Caligulon Hertz

Caligulon Hertz (カリグラ・ハーツ,Karigura hātsu), usually called Caligula by his associates, is a in the Impero Nascosto army headed by Akujin. He was formerly part of the Vandenreich in the Stern Ritter division. But after the Vandenreich fell to the Soul Society, he left wandering the Reikai looking for new comrades to join up and fight with. It's been noted that he had a close association with the leader, as he was a higher-up that he deeply trusted to do the most important tasks. It's been also noted that he also had close a relationship with Andreas Nikolai, but when the organization fell, both went their seperate ways.

Appearence
He is a blonde average sized man. He is usually seen wearing a Quincy uniform but modified for battle. He has shoulder armor with the Quicy insignia on it. He carries three spare pairs of glasses inside his shoulder armor, each with a varying degree of resistance. Because he has astigmatism, Marco always wears a pair of glasses, with bulletproof lenses. On the lit of shoulder armor is also the key to open a gate to the Human World. This proves useful as he doesn't need a Senkaimon like other members of Impero Nascosto in order to go in and out. When not in his Quincy Uniform, he wears a simple white dress shirt, a tie with a leaf pattern, white suspenders with a black pattern and lining, black dress pants, and black leather shoes. All of this cloth are an Italian brand. He also wears his favorite gun, his "Caligulon Full Auto 9" on his street clothes, with its strap attached to his left suspender.

Personality
Like most members of the Impero Nascosto, he is extremely loyal to Akujin, and will stop at nothing to achieve what he believes will bring about Akujin's ideals of world domination. Like Akujin, he tends to see issues in absolutes; either something is good or evil. Those who join the Impero Nascosto are considered good and those who do not are automatically evil and with Raian Getsueikirite. When he first appeared he seemed very gentle but later, as commented by Raian Getsueikirite and Seireitou Kawahiru, he is very impatient which cause him to easily become annoyed and angry about the smallest things. When agitated and stressed he usually ends up crushing his own glasses and for that reason he carries a set of three spare glasses in his shoulder patch. The only thing that can calm him down seems to be carrying out orders for his master,Akujin, and in rare cases, quality chocolate with coffee, which he seems to go to the Human World alot to buy and enjoy with Andreas Nikolai, who he still has contacts with, even though they lost contact after the Vandenreich was disbanded after it's defeat at the hands of the Soul Society. He seems to have a close relationship and Caligulon is willing to do anything for him, as long as it doesn't require him to betray his master. He heavily believes in discipline, to the degree where he physically punished a subordinate when he spoke against their plans. During fights he has a tendency to give people several death sentences. He also has a great love for cars.

Equipment
Bankai Ensnaring Device (卍解籠絡設備, Bankai Rōraku Setsubi): Caligulon carries a circular badge that allows him to ensnare the final release form of his opponent, be they Shinigami or Arrancar. Unlike most users of this device, he modifies his own in order to capture multiple Bankai Releases and Resurrecion for him to use later on, even if the Arrancar or Shinigami is dead. It's been also known that there's a certain limit to how many at a time he can capture. With Resurrecion, he can capture upto three at a time. With a Bankai, it's five. If he captures more than what the device can handle then the device will shatter and the captured powers will be forever lost.

Sword No-001 "Caligulon Full Auto 9" : A modified Beretta 93R with a longer barrel. It's considered to be Caligulon's most prized possession. It, like other Quincy items, has the ability to absorb reishi from around the area. Then it's concentratedf into a 9mm bullet shot, that can pirece an opponent no matter how hard a defense they put up. The bullets themselves are shaped from the reishi gathered. They spin at high speeds, giving it a drilling effect. This makes it dealy as the target who is shot will be severly injured. How Caligulon got in possession of the weapon is unknown.

Quincy Cross - The Quincy cross is the source of a Quincy's power. As Caligulon's power grows, so does his cross. His cross is actually a pentacle from the very beginning of his Quincy career.

Silber Draht (ズィルバー・ドラート, Zirubā Dorāto; German for "silver wire"): A silver wire that Caligulon has concealed around his right arm. He uses this in close range fighting with enemies in order to maim, behead or even chop off parts of an enemy because the wire is considered to be extremely sharp.

Powers & Abilities


Reiryoku Absorption & Manipulation:

Master Swordsmanship Specialist:

Master Archer:



Enchanced Strength:

Expert Hand-to-Hand Combatant:

Gintō Expert:

Immense Knowledge:

Seele Schneider
The Seele Schneider (魂を切り裂くもの, Zēreshunaidā; German for "Soul Cutter", Japanese for "That Which Slits the Soul") are sword-like weapons used by Quincy. Despite being sword-like, according to Uryū Ishida, Quincy only use arrows as their weapons, and subsequently, these blade-like items are used as arrows that can cause immense damage upon impact.

His version of the weapon is unique. After much research on the Hollow species, he discovered that has the ability to absorb reishi around it in order to create it's form. After much expirementing on the Hollow race while in his time in the Vandenreich, he finally completed it. It has the ability to use Hollow-like powers and other powers that were captured using the Bankai Ensnaring Device. It takes the appearence of a sword with a retractable blade composed of Reishi, which constantly radiates blue light. However, when Caligulon uses it to fire Ceros or use the abilities belonging to Bankai Ensnaring Device, the blade emits multi-colored light instead. The sword's hilt is vaguely phallic in appearance, and its guard consists of two crescents that face outwards. When used as an arrow, it's speed and pirecing power is so great that it's comapred to Ulquiorra Cifer's Segunda Etapa's attack:. After, a new one is automatically reformed and it can be used for the same purpose again. As long as there's reishi, the sword can regenerate if it's hilt is broken and/or damaged. Due to his sword's abilities, it's been often compared to an Arrancar's. When fighting an opponent, the more spiritual pressure and energy an opponent releases, the more powerful he becomes as a result. This weapon then transforms the spirit energy absorbed into spare energy that Caligulon uses for later on such as healing wounds or enchancing his body in many ways in order to turn the tide of battle to his favor. But like normal Seele Schneider, it can cut through spirit pressure, thus acting like a chainsaw, revolving around 3,000,000 times per second.

It's been also known that he created some sword techniques using this uniquely-designed weapon.

Bankai Collection
Caligulon has been able to steal the Bankai of many Shinigami that he has either beaten or intentionally killed. He re-invented the Bankai Ensnaring Device used by the Vandenreich. Caligulon seems to store all of the Bankai that he has stolen inside the device, and is able to release any particular one on a whim; assuming that Bankai's form and abilities using his unique Seele Schneider as a medium. Without the device or the unique weapon, using this particular is impossible through means.

Quincy: Letzt Stil
Caligulon has revealed that he has mastered the Quincy: Letzt Stil (滅却師最終形態（クインシー・レツトシュティール）, Kuinshī Retsutoshutīru; Japanese for "Destruction Sage: Final Form, Quincy", German for "Last Style"; Viz Media Translation, "Letz Stile").
 * Quincy: Vollständig (滅却師完聖体 (クインシー・フォルシュテンディッヒ), Kuinshī Forushutendihhi; German for "Quincy: Complete", Japanese for "Monk of Destruction: Complete Holy Form") Upon activating this form, a massive amount of reishi is drawn into Caligulon, condensing around him into the form of large (about his size) angel, named Michael. He wears golden armor with the Quincy Pendant hanging on the side. He also dons two large angel wings made of pure reishi. He no longer wears his glasses as they turned into reishi itself and his eyes absorb them enchancing his vision greatly, equating them to a hawk's eye. He claims his Vollständig is different from most Quincies because it completely changes his outer appearance entirely.

Behind the Scenes
The idea of using the Bankai Ensnaring Device belongs to Ten-tails while the stealing of Resurrección and Bankai belongs to Sei-kun. All credit goes to them for creating the idea :)