfire is effectively a supercharged fireball. For 250 reiatsu, Adolf can launch a fireball approximately 10 feet in diameter at a speed of 800 in one direction. Upon making contact with either a reiatsu-based attack, or a physical force, the fireball will explode with an impact equal to double the user’s offensive stat, and leave any biological target with second degree burns all over.
Technique Drawbacks (Limitations, repercussions for use, etc):
The direction of the fireball cannot be changed once firing has begun, so it can be hard to aim. Hefty reiatsu cost means it’ll leave Adolf down 250 reiatsu should the opponent be able to dodge it. A 3 in Heat Tolerance will completely negate the burns.
Made By:
Adolf Reinhard
Reserved? (Yes/No) (Can others use your technique, or just your character?): Yes
Technique Name: Savage Roar
Primera Etapa Technique
Technique Description and Effects (Explain appearance, powers, and effect):
For a cost of 75 Reiatsu, Adolf can let out a deafening roar. Depending on the distance from Adolf, anyone near him will suffer from different effects. If you’re within 5 feet of Adolf, the sound is similar to that of a gunshot being fired next to your ears, and will leave you with permanent damage and hearing loss. Bleeding from the ears is likely to occur. If you’re within 6 to 20 feet of Adolf, the sound will likely leave you with some severe damage and severe ringing in your ears, but likely will not be permanent. Bleeding from the ears may occur. If you’re within 21 to 50 feet from Adolf, damage to the ears will occur, as well as a small amount of ringing. Damage will not be permanent. Bleeding from the ears will not occur. Anybody within a distance greater than 51 feet will not be affected.
Technique Drawbacks (Limitations, repercussions for use, etc):
Savage Roar is on a 5 post cooldown before it can be used again. It takes 1 second before use for Adolf to take in as much air as he can, so it is fairly predictable and can give somebody the opportunity to escape, should they be able to. Adolf must remain stationary while using this. Savage Roar lasts for 5 seconds, giving ample time to counterattack, should someone be able to. More than two uses in a thread will lead to permanent vocal cord damage, rendering this technique completely useless.
Made By:
Adolf Reinhard
Reserved? (Yes/No) (Can others use your technique, or just your character?): Yes
Technique Name: Windstorm
Primera Etapa Technique
Technique Description and Effects (Explain appearance, powers, and effect):
Utilizing the strength behind his wings, Adolf can immediately create a massive gusts of wind, capable of leveling residential areas. The Reiatsu cost depends on the force of the wind, but will cost a minimum of 150 Reiatsu. These winds are on par with a hurricane, minus the rain, and encompass a 50 foot diameter in front of Adolf. For 150 Reiatsu, these winds are comparable to a category 1 Hurricane. This entails minimal terrain damage, including but not limited to snapped tree branches, and minimal roof damage to houses. These winds average out to be around 80 miles per hour. Damage to people is left fairly minimal, mostly resulting in issues standing and moving, depending on a person's height and build.
At a cost of 300 Reiatsu, the winds reach 100 miles per hour, comparable to that of a category 2 Hurricane. This includes major roof damage, as well as uprooting small trees. These winds, to a person, cause even more trouble to stand and move, and possibly blowing a few people backwards, depending on height and build of said person.
At 450 Reiatsu, these winds reach 120 miles per hour, comparable to that of a category 3 Hurricane. This is where terrain damage starts to get serious, as well as possible physical harm towards others. This includes major damage to the roof of many houses, as well as removal of the roof decking. These winds can uproot medium-sized trees. These winds will push back most, lifting them from the ground with relative ease.
At 600 Reiatsu, these winds reach 140 miles per hour, comparable to that of a category 4 Hurricane. This includes loss of most of the roof of houses, as well as sustained damage to exterior walls. Larger trees will be uprooted, and smaller ones may be flung through the air at fast speeds. Power poles will likely be downed. These winds can pick up most people, and depending on height and build, may be able to fling them around with relative ease.
At 750 Reiatsu, these winds exceed 160 miles per hour, comparable to that of a category 5 Hurricane. This includes destruction to a large percentage of framed homes, the possibility to uproot most trees and fling them through the air, as well as the possibility to begin to launch power poles at slower speeds. These winds will most definitely be able to throw another person, and fairly hard as well.
Technique Drawbacks (Limitations, repercussions for use, etc):
Windstorm can potentially have upwards of a 750 Reiatsu cost, depending on the strength of the winds. Winds of category 3 and higher leave Adolf with wing damage, causing him to require a post of rest. Upon finishing this post of rest, Adolf is not able to fly for 2 posts following winds of category 3, 4 posts following winds of category 4, and 8 posts following winds of category 5. Each burst of wind lasts for 1 post, no matter how strong the winds are, and die down back to the original wind speed afterwards.
Made By: Adolf Reinhard
Reserved? (Yes/No) (Can others use your technique, or just your character?): Yes
Stats & Skills:
Strength- 100 (175 after type)
Speed- 250
Reiatsu Strength- 400 (600 after type)
Spiritual Pressure- 350 (262 after type)
Light Aura - 30
Dark Aura - 70
Senses- 100
Instinct- 300 (225 after type)
Energy Sensory- 50 (75 after type)
Healing Expertise- 0 (locked at 0)
1550 SP
[Pain Tolerance] {3}
[Strength of Will] {3}
[Calm Mind] {3}
[Poison Resist] {3}
[Acting] {3}
What kind of update: General Update, Release Update, Stat Update.
Current Rank: Rank 2, Octava Espada.
New Rank: None.
IC Reasoning:
A Hopeful Induction [Open Social, R]
Upon joining with the Espada, much has happened. After his confrontation with the rest of the Espada, he had felt as though he was nowhere near strong enough to hold up to them. Compared to the rest of the Espada, he felt extraordinarily weak. This lit a spark inside of him, causing him to want to grow in strength in order to impress them. This want to impress quickly faded away as time went on, to now gaining power for his own gain, casting aside what others expect from him.
Sparring With Myself [Solo Training Thread]
He began to train on his own, practicing to see how far he could exert himself in his released state, attempting to prolong it. These attempts also helped him learn to strengthen his Spiritual Pressure, as well as help him learn just how strong his Reiatsu Strength was. Though extending his release time was not a successful goal, he did manage to accomplish a lot of other tasks in order to boost himself up. This had also helped him to further enhance his melee prowess, helping him get to be more effective in close quarters. Freak Justification - Adolf sparred with a clone of an Espada, training to further strengthen his reiatsu strength and physical strength, two benefits of the Freak type.
Reminiscing the Past [Private Social with Ludwig, Kazuna, R]
Adolf learned about the existence of Shinigami during a trip to Cologne, Germany. Having met with Ludwig, he learned that there are those who oppose Arrancar. During this trip, having encountered Kazuna, Adolf had stood up for himself, and ended up angering Kazuna. He did happen to befriend a Shinigami captain, though. Whether or not this friendship will hold, however, is something only time will tell.
Espada Vs 4th Seat [Closed NDE Fight]
In his fight with Wycliff alongside Kazuna, for as short as his participation in that fight before he was incapacitated, he did learn a few things. Firstly, he learned how hard he could push himself before losing consciousness from overexertion. Second, he learned that he was not going to win every fight, a fact that he did not want to admit. From that point on, he made a promise to himself that he was going to win every fight he entered. Losing meant growing stronger, and making sure the victor of the fight he lost was never to win another fight again. This fight helped him learn that charging straight in can be effective from a period of time, as long as one can afford to use that strategy to win, as well as rushing down an opponent can be a necessity sometimes, depending on the opponent before him. Freak Justification - In this thread, Adolf took an extremely reckless approach to combat, by rushing down his opponent with no real plan. This is a requirement to the Freak type.
Hollowhunting [Joint Training with Valentin, Kazuna, R]
Encountering Valentin was another experience in and of itself. During that “training” session, Adolf had learned the usefulness of his ranged techniques, such as his his ceros and balas, though not particularly prefering to use them.Once again, though, Adolf had lost against Valentin, and had lost consciousness. During this confrontation, he learned the importance of strategizing, as, if he hadn’t been taken down so quickly, it could’ve led to his and Kazuna’s victory in the skirmish.
Desensitization [Solo Training, R]
A large portion of Adolf’s time was spent in Menos Forest, and for good reason. Primarily, he had decided to get over his dislike for causing harm, and taking the life of others. He felt as though the Espada needed to be stronger than he was, and went to wreak havoc in the Forest. Until he was put into a life threatening situation, Adolf still felt distasteful about taking a life. Upon quickly taking multiple, and needing to in order to save himself, he managed how to forget about how much he disliked this, and the problems it had brought him in the past. He managed to trick himself into feeling rather apathetic about taking a life, and, without noticing, learned how cruel he can really be. He also gained a strong amount of experience in close quarters, as well as breaking grabs. Freak Justification - Setting morals aside, Adolf embarked on a fairly disturbing journey to break himself from the distaste of murder. I figured this fairly strong harden in his personality would help to justify the type change.
OOC Reasoning:
After having experience on the site for a decent period of time, I realized how bad a fit for a character that doesn’t fight and just want to make friends to be in the Espada is. It’s an extremely inconvenient and rather frustrating character type to play. That being said, I have been doing what I can to change his personality, fighting style, etc. in a way that would make sense for him to 180. Also, I’m not entirely sure how many threads of IC reasoning are required in order to make these kind of changes, hopefully this will suffice, but if not, I don’t mind submitting this again at a later date.
