Asumu Godai

"I am not the one to make judgement upon your sins, but fate and my Bow will.."

- Asumu to an unknown Arrancar

Asumu Godai (五大 あすム, Tomorrow's Nothing of the Five Elements) also known as Die Aufkommendem Sturm (ヂ アープコメンデム スターム, Di Aapukomendemu Sutamu; German for "The Oncoming Storm") used to be part of the Vandenreich's Stern Ritter, and now is one of the remaining Quincy in Yamato City. It's still unknown if Asumu still has connection to the Vandenreich.

Appearance
Asamu is a young man of average height and build; not particularly muscled, but not particularly scrawny either. Possessing fair skin and slender features, he also has stark-white hair that is medium length; his bangs frame his face, and there is a few strands covering his forehead, in addition to a large clump of hair in between his azure eyes.

When part of the the Vandenreich's Stern Ritter, Asumu used to wear a unique outfit combination, consisting of a collared white shirt with a blue tie, held together by a thick belt and covered by a short, white, button-up trenchcoat covered by a strap, and on the back of the trench coat he carries the star of the Vandenreich. Asumu wears rather baggy pants and white boots embroidered with the Quincy Cross. Over all of this, he often dons a dark longcoat with split coattails and a rather high collar.

For his current attire, Asamu wears a modified version of the basic Quincy attire; a stark-white jacket with blue edges, a white shirt, black jeans with a silver belt—it should also be noted that another belt is tied around his right leg; it can be assumed that these hold Gintō.

Personality
Asamu's personality is notable because it is almost non-existant. His "personality" as it is, is forged and false. Quite often, he can be distinguished from his group due to a total lack of emotion. He states, due to hard training, he has managed to surpress almost all of his emotions. Due to this, he can easily accomplish missions and commit acts normal humans would find unthinkable. Due to his social awkwardness, his understanding of other people is often exceedingly limited.

Asamu is very blunt, and speaks his mind, no matter to whom he is speaking. He has no real bonds to anyone he teams up with, and his able to betray them in cold blood. Due to this, and his silver hair, people have likened him to cold metal. In battle, he can be cunning, and takes advantage of any and all given openings, even if he has to attack through an ally to make a hit. Naturally, he is not above killing, and prefers to end fights quickly so that he does not dirty his hands.

Equipment
Quincy Cross: Asumu is shown to carry a version of the Quincy cross that consists of five points, which is attached to the belt of his uniform so that it hangs to his left-hand side.

Seele Schneider: is sword-like weapons used by the Quincy. Asumu is highly capable of using the soul cutting sword with great proficiency. He also uses it for Ginto techniques.

Hollow Bait: Typically used by the Quincy to aid in the extermination of low-level Hollows by attracting them when the flat, round tablet is crushed and scattered.

Vermehrung Anordnung (乗算配列 (ベーメラング アノードナング), Be-merangu Ano-donangu, German for Multiplacation Array) is the name of the ability Asumu uses through his twin guns. His guns are capable of absorbing any form of energy technique, and, through the string connecting one gun to the other, converts it to reishi and multiplies the amount, before releasing it from the next gun as a barrage of reishi bullets that, due to their density and grouping, can appear to merge as one large energy blast. The power of this technique depends on the power of the technique absorbed, so it varies. After three absorbptions and releases, Asumu has to reload his guns through the charges he wears on his belts.

Lebenskünstler : Asumu carries this rare artifact wielded developed and wielded by the Quincy for specific use while within the World of the Living, it's function is synonymous with theReishi Henkan-Ki: the conversion of physical matter (Kishi) into Spiritual Matter (Reishi). While a virtually useless concept when applied to the Soul Society and Hueco Mundo, both of whom are entirely composed of Reishi, the conversion of physical mass into usable energy for a Quincy within the bounds of the World of the Living is an invaluable asset which can easily tip the tide of battle in his or her favor.

Bankai Capture Device  (卍解キャプチャデバイス, bankaikyapuchadebaisu): A special and mysterious device utilized by the Vandenreich members to steal the Bankai of Shinigami that they kill. This device is fashioned in the shape of a cross; upon raising it to the body of a deceased Shinigami, it began to glow crimson, letting out several threads of spiritual energy that wrap around the Shinigami's Zanpakutō, acting like a leech that quickly absorbs the foe's Bankai in a large pillar of spiritual energy that erupts from their body. After the pillar subsides, it is revealed that the user has stolen the foe's Bankai. Asamu managed to sneak a Bankai Capture Device right under the Vandenreich leader's nose before his departure and modified it into a glove to also capture an Arrancar's Resurrección.

Powers and Abilities
Great Spiritual Energy: Asumu displays a large level of spiritual pressure. He is capable of exerting a vast Spiritual Pressure, which, in league with his already admirable combat skills and finesse, makes him one of the most strongest Quincy in his familiy. His spiritual pressure is so great it can be felt from a great distance and it has the tendency to make people perspire in fear. He has obviously mastered the Quincy ability of Reiryoku absorption, taking in spirit particles and spirit energy alike; This on top of his own energy reserves lends him plenty of strength in combat. The color of his spiritual pressure is white, which he explains that it stands for serenity, maturity, and righteousness.

Swordsmanship Skills: Although not his preferred form of combat, Asumu is a practitioner of zanjutsu, roughly being at the level of an excelling academy student. Even though he lacks an actual blade, he has been shown to utilize the seele schneider as a sword when too close to use a bow. However, this doesn't last long, and must retreat back to his preferred method: archery.

Archery Master: His skills in archery are determined by his ease of one-handed firing as well as precision attacking a target without inflicting any harm to anything but his target.

Skilled Shooter: Shown to carry with him a gun, for battle, Asumu is quite skilled with this gun. Shown to take down several armed gunman with his sole pistol, holding only six bullets, Asumu has perfect aim. He has shown to make a game out of his shooting, retorting "headshot" whenever he does so.

Master Strategist & Tactician: Asumu is an astounding strategist and tactician, using his vast knowledge to create elaborate schemes against Hollows and Shinigami alike. He makes use excellent use of his terrain to gain advantages over his opponent, by forcing them into uncomfortable situations, and maximizing his strength in ranged combat with cover and concealment. Even during the course of battle his strategies are no less impressive, if not brutal and humiliating. Making small talk to stall his opponents while he springs his trap, spiking his spiritual energy knowing they will follow him right into his trap. His knowledge gives him an innate understanding of the abilities of others, making him a fearsome opponent for any, regardless of their power.


 * Multilingual: Asumu al possesses some knowledge of Spanish, as he understands the Spanish terms used by the Arrancar. Along with Spanish, he also knows German, as he is able to comunicate with his other Vandereich members.

Reiryoku Absorption & Manipulation: All Quincy primarily absorb spiritual energy from the atmosphere, and have an easier time collecting this energy in environments with higher concentrations of spiritual particles, such as Soul Society or Hueco Mundo. To a sufficiently powerful Quincy, there is no difference between spiritual particles and spiritual energy as a source of power. He can manipulate spiritual energy for offensive and defensive purposes, sometimes even to increase his speed or endurance. He most commonly reshapes spiritual particles into various types of bow and arrows.
 * Ransōtengai (乱装天傀, "heavenly wild puppet suit"; literally "disheveled paradise puppet") is a high level technique that allows the user to control their body parts using strings of spirit energy controlled by their brain, forming lines or strings out of countless spiritrons. By using this technique, the user can control their body as one would a puppet, allowing them to move freely despite paralysis, broken limbs, or any other force that would impede normal movement.


 * Hirenkyaku Master (飛廉脚, "flying screen step/god step"; literally "flying bamboo-blind leg") is a method in which Quincy use to travel quickly over short distances. Asumu leaves an afterimage when using Hirenkyaku.
 * Platform Manifestation: Asumu can create a spiritual platform below his feet, that he can use form means of travel or entering a higher airspace. He has shown to be able to use this platform as a means of offense, being able to kick it at the opponent, and causes severe damage upon impact. To the opposite extreme, it can be used for defense, and can block all but the strongest of attacks.

Gintō Master: The Quincy analogous to the Shinigami's Kido, Gintō is a unique form of magic that harnesses their abilities reconstruct absorbed reiatsu or the reishi stored in their silver tubes. Like most forms of magic, Gintō is implemented through an incantation, which serves to aid in the process of molding reishi into another form. So as long as energy around them exists, they are able to exert an influence on it, even when their own reserves have been depleted. However its potential has been squandered due to the lack of Gintō known, and gap between its offensive capability and that of the Quincy Bow. After years of hard training and studing this art, Asumu has mastered this art to the extend of make his on Ginto and mastering Reikasuika (霊化水化, "Soul-Synthesized Liquefaction"), meaning he able to utilize Gintō without these capsules, as they have learned to naturally liquefy their spiritual energy as if it was second-nature to them. Learning this technique is what marks a Quincy as a master of Gintō.

Blut (血装 (ブルート), burūto; German for "Blood", Japanese for "Blood Guise"): A Quincy ability that gives one inhuman defensive & offensive capability. By making reishi flow into their blood vessels they increase their attack and defense power drastically. Blut is significantly dangerous but it has one big flaw, the two forms of blut for attack and defense work using two different reishi systems, so they cannot be used at the same time.
 * Kaisakuhashi (界,裂橋, "World Lacerating Bridge"): This is a smell Asumu himself developed, this Ginto severing a small region of space within the interdimensional boundary that seperates the Living World from Hueco Mundo. By bending this tear and using it to connect to a point or locale across its dimension to another connected dimension it creates a temporary bridge between the two planes, similar in effect to Garganta. Ordinarily this process can take several hours, however by using a material component---a Ginto infused with spiritrons from the home environment or its natives, the acceleration, formation and manifestation time of the bridge can be done within minutes to even moments. Alternatively, this technique can be used as a means of teleportating to locations within the same dimension, however due to the nature of the Dangai Precipice World, the timing of one's arrival can be off, either forward or even backward in time, making this technique somewhat dangerous as paradoxes can arise from misuse. Incantation: "In Limbo I tread, over snow white fields of sand. Anchored as its king, forever am I its guide, within these hands I form a bridge, for it is the key, my dawn, my sight."


 * Blut Vene (静血装 (ブルート・ヴェーネ), burūto vēne; German for "Blood Vein"): one of two Blut abilities. Blut Vene is the defensive blut. Asumu can was take a point-blank attacks such as a Cerowithout showing any signs of damage to his person. He can also sustain a full on assault from a hollow-creature which can result in a multitude of aggravated and fatal injuries only to simply shrug it off and fix a severely broken neck by simply popping it back into place. It must consciously be kept a full power at all times if to counter an opponents ability to deal damage over time.
 * Blut Arterie (動血装 (ブルート・アルテリエ), burūto aruterie; German for "Blood Artery"): is one of the two forms of Blut. Blut Arterie is the blut of offense.It is the only thing capable of being able to significantly attack against the power of a Shinigami's Bankai. It cannot be used with Blut Vene working at full power.

Quincy Techniques
Zerfall (崩壊 (ゼーパル), zeparu, Japanese and German for "Decay"): An advanced Quincy technique; Asamu uses the spiritual particles he has absorbed, and infuses them within one of his Seele Schneiders. Converging the energy to the tip of the blade, he swings his blade forward, releasing a pitch-black wave of spiritual particles in the shape of an arrow; similar to Heilig Pfeil. Because of the sheer amount of spiritual particles absorbed by the Seele Schneider before unleashing this ability, the wave struggles to purge itself of the overwhelming energy, releasing short bursts of corrupt spiritual particles as it travels through the atmosphere—the properties of which manage to work similar to a unique type of acid, dissolving anything it makes contact with short of actual spiritual beings. It should be noted that unleashing Zerfall slows the absorption of the spiritual particles in the atmosphere for a Quincy.

Gewehr Sklave (銃の奴隷 (ユアー スクレーブ), Jyuaa Sukureibu, Japanese and German for "Gun Slave"): Yet another advanced Quincy technique; Asamu absorbs a large amount of spiritual particles in the atmosphere, before manifesting it, converging it together as a series of weapons that flight using bat-like wings. They can work together to bombard an opposing force with spiritual blast attacks from multiple directions, and can attach themselves to objects and fire at point blank range.

Heiliges Feuer (業火 (ホレンペウアー), Horenpeuaa; German and Japanese for "Hellfire"): Manipulating the spiritual particles in the atmosphere, Asamu manifests horrific azure flames which are actually condensed spiritual particles. These flames are powerful enough to set rocks and sand ablaze, and usually manifest as enormous blazing columns. It should be noted that Asamu is able to stand inside these flames, disappearing and reappearing in an instant for quick, swift surprise attacks. He can also use the flames as a source of spiritual particles if there's very little where he is. Asamu is the creator of this technique, something he's very proud of.

Flammende Sperrfeuer (弾幕を連射 (フラメンヅ スペーペウアー), Furamendu Supepeuaa, Japanese and German for "Blazing Barrage"): Focusing more spiritual particles, Asamu transforms his normal arrow into missiles. Each missile contains the properties of targeting and propulsion, always condensing the spiritual particles that compose it, before spreading them out to the tip, coating the outer surface of the missile, enhancing its penetrative qualities. Firing his bow, Asamu unleashes a vicious onslaught of missiles at his opponent; upon contact with the foe, each of the missiles release all of the spiritual particles that compose it—the foe's own spiritual pressure serves to contain and amplify the destructive power of each missile; before warping the surface and exploding, dealing tremendous damage.

Vormund (守護 (ボーマンド), bomando, Japanese and German for "Guardian"): Focusing more spiritual particles, Asamu shapes and expands his spiritual energy utilizing his bow as a medium to force the spiritual energy contained in his body to spiral around him, using the spiritual particles in the air to "solidify" and stabilize, hardening and forming, taking the form of an entity that surrounds and shields him from harm. The movement of Asamu's limbs move the entity's limbs in the same fashion. As well, Asamu can utilize other techniques through the spiritual entity. While it is powerful, it can be broken by a powerful attack directed at Asamu. Harnessing the spiritual particles in the atmosphere, the guardian can manifest a sword and shield to do battle with; each of which possess incredible capabilities.

Spirit Weapon
Kosen no Tenbatsu (弧線の天来刑罰, Arc of Heavenly Judgment) -
 * Heilig Pfeil (神聖滅矢 (ハイリッヒ・ブファイル), Hairihhi Bufairu; German for "Holy Arrow", Japanese for "Destroying Arrow of Sanctity"): is the standard ability for all Quincy, which allows them to collect and fire volleys of reishi arrows from their bows. Because of the unique manner in which Kosen no Tenbatsu is constructed, Asumu is capable of firing off an arrow consecutively in the three circles of his bow. As a result of this and Asumu's Heilig Pfeil optimum number being 1000 fired consecutively, Asumu is capable of firing three thousand arrows at any single time on a whim. Albeit it should be noted that the level of manipulation required is immense, thus straining his fingers if used consecutively for extended periods of time. Asumu's Heilig Pfeil are noted to be considerably powerful, easily piercing through weaker Arrancar's hierro with a single arrow. The bottom two circles of the bow also have a unique "absorb and attack" function. This function allows the circles to absorb an incoming surge of spiritual power before converting it into reishi for additional Heilig Pfeil. Because of this ability; Asumu's Kosen no Tenbatsu is indeed very powerful.

Reishi Weapons: Using their abilities as a Quincy, Asumu is capable of concentrating both spirit energy and particles in order to transform them into weapons.
 * Gun: One of his favorite forms of reishi weapons manifests in the form of a powerful handgun, which has a muzzle flash similar in shape to the Vandenreich emblem of a five-pointed cross.
 * Spears: Another one of his favored weapon manifests in the form of several luminous spikes that float in close proximity to its person, which are used to viciously impale victims, resulting in an instantaneous yet excruciatingly painful death.

Quincy: Vollständig
Licht der Krähe Gott (リチト ダー クレーフ ゴト (神の黒羽) Richito Daa Kureihu Goto; German for "Light of the Crow God", Japanese for "God of the Blackwing")

Bankai Collection
Being the a Former Vandenreich, Asumu holds the Bankai Capture Device (卍解キャプチャデバイス, bankaikyapuchadebaisu), Asumu has been able to steal the Bankai of many Shinigami that he has either beaten or killed. He took this device when he left the Vandenreich. Asumu seems to store all of the Bankai that he has stolen inside his Vandenreich coat button, and is able to release any particular one on a whim; assuming that Bankai's form and abilities.
 * Kewashii Jigoku (険しい地獄, Grim Inferno) is the Bankai the belongs to a Captain of the Gotei's special foces, known as Blaze. The Captain's Bankai is known not only for its size but its guillotine like structure, weight, crimson died steel and its over-all power. According to the Captain himself, when he feels the need to step up his game and fight either in order to finish the battle quickly or in a desperate measure to overpower/ fight on par with an enemy. Kewashii Jigoku is said to be 6 feet in length, the large dark red handle is well ¼ of the length itself. Brown and spiraled to optimize Blaze's swordsman ship in maneuvering the heavy blade as if it weighed a lot less than it actually does, speeding up his strikes that might amplify the brutal strength of this weapon. The tsuba of Blaze Kagayaku's bankai is 3 large spikes that are dyed crimson in color; the curvature allows the spikes to fit in place with one another. The blade of Kewashii Jigoku is very wide which only heightens the enemies anxiety when coming face to face with its crimson steel, knowing that if making the wrong mistake might lead to that sharp/heated steel could slice through steel as if it were butter, the end of Blaze's bankai is fanged upwards in a point, whatever this blade stabs would be a pain to get off. Running down both the flat surfaces of Kewashii Jigoku is symbolic text that it seems no one can understand; that now that Asumu "owns" it it says "protection" as the right side translates to "destruction". The right face of his bankai emitted a glow from the Kanji symbols, unleashing a Black flame that the user could control.
 * Hitou (火外套 Fire Cloak): Much like the tactic which Blaze can use in shikai, a coating of flame covers Blaze's Bankai- Hitou doesn't need to be called forward to activate, the flames now being strengthened in Bankai but not being able to extinguish with Blaze's command.

Quotes

 * "You don't understand me at all. I am one of the last of my kind—and I will fight to bring the Quincy race back from the brink. I have departed from those ruffians—their goal was admirable, though the way they went about it was…But nevertheless, I will fight to assist you. It's not that I like you or anything. But once this has concluded, leave me alone. I wish for nothing more than to leave in peace, away from you barbarians. Understand? Now, let's move."
 * "Betray you? I apologies but you are mistaken. I do not betray anyone, I just follow orders."

Trivia

 * Asumu's personality was based off Sai from Naruto: Shinpudden
 * The Quincy abilities and Bankai Capture Device were provided by the lovely Persona. Thanks!