Bambietta Basterbine

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Bambietta Basterbine is a powerful female Quincy who also
acts as a member of the Wandenreich's Sternritter with the designation of
"E" - "The Explode".

## Origin

Nothing is currently known about Bambietta’s life before she
became a member of the Wandenreichs
elite Sternritter forces.

## Creation

Bambietta was created by Tite Kubo to serve as a
secondary antagonist in his manga, Bleach. Her first
appearance was during Volume 56 of Bleach, Chapter 490, **March Of The StarCross 2**.

## Character Evolution

### Appearance

Bambietta Basterbine is petite, well endowed, beautiful young
woman with long black hair. Her attire consists of the typical Stern Ritter
white uniform with some variations. Her overall appearance consists of the signature
white hooded cloak, accompanied by waist-height white trench coat, knee-high
boots, a white miniskirt, as-well as her black stockings, a pink heart-shaped
belt buckle, and a white cap adorned with the Wandenreich insignia.

### Personality

Bambietta Basterbine seems to have a notable sadistic and
psychotic nature, as she tends to emit vicious and psychotic screams of joy
when she is killing her enemies. A notable example of her erratic personality
is when she tricked one of her underlings into her bed chambers under false
pretences, and killed him. Her personality is a stark contrast to her seemingly
innocent appearance.

## Major Story Arcs

### Thousand Year Blood War Arc

Bambietta first appears during the first invasion of the Soul Society, alongside
many of her fellow Sternritter. And upon her arrival, she began massacring
countless Shinigami until she was finally stopped by the arrival of Sajin
Komamura, Captain of the 7th Division. After Bambietta mocks his
appearances and part in the battle, Tetsuzaemon
Iba, lieutenant of the 7th Division, arrives at the battlefield at
which point Sajin takes the opportunity to activate his Bankai, Kokujō Tengen
Myō'ō.

Bambietta promptly activates her Quincy Medallion however
and steals his Bankai for herself, and begins an off panel battle with the
Shinigami. Later as Komamura tries to rally his fellow Shinigami, Bambietta
expresses shock stating that h was on the verge of death only moments ago.

Bambietta later retreats along with the rest of the
Wandenreich back to the Silbern, and is present at the meeting in which Yhwach,
Emperor and Father of the Quincy, named Uryuu Ishida his
successor, shocking her and many of the Wandenreich members in the process.
While still annoyed by the events, she invites one of her subordinates into her
room under false pretences and brutally bisects him to vent her frustration.
She is then joined by 4 fellow Sternritter, Candice,
Meninas,
Liltotto,
and Giselle,
who begin to chastise her for killing all the attractive men when she gets
frustrated and annoyed.

Bambietta is later seen during the second invasion of the
Soul Society by the Wandenreich, utilizing her explosive powers to kill
numerous Shinigami while noting the loss of the Bankai they had stolen prior is
not exactly a surprise. She also notes that Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō left her and
went to an area far from her current location. Realising that she is talking to
herself due to the sudden departure of her squad mates, she begins to violently
destroy the area around her until she is confronted by the unexpected arrival
of captains Sajin Komamura and Shinji Hirako.

Before Bambietta can kill them, Shinji activates his Sakenade
and starts to disrupt and invert her senses while showing off its potent
effects, but before he could attack her, Bambietta activates her Vollständig,
noting that she is happy that they got their Bankai back, as she would have
been unable to activate Vollständig if she still had it herself.

Bambietta then begins to attack them with her ability “The
Explosion”, which wounds Shinji stating outright that she can get around his
ability by just destroying everything in the general area. As she continues her
attacks she is ambushed by Momo Hinamori.
Bambietta tries to kill her in response to the ambush but she is saved by Sajin
who tells her not to intervene. Bambietta then begins to attack Sajin, who
after receiving an attack senses something is off about her explosive power,
which Bambietta confirms as her ability to fire out her own Reishi and then
turn whatever her Reishi hit’s into the explosives themselves, meaning it’s
almost impossible to dodge or stop them.

Bambietta then begins to send out hundreds of her bombs
towards the captain, and is surprised when he is still standing after the smoke
clears, but is even more shocked by the fact that his appearance under the
armour has changed to that of a more human like man. Sajin then activates his
improved Bankai, Dangai Jōe, and begins an attack of his own destroying large
portions of the surrounding area. Bambietta then starts to attack Dangai Jōe,
only to realise that her efforts are completely ineffective, Sajin then
explains to her that Dangai Jōe is simply pure Reiatsu and is no longer alive
making her attacks worthless so long as his Bankai is active. Bambietta
confused by this continues her attacks regardless until the tables are turned and
she is struck violently by Dangai Jōe, causing her explosives to be forced back
into her body and detonate.

Bambietta is then seen falling from the sky, badly wounded
burned and charred from the explosion, crashing into some buildings far from
the battleground. Lamenting that her losing to a Shinigami is completely
unforgivable, she realises she is not alone and notices that she has been
joined by her squad mates, Candice, Meninas, Liltotto, and Giselle. Giselle
looks at her with noticeable concern and stats that they will take care of her,
an action which scares Bambietta as she pleads with them not to “do it”.

## Powers and Abilities

### Overview

 elite fighting force of the Wandenreich, the Sternritter. Her power is great
 enough that she was able to blast her way through the Seireitei, killing
 countless Shinigami in the process, and was confident enough to fight and
 bring down two powerful captains simultaneously. The nature of her powers
 also makes fighting her nigh impossible as her attacks can’t be blocked nor
 dodged. As a Quincy it’s safe to assume that she has a high level of skill
 with the ranged weapons of the Quincy, Bows, despite having never shown these
 skills. It’s also shown that she has a high level of skill and strength when
 it comes to close quarters combat with her Reishi Shortsword, being able to
 slice through multiple Shinigami and their weapons with simple attacks.

### Skills

 inherently known by all pure blooded Quincy. By allowing Reishi to flow
 through their veins, a Quincy is able to dramatically bolster their defence
 to levels where they are able to fend off direct attacks from a Captains
 Shikai. The defence is not completely absolute however, as sufficient power
 is able to tear through it, such as power from a Bankai or by a sufficiently
 to Blut Vene, a skill inherently known by all pure blooded Quincy. By flowing
 Reishi through their arteries‘, a Quincy is able to boost their damage
 potential to incredible levels. Very little else is known about this skill,
 but it's said to be the only way a Quincy is able to deal sufficient and
 by the letter “E”, “The Explode” is a powerful ability that was granted to
 Bambietta by Yhwach, the leader of the Wandenreich, and the Father and
 Emperor of all Quincy. Through this ability, Bambietta is able to turn
 anything that her Reishi and Reiatsu touches, into powerful explosions, or
 bombs. She has also shown the ability to radiate this ability from her body
 to create large sphericle explosions of energy which are strong enough and large
 enough to destroy large sections of the Seireitei instantly.
 The nature of this
 ability makes it impossible to effectively block her explosive power, but
 it’s been shown that it’s possible to “deflect” her attacks if they are hit
 by sufficient force enough to deflect them, as seen when Dangai Jōe struck
 her and deflected the explosion back into her.

### Quincy: Vollständig

 her Vollständig, she gains a large set of Reishi wings and star shaped halo
 above her head, in keeping with the general Vollständig motif. This
 transformation increases the power of her “The Explode” greatly, as she is
 now able to generate small Reishi orbs beneath her wings and fire them out
 like small projectiles towards her target, ensuring that no area is untouched
 by her barrage. These Reishi orbs follow the same logic that her normal “The
 Explode” power follows and that anything they touch, they turn into a bomb.
 It’s also shown that the potency of her explosion has also increase due to
 the activation of her Vollständig.
 Another notable trait
 that her Vollständig grants her is the ability of flight, due in part to the
 materialized Reishi wings on her back.