Forum:The Vandenreich

I will try to avoid making suggestive comments as to what these people represent. We know of their name, The Vandenreich, and we know of their powers, Quincy. There are two things that worry me: 1. These people should have died off like many have said (look for yourself), and 2. why are their weapons and appearance giving off mixed messages? Even more confusing, they're attire appears to be a blending of Quincy and Arrancar. My only view, which I do not state as fact, is this: They appear to be Quincy that are trying to enact a vendetta against Soul Society. We have no proof to any theory we may be thinking, so we'll have to see what happens. It's interesting that one of them has a mask fragment, but we'll have to wait to see if any other member has similar features.

Bankai erasing power
it makes sence that the quincy can do this think about it when a quincy kills someone they disapear completely erase, and uryu remove that arrancar powers ,and they can manipulate energy every species uses so it makes sence they can erase one attacks powers. hollows are made of it i always knew they had this power cause there powers erase things. (Sonicwave567 (talk) 15:16, March 8, 2012 (UTC))


 * There is alot of misinformation here. Qunicy powers kill Hollows unlike Shinigami powers that purify them returning them to the cycle of death and rebirth. To say completely erase would be inaccurate, as their powers dont go that far. Uryu was only able to destroy the soul chain/soul sleep of Cirucci with his arrow because he knew where the points were in the body, Byakuya did the same thing to ichigo the first time they met, its not a exclusive ability, its something that exists on all spiritual beings that can be targeted if one knows the position and has the skill to attack it. Quincy can absorb spiritual energy/spiritual particles in the atmosphere and/or environment and combine it with their own spiritual energy to form ranged weapons. This ability is specified though, they dont use it the way your insinuating. They dont manipulate what everyone uses, while they have the same power source as everyone as stated previously that power is used in a specific way by them, just as spiritual power is used a specific way by Shinigami/Visored/Arrancar/Hollow/Fullbringer/Hi-Spec Humans/Bount. As far as their ability to nullify bankai thats questionable. They apparently have some artifact that when used with a spell is supposed to have that affect of nullifying a bankai. We virtually no nothing about it. We dont know about the effects of it, how it works, the requirements, the time limit or anything relevant about it. In fact we onlt know that it didn't work on Ichigo at all and then its questionable if they even know it works, as the only ones with bankai are by in large shinigami captains (besides Ichigo, Renji and Ikkaku, Urahara, Yoruichi, Tessai, Love). We assume they never faced any of these guys for them to use their bankai so how exactly would they know it even works. --Salubri (Talk)  15:42, March 8, 2012 (UTC)

We know now that they have a method of affecting a Shinigami's Bankai. I still find it interesting that Squad 1's Lieutenant knew Bankai, though! The way they worded it, the Vandenreich have the ability to "capture" a Bankai inside a "proof" that they possess. Apparently the effectiveness of the proof varies, because Ivan could not capture Tensa Zangetsu.Lokker G (talk) 17:01, March 29, 2012 (UTC)

Yes thus proving that if they have the ability to capture a banaki, at most we know that it works somewhat, but to varying degrees apparently. We also as i previously stated dont know much else about the specifics of its function. --Salubri (Talk)  17:14, March 29, 2012 (UTC)

As of this week's manga, it has been confirmed that they do seal a Bankai, but the seal is not imposed on the user, but seal the Bankai within a physical object. Any other mechanics of this ability have yet to be confirmed, so any assumptions as to what they are will only be confirmed or refuted in future releases. The only things that come to mind, are 1. Can it be used by the Vandenreich? 2. Will a Bankai be returned to its owner if the seal is destroyed? and 3. Do members of the Vandenreich carry more than one seal, so they can capture more than one Bankai? We will find out in the following chapters!Lokker G (talk) 17:11, June 13, 2012 (UTC)