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I forgot I wanted to add the zanpakuto spirit manifestation of Sandāhōku

Sandāhōku (Thunder Hawk) (Continued) (Again)

Zanpakuto Inner World: Sandāhōku's inner world is a vast castle constantly full of storms, with rain pouring almost constantly. When in its final bankai state, lightning is constantly striking the exterior of the castle. The castle itself at first appears as a maze when the wielder is unfamiliar with his zanpakuto, the path to meeting his zanpakuto's spirit impossible to find. After connecting with his zanpakuto and becoming truly in tune with it, the mazes disappear and the wielder instinctively knows his way through the castle. When the wielder later undergoes hollowification, half of the castle becomes warped and twisted and the path of the rain is reversed causing it to pour upwards on that side.

Zanpakuto Animal Form: Sandāhōku appears as a large silvery white hawk that has feathers that are constantly abuzz with electricity, a strong current of wind constantly flows around it. The hawk has piercing green eyes, just like its wielder. This form is later revealed to be just a form that the spirit took on before it was completely familiar with the user.

Zanpakuto Spirit True Form: Sandāhōku's true appearance is that of a fair skinned young woman. Her face is of a young, but indeterminable age, her features are vaguely Native American. She has hair that flows down to her waist, colored red, yellow, and black. There is makeup around her eyes that forms a horizontal tear drop, drawing more attention to her bright orange, almost predatory, eyes. She wears a cloak of feathers that hangs from her left shoulder and drags slightly on the ground. Underneath the cloak she wears and outfit that slightly resembles the Shihakusho of Shinigami, but it is silvery white and much more tightly fitting. She is bearfoot and has sharp claws on her fingers and toes. The claws are all painted yellow, except for those on her middle fingers, which are painted green. When in Bankai, the cloak and Shihakusho are replaced with a flowing white dress that appears to be made up of feathers, electricity gently courses through them at all times. Her normally wild hair becomes wavy and flows down her back and over her shoulders.

Zanpakuto Personality: She is a very stoic person normally, but is prone to outbursts of emotions when someone says something insulting her partner or herself, something particularly lewd, or something that she considers insulting to birds. (IE, she is deeply offended and horrified by the phrase "Killing two birds with one stone") She also has a cocky side that comes out when fighting an opponent of lesser strength, chastising them for their weakness, pointing out mistakes in their attacks, or even just making fun of her opponents physical features. She also loves a worthy opponent, instead actually complimenting someone who matches or exceeds the strength of her and her partner.

Sandāhōku is ignorant of her own strength, nearly suffocating friends and allies when hugging them. She can never seem to grasp the concept that she is extremely strong, instead innocently asking if the other person is actually just extremely weak.

Sandāhōku has a very picky appetite, almost always refusing to eat any vegetables and instead insisting on hunting wild animals for her food, much to the chagrin of the people around her as she tends to bring her fresh kills home before eating them.

Special Note Due to the way that her wielder overcame his Hollowfication, by removing both her and the Hollow from his inner world, Sandāhōku possesses the ability to move freely from the inner world to the outer world after accepting the Hollow as a part of herself and absorbing it into herself. Because of her now unique composition, she exists both as a Hollow in the physical world, and a Zanpakuto spirit in the inner world. Both she and her partner have access to the Hollowfied powers. Because of the way that she is more free than most Zanpakuto, Sandāhōku can completely negate her partner's access to her powers with extreme ease whenever she pleases.