April 23, 2023. [Master Upgrade].

» Name Of Character: Safira Aldrovandi.
» Link To Character: [ARC] [PRE-ARC]


» Upgrading: [X]

This does use a Wish. Not for the Master itself but the material on the application.

This is coupled as a Master upgrade to her Nucleo skill along with some adjustments to her skills located in the upgraded application itself.

» Why: Safira is a fairly established character on the setting as one of the big spooks of the hollows, in both her overall power and her actual presence on site by having control of Brazil that serve as a hub for multiple characters, affiliated with her or not in the site's setting.

She participated in the Africatastrophe site plot by as the driving force that unified multiple independent parties to attack the defensive perimeter that had been set-up around the hole with the consequence of allowing the kaiju hollows to escape and roam freely.

After breaking the defences, she personally investigated the hole which resulted in a confrontation with Asher the Empty-Hearted who caused her to surrender her hollow powers in exchange for escaping enthrallment. Defeated and diminished she made contact with multiple individuals for her own benefit and carry broader consequences such as encouraging Reida to defect from the Vandenreich and make arrangements with Ichigo Kurosaki.

After an arrangement with Klein to recover her hollow powers, who with the aide of Alastair succeeded in defeating and recovering Uroboros. Despite having the raw power back, the process of rejoining would be a complicated one that she enlisted the aid of others to work towards the goal of reclaiming her former status and more.

The actual process written out: She utilised Catherine's abilities as a fullbringer to make adjustments to a gigai that she utilised as a means to reinforce her weakened soul like underpinning a foundation to make the process of recovery faster. This made her able to re-join with her former powers captured by Klein after his battle with Uroboros with Alastair through a transferring process without being crushed under the weight of them. While they never were heavily expanded upon, Akira and Kizuna's role by the end of this was the goal for them to develop a kido seal/barrier that was tailored to lock her in an "egg" and bathe her in hollow reiatsu to greatly accelerate the reforming of her powers' shape rather than just the raw power.

The justification aside, I intend for her to take a more active role as an antagonist on the site with many elements of her presented form reflecting that. Either enabling other characters or having the means to push events with stakes and consequences by her actions.

The major revamp is in part due to her Master upgrade and my intention to make her thematically convey being a very atypical hollow in how she presents and a refining of her theme. This is due to many changes since her original conception in the role she was to play and conflicting ideas that were separated and provided to Locke in the creation of Sumana so that the two of them could convey those themes better than conflicting on a single character.

No Reply from the Wind w/ Kizuna
Safira is provided information related to the situation in Africa following Kizuna's attempt to break through the Vandenreich and Gotei's blockade.

Prelude to Black. Dressed in White w/ Criella
Donning a disguise formed off her encounter with Eliane, Safira ventures into Hueco Mundo under the alias of Nahash. She successfully gets Criella to support her.

Midnight Assault [Act II]
After acquiring Criella's support, Safira leads the assault on the hole. Paired with Kizuna they face off against Johann and Alastair which results in their victory.

Intoxicating Sound of Rock and Roll w/ Asher
Venturing in the hole, Safira encounters Asher which results in a battle and her subsequent loss of powers. Her zanpakuto is enthralled as Uroboros and she escapes in a diminished form.

Traversing the jaws of death w/ Catherine
Following her defeat, she is able to negotiate assistance from Catherine to get to safety. She ingests hollow remains and determines the process to be too slow to recover any meaningful power. Thus she begins to consider other options and invites Catherine to meet her in Brazil.

Condemned to Crawl w/ Ichigo
She encounters Ichigo Kurosaki who is investigating the region and seeking a Ring of the Dead. They engage in discussion and she agrees to help him due to mutual interests; this sets up future relations but she does attempt to direct him towards killing Asher for her in revenge. Due to out-of-character logistics, Ichigo did not play a part in this however.

Too Many Bridges to Cross w/ Reida
She remains in locked in Africa and trying to increase her position. She encounters Reida and offers her a shinigami's zanpakuto that she took from a corpse as a weapon. Having her façade seen through Safira is able to negotiate with Reida into defecting from the Vandenreich and pursue a path of vengeance against the shinigami.

Bird of Prey w/ Klein
Klein is able to track her down and she takes advantage of his status as a Cazador to give him the task of capturing the corrupted form of her hollow powers that are wielded by Asher as a servant. He agrees to it and takes advantage of her as well.

Götzendämmerung [Act IV]
Klein and Alastair face off against the empowered Uroboros and its ability to inflict widespread destruction. Eventually gaining the upper-hand when they determine its weakness and Alastair is able to deliver the final blow to it that gives Klein the opportunity to absorb the reishi and prevent it from dispersing with Siegfried.

Dinner and a Show w/ Reida
This one is honestly just filler but it is Safira's perspective of the Uroboros fight as observed by her and Reida. Cool, right?

Climb to Power w/ Akira & Reida
With her hollow powers recovered and Asher's defeat, Safira returns to Brazil with Reida in the epilogue of the arc. After Akira met her second in command, Sumana, he was introduced to her and she promptly put him to work in her schemes for regaining her power in exchange for facilitating his own vengeful desires on the shinigami.

A safari of Sorts w/ Catherine
Back in Brazil she seeks out Catherine who arrived from Africa, enlisting her aid in exchange for taking her to Hueco Mundo.

Deep in the Woods w/ Catherine
Once they enter Hueco Mundo, Safira explains to Catherine what her role is and they have back and forth on a few other topics. She leaves the fullbringer to work by providing the materials to her.

The Light of Life w/ Klein
The most recent thread features Klein who transformed a hollow into a Rhinemetze to serve his needs in giving her back her powers. Regaining her strength by siphoning them from it, Safira moves to join all the pieces together to undergo the maturation process of restoring herself.

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That brings us to this upgrade. I will be honest, I could do one more thread fleshing out Akira and Kizuna's part of this process but this has been a very long ongoing plot for over a year that the idea of dragging it out in another thread brings me pain when the whole process is inhibiting the capacity to influence other things by having her locked in a box.

» Extra: This is coupled with a Wish.