Chiharu Teruko [Arrancar Project]

Genetics & Basic Information

• Name: Chiharu [lit. "One Thousand Springs"] Teruko [lit. "Shining Child"]
• Gender: Female
• Status: Single
• Age: One thousand years old, even.
• Orientation: Pansexual; Polyamorous
• Blood Type: AB Positive
• D.O.B.: May 14th, 1213
• Zodiac: Aries

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Appearance

• Appearance:



• Bone Appearance: Chiharu's hollow mask remnant comes in the form of a white collar that fits snugly around her neck and overlaps just above the center of her collarbone.
• Hollow Hole: Chiharu's hollow hole is on her stomach, right where a human navel would be otherwise.
• Reiatsu Colour: Chiharu's reiatsu takes the form of a burning, bright, orange-red aura that seems to pulse and move with a mind of its own, and crackles as if on fire.

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Personality

• Personality:

Chiharu is in simple terms quite two-faced when it comes to her general persona. Where one side of her remains evident from her past, the other seeks to replace it, leaving somewhat of a mental conflict if not a slight multiple personality disorder in her thoughts and actions. Her natural self resides as the part of her which she was born into, a high-headed self-confident woman who takes pride in independence and accomplishment, pushing forward with a try-hard approach rather than that of a steady and collected one. Her personality is somewhat of a counter to her nature, where her voice attempts to obtain dominance despite its soft tone, and an aggressive appeal is portrayed through fair and elegant features. The urge to gain showed through her enthusiasm to learn, though as a double-edged sword her reaction to failure and obstacles is solid and without mercy on either herself or the cause. This may have left her being very strong willed and determined, though a slippery slope in regards to social activity. This is who she was from the beginning, a different self has began to emerge ahead of it.

Her other side is self-restraining, the enthusiasm of her former self hides behind an obedient and patient attitude. Never one to withdraw from questioning something she feels is wrong, though in comparison maintains a lot more of herself naturally, rather than unleashing herself upon the world one hundred and ten percent. A calm and collected state of mind allows her to speak more truthfully and respectively to others, leaving her opinions of them at the door and her emotions socially friendly. Though mentally Chiharu seems somewhat in conflict with herself she has learned to form a middle-ground between her two conflicting persona's though still finds difficulty in approaching people without resorting to outbursts or simply remaining silent.

She leaves little time to examine her opinions of that outside her mind, leaving her to be very neutral and fair to any kind of affairs. When things begin to get too personal in any kind of event her true self will emerge to deal with it, as she feels once it becomes even the slightest bit her problem she must deal with it personally and immediately. This produces her care-free attitude in regards to general happenings, leaving her to be very narrow-minded in her tasks, though in opposite very reluctant to pursue or even care about anything outside of her own little world. Her persona stretches little onto any kind of social life, so when it comes to communication she is very quiet, almost appearing to be somewhat nervous at times, though can commonly be corrected by an outburst of her more arrogant self. She always prefers to listen rather than speak, as to completely know of a situation is to know how to turn it to your advantage. This leaves her with a collection of friends who chose her, rather than the other way around; people willing to put up with her and in turn are granted a glance at her true self. Without any means of conflict sprouting between her and the person, she has nothing but respect and friendship towards them.

As a wall riddled with holes, her defence shields others from her common aggressive attitude, failures, and excuses of the past. She prefers to leave them unsaid rather than allow them to be acknowledged by anyone. Though just as her previous problems emerged in time, as does she as a person if you get close enough to her. Once she sees the opportunity she would mentally cling to whatever she feels she can share her thoughts with, whether it be a person or an object. She tends to keep herself more realistic the closer someone gets to her, leaving her shame to be more of something you didn't ask, rather than something she doesn't want to talk about.

Chiharu is a master of faces - and can imitate any human emotion to the letter, without truly feeling it. She can smile brightly and greet you warmly without actually being happy or caring for you - everything that she does is an act - simply because she is unable to control the seal. She has no sense of description - everything that she looks at she can only see in black and white, not in shades of grey, so when Chiharu has been asked to describe anything to us, it is nothing but simple statements of fact.

Chiharu is very quiet and keeps to herself most of the time. She doesn't speak unless spoken to first. However when it does come to being spoken to, Chiharu tends to give a calm and generous speech without looking down on others unless she really feels the need to. From the description she may seem like she would be the type of person of short words however, Chiharu will be kind enough to finish the conversation until she feels it needs to be put to an end or feels the one she is talking to has the information they need. From being under a noble family in life, she often learned manner which she still holds as an Arrancar, despite having no recollection of her living self.

Aside her social skills, as many can see Chiharu is wise and intelligent. Most of this part comes from memories. She may be clueless as to what the world holds now in its current time, however what she learned from her teacher and priest she keeps within her mind, treasuring the knowledge given. Her intelligence within the  Arrancar is strengthened as well from walking the land, observing the other Arrancar and those she encountered, and witnessing the hardships there.

Chiharu can also be seen as serious and dark most of the time. She is very blunt and will speak her mind without fear or hesitation. Her humor isn't very known or put out too well. Usually if anything does humor her or if she makes a joke she will give a smile and a light giggle, nothing more. Chiharu has a darker personality she shows. She does whatever it takes to attain her goal and to fulfill her duties, even if it means to torture a innocent.

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Background Information

• History: (Life, death, and and progression to the Arrancar state .)

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Sealed State

• Sealed Zanpakutô:

Chiharu's sealed blade takes the form of a wicked looking sword, worn on her back.  This black is ebony black in coloration, and is jagged not only on the blade itself, but along the grip as well.  The blade is roughly three feet (36 in.) long.



• Natural Abilities:

Oceanic Spiritual Pressure/Reiatsu:
When not controlling or holding back the amount of spiritual energy that she puts out, Chiharu's natural reiatsu is on a level that some might consider insane. Her spiritual output is.. enormous, to say the very least. With the potential to level city blocks, uproot trees, and toss any loose objects miles away, it becomes exceedingly difficult to find an opponent to face Chiharu who wouldn't be, at the very least, sweating a little from the pressure of her full reiatsu. Weak opponents wouldn't really be able to be near her at all, as her sheer power is enough to send some to their knees, and even cause some to pass out, or otherwise lose some sort of cognitive thought from simply being around her when her full power is being brought to bear.

High Level Intelligence/Analysis:
One of Chiharu's greatest weapons is her prodigious mind, possessing a genius-level intellect. She is capable of devising and executing strategies with incredible speed and precision. As a child, and even to this day, she is a brilliant chess player, besting any opponent who plays against her. She can manipulate people and factions with well-spoken speeches and clever deceptions, easily ensnaring multitudes of people into her web. This is, in part, because she's a true master of divulging the strengths, weaknesses, and such of those around her. Including the kinds of things that people find endearing, and the kinds of things that set people off.  Her brain is hard-wired for knowledge and data absorption, allowing her to instantly remember and store any input from any of her five senses. She could remember the after taste of a dish she had five years ago, or the feeling of a particular knot on a particular tree during one of her journeys. Her analytical abilities match this, and augment her intelligence even further. She can plan, plot, watch, research, note, and the like during any situation, even under high stress, or in the middle of a largely chaotic area. This makes her a master strategist, on top of her already super-computer levels of brain function.

Multi-Lingual:
Chiharu knows English, Spanish, Japanese, Russian, German, and Italian. Her primary language, and in fact her FAVORITE language, however, is Latin. Although the language is, by all accounts, dead, she speaks it fluently, oftentimes slipping into it when angered, or passionate about something. She loves the way it sounds, the way the words roll off of the tongue, and especially the fact that it seems no one knows it, so any insults or terms she throws out are usually greeted with your general "bwuh??" or other such terms of confusion and cultural ignorance.

Extremely Acrobatic/High Reflexes/Extra-Sensory Capability:
Years in gymnastics courses as a child coupled with lots of strenuous agility training she put herself through means that she is far more agile than your average human, and far more flexible as well. This allows her some interesting positions to be able to bend herself into, which is useful for dodging and maneuvering, especially around the kind of opponents that flood the very air with a seemingly endless torrent of attacks.  Chiharu's senses are naturally hyper-sensitive, allowing her to tune into the sounds and movements different objects make in order to better understand them, and allow herself to interpret how they'll act, and how she can dodge them most effectively. E.G. If she heard the sound of a gunshot, she would listen for the whistling in the air, timing the sound of the shot with how far the one who shot it was, and allowing herself to sidestep the bullet, or sonido a safe distance away.

Advanced Durability:
Chiharu's hierro, while not the strongest among the Espada, is formidable.  She possesses not only a high threshold for pain, but also is difficult to cut or wound.  She has been seen emerging from the debris of buildings that have fallen on her with little more than scratches to show for it.  

Adept Strength:
Despite her fragile appearance, Chiharu possesses great physical strength.  She is strong enough to hold her own against combatants who dabble primarily in strength and physical power in combat.  She cannot match them, as her strength is one of her less specialized attributes, but she can match them for as long as she is in combat.  She can crush bones and the like with little to no effort, but would be hard pressed to cause the kind of widespread destruction that the physical strength of others can.

• Rage Augmentation:
  Having the aspect of death "Fury", Chiharu's true strength lies in her anger.  Normally, Chiharu's strength is average for an Arrancar of her power level. However, if you manage to get her mad? Her blood boils, her muscles seem to super-charge, and her strength is increased exponentially. She goes from simply blocking attacks with her strength, to destroying enormous sections of terrain with a single punch.  Crushing steel, obliterating materials from iron to diamond, and the like have all been shown as possible once Chiharu has been angered thoroughly.  The more mad you make her, the more physically strong she gets.  The downside of this strength, however, is that once she's mad, her higher reasoning is gone, and it's harder for her to actually think and strategize.  Beyond this, she also still has to abide by the limits of her race, and if she gets so mad that she tries to break them and use her power in a way she is unable to, she risks burning herself out, or killing herself in the process.
  

Bottomless Endurance:
No matter how long she fights, no matter how many attacks she uses, it seems as if Chiharu is able to fight on no matter what. This is due to two things.
1.) Her sheer will to live, and to protect herself.
2.) Her expansive and monumental reserve of spiritual energy.
Tapping into this massive pool of reiatsu, Chiharu can use her attacks more often and more effectively than your average arrancara. Beyond this, she can also infuse her own body with her reiatsu, holding herself together and pushing her body to fight way past its limit.

Sonido Mastery:
Chiharu is able to move at tremendous speed, matching that of real grandmasters of this area.  Her skill and speed in Sonído is so great, it seems as though she possesses a form of teleportation, simply appearing solidly instead of shimmering for a second like other Sonído users.  She can move, attack, move, speak, move again, and then move back to where she had been previously without most opponents even realizing she had moved at all until she had already finished doing so.  She is able to maneuver easily and keep herself fluid, never falling into static or predictable patterns while fighting.  Speed is one of her strongest attributes, and she shows it in every movement. Fast reflexes, insane reaction speed, and a grace to rival the elves of lore. Every action is poised, precise, and fast on a level nearly unmatched.

• Gemelos Sonído (双児響転 (ヘメロスソニード), Hemerosusonīdo; Spanish for "Sound Twins", Japanese for "Twins Sound Ceremony"): She states that increasing her steps even a little will result in quasi-clones. She likens it to a game of magic tricks. The trick is used in order to surprise the opponent. She further explains that the technique is not limited to only two clones; the number of clones produced through Gemelos Sonído can grow to a maximum of five. She uses this technique for diversion, substitution and multi-directional attacks. These "speed-clones" generated by her intense Sonído are so realistic that they have even shown the ability to bleed after getting attacked.
  

Swordsmanship Master:
Chiharu has had centuries to perfect her favorite and favored method of combat. She has studied every aspect and school of the blade. Anything from Kendo to Fencing, she has at least some knowledge of, and can replicate expertly in combat. It gets to the point where, even with her large zanpakuto, which some might think impractical, Chiharu can strike quickly and lethally, aiming for vital points and important areas as a priority, aiming to disable and kill quickly, instead of simply slicing and attacking blindly. Her precision and skill is terrifying to those who don't know the blade, and deadly to those who are weak to it.

• Racial Abilities:

Bala (虚弾 (バラ), bara; Spanish for "Bullet", Japanese for "Hollow Bullet") is an Arrancar-exclusive technique which hardens the user's Reiatsu and releases it in a swift yet potent blast. While similar in function to a Cero, the technique is not nearly as powerful, but, thanks to its composition, its speed is 20 times faster, allowing it to be fired in quick succession. In addition, it possesses more concussive force than a typical Cero does. A Bala's ultimate speed and power varies depending on the Arrancar using it.  Chiharu's are usually launched in a chaotic pattern, and are capable of punching holes through hierro or even bodies if there isn't any protection in place.

Cero (虚閃 (セロ), Sero; Spanish for "Zero", Japanese for "Hollow Flash", Doom Blast in the Viz translation, literally "Empty Disaster") is an attack used by Menos, Arrancar, and Visored. As a standard energy blast, it consists of firing a powerful blast of concentrated spiritual energy at the target.  Chiharu's are launched from the tips of her fingers, and she has the ability to launch multiple at once, depending on how many fingers she has pointed at the opponent/desired target.  Her Cero are strong enough to decimate large areas of terrain.  Chiharu's cero are unique in the way that when they charge, they appear to be more of fireballs than anything, and burn viciously on contact.  This is a result of her fire-based reiatsu.

Gran Rey Cero (王虚の閃光 (グラン・レイ・セロ), guran rei sero; Spanish for "Grand King Zero", Japanese for "Royal Hollow Flash"): is an Arrancar variation of the Cero technique. It is used by the Espada. It is performed by mixing an Espada's own blood with the Cero. The result is a Cero with much greater attack power and speed and a change of color unique to the Espada. It is many times more powerful than a normal Cero, capable of disturbing the fabric of space. Upon release, it seems to spin like a razor as it compresses and decompresses due to the sheer speed and raw power. Using a Gran Rey Cero is one of two things forbidden while inside Las Noches, as it is so overwhelming it could destroy the fortress.  

Cero Oscuras (黒虚閃 (セロ・オスキュラス), sero osukyurasu; Spanish for "Dark Zero," Japanese for "Black Hollow Flash"): Cero Oscuras is a special pitch black version of an Arrancar's Cero technique, and possesses a level of power much greater than even the Gran Rey. This special Cero is so powerful, users are banned by the Cero Espada to use it in Las Noches because it is able to destroy nearly the entire main building. Its range is also extremely vast, allowing it to cover a massive area in its destructive power.

Descorrer (解空(デスコレール), Desukorēru; Japanese for "Loosed Void", Spanish for "Drawing Back/Opening"): A technique used by Espada-level Arrancar, and sometimes others, to open a Garganta between the living world and Hueco Mundo.

Hierro (鋼皮 (イエロ), Iero; Spanish for "Iron", Japanese for "Steel Skin"): is a defensive Arrancar technique in which the user's reiryoku condenses, creating a steel-hard skin strong enough to block a Zanpakutō. This allows users to confront some of the sword-wielding Shinigami barehanded. While this technique is exhibited by all Arrancar to some degree, the strength of an individual's Hierro is entirely proportional to the potency of their reiryoku, with Nagato Tengan possessing the strongest Hierro out of all generations of the Espada and Arrancar.  Chiharu's hierro, while extremely durable and formidable against even strong opponents, is not her strongest asset.

Pesquisa (探査回路 (ペスキス), Pesukisu; Spanish for "Inquiry", Japanese for "Probe Circuit"): is an advanced Arrancar perception technique which is used to both detect and gauge sources of Reiatsu within the vicinity of the user. Pesquisa functions similarly to sonar, through a radiating pulse sent outwards from the user which reacts to sources of Reiatsu within a certain proximity, allowing them to determine the location of any sensed individuals and granting them an indication of how powerful they actually are.  Chiharu's Pesquisa is extremely honed, and she is rarely, if ever, wrong, unless the opponent has a way of masking their reiatsu.

Sonído (響転 (ソニード), Sonīdo; Spanish for "Sound", Japanese for "Sound Ceremony"): is a high-speed movement technique of the Arrancar. It is equivalent to the Shinigami's Shunpo, which is roughly equal in terms of speed, and the Quincy's Hirenkyaku. While somewhat similar to Hohō in regards to function and speed, Sonído appears to be more instinctual, seemingly requiring no previous knowledge to perform. It produces a different sound; rather than the swishing or sometimes silent Shunpo of the Shinigami, Sonído makes a booming or static noise. Though the technique is exhibited by most Arrancar, the proficiency with which it can be performed is limited only by the individual.  Chiharu's Sonido is noted for being nigh instantaneous, with her movement from one place to another being almost completely unnoticeable unless one is of the highest sensory awareness.


• Unique Abilities:

Pyrokinesis:
In her sealed state, Chiharu can excite or accelerate an object's atoms, increasing the thermal energy and making it ignite.  She doesn't necessarily need an object to do this, as she can create fire from using this technique on the very reishi, reiatsu, and air particles around her.  She can generate, control, and move the flames.  Not only can she shape these however she likes, but she can also throw fire, shoot off concentrated bursts of it from her hands, create long, flame-thrower like streams of it, et cetera.  Not only is she in complete control of these flames, but they're infused with her own reiatsu, woven into a protective mesh, making them immune to tampering for those opponents who have abilities to corrupt or control elements and other reiatsus.  Her fire burns at the heat of what would roughly be a small sun.  However, the devastating effects that this would cause on the area around her are prevented by all of the heat being contained within the fire itself, and not projected outward into the world around them.  This means that the only thing effected by this massive heat is whatever object or being the fire collides with.  Chiharu herself boasts a complete immunity to the element, able to take hits from it and walk directly through explosions of it at will and without any effort whatsoever.

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Resurreccion

• Resurreccion Name: Haiōkozan (lit. "Volcanic Ash King")
• Resurreccion Release Phrase: "Kindle and Devour, Haiōkozan!"
• Release Actions: To release her Zanpakuto, Chiharu holds the end of the blade skyward, calling the release phrase. (wip)
• Resurreccion Appearance:



• Resurreccion Abilities: (Explain the several powers and abilities this form grants them)

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Segunda Etapa

• Segunda Etapa Name: (What name does their second resurreccion go by? Cross out this section if you don't have Segunda Etapa)
• Segunda Etapa Release Phrase: (What do they say to release their sword?)
• Release Actions: (What do they do to release their sword?)
• Segunda Etapa Appearance:



• Segunda Etapa Abilities: (Explain the several powers and abilities this form grants them)

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