Sanada Kokuja

## **Introduction**

Kokuja is The Black Snake of the 25th District. He was originally a blacksmith. In his youth he married a pretty girl and she gave him lots of children. Those children gave him lots of grandchildren, and those grandchildren gave him even more grandchildren. As a result he is the center of a big happy family. Kokuja hated it. It was so boring. Day after day he worked the forged, visited his children, and went home to his wife. Maybe for a hundred years one might be satisfied, but four, five! It got so boring. Luck struck for him however when his wife died. It was a simple illness, but her age complicated things.

No longer married and looking for a change in his life Kokuja decided to become a Shinigami. He figured it would be exciting fun, and a new perspective. Taking his skills with smiting and tinkering he expected to excel. He did not expect to be dragged into a killing zone. Even so, he had to admit it was exciting, but a lot more dangerous than he figured. Still Kikuja lived, not because he was the strongest, the fastes, or smartes. It was because he was smart enough to let the young go first and wise enough to pitch in when things got tough.

## **Appearance**

Kokuja is tanned and has a big beard. He is covered from head to toe in black armor, which he made to keep himself alive.

## **Personality**

   Kokuja is a old and bitter old man. He speaks what is on his mind and uses his old age as a shield for all of his negative actions. He does not like to fight however. He likes to dominate. Struggling to win is not something he wants to do. That is a youung man's game. As a result he refuses to engage in close combat. It is bad for his joints. Instead he fights with range methods and his automatons he created to fight for him.

Kokuja is naturally inquisitive and likes to know how things work. He spends his free time studying other peoples creations and tinkering with his small Automatons. He is very interested in Bounts however. He wants to know how thier dolls work, how their souls work, and how they reproduce. Kokuja however does not like blood. Disections are not his thing. He is a man of iron and rods. If there has to be cutting he won't do it himself. He will use his automatons and watch form a screen.

Kokua is very intrested in Kido. Kido is also one of the great mysteries of the world. He wonders how many of them can be created and what their applications are. As a result he is often trying to make new spells for the purpose of making new spells. He also looks to take old spells and combine them with other spells just to see their effects.

## **Powers and Abilities**

### **Physical Abilities**

* **High Strength**
* **High Durability.**
* **High Endurance**
* **Belwo Average Flexibility**
* **High Agility**
* **High Speed**
* **Great Spiritual Pressure**

### Kido

Bakudō # 6. Byōga (描画, Drawing) - An utility Bakudo that doesn't have much utility in combat and can only be performed by using a large assortment of inks as a catalyst, it creates a drawing of a thing the user is looking at the moment the casting is finished. A favorite amount the fashionable shinigami to take "selfies".

Bakudō # 8. Seki (斥, Repulse) - The practitioner generates an orb of light blue energy which repels whatever strikes it.

Bakudō # 9. Geki (撃, Strike) - As the practitioner draws the symbols of the spell in the air, his/her entire body permeates a red energy, which engulfs the body of the target, causing complete paralysis.

Bakudō # 20. Odayakanaumi(穏やかな海, Calm Waters) - The Spell surrounds a source of energy and then disperses it in calm slow flow preventing what it surrounds from exploding.

Hadō # 1. Shō (衝, Thrust) - As the practitioner points at his/her target with his/her index finger, a small amount of energy is dispelled from the tip of the index finger with enough force to thrust a considerable amount of kinetic force at a target, which is pushed back a few feet from the practitioner.

Hadō # 7. Chikyū Ha(塞, Earth Blade) - Eath Blade is cast by the user saying the phrase, Earth Below Me Submit to My Will! - Once the words have been spoken the spell can be cast. It causes the ground under one's feet to turn into blades and stab up at the target.

Hadō # 15. Kazakama (風鎌, Wind Sickle) - The user draws a symbol in the air with their zanpakuto which causes the air around it to collect in front of the symbol before shooting out in a narrow beam.

Hadō # 30. Chikyū Seiren(地球 製錬, Eath Smelting) - Chikyu Seren is a spell that creates a ball of magma. The Magma ball is so hot that it melts iron instantly The Ball is then shot forward or it can be shot as lumps at multiple targets.

Bakudō #81. Dankū (斷空, Splitting Void; Viz "Airtight") A defensive wall is created to protect against an enemy's attack.[1] The practitioner creates a translucent barrier in the form of a large rectangular wall. According to 6th Division Captain Byakuya Kuchiki, it can stop Kidō-based attacks with power up to level 89,

Bakudō #61. Rikujōkōrō (六杖光牢, Six Rods Prison of Light; Viz "Six-Rod Light Restraint") is a Kidō spell

### Automatons

Kokuja has spent hundreds of years forging items, blades, and working with gadjets. As a result he has developed a series of small robots that follow his command. He calls these robots Automatons. All of the Automatons are controlled and manipulated by Kokuja's orb. He sends his thoughts and reitsu into the orb and it translates it into waves and sends them to the Automatons. From there his robot creations respond to his will.

Mystic Orb - The Mystic Orb is the result of years of research and development from not just Kokua, but from the entire craftsmen guild of the 25th floors. Stealing his fellow craftsmen research notes Kokuja was able to develop the mystic orb. It takes in reitsu and converts it to a every wave.

**Hollow Reject -** Hollow Reject is a Automaton created from metal, wires, gears, and hollow flesh. Using the power of the Mystic Orb Kokua is capable of reanimating the hollow flesh alongside the robotics he installed. This combination allows him to take advantage of the hollow organs he has added to the living automaton. As a result the Automaton can fire cero, regenerate, and create a while mist. This mist absorbs sound and blocks ones view. It makes it difficult to move around in due to this effect.

It should be noted that Kokuja keeps several bombs inside the center of Hollow Reject. This is because he fears that the regeneration ability will cause the hollow to revive. In order to prevent this he created a fail safe. If the orb is destroyed or he is killed the bombs will go off and burn Hollow Reject to ash.

et the blood on fire, or freeze it solid. Mostly he tries to keep the poisons varied for different situations.

## **Zanpakutō**

Kokuja has not gained his Zanpakuto yet. However it's name will be ZenMojiretsu, Thousand Threads

### **ZenMojiretsu**

ZenMojiretsu is released with the phrase, spread. When it is invoked Kokuja's sword vanishes. From his hands threads began can be shot out. They can attack to a object or person and infest it like parasites. That object or person then becomes under his control. A example would be him infecting a statue aand as a result the statue comes to life and moves as he desires. If he infects the ground he can caause the ground to shake and open up. If he infects a person he can control their every moment. The limits of what this infection can do is similar to a puppeteer controlling a puppet.

### **Ningyōtsukai no Akusenmojiretsu**

-Thousand Threads of the Evil Puppeteer

The Bankai summons a gigantic Evil Puppeteer. It then shoots out thousands of strings. If one of them hits you it takes you over. The strings are also sharp enough to cut thought almost anything. The Puppeteer can even take control of metaphisical things like the time of day or the air itself.