Veisskreuz

Veisskreuz (ヴァイスクロイツ, Vaisu Kuroitsu; literally German for "White Cross", accurately Weißes Kreuz in German), known also as the White Order, is a group of Quincy led by Andreas Nikolai.

History
The Quincy were said to upset the balance of souls because their abilities caused the souls of those who fell to their attacks to vanish. Because of this potential upsetting, the Shinigami of the Gotei 13 were called in to exterminate the Quincy. Very little were able to escape this massacre, and among those that did, most renounced their Quincy heritage in order to hide away their existence among normal humans. Others abandoned this due to personal concerns, such as Ryūken Ishida. However, one Quincy held onto his clan's traditions, but opposed their way of thinking. "Why should Hollow be allowed to live happily in the Soul Society after killing so many of our loved ones?" Andreas Nikolai rejected this paradigm, believing that judgement can not be decided by a particular view, or else it is tainted.

Carrying the idea that balance is the only truth, Andreas believed that Quincy power could be changed in a way that preserves the balance of souls. With that goal set, he gathered spiritually-aware humans with extraordinary reiryoku and trained them in the Quincy abilities. He revealed to have collected all of the Quincy crosses from his deceased brethern and from members of Vandenreich, and developed a means to reconfigure them to match the humans he had trained, allowing them to essentially become Quincy.

Behind the Scenes
The name, White Order, was inspired by the Black Order from D. Grayman.