Firstly, please allow me to extend the warmest of welcomes to you reading this thread. I'm hoping to recruit a mixed bag of serious role-players, those just looking for a good time and those looking for new friends. Catering to both the avid storyteller and the social butterfly, this Division will have a wide variety of activities, events and off topic natter for every type of forum dweller.

My biggest goal here is to create a fun, relaxing environment that brings out the best in you, whether that be your writing skills, your Role-play skills or simply helping you open up a little more. I want to create an immersive, rich area that inspires your creativity, pushes you to the next level of your role-play development, and helps create lasting bonds. I want this to be a Division you find yourself visiting after a long day of school or work, and a place you can stretch your legs even if you're feeling as though you're not quite up to writing that monster epic you've dreamt of.

Joining the RP can seem like a daunting task, even for those considering themselves expert role-players and the established writers, but we’re here to help. All are welcome, and I encourage you to give it a go even if you’re not confident, or English isn’t your first language. There’s much to be said about taking yourself out of your comfort zone, a little is a lot and we’re here to make things as comfortable as we can. If you’ve ever wanted to give Dungeons & Dragons a go but found it too complicated, or couldn’t get enough like-minded people together, or your schedules simply didn't fit, you’ll be well and truly at home here.

Although I'd like for us to focus our best efforts here on the forum, we also have a 1st Division only discord where folks can play games together and get to know their fellow bleach enthusiasts in a less 'official' environment. Please PM me for the link. And now to set the scene...

The 1st Division

With each Division operating like a well oiled machine of war, order and law, the 1st Division can be considered to be the proverbial brain stem of the Gotei 13. Its duties are split equally in several directions with the expectation that each be given the absolutely highest priority by its members, all of which are tasked with maintaining excellence throughout their training. Each Recruit is guided through a strict training regime which will polish their tactical abilities, bolster their personal arsenal of techniques and elevate their ability to think on their feet whilst maintaining the peak of mental discipline.

To join the 1st Division is to accept the weight of responsibility, leadership, and ultimately loss as our members go on to lead in their own right and devote themselves to a higher calling – the utter elimination of any enemy that seeks to upset the balance of the material and worlds beyond.

It is fair to describe the 1st Division as a military faction. Through the flames of the forge of war, you will discover the cracks in your mettle and be reforged. Through your defeats, you will become intimately acquainted with your limitations and discover how to surpass them. And in victory? You will form everlasting bonds and bring peace, happiness and prosperity to the weak and incapable. Such will be your burden to bear, and we will ensure you bear it well.

As mentioned before, the 1st Division has several key responsibilities:

- 1st Division members are to act as confidential liaisons between CC46 and the Gotei 13. Orders are to be handled with the strictest and most delicate of care. It is not uncommon for members of the 1st Division to be sent assignments directly from the Chambers, in which case the Soutaicho will be informed but ultimately removed from the process. These orders may range anywhere between scouting missions, reconnaissance, sabotage, assassination, target extraction, confidential training sessions, war room attendance and strategic planning and more.

- 1st Division members are to be trained in the art of leadership, with the intention that especially capable members be called to spearhead vital wartime assignments. It is not unusual for members of the 1st Division to be called to replace fallen Captains on a temporary, and sometimes even permanent basis.

- The safeguarding of the Gotei and its secrets is of the highest importance and priority. The 1st Division may be called on occasion to fulfil the role of the ‘Chambers high Inquisitor’ should infiltration, sabotage or treason be suspected within the Gotei 13 and indeed Soul Society as a whole. Special provisions will be set in place and powers granted to allow the 1st Division full authority to enact the will of CC46.

- The 1st Division act as the keepers of confidential information within the Gotei. Unit commanders have access to a basic cache of blacklisted and redacted records from the History of the Gotei, and as such, it is their sworn duty to man the walls of the High Archive and ensure that every page is not only kept under the strictest lock and key, but preserved and the necessary repairs and maintenance be carried out. The higher rank the member, the more they potentially have access to and in turn must guard. Such perilous responsibilities naturally make our members the targets of enemy factions.

- The 1st Division are responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of the Sourufōji (ソウルフォージ – Soul Forge) wherein lies the origin of every Gotei 13 Asauchi. The security of this fixture is, as the other responsibilities are, of the highest importance.