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The following are footnotes taken from the personal memoirs of the honorable Seiji Yasuo, First Judge of the Central 46, regarding the events surrounding the tumultous past of Soul Society...
[Memoirs: The Great Hollow War, Chapter 1]
??? P.N - The Hollows "Brainfang", "Emptybones", and "White Corona" begin to amass together all Hollows, both intelligent and primitive evading the detection of the Onimtsu Kidou in the process.
1860 P.N. - Shinkou Masaru enrolls in the Old Shinigami Academy.
1854 P.N. - Shinkou Masaru graduates to the 12th Division under Capt. Suikuske Oowanryuu.
~1500 P.N - Seiji Yasuo enrolls in the Old Shinigami Academy and enters the 12th Division only two years later.
1499 P.N. - An infamous series of slayings in which Rukongai peasants are killed and found with a hole in their forehead begin and end a decade later.
1493 P.N. - Seiji finally meets Masaru and become friends.
1214 P.N.. - Commander Ro-hanken appoints Hajime Soren Captain of the 6th after former Captain, Gorudo Mahara, is killed outside of Seireitei. Nobody can determine the cause of death, but an odd hole has been drilled into the side of Mahara's head, and the skull cavity is empty. Only a few recall the slayings in Rukongai, but dismiss the memory since the victim was a Captain and therefore likely unrelated.
1143 P.N. - With Masaru's help Seiji finally awakens Kaikou and activates its Shikai in battle against a group of Hollows.
1070 P.N. - For the first time in the recorded history of Soul Society, a Hollow breaks through the special Bloodstone-produced wall of spiritons around Seireitei and attacks the heart of the Gotei 13. It is only a weak and unintelligent Hollow, but it's arrival catches the Gotei completely off guard and thus some Shinigami are killed before the Hollow is brought down. Since the Hollow was very primitive, the Gotei 13 dismisses the incident as a fluke.
987 P.N - An unheard of Shinigami who simply goes by the name of "Karappo Kotsu" graduates from the Academy and rises through ranks in record time. He challenges and defeats Captain Suikuske Oowanryuu of the 12th Division, taking his place as Captain of the 12th. A large number of the officers in the Division, including Masaru and Seiji become disenfranchised under their new leader's... personality.
862 P.N. - The second time a Hollow breaks through into Seireitei. It is not treated as a coincidence, and is investigated thoroughly. It is noted however that only Captains know of a mysterious substance to dissolve the Bloodstone walls of Seireitei.
860 P.N. - Captain of the 4th, Inoue Takana, is murdered. It is the fifth time a Captain has been murdered outside of a duel in history. The prime suspect is Karappo Kotsu, but not enough evidence is drawn into convict him, despite many witnessed conversations between him and Takana that were heated. Many Shinigami will remark for years the stunned expression on Takana's corpse.
854 P.N. - Karappo Kotsu's Vice-Captain, Mikagami Gawa is killed. The evidence convicting Kotsu is astounding. However, the day before the verdict, a member of the Central 46 named Byakuya Koukan gives a 1 minute long speech, the details of which are not revealed. The speech single handedly convinces the remaining 45 Council Members to declare Kotsu innocent. Commander Ro-hanken is infuriated, and actually pulls aside three members of the council, questioning their decision and asking what could one man possibly have said to change their minds. The three reply with a blank stare, then each recall nothing but a white light.
686 P.N. - Shinkou Masaru's performance in the Gotei 13 earns him the Vice-Captain position under Karappo Kotsu. He secludes himself from the others, including Seiji, after becoming extremely suspicious of his Captain and his long abscences outside of Seireitei.
685 P.N. - Seiji Yasuo begins his surveillance of the Bloodstone walls around Seireitei with specially developed equipment from the Research Department. Mysteriously, when Seiji returns to collect the data in each device, the gear is destroyed by what appear to be slashes from a bladed weapon.
680 P.N. - Shinkou Masaru climbs out of his self-imposed ostracism and approaches the one person he deems that he can trust, Seiji Yasuo. Masaru quickly digresses his speculation of a possible conspiracy within the walls of Seireitei centuries in the making. Knowing that against such powerful adversaries, they would be crushed in any attempt to reveal the conspiracy, the two leave the Gotei 13, surprising many officers who had felt such promise in them both. They then leave Seireitei and move into the outskirts of Rukongai and eventually, the physical world, keeping an eye out for the worst, and begin to train themselves and their Zanpaku for the Bankai they know they will need...
[End Memoirs: The Great Hollow War, Chapter 1]
[Memoirs: The Great Hollow War, Chapter 1]
??? P.N - The Hollows "Brainfang", "Emptybones", and "White Corona" begin to amass together all Hollows, both intelligent and primitive evading the detection of the Onimtsu Kidou in the process.
1860 P.N. - Shinkou Masaru enrolls in the Old Shinigami Academy.
1854 P.N. - Shinkou Masaru graduates to the 12th Division under Capt. Suikuske Oowanryuu.
~1500 P.N - Seiji Yasuo enrolls in the Old Shinigami Academy and enters the 12th Division only two years later.
1499 P.N. - An infamous series of slayings in which Rukongai peasants are killed and found with a hole in their forehead begin and end a decade later.
1493 P.N. - Seiji finally meets Masaru and become friends.
1214 P.N.. - Commander Ro-hanken appoints Hajime Soren Captain of the 6th after former Captain, Gorudo Mahara, is killed outside of Seireitei. Nobody can determine the cause of death, but an odd hole has been drilled into the side of Mahara's head, and the skull cavity is empty. Only a few recall the slayings in Rukongai, but dismiss the memory since the victim was a Captain and therefore likely unrelated.
1143 P.N. - With Masaru's help Seiji finally awakens Kaikou and activates its Shikai in battle against a group of Hollows.
1070 P.N. - For the first time in the recorded history of Soul Society, a Hollow breaks through the special Bloodstone-produced wall of spiritons around Seireitei and attacks the heart of the Gotei 13. It is only a weak and unintelligent Hollow, but it's arrival catches the Gotei completely off guard and thus some Shinigami are killed before the Hollow is brought down. Since the Hollow was very primitive, the Gotei 13 dismisses the incident as a fluke.
987 P.N - An unheard of Shinigami who simply goes by the name of "Karappo Kotsu" graduates from the Academy and rises through ranks in record time. He challenges and defeats Captain Suikuske Oowanryuu of the 12th Division, taking his place as Captain of the 12th. A large number of the officers in the Division, including Masaru and Seiji become disenfranchised under their new leader's... personality.
862 P.N. - The second time a Hollow breaks through into Seireitei. It is not treated as a coincidence, and is investigated thoroughly. It is noted however that only Captains know of a mysterious substance to dissolve the Bloodstone walls of Seireitei.
860 P.N. - Captain of the 4th, Inoue Takana, is murdered. It is the fifth time a Captain has been murdered outside of a duel in history. The prime suspect is Karappo Kotsu, but not enough evidence is drawn into convict him, despite many witnessed conversations between him and Takana that were heated. Many Shinigami will remark for years the stunned expression on Takana's corpse.
854 P.N. - Karappo Kotsu's Vice-Captain, Mikagami Gawa is killed. The evidence convicting Kotsu is astounding. However, the day before the verdict, a member of the Central 46 named Byakuya Koukan gives a 1 minute long speech, the details of which are not revealed. The speech single handedly convinces the remaining 45 Council Members to declare Kotsu innocent. Commander Ro-hanken is infuriated, and actually pulls aside three members of the council, questioning their decision and asking what could one man possibly have said to change their minds. The three reply with a blank stare, then each recall nothing but a white light.
686 P.N. - Shinkou Masaru's performance in the Gotei 13 earns him the Vice-Captain position under Karappo Kotsu. He secludes himself from the others, including Seiji, after becoming extremely suspicious of his Captain and his long abscences outside of Seireitei.
685 P.N. - Seiji Yasuo begins his surveillance of the Bloodstone walls around Seireitei with specially developed equipment from the Research Department. Mysteriously, when Seiji returns to collect the data in each device, the gear is destroyed by what appear to be slashes from a bladed weapon.
680 P.N. - Shinkou Masaru climbs out of his self-imposed ostracism and approaches the one person he deems that he can trust, Seiji Yasuo. Masaru quickly digresses his speculation of a possible conspiracy within the walls of Seireitei centuries in the making. Knowing that against such powerful adversaries, they would be crushed in any attempt to reveal the conspiracy, the two leave the Gotei 13, surprising many officers who had felt such promise in them both. They then leave Seireitei and move into the outskirts of Rukongai and eventually, the physical world, keeping an eye out for the worst, and begin to train themselves and their Zanpaku for the Bankai they know they will need...
[End Memoirs: The Great Hollow War, Chapter 1]