.:Name:.
Ayame (Ah-Y-ah-meh)
.:Aliases/ Nicknames:.
4th Espada 3rd Espada 5th Espada 3rd Espada
. razz hysical Description:. Snake sings in my bones
Height:
5'5
Weight:
58.9 kg
Hair:
Ayame's hair runs below her back. Unless tied, the hair is sometimes wavy. Other times, strands are curly and twist from moving around too much or falling into water - as she has done once.
Eyes:
Her eyes are yellow, with a darker tone that that looks like paint that splashed a round non-filled circle. The rims are amber with a tan outline. They are covered by many lids that can be lifted to see different areas of spiritual pressure and heat.
Clothing:
Ayame wears a white jacket with open sleeves around the shoulder joints; the sleeves are wider as it moves towards the wrist and fingers. The jacket has a low neckline to reveal the hollow hole on the left side of her body, above the chest by the lungs. She also wears the regular black sash and white hakama. Her boots are black and white which up to her knees. Like all arrancar outfits, they are trimmed black.
Physical Description:
Placed eyes nearly center with high but somewhat sunk in cheek bones. Her nose is small and slightly aquiline, with a thin nose the slants downward. Her jawline is small with a round chin. Her lips are placed and pursed on her face, which give dimples on both sides when she smiles. The top side is curved up until it stops at the 'v' shape. The bottom lip is round and seems to be placed just a bit behind the front one - can be seen with side profile, which makes her features look very sharp like a bird. Ayame has a long neck and also wide shoulders which make her arms seem thin and stretched. Her palms hold long slender - bony - fingers which the joint areas whiten when she grips tightly.
.:Age:.
Died at the age of 15, has lived and wandered much longer. Looks 20 now.
.:Zanpaktou's Spirit & Name:.
Sune-ku Kawa (Snake Skin)
.:Zanpaktou Release:.
"Shed, Sune-ku Kawa,"
Mask Remains: When released the bones on her lower jaw will lengthen to cover her cheek bones and jaw line of the left side, covering the ear and stops there for the head. The poisonous fangs her her mouth can be seen clearer now and they seem to curve inward slightly. The rest of the bone runs down her spine with sharp ridges. They aren't sharp, but used more as a blunt weapon for breaking bones. This bone reaches from her neck and ends right where the shirtline of her sleeveless torso garment is. Under it is the rest of the bone, covering the whole torso and down to her lower thighs. There are two pieces of the bone which protrude out to cover the chest bone, the sternum.
Her weapon represents somewhat of a claymore and designs of a knight's sword combined. The sword is large enough the Ayame has to pull it off her back when she is sitting down - unless she's in the sky. The blade is silver, a design runs around right below the hilt's placement which started on the hilt, which is a lighter color of ivory and gray. When released, her weapon dissapears in a purple smog.
In released state, Ayame can use the stored reiatsu she has collected for regrowing her limbs. Her limbs can also break off like a snake that loses its tail to a hawk to save its own life. The arm or leg will shatter and become spiritual energy that is contained in the air. Since Ayame does this on her own, it takes longer to regrow the missing part because she stops the flow of reiatsu before releasing it.
It isn't normal for Ayame to know how to dig underground. But on her homeground, Heuco Mundo, Ayame can because she learned how to ultilize the desert grounds when she was a lower powered hollow - and that was how she hunted. One she held a human form, she wasn't able to use it well enough in battle, but when she releases her zanpakuto - she is able to dig underground in almost every terrain to hide or to dodge an attack. When hiding, she uses her sensitivity to wave movements on the ground and air to aim cero or bala if she wanted to attack.
When released or not, her bite is always poisonous. The poison is a type of numbing poison which eats nerves. Depending on the power of her opponent, the poison can slow down movement and give them a harder time feeling the affected area. So say someone is going to punch a wall. If already infected, and they aren't too strong - maybe just some creature with low level reiatsu, they would have a hard time folding their hands into a fist and swinging it. When they do, they wouldn't be able to be sure if they were punching hard enough - or if they were holding a weapon, it could drop because they have no idea how hard they are gripping it.
When in warm areas or surrounded by fire, the poison can start leaking from her fangs which Ayame can use to as a projectile for blinding others. Poison can be injected from contact of eyes or open wounds. She is inmune to her own poison. The range of the poison being spit is only about 3 to 4 feet, usually used when her opponent is about attack range if using a sword. There is no difference from spitting or if Ayame injected the poison into the opponent herself. The only difference is that spitting it into the eyes causes the loss of focus for her opponent because the poison eats at the cranial nerves which help with eye sight. Depending on how much the person moves will show how fast the poison spreads, like many snake bites. The poison is covered in Ayame's reiatsu, so if it is on clothing material, land, or in the bloodstream of her opponent, she can use it to track where her opponent is.
.:Special Accessories:.
The chain that is tied to a bone collar and hangs by her chest. It doesn't do much, but she has it there to show that she volunteerily yanked her soul chain away from her own body.
Her skin. This doesn't work for herself, but her skin can somewhat heal and seal wounds of others. If they still have their missing limb, Ayame can put it back on for them.
.:Skills:.
-Most likely a forced second personality, Ayame acts out two people: The person she was before and the person she is now.
-Along with good sword skills, Ayame enjoys fighting with her fist and feet alot more than with her weapon.
- Ayame has good observation skills, where watching can be just as much experience as fighting the actual battle.
.:Abilities:.
-The shedding and regrowing of skin and body parts: Ayame has incredible regeneration skills. If she had been meditating and draining extra spirit energy before battle, she could almost instantly regrow her missing limbs. The regeneration speed depends on how much reiatsu she is concentrating on to regrow her arm or leg. Each time she regenerates, the base of the part she is regrowing is under alot of pressure and stress from new flesh forcing itself out. (Like if someone cut off her arm, the part thats left could be the shoulder join area. This is the place where the arm will regrow back from and that is the base skin and flesh.) Ayame swallows her poison from time to time. This is because the poison sometimes acts like a cooling pad which circulates in her body. Also because when she is cut, if her blood gets into any wounds of her opponent, the poison could sink in, so this could result too if her arm was cut. After her first two or three, the base skin then starts to take damage and after a while like a burnt out match will not regrow again. Also, the process of shedding the dead skin that she can't use anymore can not be done in battle and there for the hand or whatever was ripped off will not come back during that battle.
- Ayame can be found sitting somewhere and doing what looks like nothing. But in fact, she is soaking in spirit energy like a snake that lays in the sun for heat. She stores this energy over periods and periods of time. Eventually if she is caught in battle, the stored reiatsu can be used to increase her speed or her hand to hand combat.
- Sonido Expert
- Expert at Hand to hand combat
- Enchanced Strength
- Gran Rey Cero - Espada Ability/Only allowed during release
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Hougyudo #1: Fumificus
Hougyudo #7: Exuro
Hougyudo #17: Dios Tukos
Hougyudo #1: Fumificus
Hougyudo #7: Exuro
Hougyudo #17: Dios Tukos
Hougyudo #21: Ventī Vertentis
Hougyudo #27: Nebula Hypnōtica
Hougudo #41: Gelmorsus Adhaero Type: Offensive
Hougudo #45: Crystallizātiō Tellustris
Hougudo #68: Atrum Vesica
Hougudo #84: Prodigiosus Renovatio
Hougudo #87: Jovis Tempestās Fulguriēns
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Bala: (虚弾（バラ）, Bara; Spanish for "bullet" wink is an Espada alternative to the cero. The technique hardens the user's spiritual pressure and fires it like a bullet from their fist. It is seriously weaker than a normal cero, it moves about twenty times faster and can be fired at a much higher rate, but the damage is much the same.
Cero: (虚閃（セロ）, Sero; Spanish for "zero" wink are high-powered energy blasts that can be fired from various body parts, such as mouth, tongue, horns, hand or fingers. Only Menos, Arrancar, and the Vizards have so far been shown to use cero attacks, and it appears that stronger entities can use it more efficiently. Various Arrancar and hollow characters display variants of the technique, such as the Espada-exclusive Gran Rey Cero (王虚の閃光（グラン・レイ・セロ）, Guran Rei Sero; Japanese for "royal hollow flash," Spanish for "great king zero" wink and Pesshe Gatiishe and Dondochakka Bilstin's Cero Sincrético (融合虚閃（セロ・シンクレティコ）, Sero Shinkuretiko; Japanese for "united hollow flash," Spanish for "synchronized zero" wink .
Garganta: (黒腔（ガルガンタ）, Garuganta; Spanish for "throat" wink is how Arrancar and Menos class hollows move to and from Hueco Mundo. Tousen Kaname and Urahara Kisuke have also demonstrated the ability to use the technique. It literally tears open the dimensional fabric separating the worlds, revealing a tunnel of whirling, torrential energy that must be focused and solidified to create a discernible pathway.
Hierro: (鋼皮（イエロ）, Hiero; Spanish for "iron" wink refers to the hardened skin of the Arrancar, which is a result of their compressed spiritual power. While their skin is strong enough to block even released Zanpakutou bare-handed, it is by no means impenetrable. Stronger Arrancar have proportionally stronger skin.
Negación: (反膜（ネガシオン）, Spanish for "negation" wink fields are used to rescue fellow hollows. Only the Gillian-class Menos have shown the ability to use it. Negación fields surround a target in a square beam of light that isolates the target from the dimension they are currently in, making it impossible to harm them. The field then pulls the target towards the Menos that created the field. Espada have a special cube-shaped device called Caja Negación (反膜の匪（カハ・ネガシオン）, Spanish for "Negation Box" wink meant to simulate negación fields, which are used to punish their subordinates if necessary. The cube, when used on a subject, traps them in an alternate dimension from which there is no escape; however, this assumes it's being used as intended. More powerful Arrancar, namely the Espada themselves, can escape given enough time.
Pesquisa: (探査回路（ペスキス）, Pesukisa; Spanish for "inquiry" wink is the Arrancar equivalent of the Shinigami ability to sense Spiritual Pressure. It functions similar to sonar.
Sonído: (響転（ソニード）, Sonīdo; Spanish for "sound" wink is the Arrancar equivalent of the Shinigami flash steps and the Quincy Hirenkyaku; it allows the user to travel at incredibly high speeds for short distances. Use of Sonído is punctuated by a brief static sound, in contrast to the "swish" sound used for flash steps.
. razz ersonality:.
Manipulative. If Ayame wants something - for personal or other reasons, she will attempt to have it done anyway possible. Depending on which personality is talking for her, she can be calm and firm. Or she can be seen as kind and open, which does not happen often. No matter who Ayame is being, her yellow eyes always give others the sign she is dangerous and should be kept away from. She is a capable listener, and observer. Ayame will follow orders when directed on her, but sometimes she tends to also bend rules.
Her preferable situation is not be to be in battle, especially a pointless one. Suddenly being in the same place with a shinigami or someone she didn't like did not mean she would unsheathe her weapon and start cutting things down. If she indeed had to fight, then she would. During battle, the further the battle has gone, the more excitement Ayame will take in. The thrill then changes into bloodlust where Ayame will then prefer just to smash things down.
.:Biography/History:.
Born in the Victorian age, she came in from a wealthy upper-class family. The expectations from such a family was extremely high, and from the day she could talk, Ayame was looked at as a notable wife for nobles. She was not named Ayame at this time, but Grace. She talked and admired others, sometimes tried to control them as well so her family name was in well condition. Though she did not consider any one as true friends, (As her mother has said " They are only here to use you, use them before they get you first," wink Ayame had one companion similar to a sister, Helen. Ayame never attempted to manipulate Helen because she always believed everything that was told to her. The girl was a servant to Ayame, but she said many truthful things to the servant.
Eventually, Helen was married into her own class. For a few years, Now Ayame was 14. She decided one day to visit Helen and was envious at what she saw when she got there. Turning the street, she spotted Helen holding a child in her hands. Ayame has thought about marriage but never has having a child been through her mind. Helen seemed happy, so did her husband and the laughing baby boy. Ayame went to say hello, and with the smile that always covered her face - she started a conversation.
15, Ayame was to be married to another noble family. She was somewhat excited, not as much as her mother and father were - they wanted a party and all of the town to know. The night after Ayame was married, she was going back to her home. The image of Helen and her family drifted into mind. The just married lady was so happy. She could have a family too, and they would be happy. The thoughts shattered as she spotted her 'husband' with his friends. Her husband had his hands around another women, and with the way he walked - he was drunk.
Humilliated, Ayame ran away from the direction they were coming from and was trying to run home, but she thought and knew he could come looking for her there. So she fled towards the direction of her friend's home. Ayame was at the gates of Helen's home before someone grabbed her by the arms. Ayame flailed and hissed when she saw it was her husband. He was drunk for sure, but he was trying to say something - most likely a way to explain why he was with a bunch of prositutes. But Ayame didn't want to hear any of it, she had married a ruined man - her status was destroyed. All the years she had lied and manipulated and smiled when she had to did nothing for her but ruin her. But she had other feelings aswell. Her parents had taught her to lie and control - but they can't be wrong, they couldn't be. Ayame was brought up like this, it was hard to change, and so she was in denial.
Helen over heard the noise and with her husband, they came to see what was going on. Ayame was trying to pull away from the drunk man, and the man accidentally stumbled and Ayame slammed her head on to the granite gates. Helen rushed over, and Ayame blacked out.
The girl found she was separated from her body, and only a chain remained to keep them connected. Ayame recalled all the things that had happened as she saw the chain slowly reel her in. She made up her mind, she didn't care if she died now or not - or what ever was going to happen to her. Everyone will know what had happened tonight. Ayame could hear the laughter and sneers of her peers. I don't want to live was the girl's final decision. She grabbed the chain, and pulled it as hard as she could.
It snapped. Grace was never to wake up again.
For the next 5 years, she wandered. Eventually, she was corrupted from being on earth for so long. A horde of hollows had came and were about to eat the corrupting soul. They made comments on how the girl was like the Ayame, the rare white kind. She was decaying, yet still in human form in a way. Before the hollows rushed to devour Ayame, her sanity broke and she threw the monsters off. She was a monster like they were now, but she knew she still existed and from the thoughts that fed her mind - she swallowed and ate the attacking hollows. Ayame gulped them down one by one.
Though she ate small, weak hollows, eventually her confidence grew and she attacked larger ones. On one battle, her snake like mask was torn off and slowly she gained powers of arrancar over time. She changed her name to Ayame, as the new bond of her new life - and for the silver hair and yellow eyes she now had.
Of course, she had fun eating her husband's soul.
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.:Hollow:.
To black out and wake up thirsty for a different kind of flesh gave Ayame the crazy, bloodlust animalistic nature. There was nothing called beauty, love, or death. She lived in a world that was black and white literally and just as endless. When she was hungry, she would go into her hunting grounds and swallow what she wanted. She was very quiet about it too, swallowing her prey whole leaving nothing behind. At first it was hard to hunt, there were not many places to hide - Ayame didn't give a crap about that either. She was a creature that thought only to devour flesh and souls when she was hungry. If she could, she would inject them with poison before eating them, not only because it was useful so their cries are not heard but, because of the sheer joy and fun it gave her. She knew that the things she ate did not die yet when she swallowed them. She knew that quietly while paralyzed, they would be melting in her stomach - unable to speak, move, or even see to the very end.
Eventually, she gained a thirst for other hollows. She seemed to notice that not only were her fellow hollows a competitor for food, but a creature filled with reiatsu and things that souls had. Instead of hunting in the real world, sometimes Ayame would dig and hide underground. She would listen to the soft vibrations that moved through the ground and air when things moved and when she smelled a prey that was weaker or par on with her, she would launch a cero from underground to attack her prey. Then she would use the hole created from the cero and quickly crawl upwards to finish catching her food. She would even begin eating the hollow before it was dead, taking pieces out of them and slowing swallowing part by part if they were bigger than her. Ayame once strangled another hollow with long snake-like body and snapped the hollow into a thousand pieces. (writing more later >> )
