Patros

Patros is an anime-only arrancar. Patros is recognizable by his slicked back blue hair, a thin moustache, and notably sunken eyes. His mask covers the left half of his upper face, and his hollow hole is in his stomach. His outfit is similar to Ulquiorra Schiffer's, but with a high cut in the jacket that bares his hollow hole. Patros is a capable combatant, being able to match against Renji Abarai. Patros shows great pride in his ability, flaunting his powerful sword draws and generally treating opponents as trash.

Patros is charismatic enough to have garnered two supporters, Menis (メニス, Menisu?) and Aldegor (アルデゴル, Arudegoru?), voiced by Hisashi Oda and Kenta Miyake, respectively. Menis is an effeminate arrancar with the jaw of his mask resting on the upper-left side of his head. His zanpakutō, Erizo (エリッソ, Erisso?, Spanish for "hedgehog"), is released with the command "stab" (刺せ, sase?) and gives Menis three segmented, tail-like appendages with sharp ends to attack with. Aldegor is taller and bulkier with black hair. The remains of his mask cover the upper left quarter of his face. He dies of wounds apparently inflicted during his battle with Ikkaku Madarame after expressing regret at having followed Patros. Aldegor's zanpakutō, Jabalí (ハバリー, Habarī?, Spanish for "boar"), is released with the command "get them" (掛かれ, kakare?), grows six hinged appendages from Aldegor's back, which can either block attacks or curl around him to form a sphere. Both are killed in short order.

Patros' zanpakutō is Jerifalte (ヘリファルテ, Herifarute?, Spanish for "leader"). It takes the form of a normal katana with a diamond-shaped guard when sealed. The sheath and grip are yellow. Patros' zanpakutō is not used like a normal sword in combat; instead of attacking with it, Patros can fire energy blasts from long range by quickly drawing and resheathing the sword, in a style reminiscent of iaidō. The attack has twenty different levels to it, each stronger than the last. The weakness of the technique is how it's performed: in order to build up the energy, Patros must sheath the sword. If prevented from doing so, the technique is rendered useless. Jerifalte's released form, activated by the command "pollute" (汚れよ, kegareyo?), covers Patros' upper body in armor and grows his mask over all but the upper-right side of his head. It also transforms his right arm into a hinge-like copy of his sealed zanpakutō. His left arm, while appearing the same, opens at the middle to generate energy blasts.

Dissatisfied with working under a shinigami, Patros steals the Orb of Distortion to mount a coup. Lacking knowledge of its use, he attempts to track down Kisuke Urahara, its inventor. He is killed by Renji with the assistance of Ririn, Kuroud, and Noba. His plot, meanwhile, is revealed to be nothing more than manipulation on Aizen's part, and the orb he stole merely a useless trinket. Aizen used this opportunity to eliminate dissension amongst the arrancar ranks and amuse himself in the process. More importantly, however, the distraction of three hostile arrancar allowed Ulquiorra to investigate traces of Orihime's power in preparation for the next stage of Aizen's plans.