Isaac (Virtue of Diligence)

Name: Isaac Cantrell

Nickname: Virtue/Obelisk of Diligence, Gravedigger.

Age: 19

Gender: Male

Weapon(s): N/A

Personality: Isaac is exactly what his virtue is; diligent. Amongst the Virtues, Isaac is probably the most serious and cold-hearted. He puts God and work above all else. He is a hard-worker, and is often tasked with a good portion of the jobs the organization requires, as it is promised he will get it done; or die trying. Isaac is compassion-less, or so it seems. Trying to talk to pull empathy from Isaac is harder than pulling teeth with sticks.

This being said, Isaac can also be charitable. He lives off of the bare essentials, and donates anything he gets, but doesn't need, to the Church. Contrary to popular belief, Isaac does have emotions, but due to his past, he's learned to set them aside in order to achieve what's needed. He's learned that everyone is worth saving, no matter what they have done in life; nobody save for those his God deems it, deserves a life of damnation. Which is how he views the Hollow's living. That the beings are cursed to a life of constant consumption, trying to fill the empty hole the very first evil man had created, starting the race of the monster's.

More than Isaac dislikes Togabito and the Sin's, he pities them. He believes them to be misguided souls, and that through his method of purification, he is to help them find the light. They had all been wrong at some point in their life, and didn't deserve what happened to them. Something had caused them to become who they were. It is for this reason that Isaac continues fighting; so that other people do not have to go through what the Sin's and Togabito have gone through, so they can live their lives free of fear and negative emotion. He realizes it's foolish to wish for peace between humans, let alone peace between races, but it's an ideal he's willing to fight for, no matter what.

(I had more, but due to it not being saved, and me being too pissed off to work on it at the moment, it'll have to be in the modification thread.)

Physical Appearance: Isaac is, in a sense, a cartoon character. He stands at 6'7, and weighs roughly 170 lbs. He's very lean, with long, gangly limbs, and large hands and feet. He has muscle, but his limbs seem too stretched out for it to be very evident. Isaac's eyes are an indigo color, due to the pigments being mis-colored, which is due to a birth defect. His hair, like his eyes, are mis-colored. Unlike his eyes, his hair has no color pigments, resulting in silver hair, facial hair, body hair, and head hair.

Isaac usually wears a white hoodie, with a black t-shirt underneath that has the words "Cemetery Gates" on it, and a band called Pantera. Despite the band seeming anti-religious at times, it is a piece of his past that Isaac cannot discard. In a way, it is a foreshadowing of his abilities.

Isaac's Consecro outfit is much, much more different. He wears a form-fitting white jacket, and rather loose white pants. He wears a hooded mask, that is also white. There are various bells that form a line along Isaac's sleeves, ringing at nearly every movement. A white sash encircles Isaac's waist underneath the jacket, and hangs down nearly to his feet. It encircles his chest, before wrapping once around his waist. Beneath the jacket, he wears a plain black shirt; though often if his jacket reveals the shirt, there's not much shirt left. His shoes stay the same.

Bio: Isaac was born to Maria and Sergei Cantrell, both Romanian residents. They were highly religious Catholics who went to church on a regular basis, taking Isaac with them. Isaac had an elder sister, Marian. Isaac's parents were incredibly strict, causing Isaac to be rather rebellious in his earlier youth. He resented going to church, and did things only to infuriate his parents and break their rules. He was often lazy, and preferred to lay about, while everyone worked to accommodate to his needs. His sister, especially, was guilty of this. She loved her little brother very much indeed; some even questioned whether her love for the younger sibling was strictly in a family way or not, but that is beside the point.

Having showed such love for Isaac, despite him being a complete ass, touched him, and he grew to love her, albeit as a sister, of course. So you can imagine the devastation that coursed through him as he witnessed her death via a drunk driver when he was ten. She lived long enough to say her goodbyes, then perished later due to her wounds. It was around this time that Isaac began obtaining a faith in the God in Christian religion. He started to regularly attend church, eventually coming to believe what he once thought were lies coming from the Preacher's mouth.

The next year, after having numerous incidents with spirits, a necklace that had been given to him by his sister was revealed to be his fullbring. He didn't know what the power gave him, but he used it to fight weaker Hollow's, eventually growing up the menos chain. He encountered an oddly familiar Vasto Lorde, one that exposed itself to him as his sister. Overcome with shock and grief, Isaac did nothing to defend himself from the woman he thought to be his sister.

Eventually, Isaac was overcome with what he thought to be a Holy dream. He felt God himself had spoken to Isaac, commanding him to fight the being that was only once his sister, but no longer was. Isaac did, and fought valiantly. His fullbring was shattered in the process, along with nearly every bone in his body, but he emerged victorious. Unfortunately, with the breaking of his bones and fullbring, that rid him of his weapon. He was essentially rendered a mere mortal once more, rather than a great Spiritual Being.

Isaac had passed out after the battle, though when he woke up, he saw the familiar face of his pastor, along with various other people donning surgical masks. His entire body hurt. He was asked various questions, the most prominent one being, "Do you want to fight for God?" Isaac, of course, longing to fight for his master, agreed. That was all he remembered, before he blacked out again. When he awoke, he was forced to stay within a hospital bed for weeks. He was informed he was found by his pastor after a nasty Hollow fight, before being brought back to Consecro, where he was told of their goals, and agreed to fight for them.

He learned that they had surgically implanted his Fullbring into his body, but contrary to what he believed, it wasn't done evolving. Its final stage went from being a necklace, to becoming a malleable metal that they were able to graft onto his body, the process being much easier since it was already attuned to his Reiryoku. Isaac started fighting for them as a simple peon; fighting Hollow's, etc. He rose quickly, however, rising to become the Champion of the Obelisk of Diligence within three months, slaying Togabito like they were nothing. Eventually, the Obelisk of Diligence saw the potential in the young man, and stepped down, so he could step up. Isaac gratefully accepted the role, and pledged loyalty to the Micans Nitore, offering all he was to the man, in service of their God.

Since then, Isaac has slain many an Arrancar, Hollow, Togabito, even some Shinigami. Nothing would stand before the might of the Gravedigger.


Sigil Name: Industria

Sigil Description: Isaac's sigil takes the form of metal-plated bones. They were grafted onto his body via the Consecro's special surgical tools. It provides even tougher defense for his bones, making him highly resistant to blunt damage of most forms. The Sigil is the remnant of his Fullbring. This has no relevance, just a good tidbit of info.

Sigil Ability: Isaac's main ability is that he can manipulate metal. Any non-spiritual metal, he can manipulate from a distance. With this ability, he can manipulate the iron in his own body to become a malleable metal, the adamantium on his bones, etc, that he is capable of controlling. He can force the metal to any part of his body, effectively eliminating any blind spots. While it is able to be cut-through, it is very difficult; even moreso when all of the adamantium is forced to one spot in specific. The metal liquidizes once inside of his body, and emerges through his pores at an extremely quick rate.

Sigil Techniques:

Adamantium Skin- The adamantium metal on Isaac's bones fuses with the iron in his bloodstream and is excreted via his pores. The metal is malleable, and is subject to shape into whatever Isaac wills it. If it merely covers his skin, it is extremely durable, though it can be cut through. If it shapes itself into a weapon or physical structure, it more than likely cannot be cut through, however it provides no form of defense for Isaac. It takes 3 seconds precisely for the metal to move from one part of Isaac's body to the other.

Virtue Side-Effect: Unlike most Virtue's, Isaac's virtue abilities have a side-effect. Whenever he activates even one, the iron in his body seems to double, half going up to his face to form a black, skeletal mask. It protrudes from his skin, and his eyes seem to be more sunken in then they are. The mask has no relevance, other than it protects his face from most blows.

Virtue Abilites:

-Shura Supiritto (Fighters Spirit)- One would think Isaac would have nearly limitless energy, being the Obelisk of Diligence. He doesn't. Rather, he has something better. Every time he is struck by a foe, even if it's being just grazed, his energy seems to be renewed entirely, as if he had just entered the battle. He keeps the wounds he has sustained through the battle, they just bleed at a slower rate, and stop bleeding quicker. The real key is in the fact that no matter how many times he is knocked down, Isaac will merely seem to get back up again every time, even if it kills him. For this effect it SEEMS as if he has limitless energy. Each time he uses it, it takes a toll on his body. It keeps the fatigue away, until after a fight/his adrenaline stops pumping. After a fight, however, if he has used it more than two or three times, he may pass out entirely from exhaustion. The max amount of times he can use this in one day is five times. 6-7 times, and after the fight he will enter into a coma. How long it lasts will depend on how many more times than six he uses it. If he uses it up to 8, then he will imminently die after the battle. For it to be used, Isaac must actively activate it.

-Deddo Kinmusha (Dead Worker's)- Isaac begins emitting an aura of diligence. It makes everyone nearby put more effort into things they do. While this can positively affect them, they also get tired from such efforts much faster than normally, if Isaac so chooses it. To a normal person, the simple act of picking up a brick one-handedly has the same toll on their body as benching the max amount of weight they could on a bench-press. If they get a distance of 200 ft. away from Isaac, their energy begins to become restored, but it deteriorates once they get closer again.

-Deddo-Ben (Dead Speech)-As an extension of Isaac's main ability, he is able to manipulate vibration's that he himself creates. While it is not incredibly strong, it is formidable when combined with his his abilities pertaining to metal; causing the vibration's to become much more physical, dealing more damage. There are two main types of vibration's that Isaac controls.

• Air Vibration's: By doing something that makes noise, Isaac can send his vibration's airborne. While these do not typically do damage, they can be used as a force for pushing people away, or altering the senses; I.E. the vibration's vibrating the opponent's eardrums to make them hear things Isaac wants them to/preventing them from hearing thing's Isaac doesn't want them to. Having familiarized himself so with airborne vibrations has given Isaac a very acute hearing. Meaning he can essentially hear someone whispering under their breath perfectly from thirty feet away. (Max distance.) When there are narrow corridors, structures, etc, for the vibrations to rebound off of, this distance is quadrupled.
  
  Physical Vibration's: Vibrations made within physical objects. This disrupts the object from within, and can be transferred from object to object. So if Isaac were to use the vibration's of his own heart, he could transfer them to the enemy's body. Since they're so weak, likely they would die out before they could do more than maybe cause a bowel movement; however, when combined withi his metallic manipulation, they can be amplified to produce mass damage on the enemy's internal system. (If a turn is taken to increase the vibration. Physical contact MUST be made.)

-Musha Boketsu (Warrior's Grave)-

• Musha Boketsu- Kaisaku (Warrior's Grave- Digging)-This is the last resort that Isaac usually comes to, although the first tactic of it. . The scenery drastically changes, and in Isaac's favor. The area around them seems to corrode and age. Old, dull metallic weapons appear to come from the ground, sticking out at various angles; it looks like a warrior's graveyard, judging by the various arms that seem to come from the ground, which developes mound-like humps. There are hundreds, if not occasionally thousands, of weapons. Isaac can manipulate each and every one of these to his benefit. Whenever an enemy makes physical contact, the soul of the dead person who owned that weapon begins to haunt them until the end of the battle; sometimes longer. These are reputed to be the Sinners and demons that Isaac himself has dealt with.
  
  Musha Boketsu- Umou-za-Kan'oke (Warrior's Grave- Down the Coffin)- Darkness shrouds the area, cutting down visbility for everyone save Isaac quite a bit. The smell of death permeates the air around, making even the most hard-hearted foes nauseous. Visions of undead people staggering towards the subject, little more than mounds of flesh and bone, corrupts the vision of the target. These undead are not real, however they seem and smell real to the person seeing them. These undead can be victims of the said person, or they can be loved ones. (This would ordinarily be considered an illusory ability, were it not for the fact that no illusion is being cast. The nature of the scent causes the opponent's to hallucinate about loved ones or those that they have killed, because of the smell of decomposing flesh. There is no necromancy involved; merely the mind playing tricks on the recipient(s) of the attack's.)
  
  Musha Boketsu- Ketteiteki Amari (Warrior's Grave- Final Rest)- All of the nearby weapons are pulled to Isaac on a moment's notice. Meaning he can chain attacks more effectively than others, without using his metal-manipulating abilities, relying on them for defense, instead. Whenever he does this, he seems to take on the likeness of the warrior who wielded it, only as if they were a corpse that was fighting. If the person he is fighting was a killer, then he sees the faces of his victim's. He can also meld the metal from the weapons with his own, effectively giving him more metal to input into his body and manipulate.
  

Role-play sample: (Refer to Luke O'Cuinn. Going for MST-3.)

Statistics:
Rank/level - MST-3
Hankou - 20
Reiryoku - 15
Hakudo - 15
Seijuu - 13
Bukijuu - 4
Hoho - 18
Points awarded:
Total points: 85

I feel like I did incredibly crappily on this, but whatever. I'm done messing with it. Ready to be judged and stuff.

Edit: On second thought, I'm going to work on him some more.

Alright, NOW it's ready to be judged.

First: I don't like the fact that you said zanpakuto metal could be manipulated by him and potentially turn the weapon against it's holder, even if it is harder for him to do so and physical contact must be kept; please find away to fix that.

Second: Shura Supiritto really needs to be cut down, if not eliminated should you not be able to figure out a way to change it; full energy renewal really sounds over powered to me, which is why I would recommend a cap on how many times he can renew his energy and a strong limit on how much, especially since the way you have it now is every time he is struck.

2nd: Deleted the ability completely.

3rd: The max amount of times it can be used in one day has been edited to 5 safely, with 6-7 resulting in a coma after a fight, and any more than that resulting in certain death. However, typically it will not be used that many times, unless it was in one fight, as to use it multiple times throughout the day would require him to be awake, meaning he would be unable to sleep off the exhaustion of the other uses.

I can still tone the third ability down, if you would prefer.

It's the fact that it's every time he's struck by an enemy which gets me, and the fact that it's completely restored.

Kind of how this ability is set up, but it'll be energy instead of reiatsu,

Quote :

Energía Desaguar (Energy Drain): When she uses this attack her scythe blade glows blood red, when it makes contact with an enemy it drains their reiatsu but not completely, only by five percent, and can only drain an enemy five times per battle. The drained reiatsu is used to replenish hers but only by two percent and decreases in effectiveness the more it's used.

Right, I understand. It'll just be an ability that he has to actively use, and seems to be every time he gets knocked down, as it's demoralizing to an opponent to see they're not having an effect on his energy. It's mainly supposed to go with his undeaed-like theme. Lol

Right. I mean, the ability doesn't do anymore than help keep him from getting fatigued. It doesn't affect his Reiryoku whatsoever. If his spiritual energy has been depleted from the use of his Virtue techniques, then he's screwed. He can still fight physically, because of it, but he can't use spiritual attacks.

Sorry if I seem like I'm arguing, I just don't feel I've portrayed the ability in the right light, and am therefore trying to explain it.

I think I'm getting it now, I think I'm also not explaining myself in the right way either so...We're stuck at a standstill because of it.

So basically, it appears as if he's been renewed..? And it has to be an active? Alright, might want to label that as an ability that would need to be activated, ie not passive.

Yeah, for the most part it's for appearances. It does no more than give him energy, as if he had drank a bunch of coffee. Wounds still affect him, blood loss still affects him, it's just nearly impossible for one person to get him fatigued alone.

I thought I did? o.o The ONE thing I forgot to edit in. Lol

Anyway, it's been fixed.

Lol alright.

I'll go ahead and approve this for MST-3 with 85 points.

Stats have been applied.

Moving to accepted