Shuka

Shuk'la Verd better known as Shuka' is the current captain of the 12th Division and is a member of the Kinenbuke.

Appearance
Shuk'la Verd is a brown-haired, bespectacled man of extreme height. He wears standard shinigami robes. He is the smartest person in the Kinenbuke and dresses as such. Outside captain business, he dresses casually, but he always carries his zanpakuto with him.

Personality
Shuka is a good-natured, compliant, and eager man, believing that a person becomes truly strong when they have someone important to protect. Despite his talent for battle, and incredible abilities, Shuka dislikes needing to kill others in his role as a captain, and avoids doing so whenever possible. When forced to face an opponent, Shuka does all that he can to avoid inflicting great harm, except on occasions such as training or against hollows. Before he met Ryan and the Kinenbuke, he suffered from a belief that he was unnecessary, and served the Kinenbuke because he wanted to feel useful.

Background
"To be revealed soon..."

Synopsis
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Powers & Abilities
Immense Spiritual Power: Shuka's spiritual power has the same effect as his Zanpakutō as it is an elemental representative of Ice. His Spiritual Pressure is said to be very large. Even before he became a Kinenbuke, his spiritual pressure was immense and uncontrollable, but not nearly to the degree of Toshiro Hitsugaya.

Very Knowledgeable: Having been trained by the Kinenbuke for years, Shuka is a very dangerous shinigami. According to Ryan, Shuka possesses such prodigious talent that, in many ways, Shuka has become more dangerous than then them all. Shuka possessed a very detailed knowledge of human physiology. His knowledge is great enough that he can disable an opponent by hitting a precise point on the body, to cause immediate death or a temporary appearance of such. Shuka is also very keen-minded, as he has been shown to have great observational and analytical abilities, capable of quickly determining a way around an opponent's technique or strategy.

Flash Steps Expert: Shuka is highly proficient in flash steps. Repeatedly in battle, he has shown himself able to block and dodge dangerous attacks.

Kidō Expert: Shuka is highly proficient in Kidō and Senzai and is capable of performing high-level Kidō spells without the incantation.

Zanpakuto
Kokuryū (黒龍, Black Dragon) is Shuka's zanpakuto. It is unique in that it exists as two completely separate swords, existing as a daisho sword pair, both are katanas. They have purple scabbards and handles. Their guards are rectangular with a hole in the lower right corners.
 * Sealed State Abilities: In it's sealed state Kokuryu can use a technique known as Haryū Mūko (lit, Piercing Dragon, Fierce Tiger). With Haryū Mūko, Shuka can mold water in the air or in the surrounding vicinity into ice and then mold a giant tiger out of that from which he can attack his foe from short or long range.


 * Shikai: In shikai, the only change to the zanpakuto is that the handles and scabbards are deep blue. It's release command is, "The Ice Lord reigns, the Thunder Lord cowers, the Fire Lord flees, the Earth Lord trembles!" Once said, a storm gathers and it begins to rain, sleet and snow. He has been shown to form the weather into a giant black dragon of ice from which he will attack with.
 * Shikai Special Ability: In shikai Kokuryu can control the weather it has created, giving it almost limitless abilities and attacks it may use. Among these are;
 * Hyōro (lit, Ice Prison): Hyōro uses the surrounding rain and sleet to form obelisks of ice. These obelisks are used to ensnare victims in an inescapable prison of ice.
 * Rōga Nadare (lit, Wolf Fang Avalanche): Shuka uses the rain and sleet and snow around him and clumps it together into a giant mass of ice and then causes it to fall in the form of an ice avalanche, which can both crush and trap anything within it's path. It is his shikai's widest attack.


 * Bankai: Sōryū Bōfūsetsu (双龍暴風雪, Twin Dragon Blizard) is Shuka's bankai. In bankai his blades become pure white and the handles become pitch black. He also sprouts pure white wings and wears white and black robes, much like his zanpakuto spirit.
 * Bankai Special Abilities: Like shikai, Shuka's bankai gives him access to many new abilities;


 * Ice Clone: Once per activation of his Bankai, Shuka is able to create and shape a large amount of ice into his exact likeness. Unlike Hitsugaya's version, it cannot appear to bleed and can be seen as a fake easier.
 * Hyōkyū: With his ability to control ice, Shuka encases his opponents in a large amount of the special ice created by the storm of his shikai, immobilizing them. It can be used to suffocate an opponent or in preparation for a deadlier technique.
 * Hyōūsa Bakuryū (lit, "Freezing Water in Style of Waterfall'': This is Shuka's most dangerous technique. The technique sends a massive amount of icy water towards an opponent in the form of a wave, covering and "drowning" them in an ocean of frigid water. In addition to the wave effect, Shuka can control the water, allowing him to attack his opponent while they attempt to outrun the wave. This appears to be the only one of Shuka's moves that can kill on contact, and in practice is virtually unavoidable. It is usually followed by an area crushing technique to kill the opponent.

Trivia

 * Along with Ryan Getsueikirite, he is one of the first Kinenbuke to reveal his bankai.