Name: Ricardo De la Costasa
Class: Arrancar.
Age: 467
Physical appearance: A man seemingly in 30-es with long black hair and gray stripes, stretching a bit lower than his shoulders. Eyes are violet. Usually wears a couple of days old beard. About 187cm tall and with a strong body build. Generally dressed in all black. Hollow mask remnant is a thin black metal crown around the head.
Background story: A former shinigami. Was a vice-captain in Gotei 6. During some period of his life, because severing his reiatsu organs in battle, strange anomality started to occur within him. It was a hollow. At first he tried to surpess the inner hollow and tried look okay to subordinates and to captain. But fulfilling duties kept growing harder. Inner hollow was gaining strength. During one night, a mask formed and he went on a rampage in the quarters of 3-ird division. After killing most of his lower ranking subordinates, shocked Ricardo fled and escaped to the wild.
He became a lonely taveler who slowly succumbed to the hollow maddness. The more it gave him a reason to stay away from settlements and live as a traveling hermit. Forces of Gotei 6 were searching for him. A murder like that will never be forgotten.
Allmost completely given up and crumbled under the pressure of hollofication, Vizards found the poor traveler. They picked Ricardo up and tried to create a new comrade. For that, he had to go through a ritual battle in order to defeat the inner hollow.
But the inner hollow proved to be incredibly powerful. More powerful than Vizards could ever expect. Ricardo lost and succumbed. Enraged hallow broke through the barrier and escaped, killing two Vizards while doing it.
Ricardos will as a hollow was stronger than ever. His lust for battles and hunger grew. Allmost in no time, he ended up as a part of Gillan. But other souls were weak compared to him and Ricardo's consioussness started to rule, giving that gillan a willpower to fight. And when Gillan has a willpower to fight, an Adjuchas is not far away. And fery very few, very strong Adjuchas advance to the ultimate level of Hollow. Finial step in evolution. Or so Ricardo thought after becoming a Vasto Lorde.
After finding Las Noches he came to know about Arrancars. Creatures despised by most other hollows. Despite heavy resistance by his underling hollows and other Vasto Lordes who were afraid to lose a good asset, Ricardo joined Arrancars and became one.
Now considered as one of the strongest ammong Arrancars, he leads a resistance against Kyuusei Souske. He is also a high ranking member of Arrancar high council. Ricardo's coal is to destroy Kyuusei Souske and win over his subordinates and to take the rule over Las Noches. So far he hasn't shown any direct hostility towards Kyuusei.
Personality: Ricardo is sometimes seen as wise and quite charismatic person. Yet everyone knows about his lust for combat and battles. His desire for power knows no bounds. Despite that, Ricardo can use diplomacy and non brute force means if needed. Generally calm and appreciates humor.
Fierce and merciless in battle.
#1 - Reiatsu (power 65%, regeneration 35%)
#2 - Hierro
#3 - Zanjutsu
#4 - Hollow Powers
#5 - Hand to hand combat
#6 - Speed (sonido)
Ricardo is infamous for his very unique type of reiatsu. As many say, it is very intense and thick and tends to look like a pitch black flame or steam. His hierro is incredibly strong, especially in ressurection state. Also impressive is Ricardo's sword play....with large two handed swords. He enjoys slashing things with single powerful sweep. Can hit very hard in hand to hand combat, but isn't very fast or agile. Uses lot's of Bala. Generally doesn't use much sonido. Likes more to charge directly.
Sealed zanpakuto: Large two handed, cross shaped greatsword with a jet black blade. Handle and cross is also black, but finely decorated with silver. Sword is as tall as Ricardo himself.
Pre-Arrancar form: Mostly human size figure, coverd with black ragged robes and hood (something like Nazgul from LOTR). Hands were made from armored black steel and so were lower parts of legs which could be seen from under the robes. Probably an indicator of full heavy plate set, worn beneath raggs. Mask was also made from black Iron, resembling a helmet of crusader. He was always surrounded by his black steam like reiatsu. Despide being hollow, Ricardo still carried that large two handed sword on his back. Mabye some sort of zampakuto remnant from being a shinigami?
Resurrection: Name is "Let there be darnkess! Vengador Oscuridas!"
Everything is engulfed into black steam reiatsu. Ricardo appeares as a blackguard wearing a
black heavy plate armor with spikes in different places. Also a large ragged cape appears on his back. Greatsword remains the same and crown becames a crusader pot helmet.
Black reiatsu emmits from his blade and body and comes even out as a steam from the holes and eye places in helmet and between armor.
Black steam also affects everything surrounding him. Objects start to allmost as if burn in that black flame like essence and it has a strong corrosive effect.
Abilities:
Ola De La Oscuridas: With a sword swing, releases a massive wave of black, negative energy with great destructive power. Wave leaves everything burning with black reiatsu witch has corrosive effect.
Canalla: Ricardo's black matter reiatsu is so intentse that when gathering it together, he can form minions. Demonic creatures made out of darkness.
Vigas Oscuras: He can release several black beams of dark reiatsu from hand or from body, which have strong piercing capabilites. They can also become solid, looking like a series of black thin spears after impaling the opponent. Black becams can change direction in midair and can also launch from ground. Vigas Oscuras can also be partially solid like a rope or whip to strangle or bind enemies.
Some other powers/skills: Special reiatsu: has corrosive effects.
Immense brute strength: Ricardo could probably beat Komamura's Tengen in hand shake.
