Hakase Hei

Hei Hakase (博士 弊, Hakase Hei) was the former captain of the 1st Division in the Gotei 13, as well as its founder. His lieutenant at the time was Mizuki Hina.

Appearance
In his prime, Hei had the appearance of a handsome young man with piercing, dark-violet eyes and charcoal black hair that was kept up in intricate white headpieces called Kenseikan that symbolized his nobility as the head of the Hakase family. He wore one on top of his head and another on the right side. He was of medium stature for men his age, and was endowed with a toned, muscular body that was kept hidden away by his clothing. He often wore yukata while not donning the traditional Shinigami attire of the Shihakusho, tabi, waraji, and his captain's haori. Since he was a child, he has had three piercings on each ear, and his family's crest on his right shoulder.

Personality
At a young age, Hei's father's personality rubbed off on him, to the extent that Hei easily took his father's place after his death, acting almost exactly as he had in life. As head of the Hakase house, Hei was an aristocrat and acted as such by maintaining a serene, apathetic outer shell at all times, no matter the situation. He was almost always shown to be indifferent to the point that he was viewed as arrogant by most, if not all of his colleagues.

He was also shown to be fascinated by many things as a result of his innate ability, intuitive aptitude, but never really surprised by much. He was always driven by a "need to know" mindset, which allowed him to explore and analyze things that others could not, or did not. Because he was more focused on how things worked than anything else, he was often labeled as crazy by others, although without decent reasoning. As such, he was a habitual loner out of necessity, which gave him an even more dark and brooding reputation, even amongst the captains as he began to establish the Gotei 13.

History
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Zanpakutō
Shinkū Garandō (真空 がらんどう, Empty Void): A black-handled katana with a detached ring circling the top of the hilt in place of the tsuba, which stays in place though unknown means. It is accompanied by an equally-black sheath, which hangs from Hei's hakama-himo via a cord.


 * Shikai: It is triggered by the command Consign to Oblivion (葬る, Hōmuru). Once released, a black, smoke-like liquid substance seeps from the Zanpakutō's hilt and engulfs the whole sword, seemingly absorbing the weapon in the process. The substance then creates a tendril that embeds itself in Hei's wrist and anchors itself to his reiryoku vent. It then wraps around Hei's sword arm all the way up to the shoulder and hardens to form a black armor-like shell around his arm and hand, which now ends in claws.


 * Shikai Special Ability: Shinkū Garandō's ability allows Hei the ability to willingly activate and deactivate the powers of others as he chooses to do so. This can be achieved in a number of ways ranging from physically touching the person's weapon or body, or by producing an exact likeness of the opposing power (be it physical or not) and using that to negate it.
 * Romaji (Kanji, English): By analyzing a technique's reishi composition as well as the subject's muscle movements when they use the technique, Hei can cancel the technique out with the right timing. To do so, he uses the tip of his clawed finger to write "(空 (Kū, Void)" in the air, which lingers as a dark trail and simultaneously releases a wave of black aura to negate the power in question. Hei relies on his intuitive aptitude to use this technique to its fullest potential.
 * Romaji (Kanji, English): By physically making contact with the opponent's weapon of choice, be it Zanpakutō, Fullbring, or otherwise, Hei is able to mentally scribe "消す (Kesu,to turn off)" onto the weapon. The mark generates a self-sustaining field that automatically seals all of the weapon's powers for a limited amount of time. The amount of time this takes effect works on a simple 1:60 ratio. In other words, one second worth of contact or exposure would seal the weapon for sixty seconds, three seconds of contact would cause a three minute "blackout", and one minute would equal one hour.


 * Bankai: Tomedonai Shinkū Garandō (止めどない 真空 がらんどう, Endless Empty Void): is essentially a larger version of Shinkū Garandō's Shikai. It is activated by stating its name, at which point the liquid substance will once more seep out, this time from the existing armor right at his shoulder, and spread all across his torso, wrapping around his shoulders, neck, chest, stomach, and other arm, burying multiple tendrils into the other vents in his body, including the one on his other wrist. The liquid hardens as before, forming a full-torso armor-like shell.


 * Bankai Special Ability: Hei's Bankai has one true ability, which is the complete nullification of any and all powers within a fifty-foot radius of his body. While in Bankai, the Zanpakuto embedded inside his body projects a dampening field out from his body that disables any additional neural pathways found in the brain, temporarily blocking access to any paranormal abilities so long as he’s within range of his field’s variable radius. To enter this radius means to instantly lose the ability to use any special power previously held, which includes Zanpakuto, Kido, shape-shifting, etc. Hei's Bankai cannot affect natural physical attributes based on the person's body, i.e. natural muscle mass and corresponding weight-lifting limits, but will naturally shut down enhanced strength not based on muscle mass (i.e., Zaraki's strength would stay in tact, Yachiru's would not). As Hei's other special abilities are also sealed in this sphere, he relies on other means to subjugate his opponents.
 * Romaji (Kanji, English): A technique utilized by Hei to reduce the victim's instrumental memory (a subject’s skill in an area) for as long as his Bankai is active. With it, he can deplete, decrease, or delete abilities and their tied memories of how to ordain occasional skills, i.e. drive a car, crack/hack codes, and even the victim’s knowledge of how to use and control abilities. Hei is required to physically grasp that person by their temple for it to work. If successful, their ability remains in the chosen state for as long as his Bankai is active, regardless of whether or not they remain inside his radius.

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