Name: Taiki Sakamoto
Apparent Age: 23
Height: 6'1"
Gender: Male
Quota 2000 version [preferably]
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Description:
Taiki has long blonde hair that falls straight around his face and reaches down his back almost to his belt. He has blue eyes and a slender build, though his usual expression reveals that he has seen and suffered more than would be readily apparent. At the moment, his right hand is missing at about halfway down his forearm, and he has a large scar on the right side of his neck, among others.
-Update: As of the present moment, Taiki has been healed to full fighting capacity. He wears the standard Soul Reaper uniform, nonstandard white boots, bracers on his arms with attached white gloves, small shoulder gaurds, and a nondescript cowl over his face.
History:
Shortly after under-performing on a spate of missions in the living world, including performing the original blundered konso that led to Kimura Tomokane posessing an Inner Hollow, Taiki was selected to be part of a detail springing a trap for a large number of Hollows in Hueco Mundo [Hollow Mission 1]. Instead of being one of the shinigami springing the trap, however, Taiki was given the dubious honour of being one of the 'bait'- his mission was to attack one of the largest targets he could find, in order to make the fake shinigami of the 'bait' seem genuine. After surviving a battle with the Gillian Hueso Cabra, Taiki turned up in Soul Society some months later, secretly posessing a Bakkoto that replaced his severed right hand and elevated his spiritual pressure to Captain-class levels, allowing him to perform Bankai in a battle with Kimura Tomokane and Ouji Shirosawa. During the course of this battle, he was defeated by Kimura's Hollow, and his Bakkoto destroyed by Ouji after the battle, taking advantage of his weakened condition. Without the Bakkoto, Taiki's power levels have plummeted to thier current levels.
-Update: Taiki later turned up in fourth division missing most of the Bakkoto and in a seriously injured state. Once there, however, his injuries were quickly healed, the few remaining metal parts of the Bakkoto removed, and his missing right hand regrown using Sayuri's cell-regrowth technique. As soon as he was able, Taiki left the medical centre with the repaired Yuushuumori, and has currently rejoined the gotei 13 under a different name.
Personality
Many aspects of Taiki's personality recall a typical medieval knight. While he speaks in contemporary language, if he's having fun in a fight he will pepper his speech with phrases such as 'have at!' and 'engarde!'
Accordingly, Taiki feels no need to be rude to opponents, although the experience of his life so far has taught him that usual honourable conventions, such as challenging opponents directly or attacking from the fore, have no place in actual combat.
The shiny knightly persona has been partially crusted over with a rust of cynicism, and since what he saw as his betrayal by Soul Society, he has been unable to shake the resentment he feels deep inside, even after rejoining them. Recent experiences, though, have softened this attidute to the point where he no longer considers the gotei 13 his enemies. Now, Taiki just needs a purpose, having grown tired of living for vengeance.
Zanpakuto: 'Yuushuumori [Melancholy Lance]', an average-length katana with golden-yellow bindings and a rectangualr tsuba, with subtle curling patterns engraved on it. It has been fully repaired from its previously broken state.
Shikai: 'Impale, Yuushuumori'. With this command, Yuushuumori transforms into a long, wide-bladed lance. The blade is divided into two down the middle, the empty core holding glowing white energy. Taiki can fire blasts of this energy by swinging or stabbing with the lance. When fired, the energy makes a mournful crying noise, hence the name, 'Melancholy lance'. In system terms, this allows Taiki to make normal attacks at range.
*Zanpakuto ability: Kanashii Nakigoe [Sorrowful Cry]. A strong attack unleashing all of Yuushuumori's radiance in a single blast. Stabbing the lance tip into the ground, or levelling it at an opponent, Taiki either unleashes the radiance in a circle around himself [ten feet radius], or fires a searing column of light wide enough to swallow an average adult. Whichever variation is performed, Yuushuumori's energies are temporarily expended, leaving it unable to perform ranged attacks for the next turn as it recharges. It still holds its Shikai shape. Cost: 1,000. Does 150% damage. This damage is 'Radiant', and so deals 200% damage to creatures composed fully or partially of darkness or shadows, and cancels any shadow or darkness-based abilities in the targeted area.
Bankai: Zokunen no Yuushuumori. Without the Bakkoto's power, Taiki can no longer perform this Bankai.
APPROVED BY DIZZY






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