Berenice Gabrielli

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Berenice is a Quincy of the Wandenreich designated by the
letter "Q" - "The Question"

## Origin

Berenices origins before she became a Quincy commander in the Wandenreichs Sternritter forces are
currently unknown.

## Creation

Berenice Gabrielli was created by Tite Kubo to serve as a
secondary antagonist in his manga, Bleach. Her first
appearance was during Volume 57 of Bleach, Chapter 502 as a Corpse, **散桜**,
and Chapter 503 in a flashback, **Wrath as**
a Lightning**.**

## Character Evolution

### Appearance

Berenices appearance is that of a thin female of average
height. Her hair is cut somewhat short and she has prominent bangs on the right
side of her face that appear to be darker in colour than the rest of her hair.
Her attire is a variation on the standard officer’s uniform for members of the
Sternritter, consisting of a pure white hooded cloak, a pure white trench coat,
and a small bolo tie around her neck. She also paints her fingernails with a
single diagonal line on each nail.

### Personality

While she only appeared for a single chapter, Kenpachi
notes to Yhwach
that she is very talkative, annoying so, and this made Kenpachi rip out her
throat.

## Major Story Arcs

### Thousand Year Blood War Arc

Berenice first appears during the first invasion of the Soul Society by the
Wandenreich. She is first shown as a corpse killed by Kenpachi but events
leading p to her death are recounted by Kenpachi himself.

At some point during the first invasion, she is one of three
Sternritter, along with Jerome
Guizbatt and Loyd Lloyd,
to engage Zaraki Kenpachi in combat. She begins to go into a long winded
explanation of her powers but Kenpachi rips her throat out mid sentence killing
her. After Kenpachi killed the remaining Sternritter with her, he drags their
corpses back to Yhwach and threw them at his feet unceremoniously while mocking
their power.

## Powers and Abilities

### Overview

Berenice is a powerful Quincy commander in the Wandenreichs Sternritter
forces. Despite having very little time on panel in the manga, as a commander
in the Wandenreich, Berenice can be assumed to be a very powerful Quincy
specializing in ranged combat with Reishi weaponry such as bows and guns. She
was also stated to have the ability to cause her opponents to question their
own power and abilities sowing doubt in her opponent’s minds to lessen their
effectiveness in combat.

### 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
 Signified by the letter “Q”, “The Question” is the special ability of
 Berenice Gabrielli which gives her the ability to cause self-doubt in her
 opponents, effectively making them less effective in combat and giving her
 the edge. She does this by seemingly asking them specific questions related
 to her ability which then has the side effect of those hearing the question
 to being doubting themselves. This ability was never displayed on panel and
 so the intricacies of it are currently unknown.