Hollow Explanation - Evolution of Hollows
Apr 17, 2021 0:09:42 GMT -6
Post by Bleach Administrator on Apr 17, 2021 0:09:42 GMT -6
When a Human dies, there are three (3) options for what a Soul can do. It is a very simple explanation;
[li]3. Bad Path: This is obviously the worst one. A person with no regrets in life, but lived a horrible life. Will live the rest of eternity in Hell.[/li][/ul]
With only limited abilities to interact with the living, and by definition tied to their goals, many ghosts find they are unable to cope when their loved ones move on or old enemies forget them. At this point, some will become dangerously obsessed with fulfilling those goals, even if the means to fulfill them renders the soul empty: for example, killing anyone who comes near a loved one in order to keep them from hurting that person. In doing so, the ghost warps into a Hollow and, ironically, often makes the focus of their obsession into their first victim, such as what Orihime Inoue's brother, Sora, does. This can be prevented if a Shinigami gives the soul a Soul Burial before it turns into a Hollow.
The process by which a soul becomes a Hollow usually takes months to years to complete, reflected by the length of the soul's Chain of Fate, which usually resides in the center of their chest, and connects to their bodies, if present. The Chain of Fate slowly corrodes over time, coinciding with the degradation of the soul's ties to the living world. The process can be accelerated under certain conditions, such as being attacked by a Hollow, giving into extreme despair, or using certain spiritual powers. When the chain completely decays, they become a Hollow when a hole opens up on their chest where the chain was attached, signifying they have lost their heart.
All Hollows wear masks, which are formed from the hearts they had lost as Humans. This mask protects the naked instinct which is left in a being after the loss of its heart, and obscures the original identity of the Hollow. The masks of different Hollows can differ greatly in shape and form, but are always white and skull-like. The mask can be shattered, temporarily allowing the Hollow to regain its original identity, but it will regenerate after a short period once the Hollow takes over again.
Hollows have widely varying physical characteristics, rarely appearing the same. In terms of appearance, Hollows can range in appearance from furry (like mammals) to lizard-like to outright demonic. Hollows vary in size, though it tends to be fairly consistent among the various classifications of Menos. In Hueco Mundo, some Hollows are no larger than common pets. Most common Hollows are about twice the size of an adult Human, though it can vary to a degree. Significantly large Hollows that tower over Human-sized individuals and buildings are referred to as Huge Hollows (巨大虚 (ヒュージ・ホロウ), Hyūji Horō; Japanese for "Gigantic Hollow").
Hollows gain their unique appearance and individual powers. When a Hollow's heart is carved out by the hole in their chests, the lost heart becomes its mask and changes its outward appearance to what it looks like as a Hollow. The powers a Hollow wields are manifestations of its heart.
Significantly large Hollows that tower over Human-sized individuals and buildings are referred to as Huge Hollows. There really is no other difference between a normal Hollow and a Huge Hollow besides the fact that it seems that a Huge Hollow is significantly stronger than the base Hollow.
Though most Hollows are simply transformed Human souls, a sub-group of Hollows known as Menos Grande, or simply Menos, exist. Menos are conglomerations of hundreds of normal Hollows, resulting in a single composite entity of far greater strength than any normal Hollow. Menos-class Hollows are considered so dangerous Soul Society sends only highly trained Shinigami teams to handle them. These incursions seem to be rare, however, as Menos rarely leave Hueco Mundo unless attracted by large sources of spiritual power or encouraged to by other forces. There are three categories of Menos: Gillian, Adjuchas, and Vasto Lorde.
Menos are created when the void within an ordinary Hollow's heart becomes so substantial Human souls are incapable of sustaining it, at which point it begins devouring fellow Hollows. These cannibal Hollows are attracted to one another, and a mass inter-devouring follows, resulting in a Gillian.
Gillians are the first and weakest of all Menos. In Human terms, they would be considered foot soldiers. There are many of them, and they all look alike. In Soul Society, they are the "Menos" who are generally referred to in textbooks. Gillians are huge, but they are slow and have beast-like intellect. Any captain-level Shinigami can destroy them with ease. Up to the point when Rukia Kuchiki meets Ichigo Kurosaki, she had only seen them in such textbooks, despite having been a Shinigami for many years. Gillians commonly attack in a group, and one is powerful enough to be a challenge for a Lieutenant of the Gotei 13. Gillians typically arrive in the Human World through the use of spatial distortions called Kūmon.
Adjuchas are the second classification of Menos. They are smaller than Gillians and far fewer in number. They are much smarter and stronger than Gillians, and are often the ones who lead Gillians into battle. Adjuchas are commonly solitary creatures, rarely joining into groups. They are powerful enough to challenge a captain of the Gotei 13.
Our Evolution to Vasto Lorde: From the beginning, when a Soul dies, if they had lived a horrible life, whether it be of sin or holy pride. If there was nothing tying them down, they had "Lost their heart" while alive. They would have died and been placed on the earth. When these heartless people die, they are instantly reborn as Hollows, with the insatiable need to feast off their own kind. They skip the Human Soul phase and feed off Hollows instantly.
When they meet with other hollows of the sort, they devour one another and become a Gillian, but instead of losing all individuality. The Original Heartless Hollow instantly takes over, making the Gillian's Mask his own instead of the Jester Mask. To evolve to an Adjuchas, they must devour countless souls.
When they become an Adjuchas, their sense of urgency kicks in. They must devour other Adjuchas. Now when a special Adjuchas, a CHOSEN Adjuchas devours other strong Adjuchas, they can take that necessary step into Vasto Lorde. But only the Special Adjuchas.
Vasto Lorde are the third classification of Menos and the highest level of evolution. They are extremely rare in number, and it is said that their entire number within Hueco Mundo can be counted with the fingers on one's hands. The combat capabilities of a Vasto Lorde are said to be above those of the captains of the Gotei 13.
The process for the creation of a Vasto Lorde is unknown. Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez and his Fracciónes hypothesized that an Adjuchas can become a Vasto Lorde by devouring large amounts of Hollows; however, Shawlong Koufang and his group found this method to be ineffective. After devouring three thousand Hollows, Shawlong speculates that a Vasto Lorde is determined upon an individual's birth as a Hollow, or perhaps before that.
- 1. Good Path: Your soul can move directly on to the Soul Society with no assistance or help.
- 2. Neutral Path: Staying on Earth. There is particularly two (2) ways that you can stay on Earth. Here are the two (2)
- The Innocent One: Pluses are the benign ghosts in the Human World. They are the spirit of a person who has died. A chain, known as the Chain of Fate, protrudes from the chest and connects the soul to its living body. When this chain is severed, the soul can no longer return to its body and live. The soul can move about freely if the chain is broken, but this also causes the chain to slowly corrode. Normally, pluses are sent to Soul Society by Shinigami in a ritual called Konsō before this corrosion becomes significant. If the Chain of Fate is corroded entirely, the Plus will become a Hollow.
- The Ones With Regrets:
- A Jibakurei is a spirit who is not able to leave the Human World that easily because he or she regrets leaving something behind. For example, if the Soul is bound to a place, he or she will stay at this place and refuse to pass on to Soul Society. A Jibakurei is more vulnerable to a Hollow, as being bound to a certain area prevents them from fleeing as far as a normal Plus. This means that the Hollow would only need to search in a small area to find them. It can take months or even years for a Jibakurei to become a Hollow.
- A Tsukirei is a spirit very similar to a Jibakurei as it is also unable to leave the Human World because of something he or she regrets leaving behind. The difference is that a Tsukirei, instead of being bound to a place, is bound to a person, with the Chain of Fate being wrapped around said person.
[li]3. Bad Path: This is obviously the worst one. A person with no regrets in life, but lived a horrible life. Will live the rest of eternity in Hell.[/li][/ul]
Transformation Process!
With only limited abilities to interact with the living, and by definition tied to their goals, many ghosts find they are unable to cope when their loved ones move on or old enemies forget them. At this point, some will become dangerously obsessed with fulfilling those goals, even if the means to fulfill them renders the soul empty: for example, killing anyone who comes near a loved one in order to keep them from hurting that person. In doing so, the ghost warps into a Hollow and, ironically, often makes the focus of their obsession into their first victim, such as what Orihime Inoue's brother, Sora, does. This can be prevented if a Shinigami gives the soul a Soul Burial before it turns into a Hollow.
The process by which a soul becomes a Hollow usually takes months to years to complete, reflected by the length of the soul's Chain of Fate, which usually resides in the center of their chest, and connects to their bodies, if present. The Chain of Fate slowly corrodes over time, coinciding with the degradation of the soul's ties to the living world. The process can be accelerated under certain conditions, such as being attacked by a Hollow, giving into extreme despair, or using certain spiritual powers. When the chain completely decays, they become a Hollow when a hole opens up on their chest where the chain was attached, signifying they have lost their heart.
Hollow #1 - Regular Hollow
All Hollows wear masks, which are formed from the hearts they had lost as Humans. This mask protects the naked instinct which is left in a being after the loss of its heart, and obscures the original identity of the Hollow. The masks of different Hollows can differ greatly in shape and form, but are always white and skull-like. The mask can be shattered, temporarily allowing the Hollow to regain its original identity, but it will regenerate after a short period once the Hollow takes over again.
Hollows have widely varying physical characteristics, rarely appearing the same. In terms of appearance, Hollows can range in appearance from furry (like mammals) to lizard-like to outright demonic. Hollows vary in size, though it tends to be fairly consistent among the various classifications of Menos. In Hueco Mundo, some Hollows are no larger than common pets. Most common Hollows are about twice the size of an adult Human, though it can vary to a degree. Significantly large Hollows that tower over Human-sized individuals and buildings are referred to as Huge Hollows (巨大虚 (ヒュージ・ホロウ), Hyūji Horō; Japanese for "Gigantic Hollow").
Hollows gain their unique appearance and individual powers. When a Hollow's heart is carved out by the hole in their chests, the lost heart becomes its mask and changes its outward appearance to what it looks like as a Hollow. The powers a Hollow wields are manifestations of its heart.
Hollow # 2 - Huge Hollows
Significantly large Hollows that tower over Human-sized individuals and buildings are referred to as Huge Hollows. There really is no other difference between a normal Hollow and a Huge Hollow besides the fact that it seems that a Huge Hollow is significantly stronger than the base Hollow.
The Great Hollows - Menos Category
Though most Hollows are simply transformed Human souls, a sub-group of Hollows known as Menos Grande, or simply Menos, exist. Menos are conglomerations of hundreds of normal Hollows, resulting in a single composite entity of far greater strength than any normal Hollow. Menos-class Hollows are considered so dangerous Soul Society sends only highly trained Shinigami teams to handle them. These incursions seem to be rare, however, as Menos rarely leave Hueco Mundo unless attracted by large sources of spiritual power or encouraged to by other forces. There are three categories of Menos: Gillian, Adjuchas, and Vasto Lorde.
Menos are created when the void within an ordinary Hollow's heart becomes so substantial Human souls are incapable of sustaining it, at which point it begins devouring fellow Hollows. These cannibal Hollows are attracted to one another, and a mass inter-devouring follows, resulting in a Gillian.
Hollow # 3 - Gillian
Gillians are the first and weakest of all Menos. In Human terms, they would be considered foot soldiers. There are many of them, and they all look alike. In Soul Society, they are the "Menos" who are generally referred to in textbooks. Gillians are huge, but they are slow and have beast-like intellect. Any captain-level Shinigami can destroy them with ease. Up to the point when Rukia Kuchiki meets Ichigo Kurosaki, she had only seen them in such textbooks, despite having been a Shinigami for many years. Gillians commonly attack in a group, and one is powerful enough to be a challenge for a Lieutenant of the Gotei 13. Gillians typically arrive in the Human World through the use of spatial distortions called Kūmon.
- Appearance: Gillians are huge monster Hollows at least 2-6 stories tall, easily dwarfing even the largest standard Hollow. They all have a white mask with an elongated nose. Their bodies are covered from their head to their feet with a black covering reminiscent of a cloak. Around their neck is a row of thin white spikes. They have large, pointed feet wrapped in white bandages. They have large white hands with long, sharp, white nails, but they are commonly hidden within their cloak, rarely revealed even in combat. They have long tongues capable of breaking a fellow Hollow's mask.
- Signature Skills: Cero, Kūmon, Negación.
- Evolution to Adjuchas: Though Gillians usually have no personality to speak of, which makes them dangerous since they have no mind of their own, one of the many Hollows which comprise it might gain control over the newly formed entity, reflected in the unique mask it wears in comparison to a normal Gillian. Only these Gillian variants have the potential to evolve into Adjuchas-class Menos. The evolution is facilitated by the continued cannibalization of fellow Hollows, even other Gillians.
Hollow # 4 - Adjuchas
Adjuchas are the second classification of Menos. They are smaller than Gillians and far fewer in number. They are much smarter and stronger than Gillians, and are often the ones who lead Gillians into battle. Adjuchas are commonly solitary creatures, rarely joining into groups. They are powerful enough to challenge a captain of the Gotei 13.
- Appearance: Adjuchas can vary radically in appearance, anywhere from bulky humanoids to the jaguar-like form of pre-Arrancar Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez.
- Signature Skills: Cero, Garganta, Unique Individual Powers & Abilities.
- Evolution: Adjuchas-class Menos are much smaller in population compared to the Gillian class, due to the rarity of any one Hollow being capable of overwhelming the many other Hollows which comprise the body of a Gillian. Furthermore, the Adjuchas must continue to devour Hollows, or its mind will be absorbed by the other Hollows comprising its form, and it will revert into a Gillian. The subsequent lack of an individual will prevent the reverted Gillian from becoming an Adjuchas again. If any part of an Adjuchas is devoured, they permanently cease evolving and possibly stop regressing into a Gillian, as the Adjuchas in Grimmjow's group asked him to eat them so they would not regress.
Our Evolution to Vasto Lorde: From the beginning, when a Soul dies, if they had lived a horrible life, whether it be of sin or holy pride. If there was nothing tying them down, they had "Lost their heart" while alive. They would have died and been placed on the earth. When these heartless people die, they are instantly reborn as Hollows, with the insatiable need to feast off their own kind. They skip the Human Soul phase and feed off Hollows instantly.
When they meet with other hollows of the sort, they devour one another and become a Gillian, but instead of losing all individuality. The Original Heartless Hollow instantly takes over, making the Gillian's Mask his own instead of the Jester Mask. To evolve to an Adjuchas, they must devour countless souls.
When they become an Adjuchas, their sense of urgency kicks in. They must devour other Adjuchas. Now when a special Adjuchas, a CHOSEN Adjuchas devours other strong Adjuchas, they can take that necessary step into Vasto Lorde. But only the Special Adjuchas.
Hollow # 5 - Vasto Lorde
Vasto Lorde are the third classification of Menos and the highest level of evolution. They are extremely rare in number, and it is said that their entire number within Hueco Mundo can be counted with the fingers on one's hands. The combat capabilities of a Vasto Lorde are said to be above those of the captains of the Gotei 13.
The process for the creation of a Vasto Lorde is unknown. Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez and his Fracciónes hypothesized that an Adjuchas can become a Vasto Lorde by devouring large amounts of Hollows; however, Shawlong Koufang and his group found this method to be ineffective. After devouring three thousand Hollows, Shawlong speculates that a Vasto Lorde is determined upon an individual's birth as a Hollow, or perhaps before that.
- Appearance: Vasto Lordes are extremely small Hollows, roughly the same size as humans.
- Signature Skills: Cero, Sonído