Acciaio Tirador

"Compared to the hellhole we Hollow call "Hueco Mundo", death might be a more kinder place for you. So relax...this will only take a moment."

- Acciaio

Acciaio Tirador is an Arrancar that serves under Término Muerte in the Eximo Espada. He is also known the Octava Eximo Espada.

Appearance
Acciaio has dark skin, black hair, and purple eyes. His clothing is composed of black and gray armor, arm guards, a strange tattoo on his left shoulder, and black pants. His own reason for wearing this type of uniform is so that he can fight with less hinderance as possible.

Personality
Acciaio is considered, even by the Los Cinco Dios, as one of the most feared Espada in the generation. He is mostly calm and level-headed, but can be easily bored, and even more ill-tempered. Despite his awareness of his Eximo Espada leader's ranks, he will use mockery, brute force and coercion on them in the belief that they are doing something extremely "foolish". This has led him to several confrontations with Odio Soltar, and several times their teammates have had to forcefully restrain the both of them from attacking each other.

Another set of fearsome traits is his love of battle, sadism and lack of mercy shown on an opponent. Unlike most members of the Eximo Espada, he enjoys to use physical and mental torture on his opponents for his own amusement. His fighting styles involve inflicting the most pain on his opponent without killing them, even forcing them to the brink of insanity.

Blanco Viento even once wondered why he was not even in the Los Cinco Dios, much less a low-ranking one.

Ablities
Acciaio's abilities continue to mark his place in the Eximo Espada as a phenomenon even more. He displays a proficient level of experience in battle, as well as an immense amount of strength and skill. It was even said that his power could rival the current Dios Segunda Espada's, although this has never been proven.

Master Swordsmanship Specialist: Acciaio's swordsmanship skills are at master level, having both a combination of elegant and aggressive movements. His cutting strength outrivals that of Odio's, as such in a battle against Ryan, when he sliced the latter's sword down to the hilt. He prefers to fight one-handed, though he sometimes uses kendo in more extreme situations.

Master Hand-To-Hand Combat: Acciaio is even more dangerous barehanded than with his sword. He can easily catch attacks and perform lethal counterattacks and takedowns. He was able to catch a Captain-level Shinigami off guard and punch a hole cleanly through his neck.

Vast Spiritual Power: Even to the Los Cinco Dios, Acciaio has great spiritual power, enough to handle two Captain-level opponenta at once. His spiritual pressure reaches to the point where an enemy's physical or projectile attack can be repelled by focusing it, or even paralyzing the opponent out of sheer terror.

Keen Intelligence: Despite his appearances, Acciaio is a very perceptive and smart fighter, able to pick up on things he had not even the slightest experience with. He is also understanding of people's emotions by their thoughts and actions, which allows him to toy with his opponent's emotions. For example, he singled Bella out as "a person who's afraid to let one of her comrades die".