Post by orion on Aug 28, 2011 23:12:17 GMT -5
Seireitei is in the center of Soul Society, which is a circular shiro with four main entrances, ten days walk apart, each guarded by a Gate Guardian. These gates are called the Black Ridge Gate ( Kokuryômon) (in the North), the Blue Stream Gate (Shôryûmon) (in the East), the Red Hollow Gate (Shuwaimon) (in the South) and the White Way Gate (Hakutômon) (in the West). The gates are unbelievibly heavy. There are, however, doors within the gates.
The walls of Seireitei are made of Sekkiseki (spirit reducing stone), a rare type of stone known to negate all Reiryoku, similar to magnetic lodestones. The stone also forms a spherical barrier around the city, extending above and below, stopping anything spiritual from breaching it from ground level, from the sky or from underground.
Information about the Seireitei is confidential. What is known is that in the center of the Seireitei is a white tower known as the Senzaikyû, where criminals are imprisoned (similar to death row); on the hill adjacent to it is the Sôkyoku, where prisoners are executed. Those permitted to live in the tranquility of the Seireitei are Shinigami and the few families of the nobility. Shinigami live in the Division barracks, while high-ranking officers commute from their own homes.
The majority of the residents of Seireitei, nobility and Shinigami alike, do not interact with the citizens of Rukongai. However, residents of Rukongai are allowed to apply for the Shinô Academy, which is often the only escape from the poorest conditions of Rukongai.