(DM's note: This game is set in the Bleach universe, based off the manga/anime by the same title. Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach_%28manga%29)<br/>Character sheets can be found Here (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=12657.0))<br/><br/>Many believe that, upon death, one's life is over. Nothing could be further from the truth. Upon death, the soul departs the body, their Chain of Fate, binding their soul to their body, broken, leaving them free to wander. Most make their way, through one method or another, to the afterlife, a new world called Soul Society. Some, however, become lost, stuck in this world, cursed to wander until a Death God, or Shinigami, finds them and leads them to the beyond. Some of these lost, though, become lost, depressed, sorrowful... angry, terrified... eventually, these harsh emotions eat away at their heart, leaving only a hole in their chest, becoming creatures of pure instinct; monsters, called Hollows, that hunt the souls of those they once loved, to feed the gnawing hunger. Once they are dead, they turn to other souls, living and dead. Here, Shinigami step in, to restore the balance, by cleansing the Hollow's sins with their Soul Slayer, or Zanpaktou.<br/><br/>A small section of Kyoto, a sub-section of Tokyo, has, in recent months, seen a sharp rise in the number of Hollows drawn to the area. Hollows are drawn to souls of great power; in the dead, they can, in Soul Society, eventually become Shinigami, themselves. Among the living, however, powerful souls can often not only see the dead, but interact with them, and, in some extreme cases, draw forth powers of their own, to fight the Hollows that threaten them and their friends.<br/><br/>Due to this recent rise in activity, a special force of Shinigami, collected from the ranks of several different squads, have been assigned to this region, to protect the populace from the creatures stalking them, and to, hopefully, find the cause of the focused aggression.<br/><br/>********<br/><br/>Our story opens in Seireitei, the capital city of Soul Society, and the home of the Shinigami. It is the day that the group is set to depart for the real world, as the sun rises on this momentous day. In the real world, it is merely another day in early spring; school is in session, the temperature is mild, and nothing, much, seems out of the ordinary.