Division: 10th Division
Rank: Captain
History: During the Seireitei Civil War she declared herself neutral having herself and her entire division quarantined for the duration of the last 60 years or so, given the fear that she was secretly working with the rest of her family. But during that time increasing pressure from her family led to her breaking point and she found herself wanting to die. Upon trying and failing to end her own existence she found herself with child and decided to end her neutrality for his sake. She sided with the Gotei, providing key information and strategies which led to the eventual downfall of Kumori Mōryōmaru and his sons. She further negotiated for an extension of her own life, and raised Kumori Raizen for several decades before her own execution. Though she never committed any crimes in the first place.
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Powers & Abilities
Kidō Master: Shiragiku knows every spell in the books, since she co-authored a lot of them herself. Kido holds no secrets to her and she can masterfully cast every spell using only a name to do so. Up to #89 she can also make the spells appear from thin air, all the while still retaining great potential. She can manipulate Kido energy in such a way that powerful attacks are stopped on her body without there seemingly being a cause which stopped them, or instantly produce tremendous aimed explosions. The speed by which she can string up spells makes one wonder if it weren't two or three masters, who were hiding somewhere, doing most of the work.
Genius Intellect: Arguably, the most fearsome trait of Shiragiku is her tremendous intellect. She is well-versed in the history and proceedings of the world and is privy to knowledge unknown to many, such as secret methods. She easily grabs the concepts of subjects completely new to her and masters them quickly. Even in the most complex and dangerous of situations Shiragiku can rely on her calculating intellect to figure out the best course of action. Her assessment of a situation is swift, ad-hoc and accurate, allowing her to deduce the nature of other people’s abilities and countering them, often only requiring a few instances of observation.
Master Manipulator: Shiragiku has shown herself to be a very crafty and cunning woman. She is able to deceive and manipulate others around her in different ways for a variety of purposes. She has a great talent for analyzing and observing everything in her presence, allowing her to quickly understand a person's pattern of thinking and better manipulate them. Her plans with others often involve long term strategies where she moves other people around like pieces on a chessboard and ensuring they play the part she intended for them. Her most elaborate schemes to get people to do what she wants is often premeditated many steps in advance. She is also a cunning provocateur, very adept at finding people’s mental weak spots and then provoking them with petty discussions and word plays. Despite this she is extremely well able to hide her true demeanor, even making the people closest to her believe she is the total opposite of what she really is.
Master Strategist & Tactician: With her vast experience as a commander and a warrior, Shiragiku is a person of great tactical acumen. Her tactical insight is proven by her preparations for the battle; which includes setting traps or leadings her enemies along complex battle plans. She can seamlessly adjust to new developments and make quick decisions accordingly. She understands the strengths, weaknesses and mannerisms of her enemies and uses them to her advantage. Her sense of stratagem goes unopposed when she expertly moves large hosts onto the battlefield. Like this Shiragiku can prepare victory many steps in advance and even incorporate her enemies and their plans into her grand scheme. Regardless of her own powers or those of others, Shiragiku always remains a tactically cautious.
Overwhelming Reiatsu: Being one of the strongest and most experienced Captains, Shiragiku possesses an exceedingly powerful Reiatsu. Its sheer strength is enough to break free from the strongest bonds in seconds. Her Reiatsu induces striking fear into fighters possessing a great amount of Reiatsu and can paralyze those possessing a High Reiatsu simply by staring into their direction. Not in 1,000 years has a warrior been born more powerful than she. It can directly oppose an immense amount of Reiatsu of others and tip the scales in her favor, it can even negate the effects of their abilities, if she exerts it. When at its peak, her spiritual power can be felt around the world.
Great Strength: As a fighter with great physical conditioning, Shiragiku has shown sufficient strength to partly block immensely powerful attacks and is capable of dealing with powerful strikes. Her attacks also hold great potency behind them, easily enough to launch other people of the ground and through solid objects, as well as leaving deep craters behind.
Enhanced Speed: Shiragiku has demonstrated enhanced speed and reflexes in battle. Even when caught by surprise from an enemy's attack, she can react to it with a dodge to minimize the effects. Offensively, she can keep up a quick assault which forces weaker opponents on the defense, as she leaves no openings for them in her attacks.
Immense Endurance: Shiragiku seems to be tirelessly energetic in combat. No amount of physical maneuver can tire her or slow her down. Likewise she can also ignore heavy injury to her body and is generally hard to slow down. Even when being riddled with otherwise incapacitating wounds, Shiragiku can just shrug it off and continue fighting without any sign of being hindered.
Enhanced Durability: Shiragiku's body has received significant battle-conditioning and can take large amounts of punishment. She can take frequent unarmed attacks from weaker individuals on her body and come out unscathed, or with little consequence if not laugh about it instead.
Hohō Master: Shiragiku is highly skilled in the art of Shunpo. She has mastered this ability to the point where she can appear to be in several places at once. She can easily close tremendous gaps of distance in the blink of an eye while remaining undetected, and can surprise even some of the most proficient masters of this art as well. She is capable of effortlessly dodging simultaneous attacks at close range and evading Bankai level techniques. She is perceived to be so fast that one cannot discern even being attacked by her until after it has taken place. Even masters can barely keep up with her while she is still holding back.
Zanjutsu Master: Her skill with her sword has been honed to a masterful level, letting Shiragiku strike multiple times with changes of attack type (from slash to pierce) without any difficulty. Her skills and immense might with her sword allow her to always fight with one hand free, only using both hands when facing opponents she feels will beat her otherwise, which is an unlikely occurrence in its own right. She would have no problem fighting two masters simultaneously, and she might still come out on top.
Hakuda Master: Shiragiku's skills are great enough to force some of the greatest melee fighters at their peak to fight seriously during combat. She has proven to be quite aggressive as well as highly proficient in hand-to-hand combat. She demonstrates her skill and agility in this area by launching devastating attacks without laying a finger on her Zanpakutō. Facing armed opponents is no problem whatsoever for her, as her skills make her every limb a lethal weapon by itself.
Basic Healer: Shiragiku has a basic knowledge of Kaidō and associated techniques. She is able to after a few moments of observation assess minor injuries are and take the proper action to stabilize them by starting to repair a person’s Reiatsu, perhaps heal simple injuries over time. She also possesses the skills to apply the basic Reihai techniques, the first eight, to tackle common battlefield injuries. She may also assess more serious injuries which lie beyond her capabilities to repair.
Enhanced Senses not only can Shiragiku utilize the normal Reiatsu sensing technique of a Shinigami, she is also in posession of superior other senses. Her sight, hearing, sense of smell and even her feel for Reiatsu are very acute and sharp; able to discern smaller sources and nuances where others could not.
Kenatsu (剣圧, "Sword Pressure"): Like many swords, Tessaiga can cut opponents without touching them by firing small concentrated bursts of Reiryoku.
