Gobigakure no Sato, the Village Hidden by the End, is placed on the very edge of the world, facing the unending ocean to the north to one side and giant, cliff-like walls of stone to the south. The country of its location has no official name, as far as the rest of the world is concerned and the villages have never thought to give it one outside of the name of their own village. Gobi no Kuni, Land of the End, as the locals call it, would not be recognized as the actual name of the land by any of the other countries.
When the placement of the village is explained to others, most will go "Oh, that turd-shaped country?".


Gobigakure no Sato is placed on the utmost part of the "turd-shaped" country, overlooking the endless sea. The village is placed on a cliffside, with lush forest between the village itself and the man-spawned cliffs that shield them from the rest of the world.


The country in which Gobigakure no Sato lies, is mainly composed of mountainous terrain, with luscious forests, idyllic lakes and deep valleys. Most of the country is untouched by human hand and only few people has ever really stopped to look at it. Most people are just passing through and feel that the mountains and valleys are a tiresome problem..

Village Entrance
The most noticable thing about Gobigakure no Sato, might be the unique and quite difficult way to enter the village. Since the village is mostly shielded by large, cliff-like rocks and deep valleys created by Doton-users as a means of protection, the villages are basically caught in their own little world. Traveling around the cliffs proved much too difficult and crossing the valleys were no easier. As such, the villagers decided to dig a tunnel that went directly from the basement of their Administration building, to the outside of the outmost of the cliffs. The tunnel is as long as a days worth of travel and makes for an easy and safe entrance and exit for the villagers.


Administration Building
This building, commonly known as “the palace” is the only building that was not destroyed during the ninja world war. It belonged to a man who saw the profit in establishing a “red light district” in the village, and who reaped the rewards. The man was a victim of collateral damage during the war and gave his home to the village. First it was a hospital for a brief time, but was then converted to the administration building. This is where Hyuuga Hiroshi spends most of his time (when he's not teaching) and it is the place to go for any kind lf community-activities.


Ninja Academy
The Ninja Academy in Gobigakure no Sato is nothing special, to say the least. It is an old, abandoned warehouse with no actual classrooms or teachers. Hyuuga Hiroshi, the village's leader, serves as the only real instructor and teaches all students at the academy. Due to the small amount of ninja that are actually bred in Gobigakure, he teaches courses more than he teaches classes.
There are five different "grades" taught at the academy, labeled as "Beginner Class", which he teaches on Mondays; this class is an introduction to the basics of how ninja and their chakra works, "Chakra Control", which is taught on Tuesdays and is a mix of all grades and ages of students as all are welcome to come and train with him, "Basic Techniques", taught on Wednesdays, where he teaches, well, basic techniques - E-rank only - where everyone is welcome, as well and "Hand-to-Hand Combat", where he teaches students how to use their bodies in actual, physical fist-fight. On Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, only the best and most promising of the students receive training, from instructors directly appointed to them by Hiroshi.


Red Lantern District
As a Village of 'Relaxation,' Gobigakure's brothels have an integral part in the economy of the Village. The Red Walk, as many call it, is a mile long road of brothels on either side. These brothels cater to every sort of deviancy. Numerous alley-ways abound where women not bound to a brothel might ply their trade, but these women are a dangerous sort...cheaper and more prone to disease than those found in the brothels. Every building in this Red Lantern District is for the making of money through the flesh trade. Save for one..


Casino – The Golden Goose
The Golden Goose is obviously not the only casino in this entertainment-minded village, but it is the only one driven by the village itself, rather than privately owned. It is also the biggest and safest one, if you do not want to be tricked by the dealers.


The Black Market
Although the Black Market is not an official part of the village, it is still obviously there. The village leaders do nothing about it, for the simple reason that it makes a lot of money for the village. It has no actual placement, but trades are made everywhere in the village. Most Gobigakure inhabitants consider the “poor” part of the village as The Black Market.


The Harbor
Export is the main income of Gobigakure and as such, their harbor is the easiest way to move lots of wares. Gobigakure exports lots and lots of alcohol, has some of the best pigs in the world and export both wood and stone for building.


The Savory Lane
The Savory Lane is a long street where most of the restaurants and bars of Gobigakure are placed. The variety of smells that invade your nose as you walk down this lane is pure torture if you do not have enough money to spend on food.


Mountain Bridge
The Mountain Bridge is quite simply a bridge between two mountains.

We would like to know what your character’s “special place” is. Where do they go when they need to relax? Train? Where do they bring their dates? Do they have some kind of treasure hidden somewhere in the village? Write a short text about this and tell us. Help us bring this village to life.

Hyuuga Hiroshi
Age: 47.
Ninja rank: Jounin (Konoha).
Leader of Gobigakure for: 23 years.

Known history:
Hiroshi was born in Konoha almost half a century ago. He was a good student and had lots of talent as a ninja. He became a genin at age 11, chuunin at 15 and finally jounin at 19. He has visited Gobigakure before he became the leader, that is how he knew about the village.
Around 23 years ago a conflict arose in the Hyuuga clan and everyone had to pick a side. Sadly enough the side Hiroshi chose lost and as a result he was banished from the village. The details of what actually happened is unknown and Hiroshi will not speak of them.
He travelled to gobigakure and spoke with the current leader who abdicated just a few days later, leaving his title to Hiroshi. Hiroshi was already a well liked person in the village, but as leader he actually became loved. He started to change small things in the tiny ninja academy, he appointed the best ninjas Gobi had as weekend-teachers for promising students and supervised the exams personally. As a result Gobi ninjas are stronger today than they were 20 years ago, and many agree that they have Hiroshi to thank for it.

Known skills:
Great speaker.
Intelligent.
Natural leader.
Taijutsu Specialist - Juuken (Gentle Fist).
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This is a temporary design, until I (or we) can think of something better.

[b][u]General Info[/u][/b]

[b]Name:[/b] Family name, then personal name. I.e. Uzumaki, Naruto.

[b]Nickname/Alias:[/b] Does your character have a nickname, title or an alias?

[b]Gender:[/b] Male, female, hermaphrodite, transsexual male...

[b]Age:[/b] How old is your character?

[b]Age Appearance:[/b] How old does your character appear to be?

[b]Sexuality:[/b] What sexuality does your character have?

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[b][u]Loyalty[/u][/b]

[b]Village:[/b] What is the Village your character lives in called? Preferably I want both Japanese and English and what country it is in.

[b]Birthplace:[/b] Where was your character born? Preferably I want both Japanese and English and what country it is in.

[b]Organization:[/b] Where does your character's loyalty lie?

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[b][u]Ninja Information[/u][/b]

[b]Clan/Bloodline:[/b] Is your character of a clan? Does this clan have a KG?

[b]Rank:[/b] What rank is your character? Genin, chuunin, jounin, ect.

[b]Chakra Nature:[/b] What element does your character's chakra have?

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[b][u]Appearance[/u][/b]

[b]Body Type and Shape:[/b] Ectomorph, endomorph, mesomorph? Triangle shape, hourglass shape, rectangle shape?

[b]Height:[/b] In both feet/inches and centimeters.

[b]Weight:[/b] In both pounds and kilograms.

[b]Hair Color:[/b] Pretty much anything goes in the Narutoverse.

[b]Hair Style:[/b] Try and describe it.

[b]Eye Color:[/b] Goes without saying.

[b]Clothing:[/b] An orange jumpsuit? Really?

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[b][u]Biography[/u][/b]

[b]Background:[/b] Give us a review of the most significant times of your character's life.

[b]Today:[/b] Where is your character today and how does (s)he feel about it?

[b]Personality:[/b] What is your character like?

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[b][u]Special Traits[/u][/b]

Make a bullet-point list of Special Traits for your character.

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[b][u]Equipment[/u][/b]

Make a bullet-point list of Equipment for your character.
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[b][u]Jutsu:[/u][/b]

[b]Ninjutsu:[/b]
Pretty much all techniques that do not go into the other categories.

[b]Taijutsu:[/b]
Hand-to-hand combat techniques.

[b]Genjutsu:[/b]
Illusionary techniques.
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[hider=Jutsu Sheet] (Copy-paste to perfection)
[u]Name:[/u] Name of the jutsu. Preferably in both English and Japanese.
[u]Classification[/u] Hiden, medical, doujutsu, kinjutsu, etc.
[u]Rank:[/u] E-S Rank.
[u]Effect:[/u] What is the effect of the jutsu?
[u]Drawback:[/u] What, if anything, is the drawback of the jutsu?
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When making your own jutsu, there are several things to take into consideration that you usually do not have to think about when just copy/pasting from Narutopedia. A custom made jutsu should be balanced; the amount of chakra, concentration and/or physical strain of the technique should match the effect of the outcome. You will also need to think about things like chakra nature of the jutsu (Jutsu Nature), the rank of the technique and classification (ninjutsu, taijutsu, genjutsu ect.). You can read more about those things below.

1. Can I be a master/expert of this style, type of jutsu or something else that is really cool?
No. With only one real master in the whole village, and not enough missions to give anyone the proper experience to call themselves a master, this will not be possible at the start of the game.

2. Can my character come from another village?
As a rule of thumb, yes.
However, this game doesn’t start in Gobi because random. This is a game about leaving everything behind to be able to grow. Your characters are not just leaving the village, they’re leaving the smells of savoury lane, the ships in the harbour, the red lantern district, their own special place as well as everyone they have ever known. If you really want your character to be from another village, please make sure that the character has been in Gobi long enough to think about it as home.

3. Can I have this bloodline limit?
As a rule of thumb, yes.
However, it is stated in the intro that KGs are extremely rare in Gobi. The KG is a clan’s ultimate “trump card”. Its secrets are guarded well (remember that the Hyuuga family would rather kill one of their own than let one of their eyes leave the family). If a ninja from a KG-capable clan would know about a child born in Gobi that child would probably be taken back to the clan. Also, even if you decide to go with a KG, the lack of training and experience will dictate the character’s skill in using it.
The same goes for hijutsus and other “special” techniques, but to a lesser extent as the user isn’t born with these techniques, they have to be taught just like any other techniques.

4. I want my character to be the child of a canon character, is that possible?
That’s ok, but we might not encounter that character at all in the game. Also, please make sure that you get ages and stuff right. We won’t accept the child of a character that had to be 8 at the time of conception.

5. Can I have a tailed beast/bijuu? / Can my character be a jinchuuriki?
As a rule of thumb, no.
Gobi is too small, and has never had the recourses to capture and/or seal a bijuu. Remember that at the start of the game there is only one “real” jounin in the whole village. The player would have to offer a pretty damn good explanation for the GMs to approve this.

General Info

Name: Shikawa, Masakazu 知川正和

Nickname/Alias:

Gender: Male

Age: 15

Age Appearance:

Sexuality: Hetero

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Loyalty

Village: Gobigakure no Sato - Village Hidden by the End; “Gobi no Kuni”

Birthplace: Kumogakure no Sato - Village Hidden by Cloud; Kaminari no Kuni - Lightning Country

Organization: Gobishi Whole (smallish, international trading company; mostly shipping)

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Ninja Information

Clan/Bloodline: N/A (neither he nor I know; no plans for anything grandiose)

Rank: Chuunin

Chakra Nature: Fire

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Appearance

Body Type and Shape: Pretty average build, though more muscled than other academic teens. Skin color somewhere between the two extremes present in Kaminari no Kuni

Height: 5’5" / 165 cm

Weight: 120 lb / 54 kg

Hair Color: Red

Hair Style:

Eye Color: Dark Brown

Clothing:

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Biography

Background: Masakazu was born in Kumogakure, to a female member of a prominent mercantile family. His father was a ninja his mother had met while conducting a trade mission to the relatively new Otogakure. All Masakazu knows about the man is that he was from Uzushiogakure - sourcing Masakazu’s hair color - and that his name was Kazumasa - sourcing Masakazu’s name - and that he’d promised to provide for his son, which did not source anything in particular.

Years before Masakazu was old enough to understand any of this, it was suggested to his mother by the family that she should try to reestablish the Shikawa family’s trade connections to trashed Gobigakure. ‘The End’ was deemed a sufficient distance between the redheaded bastard and the family’s reputation, but trade with Kumo was meager and eventually died, as the two had similar resources, and neither Kumo nor the Shikawa family eager. It was naval trade with farther countries where Masa’s mother hit her stride, and while he can still remember a few years when they had very little, most of his life was well provided for.

Growing up, Masakazu had an active desire to understand the father he never knew, and the place he came from. Sadly, Uzushiogakure had been more or less razed by various other nations not too long after his birth. So Masakazu never learned any more about the presumably irresponsible ninja who’d sired him. Regardless, he’d been set on an intellectual path early on, and much of his childhood was spent learning. He always had questions for any important adults he ran across, with no particular attention to whether he was meant to ask them such things. As a result he gleaned insight into many trades and modes of thought. He also was often redirected to Gobi’s library often. Early on, this was a meager place, but it seemed to grow alongside Masakazu, and he was able to study subjects vaguely related to his interests.

When not educating himself with books, Masakazu was wandering town, pursuing some sort of autodidactism via questioning or observing random people. Many did not appreciate this scrutiny from the odd, dark-skinned, red-haired boy, but he did make friends. With those of his age, he found both fun and edification in exploring the landscape of Gobi. Swimming, climbing, stalking, and generally making themselves a nuisance to local wildlife.

Deciding the best way to learn more about his absentee father and his origins was to become a ninja, Masakazu had been in school for such. The time he spent with his few friends became devoted to taijutsu, because his ninjutsu and genjutsu skills were steadily proving meager, and his other field of study was both uninteresting and largely incomprehensible to the people he knew.

Quietly, but without making any particular effort to hide it, Shikawa Masakazu was studying the most famous art of his father’s homeland, which said place was presumably destroyed for: fuuinjutsu. Despite the Gobi library’s continual expansion, it was sadly understocked with manuals on the subject, but with much tangential research, Masakazu has learned some of the theory, and deconstructed various scrolls he purchased after passing his genin exams and acquiring the small income of that rank.

By the time chuunin exams were held in his 14th year, Masakazu had learned to seal metal items in scrolls. He had also put a good deal of effort into learning ninjutsu to manipulate paper in very basic ways. Combined with his moderate taijutsu skill, he was able to wrap his enemy in scrolls, which when triggered released quite-strong chains. The other battle he had to win involved very small, explosive tags, and threatening the opponent. It took some convincing for the other party to believe this was not against the rules, and ultimately surrender.

Today: Since becoming a chuunin, Masakazu’s life has mostly been study and work for Gobigakure. His intellectual work is fuuinjutsu, mathematics, and cryptography. Gobigakure has employed him mostly to create bomb scrolls, after he learned to do so. He gathers this is partly an effort to keep him from selling them on the streets of Gobi, which would not otherwise have occurred to him. Masakazu is rarely used for things like breaking up fights, given there are competent jutsu users who can nonviolently do so. In one instance though, Masakazu had been used to guard civilians traveling out of Gobi. This trip reaffirmed to Masakazu that he can learn more of the things he wants to by leaving Gobi. Since then, he has made it known to his senior Gobi-nin that work outside the village would be ideal.

Personality: Masakazu is devoted to learning, with not many social graces. He generally speaks bluntly and tersely, only occasionally mustering or recognizing a witticism. He doesn’t take most people seriously, and while rarely having ill intent, is careless and honest with his words.

Despite not generally knowing what to do with them, Masakazu likes people well enough - assuming they don’t prove too interruptive of his mental processes. He gains and loses acquaintances easily, indeed forgetting names regularly. He doesn’t make assumptions about anyone until much time and evidence about them has been accrued. This allows him to be only mildly concerned to learn someone he’s known for several years was secretly a serial killer, for example. Despite this, he is capable of forming friendships, and holds these in high importance.

Masakazu can also get quite wrapped up in his thoughts with only a moment’s notice. Even in the midst of a conversation, he can become distracted, glaze his eyes over, and forget he’s meant to be interacting with some external stimuli.

He becomes restless if unable to study, and eventually irritable. Less consciously known to him is that he also gets this way about exercise and companionship.

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Special Traits

Fuuinjutsu specialist; moderately skilled
Basic knowledge of cryptography
Basic knowledge of trade and economics

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Equipment

Half a dozen small, explosive tags
(these are triggered by a particular chakra frequency within fifty or so meters; effective radius of 1/5th that; lethal radius less)
Two scrolls each sealing two kunai, in the cuffs of his
One scroll sealing ten meters or so of coiled rope
Two open kunai
A satchel with two books on theory: chakra dynamics, and cryptography
A notebook with unlined pages; 16x16cm
Red and black ink, plus multiple brushes
A bottle of a favorite adhesive

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Jutsu:

Ninjutsu:
Pretty much all techniques that do not go into the other categories.

Taijutsu:
Hand-to-hand combat techniques.

Genjutsu:
Illusionary techniques.

Fuuinjutsu
Sealing techniques.

General Info

Name: Shikawa, Masakazu 知川正和

Nickname/Alias: Occasionally called ‘Masa’

Gender: Male

Age: 15

Age Appearance:

Sexuality: Hetero

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Loyalty

Village: Gobigakure no Sato - Village Hidden by the End; “Gobi no Kuni”

Birthplace: Kumogakure no Sato - Village Hidden by Cloud; Kaminari no Kuni - Lightning Country

Organization: Gobishi Whole (smallish, international trading company; mostly shipping)

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Ninja Information

Clan/Bloodline: N/A (neither he nor I know; no plans for anything grandiose)

Rank: Chuunin

Chakra Nature: Fire

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Appearance

Body Type and Shape: Pretty average build, though more muscled than other academic teens. Skin color somewhere between the two extremes present in Kaminari no Kuni

Height: 5’5" / 165 cm

Weight: 120 lb / 54 kg

Hair Color: Red

Hair Style: Rather than anything that would involve a committed effort or discernment, Masakazu’s wiry, red hair is typically pulled into a tail behind his head.

Eye Color: Dark Brown

Clothing: Generally, Masakazu favors clothes that (he imagines) allow him to look inconspicuous and aid his private study, as well as clothes that let him move easily. As he has no sense of or interest in fashion or style beyond this, he typically ends up in long, form-fitting garments of gray, blue, or black. The styles of various countries and villages typically clash on him during a given day, and end up gaining attention rather than avoiding it. But people who know him and are likely to interrupt his thoughts with such observations have become used to it, rendering the issue moot.

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Biography

Background: Masakazu was born in Kumogakure, to a female member of a prominent mercantile family. His father was a ninja his mother had met while conducting a trade mission to the relatively new Otogakure. All Masakazu knows about the man is that he was from Uzushiogakure - sourcing Masakazu’s hair color - and that his name was Kazumasa - sourcing Masakazu’s name - and that he’d promised to provide for his son, which did not source anything in particular.

Years before Masakazu was old enough to understand any of this, it was suggested to his mother by the family that she should try to reestablish the Shikawa family’s trade connections to trashed Gobigakure. ‘The End’ was deemed a sufficient distance between the redheaded bastard and the family’s reputation, but trade with Kumo was meager and eventually died, as the two had similar resources, and neither Kumo nor the Shikawa family were eager. It was naval trade with farther countries where Masa’s mother hit her stride, and while he can still remember a few years when they had very little, most of his life was well provided for.

Growing up, Masakazu had an active desire to understand the father he never knew, and the place he came from. Sadly, Uzushiogakure had been more or less razed by various other nations not too long after his birth. So Masakazu never learned any more about the presumably irresponsible ninja who’d sired him. Regardless, he’d been set on an intellectual path early on, and much of his childhood was spent learning. He always had questions for any important adults he ran across, with no particular attention to whether he was meant to ask them such things. As a result he gleaned insight into many trades and modes of thought. He also was often redirected to Gobi’s library often. Early on, this was a meager place, but it seemed to grow alongside Masakazu, and he was able to study subjects vaguely related to his interests.

When not educating himself with books, Masakazu was wandering town, pursuing some sort of autodidactism via questioning or observing random people. Many did not appreciate this scrutiny from the odd, dark-skinned, red-haired boy, but he did make friends. With those of his age, he found both fun and edification in exploring the landscape of Gobi. Swimming, climbing, stalking, and generally making themselves a nuisance to local wildlife.

Deciding the best way to learn more about his absentee father and his origins was to become a ninja, Masakazu had been in school for such. The time he spent with his few friends became devoted to taijutsu, because his ninjutsu and genjutsu skills were steadily proving meager, and his other field of study was both uninteresting and largely incomprehensible to the people he knew.

Quietly, but without making any particular effort to hide it, Shikawa Masakazu was studying the most famous art of his father’s homeland, which said place was presumably destroyed for: fuuinjutsu. Despite the Gobi library’s continual expansion, it was sadly understocked with manuals on the subject, but with much tangential research, Masakazu has learned some of the theory, and deconstructed various scrolls he purchased after passing his genin exams and acquiring the small income of that rank.

By the time chuunin exams were held in his 14th year, Masakazu had learned to seal metal items in scrolls. He had also put a good deal of effort into learning ninjutsu to manipulate paper in very basic ways. Combined with his moderate taijutsu skill, he was able to wrap his enemy in scrolls, which when triggered released quite-strong chains. The other battle he had to win involved very small, explosive tags, and threatening the opponent. It took some convincing for the other party to believe this was not against the rules, and ultimately surrender.

Today: Since becoming a chuunin, Masakazu’s life has mostly been study and work for Gobigakure. His intellectual work is fuuinjutsu, mathematics, and cryptography. Gobigakure has employed him mostly to create bomb scrolls, after he learned to do so. He gathers this is partly an effort to keep him from selling them on the streets of Gobi, which would not otherwise have occurred to him. Masakazu is rarely used for things like breaking up fights, given there are competent jutsu users who can nonviolently do so. In one instance though, Masakazu had been used to guard civilians traveling out of Gobi. This trip reaffirmed to Masakazu that he can learn more of the things he wants to by leaving Gobi. Since then, he has made it known to his senior Gobi-nin that work outside the village would be ideal.

Personality: Masakazu is devoted to learning, with not many social graces. He generally speaks bluntly and tersely, only occasionally mustering or recognizing a witticism. He doesn’t take most people seriously, and while rarely having ill intent, is careless and honest with his words.

Despite not generally knowing what to do with them, Masakazu likes people well enough - assuming they don’t prove too interruptive of his mental processes. He gains and loses acquaintances easily, indeed forgetting names regularly. He doesn’t make assumptions about anyone until much time and evidence about them has been accrued. This allows him to be only mildly concerned to learn someone he’s known for several years was secretly a serial killer, for example. Despite this, he is capable of forming friendships, and holds these in high importance.

Masakazu can also get quite wrapped up in his thoughts with only a moment’s notice. Even in the midst of a conversation, he can become distracted, glaze his eyes over, and forget he’s meant to be interacting with some external stimuli.

He becomes restless if unable to study, and eventually irritable. Less consciously known to him is that he also gets this way about exercise and companionship.

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Special Traits

Fuuinjutsu specialist; moderately skilled

Basic knowledge of cryptography

Basic knowledge of trade and economics

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Equipment

Half a dozen small, explosive tags
(these are triggered by a particular chakra frequency within fifty or so meters; effective radius of 1/5th that; lethal radius less)

Two scrolls each sealing two kunai, in the cuffs of his

One scroll sealing ten meters or so of coiled rope

Two open kunai

A satchel with two books on theory: chakra dynamics, and cryptography

A notebook with unlined pages; 16x16cm

Red and black ink, plus multiple brushes

A bottle of a favorite adhesive

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Jutsu:

Ninjutsu:

Name: Ignition Technique
Classification
Rank: E Rank
Effect: User creates a small fire between fingertips, suitable for lighting a flammable body such as kindling or oil.
Drawback: Flame remains close to fingertips. Fire-retardant gloves useful.

Name: Remote Origami Technique
Classification (Basic? I’m unsure)
Rank: E Rank
Effect: Manipulation of paper without altering the 2D shape. Bending, folding, wrapping, etc.
Drawback: Proximity required scales with chakra control. At 15, Masakazu can perform it from two meters at most.

Taijutsu:
Hand-to-hand combat techniques.

Genjutsu:
Illusionary techniques.

Fuuinjutsu

Name: Inanimate Sealing
Classification
Rank: D Rank
Effect: Sealing inanimate objects, preserving their forms
Drawback: Requires much preparation and calculation, proper notation on the seal, and close proximity.

Name: Bulk Sealing
Classification
Rank: D Rank
Effect: Seals local mass of a material, without preserving form. Ex: sand castle becomes sand ball in sealed environment
Drawback: Requires some preparation and calculation, and material gathered in one nearby mass.

Name: Fire Sealing
Classification
Rank: C
Effect: User seals a small fire in a scroll, dramatically slowing time in the sealed environment so the fire takes a very long time to die out.
Drawback: A: The more time dilution desired, the more preparation needed. B: The larger the fire, the more chakra it requires to seal. C: Close proximity to fire required.