Masaru Arata

Shinigami

Name: Masaru Arata

Age: 432

Height: 9’5”

Weight: 662 lbs.

Gender: Male

Personality: Masaru strongly believes in law and order so as to keep a functioning society. In his eyes, all lawbreakers deserve their punishment. That being said, he is extremely loyal to the governing body of Seireitei, and will follow orders to the letter. He is a very stoic individual who tends to speak in a serious tone of voice in all situations. So far, no one has ever hear Masaru tell a joke, or seen him do anything resembling humor. Masaru takes everything very seriously, even the smallest task as something to be completed with his best efforts, as if every task is a test of his ability.

Appearance:

Spoiler:

However, at least at the beginning of his story, Masaru will wear a sort of mask/veil in order to hide his bestial face. Instead of wearing the brown robes depicted above, Masaru wears standard Shinigami robes. He also wears heavy duty gloves and boots to cover his paws.

Sealed Zanpakutō: Masaru’s Zanpakuto is a massive nodachi that is 2.5 times as long as a standard katana. The guard is plain and square, with a gray-colored hilt.

Spirit power: 25

Speed: 10

Intelligence: 10

Fighting skill: 20

History/Background: Masaru’s history was neither commonplace nor ideal. His appearance was of course no small part in his life’s hardships. While it did grant him enhanced animal senses (especially in the senses of hearing and smelling) and the ability to converse with animals, it was still a source of embarrassment. When he was first reborn in Rukongai, he was fortunately born far away from the hustle and bustle of city life, and instead, into the arms of a caring, blind, former member of the Gotei 13. Though he had never risen far up the ranks, Masaru’s surrogate father had been deeply impressed by the Gotei 13, and so had taught Masaru to live by the law, and impressed upon Masaru the importance of being serious in all tasks. Though he did not care that Masaru’s face was covered in fur, he nevertheless helped in the creation of a mask for Masaru to hide behind, and gloves as well, so as to hide his true appearance.

When he deemed himself the appropriate age, Masaru entered the Shinigami Academy, where he hoped to follow in his “father’s” footsteps and more, to make a difference to Soul Society. Masaru was an average student at first; as he had not been a particularly social person in his youth, the camaraderie he found at the Academy overwhelmed him and he drank in this feeling heavily. That was until the Hollows came and killed his father. It was at this point that Masaru truly took his father’s words to heart, and decided that unless a Hollow proved him or herself otherwise, they were lawbreakers, and were to be brought to justice, preferably by his blade. All Quincy, Superhumans, Bounts that were declared illegal by Soul Society were to be treated in the same way.

Rp sample:
Masaru paused to sniff the air – the unmistakable scent of Hollow. He stepped surprisingly quietly around the building in front of him. There, in front of him, a Hollow 7’ tall and thin, very thin. Emaciated, except for its bloated belly. It held the soul of a child in its hand, obviously about to eat it. “Taste the law!” Masaru growled, and lunged forward. His massive blade emerged from his sheath and he brought it crashing down with all of his strength against the Hollow’s skull. Unsurprisingly, the blade sheared through completely and left the child unscathed. After all, Masaru dwarfed the Hollow by roughly 2 and a half feet. Afterward, he performed the Soul Burial on the child and decided to call it a night, and return to Soul Society.