Post by Father Levi on Nov 12, 2016 21:37:10 GMT -5
Name: Ezekiel Levi
Alias: Father Levi, Paladin Levi, The Purifier
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Class: Efst High-Spec
Faction: Factionless
Rank: N/A
PvP Availability: Request permission first
Description:
Father Levi is a slightly imposing man for a priest, standing at a height of 6'2" tall and weighing in at 215 lbs. While not unusual compared to some of the other spiritual entities that exist, most men of the faith are of smaller stature. His body, arms and legs are all fit, with an above average muscle build and tone. His back is riddled with scars of different lengths and various depths. These scars came from self imposed repentance, whipping himself with a cat'o'ninetails for his sins. The shoulder length hair on his head originally was black but with age comes the inevitable gray, giving him a salt and pepper color. Father Levi typically keeps his hair in a ponytail almost at all times. Emerald green eyes are sunken into a rather strong looking face, complete with prominent cheek bones,a defined squared jaw, and light facial hair. A pair of rounded glasses can be seen resting on his nose at most times.
Levi wears some of the traditional garb of the catholic faith, a black button down long sleeve shirt with a clerical collar tucked within the shirts collar, a pair of black pants where the shirt is tucked in to and a pair of black socks underneath a pair of worn looking black boots. Over this ensemble he wears a light gray catholic cassock with white trim that he keeps open, much like a coat. This cassock is custom made to the Church's specifications, made from multiple Kevlar XP microfibers and Dyneema fiber weaves, layered on top of each other with air pockets sandwiched in the center of the fabric. This makes the cassock essentially bullet proof to small arms fire up to .45 caliber handguns and provides some resistance to bladed weaponry. Once the cassock was finished, Father Levi gave it holy blessings to help protect him from spiritual attack. In the inner left chest portion of his cassock are several straps where he carries his holy bible, Spiritus Sanctus. Within his cassock, on either hip, he carries twin blessed bayonet swords.
To finish his wardrobe, he wears a pair of white gloves on his hands. A large gold cross dangles on his chest from a simple silver chain around his neck and is always within view of other people.
Reiatsu Color: Gold
Personality:
To the casual observer, Levi behaves like a normal priest would. He happily breaks bread with fellow believers of the faith, tries to steer those of questionable faith towards the path of righteousness and offers advice and a shoulder to cry on for the destitute. He loves spreading the word of god to all who will bend an ear, as would be expected from a man of the cloth. The side of Levi that most don't ever see ties into his role as a Paladin of the Catholic Church, a priest who combats and vanquishes what the church sees as evil or a threat to humanity and helps guide lost souls to the after life. Few priests ever take on the title of Paladin but Levi revels in it.
His love of slaughtering the enemies of the church is only second to his love of the Lord and they include those he sees as heathens, heretics, tainted souls and demons. He whole heartedly believes that the only way for them to repent their sins is to die. Anyone or anything that actively denounces God, the Catholic Church or their teachings and beliefs is viewed by Father Levi with great disdain. To the church and, by extension Father Levi, Shinigami are the angelic beings in Biblical texts while hollow are lesser forms of demon, with Vizard being viewed as fallen angels. This belief is heavily ingrained in Father Levi's mind and beliefs as well as the Church and anyone that attempts to say otherwise will likely be deemed a heathen and a nonbeliever.
Father Levi, for all intents and purposes, is a Catholic zealot and will give his life to defend the word of God.
Family:
Craig Mannely (Biological father): Unknown
Elizabeth Mannely (Biological Mother): Unkown
Father Valen: Deceased
Weapons:
Manus Dei
Twin Blessed Bayonet Swords
Holy Bible
Holy Water
Stats
Reiatsu: 120 +50
Attack: 120 + 50
Speed: 80 (+30: Reflex Mastery) +50
Weapon Skill: 100 + 50
Reiryoku Level: 15
Spare Reiryoku: 7
Pvp Rank:
Kill Points:
History:
From the Vatican's sealed personnel file in Rome, Italy
Subject name: Father Ezekiel Levi
Title: Ordained Priest of the Catholic Church, Elder Paladin of the Holy Order
Class Abilities
Bresta Barsmid (Burst Attack): One of their attack type abilities is boosted for five (5) uses with one post recharge. (physical strikes +15 to Attack, Energy/Holy Attacks +15 to Reiatsu)
Svero (Sword): Can form a weapon of Reishi and Reiatsu in a manner similar to how Quincies form bows
Sál Stíga (Soul Step): Can make a high speed movement up to 50 feet but because of the method it can travel in only one direction, making it ill suited for finessed maneuvers.
Vitr Verr (Wise-man): Non-reishi physical weapons can be strengthened to hold up against even released Zanpaktou, by channeling their reiatsu through it, ascending the weapon's soul in a manner similar to Fullbring.
Reiryoku Skills
Hand to hand 1: Can expel Reiatsu from punches and kicks to increase impact, as if Attack and Speed were increased by 10 for the duration of the attack. (+10 Attack and Speed)
Zanjutsu/Armed Combat 1: High-Spec and Fullbring Attacks move 50% faster if their name is stated.
Analyzing 1: By focusing on the area, one can vaguely detect where beings with Reiatsu are. If they focus on one person, they can detect their Reiatsu level.
Reiatsu Control 1: Cut reiatsu expulsion out of battle by 50% and cuts it to 25% in battle.
Focus Skills
Reflex Mastery- +30 to Speed & analyze attacks as they come (Free Skill)
Powers & Abilities
Power Name: Manus Dei (Hand of God)
Weapon Names:
Twin Blessed Bayonet Swords: Pater and Filius (Father and Son)
Holy Bible: Spiritus Sanctus (Holy Spirit)
Holy Water
Description
Holy Water: Glass vials of water that has been purified and blessed using 3 special prayers by Father Levi. He typically keeps 3 small bottles or vials of it on him at all times. To replace them, he must fill an empty vial with water and 1 teaspoon of salt. After sealing the vial, he then, with his left hand, grips the cross around his neck while with his right hand, slowly makes the sign of the cross over the vial. At the same time, he speaks three prayers. Once the ritual is complete, the water within becomes infused with holy reishi. This typically cannot be done during combat for the time it takes to prepare the water and bless them would be too great to attempt. If a suitable amount of time elapses between threads Father Levi takes part in (at least 6 hours), it will be assumed he took the time to make more and will start that next thread with 3 bottles of Holy Water.
Manus Dei: A large family of spells, blessings and incantations used by the Catholic Church for several purposes including purifying and aiding souls to the afterlife, protecting people from spiritual attack and exorcising or destroying evil. The beginnings of Manus Dei are alluded to in The Holy Bible, having been used long before the Catholic Church existed. An example of this is when Moses parted the Red Sea to allow the Israelites to flee from the Pharaoh of Egypt.
Manus Dei consists of spells used by the priest himself, Judgements spoken from the Bible and blessings.
Holy Spells: Abilities that are fueled by the casting priest's reiryoku directly and typically take the form of offensive spells, defensive spells and binding spells. Each spell has a name associated with it that the priest can speak to make the spell more powerful but isn't necessary. Holy Spells are astonishingly similar to the shinigami's Kidou.
Judgements: These are abilities that involve the use of Levi's Bible. Some of the Bible's texts are actually hidden incantations that Paladins are trained in recognizing and using. These usually are the most powerful of offensive, defensive and binding magic in the Catholic Church's arsenal as well as powerful seals. Only the Bible of a Paladin can be used for passing a judgement and only the bible a paladin has made himself can be used by that Paladin for such use. This means that one Paladin cannot use another Paladin's Bible for passing a judgement. For a Paladin to use pass judgment, he must hold the bible within either of his hands, channel his reiryoku into it and speak the corresponding biblical verse for the desired judgement. The Bible need not be open to the page the text is on however.
Blessings: This, simply put, is the way a priest channels reishi into normal objects, allowing them to be used offensively against a spiritual entity or defending against their attacks.
Pater and Filius: These are the names of the twin bayonet swords Father Levi wields which both feature 26" long silver blades and simple 6" wooden grips. Etched into both of the blades is a blessing that is a latin phrase, In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti, which translates into In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. These etchings will glow a dull gold color when Father Levi uses them as a conduit for his spells.
Spiritus Sanctus: Spiritus Sanctus is the bible that Father Levi carries on him at all times. Unlike the version of The Bible that is available for purchase by the public, Levi's is a complete Bible and includes all of the books which the Catholic Church omitted from the public version. These special Bibles are few in number, hand crafted by the priest intending to carry it and are only given to those priests if and when they should become the Church's exorcists, The Paladins. Each of these special bibles are hand crafted within the Vatican by the priest wielding them before they are given the title of Paladin. Each potential Paladin has to hand write the complete text of the Bible in its entirety using a special blessed quill and ink and has to do so from memory, failure to copy the complete bible word for word from memory results in the priest being barred from joining The Paladins forever.
After they are done writing the texts, they have to craft the cover in the manner they see fit, then bind the pages to the cover to form the book. This results in one of a kind Bibles, tailored to and unique to each Paladin. After the Bible is finished, a special meeting of no less than 12 Cardinals takes place where behind closed doors, each Cardinal meticulously reviews the hand written text, judges the materials used and inspects the binding to ensure the book will not fall apart. If any of the 12 or more cardinals finds any flaw at any point during this process, the Bible is deemed a failure and the priest is denied the title of Paladin. If the Bible passes all inspections, each Cardinal, one at a time, will then place blessings upon the book. The entire review process for a passing Bible can take up to 480 days to complete and once finished, is typically very worn looking.
Father Levi's bible is leather bound and instead of wording like normal bibles feature, this one simply has a silver cross embedded on its front cover. As a Bible that completed the Cardinal Review, it has the worn appearance. Even so, it does not fall apart and resists damage very well.
Abilities:
Absolution: Absolution is the ability through which souls are purified of their sins. Father Levi is, through Absolution, able to send souls onward to Soul Society, though he believes it is Heaven.
Blessings: Father Levi's ability to channel his holy reishi into objects. Works similar to Vitr Verr however this adds a stipulation: Objects that are blessed cannot be touched by tainted souls, hollow, vizard and such. If they were to come into contact with a blessed object, they will begin to receive burning damage, as if touching high potency acid. Additionally, wounds caused by a blessed object cannot be healed using high speed regeneration. Any other form of healing attempted will take much longer than normal.
Holy Water: Holy water has different effects based on who or what it is used on.
Pater and Filius: Father Levi's twin bayonet swords have blessings etched into the blades themselves in which Levi's reishi can flow into and be contained in. These etchings will glow a dull golden color when this occurs. They have several effects on the swords.
Manus Dei:
Holy Spells
Holy Spells work very similar to Kidou except they only have a name associated with them.
Judgements
Unlike Holy Spells, Judgements have longer Biblical verses associated with them. These verses must be spoken by Levi while he holds his bible in either of his hands for the Judgement to activate. Only two Judgements can be active at any one time. As a note, the Judgements Negare and Signaculum cannot be active at the same time.
Passive Abilities:
Blessed Cassock: Bulletproof up to .45 ACP. Resists bladed weaponry and spiritual attacks. +20 more Attack needed to cut/pierce through with bladed weapons and +20 more Reiatsu needed for reishi based attacks to defeat the cassock's blessing. Only applicable when wearing and only to parts of body covered by the cassock when worn.
Blessing of Pater and Filius: Both of his bayonet swords have blessings etched into the blade itself and grants the same abilities stated in the Blessings description above.
(Purchased Items:
Spirit Accessories X 3 {+15 to all stats}, Spirit Tattoo X 2{+20 to all stats}, Linking Tattoo{+15 to all Stats} and 1 Emergency Bomb)
Alias: Father Levi, Paladin Levi, The Purifier
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Class: Efst High-Spec
Faction: Factionless
Rank: N/A
PvP Availability: Request permission first
Description:
Father Levi is a slightly imposing man for a priest, standing at a height of 6'2" tall and weighing in at 215 lbs. While not unusual compared to some of the other spiritual entities that exist, most men of the faith are of smaller stature. His body, arms and legs are all fit, with an above average muscle build and tone. His back is riddled with scars of different lengths and various depths. These scars came from self imposed repentance, whipping himself with a cat'o'ninetails for his sins. The shoulder length hair on his head originally was black but with age comes the inevitable gray, giving him a salt and pepper color. Father Levi typically keeps his hair in a ponytail almost at all times. Emerald green eyes are sunken into a rather strong looking face, complete with prominent cheek bones,a defined squared jaw, and light facial hair. A pair of rounded glasses can be seen resting on his nose at most times.
Levi wears some of the traditional garb of the catholic faith, a black button down long sleeve shirt with a clerical collar tucked within the shirts collar, a pair of black pants where the shirt is tucked in to and a pair of black socks underneath a pair of worn looking black boots. Over this ensemble he wears a light gray catholic cassock with white trim that he keeps open, much like a coat. This cassock is custom made to the Church's specifications, made from multiple Kevlar XP microfibers and Dyneema fiber weaves, layered on top of each other with air pockets sandwiched in the center of the fabric. This makes the cassock essentially bullet proof to small arms fire up to .45 caliber handguns and provides some resistance to bladed weaponry. Once the cassock was finished, Father Levi gave it holy blessings to help protect him from spiritual attack. In the inner left chest portion of his cassock are several straps where he carries his holy bible, Spiritus Sanctus. Within his cassock, on either hip, he carries twin blessed bayonet swords.
To finish his wardrobe, he wears a pair of white gloves on his hands. A large gold cross dangles on his chest from a simple silver chain around his neck and is always within view of other people.
Reiatsu Color: Gold
Personality:
To the casual observer, Levi behaves like a normal priest would. He happily breaks bread with fellow believers of the faith, tries to steer those of questionable faith towards the path of righteousness and offers advice and a shoulder to cry on for the destitute. He loves spreading the word of god to all who will bend an ear, as would be expected from a man of the cloth. The side of Levi that most don't ever see ties into his role as a Paladin of the Catholic Church, a priest who combats and vanquishes what the church sees as evil or a threat to humanity and helps guide lost souls to the after life. Few priests ever take on the title of Paladin but Levi revels in it.
His love of slaughtering the enemies of the church is only second to his love of the Lord and they include those he sees as heathens, heretics, tainted souls and demons. He whole heartedly believes that the only way for them to repent their sins is to die. Anyone or anything that actively denounces God, the Catholic Church or their teachings and beliefs is viewed by Father Levi with great disdain. To the church and, by extension Father Levi, Shinigami are the angelic beings in Biblical texts while hollow are lesser forms of demon, with Vizard being viewed as fallen angels. This belief is heavily ingrained in Father Levi's mind and beliefs as well as the Church and anyone that attempts to say otherwise will likely be deemed a heathen and a nonbeliever.
Father Levi, for all intents and purposes, is a Catholic zealot and will give his life to defend the word of God.
Family:
Craig Mannely (Biological father): Unknown
Elizabeth Mannely (Biological Mother): Unkown
Father Valen: Deceased
Weapons:
Manus Dei
Twin Blessed Bayonet Swords
Holy Bible
Holy Water
Stats
Reiatsu: 120 +50
Attack: 120 + 50
Speed: 80 (+30: Reflex Mastery) +50
Weapon Skill: 100 + 50
Reiryoku Level: 15
Spare Reiryoku: 7
Pvp Rank:
Kill Points:
History:
From the Vatican's sealed personnel file in Rome, Italy
Subject name: Father Ezekiel Levi
Title: Ordained Priest of the Catholic Church, Elder Paladin of the Holy Order
{Upbringing}
Father Levi was born Alexander Mannely sometime in the early 1970's to parents Craig and Elizabeth Mannely in Albany, New York. It is assumed that they were financially incapable of raising the child and that this didn't dawn on them until he was six months of age. It is around this time when he was given up to Father Michael Cambrine of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany. This would be the only time contact was made with either of the parents, their current location and situation are currently unknown. The baby was taken in and cared for by Father Cambrine and the rest of the church, being given a new name and baptized as Ezekiel Levi. From this point on, he would live his life under the Catholic doctrine and guided by our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
It was when Levi turned eight years of age when Father Cambrine began noticing signs that the boy was gifted. On several occasions, he would watch as Levi spoke to nothing but thin air or seemingly to himself. Father Cambrine knew what he was witnessing though, that the child could see and speak with spirits. He talked to the boy, explaining to him that he was one of God's chosen few and was given a divine gift by our Lord himself. Father Cambrine contacted the Archdiocese in New York, who in turn made arrangements for Levi to be sent to Rome immediately. It would be three days after this when Levi would first step foot inside the Vatican.
It is within the Vatican's walls where Ezekiel Levi began to be taught the true way of the world and of his rare gift. Aside from getting a top rate education, all of his time was spent further studying the Bible and interpreting its texts as well as being kept busy with demanding chores to help instill a deep sense of discipline and get his daily allotment of exercise in every day. This would be so for the next ten years of his life. Everyday, he would awaken at four in the morning promptly, eat a light breakfast and begin his morning chores. At seven o'clock, his studies began and did not finish until one in the afternoon. He would then begin on his afternoon chores as well as helping in the Vatican gardens. By seven in the evening, he would eat his supper and finish his day with bible studies until his 9 o'clock bed time. Punishment for failing to complete a task set forth upon him would range from having a strip of wood slapped across his bare knuckles to being struck with a wooden paddle. A few times, Levi received corporal punishment for things such as talking back to an instructor or a priest and showing general disobedience. In these circumstances, punishment was enacted with lashings across the back with a standard whip or cat'o'ninetails. Such occurrences were infrequent.
Father Levi was born Alexander Mannely sometime in the early 1970's to parents Craig and Elizabeth Mannely in Albany, New York. It is assumed that they were financially incapable of raising the child and that this didn't dawn on them until he was six months of age. It is around this time when he was given up to Father Michael Cambrine of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany. This would be the only time contact was made with either of the parents, their current location and situation are currently unknown. The baby was taken in and cared for by Father Cambrine and the rest of the church, being given a new name and baptized as Ezekiel Levi. From this point on, he would live his life under the Catholic doctrine and guided by our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
It was when Levi turned eight years of age when Father Cambrine began noticing signs that the boy was gifted. On several occasions, he would watch as Levi spoke to nothing but thin air or seemingly to himself. Father Cambrine knew what he was witnessing though, that the child could see and speak with spirits. He talked to the boy, explaining to him that he was one of God's chosen few and was given a divine gift by our Lord himself. Father Cambrine contacted the Archdiocese in New York, who in turn made arrangements for Levi to be sent to Rome immediately. It would be three days after this when Levi would first step foot inside the Vatican.
It is within the Vatican's walls where Ezekiel Levi began to be taught the true way of the world and of his rare gift. Aside from getting a top rate education, all of his time was spent further studying the Bible and interpreting its texts as well as being kept busy with demanding chores to help instill a deep sense of discipline and get his daily allotment of exercise in every day. This would be so for the next ten years of his life. Everyday, he would awaken at four in the morning promptly, eat a light breakfast and begin his morning chores. At seven o'clock, his studies began and did not finish until one in the afternoon. He would then begin on his afternoon chores as well as helping in the Vatican gardens. By seven in the evening, he would eat his supper and finish his day with bible studies until his 9 o'clock bed time. Punishment for failing to complete a task set forth upon him would range from having a strip of wood slapped across his bare knuckles to being struck with a wooden paddle. A few times, Levi received corporal punishment for things such as talking back to an instructor or a priest and showing general disobedience. In these circumstances, punishment was enacted with lashings across the back with a standard whip or cat'o'ninetails. Such occurrences were infrequent.
{Vatican Education}
It was during the eighteenth year of his life when Levi successfully completed the standard educational curriculum and Biblical study. He would then begin the next phase of his education and enter into his Seminaries, a ten year program that would, if successful, would grant him Priesthood. Seminaries are common throughout the world but the one that Levi would be entered into was for gifted individuals such as himself. These special seminaries added courses for combat and spiritual exorcism, courses deemed far too dangerous for the standard priest. The three instructors chosen to teach and train Levi were Paladins, priests who's role in the Catholic Church is to hunt and eliminate tainted souls, such as demons and hollow. Paladins are widely regarded and feared as spiritual assassins, the elite of the Vatican's agents. To be given the title of Paladin is to be officially recognized by the Church as an indominable instrument of God, a guiding hand for those pure of heart and an avatar of the Lord's wrath for tainted souls, heathens and heretics.
The first two years of Levi's seminaries were within the Vatican, spend with the three instructors. This was the first of three phases of his seminaries. The routine he had before was thrown into chaos and was grueling, with him being awoken at different times of the early morning, begin random physical drills and demanding exercises, eating little for breakfast, if anything at all, drills in combat techniques, more exercises, spell and biblical study, then eating supper before retiring for a few hours and beginning it all over again a few hours later. Barbaric as it may sound, it was designed to test one's will, endurance and faith to god. Paladins are few in number because only those of the strongest will, endurance and faith are chosen to become God's elite. And by our Lord's guidance, Levi endured those two years well.
After successfully completing the first phase of the seminaries, the three paladins were met by four Cardinals of the church. In this meeting, they discussed Levi's completion of the first phase of his seminaries, his moving on to the second phase and his potential. It was decided here that Father Valen, the eldest of the three paladins, would take Levi as his Journeyman and would personally instruct him in the field, thus beginning phase two. Father Valen was 54 years of age at this time and stood at a height of six feet with a bald head and a grey beard and mustache. Regardless of his age, he was physically and mentally adept, able to keep up with any of the younger priests the Vatican had.
Phase two of the Paladin Seminaries begins when one of the three instructors in phase one takes the student under his wing and out into the world. It is here that the student is no longer called a student, instead taking up the title of Journeyman. It is expected of the Journeyman to follow his Paladin wherever he goes and to follow any and all instructions and tasks given to him. During Phase two, the Paladin is tasked with teaching his Journeyman what exactly tainted souls are, what they will hunt, how to wield powerful Holy Spells, how to give blessings and most importantly, how to perform Absolution, the Church's form of sending souls to the afterlife. These are all taught to the Journeyman through in field experience through exorcising real spiritual threats such as hollow, demon possessed humans and Fullbringers/High Spec humans who use their power for evil. Paladin and Journeyman travel the whole of Europe and sometimes take on Missionary tasks in Africa to hunt such threats over the course of eight years.
It was during the eighteenth year of his life when Levi successfully completed the standard educational curriculum and Biblical study. He would then begin the next phase of his education and enter into his Seminaries, a ten year program that would, if successful, would grant him Priesthood. Seminaries are common throughout the world but the one that Levi would be entered into was for gifted individuals such as himself. These special seminaries added courses for combat and spiritual exorcism, courses deemed far too dangerous for the standard priest. The three instructors chosen to teach and train Levi were Paladins, priests who's role in the Catholic Church is to hunt and eliminate tainted souls, such as demons and hollow. Paladins are widely regarded and feared as spiritual assassins, the elite of the Vatican's agents. To be given the title of Paladin is to be officially recognized by the Church as an indominable instrument of God, a guiding hand for those pure of heart and an avatar of the Lord's wrath for tainted souls, heathens and heretics.
The first two years of Levi's seminaries were within the Vatican, spend with the three instructors. This was the first of three phases of his seminaries. The routine he had before was thrown into chaos and was grueling, with him being awoken at different times of the early morning, begin random physical drills and demanding exercises, eating little for breakfast, if anything at all, drills in combat techniques, more exercises, spell and biblical study, then eating supper before retiring for a few hours and beginning it all over again a few hours later. Barbaric as it may sound, it was designed to test one's will, endurance and faith to god. Paladins are few in number because only those of the strongest will, endurance and faith are chosen to become God's elite. And by our Lord's guidance, Levi endured those two years well.
After successfully completing the first phase of the seminaries, the three paladins were met by four Cardinals of the church. In this meeting, they discussed Levi's completion of the first phase of his seminaries, his moving on to the second phase and his potential. It was decided here that Father Valen, the eldest of the three paladins, would take Levi as his Journeyman and would personally instruct him in the field, thus beginning phase two. Father Valen was 54 years of age at this time and stood at a height of six feet with a bald head and a grey beard and mustache. Regardless of his age, he was physically and mentally adept, able to keep up with any of the younger priests the Vatican had.
Phase two of the Paladin Seminaries begins when one of the three instructors in phase one takes the student under his wing and out into the world. It is here that the student is no longer called a student, instead taking up the title of Journeyman. It is expected of the Journeyman to follow his Paladin wherever he goes and to follow any and all instructions and tasks given to him. During Phase two, the Paladin is tasked with teaching his Journeyman what exactly tainted souls are, what they will hunt, how to wield powerful Holy Spells, how to give blessings and most importantly, how to perform Absolution, the Church's form of sending souls to the afterlife. These are all taught to the Journeyman through in field experience through exorcising real spiritual threats such as hollow, demon possessed humans and Fullbringers/High Spec humans who use their power for evil. Paladin and Journeyman travel the whole of Europe and sometimes take on Missionary tasks in Africa to hunt such threats over the course of eight years.
{Levi's First Hunt}
Father Valen and Journeyman Levi set off on their eight year journey and headed north. They made their way through Italy, crossed Austria and into Germany with little spiritual activity to be found. Whenever they weren't on the move, Levi would be instructed by Valen in how to perform the numerous spells, judgments and blessings, followed by reading the holy scripture and prayer. This would continue for a month before they found their first sign of unholy activity in Cochem, a small german town that sits right on the Moselle River near the Belgium border.
Soon after entering Cochem, Father Valen noticed that the townsfolk seemed on edge. Seeing this as peculiar, he and Levi went to a local cottage where they booked a room for a few nights stay, anticipating the beginning of the Journeyman's first hunt. Night fell a few hours after their arrival and the two holy men took to the now barren streets, nary a person to be seen. They explored the town for a few hours under a clear, starry sky, the air cool but not bitter. Shortly after the bell tolled midnight, Father Valen and Levi saw a young child crying in an alleyway on the western side of the town, near the river. As they drew closer to the child, they saw the chain attached to his chest, which was fastened to the ground at his feet. Valen took this opportunity to explain to Levi that this was a soul, the soul of a child that was unable or unwilling to make the transition into Heaven and that it was their duty to calm the soul and help it transition into the afterlife. Father Valen walked up to the child and talked to him in a calm, fatherly tone and told him that a land without pain or suffering awaited him, that there was no need to fear. Pulling out his bible from within his Cassock, Valen got down on one knee before the soul and held it out to him with his left hand. The child, with some reluctance, stretch his own hand out and touched the bible, feeling its leather cover under his fingers. The Paladin then began reciting the prayer of Absolution and while he did this, a warm, white and light blue light began to emanate from the child and the ground he stood on. This light reached up into the sky as the child began to lift up off the ground slowly, his chain unhooking itself from the ground. The further into the prayer Father Valen got, the brighter the light shone and the higher the child levitated but the look of fear on the soul's face disappeared, as if being comforted. A smile appeared on the child as Father Valen finished the prayer. As he said Amen, the soul dissipated into energy and shot up into the night sky, then all light disappeared from the scene.
Valen turned to face Levi and explained to him that that was Absolution but in the middle of his teaching, he looked behind his Journeyman and saw a tall hollow rounding the corner behind them. Levi turned just in time to see the ten foot tall hollow stop and roar at the two, his face turning pale upon seeing his first tainted spirit in person. This hollow had elongated arms whose hands touched the ground, its elongated claws cutting into the stone of the cobble street with just the slightest of touches. Long, slender legs were attached to a bizarrely small torso with an ovular head situated on top. It's mouth was unusually large, its size when opened could easily fit either of the two men inside with ease and opened to almost 115 degrees revealing several series of sharpened teeth. This monstrosity struck fear into Levi the likes of which he'd never felt before, freezing him in place.
Father Valen yelled at Levi to get behind him but his words were lost to his terrified Journeyman. As the hollow lunged at the two, the Paladin pulled Levi behind him, causing him to fall on his back. Valen then quickly called out the word Vis as he outstretched his right palm towards the hollow. A transparent sphere of energy rushed forth from his hand and struck the charging hollow dead on, causing it to not only halt its movement, but cause it to slip and fall on its back. Without giving it time to react, Valen then lifted the index and middle fingers of his right hand into the air while calling out the word Spina. When he did this, what appeared to be thorned vines of reishi erupted from the street underneath the hollow, wrapping around its four limbs and throat, keeping it pinned in pain. He would then draw one of his weapons, one of two twin bayonet swords from within his cassock in a reverse grip before using Sal Stiga to seemingly teleport above the hollow. Falling down upon its chest, he drove the silver blade of his sword into the mask, the point going clean through its head which caused the mask to shatter. With a final, pained wimper, the hollow disintegrated into the air as reishi along with the vines. Levi layed there on his back, stunned at what he just witnessed.
As Father Valen sheathed his sword, he walked over towards Levi who was now getting to his feet and began apologizing for his inaction but before he could finish, Valen gave him a hard backhand to the face which sent him to the ground once more. The priest then went on to scold his Journeyman, telling him that any hesitation can get them both killed. As Valen turned and began walking away, leaving Levi to help himself up and think on what just happened.
They began walking back to the cottage but as they did, both couldn't help but feel that they were being watched. A faint reiatsu was felt for the briefest of moments before vanishing. Both Father Valen and Journeyman Levi knew their task was yet to be completed in the town. And so they rested for a few hours until dawn broke. They strolled around the town and spoke with a few of the townspeople who seemed very glad to see a priest in their midst. One of these townsfolk, a local fisherman, told them of the strange occurrences happening there as of late. Children going missing, of strange noises coming from the castle on the hill that overlooked the town and of an unknown woman having been seen skulking around the town and the castle. Father Valen thanked him for the information and made plans with Levi to go to the castle and speak with the head of its domain.
When they reached the castle later that same day, Father Valen knocked upon the front double doors with the blackened iron rings attached to them. Moments later, a woman of striking beauty answered the door. As Valen spoke to this woman about the strange occurrences, Levi studied her features, a bit awestruck by her beauty. She stood no higher than 5'6" tall with hair darker than a raven's black feather. Her pale green eyes seemed able to pierce through him whenever she looked towards the young man, the dress she wore accentuated her modest bust. She appeared very womanly and delicate. But something was off about her. Both Valen and Levi could feel the slightest trace of reiatsu coming from her, barely detectable. This helped snap him out of the trance he was finding himself in while he stared at her. The woman, who introduced herself as Madam Weber, seemed to see this and it was at that moment she invited the two of them in for tea, which they accepted. Madam Weber stood aside holding the door open as Valen and Levi walked into the castle's great hall, a large, open room that had three halls leading to other areas of the castle, one to the left, right and one straight ahead. Once the two men entered, the woman closed the door.
The men both felt it, the feeling of dread and of death permeating the air. Reishi was abound in this place but Valen feigned ignorance of this and proceeded to follow the woman down the center hallway with Levi following close behind him. They walked for what seemed like an hour, with Madam Weber and Father Valen talking about the history of the castle, when her family acquired it and so forth. Eventually they came upon a large, ancient looking oak door. She would tell her guests to come inside as she opened the door for them but when they stepped inside, she shut and locked the door behind them. Levi quickly spun around and tried opening the door to no avail while Father Valen pinched the bridge of his nose. He told Levi to calm down before looking around the room, which was gigantic in size. There was no furnishings within its confines, a second floor balcony wrapped around the walls about 30 feet above the floor. A large metal door roughly 6 feet wide and 10 feet tall could be seen at the opposite end of the room from where the two men stood which was attached to a pulley system.
After Valen and Levi took a few steps further into the room, the woman's voice could be heard above but in a raspier tone. Looking up at the section of balcony above the door, they saw Madam Weber standing there looking down upon them with a decorative, ancient looking dagger in her left hand. She spoke down to them almost in a whisper, telling them that god has no place here. Valen responded, asking her if she was the one taking the missing children to which she replies yes. She then told them that she needed to feed off the spirits of the children to keep her young. It was then that the metal door began to be slowly pulled straight up, revealing three large hollow similar to the one they had slain the night before. Levi felt fearful again but looked at Father Valen standing stead fast without any fear in his eyes. This strengthened Levi's own resolve and walked up next to his mentor.
The both of them looked back up and saw the jewels upon the dagger begin to glow dull. At the same time, Weber's youthful appearance began to wither. Her skin became shrunken in and heavily wrinkled, her long black hair turned grey and straggly and her eyes sunk into her skull. She now had the appearance of an emaciated witch. Valen then began speaking to Levi as he continued to watch the transformation, telling him that the woman before him was a heretic, a person having been given power through unholy entities, that used their power to harm men, women and children. He would continue on to say that other groups would call these heretics by another name, Fullbringers. The woman would then proclaim that though they weren't children, their spiritual power would still prove nourishing. She then pointed at them with her bony index finger and the three hollow would move towards the holy men.
Drawing both of his bayonet swords, Valen would speak to Levi, telling him to not lose his head and to focus on his training and the word of the Lord. With a nod, Levi looked at the closest Hollow, which was already mere feet away from striking distance. Quickly remembering how Valen dealt with the first hollow they encountered, he focused on gathering reishi into his hand and spoke the word Vis as he pushed his open right palm out. A similar ball of translucent energy rushed from his hand and struck the hollow square in the face, though it didnt pack as much force as the one Valen used. It would cause its head to fly back and stop its approach momentarily. This gave Valen the time to use Sal Stiga to get directly in front of the first hollow and slice its head clean off. There was no time to rest though, because as the first hollow dissipated, the other two were coming in from either side. One went for Valen, the other aimed for Levi. All of this happened while the witch above looked on, laughing at the spectacle.
The claws of the hollow clashed with Valen's swords as it kept taking swipes at the priest. It snarled and roared as it tried to tear him to ribbons but he was able to easily keep up with its movements, easily blocking and deflecting its attacks. Finally, it tried to reach out and grab him. Seeing the opportunity, Valen would pierce the hand with the sword in his left hand, aim the tip of the blade at the hollow's face and speak the word Fulgur. A bold of electrical energy would then shoot forth from the sword and core a hole clean through the head, causing the hollow to disintegrate as well. While this went on, Levi was having a difficult time with the hollow that was after him. It's first swipe of its claws barely caught Levi across the chest, leaving shallow cuts in his flesh. Gritting his teeth from the pain, he focused on gathering reishi in his right hand and spoke the name Murus. As he held the hand out in front of him, a gold tinted translucent wall of energy formed and followed his hand as if it were a large buckler. The hollow would continue pressing the attack. The swipes from its claws, while they couldnt penetrate or destroy the barrier spell, was pushing Levi every which way as he struggled to keep his footing.
When Valen turned to help Levi, he saw the witch appear behind him but couldn't get to him in time. She drove her dagger into the right side of his back, just above the kidney and below the lung. Father Valen appeared in a flash, slicing into the neck of the hollow and killing it before turning his attention to the witch, who was still behind Levi, holding the dagger to his throat. Pain wracked his back from where he was stabbed but he no longer felt fear. A strange calm feeling washed over him at that moment. He looked ahead at Valen and began reciting the Lords Prayer. His left hand dangled to his side. He grabbed the wrist of the hand that held the dagger with his right hand and with all of his strength, twisted her hand so that the dagger was aimed away from his neck. He then swung his head back as hard as he could, smashing the back of his head into her nose, obliterating it. She immediately reacted to that by dropping the dagger and clutching her face, blood pouring from her now shattered nose. Levi immediately fell to the floor when he heard Valen call out the words Spiritus Ignis while aiming both of his swords directly at the withered hag, both blades parallel to each other. The witch only had time to look up as a column of superheated plasma energy erupted from between the blades and enveloped her. The room was filled with her ghastly screams of pain and agony as her flesh quickly burned into nothing but ash. It took only but a few moments for her screams to become dried gargles, then nothing but escaping air as the spell completely incinerated her, leaving nothing but her charred skeleton. Once the spell subsided into nothing, the skeleton stood in place for a second before crumbling into dust.
With the fullbringer witch destroyed, Valen sheathed his swords and ran over to where Levi layed on the floor, bleeding from the wounds on his chest and back. Pressing both of his hands upon his fallen Journeyman, he uttered the word Curatio as reishi began to flow into Levi's wounds. It took a few minutes before they were all healed. Helping him to his feet, Valen would pat him on the back and tell him he did well on his first hunt. Before they could leave however, they felt another presence beyond the open metal door. They both walked over to it and looked inside to see the hollow that they had killed multiple times now, this one on its knees and seemingly falling apart. Valen then spoke to Levi, explaining that the witch's power seemed to be the ability to control weaker hollow, that she was able to create duplicates of it using the spiritual energy she had devoured from the children she abducted. Levi remained silent as his mentor spoke and as he walked over to the dying hollow. Pulling out one of his swords, he recited a prayer. "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. We are nothing more than dust and into dust we shall return." Placing the blade against the back of its neck, he cleanly cut through and severed the head."Amen." The hollow disintegrated as Valen walked out of the room with Levi and together, exited the castle. With their hunt in Cochem complete, they stayed for one final night to rest before leaving the town at the crack of dawn the next morning.
Father Valen and Journeyman Levi set off on their eight year journey and headed north. They made their way through Italy, crossed Austria and into Germany with little spiritual activity to be found. Whenever they weren't on the move, Levi would be instructed by Valen in how to perform the numerous spells, judgments and blessings, followed by reading the holy scripture and prayer. This would continue for a month before they found their first sign of unholy activity in Cochem, a small german town that sits right on the Moselle River near the Belgium border.
Soon after entering Cochem, Father Valen noticed that the townsfolk seemed on edge. Seeing this as peculiar, he and Levi went to a local cottage where they booked a room for a few nights stay, anticipating the beginning of the Journeyman's first hunt. Night fell a few hours after their arrival and the two holy men took to the now barren streets, nary a person to be seen. They explored the town for a few hours under a clear, starry sky, the air cool but not bitter. Shortly after the bell tolled midnight, Father Valen and Levi saw a young child crying in an alleyway on the western side of the town, near the river. As they drew closer to the child, they saw the chain attached to his chest, which was fastened to the ground at his feet. Valen took this opportunity to explain to Levi that this was a soul, the soul of a child that was unable or unwilling to make the transition into Heaven and that it was their duty to calm the soul and help it transition into the afterlife. Father Valen walked up to the child and talked to him in a calm, fatherly tone and told him that a land without pain or suffering awaited him, that there was no need to fear. Pulling out his bible from within his Cassock, Valen got down on one knee before the soul and held it out to him with his left hand. The child, with some reluctance, stretch his own hand out and touched the bible, feeling its leather cover under his fingers. The Paladin then began reciting the prayer of Absolution and while he did this, a warm, white and light blue light began to emanate from the child and the ground he stood on. This light reached up into the sky as the child began to lift up off the ground slowly, his chain unhooking itself from the ground. The further into the prayer Father Valen got, the brighter the light shone and the higher the child levitated but the look of fear on the soul's face disappeared, as if being comforted. A smile appeared on the child as Father Valen finished the prayer. As he said Amen, the soul dissipated into energy and shot up into the night sky, then all light disappeared from the scene.
Valen turned to face Levi and explained to him that that was Absolution but in the middle of his teaching, he looked behind his Journeyman and saw a tall hollow rounding the corner behind them. Levi turned just in time to see the ten foot tall hollow stop and roar at the two, his face turning pale upon seeing his first tainted spirit in person. This hollow had elongated arms whose hands touched the ground, its elongated claws cutting into the stone of the cobble street with just the slightest of touches. Long, slender legs were attached to a bizarrely small torso with an ovular head situated on top. It's mouth was unusually large, its size when opened could easily fit either of the two men inside with ease and opened to almost 115 degrees revealing several series of sharpened teeth. This monstrosity struck fear into Levi the likes of which he'd never felt before, freezing him in place.
Father Valen yelled at Levi to get behind him but his words were lost to his terrified Journeyman. As the hollow lunged at the two, the Paladin pulled Levi behind him, causing him to fall on his back. Valen then quickly called out the word Vis as he outstretched his right palm towards the hollow. A transparent sphere of energy rushed forth from his hand and struck the charging hollow dead on, causing it to not only halt its movement, but cause it to slip and fall on its back. Without giving it time to react, Valen then lifted the index and middle fingers of his right hand into the air while calling out the word Spina. When he did this, what appeared to be thorned vines of reishi erupted from the street underneath the hollow, wrapping around its four limbs and throat, keeping it pinned in pain. He would then draw one of his weapons, one of two twin bayonet swords from within his cassock in a reverse grip before using Sal Stiga to seemingly teleport above the hollow. Falling down upon its chest, he drove the silver blade of his sword into the mask, the point going clean through its head which caused the mask to shatter. With a final, pained wimper, the hollow disintegrated into the air as reishi along with the vines. Levi layed there on his back, stunned at what he just witnessed.
As Father Valen sheathed his sword, he walked over towards Levi who was now getting to his feet and began apologizing for his inaction but before he could finish, Valen gave him a hard backhand to the face which sent him to the ground once more. The priest then went on to scold his Journeyman, telling him that any hesitation can get them both killed. As Valen turned and began walking away, leaving Levi to help himself up and think on what just happened.
They began walking back to the cottage but as they did, both couldn't help but feel that they were being watched. A faint reiatsu was felt for the briefest of moments before vanishing. Both Father Valen and Journeyman Levi knew their task was yet to be completed in the town. And so they rested for a few hours until dawn broke. They strolled around the town and spoke with a few of the townspeople who seemed very glad to see a priest in their midst. One of these townsfolk, a local fisherman, told them of the strange occurrences happening there as of late. Children going missing, of strange noises coming from the castle on the hill that overlooked the town and of an unknown woman having been seen skulking around the town and the castle. Father Valen thanked him for the information and made plans with Levi to go to the castle and speak with the head of its domain.
When they reached the castle later that same day, Father Valen knocked upon the front double doors with the blackened iron rings attached to them. Moments later, a woman of striking beauty answered the door. As Valen spoke to this woman about the strange occurrences, Levi studied her features, a bit awestruck by her beauty. She stood no higher than 5'6" tall with hair darker than a raven's black feather. Her pale green eyes seemed able to pierce through him whenever she looked towards the young man, the dress she wore accentuated her modest bust. She appeared very womanly and delicate. But something was off about her. Both Valen and Levi could feel the slightest trace of reiatsu coming from her, barely detectable. This helped snap him out of the trance he was finding himself in while he stared at her. The woman, who introduced herself as Madam Weber, seemed to see this and it was at that moment she invited the two of them in for tea, which they accepted. Madam Weber stood aside holding the door open as Valen and Levi walked into the castle's great hall, a large, open room that had three halls leading to other areas of the castle, one to the left, right and one straight ahead. Once the two men entered, the woman closed the door.
The men both felt it, the feeling of dread and of death permeating the air. Reishi was abound in this place but Valen feigned ignorance of this and proceeded to follow the woman down the center hallway with Levi following close behind him. They walked for what seemed like an hour, with Madam Weber and Father Valen talking about the history of the castle, when her family acquired it and so forth. Eventually they came upon a large, ancient looking oak door. She would tell her guests to come inside as she opened the door for them but when they stepped inside, she shut and locked the door behind them. Levi quickly spun around and tried opening the door to no avail while Father Valen pinched the bridge of his nose. He told Levi to calm down before looking around the room, which was gigantic in size. There was no furnishings within its confines, a second floor balcony wrapped around the walls about 30 feet above the floor. A large metal door roughly 6 feet wide and 10 feet tall could be seen at the opposite end of the room from where the two men stood which was attached to a pulley system.
After Valen and Levi took a few steps further into the room, the woman's voice could be heard above but in a raspier tone. Looking up at the section of balcony above the door, they saw Madam Weber standing there looking down upon them with a decorative, ancient looking dagger in her left hand. She spoke down to them almost in a whisper, telling them that god has no place here. Valen responded, asking her if she was the one taking the missing children to which she replies yes. She then told them that she needed to feed off the spirits of the children to keep her young. It was then that the metal door began to be slowly pulled straight up, revealing three large hollow similar to the one they had slain the night before. Levi felt fearful again but looked at Father Valen standing stead fast without any fear in his eyes. This strengthened Levi's own resolve and walked up next to his mentor.
The both of them looked back up and saw the jewels upon the dagger begin to glow dull. At the same time, Weber's youthful appearance began to wither. Her skin became shrunken in and heavily wrinkled, her long black hair turned grey and straggly and her eyes sunk into her skull. She now had the appearance of an emaciated witch. Valen then began speaking to Levi as he continued to watch the transformation, telling him that the woman before him was a heretic, a person having been given power through unholy entities, that used their power to harm men, women and children. He would continue on to say that other groups would call these heretics by another name, Fullbringers. The woman would then proclaim that though they weren't children, their spiritual power would still prove nourishing. She then pointed at them with her bony index finger and the three hollow would move towards the holy men.
Drawing both of his bayonet swords, Valen would speak to Levi, telling him to not lose his head and to focus on his training and the word of the Lord. With a nod, Levi looked at the closest Hollow, which was already mere feet away from striking distance. Quickly remembering how Valen dealt with the first hollow they encountered, he focused on gathering reishi into his hand and spoke the word Vis as he pushed his open right palm out. A similar ball of translucent energy rushed from his hand and struck the hollow square in the face, though it didnt pack as much force as the one Valen used. It would cause its head to fly back and stop its approach momentarily. This gave Valen the time to use Sal Stiga to get directly in front of the first hollow and slice its head clean off. There was no time to rest though, because as the first hollow dissipated, the other two were coming in from either side. One went for Valen, the other aimed for Levi. All of this happened while the witch above looked on, laughing at the spectacle.
The claws of the hollow clashed with Valen's swords as it kept taking swipes at the priest. It snarled and roared as it tried to tear him to ribbons but he was able to easily keep up with its movements, easily blocking and deflecting its attacks. Finally, it tried to reach out and grab him. Seeing the opportunity, Valen would pierce the hand with the sword in his left hand, aim the tip of the blade at the hollow's face and speak the word Fulgur. A bold of electrical energy would then shoot forth from the sword and core a hole clean through the head, causing the hollow to disintegrate as well. While this went on, Levi was having a difficult time with the hollow that was after him. It's first swipe of its claws barely caught Levi across the chest, leaving shallow cuts in his flesh. Gritting his teeth from the pain, he focused on gathering reishi in his right hand and spoke the name Murus. As he held the hand out in front of him, a gold tinted translucent wall of energy formed and followed his hand as if it were a large buckler. The hollow would continue pressing the attack. The swipes from its claws, while they couldnt penetrate or destroy the barrier spell, was pushing Levi every which way as he struggled to keep his footing.
When Valen turned to help Levi, he saw the witch appear behind him but couldn't get to him in time. She drove her dagger into the right side of his back, just above the kidney and below the lung. Father Valen appeared in a flash, slicing into the neck of the hollow and killing it before turning his attention to the witch, who was still behind Levi, holding the dagger to his throat. Pain wracked his back from where he was stabbed but he no longer felt fear. A strange calm feeling washed over him at that moment. He looked ahead at Valen and began reciting the Lords Prayer. His left hand dangled to his side. He grabbed the wrist of the hand that held the dagger with his right hand and with all of his strength, twisted her hand so that the dagger was aimed away from his neck. He then swung his head back as hard as he could, smashing the back of his head into her nose, obliterating it. She immediately reacted to that by dropping the dagger and clutching her face, blood pouring from her now shattered nose. Levi immediately fell to the floor when he heard Valen call out the words Spiritus Ignis while aiming both of his swords directly at the withered hag, both blades parallel to each other. The witch only had time to look up as a column of superheated plasma energy erupted from between the blades and enveloped her. The room was filled with her ghastly screams of pain and agony as her flesh quickly burned into nothing but ash. It took only but a few moments for her screams to become dried gargles, then nothing but escaping air as the spell completely incinerated her, leaving nothing but her charred skeleton. Once the spell subsided into nothing, the skeleton stood in place for a second before crumbling into dust.
With the fullbringer witch destroyed, Valen sheathed his swords and ran over to where Levi layed on the floor, bleeding from the wounds on his chest and back. Pressing both of his hands upon his fallen Journeyman, he uttered the word Curatio as reishi began to flow into Levi's wounds. It took a few minutes before they were all healed. Helping him to his feet, Valen would pat him on the back and tell him he did well on his first hunt. Before they could leave however, they felt another presence beyond the open metal door. They both walked over to it and looked inside to see the hollow that they had killed multiple times now, this one on its knees and seemingly falling apart. Valen then spoke to Levi, explaining that the witch's power seemed to be the ability to control weaker hollow, that she was able to create duplicates of it using the spiritual energy she had devoured from the children she abducted. Levi remained silent as his mentor spoke and as he walked over to the dying hollow. Pulling out one of his swords, he recited a prayer. "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. We are nothing more than dust and into dust we shall return." Placing the blade against the back of its neck, he cleanly cut through and severed the head."Amen." The hollow disintegrated as Valen walked out of the room with Levi and together, exited the castle. With their hunt in Cochem complete, they stayed for one final night to rest before leaving the town at the crack of dawn the next morning.
{The Return to the Vatican}
For the next eight years, Father Valen and Journeyman Levi traveled to all the corners of Europe and Africa, hunting the spiritual enemies of the Catholic Church, helping the weak and down trodden and spreading the word of God. Levi absorbed the knowledge that Valen had to offer like a dry sponge in a pool of water. With every soul laid to rest, with every heretic and heathen slain and every tainted soul absolved, Levi's power and connection to the Lord grew. So too did the relationship between the Paladin and his Journeyman, becoming less of a mentor/student and more akin to father and son. They watched each other's backs, helped each other in their times of need and kept each other on the path of righteousness when all hope seemed lost. They both received their share of battle scars, Levi in particular having been stabbed, sliced, even shot a couple of times. But they survived and continued on their journey. Together, they fought and defeated a wide array of enemies from heretic Fullbringers and High Spec humans, to hollow of all types. They even crossed blades with the extremely rare fallen angel, or Vizard as other groups call them and emerged victorious. There was one foe that they couldn't defeat however...
It was around the half way mark of Levi's eighth and final year as a Journeyman when he began to notice something off with his paladin mentor. Too often was Father Valen giving the lead of the battle to Levi, his skin looking more and more drawn in and his strength slowly degrading. The paladin never admitted to any of this but Levi began to suspect the worst. It was right after the completion of a successful hunt in eastern Spain when his suspicions were confirmed. Valen could hardly stand or walk from constant illness and when he collapsed from exhaustion, Levi took action, first by getting him to the nearest hospital, then by contacting the Vatican and telling them about the paladin's condition, terminal brain cancer. The Vatican sent a private jet immediately to pick them up and bring them back. It would be the first time in eight years since they had been back in Rome and it was bittersweet for them both to be able to go back under the circumstances.
Once they arrived, Father Valen was immediately taken to a private Catholic hospital to undergo testing, any possible treatments and prayer. Levi was taken in for a formal debriefing of everything that had transpired during the eight years they were out in the field. Three days later, Father Valen passed away. Levi, though grieving, felt comfort in the fact that his mentor, his father, fought tooth and nail for the Lord and now he would break bread with him forever in the kingdom of Heaven. Two days after his passing, Father Valen was buried with his bible within the holy cemetary of the Vatican, the highest honor a priest could be given by the Catholic Church. Shortly after the ceremony, Levi was told that, in accordance with Valen's will, both of his blessed swords and the golden cross he wore around his neck were to go to the son he never had, to Levi himself. He was also told that Father Valen spoke with several Cardinals about Levi's exemplary performance in the field and that it was his final request that his Journeyman be allowed to move on to phase three of his seminaries 6 months early. Levi would find out that in light of his outstanding performance and service to the Church, to Humanity and to the Lord, that request would be granted.
For the next eight years, Father Valen and Journeyman Levi traveled to all the corners of Europe and Africa, hunting the spiritual enemies of the Catholic Church, helping the weak and down trodden and spreading the word of God. Levi absorbed the knowledge that Valen had to offer like a dry sponge in a pool of water. With every soul laid to rest, with every heretic and heathen slain and every tainted soul absolved, Levi's power and connection to the Lord grew. So too did the relationship between the Paladin and his Journeyman, becoming less of a mentor/student and more akin to father and son. They watched each other's backs, helped each other in their times of need and kept each other on the path of righteousness when all hope seemed lost. They both received their share of battle scars, Levi in particular having been stabbed, sliced, even shot a couple of times. But they survived and continued on their journey. Together, they fought and defeated a wide array of enemies from heretic Fullbringers and High Spec humans, to hollow of all types. They even crossed blades with the extremely rare fallen angel, or Vizard as other groups call them and emerged victorious. There was one foe that they couldn't defeat however...
It was around the half way mark of Levi's eighth and final year as a Journeyman when he began to notice something off with his paladin mentor. Too often was Father Valen giving the lead of the battle to Levi, his skin looking more and more drawn in and his strength slowly degrading. The paladin never admitted to any of this but Levi began to suspect the worst. It was right after the completion of a successful hunt in eastern Spain when his suspicions were confirmed. Valen could hardly stand or walk from constant illness and when he collapsed from exhaustion, Levi took action, first by getting him to the nearest hospital, then by contacting the Vatican and telling them about the paladin's condition, terminal brain cancer. The Vatican sent a private jet immediately to pick them up and bring them back. It would be the first time in eight years since they had been back in Rome and it was bittersweet for them both to be able to go back under the circumstances.
Once they arrived, Father Valen was immediately taken to a private Catholic hospital to undergo testing, any possible treatments and prayer. Levi was taken in for a formal debriefing of everything that had transpired during the eight years they were out in the field. Three days later, Father Valen passed away. Levi, though grieving, felt comfort in the fact that his mentor, his father, fought tooth and nail for the Lord and now he would break bread with him forever in the kingdom of Heaven. Two days after his passing, Father Valen was buried with his bible within the holy cemetary of the Vatican, the highest honor a priest could be given by the Catholic Church. Shortly after the ceremony, Levi was told that, in accordance with Valen's will, both of his blessed swords and the golden cross he wore around his neck were to go to the son he never had, to Levi himself. He was also told that Father Valen spoke with several Cardinals about Levi's exemplary performance in the field and that it was his final request that his Journeyman be allowed to move on to phase three of his seminaries 6 months early. Levi would find out that in light of his outstanding performance and service to the Church, to Humanity and to the Lord, that request would be granted.
{Becoming a Paladin}
Phase three, the final phase in the Paladin Seminaries consisted of three parts. It would begin with tLevi being bathed in holy water and sage. After the purifying bath, he would be placed within a simple robe and taken to a room. Within this room, two lyres would slowly burn a blend of sages, mostly common sage with parsnips of salvia mixed in with it. Levi would have to pray to the Lord until the sage completely burned out, which took three days. He was not allowed food nor drink nor company. No one was allowed to enter the room for that duration of time. Within this room he remained kneeling, praying to the Lord for three days. First, the smoke of the sage began to affect his mind. Then on the second day, thirst began taking its toll as well. On the final day, his hunger began affecting him and it was at this point that he was no longer praying TO God. He was having a full on discussion with him. In the end, he didn't give in to the temptation of walking out the door. He didn't call for food nor water nor company and thus he passed the first test.
The second part consisted of Levi, after being allowed two days to rest, eat and drink, again being placed in a room. This time, the room had a single desk with a chair. Upon it were stacks of blank hemp paper, a quill and ink bottle. In the back of the room would be shelves full of different materials to make a book cover. What he was tasked in doing was to sit down and write the texts of the bible, word for word, from memory. Not just any bible either. He had to write the complete bible, even the books that the Catholic Church omitted from the common Bible used by the public. The ink and quill that were to be used had to be blessed by Levi himself before using them to write the text. In short, he was to write the text of the bible, select the materials of its cover, then bind the pages to the cover. He was allowed food and water, but he was not allowed to leave the room until the bible was finished.
So Levi sat again in solitude, taking quill to parchment, writing the biblical texts from memory. Hours turned into days. Days to weeks and weeks to months. Three months would pass before he was finished writing every single word from the bible onto the paper. Once he was finished with that, he would carefully select the materials from the back of the room. For the bible he was creating, he chose a soft leather to be wrapped around thin pieces of wood to form the front and back covers. Instead of any form of writing on the front cover, Levi instead chose to take a silver crucifix and carefully bonded it to the leather. Finally, he would spend an additional three days binding the pages to the cover to make a hardy, simple bible.
At the end of this ordeal, he ran a bell to signify that he was finished. Once the door opened, a priest would take the bible and hand it over to the presiding Cardinal of the Vatican. This Cardinal then called a special meeting of Cardinals to take place one week from that day. It was to be behind closed doors to review the newly crafted bible. 105 Cardinals appeared for the meeting, each meticulously reviewed the hand written text, judged the materials used and inspected the binding to ensure the book would not fall apart. If any of the cardinals found any flaw at any point during this process, the Bible would be deemed a failure and Levi would be denied the title of Paladin. No flaw would be found however. In fact, it was even praised for its simplicity and grace. Because the bible passed the rigorous inspection, each Cardinal, one at a time, placed blessings upon the book. The entire review process for the bible that Levi created took just under one year to complete, 357 days to be exact.
With the passing of the bible, Levi was not only ordained a Priest of the Catholic Church, but also a Paladin of the Holy Order. The Bible that Levi had created was given back to him to recognize him now as Paladin Father Levi. He would also be given a special, protective blessed Cassock, grey in color to denote his status as a Paladin.
Phase three, the final phase in the Paladin Seminaries consisted of three parts. It would begin with tLevi being bathed in holy water and sage. After the purifying bath, he would be placed within a simple robe and taken to a room. Within this room, two lyres would slowly burn a blend of sages, mostly common sage with parsnips of salvia mixed in with it. Levi would have to pray to the Lord until the sage completely burned out, which took three days. He was not allowed food nor drink nor company. No one was allowed to enter the room for that duration of time. Within this room he remained kneeling, praying to the Lord for three days. First, the smoke of the sage began to affect his mind. Then on the second day, thirst began taking its toll as well. On the final day, his hunger began affecting him and it was at this point that he was no longer praying TO God. He was having a full on discussion with him. In the end, he didn't give in to the temptation of walking out the door. He didn't call for food nor water nor company and thus he passed the first test.
The second part consisted of Levi, after being allowed two days to rest, eat and drink, again being placed in a room. This time, the room had a single desk with a chair. Upon it were stacks of blank hemp paper, a quill and ink bottle. In the back of the room would be shelves full of different materials to make a book cover. What he was tasked in doing was to sit down and write the texts of the bible, word for word, from memory. Not just any bible either. He had to write the complete bible, even the books that the Catholic Church omitted from the common Bible used by the public. The ink and quill that were to be used had to be blessed by Levi himself before using them to write the text. In short, he was to write the text of the bible, select the materials of its cover, then bind the pages to the cover. He was allowed food and water, but he was not allowed to leave the room until the bible was finished.
So Levi sat again in solitude, taking quill to parchment, writing the biblical texts from memory. Hours turned into days. Days to weeks and weeks to months. Three months would pass before he was finished writing every single word from the bible onto the paper. Once he was finished with that, he would carefully select the materials from the back of the room. For the bible he was creating, he chose a soft leather to be wrapped around thin pieces of wood to form the front and back covers. Instead of any form of writing on the front cover, Levi instead chose to take a silver crucifix and carefully bonded it to the leather. Finally, he would spend an additional three days binding the pages to the cover to make a hardy, simple bible.
At the end of this ordeal, he ran a bell to signify that he was finished. Once the door opened, a priest would take the bible and hand it over to the presiding Cardinal of the Vatican. This Cardinal then called a special meeting of Cardinals to take place one week from that day. It was to be behind closed doors to review the newly crafted bible. 105 Cardinals appeared for the meeting, each meticulously reviewed the hand written text, judged the materials used and inspected the binding to ensure the book would not fall apart. If any of the cardinals found any flaw at any point during this process, the Bible would be deemed a failure and Levi would be denied the title of Paladin. No flaw would be found however. In fact, it was even praised for its simplicity and grace. Because the bible passed the rigorous inspection, each Cardinal, one at a time, placed blessings upon the book. The entire review process for the bible that Levi created took just under one year to complete, 357 days to be exact.
With the passing of the bible, Levi was not only ordained a Priest of the Catholic Church, but also a Paladin of the Holy Order. The Bible that Levi had created was given back to him to recognize him now as Paladin Father Levi. He would also be given a special, protective blessed Cassock, grey in color to denote his status as a Paladin.
{Brief Encounter with Drystan}
Paladin Levi would continue on doing God's will, hunting down and destroying the unholy enemies of the Catholic Church. Over the course of twelve years, the holy priest would come to be known by different names. Groups and agencies that dabbled in the affairs of the spirit world around the globe would come to know, even fear them, The Purifier and The Hand of God being the two most common. There would be no sort of tainted spirit that Father Levi couldn't destroy, nor any heathen or heretic that couldn't be brought to the Lord's holy justice. Even some of the younger priests became convinced that Levi was the physical embodiment of God's precise wrath. He did not care of the names, nor the acclaim. Levi only cared about serving the Lord and spreading his word to the four corners of the Earth.
Twelve years would pass after his ascension into the ranks of the paladins when the Vatican gave him orders to eliminate a threat in his birthplace of Albany, New York. It was odd that they would send an agent on a mission into the United States, for that was the territory of a group of spiritually aware people who took a more heretic approach to their power, The Philosophers. Long ago, the Catholic Church signed a treaty with this group and another, Scientia Libertas, declaring and agreeing that agents would not be sent into the territory of another group for reasons of a spiritual kind. The Vatican in this case felt that The Philosophers had no business dealing with a tainted soul on Catholic land and so the decision was made to send Levi. 13 hours after the order was given, he would arrive.
It was late at night when he arrived at the Diocese in Albany. No one was in sight when Father Levi walked through the twin front doors. Looking inside, he could see a humanoid figure standing before the alter at the other end of the church, a single candle lit and the light of the moon shining in through the window being the only light in the church. Levi walked down the center aisle and past the wooden pews with one of his swords. As he did, he could feel the reiatsu seeping from the entity which stared at his approach. He recognized the feeling of this abnormal reiatsu as being that of a higher form of demon, or what other people would call an Arrancar.
This demon watched Father Levi from behind the mask fragment that covered the left side of its face with amusement as it stood over the corpse of a young priest. It taunted the paladin with slurs against him, then his family and the church. Such childish antics didn't phase the grizzled priest though, he'd heard it all before. The demon grew a bit annoyed when it saw that he wasn't going to take the bait and reached down to draw its sword. Levi would make his move though. In a blurred display of sheer speed, Levi closed the distance faster than an eye could blink, using the momentum to ram his shoulder and elbow into his target's chest, sending it crashing into the wall behind the altar. It would get up from the floor with a stunned look on its face as it then attempted to lunge at the priest with its sword. It's attempt failed, as Father Levi parried the sword and threw the demon into the pews behind him, shattering many rows of the wooden benches into splinters.
With a snarl and much cursing, the demon slowly rose from the rubble of the pews, astonished at how a mere human was able to do this, to an Arrancar of all things. It made its way into the center aisle where it stood, raising the sword it held to its mouth and licked the blade. Father Levi would pull his bible out, anticipating the demons next move. It would then call out some name as it became enveloped in reishi. Once the energy subsided, its true form was revealed as a horned, muscular, furred beast. Levi didnt give it a chance however as he began speaking a biblical verse. As he did, his bible would open itself in his hand, its pages flipping madly back and forth. The beast demon tried rushing him but it was too late. As soon as Levi uttered the word Amen, golden pages flew forth from the bible and adhered themselves to the walls of the church, the demon stopping in its tracks. It looked down and saw that the fur on its body began to fall out, its horns cracking and shattering and his muscle mass decreasing.
In moments, the demon had reverted back to its sealed form, much to its confusion and fear. It screamed out at the priest, asking what he had done. Levi simply put his bible back within his inner cassock pocket and began walking towards his target, chuckling along the way. It would yell at him to stay away before turning around and making a break for the door. Levi would simply say palum as he swiped his sword in the air towards the demon and as he did so, two stake shaped projectiles of energy raced forward and impaled themselves in both of it's feet before pinning them down to the floor. This sent the demon onto its hands and knees. Two more stakes would fly and pin both of its hands down to the floor as well, trapping it to it's fate. It began to panic, to curse and to plead with Father Levi, who did not listen to its pleas. Grabbing it by its hair, he would place the blade of his sword at the back of its neck, then with one clean cut, decapitate the demon.
Father Levi chuckled as he held the head of his dead target but as if on cue, the front doors flew open to reveal a young man standing there, 18 years of age. Levi looked up with a grin on his face. The man first looked at the priest, then the decapitated body on the floor, then finally to the severed head in his hand. Looking closely, he would be shocked to see as the head turned in the moonlight, the unmistakable mask fragment of an Arrancar. The man would speak out to the priest, asking his name and reminding him that his being here was a violation of the treaty between the Vatican and The Philosophers and that he was to leave immediately. Levi immediately responded with him asking if the young man was indeed from The Philosophers. The guy would then tell Levi that he was the liason between that group and another group of alchemists, Scientia Libertas and that Drystan Deverell was his name.
The priest would grin as he began to walk towards the young man, telling him that he was Father Ezekiel Levi and reminding him that this was Catholic soil that he was treading on and that it was within the Vatican's duty to deal with the threat, not some damned group of filthy heretics. A sword would appear in Drystan's hand as he took a defensive stance. Father Levi continued to approach him and as he did, he began to bear his reiatsu down upon Drystan, forcing him to his hands and knees. At this point, the young alchemist was strong but Levi was in another league. When Levi stood beside him, he didnt strike the heretic down. Instead, he dropped the head of the demon at his hand, then issued a warning, that the Catholic Church does not retreat when challenged by heretics. As he began walking away, he would continue with a bible verse. "If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed at his coming, God save you from your fate. Amen." Once the word amen was spoken, the reiatsu pressure lightened to nothing, allowing Drystan to quickly get to his feet. When he did, he ran outside to find the priest, there was no trace of him anywhere. Father Levi returned to the Vatican immediately and reported his mission a success and of his run in with the Alchemist, Drystan Deverell.
Paladin Levi would continue on doing God's will, hunting down and destroying the unholy enemies of the Catholic Church. Over the course of twelve years, the holy priest would come to be known by different names. Groups and agencies that dabbled in the affairs of the spirit world around the globe would come to know, even fear them, The Purifier and The Hand of God being the two most common. There would be no sort of tainted spirit that Father Levi couldn't destroy, nor any heathen or heretic that couldn't be brought to the Lord's holy justice. Even some of the younger priests became convinced that Levi was the physical embodiment of God's precise wrath. He did not care of the names, nor the acclaim. Levi only cared about serving the Lord and spreading his word to the four corners of the Earth.
Twelve years would pass after his ascension into the ranks of the paladins when the Vatican gave him orders to eliminate a threat in his birthplace of Albany, New York. It was odd that they would send an agent on a mission into the United States, for that was the territory of a group of spiritually aware people who took a more heretic approach to their power, The Philosophers. Long ago, the Catholic Church signed a treaty with this group and another, Scientia Libertas, declaring and agreeing that agents would not be sent into the territory of another group for reasons of a spiritual kind. The Vatican in this case felt that The Philosophers had no business dealing with a tainted soul on Catholic land and so the decision was made to send Levi. 13 hours after the order was given, he would arrive.
It was late at night when he arrived at the Diocese in Albany. No one was in sight when Father Levi walked through the twin front doors. Looking inside, he could see a humanoid figure standing before the alter at the other end of the church, a single candle lit and the light of the moon shining in through the window being the only light in the church. Levi walked down the center aisle and past the wooden pews with one of his swords. As he did, he could feel the reiatsu seeping from the entity which stared at his approach. He recognized the feeling of this abnormal reiatsu as being that of a higher form of demon, or what other people would call an Arrancar.
This demon watched Father Levi from behind the mask fragment that covered the left side of its face with amusement as it stood over the corpse of a young priest. It taunted the paladin with slurs against him, then his family and the church. Such childish antics didn't phase the grizzled priest though, he'd heard it all before. The demon grew a bit annoyed when it saw that he wasn't going to take the bait and reached down to draw its sword. Levi would make his move though. In a blurred display of sheer speed, Levi closed the distance faster than an eye could blink, using the momentum to ram his shoulder and elbow into his target's chest, sending it crashing into the wall behind the altar. It would get up from the floor with a stunned look on its face as it then attempted to lunge at the priest with its sword. It's attempt failed, as Father Levi parried the sword and threw the demon into the pews behind him, shattering many rows of the wooden benches into splinters.
With a snarl and much cursing, the demon slowly rose from the rubble of the pews, astonished at how a mere human was able to do this, to an Arrancar of all things. It made its way into the center aisle where it stood, raising the sword it held to its mouth and licked the blade. Father Levi would pull his bible out, anticipating the demons next move. It would then call out some name as it became enveloped in reishi. Once the energy subsided, its true form was revealed as a horned, muscular, furred beast. Levi didnt give it a chance however as he began speaking a biblical verse. As he did, his bible would open itself in his hand, its pages flipping madly back and forth. The beast demon tried rushing him but it was too late. As soon as Levi uttered the word Amen, golden pages flew forth from the bible and adhered themselves to the walls of the church, the demon stopping in its tracks. It looked down and saw that the fur on its body began to fall out, its horns cracking and shattering and his muscle mass decreasing.
In moments, the demon had reverted back to its sealed form, much to its confusion and fear. It screamed out at the priest, asking what he had done. Levi simply put his bible back within his inner cassock pocket and began walking towards his target, chuckling along the way. It would yell at him to stay away before turning around and making a break for the door. Levi would simply say palum as he swiped his sword in the air towards the demon and as he did so, two stake shaped projectiles of energy raced forward and impaled themselves in both of it's feet before pinning them down to the floor. This sent the demon onto its hands and knees. Two more stakes would fly and pin both of its hands down to the floor as well, trapping it to it's fate. It began to panic, to curse and to plead with Father Levi, who did not listen to its pleas. Grabbing it by its hair, he would place the blade of his sword at the back of its neck, then with one clean cut, decapitate the demon.
Father Levi chuckled as he held the head of his dead target but as if on cue, the front doors flew open to reveal a young man standing there, 18 years of age. Levi looked up with a grin on his face. The man first looked at the priest, then the decapitated body on the floor, then finally to the severed head in his hand. Looking closely, he would be shocked to see as the head turned in the moonlight, the unmistakable mask fragment of an Arrancar. The man would speak out to the priest, asking his name and reminding him that his being here was a violation of the treaty between the Vatican and The Philosophers and that he was to leave immediately. Levi immediately responded with him asking if the young man was indeed from The Philosophers. The guy would then tell Levi that he was the liason between that group and another group of alchemists, Scientia Libertas and that Drystan Deverell was his name.
The priest would grin as he began to walk towards the young man, telling him that he was Father Ezekiel Levi and reminding him that this was Catholic soil that he was treading on and that it was within the Vatican's duty to deal with the threat, not some damned group of filthy heretics. A sword would appear in Drystan's hand as he took a defensive stance. Father Levi continued to approach him and as he did, he began to bear his reiatsu down upon Drystan, forcing him to his hands and knees. At this point, the young alchemist was strong but Levi was in another league. When Levi stood beside him, he didnt strike the heretic down. Instead, he dropped the head of the demon at his hand, then issued a warning, that the Catholic Church does not retreat when challenged by heretics. As he began walking away, he would continue with a bible verse. "If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed at his coming, God save you from your fate. Amen." Once the word amen was spoken, the reiatsu pressure lightened to nothing, allowing Drystan to quickly get to his feet. When he did, he ran outside to find the priest, there was no trace of him anywhere. Father Levi returned to the Vatican immediately and reported his mission a success and of his run in with the Alchemist, Drystan Deverell.
{The Here and Now...}
Father Levi's work continued, as did his power's growth over the next eight years. But now the Vatican has summoned him to a meeting of Cardinals to discuss another interesting assignment for him, having to do with the massacre of children at an elementary school... in Karakura Town.
Father Levi's work continued, as did his power's growth over the next eight years. But now the Vatican has summoned him to a meeting of Cardinals to discuss another interesting assignment for him, having to do with the massacre of children at an elementary school... in Karakura Town.
Class Abilities
Bresta Barsmid (Burst Attack): One of their attack type abilities is boosted for five (5) uses with one post recharge. (physical strikes +15 to Attack, Energy/Holy Attacks +15 to Reiatsu)
Svero (Sword): Can form a weapon of Reishi and Reiatsu in a manner similar to how Quincies form bows
Sál Stíga (Soul Step): Can make a high speed movement up to 50 feet but because of the method it can travel in only one direction, making it ill suited for finessed maneuvers.
Vitr Verr (Wise-man): Non-reishi physical weapons can be strengthened to hold up against even released Zanpaktou, by channeling their reiatsu through it, ascending the weapon's soul in a manner similar to Fullbring.
Reiryoku Skills
Hand to hand 1: Can expel Reiatsu from punches and kicks to increase impact, as if Attack and Speed were increased by 10 for the duration of the attack. (+10 Attack and Speed)
Zanjutsu/Armed Combat 1: High-Spec and Fullbring Attacks move 50% faster if their name is stated.
Analyzing 1: By focusing on the area, one can vaguely detect where beings with Reiatsu are. If they focus on one person, they can detect their Reiatsu level.
Reiatsu Control 1: Cut reiatsu expulsion out of battle by 50% and cuts it to 25% in battle.
Focus Skills
Reflex Mastery- +30 to Speed & analyze attacks as they come (Free Skill)
Powers & Abilities
Power Name: Manus Dei (Hand of God)
Weapon Names:
Twin Blessed Bayonet Swords: Pater and Filius (Father and Son)
Holy Bible: Spiritus Sanctus (Holy Spirit)
Holy Water
Description
Holy Water: Glass vials of water that has been purified and blessed using 3 special prayers by Father Levi. He typically keeps 3 small bottles or vials of it on him at all times. To replace them, he must fill an empty vial with water and 1 teaspoon of salt. After sealing the vial, he then, with his left hand, grips the cross around his neck while with his right hand, slowly makes the sign of the cross over the vial. At the same time, he speaks three prayers. Once the ritual is complete, the water within becomes infused with holy reishi. This typically cannot be done during combat for the time it takes to prepare the water and bless them would be too great to attempt. If a suitable amount of time elapses between threads Father Levi takes part in (at least 6 hours), it will be assumed he took the time to make more and will start that next thread with 3 bottles of Holy Water.
{ The three holy water prayers}
In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen ( In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. )
Pater Noster, qui es in caelis, sanctificetur nomen tuum. Adveniat regnum tuum. Fiat voluntas tua, sicut in caelo et in terra. Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie, et dimitte nobis debita nostra sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris. Et ne nos inducas in tentationem, sed libera nos a malo. Amen. (OUR FATHER, Who art in heaven hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. Amen.)
Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum. Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Iesus. Sancta Maria, Mater Domini nostri, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc, et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen. (Hail Mary, full of grace; the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of our Lord, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.)
In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen ( In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. )
Pater Noster, qui es in caelis, sanctificetur nomen tuum. Adveniat regnum tuum. Fiat voluntas tua, sicut in caelo et in terra. Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie, et dimitte nobis debita nostra sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris. Et ne nos inducas in tentationem, sed libera nos a malo. Amen. (OUR FATHER, Who art in heaven hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. Amen.)
Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum. Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Iesus. Sancta Maria, Mater Domini nostri, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc, et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen. (Hail Mary, full of grace; the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of our Lord, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.)
Manus Dei: A large family of spells, blessings and incantations used by the Catholic Church for several purposes including purifying and aiding souls to the afterlife, protecting people from spiritual attack and exorcising or destroying evil. The beginnings of Manus Dei are alluded to in The Holy Bible, having been used long before the Catholic Church existed. An example of this is when Moses parted the Red Sea to allow the Israelites to flee from the Pharaoh of Egypt.
Manus Dei consists of spells used by the priest himself, Judgements spoken from the Bible and blessings.
Holy Spells: Abilities that are fueled by the casting priest's reiryoku directly and typically take the form of offensive spells, defensive spells and binding spells. Each spell has a name associated with it that the priest can speak to make the spell more powerful but isn't necessary. Holy Spells are astonishingly similar to the shinigami's Kidou.
Judgements: These are abilities that involve the use of Levi's Bible. Some of the Bible's texts are actually hidden incantations that Paladins are trained in recognizing and using. These usually are the most powerful of offensive, defensive and binding magic in the Catholic Church's arsenal as well as powerful seals. Only the Bible of a Paladin can be used for passing a judgement and only the bible a paladin has made himself can be used by that Paladin for such use. This means that one Paladin cannot use another Paladin's Bible for passing a judgement. For a Paladin to use pass judgment, he must hold the bible within either of his hands, channel his reiryoku into it and speak the corresponding biblical verse for the desired judgement. The Bible need not be open to the page the text is on however.
Blessings: This, simply put, is the way a priest channels reishi into normal objects, allowing them to be used offensively against a spiritual entity or defending against their attacks.
Pater and Filius: These are the names of the twin bayonet swords Father Levi wields which both feature 26" long silver blades and simple 6" wooden grips. Etched into both of the blades is a blessing that is a latin phrase, In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti, which translates into In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. These etchings will glow a dull gold color when Father Levi uses them as a conduit for his spells.
Spiritus Sanctus: Spiritus Sanctus is the bible that Father Levi carries on him at all times. Unlike the version of The Bible that is available for purchase by the public, Levi's is a complete Bible and includes all of the books which the Catholic Church omitted from the public version. These special Bibles are few in number, hand crafted by the priest intending to carry it and are only given to those priests if and when they should become the Church's exorcists, The Paladins. Each of these special bibles are hand crafted within the Vatican by the priest wielding them before they are given the title of Paladin. Each potential Paladin has to hand write the complete text of the Bible in its entirety using a special blessed quill and ink and has to do so from memory, failure to copy the complete bible word for word from memory results in the priest being barred from joining The Paladins forever.
After they are done writing the texts, they have to craft the cover in the manner they see fit, then bind the pages to the cover to form the book. This results in one of a kind Bibles, tailored to and unique to each Paladin. After the Bible is finished, a special meeting of no less than 12 Cardinals takes place where behind closed doors, each Cardinal meticulously reviews the hand written text, judges the materials used and inspects the binding to ensure the book will not fall apart. If any of the 12 or more cardinals finds any flaw at any point during this process, the Bible is deemed a failure and the priest is denied the title of Paladin. If the Bible passes all inspections, each Cardinal, one at a time, will then place blessings upon the book. The entire review process for a passing Bible can take up to 480 days to complete and once finished, is typically very worn looking.
Father Levi's bible is leather bound and instead of wording like normal bibles feature, this one simply has a silver cross embedded on its front cover. As a Bible that completed the Cardinal Review, it has the worn appearance. Even so, it does not fall apart and resists damage very well.
Abilities:
Absolution: Absolution is the ability through which souls are purified of their sins. Father Levi is, through Absolution, able to send souls onward to Soul Society, though he believes it is Heaven.
{Effects of Absolution}
When it comes to Pure Souls, those of humans who died but the soul is stuck in the mortal world, Father Levi pulls out his bible and have the soul place its hand upon it. It is then that Levi recites a prayer. During the prayer, the soul begins to traverse to Soul Society and once the prayer is done, the soul has moved on completely.
The prayer is as follows: God our Father,
Your power brings us to birth,
Your providence guides our lives,
and by Your command we return to dust.
Lord, those who die still live in Your presence,
their lives change but do not end.
I pray in hope for my family,
relatives and friends,
and for all the dead known to You alone.
In company with Christ,
Who died and now lives,
may they rejoice in Your kingdom,
where all our tears are wiped away.
Unite us together again in one family,
to sing Your praise forever and ever.
Amen.
For Hollow/Arrancar, a blessed weapon must be used to slay it. If this happens, it becomes purified, forgiven of its sins and moves on to Soul Society. If a Shinigami or Vizard are killed by a blessed weapon, they will continue on in the life cycle as if killed by a Zanpakuto.
If a soul is too corrupt or tainted with sin, it will be sent to Hell.
The prayer is as follows: God our Father,
Your power brings us to birth,
Your providence guides our lives,
and by Your command we return to dust.
Lord, those who die still live in Your presence,
their lives change but do not end.
I pray in hope for my family,
relatives and friends,
and for all the dead known to You alone.
In company with Christ,
Who died and now lives,
may they rejoice in Your kingdom,
where all our tears are wiped away.
Unite us together again in one family,
to sing Your praise forever and ever.
Amen.
For Hollow/Arrancar, a blessed weapon must be used to slay it. If this happens, it becomes purified, forgiven of its sins and moves on to Soul Society. If a Shinigami or Vizard are killed by a blessed weapon, they will continue on in the life cycle as if killed by a Zanpakuto.
If a soul is too corrupt or tainted with sin, it will be sent to Hell.
Blessings: Father Levi's ability to channel his holy reishi into objects. Works similar to Vitr Verr however this adds a stipulation: Objects that are blessed cannot be touched by tainted souls, hollow, vizard and such. If they were to come into contact with a blessed object, they will begin to receive burning damage, as if touching high potency acid. Additionally, wounds caused by a blessed object cannot be healed using high speed regeneration. Any other form of healing attempted will take much longer than normal.
Holy Water: Holy water has different effects based on who or what it is used on.
{Holy Water abilities}
If Levi smashes a bottle of it upon himself or an ally, or if either ingests it, the water acts as a purifier which dispels any negative effects currently affecting the one it is used on. It also will render the person immune to the same effect until the water is completely evaporated (3 posts.) This includes stat reducing effects, active seals or spiritually based poisons/toxins. Does not affect physical poisons or toxins. Does not heal physical wounds.
If Levi smashes a bottle upon a tainted soul, such as a hollow or vizard, that entity will take the same burning damage done from blessed objects for 3 posts. It will also reduce the affected entity's stats by 15 points for 3 posts. Hollow based reishi attacks will also become an additional 15 reiatsu points weaker and unstable for the same period of time.
If a tainted soul were to ingest holy water, their stat loss will be doubled for twice as long. Any hollow powers will also be completely sealed and unusable for that duration.
If Levi smashes a bottle of it upon himself or an ally, or if either ingests it, the water acts as a purifier which dispels any negative effects currently affecting the one it is used on. It also will render the person immune to the same effect until the water is completely evaporated (3 posts.) This includes stat reducing effects, active seals or spiritually based poisons/toxins. Does not affect physical poisons or toxins. Does not heal physical wounds.
If Levi smashes a bottle upon a tainted soul, such as a hollow or vizard, that entity will take the same burning damage done from blessed objects for 3 posts. It will also reduce the affected entity's stats by 15 points for 3 posts. Hollow based reishi attacks will also become an additional 15 reiatsu points weaker and unstable for the same period of time.
If a tainted soul were to ingest holy water, their stat loss will be doubled for twice as long. Any hollow powers will also be completely sealed and unusable for that duration.
Pater and Filius: Father Levi's twin bayonet swords have blessings etched into the blades themselves in which Levi's reishi can flow into and be contained in. These etchings will glow a dull golden color when this occurs. They have several effects on the swords.
{Pater and Filius: Abilities}
Zanpakuto-like capability: They are capable of withstanding blows from released zanpakutos, slicing through reishi based attacks and harming/killing spiritual entities.
Recall: If the swords are wrenched away from Father Levi or he himself has thrown them, he can remotely break them down into reishi and reform them in his hands. If a reishi disrupting ability is used during this process, they will reform after the disrupting ability is ceased. This also works to repair the swords in case they are damaged or destroyed.
Reishi Conduit- Pater and Filius can act as reishi conduits for Father Levi, enabling him to cast spells through them. This can be done both whether or not he actually holds the swords. For example, Levi can choose to plant a sword into the ground or a wall and walk away from it. If he remains within a 50 feet radius from that sword, he can cast a spell which the sword will project, either from the tip of the blade or the sword's pommel. This cannot be done with Blessings or Judgements however.
Zanpakuto-like capability: They are capable of withstanding blows from released zanpakutos, slicing through reishi based attacks and harming/killing spiritual entities.
Recall: If the swords are wrenched away from Father Levi or he himself has thrown them, he can remotely break them down into reishi and reform them in his hands. If a reishi disrupting ability is used during this process, they will reform after the disrupting ability is ceased. This also works to repair the swords in case they are damaged or destroyed.
Reishi Conduit- Pater and Filius can act as reishi conduits for Father Levi, enabling him to cast spells through them. This can be done both whether or not he actually holds the swords. For example, Levi can choose to plant a sword into the ground or a wall and walk away from it. If he remains within a 50 feet radius from that sword, he can cast a spell which the sword will project, either from the tip of the blade or the sword's pommel. This cannot be done with Blessings or Judgements however.
Holy Spells
Holy Spells work very similar to Kidou except they only have a name associated with them.
{List of Holy Spells}
Vis (Force): A fast concussive blast that can knock opponents back as if struck with a strong punch. Though it deals only minimal actual damage, it is perfect for interrupting an opponent's own attack.
Fulgur (Lightning): A bolt of electricity is sent from the palm of the caster's hand towards a target, causing electrical damage as well as paralysis to the area hit. Paralysis lasts for one post. If Levi's Reiatsu stat is 50 points higher than the target's or more, the bolt of electricity will also core through the part of the body struck, leaving an open, burned hole.
Palum (Stake): Father Levi quickly condenses reishi in his hands to form one foot long, two inch thick cylindrical rods with a sharp point at one end, similar in appearance and function to a stake. Once formed, he then throws it at his opponent at high speed. Once the stake impacts the target, it will impale and lodge itself within the intended target. Levi can throw anywhere from 1 to 8 stakes at once however, forming and throwing 5 or more at one time will result in a 2 post cooldown. He can dissipate the stakes at will.
Spiritus Ignis (Spirit Fire): A jet of superheated light blue plasma is fired at the opponent, causing severe burn damage to an opponent.
Murus (Wall): Reishi is gathered and condensed to form a wall of protective energy at the palm roughly 6 feet tall and 3 feet across. A suitably powerful attack (40 attack higher than Levi's reiatsu) can break the wall.
Magna Murus (Great Wall): Similar to Murus, except this is a stand alone spell that does not require the palm to use. It is also twice as large and takes twice the strength to break through.
Custodia (Guard): A bubble of reishi big enough for one person surrounds a chosen ally and absorbs the damage of one attack. After it is hit, the bubble disappears.
Spina (Thorns) : Vines of Reishi come up from the ground underneath the intended target and attempt to wrap themselves around his or her limbs. Sharp, thorn like extensions on these vines dig into the flesh to help keep the target bound. Struggling against these vines causes further damage to the flesh though the thorns only sink into the skin roughly 1/4 of an inch.
Virginem (Maiden): An open iron maiden appears behind the intended target and shoots out 5 chains, 4 of them wrapping around each of the target's limbs while the 5th wraps around the throat and pulls him/her inside. Then the iron maiden swings shut, pinning and trapping the target within its spiked prison. The spikes do not pierce the flesh when it is closed, only prevents movement for any movement within its confines will cause the victim to pierce his or herself with the spikes. Lasts 5 posts or until victim breaks free.
Curatio (Healing): Reishi gathers in either or both hands of the caster. When the caster places the hands upon someone who is injured, the gathered reishi flows into the injured person and begins sealing wounds. The longer the caster keeps his hands upon the person, the bigger the injury that can be treated. 1 post of Curatio heals all minor/small wounds. 2 posts will stop blood loss of major wounds/begin mending broken bone. 4 posts will completely heal a major wound. 5 posts will completely mend broken bone. Note: Curatio cannot regenerate lost limbs. Healing major wounds or completely mending bone takes 4-5 straight posts of healing respectively. Interruption of the healing before being finished will cause the major wound to open back up and the mending bone to become fragile at the spot of the break.
Vis (Force): A fast concussive blast that can knock opponents back as if struck with a strong punch. Though it deals only minimal actual damage, it is perfect for interrupting an opponent's own attack.
Fulgur (Lightning): A bolt of electricity is sent from the palm of the caster's hand towards a target, causing electrical damage as well as paralysis to the area hit. Paralysis lasts for one post. If Levi's Reiatsu stat is 50 points higher than the target's or more, the bolt of electricity will also core through the part of the body struck, leaving an open, burned hole.
Palum (Stake): Father Levi quickly condenses reishi in his hands to form one foot long, two inch thick cylindrical rods with a sharp point at one end, similar in appearance and function to a stake. Once formed, he then throws it at his opponent at high speed. Once the stake impacts the target, it will impale and lodge itself within the intended target. Levi can throw anywhere from 1 to 8 stakes at once however, forming and throwing 5 or more at one time will result in a 2 post cooldown. He can dissipate the stakes at will.
Spiritus Ignis (Spirit Fire): A jet of superheated light blue plasma is fired at the opponent, causing severe burn damage to an opponent.
Murus (Wall): Reishi is gathered and condensed to form a wall of protective energy at the palm roughly 6 feet tall and 3 feet across. A suitably powerful attack (40 attack higher than Levi's reiatsu) can break the wall.
Magna Murus (Great Wall): Similar to Murus, except this is a stand alone spell that does not require the palm to use. It is also twice as large and takes twice the strength to break through.
Custodia (Guard): A bubble of reishi big enough for one person surrounds a chosen ally and absorbs the damage of one attack. After it is hit, the bubble disappears.
Spina (Thorns) : Vines of Reishi come up from the ground underneath the intended target and attempt to wrap themselves around his or her limbs. Sharp, thorn like extensions on these vines dig into the flesh to help keep the target bound. Struggling against these vines causes further damage to the flesh though the thorns only sink into the skin roughly 1/4 of an inch.
Virginem (Maiden): An open iron maiden appears behind the intended target and shoots out 5 chains, 4 of them wrapping around each of the target's limbs while the 5th wraps around the throat and pulls him/her inside. Then the iron maiden swings shut, pinning and trapping the target within its spiked prison. The spikes do not pierce the flesh when it is closed, only prevents movement for any movement within its confines will cause the victim to pierce his or herself with the spikes. Lasts 5 posts or until victim breaks free.
Curatio (Healing): Reishi gathers in either or both hands of the caster. When the caster places the hands upon someone who is injured, the gathered reishi flows into the injured person and begins sealing wounds. The longer the caster keeps his hands upon the person, the bigger the injury that can be treated. 1 post of Curatio heals all minor/small wounds. 2 posts will stop blood loss of major wounds/begin mending broken bone. 4 posts will completely heal a major wound. 5 posts will completely mend broken bone. Note: Curatio cannot regenerate lost limbs. Healing major wounds or completely mending bone takes 4-5 straight posts of healing respectively. Interruption of the healing before being finished will cause the major wound to open back up and the mending bone to become fragile at the spot of the break.
Judgements
Unlike Holy Spells, Judgements have longer Biblical verses associated with them. These verses must be spoken by Levi while he holds his bible in either of his hands for the Judgement to activate. Only two Judgements can be active at any one time. As a note, the Judgements Negare and Signaculum cannot be active at the same time.
{List of Judgements}
Patiri (Suffer): An offensive Judgement used against one target. When invoked, four golden pages of reishi slips out of his Bible and flies towards the intended target. They will continually seek its target should they miss making contact. If contact is made, they will adhere themselves to the targets body and limbs and wrack him/her in suffering. The type of suffering depends on the target's psyche, ensuring no one can escape its effects. A target under the effect of Patiri will have their stats cut by 1/4 for 3 posts and their reaction time cut by 1/4 for an additional post after that. Cannot cast twice on the same target within 5 posts time.
So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways. Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds. Amen.
Negare (Deny): An area of effect containment seal. When Levi invokes Negare, 10 golden pages of reishi flies out of his Bible and pins themselves against the ground as well as any nearby walls to form a circle that is 100 feet in diameter around the position Father Levi was standing at at the time of casting. Anyone within the sphere of influence of this judgement cannot pass beyond its boundary, trapping them inside. This also means that those on the outside cannot enter it either. Senkai Gates, Gargantas and any other form of dimensional shifting cannot be formed while within this Judgement. The only way to leave is to either force Father Levi to deactivate it, defeat Father Levi or survive until the Judgement is done. Negare lasts for 5 posts. 3 post cooldown
Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be admonished, ye judges of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Amen.
Silentium (Silence): When Silentium is initiated, 12 golden pages of reishi eject themselves from Levi's Bible and adhere to any surface available within a 50 foot diameter such as walls and the ground. Any opponent caught within the spherical boundary of this ability will immediately have their reishi sealed within them, leaving them unable to use it for 3 posts which is also the length of time the seal will remain active. After the seal dissipates, reishi based abilities are halved for 1 post and return to normal on the 2nd post. 3 post cooldown
Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared. Amen.
Signaculum (Seal): Signaculum is a powerful release seal. Once activated, 12 golden pages of reishi burst forth from Levi's Bible and adhere themselves against the ground as well as any nearby walls to form a circle that is 50 feet in diameter around the position Father Levi was standing at at the time of casting. Anyone that is within the boundary of this circle, in any direction, will be incapable of transforming or using any releases they may have. Anyone within its sphere of influence that is already released will revert back to sealed form. People caught within the circle may freely leave if they are not otherwise bound by something else however it will take 2 posts outside the circle for them to release again. Lasts for 3 posts. 3 post cooldown. This seal does not affect the High Spec Letta ability.
"These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door, which no one can shut. For you have only a little strength, yet you have kept My word and have not denied My name. Amen."
Peribit (Vanish): A judgement reserved only for emergency use. When invoked, a torrent of golden reishi pages streams from Father Levi's Bible and begins to either encircle and envelope him or a target of his choosing in the rough form of a tornado which quickly shrinks in size. Once this "tornado" of pages reaches Levi's size, the pages, scatter in all directions, then dissipates with Levi no where to be found. This is a teleportation judgement which ferries the one being teleported away from the immediate area to a destination of their choosing. Destination must be within 5 miles of the casting area. Once used, the person it was casted on cannot reenter the thread. Also, once the ability is used, Father Levi cannot use it for the next 3 threads he participates in.
You who have been borne by Me from birth and have been carried from the womb, even to your old age and gray hairs, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you. I will sustain you and I will rescue you. Amen
Patiri (Suffer): An offensive Judgement used against one target. When invoked, four golden pages of reishi slips out of his Bible and flies towards the intended target. They will continually seek its target should they miss making contact. If contact is made, they will adhere themselves to the targets body and limbs and wrack him/her in suffering. The type of suffering depends on the target's psyche, ensuring no one can escape its effects. A target under the effect of Patiri will have their stats cut by 1/4 for 3 posts and their reaction time cut by 1/4 for an additional post after that. Cannot cast twice on the same target within 5 posts time.
So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways. Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds. Amen.
Negare (Deny): An area of effect containment seal. When Levi invokes Negare, 10 golden pages of reishi flies out of his Bible and pins themselves against the ground as well as any nearby walls to form a circle that is 100 feet in diameter around the position Father Levi was standing at at the time of casting. Anyone within the sphere of influence of this judgement cannot pass beyond its boundary, trapping them inside. This also means that those on the outside cannot enter it either. Senkai Gates, Gargantas and any other form of dimensional shifting cannot be formed while within this Judgement. The only way to leave is to either force Father Levi to deactivate it, defeat Father Levi or survive until the Judgement is done. Negare lasts for 5 posts. 3 post cooldown
Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be admonished, ye judges of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Amen.
Silentium (Silence): When Silentium is initiated, 12 golden pages of reishi eject themselves from Levi's Bible and adhere to any surface available within a 50 foot diameter such as walls and the ground. Any opponent caught within the spherical boundary of this ability will immediately have their reishi sealed within them, leaving them unable to use it for 3 posts which is also the length of time the seal will remain active. After the seal dissipates, reishi based abilities are halved for 1 post and return to normal on the 2nd post. 3 post cooldown
Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared. Amen.
Signaculum (Seal): Signaculum is a powerful release seal. Once activated, 12 golden pages of reishi burst forth from Levi's Bible and adhere themselves against the ground as well as any nearby walls to form a circle that is 50 feet in diameter around the position Father Levi was standing at at the time of casting. Anyone that is within the boundary of this circle, in any direction, will be incapable of transforming or using any releases they may have. Anyone within its sphere of influence that is already released will revert back to sealed form. People caught within the circle may freely leave if they are not otherwise bound by something else however it will take 2 posts outside the circle for them to release again. Lasts for 3 posts. 3 post cooldown. This seal does not affect the High Spec Letta ability.
"These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door, which no one can shut. For you have only a little strength, yet you have kept My word and have not denied My name. Amen."
Peribit (Vanish): A judgement reserved only for emergency use. When invoked, a torrent of golden reishi pages streams from Father Levi's Bible and begins to either encircle and envelope him or a target of his choosing in the rough form of a tornado which quickly shrinks in size. Once this "tornado" of pages reaches Levi's size, the pages, scatter in all directions, then dissipates with Levi no where to be found. This is a teleportation judgement which ferries the one being teleported away from the immediate area to a destination of their choosing. Destination must be within 5 miles of the casting area. Once used, the person it was casted on cannot reenter the thread. Also, once the ability is used, Father Levi cannot use it for the next 3 threads he participates in.
You who have been borne by Me from birth and have been carried from the womb, even to your old age and gray hairs, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you. I will sustain you and I will rescue you. Amen
Passive Abilities:
Blessed Cassock: Bulletproof up to .45 ACP. Resists bladed weaponry and spiritual attacks. +20 more Attack needed to cut/pierce through with bladed weapons and +20 more Reiatsu needed for reishi based attacks to defeat the cassock's blessing. Only applicable when wearing and only to parts of body covered by the cassock when worn.
Blessing of Pater and Filius: Both of his bayonet swords have blessings etched into the blade itself and grants the same abilities stated in the Blessings description above.
(Purchased Items:
Spirit Accessories X 3 {+15 to all stats}, Spirit Tattoo X 2{+20 to all stats}, Linking Tattoo{+15 to all Stats} and 1 Emergency Bomb)