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Post by Akuchi on Feb 13, 2012 21:23:25 GMT -5
Hollow are a race of creatures which are born from Human souls who, for various reasons, do not cross over to Soul Society after their death and stay in the Human World for too long. They are corrupt spirits with supernatural powers that devour the souls of both living and deceased Humans. Hollows settle in Hueco Mundo, but can cross over to the Human World and Soul Society.
Hollows are former Pluses (deceased human souls) that lose their hearts to despair or remain in the real world for too long. Any spirit that is not guided to the Soul Society by a Shinigami via Soul Burial may eventually descend into a Hollow.
How to become a Hollow
The three known ways of becoming a Hollow is simple, the first is by avoiding Shinigami as a Plus and allowing the Soul Chain to completely erode. When the chain erodes the soul begin to change and eventually become a Hollow and begin feasting as well. The Plus can last up to a week before the chain completely erodes.
The second way is to actually be devoured by another Hollow, as shown when Orihime's brother turned into one he was attacked by multiple Hollow and became one very quickly. This process is much quicker than allowing the chain to erode and usually results in the Hollow immediately attacking their family members and other souls.
The third and final way is to actually disturb the Soul Chain on the persons chest, if it is ripped away from the chest(or in Demi Hollow's if the Hollow hole is messed around with) it will result in a painful transformation into a Hollow.
Tendacies
Once a soul becomes a Hollow, it is driven by an eternal and insatiable hunger to devour other souls, living or dead, to fill the void caused by its descent. While their former obsession often becomes their first target, most Hollows will eventually become mindless creatures concerned only with finding the most potent souls to devour. Stronger and more evil Hollows are often able to retain some of their intelligence in Hollow form, making them more dangerous than the average Hollow. While most Hollows are evil, or at the very least mindless, at least a few are not, as is the case with Nel Tu and her Hollow companions. They are also at least partly capable of camaraderie and loyalty, as seen with Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez and his companions while they were still Hollows: Grimmjow's subordinates sacrificed parts of their bodies, unasked, for the sake of Grimmjow's growth.
Menos
Menos are created when the void within an ordinary Hollow's heart becomes so substantial that Human souls are incapable of sustaining it, at which point it begins devouring fellow Hollows. These cannibal Hollows are attracted to one another, and a mass inter-devouring follows, resulting in a Gillian. Following this transformation, the Gillian can evolve twice more, first into an Adjuchas and finally into a Vasto Lorde, provided certain conditions are met. Menos evolution is not only contingent upon the Menos eating other Hollows, but also upon the Menos' ability to avoid being eaten. If another Hollow succeeds in devouring even a part of their body, evolution becomes impossible for the one which was wounded this way. Menos-class Hollows are considered so dangerous that Soul Society sends only highly trained Shinigami teams to handle them. These incursions seem to be rare, however, as Menos rarely leave Hueco Mundo unless attracted by large sources of spiritual power or encouraged to by other forces. There are three categories of Menos, the first is Gillian, the second Adjuchas, and lastly Vasto Lorde.
Menos Gillian (Menos Grande)
The weakest level of Menos are generally very strong and even give Lieutenants trouble, these know how to use Cero although due to their immense size they move very slowly. Their intelligence is not very high and they serve under the Adjuchas.
Adjucha[
The second level of Menos are much more intelligent than the rest, and control the Menos Grande. These Adjuchas are usually very large in size with some exceptions, and have the forms of something animalistic or monstrous and sometimes have their own unique abilities.
Vasto Lorde
The Vasto Lorde are the final and strongest all of Hollow, they even rival Arrancar at this level. It is said 10 of these can easily destroy Soul Society, this transformation takes many years of devouring and training to become. They are also the most intelligent and humanoid of the group.
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