Post by Robert on Aug 20, 2008 17:49:46 GMT -5
Several years have passed since the traitorous trio of shinigami captains stole the hyougyoku from the very being of Kuchiki Rukia, shinigami of the 13th squad. Since leaving their former home in Seireitei for the evil, dank place known as Hueco Mundo, all but one of the three captains has passed away in various battles with the Gotei 13. The one remaining captain, generally known as the leader of Hueco Mundo, has gathered into his army several arrancar soldiers, preparing to accomplish his goal of crushing Seireitei. The court of pure souls has taken the opportunity to appoint new captains to fill the positions that were emptied by traitors, or comrades being killed in battle. The restructuring of the Gotei 13 is not complete, but the Captain Commander is working every day to ensure that each squad is fortified enough to combat the arrancar threat.
Despite the turmoil between Hueco Mundo and Seireitei, with Earth caught dead in the middle, humans continue to live their lives in ignorance save for the few with a high enough spiritual power to notice the hollows. More and more "super" humans are beginning to pop up, somehow learning to harness their spiritual power into weapons to combat the hollows. In addition, the Quincy seem to be getting back to their feet after facing near extinction 50 years ago, with Ishida Uryuu teaching to his friends, subordinates, and family members the ways of the Quincy.
From a political standpoint, Seireitei has become much more ready to swallow their pride and admit when they make a grave error, as shown by the fact that they now acknowledge Bounto as a race of beings that they created, and all hostility towards the creatures has been done away with. Permission has been granted to the scientist that first created the Bounto to begin experimenting again, which the scientist has taken full advantage of. After working for years with copies of his own soul, he has developed techniques to convert an already existing soul into one of these doll-users, and eliminated the need for the creatures to feast on human souls. Few shinigami still harbor ill will towards the Bounto, mostly for the damage done by the man called Kariya so long ago, but the "vampiric" humans are now accepted amongst Soul Society, some even venturing into Seireitei to aid the shinigami in their battle against Hueco Mundo.
Despite the turmoil between Hueco Mundo and Seireitei, with Earth caught dead in the middle, humans continue to live their lives in ignorance save for the few with a high enough spiritual power to notice the hollows. More and more "super" humans are beginning to pop up, somehow learning to harness their spiritual power into weapons to combat the hollows. In addition, the Quincy seem to be getting back to their feet after facing near extinction 50 years ago, with Ishida Uryuu teaching to his friends, subordinates, and family members the ways of the Quincy.
From a political standpoint, Seireitei has become much more ready to swallow their pride and admit when they make a grave error, as shown by the fact that they now acknowledge Bounto as a race of beings that they created, and all hostility towards the creatures has been done away with. Permission has been granted to the scientist that first created the Bounto to begin experimenting again, which the scientist has taken full advantage of. After working for years with copies of his own soul, he has developed techniques to convert an already existing soul into one of these doll-users, and eliminated the need for the creatures to feast on human souls. Few shinigami still harbor ill will towards the Bounto, mostly for the damage done by the man called Kariya so long ago, but the "vampiric" humans are now accepted amongst Soul Society, some even venturing into Seireitei to aid the shinigami in their battle against Hueco Mundo.