[Hybrid] Henrex Astillon, The Living Tempest [APPROVED, 0-3]

Henrex, when he was alive, was a member of a powerful samurai academy in Kyoto, Japan. He trained under Takeshi Masamoto, the greatest samurai the human world had ever known. His father, Zanthor Astillon, was the one who sent him off to train under Masamoto in hopes Henrex would grow to become as strong as Masamoto. But one day, a ninja clan attacked, with their leader being Japan’s infamous ninja assassin, Dokugan Ryu (Dragon Eye). Dokugan Ryu raided Masamoto’s school, killing everyone. Henrex did not survive, he was killed by Dokugan Ryu himself. He stabbed him multiple times in the stomach, as Henrex was alive for the torture he endured. Dokugan continued to stab him as he laughed over Henrex’s bloodied corpse. All Henrex could see before he died was blood, Dokugan Ryu laughing….and then white…

When Henrex awoke, he found the Chain of Fate protruding from his chest, and he looked around the bloody scene of his death, wondering how and why he was there. He wandered the halls of the burning school, looking for anyone in a Plus form. After a few months of waiting, Henrex heard someone approaching. On instinct, he hid, although he didn’t realize he has a high amount of Reiatsu, and he wasn’t suppressing it. The Shinigami easily sensed his spiritual pressure and told him to come out, to which he did. Henrex came out slowly, scanning this strange man up and down, eyeing the sword at his side, and looked him in the eyes. Henrex had always been one for seeing into someone’s eyes, and seeing their emotions or personality.

What he saw was warm, friendly eyes, as if he were staring into the eyes of an old friend, about to sit down and simply chat with him. Henrex looked at the man, partially afraid. What did he want with him? What was he going to do, kill him? He was certainly armed. Henrex listened to the Shinigami as he told him about the Soul Society, and how he was a Shinigami. Henrex slowly backed up as he drew the sword. The man smiled at him and said he didn’t need to be afraid, as he wasn’t going to kill him, but simply perform Konso on him and send him to this “Soul Society”. Henrex shrank back, afraid, leading the Shinigami to have to chase after him for a while. After the unknown Shinigami tackled him and forced a Konso on him, Henrex woke up in the Soul Society, outside the Rukongai village.

Henrex wandered the Rukongai village, before remembering what the Shinigami had said about the Soul Society and how he could possibly become a Shinigami. Henrex looked at the massive building, which was the Seireitei, in awe. Henrex ran towards the wall and started climbing, but hit the barrier and couldn’t climb over, so he simply stared at the inside of the Seireitei from the top of the wall, staring in amazement. He stared at it for a little, before losing his balance and falling. Henrex, after a long time, passed his exams and became a Shinigami. Henrex soon received an Asauchi, the nameless sword all unseated Shinigami get, which eventually became his Zanpakutō, Chiya, the Blade of One Thousand Shadows.

After a while of being a Shinigami, Henrex overheard a conversation about something called “PhantomTech”. Henrex grew curious and looked up information about it, which lead him to getting the surgery, installing a Cyberbrain in his left eye. He visited the Cybermind, gaining him an add-on that gives him the ability to process and scan things at hyper speeds. He also gained multiple add-ons that assist him both in combat, and out of combat.

NATURAL TRAITS OF THE RAVEN

Personal Tulpa - Ken no kibō (剣の希望, Hope Of The Sword): The spawn of Henrex's swordsmanship is rather simple. With azure blue light surrounding his hand, then jettisoning outwards to form a large blade, that is Henrex's Tulpa. This weapon has no defined shape, and due to Henrex's extreme prowess with bladed weapons, he can make this weapon take on any kind of blade that he wishes, thought he prefers to keep it in the shape of a large great sword. When it comes to how this works, the blade is quite literally an attachment and extension of Henrex's arm, with Henrex's arm gripping onto an "imaginary" handle of the blade.

The weapon itself -- while active -- can be manipulated to change it's shape, which allows it a large amount of versatility in combat. This works in a way similar to Body Manipulation, with the applications and techniques that are available are up for Henrex to find out and fully utilize. However, there is one major limit to this -- which would be how far the blade can be extended. The maximum length that this can be extended to would be around one and a half miles.

Personal Tulpa:

Full Tulpa - Ken no gādian (剣の守護者, Guardian Of The Blade's Hope): The Full Tulpa of Henrex Astillon is truly a creature that fits the term "guardian". Standing at nearly forty two feet tall, along with it's bulky attire to reflect it's amazing strength, completing it with a large katana to be unsheathed and sheathed at any time, Ken no gaidian is quite the monster. The main power that this creature possesses is it's titanic strength, especially within the blade of the sword, able to cause immense effect on the world around him with simple swings, such as causing massive gusts of winds -- an example of how powerful this creature is. Not only that, but the creature can also use the hat on it's head, the sheath, and it's physical body to attack, although Henrex and the Tulpa prefer the weapon.

Full Tulpa:

The Sixteen Fists: What ARE the Sixteen Fists? Well, they are a collection of various techniques that the shinobi have used for well over six centuries. These techniques, as shown by many shinobi during the Edo era of Japan and beyond, have been noted to have one main concept -- Use the entire body as a living, breathing weapon. So, with that said, it should be noted that users of this "style" of martial art are extremely unpredictable, and can often be seen using this kind of style to break through defenses, or, even more so, for surprise attacks to go through defenses. These are considered more advanced maneuvers with the fists and are not commonly used as such. While two of the following are actually concepts that one should be aware of when using this kind of style, these techniques should not be taken lightly. These techniques can be found here.

Ninjutsu: What would a ninja be without their training? A dead man or woman, that is what they would be. The ninja have been around for hundreds of years, and these core concepts and skills have been the essentials for one to become a true shinobi. But, that is not the entirety of what the shinobi follow. While samurai have their seven virtues of bushido, ninja follow the code of niniku. Many people believe the ninja to be faceless, merciless assassins, but they truly are the opposite. While they are, in technicality, assassins for hire -- they prefer to avoid direct killing when it comes to missions and jobs, unless they are directly required to.

Henrex is extremely well versed of all the ninja arts -- as noted by the ninja grand master of the Iga shinobi, Soke -- and has been noted to be nearly unmatched in a good portion of the ninja arts. Rumors even went around saying that Henrex could possibly have been a reincarnation of the legendary samurai-to-ninja, Hattori Hanzo with how skilled he was, as well as how he became a ninja. So, with that said, below are a list of the techniques and skills that a ninja learns with the art of ninjutsu.

• Bōjutsu – stick and staff techniques
  
• Chōhō – espionage
  
• Hensōjutsu – disguise and impersonation
  
• Intonjutsu – escaping and concealment
  
• Kayakujutsu – pyrotechnics
  
• Kenjutsu – sword techniques
  
• Kusarigamajutsu – kusarigama (chain-sickle) techniques
  
• Naginatajutsu – naginata (polearm) techniques
  
• Seishinteki kyōyō – spiritual refinement
  
• Shinobi-iri – stealth and infiltration
  
• Shurikenjutsu – throwing weapons techniques
  
• Sōjutsu – spear techniques
  
• Sui-ren – water training
  
• Taijutsu – unarmed combat
  

Dantian Form - Great Ocean Beast: Great Ocean Beast is a Dantian that grants the power of its namesake, the Ocean. Raging seas and crashing waves allow for a might beyond the usual of Qi and also grants a Dantian the scope of the very seas themselves. Vast, and broad, the usage of techniques is not a thing that should be paid any mind to one with a full Dantian, however, like the Ocean it is a long and arduous process to fill once emptied. The cavernous size also hampers compression of Jing and results in a slow process from raw energy to purified energy. The work of many continuous hours, those who possess this Dantian develop a strong sense of patience. Rank: Bronze I

Shinmeiryuu: Translating to God’s Cry School, this sword style is considered the brother to Tai Chi Fist. Over three thousand years old, Shinmeiryuu is a very scarce kenjutsu in the modern world of 2417. In the likeness of Tai Chi, this is a style that advances and grows stronger as the user continues to practice the style itself, as well as with cultivation of the user’s Dantian. Control of the blade is key, as this is something that requires a large amount of skill in the way of the sword in order to be able to grasp fully, and use to its maximum potential, another parallel to how Tai Chi Fist requires incredible martial skill to perform and master. However, what is strange about this particular sword style, as well as what makes it different from Tai Chi Fist, is that ranks one, four, and seven are not standalone techniques that require Qi. Instead, tying to the nature of a sword, they are “stances”. These are ways of holding the weapon that grants the user access to the two other techniques that require that prerequisite. Furthermore, this parallels to Tai Chi Fist even more with the fact that Shinmeiryuu itself -- outside the nine techniques that it grants -- is just the starting point for Gods' Cry School. This technique itself is just the simple practicing kata of the entirety. There is little cultivation for this, but there is still so much more to something so simple. Further information, along with the techniques of this style can be found here.

Cardinal Seal Appearance



Cardinal Seal Release Appearance



» Cardinal Seal Release Powers (General Information): Most of the abilities that Henrex has when he activates his Cardinal Seal are based on improving his body, rather than giving him a larger pool of electrical techniques to draw from. As he has his Zanpakuto, there is no real reason for him to have more electrical, or storm based techniques that are "external" in usage, and so, Henrex's Cardinal Seal is mainly for bodily, or internal improvement -- boosting his speed, charging his body with electricity, etc.

Immense Speed Boost: To tie into the theme of Henrex, the main skill that comes from the Cardinal Seal being active is that his speed is immensely boosted from what is was. While it does not boost it by a full skill tier, his speed is boosted even further than his natural talent and his current skill level grants him. Able to hit Mach 3 speeds casually with only slight exhaustion after prolonged use, Henrex's speed gets even more dangerous when this is active.

Charged Body: Upon the activation of the Cardinal Seal, there is one thing that brings the entirety of Henrex's Cardinal Seal together, which is the fact that his entire body is constantly and always charged with electricity while the Cardinal Seal is active, granting him not only the plethora of abilities with the Seal, but along with granting him a few enhancements when this does activate. Initially, one can notice that this is what causes Henrex to be able to go so much faster, as his legs are heavily charged with extreme levels of electricity, which is also shared throughout his body. Another thing that should be noted is that it is not just his movement speed that is boosted from this -- but rather, all types of speed are boosted from the activation.

Attack speed, combat speed, flight speed, etc. All of which are boosted to beyond Henrex's current limits, which can grant him the ability to move at speeds that the eye couldn't not be able to track, unless someone was exceptionally good at seeing what would normally be considered to be unable to be seen or tracked. Furthermore, there are even more applications to be used for the charged body that Henrex gains, such as when it comes to switching to an offensive playstyle, he would have the opportunity to use this electricity as a medium, and not have to use any of his own energy. This grants him a large amount of longevity when it comes down to fighting, as it allows him to utilize multiple sources of energy to their fullest.

Dragon Hide: This is a passive ability that is active the moment that the Cardinal Seal is released. When this is active, two things happen, one of which is directly tied into the appearance of the Cardinal Seal's released form. The markings that spread across his body from when the seal is released are not just there to make his appearance change because of the seal, but rather is something that is meant to aid the basis of the Cardinal Seal, and make something for Henrex out of such. The Cardinal Seal of the East was heavily noted as a draconic being with the power over storms. Dragon Hide does just that. Covering Henrex's body with the markings, but also covering it with a blue, scaly material that is able to provide a defense towards oncoming attacks. This has the strength of an Advanced Hierro user, and lasts for seven posts, before having a cooldown of five posts.

Weather Resistance: This ability is rather simple. Someone who deals heavily with the weather, and has a large influence on it outside of the Cardinal Seal, it should come as no surprise that somewhere, his kit would eventually involve himself building a resistance to the very thing that he uses. This ability is a passive that Henrex gains while he has his Cardinal Seal released. When it comes to the aspects of the weather, Henrex has an extreme resistance to the effects of things like snow, rain, and so on. For example, if someone were to cause a large snowstorm, Henrex would be practically unaffected from the massive temperature drop in the area, unless it were to get to levels that dropped heavily below zero. While he is not entirely immune, it is very, very hard for to be affected by those types of things, and can often times give him the advantage when in a fight that contains a certain element.

Lightning Claws: This is another passive that is gained through the activation of Henrex's Cardinal Seal. Again, the Cardinal Seal is referenced through the Unabara as a draconian beast with the power over storms, and claws that could lash out and deal immense damage with the amount of voltage that is placed within their claws. With this, the tips of Henrex's fingers are immediately sharpened to extreme extends, allowing him to cut through some objects and potentially even buildings as if they were butter. However, that is not the only thing that is granted when these claws are active, as they also contain electricity that have the potential of overloading the nervous system of someone extremely low in tier, or someone with Adept Durability and below. To follow up with that, this process is by far painless. Someone at Adept Pain Endurance will feel excruciating pain from just a single attack. However, these claws do have one primary downside, which is that they drain a small portion of energy when striking with the claws directly. If the electricity is not directly touching the opponent, it will not use up energy.

Breath of the East: This is an extremely basic, powerful, but yet complex attack. While dragons in various media and mythology are generalized to be of one specific element, and have the trademark elemental breath be their main style of attack, a dragon who controls storm are not held back by such limitations -- as being something that is able to control multiple elements if given the ability to do so. With Henrex, he is able to combine it all into a single breath attack. By combining water, air, lightning, and ice, Henrex can create The Breath of the East. With the power of several Grand Rey Ceros, this attack is able to produce quite the amount of damage in even just a single attack. This is something that can be used five times before going on cooldown, which is seven posts.

Featherblades: This is one of the abilities that Henrex has been able to manifest through his wings, so that they may have another use, outside of regular flight. By using some of the energy that is spread to his wings naturally -- granting him a further area to store and release energy from -- Henrex is able to use the feathers of his wings to make himself even further armed. There is are natural traits that comes for the wings as a result of this, which is that his feathers become as sharp as a typical sword, leaving him with the option of using his wings as an attacking method. The sharpness of the feathers can be increased or decreased at any time, leaving him with multiple options on exactly how to use this.

Another trait that his wings gain as a result of this would be the immense durability that they gain. Able to withstand immense power, this also leaves Henrex with another way of using his wings. While this is a powerful defense, this cannot be spread to a source outside of his wings. Even if someone or something were to touch his wings, they would not receive it's benefits. The final traits that Henrex's wings gain -- which is the main reason that it is named as such outside of the sharpness manipulation that it gains -- is the ability to launch the feathers like knives. With simple flicks of his wings, Henrex is able to fire barrages of featherblades in mere seconds.

Arashi Tsubasa (嵐翼, Storm Wing): This is one of the additions that Henrex has developed towards Featherblades. Instead of just throwing normal feathers with the potential to cut, Henrex is able to infuse aspects of his Zanpakuto powers into this ability. With the vast set that comes with the concept of storms, Henrex is able to combine the various aspects such as water to add to conductivity, or lightning to increase damage. There are many applications to how this can be performed, and many variations as to how Henrex could execute this kind of ability, but it would be impossible to list them all, as the results are nearly endless.

KIDO

Kuji-in: This is by far the most important lessons a ninja can learn. Back in the old days of the shinobi, magic was considered a myth, or legend. Anyone who was known to practice the supernatural, many would be mocked, and seen as a joke among the samurai, and farmers. But, magic was very far from being fake. In fact, the shinobi -- specifically the Iga ninja that Henrex trained under -- had trained in these arts for several years, even before magic's plausible existence was brought out. Over the course of time, there have been over eighty-nine total hand seals, or hand signs made, This comes under the assumption that all kuji-in users are the same, when this is anything but true.

Every single kuji-in wielder is different in the terms of having the same "spells" for their ninja magic. While there is a broad limit of 89 total seals for one to have, they are not in any way the same -- most of the time. There are a few fundamental principles that come with learning kuji-in, most of which are fairly simple. The first thing would be that there are nine seals in kuji-in which are the core of the entirety of kuji-in, leaving a practitioner with around eighty empty slots to fill with their own hand seals. These are what builds up the area of ninja magic, and gives people the power to create their own hand seals. Now, it should be noted that just because every single kuji-in practitioner is different with their seals, it does NOT mean that it is not possible to learn other's hand seals.

It IS possible to do so, but this usually requires the consent of the owner in question. Another thing that should be noted about kuji-in seals is that they are impossible to copy by seeing the technique alone. In order to fully understand what the seal does, they MUST sit down with the owner ICly, and figure out how to perform the kuji-in, as great precision must be had when it comes to creating, teaching, and even modifying the effects of a kuji-in.

The nine core hand seals can be found here.

Bankai Name: Shiro Rakurai (白落雷, White Thunderbolt)

Bankai Release Phrase: "Thrash about the heavens. May the stormcaller's cry be heard, Shiro Rakurai."

Bankai Release Actions: N/A

Bankai Appearance:


Bankai Abilities

Wild Storm - Chaotic Energy Surge: Everything containing the pressure of anything must break eventually. There can only be so much build-up before control is lost. That is the case with Henrex's spiritual power whenever he enters his Bankai. Henrex has been known to have a very large amount of control over the energy that travels through his body. However, his Bankai is an entirely different story. Instead of retaining a fine control of his spiritual power, keeping the energy damp and refrained, Henrex's spiritual pressure releases in the form of wild winds that originate from nowhere else than Henrex's body. The presence of Henrex, upon release, will become much more threatening, as well as much heavier, as emphasized from the nature of his Zanpakuto, and the nature of Bankai in general. So, whenever Henrex enters Bankai, one should be very careful.

Mugenha Tenmetsu Raito, Raikou (無限刃点滅-ライト, 雷光: Infinite Blades of Flashing Light, Lightning Strike): These are the two swords that Henrex's Zanpakuto turns into when he ascends into this form. Instead of being actual swords, the only thing that remains is the two handles, leaving what would normally be blade-less swords. However, this is anything but the case. Upon first glance, one would be able to notice that the blades of these swords are, in fact, lightning bolts. While they seem to be just replacements for the weapon that Henrex usually uses, they are not without their additives and downsides. To begin things, these weapons contain a large sum of energy being focused into the blades, flooding through the Reiatsu vents in Henrex's hands, into the weapons. Therefore, there is the potential for Henrex to fire off attacks, or use the electricity as a weapon itself.

For example, Henrex could fire off an electrical blast on par with that of a Cero in order to give himself an opening or take an enemy off guard against the sudden attack. Or, he could potentially extend the form of the blade in order to grant him an advanced, or even more dangerous form of attack. There would even be the potential for him to cast electrical-based Kido off the blade, in order to divert from using his own energy reserves, as well as potentially do away with him the restriction of having to speak in the incantation. There are many ways of utilizing the new weapon that his Zanpakuto becomes upon this transformation, most of them being incredibly simple, rarely ever becoming too complicated. Most of these attacks are ones that are fairly simple to cast, having only a one post cooldown after around five to six attacks, but there are some that are able to extend to much longer time.

Tempesta - Eye of the Storm: Within Henrex's Bankai, his arms are no longer the sole focus of the storm. Henrex in his entirety becomes the center of the storm. With electricity now flowing throughout his entire body, Henrex's attacks now are much, much more deadly. With this, he is able to release powerful blasts of electricity that originate from his body, giving him the power to take people off guard, stun them, or paralyze them if the conditions are right. Furthermore, Tempesta is able to transfer this effect to Henrex's wings, charging the muscles and bones in them. Through this, Henrex is able to move his wings at a much faster rate, giving him a boost to how fast he can fire off something such as Featherblades.

Genzai Setsuzoku (現在の接続, Current Connection): With large amounts of electricity flowing through Henrex's body, it should not be a surprise that an electrical current will form. While this is more of a slightly noted effect from his Shikai, Henrex's Bankai utilizes this to its full potential. Upon activation, Henrex's eyes glow the same color of his spirit energy, azure blue. On its own, this really has nothing special to it, as from an onlooker, it would simply look like Henrex had changed his eye color. However, this is not the case. This is something that heavily alters how touches from his body and his sword affect others. When contact is made from Henrex in this state, this causes a small bit of electricity to travel through the internal system of the enemy, spreading very slowly, leaving around five posts for the current to encompass the body in its entirety. This can be applied to multiple locations, in which doing so does not increase the speed of spreading across the body.

Wherever the current is placed, Henrex is able to see the internal structure of where said current is. Weaknesses in bone structure, muscle mass, and things of the like, Henrex would be able to see. This allows him to place his strikes more precisely, which can cause opponents to have a major disadvantage in the fight, should the current spread and reveal weaknesses. However, this is something that is restricted to a single target at a time, and is able to be switched at any time, although Henrex would have to make a new current, should he decide to change targets. Additionally, this can be stopped if one were to remove the area where the current is located at (i.e removing the flesh), in order to nullify its effects. Furthermore, the current lasts for four posts at its zenith, and once that has been reached, the character in question cannot be affected for the rest of the thread.

Tide Jewels: The tide jewels are quite the strange ability to behold. Instead of being some sort of direct attack, this is something that can be used over time. The tide jewels were a set of magical gems that the sea god, Ryujin, used to control the seas. While the effect doesn't play in full for Henrex -- as he is already able to control the water -- he does gain a small little ability for him to use at his leisure throughout his time in his Bankai state. When this is activated, Henrex spawns large orbs of water around his wrists, replicating the shape of the magatama design on the cuffs of his kimono. These are items that remain around Henrex's wrists and can be shot off with a simple burst of mental will, or be shot off all at once for a massive torrent of water. These last around five posts, with a four post cooldown.

Hisho Arashi - Takemikazuchi: This is a rather strange ability to come from the base Hisho Arashi. Instead of being something that is heavily based on high-speed movement, this instead opens up more opportunities to damage opponents, and take them off guard. This ability, taking after the two aspects that Takemikazuchi-no-kami is known for -- a god of thunder, and a sword god. So, to reflect on that, the ability itself is something that would be one that handled with swords. Upon the activation of this ability, a set of ten swords materialize behind Henrex in a circle. These do not follow his movements -- they simply remain idle. These swords, while they are not lightning of itself, have a small charge of Mark of the Storm inside them, which allows Henrex to create the next part of the attack.

Henrex can shoot these off in any direction with a simple burst of mental will. This cannot transfer the Mark of the Storm to a PC if it makes contact with them, and will instead phase through them, continuing on the intended path. Once the blade has landed in the intended area, it will remain there for four posts, before vanishing. If two or more swords have landed in the same vicinity, a lightning bolt will connect them together. When this happens, a loud thunderclap will go off, surging from the blades, across the lightning bolts, holding the sound until the two sounds from the ends of the swords meet, before combining the two sounds, creating an even louder thunderclap. This has the potential of damaging the hearing the enemy for three posts, and can only be used once per post, before having a cooldown of five posts after all swords have been used.

Mizuchi, Children of the Storm: This is the advanced form of Lightning Clones, the ability that Henrex can use within his Shikai state. While the Shikai clones are quick and powerful on their own, the clones that Henrex makes within his Bankai are much, much more. To start things, these clones now reach 2 tier and are made of much more than lightning. When these clones are formed, clouds, rain, and a large amount of heat surround them, giving them a larger amount of durability, and offensive ability. While the clouds are able to mimic Henrex's Sealed and Shikai techniques, that is all they are able to do, outside of mimic his natural traits, such as his kenjutsu, and his taijutsu. The clones, outside of these enhancements, follow the same restrictions and drawbacks as the prior -- limiting these to lasting around six posts, having a cooldown of seven, and being limited to creating only about a hundred and fifty in total.

SKILL SHEETS

General Skills

• Durability: Adept
  
• General Speed: Grand Master
  
• Strength: Master
  
• Weapon Skill: Advanced
  

Racial Skills

• Hoho: Master
  
• Kidō: Advanced
  
• Zanjutsu: Grand Master
  
• Hakuda: Beginner
  

Will Skills

• Willpower/Determination: Master
  
• Mental Deduction: Advanced
  
• Pain Endurance: Master
  
• Focus: Advanced