Druid

The **Druids** (*Romaji*: **Doruiddo**; *Kana*: **ドルイッド**) are an occupation available to Pluses, Humans and theoretically any spiritual being. Druids are not very numerous but every druid is individually quite capable, however since there's so few most people are unaware of their existence.

## ***History***

### *Origins*

The origins of the Druids is not well documented outside of druid circles, they are known to have originated in the North around the same time as the formation of the Soul Societies and seemed to serve a role similar to the Kido Corps.

### *Role*

The purpose of the druids is to oversee and ensure the safety of the beings without souls such as trees and to fix and oversee the parts of the cycle of reincarnation which deal with animal souls. They serve as a counter against other spiritual beings who wish to bring ruin to entire ecosystems and species.

This of course earned them various enemies and after many many altercations, particularly with vikings, the druids have been reduced to such a small group that they now protect only specially designated areas rather than large swaths like before.

## ***Abilities and Techniques***

### *Nature Type Reiatsu*

The primary ability of a druid and the basis of all the druid's power is their possession of "Nature" type Reiatsu, an artificial reiatsu which can be attained by the use of Soul Society Maho although the specifics of the spell is complex enough that the best way to attain it is to go through a special ritual.

Nature type reiatsu is like elemental reiatsu except on steroids, while elemental reiatsu can allow your reiatsu to function like an element, Nature type reiatsu manifest all the properties contained within a given world, as long as it's natural. In a way Nature type reiatsu is almost like forcing your reiatsu to be in the same wavelenght of a given world's reimyaku, but with the breadth of possibilities Nature type reiatsu opens there are also downsides.

By altering their soul in this way to closely mimic the world around them their values are shifted accordingly, becoming those of the world as well, their sense of self becomes intrinsically linked with the worlds which both makes them more detached from themselves but also more attached to the world itself. A druid cannot help but want to protect the world because in their new way of thinking it's also a way to protect their own survival.

### *Bleuniennig*

The traditional weapon of a druid, unlike the weapons of most groups it is not the result of techology or spirituality but rather a product of biology for a Bleuniennig is nothing but a plant cultivated by a druid for a specific purpose. A bleuniennig is not unlocked or earned but rather cultivated by the druid in question in a laborious and slow process that can take years if not decades to complete.

To create a Bleuniennig a Druid must exert their World Type reiatsu constantly to replicate the properties of all the things necessary for a plant to bloom and thrive: sunlight, soil, water, nutrients, wind, temperature and even gravity to force it into a specific shape. This process may seem pointless as the bleuniennig can attain most of these from its environment but doing this will not allow for the plant to become the tool of a druid properly.

After years of this same process the Bleuniennig will become so accustomed to the druid's reiatsu providing it everything it needs that the druid will be able to make the Bleuniennig grow and restore itself on reiatsu alone, including the reiatsu of others. Furthermore by isolating the seed from the reimyaku of the world around itself through the process used to make it grow it will allow the plant's uraryoku to be generated completely pure from the very beginning.

In this way a druid gains a tool able to convert their own reiatsu into purified uraryoku nearly at will, and a tool made not from reishi but rather purely their own reiatsu. This by itself wouldn't be very useful since druids don't use Urado but because the plants Druids often pick possess a natural ability to shape this uraryoku into bringing about a mystical effect a druid is able to mass produce an enhanced version of this effect.

Unlike Zanpakuto, mjolnir and most other weapons a druid is not limited in the number of Bleuniennig they possess and in fact most druids possess 3 or more. However it's also equally likely that a Druid will take most or all of their Bleuniennig and convert them into a **Gwez** (Breton: *Tree*), a singular tool capable of manifesting multiple forms and effects.

### *Drouiziezh*

**Drouiziezh** (Breton: *Druidism*) is the name druids give to their Zankensoki equivalent, it is divided into **Breou** (Breton: *Magic*) which makes use of Nature Type Reiatsu to achieve spellcasting easier than even kido and **Korv** (Breton: *Body*) which exploits Nature Type reiatsu for close quarters combat.

#### *Breou*

The primary method of fighting of a druid and the reason they're often confused with Wizards and Kido users, Breou is a discipline where druids make use of the wealth of properties that their reiatsu can manifest and weaponize it. There are two types of Breou:

* The simpler **Boas** (Normal) where the Druid will manifest a number of properties which naturally go together to generate a powerful effect out of reiatsu such as a lightning bolt, a blast of water, a fiery explosion, etc.
* The more complex and advanced **Drol** (Bizarre) where the druid will manifest a number of properties which naturally DO NOT coexist generating a reiatsu effect which behaves unexpectedly and weirdly such as a freezing flame, a poisonous light or a slashing lightning bolt.
	+ **Drol** techniques for the most part tend to be unique to each individual druid and require study to be created unlike the Boas techniques which can be learned from simply observing the environment and familiarizing yourself with it.

#### *Korv*

By applying the same principle of creating a Bleuniennig to their own body a druid is able to slowly but methodically convert their body from being strictly reishi based to also being composed of reiatsu. When done for long enough a druid's body will be composed of so much reiatsu that it will allow a druid to control their body by controlling their reiatsu as well allowing for a druid to *effortlessly* fly, increases their physical prowess and even shapeshift to an extent.

It is impossible for a druid to wholly convert their body as this would lead to extreme reiatsu inefficiency but by training and increasing their reiryoku a druid is able to further increase the percentage of their body that is "self sufficient" and made of reiatsu alone.