Tatum Silva

"She wields blunt force sarcasm" - Snakes

"The more you talk, the more you demonstrate that you don't know a thing."

- Tatum Silva

Tatum Silva  (シルバテータム, Shiruba Tētamu) is a Shinigami currently serving as a senior member of the L Division after several years of retirement. Tatum is a former member of the original Royal Guard, and it is known that an incident involving her Zanpakuto cause the eventual disbandment of the division. Tatum became blind in the incident, having had to be subdued by both Hattori Fuu and Sosh Rostov. Since then, she has played an active role in an advisory position which became official with the opening of the L Division. As a rule, Tatum defaults to sarcasm and diversions when speaking to people, and not much of her true personality is well known, outside of the fact that she is one of the most tactical-minded Shinigami in the Gotei.

History
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Zanpakuto
Alphyn (肴物, Sakana-mono, Chaser), is Tatum's Zanpakuto, and an illusion-type. In its sealed form, Alphyn is a 63.5 cm katana with deep blue handle wrappings and gold tsuba and rayskin. The thuba is shaped like a highly stylized wolf's head. The sheathe is also deep blue, with three gold metal bands around it oat the top, middle, and bottom of the sheathe. Tatum wears it slung over her left shoulder with a thick blue cord.

Spirit: Alphyn is an agendered spirit that resembles a creature seen on some British coats of arms. It has the face and build of a stocky wolf, and is as tall as Tatum at the shoulder. Alphyn's front legs resemble blue dragon legs, and its back legs resemble a lion's. Alphyn's fur is a dark grey, except on its ears and tail, which are white. Alphyn also has a long dragon's tongue, and its tail is a little longer than its body, and has several knots in it. Finally, Alphyn's eyes are gold, and resemble an eagle's.

Alphyn has a subdued intensity to its personality, and doesn't speak much. It is rather manipulative and power-hungry, and once manipulated Tatum into making her contract. Before the incident that lost Tatum her vision, Alphyn was convinced that his kind should rule over humans, and worked to undermine Tatum's control. However, when it did, it was promptly stopped in its tracks and Tatum was severely injured. This allowed her to have a long, uninterrupted conversation with Alphyn, where they learned much about one another. Currently, Alphyn works simply to guard Tatum, and is ashamed of its past actions. Because of this, it rarely speaks or shows emotion, and Tatum describes it as having a statue residing in her inner world.