Erebus

### Quote

"How many times do I have to tell you? I will tolerate no petty bickering in my presence. Conflict does not please me."

## Personal Information

### Relatives

Grim, Ikuto Mikazuki, Liam Blanchair, Lucy Hawthrone

## Abilities

### Divine Ability

"Escape."

Erebus (エレバス山, erburu), often referred to simply as "Your Majesty" (陛下, heika) by her underlings, is the monarch of the Asgardian Kingdom and Mother to the White Order.

Erebus is the White Khalid, and is Grim's "sister". Erebus primarily was the one that fought for the genocide of the Human Race, seeing they were an unneeded race.

However, her sister didn't agree, thus sparking the First War. Erebus resides in Asgard after the horrendous battle, restoring her Reiastu.

She is the primary antagonist of Starry Knights!

## Appearance

Erebus posses long white hair and red eyes are distinctive traits, such that Robin Evans recognizes right away that she isn't a normal human.

Because of her striking appearance, she tends to stand out, despite her attempts to dress informally. Erebus dresses in long white gowns trimmed in gold in the Asgardian castle but wears more functional clothing when she goes to Japan.

Her clothing choice, though considerably less formal than her usual garb, is still considered by ordinary people to be high-end fashion.

Erebus wears a burgundy blouse with a brooch, a white skirt, thigh-high white boots, and black tights; in cold weather, she also wears an elegant fur-trimmed white coat and a white fur cap; she wears this on her casual outings.

## Personality

Erebus is a proclaimed lover of peace, hating conflict and believing painful battles should be ended as quickly as possible.

She holds the first generation the 13 Rose Knights in great respect, for they were the only ones who could strike fear into her heart. She especially admired Liam Blanchard, whom she called a demon for treating his subordinates as expendable ashes.

Erebus despises values like justice and honor, which is why she hates how the current Rose Knights became "weak" during the 4000 years of her absence. She also dislikes lies and does not give any falsities to the existence of her subordinates.

Erebus treats her subordinates and the rest of the Order very differently. She is very fond of some of them, calling them her sons. She puts great effort into forcibly recruiting them into her empire.

Erebus can show mercy and appreciation, thanking Kokai for sacrificing herself in a suicidal mission and granting her a quick death via obliteration after the latter lost most of her torso. Erebus dislikes blind loyalty and was glad that her Sins showed outspoken discontent with her choice of successor.

In front of her subordinates, Erebus is a woman adamant in her disapproval of infighting, though she will not hesitate to stop the conflict using the most brutal methods possible. Erebus's contempt for Commandment is apparent, mercilessly wounding and slaying even those who have sworn allegiance to her when she deems them to have fulfilled their use.

After her awakening, Erebus heartlessly robbed "impure" Mages of their powers, causing many to die. Grim states this same disregard extends to all of her underlings, regardless of species or position, and is an attitude which Erebus has allegedly always possessed; this is proven when she ultimately uses her Auswählen to fatally steal power from Jekyll, one of her elite guards, and Zooey Van Willenbus, her most trusted second-in-command and another half, after absorbing the power of Kidako Kiyomizu.

Erebus believes that she and her Order are comrades and that they should be prepared to assist each other whenever necessary, even if it means certain members should be sacrificed for others; she demonstrated this belief by using Auswählen to steal the life force of the Order who had been left behind in order to revive her fallen Valkyrie.

## Abilities

### **Khalid Physiology**

* A Khalid's physiology is far more advanced than any other races. As a Khalid, her body repels everything, including the likes of poison and dye. She's also able to stretch out her body parts such as her arms and hand as well as contort her body to enable herself to move faster. She also showcases the ability to regenerate her body after Lucy drilled through the latter in seconds.
	+ '*Shapeshifting (形体変化'***, *Kei Taihen*):** Erebus is capable of changing the properties of her own body. These capabilities include altering her body to appear less menacing or changing her gender.
	+ **Immortality (不死, *Fushi*):**As a Khalid, Erebus is immortal and has lived for over 6,000 years. It is possible this immortality is similar to Ikuto's and Grim's own, who inherited her immortality from the Celestial Force due to being the embodiment of her fears (and fear itself as a result).

### **Soul Distribution Power**

Erebus was born with the innate ability to distribute a piece of her soul to another by being touched by them. Erebus acquires power by bestowing an ability, allowing its wielder to cultivate it, and then taking it back.

* **Flawless Healing**: In Erebus's distribution of her soul, the wounds which one's soul could not heal alone would finally heal. This power healed the physical, mental, and spiritual ailments of those who touched Erebus. While the wound of a person healed, all of their knowledge, skills, and talents would be engraved inside the piece of soul they received from Erebus. Those healed in this way had their lifespan drastically reduced, and once the person had died, the augmented fragment would return to Erebus.

* + In turn, Erebus slowly gained the usage of his dormant motor skills and senses.
* **Power Bestowal (via Letter Empowerment)**: While all Mages within the White Order have the power to collect Reaistu from their surroundings to make it theirs, Erebus is the sole Mage who can do the opposite: she has the power to share her spirit with others. However, she eventually discovered a much more powerful way to distribute her soul: signifying an ability, directly onto another's soul, she could share out her soul more deeply, and with greater power. She does this by having others drink her blood within a ritual.
* **Soul Absorption**: Erebus can forcibly retake the soul fragments of her soul that she has shared out. The only time that Erebus can return to being the Mother of the Order and gather her strength is in her sleep. None can be permitted to disturb her while she rests. If she does not continue to absorb souls, she will eventually revert to her original state, completely deprived of her senses once more.

* **Enhanced Condition & Longevity**: Every time she regains a piece of her soul, Erebus becomes stronger and lives longer.

**Auswählen** (聖別 (アウスヴェーレン), *Ausuvēren*; German for "*Select*", Japanese for "*Holy Selection*"; **"Consecration"** in the Viz release): After 990 years of being sealed away, Yhwach used this ability to restore his lost powers. After selecting Quincy whom he deems impure, including those with mixed blood, Yhwach can steal their powers and make them his own. This process is ultimately fatal to its victims, particularly those who are already weak.[128] Upon Yhwach's activation of this ability, his targets are engulfed in massive columns of light. Even being near the columns of light is enough to strip a Quincy of their power.[129] It absorbs energy from those Quincy judged to be unnecessary and sends it to those who need it in a redistribution of power. Those taken from will perish, while those on the receiving end are revitalized with greater strength than they possessed before. It transfers not physical accumulations of Reishi, but pure energy. As such, even Kirio Hikifune's **Cage of Life**, which blocks all spiritual matter, cannot prevent its use.[130] However, if Yhwach's blood makes contact with the **Still Silver** formed within the hearts of those he targets with **Auswählen**, he will briefly lose all his powers.[131]

* **Self-Power Restoration**: Should Yhwach's physical or spiritual capabilities be impaired by his opponent, he can easily restore them. When Ichibē Hyōsube's **Name Curse** crushed Yhwach's voice and prevented him from speaking, Yhwach granted himself the power of voice once more by digging his fingers into his throat and channeling Reishi into the openings.[132] When Ichibē's sealed Zanpakutō caused Yhwach's physical and spiritual power to be halved due to Ichibē cutting his name in half,[133] Yhwach restored them by summoning and absorbing several ribbons of Reishi inscribed with Roman letters.[134]

[1]Yhwach uses **Sankt Altar** in an attempt to steal Ichibē's power.

* **Sankt Altar** (簒奪聖壇 (ザンクト・アルタール), *Zankuto Arutāru*; German for "*Saint Altar*", Japanese for "*Usurpation Altar*"): Yhwach summons five orbs of energy in the air around a target that shoot out concentrated beams of energy at the target, forming the pattern of a large **Quincy Zeichen**; these beams take the power of the target with the intent of giving the taken power to Yhwach.[135]
* **Reiatsu Infusion**: Yhwach can transfer his Reiatsu to others through contact with a object he has infused his Reiatsu into. If a Quincy receives some of his Reiatsu, their Quincy blood forces them to attack the Soul King if he is nearby because the king "*cannot be forgiven*";[136] this is visually represented by **Blut Vene** veins spreading across the part of the user's body where they received Yhwach's Reiatsu.[137]

[2]Yhwach revives himself using **The Almighty**.
**The Almighty** (全知全能 (ジ・オールマイティ), *Ji Ōrumaiti*; Japanese for *"All-Knowing"*): When Yhwach activates **The Almighty**, his irises and pupils split in two.[138] After Yhwach was sealed away, it took 900 years for his heart to begin beating once more, 90 years for him to regain awareness, and 9 years for him to regain his power. If he were to open his eyes before those final 9 years had fully elapsed, he may have been unable to fully control his power and accidentally stolen all of the power from his loyal Sternritter. With this power's activation, Yhwach achieves his full strength.[139] Yhwach gains an additional pupil in each eye after nullifying Ichibē's **Futen Taisatsuryō**.[140]

* **Omni-Precognition**: Yhwach can see everything that is to occur from the present moment into the far-flung future. He can "know" everything that lies within that gaze.[141] Rather than seeing a linear future, Yhwach observes all possible futures at once like countless grains of sand in the wind, and can thus act accordingly using the knowledge he has gained to anticipate and counter his opponents.[142] However, Yhwach is unable to predict the actions of Mimihagi, the right hand of the Soul King.[143]
* **Future Modification**: Yhwach states that the true power of **The Almighty** is the ability to transform the future.[144] He utilizes this power by setting up traps where he knows his opponents will be[145] and attacking them before they can even begin their own attacks. He can also maneuver around any defense and countermeasure they use to protect themselves in order to facilitate his attacks.[146] He can even revive himself by changing futures where he dies.[147]

* **Power Intuition**: Any power of which he "knows" will become his ally.[148]

* **Reactionary Power Immunity**: That power will not only be unable to defeat him, but become unable to harm him in any way.[148]

* **Concussive Force**: Yhwach can fire blasts of force powerful enough to send combatants as powerful as Yoruichi Shihōin and Ichigo Kurosaki flying from his hands.[149]
* **Consumption**: Yhwach can consume other beings via physical contact, including higher beings and in doing so, absorbs their powers and energy, and can contain their great essence within his body, making their power his own. The process can vary in length, being instant with those lower in power than him and taking longer for more powerful beings.[150][151]

**Reishi Manipulation**: As a Quincy, Yhwach primarily absorbs spiritual energy from the atmosphere, and combines it with his own spiritual energy to form weapons.[152] He has an easier time collecting this energy in environments with higher concentrations of Reishi such as Soul Society or Hueco Mundo.[153] Yhwach can collect Reishi and solidify it at will. He created an intricate throne, which he later deconstructed with ease, and reconstructed it into a set of steps in order to ascend to a higher level of **Silbern**.[154]

**Hirenkyaku Master**: After destroying the 1st Division HQ, Yhwach moved a great distance and appeared behind Yamamoto without being noticed.[155] He overwhelmed Ichigo while the latter was using his Bankai, **Tensa Zangetsu**.[156]
**Blut** (血装 (ブルート), *Burūto*; German for "*Blood*", Japanese for "*Blood Guise*"): An advanced Quincy technique which grants one inhuman offensive and defensive capabilities, generated by making Reishi flow into the user's blood vessels. The independent forms for attack and defense cannot be employed simultaneously.[157]
* **Blut Vene** (静血装 (ブルート・ヴェーネ), *Burūto Vēne*; German for "*Blood Vein*", Japanese for "*Stilled Blood Guise*"): With his **Blut Vene** active, Yhwach can withstand a Bankai-enhanced **Getsuga Tenshō**without sustaining any injury.[158]

[3]**Blut Vene Anhaben**.

* **Blut Vene Anhaben** (外殻静血装 (ブルート・ヴェーネ・アンハーベン), *Burūto Vēne Anhāben*; German for "*Wearing the Blood Vein*", Japanese for "*Shell of Stilled Blood Guise*"): Yhwach extends his **Blut Vene** outside of his body to create a forcefield that blocks incoming attacks. It can easily block mid-level Kidō spells, such as **Bakudō #62. Hyapporankan**, even when employed by a member of the Royal Guard. The forcefield consumes everything around it, including living beings, in order to maintain itself. When activated, it creates the **Blut Vene** vein pattern on the surface of whatever it attempts to consume.[159]

**Energy Manipulation**: After absorbing the Soul King and Mimihagi, Yhwach is now surrounded by very thick black energy which he can manipulate as he pleases, both for offense and defense.[160]
**Immense Spiritual Power**: According to Quilge Opie, Yhwach has power surpassing that of an Espada. He easily defeated Tier Harribel, who was "*utterly powerless*" before him.[39] As a further testament to Yhwach's power, by his own claim, among the Wandenreich, only he possesses enough power to actually wield Captain-Commander Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto's Bankai.[118] 1000 years ago, he pinned dozens of people, including a teenage Bazz-B, to the ground with his Reiatsu alone, causing Bazz-B to label him a monster.[161]

**Enhanced Strength**: During his short fight with Ichigo, Yhwach displayed impressive physical strength. When he stabbed Ichigo in the neck, the force of his attack caused the ground beneath them to shatter.[162]

**Enhanced Endurance**: Yhwach is a considerably resilient combatant, piercing his own throat and impaling himself with a **Heilig Pfeil** during his fight with Ichibē Hyōsube without slowing down or showing any signs of physical strain afterward.[163]

**Swordsman**: Yhwach is proficient enough in swordsmanship to effortlessly clash with and repel a captain-class combatant. In battle, he can easily perform a take-down on his opponent with one hand while wielding his sword in the other.[164]

**Hand-to-Hand Combatant**: Aside from his Quincy skills, Yhwach possesses a certain level of proficiency in hand-to-hand combat. He was able to quickly subdue and pin down Ichigo Kurosaki, who had his Bankai active at the time, before the latter could react or defend himself properly.[165]

### Spirit Weapon

[4]Yhwach's sword.
**Reishi Sword**: Using his Quincy Cross, Yhwach can gather both spirit energyand particles and transform them into weapons. Unlike the bows displayed by most other Quincy, his particular weapon manifests in the form of an ornate sword, reminiscent of a Dadao, with a relatively long handle and a cross-guardshaped like a bird.[166]
[5]**Sankt Bogen**.
**Sankt Bogen** (大聖弓 (ザンクト・ボーグン), *Zankuto Bōgun*; German for "*Saint Bow*", Japanese for "*Great Holy Bow*"): Yhwach manifests an enormous bow anywhere within his general vicinity with proportionally large **Heilig Pfeil**, which carry enough force to propel him back up to the Soul King Palace with a single shot.[167]

* **Heilig Pfeil** (神聖滅矢 (ハイリッヒ・プファイル), *Hairihhi Pufairu*; German for "*Holy Arrow*", Japanese for "*Sacred Destruction Arrows*"): By collecting more Reishi, Yhwach can form the spiritual arrows which are typical of other Quincy bows. He can also generate them without the need of a Spirit Weapon, instead forming and firing them with just an outstretched finger. These arrows appear as simple blasts of Reishi shaped like the Quincy Cross, though they still retain enough force to create deep cavities in the ground.[168] He can fire them in rapid succession as a continuous barrage, which can destroy an adversary as durable as Captain-Commander Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto.[169]

[6]Yhwach's Reishi broadsword.

* **Reishi Broadsword**: With a simple, horizontal cutting motion directed at the sky, Yhwach manifests an enormous bow in the air above himself, which in turn fires an arrow back towards the ground in front of him. The length of this arrow is comparable to Yhwach's own height and, by gripping it near the base of the shaft, he can wield it in a manner similar to a large broadsword. Two protrusions jutting out diagonally on either side form the sword's cross-guard which, alongside the handle, form a shape reminiscent of the Wandenreich insignia. The blade of this weapon can effortlessly bifurcate an opponent, including one as powerful as Yamamoto.[170]

### Soul King Powers

After absorbing the Soul King and his right hand, Yhwach gains a wide variety of new powers and abilities.

* **Barrier Generation**: After absorbing Mimihagi, Yhwach can create an enormous black barrier over an area by merely unleashing darkness from his fingertip.[171] He can target an area hundreds of miles away from him, and the barrier is large enough to cover the entire Seireitei.[172] However, the barrier can be cracked by attacks of extreme power (such as a **Hadō #90. Kurohitsugi**), and because of its sheer density, it will collapse in on itself if such a crack is targeted with concentrated Reiatsu.[173]

[7]The eyeball creatures swarm Suì-Fēng.

* **Eyeball Creatures**: After absorbing Mimihagi, Yhwach gains access to the unrestrained power of the Soul King, which manifests itself in the form of masses of tiny, black, baby-like,[174] single-eyeballed creatures that swarm from Yhwach himself. These creatures do not appear to possess sentience, but will actively and only target Shinigami due to them being the enemies of the Soul King, ignoring other nearby spiritual beings like Quincies in the process.[175] When attacking Shinigami, the creatures will swarm them in droves[176] and attempt to devour them.[177] However, though they are resistant to physical attacks,[178] the creatures are easily crushed by intense Reiatsu[179] and can be obliterated entirely by high-level Hadō spells.[180]

[8]Yhwach's Reiatsu protects him from Ichigo's **Getsuga Tenshō**.

* **Enhanced Spiritual Power**: After absorbing the Soul King, Yhwach's spiritual power is bolstered to incredible heights, to the point where he refers to it as "*an excess of power*". By simply exerting his Reiatsu, he can destroy large structures like the Greater Soul King Palace.[181] His Reiatsu itself takes on a constantly visible form of darkness flowing from him[182][183] and is potent and concentrated enough that Yhwach can actually use it in combat for both offense and defense.[184][185][186]
* **Increased Reishi Control**: After absorbing the Soul King, Yhwach's natural control over Reishi in the atmosphere as a Quincy have been greatly increased, to the point where he can manipulate all the Reishi in the Royal Realm so that only Quincies can use it to create stepping platforms in midair, greatly hindering his Shinigami enemies.[187]

[9]The Soul King Palace after Yhwach's reshaping.

* **Matter Transmutation**: After absorbing the Soul King, Yhwach gains some degree of control over physical matter; his first true demonstration of his newfound power was to move the Wandenreich City that had replaced the Seireitei to the Royal Realm[188] and reshaping it and the existing structures in the palace to form a gigantic **Quincy Zeichen**.[189]Furthermore, in order to goad his enemies into attacking, Yhwach created a massive, towering fort in the center of the new palace in a matter of seconds.[190]