Ivan Raikov [Vandenreich Quincy / Training Tier ]

[Ivan Raikov]

I never once planned to live a long life! I've long been ready to exchange the strongest body ever for death.

★ OPENING ★

Passwords: Kazu's Kidnapper + Miraculous Kouhai

Discord: RayginX

Class/Rank: Class 8/Rank 1

Position/Affiliation: Vandenreich Private

Type: Brave

★ BASIC INFORMATION ★

Name: Ivan Raikov

Real Age/Age of Appearance: 28

Birthday: November 24th

Blood Type: AB

★ APPEARANCE ★

Height: 6'2

Weight: 190lbs

Eye Color: Light Grey

Hair Color: Dark Grey

Physical Appearance:

Ivan is a well built man enjoying the prime of his youth. Resting atop his head is a mangled mass of dark gray hair with streaks of paler shades running through it. His hair is almost always in a mess. No care at all is ever given to make his hair neat and tidy. Ivan isn’t sure if he’s got an attractive face or not. Because he’s usually scowling, most often think he looks rather scary. Light grey eyes look out at the world, hungrily searching for his next fight. Underneath both of his eyes are two peculiar shaped birthmarks that have a similar color to healed scars. Unlike the rest of his body, there are no scars on Ivan’s face. They all stop at his developed neckline. Ivan seems unable to actually grow facial hair for some odd reason. He also has rather developed canines. What's more, Ivan has pierced his ears.

Describing his body, Ivan is what every man strives to be. Ever since his childhood Ivan has gone through intense and rigorous training. His temple of flesh is very muscular, flexible, and remarkably durable. Slapping your hand against his chest would be like slapping a wooden table. Ivan’s body is riddled with a variety of scars caused from training and battles. The man stands at about five foot six, on the shorter side of things, but weighs at an impressive one hundred and nintety pounds thanks to nothing but pure muscle. As it was stated, Ivan has remarkably developed muscles. Wide shoulders, a broad chest, large back, enlarged biceps, and the six pack of every mans dreams. His legs are just as toned as the rest of his body. There is remarkably little body fat on him. Ivan has the body of someone you would expect to have who trained for six to eight hours a day. Muscles that would only develop through fighting adorn his body, such as having a back with muscles that look like a demons face.

Clothing wise, Ivan typically goes about his normal days usually dressed in a black leather jacket with similarly colored pants and boots with a white tshirt. He'll wear his Quincy cross out in the open, with little regard, when out on the town. But when Ivan is fighting, there's one of two things you'll most often see him in if he's not rocking his typical casual fit. Ivan will wear a tight fitting black shirt, sports tan baggy training pants and black martial arts slippers. But when Ivan is fighting in the ring or just training, he'll often simply go with a pair of shorts and nothing else. He doesn't care much for clothes in all honesty. His wardrobe is remarkably bare. He has other clothes like sweat pants and sweaters he might wear when he runs, but besides that there isn't much else.

★ PERSONALITY ★

Alignment: Rebel Impure

Likes:

✚ Strong alcohol - When Ivan drinks, he likes it strong. Whiskey, bourbon, vodka. He doesn't care for fruity mixed drinks. Just give it to him straight.

✚ Dogs - Mans best friend. Who doesn't like dogs?

✚ Napping - Whether we like it or not, rest is an important part of training. Though Ivan would much prefer to be fighting or training, he has to accept that sometimes he needs to nap.

✚ Fighting - Loves it. Ivan has dedicated his entire life around fighting. So much so that he is constantly on the lookout for a new brawl against stronger and stronger opponents.

✚ Meat - Delicious. Best type of food. Ivan loves a good rare steak. More meat means more muscles.

✚ Beautiful women - They're nice to look at. Though Ivan doesn't often approach. Getting close to people is a waste of time.

✚ Shit talking - Provoking your opponent is an effective psychological strategy. It shows how much better Ivan is than them.

✚ Working out - Ivan exercises for at least six hours a day if nothing is going on in his life. With his obsessive focus on being the strongest, it's only natural he trains as much as he can.

✚ Bears - Cool animals. Reminds him of himself. They're strong, powerful, and loud. Just like him.

✚ Strong people - Ivan typically only gets interested in though that get his fever burning hot. He likes people that are strong. Those that have dedicated themselves to improving their strength or are running hot with emotional strength.

✚ Motorcycles - Ivan's always had an appreciation for them and a desire to take one out on the open road and just drive. No cares, no concerns, just hit the America northwest and drive until he hits the sea.

Dislikes:

✚ Losers - Pathetic. Imagine being a pathetic loser. Even if you're defeated, so long as you're alive you can improve and try again.

✚ Vegetables - Yuck. Get them off of his plate. Why would he want rabbit food when he has a carnivore smorgasbord in front of him?

✚ Kids - They're just annoying. Loud, demanding, sticky.

✚ Pushy women - Ivan has way more to do with his life than let some woman run it. Ivan really doesn't like the kind of woman that is really pushy, demanding, and attention hungry.

✚ Boring fights - It's like getting blue balled. Or finding out the salmon fillet you ordered was still raw in the center. There's nothing more disappointing than getting your hopes against an opponent only for them to be an utter disappointment.

✚ Taking orders - Ivan doesn't like being told what to do, especially by people beneath him. The mans attitude tends to get in the way of professional relationships.

✚ Being bored - Sucks. Hates it. He needs to do something or he's gonna break something.

✚ The Gotei - For rather obvious reasons. Ivan is a Quincy. The Shinigami engaged in a genocide against his kind. While Ivan doesn't have any particularly strong feelings regarding that subject, it doesn't change the fact he still holds a dislike and adversarial view towards the black robed reapers.

Habits:

✚ Training - No surprise here. If Ivan isn't having a fight, then he's training. Working out to build muscle strength, running to improve endurance, or shadowboxing to improve his combat technique. Ivan spends at least six to eight hours a day doing nothing but working out.

✚ Groaning - His bad attitude causes him to groan loudly at things he finds annoying or pedantic.

✚ Leaving things unfinished - Unless it has to do with exercise or fighitng, Ivan tends to half ass most everything else. He'll get about 50% done with cleaning his living quarters before deciding to do it later.

✚ Picking fights - While he was told to stop doing this, Ivan still continues to do so. The man has a tendency to find martial arts gyms and dojos around town and pick fights with those that are there. He wants to experience how hard his opponents have worked to get stronger.

✚ Morning runs - Every morning, Ivan goes on a fifteen mile run before getting the day started.

✚ Grinding His Teeth - A real bad habit all things considered. Ivan has a tendency to grind his jaws together when he's thinking or irritated.

Flaws:

✚ Aggressive - Ivan has the personality of an aggressive rotwieller. He has a bad mouth, a tendency to pick fights, and is insanely rude to people. Dismissive, disrespectful, and an all around unpleasant shittalker.

✚ Stubborn - If it's not his way it's the highway. Ivan doesn't tend to listen to other people.

✚ Inferiority complex - Ivan is constantly wondering if he isn't good enough. If he isn't strong enough. He's his own biggest critic.

✚ Bad mouth - He really can run his mouth and say some outright awful things to someone.

✚ Jealousy - Oddly enough, Ivan can get rather jealous about other people. The few times he's dated, he would get ornery if he found out another guy was talking to his girlfriend. Or he'd get worried they were talking to other guys.

✚ Narrow Focus - The man doesn't often broaden his horizons and gets tunnel visioned really easily.

✚ Bad Direction - Ivan is insanely bad at directions. He will more often than not be late to something simply because he got lost along the way.

Fears:

✚ Being alone - Ivan is worried that he'll be as alone as he used to be when he was a child.

✚ Being weak - When your entire life is dedicated to fighting and getting stronger, being weak is a fear that propels him forward to continue working harder.

✚ Revenge Failing - After what he watched happen to his family, how could Ivan ever be willing to give up on avenging them? He wants to see Soul Society burn. He will make it happen no matter what.

✚ Crippling Himself - As someone who puts a massive amount of value in their body and the strength and skills honed with it, Ivan lives with this fear that one day he might irreparably fuck it up and lose everything he's achieved.

✚ The Flame Dwindling - Ivan is afraid of his fire, his passion, burning out one day. What if after everything he's done, everything he's gone through, suddenly didn't matter anymore because the fire that emblazoned him went out?


Goals:

✚ Become the worlds strongest - Simple enough. Every man in their life at some point thinks that they want to be the strongest in the world. But 99.99% of them give up on this dream for one reason or another. But Ivan hasn't given up on it. Even if it breaks his body and he's left in the ring covered in sweat, blood, and his own piss he'll continue moving forward for that dream.

✚ Fight the strongest opponents - The best way to get stronger is to fight strong people. Simple as that. That's why Ivan seeks out powerful opponents.

✚ Squat over 500kg - He wants to break the world record.

✚ Discover the Truth - Who were his parents? Why did they abandon him? Why does his Grandfather refuse to talk about them? All questions, along with many more, that Ivan had regarding his family. One day he'll find out the truth, one day he'll have his answers.

✚ Destroy Soul Society - xxx

✚ Die - Once his goals are accomplished, Ivan doesn't have anything else left to live for. He willingly traded the future for power. Once the war is done and the Gotei is gone, Ivan can go to where his family is.

Overall Personality:

Aggressive and passionate. Loud and brash. Forward and honest. Brave and stupid. Arrogant and proud. Rough and well-meaning. These words and many more describe Ivan Raikov’s personality. Aggressive is certainly a good place to start. First impressions of Ivan often lead people to believe he’s a rather laid-back man. But the reality is that Ivan is rather impulsive, brutal, and possesses an incredibly short temper. He’s prone to saying incredible amounts of profanity when angered. What’s more, Ivan can be incredibly blunt as well as sarcastic. He’s prickly. Incredibly prickly. He’s a very angry man with a large chip on his shoulder.

But despite his aggressiveness, there is a sense of honor the man has. Ivan doesn’t want to include the uninvolved in his battles. He doesn’t see any point in wanton slaughter like some of the more damaged Quincies. There are times when Ivan will even protect the innocent. The man, valuing strength above all else, will also find himself hanging out with those weaker than him. While Ivan views friends and relationships as nothing more than distractions, he unconsciously finds himself associating with others weak and strong. When around others who aren't involved in his world, Ivan tends to be nice.

Ivan values strength beyond anything else. Physical, mental, and emotional. He pursues the goal to be the strongest possible. Powerful enough to defeat all enemies before him. To completely crush and destroy any and all challengers. Ivan enjoys fighting. He loves it. He lives for it. He has a lust for it; ever eager to fight stronger and stronger opponents. Ivan always seeks a good fight. Against opponents that he particularly likes or believes still have potential, he will show mercy. Only because he wants them to come back stronger so that he can have an even better fight in the future. Ivan's love for fighting prompts him to seek out strong opponents. He comes off as rather arrogant, often condescending and belittling his opponents in order to provoke them.

In his everyday life, Ivan tries to keep eyes away from him. Trying to blend in to the modern society that rejects people like him. The world today doesn't accept warriors like him. He puts on his behavior when he has to. But, thankfully, Ivan doesn't interact with the normal world very much. He spends most of his day training and exercising, aiming to perfect his body and fighting technique. Exercise isn't a mere hobby for him, it's an obsession. He's always looking to push past his previous limits. Lift something heavier than before. Break his squat record.

Unfortunately, though, Ivan is bad at interacting with people. His quick temper and bad personality makes it hard for him to have friends. But he's fine with this, thinking other people are mere distractions. However, it's not all bad. Ivan can be protective and kind to the people that support him. While he's a prickly person, those that he does let close often find out that he's rather loyal. But crossing him is a good way to wind up on the receiving end of an assault. Despite his love for fighting, Ivan won't fight people that don't want to fight. He's also very food motivated. Getting Ivan to do something for you can often be achieved by promising him a meat rich dinner.

[Ivan Raikov]

★ COMBAT ★

Fighting Style:

Hot and aggressive. Those are words that perfectly describe the way Ivan Raikov approaches battle. He goes into fights like a raging bull, displaying almost inhuman levels of ferocity against his opponents. Some that watch him think that there’s no thinking going on at all, but Ivan has a remarkably high level of battle IQ that translates insanely well into an instinctive type fighting style. Ivan doesn’t have a “set” martial art he practices. He mixes and matches a variety of different fighting techniques into his brand of mixed martial arts. He attacks aggressively, relentlessly, not aiming to give his opponent anytime at all to respond, react, or recover. A never ending barrage of strikes, kicks, grabs and throws. A physical powerhouse like none other.

As said before, Ivan utilizes a wide range of different types of attacks when in a fight. He has no defined fighting style. It’s easier to simply say he practices mixed martial arts. Ivan’s strength doesn’t lie in flashy techniques, but with a fluid flow of basic techniques that he alternates between to confuse his opponent. Even then, his martial arts vocabulary and technique cannot be understated with him having a full repertoire of holds, throws, locks, and strikes. His natural specialty is grappling. His proficiency in boxing allows him to deliver clean, powerful strikes. Ivan's jabs are so fast, only world-class boxers are capable of surpassing that speed.

Ivan’s techniques have some clear inspiration from karate, boxing, and pro wrestling though he’s more reliant on the later two. Thanks to Ivan’s ridiculous amount of training, his endurance levels are off the charts. Thanks to this the man is able to maintain a consistent high speed barrage of attacks on his opponents. It should be noted though that Ivan is perfectly willing to engage in what others would consider foul play. Strikes to the eyes, kicks to the groans, destroying peoples ears, Ivan will use any tactic available to him to win a battle. He doesn’t believe in the concept of “honor” during a fight. It’s all about winning. That’s all that matters to him.

Ivan will chase opponents down if they try to get away from him. That or hurl heavy things at them. He’ll utilize short distance step techs to reposition himself during an engagement. He detests people who fight at a distance, so he’ll rush them down before they can begin setting themselves up. Ivan will use the environment to his advantage as well. Vehicles, light poles, walls, and even the glass of a window are all valid tactics to use against an enemy. Of course, when he fights in the ring such strategies aren’t allowed. But street fights are completely different. Ivan might have promised Taka to fight within the rules of her ring, out on the street it’s anything goes.

When Ivan releases his bow his strategy doesn’t change much at all. What he already does simply becomes much more dangerous. Ivan will switch to more jabs, punches, and holds when he puts the gauntlets on. When the steam comes out, Ivan’s rush down strategy becomes a way of life. Endless pursuit of his target until they wind up looking like a slice of beef jerky. Relentless and endless aggression to do as much damage as possible until his opponent is completely crushed.

Bow Release Name:

Erhitztes Biest

Bow Release Overall Theme:

Outright aggression. Heated passion. Ivan's Bow Release is all about turning up the heat and laying on the pressure. Overwhelm the opponent with an unyielding and unceasing assault. From a barrage of blows to dealing with unstoppable heat. Ivan is the living definition of unstoppable force. A single strike that feels like five. Explosions of steam that reduce someone down to nothing more than a slab of beef jerky. Ivan's theme is probably best defined as "Aggressive Steampunk".

Class 6 Form Property:

Stahlschlag (Steel Strike):

While this property is active, Ivan’s bow takes shape as a pair of massive, mechanical gauntlets, resting upon his forearms. These gauntlets utilize Ivan’s Strength for damaging purposes, and possess release weapon durability. Seeing as there’s no practical way to fire arrows with these, Ivan’s gauntlets come with a different feature instead; for the same Reiatsu cost as firing an arrow, he can treat his gauntlets as a different Class for the duration of a single attack, as though he had fired an arrow. This treats his gauntlets as an arrow while active for the purposes of techniques, abilities, and properties that call upon such, and follows the same limitations that arrows normally would.

Class 5 Firing Property:

Verspäteter Schlag (Delayed Strike):

While this property is active, Ivan is capable of firing arrows through wounds and marks previously left by him, instead of needing to utilize his bow. While this property is active, after successfully striking someone or something, Ivan can pay the Reiatsu cost of an arrow in order to fire an arrow from that location. These arrows function as normal, and can be detonated like a Vandenreich's, but they cannot be split or sped up through Ivan’s shortbow. While Stachlschlag is active, these arrows do not have a Reiatsu cost to fire after a strike. Only one arrow can be fired from any given strike, and arrows fired from this property cannot give way to more arrows.

Class 4 Power Property:

Ausatmender Schlag (Exhaling Strike):

While this property is active, whenever Ivan fires his arrows, an explosive force launches them forward as an explosive trail of steam follows behind. Arrows fired with this property active are made especially fast, as this explosive force that follows aids in speeding up said arrows. Any arrows fired while this property is active are 1.5x faster than normal, at no additional cost. While this property is active however, shortbow arrows cannot be fired, and arrows cannot be split. The steam emitted from these arrows can similarly be utilized as quite the weapon; the explosive steam emitted from these arrows utilizes Ivan’s Strength for the purpose of dealing damage, as it’s not spiritual in nature and rather strikes with physical force, almost like that of a shockwave. This steam, being scaling hot and, well, steam, ignores skin defenses like Hierro, Blut, and Legatus Guard, attacking the body directly. Any metal weapons or armor are also prone to superheating, leaving those wielding or wearing said metals (sans Ivan) with severe burns. These trails of steam are roughly the size of a normal Quincy arrow, so not that large. What's more, they will dissipate after two posts.

Class 3 Mass Property:

Schneller Schlag (Rapid Strike):

While this property is active, Ivan possesses the unique ability to “overlay” his arrows on top of one another, allowing for multiple at a time to be fired with a single movement, still functioning and dealing damage as though that many arrows had been fired all at once. Utilization of this property requires that Ivan still spend the necessary amount of Reiatsu to fire said arrows, but these arrows cannot be split or sped up through the use of a shortbow. While active, those without 500 Energy Sensory are incapable of realizing that multiple arrows are being fired at once, reduced by 100 for every rank in Analyzing and/or Battle Analysis someone has.

Class 2 Heart Property:

Abschreckend Schlag (Repulsive Strike):

While this property is active, Ivan begins to emit constant, incredibly hot streams of scalding steam. This steam blasts everything within a fifteen-foot radius with tremendous heat, enough to immediately leave third degree burns on those that dare venture into the area. Those that try to willingly make their way into this area require a Strength equal to half Ivan’s Strength or greater, and will be subject to these hellish burns regardless of whether they can enter or not. Every rank in Heat Tolerance that someone has treats their Strength as 100 points higher for the purpose of this effect only. Much like Ausatmender Schlag, this steam can be weaponized to a noteworthy extent. By going through the motions of firing a shockwave, Ivan can fire jets of this steam instead. This steam functions as an arrow for all effects and purposes that call upon it, and can be used in replacement of actual arrows within Ivan’s properties and techniques. These steam arrows have an effective range of fifty feet.

Class 1 Soul Property:

Bröckelnder Schlag (Crumbling Strike):

While this property is active, everything within a one-hundred foot diameter of Ivan will immediately be made super-brittle, giving the Quincy a distinct advantage when it comes to shattering through people, places, and things. Those that persist within the area will suffer a passive 10% decrease to their Strength every single post, as their body grows more and more brittle. Anything with a durability will take double the damage to said durability from all attacks, and will be able to take this durability damage in the case of items, from any and all attack sources, regardless of Class or IP comparison. As he desires, Ivan can designate any number of allies to remain immune to the effects of this property.

Other Techniques:

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[Ivan Raikov]

★ HISTORY ★

Birthplace: Serbia

Current Residence: Silbern

Memorable Figures:

• Father
• Brother David
• Gaoh Mukaku

History:

Born and raised in a small town in Serbia, Ivan didn’t have much in life. Exceptionally poor and in a likewise village, the boy's only treasure was family and his only want was trying to make their lives better. His brother, David Raikov, and his younger sister, Katarina Raikov, did what they could to make the best of life. It was hard. There were times they went without food unless their father, Borislav, was successful in hunting. But sometimes he was not and so the family became accustomed to the reality that they might not always be able to eat. But despite that hunger they still had themselves. When Ivan and his brother, only being able to read, write, and do basic math, became of age the two would immediately do whatever work they could to make money for the family.

But when they came of age there was a day that their father took the two aside and led them away from their small home. Deep into the woods the father brought his sons until they came to a desolate cabin far deeper than they have ever gone before. There was no furniture. No food. Nothing to keep any of them warm. It was an empty cabin. But Borislav reached into the fireplace and procured a silver box from within a hidden compartment. Inside were a collection of medallions with a wolf's head engraved into them. Crosses, their father explained. Borislav explained to Ivan and David the secrets of their blood and who they were. Quincy. Their entire community were Quincy, not simply them.

A clan that had fallen from grace and that had survived the purge of the race. They were allowed to exist as long as they did not practice the Quincy craft. What was the craft, Ivan would ask. The eradication of Hollows. Borislav explained to his sons why they could see spirits, what the monster in the woods was they saw many years ago, and about the Shinigami and the reapers' relation with the Quincy. The history between those two races. Borislav explained that their family and the families living in their town had abandoned the art of being a Quincy just so that they could survive and live. But a tradition that remained passed down was honoring the children with a Cross, designed with the symbol of the Raikov.

Ivan and David naturally had many questions but fewer were actually answered. What the Quincy were, what they were to do with this information, and what it meant for them were such questions that did not go answered. Ivan noticed that his father had a sad look in his eyes as he recounted the story of the Quincy. It dawned on the boy that his father was living a shell of a life. Simply existing, surviving. It was the same despondent look that many in the town had. Life was hard in the wastes of Serbia. It was cold, harsh, and they went without food often enough. Ivan always thought that it was simply the frozen wind that beat everyone down so much. No. Ivan realized it was because none of them had any meaning to their life anymore.

That would have been Ivan’s life too. A wolf with no fangs.

That was until the incident…

Nobody was ever certain how it happened. Freak luck of nature? Divine design? Or malicious machinations. Ivan remembers the Red Day as vividly as when it happened. The day had started out like any other. There were whispers from one of the neighbors about a stranger being spotted in town, but before Ivan could investigate or even leave the house there was a flash of red lightning. Afterwards, it was as if the sky itself tore open. The wound in space became a sphere a deeper black than the night itself, and from that darkness came monsters. Monsters that had no similarities between themselves. Their sizes, their shapes, their colors, all different. Except each had one thing in common. Black chains. The monsters seized upon the town destroying everything in sight and consuming everyone that they could get their clawed hands on.

Quincy without powers. That’s all there was to defend the town. The community was overrun in minutes as the monsters from Hell poured out, ripping and tearing their way through every home and down every street. Ivan’s home was no exception. The monsters, giggling and growling, descended upon his home. Ivan witnessed firsthand his family being butchered like pigs at the shop. He only survived because of his home caving in, burying the boy alive in debris, just as his sister was torn limb from limb. Black Chains would soon erupt from the tear in space, gouging into the skin of the monsters and pulling them back in from whence they came. When the void in space collapsed, at some point Ivan would crawl from the wreckage and see his entire world… gone.

Something in him broke. If the stories his father told about the Quincy were true, then they should have been able to fight back against these monsters. But their fangs had been torn away. Torn out from the gums by the Shinigami. Ivan howled until he couldn’t cry anymore. He scrapped at the ground until his nails peeled off and the skin was shredded. He vomited until their wasn’t anything left in his stomach. The boy was the lone survivor. Forced to bury his family, his neighbors, and whoever else he could find. Shallow graves marked with barely put together crosses adorned the outskirts of the ruins. Hatred boiled in his heart alongside the pain of loss.

”Well now. A survivor.”

A voice would say from behind Ivan. Turning to face the mysterious stranger who had appeared from nowhere, Ivan would stare up at the face of a animal-like looking man. When asked who he was, the man would say that he was someone like Ivan. A survivor, a Quincy, and one that was looking for others like himself. He would ask what happened here. Ivan would explain. The man would then ask if the Shinigami ever appeared. Ivan, confused, would say no. The man would scoff, then laugh, and shake his head.

”Don’t you think it’s funny? The Shinigami are meant to protect us after taking away our bows. Yet where were they when we needed them?”

He was right. Ivan did find it confusing. If the Shinigami were meant to protect the powerless Quincy then where were they when they needed them? Another thought came into Ivan’s head. The man grinned ear to ear at the same time, picking up that Ivan came to the realization as well. What if this had been done by the Shinigami? A means to get rid of remaining Quincy? The man would confirm Ivan’s suspicions. Whether it was a lie or not Ivan didn’t know. He didn’t care. He wanted someone to blame for this. He wanted someone he could make pay. He needed power. ”Gaoh Mukaku.” was his name. He offered to take Ivan under his wing and train him. He would give Ivan the power he wanted for revenge. But there was a cost. There would be a test.

Gaoh spent years training Ivan alongside other orphaned Quincy that he collected on his travels. The basics of being a Quincy and martial arts were drilled into Ivan for three, grueling, years until it was time for the test. All forty of Gaoh’s students were brought together into a deep, expansive, cave where their master met them. The test was simple. Three months. Only one could leave. There was enough food, water, and air for one person to just barely survive for three months. There was confusion and there were those that understood the meaning. The test was simple. A Gu ritual. Goah believed that by conducting a traditional Chinese ritual, by forcing all these Quincy to kill one another, the lone survivor would possess the power of all thirty nine.

Three months in the dark. The killing came quickly. The ones quick on the draw were the first to act. They took the opportunity to kill the ones who weren’t resolute yet. The ones who weren’t ready. How Ivan survived the first day he wasn’t sure. In the dark, barely able to see, and being forced to kill the boys he had spent the last three years alongside. But he did it. The rage that burned in him had never subsided. It never went away. Ivan felt their bones breaking under his fists. The feeling of choking the life out of a boy younger than him. Smashing his biggest rival in the back of the head with a rock, then finishing off the weaker foe. Three months in the dark. Alone in the darkness. With barely any food, with hardly any water, and forced to control his breathing to ration the air. With the smell of blood and rotting bodies assaulting his nose every second. Ivan did not leave that darkness the same as when he went in.

The doors that sealed him in were finally opened. Gaoh looked upon Ivan and could only smile and tell him, he passed. He was ready to be presented to Him. Ivan would finally receive the power he was desperate for, the strength he needed, but only after his audience with the Emperor of the Quincy.

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

Stahlschlag (Steel Strike): Fine.

Verspäteter Schlag (Delayed Strike): Same cost as normal arrows rather than being halved.

Ausatmender Schlag (Exhaling Strike): How much steam is emitted when the arrows are fired? Is it constant? Does it dissipate? I'd prefer there's a comment in here about quantity and effective areas.

Schneller Schlag (Rapid Strike): I don't have too many issues with this. I feel like the requirement for Energy Sensory is pretty high seeing as most people have probably a 2 in Analysis, but if you change "reduced by 100 for every rank in Analyzing or Battle Analysis someone has" to "reduced by 100 for every rank in Analyzing and/or Battle Analysis someone has" then I'm good with it.

Abschreckend Schlag (Repulsive Strike): I'm not a fan of bypassing arrow cost simply because "shockwaves." If the steam is meant to be an arrow, then it's going to have arrow costs. I'd also like to see a distance limiter of effectiveness given that steam dissipates incredibly easily. Since it's a spiritual ability, obviously the distance can be considerable especially since this is a Class 2 property, but I'd still like to see one.

Bröckelnder Schlag (Crumbling Strike): I was reminded that people can't be dropped below 25% of their base stat so OOPS but I just want there to be a little note in here about that so nothing can be argued in the future against it.

[Ivan Raikov]

Changes have been made chief.

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

1/2

[Kitai Yoru]

Approved at 280 Sp, 15 Skp, and 5,000 ryo.

[Ivan Raikov]

• [Martial Arts: MMA] {1}
  
  
• [Battle Analysis] {1}
  
  
• [Strength of Will] {1}
  
  
• [Pain Tolerance] {1}
  
  
• [Damage Recovery] {1}
  
  
• [Battle Focus] {1}
  
  

Skill Points: 6 / 15


Ivan | brave

Strength - 100 - 150 Points

Speed - 80 - 100 Points

Spiritual Pressure - 0

Reiatsu Strength - 0

Light Aura - 40 Points

Dark Aura - 60 Points

Instinct - 40 Points

Senses - 40 Points

Energy sensory - 0 Points

Healing Expertise - 0 Points

Total SP: 280 Points