Zommari Rureaux

is an Arrancar in Sōsuke Aizen's army, and the séptima (7th) Espada.

Appearance
Zommari is a tall, muscular, dark-skinned Arrancar with slightly larger lips than the others. Both his Hollow hole as well as his Espada tattoo are not visible, but the remnants of his Hollow mask consist of a row of bony spikes along the crest of his head, forming something similar to a Mohawk hairstyle along with a pair of skull-shaped earrings and a thick bony necklace, however it is uncertain if this necklace may also be part of his hollow remnant. He is also bald and has golden yellow eyes. Zommari's uniform consists of a long mandarin-style Arrancar jacket with a small opening at his chest area. He wears a default hakama like all other Arrancar, although his sandals resemble traditional martial arts training shoes. Zommari has three triangle-shaped tattoos on his chin. He also has four lines running down from his forehead directly above his eyes that end with dots appearing as exclamation points. He has them both on each side giving him a total of eight lines.

Personality
Zommari displays a calm, contemplative personality, and rarely spoke prior to his confrontation with Byakuya Kuchiki. He is a quiet figure who doesn't speak unless it's neccesary and does what he is told to do by Sosuke Aizen. Apparantly, Zommari likes to keep himself in a calm and peaceful state of mind as he is usually in a special meditation room where he awaits his orders from there. He has a great deal of respect for Sosuke Aizen, shown as he was shouting praises to him just before his death.

Beneath this composed exterior, however, he hides a considerable loathing for the Shinigami. He believes them to be arrogant for hunting down and killing hollows just because they are considered evil, although he believes hollows can eat humans without any consequences, which contradicts his previous statement. A level-headed, but overzealous and somewhat arrogant individual, he treats Byakuya as though he was an equal, but consistently underestimated his opponent's abilities. His insistence on proving his superiority without actually testing his opponent's full power, or striking him directly when he was fully capable of doing so, proved his undoing.

Hueco Mundo Arc
Zommari is first introduced at the Espada meeting when Ichigo Kurosaki, Uryū Ishida, and Yasutora Sado enter Hueco Mundo, but is not named until much later. Aizen told the Espada that a group of four intruders defeat Soul Society back in the past in order to rescue their captive friend. Then he asks Aizen who's the one missing in the group of intruders, Aizen replies that it is Orihime Inoue. Zommari does not talk again and apparently obey Aizen's order to wait for the intruders in his respective chamber. Zommari is seen again meditating in his chamber room when he's advised about Aaroniero Arruruerie's death. Then he decides to move on to finish off Rukia Kuchiki when Aaroniero fails to kill her. Then he spoke to Aaroniero's dead body and states that the only way to be absolutely certain that an opponent was defeated is cutting off their head. However, right before he is about to deliver the finishing blow; Byakuya Kuchiki shows up. After he refuses to tell his name, the 7th Espada begins to battle him. At first, Zommari thinks he has the upper hand when he uses his Gemelos Sonído to walk circles around Byakuya; but Byakuya uses a technique taught to him by Yoruichi Shihōin to keep up with Zommari's speed.

Both fighters soon let their arrogance take over. Byakuya, not willing to admit that there is an Arrancar who can fight on his level, forces Zommari to release his Zanpakutō to give him a slight advantage over Byakuya. Zommari uses his Zanpakutō's special ability, "Amor", to take control of Byakuya's body parts. When Byakuya cuts the tendons and muscles in his left leg and arm to negate the effect, Zommari turns his attention to Rukia, taking control of her body and making her wound Hanatarō Yamada, then forcing her own Zanpakutō to her neck. Byakuya uses a binding spell to prevent Rukia's movements and releases his Bankai to engulf Zommari in a new technique.

Zommari barely survives the attack by using his Defensive Sphere. Having finally lost his composure, Zommari attempts in vain to use his special ability once again on the powerful captain, only to see his Amor fail when Byakuya summons a high-level Bakudō spell to block it, saying that Zommari's Amor is similar to Kidō and therefore blockable with Kidō. Knowing that he is about to die, Zommari curses Byakuya, saying that Shinigami are arrogant for believing they have a right to hunt and judge Hollows simply because they consider them evil. Byakuya dismisses his words saying he is only killing Zommari because he raised his sword against his own pride and threatened to kill Rukia, and then he kills Zommari with one slash. As he dies, Zommari desperately shouts his praise for Aizen before he disintegrates into the wind.

Powers & Abilities
Zommari is the Septima Espada, making him the seventh most powerful Arrancar in Aizen's army.

Sonído Master: Like all Arrancar, Zommari has standard Hollow powers. He however holds the self-proclaimed title for the fastest Sonído among all Arrancar, including the Espada. However, that claim is questionable as Starrk's Sonído seems to be just as fast, if not faster, implying that Zommari was exaggerating or Starrk's ability is something other than Sonído.


 * Gemelos Sonído: Zommari's Sonído is so fast that it can leave a total of five tangible after-images of himself behind after he moves which he uses as diversions, substitutes or multi-directional attacks. These "speed-clones" generated by his intense Sonído are so realistic that they had even shown the ability to bleed after getting attacked.

Zanpakutō
. It resembles a normal katana with the exception of the guard, which appears as a thick disk with spikes around the rim.


 * Resurrección: The release command for Brujería is . Zommari levitates his Zanpakutō in front of him horizontally, then claps his hands together. He then twists his head until it's perpendicular to the rest of his body and takes a bracing stance. When he says the release command, his sword bends into the shape of a edged spiral. Once in the shape a thick white smoke emits from the corners of the spiral and covers his body transforming into a thick, white, foamy liquid that mixes with his Spirit Power. In its release, Brujería covers Zommari's entire body with fifty open eyes, and his legs (along with his lower body) are replaced by a pink pumpkin-like (or like a sea urchin) structure surrounded by cyclopean faces that somewhat resemble his own face (In the manga, the entire pumpkin like structure is colored red and the extra eyes are yellow). His neck is covered in a skull-shaped neck brace with an open eye in the front. Black markings also appear on his face, in the form of two downward triangles starting from his eyes. Another five triangular marking appears under his mouth forming what looks like a beard. The eyes cover Zommari's entire body except for his head. However he later reveals eight more hidden eyes above his normal two on his forehead area. This release seems to robs his ability to utilize his specialized Sonído, but it is unconfirmed, since he remains stationary during the time he is seen releasing it. This does not seem to be the case in the anime, as he uses Sonído when he tries to escape Byakuya's slash, but is presumably unable to use Gemelos Sonído due to lacking legs.


 * Resurrección Special Ability:


 * Amor: Using the eyes on his body, Zommari can take control of one object per eye, in his own words "Stealing the sovereignty of whatever it sees". He usually gestures with his hands while doing this. It is initiated when Zommari fixes the gaze one or more of his numerous eyes on specific target(s), after which the pupil(s) will widen and the eye(e) itself will glow purple due to his spiritual pressure. When Zommari takes control of an object, a sun-shaped tattoo will appear on said object giving Zommari full control over the object. If targeted on an opponents limbs, it removes the brains control from the said limb allowing him to control his opponents' movements or inflict self harm. By targeting the head of an individual, Zommari can take control of that person's entire body. It's unknown if the eyes themselves can actually see, however since he turns to watch an opponent it is presumed that they cannot. This ability is Kidō-like by nature, as correctly deduced by Byakuya Kuchiki, and thus, could be countered through similar means, such as blocking Zommari's gaze with the Binding Spell number 81, Splitting Void.


 * Defensive Sphere: His release can also be used as a defensive manoeuvre, as its lower half can become a full sphere that covers his upper body, and was even capable of resisting a full scale attack from Byakuya's Bankai which completely destroyed the large building they were fighting in, but this robs the use of all the current eyes on his body.

Quotes

 * "Quash, Brujería!"
 * "Well, It's a kind of game of magic tricks."(to Byakuya)
 * "The reason for your defeat is the arrogance that kept you from telling me your name."(to Byakuya)
 * "Then allow me to take that pride and pulverize it through the very core of your being."
 * "Such a shame. It has already happened."
 * "Everything holds sovereignty over something else. Subordinates are at the command of their supervisors, commoners are at the command of their king, the clouds are at the command of the wind, and the light of the moon is at the command of the sun."
 * "What do those eyes mean? Are they saying that you won't forgive me? That you are going to cut me down? That you are going to judge me? Don't you understand that it's all empty pride?" (to Byakuya)
 * "Shinigami slay us as if it were their birthright. They pass judgment on us as if led by providence. Under what grounds are you permitted to persecute us Hollows? Is it because we eat humans? Yes we eat humans but who gave you the right to protect them? You declare that we are evil and therefore kill us. You believe you offer justice but this nothing more than hubris. THAT CONCEIT... THAT PROUD FACE. The lot of you... THE LOT OF YOU..." (Zommari before getting cut down by Byakuya)

Appearance in other media
Zommari is only playable in Bleach: Versus Crusade and Bleach: Heat the Soul 6, both games having his Resurrección as well.

Trivia

 * Zommari is one of the few Espada to not have his tattoo or Hollow hole shown. Their locations remain a mystery.
 * Zommari is one of the only three Espada who has not had any of his background revealed before or even after his death, the others being Luppi and Ulquiorra Cifer. However, he does seem to know that Aaroniero is the last of the original Espada.
 * He initially seemed to be one of the few Espada (another being Barragan Luisenbarn) not based on an animal in their Resurrección form. Further inspection reveal that he's more like an echinoderm sea urchin, which also has grooves similar to Zommari's lower structure and moves slowly and attach to the ocean floor, similar to how Zommari has almost non-visible movement in his Resurrección.
 * Despite his unique abilities, Zommari is defeated in the shortest time, out of all of the Espada.
 * Zommari's release is more like a ritual, something very fitting with his Zanpakutō's name. It is also the longest (and oddest) of all the Espada.
 * Zommari's aspect of death is Intoxication.
 * Zommari is one of four Espada whose Zanpakutō (Brujería) has the same name as a real-world band. The others are Coyote Starrk, Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez, and Yammy Rialgo.
 * Zommari is the only Espada that died without knowing the name of the Shinigami who killed him.
 * Zommari is one of the five Espada not to have any Fracción. He shares this trait with Aaroniero, Coyote Starrk, Yammy Rialgo, and Ulquiorra Cifer.
 * Despite his deep hatred of Shinigami, Zommari willingly joined Aizen who is also a Shinigami, even going as far to shout his praise for Aizen just before dying. It's unknown what prompted him to do this and what his viewpoint was on this.

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