Post by karas on May 8, 2012 3:28:42 GMT -6
Identification
Character Name: Karas Urahara
Classification: Vizard
Alias/Titles: Antacchaburu Kaen Torieitai (Untouchable Flame Bird of Eternity), The Crimson Knight
Gender: Male
True Age: 170 years
Birthday: September 9
Division: Division 14
Rank: (partial) Vice-Captain
Affiliation: Hallibel
Rank: Right Hand
Appearance Information
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Apparent Age: 25
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 176lbs
Eye Color: Blue-grey
Hair Color: Silver
Physical Description:
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Karas is a moderately tall man, standing at a full height of six foot, five inches and weighs in at a good 176 pounds. Not a single ounce of Karas' body weight is fat, what isn't made up from the weight of his bones, organs, or water weight is made up of pure muscle. His body is increadably well toned and almost perfectly muscled. Most noticably in his legs. Karas is built as a speed-type warrior mixed with a power-type with his powerful arms and legs. His long hair is silver in color and spiky while extending down to his mid back with a few stray bangs hanging in his face, stormy blue-grey eyes and lightly tanned skin as if he were out in the sun all the time.
Unlike most Shinigami Squad Vice-Captains, Karas does not wear the traditional uniform consisting of black hakama, shihakusho or obi. Instead Karas wears clothing one would find in the human world, normally consisting of one of two sets of clothing. A black suit like outfit consisting of loos fitting black jeans, black combat boots, red dress shirt and black suit jacket with matching tie. His other standard style of dress consists of, once again, loose fitting black jeans with black combat boots and a t-shirt. Of course being a Vice-Captain he is required to wear and arm badge which he wears looped around his belt on his left hip. Karas also normally wears his Zanpak-to across the back of his waist with the sword handle facing out on his right.
Karas doesn't care much about appearances and thus doesn't try to hide the fact that he isn't a hollow or arrancar yet he currently resides in Hueco Mundo, thus his wardrobe is virtually identical to his normal attire in either Soul Society or living world. The only major difference is he keeps fewer dress shirts or suit jackets. Here he only keeps one of the complete outfit for as needed while the rest of the time he wears dark colored t-shirts and a black hoodie.
Karas also had a tattoo right across his upper back of a wolf's paw centered between two wings of flames. This is meant to represent him and his clan. His right ear is also pierced three times, the lowest one hangs with a small gem in the center of it, the middle is a simple wolf-shaped stud and the one at the top of his ear is more of a thin piece of metal folded over the top. His final accessory is a silver adamantium necklace. When wearing his mask his eyes change from blue-grey to red surrounded by black.
Personal Information
Personality Overview:
Karas is of a complex personality, even to the best members of Soul Society who are supposed to be able to figure out people easily. He is prideful and stubborn, to begin with. His pride refuses for him to be defeated in any manner and will continue until he has won. Yet he also knows to accept defeat when it has been handed to him, knowing that so long as he survives he can always return to try again. At first glance he seems to be of a bitter nature, making him difficult to approach but when one does get to know him he is completely different form what he appears. He does enjoy to laugh and have fun.
The reason Karas always looks bitter happens to be because Karas normally ends up bored with most everything. He finds a good thrill to battle and as such will often go out of his way to find one. Even if it means cutting into another's fight and taking it for his own. He is of a very high-strung nature and more often than not is incapable of remaining still, finding he always has to be active or on the move. He is loyal to anyway that manages to earn it from him, his belief being that trust, friendship and respect are earned rather than simply handed over. His loyalty extends to the point where he would give his life for a person that has earned it.
Karas is not the most logical person out there. While he is highly intelligent he ends up acting before thinking most of the time. Most of the time you can bet he'll be one of the first warriors on the battlefield charging head-first into the fray. When in battle it is capable of pushing him well beyond his limits, unlocking another side to him most accurately titled his "beast". In this state all sense of logic is lost and he throws caution to the wind, charging head-first into a battle where he will do anything and everything it takes to win and survive. Though causing him to reach this point is extremely difficult and thus it is something hardly ever seen.
Karas' hobbies include, and are heavily influanced by, music. During his time in the living world he obtained a device called an IPod that he is surprisingly able to use in Soul Society, as well as a guitar. He enjoys rock n roll music as well as music from anime and Japanese dramas in the living world. He trains when not "jamming out" on his guitar regularly, keeping several punching bags in his barracks. He enjoys alchohol and women. He's a smoker but very rarely will he light one up and often enough when he's by himself or with someone who doesn't mind. His biggest pet peev is when someone will ask someone else a question about him rather than approach him themselves, and almost everyone knows not to speak for him. Karas refuses to raise his hand, or his blade, against women and children and if he absolutely must he holds back a temendous amount of his true abilities. If anyone appears to be a child and is really older than they appear to be or if they look like a woman but are really male then he finds no need to hold back and will go full force against them.
Character Time-line:
170 years ago Karas was a member of a clan of warriors belonging to Japan called "The Phoenix Clan". The clan was one of Japan's strongest at the time and was filled with various warrior odd abilities that often included seeing and makign contact with spirits. They had become well known as exorcists. Karas was probably the most well known of the entire clan. The warrior had been born as the prince of the clan be despite his title he hardly acted like a prince should. He was rash, always enjoying life. He would run off from his lessons (the ones that didn't involve combat training) to have fun with his friends. He was an exceptional swordsman, often becoming the champion of their clan's sword tornaments. Eventually the time came where Karas had to take the throne. Unfortunately he was much more clear-minded back then and continued to try and turn away from the title of king. The clan wouldn't have it and instead ended up with a king that would vanish from the throne room and go off to continue doing as he wished.
Like always the time of peace was halted and war erupted. The warrior clan was thrust into battle against a pack of hollows. The casualties were high on the side of the warriors with a few of the hollows being defeated as well. Karas' mother and father were among the many fallen warriors. Unable to do much of anything karas left his clan. As time passed he eventually met a couple, a man and a woman. The woman's name was Yoruichi Shihoin and the man's Kisuke Urahara. By now Karas had become a young teenager. Kisuke had explained how the two were former shinigami and they came from a place called the Soul Society. The two had now been exiled for reasons the man didn't explain to the boy. Kisuke found the boy interesting and Yourichi found him to be both cute and with potential. After explaining his story Yoruichi convinced Kisuke that they should take him in. After much convincing the two took him in as their son. Eventually Karas became bored with the power and abilities he was currently limited too and wanted to learn how he could become a shinigami himself.
This is where Kisuke's interests took hold. The former captain took Karas and began to put him through the required training to become a shinigami. The first to happen was the severing of his spirit from his body as Kisuke trapped him in a pit with a severed soul chain slowly eating itself away. When the chain was finally eaten Kisuke informed him that now was the time where he would decide if he were to become a shinigami or a hollow. With his body in pain a mask of unknown material began to cover his screaming face. It seemed this was an odd sight that for Kisuke that he had never seen before. Eventually Karas came out successful and exited the pit dressed in the garb of a shinigami. However the mask still remained until he pryed it off. Soon Kisuke began the second stage of his training. All this information Kisuke would end up using again on another at a later time. With his chain now removed Karas could no longer be considered among the living and was required to resort to the use of a gigai Kisuke created and modeled off of his original body.
Kisuke continued to train Karas in the ways of the shinigami with Yoruichi assiting in the art of Kido. It was apparent that Karas had little to no talent for the subject but he muttled through. Yoruichi eventually switched from training him in Kido to training his speed and his skills in the art of shunpo. By the time he had reached the human age of 25 Karas had become well versed in the ways of the shinigami from his adpotive parents and had even obtained his shikai. By this point Karas had learned that he harbored the powers of a hollow inside of him as well but was unable to fully control it. The best he could do was keep it surpressed when in public. Soon enough Karas left behind the living world and his parents for Soul Society where he entered the shinigami academy.
Here he was an exceptional student, thanks to the training his mother and father had given him. The academy noticed his dangerous lack of skill in the art of Kido and did their best to try and assist him in it for well over a decade and a half. Soon Karas was put into Squad 2 as an unseated member. Time passed and soon another war broke out, this time in the home of the hollows, Hueco Mundo. Karas wasn't going to miss out on the chance to possibly claim revenge for his birth parents and made his way there to join the people that had just broken into Soul Society and challenged all of the captains and vice-captains just months before. He wasn't the only one it seemed as other shinigami joined them as well. This series of battles evolved into a full-blown war between Soul Society and the former captain Aizen Sousuke who had also created an army of Arrancars. Hollows that had removed their masks to obtain shinigami powers.
Karas, to his displeasure, ended up only fighting against a number of low-ranked minions during all of this. Eventuall he found his way to the remains of a battlefield where one of his target's higher ranked officers was badly wounded. He recognized the man as Grimmjow Jaegerjaques, the Sexta Espada. Figuring it would benefit him he dragged the badly damaged Grimmjow off the battle field and assisted him in recovering. When Grimmjow came-to Karas informed him about how he basically owned his life now. Grimmjow however found that rediculous but still offered a form of thanks for saving him and offered to help him train the highly unstable hollow powers coming from him once the war was over. Accepting his offer Karas took off in order to continue to assist in battle.
Eventually the battle shifted from Hueco Mundo to a false replica of the living world created by Soul Society. Here Karas encountered Aizen and his top Espada. Number one through three. As the captains of Soul Society fought the Espada Aizen ended up turning on one of his subordinates, his only female one at that, and struck her down. Karas, being the man that he is, caught the falling woman and removed her from the battlefield. There he gave her temporary treatment and hid her away. Now enraged he charged forward at Aizen and engaged him in battle himself. With only his shikai Karas couldn't last very long against the former shinigami and was forced to retreated just before the man he had been assisting in Hueco Mundo arrived to take his palce.
Using the opportunity Karas snuck away with the fallen woman, Tia Hallibel, to continue to help her recover. Of course that meant he had to return her to Hueco Mundo and gained assistance from his adoptive father to bring her back. There he continued to care for her until she woke up. When she did she was confused about who he was and he was required to explain how he had come to be there with her. It took Hallibel a while to recover, during which time Karas remained by her side. His pride and personality wouldn't allow him to leave a recovering woman by herself in a place where the weak and those who cannont defend themselves are devoured. He continued to bring her food all the while as he continued to struggle with his growing hollow powers. By the time Hallibel had fully recovered Karas' condition as a Vizard had been discovered by Soul Society and he was sentenced to remain in Hueco Mundo. This left him by Hallibel's side for far longer. During his time in Hueco Mundo Karas had begun to be reffered to as "The Crimson Knight", Hallibel having taken over as the "White Queen" of Hueco Mundo.
During his time with her Hallibel had helped him gain control of his hollow powers to the point where it was all by his choice. By this point Soul Society had forgive Kisuke and Yoruichi as well as welcomed back the former captains and vice-captains that had been corrupted by Aizen into Vizords themselves, even going far enough to have created a 14th squad dedicated to Vizards. Karas was informed that he would be welcomed back and as Kisuke's adoptive son he was to be made the vice-captain of the new squad that his father had been put in charge of. Karas had returned and informed Kisuke about what had happened in Hueco Mundo. About how he had accepted his hollow powers and had trained with both Hallibel and Grimmjow here and there. His father got very interested in how he had become the "Crimson Knight of the White Queen" and gave him a mission to return to Hallibel's side as a messanger of Soul Society and attempt to have her and her troops become a possible future ally.
Since then Karas has remained in Hueco Mundo at Halliebl's side.
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Zanpakuto Information {Shinigami/Arrancar Only}
Zanpakuto Name: KamiDoragon
Ability Type: Element type: Light/lightning, Combat type Zanpak-to
Release Phrase: "Radiate" (Hanatsu)
Sealed Description:
- Length: Approximately 2 and a half feet long in total.
KamiDoragon's sealed form isn't anything all that overly flashy. The blade reaches about a foot and a half from the base to the tip. The handle and guard offer another foot in length and is just big enough to use single -handed. The handle may be the most impressive thing about the blade in this form. The entire handle of the weapon is made out of ivory and sculpted into the shape of a dragon holding a jewel in its claws. The wings of the dragon are folded over and form the sides of the handle. The sword has no guard, making it much like a knife or dagger.
Inner World: {Shinigami Only}
KamiDoragon's world is almost a mirror of Karas' personality. Rather than a city or anything like that Karas' inner world is a mix of a night club and a strip club. A long and thin catwalk big enough for a single person extends out from the back wall into the center of the main room. Dozens of tables surrounded by large, plush chairs surround the end of it where the pole connects the floor to the ceiling. A staircase on either side of the front door leads up to the second floor and again another set of stairs leads to the third floor. Each floor rings the area where the dancers can be watched through large sections of clear glass floors that are meant to be used as dancefloors. The third floor is almost identical to the first with the exception of several more catwalks.
On the first floor there is a bar on each wall either side of the cat walk. On the second floor there are bars against each of the four walls, the one above the front door is settled between the two staircases leading to the third floor. On the third floor there are only three bars with only the wall with the catwalks are coming off of not having one. Each bar is fully stocked with perfectly fine drinks that Karas, KamiDoragon and/or Sarak can drink freely each time they're there. Unfortunately because it is Karas' inner world there are no other people exept for him, his Zanpak-to's spirit and his hollow. He is, however, able to produce "entertainment" by projecting the images of females he knows in reality onto the catwalks and can have males or females working the bars.
Zanpakuto Spirit:
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KamiDoragon is just as his name translates, a spirit dragon. Surprisngly enough he is not limited to one single form, instead he possesses several that Karas has seen with the maximum appearing to range between three and four forms. These forms are split between humanoid and animal. The two human forms are interchangeable depending on Kami's mood. When KamiDoragon is happy and kind his appearance is of a man between eighteen and twenty-three years old with white-ish blue hair that reaches down to his mid back pulled into a pony-tail. Two bangs hang down on either side of his face. Coming out from just behing his ears KamiDoragon has what can only be described as horns in this form that extend from a cluster of scales. His attire is composed of a light blue t-shirt underneight a plain white dress shirt and blue jeans. His skin is slightly on the pale side, more like a woman's when described as snow giving him a "pretty" look in this form. He is always barefoot in both of his human forms.
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When KamiDoragon is mad or enraged his appearance changes to a slightly different form than the one described above. In this form his hair is shorter and more shaggy, changing from white-blue to pitch black. His horns no longer extend out from behind his ears but instead curl down behind them and extend to just below the front of the ear. His attire changes as well. Rather than a blue t-shirt and white dress shirt he wears a red t-shirt under a long, black leather coat. His jeans become black and again he is barefoot. KamiDoragon also gains a red leather collar. In this form his skin becomes slightly tanned, giving him a more aggressive look. In all of his forms he has golden colored eyes.
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Both of his animal forms are dragonoid in appearance, yet small and cuddley like plush animals. The appearance of each form again corrisponds to his mood. When happy his dragon form is white and blue with mixtures of silver and other colors that give him a star-like color scheme. His long wings are sort of raggedy and cloth-like but pure white. Each hand and foot has three claws on it. When enraged his form changes and his scales become red and black. His wings turn red lined by black. His horns extend out from the back of his head and there are three in total. Several spikes stick out from his hips/knees, his shoulders and the tips of his wings. He is still plush-like in this form.
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KamiDoragon's personality is one of loyalty. No matter what persona he takes, be it angered or gentle-natured he still respects Karas due to the vizord having not tried to harness his power in the same way every other shinigami had with their spirit. Instead Karas gave him respect and created a partnership between the two rather than the typical master/servent type like the spirit originally believed all shinigami and their zanpak-to to form. Because of that respect KamiDoragon simply does as Karas asks out of respect for the warrior, granting him his powers through the bond they forged. He is always looking out for his partner and only wishes for the best for Karas.
Inner Hollow Description:
Karas' inner hollow, like the inner hollow of all Vizards, resembles him in virtually every aspect. However there are still many differences between the two. Karas' inner hollow, known as Sarak, has pale-white skin and glowing red pupils swimming in his black eyes. His hair is still long and silver and he wears the same clothing that Karas is at that moment in time. However Sarak's clothing are black where Karas' are white and red where the Vizard's are black. His personality is just as every bit of a smart-ass as Karas. The hollow can be cynical, insulting and often thirting for a good fight. Sarak has stated he isn't out to try and gain control of Karas nor of his powers, instead he has openly assisted Karas and given him more and more access to his hollow powers. The hollow claims that as long as Karas survives so does he and he will do whatever it takes to ensure both of them remain alive.
Shikai Description:
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KamiDoragon's shikai is quite different from the typical shikai. While true shikai differ from shinigami to shinigami most often they retain some form of sword form still. For KamiDoragon that is not the case. Rather than becoming a weapon it becomes a sort of enhancement for Karas. Most noteably a set of gauntlets and matching greaves formed of a transparent dark crystal and held together by pure light. To compensate for the fact it isn't a weapon-based shikai a set of crystal daggers are formed from the remains of the original weapon to allow Karas to fight. The gauntlets have a wolf/dragon like motife where they are shaped like the heads of a dragonic/wolf-like creature, the mouths are obviously open and are positioned where from the side it would look like they are swallowing his hands from the wrist up. The full length of the gauntlets extend from just below his elbows to the top of the mouth which extends just over the backs of his hands. The greaves are slightly different and instead of having a head design turn Karas' legs from the knees down into humanoid wolf/dragon feet complete with claws at the ends of the "toes" of the boots.
The special proporties of these greaves and gauntlets is propulsion it seems. The gauntlets are able to expell light from the elbow ends rapidly enough to push his arm forward quicker, the speed building and allowing for stronger punches. The fist end of the gauntlets are capable of launching small blasts of concentrated light energy as attacks or solidifying the light around his fists to, again, increase the amount of damage delt by his punches. The greaves pose a similar ability and offer expulsion of light from the knees to propel kicks further and harder impacts. The foot part of the greaves has the same ability to expell light and propel Karas forward while running to increase his speed but at the same time they give the ability to cover his armored feet in light that can be released in a "wave-like blade" when he kicks. The gauntlets allow him to do so as well when he makes a chopping or sweeping motion but these are to a lesser degree.
Mask Description:
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Karas' mask is veguely demonic in appearance with a single red line down the front that extends slightly out from the mask itself. Two more red lines branch off on either side of the main line where the ebrows would be and angle upards only to wrap around to the hollowed side like the first. The rest of the mask is a grey/silver colore with the exception of the teeth that are completely white. Because of as much training with his hollow powers as he has gotten or is getting Karas is able to keep his mask on for up to an entire day. The time can be eaten up depending on how much power he exhausts in combat. (Max combat time would be 5 posts, non combat time would be 10).With his mask on Karas' speed in enhanced as well as his physical strength. He has full access to his ever-growing collection of hollow powers such as cero's and faster regeneration than most shinigami. Karas is even capable of putting his mask on in fragments in order to appear as an arrancar when needed.
Combat Information
Reiryoku Level:
Character Dynamic:
Karas is decently well rounded in terms of combat capabilities. While he mostly focuses on the physical aspects of battle he has some degree of control and knowledge of Kido. Because he wasn't normally interested in it he never devulged himself into it more than the nessecary Hado and Bakudo he already knows. This, to some degree, makes Kido specialized opponents difficult for him. He much rather prefers the head-on, fist-to-face approach to battling. He is, however, surprisingly adapt at using the three Kido spells he does know in combination with his had-to-hand fighting, often using such Kido as Bakudo number eight Seki at the perfect moment to block then counter strike against an opponent.
Because Karas has a love of fighting bare handed it doesn't mean he's above using weapons in combat. Having been trained by multiple combat instructors he's learned to use his sword rather adaptly when in its unreleased state. He has a love of knives and daggers and keeps several dozen hidden on his person at any given time. These can be used either as throwing knives/daggers or as a substitute for his sword. Because of the way his shikai is he often finds himself relying on these daggers and knives while in that state. Because of his training, and his fighting preference, Karas' speed and physical strength are extremely high. His speed alone is able to match his adoptive mother's quite easily and at times he is even capable of exceeding her. His defense doesn't suffer very much though it is not on-par with his other combat stats. He can take a good hit just as he is capable of giving one.
Fighting Style:
(Explained above)
Reiryoku/Reiatsu Abilities:
Name: Shunpo (Flash Step)
Class: Utility
Range: Personal
Description: The shinigami’s signature movement technique, using extreme speed and acceleration to overcome the eye’s capacity to trace movement. This ability can be used to travel quickly from one place to another, or in combat by a skilled practitioner to get a jump on the enemy. Using this skill repeatedly over the course of a battle is ill-advised, as it does not take long for the opponent’s eyes to adjust to the high-speed movement.
Name: Utsusemi (Molting Cicada)
Class: Supplementary
Range: Personal
Description: A technique that leaves a short-lived afterimage in the wake of a Shunpo, used to deceive an opponent for an offensive or defensive advantage. This ability cannot be used in rapid succession.
Name: Konso (Soul Burial)
Class: Utility
Range: Touch
Description: Shinigami use this skill to transport Plus spirits, forcefully or otherwise, to Soul Society. This is a derivative of the zanpakuto’s natural ability to purify hollows by splitting their masks.
Name: Garganta (Black Cavity)
Class: Utility
Range: Close
Description: This ability creates a dimensional opening to the Dangai space, used by Arrancar to travel to and from Hueco Mundo. Garganta is characterized by it’s rough, tearing appearance, as opposed to the very structured Senkaimon used by Shinigami.
Vizard Only Abilities
Name: Cero (Hollow Flash)
Class: Offensive
Range: Long
Description: A heavy, wide energy blast emitted from the hand, mouth, or some other body part. Cero are highly destructive and can vary greatly from user to user, able to be fired in a thin column or a wide cone-shaped emanation as appropriate to the situation, and specialists in Cero have been known to change their color. The damaging aspects of a Cero are partly heat and burning energy (not fire) and partly physical concussive force.
Name: Chosoku Saisei (High-Speed Regeneration)
Class: Utility
Range: Personal
Description: This is a vastly accelerated version of the Hollow’s natural regeneration, which allows limbs and non-vital body parts to regenerate over-time. With a moment or two of concentration, an Arrancar can quickly regenerate a lost limb or body part (with the exception of vital organs) to continue fighting after sustaining a significant injury. Only very rare and specialized Arrancar possess this ability, as it is contradicting to the “tempering” aspect of Shini-Hollow Hybridization.
Known Kido: {Shinigami Only}
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