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NAME. Jugram Haschwalth. The J in Jugram is pronounced as is the J in Jan (e.g., as an English y); the As in Haschwalth take the same pronunciation as the A in father.
AGE. 1,010 - b. 995 CE. He stopped aging in his mid thirties.
SPECIES. Echt (pure) Quincy.
ORIENTATION. Gay.

CANONPOINT. Just before his battle with Uryuu, once Bazz-B has been killed and he's had the vision of the future that tells him how the war will end.

PHYSICAL. Very slim but toned; 6'3". Fine, pale flaxen blond hair that comes down to his lower back; ice blue eyes shaded by long blond lashes; thin, arched brows. Minimal facial expressiveness. Clear, baritone voice and upright posture.

LINGUISTIC. Jugram speaks German as a first language and is shown to be fluent in Japanese by canon; he's been around long enough to erase any trace of an accent. I write him as able to at least read Hebrew, given that Yhwach is from the same society as himself and his name is derived from the tetragrammaton (formed of the Hebrew consonants YHWH). Though he speaks Japanese when it's the only common language available to him, conversations in Japanese are going to have the baggage of being the language of a historic oppressor, and in the case of characters who are old enough (in the hundreds of years) to have learned most languages, he'll default to German.

ABILITIES.

—Soul Distribution/Power Amplification: Jugram was the first Quincy born in 200 years to have the ability to impart his power unto others and enhance their abilities.
—The Balance: Jugram's primary ability allows him to redistribute misfortune (such as being wounded or hit in battle) to those that have experienced good fortune (such as landing a hit, winning a battle, etc), effectively reversing wounds. He also carries a "Freund Schilde" that absorbs all misfortune (such as wounds) that would happen to him.
—Hirenkyaku: Jugram can gather reishi under his feet to stand in midair or move at high speeds; he is so talented at this that he can move faster than can be seen by the eye when making attacks.
—Reishi Gathering: Like all of his kind, Jugram can absorb spiritual energy from his surroundings and use it to his advantage; he is able to do this so gradually as to be imperceptible when he chooses to do so with stealth.
—Reikaku (Spiritual Pressure Perception): Jugram, like all spiritual beings, can sense an individual soul's reiatsu (spiritual pressure) and determine their status (alive, dead, wounded), how powerful they are, and where they are in space, making it virtually impossible to sneak up on him. It's a sixth sense that falls somewhere between a dog's ability to identify and locate individuals by sense of smell and the electroperception/magnetoperception seen in some fish.
—Blut: Like all Quincies, Jugram can channel reishi into his blood vessels themselves to dramatically amplify his attack (blut arterie) and defense (blut vene) abilities, though the two cannot be used simultaneously.
—Swordsmanship: Jugram is, even without his supernatural abilities, a master swordsman. He carries a broadsword which he has used for several hundreds of years, and many of his attacks do not seem to use his Quincy abilities at all; early in the war, he effortlessly slices Ichigo Kurosaki's zanpakutou in half despite the other's immense and heretofore unrivaled power.
—Fast Reflexes: Shown to be able to catch an arrow midflight.

out of character

BACKTAGGING. Yes!
THREADHOPPING. No.

WARNINGS. Jugram is a quincy, a type of spiritual being and a culture that was mass-murdered by the Shinigami after respective leadership of each group failed to meet an agreement regarding overhunting of monsters known as hollows despite the world coming closer and closer to disaster. Being that he was alive and fled to escape the genocide - and the fact that the murders are the implied reason that the members of the army he presides over have agreed to fight - it may come up in threads, and there will be an undercurrent of ethnic tension to be expected in threads with Shinigami. He is shown to go as far as to undermine the will of the man he worships as a living god to ensure the survival of at least some other quincies; it's something that's very important to him.

Kubo regrettably makes heavy use of Nazi imagery and themes in how he handles the portrayal of the Quincies, and some of the uniform choices are visible in Jugram's icons; the fact that he's from a very cultish, highly militarized society informs much of his behavior even in unrelated situations. Jugram is also heavily implied to have grown up in a physically and possibly sexually abusive household in canon; I agree with the general consensus that Kubo is implying both. However, he's had hundreds of years to process these events and his feelings on them, so they're very unlikely to come up.

OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS/TRIGGERS. I'd like to avoid writing/referencing/discussing relationships with a large age gap or an uneven power dynamic, especially Jugram/Yhwach. I'm squeamish about graphic finger-/toenail and eye injuries and would prefer to avoid including them in threads.

in-character

PHYSICAL AFFECTION. Jugram's not too keen on being touched; physical affection is something that would definitely need to be worked up to.

FIGHTING & INJURING. Fighting is fine by me; though it'd be very hard to land a hit on him that he wouldn't immediately transfer to the person who inflicted it, I'm cool with him getting injured in a thread (though discussion will probably be necessary beforehand so we can work out how it happened).

KILLING. No.

TELEPATHY/EMPATHY/FORCE READING. With discussion.

SHIPPING. Jugram is largely disinterested in romantic attachment, but he's capable of attraction and does have very messy, very confusing lingering feelings re: Bazz-B. There are a few ships for him that I absolutely will not write; see below.

Yes→ Bazz, Askin
Maybe→ crosscanon, other men vaguely around his agegroup
Hard no→ Uryuu, Ichigo, Yhwach, people in their 20s and younger - he was born in 995 CE which puts him at a hair over 1000 years old, so jugram generally is going to perceive people who haven't completely physically and emotionally matured as children.

SMUT. It's possible, but it'd take a lot to work up to the point of sexual intimacy for him. Sexual contact isn't triggering for Jugram, but there's still a heightened risk of csa mentions coming to the fore by virtue of abuse having been his only sexual contact.