~General Information~
Name: Itō Sengo Masahi
Nickname/Alias: Sengo. Akumu(Nightmare)
Weight: 143lbs
Height: 6ft 11inches
Age: 511 actual,died at the age of 23, Visually is 44
Gender: Male
~Character Information~
Appearance: A rouge like fellow in appearance, While certainly one to wear uniform, The uniform looks as if a Vagabond had worn it without ever actually bathing or taking it off. Clothing aside he's tall by traditional Japanese standards towering over many during his life time and even now at a staggering six feet eleven inches.Due to his own personal lifestyle as a Shinigami, and how he lived as a human his body is well built for pure combat. The Muscle however unlike those of a body builder are slender not really revealing the full underlying power of his physique. The overall complexion of his body is carved out and slenderly toned.
While certainly a warrior and proud to be one, it is his lazy manner of holding himself slouching in the mid back and walking slowly With his head half bowed causing the messy rather untouched hair to cover his face with its black strands.On the rare occasions he's standing at full his face shows the appearance of thin eyebrows set slightly above his eyes with a tilt to them giving a serious look. The eyes themselves are inset into his skull giving them a rather gaunt and ghoulish manner with even colder and nasty eyes themselves. The pupil a jade green that has a gleam in it as if ready to kill and a cold indifferent feel to them.
With all the normal things that people would notice the abnormal is that his body like the carved out muscle tone, is filled equally with scars from gashes running down his face diagonally to the left as if cutting it in two. To the deep sword marks covering arms, legs and chest with the most striking a scar that resembles a crater like gash in the middle of his spine on his back with a trailing scar leading off the the right. As if stabbed viciously and then cut partially in-half.
Clothing: Usually wearing if not always the standard Shihakushō, including its white shitagi, black kosode,hakama and white hakama-himo,tabi and waraji. Over which he also wears a rather torn up almost destroyed Kimono that is blood stained to the point its original color is a mystery. Aside from the standard dress and his own clothes that he doesn't part with he also wears the Haori of his division and a half destroyed lieutenant armband that was later replaced by a new one in the event a new lieutenant is appointed. The armband like the Haori is of the same division.
Personality: A varied individual, who despite having been dead for five hundred eleven years still is as laid back yet serious as when he was alive if not more so. When fighting he prefers to demolish anything around him if he can't do pinpoint attacks. With arguments he is usually one ignore the other either flat our or pretend. With arguments among his squad he simply resorts to the usually unruly brawling to settle things and add to his own personal training as well as the rest of the squads. But in most situations he has a level head despite the archaic approach he has to many things.
Enjoys others being around but not so much as to suffocate him doesn't really follow given orders if they clash with his own beliefs, but shows a strong loyalty to his squad to the point of keeping the decommissioned lieutenant armband of which was his previous post. As for the others in his squad in his own overly violent and brute like way he cares for them often drilling them in group combat as well as single encounter fighter usually as punishment or when one of the members loses a fight as he gets word of it. Of course being the fair person he is the entire squad that can be found is to train with the ones needing it. Doesn't trust anyone fully even his own squad and usually goes silent when his death is brought up.
Aside from the depressive silence he can occasionally enter into when stuck talking about something he doesn't want to recall to mind. He can show complete and utter disregard for personal safety and others when irritated enough to cause him to lash out full force. Doesn't turn down any fight that is asked of him no matter the odds and will always stand and fight even if on the verge of death. Can be a rather blatant ass when lectured, when drunk has the habit of picking fights and getting lost. To that respect he rarely drinks unless depressed or invited to a drinking party.
~Rank/Gotei 13~
Rank:Captain
Division: 11th
Zanpakutō Information~
Zanpakutō Name:Karasu no joō (crow queen)
Zanpakutō Look:N/A
Zanpakutō Transform look:Looks more or less like a Zanpakutō usually does when sealed. Though not quite a ordinary katana as its reach is equivalent to a Nodachi due to a semi invisible blade of air extending off it.
Zanpakutō Power:The extension of the blade via the air barrier surrounding the entire blade while sharp like the blade itself is really for not just extending its reach but sending off a visible fast moving vorpal blade of wind in the direction the blade may be swung in combat each just as sharp as the blade itself. Making for a rather nasty combination assault of two or more blades instead of just the blade itself.
~Bankai info~Information~
Bankai Name:Kurayami no naka o shūgeki,Karasu no joō(Storming Darkness, Karasu no joō )
Bankai Look:The blade with a rather violent explosion of reiatsu around the owner splits into two identical blades with the same original power as the Shikai though much stronger.
Bankai Power: Retains the Shikai's power at a much more potent state, the vorpal blade cast by the blades when swung is semi-invisible looking more like a shimmer and is a lot faster. The bankai has it own power when the user is at full strength or intending to use full strength by surrounding the two blades in a swirling vortex of wind that is capable of tearing skin from bone. The wind is noticeable by the fact that inside the vortex is a large quantity of black feathers making the effect quite visible. The vortex itself can fire off many smaller versions of itself that like a tornado will tear up anything in its path before vanishing back to its origin shortly after.
~Skills/Powers~
Skill Specialty:Permanent Shikai, High Reiatsu
Name:N/A
Range:Self, Others in the case of the Reiatsu as well
Info:He has a constant release Shikai due to lack of care to seal it. Heavy and massive Reiatsu at base, At full strength It can feel suffocating to be anywhere near him within 10meters or so. In Bankai at full combat force his Reiatsu is strong enough for normal humans to notice, as well as suffocate normal Konpaku and weaker unseated shinigami/academy students.
Skill Specialty:Uses 100% of the body raw physical force in a 3 hit succession strike starting at the opponents hip and moving up diagonally, followed by a vertical half cleave and the blade being jerked half way in horizontal motion out of the opponents body.
Name:Ten to chi:Oni kankō (Heaven and Earth: Ogre Hushing)
Range: Single opponent close range.
InfoThe attack starting at the opponents hip and moving up diagonally, followed by a vertical half cleave and the blade being jerked half way in horizontal motion out of the opponents body. Using the user full physical strength to viciously rip the opponent apart.(Can be used many times, missing on the initial attack leave the user open to attack despite still being able to follow it up with the remaining strikes.)
Skill Specialty:Eyesight blinding, with follow up attacks
Name:Ten to chi: Mantenpesuto o taberu (Heaven and Earth:Man-Eating Tempest)
Range:Single Target preference close range
Info:A technique for blinding the opponent with the users blood in the even one is forced to grip the blade itself the first attack it to the eyes. If one had to grip the blade then their own blood will initially blind their opponent if not avoided while the follow up attack of the remainder of the blade will attempt to cut the eyes, before the final attacks to the groin with the knee and either a heavy palm to the chest or in bankai the second blade through the heart.(If the first part of the attack is avoided the user is left wide open to return assault.)
Skill Specialty:Fast quick draw step in technique.
Name:Ten to chi: Shadouburēdo (Heaven and Earth:Shadow blade)
Range:Single Target Preference, Multi target possible distance of movement max for attack 10 meters.
Info:A offshoot of the Ten to chi:Saisho no shōkei kōgeki,Tengoku no kurai it is performed by moving quickly towards the opponent or opponents and drawing the blade and quickly side stepping to seemingly vanish before appearing behind a opponent and attacking their back horizontally or vertically aiming for the spine. (Those with higher forms of Shunpo can counter the attack easily as it is akin to Senka, those only able to use shunpo can evade or block, while those with little ability towards shunpo can block it if attentive.)
Skill Specialty:Shinigami Advanced Shunpo Techniques
Name:Shunpo, Senka, Utsusemi
Range:Self moving distance with just Shunpo 2 miles a step, Senka single or multi opponent, distance of movement max for attack 20 meters. Utsusemi self, moving distance max 3meters per use
Info:Shunpo is moving from point a to point b with the least amount of steps, Senka is a attack using shunpo to attack the Saketsu and Hakusui while slower than a full shunpo the close distance makes it harder to avoid usually, Utsusemi afterimage effect of extremely short distance shunpo steps mainly to avoid attacks.(Senka can be avoided the same as Ten to chi: Shadouburēdo)
Skill Specialty:Succession Technique, High speed moving blade draw followed by attacks
Name: Ten to chi:Saisho no shōkei kōgeki,Tengoku no kurai (Heaven and Earth First Succession Attack:Heaven's Cry)
Range:Single Target constant moving attack distance to be successful 2 meters constantly
Info:The attack is a moving sword drawing attack that aims for the right lung first and is then followed by a horizontal cut outwards to creating a gaping out in not only the lung but the chest region itself. The attacks final blow is a returning stab or horizontal, or diagonal cleave into the gaping wound.
(The attack can be avoided but since it can be used repeatedly so long as the blade is returned to its saya before being redrawn it is best to simply block if able and attack during the time needed to redraw the blade, other wise your likely to just get chased around and attacked at)
Skill Specialty: Final Succession Technique
Name:Ten to chi:Saishū-tekina shōkei-hō, Tengoku, jigoku to chikyū no eien (Heaven and Earth Final Succession Technique: Heaven, Earth and Hell's Eternity)
Range:Self and Opponent
Info:Pushing the body to its utmost limit and pulling out every last bit of physical power of the user this technique is to strike with the users full intent using Shikai or Bankai a Technique that unlike the rest of the Ten to chi was learned after death. Not only is the physical body strained during the technique the user's full reiatsu is focused for a single moment in the final attack leaving the user after wards either dead, or in a near death state and for years weakened severely due to debilitating pain. If used while in bankai and at true full power it will either kill the user outright or cripple him for life destroying his Saketsu and Hakusui entirely along with the Zanpakutō's soul and physical form, ending his career as a Shinigami for eternity and leaving him with intense pain for the rest of his days.
The attack is performed after collecting 100% of the body's physical power in a succession of step in three hit attacks broken down into 3 stages. The first is the same as Oni kankō and executed in the same manner. The second stage is similar to Senka except targeting not only the Saketsu and Hakusui but each major organ in quick succession. While the final stage require bankai to be fully active and it starts as the user attacking thin air sending off the tornado's surrounding his blades before rushing in with Shunpo and his full physical power behind it to deliver a barrage of not only slashes and cleaves but heavy kicks and punches to any open spot he can find or the opponents guard till it breaks.
With the final attack being one that expends all the users reiatsu in a cleaving strike that when performed would create a massive tornado of reiatsu around the opponent to demolish them entirely along with pretty much anything around the two of them. After wards the user would collapse and either die or lose all his powers and suffer immense pain forever.
(avoidable by managing to get out of the attacks path enough times to have the user simply burn out as the attack can only be used for 3 posts in a row before exhaustion hits and the user passes out from it, being a finisher attack its unlikely to be used unless in dire need or able to safely use stage 1 and 2 after another attack of some sort, stage 3 and the final attack are last resort attacks meaning only in the event of a severe enough threat would they be considered)
~History~
History/Background Story:
Before Death Arc: Taking place in the times before modern day Tokyo and in the warring states period in Edo. Ito Masahi was born to a rather long line of samurai. During the period as Ito grew up he learned both how the world around him worked through rigorous combat training to prepare him for his station in life. As well as more refined though seldom used grace of traditional ceremony, ranging from proper sitting and drink of tea to the more serious matter of burials and honoring ones family name. While certainly one eager to learn anything and everything Ito lacked the attention span to really care for many of the refined methods and rarely if ever attended ceremonies not fit for a warrior as he usually put it.
The attitude he had was perfect for a warrior but not so much for a noble of which his birth right proclaimed him a nobleman samurai. Instead of following along with his families traditions by being a retainer for the clan head he set out into the world to make his own name and shortly after took up Sengo as his proper last name and delegating his family to his middle despite the odd manner of how he wrote it using it as his last visibly. However his adoption of the Sengo name wasn't on a whim but instead a sign of respect for the man who later would teach him the very style of combat he would later employ as a Hitokiri for the Bakumatsu war that was brewing.
His master with the gentle manners and kindness of a wild-boar beat each and every technique into his body so that even if he could not remember them with his brain his body would react on its own if given the right stimulus. Luckily for Ito he learned the techniques in both manners allowing him their use on command though he was given warning to never use the higher arts unless ready to die due to the strain they would put on his body at the time.After completing his long arduous training he signs on for the war effort as a Hitokiri mercenary. Through many skirmishes and clashes with others his name spreads quickly as a monster on the open battlefield.
As however the war grew on he made a active commitment and joined one of the most famous groups of Hitokiri Samurai during the era the Shinsengumi. During which time he was given the room to improve and further his name to the point the public attached to his name their own personal title Ito Sengo the Akumu. However despite his fame eventually he was killed, in a manner that was odder than many of his comrades. His wife was the person who did him in during the night two days before the end of the war, she ran him through with his own blade attacking his unguarded back in his sleep and cutting him partially in half.
After Death Arc:After his wife murdered him in his sleep Ito found himself perplexedly floating above his corpse. The event while shocking and insulting to him had him even more confused as he had no idea why his wife would be angry enough to kill him.After giving up on thinking on his fault that resulted in his death he attends his ow wake and funeral out of curiosity of how others would react to his demise.Not being surprised in the slightest that the only turn out was his former comrades that where still alive and that they said little to nothing merely giving their respects before going about their own lives.
On the very same day as his funeral a passing Shinigami finds him and questions him a great deal before forcefully dragging Ito to Seireitei and dropping him off in the nearest Rukongai district before leaving. Confused even more Ito wanders about the Rukongai districts farthest parts. His attitude still remained as it did in life and as such any and all who picked fights with him usually got one regardless of the area around them. Resulting in bloody brawls in the middle of the streets through almost every district Ito visited. The constant state of conflict and threat to his very soul created the sleeping Reiatsu inside of him to well up to the surface and explode. Resulting in the first change of many his clothing turning into a shinigami outfit and a sword materializing in his hand. Despite the changes however he had no special powers beyond his fighting techniques in his living form.
The changes did make life worse for Ito as not only did the local thugs actively try and kill him so to did many other creatures ranging from other Shinigami without rank who mistook him for a rouge, and hollows who managed to get into to Seireitei trying to eat him for a meal. In the case of most he fought them off until able to escape,except for the few cases where he did his all to cripple or kill his would be attacker. As the complaints against him continued to pile up a team of Shinigami where dispatched to his residence in the middle regions of the Rukongai and upon discovering Ito questioned him many times before escorting him to the academy Shinigami hopefuls attended. Giving him the options of death or enroll and conduct himself more peacefully.
Being one that rarely turns down a challenge he enrolls and quickly finds kidou classes to be over his head. To the point that the idea of such a thing seemed silly. The attitude he had with the kidou instruction was such that he easily failed out of every course for it even the remedial. His attention was set simply on the Zanjutsu and Hakuda classes as well as battle strategy and tactics. In the span of ten years he passed every course relating to those that interested him and was given his squad and seat placement test. To which he participated in live combat against both the third seat and lieutenant of squad eleven both of which he had personally challenged. His bout with the two different seats left him exhausted and tired and earned him the fourth seats position.
Upon his placement he was given missions after missions to fight hollows to the point he rarely had time to rest. Though after another four years or so he would challenge the lieutenant again in single combat and take the position of lieutenant for himself, Though sparing the lieutenants life since he didn't feel like killing him. Resulting in the former lieutenants retirement from active duty, which effectively left Ito as the second in command of the most unruly of squads. The position offered him many more missions and even chances for training with his captain.
Things of which he took advantage of as much as he could. During his breaks he learned how to converse with his Zanpakutō learning many things of which he couldn't access before. Twenty years pass as he maintain his momentum of learning eagerly when he hits the first brick wall in overcoming the power gap between him and his captain. Bankai while Ito had learned it during the same year he had yet to effectively use it in actual combat. With a promise to himself he repeatedly challenged his captain using his Bankai's power for nearly two hundred years he repeated the same challenges over and over. Fifty years pass after the constant challenges with Ito doing personal training alone against hollows and his Zanpakutō's spirit. Until he challenges his captain again with the confidence to take his position the challenge started in the early morning. But despite the lack of attendance it wasn't long until the fights ruckus cause many of the other squads to flock to the scene.
The battle raged for several days neither side giving way until of course Ito unleashed his Bankai's actual power. The destruction it caused was enormous destroying the entire squad eleven barracks and office. The fight continues on until the former captain in a bide for recovery backs away only to have Ito cripple him with Senka. With his Bankai still actively nearly killing the captain instead of crippling him.Shortly after the battle and much more paper work and the repairs Ito's former captain dies from the excessive wounds sustained from Ito's Bankai, Senka combo. Resulting in Ito's promotion to Captain and soon after suspension from duty as part of punishment along with cleaning up and paper work for the mess he caused. After coming off suspension and finishing the clean up and repairs Ito settles down and leads the average Captain life training himself and the squad to ensure they all stated in tiptop shape in the event of war or other outbreak of violence.
During the years up until the present aside from constantly doing missions and training, Ito has developed his old fighting style to work with Zanjutsu even more and even created a new technique of which he has yet to use on anything out of fear the side effects would effect him to harshly.
~RP Sample~
Role-play Sample: Should be added tonight, or tomorrow if not then, then the day after tomorrow so I can figure out what to put.
Mon Apr 09, 2012 12:47 am by 
Subject: Ito Sengo Masahi (Done except Rp Sample) 
