The Quincy are a line of spiritually aware human warriors. Originally a mixture of survivors of Hollow attacks and those who had 로스트 loved ones to Hollows, the Quincy developed a variety of 수퍼내츄럴 powers to hunt and kill Hollows before they attacked humans (and to destroy those who already had), including the ability to control Spiritual Energy. The Quincy are unique as far as races go in Bleach, because unlike the Hollow 또는 Shinigami, Quincy are still technically human and reside in the world of the living. The Quincy are nearly extinct due to extermination 의해 the Shinigami about 200 years before the main Bleach storyline. At present, the only known living Quincy are Uryū Ishida and his father, Ryūken Ishida