Post by Suigintou on Jun 1, 2010 5:28:38 GMT -5
Adjuchas: The level of menos in between Gillian and Vasto Lorde, though the difference between their ranks is immense. Adjuchas have taken on their own form after the Gillian stage, and must devour the souls of other hollows, or otherwise will be devoured themselves.
Arrancar: A hollow that has attained the rank of Menos Grande and taken the form of a human by removing their masks. Arrancar have some of the abilities of shinigami, as they carry zanpakutou and may release them to turn into their resureccion form.
Bankai: The second state of a zanpakutou's release, on average five to ten times more powerful than shikai.
-bantai: Division/squad of Gotei 13. The number of the squad goes before the -bantai.
Cero: An ability unique to menos, a cero is an extremely powerful blast of energy.
Espada: The title given to the ten strongest arrancar under Aizen's command. Each of them have a tattoo on their bodies indicating their rank.
Fraccion: Personal servants to the espada, or sometimes friends of them. They usually travel with their espada.
Fukutaichou: Vice-captain, also used as a suffix (example: Abarai-fukutaichou).
Gillian: The weakest type of menos, most often appearing as an extremely tall creature with a white mask bearing a long, pointed nose. Most are mindless, but some retain the personality and memories of a single hollow among them whose will was stronger than the others that formed it. Even a gillian usually requires a shinigami of taichou level to take it down, though it isn't a difficult task for one.
Gran Rey Cero: A cero unique to the espada, which is formed when the user mixes their blood with a cero. It is immensely powerful, so much so that its use is prohibited beneath the dome of Las Noches.
Hollow: A soul that has transformed due to some form of regret or hatred, usually developed after death. Hollows' faces are covered by masks, and they have holes in the center of their chests, eating other souls to attempt to fill the void left where their heart once was.
Hougyoku: An invention created by Urahara Kisuke, which grants the user the ability to fulfill their wishes. Its power is so great that even those who simply come in contact with it are affected by it, even if they have no knowledge of it themselves.
Hueco Mundo: The area where hollows live. An expansive, colorless desert, where it is perpetually night.
Kidou: Manifestations of reishi created and controlled by shinigami. They can be either offensive or defensive in nature, and are, as such, divided into two categores: hadou and bakudou.
Las Noches: Aizen's palace within Hueco Mundo. It is an immensely large structure, and beneath its dome is a false daytime sky.
Menos Grande: The most powerful hollow fall into this category. They were once many separate hollows, who then merged into a single creature. They are divided into the ranks of Gillian, Adjuchas, and Vasto Lorde. Any level of menos may become an arrancar, though natural arrancar are extremely rare.
Numeros: Arrancar under Aizen's command below the rank of espada, given numbers based on when they became arrancar.
Privaron Espada: Arrancar who were once espada, but have since lost the title to those stronger than themselves. They are given three digit numbers.
Quincy: A group of humans with especially powerful spiritual abilities. Quincy can see spirits and interact with them on the level of a shinigami, and have comparable prowess in battle as well. Their primary weapons are bows constructed of reishi. Most Quincy were killed, however, after their dangerous refusal to cooperate with the shinigami.
Reiatsu: Spiritual force given off by anyone with reiryoku; can be sensed by those with reiryoku.
Reiraku: Spiritual threads that can be formed by anyone with high reiryoku. The reiraku are made of compressed, visualized reiatsu, and each thread is made from someone specific's reiatsu. The reiraku of shinigami are red.
Reiryoku: Spiritual power
Reishi: Spirit particles
Resureccion: An arrancar's zanpakutou release. Use of their resureccion allows an arrancar to take on traits they had as hollows, and heightens the power of both their weapons and of their natural abilities, making them many times stronger than before the use of it.
Rukongai: The area where most souls live. It is divided into four sections, North, South, East, and West, with each section further divided into 80 districts, starting at 1 just outside of Seireitei and extending outward from there. While the first districts are normally safe, as the numbers get higher, the conditions get worse. The districts numbered 80 are normally full of nothing but murderers and thieves who would be willing to kill each other on sight.
Seireitei: The Court of Pure Souls, where shinigami reside. Seireitei is a circular area, separated from Rukongai by a large wall, in which there are four large gates, one for each section of Rukongai. The gates are guarded by particularly large, powerful shinigami, to prevent outsiders from freely entering. Seireitei is divided into sections for each of the Gotei 13's divisions, with the taichou, fukutaichou, and members of each one residing in their respective headquarters. The Central 46 building and Senzaikyuu, where prisoners scheduled for execution are imprisoned, are also in the area, as well as the Shinoureijutsuin, the shinigami academy.
Shihakusho: A shinigami's uniform.
Shikai: Initial release. The first state of release for a zanpakutou, allowing it to change shape and to use its unique abilities.
Soul Society: The place where souls are sent by shinigami after dying. It is divided into North, South, East, and West Rukongai, with Seireitei, the Court of Pure Souls, in the center.
Soutaichou: Captain Commander, referring to Yamamoto.
Taichou: Captain, also used as a suffix (example: Ukitake-taichou).
Vasto Lorde: The most powerful of all hollows, with strength many times greater than most taichou. They attain their rank after devouring countless hollow souls, and are extremely rare, with the competition to attain their level of ability incredibly fierce. It has been said that if Aizen had ten of them under his command, Soul Society would have no chance. Most Vasto Lorde, if not all, are arrancar.
Zanpakutou: Soul cutter, the weapon used by shinigami and arrancar. Zanpakutou normally take the form of a katana.
Arrancar: A hollow that has attained the rank of Menos Grande and taken the form of a human by removing their masks. Arrancar have some of the abilities of shinigami, as they carry zanpakutou and may release them to turn into their resureccion form.
Bankai: The second state of a zanpakutou's release, on average five to ten times more powerful than shikai.
-bantai: Division/squad of Gotei 13. The number of the squad goes before the -bantai.
Cero: An ability unique to menos, a cero is an extremely powerful blast of energy.
Espada: The title given to the ten strongest arrancar under Aizen's command. Each of them have a tattoo on their bodies indicating their rank.
Fraccion: Personal servants to the espada, or sometimes friends of them. They usually travel with their espada.
Fukutaichou: Vice-captain, also used as a suffix (example: Abarai-fukutaichou).
Gillian: The weakest type of menos, most often appearing as an extremely tall creature with a white mask bearing a long, pointed nose. Most are mindless, but some retain the personality and memories of a single hollow among them whose will was stronger than the others that formed it. Even a gillian usually requires a shinigami of taichou level to take it down, though it isn't a difficult task for one.
Gran Rey Cero: A cero unique to the espada, which is formed when the user mixes their blood with a cero. It is immensely powerful, so much so that its use is prohibited beneath the dome of Las Noches.
Hollow: A soul that has transformed due to some form of regret or hatred, usually developed after death. Hollows' faces are covered by masks, and they have holes in the center of their chests, eating other souls to attempt to fill the void left where their heart once was.
Hougyoku: An invention created by Urahara Kisuke, which grants the user the ability to fulfill their wishes. Its power is so great that even those who simply come in contact with it are affected by it, even if they have no knowledge of it themselves.
Hueco Mundo: The area where hollows live. An expansive, colorless desert, where it is perpetually night.
Kidou: Manifestations of reishi created and controlled by shinigami. They can be either offensive or defensive in nature, and are, as such, divided into two categores: hadou and bakudou.
Las Noches: Aizen's palace within Hueco Mundo. It is an immensely large structure, and beneath its dome is a false daytime sky.
Menos Grande: The most powerful hollow fall into this category. They were once many separate hollows, who then merged into a single creature. They are divided into the ranks of Gillian, Adjuchas, and Vasto Lorde. Any level of menos may become an arrancar, though natural arrancar are extremely rare.
Numeros: Arrancar under Aizen's command below the rank of espada, given numbers based on when they became arrancar.
Privaron Espada: Arrancar who were once espada, but have since lost the title to those stronger than themselves. They are given three digit numbers.
Quincy: A group of humans with especially powerful spiritual abilities. Quincy can see spirits and interact with them on the level of a shinigami, and have comparable prowess in battle as well. Their primary weapons are bows constructed of reishi. Most Quincy were killed, however, after their dangerous refusal to cooperate with the shinigami.
Reiatsu: Spiritual force given off by anyone with reiryoku; can be sensed by those with reiryoku.
Reiraku: Spiritual threads that can be formed by anyone with high reiryoku. The reiraku are made of compressed, visualized reiatsu, and each thread is made from someone specific's reiatsu. The reiraku of shinigami are red.
Reiryoku: Spiritual power
Reishi: Spirit particles
Resureccion: An arrancar's zanpakutou release. Use of their resureccion allows an arrancar to take on traits they had as hollows, and heightens the power of both their weapons and of their natural abilities, making them many times stronger than before the use of it.
Rukongai: The area where most souls live. It is divided into four sections, North, South, East, and West, with each section further divided into 80 districts, starting at 1 just outside of Seireitei and extending outward from there. While the first districts are normally safe, as the numbers get higher, the conditions get worse. The districts numbered 80 are normally full of nothing but murderers and thieves who would be willing to kill each other on sight.
Seireitei: The Court of Pure Souls, where shinigami reside. Seireitei is a circular area, separated from Rukongai by a large wall, in which there are four large gates, one for each section of Rukongai. The gates are guarded by particularly large, powerful shinigami, to prevent outsiders from freely entering. Seireitei is divided into sections for each of the Gotei 13's divisions, with the taichou, fukutaichou, and members of each one residing in their respective headquarters. The Central 46 building and Senzaikyuu, where prisoners scheduled for execution are imprisoned, are also in the area, as well as the Shinoureijutsuin, the shinigami academy.
Shihakusho: A shinigami's uniform.
Shikai: Initial release. The first state of release for a zanpakutou, allowing it to change shape and to use its unique abilities.
Soul Society: The place where souls are sent by shinigami after dying. It is divided into North, South, East, and West Rukongai, with Seireitei, the Court of Pure Souls, in the center.
Soutaichou: Captain Commander, referring to Yamamoto.
Taichou: Captain, also used as a suffix (example: Ukitake-taichou).
Vasto Lorde: The most powerful of all hollows, with strength many times greater than most taichou. They attain their rank after devouring countless hollow souls, and are extremely rare, with the competition to attain their level of ability incredibly fierce. It has been said that if Aizen had ten of them under his command, Soul Society would have no chance. Most Vasto Lorde, if not all, are arrancar.
Zanpakutou: Soul cutter, the weapon used by shinigami and arrancar. Zanpakutou normally take the form of a katana.