Hiroya Ginkarei

Hiroya Ginkarei (ひろや, Magnificent Eight - Chant Marvelously), also called Hiroya Hakuchō (ひろや白鳥, Hiroya the Swan) is a powerful Rogue Shinigami whom have been wanted by Soul Society for good over five centuries. Up until very recently, he worked as a pre-school teacher in Karakura Pre-School, where he once taught Karin and Yuzu Kurosaki. After the destruction of mentioned pre-school in Inquisition of the Pacifist Hiroya's been forced to teach at Karakura Elementary School instead, where he currently works as the teacher of Kamiyama Haruhi, among others.

He's renowned in Soul Society as one of the greatest Kidō Masters ever produced in its long history. And he's currently the only known Shinigami capable of casting the Sacred Spells - A set of forbidden spells whom contain in total four spells. All of which are incredibly powerful.

He's also renowned, and detested for having mastered the Temporal and Spatial spells to such degrees that he's able to bend those phenomenons to his will completely. And he has even invented a spell which completely halts aging, and induces immortality in that regard (A feat only achieved by one other spell - namely Nekkuresu no Raifu (ネックレスライフNecklace of life); With the added ability that whomever he uses it on is rendered completely immune to Temporal Spells and effects.

He's also well-known for his undying habit of running away in the middle of a fight.

Appearance
Despite his advanced age Hiroya retains the youthful appearance of a man in his mid twenties. He's got ear-length blonde hair and intense blue eyes - he's also well-built, with broad shoulders and a well-muscled body (no doupt due to his extensive training as a Shinigami) these traits lead him to become somewhat broad in appearance, essentially granting him an overall masculine appearance.

When in his Gigai; Hiroya wears a pair of grey pants and a white or magnenta colored shirt that sits just right, accentuating his athetic build greatly; and with the two uppermost buttoms being left open in a V shape, the final detail is the Ankh that is worn around his neck, bumping against his throat as he walks. In his Shinigami form he wears a long grey robe over his Shinigami hakama; In a style similiar to Gin Ichimaru in both the shape, and by the bell-sleeves, he also wears the Ankh from earlier in this form as well. Otherwise he retains a somewhat ordinary way of dressing.

Hiroya's hair is roughly ear-lenght. And he prefers to keep it that way. The fact that he takes care of it daily leads many to assume that he is at least abit concerned with his looks. His eyes seem to always beam friendily at people he meet, and while he's normally silent, he never seems to give anyone the impression of not being welcome. Additionally, his eyes always seem have a certain melancholy to them, they speak of a certain insecurity, self-doupt and yes, deep down perhaps even a slight hint of fear; but for what is unknown.

While preparing to fight seriously Hiroya will most commonly withdraw his left hand from the sleeve of his grey robe, leaving only the right side covered; until he attacks however the left arm firmly rest in the sleeve by the elbow: This stance seems be unique to him and he does it by habit rather than for any strategical purpose, on the contrary - in the files that inform about him in Soul Society it is stated that the uncovered arm is to be regarded as his Kidō arm, and the right one to be regarded as his Zanjutsu arm; and unless a particular spell or technique requires both arms he never deviates from this principle.

Bounty Hunters, and pursuing Shinigami have also commented that despite his status as an infamous Rogue Shinigami of grand power, his appearance would never pass as threatening, or even remotely intimidating; this causes many of his opponents to drastically understimate him.

Personality
Hiroya realized much sooner than any child ought to the value of life, having passed away at the age of 15 - these facts seem to have put a permanent stain on Hiroya's very soul and along with the things that happened in his childhood are the likely causes for his pacifism.

Despite his masterful abilities in battle, Hiroya has no desire to neither, fight, kill or harm any other being. In battle he stands still and watches the enemy enclose upon him, and when he does fight back it is only as a means of simple self-defense.

He's known to love kids with all his heart, something that led to him becoming a pre-school teacher in Karakura Town. His tireless attembs of getting out of a battle trough Diplomacy, talking or outright bribery has led many to believe that he's weak, though this is a very serious misconception.

As one who've lost his childhood It is safe to assume that Hiroya's work in the Kindergarten serves to reflect his desire for his own childhood. This is more or less confimed by the fact that Hiroya is commonly seen to actively take part in the games the children play.

The latter part has earned him a rather tender spot in the hearts of the young women he works together with, much to his male colleagues and his own, dismay - these traits have made Hiroya well-liked by the students despite the fact that they think him to be awfully strict at times.

Hiroya posesses a love for anything with speed, which is evidenced by the fact that he's known to drive like a complete Yakuza if ever given the chance - he also has a habit of wearing a black leather-jacket and sunglasses while driving, in order to remain "incognito" incase anyone wondered why an insane trafic-devil looked an awful lot to the respectable and admirable Hiroya-sensei.

Also, in shocking resemblence to Retsu Unohana, Hiroya is known to get particularily intense when he's mad or irritated, while still retaining his cool composure; this is practically as scary as the original Unohana and it has lead some of his bosses to instantly give him a raise out of sheer fright.

Despite his Pacifism, Hiroya's been able to bypass this weakness at times, most note worthily in his battle against Dorothy Furlan da Liberi. Albeit she had to put his students in the warzone first: During these times he tends to become a tad more agressive, and he's fully capable of killing; though he still can't help but subconciously pull his blows against weaker opponents no matter how destestably they may act.

Original Life, and Death
Alain Laroche was born in France in year 1289 AC - to a wealthy merchant, Alain was born a week earlier than expected but managed to surrive if only by a miracle, the incident however left him physically frail and sickly - and the medics informed his mother and father that he likely wouldn't live to see his sixteenth birthday, the merchant tried everything to better the situation for his son but nothing seemed to work. Alain Laroche was Spiritually Aware, but due to his sickly state, no one ever took him seriously.

Alain had a passion though, reading, he informed his father about the wish to read and he was soon taught by the best teachers France had to offer. For every page he turned, his body would waste away slowly, and once he reached the age of twelve he was incapable of most physical tasks and had to spend the majority of his time in bed, and looking out of the window at the children whom played outside, wishing that he could be among them.

Alain eventually passed away at the second of september, 1304 AC when his body finally gave in to the terminal illness that had plagued him for many years, for this reason, his date of death became his date of birth as a Plus, and later a Shinigami.

Childhood
Hiroya's Childhood is shrouded in mystery as he himself remembers only vague moments and those he does remember are blurry and ghastly to him. It has been speculated that his memories have been forcibly repressed by his sub-concious, as what happened in his Childhood is likely the cause to his pacifism, It is implied though that he came from one of the Noble Houses of that time, though this solution is as likely as if he came from the Rukongai. The fact that there seems to be almost no record of his life at all before he entered Shinò academy seems to leave this part of his life void.

Considering this, and the fact that he's ever unable to remember anything of some importance. It stands as highly unlikely that one'll ever find out about the childhood of Hiroya Ginkarei.

Young Life
Hiroya was able to enter the Shinò Academy rather easily concidering his allready at that time exceptionally high spiritual power. Hiroya quickly proved to be one of the best students of his class, and he showed remarkable skill in most fields though nothing quite matched his skill in Kidò which was truly incredible. He found interest in the field almost immedeatly, and would often be found in the Academy's library reading books about Kidò History, Hypothesises, and advanced usage. He practised his Kidò skills in secret as he gradually moved towards graduation. Though Hiroya could likely have finished the Academy much sooner than he did, he chose to wait til he had accumulated enough knowledge of his favorite subject.

The result of this was that, to everyone's astonisment. Hiroya was able to use Kidò spells of up to level 68 just after he had graduated. though he still required an incantation in order to perform them. It was still an impressive feat. This quickly earned him a seated position in the Kidò Corps. Wherein he quickly advanced to Lieutenant and later Captain.

Captain of the Kidò Corps
In his time as the Captain of the Kidò Corps Hiroya mannaged to drive them forwards at high rates. This was due to his own passion, his desire to liberate the world, and the drive for knowledge whick hid deep within. Under his guidance the Kidò Corps mannaged to perfect certain Kidò Spells and even managed to create new ones. His efforts were hailed by the other squads though few hardly ever come to know whom the Captain was. Somewhere during this time he became privy to the Forbidden Spells.

Research & Exile
Hiroya began to research the Forbidden Spells with great interest, he sought to find the means to create a spell that would end all strife on a permanent basis. True to his pacifism his studies eventually got more and more dangerous. Experimenting with forbidden magic served to put the very balance of time, essence and space at risk. And at the invention of one in particular namely Tokijò (時錠, Time Lock) resulted with him being exiled from Soul Society and later hunted down by the '''Omnitsukido. Though he was never found, and it was later revealed that he fled to The Human World trough the use of another of his original spells; Shirubamon''' (しるばもん, Silver-Grey Gate).

Life in the Human World
There is hardly any information on this subject though it is believed that he entered somewhere into Feudal Japan. His first course of action was to head straight to a lonely mountain where he settled down in order to avoid harming the balance of the worlds with his spiritual power.

He mannaged to devise some sort of spell to hide his spiritual pressure. Named Tamashii Fuku (魂覆, Ghost Veil) When Urahara invented the Gigai, Hiroya was one of the first people to seek him out as he relished in the chance to be able to come out of hiding without endangering anyone, right afterwards Hiroya took on a long and extensive course in Pedagogy which is the study of teaching, when he had accomplished this course he began teaching at Pre-Schools, which was surprising given his skill in this field, as he could in truth choose to work at any school he'd ever wish to..

Synopsis

 * White Feather Vs Colorless World (Battle against Haru Nakamaru
 * Hiroya's Introduction (Introductory Fiction)
 * Inquisition of the Pacifist (Battle against Dorothy Furlan da Liberi)
 * Mistress and the Hound (Appearance)
 * The Scion, the Witch, and the Rector (Brief Appearance)
 * An Odd Challenge (Meeting with Ciel)
 * The Swan and the Hunter (Battle against Kenshin Yagami and Tarō Suzuki)
 * Valhalla Tournament, Round One: The Battle of Wills (Tournament Match against Ryotenbin Shiki)

Inventions
Talented Inventor: Though not coming close to the creations of the Research and Development institue, Hiroya's still proved himself to be a talented inventor. Being able to create several items whom are designed to make use of actual Kidō. These very commonly require no actual skills to use and are thus still favored by lower-ranked Shinigami.

Due to Hiroya's great understanding of Kidō and its many forms has allowed him to create certain inventions - Some of which are still used today. They are as follows.
 * Kinuito Sokudōsa (絹糸即動作, Japanese for Silken Thread, Instant Movement) is presumably created in the time that Hiroya was the leader of the Kidō Corps, and it is thus safe to assume that Hiroya played a large part in its development. The item looks like a long band of white silk, which are to be wrapped tightly around ones arm; Once released it billows out in a vortex-like pattern: As it instantly teleports the user and anyone inside the boundaries of the bands to a place choosen after the users mind.
 * Seishinkusuri (精神薬, Japanese for Mind Pills) is a special type of medicine developed by the Kido Corps during Hiroya's leadership - They have the ability to restore some of the Reiryoku of the one whom eats them. The amount of Reiryoku restored is equal to roughly five percent of their total Reiryoku. This is cummulative by eating more pills; naturally though, these have negative side effects, They provide extra exhaustion based on how many pills you take, this is equal to the exhaustion that one would get from using up one tenth of ones Spiritual Power. This is cummulative as well and it is estimated that most Shinigami can handle three such pills, more than that is known to be VERY dangerous, and everyone in the Soul Society whom have made use of such pills are required to deliver a report on how many pills they bring with them on a mission.

Powers & Abilities
''The adversary carefully removes his left arm from the sleeve of his elaborate grey robe; revealing him to wear a green shirt that sits just right, an Ankh dangling from his throat; brilliantly blue eyes watching your movements slowly, as with a look of great displeasure; he grips around the handle of his Zanpakutō with his right hand, as his opposite arm rests firmly by the elbow in the sleeve of his robe. ''

Avian Transformation: An ability that Hiroya's known to possess but rarely seen using; this allows Hiroya to shapeshift into the form of a white Dove, or that of a Swan (hence his Nickname) - it is unknown how exactly Hiroya came to possess this ability though it is rumored to have something to do with his Zanpakutō; and his knowledge of Kidō - this has been commented upon as being quite similiar to the ability of a certain woman. The only differences being the animal shapeshifted into in question, and similarily to her - he's capable of exerting his Spiritual Power in this form, yes, even speak (Though ironically enough, he sounds like a female due to the high-pitched, almost singing voice he attains in this form)

Keen Intellect: It is evident that Hiroya possesses advanced intellect. As even at a very young age, he shown great amounts of talent in Kidò. He's well-versed in the strategies and history of Soul Society and he's somehow managed to avoid Soul Society for several centuries after his escape, which is likely attributed to his intelligence as well. He's also been known to grasp the four primary ways of combat among the Shinigami to great extents, being concidered a master in all of the fields except for Swordsmanship, albeit of varying degrees


 * Wisdom: A more prevalent feature of his intellect is his Wisdom, as one who've lived for many centuries and experienced many things Hiroya has at numerous occassions proven his merit; being capable of in-depth observations and perceptions which can startle most opponents.
 * Medical Knowledge: Though it is largely unknown from exactly where Hiroya got this, he's himself stated that he used to work as an assisstant for a doctor, and such learned rudimentary things about the human body from there; as evidenced by his skilled use of several spells.
 * Marvelous Spiritual Insight: Hiroya's vast knowledge of Kido, and by extension the art on how to manipulate his own energy for a huge array of different effects have made him incredibly insightful as to the effects and use of most of an opponents abilities, he's capable of usually successfully gauging an opponents techniques to their very core and usually rendering them inneffective after being used more than twice.



Expert Swordsmanship Specialist: Hiroya, despite his reputation as a Pacifist remains a very refined Swordsman capable of matching most foes in sheer swordplay, he's also by Reishi Manipulation able to increase his physical strength to heights great enough for him to be able to effectively fight with one hand free; Shirohane, being a blunt weapon is however unable to harm the opponent and as such he primarily uses Zanjutsu defensively. Many have commented upon that if it were not for Hiroya's pacifism he'd easily be one of the most proficient Swordsmen of his time.


 * Parry Master: Due to Hiroya's Zanpakuto being unable to harm an opponent directly, Hiroya's adapted a very protective style of Zanjutsu, which involves using parries and other defensive manuevers in order to avoid being killed - this has led Hiroya to be especially knowledgeable in this field, and he's capable of parrying even the most complicated of attacks.

Shunpo Master: Hiroya's skill with Flash Steps is evidenced by having been able to outrun the forces of Soul Society for good well over five centuries. And to this day it is much more common for Hiroya to simply flee from danger rather than face it head on and Its been speculated that his skill with Flash Steps are roughly on par with that of Byakuya Kuchiki, one of the foremost masters of this art albeit its unknown if Hiroya's able to perform the special abilities associated with this as well.

Immense Spiritual Power: Hiroya's age is likely the cause for his immense spiritual power. He's been known to cast several high-level Kidò spells in quick succession without noticeably tiring, as well as immobilizing enemies with his sheer spiritual pressure. A solution which he prefers rather than fighting. His reiatsu is grey in colour. And it takes the form of wings when he releases it; his Spiritual Energy always brings with it a sense of sorrow; not in the sense of causing grief to opponents; but that he himself is sorrowful at having to resort to possibly violent situations.

Enhanced Spiritual Awareness: As a Shinigami, Hiroya's naturally Spiritually Aware, however, due to his great skill and knowledge about the flow and signs of Spiritual Energy he's fully capable of going beyond what is naturally expected in this field, as he was able to keep track of Michael's and Ryuichi's battle with the Diabolus from a good distance. Even while he was still in the Academy Hiroya was praised for being very skilled in this field, and his natural awareness easily surpasses that of most other Shinigami.
 * Masterful Spiritual Control: One of Hiroya's greatest assets is his masterful control of the flow of Spiritual Energy; this sterns from his great mastery of Kidō and its many uses. He's managed to devise a form of temporary empowerment of a designated attribute (Speed, Strength, Resilence, etc) of his own: This is primarily used in order to temporarily increase his strength enough for him to be able to successfully block or parry the blows of a powerful opponent with one-handed techniques, leaving his left hand free to cast powerful Kidō spells to decimate or restrict the enemy in question. This ability, while certainly very useful tends to drain his power in proportion to the sudden change.
 * Strength Augmentation: Trough his great mastery and control over the flow of Spiritual Energy, Hiroya's capable of temporarily augmenting his physical strength to greater levels, though this puts a strain on his Spiritual Power and by extension the amount and specific spells that he can cast.

Expert Strategist & Tactician; Hiroya's well versed in the strategies and tactics of Soul Society from his time in the academy. This is also the reason that he hasn't yet been caught, as he's fluent enough in their tactics to be able to avoid them with great ease. This also allows him to think many steps ahead in regards to which spells are most effective; this also extends to basic strategy and tactics in battle, and his strategies have been described to be simple, yet effective.

Mental Shield; Hiroya's developed the means to counter illusion and the likes, by using Kidō to shield his mind from alien influence Hiroya's able to see trough illusions and thus they're instantly disbelieved. Meaning that most Illusionary-Zanpakutò simply fail to effect him, most note worthily he'd be able to resist the effects of the infamous Kyoka Suigetsu and its many siblings, moreover this ability is more or less always active.

Stats

 * Hiroya's an Aizen-Class Character

Kidō Abilities & Associated Facts
As one of the greatest Kidō Masters in the history of Soul Society. Hiroya's abilities within the field are simply too extensive to be generalized and thus deserve a separate notice from his other abilites. Given the fact that Shirohane is a blunt-edged weapon, Hiroya has adapted Kidō as his primary form of combat, making him an extremely versatile combatant.

Kidō Prodigy: Hiroya's greatest claim to fame is his to date more or less unrivalled affinity for Kidō, this is so great that despite it only applies to a single type of skill, has earned him a place among the most gifted Shinigami in the history of Soul Society. And he's presumably been reffered to as a child genius solely because of this. Even though his other abilities are also above average.

Kidō Master: Hiroya's skill in Kidō is so great that when he had just graduated from the Shinigami Academy he already had the appropriate knowledge and skill needed to cast spells of the 70's levels. As well as advanced knowledge of the flow of spiritual energy and many effective ways to counter opposing Kidō spells. Seven centuries later his skills within the area has become so refined that he's able to instantaneously call upon Kidō spells in battle without incantations, and in all cases except 96-99 level spells he's able to cast them without reciting the number or the spells name. Moreover, low-level Kidō spells such as Sōkatsui is known to be so powerful that the effects are equal in power to a Kidō spell of much higher than their original level. It is known that Hiroya has knowledge of most Forbidden Kidō spells and is able to use them in battle if he desires to but like with Saikousei he chooses not to. Additionally he's unwilling to teach them to anyone else. His immense mastery in this field has earned him the status of Prodigy. His skill is in fact so great that he's capable of casting Kido in very efficient and notoriously difficult ways.
 * Master of Binding: Hiroya's skill in this category of magic is truly incredible; and according to Hiroya himself, far too incredible - this is due to that each of the spells are amplified to incredible heights by Hiroya's immense knowledge of Kido in general and his vast Spiritual Powerr: The result is that the spells inflict great agony to the opponent, slowly torturing them and spells such as Sajo Sabaku in particular are so incredibly potent that an opponent whom it is cast upon feels like they're literally being ripped off by the midsection; and its not uncommon for them to break bones and ribs due to the crushing pressure.
 * Motionless Spellcasting: Hiroya possesses a skill unheard of anywhere else in Soul Societies history, namely the ability to cast spells entirely without hand gestures or any poses of any kind (In the case of Binding spells he doesn't even need to see the opponent, as he's capable of casting spells by reading the foes Spiritual Signature) this was also demonstrated in his battle against Haru Nakamaru when he surprised the latter by casting Rikujōkōrō and Hainawa almost simultaneously, without reciting eithers name nor incantation and from a moving position, with his back turned towards the latter; this seemingly weakens the spell quite alot though, as Haru was capable of breaking out of both spells rather easily.
 * Shape Manipulation: Hiroya has the ability to manipulate the shapes of his spells to great extends, this can range from anything as simple as compressing a spell such as Sōkatsui to the point that it becomes a piercing spell, and much more lethal; to even change the shapes of his spells to match his personal motif of doves and swans, which in addition to greatly enhancing its destructive potential also makes the spells move much faster.

Hanki (反鬼, Reverse Demon) Though by no means an original skill or a spell for that matter. Hiroya has shown himself to be able to use this ability to masterful effect, it revolves around neutralizing Kidō by hitting it with another spell of equal spell and power, Hiroya's developed another way to use it that actually sends the accumulated force trough the opponents "Saketsu" and "Hakusui", which can actually impair their ability to make use of their spiritual energy and possibly end their career as a Shinigami. This particular ability is named Sanshi (さんし Deep Reflection), illustrated further below''. ''During his battle against Haru Nakamaru, Hiroya used Hanki to albeit not wholly successful: Severely weaken a level 96 Itto Kaso spell.


 * Sanshi (さんし Deep Reflection): A technique that Hiroya discovered by accident, it is initiated by Hiroya, using his masterful manipulation of Reiryoku, seizing control of the acculumated leftover Reishi that is formed when Haki is employed. While it originally took Hiroya some seconds to shape, solidify and shoot this, it now only takes him but a few moments: When successfully executed, it takes the appearance of several near-invisible blades of air which move at astounding speeds - they're configured to always aim for an opponents "Saketsu" and "Haketsui" in order to quickly finish a battle.

Perfect Kidō Spells; Hiroya's Kidō spells have the added power of being incredibly hard to break down and it has never once occurred that his spells have dissipated before connecting with the target. Also, him having perfected most Kidō spells he's proficient with he doesn't need to recite the name of any of them besides the three highest ranks. Allowing him to easily blend in his Kidō spells with Hakuda or Zanjutsu, something which later formed the Shiratoriza (白鳥座, The Swan) battle style. He achieves this by binding the flow of additional Kidō spells - breaking them thus requires for the opponent to first break the seal which keeps them in place - Though abilities such as Haki work perfectly eitherhow, as this only serves to protect them from dissipating prematurely.

Kidō Combinations; Like any true Kidō Master Hiroya is able to easily combine both Bakudō and Hadō together to create tremendously powerful spells and effects, and due to his keen intellect and almost unrivaled knowledge of Kidō he's able to quickly devise new spells to handle more or less any situation in battle this makes him especially powerful against other Kidō users. Though, like everything else Hiroya doesn't use his advanced knowledge of Kidō unless explicatively forced to do so, and never on anyone whom he deems unable to cope with it. Once again attributing to his more or less crippling Pacifism.

Personal Kidō; Like many other masters of the art, Hiroya's able to make any Kidō spell his own trough sheer knowledge and experience, he's been known to have at least five different "Types" of each spell in his arsenal, all of which commonly takes completely different shapes than the original and their effects needn't even be remotely similiar.

Vast Kidō Knowledge; Hiroya's specialized in Kidō to such a degree that he's able to instantly analyze any known Kidō spell without hearing its incantation nor its name thus being able to counter it almost instantly. In the regard of other Kidō masters, Hiroya's able to analyze any personal spell of theirs after having seen it at least once - though it varies depending on the complexity of the spell in question. If he's fully analyzed a spell he adds it to his own arsenal: Hiroya has stated that much of his mastery of Kidō is derived from other masters and as such, the better his opponent the more Hiroya improves. Consequentially, it is not uncommon for Hiroya to willfully seek out other Kidō masters whom he deems to possess knowledge that he does not himself.

Forbidden Kidō Knowledge: Hiroya is known to possess advanced knowledge of the vast majority of Forbidden Spells - And he's even able to cast most of them himself. However, Hiroya's spells of this type are primarily limited to a choosen few. Whom he deems not to cause too much damage. And even those are never employed foolishly.

Hiroya's Copied Spells
Hiroya most commonly tries to copy any spell that he sees in battle. This is a lenghty process though and he usually has to see the spell more than once in order to get it right. If he's gotten halfway in the progress he can improvise from there. But in that case, the spell becomes somewhat different from the original.

Original Kidō Spells
''Hiroya's very talented in making Kidò Spells. And as such, he's made a good deal of them, these described below are perhaps his most note worthy ones.''

The Sacred Spells
The Three Sacred Spells are four spells that Hiroya's managed to acclaim trough unknown means. All four of them are spells virtually unheard of anywhere and it is known that the vast Majority of Soul Society doesn't know they even exists, possible exceptions are the Captains of the Kidō Corps, whom might be aware of their existance but not nessecarily how to use them.

They are known to be very tiring upon the caster and as such, Hiroya only uses them when he has no other choice and then usually only twice per battle. Though he's yet to actually use them in any battle whatsoever. Despite their name it is actually four spells, though the fourth spell can only be cast if the Caster has mastered the other spells.

Honshitsu
Hiroya's mastery of Kidō is not only general. Hiroya's been able to master five spells completel, and as such he's been able to device powerful variations to them - in addition to their power being increased immensly respectively. The spells are listed in perfect order.

Shō
Hiroya's mastery with this spell is immense. With this he's able to inflict horrendous amounts of damage, as well as easily hurl opponents straight trough solid stone and large structures. The most dangerous aspect of this ability is that Hiroya can cast it almost instantenously; and it is refined to point where it ignores the Reiatsu of the opponent it is cast on, disabling damage mitigation completely - Due to his mastery he's managed to invent some additional spells of this type whom all are made by him and serve different goals, the most well-known example of Hiroya's Shō is the fact that he, in Hiroya's Introduction was able to send a seated officer of the 2nd Devision straight trough two trees and one large rock before the spell began to dissipate. For the actual length of approximately 50 meters. The force of the spell was in fact so great that the officer broke both his arms and his leg when he was sent trough the stone and the trees - Before finally breaking his neck as he hit the ground. - In Inquisition of the Pacifist this spell was able to to cancel out a level #33 Spell cast by the infamous Dorothy Furlan da Liberi and then continue onwards towards the Demoness in question - also, it was able to mutiliate last mentioned character gruesomely; in the form of punching a hole straight trough her torso, flinging her many yards away and wreaking great havoc on the sorrounding environment.

''Hiroya's Shō spell is supposedly equal in power to that of the Ikkotsu Punch, being fit to easily blast fist sized holes in the body of an opponent trough the sheer force of the bolt alone. Making this a very dangerous spell.''


 * Shō, sen (衝穿, Japanese for Thrust, Drill) This is Hiroya's most dangerous spell in quite some sense. Its incredibly fast, noted as being quicker than a Bala, and very powerful, by flicking his wrist as he casts the Shò spell he's able to make it much more potent to the point that it begins to drill into the target once it hits: The sheer force of the spell easily carrying the subject many yards away, this in addition to the fact that it ignores Spiritual Power, makes it very efficient indeed. It also uses very little energy to cast, meaning that he's able to use these in quick succession.
 * Shōgeki tai suru (衝撃退する. Japanese for Repulse an important duty) By making a quick swipe of his hands as he casts Shò Hiroya's able to generate a wave of blue spiritual energy which rapidly expands outwards, and anyone caught within the wave are forcibly carried away from Hiroya. Enabling him to gain ground. And gather his opponents in one place.
 * Gopointo Suishinryoku (五ポイント、推進力, Japanese for Five Points, THRUST) Hiroya can by pointing his whole hand at his enemy cast Sho with every one of his fingers simultaneously, thus creating five blasts whom all are aimed with deadly precision and whom are able to harm above Captain-Level opponents rather horrendously: Naturally, when this spell is cast it drains quite some energy from Hiroya. The subject hit by this spell directly sports a very low chance of surrival, as it has been described as having the strength to instantly kill opponents much above the criteria of Captain-Level. It needs to be charged up before it can be fired though, lessening its use in the midst of battle.
 * Shōmahi (衝麻痺, Japanese for Thrust, Paralyze) This is a weaker version of the standard Shō spell; in that it materializes as one or more thin bolts of compressed energy; these are aimed towards certain bodily points, and they each release a charge of Reiatsu when they make contact, if they manage to hit one of these bodily points, they immediately cause the associated body part to temporarily cease functioning. In a manner similiar to acupuncture.

Sōkatsui
Hiroya's skills in this spell aren't often witnessed. But its known that he was able to dispatch a whole platoon of hunters simply by casting this spell, and when cast at its full power this spell is easily able to level most obstacles. Leaving nothing left in its wake but a barren wasteland. For this reason it is rarely employed by Hiroya. His skills with it has allowed him to create certain variations.

The power of Hiroya's Sōkatsui spell is easily on par with that of Haien, and its fit to easily incinerate opponents if one is careless, its wide range and such also makes it harder to avoid successfully.


 * Sōkatsui Kyūzō (蒼火墜急増, Japanese for Blue Fire, Crash Down - Explosion) By channeling Sōkatsui into his own body Hiroya's able to release a very powerful 360' degrees blast of pure Spiritual Force. The ensuing explosion radiates outwards and uses Hiroya himself as the epicenter. The spell is powerful enough to instantly vaporize several Gillian-Class hollows. But doesn't have too much effect on singular very powerful opponents.
 * Sōkatsui Yari (蒼火墜やり, Japanese for Blue Fire, Crash Down - Lance) By directing his palm at an opponent Hiroya's able to release a one foot thick lance of blue flames towards a single target: The spell is strong enough to instantly incinerate those whom take a direct hit, though it moves slowly, so its best used when the opponent is immbolized.
 * Sōkatsui Oō (蒼火墜覆う, Japanese for Blue Fire, Crash Down - Wrap) With this spell. Hiroya can augment his aura with Sōkatsui so that everyone in his immediate vicinity is affected by gradually escalating burns. Not to mention that every strike with his sword is enhanced to the point that it deals great amounts of damage if it hits, commonly burning away patches of flesh. And actually causing it to "Sear" its way trough skin, Hierro, Spiritual Power and Armor with strict ease.
 * Sōkatsui Hato (蒼火墜はと, Blue Fire, Crash Down - Dove) This spell is a very powerful variation of the traditional Sōkatsui spell, and it basically transmutes a portion of Hiroya's Reiatsu into several Doves of blue flame, that he can grant extra speed by sprouting one or in rarer cases, two extra wings on their backs. It was first witnessed in The Swan and the Hunter where it was revealed that each "Dove" has great destructive properties, as only one was capable of levelling a respectable amount of woodland with a single explosion.

Gaki Rekkō
Hiroya has mastered this spell to a very impressive degree. He's able to use it in a multitude of different ways, from imprisoning enemies in cages of green energy, to create barriers capable of stopping most attacks to even creating a huge ball of green energy capable of demolishing a small fortress. It is useful, and it is powerful in its normal form - though it doesn't cause nearly as much havoc as a Sōkatsui spell.


 * Gaki Rekkōran (牙気裂光檻, Japanese for Raging Light Fang - Cage) Hiroya draws a circle infront of him in the air as the circle then quickly solidifies in a green light before he follows the normal example, by shooting out several bolts of green light. However these are purposefully aimed away from the opponent. Becouse when they cross the enemy or enemies, they connect with green threads of spiritual energy which then extends to the other bolts. Before finally the opponent is trapped within a cage of green light.
 * Gaki Rekkōō (牙気裂光覆う, Japanese for Raging Light Fang - Cover) Hiroya casts this spell by creating only the green circle before then reversing the circle backwards to coat him in a large green sphere of energy. The spiritual flow goes backwards, which instead of blocking attacks serves to simply deflect them, and If a hand or weapon connects with the barrier. The Spiritual Flow would attempt to drag the item, or person along with it, possibly tossing him or her quite some feet away. The flow also helps in the sense that it deposits energy somewhere else, thus being capable of easily deflecting most Energy attacks.
 * Gaki Rekkōki Itama (牙気裂光大きい球, Japanese for Raging Light Fang - Great Orb) By using a single hand Hiroya creates a single circle of green-light. Before he creates another one on the opposite side. These two then begin to merge, overlapping one another before becoming a ball of pure energy which grows til it is roughly 3'feet in height and 4'feet in width. Before Hiroya simply throws it at his target. the culminating explosion is said to be able to destroy a small fortress, though this has yet to be proven: Nevertheless it is a very devastating spell.

Danku
Hiroya's able to use this spell with amazing ease in its normal form. Moreover its demonstrated to be powerful enough to be capable of blocking spells up to level 91, as opposed to be able to block spells up to level 89. He's been able to invent certain variations to it.

The power of Hiroya's Danku spells are only slightly higher than the normal variant, though they're made all the more useful because of that.


 * Danku, Tsuin no Kagami (斷空ツインの鏡, Japanese for Splitting Void, Twin Mirrors) When he casts this Hiroya materializes two rectangular walls at either side of him. Once summoned he's able to control them mentally, this is a specialized spell and instead of blocking attacks it deflects them. Hiroya most commonly casts this before casting a powerful spell: By directing it at the mirrors he's able to effectively "Juggle" the spell back and forth while he moves the "Mirrors" with his mind. Allowing for devasating surprise attacks: Moreover they can also be used on a Kidò-like ability for the same effect, most known example is a Hollows Cero.
 * Dankukai ten Deisuku (斷空回転ディスク, Japanese for Spliting Void Rotating Disks) Hiroya summons the Danku in a very normal manner except for the fact that it is horizontal, he then uses his own Spiritual Energy to spin the barrier around at highly accelerated speeds before directing it at an opponent as a spinning razor, capable of cutting trough almost anything its also able to instantly straighten up in order to function as an ordinary Danku spell, or if there are two Spinning Disks; Danku, Tsuin no Kagami. The disks are controled mentally. And Hiroya's able to control up to three at once.
 * Danku, Kakuchu (斷空角柱, Japanese for Splitting Void, Prism) Hiroya instantly summons forth seven round Danku shields which he quickly arranges in a perfect Diamond-like shape around either himself, an ally, or even an opponent. Once in place its almost impossible to break down from the outside, or with a slight rearrangement, the inside. This is due to the fact that once connected the Danku's work as a single spell with roughly ten times the power of an ordinary Danku cast by Hiroya. Meaning that its able to block spells, effects and attacks up to a total of power, which is equal to the total "Levels" the spell has. Which is roughly 910, meaning that ten level 91 spells would cancel the effect evenly. Or well, anything of that power or above, be it spells, attacks or Zanpakutò abilities.

Haien
Hiroya's stated himself that his mastery of Haien combined with its speed, power and low energy cost, has made it one of his most deadly spells. Its known that his Haien is almost unblockable as if it is blocked directly; the spell is likely to incinerate the opponent anyhow, exceptions are Captain-Level opponents and above, for this reason Hiroya very rarely makes use of it, and if he does Its a clear compliment to your abilities - and a sign of him becoming serious, but it still stands as his favored way of killing, due to the fact that the opponent dies momentarily, he refers to it as "Humane Execution".

''Hiroya's Haien spell is in fact so hot that it can be compared to the Shikai state of Yamamoto Genryusai's Ryujin Jakka. This makes it capable of reducing most objects to ash at a mere touch, and it also makes it more or less unblockable, though it can be avoided quite easily.''


 * Kiruhaien (切る廃炎, Japanese for Severing Abolishing Flames) Very similiar to the traditional Haien, this variation increases its heat and power to great heights; releasing it as an oblong arc that is ten times as wide as the norm. Hiroya states that it evaporates opponents even before it hits due to its immense heat, it is also rather tiring to Hiroya though and by extension he's only able to shoot a set amount of them in battle: The blast is also slower than the normal variant.
 * Sattō Haien (殺到廃炎, Japanese for Flood, Abolishing Flames) This is Hiroya's most odd spell-variant. Instead of creating something to direct at his opponent he conjures forth purple liquified Spiritual Energy. Which then begins to brush around him like water, he most commonly casts this on the feathers created by Shirohane which enables him to control the trajectory and the movements of the spell: The heat is such that it can easily be compared to the heat of lava, which easily makes this spell a fatal one, it has several drawbacks though, its not really useful if the opponent is a fast one because it moves rather slowly. Despite Hiroya being able to direct it wherever he pleases, it tires him after useage and it is thus not used too often.
 * Haien Rakuen (廃炎楽園, Japanese for Abolishing Flames - Paradise) Hiroya shapes the traditional Haien spell into the shape of a Paradise Bird made entirely out of purple spiritual energy, the bird has the same magical qualities as that of a Haien spell, and Hiroya's capable of creating several at once: And, like the spell-variation Sōkatsui Hato Hiroya's capable of altering the number of wings in order to make it move quicker, its however quicker than its Sōkatsui counterpart by default and its easily capable of keeping up with Shunpo Experts without any further modifications, Hiroya states that its fast enough to surprise Shunpo Masters once he adds another pair of wings, and at three pairs of wings its capable of keeping up with all but the fastest of opponents, its speed then being on par with Byakuya Kuchiki.

Incomplete Philosophy
Unbeknownst to Hiroya he does indeed possess an incomplete form of the Echelon of Supernatural Energy that is Philosophy, this was actually manifested on his death bed - as in this instant he completely accepted two of the four principles. namely Life and Death. Due to him having no memories of his actual life, he only uses Philosophy unconciously, when he does though it is usually at the point of desperation. When Hiroya makes use of Philosophy however, red and golden waves of energy emanates from his being.

Its unclear how he managed to attain it, as it usually requires several millenia of rigid training, though Shirohane is likely to have played a great part in its aquirement - even if Hiroya is unaware of the ability's existence. Another theory is that his state of mind is so clear, and his sense of peace and serenity is so refined that it drastically lowered the time nessecary to manifest Philosophy.


 * Overwhelming Spiritual Power: While making use of Philosophy Hiroya's Spiritual Power sky-rockets to great levels, and it becomes much thicker and denses and its capable of killing weaker Spiritual Beings, suffocating them - Hiroya's hinted that he sometimes, while in deep trouble temporarily loses all control over his Spiritual Power, and techniques whom would normally affect him can be brushed aside easily. This is likely situations where Philosophy subconciously manifests in him. During, which time his spiritual power cannot be broken down by Sekkiseki, Reason, or by spiritual abilities that break down spiritual power.


 * Immense Strength: While under the effects of Philosophy, Hiroya's already impressive strength is enhanced to grand levels, and he's capable of punching large holes in opponets and crush opponents trough mere strength alone.


 * Enhanced Speed: While under the effects of Philosophy, Hiroya's Shunpo speed is increased greatly, to such degrees that he can completly overwhelm opponents whom up til now held their own against him speed-wise. He does seem to have some trouble manuvering though, as he's not used to such speed.


 * Enhanced Spiritual Awareness: Though he's excellent in this field trough natural means, once he's under the effect of Philosophy the ability to perceive Spiritual Things are enhanced greatly, to such degrees that he's easily capable of reading different flows of Spiritual Energy in order to effectively defend against most attacks, and someimes even dispelling them by hitting their "weak spot".


 * The Sacred Spells: The most common use of Philosophy for Hiroya is to make use of the Sacred Spells which, albeit this is unknown to Hiroya, is actually making use of Philosophy as opposed to Spiritual Power and this is likely the reason for their almost unrivaled power.

Despite the many advantages, Hiroya cannot make use of his Zanpakuto while like this, due to the fact that the flow of Philosophy intervenes with his Zanpakuto's Spiritual Flow, this would be likely to change though if he ever managed to completely manifest Philosophy.
 * Kido Enhancement: While under the effects of Philosophy Hiroya's spells are heightened to tremendous heights, and his spells are refined to nearly perfect consistence - the spells are known to move much quicker, have greater range and are overally superiour to their "normal" potency.

Physical Abilities
Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant; Hiroya prefers to make use of Hakuda when confronted in close-combat. He's able use Hakuda to impressive effects - commonly blending Kidò in with advanced Hakuda techniques to create a long stream of deadly surprises. Hiroya favors palm-strikes over more or less any other form of physical attack, simply becouse they are commonly not dangerous for an opponent. He also commonly makes use of grapples and holds. His mastery in this field is concidered exquisite, and his attacks have been described as elegant and precise.

Great Strength: Partially due to his manifestation of Philosophy and otherwise due to heavy training, Hiroya's been shown to possess great strength as he's easily capable of dealing crushing blows to opponents with his fists alone - commonly flinging them many yards away by the sheer impact.
 * Suwanpàmu (スワンパーム, Japanese for Swan Palm) is an original Hakuda technique that imbues each of his strikes with the power of a Shò spell, and given that spells immense power. It makes him a deadly Hand-To-Hand combatant.
 * Seishin Nami (精神波, Japanese for Spirit Ripple) This is another original Hakuda technique which incorporates Kidō with martial combat; When Hiroya uses this ability he releases a 360' degrees blast of pure force, with enough might to send an opponent scuttling trough the air.
 * Majinya (魔ジン, Japanese for Devil-Silver Palm) Is a very powerful techinque that allows for a single attack of immense power. Capable of punching a hole trough most opponents upon connection. Though it demands a lot of energy to use, its more than worth it as it is capable of ending a battle in a heartbeat if used correctly.

Shiratoriza
Shiratoriza (白鳥座, The Swan) Is a Zanjutsu Style known to be used by Hiroya, and he's never taught it to anyone else at this point: The style combines perfect Reiryoku Control, Kidō and masterful Swordsmanship - Hiroya's very proficient in all these areas, with his skill in Kidō easily surpassing all of his other talents; by making use of Shiratoriza, Hiroya's able to effectively fight on par with opponents commonly much more skilled in Swordsmanship than him by making use of this. The Discipline is very defensive in its application, unlike most other styles that focus on dealing as much damage as possible trough complicated feints, fast and precise strikes, Shiratoriza is made to impair the opponent and neutralize their attacks and thus create openings for the user to exploit. ''Hiroya's known to have yet to perfect this Discipline, despite working on it for almost five centuries; and he constantly seeks to learn other disciplines on the side to make use of them to further this one. In spite of this though, the style is much efficient enough as to be effectively employed in battle. The list below is short, but it informs of what he's managed to do up til now regarding its advancement.''

Zanpakutō
 Shirohane (白はね, White Feather): In its sealed state, Hiroya's Zanpakutoù most resembles a Katana, though it is noticeably a few inches shorter than the norm, Shirohane's tsuba is shaped like a black wheel that spins in a counter-clockwise way, the wheel is elaborately decorated, the handle is bright white and so is the blade. Its short blade and its low weight makes it perfect for quick precise strike.. Shirohane is eternally blunt and it is impossible to cut someone with it, mirroring Hiroya's personality quite well.

Shikai: Shirohane's Shikai is activated by the command phrase "Please, soar up into the sky" (天に舞い上がってください, ten ni maiagat te kudasai) once the command is spoken Shirohane lives up to its name by dispersing into a cascade of white feathers that swirl around Hiroya, these feathers can be used for various purposes.

Shikai Special Ability; Shirohane's rumoured to be one of the most effective Defense-Type Kidò Zanpakutō that are recorded within Soul Societies history, true to Hiroya's pacifistic personality Shirohane possesses no offensive abilities in itself, though after so long Hiroya's been able to devise certain ways of using it offensively nonetheless. Shirohane's primary attribute is the control of the feathers that it creates for a good deal of well-varied effects. whom are described below.


 * Reflexive Release: The level of understanding, communication and similiar emotions between Hiroya and his Zanpakutō creates such a firm, strong bond that Shirohane can be partially released on reflexes, such as when Hiroya is subjected to a sneak attack, the feathers will rush to protect him from the angle the attack came from; only to reform to its sealed state afterwards - the speed of the feathers are still limited though, and as such the question of wether they manage to block or not depends wholly upon the opponents speed and skill.

Manshirowan (マン白ワン, Japanese for Full White Bowl) An ability that Shirohane possesses only in its Sealed State, unlike most other Zanpakutō it has its own source of Reiryoku, which is tapped in conjunction with Hiroya's own when it is released: This "Well" of Reiryoku can be directly accessed by Hiroya, and he can use it in order to cast his spells, additionally, he may use it in order to strengthen his attributes temporarily.

Fushichōrui (不死鳥ルイ, Japanese for Tears of a Phoenix) Is an ability that Shirohane has in all its differet forms, yes, even in its sealed state: In the case of the sealed state, Hiroya activates this ability by sheathing Shirohane back in its sheath, and muttering the command word "Smear" when he unsheathes the blade after that the weapon is covered with a clear water-like substance which when the blade comes in contact with a wound serve to quickly heal it. In the case when Shirohane is allready in its Shikai or Bankai state, it is enough for one or more feathers to settle upon the wounded area before it disperse into the very same clear fluid: This effect cannot be applied on Hiroya himself though.

Enhanced Kidō Barriers: Hiroya, like the vast majority of all Kidō Masters is capable of procuring powerful magical barriers in battle. But Shirohane seems to add a little something to barriers on its own, Shirohane being a Defensive-Type Kidō-Type Zanpakutō its not surprising - and thus Shirohane is known to enhance all protective spells significantly as long as the Zanpakuto remains in close proximity to Hiroya.

Shizukeza no Tsubasa (静けさの翼, Wings of Serenity) is Shirohane's primary ability, it is activated the moment the Shikai is released, and it causes the feather to automatically move to attempt to block an incoming attack. Thus creating a 360' degrees defense, this ability has limited usefulness against close-combat though as Shinigami commonly move much too fast for it to keep up with them. Against Kidò and other Kidò based Zanpakutò in particular Elemental an Projectile ones, it is truly helpful. Bankai: Shiraha Hakuchō (白羽白鳥, White Feathered Swan) Hiroya's bankai drastically increases the amount of feathers he can control. In addition to empowered versions of his Shikai's abilities. He gains several other special abilities. Which are his most powerful ones, others have speculated that Shiraha Hakuchō possesses more than these additonal abilities, though up til now no-one knows for certain. The new abilities are as follows
 * Shiroisan (しろい散, Japanese for Innocence, Disperse) A rather recent ability that Hiroya's managed to achieve for himself, it allows him to become one with Shirohane for the briefest of moments; effectively dispersing himself into a cascade of feathers; this allows him to avoid most attacks entirely; however, should someone destroy the feathers he dispersed into, he needs to exhibit a great amount of Reiryoku in order to reform himself, if he's unable to do so before a certain amount of time, he dies. Also, this ability is really consuming to use and he's still to master it completely.
 * Hatohen (鳩円, Dove Circle) is an ability that causes a portion Shirohane's white feathers to disperse into a large circle around the desired group. Either as a way of imprisoning them, and preventing them from interfering in a battle or with Hiroya's escape, or to lock Hiroya and an enemy in a one-on-one situation. At this point Hiroya's forced to make use of his Kidò to fight, which he amplifies with..
 * Shirohane Keshin (白い羽毛化身, White Feather Incarnation) This is the epitome of Hiroya's offensive possibilities with Shirohane. Most Kidò-type Zanpakuto have the ability to amplify kido in some way and in Shirohane's case this is especially true. Hiroya's able to channel Kidò trough Shirohane's feathers for devastating effects and he's able to use Shirohane's feathers as Catalysts for them, meaning that he can use such devastating spells as level 96 Ittō Kasō without destroying a limb; This ability has one major drawback though. Every time he uses Shirohane Keshin to cast a Kidò spell above level 50. His lifespan is decreased accordingly, and using Level 96 Ittō Kasō in this manner would for example decrease his lifespan by roughly four centuries.
 * Hanesagi (羽詐欺, Feather Trickery) Is an ability that Hiroya uses rarely (Mainly becouse there is very rarely a need to) this causes a portion of Shirohane's feathers to shape into a desired object or person, working as a clone of sorts, Hiroya usually uses these as decoys while he himself flees from the scene. When the decoy is given a good shot by an opponent it bursts into a cascade of white feathers which then disperse into spiritual particles. It was revealed in An Odd Challenge that Hiroya's capable of casting spells trough these, albeit they still draw energy from the main source, and their potency is reduced.
 * Futagohato (双子はと, Japanese for Twin Dove) A technique that manifests itself as two very large birds, the birds can be used for a variety of purposes. It is a very recent ability, and it is very tiring to use.
 * 1) Collaborative Spellcasting: One of the greatest assets of Futagohato is that it, when coupled with Hanesagi allows Hiroya to bombard opponents with spells from both the "Feather Clone" and the original Hiroya, and while this exhausts him quickly it allows him to very easily overwhelm most opponents: He can actually take this to new levels entirely by collaborating with the decoy in casting incredibly powerful combination spells.
 * 2) Magical Assault: This technique is very similiar to to one of Hiroya's Sōkatsui variations, in that he's capable of enshrouding both of the birds in Kidō energies in order to cause them to explode tremendously, the explosion is however much greater than what it procured from the Sōkatsui variant: As the birds themselves are much bigger in size. A direct hit could wreak immense havoc on the sorrounding area, and likely reduce even the strongest of opponents to a half-dead state.
 * 3) High-Speed Movement: Another great aspect about this Technique is that the birds are capable of moving at great speeds, and they're also capable of sprouting additional wings, enabling them to temporarily exceed the speed of Shunpo, though moving at this speed is only used for doging and other forms of avoidance - as the immense speed effectively makes using Kidō close to impossible, given the tunnel-vision it impairs upon him.

Ihakuchō Nehan (偉白鳥涅槃, Great Swan, Nirvana) When Hiroya uses this ability the vast majority of the white feathers disperse in order to create a large silvery white bird with the appearance that most reminds of one of the Fenghuang (A creature from ancient Chinese Mythology) this creature is corporeal and functions in much the same way as Retsu Unohana's Minazuki, in that Hiroya can use it as a means of Transportation. If one has made him release his Bankai, Hiroya has deemed you as a threat and thus he won't try to escape nor flee after that. He uses this bird in order to move at quick paces while bombarding his enemies with powerful Kidò Spells. In addition to this the bird itself provides Hiroya with these additional perks. But for all it is worth this drains Hiroya's energy at an alarming rate, and its estimated that he could only keep it active for 10-20 minutes before succumbing to exhaustion. Though he's able to extend the time by making use of Shirohane's other abilities.

Hakuhoō ōzaiso (白鳳凰在甦, Japanese for White Phoenix, Be Reborn) Is an ability that activates once every Bankai release. And only when Hiroya has just suffered from a fatal blow or has just been killed by an opponent, as the name implies Hiroya is instantly reborn in a flutter of white feathers, and his wounds are healed too. In addition if Hiroya is killed and then reborn trough the use of this ability, his powers increase greatly in proportion by the one who killed him, ensuring that he's able to fight on equal strenght with his opponent in terms of sheer provess. Given that the opponent is likely to be exhausted from before this usually ensures his victory. This effect only lasts for roughly half-an hou though, and it has its drawbacks first, the ability makes Hiroya's abilities equal to his opponent for one hour and this works both ways if he fought someone weaker than him and they somehow managed to kill him or inflict a fatal wound. He'd be temporarily reduced to their level after being reborn, on the plus side this allows him to fight on par with more or less all enemies he'd ought to face. This technique has one immense weakness however, as given how it is accomplished he's unable to make use of neither his Shikai nor Bankai until after its effects have dissapeared.
 * Immeasurable Spiritual Power: In this state Hiroya's Spiritual Power is so incredibly high that it is effectively beyond perception of opponents whose Spiritual Power is not on the same state, he can however purposefully lower it to their level in order for them to detect it. This is similiar but highly inferior to the state that Ichigo Kurosaki had while fighting Aizen, the difference lies in that this trait boosts his Spiritual Power in order to allow him to cast more spells, and hides it in order for him to be capable of easily performing one-shot incapacitations and the likes.
 * Shirokei (白ケイ, White Blessing) As long as Ihakuchō Nehan remains active and Hiroya is a top of it, all of his Kidò spells effectively double in power, this in addition to Hiroya's mastery of Kidò attribute to the fact that his Kidò spells while used in this manner would undouptly wreak great havoc.
 * Shinseifu Kanpeki (神聖賦完璧, Sacred Gift, Perfection) As long as Ihakuchō Nehan remains active. And Hiroya is off of it all of Hiroya's martial abilities are honed to their absolute peak. Allowing him to fight on equal grounds with opponents that would otherwise overpower him in close-combat.
 * Immense Speed: While in this state, Hiroya's great speed is increased tremendously, and he's known to move at speeds that completely outclasses his own use of Shunpo - and he's capable of moving great distances in but a heartbeat.
 * Immense Strength: While off of the bird, Hiroya's strength is increased tremendously, to such degrees that his physical blows are capable of shattering bones and easily killing opponents trough means of physical attacks.

This is also unique in that it permanently boosts his Spiritual Power when executed, in proportion of about twenty percent of the original Spiritual Power of the enemy he had been facing.

Kamikahō (神の抱擁, Japanese for Gods Fading Embrace) Hiroya's Bankai can be retracted in order to form a nigh-impenetrable barrier. That when struck transfers around half of the attacks power into Hiroya, this heals his wounds slightly, and envigorates him to a degree, allowing him to continue fighting, it is known to represent Hiroya's pacifism as even by simply defending he's able to increase his chance to win. The technique is very tiring to use and he's not able to keep it up for long, he commonly only uses it against really powerful opponents.

Owarizensō (終全争, Japanese for End all Conflict) Hiroya's most powerful technique by far. It allows Hiroya to mirror any damage that he takes directly onto his opponent. This works in theory by using Hiroya himself as a voodoo doll, Hiroya will only use this when he's yet to use Hakuhoō ōzaiso and then he simply allows an opponents most powerful attack to hit him. The result is that the opponent is dealt a blow in proportion to his own power and if Hiroya's killed he'd likely be too, Hiroya would then ressurected by Hakuhoō ōzaiso. In addition to this, whenever this ability is used Hiroya's power increases by half of the power released against him.

Eien no Tsubasa (永遠の翼, An Eternal Wing) This ability is unlinked to Ihakuchō Nehan - And is what he usually fools people to believe is the ability of his Bankai, in truth this hardly does anything other than to increase the power of his Shikai ablilities. The Changes are as follows.
 * Shizukeza no Tsubasa (静けさの翼, Wings of Serenity) In his Bankai State this ability becomes able to block much more powerful attacks, and it becomes quick enough to block the attacks of Shunpo Experts or lower, Increasing its defensive uses remarkably.
 * Hatohen (鳩円, Dove Circle) - In his Bankai state this ability can affect a larger range overall. And can also be used to entrap multiple opponents at once within bands of white feathers; At this point Hiroya's forced to make use of his Kidò to fight. Which he amplifies with..
 * Shirohane Keshin (白い羽毛化身, White Feather Incarnation) There is no changes to this ability while in his Bankai state. It works the same way eitherhow.
 * Hanesagi (羽詐欺, Feather Trickery) While in his Bankai state, Hiroya is able to create more of these "Feather Clones" at once, and unlike their Shikai counterpart they can even appear to take damage.. Which makes them truly invaluable as decoys. It was also revealed in An Odd Challenge that the "Feather Clone" can cast the spells of Hiroya, though they still draw energy from him, and the power is usually reduced quite alot.

Weaknesses
Most of Hiroya's weaknesses are rather obvious to most. But most noteworthily is his pacifism. Hiroya's hardly ever inclined to kill, no matter the opponent. He'd rather face death himself than kill someone else. Exceptions apply only if he has something he feels he needs to do, or if his death would mean that someone else would get hurt. For this reason, Hiroya, while unable to kill Hollow, nor Arrancar, is not inclined to die by their hands either. This also generally applies to dangerous criminals.

Another of Hiroya's weaknesses is his low stamina, while concidered to be an incredibly powerful combatant, his low Stamina makes it hard for him to continue fighting for extended amounts of time, this only extends to the fact that Hiroya's only means of defense is Shirohane (Though that particular defense is incredibly powerful indeed) and various Kidō spells: Hiroya has no form of Spiritual Armor or the likes, and any blade, no matter how weak the opponent can cut him: A good example is that in Inquisition of the Pacifist he was brought almost on the edge by an intermediate flurry of punches from Dorothy, an attack which most other Shinigami would be able to escape from without too much effort.

Battle, and Fighting Style
Hiroya's way of fighting has been described as almost backwards as instead of trying to defeat his opponent he concentrates on taking actions that won't harm him or her. And indeed, his main course of action in battle is using Shunpo to flee, and when that fails he attembs to overwhelm his opponent with his Spiritual Pressure - If that fails as well, he uses Seitō - (いきとう, Spirit Steal ) to quickly attempt to exhaust his opponents Spiritual Power, and thus ending the battle before it even begins.

Only when these things fail, Hiroya'll becomes somewhat agressive, he unsheathes his sealed Zanpakutò and engages the opponent; Though he's always careful to gauge if the opponent is able to handle his Swordsmanship, if not, he counts on his Spiritual Pressure to protect him from harm and engages in hand-to-hand combat, wherein the focus is to incapacitate, not kill. If his opponent is especially powerful he'd release his Shikai, Shirohane (しろはね, White Feather) and thus activates Shizukeza no Tsubasa (静けさの翼, Wings of Serenity) to give him the needed form of protection; It is worth to note that he only does this when he uses Hand-To-Hand Combat.

If more seriously pressed, Hiroya becomes a tad more agressive and begins to incorporate Shunpo into his fighting style as he repedeatly attembs to catch his opponent off-guard. And thus ending the battle by knocking him or her unconcious. If this should fail too, he casts a single Kidò spell at his opponent, most commonly Level 1 Shò (衝, Thrust), despite its low level. Hiroya's mastery with Kidò makes it powerful enough to harm even Captain-level opponents quite easily. And most commonly sending them flying about 30 meters from the sheer impact; He only uses this on seated officers and above though. As the spell can actually kill if used on someone much weaker than himself. As proven in Hiroya's Introduction And in the case that his opponent mannages to resist this, Hiroya attembs a binding spell. This is most commonly Hainawa (這縄, Crawling Rope), but he sometimes uses more powerful spells instead.

Hiroya's Hainawa is described to be roughly as powerful as Rikujōkōrō (六杖光牢, Six Rods Prison of Light) cast by a Lieutenant-Level Shinigami, and afterwards, if this was successful he'll flee using Shunpo. If this fails as well. Hiroya releases his Shikai and attembs to lock the opponents away within Hatohen (鳩円, Dove Circle). Enabling him to make a quick escape; The Circle disperses once he's a kilometer away from it. If also this fails, he'll commonly feigns defeat and if the opponent is after capturing him, he comes with them willingly. Only to flee at the next possible moment. If no possibilities for escape arise, or if his opponents want to kill him. He uses his Shikai to its maximum effect, using its abilities to deceive, lock, impair and restrain his opponent. Before quickly moving in to attempt to knock them unconcious.

At this point he might use one or two weak spells such as Geki (撃, Strike) to make it go quicker. As a last resort to ending the battle before having to resort to more powerful solutions that can potentially kill the enemy, Hiroya makes use of Hakufuku (白伏, White Crawl) - Which is noted as powerful enough to be effective on Captain-Level Opponents.

Hiroya only uses offensive Kidò such as Shakkahō (赤火砲, Red Fire Cannon), Ōkasen (黄火閃, Yellow Fire Flash), and rarily Sōkatsui (蒼火墜, Blue Fire, Crash Down) Level 31, 32, and 33 respectively. All of the three powerful enough to severely harm, and even kill Captain-Level opponents - As well as commonly obliderating any obstacles that lie in the spells path.

If someone manages to surrive even this, Hiroya would be to release his Bankai, and when he did he'd start using destructive spells of level 60 and up, which would truly be devastating, though to this date, no-one has made him release his Bankai in battle. Or forced him to use numbered spells higher than level 40.

Major Battles & Events

 * Hiroya vs Haru Nakamaru - WON (With Kamisaifūtsuidan )
 * Hiroya vs Dorothy Furlan da Liberi - WON (With Shiroihoshi Katachi Gokakurei)
 * Hiroya vs Ciel - Unfinished (Hiroya slipped away right after he had caught Ciel with Hadō #95 Teikoku Ikari)
 * Hiroya vs Kenshin Yagami and Tarō Suzuki - ONGOING
 * Hiroya vs Ryotenbin Shiki - ONGOING

Trivia

 * Hiroya is openly Homosexual.
 * Hiroya has never once lost a battle, (Though this is usually becouse he's never stood around long enough for the battle to have any result. He most commonly flees at first sign of having to potentially harm someone)
 * Hiroya has a Master Degree in Pedagogy. Despite working at an Elementary School.
 * Hiroya's theme song. Is Kanashimi no Tou.
 * Hiroya is abit of an oddity, Power-Wise in that he's a Shunsui-Class Character in his stats, though due to his spells and his Zanpakuto is classified an Aizen-Class Character Nevertheless.
 * His Zanpakutò, Shirohane is designed for the purpose of giving vast advantages against opponents whom are much more powerful than him. Though for opponents whom are just slightly stronger, or at the same level as he is. Its use is significantly decreased.
 * According to his author
 * Hiroya's hobby is to visit traditional Japanese cafees, as well as reading
 * Hiroya would like to fight no one, as he detests violence in all forms and being a pacifist at heart
 * Hiroya's favorite food is Onigiri, with Seaweed, while his least favorite is meat of any sort.
 * Hiroya's favorite phrase is "I live peacefully" (安らかに暮らす, Yasura kani kura su)


 * Despite being a pacifist. Hiroya is known to mutiliate opponents to gruesome lengths with his spells. Most commonly shredding them apart, or breaking every bone in their whole body. This however, are fortunately always unintended. And simple come due to the immense power of his spells.
 * All of Hiroya's techniques that use the word "White" are written with the Kanji for innocence, namely "白" - This serves to reflect Hiroya's personality somewhat.
 * Hiroya's battle music, as choosen by his creator is "Mezame" by Yuki Kajiura.
 * Hiroya always carries a small container in his Shinigami form which holds approximately ten Seishinkusuri. For emergency use.
 * A part of Hiroya's last name, can actually also be used to depict a homosexual person, with just a slightly different set-up. Which, given his sexuality is highly ironic.
 * Hiroya is often seen at traditional Japanese Cafeterias and the likes.

Quotes

 * "I managed to nullify most of its power - Though there was a certain trouble with mustering enough strength as to complete undo it. Nevertheless, I was able to reduce its power to two tenths of its actual potential. And I'm shocked by your foolishness, this is the human world and if use a spell of that magnitude here you'll endanger all of us. Along with the balance between the worlds" (To Haru Nakamaru, after he had partially blocked a level 96 Itto Kaso spell fired in the living world)
 * "I cannot bring myself to believe that you're a former Supreme Commander with that little common sense. Its disgraceful really. You're naught but a child with too much power on his hands, really unnerving" (This too, he says to Haru Nakamaru, as Hiroya's opinion about last mentioned person)
 * "I'm not inclined to travel back to Soul Society after all these centuries - my home is here, in the Human World; I've forsaken the path of the Shinigami long ago, why would I wish to start anew? New crops cannot be sown in desecrated soil" (Words spoken to Ciel when last-mentioned asked him about coming back to Soul Society)

Behind the Scenes
Hiroya's actually a character I've had in my head for quite some time, which is likely the reason that putting him up here more or less went by itself. He's likely inspired by alot of characters. But most noticeably, he's based around Jou "Joe" Yunosuka from Rainbow, and Uchiha Itachi from Naruto.

Hiroya's feathers, particularily in regards to Doves and Swans serve to mirror his intense wish for peace - A Swan stands for grace in most cultures, the dove for peace; Hiroya is designed to incorporate these aspects into his character, though peace more than grace.

Hiroya's also my currently most elaborate character, and no, despite common misconception, Hiroya's not nessecarily one of the good guys, in theory he can end up like anothet Kaname Tosen if the Roleplays lead in that direction.

He's also based shallowly on characters like Hachigen Ushoda from Bleach.

(Important Notice: Hiroya's "Mental Shield" ability is caused as a method to counter the increasing amounts of Kyōka Suigetsu clones on this wikia, and its abilities are declared void in battles where the other parts Illusion-Type Zanpakuto is deemed to be a completely original work!)