Yōkai (妖怪, literally demon, spirit, or monster?) are a class of preternatural creatures in Japanese folklore ranging from the evil oni (ogre) to the mischievous kitsune (fox) or snow woman Yuki-onna. Some possess part animal and part human features (e.g. Kappa and Tengu). Yōkai generally have a sort of spiritual or supernatural powers. Yokai that have the ability to shape-shift are called obake.
These spirits have found a way to into the human world through the use of humans that have the slightest bit of spiritual power called "Senkei." (Vessels)These humans can sense spirits (Example: Ichigo's Sister Karin Kurosaki would be a Senkei) These senkei are massive in number, living not just in Japan, but all over the world. The yokai take over the body of these Senkei either willingly or unwillingly (Some are nonviolent) and they can control a a Senkei's body as well as using their own powers & abilities. The thing about these yokai is the fact that they can be absorbed by hollows if they can be defeated...giving them the even more abilities..the twist is that they can take control of Senkei when they consume Yokai...
Being part hollow when absorbed, Hollow Yokai can use a "Yokai Resurrección". This form is a twisted mix of Yokai and Hollow, taking into account the animal that the yokai is. The senkei physical form is overtaken when the hollow within' them unseals their weapon and takes their Resurrección form. While this doesn't hurt the senkei, this allows the hollow in control to effectively bring forth their power in full force.
Quincy are also classified as Senkei, meaning that they can be possessed by Yokai or "Hollow Yokai" as Itsuse would call them. They can lend their abilities and strength to Quincy, augmenting and empowering their abilities.
Yokai Types:
Yokai: Regular yokai that have not possessed a senkei or been absorb by a hollow
Hollow Yokai: Yokai that have been defeated and absorbed by hollow
Host Yokai: A good yokai that has joined with a Senkei in a sort of partnership
Vasto Yokai: One of the Legendary Yokai that has been defeated and absorbed by a hollow
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The story with these beings are that during the 1000 year War between the Shinigami & Hollow still going, these beings lived lived without any problems, known to exist by shinigami and since they cause only a little trouble, until the hollow began the attack on Soul Society & the Human World, lead by a MASSIVE army of hollows. 12 Vasto Lordes, and many other lesser forms of hollow such as Adjuchas, Gillian, Menos. The 12 Vasto Lorde invaded earth and are hunting the Legendary 12 animals of the Zodiac (Dragon, Rat, Boar, Tiger, Rooster, Monkey, Ox, Horse, Dog, Snake, Sheep and Rabbit) The defeat of these yokai will off the balance of nature and spirit.
Existence of all being is now in grave danger, and the fate of the world is counting on The soul reapers and even the Arrancar to save it. This is set 1000 years after the Main Bleach Storyline and I will need a full cast of ORIGINAL bleach characters, I mean from head to toe I want THE BEST you can make. I will have SPECIFIC tests and demonstrations of how I want things done. This is my baby, so to speak. I want it to be a good bleach roleplay that flow so smoothly that it might interest people who hate bleach. I just want it to good as great as I thought of it. I'll lay out specifics if anyone even shows interest in it and I'll have character sheets make for every type of character. I'll even have ready made idea for Zanpakutos and I will personally create one for anyone that PMs me and asks. ((I make Zanpakutos for kicks just because I rather like the way that they are presented and the things the series has done with them. I credit the idea to Sonata, but I want to conduct this in the same way he does his Gunslinger Rp ((Brilliant Rp by the way)) and have Episodes instead of a one specific story book type deal.
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Yokai Information
Yōkai (妖怪, literally demon, spirit, or monster?) are a class of preternatural creatures ranging from the evil oni (ogre) to the mischievous kitsune (fox) or snow woman Yuki-onna. Some possess part animal and part human features (e.g. Kappa and Tengu). Yōkai generally have a sort of spiritual or supernatural powers. Yokai that have the ability to shape-shift are called obake.
These spirits have found a way to into the human world through the use of humans that have the slightest bit of spiritual power called "Senkei." (Vessels)These humans can sense spirits (Example: Ichigo's Sister Karin Kurosaki would be a Senkei) These senkei are massive in number, living not just in Japan, but all over the world. The yokai take over the body of these Senkei either willingly or unwillingly (Some are nonviolent) and they can control a a Senkei's body as well as using their own powers & abilities. The thing about these yokai is the fact that they can be absorbed by hollows if they can be defeated...giving them the even more abilities..the twist is that they can take control of Senkei when they consume Yokai...
Senkei can also take advantage of the Yokai's power and abilities, but they are more limited as to what power they can unleash based on the Senkei they posses. Some can be devastatingly powerful depending on the Yokai they posses, and while the Senkei is possessed they take on certain traits and physical appearance ques of the Yokai, such as a Senkei possessed by a fox spirit may develop slanted eyes. Although the change is small it is very prominent.
-Seishin Sekai-
Seishin Sekai is the plane of the Yokai. It is a beautiful and twisted world, full of the good and evil that would be found on any other plane. Different parts of the spiritual plane have different rules; such as in the land of the Tengu one must past the test of the Tengu. In the land of the Kitsune, you are bound to hear a riddle. The lands are both beautiful and vast, with trees and swaps, or burned and jagged with trees that twist and eat unspecting visitors. One never knows what will happen in these lands, Most of the rumors of the world are just that, rumors. This world is based on the yokai and what they believe should be. The Legendary Yokai oversee the yokai world as well as protect the lives of all creatures in the human world. The shinigami are strong, but even they do not venture into the spirit world too often. The hollow have laid hell onto this world and flushed out the legendary yokai as well as many other powerful yokai that exist. The yokai use to live in peace on all planes, but the upset in their land has caused them to flee and fight, only to be absorbed by the hollows that invade their lands. As the hollows attacked, even they were destroyed by the treacherous lands of this world. Their attack was immense, but only the strong survived. While yokai primarily live in this world they venture onto all planes of life. The rules of the yokai are as follows:
-The homeland of each yokai is where their power reign supreme, if they allow no weapons, yours will be forfeit
-Each yokai's rules are to be followed or their consequences may endanger your life
-The yokai are to protect their land, unless they need the aid of others.
-The yokai can destroy a visitor or let them free, for each yokai has a different agenda
-The Legendary Yokai will protect all lands of the yokai as needed
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Legendary Yokai-The Great Race
One day, the Jade Emperor of heaven, called forth all the animals of the forest, announcing that he wished to honor them by allowing the first twelve that reached the heavens to have month of the calender devoted to themselves. This was the start of the great race..
While we are all aware of the hatred between a cat and a rat, these two animals were actually very good friends once. Good friends they may be, but these two animals are the worst swimmers in the animal kingdom. Although bad swimmers, they were both intelligent. They decided that the best and fastest way to cross the river is to hop on the back of the ox. The ox, being a naïve and good-natured animal, agreed to carry them across. However, when there is a carrot dangling in front, it is sometimes difficult to stick to friendship and the crafty rat decides that in order to win, it must do something and promptly pushed the cat into the river. Because of this, the cat had never forgiven the rat, and no doubt, hated the water too. After the ox had crossed the river, the rat jumped ahead and reached the shore first, and it cleverly claimed first place in the race!
Following closely behind was the strong ox, and it was named the 2nd animal in the zodiac. After the ox, came the tiger, panting away while explaining to the emperor just how difficult it was to cross the river with the heavy currents pushing it downstream all the time. But with powerful strength, it made to shore and was named the 3rd animal in the cycle.
Suddenly, from a distance came a thumping sound and out pop the rabbit. It explained how it crossed the river: by jumping from one stone to another in a nimble fashion. Halfway through, it almost lost the race but the rabbit was lucky enough to grab hold of a floating log that later washed him to shore. For that, it became the 4th animal in the zodiac cycle. Coming in 5th place was the gallant dragon, flying and belching fire into the air. Of course the Emperor was deeply curious as to why a strong and flying creature such as the dragon should fail to reach first. The mighty dragon explained that he had to stop and make rain to help all the people and creatures of the earth, therefore he was held back a little. Then on his way to the finish line, he saw a little helpless rabbit clinging on to a log so he did a good deed and gave a puff of breath to the poor creature so that it could land on the shore. The emperor was very pleased with the actions of the dragon and he was added into the zodiac cycle. As soon as he had done so, a galloping sound was heard and the horse appeared. Hidden on the horse's hoof is the slimy sneaky snake whose sudden appearance gave the horse a fright thus making it fall back and gave the snake 6th spot whilst the horse took the 7th.
Not long after that, a little distance away, the sheep, monkey and rooster came to the shore. These three creatures helped each other to get to where they are. The rooster spotted a raft, and took the other two animals with it. Together, the sheep and the monkey cleared the weeds, tugged and pulled and finally got the raft to the shore. Because of their combined efforts, the Emperor was very pleased and promptly named the sheep as the 8th creature, the monkey as the 9th, and the rooster the 10th.
The 11th animal is the dog. His explanation for being late although he was supposed to be the best swimmer amongst the rest was that he needed a good bath after a long spell, and the fresh water from the river was too big a temptation. For that, he almost didn't make it to finish line. Just as the emperor was about to call it a day, an oink and squeal was heard from a little pig. The term "lazy pig" is due here as the pig got hungry during the race, promptly stopped for a feast then fell asleep. After the nap, the pig continued the race and was named the 12th and last animal of the zodiac cycle.
Ranking of Trines
The Trines are a system of Ranking among the Yokai, used to separate the various yokai into a ranking ladder. Below are the Legendary Yokai in terms of trine ranking. The rank system goes from 1st to 4th (1st being the strongest, 4th being the weakest) This trines system is set up to basically rank the yokai in terms of power.
Special Trine:
These yokai will be included in the story, BUT they are not to engage in combat (Due to the fact that they are UNDEFEATABLE) This Yokai have abilities that control the cosmos and reality. These beings won't be absorbed by hollow or participate in any battle. These are the yokai that reside deep in Seishin Seikai and they will be a source of information to the shinigami. Their reiatsu can paralyze anyone, and they are completely untouchable. Their main role is information and to drive the visit to Seishin Seikai.
Amasterasu-Goddess of Sun The Light of the universe
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Susanoo-Goddess of water, The Healing of the universe
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Tsukuyomi-Goddess of the Moon, The Darkness of the universe
These three alone know everything that will, has, and is going to happen, they can tell you everything or nothing at all. They lended a hand in the creation of the universe. To show them disrespect is to insult existence.
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Daitengu - The most powerful tengu. He lives in the lands on the Tengu atop a mountain that is said to touch the moon. In the land of the Tengu, the only way to leave is to fight your way through. The tengus numbers are basically endless, and none have even gotten past thus far. The final fight before one can leave the lands of the tengu in the Daitengu.
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Tamamo-no-Mae - a wicked female nine-tailed fox whose human form is the perfect woman.Her beauty is unbearable to men and women alike. In her land, you must answer 3 riddles and she will let you pass and you will be spare by the other foxes, and protected in her land.
1stTrine
Dragon, Rat, and Monkey,
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2nd Trine
Ox, Snake, and Rooster
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3rd Trine
Tiger, Horse, and Dog
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4th Trine
Rabbit, Ram and Pig
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Yin & Yang

Many natural dualities — e.g. dark and light, female and male, low and high — are thought of as manifestations of yin and yang. "Yin means dark and cold, while Yang means bright and hot. According to the philosophy, yin and yang are complementary opposites within a greater whole. Everything has both yin and yang aspects, which constantly interact, never existing in absolute stasis. Yin and Yang balance one another. For every entity of good there is a entity of evil.
When the 12 legendary creatures were absorbed, this threw off the balance of existence, the reason being that the Vasto Lordes that absorbed them are pure evil. This has expelled the good from their beings and thus threw themselves out of balance, in return effecting the world. Each being whether it be Shiningami, Human...etc has yin & yang within' them.
Yin: Evil/Mischievous
Yang: Good Nature/Benevolent
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All in all, I want an engrossing rp experience using one anime I find to have really good point, even if its had to stretch filler arc out the door.
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Now, I will be very anal about who I accept into certain spots on this roster. For positions such as Captain Commander, you better have a DAMNED good profile. I mean his or her profile needs to be the absolute peak of creation. I want his or her Zanpakuto to be like no other, his history needs to be expansive, I don't want any half ass stuff here. I will have character sheets, and they must be completely done, and feel free to add more if you wish
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Gotei 13 (Note that every spot doesn't need to be filled, BUT for some spots I will require alot more of the player in that position.)

[b]Division & Specialties
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1st No special duties have been noted for the 1st Division, other than their Captain being the Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13.
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2nd The 2nd Division is closely tied to the Onmitsukidō, with many members holding positions in both units. As a result, many members of the second division are skilled in the use of Hakuda, stealth and assassination.
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3rd No special duties have been noted for the 3rd Division.
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4th The 4th Division is the medical/supply division. They are responsible for both treating the injured and doing most manual labor such as cleaning Seireitei. Because of this, they have keys to most of the buildings and know the underground sewer system well. According to various members of the 11th Division, 4th Division members are rather weak at combat instead using their power to heal. The 4th Division is further divided into teams that have specific assigned jobs.
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5th No special duties have been noted for the 5th Division.
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6th No special duties have been noted for the 6th division.
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7th Vizard Corp (All members of Division 7 are vizards.)
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8th No special duties have been noted for the 8th Division.
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9th The 9th Division is known to be in charge of the Seireitei news magazine. All the Lieutenants of the Divisions of Gotei 13 hand in their report to them.
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10th No special duties have been noted for the 10th Division.
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11th The Eleventh Division is the melee combat Division with a specialization in swords-only combat, forgoing the other Shinigami arts. It is mentioned that it is tradition for the current Kenpachi, the title held by the best swordsman in Soul Society, to hold the position of Eleventh Division Captain.
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12th Other than the 12th Division's connection to the Shinigami Research and Development Institute, no special duties have been noted. Members are tasked with research and collection of data and samples, and the Captain is the President of the R&D Institute.
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13th No special duties have been noted for the 13th Division.
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Captain Commander:
1st Division Vice Captain:
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2nd Division Captain:
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3rd Division Captain: Drake Cross (As Played by ZiggyBoy) characters/Drake%20Cross%20(Shinigami)
3rd Division Vice Captain: (Reserved by shinigamivixen)
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4th Division Captain: Hirogashi Momogi
4th Division Vice Captain: Idania (As played by Neava13) characters/Idania
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5th Division Captain: (Reserved by Liquidus, Character will have an Captain's test during Rp) Currently Vince Brook
5th Division Vice Captain: Itsuse Sanada(As played by myself)
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6th Division Captain:
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7th Division Captain:
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8th Division Captain:
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9th Division Captain:
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10th Division Captain:
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11th Division Captain: Kenpachi Derick Eberstark (As played by Hughes)
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12th Division Captain: Zellos Amateratsu [url=http://www.roleplaygateway.com/bleach-attack-the-yokai-ooc-t34209-20.html#p938960Zellos[/url]
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13th Division Captain:
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Yokai

Dragon:Yokai: Hwang Ryong/Senkei: Marquis Zakieth Trifton characters/Marquis%20Zakieth%20Trifton (Nearly Finished)
Ox: Yokai:Dume/Senkei: Kajhmajid Almadinijah
Tiger:
Horse:
Rooster:
Rabbit:
Dog: Yokai: Lobo Fenrir/Senkei: Tabitha Frasier http://www.roleplaygateway.com/characters/Tabitha%20Frasier
Rat: (Reserved by Vizcous)
Boar:
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Sheep:
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Normal Senkei
These senkei do not have a Yokai partner and they are just senkei. They sometimes drive the plot in a small way, and they are significant to the story.
Cousin of Artemis, Yuki-http://www.roleplaygateway.com/bleach-attack-the-yokai-ooc-t34209-40.html#p941840Yuki
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The Quincy
The Quincy are a line of spiritually aware human warriors. Originally a mixture of survivors of Hollow attacks and those who had lost loved ones to Hollows, the Quincy developed a variety of supernatural powers to hunt and kill Hollows before they attacked humans (and to destroy those who already had), including the ability to control Spiritual Energy. The Quincy are unique as far as races go in Bleach, because unlike the Hollow or Shinigami, Quincy are still technically human and reside in the world of the living. The Quincy are nearly extinct due to extermination by the Shinigami about 1200 years before the yokai Bleach storyline. The are only a few Quincy left in the human world as it is. Being human they are in fact Senkei and can be possessed, increasing their power dramatically. (Note: You'll have to work on HARD the story on this one.)
Yokai: Haruu/ Quincy Senkei: Artemis (As played by Sin Sin)
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Remnants of the Arrancar:
An Arrancar (破面 (アランカル), arankaru) is a Hollow that has removed its mask and has gained Shinigami-like powers. The name "Arrancar" is a Spanish verb meaning "to remove" or "to rip off" (the kanji used means "ripped mask"), a reference to an Arrancar's removal of its Hollow mask. Following the retrieval of the Hōgyoku and Aizen's emergence into Hueco Mundo, the Espada were destroyed by a group of shinigami captains and the substitute shinigami Ichigo Kurosaki..Some of the former Espada survived and went into hiding and have their own agenda without the rule of Aizen..are they going to join the army of the 12 "Vasto Yokai" or try to take power for themselves?Note: (There are alot of Arrancar, and they CAN be part of the "Vasto Yokai"/ Hollow Army, or they can be a lone wolf. They can absorb yokai, considering if they can defeat them. If you have an Arrancar Character and you want to absorb a Legendary Yokai, you MUST be able to defeat them first.)
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