Shinigami Academy

= About the Soulreaper Community =
The Shinigami Academy is a Roleplay Group in VRChat, whichs focus is the structure and values of the Shinigamis of the Anime/Manga Series Bleach but without forged characters of the series.
It was founded at the 25th of July 2022 and has been going strong ever since with constant updates on the avatars, world and roleplay itself! 
The initial founders are Soul Queen Nyralim (back then Captain-Commander) and Overseer Mod-Soul ArtiFintell (back then Vice-Captain), a few months later when everything was still in the creation process, (back then Veteran-Shinigami) Bezythe joined as the third founder creating the home-world for the SA, whilst Nyralim focused on the avatars and ArtiFintell managed the discord as well as his self written discord Bot Soteria. Later on, Nyralim took over world creation as well, since Bezythe retired.
They provide many different kinds of events (from social hangouts through roleplay-training to martial arts trianings). Just like the anime, the group consists of Divisions, wherein members of the SA can engage and contribute in many ways to the group. A sense of purpose is therefore present, allowing the Shinigami to both thrive in their choice of specialty and enrich the group with new and intricate ideas for events or additions of other kinds.
We put a lot of effort into transparency as such, things like reank-up requirements are written down and for everyone to see, even Citizen can peek into most role-play related channels. The only things not made transparent are sensitive personal information or suprise-event-plannings!
=History and Memories=
The Group was initially founded over a long period of time by Nyralim and ArtiFintell, dating as far back to the 12th October 2021 as the Waifu Dragon Knights. Nyralim put a lot of effort in the Base Models, creating them from scratch in Blender and ArtiFintell wrote an entire Discord Bot from scratch to help the Server-Mangement. Both are getting constant updtes and improvements. Later then, at the 16th December 2021, Bezythe joined as the 3rd founder, creating the first Home World of the WDK and many more in the long run.
But sadly, after the Recruiting and RP officially started in January 2022, the group couldn't grab the interest of VRChat as the entire Theme was made up from scratch and not recognized by people. Thus, after careful consideration, the WDK got turned over completely. That was the birth of the Shinigami Academy on the 25th July 2022, with new Base-Models created out of the old ones and new names for the ranks as well as implementing most of the divisions from the Anime Bleach. Current active Members were given the opportunity to keep their Rank and simply continue on, though some did retire as they didn't connect with the new theme. But after some time most of the previous retired WDK-Members decided to re-enlist after all.
With the new divisions, a strong base-structure was created and more Division-specific events could be created and hosted. 5th Divsion builds the main pillar of the RP, as it is in charge of Training Instruction for the new members, as well as 12th Division with the creation of the Barracks, Uniforms and Spells. Especially the Events of 10th Division in charge of large Scale Missions and Tournaments skyrocketed with Soul-Week and several Mini-Tournaments. 
= Divisions =
As the original Anime/Manga covers a total of 13 divisions, we tried to implement as many as possible which lead to a number of 10 in total. Most Divisions can be entered from the very beginning upon joining, though it is only mandatory to join one upon graduating the Academy and becoming a full fledged Shinigami. Some Divisions however, have certain requirements that need to be met, before a member can join them. It is advised to only pick one division in the beginning, but it is allowed for the enlisted to be a member of three divisions in total, with one being their main division, as long as the other divisions don't get neglected entirely.
=== ❁1st Divison❁ ===
In this division, you are under direct command of the Soul Queen, as such, it is your duty to protect her in public instances and guard her from any threat.
You will keep an eye on possible crashers or Client users during recruitments and warn the host about such individuals. On Promotion Ceremonies, you are to stand guard in front of stage and keep tact at all times!
Join requirements: Only Elite Members and above! (S-7+)
=== 2nd Division ===
Because the Captain of the 2nd Division also leads the Onmitsukidô (Stealth Force), the 2nd Division's duties are directly tied in with it. Thus this division is part of the Special Forces and in charge of the Executive Militia, the Patrol Unit and the Detention Unit. Mostly their missions consist of Stealth- and Assassination-Missions.
Join requirements: Pass Hakuda Training!
=== 3rd Division ===
This division is in charge of security matters as Well as managing the bot @Soteria#6613 .
You will also be tasked with keeping drama in check that may affect the group. You will also handle the Interviews of new recruits in the #⛩gate.
Join requirements: Rank S-4 minimum + prove to be trustworthy
=== 4th Division ===
This division exists to take care of our groups mental health. At least once a month they will hit you up and check up on your wellbeing. They are there to lend an ear to your problems as well as guide the new recruits a bit. Sometimes there may be a medical info-event!
Join requirements: no record of bad behaviour! Pass Kidô Training!
=== 5th Division ===
The Training-Instructors are in charge of education of the trainees. Which means they will host the Basic Trainings for Hakuda, Kendo, Kido and Formations as well as their advanced version and Trivias.
Join requirements: None
=== 6th Division ===
By tradition, this division has been charged with compiling and protecting the history of Soul Society. Thus writing down any notable events or individuals biographies. (Lore)
Join requirements: None
=== 7th Division ===
This divisions main job is to recruit new members into the group and advertise it. So they will also collect a lot of memories in form of pictures and videos. Feel free to live your art and create posters, a collage or video!
Join requirements: None
=== 10th Division ===
This Division will be in charge of hosting any kind of competition or pure RP-Events +EOD. Firstly, the casual ones, for training purposes and lastly the tournaments, for competition and earning awards. These can have different mechanics. Some may include flying a jet, others driving a car, or maybe strategy in chess or pool. whichever one the members of this division come up with!
Join requirements: Obtain Bronze EOD-Badge!
=== 11th Division ===
This division is solemnly for any Kind of combat events (for example Capture the Flag, Firearm-Safety, HSaR, etc). They instruct and teach their fellow trainees how to handle a weapon as well as combat strategies and movement. They are also the ones that mainly host the Soul-Week!
Join requirements: Pass Kendo Training!
=== 12th Division ===
In short: Your job is to dev for this group. You will have a certain amount of people assigned to you that you're in charge of updating their avatars regarding awards and rank, as well as customisation-requests, according to the regulations in #avatar-info. And provide ideas to the other devs and staff team, to better the groups aesthetics.
Maybe you can even work on our home world, if that's more within your skillset.
Join requirements: Basic Blender or Unity knowledge, Rank S-4 minimum.
 (have a look here, for reference to the Anime: http://www.theotaku.com/worlds/bleachcommunication/view/331233/divisions_and_their_duties/)
=Lore of the SA=
In ancient Times, when the first living beings exhaled their last breath, another Dimension came into existence. The land of the Souls. That was when these lives noticed, that there was something beyond death. Like a second chance, or rather an eternal existence, as they wouldn't feel tired nor the need for food, and they also wouldn't age past adulthood, unless they were already old when they died in the previous world, but wouldn’t feel as old. One could describe it as Paradise... Except for some individuals. They would feel hunger, exhaustion, and something strange. As if they were still alive... and yet it was different. Since no one else was in need of food, there was barely any to get, except some sweets, that the souls crafted and consumed to be reminded of the taste from their previous life. So they began to build farms and grow crops in this realm of the dead. 
On the contrary, these special cases of souls noticed a weird power arising within themselves. Mostly in manipulating the energy around and within them. It was Somehow indescribable. So they experimented with these new found variables. And noticed that their inner energy would grow the more they use it. Thus, some of those with power would indulge themselves in cultivation and training of these skills and a few others would rather research that power and the laws of this dimension, rather than training themselves. 
Over the decades, older souls began teaching the newly arrived souls, that they noticed were hungry, in their arts in exchange for new knowledge of the world of the living. The researchers also found out, that forging Katanas with these special skills would create Asauchi, a special kind of Katana that would grow a consciousness and special Power with their wearer as they imprint it by pouring in part of their power. That also could only happen once. Maybe only one in a million was able to imprint more than one Asauchi. With this, the power of the Souls increased as they now had a Zanpakuto on their side, thus these groups of souls called themselves Shinigami or Soul-Reaper. As they are merely souls now, but could harvest spiritual energy. 
Through different reports of newly arrived souls, the existence of hollows became more and more real, until one night where a hollow managed to get into the Soul-Land through a rip in space. It was not a particularly strong hollow, but its defeat was at the cost of some lifes. Which was also the day the inhabitants of the Soul-Society noticed that they were not immortal. This event ultimately led to their first funeral. Through years of research they found out a lot about hollows, how they used to be living beings like themselves, how killing them with a Zanpakuto would cleanse their soul and have them return as a new member of their Dimension, or summon the gates of hell, when the soul has been a gravely sinner before their death. One thing lead to another, and some day, they found a way to go over to the world of the living through the Dangai also called Parsing World. Though it floated freely in the Garganta (which the hollows use to transition over between the dimensions) and thus collapsed easily, they build the Kotetsu, a machine that was not affected by the ever shifting wall of the Dangai. It killed every hollow in its path that happened to had found their way in this in-between-space, and cleaned the paths of any interspatial left-overs. Which Was also why a guide in form of a hell-butterfly was created. Initially, These butterflies were used to relay important messages as fast as possible, but they now could also guide the Soulreapers through the entwined corridors of the Dangai without encountering the Kotetsu, as it couldn't differentiate between friend or foe and was nearly invulnerable. 
And with the decades passing, a society emerged: The Soul-Society (or Seireitei)! Of course that society needed a leader as well as laws and protective measures against rebels and hollows that rarely made their way into the outskirts of the Soul-Society. In this world of the dead, an exceptional powerful woman called Nyralim, came out on top and took on the role of Soul-Queen! She now manages the balance of the souls in the world of the living and the Soul-Society. To make sure, Hollows are being exorcized, Wholes are being released with a Konzô (Soul-Burial) and that other souls can re-incarnate. Protecting the souls is the utmost important duty of every Shinigami. And to prevent early deaths for her fellow-Soul-Reapers, she founded the Shinigami Academy, in order to train those that want to become strong to survive and help keeping the balance of these worlds. Only upon graduating the Academy would the Souls be allowed to obtain their own Asauchi in order to form a bond with it, to make it their own Zanpakuto. Upon these graduates, some would strive high and grow strong and thus were given positions as Captains over certain divisions, being in charge of important tasks. The first Captain to ever be appointed under Nyralims rule, was ArtiFintell, who is mostly in charge of the security of the Seireitei with his self created guardian: Soteria. And another outstanding Shinigami, Bezythe, was the first to achieve Bankai afterwards. He, soon, also rose to the position of Officer, accompanied by his old friend Kito. 
Soul Queen Nyralim hopes for the prosperity and growth of the youths, to see more and more Shinigami pick up their weapon in defense for the weak souls in both worlds.
= Special Extras =
# The higher your Rank in the SA, the more fancy stuff our members can unlock for their Avatar. As in the Anime Bleach, one will be getting an interactive Katana decorating their hip with several special Effects first thing after graduating the Basic and Special Trainings of the Academy.
# Once the sufficient Rank is reached, one can have their first Sword release, the Shikai added to their avatar, which usually consists of a basic toggle and minor effects. The Zanpakuto's traits will first have to be written down in detail, before it can be added to the uniform. The shape of the Shikai is completely up to the wielder. 
# For the higher Elite Members of the SA, the Bankai of their Zanpakuto can be obtained. It fairs similar to the Shikai, but contains more than just a simple toggle (unless the member doesn't want an animation).
# The moment the Rank for a custom Uniform is reached, custom Season-Avatars will also unlock with it. These are Bikini-Avatars for Summer, Hollow-Avatars for Halloween as well as Easter- and Christmas-Avatars.
# For all Elite members, a custom Combat-Uniform is unlocked, unless the individual is Member of a combat-related Division, then they get the custom Model earlier (when they unlock their Shikai)
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= Gallery =
File:VRChat 1920x1080 2022-07-26 21-09-08.007.png|The Waifu Dragon Knights
File:VRChat 1920x1080 2022-09-14 21-40-35.427.png|The beginnings of the SA with some MMD
File:VRChat 2022-10-23 17-28-58.665 1920x1080.png|Teaching at the Classroom
File:VRChat 2022-11-28 20-43-06.735 1920x1080.png|Recruitment at the Japan Shrine
File:VRChat 2022-12-04 18-01-47.120 1920x1080.png|Formation Training
File:VRChat 2023-01-03 20-57-34.392 1920x1080.png|Among Us
File:VRChat 2023-02-05 19-48-32.757 1920x1080.png|celebrating New Years
File:VRChat 2023-02-26 18-40-20.107 1920x1080.png|in Formation: Bezythe, Kito11, KMT_777, PH0B0S, GuiltyCrow and students
File:VRChat 2023-04-11 23-00-32.083 1920x1080.png
File:VRChat 2023-05-01 19-13-25.795 1920x1080.png|Hakuda Training (Hand-to-Hand-Combat)
File:VRChat 2023-05-04 21-55-05.656 1920x1080.png
File:VRChat 2023-05-10 21-59-38.303 1920x1080.png
File:VRChat 2023-06-01 21-21-34.099 1920x1080.png
File:VRChat 2023-06-06 20-25-11.350 1920x1080.png|Blackout with Reapdog, Nyralim, a Citizen, The Toymaker, Bezythe, Tier Yatogami, Kito11 and a student
File:VRChat 2023-06-12 23-13-41.652 1920x1080.png|Magic Heist
File:VRChat 2023-07-25 21-07-09.444 1920x1080.png|custom Summer Season-Avatars!
File:VRChat 2023-07-25 21-36-31.798 1920x1080.png|Shinigami Academy Summer Special (SASS)
File:VRChat 2023-07-28 21-32-37.778 1920x1080.png
File:VRChat 2023-08-15 21-09-23.473 1920x1080.png|Summer Soul-Week 2023 with custom combat avatars
File:VRChat 2023-08-26 21-13-23.797 1920x1080.png|some MMD with BuGFace, The Toymaker, ATOM_uwu, Bezythe, Nyralim, Kito11 and Y0URI
File:VRChat 2023-10-06 21-09-11.901 1920x1080.png|Chilling at the Onsen
File:VRChat 2023-10-31 22-06-55.328 1920x1080.png|Hangout with new custom Holloween Season-Avatars
File:VRChat 2023-11-06 19-12-36.068 1920x1080.png|Hollow MMD mit masks
File:VRChat 2023-11-06 19-23-37.661 1920x1080.png|Hollow MMD without masks with a student, BuGFace, PH0B0S, Kito11 and Nyralim
File:VRChat 2023-11-07 17-38-24.474 1920x1080.png|Basic Training in the new Home-World
File:VRChat 2023-11-07 20-00-33.180 1920x1080.png|Assasination-Blackout with lots of students
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