Tenjin

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Tenjin
Name	Tenjin
Kanji	天神
Romanji	Celestial Being
Characteristics
Home Dimension	Amenokai Shussho (Origin)
Distinctions	Aspect Personification
Average Lifespan	Immortal
Additional Information
Primary Power	Kamigi, Aspect Manipulation
Notable Members	Soul King, The One, The Outsider, and others

The Tenjin (天神, Celestial Being), alternatively referred to as Kami (神, Gods) and Shinzoku (神族, Divine Being) respectively, were an immensely powerful species of God-like entities that inhabit the Shussho (出所, The Birthplace) within the Upper Realm known as the Amenokai. They were regarded as primordial beings that purportedly came into existence at the dawn of time and creation, said to had existed in both the Pre-Universe and the current Universe.

Each of the Tenjin controlled and exemplified a certain aspect of the Universe and were responsible for the forging of the Lower Realm, which later came to be known as the current Universe.

Overview

In the beginning, there was only the Shussho. The first of the Tenjin, The Father and The Mother, erupted from the Shussho. The Mother was already pregnant by the time she came from the Shussho and soon gave birth to twins, The Son and The Daughter. Possessing the cumulative power of the Pre-Universe at their disposal, the four Tenjin set out about creating the perfect world for them to live in. With their power, the Tenjin created the Amenokai, a seemingly sentient space of reality that reacted to their every whim.

After a gruesome war that resulted in the sealing of the Greater Tenjin and the deaths of countless Lesser Tenjin, The Tenjin were unofficially ruled by the most powerful Tenjin left amongst them, The Balancer, who would later be known as The Soul King. Unfortunately, The Balancer constantly went into dormancy to regain the power it had lost during the creation of Hueco Mundo, Hell, Spirit World, and the Real World, forcing the other Tenjin to maintain the balance, a feat easier said than done.

Types

Greater Tenjin

The first of the Tenjin to arrive from the Shussho, they were responsible for the establishment of the Amenokai. Only four Greater Tenjin were known to exist and The Father and The Mother were the strongest amongst them. The Greater Tenjin were so strong that it took the combined might of all the Lesser Tenjin to defeat them. All four were later overthrown and sealed into the Shussho, as their very essence were too strong to be permanently killed.

• The Father - The God of Order
• The Mother - The Goddess of Chaos
• The Daughter - The Goddess of Good
• The Son - The God of Evil

Lesser Tenjin

Numbering in the hundreds, the Lesser Tenjin were the Children of the Daughter and the Son. The majority of the Lesser Tenjin were killed in the Theomachy between them and the Greater Tenjin, leaving only a handful of survivors to supervise and maintain the Lower Realm.

• Ilasha - The Goddess of Justice, The Selfless Creator, Daughter of Order.

• Teki - The God of Anarchy, The Outcast, Son of the Chaotic Mother, He Who Rejects Order.

• Zerach - The God of Creation, The Creative God of Invention, Seeker of All Truths.

• Harles - The God of Trickery, The Artful Liar of Deception, Patron God of Thieves.

• Arale - The Goddess of Judgement and Death, Mistress of Finality, She Who Hears the Last Words.

• The Nameless - The Nameless God, The Fallen and Forgotten God, His Name Who Is Forbidden. Originally known alternately as The Feral God and The God of Barbarians. He would later be known unofficially as The God of Rebellion.

• Regalus - The God of Balance, King of Souls and Reincarnation, The Abstainer, He Who Oversees.

• Char -- The God of the Dead, Overseer of Hell, He Who Guides the Souls, Boatman of the Spiritual Seas. Known alternatively as The True Reaper.

Minor Tenjin

The Children of the Lesser Tenjin. Must be borne directly from the Lesser Tenjin themselves to be either counted as a Minor Tenjin. Most Minor Tenjin were born from unions between two Lesser Tenjin. On the other hand, a small handful were seemingly created from nothing, as if they were willed into existence. Those who studied the Tenjin believed they were created from their own body to fulfill a specific need.

Children of The One and The Joker

• Katsumi Scarlet - The Goddess of Vampires, the Blood Goddess, Huntress of the Eternal Night.

Children of The One and The Outsider

• Yuu Hoshiko - The Goddess of the Maidens, Maiden of the Harmonious Star, She Who Sleeps.
• Michael - Twin God of the Tenshi, The Mortal God, The One Who Let Go.
• Lucifer - Twin God of the Tenshi, God of Good Morning and Dawn, Patron God of the Fallen.

Children of The Balancer

• Yhwach - The God-King of the Quincy, The Sleeping King, Son of the King
• Ikusa - The God of Battle, The Warrior-God, Patron of Combat

Children of The Ferryman and The Reaper

• Heavenly Guardian -- Known only as the Heavenly Guardian this God manifested his immortality through repeated Shinigami reincarnations, allowing him to manifest his power in select individuals every few centuries. He did this by merging with the individual's latent Shinigami powers and manifesting as the immensely powerful ice-snow-type Zanpakutō Hyōrinmaru. This ensured that the individual could only make full use of their Godly powers upon mastering the Bankai release of their Zanpakutō. Gin Ichimaru correctly deduced Tōshirō Hitsugaya to be the most recent incarnation of the Heavenly Guardian's power, albeit Sōjirō Kusaka likewise possessed Hyōrinmaru.

Pseudo Tenjin

Pseudo Tenjin was an unofficial term used to describe certain individuals who had been blessed by a Lesser Tenjin to possess similar traits and abilities as them, either via direct or indirect means. Pseudo Tenjin also applied to individuals who possessed the Original Kyutai and the Ōin. The term could also be used to refer to individuals that had been unknowingly affected by Pseudo Tenjin, such as in the case with Kentaro Hiroshi by Averian.

• Royal Souls (as a whole) -- Creations of The Soul King. Personal Guardians of The Soul King.

• Averian -- The First Hollow, as well as The First Arrancar. Blessed by The Outsider to serve as his emissary and proxy. Averian's Battle Doll's could likewise be considered pseudo Tenjin by extension. They exhibited the durability of the deities at any rate and where far more powerful than traditional beings.

• Shinzō -- Blessed by Hakyoku to serve as his proxy during the latter's imprisonment at the hands of the Yellow Dragon God. Killed by Kentaro Hiroshi.

• Kentaro Hiroshi -- By proxy of Averian. Kentaro could be classified as a failed attempt at turning Kenji's wife, Ino Choyo, into a Battle Doll, and was the result of that occurrence. Kentaro has actively demonstrated the ability to sense the spiritual power of Tenjin and those blessed by them.

• Kei Yume -- Born with and bonded to the Soul of Michael.

• Kenji Hiroshi -- Owner of the Original Kyutai and host of Hakyoku, who was a Fallen Tenjin who once rampaged throughout the Rukongai. As Sasaeru was made using a portion of The Balancer's Celestial Power, the artefact itself is considered a Celestial Object. Anyone bonded to said Kyūtai are considered Tenjin due to its power. Also as Hakyoku's host Kenji has direct access to the latter's power.

• Van Satonaka -- Owner of the Ōin. As the Ōin was made using Sasaeru, which itself contained a portion of The Balancer's Celestial Power, the artefact itself is considered a Celestial Object. Anyone bonded to said Kyūtai are considered Tenjin due to its power.

• Shiju Shūdō -- Host of the Yellow Dragon God. As the God's host Shiju has direct access to the latter's power, making him a pseudo Tenjin.

Former Pseudo Tenjin

• Garian Shinjo -- Temporary host of the Yellow Dragon God after Hakyoku's first escape attempt and again when Shinzō's role as the latter's proxy came to light.

• Nasu Shiba -- Temporary host of Hakyoku prior to the latter's sealing within the Nishiendo valley.

• Meian Shiba -- Temporary host of Hakyoku throughout the First Spiritual War and its aftermath. Relinquished the Tenjin mere days before The Collapse.

Powers and Abilities

Divine Chiryoku:

Immortality & Regeneration: The Tenjin possessed a perpetual state of immortality and could not be killed under normal circumstances. Wounds that would normally kill mortals were easily shrugged off by the Tenjin while lost limbs and bodily injuries were regenerated. Possessing the ability to take a tangible physical form through the coalescence of their spirit, Tenjin were able to interact with the Lower Realms. If a Tenjin happened to be killed by a resident of the Lower Realms, they would assume their true ethereal form and return to the Amenokai to recover for an unknown amount of time.

Taikoubutai (対抗部隊, Opposing Forces):

• Tanjou (誕生, Creation): The opposite of Zetsumetsu, Tanjou was the light in the darkness of the Tenjin's power. It was an ability primarily used on others, such as the servants of the Tenjin.

• Saisei (再生, Rebirth): Saisei was the power to return anything to a previous state, whether that be a living or an inanimate object.
• Kizou (寄贈, Gift): Every Tenjin possessed the ability to give an individual a small portion of their Tenjin powers, granting them a number of advantages based on their desires. In addition, the Tenjin in question can also choose what power they bequeath to those chosen. A Tenjin's Blessings would later become known as a Mark, taking on the appearance of a stigma on the chosen's body. By extension, those blessed with Kizou were considered proxy Tenjin and were practically rendered immortal. However, the Blessed were subjected to all the weakness associated with the Tenjin, including the possibility of being killed by other Tenjin and God-Slaying weapons.

• Kaimetsu (壊滅, Destruction): The opposite of Tanjou, Kaimetsu was the darker aspect of a Tenjin's power. Rather than create what was not there and rebuild what was lost like Tanjou, Kaimetsu represented pure death and unhindered destruction on a scale some would call apocalyptic. Only a few of the Tenjin were proud of such power, but it was normal for them since it was already deeply ingrained into their jaded personalities. For others of their kind, it was a power the Tenjin reluctantly accepted, since it could potentially serve a noble purpose if used correctly. Kaimetsu encompassed all that was deemed violent, especially abilities that dealt harm onto others.

• Kamishini (神殺, God-Killing): Due to their mysterious origins, the Tenjin were considered immortal and were able to survive the most severe of injuries. Tenjins never suffered from permanent death and could easily revive and reform back in the Amenokai. In order to protect themselves from other Higher Beings of Power, the Tenjin developed the ability to permanently slay Divine Beings through unknown means. However, the power consequently extended to themselves as well, meaning a Tenjin could permanently end the existence of another Tenjin. The Tenjin were also highly susceptible to God-class weaponry such as the Shinken Hakkyōken. In addition, those individuals blessed with Kizou also become susceptible to the power of Kamishini.

Soul Consumption & Absorption: Tenjin possessed the ability to consume the energy and essence of any entity for empowerment and sustenance, Tenjin included. In addition, they gain the memories and knowledge belonging to the victim. Generally, the ability was considered taboo by the Tenjin due to their small population. As a result, the ability has fallen to disuse and have been forgotten by the survivors cept Ilasha and Teki. The only known Tenjin to had broken such a sinful taboo was Teki, who murdered the naive Harles to discover the whereabouts of the Soul King's hidden son.

• Tenryoku Absorption:
• Reishi Absorption:

Kamigi (神技, God Art):

• Kenmei Kōsaku:

Notes

Trivia

• Before the Soul King sacrificed the majority of his Celestial Power to create the Spirit World, the Real World, and Hueco Mundo respectively, the Soul King was purported to be the strongest Tenjin out of all the Lesser Tenjin. Even after splitting half of his remaining Celestial Power to forge the Kyūtai, the Soul King was supposedly more than a match for the majority of the Lesser Tenjin.
• The Tenjin refer to each other by their given names while their creations refer to them by their titles.
• Hakyoku was described by Kenji as a Tenjin, and was similar to Mimihagi. He was a fallen God who once rampaged throughout the Rukongai. Those aware of Hakyoku claim it to be a Fallen Tenjin but to what capacity remained unknown. It was later revealed that Hakyoku was indeed a Tenjin but upon the removal of his Sacred Name by the Soul King, he was no longer considered one.

• Kentaro Hiroshi, due to his connection to Averian (who in turn has a connection to The Outsider), is classified as a very minor Tenjin himself. He has enough of their power coursing through his veins to land a killing blow on them.

Behind the Scenes

• The Tenjin were partially inspired by the concepts presented Raymond E. Feist and David Eddings, most notably in their works - Riftwar Cycle, The Elenium, and the The Tamuli Book Series.

• The Tenjin also took inspiration from the Deities from the manga and anime series, Saint Seiya.