Ares Nakayama

**Ares Nakayama** (アレス中山  *Aresu Nakayama*) is the Captain of the Sixth Division of Gotei 13. He is the Captain of Haru Mochizuki and Kokoro Himeo.

## Appearance

Ares has the appearance of a tall and slender man with tan skin, slanted golden eyes with slit pupils and long white hair that is tied up into a very high ponytail by a dark blue ribbon with short wavy bangs. He also had wide, jagged violet stripes on the cheeks, a magenta stripe on each eyelid, and black eyebrows. He wears white kimono and hakama, a hadagi undershirt, a spiked rim attached to the upper section of his black breastplate with a "camelia" fauld that possess a grayish color trim, a long flowing sash with details, and armored boots that contains black. He also wears black and light grayish purple armored gauntlets, a layered spiked pauldron on each shoulder, and a parted pelt that extends from both shoulders and trails behind him as he walks. He has his zanpakuto at the left of his sash.

## Personality

Ares is a good and kind individual, with that being the case ever since he was a kid and that nature extends to his squad, however, he will punish or face anyone for the general good of the squad, with that being the reason he is fair and treats all his squad members equally and without favouritisms. He is dutiful and follows the rules and law strictly, with that being the reason he is in charge of the Sixth Squad.

He is mostly at his office and tends to overwork himself sometimes, with him planning patrol routines which he changes frequently, handling paperwork and interrogating crime suspects or those that might hide wanted men, with him tending to lose his cool and can even beat answers out of those he interrogates, with that happening frequently. When he fights, he tries to subjucate individuals, however, he will kill if he has or is ordered to.

What everyone doesn't know, except his lieutenant, is that he eats great amounts of sweets which he gets from her, both for pleasure and because he needs the sugar for enduring through his work while when he has gathered enough stress and has some time off, he knits a lot of things, usually cat/tiger themed.

## History

Ares was born 700 years ago in a long family line of blacksmiths of the 12th district, one of the few existing across the West Rukongai. From a young age, Ares was being tutored in the ways of being a blacksmith, however, he showed more interest and skill with using swords, something honed from the many test cuttings he performed and his secret training but despite that, his father was adamant in Ares succeeding him as a blacksmith. Ten years after becoming more involved with the shop, Ares’ reiatsu began increasing more and more as he trained, with him unable to control it and causing small accidents from time to time, but his father pretended that nothing strange was happening. One day however, Hollows that were on the run appeared, with them causing havoc and trying to devour anyone in sight. Unable to sit still and do nothing, Ares grabbed a sword and lunged at them, with him managing to gravely injure one and saving the two souls it grabbed, however, he was no match for the other Hollows that were overpowering him, with him holding off for five minutes with skill and endurance.

As he was brought to his limits and they rushed to devour him, many Shinigami from the 6th squad appeared and defeated them, with Ares being amazed. The Shinigami sensed his reiatsu and after they realized that he stalled the Hollows, they ordered his enrollment in the Shinōreijutsuin, with his father ending up accepting Ares’ path and wishing him happiness in his life as a Shinigami. In the academy, Ares showed great skill in Hohō and Hakuda while his sword fighting skills were of the top of his generation, with him graduating at the fifth year and then was enrolled to the 6th squad where he occupied the 18th seat at the time. Thanks to his daily routine and after participating in some missions, he learned his zanpakuto’s name and after that, he slowly began climbing the ranks after accomplishing numerous missions.

## Powers and Abilities

**Master Swordsman**: Thanks to his natural talent, training and sword tests, Ares ended up becoming a master swordsman. Before he even became a Shinigami, Ares was skillful enough to gravely injure a Hollow and manage for a time to barely survive the overpowering attacks of multiple ones with skill and endurance. His style revolves around disarming and sword damaging techniques. Due to the nature of his Zanpakuto, he immersed himself in improving his hand-to-hand combat skills and piercing techniques.

**Immense Strength**:

**Immense Speed**:

**Monstrous Endurance**: What gives Ares uniqueness among the other Captains of the Gotei 13 is his endurance, with him being able to receive numerous hits and wounds before falling down Even as a child, he managed for a time to barely survive the overpowering attacks of multiple Hollow with skill and endurance, with him holding out for five minutes of continuous attacks.

### Zanpakuto

Senko (戦虎, War Tiger). When sealed, it takes the form of a sheathed katana with a red hilt which Ares has on his left part of his sash.

Senko's normal form
* **Shikai**: Senko’s release command is "*Slash all Creation*" In its Shikai, Senko takes the form of two blue clawed gauntlets of black with protruding blue spikes on the wrist part.

***Shikai Special Ability***: Senko allows Ares to create claws of pure energy, with them being able to slice through most things. Ares can control their length and usually, the shorter they are then the more powerful they are. The claws can lengthen themselves up to two times the length of a normal katana.
* **Gōon Tsume**(轟音, Roaring Claw}}: Ares swipes his claws and releases projected claw slashes.

* **Bankai**: **Chitotsu Senko** (千突戦虎, Thousand-Pierced War Tiger):Chitotsu Senko is activated by Ares punching his shikai gauntlets or punching his fists when his sword is sealed. Then, hundreds of energy swords with a tiger faced guard appear floating beside him.

***Bankai Special Ability***: Chitotsu Senko allows Ares to rain down and control the energy blades that levitate by his side. Also, he can position them in certain ways in order to activate certain techniques. The Bankai however has a weakness; each blade isn’t very durable, with sufficient force being able to shatter them. However, his blades restore themselves as long as he activates bankai after his did his shikai.
* **Oboru Tora** (踊る虎, Dancing Tiger): Ares crosses his arms with each other in the shape of an "X" with the left arm being above the right arm while also having both hands forming a clenched fist. Then, the floating swords fly toward the opponent and envelop them, creating a tornado that severely slices those trapped. The swirling swords create the image of an ethereal tiger running towards the heavens.

* **Akarui Tora Kirisaku** (明るい虎きりさく, Bright Tiger Slash): Ares has his hands in a clawed stance, with his hands being enveloped by some swords which have claw like shape. Ares uses this technique the same way he uses his shikai while he can fuse the free swords with the utilized ones to make them bigger and stronger. Every swipe creates the image of an ethereal tiger’s swipe.

## Trivia

* In Greek Mythology, Ares was the god of war, a reference to the character's zanpakuto name.
* One of the two swords he carries is a rusty and broken sword, with it being the first sword he ever got his hands on from his family's shop.