Legato
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| Legato ♂ | |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | 1st March, 1606 (405) |
| Place of Birth | Naples, Italy |
| Player | Fortissimo |
| Hollow | |
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Appearance
Legato's appearance is quite awkward for a Hollow. He appears to be more of a humanoid type Hollow with a tall lanky body structure. His skin tone is a light brown with various white scars littering his muscly frame. He has no tail whatsoever nor does he have claws of any sort. He is much like a mix between a human and an ape with arms that reach that are strong looking yet slender, they’re used to support his weight as his weapon of choice are his legs. Legato’s legs are his pride, he stands tall with his legs bulging with veins and distinctly the longest part on his body; a unique looking Hollow.
All across this Hollow's body are about 14 small disc like structures with open holes. They're around 2 inches in diameter and the hole in the center of them nearly 1 and a half inches, so dark that one cannot see inside them, nor would one want to. These apparatus are located 2 on each shoulder, one on each hand on the palms, 3 on the chest and 5 in the shape of a pentagram on his back. They are small devices that emit sound waves that support Legato's very existence.
The final and most odd feature about Legato would have to be his mask. His mask is nothing but a smoothed over white mask, faceless. Nothing special whatsoever. This mask renders the Hollow completely blind by visual laws but he has other means of seeing the world. His enjoyment of music and the harmonious sounds of the world allow the Hollow a vivid view of the it. An oddity among Hollows to say the least.
Legato devours souls in a much different way than other hollows. He simply beats his enemies to a pulp until they perish whereupon he absorbs their soul through the holes on his body. An ability found through desperation and peril of dying of hunger.
Personality
Legato's personality is unlike that of many other Hollows. He is not fearful, he is not characterized by despair, and he shows no signs of regret. He's quite the opposite of those characteristics, being enthusiastic and optimistic as a Hollow. He gallivants around in almost a merry mood listening in to the symphony of the world and on occasions the eerie echoes upon the sands of Las Noches. He finds living the life of a soul consuming beast to be the most interesting and creative job one can live.
His view on Hollows and Shinigami alike is practically the same. He welcomes the presence of both because he on a certain level understands the harmony of having the two operate in the World. His harmonious nature allows him to sadistically take the lives of humans to join the ranks of Hollows. He's not as bold as some Hollows or as brash to take the lives of the living, he only seeks out lost souls whom have not learned of the konsou of the Shinigami. In that way he's a bit of a softy.
Legato's view of the world is through sound and the vibrations of sound his body gives off to view it in an odd sonar/visual system. Due to this ability he sees many colors that others do not see. For instance, the robes of the Shinigami appear bright pink to him wrapped in a black sash. It is unknown to anyone how his brain interprets the returning sound waves and creates colors out of them. But you can imagine that sound fills Legato's world with vibrant colors of excitement.
History
The son of an impoverished family, born in the year 1606, the first day of March; Sanji D'Alessio came into this world with an unknown condition. He had an overly large heart coupled with heart disease. A tragic judgment for a child to bare. This status did not hamper Sanji as he grew up though. He seemingly grew to be a somewhat healthy young man with an intense vigor for life. By the age of 10 he was performing well for himself.
Despite his condition, Sanji took a liking to music. Instruments of all kinds were the center of his focus for years while he struggled through hard times to finish what little education he could get. At a young age he'd promised himself to become a great musician, one to go down as a legend. He study hard much to his disadvantage to realize his dream. He stressed his body to extremes to perfect his talent and it was years before it actually brought him favor of any kind.
The now 21 year old had finally landed a job as a backstage orchestral player. Not something big, nor noticeable to anyone but his fellow musicians. Despite this he continued to compose his own music and even pitched a couple of tunes to a few compatriots. He was beginning to enjoy life until 'it' happened. He found himself hospitalized and within weeks he was out of a job. All thanks to his heart's condition.
His heart was failing and fast. He was quickly going down the drain with no estimate on his life's remaining expectancy. So he pushed forward, straining his heart even further to attain his dreams. He soon found himself in 7 years time with an all star ensemble of artisans of near pro status. It was a fantastic experience that would highlight Sanji's life; if he ever experienced it that is.
He paced in the basement of the theatre they were to perform in with worry and concern. Life was falling onto his shoulders far too quickly. Sanji D'Alessio would take his last breath that night, the stress piercing his very being to the heart. He suffered massive heart failure likely attributed to high stress followed by a heart attack that ended his life.
Sanji's life was gone and he lay in the basement confused as they came to remove his body. Why couldn't he go with them? He was still alive and well right in front of them. His despair for what he was leaving behind in life brought down chain's of judgment which bound Sanji as a Jibaku (Earth-Bound Soul) to the very basement of where he was to have his greatest performance. For some months he was tortured by the musical notes so beautifully played above him until by an act of fate his chain came to an end.
A new creature was born from the pathetic life of the Italian man of 28. Sanji had moved on to a higher being, or so hypothesized. He had become a vivid beast, a slave to music and sound; A Hollow.
Combat
Strengths
Extreme Hearing: Due to unknown circumstances, Legato is a Hollow born without eyes with an acute sense of hearing. His body is always in a state of vibration as it lets off a high pitched sonar-esque wave unheard to any ear. The brain of this Hollow takes in the unique vibrations of these waves as they rebound off of a plethora of different textures. His brain somehow processes these waves into a picture built with custom colors in his mind, thus allowing Legato to view the world in a way all his own. With his heightened hearing he can see things long distances away and hear things for quite some distance. This allows him 3 Dimensional vision. Practically eyes all around him.
Melee-ist: Legato's awkwardly built body gives him a long reach in combat as well as a defense against attacks. Having such a slender body allows the Hollow to evade blows much easier since he has less surface area exposed than much larger creatures. His speed is somewhat above average as he is able to maneuver a battle field with ease and dexterity. He's built to fight hand-to-hand combat, his feet being his favored weapon.
Weaknesses
Loud Noises?: Like Sun light for human sight, an over-abundance of sound can disorient Legato much like a flash bang would a creature of sight. It takes quite a bit of noise though to blur the Hollows vision and usually takes quite a large explosion to hamper his ability to see well.
Uniqueness: Being unique as Legato is, many things can distract this oddly merry Hollow. He'll often be distracted from combat by harmonious melodies of sound heard about his environment. Moments like these leave the Hollow susceptible to danger and an open target quite literally while he analyzes and mimics what he hears. These distractions happened frequently enough that it's amazing Legato is still alive to this day.
A Sound Weakness: Legato's discs that litter his skin are what emit sound every nanosecond, unheard to any ear, but these waves allow the Hollow to see, plugging up each of the 15 holes of this Hollow is like plucking out an eye. But if one were to stab a weapon into these holes the said weapon would deeper into his innards much easier than trying to ct from the outside in.
