Ryu Shadowmoore (Shinigami)

Name: Ryu Shadowmoore

Earth Alias: Kendo Mizune

Gender: Male

Age: Appears to be in his mid-twenties, but is actually closer to being eight hundred or so years of age.

Personality: Ryu Shadowmoore is in every sense a calm and layed back individual who has shown signs of caring too much for his job (teacher) and his students in his class. He is knowledgable on most historical evets since he has been around for a while and even knows a bit about the events that happened with Aizen and even a bit before that. He is also very sweet and can be seen sometimes in the school courtyard reading books of poetry in a tree or sitting under a tree reading the newest romance novel from the book shop nearby. He is not an extremely strict teacher and all of his students find his teaching style to be supurb, but if someone crosses the line he will be the first to put his foot down, and tell them what they have done wrong. As a Shadowmoore, Ryu has a sense of courage that few dare question, and many respect. He has been known to help those in need even though his rational mind tells him to do otherwise and leave that person to their fate.

Even more so he is dedicated to doing what is right, which is not a common trait in a Shadowmoore since they were assassins and usually sold their services to the highest bidder, and sometimes ends up choosing the right path over the one dictated by his family. He is also extremely smart, being a history teacher, and is capable of solving most problems by taking his time and looking at it closely. He is a respectable individual as well and believes in chivalry and always seems to be around when people need him the most, especially the ladies. If there is one thing Ryu can not stand however it is arrogance, he finds people who believes too much in their own abilities to be repulsive, and as such he does not like the rest of his family because they are the embodiment of arrogance.

Among other things, Ryu is always trying to stay in the now, always trying to keep up with the newest fads that the kids he teaches go through so that he can keep up with current events, and be more intune with those that he is teaching. The kids respect him for trying to do this, even though sometimes he fails miserably to do so.

In Combat

In combat Ryu is a tactical type of fighter, always thinking things through while fighting, and always trying to stay a few steps ahead of his foes. He is also some one who does not like to go into a fight without some level of understanding of his foe and at the same time will only fight people he knows he can defeat. Ryu also only chooses to fight when it is one hundred percent necessary and always tries to talk his opponent out of the path of least resistance. However, this path of action usually doesn't work, and Ryu is more than ready to take the steps to incapacitating his foe over killing them, however if it is a Hollow then he has no problem what so ever butchering his foe, and leaving them for dead. Ryu is very soft in battle and will simply accept terms of surrender over a bloody massacre, however this is not always true because deep down inside, Ryu is a Shadowmoore.

Ryu used to be a bloody crazed killer, doing whatever the family ordered him to do without second guessing anything, and killing whoever dare crossed him. It was only after watching his mother and father get killed for failing on a mission that he realized what he was doing was wrong and changed his ways, but the need to kill is still there, and if a foe somehow manages to anger him enough Ryu can slip into his old ways, and butcher without remorse with a sickening grin on his face.

Appearance:


Ryu is a handsome devil. Standing at about 6'4 and weighing in around 195 lbs. of pure muscle he has drawn a lot of attention from many of the ladies and even some of the guys, even though he does not swing that way. His white hair, a genetic trait of the Shadowmoore family, can usually be found spiked on top of his hed or matted down in a messy hair style when he wakes up or is off duty. He is finely built as he spends most of his off-time in the gym or playing basketball with the few friends he has or the kids that he sort of mentors along side of Mimi Redwood. Along side his white hair he also has one black eye and one red eye with symbols on it, this is a trait of his family as well. He has a scar across the side of his face with the red eye where he was slashed by one of his own family members after his mother and father were executed as further punishment for the failure of their missions. It has become a memento to that night for him.

He wears common every day clothes when he is off-duty and when he is on duty he wears suits and ties like every other teacher, but the suits are weird colors ranging from light blue to shiny red suits.

Shinigami Outfit


In his shinigami form and outside of his gigai he wears a rather weird combat get up that is a custom made suit created by the greatest craftsman of the Shadowmoore family. The tatoo revealed in this suit is the crest of his family and is placed near the shoulder on his left arm. Meanwhile the red scarf is also a symbol of what part of the family he belongs to, which happens to be the Blood Ravens, the secret army of the Shadowmoore family. He wears his zanpakotu on his back and it is strapped into place by a white metal strap that holds the zanpokotu in place. He also wears a black mouth cover to hide the bottom half of his face so that it is harder to recognize who he is if a student would happen to see him.

He also has a mask that is tied to his pants that is used for cermonies and holds no other significance beyond that except for hiding his faith for stealth combat.

Zanpakutô Spirit:


Kage, or Shade in English, is a stealthy and silent zanpakotu spirit that does not respect those that look down upon the weak. Kage and Ryu first met during the awakening, an event that all Shadowmoores had to go through to obtain their zanpakotu, and instantly began a bond of friendship that has yet to be broken. Kage is extremely quiet, tending to not want to talk to even Ryu unless it is one hundredpercent necessary, and even then Kage tends to speak in riddles that would confuse even the most intuitive scholar. Kage is interested in much of the same stuff that Ryu is, tending to be found reading in a tree muh like Ryu does in the real world. Kage also shares Ryu's courge, always lending his strength for good deeds that help others or helping Ryu if his courageous deeds seem to get him in trouble which happens a lot. Ryu learned his fighting style from Kage, learning everything he possibly could from the silent, but wise spirit that dwells within his zanpakotu, and combined those teachings with the Shadowmoore Zanjutsu fighting style to create a weird hybrid that has saved his neck on countless occasions.

All in all, Kage is a nice and respectful spirit, always looking out for Ryu, and always helping him if the need arises. Never the less though there is a hidden side to Kage, much like Ryu, he has a thirst for killing that sometimes unveils itself in a heated battle, but most of the time Kage is capable of keeping this side of himself deep within, and hidden. Kage embodies wisdom, courage, and power, the three things that Ryu respects the most, and as such it makes Kage the perfect spirit to fight along side his master, Ryu.

Zanpakotu Realm :



Much like a traditional japanese temple, the realm that Kage lives in is simply a place for quiet and meditation. It is sirene and peaceful, a place where Ryu can escape to if he needs some time to himself or if he is just looking for a bit of training with his zanpakotu spirit. The sky is always sunny, the grass is always cut nicely, and the temple itself is always in good repair, everything about this realm fits Ryu's personality. The temple a manifestation of love of knowledge, the sunny sky a manifestation of his courage and happiness, and the clean cut grass a manifestation of his respect for order.

Sealed Zanpakutô :



In its' sealed state his zanpakotu is nothing special and lies in its' sheathe on his back. However, upon drawing the blade it is easily seen for how special it is. Unlike most zanpakotu in their unreleased state, the blade is a double sided sword with a special handle that allows for something to be tied around it (usually the scarf around Ryu's neck to make for an improvised range attack). The blade, unlike most unreleased zanpakotus, is made for slashing and piercing, unlike a conventional zanpakotu which can slice, pierce, and bludgeon. The reason for the slicing and piercing nature of this weapon is because it fits Ryu's fighting style, and thus the zanpakotu came out that way.

Shikai Description:



Upon releasing his zanpakotu, Ryu's sword takes on the form of a scimitar, and his arm becomes covered in thick arm guards that can be used for blocking slashing attacks. The blade is made for slicing, almost losing the abilty to pierce thanks to its' curve, and gains the ability to bludgeon if Ryu flips the sword around (it even has a small point near the tip to add a piercing effect on top of the bludgeon.) The blade is long, almost three feet long, and has a feint red aura around it which seems to pulsate as Ryu fights. This weapon is strictly for killing purposes and defense is usually thrown to the wind upon its' release.

Shikai Abilities:

Close Range Shikai Abilities:

Energy Slicer: This zanpakotu's main purpose is slicing, but it is not only for slicing through the flesh of his opponent, but also for slicing through most forms of energy. The red aura around the sword is not just for show as Ryu can easily slice through energy by sharpening his spiritual energy around his sword and swinging with all of his might. This technique usually works on all forms of energy attacks, except for extremely high level energy attacks (Kido/Cero/Chaos Blasts/??? of high tier).

Kido Shotgun: If slicing an opponent does not work and all else seems to fail, Ryu has a way to blast his opponent with a powerful blast of spiritual energy in a wide spray type attack. Ryu focuses his spiritual energy into his blade and then forces the aura arround his blade to blast out at his foe(s) as hundreds of small piercing energy shards that is similar to shotgun fire in a single direction, but with a wide radius making this attack difficult to dodge. The maximum range however is 12 feet.

Medium Range Shikai Abilities:

Energy Wave: Slicing downward in a similar fashion to Getsuga Tenshou, Ryu can create a medium sized wave of energy that moves at a fast pace and can cover ground quite quickly. The attack, upon hitting, can cut slightly, but mainly is meant to cause a burning sensation that puts the foe through quite a bit of pain. The burning feels like a fresh sunburn and thus it hurts to move the place that was hit by the wave. the maximum range of this attack is 80-90 feet.

Kido Stun Gun: Ryu also has an ability to disorient his foes that has a moderately sized range, the attack is simply refered to as Stun Gun by Ryu, and can hurt quite a bit if the opponent is hit by it. The attack shoots in a straight line and can be shot repeaditly without worrying about being drained of spiritual energy as it is not Ryu's energy to begin with. When using Stun Gun, Ryu points the tip of his blade at his foe, and fires a straight line of what appears to be electricity, but is actually charged spirit particles from the air or potential energy fom the surrounding area. Upon contact the foe will feel a zapping feeling that flows through their body, like a 1000 static shocks happening at once for the next 30 seconds, giving Ryu plenty of time to close distance or escape. The maximum range of this attack is 150 feet.

Long Range Shikai Abilities:

Kido Sniper Shot Ryu's ultimate trump card is an attack that can be shot from over a mile away. This attack is called Sniper Shot by Ryu and above all else is Ryu's favorite attack in his arsenal. Ryu, by charging up his blade with a large amount of spiritual energy, can fire a shot with deadly accuracy from the tip of his blade at his foe. This attack moves close to the speed of sound, however this attack does not hurt to badly, as the energy is not sharp enough to cut, but used as a bludgeoning attack that is used to break bones, rather than kill an opponent. The maximum range of this attack is 1.5 miles.

Passive Shikai Abilities:

Improved Quickening: Ryu can now make the hand gestures involved with the natural ability, Quickening, faster. Allowing him to cast more kido at a faster rate.


Release:: Silence, Kage....

(You CANNOT fill the skill levels in until your tier is assigned. )
Skill Level: Kidou: Beginner/Adept/Advanced/Master
Skill Level: Swordsmanship: Beginner/Adept/Advanced/Master
Skill Level: Shunpo: Beginner/Adept/Advanced/Master
Skill Level: Hand-to-Hand: Beginner/Adept/Advanced/Master

Bankai Description: There are three different forms, each with a different specilization that helps Ryu win fights. And these forms are:

~Stealth Form~



In stealth form, Ryu's body becomes completly covered in black reiatsu which quickly implodes, revealing Ryu now covered in black armor, and wearing a helmet. Ryu now appears to be alien and any trace of humanity that was considered normal is now completly covered by the armor. The armor itself is thick, but at the same time flexible, allowing Ryu to move quickly, and dodge attacks easier. Two sets of thin blades are on each of his arms near the elbow joints which can be used as weapons, and a round orb right between the eyes acts as a sort of spiritual energy sensor that Ryu can use to sense foes at a short distance.

/Combat Form\



In combat form, Ryu gains muscle mass, and grows a bit taller as he is quickly covered in green energy which quickly fades, revealing him to now be clad in greenish-yellow armor, and looking quite intimidating. In this form maneuverability is sacraficed for thick armor that can withstand multiple hits before giving in. Besides growing taller and gaining mass, the addition of two large blades that look like sickles attached to his elbows, give him two powerful weapons that he can use to slice through his foes. Once again Ryu has an orb near the middle of his head, but this orb is used to send out a small wave of energy that can be used as a weapon.

+Blast Form+



In Blast Form, Ryu is quickly engulfed in navy blue energy which quickly explodes, and debris all over the place. As the smoke clears Ryu is shown to be wearing black, with a hint of blue, armor that seems to be very light and flexible just like the Stealth form, but a mysterious glow seems to emit from it. In this form, Ryu hovers off the ground, and can move around without walking or running. The armor this time around is light and flexible, but not thick enough to withstand many blows, but the purpose of the armor is to serve as a conduit for spiritual energy which seems to flow through the armor like a wind through an empty plain. The swords on the arms are simply for defense and are thick enough to parry attacks, but hold another purpose. To serve as a sort of gathering point for spiritual particles and potential energy which Ryu can absorb from his surroundings. The two curved knives potruding from his fists are for shooting out spiritual energy, but are not necessary as Ryu can do that with his hands as well.


Bankai Abilities: Each form has different ways of fighting and as such each has its own abilities:

Stealth Form Abilities:

~PASSIVE~

Master Assassin: In stealth form, Ryu can hide his spiritual pressure almost completely, and make himself appear as if he were no more than an every day human. Also, Ryu has learned the ways of stealth and knows how to walk lightly, even in the armor, and keep the noise that he makes down to a minimum. All of Ryu's attacks in this form are usually stabbing or fast paced techniques and as such...not used for incapacitating. The speed of Ryu's Shunpo is also increased.

Wall Techniques: Ryu can only use the wall techniques that he was taught by the shadowmoore family in this form and hand to hand combat, as such can not perform kido in this form.

~Stealth Form Bankai~

First Wall Technique: Barrage: The embodiment of the stealth form is speed and concealment, with barrage Ryu utilizes the speed aspect of the form, and rushes at his opponent with unnatural speed. He begins to attack with a flurry of moves that can come from anywhere, be they punches, kicks, headbuts, or any other technique he can think of that involves pummeling his foe.

Second Wall Technique: Shroud Strike: A thick black smoke comes out of two holes near Ryu's mouth, this smoke is spirit energy in a physical form, and as such uses the concealment aspect of the Stealth form so that Ryu can perform the Shroud Strike technique. With this attack, Ryu launches any number of the blades on his elbows, up to four, at his opponent through the smoke with a little spirit energy on the tip. Upon impaling itself on the target, the energy detonates causing miniature painful explosions at the points they hit.

Third Wall Technique: Warp Stalker: This technique is usually used after Shroud Strike. Emerging from the smoke or runnning at his opponent, Ryu shunpos at near teleportation speed, and tries to slice him with a sword on his elbow or, by surrounding his hand with sharp spiritual energy, uses his hand to attack his opponent with lighting quick speed. If there are no swords left, he must use his hand. This technique puts a great strain on the body and can injure Ryu if he is not careful.

Fourth Wall Technique: Shadow Flux: This technique can only be used if Ryu decides to seal his bankai back into its unreleased state. When Ryu chooses to seal his bankai the armor forceably explodes, damaging Ryu moderately, and everything else within a hundred foot radius drastically. After using this technique, Ryu can not use Bankai for the next few days (5 posts) and must also rest to recover from the damage that was caused by the technique.

Combat Form Abilities

/Passive\

Brute Force Master: Unlike in Stealth form, Ryu's combat form utilizes brute force at the sacrafice of maneuverabilty, but also gains armor as well to make up for the maneuverabilty. Ryu's Zanjutsu and Hand to Hand combat all go up to the maximum, but in exchange Kido and Shunpo are both brought down to the bare minimum. In this form, Ryu's kido is dangerous, and if he dares try to use it he could have it explode in his face.

Shockwave: Each physical attack that Ryu makes, creates a large force of wind that can hit an opponent up to 10 feet away at 75% of the original power of the attack, and then 10% lower for every 2 feet after that until it reach 26 feet where it becomes nothing more than a slight breeze.

/Combat Form Bankai\

I'm The Juggernaut, Bitch!: For a short period of time Ryu's armor becomes even harder, increasing the damage done by his physical attacks, and giving him better resistance to physical attacks. Also while in this form, he becomes immune to disorienting effects: (Blinding, stunned, feared, etc..). Can not be activated with Living Tank active.

Spinning Sword Slash: Ryu's zanjutsu has been brought to its' limits and with this technique this frightening physical force is put to work. Spinning Sword Slash is simply Ryu jumping up and then spinning around like a top in the air with his swords out looking to cut his foe. With this attack Ryu utilizes a little bit of spiritual energy and turns himself into a living tornado of death, increasing his speed for a bit, but tiring him a bit after the move is used.

Living Tank: This technique makes Ryu into a sort of run-away tank, as he runs at his foe with increased speed until he rams head on with all of his might sending his opponent flying backwards about 20 feet. When this ability becomes active, Ryu can shrug off energy based attacks three times before having this effect ware off. This technique can not be activated with I'm the Juggernaut, Bitch active.

Killing Intent: This effect automatically becomes active if Ryu is injured while in Combat Form. Ryu gains the killing intent, forcing all of his attacks to hit harder until the end of combat, and all attacks that would hurt Ryu are lowered in potency by 25%.

Geo Force: Ryu's ultimate attack in Combat Form is a relentless assault with fists, feet, and swords. Utilizing every bit of power that Ryu has to muster he begins to slam his opponent around like a fly with a newspaper. This attack drains all of the energy that keep the bankai functional however and afterwards the Bankai is resealed and Ryu can not use combat form for the next few days (5 posts).

Blast Form

+Passive+

Gunslinger: The Blast Form utilizes powerful kido and the points of the swords near the fronts of both of Ryu's fists for devestating attacks in the form of energy bullets. With Gunslinger, Ryu has perfected the ability to launch energy bullets from the points with frightening accuracy and effectiveness. Meanwhile by sacraficing zanjutsu and hand to hand combat, both shunpo and kido are brought to their maximum, making Blast Form extremely fast and very effective with all forms of energy attacks. Ryu also has increased accuracy while in blast form.

Kido Gun: By utilizing the points on Ryu's swords near his fists he can make energy bullets of varying strength and speed, depending on how long he charges the energy into his blades. Furthermore the points on Ryu's elbows are utilized to gather energy quicker (even though they are not necessary to gather energy for shots), and helps Ryu charge his attacks at a faster rate.

Levitate:Ryu is now levitating, making him harder to hit with ground based attacks. (sword slashes, hand to hand combat, and earth based zanpakotu abilities.)

+Blast Form Bankai+

Bullet Storm: Utilizing the tips of his blades, Ryu can fire off a barrage of energy bullets a frightening speed in a 360 degree blast radius. Most of the bullets are sharp, made for piercing through flesh and cloth like materials, but some of these are blunt as well. These blunt bullets are utilized for breaking bones or cracking armor, Ryu can launch more blunt bullets than sharp bullets if he wants or vice-versa, but can not shoot only one type of bullet when bullet storm is utilized.

Blast Wave: Blast Wave is utilized very much like a flamethrower and is made around the basis of burning the foe and/or disorienting the foe long enough for Ryu to hit the target with an energy bullet or a kido. When activated, Ryu will open his hand, and face his palm in a single direction letting out a blue wave of fire that is made of spiritual energy. Upon contact with this fire the opponent will take moderate damage and become disoriented by the pain of burning.

Orbital Cannon: Orbital Cannon is Ryu's major long range attack in Blast Form as it can shoot from up to two miles away at the speed of sound. When activated Ryu must charge the attack, focusing all of his attention on gathering spirit energy, which leaves him open to surprise attacks if they come, and upon being attacked canceling the Orbital Cannon all together. Ryu must put both of his fists side by side and aim in the direction of his foe to use Orbital Cannon and upon using it will fire a small beam of blue light, but the size is simply a ruse for how powerful the attack really is. Upon hitting anything, a rock, a tree, a person, an animal, etc. The beam will cause an instant flux of spiritual energy that creates an explosion that is a 200 feet wide and 200 feet tall. This attack causes major damage, but takes a while to charge. (2 posts)

Trick Shot: Ryu has many differen types of attacks in his repitore, but with Trick Shot, unpredictabilty is key. By utilizing the massive speed boost created by Blast Form and the devestating energy bullets from Kido Gun, Ryu can create an attack that will not only surprise the opponent, but hurt like hell as well. Ryu can perform trick shot from either the points of his swords (both sides), his hands, or the orb placed right in between his eyes.

Closing Statement: If Ryu truly wants, he may reseal his blade, and launch out a devestating attack against his opponent's spiritual energy circulatory system, by igniting the spiritual energy inside the system and causing it to sear the opponent from within. Causing massive damage and detering the opponet from fighting all together. Once the blade is sealed however, Ryu is weakened greatly, and must attempt to withdraw, regardless of if he has won or lost so that he may rest and recharge for a few days (5 posts).

History/Background:

The Shadowmoores

A long time ago when the Gotei 13 was just begining to form there were five royal families, each of which played a pivical role in building the Gotei 13, and the majority of the Soul Society as a whole. Among these royal families was a family of assassins, well trained in the arts of stealth and precision, this family was known as the Shadowmoore Royal Family. Unlike the other royal families the Shadowmoores were less vocal in the early stages of the creation of Soul Society and instead chose to hone their own abilties so that they could fight Hollows in the world of the living and Soul Society itself. Because of this a major resenment of the Shadowmoore Royal Family began to take root in the other four royal families and the Gotei 13, who were doing the majority of the work in building the world around them into a hospitable enviroment, that would in the end, spell doom for the Shadowmoore Royal Family. After some time the Shadowmoores began to become body guards of the citizens of the Rukongai, protecting them from rejects of the slums and the Hollows that seemed to slip into Soul Society from time to time. Soon the Shadowmoores gained the respect of the average spirits and because of this respect the citizens of the Rukongai would build a palace for the Shadowmoores, which they would use as their base of operations, and to receive notices from the Gotei 13 who were still trying to gain their barrings in a world that was passing them by quickly.

Soon the Gotei 13 was on its' feet and demanded the disarmament of the Shadowmoore Royal Family, telling them that they could now handle the constant Hollow threat and the attacks from evil spirits on the outskirts of the Rukongai. Initially there was some hostility between the Gotei 13 and Blood Ravens, the personal shinigami army of the Shadowmoores, but eventually all was put aside and the Shadowmoores began sending their shinigami to the Gotei 13 to help for the greater good. However, due to a budding resentment of the Shadowmoores, many strong and intelligent shinigami from the Shadowmoore bloodline were forced to be non-seated members underneath inferior officers who would show no respect to the Shadowmoores and even work them harder than the rest of the shinigami who came in to join the Gotei 13. The Shadowmoores would plead their case to Central 46, but the majority of their complaints would go unheard, and a hatred toward the Gotei 13 and everything they stood for began to take root inside of the Shadowmoore family which would lead to the re-establishment of the Blood Ravens.

The Shadowmoores would begin to work outside of the Gotei 13, making their own moves when they saw fit, and without the permission of any one except the current head of house, who at the time was Tobias Shadowmoore. A brilliant speaker and a master of Quickening, an art of kido that did not use verbal phrases, and instead uses hand gestures. Underneath Tobias, the Blood Ravens would come into constant turmoil with the Gotei 13, who through out this time would continue to demand that the Shadowmoores disarm or action would be taken. The Shadowmoores would not lay down their weapons again, saying that the Gotei 13 and the current Central 46 did not respect the Shadowmoores and as such treated them as inferior beings. Because of this unwillingness to disarm, Central 46 issued orders to kill any Shadowmoore who did not willingly surrender themselves over, and this order led to a bloody fight inside the Rukongai between the members of the Gotei 13 and the Blood Ravens. In the end the Gotei 13 agreed, after killing a majority of Blood Ravens, that they would try to be fair to the Shadowmoores, and as such the Shadowmoores decided to join the Gotei 13 once again, hoping that this time things would be different.

Exile of the Shadowmoore Royal Family

After the passing of Tobias Shadowmoore and two hundred years of great teamwork between the Shadowmoores and the Gotei 13, a new head of house was elected, and that new head of house was Oran Shadowmoore, the nephew of Tobias Shadowmoore, and a master of the Shadowmoore Royal Family Zanjutsu, a style that relies on precision and agility for killing blows. Oran did not share Tobias' beliefs of unity within Soul Society and quickly began to undermine his uncles work left and right, he started by choosing a group of Shadowmoore shinigami and using them as a personal assassin squad. Targetting key members within the family that would oppose his coming decisions and then planting evidence to point back to Gotei 13 as the culprits. The Shadowmoores would fall for this trick and demand justice from the Gotei 13, however the Gotei 13 was clueless, and denied all claims, promising to send out an investigation squad to discover what had occured. Oran's next move involved utilizing his assassin squad to kill off these investigators, and make it look like the Shadowmoores had done it, thus escalating the familiar blood feud that had faded two hundred years ago, and giving Oran control over the family completely.

The Gotei 13, under the orders of Central 46 and the first Captain commander, quickly began a campaign to force the Shadowmoores to justice and once again brutal fights began to happen, and as they did Oran watched in glee as his plan to destroy the Gotei 13 began. For the next fifty years the Shadowmoores and the Gotei 13 clashed, brutally assaulting each other, and causing a panic in the Rukongai among the citizens who were split on who to support. Finally however, the prophet, Amedyas Shadowmoore, son of Oran Shadowmoore stepped up, and slew his father. Upon killing his father Amedyas took control and began to preach peace, much like his ancestors had done before him, but this time the Shadowmoores had crossed a line that they could not walk back across. Finally an Armestice was declared and a meeting was held between representatives of the Gotei 13 and the Shadowmoore Royal family, with the Central 46 presiding over them. The meeting was to decide the fate of both sides and finally it was agreed upon that the Shadowmoores would be exiled and all historical evidence of their existance would be wiped from Soul Society's history, in exchange the Royal Family would be able to do as it chose in the real world. Amedyas would agree to these terms and begin the long process of moving the Royal Family to Earth.

With some assistance from the Gotei 13 the trip was made possible and with the help of the Central 46, a new home was found for the Shadowmoores, a run down temple on the outskirts of Karakura, far away from the people of the city, and harm. During this time Amedyas began to restore the honor of his family and began to rebuild it from the ground up, however there were many road blocks in his way, which left limited options for Amedyas to go with. The first road block was cash, they needed cash to survie, and the second problem was emersing themselves with the locals, because even if they wanted to be alone, they did want human interaction outside of their home. They solved the financial problems with resorting to being hired assassins, selling their services to the highest bidder, and the living problem was solved by the invention of the Gigai. Which allowed them to roam the cities freely in human form and take up other jobs besides assassination. Around this time, Ryu Shadowmoore was born to a happy and loving mother and father who were both assassins for the family. And that is how the Shadowmoores ended up forgotten and why they are exiled to Earth.

The Awakening

Ryu Shadowmoore at an early age showed signs of being a great warrior, his speed, and knowledge of tactics were far superior to the other Shadowmoore children and while they played games, Ryu could be found in class studying or in the gym training to become the perfect assassin, just like his mother and father. Ryu had a goal you see, he wanted to become a Blood Raven, the elite assassins that served the head of house directly, but to obtain this goal he had to become strong. So at the age of 103, when Ryu had reached his teenage years, Ryu would go through a process called the awakening, which was a process that allowed a normal soul, like he was then, to become a shinigami. During the awakening, Ryu was forced to undertake several missions in a realm between Soul Society and Earth called Ravenhold. Ravenhold, a special place that only members of the Shadowmoore family could enter, was filled with strong souls that young Ryu would have to fight his way through. As he finished the first part of the test by making it to the checkpoint, he would soon find himself confronted by a low level Blood Raven, who Ryu would have to defeat in a race, this test quickly proved to be difficult as the Blood Raven was very fast.

Luckily, with a few tricks, Ryu was capable enough to out-smart, and out-run the Blood Raven, and pass on to the final test. A mental test proctored by the head of household, Amedyas himself. The test would of course grade Ryu's skill in Kido and his general knowledge of the Royal Family. This test was easy for Ryu since he had spent so much time studying and spent so much time practicing his quickening, which he was quite good at. After succeeding Ryu was confronted with one more test...to defeat the spirit of his zanpakotu or become a spirit in Ravenhold forever. This would be the first time Ryu would meet Kage, the spirit of his zanpakotu, and the first time that Ryu would learn that agility and intelligence were alone not enough to win a fight. Kage and Ryu fought for hours until finally Ryu won out, Kage defeated, and highly proud of his new master would help Ryu leave Ravenhold, and return to Earth. Ryu would be greeted by his parents and many of his friends as the newest member of the Blood Ravens.

Ryu, The Blood Raven

After one hundred years of strenuous training underneath one of the greatest Blood Ravens in history, Vorn Shadowmoore, Ryu was put on active duty, and finally allowed to do field missions. At first the missions were light, mostly intelligence gathering, and killing of low level hollows, these were tests to see how effective Ryu was as a fighter and to see if he could understand that even the little things help. Ryu succeeded on these missions without any problems and quickly was allowed to undertake harder missions. As the missions grew steadily harder, Ryu made a name for himself as one of the most powerful rookie Blood Ravens in the organization. He was greatly respected for his ability and soon was even asked to join Vorn Shadowmoore's squad so that they could kill high level hollows and protect Karakura town. It was during this time that Ryu began to develop a liking for violence, always ready to fight, and always ready to butcher anyone who stood in his way. Vorn noticed that and tried to teach him his virtues as Vorn was a staunch believer in honor and integrity. The young Ryu would not learn from Vorn and shortly after the numerous failed attempts Vorn would be killed on a mission by saving Ryu's life from a cero.

Ryu would pay his respects for Vorn, but would remain unphased in his own ways for the next few hundred years. During this time Ryu would be put in charge of his own team and would become a talented assassin in his own right, quickly killing foes before they had even knew he was there, and as his talents increased so did his blood lust till the point that even Kage, the spirit of his zanpakotu, began to wonder if Ryu was truly sane. A reality check however, occured as Ryu soon witnessed the brutal execution of his parents who had failed on a mission so drastically that it had nearly blown their cover. Such things were unforgivable in the Shadowmoore family and as such punishable by death. Balos Shadowmoore, the current head of family noticed that Ryu had saw the execution, and ordered him to be brought before him. When he discovered that Ryu was the son of the two that failed he ordered for one of his eyes to be slashed, as a reminder of never to fail a mission within the Blood Raven organization.

After having his eye slashed and healed, Ryu began to slack off in his missions, finding that life was not worth living without his mother and father who had loved him so dearly. On one mission Ryu even nearly got himelf killed by a low level Hollow and this was taken notice by the current leader of the Blood Ravens, Zell Shadowmoore, who quickly ordered Ryu to make a decision: Stay a Blood Raven or retire. Ryu chose to retire and went back to live where him and his parents had once lived. It was there that Ryu recovered from the loss of his parents and returned to being a Blood Raven, but with a different personality. The original blood lust that had dictated Ryu's actions had faded, now he was much more reserved, and only killed if need be. He was demoted from team captain down to second in command, and then fell even farther. It was on one day that Ryu discovered a new passion during a mission, teaching. His orders had been to gather information on a teacher who was supposedly of Quincy origin. Upon learning everything he could he discovered he wanted to be a teacher, and as such began on the path to becoming one. This drew a lot of attention from the head of household, but no questions were asked because Ryu had never looked happier.

The Beginning of a Good Thing

After Ryu decided to become a teacher he researched on human history, until he had learned enough to finally feel compitent enough to become a history teacher. Taking on his first Gigai and alias, Benjamin Willliams, he became a teacher at Karakura high, teaching students about history, and any event that came to mind. The students found him zany and playful, the girls even found him a bit sexy as he stood six foot four and weighed in at 195 lbs. Many of the women in the school tried to seduce him, wanting him for his looks, and his brains, but Ryu would decline. He wasn't really interested in any of them because their wants were only skin deep and he didn't want a relationship without true love. Ryu would reach the end of his life cycle on his gigai after 50 years as it had aged with him due to special properties in the gigai that made it look older as if it had aged with him, until finally he killed the gigai off and started again.

He repeated this process of taking on different identities for about a few hundred years until finally he reached the age of 800 years old and took on the identity of Kendo Mizune. As he would start the life cycle of Kendo, he would meet Mimi Redwood, a member of the Redwood family, and a woman who seemed to be completely oblivious to the fact that their were shinigamis. Ryu was instantly attracted to the girl, regardless of what family she belonged to, he wanted her for his own. He would end up saving her from several hollows on multiple occasions as they seemed to be attracted to her spiritual pressure and then would quickly run off without showing his face to her. He would also take the young boy, Katsumi, and several of his friends under his wing as a mentor and guardian. Always looking out for them as if he were their father.

Ryu still has Blood Raven missions every now and again, but none of that matters. He is happy being a teacher and as such he is more than content to do the bidding of the family as long as it does not interfere in the molding of the next generation of fighters that will lead the way into a brighter tomorrow.

Natural Abilities:

Flast Step Master: Due to his training with Vorn and Kage alike, Ryu is a speedster, and can move at lightning fast speeds thanks to that difficult training. He is considered to be one of the fastest members of the Shadowmoore family and even gained the nickname: "Heart Beat".

Tactical Genius: His time as a captain of a team of Blood Ravens has developed Ryu into an excellent leader and as such he knows what to do in a large scale battle tactically. Even in one on ones he has the ability to keep ahead of his opponent at least a step by just using his intelligence.

Flexible: Ryu is sickeningly talented when it comes to dodging attacks. This is because of his flexibility and his training a a Blood Raven.

Shadowmoore Family Zanjutsu Specialist: As a Blood Raven, Ryu had to learn the family Zanjutsu fighting style which involves quick blows and killing strokes. A devestating style if used agaisnt some one that is not talented in fighting with zanpakotu's or is unarmed.

Immense Spiritual Power: Even though the Blood Raven armor is made to compress spiritual pressure, without the armor, Ryu has a high amount of spiritual pressure of similar level to a captain of the Gotei 13.

Quickening: Ryu is a practitioner of quickening, a Shadowmoore kido art that allows him to cast kido without uttering words, and instead by using hand gestures alone.

Kido Expert: Ryu is one of the few members of the Shadowmoore family that believes Zanjutsu alone will not work and that Kido is also useful. As such he is well versed in many different Hados and Bakudos.

Genius: Due to Ryu staying inside and studying so much he is quite the little braniac and knows a lot of things about a lot of stuff.

Equipment:

Blood Raven Armor: All Blood Ravens have this armor and it is used to hide their spiritual pressure for assassination missions.

Zanpakotu: No Shinigami is complete without his zanpakotu.

Human Gigai: Utilized so that he can immerse himself with the locals as Kendo Mizune.

Roleplay Sample:

Bound by honor, that was what Hisagi was, bound by honor, but even he had his limits. His captain was being extremely lazy and Hisagi, even with her protests, was standing outside of the ninth division door ensuring that his captain would not slip away from her duties and force him to do them for her. Yes, he was use to doing alot of paper work, but over the past few weeks it had been a test of his limits. He leaned against the door and let out a sigh as he realized that today was his day off and he had to spend it sitting outside a door waiting fo his captain to try to sneak out so that he could scold her and try to force her back into the office. He closed his eyes and imagined he was in the mountains, playing on his guitar, and just simply enjoying life (or death). He could almost hear the beautiful music that he played during those long summer nights and he almost fell into a deep sleep, but shaking his head and opening his eyes, he went back to focusing on the task at hand.

"Why do things have to be so difficult with you!?", he shouted at his captain inside the office, but when he heard nothing he quickly assumed that the captain had snuck out. Opening the door in a hurry, he found the room empty and a window on the other side of the office opened. "Damn, she got away. Maybe she did...son of a bitch!", Hisagi said as he looked over at a pile of papers that had been untouched, anger welling up inside of him, he stomped over to the papers, and quickly picked them up. It was a heavy pile, but he could handle it. "Now to find her!", he shouted as he jumped out the window following his captain's spiritual pressure and hoping to God that he wouldn't have to deal with that 'girl' again. He still had the bite marks on his arms and the bruises to remind him of the last time.

He would head to the ninth division cantina where most of the lower members of the ninth division and occasionaly (because of his involvement in picking up the slack on the paper work) he would be found drinking a good amount of sake, but trying to remain as sober as he possibly could. Upon arriving at the cantina a few of the members of the ninth division, who were stumbling around like raving drunks, quickly notice Hisagi and tried to stand up as straight as they possibly could as to not receive a lecture. "At ease gentlemen, please tell me you are heading right back to the dorms? After all we don't want to slander the ninth division's good name now do we?", Hisagi said as the men shook their head, trying to get away with being cold straight drunk by not slurring their words. Hisagi nodded his head and dismissed them before walking over to the cantina and opening the door. The cantina fell silent imediately as he stepped in and walked past some of the people who were sitting around and drinking.

(Finished)

0-4 Approved + +

Not worthy of 0 Tier. Approved, 1-1+