Post by nizzie on Dec 20, 2009 1:49:56 GMT -5
Name: Mercedes de Rosas
Age: 300
Gender: Female
Personality:
Skill Level: Cero/Bala: Intermediate
Skill Level: Sonido: Advanced
Skill Level: Pesquisa: Intermediate
History/Background:
Age: 300
Gender: Female
Personality:
When talking to people, she's rather negative about the things she says, often making the situation worse than they already are. If two people were fighting, then Mercedes will voice her opinion but put more sadness into it. For example: Instead of, "You can do it!! I believe in you!!", she will say, "You can't win against him.... I don't think you can do this on your own... you should give up right now." She also has a bit of a smart mouth, letting her remarks slip out when they should be kept in her mind. Mercedes thinks death is natural, that it is a way of life. She also thinks that hollows eat each other, to survive, which is why most die in Hueco Mundo. In her mind, they die to become food for the others, and so on and so forth. But if she explains her beliefs to others, they turn away from her because the topic of death itself does not interest them or it frightens.Appearance:
Mercedes is driven by encouragement in a battle. If she has someone that depends on her, and supports her, she has a good chance of winning the battle. She will never back down, and cower from her enemy, mainly because she made a vow to keep living--for her dear family. If she thinks that it is nearly impossible, Mercedes will submit and allow her opponent to kill her; she is content during this moment because death is natural and she will be with her loved ones--or so she thinks. But, she knows that she will never submit to the enemy.
Her hair is very long and black in color that reaches to her knees and covers her face. She has pale blue eyes, and snow white skin. She has a large cross on her back, which is supposed to be a part of her Resurreccion form. The cross has cracks and jagged edges and seems to match up with her spine and her shoulder joints. She wears a large cloak-like dress with sleeves that come to the elbows, and the skirt hugs the floor, giving her the appearance of the classic Grim Reaper character. She appears to be 18, since her features are that of a young teenage woman's. Her hairline is the shape of an arc, and her face is oval shaped while her her eyes are the shape of almonds. Mercedes' lips are full and always decorated with red lipstick. Her nose is medium sized and it's bridge is diagonal. Mercedes is 5'9", and looks like she could weigh around 120 or 140. Her arms reach to about the middle or the top of her thigh, and her legs are normal length. Her body has a lot of curves, especially around the waist area, but her robe tends to hide that.Arrancar Powers:
Mercedes is capable of performing the common abilities that all arrancars are understood to posses:Zanpakuto's name:
She is well skilled in Sonido, Hierro, Bala and Cero.
Mercedes' zanpakuto is called "Pajabo Espantoso", which means "Frightful Bird" in Spanish.Un-released Zanpakuto's Appearance:
The spirit, Pajaro Espantoso, is a large male bird that is found in his nest that rests in the center of a giant, naked tree. The branches tend to stab anyone he thinks is a danger to his habitat. Pajaro's tree is located in the middle of nowhere, surround by eternal darkness, making it hard to see where Pajaro may be resting. But when Mercedes visits, the branches form a spoon like object around her, and lift her up into the tree. This is the only time when Pajaro will not attack someone who steps foot in his habitat. Pajaro Espantoso is a very protective person, mainly of his master Mercedes de Rosas. He cares for the woman, but does not show it on the battlefield or during the battle, but rather after the fight. He is persistant when it comes to Mercedes using her zanpakuto abilities: Bailar, Entregar, Llamar, and Parar.
Bailar (To Dance) - When Mercedes digs her zanpakuto into the ground, her reiatsu starts to "tear" itself apart, making the shredded pieces turn into the shape of a raven. Once all of the blade has been turned into ravens, the only part of the zanpakuto is the Tsuka. These ravens fly in all sorts of directions, waiting for their master on further directions. To get control over them, Mercedes holds up the Tsuka, sending a small string of reiatsu through it and connects one raven, to the other and so on and so forth. Then--she weilds the tsuka as if it were a zanpakuto, changing the direction of the birds to make them charge at the opponent. Before they do, they all come together and form a large, black comet like object. The point of this is to push the target about 70 or 80 feet from his or position. If she were using it against another arrancar with a stronger Hierro than her, Baile would not affect the opponent.
Entregar (To Deliver) - Mercedes opens up her wings only for this ability. When they are completely spread out, Mercedes uses her reiatsu to harden the her feathers--think of the feathers using Hierro. These feathers become hard and sharp enough to cause serious damage to the other opponent. Mercedes can get rid of her feathers in two ways: flap one wing to release all or some of the feathers or flap both to get rid of all or some of the feathers. The most common method is flapping one wing and releasing half of her wings. She releases by flapping them as hard as she can, but it is not enough to let them go, so she uses her reiatsu to give them a boost to lift off. She does the same for the other half, and the other wing.
Llamar (To Call ) - To confuse the target, Mercedes creates three large gusts of wind to throw him or her off concentration. Usually the opponent would guard themselves to keep the dirt out of their eyes. By the time the wind has settled, Mercedes was gone. Once the opponent is confused as to where she is, Mercedes will let out an actual Raven's call, to startle them. She does this multiple times before she scares him or her out of their wits. When she sees enough is enough, Mercedes will swoop down and charge at the target, and tries again if they dodge. If they continue, then Mercedes will give up.
Parar (To Stop) - Mercedes can take her wings and enlarge them so they are wide enough to keep herself hidden. When she wants to block herself from repeated attacks, her wings will fold over top each other completely, keeping Mercedes safe behind them. Then, she uses Hierro to make the wings and her body solid as a rock. Her wings are affected because they are connected to the bones in her back. Mercedes barely uses this ability when she is in battle.
The Tsuka (Handle )of her sword is tan, while the Ito (Braid) is black with some "bubbles" in it. The Habaki and Fuchi (collar) are the same color as the Tsuka, while the Seppa (Spacers) are black, like the Ito. Other things such as the Fuchi-kashira (end cap) and Menuki (Ornament) blend in with the rest of the Tsuka. The Tsuba (guard) is gold, to match the color of the Tsuka and the Ito, which are black and tan. The blade of the katana is made of stainless steel. The Saya (Scabbard) of Mercedes' sword is a goldish/ tannish color with a black Sagaeo (cord); the Kurikata (knob) is silver. On the Saya is a sumi-e design of a geisha that reaches from the Kojiri (Cap) to the Koiguchi (Scabbard mouth), but that is only one side of the Saya. Mercedes keeps her katana on her back.Resurrección Release phrase::
Volar (To Fly), Pajaro Espantoso (Frightful Bird)Resurrección Appearance::
Mercedes basically in the form of a Raven. Every body part is covered with feathers, except part of her face. Her reiatsu forms a beak and covers her face from her nose to her chin. In this form, Mercedes' skin turns gray, and her eyes are completely black; she is 2x taller than her normal height. When she speaks, Her voice is more demonic and more serious than when she normally is. She also lets out a long, ear-splitting screech that is basically nails on a chalkboard amplified. In Resurrección, Pajaro Espantoso becomes Pajaro de Terror.Resurrección Abilities::
Mercedes' release takes place when bones come up from her back where the large cross is. They grow until they are the wing span of a raven. Her reiatsu then takes the place as black feathers. Once she has her raven wings, she can guard herself from attacks or create gusts of wind. A few other physical features change, such as her fingers and feet; Mercedes' finger nails turn coal black and grow twice the size of her fingers while her feet transform into that of a bird's feet, but are made for perching. The toe nails also turn black. Mercedes' eyes turn red, while the white part turn black. Her sword's blade turns black for her release and Resurreccion, and she keeps her wings surrounding her but leaves a little space so she can see what is happening.Skill Level: Hierro: Advanced
Tomar una merienda ( To have a snack ) - Pajaro de Terror can use his talons to severely damage the target, by perching his giant talons on their shoulders. Whenever Mercedes is hungry, and feels like devouring a hollow, she goes into Resurrección and does this to catch a weaker hollow and take them to a tree-like structure to snack on her prey. But she will not do this to a stronger hollow, shinigami, quincy, human, or vizard--she prefers to play with them first.
Multiplicar ( To Multiply ) - Pajaro de Terror can multiply himself 5 times. Four of them circle the real Pajaro de Terror until he opens his wings to allow them to fly forward. As they go and surround opponent, they begin to multiply and shrink to the size of a full-grown male raven. They will continue to multiply and peck at the opponent as Pajaro de Terror comes up with possible ways to attack the target. This usually takes 2 to 3 minutes and then he startles the target with a powerful slap of one his wings. But if it takes 5 minutes or longer, Mercedes has to make up her mind soon before her reiatsu runs out. The abilities that involve cloning take up a lot of reiatsu, such as Bailar and Envolver en Sangre.
Envolver ( To Wrap ) en (in) Sangre (Blood) - Pajaro de Terror's form is taken when Mercedes gives up a large amount of blood, and adds reiatsu to it in order to make his replica. Then, the look alike will circle the target 10 times--getting closer and closer to him or her and changing it's form so he could wrap himself around the opponent's entire body. This is mainly used as a form of entertainment to Mercedes, since she uses it on the weak hollows. The Pajaro de Terror leaves a bit of space for the eyes, so the opponent can see what he or she is witnessing. Then the real Pajaro de Terror grabs the opponent and flies into the sky with him or her, making large loops and turns. On the last loop, Pajaro de Terror lets go of the opponent, watching him or her fall down to the ground.
Skill Level: Cero/Bala: Intermediate
Skill Level: Sonido: Advanced
Skill Level: Pesquisa: Intermediate
History/Background:
Life as a child
Mercedes de Rosas was a sweet child, an angel. Her parents, a farmer and a mother of five other children: Jesus, Dora, Dulce, Alejandro and Angelo. Everywhere that Mercedes went, she put a smile on everyone's face. But that all changed when Mercedes' mother died one winter, leaving Dora and Dulce to do most of the women's work. Mercedes would run off to the small barn behind their house to cry for hours and hours until Jesus or Alejandro or Angelo found her while retrieving milk or eggs. They explained that they were there for her, no matter what, and did not like to see her upset over their mother's death. The brothers knew that their mother would want her family to be strong and move on--her biggest wish.
As the Rosas family grew up, so did Mercedes. She turned out to be the most mature one of the children--after Dulce and Dora passed away. She realized that her sisters' wishes were to move on, just like their mother. With her 20 and 21 year old brothers and ailing father, Mercedes had to take the part of the woman, and the farmer. Whenever she was alone, Mercedes went back to her happy place--the barn house. She couldn't take the pressure of her father's job and taking care of four older men. At this point... 13 year old Mercedes wanted to kill herself. It wouldn't be allowed--nearly all of the Rosas were dead, and losing one was 4 too many.
One day, Mercedes was taking vegetables and fruits into town--by herself. The men who sat around and drank and smoked gave her looks as she dragged the bags of foods into the small store, and helped it's manager put them up for sale. Once she was given the money, Mercedes went back to her carriage, confronted by two of the men she walked past. They told her that it was dangerous for a girl like her to go around on a carriage by herself. One man offered to guard her until she returned home. But she didn't return home. The man took a shortcut through the woods, and stopped the horse-driven carriage. Once he got down, the helped Mercedes down, and pinned her to the ground and began to rape her... violently.
There were times where the man covered her mouth and told her to 'keep quiet or i'll kill you'. Mercedes refused to stay quiet for two reasons: she was not going to listen, and the pain was unbearable. The man turned her body around, continuing with the rape, and started to make marks across her back, which made Mercedes yell even more. She was lucky enough that he did not climax inside of her. The man cleaned her up, put her in the carriage, and guided her back home, acting as if nothing happened. Paralyzed by the attack, Mercedes kept it a secret from her father and brothers.
Life at 15 through 17
She met her first crush when she was fifteen--Jaime. Jaime was a sweet, loving boy... but due to the part he came from, he suffered from Tuberculosis which was a disease that attacked the lungs and resulted in death. There were days when Jaime could not leave his house, and Mercedes had to walk to his house. It was tiring, but it was worth it. Day to day, Mercedes would look after Jaime as his parents did the work. She felt sorry that he wasn't able to do the field work, or the chores that his mother did daily. But she was here with him, and that's all that mattered. Half the time, Mercedes spent the night with Jaime and his family since the trip back home would take a large number of hours. One night changed both their lives; Jaime had taken Mercedes innocence and told her not to mention it to anyone. Mercedes feared that one day his parents will find out and tell her father and brothers, whom were in a desperate search for her.
Nine months later, Mercedes gave birth to a little baby girl, naming it Trinidad, after Jaime's grandfather. Sadly, Jaime was not there to see Trinidad in her mother's arms--he had passed away 3 months before the baby's birth. Mercedes had to take Trinidad with her, after Jaime's mother and father kicked her out once they found out about the baby. The day after, a boy named Cruz approached her, asking why she was all alone in the village's center. Mercedes told him that her lover's parents forced her out after they found out they committed adultery. Cruz offered the homeless girl into his home, treating her like a friend, then a lover, then a wife who deserved better than the husband. At 17, Mercedes married Cruz--the wealthy landowner and farmer and the step father of her child. For 1 year, Mercedes was happy: happy to be with Cruz, happy to be with her daughter Trinidad, happy knowing that God have given her another chance to live her life with someone she wanted.
One winter day, Trinidad came down with a severe case of the flu. The at-home doctor said that she didn't have very long to live. Before her passing, Mercedes and Cruz asked their daughter what would she like. Trindad, in the weakest voice, said, "(cough) a doll...". Realizing that Cruz had some porcelain dolls that he received from his grandmother, and disappeared to retrieve one for his step daughter. The whole time he was out of the room, Mercedes held her hand, not wanting to actually get go of her daughter. Trinidad met her sad-yet-peaceful fate in late December. Instead of wanting to die along with those who passed away, Mercedes accepted it, since she knew that death was a normal part of living. By the time Cruz returned with his dying step child's present, he saw the doctor walk out with Trinidad's motionless body. After the funeral, Mercedes treated the doll as if it was Trinidad--keeping it pretty and changing it's dresses and many other things. Cruz knew she needed help, and fast.
Death at 18
Cruz had to do some trading business with farmers in the neighboring village. He was supposedly to arrive back home in several months, but he never came home. The news of his death hit the village, but mostly Mercedes. It drove her insane... everyone she knew and loved... they passed away. She was tired of hiding this pain she managed to keep as a little girl, tired of hiding it from loved ones and pretending like things were okay when they really weren't. She was tired of it all. To show that, Mercedes left a short note that read "I am terribly sorry for not telling you where or when I was leaving. I just need a break from it all. Whoever reads this... please tell Trinidad that Mother is on her way to see her... Sincerely, Mercedes..." Her death hit the village twice as hard. Everyone was too upset to realize that Mercedes never left--her saddened, angry spirit could not find it's way to Cruz or Trinidad or God himself.
Life as a soul and hollow
10 years later, Mercedes haunted the very house she died in. She took pots and pans of the housewives and threw them against the walls, hurled them at people, and tossed many other household items and destroyed families. She attacked the father and child of the family because Mercedes believed that if she could not keep her husband and daughter, no other woman could keep theirs. She was the reason why families of three moved out and never returned. It was rather hard to exorcise her from the site since not many families with three people moved in. It continued until a monstrous creature--a hollow--approached her, chased her out of the house and trapped her in the woods where he later consumed her, turning her into a hollow.
Mercedes was weak, defenseless at the time in Hueco Mundo. She was always running from the higher ranked hollows and eating souls. Those chases helped her later on... when she saw her zanpakuto spirit. The more souls she ate, the stronger she felt, but it wasn't enough. From time to time, she could try and go for a Gillian--the first stage of a Menos hollow. The first time, she failed to defeat a Gillian. But she was persitant with gaining victory over it... She battled the same one, again and again until she defeated him and fed off of him.Then--Mercedes continued to fight Gillian hollows, but victory was slow. After months and months of slowly gaining strength by battling Gillian-class hollows.... Mercedes became one herself.
Mercedes was taunted often because she would never defeat Pajaro de Terror--an Adjuchas-class menos. He was stronger, had more abilities, and larger than she was. But Mercedes kept her head up, and focused on winning. As she dodged, glided, hovered in air, Mercedes did something she did not know she was capable of doing: Eating an Adjucha hollow. The other hollows watched as she devoured him whole. She became stronger... stronger than she was before and began to prey on the ones that were weaker; Mercedes continued this for months, which turned into years, getting stronger each time she ate a hollow on Adjuchas level, though the victories were not as frequent. Yet, she also continued battling those who were just as strong as she was, feeling confident that could take them down like she did with Pajaro de Terror--just stay positive and give it all you got. She wanted to become a Vasto Lorde--the strongest of them all...
One day, as she was snacking on her usual snack, two arrancars approached her; they told her that she impressed them, as well as their leader. They told them to come with her, so they can train her, and train her, and train her until she passed out. She followed them into a large fortress like building and into a throne room. She assumed that was where their leader always went to--a happy place of some sorts. When she was left alone with him, Mercedes asked if this room was his happy place, a place he would escape to. The man told her it was something like that and changed the subject, informing her that her ability to survive the Forest of Menos for years and years and not get eaten by any of the stronger menos, but feed off of one or two of them. He asked Mercedes if she would like to stay here and work on her abilities some more. Eager to train as always, Mercedes accepted his offer.
The two arrancar that led her to the fortress took her to another room, followed by their leader. One ordered to fight her, while the other and the leader sat back and watched. This arrancar was nothing like the hollows she would find in Hueco Mundo. He was stronger, and faster--Mercedes could not keep up. But she had to win, she wanted to impress her superiors even more. The desire to win, to succeed, to gain victory... it came back to her. The leader arrancar saw that she was driven by the desire to win helped her in battles. He figured he could take that, and point it into a different, bloody path. In other words, he wanted to change her into a blood-thirsty warrior who only wanted to win. The arrancar that Mercedes had defeated took an immediate interest in her.
The adjuchas-class female was then turned into an arrancar, giving her the humanoid appearance of a raven and as well as her human self. Then--she was put through more training, by the arrancar she defeated. He told her not to hold back while fighting, and focus on the pattern of the opponent. Their spars were always long; Mercedes did not like them because they were too frequent, but she had to do it in order to become stronger. Other things included working on sonido and bala and cero, as well as garganta and hierro. On the side, when she wasn't training, she feed off of hollows, understanding she would go back to being a Gillian-class menos if she was not consuming them on a daily basis.
With a steady, Hollow-only diet and daily training, Mercedes was bumped up to Vasto Lorde, but she was slightly weaker than the others. But the arrancar leader was happy with her progress as a Menos.... a Vasto Lorde-Class menos. The last test was to see if she could take her mask off. It was a long, difficult process, and in the end... she could not pull it off. She continued her training and consuming hollows as usual, to see if it would help her gain the strength to pull off her mask. She took a break from trying to take her mask off, and paid more attention to her mentor.
It took her a while to figure out who her mentor looked like. He had a pale face with droopy brown eyes and unkempt dark hair... almost like Jaime, her first lover. The Jaime-look-a-like told her repeatedly that he was the real Jaime--the one she fell in love with, made love with, gave birth to his child. Mercedes asked him what was the child's name... and was surprised to hear that the baby's name was Trinidad--the name of her dead baby girl. This WAS Jaime! Sadly... she only got to see him for a short period of time. He had a rival in Las Noches--someone by the name of Callisto was infatuated with Mercedes and was determined to make her his woman, despite the fact that she had already belonged to Jaime--as well as another man in her past.
Callisto and Jaime fought to the death--a bloody battle that Mercedes could not stand to watch. She begged and begged for the two young men to stop fighting, but they ignored her, going into their resurreccion forms, the one form that Mercedes would never reach to. The battle ended when both men fell. Mercedes ran to one of them--Jaime. The body was so badly cut up that she did not recognize him, but she knew this was him. It was painful, having to let him go a second time. To make matters worse, Callisto began to shout negative comments about Jaime being weak because his illness was the only anchor that held him down... besides his love for Mercedes. Callisto never fought on emotions--he did it to impress the one he wants. Before he could even reach Mercedes, Callisto fell down on the bloody floor and never got back up.
Jaime was starting to lose consciousness when her attention focused on him. He coughed up numerous amounts of blood, preventing him from speaking, so instead of words, they cuddled until Jaime passed away.... twice. His last, scratchy words were 'Te quiero Mercedes de Rosas..." From that point on, Mercedes' confidence boosted up; that 5 letter sentence was enough fuel to her fire. Thanks to Jaime, she was able to rip her mask off, and in reward she received a more humanoid version of herself as a human, soul reaper powers and the speed, strength, and intelligence that is way above a normal hollow's strength, speed and intelligence. Those words helped her become a complete Arrancar. "When I part from this world, mi amor... I want you to be strong and go on living...", was Jaime's final wish. Mercedes had figured it out before he even told her when she was alive... since she knew the wish by heart. She then made a vow, to keep fighting and keep living... for her lovers, her daughter, and her family.