Shinigami Info and Ranks

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Baseline Information

The shinigami are a race of individuals whom possess the power to purify the souls of the deceased and send them back to soul society. Possessing the innate ability to heighten their power through various stages, the shinigami can attain stages known as Shikai and Bankai, which only further their prowess. A shinigami's soul is split into two beings. The first is their own consciousness and intelligence, given no special name. The split comes in the form of a secondary personality, separate visage, and abilities. This secondary spirit is known as the Zanpakuto spirit, and is where the abilities of the shinigami's zanpakuto come from. This spirit resides within a mental world created by the shinigami's subconscious. The first step to obtaining greater power is to find a way into this world. After one is capable of finding this inner world and their zanpakuto spirit, they are capable of fighting said spirit and obtaining a higher level or power. This world is, like nearly every aspect of a zanpakuto, completely unique to the shinigami in question.

The sole (lol soul) enemies of those known as Hollow and their evolution, the arrancar, the shinigami have mobilised as an organization known as the Gotei 6, they are split into various squads specifically for a specialty within the squads. These squads are further split into rankings that show each shinigami's current power level. The strongest of the shinigami is known as the Captain Commander. The captain commander is also the captain of squad one. Each squad has such a captain, and the captain are normally referred to as the strongest of the shinigami. Beneath each captain is hopefully a lieutenent, and under them are squad members.

All shinigami reside in Soul Society, a dimension that exists outside of hueco mundo, the hollow dimension, which exists just outside the human dimension relatively. In order to cross between the two, there are several options. The first is to use a senkaimon, which is a personal gateway that can only truly be accessed with the use of a Hell Butterfly. This gateway, with the butterfly, will allow for the user to bypass the Precipice world (more information in another post) without harm. Alternatively, a shinigami could potentially use a garganta, which is a hollow technique adapted by Kido. If one's zanpakuto gives them the ability to open portals and doorways, that is another possible way to cross the dimensions.

The Divisions

Within Seireitei there are six total Divisions that make up the Imperial Court Guard. These are known as the Gotei Six. There is also a seventh Division within the Third Division known as the Kido Corps. Each Division has a Captain who is served by a Lieutenant and hand-picked Seated Officers that run the Division. Under them are the general Shinigami recruits. This represents the entire military force of Soul Society, and they are headed by the Captain Commander who runs the First Division.

First Division: This division are the generalists. Although not specialized in anything in particular, the people in this division are very good at everything. For this they are given the privilege, no, the honor of serving directly under the Captain Commander himself! Out of all of the Divisions, it is possible that the First Division is the most prideful.

Second Division: Stealth, assassination, and all of the less-than-pretty things you'd rather not think about. That's what Second Division does, loves, and performs well. The most precise, merciless, and deadly of all of the Divisions within Seireitei. They also handle criminal investigations within Seireitei, and it is said the only thing colder than their Captain's heart is his/her blade.

Third Division: Sometimes you get punched. Sometimes you get cut. Sometimes you're brutally torn in half by the jagged edge of a giant axe and left to die by the side of the road. Whatever the case, Third Division is there to save your bacon. This is the Medical Division, and they specialize in Kido Healing.

• Kidō Corps: Led by a General and Lieutenant, the Kidō Corps represents the best Demon Arts specialists in Seireitei. Whether it be Bakudō or Hadō, all are welcome to flex their skills and learn the ways of Shinigami magic!

Fourth Division: My fine sir, it seems you may have stumbled upon the humble home of the Research and Development Division of Seireitei! That is right, we are the gentlemen who handle all of the greatest breakthroughs seen by Seireitei and are populated by only the best minds the Shinigami have to offer. That particularly persistent rumor about the Captain being the greatest genius in Seireitei? Very true, friend. Very true.

Fifth Division: Kicking your ass. If we're not doing that right now, we will be in a few seconds. That's because this is the melee-combat oriented division. It is said that the best fighters of Seireitei are housed within this Division, and the Captain purported to be the greatest of them all.

Central Forty-Six Guard: These men and women guard the members of the Central Forty-Six. Each of them have the authority to command any squad in any Division. They are known to be very elite and thus it is harder to get into this Division than normal ones.


Soul King: Nothing to little is known about this person other than he is the ultimate ruling factor over the Central 46 and the complete Seireitei. For thousands of years he has separated himself from everything and everyone. Locked in his own world. There are speculations that he commands a Division called Division0, but that is pure speculation and as of right now unfounded. In order to get into his kingdom you must first obtain the Soul Key, which is heavily guarded by the Central 46 and the only person who knows how to use this key is the Captain Commander. That knowledge being passed down from CC to the new CC.

The Noble Families

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The Zanpakuto

A zanpakuto (soul cutter) is a weapon that has a maximum of three forms or shapes which is used to help slay hollow. These forms are standardly known as Unsealed, Shikai, and Bankai. In its unsealed state, a zanpakuto resembles a very basic katana or wakizashi. While this appears to be the standard in the anime, we are going to allow shikai to be any form of sword. This does not include broardsword, or anything massive (such as Cloud Strife). Please keep this in moderation. Shikai is where the true abilities of the zanpakuto are revealed. Every zanpakuto has a unique name and callphrase. Once these are uttered, the zanpakuto will unleash it's shikai state and provide the owner with an abundance of power.

Shikai: Once shikai state (which means first release) has been unleashed, which must be first obtained by fighting or coming to agreement with your zanpakuto spirit while inside the inner world, the sword undergoes a transformation that can range from superficial to on a much higher, molecular level. This change does not affect the user as much as the weapon, so be very careful when creating it.

Bankai: The final stage of the zanpakuto is known as Bankai, or full release. Bankai unleashes the full potential and power of a shinigami, and can include changes to the weapon, body of the user, and possibly even the abilities. Bankai is a true testiment to the shinigami's power, as they must have vast levels of control over their zapakuto in order to obtain it, let alone utilizie it properly. Despite the norm for obtaining bankai be while your character is in conjunction with the gotei, most notably as a captain, it is possible to obtain it through other means, although this is very difficult.

A zanpakuto's blade is where the name comes from. If a zanpakuto blade slices the mask of a hollow (hence soul cutter) an interesting reaction will occur. The hollow will lose all of it's hollow-like traits and become a pure soul once more. After this, soul burial can commence. Alternatively, the hollow will be dragged into hell. More information on this will be revealed in the hollow racial information page.

Other Abilities

Aside from a Zanpakuto, a shinigami has various other abilities they are capable of using, most notably in the manifestation of Kido. Kido, also known as the Demon Arts, is the manifestation of magical spells utilized by Shinigami through the use of a special incantation. Two types of kido exist, known as Hado and Bakudo. Hado is the collective term for offensive spells, while Bakudo is for sealing and entrapment spells. Kido must be used with the incantation in order for the full power to be realized, although enough training can ensure that kido may be used without it, at the cost of lowering it's power level. For example, Bakudo #9, "Disintegrate, you black dog of Rondanini! Look upon yourself with horror and then claw out your own throat! Bakudo #9, Geki!" Would be a lot more powerful then just "Bakudo #9, Geki!"

Shunpo is another ability available to shinigami en masse. Also known as Flash Step, Shunpo is a high-speed movement that gives a temporary burst of speed to a shinigami to allow for them to traverse a greater distance then a normal step would allow at speeds that render the vision of such movement almost impossible. While using this technique, the shinigami will release a swishing sound.

Basic Skills

All shinigami have basic abilities that have very basic, minimal costs.

Shunpo - Costs 1 stamina per use.

Kidō - Look below for further details

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Division Ranks and Starting EP

Captain Commander: 800 EP

Captain: 600 EP
Lieutenant: 400 EP
3rd Seat: 300 EP
4th Seat: 250 EP
5th Seat: 200 EP
6th Seat: 150 EP
Academy Student or Rookie: 125 EP

Special EP Bonus:
Nobility: 20 EP

Division Character Spots

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Captain: Kenshou Ine
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