Post by GM on Jun 9, 2007 14:48:28 GMT -5
Hollows are former pluses (deceased human souls) that lose their hearts to despair or remain in the real world for too long. Any spirit that is not guided to Soul Society by a shinigami may eventually descend into a hollow. The process by which a soul becomes a hollow usually takes months (if not longer), reflected by the length of the soul's Chain of Destiny which resides in the same location as their heart would be. The Chain of Destiny slowly corrodes over time, reflecting the degradation of the soul's ties to the living world. The process can be accelerated under certain conditions, such as being attacked by another hollow or through the use of certain spiritual powers. When the chain completely decays, the soul is warped into a unique and monstrous form with a vaguely skeletal mask and a large hole where their chain was once connected.
In Bleach, the majority of ghosts peacefully move on to Soul Society after their deaths. Some, however, stay in the living world to fulfill certain goals, such as looking after a loved one, protecting a particular location, or pursuing a grudge from beyond the grave. However, with only limited abilities to interact with the living, and by definition tied to their goals, many ghosts find they are unable to cope when their loved ones move on or old enemies forget them. At this point, some will become dangerously obsessed with fulfilling those goals, even if the means to fulfill them renders the soul empty: for example, killing anyone who comes near a loved one, in order to keep them from hurting that person. In doing so, the ghost warps into a hollow and, ironically, often makes the focus of their obsession into their first victim.
Once a soul becomes a hollow, it is driven to devour other souls, living or dead, to fill the void caused by its descent. While their former obsession often becomes their first target, most hollows will eventually become mindless creatures concerned only with finding the most potent souls to devour. Stronger and more evil hollows are often able to retain some of their intelligence in hollow form, making them more dangerous than the average hollow. While most hollows are evil, or at the very least mindless, at least a few are not. (for a manga example look at nell tu and her companions)
The most distinctive feature of a hollow, their mask, is formed to protect the naked instinct that is left in a being after the loss of its heart, and in some ways is the tangible form of the hollow's madness. The masks of different hollows can differ greatly in shape and form, but they are always white and skull-like. The masks also obscure the original identity of the hollows, but if shattered, the hollow may be able to temporarily resume its original form and personality.
Hollows have widely varying physical characteristics and powers, and few hollows ever appear the same (the few that do are often clones). In terms of appearance, hollows can range from furry (like mammals) or lizard-like in appearance to outright demonic. A hollow's abilities are often determined by their power. Weaker (and by definition less intelligent) hollows usually only attack in a melee style, whereas stronger hollows have a wide array of abilities with which to kill their quarry. Hollows also vary in size, though it tends to be fairly consistent amongst the various classifications of hollows. In Hueco Mundo, some hollows are no larger than common pets. Most common hollows are about twice the size of an adult human, though it can vary to a degree. Huge hollows, aptly named for their size, are as large as two-story buildings. Finally, gillian-class menos are even larger than the huge hollows, standing as tall as a common skyscraper.
Hollows are usually killed by splitting their mask and head in two, but any sufficiently damaging wound will effectively dispatch them. When this is done by a shinigami's zanpakuto, the hollow is not truly killed; its spirit is purified of the sins it committed as a hollow. This allows the spirit within to enter the Soul Society as a plus. In cases where a hollow committed great sins as a mortal, its purification will summon the gates of hell, which drag the soul to its punishment. When a hollow is killed by a Quincy, however, it is destroyed, soul and all, which has potentially disastrous effects on the spiritual balance of the worlds.
Though most hollows are simply transformed human souls, a sub-group of hollows known as menos (Spanish for "less") exist. Menos are created by numerous hollows piling up on top of one another and merging, forming composite entities of far greater strength than any normal hollow. Menos-class hollows are considered so dangerous that Soul Society sends only highly trained shinigami teams to handle menos incursions. These incursions seem to be rare, however, as menos rarely leave Hueco Mundo unless attracted by large sources of spiritual power or encouraged to by other forces. Three types of menos-class hollows exist: gillian, adjuchas, and vasto lorde.
Gillian-class menos (girian) are the weakest class of menos. They are giant in comparison to other hollows, dwarfing even the largest standard hollows by at least the size of a two-story building, but lack agility and intelligence. While a gillian-class menos is quite powerful, they are still much weaker than a shinigami lieutenant. They are comparable to "foot-soldiers," reflected in their uniform appearance. In Soul Society, gillians are known as menos grande and are shown in textbooks discussing menos. Menos grande literally means "big minus" in Spanish ("less big" is also a possible translation). Similarly, the kanji for menos grande is literally big emptiness.
Adjuchas-class menos (ajūkasu) are the medium class of menos in terms of power. They look humanoid, but are still distinctly inhuman — the silhouette shown of one appears very wide and bulky with ridges on its head. They are also much smarter than the gillians and have the power to match. It is likely they could fight evenly with at least a shinigami lieutenant. They watch over the many gillian-class menos. This type of menos is much smaller in population compared to the gillian class.
Vasto lorde-class menos (vastorōde) are the most powerful class of menos. They appear almost completely humanoid, and each one is stronger than an average shinigami captain, ten of them would be enough to defeat all of Soul Society. They are the least common form of menos, but the exact population is unknown. They are believed to reside within the very depths of Hueco Mundo.
Hollow charecters are difficult to play due to the fact that every other type of charecter will be simultaniously trying to kill you however playing the bad guy can be a rewarding thing to do.
Unlike shinigami they have 1 primary, 1 secondary, and 1 tetirary.
Hakuda - Hollows more than any other archtype use Hakuda due to its effectiveness with certain hollow techniques such as high speed regeneration and limb enchnancment. Hakuda primary charecters start with 1 martial arts of choice, high speed regeneration, and limb enchancment. Hakuda secondary charecters get 1 martial art of choice and limb enchancement. Hakuda tetirary charecters get limb enchancement.
Intuitive - Intuitive techniques are hollow unique abilties developed as the hollow absorbs souls and grows in powers. Primary users have 2 uniques. Secondary users have 1. Tetirary have no uniques starting.
Command - hollow with this trait have the ability to inherently call and command hollow. Primary means you have some sort of ability to create and control creatures for a single purpose (fighting, entrapping, walking bombs, ect.) and you can call lesser hollow to attack enemies (they act of there own will). Secondary means you only have the ability to call basic hollow who you do not command. Tertiary means you have neither and hollow wont help you unless they happen by.
Notes on making a hollow
1. most hollow have a spanish motif to them there names, technique names, ect. will ususally be in spanish.
2. all starting hollow will be a newborn (enfante is the term used for them and although my spanish is rusted from years of non use I believe it means infant.)
In Bleach, the majority of ghosts peacefully move on to Soul Society after their deaths. Some, however, stay in the living world to fulfill certain goals, such as looking after a loved one, protecting a particular location, or pursuing a grudge from beyond the grave. However, with only limited abilities to interact with the living, and by definition tied to their goals, many ghosts find they are unable to cope when their loved ones move on or old enemies forget them. At this point, some will become dangerously obsessed with fulfilling those goals, even if the means to fulfill them renders the soul empty: for example, killing anyone who comes near a loved one, in order to keep them from hurting that person. In doing so, the ghost warps into a hollow and, ironically, often makes the focus of their obsession into their first victim.
Once a soul becomes a hollow, it is driven to devour other souls, living or dead, to fill the void caused by its descent. While their former obsession often becomes their first target, most hollows will eventually become mindless creatures concerned only with finding the most potent souls to devour. Stronger and more evil hollows are often able to retain some of their intelligence in hollow form, making them more dangerous than the average hollow. While most hollows are evil, or at the very least mindless, at least a few are not. (for a manga example look at nell tu and her companions)
The most distinctive feature of a hollow, their mask, is formed to protect the naked instinct that is left in a being after the loss of its heart, and in some ways is the tangible form of the hollow's madness. The masks of different hollows can differ greatly in shape and form, but they are always white and skull-like. The masks also obscure the original identity of the hollows, but if shattered, the hollow may be able to temporarily resume its original form and personality.
Hollows have widely varying physical characteristics and powers, and few hollows ever appear the same (the few that do are often clones). In terms of appearance, hollows can range from furry (like mammals) or lizard-like in appearance to outright demonic. A hollow's abilities are often determined by their power. Weaker (and by definition less intelligent) hollows usually only attack in a melee style, whereas stronger hollows have a wide array of abilities with which to kill their quarry. Hollows also vary in size, though it tends to be fairly consistent amongst the various classifications of hollows. In Hueco Mundo, some hollows are no larger than common pets. Most common hollows are about twice the size of an adult human, though it can vary to a degree. Huge hollows, aptly named for their size, are as large as two-story buildings. Finally, gillian-class menos are even larger than the huge hollows, standing as tall as a common skyscraper.
Hollows are usually killed by splitting their mask and head in two, but any sufficiently damaging wound will effectively dispatch them. When this is done by a shinigami's zanpakuto, the hollow is not truly killed; its spirit is purified of the sins it committed as a hollow. This allows the spirit within to enter the Soul Society as a plus. In cases where a hollow committed great sins as a mortal, its purification will summon the gates of hell, which drag the soul to its punishment. When a hollow is killed by a Quincy, however, it is destroyed, soul and all, which has potentially disastrous effects on the spiritual balance of the worlds.
Though most hollows are simply transformed human souls, a sub-group of hollows known as menos (Spanish for "less") exist. Menos are created by numerous hollows piling up on top of one another and merging, forming composite entities of far greater strength than any normal hollow. Menos-class hollows are considered so dangerous that Soul Society sends only highly trained shinigami teams to handle menos incursions. These incursions seem to be rare, however, as menos rarely leave Hueco Mundo unless attracted by large sources of spiritual power or encouraged to by other forces. Three types of menos-class hollows exist: gillian, adjuchas, and vasto lorde.
Gillian-class menos (girian) are the weakest class of menos. They are giant in comparison to other hollows, dwarfing even the largest standard hollows by at least the size of a two-story building, but lack agility and intelligence. While a gillian-class menos is quite powerful, they are still much weaker than a shinigami lieutenant. They are comparable to "foot-soldiers," reflected in their uniform appearance. In Soul Society, gillians are known as menos grande and are shown in textbooks discussing menos. Menos grande literally means "big minus" in Spanish ("less big" is also a possible translation). Similarly, the kanji for menos grande is literally big emptiness.
Adjuchas-class menos (ajūkasu) are the medium class of menos in terms of power. They look humanoid, but are still distinctly inhuman — the silhouette shown of one appears very wide and bulky with ridges on its head. They are also much smarter than the gillians and have the power to match. It is likely they could fight evenly with at least a shinigami lieutenant. They watch over the many gillian-class menos. This type of menos is much smaller in population compared to the gillian class.
Vasto lorde-class menos (vastorōde) are the most powerful class of menos. They appear almost completely humanoid, and each one is stronger than an average shinigami captain, ten of them would be enough to defeat all of Soul Society. They are the least common form of menos, but the exact population is unknown. They are believed to reside within the very depths of Hueco Mundo.
Hollow charecters are difficult to play due to the fact that every other type of charecter will be simultaniously trying to kill you however playing the bad guy can be a rewarding thing to do.
Unlike shinigami they have 1 primary, 1 secondary, and 1 tetirary.
Hakuda - Hollows more than any other archtype use Hakuda due to its effectiveness with certain hollow techniques such as high speed regeneration and limb enchnancment. Hakuda primary charecters start with 1 martial arts of choice, high speed regeneration, and limb enchancment. Hakuda secondary charecters get 1 martial art of choice and limb enchancement. Hakuda tetirary charecters get limb enchancement.
Intuitive - Intuitive techniques are hollow unique abilties developed as the hollow absorbs souls and grows in powers. Primary users have 2 uniques. Secondary users have 1. Tetirary have no uniques starting.
Command - hollow with this trait have the ability to inherently call and command hollow. Primary means you have some sort of ability to create and control creatures for a single purpose (fighting, entrapping, walking bombs, ect.) and you can call lesser hollow to attack enemies (they act of there own will). Secondary means you only have the ability to call basic hollow who you do not command. Tertiary means you have neither and hollow wont help you unless they happen by.
Notes on making a hollow
1. most hollow have a spanish motif to them there names, technique names, ect. will ususally be in spanish.
2. all starting hollow will be a newborn (enfante is the term used for them and although my spanish is rusted from years of non use I believe it means infant.)