Shinigami Template

Shinigami Applications


This section will be dedicated to those who wish to apply for a Shinigami Character. There will be a step-by-step process in order to help you understand exactly what each section of the Application is for, and how to produce an acceptable overall Application.

Subject: Please use the Title as your Character's Name. If you are working on an application, and will not finish it in a single round, then place the notation: [WIP] next to your character's name. It may also be helpful for you to put the notation [Shinigami] as well.

Subjects will be edited upon completion of acceptance to include the Race of your character, as well as its Power Tier.

Shinigami Application


In Character


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General Information
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Name: Self explanatory. Please place the full name of your character. If you desire, you may place nick names here as well, but we're looking for a mandatory full name.

Actual Age: Shinigami generally live up to about a thousand years of age in the Bleach Universe or older, depending upon their spiritual energy. As such, you may feel free to insert the age of your character. We recommend with starting applicants, between 150 to 250 years of age. It is assumable that one develops their Shikai, on average, in about 150 years or so.

Appearing Age: (Actual age divided by 10)

Gender: Male or Female.

Appearance

Pictures are always helpful, but they should not be a replacement for appearance. A picture cannot tell how tall someone is in comparison, nor the weight. Still, things like this are not alone in this section. Use pictures as a guideline if you have to. Please refrain from making 'lists' in this section, we would prefer you to write out the actual appearance. You may, however, write out a preemptively, i.e., while it's still a WIP, in order to help you describe the general characteristics of your applicant.

Hair color, length, style, eye color, skin complexion, height, weight, body build, muscle mass; all things that are visual aspects should be included here. Do they wear glasses? Do they have accessories like earrings, bracelets, or necklaces? Do they wear the standard Shinigami clothes? How is their Zanpakuto positioned? So on and so forth. As above, this section should be roughly 1 to 2 paragraphs; five to seven sentences each.

Personality

A general explanation of your character's personality. Make sure you don't have contradicting aspects listed here, i.e., state that he or she is a 'rebel' but 'respects authority,' or hates violence but loves to fight. Such things tend to make no sense at all. The best route to go would be to stick to a single aspect, and elaborate. Dig deep; what truly brings your character out? Don't just give a general, bland description, we want you to truly develop your character's personality here. Explain what makes this character of yours more three dimensional. What pisses them off, what makes them laugh, what do they like, are they easily trusted, or do they trust easy? So on and so forth.

A lot of people have been making contradictions in their explanation of the personality, and I believe it's due to players wanting to put in too much into their character. Tone it down to about one to three aspects of a basic personality, then expand from there. This section should roughly be 1 to 2 paragraphs; five to seven sentences each.

History

Birth, parents, childhood, maturity/puberty, teenage years, adult life, Shinigami Academy, friends, training, etc. Everything in terms of what goes on in one's life should be placed here.

However, we do require a good lengthy history; 5 paragraph minimum, of five sentence minimum each. That's twenty five sentences, at the bare minimum; fairly easy. Each paragraph can hold a key point in their lives; it's simple. First paragraph, describing parents, birth, and where they grew up. Second paragraph, childhood to teenage years. Third paragraph, discovery of spiritual awareness and entrance into Shinigami Academy. Fourth paragraph, discovery of Shikai. The fifth can be placed anywhere, and can hold key points in the character's life. See? Easy, I just gave you pretty much a template to work with.

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Skills
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Skills

For all races, you are limited to Two Advanced Categories at maximum, and Two Intermediate. These stats will not change, but simply reflect the potential of your character and how he or she advances.

Attributes

For all races, you are limited to Two Advanced Categories at maximum, and Two Intermediate. These stats will not change, but simply reflect the potential of your character and how he or she advances

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Zanpakutō
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Name: Name of your Zanpakuto; self explanatory.
Translation - This section is optional; if you use a name that is Japanese, you may place the English translation here.

Unreleased Appearance

A single paragraph is sufficient enough for this Appearance Description. Most Zanpakutō look like regular katana, with slight variations between them as one would expect between different swords. There variations are commonly:

Katana (刀): The term katana may be applied to the standard-size, moderately-curved, Japanese sword with a blade length of greater than 60 cm (23.6 inches). The katana is characterized by its distinctive appearance: a curved, slender, single-edged blade, a circular or squared guard, and a grip long enough to accommodate two hands.

Wakizashi (脇差 (わきざし); meaning "side insertion"): A short blade between 30 and 60 cm (12 and 24 inches), with an average of 50 cm (20 inches). It is similar to but shorter than a katana, and usually shorter than the kodachi (小太刀 (こだち); meaning "small sword"). The wakizashi was usually worn together with the katana. When worn together the pair of swords were called daishō, which translates literally as "large and small". The katana was often called the long sword and the wakizashi the companion sword.

Nodachi (野太刀 (のだち); meaning "field sword"): The nodachi was more difficult to wield due to its size and weight. The length of the nodachi's hilt varied between twelve to thirteen inches (30 to 33 centimeters). Its cutting capability and range exceeds that of a katana, due to its weight and size.

In addition to the upgraded forms, the sealed form of a Zanpakutō can also be radically altered, though such alterations are purely cosmetic and usually don't offer any significant advantage in battle; one exception is Ikkaku Madarame's Hōzukimaru, whose hilt stores a blood-clotting ointment.


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Zanpakutō Spirit
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Name: Name of your Zanpakuto again; self explanatory.
Gender: Male or Female

Spirit Appearance

You've already done this for your character, so it's roughly the same deal here. Same as above, but with a minimum of one paragraph.

Personality

You've already done this for your character, so it's roughly the same deal here. Same as above, but with a minimum of one paragraph.

Relationship to Master

Similar to personality, this section is just a 'relationship' portion of the personality. While personality should be a wide variety of what he or she feels towards various views and so forth, this section should uphold their relationship towards your character; how they get along and so forth. One paragraph should be sufficient.

Inner World

Every Zanpakuto has an inner world in which it resides. It is within the Shinigami themselves. Please describe roughly in one paragraph what this inner world appears.


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Zanpakutō Shikai
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Call Out Phrase: The phrase in which is used to call forth one's Shikai. Recommended to 1-2 words.
Translation - Optional; applicable only if the above is already in Japanese.

Shikai Appearance

Another Appearance section. I heavily suggest reading over the Powers FAQ section, which is the very next Chapter of the Guide. It will describe in more detail the limitations of Shikai in both appearance and abilities. A general description of what your Zanpakuto's first release appears. You may simply express the newly altered weapon, or the actual process. Do not post any abilities in this section. Abilities belong in the very next section, not here. A minimum of six sentences should be sufficient enough to describe the weapon, though if needed, a staff or moderator may ask for more.

Shikai Abilities

Here, you may list three abilities at max. Remember that all powers for all characters must have a specific overall theme. Also note that all race applicants must also abide by the Powers section located in the next chapter. For all powers and abilities, please make a list format, similar to this:

Name of Ability

Description of Attack -
Type -
Range -
Limitation -


Remember to make a limitation of your power. Powers with no limiters will not be accepted, and will be asked for limitations to be placed.


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Zanpakutō Bankai
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Did you notice the strike-through? That's because new applications will not have Bankai. For upgrades or achieving Bankai for existing/current Characters, please refer to the Upgrade section. The same formatting for Shikai should be used.


OOC Information


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Sample Post
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Refer to the Sample Post Section of the Applications Chapter.


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Rules and Guide Agreement
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This is to ensure people are fully certain of the rules of this forum. If you submit 'Y' or 'Yes' to the first two questions, then we should not have to repeat ourselves. You have stated that you have understood the rules of this site, and have reviewed this very section of the Application Guide. As such, you should now understand how to fill out the application in full. If you have any questions, then please submit your queries to a Staff Member.

Character Counts are now expected to be submitted upon new applications. This is to help out the reviewing staff more than anything.
Moderator Use Only

You don't need to fill anything in here.



And that is how you fill out the Template. Pretty simple, right? Now, just go to the Shinigami Applications Sub-Forum, open up a new thread, and use the code listed in the post below. Remember; ALL Applications must use the code listed below. Otherwise, they will be archived or simply deleted due to disregarding the rules of this forum.

Code:

[size=3][hr][b]In Character[/b][hr][/size]

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[b]General Information[/b]
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[b]Name[/b]:
[b]Actual Age[/b]:
[b]Appearing Age[/b]: (Actual age divided by 10)
[b]Gender[/b]:

[b]Appearance[/b]
[blockquote]
2 - 3 Paragraphs
[/blockquote]
[b]Personality[/b]
[blockquote]
2 - 3 Paragraphs
[/blockquote]
[b]History[/b]
[blockquote]
4 - 6 Paragraphs
[/blockquote]
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[b]Skills/Attributes[/b]
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[blockquote]
[b]Skills[/b]
[blockquote][list]
[*] Swordsmanship- Skill Level
[*] Kidō- Skill Level
[*] Hohō - Skill Level
[*] Hand to Hand - Skill Level[/list][/blockquote]

[B]Attributes[/b]
[blockquote][list]
[*] Speed - Skill Level
[*] Power - Skill Level
[*] Stamina - Skill Level
[*] Intelligence - Skill Level[/list] [/blockquote]
[/blockquote]
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[b]Zanpakutō[/b]
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[blockquote]
[b]Name[/b]:
[i]Translation[/i] - If Applicable

[b]Unreleased Appearance[/b]
[blockquote]
1 Paragraph
[/blockquote]
[/blockquote]
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[b]Zanpakutō Spirit[/b]
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[blockquote]
[b]Name[/b]:
[b]Gender[/b]:

[b]Spirit Appearance[/b]
[blockquote]
1 Paragraph
[/blockquote]
[b]Personality[/b]
[blockquote]
1 Paragraph
[/blockquote]
[b]Relationship to Master[/b]
[blockquote]
1 Paragraph
[/blockquote]
[b]Inner World[/b]
[blockquote]
1 Paragraph
[/blockquote]
[/blockquote]
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[b]Zanpakutō Shikai[/b]
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[blockquote]
[b]Call Out Phrase[/b]:
[i]Translation[/i] - If Applicable

[b]Shikai Appearance[/b]
[blockquote]
1 Paragraph
[/blockquote]
[b]Shikai Abilities[/b]

[i][b]Name of Ability[/b][/i]
[blockquote][list]
[*] [i]Description of Attack[/i] -
[*] [i]Type [/i]-
[*] [i]Range [/i]-
[*] [i]Limitation [/i]-
[/list][/blockquote]
[i][b]Name of Ability[/b][/i]
[blockquote][list]
[*] [i]Description of Attack[/i] -
[*] [i]Type [/i]-
[*] [i]Range [/i]-
[*] [i]Limitation [/i]-
[/list][/blockquote]
[i][b]Name of Ability[/b][/i]
[blockquote][list]
[*] [i]Description of Attack[/i] -
[*] [i]Type [/i]-
[*] [i]Range [/i]-
[*] [i]Limitation [/i]- [/list] [/blockquote]
[/blockquote]
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[s][b]Zanpakutō Bankai[/b][/s]
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[blockquote][s]
[b]Name[/b]:
[i]Translation[/i] - If Applicable

[b]Bankai Appearance[/b]
[blockquote]
1 Paragraph
[/blockquote]
[b]Bankai Abilities[/b]

[i]Name of Ability[/i]
[blockquote][list]
[*] [i]Description of Attack[/i] -
[*] [i]Type [/i]-
[*] [i]Range [/i]-
[*] [i]Limitation [/i]- [/list][/s]
[/blockquote][/blockquote]
[size=3][hr][b]OOC Information[/b][hr][/size]

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[b]Sample Post[/b]
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[blockquote]

3 - 5 Paragraphs

[/blockquote]
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[b]Rules and Guide Agreement[/b]
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[blockquote]
[list][*]Have you read the full rules of this site, including Xat rules, and understand them?
[center][u]Yes or No[/u][/center]
[*]Have you read through the Shinigami Application Guide?
[center][u]Yes or No[/u][/center]
[*]How many Characters do you currently posses?
[center]Canon - [u]Enter Number Here[/u]
Original - [u]Enter Number Here[/u][/center][/list]
[/blockquote]
[size=3][hr][b]Moderator Use Only[/b][hr][/size]
[blockquote]
[b]Reviewed by[/b]:
[b]Tier Level[/b]:
[b]Upgrade[/b]: N/A or Number[/blockquote]