Post by Oathkeeper on Oct 17, 2009 2:13:18 GMT -5
Name: Leonnatus of Macedon “Leon”. Leonnatus translates into Lion’s Grace, or the Grace of a Lion.
Age: Committed suicide at twenty three, Born in three hundred and forty nine BC, currently is ageless so long as he consumes souls
Gender: Male
Race: He was a Human Quincy, who died and became a Soul Reaper, later was turned into a Bount accidently.
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Power Level: Debatable, but around four or five
Timeline: Bleach
Appearance: Leonnatus has naturally dark red hair, appearing almost black towards the ends. It is long and thick, though cut in a way that when in its normal pony tail it can be hidden, much like the rat tail style from the eighties. It is tied with a red ribbon whose ends are about mid calf. He is muscular, a trait left over from his soldier days. He has a green blue pair of eyes that typically appear sunken and seem to glow in the dark. He face is usually set in a tired look, a look even more pronounced by the birthmark like rings under his eyes giving him the look of an insomniac. He wears a sleeveless black bodysuit that ends in a mock neck. Over that is a loose fitting dark brown set of pants similar to his Soul Reaper uniform, tucked into armored boots. He wears dark brown leather gloves that reach almost to his elbow. Leonnatus wears a brown robe like top over the body suit, with a white robe over it. The robe is tied by a brown belt with fur trim. His clothes are designed to be similar to his Shinigami uniform, yet customized to fit his tastes. The clothes are made out of soft materials similar to his clothes when not in battle during his original life. It is a mixture of Oriental silk and Persian cloths that feel pleasant to the skin, sewn into the back of a tougher material that lowers the chance or the clothes tearing when worn while in rugged or everyday terrain, and it keeps him warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
History: Leonnatus, often called Leon in recent years, was a young boy turned soldier under the rule of Alexander III of Macedon. He was the seventh son of a poor farmer, who had used all of his favors to give his other sons apprenticeships or the farm. Leon was picked up by the army as a soldier at thirteen, where he never stood out. This is, in part, because of the shared name by a close friend of Alexander the Great, who shared the same name. Leonnatus did gain a small name among his small group of usual fighters in the formations, as being an unstoppable fighter, sadly giving the guardian of Alexander even more weight to his name than before.
In truth Leonnatus was able to use spirit energy like that of a barbaric Quincy, a term that came about later for humans who could manipulate spirit energy in a certain way, far from refined in his powers than they were under that name. Believing himself blessed by the gods, or related to a demigod somehow, Leonnatus was able to condense spirit energy, which most people can not see, and it sent the blade of his weapon extending in a way it caused death without being blocked, generally. He suffered wounds, cuts from a spear or arrow strikes, and killed the enemies of Macedon for five years until news of his fathers death came. He left for a month, time to travel there, attend the family matters, and come back. He was met with much scorn when he arrived, and it tore at him.
Leonnatus went back to the army, working diligently every day for the last five years of his life. Five years after he had been scorned for not being able to make it for his father, he learned news that the rest of his family had seized the farm he had bought with his own money and disowned him fully. Leonnatus was furious with this, and tore through the army on horseback, mind set to kill his brothers for their actions. He was stopped however, by Alexander.
It was the first time in his life he had truly met the king, not knowing his king would soon die. Alexander spoke to him for some length, Leon pacing back and forth waiting until his king was finished so he could regain his property. Slowly what was said began to seep in and calmed down the soldier. He stopped pacing and turned to head back to the others, after being dismissed by his king. Before he left he heard the whisper from Alexander, about how people needed to specify which Leonnatus was ready to kill someone.
After that incident, Leonnatus faded into the background of the army, with nothing interesting happening. The only thing worth mentioning of his time living was that he killed himself after he learned that the slave girl he owned died along with their child during birth. That ended that segment of his life. He was eventually sent to the Soul Society by his gods, a crude version of the Soul Reapers seen today.
In the Soul Society, far away from the Seireitei, the center of the Soul Society, Leonnatus lived in the eightieth zone of the western section of the Rukon District. He spent close to a thousand years in there, before he was able to enter the academy and learn to become a Soul Reaper, the people who had sent him to the Soul Society. During that time he learned he was able to perform the Kido, a Soul Reaper equivalent to magic, version of burning water without any heat when cooking. He was so bad at it he was barred from any Kido lessons in the academy.
Due to his training as a soldier, Leonnatus proved adept at being able to fight with a sword, though it took a little time to get used to trying to wield the strange oriental swords common with the Shinigami’s. Thankfully, his zanpakuto, a weapon manifested from the wielder’s soul, was a Hellenistic sword in its initially sealed state. After he graduated he was pulled into the twelfth division of the thirteen court guard squads. The division nabbed him up due to his unique zanpakuto, the Blade of a Thousand Names, and his past as an early form of Quincy.
He spent much time in the twelfth division, a more scientifically oriented division, never rising to a candidate for being a Lieutenant. During this time he was able to use the shikai, the second of three states of the zanpakuto, garnering an even bigger push into the science departments of the Seireitei. He finally agreed, and let his blade be tested, where it was showed to change and modify itself into a total of nine hundred and ninety nine forms. It was theorized that the bankai, the final level of the zanpakuto, would reveal the last form of the blade.
While he was being studied, Leonnatus learned he was one of the oldest Soul Reapers who had yet to go and become reincarnated. Seeing as how reincarnation meant losing all of his memories and abilities, even his amount of Reiryoku, or spirit energy, the Macedonian agreed to become a test subject in creating a Soul Reaper elixir of life. During that time things went wrong. There was a woman named Ran’Tao, who was one of the key scientists.
Leonnatus was helping her, and was near her when some kind of explosion happened. Much of the next happenings were a blur, but Leonnatus learned one thing, and that was he was human again. The Macedonian lost the ability to use his zanpakuto, the blade disappearing, but did regain some of his Quincy powers, though severely hampered by his new form, something known as a Bount.
Leonnatus never did join up with the group of Bounts led by a man named Jin Kariya, not feeling the need to overthrow the Soul Society. He learned a bit about his powers, consuming the soul of a Hollow, a soul who is tainted by remaining in the human world for far too long. Upon eating the soul, and as time passed, Leonnatus learned he had stopped aging. This was wondrous, meaning the experiments worked… though not in the conventional way.
Leonnatus took to simply calling himself Leon or lion in his tongue, and secluded himself away from the world. Despite occasionally leaving his home for a soul to consume or other supplies and studies, Leon is content with his exile, though he does wonder about the odd rumors about a shop run by Kisuke Urahara, a Soul Reaper whose name he remembered slightly from when he was in the Seireitei. He has been on the fence about whether or not he should go and check the validity of these claims.
Powers: QUINCY
Soul Energy Absorption: Leon can absorb the latent particles of soul energy around him into himself, slowly regaining his energy and fueling his attacks. Should he absorb too much he could potentially kill himself from overloading his body. Recently he has been forced to use large amounts of soul energy to utilize even the more basic abilities at his disposal. (Available)
Soul Energy Manipulation: A now standard Quincy ability, in Leon’s time it was the ability he used to fight. He can create weapons or extensions of weapons through manipulation of the energy particles he absorbs, though it burns through it at a much faster pace than he can absorb. The common form of manipulation for Quincy, when they began to be called such, seemed to be a bow, though Leonnatus prefers to use a sword and spear. In recent times, this energy expended from this is double what it used to be, so much so that it takes a total of six times what he can absorb in a minute for one attack, and it eats his energy at high speeds to hold a concentrated for of a sword or spear. (Available)
Quincy Equipment: Leon, being a predecessor of the Quincy only, has none of the tools commonly utilized by Quincy. In fact, Leon does not even know if the Quincy still exists. (Not Available)
Powers: SOUL REAPER
Kido: Leonnatus is so bad at Kido he can do the magic equivalent of burning water with the stove off. Don’t even ask about using such a thing. (Never Available)
Zanpakuto: Leonnatus was a very good swordsman, even more so when he gained his zanpakuto. His blade was generally in a Hellenistic style sword, a Spatha, while in its unreleased state. Though it carries many forms, this and the second release as a spear were his commonly used ones. It matters not as he lost his zanpakuto for the time being until he can once again become a Shinigami. (Not Available)
Shinigami Benefits: Most, if not all, Soul Reapers have a bit of the same benefits. These benefits are being stronger and faster than humans, very slow aging process, being invisible to most living creatures, and the ability to exterminate Hollows and send souls into the Soul Society. They can use spirit energy in different fashions to run along walls, or air, and float… among other things. Leon is bad at the manipulation aspects of it, but he is good enough to augment his already enhanced traits with spirit energy. (Not Available)
Powers: BOUNT
Soul Ingestion: Leonnatus is capable of eating the souls of the recently deceased, Hollows, and the living. Eating the living ages him, along with kills the living, once he can catch and eat the flesh enough for death to happen. Eating the recently deceased is something Leon does not do, same as with the living. He only eats the souls of Hollows he kills using the remnants of his Quincy powers, making it so he no longer ages or is harmed by natural ailments… aside from that infernal ability to catch a cold. (Available)
Soul Augmentation: By consuming Quincy, Hollow, Human, or Soul Reaper souls, Bounts are able to add their powers to their own and increase the Bounts abilities. This is not always successful though. A side effect of this is becoming sterile; something that Leonnatus promises himself to someday attempt to get fixed. (Available)
Doll: The doll is a manifestation of the creator’s soul, much like a zanpakuto. They are generally an object much like a zanpakuto, and have a more varied personality than the Soul Reaper weapons, despite both being representations of the soul. They are a double edged sword however. Should a doll be damaged it will revert into its inanimate form, but should the wielder become damaged while it is released, or the wielder be too weak to handle its powers, the doll will kill the wielder. They grow in size as their creator gets stronger. They are summoned by chanting a ritual while sacrificing the elements found in the human body, sulfur, phosphorus, carbon, water, fat, magnesium and lime. Learning to make a doll was the only time Leonnatus associated with Jin’s group. They are released from their sealed state by the German phrase “Zeige Dich.” (Available)
Leonnatus’s Doll: Leonnatus’s personal doll, Artorius, is a robot with a blade that has grown to be roughly the same height as Leon. The doll is sealed into a gold square on his belt. When released, the doll behaves like a soldier, using the spear to attack and a shield of spirit energy to defend, fighting in a manner similar to a ninja independent of Leon. The doll is capable of becoming a weapon as seen by some other dolls, morphing into itself in a way that it becomes an armored full arm glove with the blade coming out of it. When released it gives Leon a boost of speed equivalent to an average Lieutenant, along with a boost in strength enough to easily throw a minivan. Aside from those two, while in weapon mode it also seems to distort the image around it, making Leonnatus harder to see and hit.
Equipment: Aside from his clothes and armored boots, Leon has a well worn walking stick, his doll, and a battle ready Spatha he bought before he exiled himself. He also has a smoothed out piece of wood shaped into a hilt shape with some carefully done reliefs of his gods in it. There is a leather thong attached to it he uses to keep it secured to his belt or wrist, and it is a tool for him to focus his Quincy powers because carrying a sword all the time is a little frowned upon in this day and age.
Weakness: Leon is currently a living breathing humanoid, that can die through unnatural causes. He must eat souls to survive. Leon has been in exile for a long time, so some things confuse him easily. He has died and is still around, and is cocky about his abilities. He has not done any fighting or training, so he is very rusty. He is incapable of utilizing his spirit energy to its peak abilities, and he can not use his powers from being a Shinigami. He is still able to catch a cold or other non life threatening ailments… much to his woe.
Age: Committed suicide at twenty three, Born in three hundred and forty nine BC, currently is ageless so long as he consumes souls
Gender: Male
Race: He was a Human Quincy, who died and became a Soul Reaper, later was turned into a Bount accidently.
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Power Level: Debatable, but around four or five
Timeline: Bleach
Appearance: Leonnatus has naturally dark red hair, appearing almost black towards the ends. It is long and thick, though cut in a way that when in its normal pony tail it can be hidden, much like the rat tail style from the eighties. It is tied with a red ribbon whose ends are about mid calf. He is muscular, a trait left over from his soldier days. He has a green blue pair of eyes that typically appear sunken and seem to glow in the dark. He face is usually set in a tired look, a look even more pronounced by the birthmark like rings under his eyes giving him the look of an insomniac. He wears a sleeveless black bodysuit that ends in a mock neck. Over that is a loose fitting dark brown set of pants similar to his Soul Reaper uniform, tucked into armored boots. He wears dark brown leather gloves that reach almost to his elbow. Leonnatus wears a brown robe like top over the body suit, with a white robe over it. The robe is tied by a brown belt with fur trim. His clothes are designed to be similar to his Shinigami uniform, yet customized to fit his tastes. The clothes are made out of soft materials similar to his clothes when not in battle during his original life. It is a mixture of Oriental silk and Persian cloths that feel pleasant to the skin, sewn into the back of a tougher material that lowers the chance or the clothes tearing when worn while in rugged or everyday terrain, and it keeps him warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
History: Leonnatus, often called Leon in recent years, was a young boy turned soldier under the rule of Alexander III of Macedon. He was the seventh son of a poor farmer, who had used all of his favors to give his other sons apprenticeships or the farm. Leon was picked up by the army as a soldier at thirteen, where he never stood out. This is, in part, because of the shared name by a close friend of Alexander the Great, who shared the same name. Leonnatus did gain a small name among his small group of usual fighters in the formations, as being an unstoppable fighter, sadly giving the guardian of Alexander even more weight to his name than before.
In truth Leonnatus was able to use spirit energy like that of a barbaric Quincy, a term that came about later for humans who could manipulate spirit energy in a certain way, far from refined in his powers than they were under that name. Believing himself blessed by the gods, or related to a demigod somehow, Leonnatus was able to condense spirit energy, which most people can not see, and it sent the blade of his weapon extending in a way it caused death without being blocked, generally. He suffered wounds, cuts from a spear or arrow strikes, and killed the enemies of Macedon for five years until news of his fathers death came. He left for a month, time to travel there, attend the family matters, and come back. He was met with much scorn when he arrived, and it tore at him.
Leonnatus went back to the army, working diligently every day for the last five years of his life. Five years after he had been scorned for not being able to make it for his father, he learned news that the rest of his family had seized the farm he had bought with his own money and disowned him fully. Leonnatus was furious with this, and tore through the army on horseback, mind set to kill his brothers for their actions. He was stopped however, by Alexander.
It was the first time in his life he had truly met the king, not knowing his king would soon die. Alexander spoke to him for some length, Leon pacing back and forth waiting until his king was finished so he could regain his property. Slowly what was said began to seep in and calmed down the soldier. He stopped pacing and turned to head back to the others, after being dismissed by his king. Before he left he heard the whisper from Alexander, about how people needed to specify which Leonnatus was ready to kill someone.
After that incident, Leonnatus faded into the background of the army, with nothing interesting happening. The only thing worth mentioning of his time living was that he killed himself after he learned that the slave girl he owned died along with their child during birth. That ended that segment of his life. He was eventually sent to the Soul Society by his gods, a crude version of the Soul Reapers seen today.
In the Soul Society, far away from the Seireitei, the center of the Soul Society, Leonnatus lived in the eightieth zone of the western section of the Rukon District. He spent close to a thousand years in there, before he was able to enter the academy and learn to become a Soul Reaper, the people who had sent him to the Soul Society. During that time he learned he was able to perform the Kido, a Soul Reaper equivalent to magic, version of burning water without any heat when cooking. He was so bad at it he was barred from any Kido lessons in the academy.
Due to his training as a soldier, Leonnatus proved adept at being able to fight with a sword, though it took a little time to get used to trying to wield the strange oriental swords common with the Shinigami’s. Thankfully, his zanpakuto, a weapon manifested from the wielder’s soul, was a Hellenistic sword in its initially sealed state. After he graduated he was pulled into the twelfth division of the thirteen court guard squads. The division nabbed him up due to his unique zanpakuto, the Blade of a Thousand Names, and his past as an early form of Quincy.
He spent much time in the twelfth division, a more scientifically oriented division, never rising to a candidate for being a Lieutenant. During this time he was able to use the shikai, the second of three states of the zanpakuto, garnering an even bigger push into the science departments of the Seireitei. He finally agreed, and let his blade be tested, where it was showed to change and modify itself into a total of nine hundred and ninety nine forms. It was theorized that the bankai, the final level of the zanpakuto, would reveal the last form of the blade.
While he was being studied, Leonnatus learned he was one of the oldest Soul Reapers who had yet to go and become reincarnated. Seeing as how reincarnation meant losing all of his memories and abilities, even his amount of Reiryoku, or spirit energy, the Macedonian agreed to become a test subject in creating a Soul Reaper elixir of life. During that time things went wrong. There was a woman named Ran’Tao, who was one of the key scientists.
Leonnatus was helping her, and was near her when some kind of explosion happened. Much of the next happenings were a blur, but Leonnatus learned one thing, and that was he was human again. The Macedonian lost the ability to use his zanpakuto, the blade disappearing, but did regain some of his Quincy powers, though severely hampered by his new form, something known as a Bount.
Leonnatus never did join up with the group of Bounts led by a man named Jin Kariya, not feeling the need to overthrow the Soul Society. He learned a bit about his powers, consuming the soul of a Hollow, a soul who is tainted by remaining in the human world for far too long. Upon eating the soul, and as time passed, Leonnatus learned he had stopped aging. This was wondrous, meaning the experiments worked… though not in the conventional way.
Leonnatus took to simply calling himself Leon or lion in his tongue, and secluded himself away from the world. Despite occasionally leaving his home for a soul to consume or other supplies and studies, Leon is content with his exile, though he does wonder about the odd rumors about a shop run by Kisuke Urahara, a Soul Reaper whose name he remembered slightly from when he was in the Seireitei. He has been on the fence about whether or not he should go and check the validity of these claims.
Powers: QUINCY
Soul Energy Absorption: Leon can absorb the latent particles of soul energy around him into himself, slowly regaining his energy and fueling his attacks. Should he absorb too much he could potentially kill himself from overloading his body. Recently he has been forced to use large amounts of soul energy to utilize even the more basic abilities at his disposal. (Available)
Soul Energy Manipulation: A now standard Quincy ability, in Leon’s time it was the ability he used to fight. He can create weapons or extensions of weapons through manipulation of the energy particles he absorbs, though it burns through it at a much faster pace than he can absorb. The common form of manipulation for Quincy, when they began to be called such, seemed to be a bow, though Leonnatus prefers to use a sword and spear. In recent times, this energy expended from this is double what it used to be, so much so that it takes a total of six times what he can absorb in a minute for one attack, and it eats his energy at high speeds to hold a concentrated for of a sword or spear. (Available)
Quincy Equipment: Leon, being a predecessor of the Quincy only, has none of the tools commonly utilized by Quincy. In fact, Leon does not even know if the Quincy still exists. (Not Available)
Powers: SOUL REAPER
Kido: Leonnatus is so bad at Kido he can do the magic equivalent of burning water with the stove off. Don’t even ask about using such a thing. (Never Available)
Zanpakuto: Leonnatus was a very good swordsman, even more so when he gained his zanpakuto. His blade was generally in a Hellenistic style sword, a Spatha, while in its unreleased state. Though it carries many forms, this and the second release as a spear were his commonly used ones. It matters not as he lost his zanpakuto for the time being until he can once again become a Shinigami. (Not Available)
Shinigami Benefits: Most, if not all, Soul Reapers have a bit of the same benefits. These benefits are being stronger and faster than humans, very slow aging process, being invisible to most living creatures, and the ability to exterminate Hollows and send souls into the Soul Society. They can use spirit energy in different fashions to run along walls, or air, and float… among other things. Leon is bad at the manipulation aspects of it, but he is good enough to augment his already enhanced traits with spirit energy. (Not Available)
Powers: BOUNT
Soul Ingestion: Leonnatus is capable of eating the souls of the recently deceased, Hollows, and the living. Eating the living ages him, along with kills the living, once he can catch and eat the flesh enough for death to happen. Eating the recently deceased is something Leon does not do, same as with the living. He only eats the souls of Hollows he kills using the remnants of his Quincy powers, making it so he no longer ages or is harmed by natural ailments… aside from that infernal ability to catch a cold. (Available)
Soul Augmentation: By consuming Quincy, Hollow, Human, or Soul Reaper souls, Bounts are able to add their powers to their own and increase the Bounts abilities. This is not always successful though. A side effect of this is becoming sterile; something that Leonnatus promises himself to someday attempt to get fixed. (Available)
Doll: The doll is a manifestation of the creator’s soul, much like a zanpakuto. They are generally an object much like a zanpakuto, and have a more varied personality than the Soul Reaper weapons, despite both being representations of the soul. They are a double edged sword however. Should a doll be damaged it will revert into its inanimate form, but should the wielder become damaged while it is released, or the wielder be too weak to handle its powers, the doll will kill the wielder. They grow in size as their creator gets stronger. They are summoned by chanting a ritual while sacrificing the elements found in the human body, sulfur, phosphorus, carbon, water, fat, magnesium and lime. Learning to make a doll was the only time Leonnatus associated with Jin’s group. They are released from their sealed state by the German phrase “Zeige Dich.” (Available)
Leonnatus’s Doll: Leonnatus’s personal doll, Artorius, is a robot with a blade that has grown to be roughly the same height as Leon. The doll is sealed into a gold square on his belt. When released, the doll behaves like a soldier, using the spear to attack and a shield of spirit energy to defend, fighting in a manner similar to a ninja independent of Leon. The doll is capable of becoming a weapon as seen by some other dolls, morphing into itself in a way that it becomes an armored full arm glove with the blade coming out of it. When released it gives Leon a boost of speed equivalent to an average Lieutenant, along with a boost in strength enough to easily throw a minivan. Aside from those two, while in weapon mode it also seems to distort the image around it, making Leonnatus harder to see and hit.
Equipment: Aside from his clothes and armored boots, Leon has a well worn walking stick, his doll, and a battle ready Spatha he bought before he exiled himself. He also has a smoothed out piece of wood shaped into a hilt shape with some carefully done reliefs of his gods in it. There is a leather thong attached to it he uses to keep it secured to his belt or wrist, and it is a tool for him to focus his Quincy powers because carrying a sword all the time is a little frowned upon in this day and age.
Weakness: Leon is currently a living breathing humanoid, that can die through unnatural causes. He must eat souls to survive. Leon has been in exile for a long time, so some things confuse him easily. He has died and is still around, and is cocky about his abilities. He has not done any fighting or training, so he is very rusty. He is incapable of utilizing his spirit energy to its peak abilities, and he can not use his powers from being a Shinigami. He is still able to catch a cold or other non life threatening ailments… much to his woe.
