Post by Ranmyaku Youmei on Jul 18, 2011 11:29:42 GMT -5
-Opening-
Password 1: Wish Bug
Password 2: Pied Piper’s Goose
Type: Untyped
Squad: 8
Rank: Captain
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-Basic Information-
Name: Youmei, Ranmyaku
Age of Death: 7 years
Real Age/Age of Appearance: 1,356 years / Indeterminable
Birthday (Month/Day): 6 / 13
Blood Type: Cold-blooded
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-Appearance-
Height/Weight: 7’6” (6’2” with slouch) / 380 lbs (290 lbs without his tail)
Physical Description:
The Captain of Squad 8 is perhaps the most unique looking soul reaper in Seireitei. Not only is he very tall, but also he bares a striking resemblance to a human-sized lizard. Ranmyaku has no skin or hair; instead he is covered head to toe in stiff, green scales. The soul reaper has a long skull, much like that of a lizard, and a very large, wide mouth lined with razor sharp teeth. At the end of his snout are two tiny holes that serve as nostrils. His cranium is very flat and covered with the scales, it possesses no ears.
His thick neck and shoulders appear like that of a large human’s, except for the fact they’re covered in scales of course. Captain Youmei’s eyes are dark and convey a stern and grim look. Aside from his tail, head, scales, face, hands, and feet his physique regarding muscle structure is very human looking. The strong bulky reptile has broad shoulders and thick arms, which mimic a human’s in anatomy. The reptile’s stomach and hips are thin as apposed to his wide shoulders giving him a bulky yet fit appearance.
Even if Ranmyaku is a lizard, he is still a biped with a thick, strong tail around 6 feet long. Each of the reptile’s hands has five large fingers with pointed talon-like claws at the ends of them. The 2-inch talons are white and sharpened to piercing points. Both of the captain’s bare, scaly feet are adorned with four toes, each with talons similar to those on his hands.
Having a tail makes simply walking more difficult for the reptilian captain. To compensate for this extra bulk Ranmyaku has developed a constant slouch and is comfortable even running all fours. Captain Youmei has had years to perfect his walking and running ability. His movements typically resemble that of a human aside from the few reptile quirks he was unable to suppress. Such unique traits include sticking his tongue out to smell like all lizards do and being more efficient traveling long distances on all fours.
Ranmyaku wears the traditional shinigami attire consisting of his black kimono, black hakama, and his white captain’s haori. His loose, dark hakama and his long, white haori have holes in the rear of them to allow for his large tail to protrude freely. The zanpakutou’s sheath is located in the typical place on the right of the large lizard’s waist.
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-Personality-
Dislikes:
- Humans - They judge based on appearance faster then any other race.
- Winter - It’s cold. Cold-blooded creatures don’t do well in the cold.
- Being cold - It’s 10x worse with cold blood.
- Rude people - Rudeness is the key character trait of unwelcome company.
- People who aren’t focused on their duties - It takes hard working individuals to keep Soul Society running. Lazy just won’t cut it.
- Not being able to tell humans apart from each other - Humans all look the same! I can’t tell you how many embarrassing moments I’ve had mistaking men for women and vice versa!
- Zoos - Prisons... They’re nothing but prisons!
- Molting - As if being a seven foot tall lizard didn’t remind me often enough how different I am from everyone else, I have to shed my scales every so often and become a mega-freak!
- Doing the same task twice - No one likes being made to do the same thing twice due to a mistake or mishap. Get it right the first time!
- Insects - Yes, yes... I am aware lizards eat insects... However, I am a shinigami and I hate such stereotypes being attributed to me simply because of my species. I’ll have you know that I do NOT eat insects, but rather I prefer steak and pork.
Likes:
- People that accept him regardless of his appearance - It’s people like this that convinced me to become a soul reaper. They warm my heart and give me hope that one day people won’t be looked down on because of their physical differences.
- Completing missions with no casualties - Well, as a Captain it’s my job to keep my comrades safe and protect them no matter what.
- Laying in the hot sun - Heat is 10x better with cold blood.
- Pork and beef - It’s delicious, plus it’s easy to eat with my unique teeth.
- Summer - It’s warm. Cold-blooded creatures relish the heat.
- Soul Society - I’ve been dead for a long time, and Seireitei is the only place I’ve found that accepts everyone. All you need to do is be willing to work and they will welcome you with open arms.
- Shinigami - Usually they’re open-minded about my appearance. The first true friends I had were shinigami.
- Training - Bettering myself is a simple, effective way to pay back the establishment that accepted me with open arms.
- Mentoring to members of his squad - If they can’t look up to their captain, then who can they look up to? I hope to set a good example for every member of Squad 8.
- Challenging fights against worthy opponents - At the end of hard-fought battles both parties have typically learned and improved. It’s a good practice to always push oneself against stronger and stronger opponents.
- Crunk music - It speaks to me. It’s fun yet aggressive.
Flaws:
- It is very difficult for Ranmyaku to tell people apart from one another. With practice he can get to recognize people, but to him men and women look more or less the same.
- Ranmyaku hates the cold and tends to be slower and weaker against opponents that utilize such temperatures.
Habits:
- Every few months Ranmyaku begins to molt, shedding his old skin and growing a new coat. This process happens little by little. A patch of dead scales will fall off at a time. This process lasts around 3 days before it’s finished.
- Ranmyaku’s tongue will dart in and out of his mouth every so often. This is as natural as blinking to the lizard and he can’t control it.
- Ranmyaku enjoys spending his time sun bathing in the human world when the weather is nice and will often waste hours sleeping in the heat when he doesn’t have work.
Fears:
- Ranmyaku fears failing his squad and letting down the establishment that accepted him with open arms. He is afraid that if he does fail them then he will be ridiculed again and disrespected because of his appearance.
- Ranmyaku fears losing members of his Squad or close friends. He has never had something to call a true family, so his comrades and friends fill that gap in the reptile’s heart.
Goals:
- Ranmyaku’s only goal is to live his life under the service of Seireitei. He believes he owes them something for accepting his kind into their ranks.
Alignment: Lawful Good
Overall Personality:
Captain Youmei has been treated as if his appearance was a curse for his entire life and was quick to embrace and take a false pride in his race as soon as he was given a shred of confidence by soul society. To hide his embarrassment he pretends to take pride in his appearance constantly putting down the human race when in fact he’s jealous of them. He envies how easy it is for people to fit in, he envies how the entire afterlife was designed with them in mind, and he envies how animals hold the same importance in society as commodity. Words like “ugly” and “mutant” irritate Ranmyaku and he will explode in a fit of anger followed by either total annihilation of his opponent or complete and utter despair. The captain’s distaste for humans is a main reason that Ranmyaku will initially distrust any shinigami that looks human.
The captain is at ease when he is with death gods he knows and trusts. He has been known to crack an occasional joke or two and can enjoy a good time when an opportunity presents itself. Captain Youmei doesn’t make friends the way a truly confident person would. Instead, he develops relationships with his coworkers over time, slowly making friends with people who accept him first. This is typically the only way Ranmyaku ever makes friends. Overall Youmei Ranmyaku is a very emotionally stable, intelligent, and strong shinigami, but, like any other strong being, he’s had his share of hardships one his quest to gain the power he currently holds.
Captain Youmei feels little compassion for souls of humans and doesn’t see any problem with simple hollows eating them. The only reason Ranmyaku prevents the hollows from following their instincts is because he feels that he owes it to Soul Society for accepting him regardless of his appearance. It is his job and he doesn’t However, Ranmyaku still feels the sting of Azeru Cho’s betrayal and cannot stand the current King, Sonken Kouhai. He feels that those who stand against Seireitei are the epitome of evil, for Soul Society was established with the sole goal of creating peace and balance. If you aren’t on the side of peace and balance then you must be on the side of chaos and destruction, and that is something Ranmyaku cannot have.
As a captain, Ranmyaku can be relied on to perform any duties with his highest amount of effort. Captain Youmei is indebted to Seireitei and will do all he can to thank the establishment for accepting him. However, the captain doesn’t hold personal requests not involving Soul Society highly. He is often late or doesn’t show up at all out of pure embarrassment of being so different from everyone else. Another thing that is embarrassing for the lizard is losing his tail and the time that he is without it. Having no tail for lizards is like having a small penis for humans, except a lot more noticeable. If possible, Ranmyaku prefers to keep his nice, powerful tail.
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-Powers-
Fighting Style:
The lizard captain is a powerhouse not to be taken lightly. His strength far exceeds the threshold any human could hope to achieve. Often will Ranmyaku use his overwhelming, animalistic strength and weight to his advantage putting considerable force behind every swing and blow. He can be a beast on the battlefield or a tactician. He will switch roles depending on what he thinks the battle requires. The reptile’s true fighting skill comes to light when he is without his zanpakutou. Perhaps one of the deadliest captains without a sword, Ranmyaku has advantages that make him a lethal force even when unarmed. Scratching, biting, and using his enormous powerful tail are all strategies the reptile is willing to stoop to, to come out on top. He has his own variation of hand-to-hand combat he has developed over the years. This unique fighting style is specifically designed to implement all advantages given to him by being a nearly seven foot tall lizard.
“Scaled Fist” is the martial art that Ranmyaku developed during his centuries of being ganged up on by mobs of angry humans. Fluid sweeps with his tail, holding limbs with his jaws, and punches and kicks that utilize his sharp claws are the keystone of this style. The captain scratches and often latches onto his opponent’s skin with his claws like a cat latches onto a tree. Scaled Fist draws more blood than any other unarmed martial art invented simply because of the amount of natural weapons imbued on a seven foot tall lizard.
Captain Youmei’s true skill with a weapon can be witnessed when he releases his shikai. The reptilian shinigami is highly skilled with his halberd-type weapon and keeps enemies at a distance while delivering powerful strikes as often as possible. Ranmyaku prefers to keep the nature of his shikai a secret with each seal he breaks and take his opponents by surprise with the first strike. He will not begin breaking the halberd’s seals until he feels it is absolutely necessary for him to maintain the upper hand, and if necessary he will completely release Isutsu Natsuin.
When the final seal is broken and Ranmyaku’s bankai is unleashed the captain will typically try using kidou to try and provoke his enemy to make this a long-range battle. Any long-range attacks his opponent tries to hit him with will be swallowed by the worms and saved in their belly for one ultimate attack. If the enemy doesn’t decide to take such a route then Ranmyaku will teleport from one worm’s mouth to the other delivering quick attacks from all directions. Enemies able to focus on 6 points at once will give Ranmyaku an extremely hard time when using this form of his sword. For once an opponent realizes that all he has to focus on are the worm’s 6 heads they might be able to regain the upper hand.
In the rare cases when even that isn’t enough to defeat his enemy, the lizard will resort to his final attack in which he must trade his six towering worms for millions of explosive, gluttonous locusts. This is a purely an offensive, energy draining attack in which an opponent’s own reiatsu will be used to activate their own demise. Ranmyaku can control the horde of insects to swarm a specific target or cover an entire army. The insects will only explode on command, which means that Ranmyaku can wait and unleash their fury all at once, or one by one.
Zanpakutou Spirit Appearance:[/b]
The spirit takes the form of a faceless, featureless pale corpse. He has no reproductive organs and is completely naked. His skin appears diseased and clammy. There are five separate seals nailed on the featureless body with large wooden spikes. Each of the seals looks like a small rectangle of paper with different hieroglyphs written on each one. “Ra” is on the spirit’s left knee, “Osiris” is over the spirit’s heart, “Isis” is on the spirit’s left hand, “Ma’at” is on the spirit’s right shoulder, and “Apep” is nailed to the body’s face.
Isutsu Natsuin has not ever spoken directly to its master. When the captain learned the words to summon his shikai it was because the pale corpse had scratched the release command in the ground. The spirit doesn’t seem to concern itself with Ranmyaku’s business most of the time and not much is known about his true wants and desires. He roams his spirit world eerily and alone. As long as the spirit continues to grant Ranmyaku its powers he couldn’t care less how the spirit felt. The relationship between Isutsu Natsuin and Ranmyaku is one of little words. They respect each other, but stay out of eachother's business for the most part.
Inner World:[/b]
The zanpakutou spirit lives in a plane of eternal fog. The ground beneath is soil and it is a constant eighty degrees. The fog that covers the plane is so thick that Ranmyaku can’t see five feet in front of him. No walls, plants, or features decorate the bare world, only making every square foot look exactly the same as any other part of the spirit’s realm. It is truly a dreary, confusing world.
Zanpakutou Appearances:
Sealed: The sealed form of the captain’s zanpaktou takes the form of a normal katana. Its hilt has five black rings encircling it. The blade is proportionally larger to match the wielder's larger stature. The zanpaktou’s guard completely encircles the blade’s base and has five gems embedded in it. A blue one, a red one, a green one, a yellow one, and a purple one border the guard’s outer edge.
Shikai:
In shikai Isutsu Natsuin turns into a long glavie type weapon. The staff part is about 6 feet long while the bladed portion is 2 and a half feet long. The weapon is bladed on one side and has a sharpened point at the end. On the blunt side of the yellow glaive are 5 individual rings that run through the halberd’s head. These rings are brass in appearance and unable to be broken by anyone other than Ranmyaku.
Bankai:
After the last seal is broken the entire halberd will disintegrate into dust, fall to the ground, and sink underneath the soil. A few seconds will pass and then the earth will begin to rumble. Out of the very ground will 6 monstrous worm-like creatures, resembling the snake Apep, will appear. Apep was said to be a snake so great that he swallowed up Ra, the sun during every eclipse and stormy day.
The six worms of Ranmyaku’s bankai will have their lower halves embedded underground while their upper halves will emerge, hissing and snarling. Each worm has a mouth large enough to easily swallow a semi-truck. The monsters are over 200 yards long and are 25 yards thick. Their skin is thick and purple and they have tiny black eyes on the sides of their hard skulls. Long fin-like growths run down each of the worm’s sides just above their green underbellies.
During his bankai the lizard will be without a physical weapon in his grasp and must rely on his hand-to-hand skills as well as his kidou to combat any close range encounters. The worm’s skin is durable and can withstand anything that would not completely shatter his shikai. If the captain is able to parry something or block it with his blade without it breaking, then his worms are able to withstand the same punishment without a scratch. No changes to his clothing are noticeable.
Zanapkutou Release Names Live Unsealed Once Again, Isutsu Natsuin / 5th Ring: Seal of Apep, Bankai!
Overall Ability: Ranmyaku’s sword’s ability revolves around six ancient Egyptian gods. Each one giving Ranmyaku a different ability.
Shikai Overall Ability: The shikai possesses the powers of Ra, Osiris, Isis, and Ma’at, four ancient Egyptian gods. Only one power can be active at a time, however.
Bankai Overall Ability: Ranmyaku’s bankai revolves around the ferocious snake Apep, and the god who helped Ra fight him, Seth, the god of the desert.
Zanpakuto Techniques:
Shikai:
There are five rings on the captain’s shikai and he can break them at any time in any order. The first four seals correlate to a different Egyptian god and give him powers accordingly. The last ring, however, releases Ranmyaku’s bankai. Only one ability can be active at any single time. (i.e. If Ranmyaku breaks the first seal and uses it's powers for awhile, then decides to break the third seal he cannot come back to the powers of the first seal for the duration of the fight.) The following powers each seal gives Ranmyaku are listed below.
1st Ring: Seal of Ra - Ra is the Egyptian god of the sun. After the first ring is broken Ranmyaku is gifted with the powers of the sun god Ra. This essentially makes the blade portion of the glavie a scorching 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit. This accomplishes little besides making a strong blade against ice-based opponents. However, this power compliments the reptile’s cold blood nicely by essentially allowing him to hold a large source of heat near him. Warm blood equals better performance and while he is in close proximity of such heat the reptile gains +25 SP in each category. However, The shikai possesses no other shikai abilities while in this mode and it serves, more or less, as a normal weapon. He loses the boost to his stats once be breaks one of the other seals or releases bankai. Cuts delivered by the shikai during this phase will not bleed as badly, since the wounds would practically be cauterized right as they're being made.
2nd Ring: Seal of Osiris - Osiris is the Egyptian god of death. Visually nothing changes after Ranmyaku breaks the second seal, however one would be a fool to assume that nothing changed. Isutsu Natsuin is granted with a ghost-like power that allows it to pass through any non-living object. Armor, Hierro, shields, and even other zanpakutou cannot stop Ranmyaku’s glavie when he is using the powers of Osiris. Any attempt at parrying with an inanimate object such as a zanpakutou is futile, for the shikai would pass right through it like a ghost passes through a wall. However, this ability presents a few flaws. First of all, Ranmyaku is unable to block strikes himself while Osiris is active. His opponent’s strikes would pass through his zanpakutou as well assuming they are delivered with a zanpakutou. Secondly, his opponent can stop the attack with anything organic. For example, an opponent can harmlessly grab the staff portion of Ranmyaku’s shikai.
3rd Ring: Seal of Isis - Isis is the Egyptian goddess of magic. While using the power of Isis, all reiatsu costs are reduced by 1/2 except for the cost of releasing bankai. This stands true for all reiatsu drainage as well if Ranmyaku is facing an opponent that drains reiatsu. Essentially the Captain’s reiatsu pool is doubled without actually doubling the amount of reiatsu he has while he is using the power of Isis.
4th Ring: Seal of Ma’at - Ma’at is the Egyptian goddess of justice. While using the powers of Ma’at Ranmyaku will deal more damage the more damaged he is. Every time an opponent touches Ranmyaku’s shikai in this state all of Ranmyaku’s injuries received from that opponent will be duplicated on to him. If Ranmyaku is burned on his arm from a kidou spell that an opponent fired and that opponent touches his shikai in this state, then his arm will become burned. The only thing that doesn’t transfer to opponents is injuries to Ranmyaku’s tail, since most opponents he fights don’t have tails. For each separate time his opponent touches his shikai in this state they will receive the sum of all damage accumulated on Ranmyaku each time and each injury will be equally as serious on them as it is on him.
5th Ring: Seal of Apep - When Ranmyaku breaks this final ring all the other rings that remain unbroken will shatter and the shikai will turn into dust in Ranmyaku’s hands. This seal is the one that holds back the captain’s immense bankai. The act of destroying this seal represents unleashing the mighty monster Apep on the very sun.
Bankai:
Each of the worms can retreat back into their holes at any time and emerge in another place making ground fighting a bad idea for anyone fighting Captain Youmei. They are anchored inside the ground and cannot be pulled out by any force.
Apep was said to be able to swallow the sun whole, likewise the worms’ mouths can be used as portals by Ranmyaku to transmit whatever he wishes from one worm’s mouth out any others. Everything inside the any of the worm’s jaws can be transported to another dimension of nothingness referred to by Ranmyaku as "The Stomach." Things transported there simply float in wait to be called upon by the captain. At any time Ranmyaku can leap into any of his worm’s mouths and be transported to this dimension and emerge from any other of the worm’s mouths in an instant. Likewise is true for kidou spells, objects, and even the occasional cero that finds its way into the belly of the beast. Objects, spells, and people can be held in the worm’s stomach indefinitely and released when needed. However, Ranmyaku cannot take shelter in the stomach of his bankai for too long, as he will not be able to control his bankai to effectively attack the enemy.
The worms' skin is as thick and equally as strong as his shikai was, which was in itself stronger than steel. It is very difficult to harm the worms and they can shield Ranmyaku from just about anything except the strongest attacks from completely overwhelming opponents. If the worms do end up being damaged beyond repair, Ranmyaku can simply release his bankai again and they will reappear.
During those rare encounters when his typical bankai isn’t enough Ranmyaku can release his bankai’s final form which costs 500 reiatsu or just the rest of his remaining reiatsu in the case he has less then 500. This final ability takes the form of a swarm of 6 million locust sent by the Egyptian god of the desert, Seth. When he activates this technique the 6 worms will suddenly disintegrate into exactly 6 million tiny, white locusts. These locusts are fast and innumerable, but weak and have an insatiable hunger for spiritual energy. The sheer number of these creatures makes them very difficult to dodge or completely eradicate, as simply swatting them out of the air will not kill them. The cloud of locusts will absorb reiatsu from anything in sight save their master. The insects will absorb the energy of trees, people, and even kidou spells if they can feed off them without being hit. The actual processes of feeding requires the bugs to fly about an inch away from a body of spiritual pressure and the reiatsu will be transferred to them. Each insect holds exactly 1 Reiatsu.
To defend oneself from the horde of insects there are specific pieces of information that can be utilized. Wide-range offensive kido or cero can mow down hundreds of thousands of the insects at a time. However, in almost all cases a great majority of the reiatsu used in the cero or kidou will be absorbed by the locust who were on the very edge of the attack’s range.
Stepping or crushing the bugs can eliminate the pests individually but they have two primary weaknesses. Wind and water alone can disable any bug that comes in close contact with it, wind knocks the locust off-course and delays them while water makes it difficult for them to fly. Keeping these tactics in mind while constantly being on the move will lead to survival of Ranmyaku’s final technique. The locust are immune to lightning and fire and such attacks do little against the swarm of insects.
After absorbing reiatsu for a second the insect will turn black. Now the locust is ready to combust in a small, but intense explosion that fills about a meter cubed of space. Each explosion alone is equivalent to a hado #30 spell casted by the person whose reiatsu was absorbed. If Ranmyaku fed his locust off someone with weak reiatsu strength then the resulting explosions would be weaker. If he had them feed off someone with strong reiatsu strength then the explosions would be strong. Alone the explosions don’t do much, but millions of these miniature explosions prove to be a more then lethal force. Once the locusts explode they are gone, only able to be used the next time his bankai is released. The insects use the energy they absorb to self-destruct saving their master valuable reiatsu. If Captain Youmei is ever pushed so far as to use this final ability he is fighting for his life or for someone dear to him. Ranmyaku will be stuck with his sealed zanpakutou until he pays the release cost for shikai or bankai again.
Other Techniques:
Mastered
Unmastered
Bakudo:
8. Seki (斥, Repulse) Creates a round shield that seems to temporarily paralyze and repel whatever strikes it.
Incantation: unknown.
Cost: 25 Reiatsu
9. Geki (撃, Strike) Engulfs the target in red light, completely paralyzing them.
Incantation: "Disintegrate, you black dog of Rondanini!! Look upon yourself with horror and then claw out your own throat!"
Cost: 25 Reiatsu
26. Kyakko (曲光, Curving Light) Hides the target from sight, by bending light. The spell has the ability to mostly hide the presence and reiatsu of the user or specified object. Those with high level energy sensory will be able to detect the user.
Incantation: unknown.
Cost: 50 Reiatsu
58. Kakushitsuijaku (摑趾追雀, Summoning of the Tracking Sparrows) Tracks and locates any spiritual force the user focuses on. To activate it, the user must draw a circle on the ground, cut into four parts with a specific character in each. The incantation animates the circle, causing various numbers to appear within until the specific set is found. The number set seems to be a variation on longitude and latitude.
Incantation: "Heart of the south, eye of the north, finger of the west, foot of the east, arrive with the wind and depart with the rain."
Cost: 150 Reiatsu
61. Rikujōkōrō (六杖光牢, Six Rods Prison of Light) Summons six thin, wide beams of light that slam into a target's midsection, holding them in place. The target is then unable to move any part of their body including the parts that were not struck by the beams.
Incantation: "Carriage of Thunder. Bridge of a spinning wheel. With light, divide this into six!" ("雷鳴の馬車 糸車の間隙 光もて此を六に別つ!")
Cost: 150 Reiatsu
81. Danku (斷空, Splitting Void) Creates an energy barrier in the form of a rectangular wall. According to Byakuya, it is capable of stopping destructive spells up to #89, though this probably depends on the strength of the user. This is seen also when Aizen uses it to block Tessai's Hadō.
Cost: 600 Reiatsu
Hado:
11. Tsuzuri Raiden (製本雷, Bound Lightning) Electric current flows through any object the user touches and is able to lead electricity, damaging any target that is in contact with the object the current runs through.
Incantation: unknown
Cost: 25 Reiatsu
54. Haien (廃炎, Abolishing Flames) Fires a blast of purple spiritual energy that will incinerate a target completely when it makes contact.
Incantation: unknown.
Cost: 150 Reiatsu
88. Hiryugekizokushintenraiho (飛竜撃賊震天雷砲, Flying Dragon-Striking Heaven-Shaking Thunder Cannon) Fires a gigantic electricity blast of spiritual energy resulting in an truly enormous explosion. Its full strength is however unknown since Aizen used Splitting Void before it could hit him.
Incantation: unknown.
Cost: 600 Reiatsu
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-History-
Birthplace: Egypt
Current Residence: Soul Society
Memorable Figures: None
History:
During his life on earth Ranmyaku appeared to be a normal, harmless lizard. Daily he did what he could to survive. He ate insects, he slept on warm rocks, and he did his best to avoid predators just like all the other reptiles his size. However, Ranmyaku was a unique lizard. This particular reptile contained an extremely powerful soul for an animal. Perhaps it was simply an unlikely coincidence or perhaps it was pre-planned by some more powerful being. The reptile would never know. So Ranmyaku lived a short time on earth, dying of old age under a rock when he was 7 years old.
Ranmyaku’s eyes opened, the blue sky was overhead and the grass was underneath him. “What the?!” said the lizard spirit noticing how large he’d gotten seemingly overnight. He got up and stood comfortably on two feet noticing that his new mouth could speak and his new brain could comprehend things easier. The spirit kicked over a rock at his feet, and underneath it he saw the tiny body of a little dead lizard. It was his physical body; it was what he used to be. Ranmyaku cradled the tiny dead reptile in his massive scaled arms. He wasn’t sure what had happened, and why his spirit was so strong, but he could do nothing about it. So the reptile, naked and confused sat and contemplated on what to do next.
Soul reapers ignored Ranmyaku, surely a lizard spirit couldn’t make Soul Society its home. So he simply wandered being ignored by the living that couldn’t see him and the shinigami who wanted nothing to do with a lizard spirit. It was beginning to like Ranmyaku would never go to Seireitei, But it wasn’t long before a hollow found the strong lizard spirit. Naturally Ranmyaku’s instincts told him that being eaten by this monster was not in his best interest. So the lizard stayed and fought with the lower class hollow. His sharp talons dug into the hollow’s flesh and his strong legs allowed him to avoid being caught. This hollow had never expected a simple soul to have such impressive physical capabilities. However Ranmyaku’s strength wasn’t enough to avoid being devoured whole.
So the next chapter of the lizard’s life begun, he awoke in Heuco Mundo feeling even more powerful then when he had died. He was a hollow with an insatiable hunger. His instincts told him to eat the souls of humans, and so, without thinking, he did. For years he roamed the earth getting more powerful by devouring souls until he met his first soul reaper. His name was Ginrei Kuchiki he slew the reptilian hollow in the blink of an eye. The old man’s face unwavering as the hollow’s face split in two and his body disintegrated and was purged of all the sins he had committed as this soul eating monster. He had made it to Soul Society after all.
Ranmyaku made his way to his new home inside Rukongai, he looked terribly different then everyone else and was shunned by the human souls because of it. No one wanted to let a mutated lizard spirit inside his house. So he lived alone on the streets dressed in rags and scales to shield him from the cold weather. As a cold-blooded creature he hated the cold, he became sluggish and ineffective. However, the opposite was true for heat, Youmei-san was especially a fan of warm summer days when his blood would near boiling.
The other human spirits wanted the mutant out of Rukongai, every chance they had the humans would throw rocks and beat the poor lizard because of the way he looked. It was this unjust punishment that inspired Ranmyaku to learn to fight back. Every day he would leave the city and go to the forest outside Rukongai to develop his own fighting style centered on the advantages he got from being a cold-blooded reptile. He learned how to scale walls quickly with his claws, he learned to sense the body temperature of those around him, and he learned how to fight using his powerful tail as a 5th limb.
So Ranmyaku successfully invented his own unique martial art he dubbed “Scaled Fist.” Once mastered, he could stand up to a whole gang of untrained human spirits without trouble. His massive size, hard scales, and piercing teeth and claws helped him take to fighting very quickly. It was as if he was a creature made for combat, which discouraged the reptilian soul. He didn’t wish for eternal combat, he simply wanted to be accepted. However, no one would accept Ranmyaku for who he was. He was forced to fight nearly every day no matter how much he wanted to live in peace. The overwhelming number of human souls drove him out from Rukongai. By day the lizard spirit lived in the catacombs beneath Soul Society, by night he would sneak to the surface and rob the very people who rejected him. This behavior was done out of revenge, sure he could fight twenty or thirty human souls at a time, however, there was many more of them then there were of him. Robbery was the only way to exact is revenge without hurting the other weak souls.
These activities continued for two years, Ranmyaku gradually perfected the art of breaking and entering. He became infamous, and over time people told stories of the mysterious Rukongai robber who evaded the authorities with disdain. The Gotei 13 sent dozens of shinigami to hunt down the troublemaker to no avail. Ranmyaku left behind no clues, he was swift, he was agile, and above all, he knew the sewers like the back of his hand. But as for all crimes, being caught and being punished was the most probable outcome. It wasn’t long before the amount of shinigami searching for him increased and he was caught red-handed invading some poor soul’s home.
The sentence for his crimes was 50 years in maximum-security prison, which isn’t too long when you have eternity to spend. Years came and passed, Ranmyaku kept perfecting his “Scaled Fist” style of combat in his cell. After his sentence was up he was released, once again a free spirit. Where would he go now? The reptile had not thought about what he would do after he was released. So Ranmyaku wandered the night streets, people spat at him, threw rocks, and yelled curses. But the lonely lizard didn’t concern himself with what the pathetic humans thought. “How did I, a lizard soul, end up being strong enough to come to Soul Society,” he wondered to himself as he wandered the street.
That is when his journey took him to one of the massive gates separating the Gotei 13 from the rest of Rukongai. Ranmyaku put his hand against the huge door as its guard slept on the job.
*Boom*
Ranmyaku saw a huge red flash crash through a couple buildings nearly a mile away. Rukongai was under attack by what appeared to be a massive hollow. At this moment the gate leading to the Gotei 13 opened and shinigami began pouring out of the gate heading towards the massive gillian that had appeared in Soul Society. “What’s going on?” hissed the lizard as he took a step back, still staring at the threatening form of the brainless Gillian. As if on queue the gillian turned in Ranmyaku’s direction and fired another cero at the mass of shinigami that were running past the shocked lizard. In an instant everyone had flash stepped out of the way of the gillian’s cero except for Ranmyaku who remained, shocked at the event unfolding before him.
“IDIOT!” yelled a masked death god he stepped in front of the red blast. The figure was huge and he gave little ground as the cero slammed into his hands. “Get out of here!” grunted the huge shinigami who had risked his life to protect the lizard spirit. Ranmyaku dove out of the way and the mysterious soul reaper let the cero pass by harmlessly. The shinigami’s hands were burnt from holding the cero back and his mask crumbled apart. Quickly, the towering form of the beast Captain turned and left to help his allies who were still heading to slay the hollow, but not before Ranmyaku got a good look at the shinigami’s face. “Th-that shinigami was a dog,” said the stunned reptile. His eyes opened and he finally realized where he would be accepted.
The very next day Ranmyaku applied to be accepted into the shinigami academy. Through a stroke of luck, the ex-thief was accepted. It appeared word of his skills had reached the ears of someone with power. So the shinigami passed the schooling with little trouble. Sword fighting came naturally to the already bulky lizard and his kidou was nothing to sneeze at either. After graduation he was stationed in Squad 8. In only a few months he had attained his shikai and snatched the third seat position. He remained at third seat for many years his zanpakutou grew stronger in his scaled hands. Soul Society treated him nicely during this time. People accepted him regardless of the way he looked.
The reptile had been a shinigami approximately three hundred years, and he had fully mastered his shikai, the only thing left for him was bankai. He pursued this one goal with the belief he would not only be accepted, but also exalted. He would bring honor to the entire reptilian species. He would follow in Captain's footsteps and break the species boundary set by the wicked human souls.
So the day finally came during his training when he broke the last of his shikai’s seals. This finally unlocked bankai. The power of his zanpakutou frightened even him, for his bankai manifested itself in the form of gigantic monsters. “It is fitting the zanpakutou of a monster would manifest itself as an even more horrible monster,” thought Ranmyaku with a toothy grin plastered across his scaled, reptilian face. So Ranmyaku rose to the level of captain when the one before him retired. He has spent every day since then trying to repay Soul Society for the kindness they showed him.
One day while walking through the streets he noticed a common pickpocket rifling through his pocket for money. Using the skills he picked up during his years as a thief he stole all of the wallets she'd stolen throughout the day while she busied herself stealing his. It wasn't long before she noticed that the lizard had picked her pocket while she picked his. Ranmyaku took pity on the girl and dropped one of the many wallets she'd stolen without a word and walked off. Naturally she recovered it as quickly as she could. One by one the captain dropped the wallets, making Anastasia follow him to the shinigami academy where he told her how becoming a shinigami turned him around. Anastasia Solis enrolled and quickly became his trusted vice-captain.