Knight [HOLLOW]
Jun 17, 2017 15:32:07 GMT -5
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Post by Knight on Jun 17, 2017 15:32:07 GMT -5
Knight
Base Hollow
[ AT A GLANCE ]
Age / Apparent Age: 33 (Human - 26 Years, Plus Soul - 3 Months and Base Hollow - 7 Years)
Gender: Seems Male
Height: 4' 2
Weight: 120 lbs
Hair: No hair
Eye Color: No eyes
Positive Traits:
Adaptable
Confident
Efficient
Ambitious
Thorough
Negative Traits:
Arrogant
Cold
Egocentric
Power-hungry
Vindictive
Loyalties: Himself
Snapshots:
- 1984: Richard Allen born Chicago, Illinois
- 2002: Goes to the University of Chicago
- 2006: Joins the U.S. Army as an officer
- 2007: Stationed in Germany and meets Mia
- 2008: Marries Mia.
- 2009: Transferred to Afganistan.
- 2010: Killed in an ambush, becomes soul plus and hollow
- 2010 - 2017: Hunts through the war-torn Middle East, gains sentience
- 2017: Boards cargo plane and ends up in Japan.
[ ON THE SURFACE ]
Physical Description: Knight is a tiny compact mass of darkness, hidden beneath what appears to be a gray cloak that hangs down past his knees. Standing at a mere four foot two inches, he weighs one hundred and twenty pounds. His gaze is an unblinking stare into the darkness, never knowing where his 'eyes' truly look. Upon his back, held in place by his reiatsu, is his weapon: a small lance. It is a well-worn weapon maintained by Knight's reiryoku. The hollow's most dominating feature is his mask. A simple white mask topped with curved, sharp horns.
When feasting, his cute demeanor changes as his cloak takes a life of its own. The 'fabric' seperates from itself, turning into tenticales to grab his pray, pull them to his body. Knight's mask cracks open in the front, turning into a horrible jagged unhinged jaw.
Voice: When Knight speaks, it's as if three different voices are speaking in tandem and just slightly out of sync, almost mathematically calculated to just be able to distinguish one another. His voice will often drop a tritone or a full octave and become deeper, with a hint of falsetto causing an echoing reverb.
Spiritual Color: White
Spiritual Description: Proud, filled with supremacy, Knight's spiritual power usually overflows around him, spreading well beyond his form, clinging onto those nearby, trying to force them into being in awe of his greatness, invoking jealousy and making them feel meek and powerless against him. It's an extension of how Knight feels of himself and how no one is able to compare to the shining example of Hollow greatness that he is. The blinding white aura that surrounds him attempts to strike their very core, making them realize that all attempts against him are futile.
Spiritual Description: Proud, filled with supremacy, Knight's spiritual power usually overflows around him, spreading well beyond his form, clinging onto those nearby, trying to force them into being in awe of his greatness, invoking jealousy and making them feel meek and powerless against him. It's an extension of how Knight feels of himself and how no one is able to compare to the shining example of Hollow greatness that he is. The blinding white aura that surrounds him attempts to strike their very core, making them realize that all attempts against him are futile.
[ BEHIND THE EYES ]
Personality: Knight takes on the world with zeal, wanting to improve himself beyond the measure of all the base hollow. Strength was what the hollow desired, to become better than what he was. With that he's always curious about his surroundings, making sure not to make a fatal mistake once again. Knight, even though he sees himself above making mistakes, is willing to 'admit' when he does. trying to adapt to the situations that are thrown at him. The hollow is ambitious in his undertakings, taking on stronger hollows than himself, carving out a path in his wake. The power-hungry individual will stop at nothing save nearly being killed from achieving his goals.
Goals & Achievements:
- Wishes to taste Shinigami.
- Wishes to become stronger.
- Wishes to lead/be a part of the perfect hollow pack
- Survived long enough to become sentient.
- Heard tales of Hueco Mundo and would like to see it.
[ GUARDIAN ANGEL ]
Aspect of Death: Pride
Knight's Hollow existence is defined by the Cardinal Sin of Pride.
In his life, Knight was a prideful man. Always excelling in his class, training, and on the battlefield. In his mind, he could do no wrong. Always trying to receive praise for being the best in everything, the man joined the military to become a leader, taking victory in firefight after firefight. Even with casualties in his squad, the man couldn't see that it was his fault for leading his men into ill-prepared combat. It was his pride that lead to his downfall. Disregarding intelligence from command, he led his squad through a known hotspot, believing his leadership and marksmanship could take on anything thrown at him. Richard never knew what happened after an RPG struck his convoy. After becoming a hollow, Knight wouldn't fail again. The hollow wanted to become stronger, to never taste defeat against all that he saw inferior to himself. After all, he was perfect.
Power: mutatio superbia (Translation: pride change)
Knight can sense and manipulate the pride, arrogance, and hubris, of themselves, people, animals and other creatures, whether by increasing, decreasing, causing or otherwise channeling emotions.
[ LEGACY CREATED ]
His days in high school only emboldened him to become something better.
Graduating as valedictorian of his class, Richard saw himself as the perfect human; Taking a full scholarship to the University of Chicago due to his excellent grades and excellence in sports, Richard studied hard in business management to hopefully take a career in a Fortune 500 company. To lead, to excel in it all. That was all that mattered to him. Pride - Pride was all that propelled him. Richard Allen couldn't see past himself in all of his own vanity. The man wanted nothing more than jealous eyes to fall on him as he propelled himself into the future.
But, his dreams were put on hold as the attack on American soil propelled him to join the U.S. military. What else would cause people to look at him with pride as he joined the fight against terrorism? Richard would become the embodiment of an All-American hero by going off to a foreign land to fight those that would attack freedom. The man enlisted into the military as an officer. The pride he felt as became a star within the military made his heart swell with joy. All the eyes were on him. Richard had to become perfection - become the perfect soldier; the perfect leader.
Unfortunately, to his own displeasure, Richard was stationed in Germany - the front lines weren't in sight for him. Yet, there was light at the end of the tunnel. While in Germany, the young man happened to find the loveliest of German woman around. Mia. This woman truly captivated his heart. Not only was she the loveliest of women around the base, her beauty was none to compare around. Not only that, her family was wealthy. This was the chance he had outside of the military to propel himself into the rich escalation. The man won her heart during his off-duty times and didn't take long to propose and marry the 'love of his life'. But, the honeymoon was cut short - his orders had sent him to Afganistan.
Finally, stationed in the hell hole known as Afghanistan, Richard could show the U.S. military what leadership truly was. Leading his squad, he was able to obtain victory after victory as they pushed into enemy territory at the great cost of lives of his own squadmates. That didn't matter to him; what were lives compared to the greatness of glory?
Hubris, this was his fall. IEDs and ambushes became commonplace after the fall of the government. All of this didn't seem to matter to the young officer. Receiving promotion for his swift victory at Operation Bulldog Bite, Richard was riding a high that couldn't be stopped. Upon receiving intelligence of enemy movement in the area, Richard chose to ignore this and go on standard patrol anyways, disobeying direct orders from command. On those sandy back roads in the middle of nowhere, his convoy struck a buried IED, which cost him his life.
Rise to Power: Richard's death was hard on him as a soul plus. The man had failed in life and now he was chained to the place that had ultimately lead him to his own death. Instead of leading the charge to victory, now the soul was left on the backlines unable to do anything. The soul howled in angry, thrashing about when it became apparent that nothing could be done to change the situation. Truly his pride was wounded. No longer would the man be praised, eyes turned to him in jealousy. All Richard wanted was his father's attention and now he would have none of it, stuck in this barren wasteland.
Mania took over his heart as the realization that it was the chain stuck on his chest that kept him bound to this place. Grabbing the chain upon his chest, Richard Allen quickened his evolution to a hollow by opening the own hole in his chest.
Richard became a monster; everything that existed in once was a man held no concept nor existence to the creature that came from the broken soul that once was. All that remained was a shadow, vestigial creature that came from all the former soul had had: Pride. Now, hunger panged the creature. Hunger and pride were all that pushed it forward. Now, with whatever concept of a creature it truly was had the means to go forward and take it all.
Prowling the worn torn area, seeing all the humans, caused a deep set hunger within him. Knight had to eat; the fear and anger of the humans seemed to call him as his lust for souls consumed him. The Hollow tastes his first soul and set him on spree of hunting down any human that was within his sights. Instinctively drawn to their souls, Knight carved a small niche in the countryside by attacking humans and hollow alike. His brutality toward the hollow he saw as inferior and weak caused many of the creatures to steer clear of the area Knight inhabited. Becoming stronger with each feeding Knight began to unlock his hollow power and began to gain sentience, finally able to communicate with other hollows. Seeking out those who were akin to himself, Knight managed to gather a small group of hollow under his command, this, in turn, caused their carnage to go widespread. The world looked upon it as the carnage of war, not knowing the truth behind it all.
Knight with his group managed to catch the unwanted eye of the shinigami. One day while on the prowl, a group of shinigami attacked. The hollow didn't know what they were or who they were. All that was known was that they had shiny sticks and smelled delicious. The hollow knew they would have some yummy souls to feast upon on this day and attacked. What was once a formidable group of hollow was reduced to nearly nothing in mere moments, causing Knight to flee, badly wounded.
Call to Action: Wounded and fleeing the group of Shinigami, Knight had nearly lost it all in a blink of in eye. The hollow fled to a military airport, stowing away in a cargo plane, knowing well enough that this thing would take to the sky, away from those horrible things with shiny weapons. But, the hollow was unaware of where it would take him. But, none of that mattered. He was wounded, both physically and mentally. Everything that the hollow had created, fought for, and taken was now gone thanks to those damned shinigami. Knight knew he would have to get stronger, be better. There were more souls out there to be taken and the hollow was ready to take them.
The plane manages to land and take off several times, taking him far, far away to lands unknown to him. It was finally in when they landed in Japan, Knight could sense the power that surrounded him. It was almost as if the spiritual energy was attempting to consume him. Where was he? Knight didn't know. He knew in this new place that he couldn't make the same mistakes again. As he stepped out of the plane, Knight made for the shadows of Karakura.
