Spirits of the Soul King

The Spirits of the Soul King (霊王の御先, Reiō no Misaki; Japanese for "Soul King's Misaki") are incarnations created by the. It is said they were born during the to serve the Soul King in his fight against the.

Overview
The Soul King possessed beyond any other, bordering on sheer omnipotence. His use of was believed to transcend mortal comprehension, his abilities which would later become known as  said to freely warp reality itself, as he was able to create life itself from his own power; giving credence to his name as the King of Souls. Over the course of his war against the Hollows, he came to realize that he alone could not fend them all off, yet he was a being so confident and prideful in his abilities, he refused to seek council nor assistance from others around him. The Soul King, with his own godly powers, created incarnations of himself; spirits that embodied some part of his innumerable abilities and personified aspects of the world itself. Each of these spirits had a name and identity of their own, gaining sentience and individuality, as they were each given a duty that, in one way or another, served the overall mission of securing balance in the chaotic world.

When the Soul King had been sealed away and betrayed by the ancestors to the, in an act that would come to be known as the , their first act after splitting the worlds into three were to hunt down the spirits created by the Soul King. It is unknown to the how many were actually captured or killed, or if there are still some that independently thrive in the modern age, but of those who were seized by the ancestors, many were sealed into weaponry which would come to be collectively known as the  — the first among the. Among those that were, they were stripped of their names when sealed away and given new names by ; a notable example being, who was sealed under the name "".