Post by Lord Sesshoumaru on Jun 14, 2007 18:57:21 GMT -5
Name:
Lord Sesshoumaru
Age:
Appears to be 19
Gender:
Male
Race:
Inugami (lit. dog spirit)
Daiyoukai (Great Youkai)
Appearance:
Sesshoumaru has gold-colored eyes and long, silvery, knee length hair. There is fur covering his right shoulder. In his youkai form, he has longer fur over the same shoulder and around his waist which is extremely similar to his 'armor'. Sesshoumaru has a Prussian blue crescent on his forehead. He also has two magenta stripes on each cheek along with stripes on his eyelids and the sides of his wrists. His left arm had been severed by InuYasha, but is now fully recovered. Interestingly, Sesshoumaru, being full youkai, looks more human than Inuyasha, who is a hanyou. This is because Sesshoumaru is able to properly shift between his demonic and humans forms due to his full youkai lineage, while Inuyasha is trapped between the two forms and isn't able to transform the way his father and Sesshoumaru are able to do.
Sesshoumaru's original form is a giant white dog with markings similar to those he has in his human form. When he becomes furious, badly injured or unable to defeat an opponent, his features can be observed shifting slightly, resembling his alternate form. His eyes turn red and the features and markings on his face begin to elongate.
Sesshoumaru's armor includes a spiked pauldron that covers his left shoulder attached to the upper section of his cuirass. Both his armor and his long flowing sash have a decided "Mainland" (Asian) influence, as opposed to the customary Japanese armor and Obi (sash or belt). His Kimono is mostly white with a red honeycomb and flower crest at the collar, sleeves, and shoulder, most likely the crest of his family clan. He wears Sashinuki Hakama, (a type of traditional flowing Japanese "pants"), which are gathered at the ankles. His footwear consists of flat pointed ankle-high boots (instead of sandals).
Hair Color:
White
Eye Color:
Yellow
Height:
6' 4" (Human Form)
80' (True Form)
Weight:
150 lbs (Human Form)
1000 lbs (True Form)
Weapons:
Tenseiga, Toukijin, Whip of Light, Poison Flower Claws (Human Form)
Claws, Fangs, Acid Breath, Brute Strength (True Form)
Special Attacks:
Poison Claws
Sesshoumaru's claws release deadly acidic poison which can melt flesh. Sometimes he uses it like InuYasha uses Iron Reaver, Soul Stealer, but he can also use it in the form of a green attack that looks like he’s spraying acid.
Whip of Light
Sesshoumaru can generate a thin, whip like strand of yellow energy from his fingertips that can slice through almost anything.
Mokomoko-sama
The fur on Sesshoumaru's shoulder can extend it to great lengths, and use it to whip or constrict people. Sesshoumaru's father had one mokomoko that split into two, that extended from the shoulders like Sesshoumaru's.
Kenatsu
Translated as Sword Pressure, it is Toukijin's ability to cut and harm enemies without physical contact. In the beginning, it took the form of a rain of needle-like energy which dealt moderate damage to foes. Later, as Sesshoumaru fully mastered the sword, it was released as a blue wave of energy that completely disintegrates the adversary. The strength of this attack depends on how it is unleashed by Sesshoumaru. Usually it shoots beams of blue light, and when Sesshoumaru utilizes its full potential it comes out in the form of parallel blue trails of energy (similar to the Wind Scar). It is implied that Toukijin's Kenatsu ability is not just based off of Toukijin's base power. It is implied that Sesshoumaru can mix in some of his youki in the Kenatsu blasts.
Souryuuha
This attack is a very powerful move surpassing the level of InuYasha's Backlash Wave. When Souryuuha is unleashed, thick arcs of blue lightning stab the earth and carry their immense destructive force to Sesshoumaru's opponent. Unlike moves like the Wind Scar, Sesshoumaru is capable of performing Souryuuha with both Toukijin and Tenseiga. Rather than being an ability of either sword, it seems that it is instead a manifestation of Sesshoumaru's own youki, requiring a sword only as a conduit. Toukijin initially proves to be less than ideal in that respect, unable to bear up to repeated uses of the ability as it is "only an oni's fang", however the sword eventually strengthens such that it can perform the attack with no ensuing refractory period. Another unique fact about this attack is that Sesshoumaru can use without actually having to swing the sword, but by simply holding it horizontally and commanding the strike. Though it is unproven, Souryuuha is possibly a modified version of his Kenatsu, as InuYasha's Backlash Wave is a modified version of his Wind Scar.
Meidou Zangetsuha
With the reforged Tenseiga, Sesshoumaru slashes at an enemy and creates an opening to the world of the dead. While at the beginning the wave takes the shape of a crescent resembling a crescent moon, Totosai claimed that eventually through training, Sesshoumaru would be able to make the opening a complete circle resembling the full moon. Sesshoumaru's Meidou Zangetsuha was mastered with the presence of InuYasha's Tetseiga.
Abilities:
Flight
Sesshoumaru has the ability to float in the sky or ride upon a sparkling dust cloud. Should he choose to do so for an extended period, the pant-legs of his hakama become ephimeral flowing masses. He also chooses to ride Ah-Un in flight, occasionally in the series.
Super speed
The ability to move faster than the eye can see, both on land and through the air. When he does this he leaves behind shadow-like images.
Teleportation
Sesshoumaru has the ability to morph into a ball of energy and move himself over great distances in a short amount of time.
Daiyoukai
As the son of a daiyoukai, Sesshoumaru has inherited similar levels of power and thus is a daiyoukai in his own right, endowed with heightened senses, intelligence, strength, and a myriad of youkai powers. While he usually appears to be a very handsome human bearing splendid clothing and armor, he can transform into his true form at will. As he transforms he is either surrounded in a bright red aura or has a tornado circling around him. His eyes then take on a bright red color and youkai marks on his body widen and become more apparent. The stripes on his cheeks which are usually smooth become jagged and change into a somewhat fiercer color. It is similar to InuYasha during his youkai transformations, however, Sesshoumaru transforms much further due to his youkai blood and becomes a gigantic, crimson eyed, acid-breathing canine with white fur. In this form, his nature changes to adopt an animal-like instinct.
Longevity
Being a youkai, Sesshoumaru does not age the way humans do. He has been around for at least a few hundred years.
Immunity
Sesshomaru is immune to diseases, poisons, and gases that can paralyze or kill both humans and weaker youkai. His greatest resistance seems to be towards holy and divine powers. It seems that the only mystical powers that Sesshoumaru isn’t resistant to is youki such as those of InuYasha’s Wind Scar. Sesshomaru's aura emanates around his body in perfect "completion", due to his demonic purity, thus repelling such attacks. InuYasha possesses a far weaker version of such an aura, therefore it cannot repel energy or poisons like Sesshomaru's can, although it does help with his healing abilities.
Personality:
He is stoic and hard to read. He rarely smiles, and when he does, it's usually not a good thing. Sesshomaru believes that struggle is the only way for survival and shows his contempt for InuYasha, his half brother.
History:
Sesshoumaru is the youkai son of the powerful Inu no Taishou. Since Inu no Taishou is considered to be a daiyoukai (great youkai), Sesshoumaru is a daiyoukai himself. He served as second-in-command in his father's army. He did not grow up with InuYasha, which shows in lack of brotherly love.
Extra info:
He is followed by his retainer, a frog-like youkainamed Jaken, and a human orphan named Rin, whom Sesshoumaru brought back to life using Tenseiga. Though he told Jaken that he was merely testing his sword. He is also followed by a two-headed dragon that Rin named Ah-Un. Ah-un is Rin and Jaken's main form of transportation when Sesshoumaru takes flight or when they need to cover long distances quickly, as only Sesshoumaru and Ah-Un are capable of flight. Most recently, Sesshoumaru saved Kohaku's life from Byakuya. Kohaku decided to join his retinue as he's leaving Sesshoumaru's mother's palace. It is also revealed that none of his companions (excluding Ah-Un) can be revived by the Tenseiga since they all have died before and were either already revived by Tenseiga or are being kept alive by a Shikon jewel shard.