Hephestasus

## Abilities and Powers

* **Earth Magic:** Elijah is proficent at earth magic. He is also able to summon metal or earth seemingly out of thin air, something no other earth or metal mage is known to be capable of (Though he cannot summon it out of liquids), and possess extreme amounts of raw power with it, though he initially lacked fine control over it. Nico's power was so great that a single earth pulse spell from him could finely detect everything within the Dire Tombs and individuals within it, while normal earth mages could only perceive crowds of people.

* **Metal Deviant:** Elijah is also able to use metal deviant magic, which he discovered when he accidentally conjured a field of metal spikes around him. He favors metal magic in combat over earth.
	+ **Black Spikes***: They appear to be a unique metal deviant spell; these spikes are highly powerful and the magic he employs the most in battle; nevertheless, he needs shadows to cast them. This is related to the Vritra's decay mana arts. This is something that Uto can use as well.*

* **Soul Fire**: Nico uses Soul Fire, a Vritra decay mana art, which manifests as black flame that does not emit heat but consumes whatever it comes into contact with, therefore it does not burn but destroys matter and energy. Soul Fire has been shown to deplete life energy, making it impossible for even a being as strong as a Lance to use mana for an extended period of time. It can also be used to treat non-fatal injuries to the user and others. Nico isn't nearly as skilled with Soul Fire as other Scythes, such as Cadell.

**Ryūjin Jakka** (流刃若火, *Flowing Blade-like Flame*; *Viz* "**Flowing Blade Young Flame**"): Yamamoto's Zanpakutō is the oldest and most powerful fire-type Zanpakutō, and has greater offensive power than all other Zanpakutō in Soul Society. In its sealed form, **Ryūjin Jakka** usually takes the appearance of a wooden staff, which can be used like a spear. At any time, Yamamoto can remove this disguise by peeling off the wood, revealing its true form of a standard katana, with a dark purple handle, a circular hand guard, and a red sheath. After Yamamoto was killed, **Ryūjin Jakka**, now scorched and shattered, was returned to the 1st Division barracks.

**Shikai**: Its Shikai command is **"Reduce All Creation to Ash"** (万象一切灰燼と為せ, *banshō issai kaijin to nase*; *Viz* "**All Things in the Universe, Turn to Ashes**"). The release of his Zanpakutō is accompanied by an extremely strong release of Reiatsu, affecting all in the area, and can be felt for miles upon miles across the entire Seireitei, even if Yamamoto himself is currently located outside of it.

***Shikai Special Ability***: When released, the blade of **Ryūjin Jakka** is engulfed in fire. The aura of this weapon incinerates everything and anything which Yamamoto waves the sword at, changing it into nothing more than ash, and engulfs the surrounding landscape in a blazing firestorm, the heat of which is intense enough to scorch the sky and consume the clouds. Only powerful fighters such as Shunsui and Ukitake can resist it, but even then only indirectly. Even in its Shikai, **Ryūjin Jakka** is powerful enough to fight against the Shikai of two other captains simultaneously, both of whom had the reputation of being the strongest captains in Soul Society while together. Unlike most other Zanpakutō, resealing **Ryūjin Jakka** does not deactivate any ability already used against an opponent, proven when Yamamoto imprisons Sōsuke Aizen, Gin Ichimaru, and Kaname Tōsen. The heat of the flames from a single direct slash of **Ryūjin Jakka** was enough to not only strip the flesh from the bones of Driscoll Berci, a captain-level combatant, but completely incinerate him.

* **Jōkaku Enjō** (城郭炎上, *Fortress Blaze*): This technique creates an immense wall of flame, which surrounds the target and forms a huge contained sphere of flame in which to imprison enemies. It is immensely powerful, imprisoning three captain-level Shinigami (namely Aizen, Gin, and Tōsen) for a significant amount of tim
* **Taimatsu** (松明, *Torch*): This technique allows Yamamoto to create a great inferno with a simple wave of **Ryūjin Jakka**. The fire generated by the attack completely consumes whatever is caught within it until only ashes remain. The flames created by **Ryūjin Jakka** can be controlled, with great precision, by Yamamoto to attack only the targets he chooses, and he has power over the intensity of the flames.
* **Ennetsu Jigoku** (炎熱地獄, *Flames of Hell*): Creates seven or more immense pillars of flame which surround an area. The intent of this technique is to trap the opponent in the caged inferno and destroy them. The power of this technique can destroy everyone caught in its vicinity, including Yamamoto himself. These flames can incinerate an area much greater than Karakura Town's

* **Bankai**: **Zanka no Tachi** (残火の太刀, *Longsword of the Remnant Flame*; *Viz* "**Blade of Ember**"): In its Bankai, the blade takes the form of an ancient and worn-out katana, severely scorched by fire. Shortly prior to his death, Yamamoto's Bankai was stolen by Yhwach.

***Bankai Special Ability***: Upon activation, any flames previously produced by **Ryūjin Jakka** are instantly absorbed into the blade. **Zanka no Tachi** incorporates the full power of Yamamoto's flames into the blade: the flames within the blade burn anything it cuts out of existence. **Zanka no Tachi** has the side-effect of generating a heat-wave that depletes the moisture in an entire area (at least the size of the Seireitei), causing the air and the water to dry up. Even Tōshirō Hitsugaya's Bankai, **Daiguren Hyōrinmaru**, cannot be used, for its ice melts due to the intense heat of **Zanka no Tachi**. No flames are visible as it cuts. Yamamoto claims releasing his Bankai clads both his blade and his body in the flames of the Sun. Retsu Unohana believes that the flames of **Zanka no Tachi** could incinerate the entirety of Soul Society if left active for too long.
* **Zanka no Tachi, Higashi: Kyokujitsujin** (残火の太刀 "東": 旭日刃, *Longsword of the Remnant Flame, East: Rising Sun Edge*): Automatically activated at release, this ability concentrates the intense flames of the sword along the tip of the blade. It neither burns nor erupts, but anything it touches is eradicated to nothingness. Even the defensive power of the Wandenreich's **Blut Vene** cannot stand up against this technique
* **Zanka no Tachi, Nishi: Zanjitsu Gokui** (残火の太刀 "西": 残日獄衣, *Longsword of the Remnant Flame, West: Remnant Sun Prison Garb*): Automatically activated at release, this ability is unseen by the eyes of anyone else unless Yamamoto wills it to be seen. It engulfs his body in heat which reaches a temperature upwards of 15,000,000 degrees. Therefore, it becomes impossible to even touch him while he is using his Bankai. The level of heat produced by this technique is so high, it would not actually appear in the form of flames
* **Zanka no Tachi, Minami: Kaka Jūmanokushi Daisōjin** (残火の太刀 "南": 火火十万億死大葬陣, *Longsword of the Remnant Flame, South: Great Burial Ranks of the Ten Trillion Fire Dead*): Impaling the tip of his sword into the ground, Yamamoto calls upon the corpses and ashes of the dead who were killed by his flames to come forth and fight on his behalf. They emerge from a rupture in the ground which comes with enough force to decimate **Kirchenlied: Sankt Zwinger**. Using the heat of his sword on their ashes, he can rouse all the people he has killed, allowing the corpses to become his limbs and attack whomever he deems as his enemy until they become dust. He can bring forth any specific corpse that he wishes, allowing him to inflict psychological damage upon those with connections to those he has slain.
* **Zanka no Tachi, Kita: Tenchi Kaijin** (残火の太刀 "北": 天地灰尽, *Longsword of the Remnant Flame, North: Heaven and Earth End in Ashes*): A slash of concentrated fire and heat which incinerates whatever it touches out of existence.

Gilgamesh is the strongest Heroic Spirit and thus the most powerful existence among the Servants in both the Fourth and Fifth Holy Grail War. While the energy of his soul is worth that of hundreds of thousands of souls, and taking him in is enough to fill a partially-full Lesser Grail even while it lacks several other Servants, Gilgamesh is only as physically strong as Saber or Heracles, if not weaker. The reason Gilgamesh has the advantage over most other Servants in combat is that he is capable of exploiting their weaknesses thanks to possessing the originals of all Noble Phantasms. All Heroic Spirits have things they were weak against in life, their greatest weak points, and he possesses all of the Noble Phantasms ever owned by mankind, including those that killed each hero. As a result, he could be called the "Servant Killer". Gilgamesh does not display power as an "individual" soldier, but rather as a "war" that even the strongest soldier could not overcome by himself. Only those who are a "war" themselves will be able to compete against him. In terms of the "firepower" available to him due to the versatility of his weaponry, he can be said to have the strength of "5 Servants + a", a force able to match all the Servants and Masters defending the town in *Fate/hollow ataraxia*, putting him at an advantage against those like Arcueid Brunestud whose strength is based on the "single entity ability" of the opponent rather than their weaponry. Although Gilgamesh possesses overwhelming, cheat-like strength, other servants such as Enkidu, whose combat strength is roughly the same as that of Gilgamesh do in fact exist.