Kristoff Vasquez
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| Vasquez, Kristoff ♂ | |
|---|---|
  Número Diez | |
| Date of Birth | 3rd June, 1422 (589) |
| Place of Birth | Nice, France |
| Player | Kristoff |
| Arrancar | |
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Appearance
Kristoff is of average height, standing at roughly 5’8” tall, and is modestly built, weighing in at roughly 160 lbs with little muscle showing (most of the tone is in his torso and his upper limbs, which are covered). Bodily appearances show for white skin, black hair, and a couple scars. His hands are notably rough and somewhat bulky, indicating a lack of finesse in his character, though it also shows for his ability to exert force when needed. Kristoff’s hollow mask remant resembles a human skull and covers most of the left side of his face, giving his eye a distinct yellow appearance of a hollow’s eye. His Arrancar uniform consists of an open flowing jacket, a v-collar shirt, and the usual hakama, sash, & black socks, the only exception being the white-strapped sandals. His hollow hole, while placed in his left oblique, is covered by his shirt. One or two unusual features about Kristoff’s clothing is his backwards white colonial hat, keeping his hair orderly, and the black cloth serving as an eyepatch; he is blind in his right eye.
Personality
Mellow and calm would best describe Kristoff; keeping an air of cool about him (much less the toxicity of his smoke), Kristoff usually shows a demeanor that has no room for nonsense, intent on listening and getting things done in an efficient and timely manner without participating in any small talk. He is often prone to dabbling in toxic substances for a quick ‘high’, but his concentration is undisturbed when he’s feeling good; sometimes it helps him keep his cool when times are stressful.
Like a good worker, Kristoff will follow orders with minimal questioning, but he will refuse to follow an order or commit a deed if he thinks it conflicts with the status quo, be it his own or his superiors. Along this sense of duty, Kristoff also has a grim but true sense of justice; he will not kill for simple pleasure or the pleasure of others, only if he thinks violence has been engaged for a wrong reason, such as divine authority or conflict of interest. He believes killing is of the natural order, and will not unsheathe his sword unless it is to defend himself or someone else who doesn’t deserve it. In the case of war, he will try to avoid casualties, but will side with those he thinks are friends and be a defensive player against enemies, striking only when the time is right.
History
Kristoff Vasques was born in France to a moderate citizen of Spain and a commoner from France, accounting for his mixed lineage. Abandoned at birth, poverty was his worst enemy, aside from those who he was competing with in order to survive. He grew up quickly, taking work when he was still a young boy, working as hard as he could just so he could have a meal at the end of the day, making his home wherever he felt comfortable enough to sleep; sometimes he went without sleep for days. He lived a life of poverty, all the way until he was a young adult, stealing what he needed and then some (mostly tobacco to account for his horrid smell) in order to make the days not hurt so much, but his inevitable demise came all too soon.
One day an outbreak of Spanish Influenza struck Kristoff, wreaking havoc on his weakened immune system and killing him once he took his final bout of sleep. He awoke as a ghost, having a chain attached to his chest, and began to wander the land in search of a way to find eternal rest. Kristoff never found solace, and unable to interact with anyone, his despair eventually degraded him into a hollow, driving him mad and his hunger driving him to eat any other souls that wandered in his midst. He was like this for the greater part of a century, mustering up the strength to gain back a twisted sense of consciousness, and making his way to the hollow wastelands of Las Dias.
There, Kristoff’s hunger grew and grew over centuries until eating human souls weren’t enough, moving onto shinigami and then eventually other hollows, anything he could wrap his black hole of a mouth around. His accumulation of hollows eventually morphed him into a Menos Grande, his newfound power great enough to strike fear into more shinigami. One particular bout with a group of shinigami ended in a bloody mess, Kristoff surviving the encounter with grievous injuries that included the loss of his right eye, accounting for his blindness. Since his mask was mortally damaged, Kristoff took one mighty grab and ripped the bony plate off, turning him into a human-like ghost once again with a fragment of his mask remaining; fortunately the transformation had healed most of his injuries, but his eye was gone.
In preparing for his new life, Kristoff took from one of the shinigami the sheath from his zanpakutō, knowing that the sheath was more powerful than the blade. He also took a strip of cloth from the tattered shihakusho and turned it into a strap eyepatch to cover his blind eye. Kristoff then returned to Hueco Mundo, the reiatsu in the air, forming his zanpakutō and an appropriate clothing set, heading for the only place rumored to house others like him: Las Noches.
Combat
Strengths
- Dark Vision: Kristoff is unhindered in low light, having seen darkness his entire life. People could safely call him ‘nocturnal’. He can even see whimsical traces of reiatsu and reishi if he concentrates a bit.
- Gas: Kristoff naturally emits an air of toxicity, therefore minor gaseous toxins hardly affect him.
- Defensive Fighter: Kristoff knows how to defend himself well enough to bide time, waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike.
Weaknesses
- Smell: Kristoff has virtually no sense of smell because of his smoking history; he can’t smell anything other than his own toxic fumes.
- Peripheral Vision: Kristoff has only one eye, therefore his peripheral vision is limited to his left eye and can only fully grasp sight of things on his left side. Tilting his head towards the right helps a little, but will never fully compensate for two eyes.
- Short of breath: Kristoff can’t really exert himself too much or he’ll have to stop to catch his breath, hence his fighting style; smoking has done its damage to his lungs in life and it carried over unto his spirit.
