Information on Vizards

~WHO THEY ARE~

The Vizards are the antithesis to the Arrancar as Shinigami who have obtained Hollow powers.
Having begun as Shinigami, the Vizards appear entirely Human, and barring those times where they are using their powers are indistinguishable from ordinary Shinigami. To gain access to their Hollow powers, a Vizard dons a Hollow mask. This allows them to augment their Shinigami abilities with Hollow powers, as well as giving them access to some of the more generic Hollow abilities. Their spiritual pressure likewise changes into a mix of Hollow and Shinigami. This process of donning one's Hollow mask is referred to as Hollowfication.

The Vizards have been shown to be former Captain and Lieutenant Shinigami. They are considered criminals by the Soul Society for committing the ultimate taboo of acquiring Hollow powers; their status as former leaders of Soul Society also marks them as traitors

~THE MASK~

Hollow Mask: The Vizard remains in complete control while wearing their masks, unlike Ichigo's early unstable transformations. As suggested by Aizen, the fusion of the two spiritual entities allows these Shinigami to reach levels of power far surpassing that of either Hollow or Shinigami.

The Vizards use their Hollow powers to augment their existing Shinigami abilities, granting them massive increases in speed, stamina, and strength.

The only known side effects to donning the Hollow masks are the specific time limits, which vary from user to user and can be extended with training, though to what extent is unknown. Every time the mask is used, the Vizard's voices echo as a consequence of both their normal voice and their inner Hollow's voice speaking at the same time.

~THE BENEFITS~

Enhanced Speed
Enhanced Stamina
Enhanced Strength
Enhanced Spiritual Power

• Reiryoku Absorption: Hollow absorb spiritual power (Reiryoku) from their surroundings or ingest it from spiritual beings, while Shinigami produce their own natural spiritual Power, some of which is then wasted, or leaked out. By combining these two properties the Vizards can reabsorb the spiritual power that they themselves give off, making their techniques much more efficient. They can also take it in from other sources, further boosting their power.
  
  
• Cero: They also gain access to some Hollow abilities, such as the Cero blast,
  
  
• Mask Shielding: Bodily harm can seemingly be ignored while wearing their masks, as demonstrated by Ichigo's Hollow during his unwilling transformations. The Hollow mask can only be maintained for a certain period before its effects wear off:
  
  
• Power Augmentation: With the acquisition of the mask via the subjugation of ones inner Hollow. A Vizard gains access to a additional and separate source of power, in addition to the Shinigami powers one already possesses. The accumulation of both powers together greatly augments the powers of the Vizard beyond what a Shinigami and/or Hollow alone would be capable of.
  
  
• Garganta: is how Arrancar and Menos-class Hollows move to and from Hueco Mundo. It literally tears open the dimensional fabric separating the worlds, revealing a tunnel of whirling, torrential energy that must be focused and solidified to create a discernible pathway. Vizards may use this technique without donning their masks.

~Hollow Mask Increase~

You will start out with THREE posts of mask control. The following is how to increase your duration as well as important notes.

1) You must be in combat to obtain more posts for your mask. During the combat your mask time must RUN OUT.

2) Once you reach 15 masks posts you can hold the mask for an unlimited amount of time as well as have access to your res.

3) Increasing the time depends on how much control you have.

• 3-5: You can gain it anyway possible.
  
• 5-8: You can only gain it through combat and sparring.
  
• 8-15: You can only gain more through actual life or death combat.

Note: Win or lose doesn't matter.

4) It is possible for you to "save time" with your mask by taking it off before your limit is reached. This does not give you more time, but when you don it again (in that fight) you pick up where you left off.

5) If you run out of mask time you may put it on again for ONE post as an emergency use.

6) When you have mask control of up to 10 posts you may have access to your res.

• When you have 10 posts your res is uncontrollable and you will be a berserker in this form.
  
• To go into your res you must have died and have an order spoken to you. "Live" or anything like that isn't an order. "Help me!" or "Kill them!" or something like that is an order and will trigger the res as long as it is given within 2 posts of the death.
  
• When you reach 15 posts you can control your res and are free to enter and leave it as you please.