Spiritual Arts Academy

"Do not seek beauty in battle. Do not seek virtue in death. Do not make the mistake of considering only your own life. If you wish to protect that which you must protect...slice the enemy you must defeat from behind."

Founded thousands of years ago, the Spiritual Arts Academy is the first step for any aspiring Shinigami. It is not under the direct control of Central 46, and thus some of the teaching practices are questionable...and some are even out right deadly.
The Academy was once called the Shinigami Academy. It changed to Spiritual Arts Academy when it developed into an institute for the next generation of the Kidō Corps and the Onmitsukidō as well as the Shinigami of the Gotei 13.
The Academy is a sprawling, multiple story building with architecture typical of Seireitei. It has an open courtyard, many class rooms, dormitories, and practice areas for Zanjutsu, Hakuda, Hohō, and Kidō.


Curriculum:

1. Students must learn to control and make use of their Spiritual Energy, as well as generate their own Zanpakuto.
2. Learn the four Shinigami combat forms (Zanjutsu, Hakuda, Hohō, and Kidō).
3. Learn tactics and strategies for combating and destroying Hollows, as well as recognizing the various types.
4. Learn fighting forms, as well as more detailed information about what a zanpakuto is, and how it relates to a Shinigami.
5. Learn to perform a Soul Burial.

Once those five objectives have been reached, a Shinigami character graduates, and may make an update detailing what they have learned in the Updates board. Once that is done an admin will assign that character to a squad.

Graduating from the Academy results in 15 points being added on to Basic stats, and 10 points being added on to Sub stats.