Raazayel Aranda

**Raazayel Aranda** (ラーザエルアランダ, *Raazaeru Aranda*) is an Adjuchas-class Hollow roaming the wastes of Hueco Mundo. Following the Vanishing, a great number of Hollows emerged and fought for dominance as the greatest among them had suddenly disappeared. In Hueco Mundo there is a war brewing as factions form, and alliances are made under the various banners of powerful Hollows evolving into greater power. Raazayel is one such player in this growing field.

He like several others have adopted a different approach seeking a way live in harmony with others, and establish peaceful relations with the Shinigami given the efforts of the Arrancar in the Thousand Year Blood War. He journeys now in search of greater power to see this dream fulfilled, and allies in the hopes of uniting those who wish for a different world in Hueco Mundo.

## Appearance

Raazayel is a towering and imposing figure indeed, for he does not share the same traits as his fellow Hollows. His carapace is a slick dark grey metal that shines like steel. He is a massive centuar-like being with dense rippling muscle, and armored plates that cover his being.

## History

### Buenos Dias Las Noches

Raazayel, like many other Hollows were called to a meeting at Las Noches, the former headquarters to the Espada and Aizen's Arrancar Army by an Arrancar named Lucia Astarosa. She was a representative of the newest generation of Espada, and had planned this gathering of Hollows under a truce to decide the fate of Hueco Mundo.

## Powers & Abilities

**High Spiritual Power**: As an Adjuchas-class Menos Hollow, Raazayel boasts a considerable amount of spiritual power. During the meeting with the Hollows of Hueco Mundo, when two Vasto Lordes released their power he was able to release his own to withstand the clash between the resulting powers. It is later seen in that same gathering that as his emotions run his spiritual power was able to reach even greater heights, hinting at his potential for more. When released and visible to the eye, his reiatsu is

**Immense Strength**: Raazayel possesses strength reflective of his great height and size.

**Enhanced Speed**: As evidenced by his equine lower half, Raazayel possesses incredible speed, able to perform short instantenous bursts of rapid movement. As this is a result of his pure ability it relies on no technique at all, though may be the precusor to the more refined Sonido possessed by Arrancar and Vasto Lorde Hollows. He is incredibly swift, but most of all precise in his movements while moving, capable of stopping instantly if necessary. The true prowess of his speed is that due to his form he is able to remain in motion while he is attacking his opponents, fighting at either melee range or long range at his leisure. Rather than having to stop like most high-speed movement techniques and attack inbetween movements, Raazaye's natural speed grants him an enormous advantage over others, as he combines movement and attack in the same motion.

**Cero** (虚閃 (セロ), *Sero*; Spanish for "*Zero*", Japanese for "*Hollow Flash*"): The ultimate expression of a Hollow's power, the release of a corrosive, wholly destructive spiritual energy wave that rends the flesh, burns the spirit, and obliterates everything in its path. What makes *Cero* so powerful is that the chaotic and corrosive nature of Hollow reiryoku is collapsed and concentrated, compressing its power into a condensed orb. Once it reaches critical mass, the energy is released in a torrential wave that cleaves through the space it travels through, hungrily annihilating all that comes into contact with it. For all the power and versatility of the Shinigami's *Demon Magic*, their command of the elements, and the esoteric spells they weave, the *Cero* has always been capable of rivaling even the mightest of their destructive magic.

**Garganta** (黒腔 (ガルガンタ), *Garuganta*; Spanish for "*Throat*", Japanese for "*Black Cavity*"): Like all Hollows, Raazayel is capable of tearing open the veil into the void between worlds that seperates the various spiritual realms. He is known by a select few to use this to travel to the Human World, and by extension the outskirts of Rukongai to rendevous with other Hollows and Souls. Unlike the more stable and easily formed Garganta's formed by Arrancar, Raazayel's method resembles the Kumon used by Gillians.

**High-Speed Regeneration** (超速再生, *Chōsoku Saisei*; lit. "*Ultra-Fast Regeneration*"): Of all the innate Hollow abilities Raazayel possesses his incredible high-speed regeneration is perhaps his strongest most potent ability. His regenerative capabilities alone render Raazayel virtually immune to most forms of debilitating attacks, whereas most lethal forms of damage would cripple or kill other adversaries, Raazayel is merely inconvienced. As he is still a Hollow who has yet to undergo Shinigamifaction, Raazayel's only vital part is his mask. This means that he is able to heal and regenerate from nearly all damage dealt to him so as long as his mask remains intact. Injuries inflicted on his Hollow body steam and heal almost as fast as the damage is given, and as his anatomy is abberant not even decapitation can slow down Raazayel assuming his mask is still in one piece. This regeneration is so immense that he has developed a number of abilities that take advantage of this trait.

* **Heráldica** (無限の変身兵器, Spanish for "*Coat of Arms*", Japanese for "*Boundless Transforming Armory*"): Due to the incredible high-speed regenerative capabilities of Raazayel he is able to push his regeneration far beyond the limits of other Hollows. Using it in this way he can create tendrils from his body capable of impaling his opponents and can do so so rapidly they appear almost instantly. However the greatest power afforded by this ability is that using his limbs as a focus, Raazayel can shapeshift them in various weapons. However even a Hollow such as he understand the power of a name and by giving a name to specific configurations he is able to obtain even greater power. Although he can use any number of implements simply by altering the shape of his limb by intoning a specific command phrase, the resulting transformed weapon possess greater power than normal, some possessing unique capabilities.
	+ **Flecha de Sagitario** (Spanish for "*Arrow of Sagittarius*"): With this command phrase, Raazayel shapeshifts his left arm into a massive bow construct. Using his right hand Raazayel will place it above the bow and pull back, generating several spear-like arrows. When fired these arrows possess several unique capabilities. First is that any arrow fired in this manner possess unerring accuracy, tracking a target, bending, twisting and ultimately altering the trajectory of their flight to home in on any target Raazayel can sense or see. The only way to avoid them is to avoid them is ultimately to destroy the projectiles themselves as they will continue to hound a moving target. These arrows are immense in both size and the speed and are capable of destroying many a Hollow outright. Alternatively, Raazeyel can imbue the power of a Cero in a single charged arrow and unleash it upon his foe. On contact the arrow will release its payload and the Cero will erupt at the point of contact, generally obliterating a target from the combined effects.
	+ **Lanza de Longinus** (Spanish for "*Lance of Longinus*"):

## Trivia

* Raazayel's Adjuchas form is based on Isley of the North from the series Claymore.
* Raazayel is the second Hollow created by the author, though he is the first to be used in a roleplay.

### Spirit Points

* Vasto Lorde (3 Spirit Points); Not Yet Revealed.