Path to Hollowfication: Guide to becoming a Vizard

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The Path to Hollowfication

Those who are familiar with Bleach’s story know of the Vizards: Shinigami possessing an Inner Hollow, giving them great strength through the use of that Hollow’s power. Here on Bleach: Online World, there is an opportunity for those who choose to undergo a more grueling path to gain this power as well. Throughout this path, you will build up your Inner Hollow as its own character, developing its personality, goals, and actions as you grow in power yourself. Yet with great power comes great risk in the form of your Hollow taking over – could you end up possessed by that dark entity and become a dark Hollow Wraith, or will you tame it and take its power for your own as a full-fledged Vizard?

As you progress in this path, keep in mind that at the point where you are to fight your Inner Hollow, the person who is DMing your fight will likely aim to reference threads in which your Hollow has made an appearance in order to get a good feel on its personality and its agenda. For the best accuracy and immersion in this fight, try and keep your Hollow as consistent as possible in their personality. This will improve your gameplay experience immensely!

Now, below will be the steps involved in Hollowfication, as well as the potential paths going forward once you have reached the point of becoming a Vizard.

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The Vizard Hopeful Path

1) App Creation and Early Leveling

Everything starts with a beginning, and that’s no different for a Vizard. As a Vizard Hopeful, you will apply as a Shinigami, albeit using the Vizard template which will include requirements such as defining your Inner Hollow much like you would your Zanpakuto Spirit, as well as describing your Vizard Mask for later. This application level is on par with a high-tier Captain; not just anyone can be a Vizard! We expect far more than the bare minimums when applying to be a Vizard, so make sure you fill out every section in detail and add as much about your character as you can!

From there, the basics of leveling are no different than any other Shinigami’s, so continue along your path normally until you hit Class 4. Note that you may have some small interaction with your Inner Hollow before the next step, but it is likely no more than a whisper on the edge of your consciousness, a hint of the darkness to come. Your real meeting will come later.


2) Initial Meeting of Inner Hollow

Once a Vizard Hopeful has reached Class 4, they are eligible for their first meeting with their Inner Hollow. This is an internalized meeting in the Inner World, whether it is your Zanpaktou Spirit’s world or that belonging to your Hollow. How the Hollow presents itself and what it does is up to the player, but it will always be hostile. Whether the Hollow seeks the host’s suffering, simply chooses to control or manipulate them, etc. is entirely up to you. Keep in mind that this will set up future interactions with your Inner Hollow!


3) First Takeover

At Class 3, your Inner Hollow will make its first attempt at a takeover; once more, its effectiveness and actions are up to the player. Some Hollows will be fought off, while others will take control for a while, and still others will leave their host paralyzed in the struggle to seize control. The trigger to the fight will once again be up to the player; whether it’s running out of Reiatsu in a difficult fight, a critical injury, or even a strong emotional reaction, something will cause the Hollow to react. This possession can last a maximum of three posts, though it can be shortened as player cinematics dictate. Once the possession is ended, the host will be left exhausted and drained of both physical and spiritual energy, unable to continue in a combat situation and requiring a full day’s rest to regain their strength.

Note that the previous step must be completed first and must be completed in a separate thread before this step can occur, even in instances where a player earns enough CTP to skip the Class in which the interaction happens.


4) Complete Takeover

At Class 2, the Inner Hollow will attempt yet another takeover, only this one is far more vicious than the first one, and will require a much lighter trigger to occur – wounds need only be serious without being life-threatening, as an example. Once it occurs, the Inner Hollow will take complete control. This possession lasts for a full three posts, during which time they will act indiscriminately based on their personality. They may attack allies or innocents, may seek to test their strength against a nearby ally, or may simply cause destruction for the sake of destruction. Whatever the case, it will act in a violent and aggressive manner, hostile towards everything around it. For these three posts, the host will be trapped within their Inner World, and will be unable to do anything but watch as their Inner Hollow wreaks its choice of havoc. The Inner Hollow has access to every one of its host’s abilities, including their Shikai and Bankai, should they possess it.

In order to take this step, all previous steps must be completed, each in their own thread.


5) Battle With the Inner Hollow

The final step before achieving Vizard status, this is the most difficult task to accomplish. Upon reaching Class 1 and meeting all prerequisites, the host is now in a state where their Inner Hollow can take command at any time. There may be brief moments where control is lost and the Inner Hollow may take over for a few moments, or there will be times where the risk of a second complete takeover is possible. Regardless, the host is now considered extremely dangerous to both themselves and all of Soul Society. Should their condition be known, a Kill on Sight order will be issued towards the host, leaving them at a high risk of death if they remain.

In order to fix this state and gain full control, the host must find a Vizard to help them. In the event that an RPC Vizard is not available, any staff member can host the thread with a NPC Vizard. The Vizard will then help the host to access the deepest parts of their Inner Hollow’s world, where they will meet the Inner Hollow face-to-face. At this point, combat is inevitable, and the battle for control of the body will begin.

There are two ways to win this battle. The first is to defeat the Inner Hollow; this is a daunting task, as they have 2x all of the hosts stats, giving them a decisive advantage. Additionally, they have access to the host’s Shikai and Bankai, and can wield it with equal skill to the user’s. The host must be clever and use all of their abilities in an exceptional manner to win, but victory by combat is still a possibility. The second way to win is more subtle, and is unique to each Inner Hollow fight. Through specific acts of self-realization or understanding, host can learn take direct control of their Inner Hollow and subdue it through the growth that results. This trigger will vary, and is up to the thread DM. The Inner Hollow will provide clues as the battle wages on, hinting at the host’s weaknesses. Victory will give the host control over their Inner Hollow, and they may pursue the Vizard path as seen below.

Defeat, however, has its own results: should the host be defeated by their Inner Hollow, they are the ones who are taken control of, their body given to their Inner Hollow and their own soul and psyche condemned to the Inner World much like a Zanpakuto Spirit. The twisted being that results from this loss is referred to as a Hollow Wraith, and they have their own unique path as seen below.

One last price comes with this step as well: by now, the Zanpakuto Spirit that the host possessed is likely to have been slain, consumed, or absorbed by the Inner Hollow, who by this point has established that they are the power behind the host’s Zanpakuto. While this is not guaranteed, it is almost certain, and will require strict justification for the Zanpakuto Spirit’s survival.

This step can be taken at any time at Class 1 or higher, as long as the following prerequisites are met. The first is that the user has achieved Bankai – without it, they won’t have enough power to fight off their Hollow. Fortunately, the inverse is true as well, and the Hollow will not begin the constant takeovers until the host has achieved Bankai, as there is not yet enough strength to draw upon. The second is the completion of all previous steps, including both takeovers.

Upon completion, the host is no longer a Vizard Hopeful – they are either a full-fledged Vizard, or a Hollow Wraith.

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The Vizard Path

Upon completing the Inner Hollow battle and emerging victorious, the new Vizard gains control over their Hollow’s power and are able to draw upon its strength going forward. At first this control is weak, and they are only able to channel a certain amount of strength, but this will get easier as time goes by and their capabilities improve.


The Vizard Mask

Upon starting the Vizard Path, the character gains the use of their Vizard Mask for three posts. The Vizard Mask is a physical manifestation of the Hollow’s power in its appearance, and when summoned and worn, it boosts the user’s power greatly. All stats are doubled as long as the mask is worn, and additionally, all Reiatsu costs are suspended. However, note that suspension is not the same as eliminated – all Reiatsu spent is tallied up still, and when the mask is removed or destroyed, the Reiatsu is immediately spent. This allows the Vizard to use their techniques indiscriminately, even beyond what their normal reserves allow, but be cautious – if the amount lost after the mask is removed would push them below zero, they will instantly be unable to continue the battle and lose consciousness immediately. Worse, if the amount below zero would be greater than or equal to 25% of their maximum Reiatsu, it will be immediately fatal.

The mask itself is also a vulnerable point – if struck by an attack with an OS that is greater than the wearer’s by 50% or more, it is immediately shattered. Not only does this immediately drain whatever Reiatsu was being suspended at the time, but it also has the effect of preventing further use of the mask for the remainder of the thread unless a full day passes, regardless of how many posts it had left. Additionally, the stat boosts from the mask count towards the 3x cap maximum on stat boosts, so stacking abilities can still only provide so much power.

In order to improve the use of the Vizard Mask, the user must actively make use of it in their threads, becoming more competent in its control. For every eight posts of total mask usage among threads, the duration of the mask will increase by one post, up to a maximum of eight total posts.


The Vizard’s Cero

In addition to the Hollow Mask, a Vizard is also able to unlock the Vizard’s Cero. Unlike most techniques, it cannot be learned simply by spending TTP, but must instead be learned in a training thread in which they practice its use and learn to tap into their Inner Hollow’s spiritual energy to make use of it. The main advantage of this technique compared to standard Cero is that the technique becomes more powerful with mastery, eventually reaching a point at which the user can release it with the doubled force that is normally seen when the Vizard Mask is worn without having to actually don the mask, giving them a powerful technique they can wield without having to use up their mask posts. As each stage is a higher Class than the last, more TTP is needed for each step of mastery: 40 for learned, 80 for proficient, and 180 for mastered, for a total of 300 TTP to fully master this technique. Unlike most techniques, this will always be acquired at Learned.

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{Vizard’s Cero}Technique Name: Vizard’s Cero

Class: 4-2 - 40 TTP to Learn, 80 TTP to Proficient, 180 TTP to Master.

Technique Type: Vizard Technique.

Usable By: Vizard.

Technique Element: N/A.

Technique Cost: 150, 250, 400 Reiatsu.

Description: A frequent ability among Hollows and Arrancar is Cero, a technique which releases a blast of pure spiritual energy with deadly explosive force. Bearing the power of a Hollow themselves, Vizards can learn a similar ability, though theirs is augmented further by combining both their spiritual energy with their Inner Hollow’s. The result is a deadly technique far more powerful than that of an average Cero, allowing a Vizard to strike a devastating blow against their foes.

At Learned, this is a basic Class 4 Cero, albeit with a Shinigami’s energy signature rather than a Hollow’s for those who are sensitive enough to discern the two. It is at Proficient that this technique becomes more potent: not only does the technique evolve to now be Class 3, but it also gains an automatic 50% bonus to the Reiatsu Strength of the technique if used without the Vizard Mask active. Additionally, traces of both Hollow and Shinigami energy are present in the technique. Finally, at Mastered, this technique becomes Class 2, and is given a 100% boost to the Reiatsu Strength of the technique when used without the mask, giving it the same power as when a Vizard’s Mask is worn.

How to Use: Gather energy and release from a palm. As this technique grows stronger, Hollow energy is added into the technique, making it more powerful.

Incantation: N/A.

Drawbacks: While this technique becomes more powerful with increased mastery, it also becomes more expensive, expending more energy for its increase in force. Initially, the Vizard’s Cero costs 150 Reiatsu, and the cost increases to 250 Reiatsu at Class 3. At Class 2, it increases to 400 Reiatsu per use.

Reserved?: No

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The Hollow Wraith Path

While defeating the Inner Hollow grants the user the power of a Vizard Mask and access to their Inner Hollow’s power, loss reverses the transfer of power to the Inner Hollow, granting them control of the body and their host’s spiritual energy. Hollow Wraiths are dark beings who have seized control of their body by force, often twisting it into a more unnatural form in doing so. The more they subdue their host’s spirit, the more powerful they become, and in time they have the ability to completely consume the original soul of the body and leave naught behind.


The Wraith’s Façade

Much like the Vizard’s Mask, Hollow Wraiths too gain the ability to amplify their strength. The Wraith’s Façade is a mask that takes on a tortured version of the host’s own face, symbolizing their pain and suffering they bear as they are imprisoned within their own body, unable to overthrow the Inner Hollow’s control. When worn, this mask doubles the user’s stats as well as suspending Reiatsu cost for its duration. As a reminder, all suspended Reiatsu is spent when the Façade ends, rather than being nullified during this duration. If the amount lost after the mask is removed would push the user below zero Reiatsu, they will instantly be unable to continue the battle and lose consciousness immediately. Worse, if the amount below zero would be greater than or equal to 25% of their maximum Reiatsu, it will be immediately fatal.

Like the Vizard Mask, the Wraith’s Façade is also a vulnerability. When struck by an attack with an OS superior to the user’s, the Façade is shattered, causing all suspended Reiatsu to be spent immediately and ending the bonuses gained from the mask. Unlike the Vizard Mask, however, this does not prevent the Hollow Wraith from using their mask again; instead, half of its currently remaining posts (round down in case of an uneven number) are lost.

The Wraith’s Façade does not grow like its Vizard counterpart; instead, it starts with a static six posts of usage, and this amount will never go up through use and practice. Instead, Hollow Wraiths make use of their mask duration, spending it in order to amplify certain techniques, such as the Wraith’s Cero. In order to balance heavy spending and usage for stat gain purposes, they also have the ability to restore mask posts through their unique ability Hollow Wraith’s Nectar, which is automatically learned upon becoming a Hollow Wraith. Using this technique, they can restore up to a total of six mask posts throughout the battle, allowing them to have up to twelve posts of usage, if they only use it for stats and don’t make use of their techniques that can be amplified by spending mask posts.

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{Hollow Wraith’s Nectar}Technique Name: Hollow Wraith’s Nectar

Class: 3 - 80 TTP for Proficient/Mastered, Learned automatically. Does not take a Technique Slot.

Technique Type: Hollow Wraith Technique.

Usable By: Hollow Wraiths.

Technique Element: N/A.

Technique Cost: 400 Reiatsu/post.

Description: A Hollow Wraith has experience in draining energy and life from their host, and they can use this knowledge in battle to further reinforce their strength and combat capabilities. By stealing the spiritual and physical energy of their foes, they are able to convert that excess power into a longer duration for their Wraith’s Façade. This allows a Hollow Wraith to further convert that mask energy into greater stats or more powerful techniques, depending on how they use it. This technique has two forms, one for draining physical energy, and one for devouring Reiatsu. The user must choose which of these forms is being used upon activation of this technique.

In its first form, the Hollow Wraith must make physical contact with their enemy and remain in contact for at least the duration of a post. For each full post in which they successfully do so, the Hollow Wraith will drain physical energy from their foe, reducing the target’s Strength and Speed by 10% for each post in which they are being siphoned. In turn, the Hollow Wraith can regain a post of mask usage by feeding on that energy, restoring their own reserves.

The second form can be used in any area that has been saturated in loose Reiatsu through the use of techniques and abilities. When this technique is activated, if at least 500 Reiatsu aside from Hollow Wraith’s Nectar has been spent between combatants since the user’s last post, the user can then take in and absorb the loose energy particles left in the air, drawing them into their body and converting them into further energy. This allows the Hollow Wraith to restore a post of their mask usage. Even better, if at least 1000 Reiatsu has been spent in this time, part of that spiritual energy can go towards compensating for the cost of this technique, reducing the cost of this technique by half.

How to Use: Absorb energy through contact or through absorption of loose Reiatsu, and convert it into energy that can restore mask duration.

Drawbacks: To begin with, this technique is expensive at Class 3, costing 400 Reiatsu per post it is active. Additionally, this technique cannot push the user’s remaining mask posts above six – the energy can only restore depleted posts, but cannot push the user above their limit to store for a more difficult fight by draining weaker enemies. Additionally, this can restore no more than a total of six posts in a single thread without a long resting period. Finally, this technique cannot be used at all if the user’s mask posts are already reduced to zero, as there needs to be a foundation upon which to convert the energy.

Reserved?: No

Wraith’s Cero

As is the case with most Hollows and Arrancar, the Hollow Wraiths, too, can learn to wield Cero. Drawing upon both their own and their host’s energy, they are able to release powerful and devastating blasts. Worse yet, they can actually drain additional energy from their host in order to amplify it further, leaving their foes staggering under the sheer force of their attacks at the cost of energy used to power their Wraith’s Façade. This technique cannot be learned normally, and instead must be specifically trained for in a thread. As this is a Class 3 technique, it requires 80 TTP to Learn, and 80 TTP for both the Proficient and Mastered stages as well. Unlike normal techniques, it is always acquired at Learned.

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{Wraith’s Cero}Technique Name: Wraith’s Cero

Class: 3 - 80 TTP.

Technique Type: Hollow Wraith Technique.

Usable By: Hollow Wraiths.

Technique Element: N/A.

Technique Cost: 400 Reiatsu.

Description: As with all Hollows and their kind, Hollow Wraiths are also able to access the power of Cero. What makes their usage different is the ability to use their host’s suffering and despair to strengthen their attacks, making their Cero far more powerful than usual and allowing them to overpower their foes with sheer strength. While a normal usage of this ability is more powerful than the average Cero thanks to its enhanced Class, its real power comes when a Hollow Wraith makes use of its host for additional power.

By spending one of their mask posts, the Hollow Wraith can increase the OS of their Wraith’s Cero by 50%. This stacks with the bonus gained by their Wraith’s Façade, allowing them to hit the maximum cap on their OS with relative ease. When mastered, the Hollow Wraith can also choose to spend a post of their Wraith’s Façade in order to negate the Reiatsu cost of this technique entirely.

How to Use: Gather energy and release from a palm. By drawing upon the host’s suffering and spiritual energy, this technique becomes more powerful and efficient.

Incantation: N/A.

Drawbacks: This technique is expensive, costing a full 400 Reiatsu per use. In addition, the use of mask posts to increase its power or decrease its cost takes away from the Wraith’s overall power and ability to boost their stats in the long term.

Reserved?: No

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Advancing the Vizard/Wraith Condition: Final Paths

While the process for becoming a Vizard or Hollow Wraith is a long and arduous road, albeit rewarding, reaching these points is not the end of one’s advancement. Both Vizards and Wraiths can become even stronger over time, unlocking new powers and potentially changing their very being from the core outward. There are three major paths that can be taken overall, but only two are made available depending on whether the character involved is a Vizard or a Hollow Wraith. Only Vizards can access the Rebirth path, while only Wraiths can access the Reincarnation path. Compared to these two, the Resurrection path is available to both. Accessing these paths requires time, dedication, and a good deal of development for both the character and their inner spirit, be it host or Inner Hollow.

Once a path has been completed, it cannot be changed. Until completion, however, the path can be changed, but the requirements must be started from scratch.

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Birth of a New Spirit: The Rebirth Path

Although an unusual circumstance, a Vizard may be able to come to terms with their Inner Hollow, and actually overcome their own fear and revulsion at the creature within them. If the two are able to somehow meet in the middle and accept one another, creating a relationship in which they can coexist together, they have the option of properly aligning their souls rather than being separate and constantly at war. Doing so allows the Inner Hollow to be reborn as a full Zanpakutō Spirit, and grants the user even more strength than the average Shinigami. This comes with a loss of the raw Hollow energy that powered the Vizard mask, but that too has been reborn into a new type of power.

In order to gain access to this path, a Vizard must follow a number of steps. The first is complete mastery of the Vizard Mask, requiring the mask duration to reach the full 8 posts. This requires roughly forty posts of Mask usage total. In addition, the Vizard is required to have three threads in which major character development and improved affinity with one’s Inner Hollow is shown, leading them towards general coexistence and symbiosis. These can be any thread in which notable development occurs, whether they are adventures, battles, training, or even socials should the impact be sufficiently developed.

Once these requirements have been met, the Vizard must meet one last condition: in a battle with a foe that is equal to them in Class or stronger, they must be put in a dire situation that draws out the Inner Hollow to willingly protect their host, even at the potential cost of their own life. Whether this takes the form of possession to avoid the attack, manifestation to shield their host, or other forms of protection with the intent to guard the host’s life and wellness, the Inner Hollow must be completely willing to sacrifice for the other. This in turn affirms the final bond that is necessary for the two to merge as one, consuming the Inner Hollow and recreating them as a new Zanpakutō Spirit, bonded and fully merged with the host’s soul instead of being an infectious presence.

Upon these conditions being met, a Vizard can also be reborn, their Hollow powers burned away and putting them back on their original path as a Shinigami. Their time as a Vizard and their newly born Zanpakutō Spirit have strengthened them accordingly, and they gain a number of bonuses that make them a good deal stronger as a result. They gain the following changes:

• The character is no longer considered a Vizard; they are once more a Shinigami.
  
• The character gains an additional 200 SP that can immediately be applied (Total: 2000 SP).
  
• The character maintains access to Bankai regardless of Rank, and if in a position that would normally count towards limited Bankai slots, does not take up a Bankai slot.
  
• The character retains their ability to call upon their Vizard Mask. This no longer provides stat bonuses, but allows access to Vizard abilities, such as Kurayami techniques, that require the use of the Vizard Mask. This mask can be used for up to eight posts per thread or long rest, and any techniques granted that would use Hollow energy now make use of the character’s raw spiritual energy instead.
  
• The character gains two new Zanpakutō techniques, one in Shikai, and one in Bankai. These two techniques do not have to match the theme of the Zanpakutō itself, but instead match a theme related to the user’s former Inner Hollow. These unique techniques can only be used when both the appropriate Release level is active and the character’s Vizard Mask is active.

The Rebirth path is an advancement only available to those who have undertaken the Vizard path, and is not available to Hollow Wraiths.

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Deeper in the Darkness: The Reincarnation Path

Within Hollow Wraiths are the host, bound within their own soul and fed upon by the creature that has taken over their body. Yet this parasitic relationship can take a turn for the worst, and the former Inner Hollow can finally grow strong enough to fully devour their host’s spirit, making it their own along with the victim’s body. Upon defeating and consuming their host, a Hollow Wraith becomes a Shinigami body with a Hollow’s soul, creating an Arrancar of extraordinary power. These are beyond the standard Arrancar, with strength beyond ordinary reckoning.

In order to gain access to this path, a Hollow Wraith must follow a number of steps. The first is sufficient usage of the Wraith’s Façade, a total of sixty posts of use. This includes not only base posts, but additional posts gained by the use of Hollow Wraith’s Nectar, allowing them to complete this step quickly if done right. In addition, the Wraith is required to have three threads in which major character development and improved dominance over the host’s soul are displayed, with the host growing weaker and resisting less as time goes on. These can be any thread in which notable development occurs, whether they are adventures, battles, training, or even social should the impact be sufficiently developed.

Once these requirements have been met, the Wraith has one last task before it can fully claim its new form: they must have one final fight to the death with their host, finishing the battle by consuming their victim completely. This is a full battle with the host using all of their remaining reserves – they match the Wraith’s Class, have full access to their Zanpakutō and all its abilities, and even possess the same techniques, including new ones learned since the Wraith took control. They can even use the Wraith’s Façade, though theirs resembles the Vizard Mask they would have worn had they maintained superiority.

Upon defeating the host and consuming them entirely, the Hollow Wraith’s spirit becomes fully merged with the body, and a new creature is born. This comes with the following changes to the character:

• The character immediately changes race, becoming an Arrancar.
  
• The character immediately gains 600 SP (Total 2400). Enough of this SP must be spent so that the character has a Healing Expertise of 400, granting them High-Speed Regeneration as well as fulfilling the requirements for Segunda Etapa. If the amount spent in Healing Expertise does not reach 400 due to Type, the remaining amount not spent is lost. Upon changing to an Arrancar, the character may also change their Type to meet this requirement.
  
• The character gains access to Segunda Etapa as long as requirements are met regardless of affiliation or rank.
  
• Despite no longer being a Shinigami at base, the character can still make use of any known Kido and Wraith techniques previously learned, but cannot learn any new ones. If these techniques are removed, then they cannot be re-learned.
  
• The character gains a Façade Fragment – this is a broken piece of their Wraith’s Façade, the equivalent of an Arrancar’s mask fragment. Though this no longer boosts stats, it exists for the sake of boosting Hollow Wraith techniques as it previously did, possessing six posts of use per thread or long rest initially. Additionally, Hollow Wraith’s Nectar still works with this mask, restoring posts up to its maximum limit. This Fragment is always considered “active,” but does not actually burn posts of use unless they are specifically used for techniques.

The Reincarnation Path is an advancement only available to those who have taken the Hollow Wraith path, and is not available to Vizards.

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Eternal Stalemate: The Resurrection Path

While extreme cases can lead a character to the Rebirth or Reincarnation Path, it is far more common for many to follow the path to Resurrection. Unable to overwhelm or tame their inner self, those on this path find themselves in a perpetual deadlock, forced to co-exist and never being able to fully purge the other. This constant clashing sharpens their power, serving as a whetstone for their abilities, and eventually causes them to grow even further. Both host and Hollow find their strength increasing, and are able to draw from both sides to a limited extent to further their power.

This path takes steps depending on whether the user is a Hollow Wraith or a Vizard; if a Hollow Wraith, the character must have used a total of 60 posts of their Wraith’s Façade, while a Vizard must maximize their Vizard Mask to its full eight posts. These are the same steps as seen in the other two paths. From there, at least three major development threads with the host or Hollow must occur, and all will likely be antagonistic or combative. These can be any thread in which notable development occurs, whether they are adventures, battles, training, or even social should the impact be sufficiently developed.

Eventually, the Vizard or Wraith will attempt to rid themselves of this forced co-existence, either by destroying their Inner Hollow or consuming their host. Combat will ensue between the two, with both possessing their full powers. However, unlike with the Reincarnation path of the Hollow Wraith, where the Wraith consumes its host, this battle ends in a stalemate. Both prisoner and host are equally matched, and have grown so powerful that they cannot surpass one another. This clash of strength instead draws out the greatest level of their power, allowing for a hybrid soul to be fully realized and abilities to be drawn from both sides.

After this final clash, the character maintains their current status, whether they are a Hollow Wraith or a Vizard. They gain the following changes, however:

• No SP is gained, unlike the other two paths.
  
• In place of the Vizard Mask or Wraith Façade, the character gains a hybrid mask referred to as the Hollow’s Mask. Unlike the other two routes, this mask maintains the 2x stat boost that the prior mask granted. This mask’s duration is fixed at six posts in initial duration per thread or long rest, and Hollow Wraith’s Nectar can be used to extend it up to the standard maximum.
  
• The character maintains access to their Bankai, and gains a basic Resurrection much like an Arrancar’s Primera Etapa. This Release is considered Class 2, and comes with two techniques, but can only be used while the Hollow’s Mask is active. Additionally, it can be boosted to Class 1 on a per-post basis by spending an additional post of the Hollow’s Mask duration.
  
• The character gains access to both Kurayami and Hollow Wraith techniques as long as they fulfill the requirements, and if they do not already know it, immediately learn Hollow Wraith’s Nectar.

The Resurrection Path is available to both sides of the Hollowfication Path. Additionally, an additional option exists in this route: if a Vizard succeeds in slaying their Inner Hollow, they will become a Shinigami again, using the remaining dregs of their Inner Hollow’s power to create a new Zanpakutō Spirit for themselves. They will lose all benefits of being a Vizard, and be a standard Shinigami once more.