Ulquiorra Schiffer [Arrancar] [Canon]

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Name: Ulquiorra Schiffer

Nickname: Despair

Age: Unknown, appears to be around 21.

Gender: Male

Weapon(s): None.

Number: Formerly 4

Personality: Ulquiorra is a very cold, callous, dispassionate figure, and is rather aloof, brooding, and indifferent, willing to harm both his comrades and enemies should they ever get in his way. He refers to anyone he does not find interesting as "trash" and treats them as expendable. Despite this, like most of the other top Espada, he is not particularly violent. Ulquiorra demonstrates a strange habit when killing victims he is particularly interested in, stabbing them with his bare hand in the same location as his Hollow hole, as stated by Grimmjow. Whether he is consciously aware of this habit or not is unknown.

His cold demeanor allows him to stay completely calm and in control in most situations, and he is not easily surprised or caught off-guard. However, he does not seem to comprehend the Human trait of fighting against all odds or the very concept of the Human heart; during his final battle with Ichigo, he completely overwhelms the Shinigami after releasing his Zanpakutō, yet Ichigo continues to fight on regardless of this. Because of this he shouts at Ichigo out of frustration, telling him that "to continue fighting is pointless." He then transforms into his Segunda Etapa form in an attempt to show Ichigo "true despair."

Ulquiorra is also highly perceptive, cunning, and analytical. During his and Yammy's first visit to the Human world, he makes several surprisingly accurate remarks on the Humans who confronted them. He theorizes that Orihime Inoue's healing power is a temporal-spatial ability, which Aizen later describes as the rejection of fate, and comments on how Ichigo Kurosaki's Bankai can easily cut through Yammy's defenses. He also notes that Ichigo's power fluctuates, varying between very weak and stronger than his own.

Ulquiorra seems to be demanding as well, such as when he came to Orihime's chamber and ordered her to eat a meal an Arrancar servant brought in, claiming that, for Aizen's benefit, it was her "duty" to stay alive. When Orihime hesitates, he threatens to force the food down her throat, or strap her to a table and feed her via an IV. This also implies that, while he prefers not to dirty his hands, Ulquiorra is fully capable of committing truly abhorrent and inhumane actions without feeling any shred of remorse or hesitation.

In the last seconds of his life, he seems to finally find his own "heart" and understand feelings.

Physical Appearance: Ulquiorra is a slender, yet fairly muscular, male Arrancar of average height with a melancholic appearance. He has fairly short, messy black hair, pale white skin, a black upper lip, and green eyes with small slit-shaped pupils similar to a cat's. Part of his bangs falls between his eyes and he has distinctively thick eyebrows. He has teal lines that descend from the lower part of his eyes. His facial expression rarely changes, though he is almost always frowning. He wears typical Arrancar clothes: a white jacket, black sash, and a white hakama. However, his jacket seems to have longer coattails than others and the collar is rather high.
Like most other Arrancar, he possesses remnants of his former life as a Hollow in his appearance. His Hollow hole is located on his sternum. Post-Revival, however, Ulquiorra's looks have changed slightly. He no longer possesses a Mask fragment except for a tiny piece of his horn, which resembles his Segunda's horn more than his previous horns. It is usually hidden by his hair. His hair has also grown a bit longer and his eyes now have a bit more emotion in them, though it is a very slight change.

Bio: As a Hollow, Ulquiorra felt alone in the world, being white while those around him were black. He wandered Hueco Mundo alone, lamenting his existence, until one day he came across a white tree featuring many sharp spines. Ulquiorra found it satisfying due to its emptiness, and sank into it, destroying part of his mask, finally at peace. An unspecified amount of time later, he was recruited by Aizen into the Espada. He has no memories of being Human.

Ulquiorra was one of Aizen's strongest Espada, being ranked number 4 but possibly being the strongest among all of them as he had revealed a Segunda Etapa to only Ichigo during their battle. He had kidnapped Orihime for Aizen, but over the time of being her captor, he had grown to soften around this woman who intrigued him so much.

Fast forward alot and he engaged in battle with Ichigo Kurosaki, who was no match for him. Ulquiorra seemingly killed Ichigo, only to have Ichigo hollowfy and then completely decimate him. Before he could die, however, Ichigo reverted back to human. Once Ulquiorra made a move to end the fight by killing Ichigo in his own horribly injured state, he began to disintegrate into dust. The fight was never finished, but Orihime's small acts of kindness finally affected him. He finally found the heart that he'd been longing for as he faded into dust.

He was unable to say when or how he woke up, but he did, emerging from the sands of Las Noches, surprised to find himself alive. It seemed that he had doubted his own regenerative powers, which had gone into overdrive to revive him from nothing but dust. It was a one time deal, though, as Ulquiorra felt his regenerative powers weakened drastically, as well as his own power. He was unable to go back into his Segunda for now.

He soon found out that alot of time had passed and the Espadas had been reformed. He had no inclination to join them, however, as he owed his life to the woman who had given him a heart. This heart was, perhaps, the motivation his body needed to revive itself. So he vowed to repay the person who gave him a heart by protecting her with his life as well as to sate his growing curiousity about humans.

And so, His story began. It began with a woman who gave him a heart.


Zanpakutō


Name: Murcielago

Sealed form: Ulquiorra's Zanpakutō takes the form of a standard sized katana with a green handle and sheath. The guard has two curved extensions from its long sides, with a line going through both sides to give it an eye-like appearance.

Resurrección: Murciélago unleashes a black (with green outline) burst of spiritual energy that falls around Ulquiorra as green rain. In his released state, Ulquiorra becomes bat-like in appearance. While in this form, he gains large black bat wings on his back, his hair becomes longer and wilder, and the remains of his Hollow mask centers atop his head, with two large horns extending outward to the sides towards the front. The lines on his face become black, broader and more triangular and his fingernails lengthen. His Arrancar attire becomes more form fitting and closed at the top, becoming more like a robe towards the bottom. In this form, he can use his wings for flight.

Call out phrase: Enclose.

Ability: Ulquiorra's attributes all gain a good amount of increase as well as gaining the ability to use his reiatsu as a weapon against his foes.

Techniques:

Luz de la Luna: He is shown to have the ability to generate green energy javelins. He uses them as ranged weapons, throwing them at an opponent, and as a melee weapon.

Cero Oscuras: It is a black Cero with a green outline to it, which Ulquiorra states to be similar to Ichigo's black Getsuga Tenshō. This Cero presumably can only be used while he is in his release state. Ulquiorra's Cero Oscuras is powerful enough to blast Ichigo's mask away and destroy a large part of the city-sized Las Noches' dome. Ulquiorra refers to it as "our Cero". It can also be used in his Segunda Etapa form.

Despair: Ulquiorra's reiatsu is vast and passively causes his opponents to feel a sense of despair and hopelessness. The greater the difference in their reiryoku, the greater this ability affects them.

Sonido Blanca: Ulquiorra's personalized type of Sonido, this ability allows him to leave behind a burst of black greenish smoke when he uses Sonido.


Segunda Etapa: Upon his transformation, Ulquiorra boasts that he is the only Arrancar among the Espada who is able to reach a second Resurrección form, and that even Aizen has not seen him in this form.Ulquiorra refers to his second state as "True Despair", both before and after its release, because the immensely dense spiritual pressure it releases instills despair upon those around him. While he retains his black wings, his long white coat is gone, revealing a more defined musculature with his chest bare and Hollow hole (which has become larger) dripping black, blood-like liquid. His waist becomes covered in something similar to black fur, which also covers his arms and legs. His fingers grow claw-like extensions and his feet become like talons. The irises of his eyes turn yellow while the sclera become green. The tear-like marks under his eyes increase in size and turn black. Ulquiorra's mask is now completely gone, as he has taken on the fuller appearance of a bat. He now has two large bat-ears, and the #4 Espada tattoo is no longer visible on his chest.

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Call out phrase: Segunda Etapa

Ability: Ulquiorra's attributes are raised even higher as well as his reiatsu controlling ability getting strengthened. Now, he can cause an entire area to be weighed down by his pressure.

Techniques:

Latigo: He grows a very long and thin but powerful tail, which can be used as a whip or to lift and strangle a victim.

Lanza Del Relampago: Ulquiorra creates a javelin-like weapon using his spiritual power. It is quite like his original energy javelins, with the only, if quite noticeable, difference being the energy flowing off of each end in a fashion similar to flames, making it look more arrow-shaped. He can use this weapon as a projectile or as a physical weapon. When thrown, it produces an incredibly-destructive explosion on impact, which dwarfs the fortress of Las Noches in height. Ulquiorra prefers to not use the attack at close range, most likely because the resulting blast would damage himself as well as Las Noches. While he can use these spears in rapid succession, he has difficulty controlling their trajectory. Ulquiorra is also able to use this attack as a blade, and he can use it to either disintegrate material upon impact, as seen when he struck away his own amputated arm that Hollow Ichigo had just thrown at him; or to cut, as seen when he used it to sever one of Hollow Ichigo's horns to prevent him from using a Cero.

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Statistics:
Rank/level - ADV 1
Hankou - 16
Reiryoku - 16
Hakudo - 10
Seijuu - 10
Bukijuu - 7
Hoho - 16
Points awarded:
Total points: 75

You need an RP sample, once that is finished I can grade the over all application.

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No, you need to write an RP sample with Ulquiorra, not just link to an existing sample; all canon characters require a sample to test how well the person in question can play the canon.

Kizomaru Hotaru wrote:

No, you need to write an RP sample with Ulquiorra, not just link to an existing sample; all canon characters require a sample to test how well the person in question can play the canon.

AH~! Why not just say so. X)

I'll get to work on it. Expect a PM by the time I'm done.

Please put the sample in the profile, don't PM it to me.

Approved for ADV-1 with 75 points.

~Moving to accepted~