Post by Kensei on Oct 13, 2017 18:48:48 GMT -5
Kensei
-/-
[ AT A GLANCE ]
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Height & Weight: 6'4" & 185 lbs
Hair & Eye Color: Bone White & Steel Blue
Positive Traits:
- Meticulous
- Receptive
- Protean
- Impartial
Negative Traits:
- Insouciant
- Uncommunicative
- Autonomous
- Self-depreciating
Loyalties: Himself, Sylvester, Organization of Transients.
Snapshots:
September 23rd, 1996 - Kensei is born under the name Logan Slater in Ashford, the outskirts of London England.
July 10th, 2007 - Logans' mother is killed, subsequently the remainder of his family perishes.
August 2nd, 2010 - Logan is given the name Kensei upon joining the Organization of Transients.
July 14th, 2011 - Begins training in several martial arts, courtesy of the Transients.
February 2nd, 2013 - Formally finishes training under the Organization, is assigned as a Free Agent.
December 12th, 2014 - Sylvester disappears. Kensei begins his search to find him.
September 23rd, 2017 - On his birthday, Kensei is convinced to give up his search for Sylvester and travel to Karakura Town.
[ ON THE SURFACE ]
Physical Description:
Body - Since birth Kensei has been taller than most others his age. This allowed him to frequently appear older than he actually was. His body type is primarily ectomorphic, with his actual ratio being 7-1-3. This means that is very lean with low body fat, and a moderate amount of muscle mass. His body carries scars from childhood traumas, with the most prominent being an 'X' shaped scar on the palm of his left hand and a horizontal scar across the center of his chest. Kensei's outfit can vary dependent on his mood, the season, or special occasions. However his two most notable pieces of attire are his military-esque cargo jacket, and the hand wraps he always wears. His jacket was given to him by a close ally when he was young, and has a lot of sentimental value to him. The jacket maintains a military style as it is the basic olive drab color, with many pockets of varying sizes to carry a range of tools and equipment. The coat reaches down to his waist, and also has the option to attach a hood for days where the weather is bad. The hand wraps he wears are nothing more than normal hand wraps, but he wears them to reduce damage to his hands and wrists during combat.
Face/Head - Kensei has a bit of an oblong face, meaning it is longer than it is wide. His cheek bones are sleek and his jaw comes to a bit of a point. His hair comes down just below his ears in the back, with the front extending slightly further beneath his jaw line. Often his bangs will fall down to cover the space between his eyebrows. His hair is the color of bone, and has been that way since his birth. His eyes are a bright steel blue, the same color as his late mothers.
Voice - Kensei's voice is baritone, the average tone of voice for human males. Despite being born in England, he has no English accent. This is due to the fact that his mother was born in the Central United States and lived most of her life there until meeting his father. He spent more time with his mother than his father for his younger years and accordingly developed vocal patterns similar to hers rather than his father's.
Demeanor - Befitting of his insouciant personality, Kensei carries himself with a very casual posture. He is rather quiet, and often appears especially somber. Though he remains polite enough to speak with strangers who speak with him, he still finds it tedious and time consuming. He recognizes the importance of proper funding to reach his goals, and maintains steady work despite no longer being directly affiliated with the Organization of Transients. He tries to not draw excessive attention to himself in day to day life, and will often do things without claiming the recognition for getting them done.
Spiritual Description:
- Kensei's Reiatsu manifests in a bright blue color, identical to the color of his eyes. It takes the shape of large numbers of smoke-like wisps that swirl around his body, darting in and out of his physique as they move. The more of his Reiatsu that Kensei releases, the more like a tornado of whirling wisps it becomes. The color may brighten a bit as it increases in volume, but other than that there are no aesthetic changes that come into play with higher concentrations. Kensei's Reiatsu communicates a feeling of icy chill. It is a personification of his fathers harsh feelings toward him, as well as his own depression. Kensei's mentors have told him that his Reiatsu is intimidating, as it makes those who are subjected to it feel what they called "The deathly chill".
[ BEHIND THE EYES ]
Personality:
- Kensei has always been meticulous, even when he was a child. His time in the organization emphasized the importance of paying attention to small details and utilizing precision when performing tasks, this caused Kensei to spend that much more time on his observational skills. Sylvester also taught him to be as receptive as possible, maintaining an open-mind and willingness to accept new suggestions and ideas. This lead to a more liberal mind-set in Kensei, rather than believing that he is always right or that there is only a particular way to do things. Another key point of his personality is his versatility, his ability to adapt to new situations and take on varying tasks and challenges. This is a trait about himself that he takes a lot of personal pride in, and he will often give a task 110% for this very reason.
- Kensei has never been a biased individual. He is impartial and believes that all people deserve to be treated equally, especially as a victim of favoritism during his own childhood. Along with his childhood experience, he also went though his young-adult years surrounded by different people of different walks of life, and as such he has developed a mutual respect for people and things of all kinds. However, not all parts of his personality are positive.
- He is often insouciant and shows lack of concern for others -just because he believes people should be treated fairly, doesn't mean he is interested in every aspect of their lives.- When dragged into arguments or asked opinions on particular things, Kensei is frequently indifferent. This was a trait that was drilled into his personality during his time in the O.o.T as well, as a common motto among the group is: "Worry not for those around you, Worry only for the task at hand." It was meant to set the focus of the Agents on completing the job and leaving, rather than getting caught up in the lives of commoners or other spiritualists. On top of his lack of concern, he is also rather uncommunicative with those around him. Kensei will keep relevant information to himself, and may even lie to cover up that he ever knew anything in the first place. He is also horrible at sharing his feelings about others or situations. He tends to bottle things up in side, often leading to emotion fueled outbursts during times of high duress.
- After serving the O.o.T for such an extended period of time, Kensei has become rather autonomous. While this can be viewed as a good trait, in Kensei's case it can frequently be the opposite. He tends to act on his own without assistance, even if the situational odds are stacked against him. He is convinced that most people are only out for themselves, and as such he is better off operating alone. Not only does this personality trait come from his time with the organization, but it also comes from his inability to acknowledge his own accolades and achievements. He believes he has never accomplished enough, or performed well enough. The abuse he suffered as a child has convinced him that he cannot be the best at anything, and will always have to work harder than those around him. It makes he feel as though he is required to endure difficulties alone, just to prove that isn't useless and a burden to others.
- As a Quincy, Kensei is far from orthodox. Things that transpired during his time growing up has lead him to the conclusion that the Quincy Order is a flawed system. He does not feel that there is honor serving beneath a monarchy, rather he see's it as removing the value of the individual. He believes serving the Order makes you a pawn in a game, working for the interests of someone who wishes to fulfill their own desires rather than further the existence of the Quincy to something more. He isn't as concerned with the existence of Shinigami as he is with the flaws he perceives within the Quincy, however he does harbor distrust of the Death Gods due to the past bad blood between them and the Quincy. He views Hollows as horrid, disgusting abominations that deserve to be obliterated for the acts they commit. However, his opinion of Arrancar is slightly different. He commends the creatures who have changed from their monstrous former selves, and applauds their ability to evolve for a higher purpose. This doesn't mean that he doesn't feel they also deserve to be destroyed, rather that he would tip his hat to them before doing so.
Goals & Achievements-Current-:
- Achievements:
- Joining and climbing the ranks of the O.o.T to become a Free Agent
- Studying several forms of Martial arts including: Boxing, Taekwondo, Judo, Aikido, Arnis, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
- Gained control of his power to stop repeating the 'incident'
- Goals:
- Discover the truth about what happened to Sylvester
- Obliterate the Quincy Monarchy, and aid in establishing a new form of government.
[ GUARDIAN ANGEL ]
Quincy Cross:
- Kensei's Quincy cross is of special design, crafted by a spiritual alchemist to serve a specific purpose. Kensei's Quincy cross is identical to the Sulfur cross of Alchemy. It's top half is a double cross, symbolizing balance and protection to maintain Kensei's body from succumbing to his own power. The lower half is the symbol of infinity, symbolizing the constant nature of the energy that flows through him. Rather than being a bracelet, bangle, ring, or any other form of jewelry, Kensei's Quincy cross is fused into the bones in his chest. Bonded to his sternum by magic. The cross is crafted from silver, the most conductive energy conductive metal on earth. Due to the fact that the cross is bonded to Kensei's bone, it does not take the form of a normal metal construct. Rather it appears more like a tree, with root-like strands wrapping around and reaching out into the bone.
(Reference Image)
Power:
- Reishi Conduction: Kensei does not manipulate Reishi in the same fashion that a normal Quincy does. Instead, he acts as a medium to absorb Reishi and release it from any/all points on his body.
Spirit Weapon:
- Due to the nature of his ability, Kensei has never been able to form a spirit weapon in the fashion that a normal Quincy would. Instead, his entire body acts as his spirit weapon. Utilizing Reishi in a smiliar fashion as a regular Spirit weapon would to produce varying attacks and defenses. He is entangled as both the Quincy and the weapon, a personal dilemma he often struggles with.
[ LEGACY CREATED ]
Origin:
- Kensei was born under the name Logan Slater, the fifth child of Jeremiah and Marian Slater of the Slater Echt-Quincy house. The family had a small manor not far from Ashford, which is about 61 miles away from London, England. After the Quincy were culled by the Shinigami, the Slater family gained reputation among the Quincy order for training more soldiers to restore the ranks of the Quincy military force. Kensei's great grandfather was the first of the line to take on this task, and he redesigned the entire family to serve this singular purpose. Not only did the Slater family train any and all Quincy's to become warriors for the cause, they also had as many children as possible to create as many soldiers as they possibly could. Slater children were often held to higher standards, and expected to be the best of the best of Quincy soldiers.
- Jeremiah Slater had served the family and the Order religiously, he had 3 previous wives before Marian Slater and had fathered a numerous amount of his children before he decided to settle down and make an "official family." All of his former children were left to be trained by other members of the family once they matured. This was common practice for the Slater's at this point, who had lost the concept of a true family long ago. They had become a clan focused entirely on creating soldiers for the Order, crafting their sons to serve as soldiers and their daughters to serve as breeders.
- Marian Slater lived in the central united states, and met Jeremiah when he was vacation over seas. During his time in the states, he learned of another Echt family in the area. Jeremiah's father contacted the family, and the two arranged the marriage of Marian and Jeremiah. Marian wasn't entirely thrilled with the idea of an arranged marriage with a man she hadn't met. However she fought through her own feelings for the sake of maintaining the purity of both of their respective Quincy households.
- Jeremiah was some form of genetic ball of luck, as he never sired a daughter during his life time. He and Marian gave birth to four boys before Kensei, each roughly 2-3 years apart from the last. When they came of age Jeremiah began to raise them to be Quincy, but conflict with his own father arose. As his boys began to reach their young adult years, Jeremiah received criticism from his father and grandfather. His 'true' sons had grown to be less than exemplary Quincy, at least by the standers of their elders. Jeremiah became much more strict on his children, increasing their training in an attempt to force them to become stronger than other Quincy.
- When Jeremiah was unable to raise the quality of his children to that which was expected of him. He decided to bring forth another child into this world, however this time he would plan to ensure that his next son was better than the rest. He would go to the most extreme measures he could. He hid his idea from Marian, in order to make sure she would not interfere with his plans to create an entirely new kind of Quincy. Shortly after conception of the fifth child, Jeremiah reached out to a spiritualist on the outskirts of Ashford. He contacted the spiritualist and told her of his intentions, for a rather lump some of money she agreed to alter the unborn child with magic before his birth. She planned to change the nature of his abilities, just like his father wanted. Jeremiah's only concern was if the physical appearance of the child would be altered due to the magic, if the child came to look like someone else the criticism would not come to an end. The spiritualist assured him that the boy would look just like his father, and Jeremiah gave the green light for the spell.
- The spiritualist gave Jeremiah a small pocket-watch like device, which when used on his wife would hypnotize her into a temporary comatose state to ensure she would not interfere with the procedure. The witch came to their manor and performed her spell. Utilizing a vial of magically altered liquid silver, she formed a quincy cross that would seep through his developing body into his newly formed bone structure, bonding with it and simultaneously altering his existence in an almost curse-like fashion. Several months later, Kensei was born.
- For the first few months of his life, Kensei was mostly bald. His father was satisfied and left him to his mother to be raised he got old enough to begin Seiren. However, as Kensei's hair began to develop his father grew worried. Jeremiah's hair was a dark black, so was the hair of the other four sons he had sired and the many that came before them. With the spiritualist confirming that Jeremiah's child would not have his appearance altered, this raised suspicion about Marian...
Rise to Power:
- Kensei began to show preliminary signs of his power around 7 years of age. Jeremiah collected date of Kensei's progress between the ages of 7 and 9, comparing it to data captured in the same years of his 4 older brothers. Jeremiah was please that at an early stage Kensei was beginning to show more progress in terms of power as compared to his brothers. At the age of 10 Kensei began his Seiren, learning first to locate and gather Reishi. Jeremiah was ecstatic with Kensei's ability to easily locate and gather high amounts of Reishi, especially compared to that of his siblings at that age. Jeremiah began putting all of his attention into Kensei, and his older brothers began to grow jealous of their little brother. His brother began to act more hateful toward him, bullying and berating him whenever their father wasn't around.
- Kensei attended school with the rest of the public, Jeremiah used this as more of a lesson on mingling with regular people rather than really caring for Kensei's education. He excelled in school but was not as successful when making friends. He kept to him self most of the time, and was often ridiculed for the color of his hair and his quiet demeanor. He devoted himself to his studies to get away from the other children, often spending most of his free time in the library alone.
- The next skill Kensei began learning was the development of a basic spirit weapon. Something his father expected him to grasp quickly, but this was not the case. It was not that Kensei could not develop a spirit weapon, but rather that he could not maintain it. He would over load the weapon with Reishi which would cause it;s form to shatter rather than retain it's strength. Jeremiah struggled to aid Kensei in maintaining the weapon, and soon he was frustrated. His son was beginning to look like a failure, and Jeremiah was furious. Kensei was forced to train day and night, until one day his father had enough. Kensei tried his hardest to retain the shape of the weapon, and had managed to maintain it for a few moments. Jeremiah ordered him to draw and release an arrow, but when Kensei tried his best to form the arrow the structure could not take any more Reishi and the entire construct detonated. Kensei was left with a huge gash on his left hand, and Jeremiah left with a disappointment for a child.
- Jeremiah contacted the Spiritualist who performed the spell on her son, condemning her for failing to fulfill his wishes. She insisted she had done nothing wrong, and that perhaps Jeremiah misunderstood the way Kensei's power was developing. Jeremiah was enraged, in a fit of rage he sent his 4 eldest sons to murder the spiritualist while she slept. The boys succeeded, and Jeremiah turned his attention now to Marian. She was the only other one to blame for the failure that was Kensei, and he came to her with accusations of adultery. Kensei's different appearance and his inability to succeed as a Quincy lead Jeremiah to the conclusion that his wife must have fooled around in order to bear such a disgraceful child. He wasn't entirely wrong.
- Kensei's Seiren was disbanded, Jeremiah fully believed he had wasted all his time and effort on this child and no longer wanted any thing to do with him. He was worried that his sons inability to control reishi would lead to him harming either jeremiah or the others in the household. He doubled down on the Seiren of the older siblings, his expectations even higher now than they were before. Kensei would watch his elder brothers train in an attempt to discover what it was that he was doing wrong, however Jeremiah noticed that the elder sons began to have a difficult time regulating their spirit weapons whenever Kensei was around. This only added more fuel to Jeremiah's flame, and Kensei was beaten and barred from even being in the courtyard of the manor when his brothers were training..
- Months passed, Kensei was now the butler of the house, performing all of the house chores and tending to the needs of his brothers. Jeremiah would beat Kensei any time he made the slightest mistake, and if not Jeremiah then Kensei's older brothers would beat him for the fun of it. They were free from repercussions from their father for beating their little brother, and they needed a way to relieve their stress from all the extra training Jeremiah pushed on them. Marian begged Jeremiah to be easier on his youngest son, but he would continue to accuse her of adultery and beat her into submission should she continue to fight for a better life for Kensei. However, one night everything changed... It only took one night.
- Jeremiah was in a drunken rage, he had taken Kensei into the courtyard of the manor and beat him. Throwing him around and cursing his failed abilities at the same time. Marian was woken by the racket and she stepped in, trying to de-escalate the situation and save her son from being beaten to death. Jeremiah's rage turned on her and as she was being beaten she finally admitted that Kensei was not Jeremiah's child. The man snapped, using a nearby Seele Schneider to impale her through the chest.. killing her instantly. Kensei lay over his mothers dead body, weeping frantically as Jeremiah noticed the mass amount of Reishi that was being pulled into his body. It continued to gather to no end, Jeremiah panicked and knew if he did not kill the child he would not escape with his life, he slashed the boy across his chest but was unable to finish the deed. Before Kensei could meet the same end as his mother his body released all of the energy it had gathered in an explosion of Reishi that leveled the entire manor. Everything inside was obliterated, from the body of his mother to the dastardly brothers who were fast asleep in their beds. Kensei was left alone at ground zero of the explosion.. bloody, gasping for breath, and unable to make sense of the situation. As he faded out of consciousness, a shadowy figure appeared before him....
Call to Action:
- Kensei awoke in a field hospital, the appearance of the area was para-military operations. He found a large cargo style coat had been placed over his shoulders, and that he was wearing the same clothes as he was at the time of the explosion. A nurse checked in on him every now and then, refilling the I.V bags with more fluids to hydrate him. Some time after he woke up, a tall man with silver hair came in to see him. He introduced himself as Sylvester, and explained that he had rescued Kensei from the explosion site and that the coat Kensei was wearing was his. He also informed him of the Organization of Transients, a roaming organization that worked many varying jobs around the world to maintain funding for their survival and continued work. When asked if he had a name, Kensei explained that he did but no longer desired to live by that name after what he had been through. Sylvester empathized with the boys situation and told him he would give him a new name. Sylvester told the boy that he had to learn restraint, otherwise his power would be the end of him. This was where Sylvester came up with the name Kensei.. and it would stick for the rest of the boys life. Sylvester offered for Kensei to join the organization, The Quincy and the media covered up the explosion in Ashford as a natural gas leak that went wrong meaning that no one expected Kensei to be alive. Kensei agreed to join the organization, and his new life began.
- Kensei was in a depressed state for some time after the incident for good reason. With his mother gone he felt truly alone in the world. Despite the fact that he had technically enacted revenge for his mother he still felt empty inside. Word spread around the organization of Kensei's arrival and his origin, eventually word made it to the head instructor or martial arts within the organization. He contacted sylvester and requested to begin training with Kensei, he felt that if the boy could find a way to vent the energy his body as well as develop a hobby he may improve mentally. Once his wounds were healed, Sylvester introduced Kensei to the head instructor and he began training.
- As Kensei's mental health began to improve, Sylvester decided it was time for him to continue an education. Though unable to attend a normal school, Kensei would find himself under the tutelage of the Transient Scholars. They were the brains of the O.o.T and made sure that things always ran smoothly for operations, they served as the book keepers. Kensei was able to learn everything he would have learned through a normal school with the Scholars, as well as a bit more. However teahing Kensei was not the scholars only task. Sylvester had also requested that they study Kensei in order to gain a better understanding of his power and how it worked, so that he could be better taught how to control it.
- Though the Scholars could not learn of every intricacy to Kensei's abilities, what they did learn was that his power was primarily destructive in nature and had characteristics similar to Kirchelied. They noted that one of the main differences in his power at this stage was that Kirchenlied requires finesse and control to utulize, while Kensei's power involved the conduction and manilulation of reishi in a raw state. They also noted that Kensei's abilities had very high potency, meaning they could comparitively cause more destruction.
- Sylvester was presented this information and used it to construct a new training regimen for Kensei. It started by mixing his martial art skills with his power, manipulating the reishi to release it from whatever limb he was striking with. This helped Kensei to better understand his own power, and slowly but surely he began to grasp its function and utilize it in varying styles.
- Sylvester revealed his Quincy Origin to Kensei during his training. He told him how there were few Quicy among the O.o.T, and also shared his ideals with Kensei. Sylvester told him how he served the Order for most of his life as a soldier, however after his orders began to drift from protecting the human people to controlling them he began to feel that he was merely serving the desires of the monarchy rather than the Quincy people. He explained to Kensei how the O.o.T had no real leader and how it appealed to him to have many people working together for the better of themselves and others, rather than serving the desires and orders of a singular person. Kensei resonated with these ideals, as he felt like a pawn beneath jeremiah who in turn was a pawn to the Order of Quincy. Kensei would adopt these ideals as his own, and they would influence how he would work with other Quincy for the remainder of his life.
- Kensei continued to grow with the Organization, once he was ready he began to undertake missions with Sylvester. They collected food and supplies for those in need, hunted hollows, and assassinated corrupt politicians and mercenary leaders. Kensei became proficient in martial arts and began using it as his primary form of combat. His power flourished with Sylvester's help and he gained the ability to use almost every ability a normal Quincy could use with their Spirit weapon. He graduated his psuedo-high school and was given the rank of scholar among the Transient. He decided to become a Free Agent once he was given the opportunity, and began working on his own. He undertook missions solo with a high rate of success, occasionally working with Sylvester but mostly meeting with him at the base of operations or speaking over the phone. Sylvester often shared his pride in what Kensei had become considering where he came from, and Kensei often looked up to Sylvester as a father figure. He would call Sylvester if he ever had any problems no matter what they be, always listening to the advice Sylvester would give him and taking it to heart. Kensei kept the coat that Sylvester gave him upon his rescue as a close personal keepsake.
- However, Kensei spent several months away on an undercover mission in Russia. It was a mission he had taken up on his own accord as several small groups of Quincy operated in the area and he wished to gather intel on their ongoings and intentions. As it turned out an extremely large conglomerate of Hollows had been gathering in the area, large enough that it took months to clear them out. Most of the Quincy that had gathered in the area had died fighting the hollow, leaving Kensei without any useful information gathered from them. In the end however, he was able to put the end to the hollow's hunting and returned to the base of operations currently in Canada. Upon his return, he was met with horrible news. Sylvester had been missing for months without so much as a single check in to reveal his location or what he had undertook. Kensei was distraught, he began to question every one he could to discover Sylvester's locations. While it was normal for Free Agents to be gone for months, it was far from standard procedure to refrain from checking in under any circumstance. In most cases an Agent was considered endangered if they hadn't been heard from in three weeks, without prior notice of delayed check-in.
- Many other Agents joined Kensei's crusade to find Sylvester. He was an important part of the Organization and had done a lot for many of the people in the organization, his absence was felt throughout. All they were able to uncover was that he had been checking into a high concentration of spiritual entities in Japan. Kensei's attention began to falter, he began to decline in performance and even had several missions that turned no profit due to rookie mistakes. It got to the point that the Scholars of the Organization decided to talk with Kensei, telling him that perhaps he should give up his search for Sylvester. That if the man wanted to be found, he would make his presence known. At first Kensei declined, he felt obligated to learn what happened to Sylvester. However after an extended period of time with no new leads or any relevant information, Kensei felt hopeless. Some of the other members of the Organization told him of Karakura town, how it was a spiritual hub full of Quincys, Hollows, human spiritualists and other spiritual beings. They convinced Kensei that if Sylvester was going to go anywhere in Japan, he would go there. Kensei came to agree with them, packing his things and disbanding as a Free Agent from the Organization. He traveled to Karakura town, believing that the Quincy Order had something to do with Sylvester's disappearance....
-/-
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Height & Weight: 6'4" & 185 lbs
Hair & Eye Color: Bone White & Steel Blue
Positive Traits:
- Meticulous
- Receptive
- Protean
- Impartial
Negative Traits:
- Insouciant
- Uncommunicative
- Autonomous
- Self-depreciating
Loyalties: Himself, Sylvester, Organization of Transients.
Snapshots:
September 23rd, 1996 - Kensei is born under the name Logan Slater in Ashford, the outskirts of London England.
July 10th, 2007 - Logans' mother is killed, subsequently the remainder of his family perishes.
August 2nd, 2010 - Logan is given the name Kensei upon joining the Organization of Transients.
July 14th, 2011 - Begins training in several martial arts, courtesy of the Transients.
February 2nd, 2013 - Formally finishes training under the Organization, is assigned as a Free Agent.
December 12th, 2014 - Sylvester disappears. Kensei begins his search to find him.
September 23rd, 2017 - On his birthday, Kensei is convinced to give up his search for Sylvester and travel to Karakura Town.
[ ON THE SURFACE ]
Physical Description:
Body - Since birth Kensei has been taller than most others his age. This allowed him to frequently appear older than he actually was. His body type is primarily ectomorphic, with his actual ratio being 7-1-3. This means that is very lean with low body fat, and a moderate amount of muscle mass. His body carries scars from childhood traumas, with the most prominent being an 'X' shaped scar on the palm of his left hand and a horizontal scar across the center of his chest. Kensei's outfit can vary dependent on his mood, the season, or special occasions. However his two most notable pieces of attire are his military-esque cargo jacket, and the hand wraps he always wears. His jacket was given to him by a close ally when he was young, and has a lot of sentimental value to him. The jacket maintains a military style as it is the basic olive drab color, with many pockets of varying sizes to carry a range of tools and equipment. The coat reaches down to his waist, and also has the option to attach a hood for days where the weather is bad. The hand wraps he wears are nothing more than normal hand wraps, but he wears them to reduce damage to his hands and wrists during combat.
Face/Head - Kensei has a bit of an oblong face, meaning it is longer than it is wide. His cheek bones are sleek and his jaw comes to a bit of a point. His hair comes down just below his ears in the back, with the front extending slightly further beneath his jaw line. Often his bangs will fall down to cover the space between his eyebrows. His hair is the color of bone, and has been that way since his birth. His eyes are a bright steel blue, the same color as his late mothers.
Voice - Kensei's voice is baritone, the average tone of voice for human males. Despite being born in England, he has no English accent. This is due to the fact that his mother was born in the Central United States and lived most of her life there until meeting his father. He spent more time with his mother than his father for his younger years and accordingly developed vocal patterns similar to hers rather than his father's.
Demeanor - Befitting of his insouciant personality, Kensei carries himself with a very casual posture. He is rather quiet, and often appears especially somber. Though he remains polite enough to speak with strangers who speak with him, he still finds it tedious and time consuming. He recognizes the importance of proper funding to reach his goals, and maintains steady work despite no longer being directly affiliated with the Organization of Transients. He tries to not draw excessive attention to himself in day to day life, and will often do things without claiming the recognition for getting them done.
Spiritual Description:
- Kensei's Reiatsu manifests in a bright blue color, identical to the color of his eyes. It takes the shape of large numbers of smoke-like wisps that swirl around his body, darting in and out of his physique as they move. The more of his Reiatsu that Kensei releases, the more like a tornado of whirling wisps it becomes. The color may brighten a bit as it increases in volume, but other than that there are no aesthetic changes that come into play with higher concentrations. Kensei's Reiatsu communicates a feeling of icy chill. It is a personification of his fathers harsh feelings toward him, as well as his own depression. Kensei's mentors have told him that his Reiatsu is intimidating, as it makes those who are subjected to it feel what they called "The deathly chill".
[ BEHIND THE EYES ]
Personality:
- Kensei has always been meticulous, even when he was a child. His time in the organization emphasized the importance of paying attention to small details and utilizing precision when performing tasks, this caused Kensei to spend that much more time on his observational skills. Sylvester also taught him to be as receptive as possible, maintaining an open-mind and willingness to accept new suggestions and ideas. This lead to a more liberal mind-set in Kensei, rather than believing that he is always right or that there is only a particular way to do things. Another key point of his personality is his versatility, his ability to adapt to new situations and take on varying tasks and challenges. This is a trait about himself that he takes a lot of personal pride in, and he will often give a task 110% for this very reason.
- Kensei has never been a biased individual. He is impartial and believes that all people deserve to be treated equally, especially as a victim of favoritism during his own childhood. Along with his childhood experience, he also went though his young-adult years surrounded by different people of different walks of life, and as such he has developed a mutual respect for people and things of all kinds. However, not all parts of his personality are positive.
- He is often insouciant and shows lack of concern for others -just because he believes people should be treated fairly, doesn't mean he is interested in every aspect of their lives.- When dragged into arguments or asked opinions on particular things, Kensei is frequently indifferent. This was a trait that was drilled into his personality during his time in the O.o.T as well, as a common motto among the group is: "Worry not for those around you, Worry only for the task at hand." It was meant to set the focus of the Agents on completing the job and leaving, rather than getting caught up in the lives of commoners or other spiritualists. On top of his lack of concern, he is also rather uncommunicative with those around him. Kensei will keep relevant information to himself, and may even lie to cover up that he ever knew anything in the first place. He is also horrible at sharing his feelings about others or situations. He tends to bottle things up in side, often leading to emotion fueled outbursts during times of high duress.
- After serving the O.o.T for such an extended period of time, Kensei has become rather autonomous. While this can be viewed as a good trait, in Kensei's case it can frequently be the opposite. He tends to act on his own without assistance, even if the situational odds are stacked against him. He is convinced that most people are only out for themselves, and as such he is better off operating alone. Not only does this personality trait come from his time with the organization, but it also comes from his inability to acknowledge his own accolades and achievements. He believes he has never accomplished enough, or performed well enough. The abuse he suffered as a child has convinced him that he cannot be the best at anything, and will always have to work harder than those around him. It makes he feel as though he is required to endure difficulties alone, just to prove that isn't useless and a burden to others.
- As a Quincy, Kensei is far from orthodox. Things that transpired during his time growing up has lead him to the conclusion that the Quincy Order is a flawed system. He does not feel that there is honor serving beneath a monarchy, rather he see's it as removing the value of the individual. He believes serving the Order makes you a pawn in a game, working for the interests of someone who wishes to fulfill their own desires rather than further the existence of the Quincy to something more. He isn't as concerned with the existence of Shinigami as he is with the flaws he perceives within the Quincy, however he does harbor distrust of the Death Gods due to the past bad blood between them and the Quincy. He views Hollows as horrid, disgusting abominations that deserve to be obliterated for the acts they commit. However, his opinion of Arrancar is slightly different. He commends the creatures who have changed from their monstrous former selves, and applauds their ability to evolve for a higher purpose. This doesn't mean that he doesn't feel they also deserve to be destroyed, rather that he would tip his hat to them before doing so.
Goals & Achievements-Current-:
- Achievements:
- Joining and climbing the ranks of the O.o.T to become a Free Agent
- Studying several forms of Martial arts including: Boxing, Taekwondo, Judo, Aikido, Arnis, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
- Gained control of his power to stop repeating the 'incident'
- Goals:
- Discover the truth about what happened to Sylvester
- Obliterate the Quincy Monarchy, and aid in establishing a new form of government.
[ GUARDIAN ANGEL ]
Quincy Cross:
- Kensei's Quincy cross is of special design, crafted by a spiritual alchemist to serve a specific purpose. Kensei's Quincy cross is identical to the Sulfur cross of Alchemy. It's top half is a double cross, symbolizing balance and protection to maintain Kensei's body from succumbing to his own power. The lower half is the symbol of infinity, symbolizing the constant nature of the energy that flows through him. Rather than being a bracelet, bangle, ring, or any other form of jewelry, Kensei's Quincy cross is fused into the bones in his chest. Bonded to his sternum by magic. The cross is crafted from silver, the most conductive energy conductive metal on earth. Due to the fact that the cross is bonded to Kensei's bone, it does not take the form of a normal metal construct. Rather it appears more like a tree, with root-like strands wrapping around and reaching out into the bone.
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Power:
- Reishi Conduction: Kensei does not manipulate Reishi in the same fashion that a normal Quincy does. Instead, he acts as a medium to absorb Reishi and release it from any/all points on his body.
Spirit Weapon:
- Due to the nature of his ability, Kensei has never been able to form a spirit weapon in the fashion that a normal Quincy would. Instead, his entire body acts as his spirit weapon. Utilizing Reishi in a smiliar fashion as a regular Spirit weapon would to produce varying attacks and defenses. He is entangled as both the Quincy and the weapon, a personal dilemma he often struggles with.
[ LEGACY CREATED ]
Origin:
- Kensei was born under the name Logan Slater, the fifth child of Jeremiah and Marian Slater of the Slater Echt-Quincy house. The family had a small manor not far from Ashford, which is about 61 miles away from London, England. After the Quincy were culled by the Shinigami, the Slater family gained reputation among the Quincy order for training more soldiers to restore the ranks of the Quincy military force. Kensei's great grandfather was the first of the line to take on this task, and he redesigned the entire family to serve this singular purpose. Not only did the Slater family train any and all Quincy's to become warriors for the cause, they also had as many children as possible to create as many soldiers as they possibly could. Slater children were often held to higher standards, and expected to be the best of the best of Quincy soldiers.
- Jeremiah Slater had served the family and the Order religiously, he had 3 previous wives before Marian Slater and had fathered a numerous amount of his children before he decided to settle down and make an "official family." All of his former children were left to be trained by other members of the family once they matured. This was common practice for the Slater's at this point, who had lost the concept of a true family long ago. They had become a clan focused entirely on creating soldiers for the Order, crafting their sons to serve as soldiers and their daughters to serve as breeders.
- Marian Slater lived in the central united states, and met Jeremiah when he was vacation over seas. During his time in the states, he learned of another Echt family in the area. Jeremiah's father contacted the family, and the two arranged the marriage of Marian and Jeremiah. Marian wasn't entirely thrilled with the idea of an arranged marriage with a man she hadn't met. However she fought through her own feelings for the sake of maintaining the purity of both of their respective Quincy households.
- Jeremiah was some form of genetic ball of luck, as he never sired a daughter during his life time. He and Marian gave birth to four boys before Kensei, each roughly 2-3 years apart from the last. When they came of age Jeremiah began to raise them to be Quincy, but conflict with his own father arose. As his boys began to reach their young adult years, Jeremiah received criticism from his father and grandfather. His 'true' sons had grown to be less than exemplary Quincy, at least by the standers of their elders. Jeremiah became much more strict on his children, increasing their training in an attempt to force them to become stronger than other Quincy.
- When Jeremiah was unable to raise the quality of his children to that which was expected of him. He decided to bring forth another child into this world, however this time he would plan to ensure that his next son was better than the rest. He would go to the most extreme measures he could. He hid his idea from Marian, in order to make sure she would not interfere with his plans to create an entirely new kind of Quincy. Shortly after conception of the fifth child, Jeremiah reached out to a spiritualist on the outskirts of Ashford. He contacted the spiritualist and told her of his intentions, for a rather lump some of money she agreed to alter the unborn child with magic before his birth. She planned to change the nature of his abilities, just like his father wanted. Jeremiah's only concern was if the physical appearance of the child would be altered due to the magic, if the child came to look like someone else the criticism would not come to an end. The spiritualist assured him that the boy would look just like his father, and Jeremiah gave the green light for the spell.
- The spiritualist gave Jeremiah a small pocket-watch like device, which when used on his wife would hypnotize her into a temporary comatose state to ensure she would not interfere with the procedure. The witch came to their manor and performed her spell. Utilizing a vial of magically altered liquid silver, she formed a quincy cross that would seep through his developing body into his newly formed bone structure, bonding with it and simultaneously altering his existence in an almost curse-like fashion. Several months later, Kensei was born.
- For the first few months of his life, Kensei was mostly bald. His father was satisfied and left him to his mother to be raised he got old enough to begin Seiren. However, as Kensei's hair began to develop his father grew worried. Jeremiah's hair was a dark black, so was the hair of the other four sons he had sired and the many that came before them. With the spiritualist confirming that Jeremiah's child would not have his appearance altered, this raised suspicion about Marian...
Rise to Power:
- Kensei began to show preliminary signs of his power around 7 years of age. Jeremiah collected date of Kensei's progress between the ages of 7 and 9, comparing it to data captured in the same years of his 4 older brothers. Jeremiah was please that at an early stage Kensei was beginning to show more progress in terms of power as compared to his brothers. At the age of 10 Kensei began his Seiren, learning first to locate and gather Reishi. Jeremiah was ecstatic with Kensei's ability to easily locate and gather high amounts of Reishi, especially compared to that of his siblings at that age. Jeremiah began putting all of his attention into Kensei, and his older brothers began to grow jealous of their little brother. His brother began to act more hateful toward him, bullying and berating him whenever their father wasn't around.
- Kensei attended school with the rest of the public, Jeremiah used this as more of a lesson on mingling with regular people rather than really caring for Kensei's education. He excelled in school but was not as successful when making friends. He kept to him self most of the time, and was often ridiculed for the color of his hair and his quiet demeanor. He devoted himself to his studies to get away from the other children, often spending most of his free time in the library alone.
- The next skill Kensei began learning was the development of a basic spirit weapon. Something his father expected him to grasp quickly, but this was not the case. It was not that Kensei could not develop a spirit weapon, but rather that he could not maintain it. He would over load the weapon with Reishi which would cause it;s form to shatter rather than retain it's strength. Jeremiah struggled to aid Kensei in maintaining the weapon, and soon he was frustrated. His son was beginning to look like a failure, and Jeremiah was furious. Kensei was forced to train day and night, until one day his father had enough. Kensei tried his hardest to retain the shape of the weapon, and had managed to maintain it for a few moments. Jeremiah ordered him to draw and release an arrow, but when Kensei tried his best to form the arrow the structure could not take any more Reishi and the entire construct detonated. Kensei was left with a huge gash on his left hand, and Jeremiah left with a disappointment for a child.
- Jeremiah contacted the Spiritualist who performed the spell on her son, condemning her for failing to fulfill his wishes. She insisted she had done nothing wrong, and that perhaps Jeremiah misunderstood the way Kensei's power was developing. Jeremiah was enraged, in a fit of rage he sent his 4 eldest sons to murder the spiritualist while she slept. The boys succeeded, and Jeremiah turned his attention now to Marian. She was the only other one to blame for the failure that was Kensei, and he came to her with accusations of adultery. Kensei's different appearance and his inability to succeed as a Quincy lead Jeremiah to the conclusion that his wife must have fooled around in order to bear such a disgraceful child. He wasn't entirely wrong.
- Kensei's Seiren was disbanded, Jeremiah fully believed he had wasted all his time and effort on this child and no longer wanted any thing to do with him. He was worried that his sons inability to control reishi would lead to him harming either jeremiah or the others in the household. He doubled down on the Seiren of the older siblings, his expectations even higher now than they were before. Kensei would watch his elder brothers train in an attempt to discover what it was that he was doing wrong, however Jeremiah noticed that the elder sons began to have a difficult time regulating their spirit weapons whenever Kensei was around. This only added more fuel to Jeremiah's flame, and Kensei was beaten and barred from even being in the courtyard of the manor when his brothers were training..
- Months passed, Kensei was now the butler of the house, performing all of the house chores and tending to the needs of his brothers. Jeremiah would beat Kensei any time he made the slightest mistake, and if not Jeremiah then Kensei's older brothers would beat him for the fun of it. They were free from repercussions from their father for beating their little brother, and they needed a way to relieve their stress from all the extra training Jeremiah pushed on them. Marian begged Jeremiah to be easier on his youngest son, but he would continue to accuse her of adultery and beat her into submission should she continue to fight for a better life for Kensei. However, one night everything changed... It only took one night.
- Jeremiah was in a drunken rage, he had taken Kensei into the courtyard of the manor and beat him. Throwing him around and cursing his failed abilities at the same time. Marian was woken by the racket and she stepped in, trying to de-escalate the situation and save her son from being beaten to death. Jeremiah's rage turned on her and as she was being beaten she finally admitted that Kensei was not Jeremiah's child. The man snapped, using a nearby Seele Schneider to impale her through the chest.. killing her instantly. Kensei lay over his mothers dead body, weeping frantically as Jeremiah noticed the mass amount of Reishi that was being pulled into his body. It continued to gather to no end, Jeremiah panicked and knew if he did not kill the child he would not escape with his life, he slashed the boy across his chest but was unable to finish the deed. Before Kensei could meet the same end as his mother his body released all of the energy it had gathered in an explosion of Reishi that leveled the entire manor. Everything inside was obliterated, from the body of his mother to the dastardly brothers who were fast asleep in their beds. Kensei was left alone at ground zero of the explosion.. bloody, gasping for breath, and unable to make sense of the situation. As he faded out of consciousness, a shadowy figure appeared before him....
Call to Action:
- Kensei awoke in a field hospital, the appearance of the area was para-military operations. He found a large cargo style coat had been placed over his shoulders, and that he was wearing the same clothes as he was at the time of the explosion. A nurse checked in on him every now and then, refilling the I.V bags with more fluids to hydrate him. Some time after he woke up, a tall man with silver hair came in to see him. He introduced himself as Sylvester, and explained that he had rescued Kensei from the explosion site and that the coat Kensei was wearing was his. He also informed him of the Organization of Transients, a roaming organization that worked many varying jobs around the world to maintain funding for their survival and continued work. When asked if he had a name, Kensei explained that he did but no longer desired to live by that name after what he had been through. Sylvester empathized with the boys situation and told him he would give him a new name. Sylvester told the boy that he had to learn restraint, otherwise his power would be the end of him. This was where Sylvester came up with the name Kensei.. and it would stick for the rest of the boys life. Sylvester offered for Kensei to join the organization, The Quincy and the media covered up the explosion in Ashford as a natural gas leak that went wrong meaning that no one expected Kensei to be alive. Kensei agreed to join the organization, and his new life began.
- Kensei was in a depressed state for some time after the incident for good reason. With his mother gone he felt truly alone in the world. Despite the fact that he had technically enacted revenge for his mother he still felt empty inside. Word spread around the organization of Kensei's arrival and his origin, eventually word made it to the head instructor or martial arts within the organization. He contacted sylvester and requested to begin training with Kensei, he felt that if the boy could find a way to vent the energy his body as well as develop a hobby he may improve mentally. Once his wounds were healed, Sylvester introduced Kensei to the head instructor and he began training.
- As Kensei's mental health began to improve, Sylvester decided it was time for him to continue an education. Though unable to attend a normal school, Kensei would find himself under the tutelage of the Transient Scholars. They were the brains of the O.o.T and made sure that things always ran smoothly for operations, they served as the book keepers. Kensei was able to learn everything he would have learned through a normal school with the Scholars, as well as a bit more. However teahing Kensei was not the scholars only task. Sylvester had also requested that they study Kensei in order to gain a better understanding of his power and how it worked, so that he could be better taught how to control it.
- Though the Scholars could not learn of every intricacy to Kensei's abilities, what they did learn was that his power was primarily destructive in nature and had characteristics similar to Kirchelied. They noted that one of the main differences in his power at this stage was that Kirchenlied requires finesse and control to utulize, while Kensei's power involved the conduction and manilulation of reishi in a raw state. They also noted that Kensei's abilities had very high potency, meaning they could comparitively cause more destruction.
- Sylvester was presented this information and used it to construct a new training regimen for Kensei. It started by mixing his martial art skills with his power, manipulating the reishi to release it from whatever limb he was striking with. This helped Kensei to better understand his own power, and slowly but surely he began to grasp its function and utilize it in varying styles.
- Sylvester revealed his Quincy Origin to Kensei during his training. He told him how there were few Quicy among the O.o.T, and also shared his ideals with Kensei. Sylvester told him how he served the Order for most of his life as a soldier, however after his orders began to drift from protecting the human people to controlling them he began to feel that he was merely serving the desires of the monarchy rather than the Quincy people. He explained to Kensei how the O.o.T had no real leader and how it appealed to him to have many people working together for the better of themselves and others, rather than serving the desires and orders of a singular person. Kensei resonated with these ideals, as he felt like a pawn beneath jeremiah who in turn was a pawn to the Order of Quincy. Kensei would adopt these ideals as his own, and they would influence how he would work with other Quincy for the remainder of his life.
- Kensei continued to grow with the Organization, once he was ready he began to undertake missions with Sylvester. They collected food and supplies for those in need, hunted hollows, and assassinated corrupt politicians and mercenary leaders. Kensei became proficient in martial arts and began using it as his primary form of combat. His power flourished with Sylvester's help and he gained the ability to use almost every ability a normal Quincy could use with their Spirit weapon. He graduated his psuedo-high school and was given the rank of scholar among the Transient. He decided to become a Free Agent once he was given the opportunity, and began working on his own. He undertook missions solo with a high rate of success, occasionally working with Sylvester but mostly meeting with him at the base of operations or speaking over the phone. Sylvester often shared his pride in what Kensei had become considering where he came from, and Kensei often looked up to Sylvester as a father figure. He would call Sylvester if he ever had any problems no matter what they be, always listening to the advice Sylvester would give him and taking it to heart. Kensei kept the coat that Sylvester gave him upon his rescue as a close personal keepsake.
- However, Kensei spent several months away on an undercover mission in Russia. It was a mission he had taken up on his own accord as several small groups of Quincy operated in the area and he wished to gather intel on their ongoings and intentions. As it turned out an extremely large conglomerate of Hollows had been gathering in the area, large enough that it took months to clear them out. Most of the Quincy that had gathered in the area had died fighting the hollow, leaving Kensei without any useful information gathered from them. In the end however, he was able to put the end to the hollow's hunting and returned to the base of operations currently in Canada. Upon his return, he was met with horrible news. Sylvester had been missing for months without so much as a single check in to reveal his location or what he had undertook. Kensei was distraught, he began to question every one he could to discover Sylvester's locations. While it was normal for Free Agents to be gone for months, it was far from standard procedure to refrain from checking in under any circumstance. In most cases an Agent was considered endangered if they hadn't been heard from in three weeks, without prior notice of delayed check-in.
- Many other Agents joined Kensei's crusade to find Sylvester. He was an important part of the Organization and had done a lot for many of the people in the organization, his absence was felt throughout. All they were able to uncover was that he had been checking into a high concentration of spiritual entities in Japan. Kensei's attention began to falter, he began to decline in performance and even had several missions that turned no profit due to rookie mistakes. It got to the point that the Scholars of the Organization decided to talk with Kensei, telling him that perhaps he should give up his search for Sylvester. That if the man wanted to be found, he would make his presence known. At first Kensei declined, he felt obligated to learn what happened to Sylvester. However after an extended period of time with no new leads or any relevant information, Kensei felt hopeless. Some of the other members of the Organization told him of Karakura town, how it was a spiritual hub full of Quincys, Hollows, human spiritualists and other spiritual beings. They convinced Kensei that if Sylvester was going to go anywhere in Japan, he would go there. Kensei came to agree with them, packing his things and disbanding as a Free Agent from the Organization. He traveled to Karakura town, believing that the Quincy Order had something to do with Sylvester's disappearance....
