Naël

*"YOU ACT LIKE YOU’RE ALL ELEGANT BUT THOSE SCARS ON YOUR BODY AREN’T VERY LADY LIKE."*

## Professional Status

### Base of Operations

Hueco Mundo
Human World

### Previous Affiliation

Aizen's Army
Thirteenth Division

### Previous Occupation

Soldier in Aizen's Army
Unseated member of the Thirteenth Division

### Partner

Tia Hallibel
Tres Bestias
Nirjharucci Elliel

### Previous Partner

Jushirô Ukitake (†)
Kaien Shiba (†)
Caden
Nakamura Takashi
Hotaru Kikuchi
Aizen Sôsuke
Espada
Visored

## Naël

### Japanese Voice Actor

Junichi Suwabe

* Overview
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* Battles & Events

Naël ( ナエール, Naeru) was a Shinigami in the Thirteenth Division before being turned into a Visored by Aizen. He joined the original Visored group led by Shinji but didn't stay a long time, considering they're weren't strong enough to fulfill his expectations. He then ended up joingin Aizen in the Hueco Mundo, and after his defeats, decided to stay there instead of joining back the Gotei 13.

He now lives between Hueco Mundo and the World of the Livings : he tends to avoid the Shinigamis, especially because some of them want him back to get judged for his actions, and the other ones want him back as a soldier. If they really wanted to bring him back for a judgment, they could, but Kyoraku decided to leave him alone after the traumatizing events and the help Naël would have provided during the event of the Thousand Year Blood War.

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Naël vs Quilge Opie  -  Saved by Ichigo before getting killed

## Appearance

Naël has red eyes and white messy hair, with two strands falling on both side of his face. He's mainly seen with an eyebrow raised, like he would be judging you. He wears a corset as much as he can, above a shirt or a "stuck to the body" fabric, with that a large pant and boots, or sometimes moccassins, always with that touch of luxury. He wears a lot of accessories such as a belt, rings, necklace and bracelet, earings and orange-tinted glasses. His outfit colors are mostly red, black and white but he sometimes try differents styles, especially in the World of the Livings where he got more access to fabric. When he was with Aizen, he follows the trend to wear whites clothes, with some black details here and there.

Body-wise, Naël shows some muscle, results of years and years of training but not so much scars, as he takes care of himself. The only one he didn't manage to hide is on his right side, that Aizen did, lefting him for dead.

His hollow mask looks like a Oni mask, broken on the left side : Naël tried to break it, as he learned that the most powerful Arrancar gain their strength by breaking their own mask. It only ended up hurting him a lot and not giving him what he wanted.

## Personality

Naël is shown to be an ambitious soul, always wanting to be stronger than before and ready to learn new skills. This ambition is what lead him to change sides over time and to spend some of his free time in the World of the Livings, in order to learn some of their occupation. Naël doesn't know the definition of personal space, when he wants to do something, you can't really stop him. He likes to sew clothes and make people wear it, using them as a mannequin. He also likes to do makeup, nail art and work on jewelry. Naël doesn't really know when words are hurting or not, saying what he's thinking, as one time he hurts his future girlfriend by saying that "You act like you’re all elegant but those scars on your body aren’t very lady like".

Underneath this, he needs people to see him, and would be in a big psychological distress if no one notice him and to each treason, like the time where Aizen would vountarily left him for dead, saying that "he has always be useless" and "he has never trusted him and his skills". However, Naël would always physically seem the same, hiding what he truly feels, wearing a "mask". Naël needs a model to follow, a strong person to get inspiration from, without this person, he hardly lives normally. Rejecting him for not wanting to try one of his creation won't really affect him, because he could still try it on another person, but when his model tells him to go away, that's when he's not well. He could do anything for his current model, even if it's not morally acceptable, only to get recognition.

Even tho Kyoraku got the right for him to come back without any judgment at the 46 Chamber of Cho, Naël fears the Gotei 13 because he isn't aware of that information. Whenever angered or in combat, especially for his model or for his life, Naël can be dead serious and let his sassy attitude on the side.

## Turn Back The Pendulum

At this time, approximately 110 Years ago, Naël was a soldier in the Thirteenth Division under the commandment of Ukitake Jushiro. Nine years later, the night of the Incident, Naël wasn't at his Division, as he decided, like some times, to wandering around the Rukongai in order to find new inspiration and new ways to get stronger, and since this Division is one of the most free among them all, nobody suspected any bad events. It's after hearing suspects noises that he got caught in Aizen's hollowfication process, at the same time of the squad 9 members. He attaccked Shinji's group with Kensei's one. Neutralized by Hachigen powerful kido's, he would be transported by Kisuke and Tessai after Aizen's flight, and like the other Visored, sentenced to execution as Hollows the next day. He has been resscued by Yoruichi with the other and used one of the Gigai Kisuke made.

He spent almost twenty years in the Human World, trying to control his inner-hollow with the other Visored. At the same time, Naël tried to find a way to reach Aizen back, without returning to Soul Society, because he thought that "it doesn't make him [Aizen] a bad person for trying to get more powerful". Because of this, Shinji, Kensei and Hiyori mainly tried to convince him that Aizen didn't want them to be more powerful but just wanted himself to get more knowledge, and that it was *because* of him that they have been banished from Soul Society. Stubborn, Naël didn't let the other Visored tell him what to do and left them, making him one of another traitor in their eyes. Wandering in the World of the Livings, he later met Elliel, an Arrancar, who proposed to follow him to Hueco Mundo in order to meet Aizen again. Naël, agape that someone would know Aizen outside Shinigamis, didn't hesitate to accept. That's how he ended up there when Aizen was still building his empire. He then learned how to create a Garganta to travel between the two worlds, also managed to get a better control over his inner hollow and gain the trust of some Arrancar in this new world.

## Soul Society Arc

Naël hasn't been shown during the event of the Soul Society as he was in the Hueco Mundo, but he was one of those who did what was necessary to ensure that Aizen's arrival went smoothly. He didn't take control of Las Noches during his absence, but somehow kept some things in order to avoid any problems. When Aizen came back here with Gin and Kaname, Naël went back to his "normal" life : training, taking advices from some Arrancar and Espada, responding to Aizen's order, searching some new Hollows to get more soldiers, but at this time, he never had the chance to get any advices from Aizen, whom he truly idolize. He sometimes met back some Visored in his round trips between the two worlds, but didn't stay enough time to start a serious fight, because they also didn't want to be spotted by the Soul Society.

## Arrancar Arc

Naël met Ichigo's group when they arrived in front of Las Noches. They were quite surprised because he didn't't have a mask, therfore he wasn't an Arrancar. Ichigo tried to ask him what he was but Naël only respond by "I just wanted to see the people who caused so much trouble, now I'll let you here" before disappearing into Las Noches again. After this quick meeting, Naël went back to Aizen, who told him to do nothing until further orders. Following whathe said, Naël was just observing the fight from were he was. When Orihime was taken back by Starrk to Aizen, he was waiting with him, and he followed the three traitors into the Garganta, arriving in the Fake Karakura Town at the same time.

Arriving in the Fake Karakura Town, that's where he met Hotaru again since the event of Turn Back The Pendulum, which has let her thinking that he was certainly dead. Naël managed to leave Aizen, Gin and Tôsen before them being trapped into Yamamoto's fire ring. At this moment, Barragan took the lead for everyone, sending four of his Fraccions to attacks each four pillars. Not bearing the orders of someone like the Second Espada, Naël gave him an arrogant look and proceeded to go in front of Hotaru, not attacking her at the beginning, just chatting like nothing happened during all this time. After few minutes they finally began to fight, both quite disturbed to fight each other as ennemies, but also remembering that they fight for a cause : one to protect Karakura and the Soul Society, the other to get recognition from his model and to get stronger.

A bit later, Aizen grew impatient and ended up the fight between Tia and Toshiro, seeing that his Espada were struggling against the Captains and the Visored. Naël wasn't spared : astonished by his actions, Naël turned back to Aizen and before realizing, he has been badly wounded on his right side. Asking why he would do that, Aizen only answered that he has always and will always be useless, then Naël lose his balance and fell to the ground, losing consciousness. During the final battle between Aizen and Ichigo, when Mayuri sent back the fake Karakura town to Soul Society, Naël woke up, being partially healed thanks to Hotaru. He sat, and didn't talk until he felt Aizen's defeat. The stress came back and he stood up, Hotaru's asking him whhat he was doing, and he explained that he couldn't stay there because he helped Aizen, because he wouldn't feel safe around Shinigami, he would end up in prison because of what he believed. After that, he managed to open a Garganta and went back to Hueco Mundo, where he tried to heal the rest of his wounds alone.

Staying in Hueco Mundo after the confrontation, he later met back Mayuri who came to do further research on Arrancars, but also Hotaru, who, with the help of Ukitake, managed to travel there. They talked and tried to build back a link between them. But even that, they didn't really got the time to see each other as one had mission with Soul Society and the other one had to stay discreet to avoid being spotted by the secret service of Soul Society.

## Thousand Year Blood War Arc

When the Thousand Year Blood War began, Naël was in the Hueco Mundo, being chased by the 1st Jagdarmee. Injured, he still managed to escape, since he didn't meet Quilge Opie, and hide for a while, until being found again but this time, by Elliel, who was saved by Grimmjow when he killed Quilge. Elliel led Naël to Kisuke, and Orihime healed them. He is seen on the screen when Kisuke called Soul Society.

Naël is seen later only when Kisuke's group with Nel, Grimmjow and Elliel arrived at Soul Society. He later fought with Caden Dannak, a Quincy, successfully. He followed Caden when they all tried to create a portal to the Soul King Palace. When Ukitake used Mimihagi, he stepped back, surprised, but unable to do or say anything. Scared from the Quincies but also by the Shinigamis, fearing that he would get caught even in the middle of a war, he was also on guard all this time. When most of the people went to the Soul King Palace, Tadakatsu decided to take Naël with him looking for the injured Shinigami, and they both talked together, Tadakatsu telling him that he wouldn't bring him to prison or to Central 46.

At the end of the war, Shunsui came to meet Naël in order to tell him, since he didn't cause much damages in the Fake Karakura Invasion, that he helped in the Thousand Year Blood War and that he has been hollowfied, like the other Visored, that he would be "cleansed from all his crimes", if he would like to come back to Soul society, it would be okay for him, but Naël refused, scared it was a fake proposition, but was still gifted with a Soul Ticket, in order to come back without using a Jigokuchō (地獄蝶, Hell Butterfly). He went back to Hueco Mundo but didn't stay long, going back to the Human World, asking for Hotaru to meet her again to discuss about Shunsui's proposition.

## Powers & Abilities

* Hakuda (白打, Hand-to-hand combat) Expert Hakuda Combatant : Naël has great skills in Hakuda, especially with his training among the Arrancars when he joined Aizen in Hueco Mundo. Quite strong with his old age, he's even stronger tranks to his Hollow mask, being able to kill a Gillian with his bare hands.
* Zanjutsu (斬術, Art of the Sword) Expert swordsmen : He learned to use his Zanpakutô like everyone else in the Shin'o Academy, but mastered it among time with further training. His strikes are even more powerful when he uses his Hollow Mask, since his strength tenfold.
* Hohō (歩法, Fast movement) Sonido Expert : Not so quick at the beginning, relaying on his Hakuda and Zanjutsu skills, Naël learnt to be faster among the Arrancar. Therefore, he's using Sonido instead of Shunpo, making him less prudent because of the sound, but instead less noticeable since it doesn't require Reiatsu to be used. It's even mmore effective with his Hollow Mask, but not enough to rivalise with the quickest Shinigami.
* Kidō (鬼道, Demon Arts) Practictioner : Naël didn't really cared about Kidô when he was in Soul Society, focusing more on his pure strength and Zanjutsu skills. It's little before his hollowfication that he began to learn Kidô. Ending up in the World of the Livings amongst the other Visored, they all tried to master their inner hollow, therefore not focusing on their other abilities, and, after that, Naël left them to join Aizen. In Hueco Mundo, he had nobody to teach him Kidô spells, so he doesn't know any of the powerful ones, only the useful ones to perform first aid.
* Stamina : Naël is quite resistant, especially with his Hollow Mask on. He got this stamina thanks to his training with his Zanpakutô, because its effects are as much destructive on the inside than this outside. He learnt to not give up with the first injury. Despite this, the psychological traumatic response after Aizen betrayed him by injuring him badly made him faint. Also, his body seems to be more durable than another seated Shinigami level.
* Defense : Naël rely on his physical strength and abilities to tale the hits to avoid using any Bakudo spells to protect him or to step back to avoid an injury. He protects himself with his sword when he has the idea to fight back at the same moment.
* Intellect : Despite his savage nature and his will to be stronger, Naël knows how to analyze a situation. He doesn't go headlong to a fight without watching his ennemy's skills, weaknesses and assets. Generally, he starts a fights with "basic" fighting and then proceed to use the knowledge he gathered to defeat his opponent.

## Zanpakutō

Haretsu (破裂, Burst) is a regular katana. It has a golden rounded guard, with not pattern, and red hilt-crapping. The sheath is also red.

**SHIKAI**

The Shikai is triggered by the command "Deflagrate" (焼き払う, Yakiharau). In its Shikai, Haretsu changes its form from a katana to a khopesh, an antic weapon from Egypt. It has a hilt to prevent injuries, wrapped with a red fire and heat resistant tissu, that seems to come from the Zanpakutô spirit's outfits according to Naël. The whole sword is burning, cauterizing any bleeding wounds he inflicts. The main type of the Shikai is fire, but some of the opponents, especially the weaker ones, seems to be ill following the confrontation, prone to fever, nausea and tiredness.

**BANKAI**

Kakubakuhatsu (核爆発, nuclear explosion), Naël's Bankai, doesn't change in its shape but access another type : poison. Smokes escapes from the blade, harmful in some way to those who breathe it more or less long. Keeping its previous fire abilities, if someone is directly injured by the blade, the poison gets through the wounds. If the opponent is alive at the end of the fight, they will start to get numerous health problems such as cancer (especially lungs cancer), losing their hair, get cerebral edema, blood platelets and white/red blood cells start to disappear because of the bone marrow's slow destruction. The effects of Naël's Bankai can't be stopped or healed, inevitably leading to death, soon or later.

## Weaknesses

Even if Naël is the owner of Haretsu, it doesn't prevent him to get sick from its abilities, especially while using Bankai. He won't get any of the deadly disease that occurs after a fight for his opponent, but, if using it for a long time, Naël can feel nauseous for some days and feel exhausted.

## Relationship

**KIKUCHI Hotaru**: They loved each other for a certain time, then he left, then they meet again, their relationship is quite difficult to follow since Naël doesn't know what he wants, doesn't know where he wants to go. But deep inside...

**URAHARA Kisuke** : After Aizen's defeat, Kisuke became the role model for Naël since he won over him with his Kidô's skills. Unlike the other role model, Naël hides his admiration for Kisuke because he's scared of another disappointment. And anytime he's near him, he tries to not ask him tons of questions and not to look at him. Kisuke knows that Naël has a problem with recognition, and also knows that he takes him for a role model ; he doesn't talk about it with him or anyone else, in order to not embarass him.

**NIRJHARUCCI Elliel** : Elliel has been the first Arrancar to welcome him back after Aizen's defeat and to help him recover. They spent some time together before joining Tier Hallibel and the Tres Bestias, and still see each other after the events of Thousand Year Blood War.

## Trivia

* He needs people to see him, and would be in a big psychological distress if no one notice him and to each betrayal, like the time where Aizen would vountarily left him for dead, saying that "he has always be useless" and "he has never trusted him and his skills". However, Naël would always physically seem the same, hiding what he truly feels, wearing a "mask". Naël needs a model to follow, a strong person to get inspiration from, without this person, he hardly lives normally.
* His hobbies are fashion and makeup. It's not impossible, if you're close enough with him, that he asks you to be his mannequin.
* He has never used his Bankai whil training with someone else. He always managed to train alone to avoid some heavy injuries.
* It's while observing the original Gotei 13 fights that he began to wanting to be more powerful.
* He loves spicy food.