Post by Astrid Vess on May 24, 2023 22:23:36 GMT -5
Character Name: Astrid Vess
Previous Real Age: 237
Current/New Real Age: 240
Previous Age of Appearance: Unidentifiable
Current/New Age of Appearance: Distinctly 30's, early 40's at the latest
New Ideals/Personality:
TBD
New Appearance:
Height/Weight:
6ft 5in / 213 lbs
Physical Description:
Having finally achieved a humanoid form Astrid has reached what she believes to be the pinnacle form. A buff as hell female. Astrid is visibly about as ripped as one can be without being all muscle and no form. Her arms are visibly muscular as are her legs, torso, and back. Even her hands seem to be a bit more meaty than one might expect from a woman. Regardless of if they lift entirely too many weights or not. That’s not to say that there’s not anything else interesting about her though, just that her form is expressly female and that she is more muscular than most individuals. Though it should be noted that as an arrancar she does have her mask fragments visible. Her mask fragment in particular is a necklace of humanoid jaws. The teeth sharpened considerably to become more akin to fangs. They are all closed though they look to be grinding their teeth against one another in what can only be assumed as agony or in anger. These jaws line up side by side and seem to be embedded into her shoulders, neck, and backside. In addition to the mask fragment she now has a hollow hole, specifically over where her stomach would be. It’s about a half a foot in diameter making it fairly large comparatively.
Moving from the overall body and form, we focus on Astrid’s new human face. Without any specific mask fragments on her face she could pass for quite the beauty were it not for her nearly always aggressive countenance. First and foremost Astrid has long blonde hair, erring on the darker side and with orange of all things mixed into the blonde. Simply put she’s something of a dark strawberry blonde and her hair goes down to just under her shoulder blades. Astrid will never fix it or make it look a particular way, choosing instead to have it appear as it decided that way. With natural waves it almost always looks like she did something to it. The truth is, aside from cleaning the blood of others from it, she won’t do anything to it. As for her face overall she has strong features. Strong jaw line, thick red lips, a prominent and straight nose, average sized ears (though these are hidden behind her hair normally, and thin eyebrows.
Her eyebrows are the same color as her hair, if not a couple shades darker. Her eyes though are something special. Where most would have normal “whites'' for their sclera, Astrid has black sclera and her irises are a dark orange. Upon even closer inspection however reveals that she has several “rings” of yellow in her orange eyes, bright yellow. This helps bring others to look ever deeper into her eyes as if funneled further. Something else that should be noted is that Astrid’s teeth are actually more pointed than a standard humans. Her fangs being more noteworthy of this as each escapes her lips just with the tips. But the remainder of her teeth are akin to canine’s where they are serrated and jagged. There are a few flat teeth towards the back but they still hold a sharpened edge to their front. All of her teeth look akin to steel with a gunmetal color to them.
As for her body, a few points to make note of. She does have sizeable breasts as they are a D in terms of size, which is noteworthy given that’s probably the smoothest part of her body. The remainder of her is incredibly muscular. In some areas such as her shoulders it almost looks like her skin is taught given how noticeable the muscle mass is. Over her stomach is a six pack that can be noticed immediately. And make no mistake, Astrid did not skip leg day. She’s got noteworthy thighs and this follows suit down to her feet. In truth the smallest things about Astrid are her feet and hands but even these look more muscular than normal. Not grossly so but definitely with a bit more “meat” on each. Her hands are the most concerning because it legitimately looks like a pianist went to the gym given they are long and would otherwise be on the thin side.
Now let’s take a second to go over any clothing Astrid wears. For the most part Astrid is pretty simplistic in her clothing. She always wears pants of some kind, usually has a button up or otherwise a jacket on, and prefers to have boots or occasionally heels on. She prefers the boots though. Astrid wears clothes that show off exactly how she feels. Strong. Dark colors, typically black but is open to wearing any and all dark colors sans pink and yellow. Hell she even goes for clothes that show off her body as she’s proud of having her musculature. So to her, there’s no reason to hide it. Occasionally though she does go out of her way to dress up, picking nicer material clothing and being more “fashionable” but in truth she likes whatever is simple and free. If it doesn’t take much thought to put on, the better. That and she likes showing off her neck and chest some. Really helps let the jaws show themselves and give people a warning about just what she is. She does have a special fondness however for two articles of clothing that she doesn’t wear as often as she’d like to.
Jackets and hats. There’s really no reason as to why she doesn’t wear them more often. Jackets can occasionally replace shirts so it’s not terribly uncommon but usually they are a bit heavier and because they hide her arms it bothers her somewhat. On the other hand though she has a fondness for leather jackets and heavy winter jackets. Especially the ones that use the fur of the animal that was killed making them. As for hats, that’s pretty easy. She loses them a lot. Being as fast and as strong as she is, nine out of ten times, she damages them or loses them somewhere. And it's always upsetting because then she has to go and find more. Lord knows she doesn’t purchase them. And given she’s very particular about the hats she picks, it just gets frustrating because she finds few that she likes. But when the right day is around, she’ll get herself dressed up and wear a hat in addition to her clothing.
New History:
In Astrid's recent years her time in Hell has been surprisingly sporadic. Originally having been introduced to the concept of multiple layers within Hell by Orobas and the fact that within Hell there were greater horrors to be experienced. Through a chance opportunity or perhaps through Orobas's boredom of her animalistic nature she managed to escape and return back to the Suicide Forest. She then proceeded to continue her near daily life cycle of hunting, dying, reincarnating, and repeating the process until she met Alastor, another Legatus. This meeting forever changed her physically, spiritually, and mentally.
Alastor was the initial individual to release her unto the human world. Where she began a localized assualt of the Vatican and promptly grew in power and realized that there was a chance to regain some of her psyche. From that point on she would engage in misadventures with Alastor more or less throwing her into dangerous or otherwise seemingly innocent situations. Usually against other shinigami but occasionally against hollows or other human world dwellers. From her travels she eventually met what she would dub as "Her pack". Hollows who actually gave her the time of day and a modicum of respect. Whether through her own prowess or because of how foreign she was it couldn't be known. Regardless, she made allies out of Sonadora, Akando, Marik. The first two being allies she would later call upon to effectively collapse a major capital. Meanwhile the latter would engage upon a misadventure where she came to terms with her nearing the final points in her development.
The major turning point before all this however was that Alastor had been growing Astrid for a specific task. A wild card to have when the coming invasion of Soul Society took place. To which, in her own childish rage and ambition she fell completely suit to. She decided to rebel against Hell, Alastor, and Orobas. Though mainly Orobas. And assisted the Shinigami in consuming just over half a million hellion souls. These souls fueled her and increased her potential immensely as well as introduced her to Connor, an ominous captain of the Soul Society that she would later reach out to interact with in secret. After her rebellion she was effectively listless and lost. Uncertain where to go from there.
Until she met the former Primera, Charlotte. A tumultuous relationship at its start but ultimately one that birthed into a new aspiration for Astrid. One where she could genuinely begin to exist somewhere other than Hell. Somewhere that held the possibility of something more. Somewhere, she could achieve a new goal. A more important goal. To become a hollow and leave her hellish form and chains behind her. Under Charlotte's tutelage Astrid made it her goal to find a means to strengthen herself as well as determine a means to change herself. This came in the form of acquiring a powerful mask. A relic held onto by a hag that was in charge of the Suicide Forest. Through dark dealings she completed a simply ludicrious task and ultimately killed the hag, taking her soul into the masses of those before her. As well as collecting her prize.
Finally with the relic in hand she went before Charlotte. Asked for her assistance in her transformation and reach her pinnacle form. This came in the form of a fight between a freshly hollowfied Astrid and Charlotte. Charlotte pushed Astrid to her absolute limit. Nearly killing her in the process in order for Astrid to finally decide to make a last ditch effort. She shattered her mask after ensuring that she clipped the wings clean off of Charlotte in her Primera form. From that moment onward she was transformed into an arrancar. One that could walk in Charlottes shoes and beyond. Or at least, that was Charlotte's intention. Now Astrid having brought proof of her clipping Charlotte's wings before the Espada has taken her position amongst them by laying claim to the Tercera. If for no other reason than to follow in the footsteps of Charlotte and see just what these "espada" can do and why her spot as Primera mattered.
New Powers:
Previous Type/Stats:
Type: Soldier (SPPR)
Current Stats:
Strength: 400
Speed: 400
RS: 50 (35)
SPPR: 400 (700)
Instinct: 350
Senses: 200
ES: 0
HE: 400
LA: 0
DA: 100
Current Skills: (17/17)
Sigil - 3
Strength of Will - 3
Pain Tolerance - 2
Poison Tolerance - 2
Damage Recovery - 2
Leadership - 3
Battle Analysis - 2
New Stats:
Type: Soul Specialist V1
Base - Sealed - Released
Str: 400 - 400 - 1400
Speed: 400 - 400 - 1400
RS: 100 - 25 - 100
SPPR: 500 - 100 - 500
Senses: 300 - 300 - 600
Instinct: 400 - 100 - 400
ES: 0 - 0 - 0
HE: 400 - 100 - 400
Skills: (17/17)
Focused Eye - 3
Poison Resist - 3
Pain Tolerance - 3
Strength of Will - 3
Anti-Stealth - 3
Martial Arts: Way of the Flesh Warper: 2
New Release:
Primera Etapa Information:
Zanpakutou Appearances:
Sealed Form:
Astrid's Zanpakuto is unique to say the least. Namely because it is not a weapon in any standard sense of the word. In fact Astrid does not have a weapon that you can readily see and acknowledge as a weapon. Instead she has all of what would be her teeth replaced with her zanpakuto. Instead of normal colored teeth she has canines, jagged and sharpened that are colored gun metal gray and are made purely of spiritual steel. For all intents and purposes it's not much of a weapon nor does it really assist her in doing much of anything. However it cannot be understated how appropriate this is as she consumed all she killed to get to her iteration. Which, in her mind, is the likely reason as to why she has such an odd "zanpakuto".
Primera Etapa:
This is the pinnacle, the ultimate of power and beauty. There is no equal or any being that can compare in Astrid's mind when she takes on this form. This is the form in which Astrid finally gains a near perfect humanoid form albiet with several noticeable differences that reminder anyone seeing her just how inhuman she truly is.
This form is dubbed "Wight Queen" by Astrid for a couple of reasons. For one she holds upon her head a small crown of black almost withered branches and bones with fingers or sharpened twigs adorning the sides to give off the pointed regal appearance. These are accented by the horns from prior that just out of her head having grown thicker and more prominient and changing in color. The left side being pitch black and the right being pure white. However the difference is due not to her having skin but being covered in a snow white mold. This mold covers half her face almost like skin, except at the top where it collects and grows to be reminscient of fine silver hair. The give away that it's not, color aside, is that its interwoven with itself and if it moves the entirety moves as a single unit as opposed to a singular strand.
Moving back to her face however the left side is a human skull with several differences. For one the jutting horn. For another the skull it pitch black as though it had been charred at one point. The teeth when they aren't getting consumed by the mold skin are sharpened and are all canines with actual fangs on both her upper and bottom jaw where the first canines would be. If one were to look inside her mouth they'd see she has a pitch black, tongue that looks a bit shrivelled. And lastly she has a small white iris inside her eye socket. However it looks more like it's floating than simply having her entire eye be blackened. She has no ears to mention and unlike a normal skull the bone itself moves to help show off any expressions she makes.
The right side of her face is entirely covered in the skin mold but unless one is up close and personal it's almost impossible to tell it's not skin because of how smooth it is. On this side of her face some of her mold hair can move onto or over her right eye. The eye being the same as her left side with the exception of an eyebrow of mold. On this side it's also more noticeable that she has lips and a nose. In fact the entirety of her nose is covered and humanoid while her lips look like they tear open her face from how the mold tries to reconnect. This of course is merely cosmetic and causes no harm whatsoever. Specifically for her lips she has a light blue tinge to them almost as though makeup was applied to them giving them a more full look to them.
Moving down to the main body we start with her neck and shoulders which are covered by the mold but towards her backside looks like the mold has exploded. This is because it aims to create a sort of cape and fluffy collar. This entire "fluff" collar of mold encompasses all of her necks backside and the top of her shoulders encompassing the backside right up to her shoulder blades. From here there then becomes a series of blackened humanoid skulls that vomit out the remaining smooth cape creating a lightly translucent snow white veil. This veil however is ripped in the center and trails down on either side of her following where her arms rest at when she's standing.
Speaking of her arms from the triceps down is all black humanoid bone. The noticeable difference being that at the hands instead of fingers she has actual sharpened claws at the tips that reach half a foor in lenght. From her shoulders to her triceps the mold quickly things from full skin and musce, to just muscle, to then sinew, and then eventually fades to simply a few stands of mold until finally disappearing.
As for her torso it's effectively what you would imagine for a naked female torso the differene being that it's defined as though she had musculature. On top of that just under her breasts as well as above them she has her sternum and collar bones showing. The bones same as her others pitch black. The mold looks to only be able to cover some of them and grows patchy the closer it gets to the main bone of each section. However at her neck it's all the musculatur that exists in a normal human neck. No extra skin to cover it. And the more concerning is how ther are shallow holes spread throughout making one wonder how breathing let alone speaking could be possible.
As we finish off with her legs the story here is much the same as her arms. From her upper thighs down are the same pitch black bones. With claws yet again at the ends of her toes, however these claws only reach out 3 inches each. The portion of the thigh that's covered in mold however has an interesting design feature that covers the front of her thighs and circles around up and over her butt and ends at the base of her spine. It looks as though a small section of spine has extended down from her spine. It's noticeably hard and pointed and it only ends when the mold itself starts to fray and split off.
Resurrection Release Names
Primera: Arise, Uayt Koroleva (Wight Queen)
Segunda: TBD after testing with Primera
Overall Ability:
Astrid’s release stems not from her time as a hollow but from her time as a Hason. With her previous ability being the means to command those she consumed or killed it’s no surprise that she is capable of doing much the same in her current era as an Arrancar. However, unlike her previous life, it’s taken on a bit of a different twist. Where previously Astrid was a pack leader commanding a small group, to division, to battalion of souls. Now she channels the souls through herself and gains a more elite but smaller personal guard. These spirits manifest from her body, sometimes larger, sometimes smaller, sometimes longer, sometimes shorter. The forms are of previous entities she’s consumed, killed, or had her spirits do the same towards. Allowing her to have a variety of bodily abilities that would be hard to come by at once. Such as producing a spirit with wings and allowing herself to fly. Or otherwise granting her fins so that she can more easily swim.
Primera Etapa Overall Ability:
As mentioned previously Astrid’s ability is to channel through her body a small number of souls to assist her while she combats her enemies. Similar to her previous powers however unlike her previous the spirits can only be up to a maximum distance of 5 feet from her. Typically, they will exist in the same space as Astrid given, they have an ethereal form and thus do not hinder her physical interactions with the world. However, that doesn’t mean that they cannot assist Astrid. In fact, they can interact with the physical world if they so desire or are otherwise commanded/willed by Astrid to do so. More so that they simply do not hinder her ability to interact with the world. It should also be noted that Astrid can interact with the spirits if she chooses.
The spirits also come with abilities that their forms had previously. Examples include if a hollow spirit is created, it can use cero or bala. Or if a quincy is manifested it can generate a bow and arrows. Or shinigami can have a zanpakuto sword. These are however at their most basic. At best this allows for Astrid to manifest beings that had breath weapons and the elements associated with them. I.E. a dragon that can breathe out fire. Effectively, if it’s something the basic spirit could do, those Astrid manifest can also perform the same abilities. As well as abilities that the spirits form would typically allow.
Each spirit is custom built upon being summoned. Astrid, upon releasing, can manifest two spirits for free. Each spirit so long as Primera is active can have a total of 1600 SP and this SP can bypass the 400 caps as the spirits have no types to boost their abilities. Stats are capped at 1000. They can manifest abilities/weakness of high and low stats. I.E. too high in senses makes them weak to sensory abilities. Meanwhile too low of senses means they cannot perceive the world around them. The size limits of the spirits are 20 feet Tall/Wide/Thick in Primera but do not require the minimum strength requirements. Each spirit also comes with its own durability stat. This stat is 2x Astrid’s OS. Upon this being reduced to 0 the spirit vanishes. In Primera Astrid can manifest up to 3 spirits at a time.
To manifest additional spirits costs 500 reiatsu and in addition for every spirit manifested Astrid loses an additional post in release past the first spirit manifest. I.E. Astrid alone while released uses one post from her total. Astrid with 3 spirits uses 3 posts for every post she remains released. Spirits can be dismissed but does not reduce the post counts until the following post as the post count lost is determined by the highest number of spirits Astrid has manifested during that post. It should also be noted that for the sake of clashing against attacks the spirits do not have class. They act as though they are classless. Finally, Astrid can channel spiritual techniques or use physical techniques through the spirits manifested. So long as they have the stats to utilize the techniques in question. Costs are still deducted from Astrid’s reiastu as the spirits have no reiatsu despite having a SPPR stat. Spirits cannot be affected by Cutback as they are released based.
Primera Techniques:
1. Spiritual Amalgamation
This technique can only be used upon summoning a minimum of two spirits. When doing so Astrid is given the choice to fuse them. Upon being fused the spirit created gains a couple benefits. First and foremost, it gains a 1.5x boost to any one stat that isn’t an OS stat. (I.E. Str/RS/SPPR). It also gains the means to clash with techniques at a class equal to Astrids Primera. This applies to attacks it releases. If the fused spirit is hit by an attack, it is still considered classless. Finally, it gains a 2 in 3 skills of Astrid’s choosing. They must be body or battle skills. It should be noted that the spirits chosen must still be shown in their base forms as well as mentioned what special abilities they may have had. I.E. Breathing fire. As the fused spirit can use the special attacks/abilities of the chosen spirits.
Drawbacks:
This singular spirit still counts as 2 spirits for the purposes of Astrid’s overall limit and how many additional posts are burned in one post. It prevents additional spirits from being summoned for the following 2 posts. And has a cooldown of 3 posts before it can be used again. Only one combined spirit can exist at a time. Costs a release post for the post it was used.
2. One with the Many
This technique takes Astrid’s channeling capabilities for her spirits and puts them into a much more focused but smaller scale. Astrid while this technique is active can channel a spirit of her choosing and give herself a special sensory capability. Examples include seeing reiatsu flow in matter/beings, seeing in infrared, electromagnetic sensing organs. The possibilities while open ended must make sense for the spirit that has been chosen. I.E. A centipede can sense vibrations in the air around it via antennae. A snake can see thermal signatures. Only one additional sensory power can be chosen at a time. However, for a small reiatsu cost this can be changed once a post to another via changing the spirit that is being channeled.
Drawbacks:
The sensory organ in question, manifested or enhanced, is more susceptible to being overwhelmed. If overwhelmed the organ shuts off for a post to recover. In the case of manifested organs, they can be targeted and destroyed by an attack equal to half Astrid’s OS. All enhanced or otherwise manifested organs glow lightly with Astrid’s reiatsu and are thus telling of their presence. Lasts 4 posts, costs 200 reiatsu. Changing the sensory power costs 50 reiatsu.
3. Effigy of Flesh
This technique when activated allows Astrid to take on part of the damage her spirits would otherwise take. When an attack hits them and would deal durability damage, that damage is halved. The remainder is then reflected onto Astrid at the same general location. I.E. An arm is hit then her arm is hit. Same side. The interesting bit however is that this technique also works in reverse. Allowing Astrid to minimize damage to herself and instead place it upon her spirits. An individual spirit can only take 25% of the damage Astrid would take. Thus, allowing her to reduce but not negate harm that would be dealt to her. The damage is reflected in the same general location for the spirits used for where Astrid was hit.
When damage is induced upon the spirits via this technique, they take their percentage of OS as raw damage to their durability. Meanwhile for Astrid the actual extent of the damage she would suffer is minimized depending on how much OS is behind the attack. With regards to Astrid taking on damage she cannot mitigate it via any defensive ability she may have. The damage is immediate and occurs regardless of circumstance.
Drawbacks:
Each spirit active can only take 25% of the current OS. This is capped at 3 spirits. Each spirit must be individual and thus a fused spirit does not qualify to take on more than 25%. Wounds created on Astrid via this technique cannot be healed via HSR for 2 posts. These will be documented in a spoiler for tracking purposes. Astrid or the spirits can die from this effect if multiple attacks or a big enough attack to hit multiple targets is used. While this technique can be turned on at any time. It can only be turned off at the beginning of a post and must be noted to have been turned off. Costs 150 reiatsu per post that it’s active. Cannot be reused on the post it is turned off in.
4. Roaring Cacophony
Astrid at the best of times has been explosively aggressive. Animalistic. And downright monstrous as a hason. This traveled with her when she became a hollow however as an Arrancar this shifted some. While sealed, Astrid is substantially calmer. Not peaceful per say but more “human” having lost much of her animalistic side and tendencies. This is not the case while released. This technique is passive and upon releasing doubles down on the nature of her release which at its core revolves around channeling and manipulating the unknowable number of souls she’s consumed. For the low cost of her sanity, she becomes not one individual but many. A lid on the container of too many souls squeezed into one place and given she is channeling the souls to her benefit it’s no surprise that a few squeezes past and take their place in her mind.
Mechanically speaking, this prevents Astrid from intelligent thought and the use of Battle Analysis as well as other Mental skills that require a controlled mind. This effectively devolves Astrid into a raving animal hell bent on destroying those around her. Friend and Foe. However, on the upside given its not one mind but many that are raging and running rampant at once Astrid becomes much harder to subdue with mental effects. Fear, Charm, Illusions, etc. If they seek to target her mental faculties Astrid can substitute any skill the effect requires with Battle Focus or Strength of Will in order to resist. And with regards to clashing via a sensory stat Astrid can instead use her OS at 50% of its original value.
Drawbacks:
Essentially Astrid has SSv2 mental drawbacks. She is a berserker and will attack those before her. Typically, those who are deemed the most threatening to her. Those who do not attack her unless they are alone or especially vulnerable will be forgotten about. Astrid cannot take or use Battle Analysis nor most Mental skills. (Memory, Analyzing, Learning, Calm Mind) If there are no enemies around, Astrid will attack allies until her release ends. Every clash Astrid has with a mental effect drains her reiatsu total. The cost is half the cost of the technique / ability used against her. This applies regardless of if the mental effect succeeds or fails.
What kind of update:
Race Change / Stat Change / Type Change / Rank Change
Current Rank:
Primera Fraccion
New Rank:
Tercera Espada (Rank 4 due to class 1 status)
Thread Justification For Rank Change: -
rpforumbleach.proboards.com/thread/12306/reaping-fruits-hollows-wanted-ask
-Astrid started, managed, and ensured the total destruction of the capital of Manilla. While the thread was cut short, Astrid detonated the central city and caused an earthquake at the end to ensure its destruction prior to leaving.
rpforumbleach.proboards.com/thread/12486/biting-hand-feeds-astrid-rizer
-Astrid fought against Rizer and tied out the fight. Rizer banished her to Hell but she scrambled his brains in return.
rpforumbleach.proboards.com/thread/12574/birthed-anew-astrid-charlotte-serenity
-With no release, 3 techs to her name, and a new stat block, Astrid went toe to toe with Charlotte Buckner, former Primera. And managed to force her into Primera as well as severely injure her by cutting off that which was the focus of her release. Her wings. This thread doubles as the race change and mask break thread for Astrid as a TT character into a "TT" Arrancar.
rpforumbleach.proboards.com/thread/12134/attack-wal-mart-charlotte-astrid
-Social thread that brought her to Las Noches in the first place. Inspiring her to eventually become an Arrancar and follow in Charlotte's footsteps.
rpforumbleach.proboards.com/thread/12277/magic-hag-shenanigans-solo-training
-200 paragraphs of going through literal hell to ensure she claimed her relic of power. Basically an adventure but solo.
rpforumbleach.proboards.com/thread/12040/demons-de-hard-adventure
-The invasion of Soul Society that Astrid participated in and was actively fighting a raid boss with Connor as her only ally. DE Adventure
rpforumbleach.proboards.com/thread/12388/infection-belly-beast-de
-Additional DE Adventure that solidified Astrid and Marik as comrades with one another. She managed to steal the show for the final boss fight as well as demolish a high level fight by herself.
Previous Real Age: 237
Current/New Real Age: 240
Previous Age of Appearance: Unidentifiable
Current/New Age of Appearance: Distinctly 30's, early 40's at the latest
New Ideals/Personality:
TBD
New Appearance:
Height/Weight:
6ft 5in / 213 lbs
Physical Description:
Having finally achieved a humanoid form Astrid has reached what she believes to be the pinnacle form. A buff as hell female. Astrid is visibly about as ripped as one can be without being all muscle and no form. Her arms are visibly muscular as are her legs, torso, and back. Even her hands seem to be a bit more meaty than one might expect from a woman. Regardless of if they lift entirely too many weights or not. That’s not to say that there’s not anything else interesting about her though, just that her form is expressly female and that she is more muscular than most individuals. Though it should be noted that as an arrancar she does have her mask fragments visible. Her mask fragment in particular is a necklace of humanoid jaws. The teeth sharpened considerably to become more akin to fangs. They are all closed though they look to be grinding their teeth against one another in what can only be assumed as agony or in anger. These jaws line up side by side and seem to be embedded into her shoulders, neck, and backside. In addition to the mask fragment she now has a hollow hole, specifically over where her stomach would be. It’s about a half a foot in diameter making it fairly large comparatively.
Moving from the overall body and form, we focus on Astrid’s new human face. Without any specific mask fragments on her face she could pass for quite the beauty were it not for her nearly always aggressive countenance. First and foremost Astrid has long blonde hair, erring on the darker side and with orange of all things mixed into the blonde. Simply put she’s something of a dark strawberry blonde and her hair goes down to just under her shoulder blades. Astrid will never fix it or make it look a particular way, choosing instead to have it appear as it decided that way. With natural waves it almost always looks like she did something to it. The truth is, aside from cleaning the blood of others from it, she won’t do anything to it. As for her face overall she has strong features. Strong jaw line, thick red lips, a prominent and straight nose, average sized ears (though these are hidden behind her hair normally, and thin eyebrows.
Her eyebrows are the same color as her hair, if not a couple shades darker. Her eyes though are something special. Where most would have normal “whites'' for their sclera, Astrid has black sclera and her irises are a dark orange. Upon even closer inspection however reveals that she has several “rings” of yellow in her orange eyes, bright yellow. This helps bring others to look ever deeper into her eyes as if funneled further. Something else that should be noted is that Astrid’s teeth are actually more pointed than a standard humans. Her fangs being more noteworthy of this as each escapes her lips just with the tips. But the remainder of her teeth are akin to canine’s where they are serrated and jagged. There are a few flat teeth towards the back but they still hold a sharpened edge to their front. All of her teeth look akin to steel with a gunmetal color to them.
As for her body, a few points to make note of. She does have sizeable breasts as they are a D in terms of size, which is noteworthy given that’s probably the smoothest part of her body. The remainder of her is incredibly muscular. In some areas such as her shoulders it almost looks like her skin is taught given how noticeable the muscle mass is. Over her stomach is a six pack that can be noticed immediately. And make no mistake, Astrid did not skip leg day. She’s got noteworthy thighs and this follows suit down to her feet. In truth the smallest things about Astrid are her feet and hands but even these look more muscular than normal. Not grossly so but definitely with a bit more “meat” on each. Her hands are the most concerning because it legitimately looks like a pianist went to the gym given they are long and would otherwise be on the thin side.
Now let’s take a second to go over any clothing Astrid wears. For the most part Astrid is pretty simplistic in her clothing. She always wears pants of some kind, usually has a button up or otherwise a jacket on, and prefers to have boots or occasionally heels on. She prefers the boots though. Astrid wears clothes that show off exactly how she feels. Strong. Dark colors, typically black but is open to wearing any and all dark colors sans pink and yellow. Hell she even goes for clothes that show off her body as she’s proud of having her musculature. So to her, there’s no reason to hide it. Occasionally though she does go out of her way to dress up, picking nicer material clothing and being more “fashionable” but in truth she likes whatever is simple and free. If it doesn’t take much thought to put on, the better. That and she likes showing off her neck and chest some. Really helps let the jaws show themselves and give people a warning about just what she is. She does have a special fondness however for two articles of clothing that she doesn’t wear as often as she’d like to.
Jackets and hats. There’s really no reason as to why she doesn’t wear them more often. Jackets can occasionally replace shirts so it’s not terribly uncommon but usually they are a bit heavier and because they hide her arms it bothers her somewhat. On the other hand though she has a fondness for leather jackets and heavy winter jackets. Especially the ones that use the fur of the animal that was killed making them. As for hats, that’s pretty easy. She loses them a lot. Being as fast and as strong as she is, nine out of ten times, she damages them or loses them somewhere. And it's always upsetting because then she has to go and find more. Lord knows she doesn’t purchase them. And given she’s very particular about the hats she picks, it just gets frustrating because she finds few that she likes. But when the right day is around, she’ll get herself dressed up and wear a hat in addition to her clothing.
New History:
In Astrid's recent years her time in Hell has been surprisingly sporadic. Originally having been introduced to the concept of multiple layers within Hell by Orobas and the fact that within Hell there were greater horrors to be experienced. Through a chance opportunity or perhaps through Orobas's boredom of her animalistic nature she managed to escape and return back to the Suicide Forest. She then proceeded to continue her near daily life cycle of hunting, dying, reincarnating, and repeating the process until she met Alastor, another Legatus. This meeting forever changed her physically, spiritually, and mentally.
Alastor was the initial individual to release her unto the human world. Where she began a localized assualt of the Vatican and promptly grew in power and realized that there was a chance to regain some of her psyche. From that point on she would engage in misadventures with Alastor more or less throwing her into dangerous or otherwise seemingly innocent situations. Usually against other shinigami but occasionally against hollows or other human world dwellers. From her travels she eventually met what she would dub as "Her pack". Hollows who actually gave her the time of day and a modicum of respect. Whether through her own prowess or because of how foreign she was it couldn't be known. Regardless, she made allies out of Sonadora, Akando, Marik. The first two being allies she would later call upon to effectively collapse a major capital. Meanwhile the latter would engage upon a misadventure where she came to terms with her nearing the final points in her development.
The major turning point before all this however was that Alastor had been growing Astrid for a specific task. A wild card to have when the coming invasion of Soul Society took place. To which, in her own childish rage and ambition she fell completely suit to. She decided to rebel against Hell, Alastor, and Orobas. Though mainly Orobas. And assisted the Shinigami in consuming just over half a million hellion souls. These souls fueled her and increased her potential immensely as well as introduced her to Connor, an ominous captain of the Soul Society that she would later reach out to interact with in secret. After her rebellion she was effectively listless and lost. Uncertain where to go from there.
Until she met the former Primera, Charlotte. A tumultuous relationship at its start but ultimately one that birthed into a new aspiration for Astrid. One where she could genuinely begin to exist somewhere other than Hell. Somewhere that held the possibility of something more. Somewhere, she could achieve a new goal. A more important goal. To become a hollow and leave her hellish form and chains behind her. Under Charlotte's tutelage Astrid made it her goal to find a means to strengthen herself as well as determine a means to change herself. This came in the form of acquiring a powerful mask. A relic held onto by a hag that was in charge of the Suicide Forest. Through dark dealings she completed a simply ludicrious task and ultimately killed the hag, taking her soul into the masses of those before her. As well as collecting her prize.
Finally with the relic in hand she went before Charlotte. Asked for her assistance in her transformation and reach her pinnacle form. This came in the form of a fight between a freshly hollowfied Astrid and Charlotte. Charlotte pushed Astrid to her absolute limit. Nearly killing her in the process in order for Astrid to finally decide to make a last ditch effort. She shattered her mask after ensuring that she clipped the wings clean off of Charlotte in her Primera form. From that moment onward she was transformed into an arrancar. One that could walk in Charlottes shoes and beyond. Or at least, that was Charlotte's intention. Now Astrid having brought proof of her clipping Charlotte's wings before the Espada has taken her position amongst them by laying claim to the Tercera. If for no other reason than to follow in the footsteps of Charlotte and see just what these "espada" can do and why her spot as Primera mattered.
New Powers:
Previous Type/Stats:
Type: Soldier (SPPR)
Current Stats:
Strength: 400
Speed: 400
RS: 50 (35)
SPPR: 400 (700)
Instinct: 350
Senses: 200
ES: 0
HE: 400
LA: 0
DA: 100
Current Skills: (17/17)
Sigil - 3
Strength of Will - 3
Pain Tolerance - 2
Poison Tolerance - 2
Damage Recovery - 2
Leadership - 3
Battle Analysis - 2
New Stats:
Type: Soul Specialist V1
Base - Sealed - Released
Str: 400 - 400 - 1400
Speed: 400 - 400 - 1400
RS: 100 - 25 - 100
SPPR: 500 - 100 - 500
Senses: 300 - 300 - 600
Instinct: 400 - 100 - 400
ES: 0 - 0 - 0
HE: 400 - 100 - 400
Skills: (17/17)
Focused Eye - 3
Poison Resist - 3
Pain Tolerance - 3
Strength of Will - 3
Anti-Stealth - 3
Martial Arts: Way of the Flesh Warper: 2
New Release:
Primera Etapa Information:
Zanpakutou Appearances:
Sealed Form:
Astrid's Zanpakuto is unique to say the least. Namely because it is not a weapon in any standard sense of the word. In fact Astrid does not have a weapon that you can readily see and acknowledge as a weapon. Instead she has all of what would be her teeth replaced with her zanpakuto. Instead of normal colored teeth she has canines, jagged and sharpened that are colored gun metal gray and are made purely of spiritual steel. For all intents and purposes it's not much of a weapon nor does it really assist her in doing much of anything. However it cannot be understated how appropriate this is as she consumed all she killed to get to her iteration. Which, in her mind, is the likely reason as to why she has such an odd "zanpakuto".
Primera Etapa:
This is the pinnacle, the ultimate of power and beauty. There is no equal or any being that can compare in Astrid's mind when she takes on this form. This is the form in which Astrid finally gains a near perfect humanoid form albiet with several noticeable differences that reminder anyone seeing her just how inhuman she truly is.
This form is dubbed "Wight Queen" by Astrid for a couple of reasons. For one she holds upon her head a small crown of black almost withered branches and bones with fingers or sharpened twigs adorning the sides to give off the pointed regal appearance. These are accented by the horns from prior that just out of her head having grown thicker and more prominient and changing in color. The left side being pitch black and the right being pure white. However the difference is due not to her having skin but being covered in a snow white mold. This mold covers half her face almost like skin, except at the top where it collects and grows to be reminscient of fine silver hair. The give away that it's not, color aside, is that its interwoven with itself and if it moves the entirety moves as a single unit as opposed to a singular strand.
Moving back to her face however the left side is a human skull with several differences. For one the jutting horn. For another the skull it pitch black as though it had been charred at one point. The teeth when they aren't getting consumed by the mold skin are sharpened and are all canines with actual fangs on both her upper and bottom jaw where the first canines would be. If one were to look inside her mouth they'd see she has a pitch black, tongue that looks a bit shrivelled. And lastly she has a small white iris inside her eye socket. However it looks more like it's floating than simply having her entire eye be blackened. She has no ears to mention and unlike a normal skull the bone itself moves to help show off any expressions she makes.
The right side of her face is entirely covered in the skin mold but unless one is up close and personal it's almost impossible to tell it's not skin because of how smooth it is. On this side of her face some of her mold hair can move onto or over her right eye. The eye being the same as her left side with the exception of an eyebrow of mold. On this side it's also more noticeable that she has lips and a nose. In fact the entirety of her nose is covered and humanoid while her lips look like they tear open her face from how the mold tries to reconnect. This of course is merely cosmetic and causes no harm whatsoever. Specifically for her lips she has a light blue tinge to them almost as though makeup was applied to them giving them a more full look to them.
Moving down to the main body we start with her neck and shoulders which are covered by the mold but towards her backside looks like the mold has exploded. This is because it aims to create a sort of cape and fluffy collar. This entire "fluff" collar of mold encompasses all of her necks backside and the top of her shoulders encompassing the backside right up to her shoulder blades. From here there then becomes a series of blackened humanoid skulls that vomit out the remaining smooth cape creating a lightly translucent snow white veil. This veil however is ripped in the center and trails down on either side of her following where her arms rest at when she's standing.
Speaking of her arms from the triceps down is all black humanoid bone. The noticeable difference being that at the hands instead of fingers she has actual sharpened claws at the tips that reach half a foor in lenght. From her shoulders to her triceps the mold quickly things from full skin and musce, to just muscle, to then sinew, and then eventually fades to simply a few stands of mold until finally disappearing.
As for her torso it's effectively what you would imagine for a naked female torso the differene being that it's defined as though she had musculature. On top of that just under her breasts as well as above them she has her sternum and collar bones showing. The bones same as her others pitch black. The mold looks to only be able to cover some of them and grows patchy the closer it gets to the main bone of each section. However at her neck it's all the musculatur that exists in a normal human neck. No extra skin to cover it. And the more concerning is how ther are shallow holes spread throughout making one wonder how breathing let alone speaking could be possible.
As we finish off with her legs the story here is much the same as her arms. From her upper thighs down are the same pitch black bones. With claws yet again at the ends of her toes, however these claws only reach out 3 inches each. The portion of the thigh that's covered in mold however has an interesting design feature that covers the front of her thighs and circles around up and over her butt and ends at the base of her spine. It looks as though a small section of spine has extended down from her spine. It's noticeably hard and pointed and it only ends when the mold itself starts to fray and split off.
Resurrection Release Names
Primera: Arise, Uayt Koroleva (Wight Queen)
Segunda: TBD after testing with Primera
Overall Ability:
Astrid’s release stems not from her time as a hollow but from her time as a Hason. With her previous ability being the means to command those she consumed or killed it’s no surprise that she is capable of doing much the same in her current era as an Arrancar. However, unlike her previous life, it’s taken on a bit of a different twist. Where previously Astrid was a pack leader commanding a small group, to division, to battalion of souls. Now she channels the souls through herself and gains a more elite but smaller personal guard. These spirits manifest from her body, sometimes larger, sometimes smaller, sometimes longer, sometimes shorter. The forms are of previous entities she’s consumed, killed, or had her spirits do the same towards. Allowing her to have a variety of bodily abilities that would be hard to come by at once. Such as producing a spirit with wings and allowing herself to fly. Or otherwise granting her fins so that she can more easily swim.
Primera Etapa Overall Ability:
As mentioned previously Astrid’s ability is to channel through her body a small number of souls to assist her while she combats her enemies. Similar to her previous powers however unlike her previous the spirits can only be up to a maximum distance of 5 feet from her. Typically, they will exist in the same space as Astrid given, they have an ethereal form and thus do not hinder her physical interactions with the world. However, that doesn’t mean that they cannot assist Astrid. In fact, they can interact with the physical world if they so desire or are otherwise commanded/willed by Astrid to do so. More so that they simply do not hinder her ability to interact with the world. It should also be noted that Astrid can interact with the spirits if she chooses.
The spirits also come with abilities that their forms had previously. Examples include if a hollow spirit is created, it can use cero or bala. Or if a quincy is manifested it can generate a bow and arrows. Or shinigami can have a zanpakuto sword. These are however at their most basic. At best this allows for Astrid to manifest beings that had breath weapons and the elements associated with them. I.E. a dragon that can breathe out fire. Effectively, if it’s something the basic spirit could do, those Astrid manifest can also perform the same abilities. As well as abilities that the spirits form would typically allow.
Each spirit is custom built upon being summoned. Astrid, upon releasing, can manifest two spirits for free. Each spirit so long as Primera is active can have a total of 1600 SP and this SP can bypass the 400 caps as the spirits have no types to boost their abilities. Stats are capped at 1000. They can manifest abilities/weakness of high and low stats. I.E. too high in senses makes them weak to sensory abilities. Meanwhile too low of senses means they cannot perceive the world around them. The size limits of the spirits are 20 feet Tall/Wide/Thick in Primera but do not require the minimum strength requirements. Each spirit also comes with its own durability stat. This stat is 2x Astrid’s OS. Upon this being reduced to 0 the spirit vanishes. In Primera Astrid can manifest up to 3 spirits at a time.
To manifest additional spirits costs 500 reiatsu and in addition for every spirit manifested Astrid loses an additional post in release past the first spirit manifest. I.E. Astrid alone while released uses one post from her total. Astrid with 3 spirits uses 3 posts for every post she remains released. Spirits can be dismissed but does not reduce the post counts until the following post as the post count lost is determined by the highest number of spirits Astrid has manifested during that post. It should also be noted that for the sake of clashing against attacks the spirits do not have class. They act as though they are classless. Finally, Astrid can channel spiritual techniques or use physical techniques through the spirits manifested. So long as they have the stats to utilize the techniques in question. Costs are still deducted from Astrid’s reiastu as the spirits have no reiatsu despite having a SPPR stat. Spirits cannot be affected by Cutback as they are released based.
Primera Techniques:
1. Spiritual Amalgamation
This technique can only be used upon summoning a minimum of two spirits. When doing so Astrid is given the choice to fuse them. Upon being fused the spirit created gains a couple benefits. First and foremost, it gains a 1.5x boost to any one stat that isn’t an OS stat. (I.E. Str/RS/SPPR). It also gains the means to clash with techniques at a class equal to Astrids Primera. This applies to attacks it releases. If the fused spirit is hit by an attack, it is still considered classless. Finally, it gains a 2 in 3 skills of Astrid’s choosing. They must be body or battle skills. It should be noted that the spirits chosen must still be shown in their base forms as well as mentioned what special abilities they may have had. I.E. Breathing fire. As the fused spirit can use the special attacks/abilities of the chosen spirits.
Drawbacks:
This singular spirit still counts as 2 spirits for the purposes of Astrid’s overall limit and how many additional posts are burned in one post. It prevents additional spirits from being summoned for the following 2 posts. And has a cooldown of 3 posts before it can be used again. Only one combined spirit can exist at a time. Costs a release post for the post it was used.
2. One with the Many
This technique takes Astrid’s channeling capabilities for her spirits and puts them into a much more focused but smaller scale. Astrid while this technique is active can channel a spirit of her choosing and give herself a special sensory capability. Examples include seeing reiatsu flow in matter/beings, seeing in infrared, electromagnetic sensing organs. The possibilities while open ended must make sense for the spirit that has been chosen. I.E. A centipede can sense vibrations in the air around it via antennae. A snake can see thermal signatures. Only one additional sensory power can be chosen at a time. However, for a small reiatsu cost this can be changed once a post to another via changing the spirit that is being channeled.
Drawbacks:
The sensory organ in question, manifested or enhanced, is more susceptible to being overwhelmed. If overwhelmed the organ shuts off for a post to recover. In the case of manifested organs, they can be targeted and destroyed by an attack equal to half Astrid’s OS. All enhanced or otherwise manifested organs glow lightly with Astrid’s reiatsu and are thus telling of their presence. Lasts 4 posts, costs 200 reiatsu. Changing the sensory power costs 50 reiatsu.
3. Effigy of Flesh
This technique when activated allows Astrid to take on part of the damage her spirits would otherwise take. When an attack hits them and would deal durability damage, that damage is halved. The remainder is then reflected onto Astrid at the same general location. I.E. An arm is hit then her arm is hit. Same side. The interesting bit however is that this technique also works in reverse. Allowing Astrid to minimize damage to herself and instead place it upon her spirits. An individual spirit can only take 25% of the damage Astrid would take. Thus, allowing her to reduce but not negate harm that would be dealt to her. The damage is reflected in the same general location for the spirits used for where Astrid was hit.
When damage is induced upon the spirits via this technique, they take their percentage of OS as raw damage to their durability. Meanwhile for Astrid the actual extent of the damage she would suffer is minimized depending on how much OS is behind the attack. With regards to Astrid taking on damage she cannot mitigate it via any defensive ability she may have. The damage is immediate and occurs regardless of circumstance.
Drawbacks:
Each spirit active can only take 25% of the current OS. This is capped at 3 spirits. Each spirit must be individual and thus a fused spirit does not qualify to take on more than 25%. Wounds created on Astrid via this technique cannot be healed via HSR for 2 posts. These will be documented in a spoiler for tracking purposes. Astrid or the spirits can die from this effect if multiple attacks or a big enough attack to hit multiple targets is used. While this technique can be turned on at any time. It can only be turned off at the beginning of a post and must be noted to have been turned off. Costs 150 reiatsu per post that it’s active. Cannot be reused on the post it is turned off in.
4. Roaring Cacophony
Astrid at the best of times has been explosively aggressive. Animalistic. And downright monstrous as a hason. This traveled with her when she became a hollow however as an Arrancar this shifted some. While sealed, Astrid is substantially calmer. Not peaceful per say but more “human” having lost much of her animalistic side and tendencies. This is not the case while released. This technique is passive and upon releasing doubles down on the nature of her release which at its core revolves around channeling and manipulating the unknowable number of souls she’s consumed. For the low cost of her sanity, she becomes not one individual but many. A lid on the container of too many souls squeezed into one place and given she is channeling the souls to her benefit it’s no surprise that a few squeezes past and take their place in her mind.
Mechanically speaking, this prevents Astrid from intelligent thought and the use of Battle Analysis as well as other Mental skills that require a controlled mind. This effectively devolves Astrid into a raving animal hell bent on destroying those around her. Friend and Foe. However, on the upside given its not one mind but many that are raging and running rampant at once Astrid becomes much harder to subdue with mental effects. Fear, Charm, Illusions, etc. If they seek to target her mental faculties Astrid can substitute any skill the effect requires with Battle Focus or Strength of Will in order to resist. And with regards to clashing via a sensory stat Astrid can instead use her OS at 50% of its original value.
Drawbacks:
Essentially Astrid has SSv2 mental drawbacks. She is a berserker and will attack those before her. Typically, those who are deemed the most threatening to her. Those who do not attack her unless they are alone or especially vulnerable will be forgotten about. Astrid cannot take or use Battle Analysis nor most Mental skills. (Memory, Analyzing, Learning, Calm Mind) If there are no enemies around, Astrid will attack allies until her release ends. Every clash Astrid has with a mental effect drains her reiatsu total. The cost is half the cost of the technique / ability used against her. This applies regardless of if the mental effect succeeds or fails.
What kind of update:
Race Change / Stat Change / Type Change / Rank Change
Current Rank:
Primera Fraccion
New Rank:
Tercera Espada (Rank 4 due to class 1 status)
Thread Justification For Rank Change: -
rpforumbleach.proboards.com/thread/12306/reaping-fruits-hollows-wanted-ask
-Astrid started, managed, and ensured the total destruction of the capital of Manilla. While the thread was cut short, Astrid detonated the central city and caused an earthquake at the end to ensure its destruction prior to leaving.
rpforumbleach.proboards.com/thread/12486/biting-hand-feeds-astrid-rizer
-Astrid fought against Rizer and tied out the fight. Rizer banished her to Hell but she scrambled his brains in return.
rpforumbleach.proboards.com/thread/12574/birthed-anew-astrid-charlotte-serenity
-With no release, 3 techs to her name, and a new stat block, Astrid went toe to toe with Charlotte Buckner, former Primera. And managed to force her into Primera as well as severely injure her by cutting off that which was the focus of her release. Her wings. This thread doubles as the race change and mask break thread for Astrid as a TT character into a "TT" Arrancar.
rpforumbleach.proboards.com/thread/12134/attack-wal-mart-charlotte-astrid
-Social thread that brought her to Las Noches in the first place. Inspiring her to eventually become an Arrancar and follow in Charlotte's footsteps.
rpforumbleach.proboards.com/thread/12277/magic-hag-shenanigans-solo-training
-200 paragraphs of going through literal hell to ensure she claimed her relic of power. Basically an adventure but solo.
rpforumbleach.proboards.com/thread/12040/demons-de-hard-adventure
-The invasion of Soul Society that Astrid participated in and was actively fighting a raid boss with Connor as her only ally. DE Adventure
rpforumbleach.proboards.com/thread/12388/infection-belly-beast-de
-Additional DE Adventure that solidified Astrid and Marik as comrades with one another. She managed to steal the show for the final boss fight as well as demolish a high level fight by herself.
