Ryuken Ishida [APPROVED, 0-4]

Name: Ryuken Ishida
Alias: (Formerly) The Last Quincy
Age: Mid 30's looking... at least 400(around Isshin?)
Gender: Male

Affiliation: Lone Wolf


Personality:

Ryūken appears to be a cold, work-oriented man, and is apparently estranged from his father and son. He detests his status as a Quincy on the grounds that it does not enable one to make a proper living, and would rather focus on saving the living instead of the dead. He even goes so far as to state that the Quincy would become extinct once Sōken's generation died out, urging Uryū not to follow in his grandfather's footsteps. Despite this, there are blue crosses all over his tie and during the anime's Bount arc, there are blue crosses all over the floors and walls of Ryūken's hospital, as well, both resembling the Quincy cross.

His actual feelings towards his son are hard to place - despite his attitude towards being a Quincy, he helps to restore Uryū's lost Quincy powers on the condition that he never associate himself with Shinigami again, even if they were his friends. To this end, he constructed a secret chamber underneath Karakura Hospital which hides Spiritual Energy. During their fight, Uryū tries to finish the fight with an attack meant to capture rather than kill, perhaps indicating feelings for his father that made him stay a final blow. Thus Ryūken was able to escape and shoot Uryū, but his somewhat tender tone as he talks to his unconscious son suggests that deep down he also loves Uryū.

Strangely enough, Ryūken also shares a relationship with Isshin Kurosaki not unlike that of their sons (though seemingly friendlier; Isshin comments that Ryūken never called him "Kurosaki" before in a slightly hurt tone). Their friendship was briefly mentioned when Chad was injured with Isshin telling a hospital worker to tell his boss that Kurosaki needed them and some beds would clear up (though it may have seemed at the time like this was more a threat than a favor).

Appearance:



Height: 178cm (5'10")
Weight: 68kg (150 lbs)


Master Archer: As the Last of the Quincy, Ryūken possess all the skill of the previous generation. His skills in archery are determined by his ease of one handed firing as well as precision attacking a target without inflicting any harm to anything but his target. He is highly precise, able to easily hit an area 19mm to the right of the heart in order to return his son's lost Quincy powers.


Reiryoku Absorption & Manipulation: Ryūken as a Quincy primarily absorbs spiritual energy from the atmosphere, and combines it with his own spiritual energy to form weapons. He has an easier time collecting this energy in environments with higher concentrations of spiritual particles, such as Soul Society or Hueco Mundo. To a sufficiently powerful Quincy, there is no difference between spiritual particles and spiritual energy as a source of power. He can manipulate spiritual energy for offensive purposes.

Spiritual Awareness: As a Quincy, Ryūken can sense Hollows at a significant distance.

Great Spiritual Power: Ryūken has displayed a great amount of spiritual energy. According to Ryūken his powers are quite different from the feeble ones his son lost during the Ryoka Invasion. He inherited all of the powers and techniques from the previous generation, his father, Sōken Ishida, and therefore was given the title of "Last Quincy".

Keen Intellect: In terms of intellect, Ryūken has shown himself to be a very intuitive and perceptive man. Much to Uryū's dismay, Ryūken has repeatedly shown himself easily able to see through his son's tactics. When Uryū left to aid Ichigo and Sado in rescuing Orihime Inoue, Ryūken immediately determined what his son was doing without looking at the note his son left.



Luftangriff: Ryuken will shoot series of arrow into the air. As it flies up into the air, it forms into a falcon-shaped spiritual being that flies toward the enemy. As it does so, it gives a series of exactly ten blows. One arrow = one falcon, and one falcon = equal of ten arrows' impact. So, it's like killing two birds with one stone.

Schweren Gewitter: By shooting one quick arrow to the sky, it will attempt to get in contact with one of the clouds. When it comes in contact with the cloud, it will start to drop rain-like arrow storms in immense speed and power. The arrows are strong enough to cause explosion from the bottom and even be killing Adjuchas-level hollows without any difficulty. This ability is highly simple but powerful but the fact is; Ryuken rarely uses this ability due to being an annoyance to aim at the exact middle of the cloud. The arrows will keep falling down in many amounts until the cloud itself will run out which makes rainy day a perfect time for it.

Vulkan: By just shooting one arrow with ease at the opponent, the arrow will align itself by separating it into nine arrows with a line. The arrows will attack the target in the exact destination with the nine arrows in a huge barrage. By impact of this ability can cause a person to even go through many solid beings.

Seele Schneider Expert: Ryuken was the one who has supplied Uryu with most of his Seele Schneiders. Despite this, it looks as if Ryuken is very proficient with the use of this weapon as he was able to intimidate Isshin Kurosaki with it while making a comment that his "finger slipped."

Hirenkyaku Master (飛廉脚; lit. "Flying Screen Step/God Step", Viz translation, "Flying Bamboo-Blind Leg") Ryuken is highly proficient in the use of Hirenyaku able to even catch up with captains without any specific use of trying. His speed is faster than the speed of wind traveling toward another direction. His ultimate record of moving across a city with Hirenkyaku alone was few meters per milisecond. He was able to reach a destination from another location in matter of few seconds. If he was to go to China from Korea, he would be in China in about five-six minutes. He may not be the fastest ones in the whole universe compared to Shadin and Yoruichi, but he still holds his ground well with this technique as one of the fastest quincies.

Ransōtengai (乱装天傀; lit. Japanese, "Heavenly Wild Puppet Suit", Viz translation, "Disheveled Paradise Puppet") A high level technique known to be quite rare to ever be encountered. Ryuken is well versed in the use of this ability, which was not possessed by a good majority of the former living Quincy. It allows the user to use spirit energy to manipulate their own body in the case of paralysis.

Gintō Expert (銀筒, Silver tubes) are small silver cylinder capsules that store spiritual energy in a liquid form and are used by the Quincy for spell-casting in the same way that Shinigami use Kidō. Like Kidō, they're activated by calling out various commands. Ryuken has been known to store these cylinder capsules somewhere in a hideout within his own hospital which is most likely where Uryu has got it from. Due to this fact, it must be a known thing that Ryuken must be expertise at this.

Type: Bow
Appearance:



Reishi Color: Light Blue

Background:


When his son is about to be killed by two Hollows, Ryūken suddenly appears and saves him with a single arrow. Uryū is shocked to see him but still calls him by his first name instead of dad, causing Ryūken to scold him. As they are attacked by the other Hollow, Ryūken easily kills it with one shot and tells his son to kill the Arrancar before they can regenerate. As Uryū questions how he can have Quincy powers, Ryūken notes that his exact words were only that he had No Interest, not that he did not have them and explains how he, against his wishes, inherited the title of the Last Quincy by revealing his father's Quincy Cross. He then reveals that he can give Uryū his powers back but on the condition that he never associate with Shinigami again.

His training is very difficult and Ryūken mocks his son's abilities throughout the training. Despite Uryū trying his best to avoid being struck by Ryūken's attacks until Ryūken asks him if he has reached his limit. Uryū uses Gritz to seal Ryūken's movements, but he quickly breaks out and shoots Uryū in the chest. He then reveals that the only way to restore the Quincy powers lost to the Quincy: Letzt Stil is to exhaust the body to its limits and then pierce the body 19mm to the right of the heart with a single spiritual arrow. Ryūken laments that Uryū's last Gintō technique should have been Heizen instead of Gritz despite the fact that it would not have defeated him, it would still have allowed his son to hurt him. He explains to his unconscious son that this is the reason why he calls him an idiot, although he decides that this time he would let it slip.


Ryūken is briefly seen finding his son's goodbye letter within their training room and having a surprise visit from Ichigo's father, Isshin Kurosaki. Ryūken questions him as to how he got in and calling him Kurosaki much to Isshin's dismay. Ryūken is quick to change the subject when he sees Isshin's powers had returned. When Isshin tells him that his son escaped, he replies that whether or not Uryū allows his powers to live or die is completely up to him, and that it is also his choice whether to live or die, seeing that he only gave him his powers back. Isshin calls him a bad father, although Ryūken retorts by saying that he is still a better father than him.

Isshin notices that Ryūken still smokes despite being in a hospital, ignoring the "No Smoking" sign right next to him.

[ Further from this is the Fullbring Arc which doesn't count in this RP but inserted for fun ]

Ryūken heals Uryū's wounds after he is attacked by an unknown intruder. While Uryū is recovering, Orihime Inoue and Ichigo Kurosaki arrive to see him. Uryū scolds Ichigo for coming, prompting Ryūken to respond that he talks too much. Uryū asks Ryūken if he should be letting visitors in if they will have a bad effect on his wounds, but Ryūken assures him that he will be fine, further commenting that Uryū was cut down and should not be ordering his doctor around. Upon hearing his words, Ichigo asks Uryū what happened to him. Uryū does not answer, prompting Ryūken to state that sharing information is important and that he should not put his kindness to waste, to which Uryū yells at Ryūken to be quiet. Uryū tells Orihime that he has nothing to say at the moment and asks her to go home. Ichigo offers to take Orihime home, but Ryūken says that he will do it instead, telling him that his father might get upset if Ichigo stays out too late. Ichigo thanks Ryūken and heads home. Once Ichigo is gone, Ryūken informs Orihime that it was not a Hollow who attacked Uryū; nor was it a Shinigami. He tells her that he inspected the Reiatsu inside Uryū's wound and questions if it should even be identified as Reiatsu, as it was a type of Reiatsu that he had not encountered before. When Orihime attempts to ask Ryūken questions about Uryū's attacker, Ryūken tells her that he is telling her all he knows. He also informs her that Uryū knows nothing about his attacker, so he cannot give her any information anyway. Ryūken then hypothesizes that the enemy has acquired a power that is unknown to them and that the enemy is actually Human, and that the enemy's powers are actually closer in nature to hers and Yasutora Sado's rather than a Shinigami's. He further states that since Quincies are still Humans, and if Uryū was attacked because he was a Human, then it is a probable that either she or Sado would be attacked next. He then takes Orihime home.

RP Sample: Hmph.

Durability: (How tough you are)
General Speed: (How quick you are without using any enhancement)
Strength: (How strong you are without using any enhancement)
Weapon Skill: (How well you can generally use a weapon)

Archery: (Uses of Bow and Arrow, primarily replaces Weapon Skill whenever using the bow, crossbow or gunnery)
Hirenkyaku: (Similar to the Shinigami's flash step, but you are able to make a platform to take you any which way, providing it is not a solid obstruction)
Reishi Absorption and Manipulation: (Quincy has the ability to gather spiritual energy and use them for their attacks)
Tool Usages: (Using things like Ginto and Seele Schneider)

*Tsuineda Technique: (How well you can use the Twin Bow, it replaces Archery and Weapon Skill)
*Kaunta-Atakku: (How powerful is your counter attack)
*Sukai-Kataki (How many arrows you can fire at once)
*Jeet Kun Do: (How well you can fight in close quarter combat)

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Comments/Notes: FOR THE PRIDE OF THE QUINCY!
Tier: 1-1+

Im gonna try to adopt him!


The rain poured down as heavily as it had the day before, drenching anything not in cover. The streets were flooding, with the water levels almost reaching the curbs on either side of the streets. For some odd reason, it just kept raining, and raining, going steady for days straight. The bright full-moon and stars were lighting up the city. Though some street lights were on, it appeared as though the rain water had damaged a large amount. Despite the copious amount of water falling onto the surfaces below, these men were still dry. They were using their Spiritual pressure to keep the rain off of their bodies, keeping their cloths and themselves from being soaked.

"You sure you wanna do this Ryuken? Last match ended in a draw, but that was a long time ago. I dont think youre gonna be so lucky against Karakuras most handsome man this time."

"Kurosaki, you are the one that challenged me. And I beat you last time, if you remember correctly. Youre just a sore loser. Now watch as I make you out to be a bigger fool than that son of yours."

Isshin Kurosaki, being as hard-headed and reckless as ever, simply rushed at the Last Quincy, seemingly excpecting to get a hit on him. However, Ryuken created a platform of Reitsu under his feet, and quickly moved out of the way. Taking his Quincy Cross out, Ryuken formed a bow made if Reishi, which he then used to shoot an arrow at Isshin. Kurosaki just barely blocked it though, deflecting it off of his sword. Isshin launched a massive Getsuga at his friend, to which was dodged by the Quincy, who replied by shooting a Seel Schneider at him, which vibrated at super high speeds. It cackled as it made its way towards him. Kurosaki just barely dodged this attack as well, knowing he wouldnt be able to block it.

"Isshin, why did you challenge me if you havent even gotten stronger?

"Hey, Ive gotten stronger! As the strongest man, and most handsome, in Karakura Town, I always get stronger! But, phew, you sure have gotten faster Ryuken. I didnt think I would have to use it against you, but turns out I do. Ban Kai."

moved back into char adot