Name: Ntozake Hounsou-Emeagwali [En-TOE-Zah-kay Hoe-un-Soe Ee-mee-Eh-Gwah-lie]
Aliases/ Nicknames: Giovanni Knowles [a pseudonym she uses whenever she goes to earth.]
-Desloc [Her nickname0 that people went by when she was alive. Well, people on the street.]
Age: Age of Death: 19 Appearance: 35
Gender: Female
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Seat/Former Seats:Former 3rd Seat, 1st Division
Former Vice-Captain, 1st Division
Former Captain of the 12th Division
-Former President of the Shinigami Research and Development Institute
Height: 5'3"
Weight: 129 lbs
Personality:Ntozake is very intelligent woman, she knows 4 Languages (English, French, Zulu, Chinese). In her daily tongue, she can be seen using 3 of the four languages at once in a conversation. Her voice is lined with Zulu overtones. She is a bit eccentric with alot of things. One thing about Ntozake is that she does not hold her tongue. She will state her opinion on things whether anyone likes it or not. Ntozake is not a fan of a**-kissing. She generally doesn't care about what others think about her. She continues to do her thing, no questions asked. Ntozake only keeps a limited circle of people around her. If she feels as though someone is becoming too close to her, she has a habit of trying to push that person away. Ntozake doesn't hold grudges against people, unless you really wronged her in a foul way. She has a strong dislike against men who are rude to women. Also, she isn't a big fan of drinking but is a big fan of gambling. Mmmhmm...she has problems with her height. The woman is a bit of a pacifist. She doesn't like bloodshed nor unnecessary drama. Initially when she is placed in a situation where she 'forced' to fight, she tries to negotiate. If negotiation does not work, she will fight. Her personality changes when she is in battle. She tends to think of the battle as a game, and really does not take it seriously or so it seems that way. To her, it's all an act to frustrate her opponent and try to expose their weaknesses very quickly.
+Secrets: If you look at Ntozake, you can see the strong resemblence she has with Yomiko Shihouin.
-She is Yomiko Shihouin's mother and the Grandmother of the 13th Captain, Isabella Navarro. These two don't quite know it, yet.
-She loves Sweets
Theme Song(s):
Physical Description: Ntozake has dark brown skin and breathtaking hazel eyes. She has long dark brown dread locks that reaches down to her mid back. She usually keeps in a high ponytail. It's rare for anyone to see her with her dreadlocks down and in a free flowing manner. Ntozake has a curvaceous figure. Ntozake wears thin obsidian framed glasses with transitional lenses. Unlike the others, she does not wear then traditional shihakusho, but instead wear something more casual. As in Casual, she tends to lean more to the Coogi brands. [A/N: Best... s**t... ever. >///>] Ntozake is, in reality, 5'3" but due to her fear of not being taken 'seriously', she wears heels or wedges that cause her to appear 5'6". Captain's haori has several modifications as well. The Haori consists of a large hood and several pockets on each side, and two breast pockets on the inside of the coat. On the Haori, there is a small gold and black pin with the inscription 'The Kingdom of the Zulu', a gift from her father when she was living. The Captain often wears her Zanpaku-to on her back, in a similar fashion to Hitsugaya. Ntozake has her ears pierced as well. Having two golden loops on each ear. On her right ear, she has a silver ear cuff on her upper earlobe. On her right hand, she has a small oval jade ring on her middle finger. On her left hand, she has none. She rarely wears necklaces for the fact that she feels that they only get in her way while she is working.
[--Zanpaku-to Information--]Zanpakutou Name: Tchaka [Pronounced Shaka-- SHAAA-KKEEHH]
Zanpakutou Element: Sound
Zanpakutou Sword Type: Wushu Broadsword
Sealed Form: Tchaka
Zanpakutou Spirit: Tchaka is a very sculpted man. He is 6'3" with a magnificently proportioned body, well muscled and with a true royal bearing. He is dark-skinned, just like Ntozake. As for his hair, Tchaka has a low-cut. Around his head, he wears a headdress with one single crane feather, which is stationed in the middle of the headdress. Tchaka wears the traditional Zulu chieftain-warrior garb. Tchaka can be found wearing a small piece of leopard skin around his waist, symbolizing his status as King. On his toned upper arms, he wears tufts of cow's hair. This can be said about his upper knees as well. Just like his wielder, Tchaka is a man of daring, cunning, and imagination. His very presence commands respect among anyone who would be around him at the time. He has this air of confidence and power that can be overwhelming, even for Ntozake. He can be ruthless, cold hearted, and quite the strategist. Ntozake and Tchaka's relationship can be characterized as a subordinate-superior relationship. Ntozake is the subordinate in this equation. Tchaka will often offer Ntozake insight on things if he feels it is needed. He does not hesitate to offer his opinion and can come off as rather blunt, which suits Ntozake just fine.
+Zanpaku-to Realm: Tchaka's realm can be described as a military kraal over looking a valley in South Africa. It is one kilometer in diameter, five kilometers in circumference, contains abandoned 1400 huts. The sky in Tchaka's realm can be described as a light crimson with very few clouds in the sky. The whole military kraal is abandoned, with only Tchaka as the only person there. [A/N: More description later. Blahh.]
Shikai: 'Vous méritez de briller... Tchaka.' [Shikai::Weapon...]
Tchaka changes from its default form of a broadsword to a long metal assegai. The steel assagai is 6 feet in length. The spear has a dark blue clothe with golden specks of thread wrapped around the middle of it and extends towards the end of it.
'Applique le poids...' [Shikai: Attack 1- Defensive]
'Applique le poids...' is Tchaka's Shikai attack. A low humming sound could be heard from the end of the spear, which allows the Zanpaku-to to use the sound waves that are generated from the spear against the opponent. The sound waves that Tchaka generates slows down the opponent if it comes in contact with the spear and/or if the user sends a 'wave' of the vibrations at the opponent...
'Le pousse à la limite...' [Shikai: Attack 2- Offensive]
'Le pousse à la limite...' Is the second of Tchaka's attacks. Just like the first attack, it allows the user to use the sound waves generated against the opponent. But, this attack allows the sound waves to be used as a offensive attack. The attack is like a low-key sonic boom.
Bankai:In her Bankai stage, Ntozake's appearance changes drastically. Whatever she was wearing before, she doesn't appear in the same garb. On her head is the magnificent headdress of a Zulu warrior. [See Tchaka pic]. Her clothing is different as well. Her appearance mirror's her Zanapku-to's. She has tufts of cowhair on her upper arms and knees. Even with this, there are several things that cause the outfit to be different from Tchaka's. On her hands are obsidian fingerless gloves with the exception of the middle and ring fingers, which are semi-covered. Ntozake is seen to be wearing a grey dress in a similar manner to this one, along with dark tights.
The Initial weapon of the Shikai is changed into a Guan Dao weapon in the Bankai stage. Her Guan Dao weapon consists of a heavy blade with a spike at the back with a notch at the spike's upper base that can catch an opponent's weapon. In addition there are often irregular serrations that lead the back edge of the blade to the spike. The blade is mounted atop a 1.5 m to 1.8 m (5-6 foot) long wooden or metal pole with a pointed metal counter weight used to balance the heavy blade and for striking on the opposite end. The blade is very deeply curved, a red sash attached at the joint of the pole and blade. The Guan Dao has nine rings along the length of the straight back edge.
In her Bankai stage, Ntozake's speed is heightened greatly.
Bang Sonique… [Bankai Attack:: 1]
The 'Bang Sonique' is a larger version of 'Le pousse à la limite...'. Instead of a Low-Key Sonic Boom, it is much stronger and a much wider radius.
Frénésie de bang sonique... [Bankai Attack:: 2]
An Alternative version of the 'Bang Sonique' attack. It has all of the properties of the Bang Sonique. The one factor that changes this attack from the initial ones is the fact that the boom sends out something similar to small spear-like weapons at the opponent.
Perche de bâton et de pain... [Bankai Attack:: 3]
The 'Perche de bâton et de pain' is a more powerful version of 'Applique le poids...'. This attack is in a larger variety than the Shikai.
Kidou:
Bakudo:
1. Restrain (塞, sai)— Locks a target's arms in place behind their back.
4. Crawling Rope (這縄, hainawa) — An energy rope entangles a target's arms.
9. Strike (撃,Geki) — Engulfs a target in red light, completely paralyzing them.
12. Fushibi: A net formed from an attachment point on the caster, can be small or large depending ong the reiatsu force behind it.
37. Suspending Star (吊星, tsuriboshi) - Creates a star-shaped cushion of Spiritual Energy, which anchors it to nearby objects with "ropes" of spirit particles. It can stop falling objects, acting like a safety net.[6]
58. Summoning of the Tracking Sparrows (摑趾追雀, kakushitsuijaku) — Tracks and locates any spiritual force the user focuses on.
61. Six Rods Prison of Light (六杖光牢, rikujōkōrō) — Summons six thin, but wide, beams of light that slam into a target's midsection, holding them in place.
62. Hundred Stepped Rails (百歩欄干, hyapporankan?) — A rod formed of energy is thrown towards the target before it disintegrates into numerous short rods which are used to pin the target to the surroundings and render them immobile.
63. Chainlike Desert (Sajo Sabaku)— The target is wrapped from the neck down in a thick chain.
75. Quintet of 1 kan Iron Pillars (五柱鉄貫, gochūtekkan) — Forms a cage made of five incredibly high and thick pillars around a target.
77. Heavenly Rickshaws in Silken Air (天挺空羅, tenteikūra) — Transmits messages to anyone within Soul Society.
81. Splitting Void (斷空, danku) — Creates an energy barrier in the form of a rectangular wall.
Hado:
1. Thrust (衝, shō) — Pushes the target away from the caster.
4. White Lightning (白雷, byakurai) — Fires a concentrated bolt of lighting from the caster's forefinger.
11. Tsuzuri Raiden: Imbues and object with an electrical current. The technique was used by Hisagi Shuuhei, by allowing the kidou to travel up the chain of his zanpakutou, Shinikaze.
31. Shot of Red Fire (赤火砲, shakkahō) — Fires a ball of red energy at a target.
33. Blue Fire, Crash Down (蒼火墜, sōkatsui) — Fires a burst of blue spiritual energy at a target in a similar manner to 31, but over a wider area and with more power.
54. Waste Flame (廃炎, haien)— Incinerates a target completely.
58. Orchid Sky (闐嵐, tenran) - A widening tornado-like blast is fired towards the target.
63. Thunder Roar Cannon (雷吼炮, raikōhō) — Fires a massive wave of yellow energy at a target.
73. Twin Lotus Blue Fire, Crash Down (双蓮蒼火墜, sōren sōkatsui) — Essentially a doubled version of #33, this spell fires two shots of blue fire with greater potency than the single-shot variety.
88. Flying Dragon Striking, Heaven-Shaking, Lightning Cannon (飛竜撃賊震天雷砲, hiryūgeki zoku shinten raihō?)— Fires a massive blast of spiritual energy in a fashion similar to a laser.
Other:
Kyōmon: It creates a glass-like barrier which is difficult to break from the outside, but quite simple to break from the inside.
Hanki: This technique nullifies an opponent's movement by hitting them with an perfectly opposite surge of energy.
White Crawl (白伏, hakufuku): A Kido Spell that allows it's caster to destroy everything within a certain radius of him/her.
Utsusemi [空蝉, cicada]: Allows a person to move out of harms way by creating another image of themselves.
Senka [闪花, Flash Blossom]: a flash step combined with a spin to quickly move behind the enemy, followed by a strike aimed to destroy the saketsu chain and the hakusui soul sleep with a combination of two quick thrusts.
Accessories:
-Mod Soul Information-
Name: Miles
Personality: Miles is a bit of a snobbish mod-soul. He'd rather not get his hands dirty with certain things. [more to come, later.]
Ability: Enhanced Strength
+ Terminateur Creux::: A gun with Zanpaku-to qualities. Though it does not have a release [Shikai-Bankai], it is able to do the most basic of Zanpaku-to functions, exterminating hollows. The bullets have special properties of a Zanpaku-to, such as reiatsu, that allows the bullet to exterminate hollows. This is one of her inventions from the 12th Squad.
+ Mains de foudre::: This is another one of Ntozake's infamous inventions she developed when she was in the 12th Squad. This is a pair of gloves with the ability to produce lightning in battle. There are thin metal plates on the finger tips of the gloves. Using a special technology that she specifically designed for the glove, it's able to produce such element. It runs on reiatsu/batteries.
Skills:
Master Scientist/Inventor: As the head of the Shinigami Research Institute, Ntozake is a talented inventor and scientist, having created a number of devices or techniques to aid herself, shinigami, and regular souls.
Master Chemist: Being the current head of the Research an Development Institute, Ntozake has extensive knowledge of chemicals.
Master Acrobat: Ntozake is extraordinarily acrobatic. Because of this, she is very fast and agile in battle, able to outmaneuver almost any opponent she comes across. She is also very flexible, able to bend in nearly impossible positions and walk on her hands. These abilities allow her to scale almost any surface very quickly, and transgress through most barriers and into small spaces.
Sound/Vibration Mastery: Ntozake has been able to master her Zanpaku-to's Main Theme, which has to do with sounds and vibrations. As she learned how to do this, she has developed some techniques that are centered along with the theme.
---Enhanced Hearing: Due to her mastering her theme, she has enhanced hearing.
---Paume Paralysante: This ability allows her to channel the same type soundwaves that are used in her defensive shikai attack ('Applique le poids') to her limbs. This is a hand-to-hand combat ability that allows Ntozake to be able to slow down her opposition in Hand-to-Hand combat.
---Ngokushesha-shukumisa: This move allows Ntozake to 'ride' on vibrations in the air. She often uses this move to enhance her Shunpo.
Shunpo: She is capable at using Shunpo to a greater extent.
Hakudou: Her Hakudou style is the Jun Fan Jeet Kune Do Style [Made famous my it's originator, Bruce Lee.]
Enhanced Durability: Ntozake can take alot of hits in battle. She can survive most damage.
Enhanced Strength: Ntozake is strong enough to take on bigger opponents despite her smaller stature. She is able to hold her own against opponents twice her size.
Bio: Ntozake Hounsou-Emeagwali was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. She is of Zulu descent, since her father is from the Zulu Tribe. He came from the town of Dannhauser in the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa.
There were a couple of times she visited the town, but that was it. Her father moved into the city because he wanted to escape that life, this was when he was 17. Her mother, she’s originally from South Africa but has lived in France for most of her life. Her mother was of mixed heritage. She was a Doctor, well, she was studying to become one when she met Ntozake's father. She’s the one that had first introduced her to the wonderful world of science… She moved away from Johannesburg when she was 4 Years Old. Her mother landed a job back in France, so they moved there. When she lived in France, she didn’t have many friends, just a couple. This was due to the fact that she was always reading or doing something out of the norm like collection bugs or digging through her mothers' study to tinker with something. At this time, she began to discover that she could see spirits and the paranormal, which wasn't a odd thing since Zulu's often treasured having a connection with the spiritual. By the time she was 12, her father passed away of natural causes. This hurt her mother, hard. It even threw her in a depression that lasted for a long time. Ntozake, on the other hand, became more extroverted and started to be social. Anyway, by the time she was 14, her mother re-married. Ntozake did not like her new father nor did the male like her. So the two kept a safe distance away from each other. Her mother did not seem to notice this and months later they relocated to the Bahamas.
When they were in Nassau... Everything for the new family seemed to go for the better and for the worse. Her mother and her step-father had twins, and because of their jobs they could not stay home and watch the kids. So, they placed this task on Ntozake, whom was very agitated about it. Her parents were never home, so it was almost as if the twins were her kids. She watched first two years of her teenage era pass by. And quite frankly, she was sick of it. So when her mother started to stay home more, she started to stay out late and started to fall into a street gang. In that street gang, she eventually managed to become a big player and everyone in the streets knew who she was. Despite her social standing, she managed to maintain a high GPA. Ntozake began to do more and more rebellious things, such as small robberies, etc. and eventually went onto bigger things. Her parents didn't know about it, that is, until one day her step-father went snooping in her room and found a gang flag. He decided to confront her about it when he felt it was right. Her step-father informed her mother about the flag and his suspicions. Her mother thought that it was just a coincidence and just made excuses for her. When the evidence became apparent, her mother could not deny it any longer. Her mother decided that she will confront her daughter about the situation, but her step-father suggested otherwise. One day when she came from home from school step-father was waiting... Waiting on her, which was very unusual for him to do, since he wasn't close to Ntozake in anyway. He confronted her about the flag and everything else. On instinct, Ntozake denied the allegations against her, saying that he was mad and the only reason he would lie on her because she wasn't his child. The two got into a heated argument. Once she got close, she shoved him. The man was already mad enough and then suddenly, he grabbed an knife... He proceeded to stab her. She was killed that day, in her living room... He dragged her body into his trunk and dumped it on the side of a road... to be found...
--------------
Once Ntozake came into the Soul Society, it was a different matter. She lived in District 56 of the Rukongai. Ntozake was later taken in by a family once it was known that she had the latent ability to become a shinigami. Years passed as her abilities became more apparent. At this time, she started working various jobs around her district with her good friend, Huang. Much to her displeasure, her adoptive parent's forced her to enroll in the Shinigami Academy, where she passed the entrance exam and was placed in the higher ranking classes with nobility and whatnot. She didn't like this one bit, but she continued through school, anyway. She made lots of friends and some enemies as well, which caught the eye of a certain Shihouin male. But anyway, when she graduated the Academy, that's when things took a very surprising twist.
Ntozake was recruited into the first squad, automatically gaining the title of third seat, but to her surprise. She trained daily, aspiring to be able to fight beside the SouTaichou of that time. Her time came when his Vice-Captain was killed in battle. Automatically, she gained his spot. Her and the Sou-Taichou's partnership lasted for nearly two centuries until she became the Captain of the 12th Squad. This is where her true talents' flourished as a scientist. She created numerous things that aided the Soul Society in it's time of peril. This was also the time where she became pregnant with a noblemans' child. Of course the child did live, but some events occurred that barred her from watching her child grow up like a mother should. Because of this, Ntozake has been watching her child from a safe distance. It wasn't until her child was 13 that they actually met face-to-face, but it was only for a moment because she saved her from an assassin that was trying to harm her. This would be the first and last time they have ever encountered each other. Since that incident, Ntozake dropped down from her position as 12th Captain. She now owns a restaurant in the Rukongai.
