Ulquiorra

Name: Ulquiorra Age: ??? (appears to be 16-19 years old) Height: 169 centimeters Weight: 55 kilograms Race: Hollow, former fourth Espada

As a Hollow, Ulquiorra felt alone in a black world, as he was the only one completely white. He wandered Hueco Mundo alone, lamenting his fate, until one day he came across a white tree with sharp thorns. He found it satisfying to his emptiness and immersed himself in it, destroying part of his mask and finally finding peace. Sometime later, Aizen recruited Ulquiorra into the Espada.[6]

Ulquiorra is extremely cold, heartless, dispassionate, or even aloof, brooding, and indifferent, willing to harm both enemies and comrades to achieve his goals. He calls those who are not interesting to him trash, viewing them as mere expendable material. Despite this, like most of the upper echelons of the Espada, he has no inclination toward cruelty and only engages in combat when provoked or at Aizen's command. However, he wasn't always like this; it seems that by the end of his fight with Ichigo, he had found his soul and feelings.

Ulquiorra has a strange habit of killing those he cares about by inflicting a fatal wound in the same location as his own Hollow hole.[4] Whether he is aware of this habit or not is unknown. In a conversation with Orihime, he claims to not believe in human emotions or the soul, believing that if they cannot be seen, they do not exist. These words and much of Ulquiorra's behavior reflect concepts of materialism, which also reflect his aspect of death, emptiness. In the final moments of his life, he appears to have found his soul and understood feelings. His cold nature allows him to remain completely calm and in control of himself in all situations, and he is very easily surprised or caught off guard. However, in his final battle with Ichigo, he seems to not understand the human drive to fight no matter what, nor the concept of a human soul. Due to this, he frustratedly tells Ichigo that "continuing the fight is pointless." He then transforms into Segunda Etapa to show Ichigo "true despair." He also somewhat contradictorily states that it is normal for Humans to imitate Hollows, even though they will never reach their power, despite Arrancar doing the same thing when imitating Shinigami.[5]

Ulquiorra is also very perceptive, cunning, and thoughtful. During his first visit to the human world, he makes very accurate observations about the people he encountered. He theorized that Orihime's healing powers were a space-time ability.

Ulquiorra is a slender and fairly muscular Arrancar of average height with a melancholic appearance. He has unkempt, medium-length black hair, pale white skin, a black upper lip, very thick eyebrows, and green eyes with slit-shaped pupils, like a cat's. Part of his bangs falls between his eyes. Green lines emanate from the bottom of his eyes, as if he were crying. His facial expression almost never changes; he is always frowning. He wears the standard Arrancar attire: a white shirt, a black belt, and a white hakama. However, his shirt is longer and its collar is higher than that of other Arrancar. Like most Arrancar, he bears outward signs of having once been a Hollow. His Hollow hole is located in his sternum, although it was originally located in his throat, as seen in the manga and anime. The remnant of his Hollow mask is located on his head, forming half of a broken, horned helmet. He is the fourth Espada, as evidenced by the tattoo on the left side of his chest.

As a Hollow, he was about the same size, with a full white mask and body, and massive black wings extending from his lower back. His mask covered his entire face, and had a line running down the center that split into three at the top of his head. He also had two large, bat-like ears.[3]