Intro:
An Arrancar is a Human-shaped Hollow that has removed its mask, and gained Shinigami-like powers in the process. There are also Arrancars that were actually born Arrancars rather evolving from Hollows to Arrancars through the process of Soul Reaper/Shinigamification like regular Arrancars do. These Arrancars that were born Arrancars are called the Puro Nacido (Pure Born). And unlike regular Arrancars, Puro Nacido Arrancars do not possess Hollow Holes due to the fact that they are pure, which is the result from being born an Arrancar from two Arrancars rather than evolving from Hollows into Arrancars like most Arrancars do.
Arrancar Physiology and Biology:
Like Hollows and Soul Reapers, Arrancars are supernatural beings who are the advanced, evolved form of the Hollow race. They are Human-shaped Hollows who, aside from their mask fragments that are attached to their faces or anywhere else on their body for that matter, Hollow Holes (only for Arrancars of the Impureza variety, such as, regular or Menos-class Arrancars), vestigial inhuman features, exotic skin patterns and hair coloration, are very much physically indistinguishable from normal Human beings born on Earth, and possess the same internal organs as Humans and Shinigami do. However ALL Arrancars (whether Impureza and Puro Nacido) posses a special organ that allows them to go into Resurreccion known as Corazon de Resurreccion which It is located right beside the heart on the left side, about the same size as an iPod Nano and is shaped like a rounded sphere. But for Arrancars that have their Hollow Holes in their chests, either on the left, right, or middle sides of their chest, their Corazón de Resurrección will be located between the base of their throat and their Sternum.
An Arrancar's Hollow Hole does not cause any kind of hindrance whatsoever in the area of the Arrancar's body that said Hole is located at. The part of the body that the Hollow Hole is located in is still able to function normally without any problems whatsoever. The hole is still on the Arrancar's body just to symbolize that the Arrancar is still a Hollow. Puro Nacido Arrancars on the other hand, lack Hollow Holes due to being pure and intact with their lost hearts, which is the result of being born as an Arrancar from two Arrancars. But still have the Mask Fragments attached to their faces or anywhere else on their bodies to symbolize that Puro Nacido-class Arrancars are still Arrancars/Hollows.
Almost all Arrancars possess a colored marking of some sort on their faces, which are known as Estigma (Stigmata). Estigma is a marking of some sort on an Arrancar's face, and it is unique to each individual. While most Arrancars have Estigma shown in their base/sealed forms, there will be some who do not possess Estigma in their base forms, but the Estigma pattern will appear when performing Resurrección for some Arrancars. There are a few Arrancars who do not possess the Estigma in either their base or Resurreccion form(s), this includes the Resurreccion sub forms as well. These Arrancars that do not possess the Estigma are known as the Sin Estigmas (No Stigmata).
Arrancars also posses high powerful amounts of Reiryoku. And like Hollows and Soul Reapers, their bodies are also composed entirely of Reishi, which makes them invisible to mortals, with the exceptions of spiritually aware ones, such as the Quincy and the Discipuli, the latter who are a race of Interdimensional Humans who hail from another dimension. Arrancars can also still be seen by Gods and Demigods, the former who are Celestial, Divine beings, and the latter who are a hybrid between a Deity and a Mortal.
Also, Arrancar body tissues are three times as dense as that of Humans, which also contributes to their superhuman strength and durability, which contributes greatly to their Hierro. Due to their high-speed Regeneration, and accelerated healing (aside from High-Speed Regeneration) they can heal remarkably quickly and can even recover from fatal blows that could easily kill normal Humans, and are immune to any physical attacks that regular non-powered mortals can throw at them. While Arrancars are capable of withstanding Human strengthening blows along with Human-made projectiles, it is possible to wound them with Earthly weapons, given enough strength by the user and force of the projectile, this is the case for powerful spiritual-aware Humans such as Mediums, Quincies, Fullbringers, Discipuli, etcetera, etcetera.
There are also different races and ethnic groups for Arrancars and Hollows like there are for Humans and Soul Reapers (Caucasian, African, African-American, Asian, Indian, Arabian, Muslim, Egyptian, Chinese, Japanese, Hispanic, Russian, Portuguese, Irish, Scottish, French, German, Austrian, Australian, Canadian, Native American, Filipino, etcetera).
Strengths:
Super-Human Abilities: Arrancar are physically superior to Humans in every way. Their bodies are faster, stronger, durable, and far more resilient than normal Human bodies. They all have impeccable, super-Human physical strength sufficient to physically dominate and kill normal Humans with ease. Arrancar ears are also a lot more sharper than Human ears, which means that their hearing is 30x greater than Human hearing.
Arrancars also have much faster reflexes than an average Human; their reflexes are so fast that they are more than capable of avoiding bullets (big or small) or dodging energy bullets without much problems. Their reflexes and speed can be improved through either training, Resurreccion transformations, or through other methods. Their natural powers of speed and impressive reflexes makes nearly all Arrancar blade-to-blade, blade-to-hand, and hand-to-hand combat to be very fast, precise, and formidable.
Although it is known that they can eat, drink, and sleep, but unlike Humans, Arrancars do not need to do so in order to survive, but they can choose to do so if they wanted to. And if they also wanted to strengthen themselves through food consumption and sleep aside from countless training. Arrancars are also more than capable of going for countless days and nights without either food, water, drinks, or sleep for that matter. This is also because their bodies contain a lot more calories from the foods they've consumed, and in turn, more energy. Both the energy and calories strengthen their Hierro and their overall natural abilities, and the rest is sent to their bodies in order to strengthen their internal organs, bones, etc. And unlike Humans and Soul Reapers, Arrancars can also eat fruit seeds, fruit rinds/peels, banana peels, orange rinds, watermelon rinds, apple, and pear cores.
While Arrancar can be injured and die like regular Humans, it takes considerably far greater injuries to kill an Arrancar than it would to kill a Human. Decapitation and fatally impaling through the heart are the only guaranteed methods of killing an Arrancar, even though there are some Arrancars that have survived the latter for an extended amount of time due to incredibly long life-forces and immense durability and strength.
Arrancars are also completely immune to any and all known Human diseases, sicknesses, and illnesses. Meaning that they are incapable of catching and dying to certain fatal Human diseases and sicknesses, such as cancer and Human immunodeficiency virus infection/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, also more commonly known as HIV and AIDS respectively.
Weaknesses:
Forceful Mask removal: Should an Arrancar's mask fragment be forcibly ripped off from their faces or anywhere else on their bodies, it would cause the Arrancar EXTREME nigh-unbearable pain. Even ripping off a piece of the Arrancar's mask fragment will cause the Arrancar minor, but EXTREMELY discomforting unbearable pain in any random place on their body, which lasts for about 30 seconds. For an Arrancar's mask fragment is also a part of their body, just like on how skin is a part of a person's body.
Personality Traits and Mindsets:
Arrancar are able to develop or retain their own personality traits. And while certain Arrancar (manly the ones in Aizen's army) are shown to be competitive, cocky, cold, cruel, arrogant, malevolent, ambitious, impatient, selfish, rancorous, vicious, bestial, battle-hungry, bloodthirsty, power-hungry, brutal, ruthless, cynical, racist, overzealous, indifferent, uncaring, overbearing, overconfident, short-tempered, heartless, sadistic, psychotic, sociopathic, cannibalistic, insane, and so on. Arrancars are also known to have a COMPLETE disregard for their allies, and they can also have MASSIVE superiority complexes over Humans, Shinigami, Hollows, as well as over other Arrancars that they deem weaker than them. They can also show signs of unrepentant evil.
Going into the superiority complex concept even further, The majority of the Arrancar race are known to absolutely despise Humans and Soul Reapers, viewing the former to be FAR weaker than them and inferior to them in strength, mindset, and see themselves as better than Humans. In fact 40% of the Arrancar race possess the belief that Arrancars came first in the "Human-like appearance" and that Humans just copied off of them by evolving from apes. In fact, losing to a Human, or being bested by one is known to be one of the worst experiences for an Arrancar. While other Arrancars are just plain indifferent to Humans and couldn't really care less about them at all in any way, shape, or form. As for Soul Reapers, Arrancars absolutely, without a doubt despise Soul Reapers, mainly due to the fact that they are Hollows, and that it is completely in a Hollow's nature to despise a Soul Reaper. Along with the fact that they also place Shinigami in the same boat as Humans. They also see Shinigami as worthless insects that need to be crush and wiped out from existence. In fact, 75% percent of the Arrancar race who reside on the Las Eternas Noches half of Hueco Mundo are extremely displeased with the fact that the eternal Las Eternas Noches side of Hueco Mundo is ruled by a Soul Reaper while others, such as the Las Noches-allied Arrancars are fine with it, and have pledged both eternal loyalty and complete fealty to Aizen. Whereas the El Eterno Crepúsculo half of Hueco Mundo is completely free from Aizen's control for the time being. And the Arrancars that live in the El Eterno Crepúsculo side of Hueco Mundo mainly do not worry about Aizen and his forces from Las Noches conquering El Eterno Crepúsculo and thus all of Hueco Mundo due to the protection that both they and El Eterno Crepúsculo receive from formidable Arrancar organizations, such as El Ultima de Union Mascara, and the Queen of the El Eterno Crepúsculo side of Hueco Mundo, Baraggan's younger sister, Aggraggan Louisenbairn and her forces, who are each all of Primera, Segunda, Tercera, and Cuatro Espada tiers.
On the flip side, despite all of the bad traits that Arrancar usually display towards either their own kind, or towards either Humans, Soul Reapers, and Hollows. They can also display noble and virtuous traits, such as honor, compassion, camaraderie, mercy, tolerance, humility, and benevolence. In fact, there are certain Arrancars that can also show some form of appreciation and adoration for Humanity, but this is VERY rare.
Arrancars are far more aggressive, ruthless, violent, warrior-like, bloodthirsty, and brutal than Humans, and know full well how to be brutal and violent. Their brutality and violence mostly originates from the Hollow instinct that resides deep inside EVERY Arrancar in existence (whether Impureza or Puro Nacido class), which ranges from baby, children, teenage, and adult Arrancars. Should an Arrancar get extremely angry at the individual who wronged them in any way, shape, or form, their Hollow instinct would usually tempt them into killing said individual in violent, grisly, and daunting ways. However, while some of the more violent, battle-hungry, bloodthirsty, sadistic, and insane members of the Arrancar race choose to fully embrace their Hollow Instincts, there are also Arrancars, usually the more calmer, stoic, level-headed, and non-violent members of the Arrancar race who have learned to keep their Hollow Instincts at bay and not let said instinct consume them and cloud their judgment, regardless of whether they are angry or not.
Arrancar Lifespan and Longevity:
Arrancar Lifespan: Impureza Arrancars usually go through the Hollow evolutionary chain prior to becoming Arrancars. As a Hollow evolves into an Arrancar, they lock at a certain age that becomes their temporary age appearance. Despite this, Impureza Arrancars, like Puro Nacido Arrancars, age the same way Soul Reapers do, and can maintain a youthful appearance for centuries or possibly millennia. However, some Impureza Arrancars can stop visually aging when they appear to be in their late 20s to their early-to-late thirties. While most can continue to visually age, until they appear to be in either their early-to-mid-to-late nineties, which is when they stop visually aging permanently. Impureza Arrancars that were once elderly Hollows, but lock in their 90s once after they evolve into Arrancars do NOT visually age, AT ALL. Impureza Arrancars however, can still age. just not physically anymore when they appear to be in their late 20s to early-to-mid-to-late 30s to their early-to-mid-to-late nineties, and are not subjected to dying of old age like Puro Nacido Arrancars are.
Impureza Arrancars that were once Human (meaning from Human to Hollow (to Menos-class Hollow if possible) to Arrancar) do NOT visually age AT ALL, as once after they evolve into Arrancars, they lock at whatever visual age they were once at after they died as Humans. But these types of Impureza Arrancars, just like the Impureza Arrancars that were born Hollows but evolved into Arrancars at some point during their lives, can still age, just not physically, and are also not subjected to dying of old age like Puro Nacido Arrancars are.
Puro Nacido-class Arrancars however, are an exception to the Hollow/Arrancar evolutionary chain. Due to the fact that they were born Arrancars, they can completely skip the evolutionary chain that ALL Hollows are supposed to go through. Like Impureza Arrancars, Puro Nacido-class Arrancars age the same way Soul Reapers do, and can maintain a youthful appearance for centuries or possibly millennia. However unlike Impureza Arrancars, who stop visually aging once they appear in their late 20s to early-to-mid-to-late 30s to their early-to-mid-to-late nineties, Puro Nacido Arrancars do not stop visually aging, at all. This also means that unlike Impureza Arrancars, Puro Nacido Arrancars can actually die of old age.
Arrancar Longevity: Arrancars, like Hollows and Soul Reapers, have EXTREME Longevity, and can live for hundreds, thousands, if not millions of years. Puro Nacido Arrancars can live for thousands, if not millions of years, but unlike Impureza Arrancars, Puro Nacido-class Arrancars do not stop visually aging, at all. This means that they are doomed to dying of old age.
Impureza Arrancars, are somewhat in a sense, immortal, meaning that they have the potential to live forever, because they are not subjected to dying of old age like Puro Nacido Arrancars are. However, they can still be killed or die due to VERY deadly and fatal Arrancar and Hollow diseases.
Arrancar Classes:
Puro Nacido-class Arrancars: The Puro Nacido (Pure Born) are a different classification of Arrancars. And unlike the Impureza Arrancars, which are Arrancars that have evolved from regular Hollows, or Menos-classed Hollows, examples from the latter obviously being Gillian, Adjuchas, and Vasto Lorde-leveled Menos, Puro Nacido-class Arrancars are Arrancars that were actually born Arrancars rather than evolving from Hollows like Impureza Arrancars do.
Puro Nacido-class Arrancars are the most unique class of Arrancars in existence, as they do not need to consume other Souls in order to increase their strength (however, they can still choose to devour souls just to help boost their strength if they wanted to). Instead, as the body grows through age, so does their spiritual energy, which usually gives Puro Nacido Arrancars the potential to become more powerful than Arrancars of the Impureza-variety, who as Hollows, have absorbed Souls and devoured other Hollows in order to achieve power and evolve into Arrancars. However for some Puro Nacido Arrancars, with intense training, their strength has the potential to rival Impureza Arrancars of the Vasto Lorde-class.
Also, their bodies are pure, and are intact with their lost hearts, meaning that they do NOT have Hollow Holes, even if the Puro Nacido Arrancar was born from two Impureza Arrancars that were either regular, Gillian, Adjuchas, or Vasto Lorde-class Arrancars, thus making them more Human than Impureza Arrancars, which are of regular class, Gillian-class, Adjuchas-class, or Vasto Lorde-Class. However Puro Nacido-class Arrancars are still Arrancars/Hollows, despite being pure. And despite the fact that Puro Nacido-class Arrancars lack Hollow Holes, they still hold all the other features of being an Arrancar, such as the Mask fragments and the Estigma.
Also, it is COMPLETELY impossible for an ordinary or a Menos-class Hollow to evolve into a Puro Nacido-class Arrancar. As the only way to be a Puro Nacido-class Arrancar is to have been born an Arrancar, as ALL Puro Nacido-class Arrancars in existence were born Arrancars, there are NO exceptions. Ordinary or Menos-class Hollows can ONLY evolve into Impureza Arrancars.
Impureza Arrancar (Impurity Arrancar): Impureza Arrancars are Arrancars that are of regular or Menos (Gillian, Adjuchas, and Vasto Lorde) class, and that were formerly Hollows, either of normal or Menos-class. These Arrancars were originally Hollows that have evolved into Arrancars either naturally or through artificial means, such as the Hogyoku. The reason why Impureza Arrancars are still impure despite evolving from Hollows into Arrancars, is because unlike Puro Nacido-Class Arrancars, who are pure, Impureza Arrancars are not intact with their lost hearts, which is the main reason on why Impureza Arrancars still have Hollow Holes instead of lacking them like Puro Nacido-class Arrancars do.
Arrancar Pregnancy:
Arrancar pregnancy is almost about the same as Human and Shinigami pregnancy with almost the same stipulations. Arrancar reproduction however does differ a bit from Human and Shinigami reproduction. While Human and Shinigami reproduction is with one sperm simply merging with the egg in order to begin the process, Arrancar reproduction is with numerous sperm killing, absorbing, and devouring each other until only one sperm remains, with said remaining sperm then merging with then egg while feeding off the female's Reiatsu, which starts the process.
Also, like Human and Shinigami pregnancy, which both last for nine months, Arrancar pregnancy also lasts for about nine of Hueco Mundo's months. Arrancar women can basically experience the same symptoms Human women can, such as morning sickness, nausea, vomiting, excessive tiredness and fatigue, severe chest pain, mood swings, weird cravings for certain foods that are not normally sought out, frequent trips to the bathroom, and sometimes Vaginal flatulence.
By the end of the eighth week on Friday night at 11:30 pm, the pregnant Arrancar woman is required to be in bed 30 minutes before Saturday 12:00 am, because during those 30 minutes as the minutes pass by, the pregnant Arrancar woman is going to be incredibly weakened, and completely drained of Reiatsu/Reiryoku, slowly, until she is put into a deep, deep sleep, and then into a temporary coma, and will stay in said coma, as well as bed-ridden for the entire day of Saturday, until Sunday 12:00 am, which not only will the pregnant female Arrancar awaken and fully recover from her coma, but it also marks the end of the Arrancar embryo's first trimester in the womb, which will result in its evolution into a fetus.
The reason on why the female is in a temporary catatonic state is because the Arrancar embryo is absorbing a lot of the female's Reiryoku in order for it to evolve from a disk of cells into a tiny but recognizably Human figure. The Arrancar embryo only needs to absorb a LOT of Reiryoku from the mother in order to mature and evolve from an embryo to a fetus, and to have its major internal organs, and organ systems, such as the heart and lungs, grow and become nearly developed. The umbilical cord that is connecting it to the mother becomes fully functional. Also by the end of the first eight weeks, the newly-formed Arrancar fetus is nearly six inches (15cm) long, and its organ systems have been completely formed.
For the standard Human female, they endure birth without too much difficulty, and it usually takes them a couple days in order to recover, even though there are some women who don't recover at all, and can actually die from childbirth. Female Arrancar on the other hand, they usually have no problems recovering from childbirth, because recovering from childbirth is one of the easiest things for them. Even the weakest, most powerless, female Arrancar usually take approximately 30 minutes to recover.
But this is only if the Arrancar child is weaker than the mother giving birth to it. However, should the child's strength be anywhere close, or equal to the mothers, the Arrancar female will be HEAVILY weakened, and it will take an ENTIRE week in order for them to completely recover. And although it is rare, but completely possible for it to happen, Arrancar women can ACTUALLY die from childbirth, should the Arrancar child be born stronger than them. But there WERE a few lucky ones who've survived, and Arrancar women who have survived giving birth to a child stronger than them have had to take about two and a half weeks to completely recover. In order words, Arrancar women who actually manage to survive giving birth to a child stronger than them need to take about two and a half weeks in order to completely recover.
As for the mask remnants, Arrancar babies do not grow them till after the day they were born. This means that Arrancar women will not have to worry about being split open and torn apart from the inside by the horns/helmets/protrusions of the child's mask fragment. The process of an Arrancar newborn growing the mask fragment is completely painless, and it usually happens after midnight while the Arrancar child is asleep or otherwise. As Reiatsu begins to envelop the child completely, a mask remnant of any random shape or size will begin to form from the child's Reiatsu/Reiryoku. Said mask fragment can form on either the child's head, such as their face, or the top of their head. Or anywhere else on their body aside from their head, such as their neck, back, arms, chest, hands, legs, feet, stomach, or their abdomen for that matter.
Due to being born an Arrancar from two Arrancars, the Arrancar child is a Puro Nacido-class Arrancar.
Families, Houses and Clans:
While Arrancar Families are very similar to Human and Shinigami families, they do however differentiate from the latter two. For example, Arrancar children are trained by their parents at a very young age for them to become stronger and ready to take on the harshness and cruelties that Hueco Mundo has to offer for them. Most Arrancar parents are rather strict and harsh with their children when it comes down to this, and will NOT hesitate to push them to their limits. This is to ensure their growth and elevation into powerful Arrancars in order to ensure that they are able to survive and strive in Hueco Mundo on their own without the constant guidance of their parents to protect them. All Clan/House/Family leaders make sure that members of their Clan/House/Families train their kids at very young ages in order to ensure that they become strong. Because Hueco Mundo is a world where the weak are looked down upon and treated like trash, and who serve purpose whatsoever, other than to be annihilated and wiped out from existence to bolster the strong-willed and able-minded.
Military Force:
Coming Soon.
Powers and Abilities:
Like Hollows and Soul Reapers, Arrancars also have supernatural powers, the same kind of supernatural powers that a Hollow can possess, but will have them in faster and stronger forms, either common or unique or a terrifying mix of both. They are also prone to utilizing Cero a lot more than regular Hollows, with many having many unique variations to the technique.
Like Soul Reapers, Arrancars also carry and wield a Zanpakuto, which is VERY different from an Soul Reaper's Zanpakuto. A Soul Reaper's Zanpakuto is a purely sentient manifestation of the owner's very own unique power soul. An Arrancar's Zanpakuto on the other, is nothing more than an manifestation of their Hollow powers sealed within their
Trivia:
When two Arrancars have sexual intercourse with each other in order to conceive a child, the child will obviously be born as an Arrancar, a Puro Nacido-class Arrancar. Long story short, the Arrancar offspring is born as an Arrancar, a Puro Nacido-class Arrancar, but an Arrancar nonetheless. Another thing is that like Humans and Soul Reapers, Arrancars can get drunk after they have consumed TOO much alcohol. The only difference is that unlike Humans, Arrancars do NOT succumb to and die of alcohol poisoning, all they will experience from the sensation of getting drunk is extreme dizziness, extreme headaches, and the feeling to suddenly throw up uncontrollably, nothing more. Long story short, unlike Humans, Arrancars are COMPLETELY immune to the death effects of alcohol poisoning.
