Bleach Advent Age Plot

The Past: The Winter War was in a violent crescendo to an inevitable climax of death and destruction. Kurosaki Ichigo, his friends and the Shinigami Captains sent to help him were trapped in Hueco Mundo, fighting for their lives against determined opponents with the home-court advantage. Aizen-sama, knowing of the fake Karakura Town plot devised by Yamamoto and Urahara, leap-frogged their trap entirely to strike at the heart of the Soul Society directly. Bringing in a force of thousands of Hollows led by his top three Espada, Aizen’s Arrancar Army devastated the undefended Seireitei in short order, easily overwhelming the thin defense force left in place.

Notified by emergency hell butterflies, the stunned Captains rallied under Captain-Commander Yamamoto and rushed back to the defense of their home. Unfortunately for them, Aizen had already more than leveled the advantage they would have had by fighting on familiar soil. The entirety of the Seireitei was ablaze when the Captains arrived. Slaughtered Shinigami littered the cobble-stone paths, their blood pooling in large quantities. The citizens of the Rukongai were being hunted down mercilessly by invading Hollow, their screams rending the air apart, tearing it asunder with their fear and pain.

Mortified at the state of Soul Society, Yamamoto gave the order to attack and wipe out the invading Arrancar Army. Releasing their Shikai’s, the Captains and their respective Lieutenants went after the enemy with a vengeance. As the individual battles raged around, above and within the Seireitei, the traitorous Aizen found the real Karakura Town and began the process of creating the King’s Key when he was interrupted by Yamamoto. After a short exchange of not so pleasant pleasantries, the two spiritual powerhouses began to engage in battle while Aizen began to utilize the Hōgyoku’s power to turn himself, Gin and Tosen into Vaizards...

As the battles dragged out and the death toll mounted on either side, Espada began to enter their Resurrecion forms while Captains unleashed their Bankais to bring the mayhem to a new level. Meanwhile…in Hueco Mundo…

Ichigo had improved tremendously since his first day as a substitute Shinigami. The powers and fighting skills he possessed were exemplary and enabled him to fight at the highest tier of skill level against the strongest of opponents. However, his determination and spiritual powers proved to be inconsequential against Ulquiorra Schiffer. Upon entering his second release state, the terrifyingly powerful 4th Espada tore Kurosaki apart, dismembering him limb from limb and ending his life before slaughtering Inoue and Uryuu, taking care of them as well. Joining Yammy, the two Espada took the fight to the remaining Captains in Hueco Mundo…determined to obey Aizen-sama and defend the great fortress of Las Noches. In the end, it was a hollow victory for the Espada, seeing as how they were killed along with the Captains.

In the mean time…Shinji Hirako leading the rest of the Vizards realized that they’ve been fooled by Aizen and following in the Shinigami’s footsteps, traveled to the Soul Society with the help of Kisuke Urahara. Alas, they were far too late. They appeared out of the Senkai Gate to a bleak, desolate landscape where nearly everyone had fallen in battle. Captains, Lieutenants and Espada alike were dead and dying. Yamamoto and Aizen were nowhere to be seen and in their place was an incredibly large crater blasted straight into the ground; traces of both of their bodies would never be found. Distraught at their failure and unable to bring themselves to do anything else, the original Vizards scattered to the four winds…losing themselves to the world…


The Present: An uneasy truce hangs delicately between the Shinigami and Arrancar. Both sides are still licking their wounds and rebuilding.

The Shinigami Academy continuously trains and educates new generations of Soul Reapers to fill the void left by the death of nearly all of their great Captains and Lieutenants. Construction takes place around the clock as severely damaged buildings are torn down and new ones erected. There is a permanent aura of fear in the air as everyone – Shinigami and Rukongai citizens, alike – brace for another potential invasion. It is in this state of ruin that new leaders will arise and embrace the mantle of leadership over the Soul Society, filling in as the Captains and Lieutenants of the rebirth of the Seireitei. Luckily, ex-Lieutenant Shuhei Hisagi survived the Winter War and is now the unspoken leader of the Shinigami army.

While the Shinigami are busy rebuilding, the Arrancar are left in a state of confusion and chaos from the lack of strong leadership. Unity was never strong among their kind and with the death of Aizen and the Espada, the ruins of Las Noches have become an urban battleground for Arrancars of all kinds and shapes, each one vying for the title of the Arrancar King. Jealousy, envy and mostly greed fuel their desire to kill one another in an effort to climb to the top. You never know who will kill you in your sleep and your supposed allies are often your worst enemies. The only person who has a clear goal and direction in Las Noches would be Neliel Tu. Having escaped mostly unscathed from the events of two years past, she is the one that set up a tentative peace treaty with Hisagi, attempting to stop the bloodshed.

Surprisingly, the real Karakura Town sustained relatively minor damage and for now, it is peaceful. The constant fighting before during the great war evaporated into nothingness as both sides reeled from their sustained losses. These days, the only two classes of spiritual beings present in the world of the living are the Vizard and Quincy; neither side is willing to come out in to the open for fear of reengaging in hostilities. Living like wraiths and concealing their presence, they bide their time, slowly training and increasing their strength knowing that the Winter War was only round one.

As both worlds seem to settle down, the hope that some see is a false prophecy. The possibility of a lasting truce with the Arrancar is a farce and the threat of a growing Quincy army or Vizard army is very real. And yet, there is a far more malicious undertone to the current state of affairs. In the dark recesses of Hueco Mundo, buried deep within the ground, he gathers his strength and plots. Everyday, events are set into motion. His agents infiltrate the far corners of the world, both living and spirit. There is to be no mercy, no stopping of his plan. Everyone is to be his puppet as his ascends himself to his eventual goal…the title of Spirit King…


The Future: Who will you become? Will you take up the fight as a Shinigami struggling to piece together the remnants of your home? Perhaps you will choose to side with the Arrancar and try to carve out a power niche of your own in the vacuum left by the Espada’s defeat? Maybe you’re a Vizard, just trying to stay alive against everyone…for everyone and anyone is your enemy. Or will you be a noble Quincy, training in the shadows, waiting for the day when the Quincy will once again be able to take the fight to the Shinigami, the Death Gods that wiped out your kind hundreds of years ago.

The future is an unknown, with an endless stream of possibilities that only you can decide on. Your actions may the tip the battle of good versus evil in either direction…choose wisely and remember, we are not alone. There is something out there; something or someone that is carefully orchestrating the movements of Arrancar and Shinigami alike, using both sides as pawns against the other…