GENERAL
Seireitei (瀞霊廷, Court of Pure Souls) is in the center of Soul Society.
Overview
Seireitei is a circular shiro with four main entrances, ten days walk apart, each guarded by one of the Gatekeepers. These gates are collectively called the Four Great Pure Soul Gates (四大瀞霊門, Shidai Seireimon): these gates are made up of the Northern Black Ridge Gate (黒隆門, Kokuryōmon), the Eastern Blue Stream Gate (青流門, Shōryūmon), the Southern Red Hollow Gate (朱洼門, Shuwaimon), and the Western White Way Gate (白道門, Hakutōmon). The gates are so heavy that it takes the full might of Jidanbō Ikkanzaka to lift one, while during the Bount-led attack on Seireitei, siege machines were needed to open the gates. There are, however, doors within the gates, as seen when Momo Hinamori first entered the Shin'ō Academy.
The walls of Seireitei are made of Sekkiseki (殺気石, 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.
The wall that surrounds the Seireitei is commonly held up, only closing down when there is an emergency. When it is not down protecting the Seireitei, the wall protects the Soul King Palace, located in an inner dimension.
Information about the Seireitei is confidential. What is known is that in the center of the Seireitei is a white tower known as the Senzaikyū, where criminals are imprisoned; on the hill adjacent to it is the Sōkyoku, where prisoners are executed. Those permitted to live in the tranquility of the Seireitei are Shinigami and the Noble Houses. 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, like Renji and Rukia, are allowed to apply for the Shin'ō Academy, which is often the only escape from the poorest conditions of Rukongai.
Following the Quincy War 1000 years ago, the Quincy who would later become the Wandenreich fled to the Seireitei and used Reishi to create space in the "shadows", effectively creating a world within the Seireitei, unseen to outsiders. These Quincy were able to move between their world and the Seireitei, as they were technically there to start with. The Wandenreich can absorb the Reishi particles of the Seireitei to reveal their hidden world. The area is known as the Schatten Bereich (影の領域 （シャッテン・ベライヒ）, Shatten Beraihi; German and Japanese for "Shadow Realm"), which Yhwach cannot leave for more than a certain period of time before having to retreat.
Seireitei Locations
Guide to Seireitei
Senzaikyu: Large White Tower
Sokuyoku Hill: Execution Place
Central 46 Compound: Highly restricted area that governs the Soul Society.
Seijōtōkyorin: Residential District
Daireishokairō: Library of all knowledge and history of the Soul Society.
Shin'ō Academy: Primary educaiton for center for Shinigami. Specializes: Zanjutsu, Hakuda, Kido, and Hoho.
1st Division Headquarters & Barracks
Captain-Commander's Yamamoto's Office
Captains' Assembly Hall
Lieutenants' Assembly Room
2nd Division
Headquarters & Barracks
2nd Division Courtyard
Shihōin Crest Room
Nest of Maggots
3rd Division
Headquarters & Barracks
4th Division
Headquarters & Barracks
Sōgō Kyūgo Tsumesho (綜合救護詰所, Coordinated Relief Station)
5th Division
Headquarters & Barracks
6th Division
Headquarters & Barracks
Byakuya's Office
7th Division
Headquarters & Barracks
8th Division
Headquarters & Barracks
Shunsui Kyōraku's Office/Room
9th Division
Headquarters & Barracks
Editing Department of the Seireitei Communication magazine
10th Division
Headquarters & Barracks
Tōshirō Hitsugaya's Office
11th Division
Headquarters & Barracks
12th Division
Headquarters & Barracks
Shinigami Research and Development Institute
13th Division
Headquarters & Barracks
Ugendō (雨乾堂, Rain Dried Hall) Quarters
Gate Keeper: Jidanbo Ikkanzaka; West; White Road Gate (白道門, Hakutōmon)
Gate Keeper: Higonyudo; South; Red Hollow Gate (朱洼門, Shuwaimon)
Gate Keeper: Danzomaru; North; Black Ridge Gate (黒隆門, Kokuryōmon)
Gate Keeper: Kaiwan; East; Blue Stream Gate (青流門, Shōryūmon)
