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[indent][color=darkseagreen]■[/color] E x ᴘ ᴇ ᴄ ᴛ ᴀ ᴛ ι ᴏ ɴ s ?

[indent]This roleplay will focus particularly on the lives of people living under both a peaceful, stable dictatorship and those that live a rebellious life, resisting this dictatorship. We will be playing chunins [b]exclusively[/b] meaning that, if you want to play a rogue shinobi that goes around killing people, [b]you won't be able to do that in this roleplay.[/b] 

This roleplay will feature [b]mature content[/b] in the sense of gore and violence. This is [b]Naruto.[/b] However, it is Naruto of the first and second war periods - war isn't nice. 

Furthermore there will be a small amount of slice of life involved. We want to offer your character the chance to grow in the sense that not everything they do has to involve combat. Falling in love is real, and it happens to shinobi too.

[b]These are warnings ahead of time. If you don't want to participate in the RP due to these focuses, then thank you for your time, and best of luck in other roleplays.[/b][/indent][/indent]

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[indent][color=darkseagreen]■[/color] C ᴀ ɴ ᴏ ɴ ?

[indent]The setting of Naruto: Unity or Freedom takes place approximately 200 years after the the deaths of Boruto and Sarada. The specific time period is not of any relevance in this scenario, however it should be noted that this universe takes place in another universe, and therefore it is up to the GM's discretion to alter or change any canon events as they see fit in order to [b]benefit[/b] the story and/or setting. You should not expect any changes in canon however. This is just so I can have creative freedoms if I need to. For the purpose of creating a character sheet, all canon shall remain canon.[/indent]

[color=darkseagreen]■[/color] T ᴇ ᴄ ʜ ?

[indent]Due to the year being 200 years after the deaths of Boruto and Sarada, many technological advances have been made. There are now small amounts of trucks, motorcycles and cars. However, these are reserved for the wealthy, and a shinobi should not expect to own any of these amenities. Furthermore, there are no 'M4's' or such, since shinobi with automatic rifles would be hilarious, but ultimately not [i]Naruto.[/i] It should be of little impact on the actual task of shinobi or their lifestyles. The only difference is that the skyscrapers we saw in Amegakure previously are now prevalent in other villages as well. That's about it.[/indent]

[color=darkseagreen]■[/color] P ᴏ ʟ ι ᴛ ι ᴄ s ?

[indent]Politically the world has changed as well. This is the [b]primary[/b] change and perhaps the most important one. Given Naruto unified the shinobi world [i](or rather, the kage's did, because lets face it, Naruto didn't do much other than spread the word of peace and love)[/i] that change will continue and will have expanded. 

Between the rule of Naruto Uzumaki as hokage, and the rule of Sarada as hokage, the different shinobi villages (and their respective countries) unified more and more, with new governmental organizations being created to facilitate the unification. The countries became less and less independent, until a figure appeared that took control of Amegakure. Amegakure was at this time the center of the countries, and therefore was the capital of all international organizations. 

By persuasive and diplomatic means this figure then took control over all the independent countries following the bloody coup d'etat that took place in Konohagakure in which a powerful figure was assassinated, as well as an attempt on the life of the dictator that ruled there as hokage. Complicity of this figure that now controlled large amounts of the world politically was suspected but never proven. As Konohagakure was the last beacon of independence, other villages were soon conquered politically and diplomatically without a single drop of blood being shed. ...[i] of course, opponents were rid of silently behind the scenes.[/i]

The new country would unify all of the world, and it became known as the Hamajō Confederation. Former countries were now labeled as provinces and this new government took seat in Amegakure, annexing small parts of surrounding countries to grow Amegakure's powerbase. Following the annexation of all villages and countries, peace followed, or did it?[/indent][/indent]

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[indent][color=darkseagreen]■[/color] T ʜ ᴇ	J ι ʏ ᴜ ɴ ᴀ 	ɴ ᴏ	G ᴜ ɴ ᴛ ᴀ ι (自由なの陸軍)?
[sub]Shorthand: 'Jiyutai'[/sub]

[indent]The Jiyuna no Guntai ('Army of the Unfettered') is the rebellious army that objects to, and actively fights against, the rulership of the Hamajō Confederation. Although they lack a consistent leadership and consist of multiple smaller groups of shinobi, the general leadership of the organization is lead by the most powerful of these shinobi. This shinobi has unified all of the rebels under the banner of the Jiyuna no Guntai, and is now organizing effective and efficient strikes against the Hamajō infrastructure. 

While they lack numerical superiority, they are made up of.. [i]interesting[/i] ranges of people. Their underdog position means they have had to accept shinobi of all walks of life. While the largest staying force of the Jiyuna no Guntai are regular shinobi that dislike the Hamajō Confederation, there are some of less pleasant backgrounds, such as rogue shinobi, that reach up to jonin levels and higher in regards to their strength. But even the Jiyuna no Guntai have their limits, and they do fight rogue nin if they are deemed a danger to the security of other villages, despite the fact that the Jiyuna no Guntai are technically fighting these villages. [/indent]

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[color=darkseagreen]■[/color] T ʜ ᴇ	H ᴀ ᴍ ᴀ ᴊ ᴏ		C ᴏ ɴ ғ ᴇ ᴅ ᴇ ʀ ᴀ ᴛ ι ᴏ ɴ?
[sub]Shorthand: 'The Confederation'[/sub]

[indent]The Hamajo Confederation, despite what Jiyu propaganda would like people to think, is a stable and relatively peaceful confederation that focuses on increasing the prosperity of all people under their rule. While their criminal justice system is somewhat arbitrary, and perhaps [b]too[/b] efficient (read: [b]brutal and cruel[/b]) they do a good job at maintaining public order. Their leadership rules with an iron fist and whatever they say goes. 

Although there are many critical thinkers that critique the Confederation, they are quickly shut up. A detailed, efficient and brutally effective secret military group called the 11th corps makes sure that anyone that thinks ill of the Hamajo Confederation is arrested and interrogated. If it is deemed necessary, they are liquidated to protect the public order as well as the face of the Confederation.

They have not named the Jiyuna no Guntai 'Jiyuna no Guntai' once in their public statement - in the eyes of the Confederation, the Jiyuna no Guntai are little more that criminals, rebel scum that needs to be eradicated. So far this has not been a prime concern, as up until recently the Jiyuna no Guntai have been unable to deliver any large strikes, but this is about to change.[/indent]

[color=darkseagreen]■[/color] T ι ᴍ ᴇ ?

[indent]Although time isn't too important for the RP, there are some points I would like to accentuate. The Hamajōc confederation has existed in it's current form for approximately eleven years, give or take a few months. That means that most chunin (read: [b]your characters[/b]) will have experienced the coup d'etat in Konohagakure as a child. Despite not being from Konohagakure (unless they are) this could have had an impact on your characters. Furthermore over the last five years, the Hamajō Confederation has been tightening it's control over peoples opinions and thoughts, with people who are too outspoken and critical of the Confederation being questioned. Some are never heard of again. As such your character may know of this or have experienced it or even partaken in the job of interrogating people that were questionable in nature. Keep in mind chunins would not deal with anyone that was a innocent person that was just asking too many questions, but would deal with criminals mostly.[/indent][/indent]

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[indent][color=darkseagreen]■[/color] W ʜ ʏ ?

[indent]Previous experiences with GMing Naruto roleplays have shown we need rules because people are fuckboys/fuckgirls and will just straight up be annoying if left unchecked. These are here for me and you.[/indent][/indent]

[hider=R U L E S][indent][color=darkseagreen]■[/color] I C ?

[indent][color=maroon]✘[/color] [b]Beware gore.[/b] 
[indent]Yes this is a dark, gritty roleplay. No, your character should not bathe in blood.[/indent]
[color=maroon]✘[/color] [b]Sexual content = PM.[/b] 
[indent]Like above, it is mature content and allowed. But it's not allowed in public setting (RPG rules). Please take it to PMs if it occurs and you both want to write smut (dirty kids).[/indent]
[color=maroon]✘[/color] [b]Characters die.[/b] 
[indent]Dark, gritty, yeah you get the point. If your character dies by GM decision, we will discuss with you beforehand. Don't complain if it happens. Inactives = death.[/indent]
[color=maroon]✘[/color] [b]Love happens.[/b] 
[indent]We're not SJW police or alt-right assholes so make whatever love you want to happen happen. I don't care. Love is stupid.[/indent][/indent]

[color=darkseagreen]■[/color] O O C ?

[indent][color=maroon]✘[/color] [b]No godmod, powerplay, or 'creative roleplaying'[/b] 
[indent]Fucking standard shit guys, you should know this kinda stuff.[/indent]
[color=maroon]✘[/color] [b]No perfect characters[/b] 
[indent]Gary Stu and Mary Stu are not invited to this roleplay so don't try and sneak them by us.[/indent]
[color=maroon]✘[/color] [b]GM's have final say[/b] 
[indent]Don't like this rule because you think I'm an asshole? Good. Please don't join, it saves us both a headache. Otherwise, feel free to argue with me if you think you can raise a valid point in a respectful manner.[/indent]
[color=maroon]✘[/color] [b]I expect casual level posts minimum[/b] 
[indent]2-3 [b]solid[/b] paragraphs is really the bare minimum here.[/indent]
[color=maroon]✘[/color] [b]Be consistent[/b] 
[indent]If you cannot post for a week, [b]let us know.[/b] We want consistency. We're looking at 1 post per 1-3 days. If you can not manage that, [b]do not apply.[/b][/indent][/indent]

[color=darkseagreen]■[/color] C ʜ ᴀ ʀ ᴀ ᴄ ᴛ ᴇ ʀ s ?

[indent][color=maroon]✘[/color] [b]Create a chunin[/b] 
[indent]Everyone except for people who I know from the previous RP's will start as a chunin. If I have special need for a jonin, [b]I will ask you if I trust you to make one.[/b][/indent]
[color=maroon]✘[/color] [b]Be diverse, be dynamic[/b] 
[indent]I am Dutch. We are known to be blunt. My co-GM is blunt too. If we don't like something we will say it. [i]Don't be set in stone.[/i] If we say no, come up with something else.[/indent]
[color=maroon]✘[/color] [b]No tailed beasts or sage mode.[/b] 
[indent]These are earned in the IC and then awarded by the GM's involving a special mission for this character, in order to gain some idea of character progress, rather than just writing in random power-ups.[/indent]
[color=maroon]✘[/color] [b](Custom) Kekkei Genkai/hiden are to be made unique.[/b] 
[indent]Copying an existing kekkei genkai/hiden just to make it superior to the 'original' will not be allowed. Also, no elemental control. If you want to control fire, go roleplay Avatar. (Nothing wrong with Avatar, but this is Naruto)[/indent]
[color=darkgreen]✔[/color] [b]One exception[/b] 
[indent]Just because these rules are here does not mean we don't break them. If you have an interesting concept for a character that can control water, do ask (in OOC or PM) because I am always open to ideas. Just beware that I'm gonna be real critical, and call you a lame-o for wanting it. [/indent][/indent][/indent][/hider]

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[indent][color=darkseagreen]■[/color] W ʜ ʏ ? 

[indent]Because Naruto is a diverse world with diverse techniques, with some more balanced than others, we have chosen to make several rulesets for characters for each rank. This is to avoid situations with, for example, a chunin who has the rinnegan, fighting some chunin who barely has a single B rank technique. It's also to avoid broken jutsu, such as Flying Thunder God, being used to cheese fights. It might seem like a fun thing to give your characters, especially if they have a historical reason for having that jutsu. And I agree, it's a fun niché thing that makes it more interesting. But looking at pro's and con's for these kind of jutsu, we have to decide that ultimately it's not worth it, because that means your jutsu will give you pleasure, but it will detract that of those that go up against your character, or those that wanted something similar but got denied. It's put in place to avoid bad situations where two people cannot reach an ultimatum about fights. Simple as that. We do not accept arguments about these things, they're set in stone. If however you can give us a good reason in a respectful discussion, we might consider.

[b]If you feel like your character might have, for instance, an extra A-rank jutsu.. that's possible. We might accept that if you can justify it to us in a PM or in an OOC comment. For example, two A-rank jutsu that form a combo, but are otherwise not that useful, is perfectly acceptable. But if you justify it by saying 'Oh he's a prodigy, he was like Sasuke and is just super cool like that.' then we're not even gonna reply.[/b][/indent][/indent]

[hider=R U L E S][indent][color=darkseagreen]■[/color] G ᴇ ɴ ι ɴ ?
[sub]Currently not taking in any.[/sub]
[indent][color=maroon]✘[/color] [b]0 A Rank techniques[/b] 
[color=maroon]✘[/color] [b]1 B Rank technique[/b] 
[color=maroon]✘[/color] [b]2 C Rank techniques[/b] 
[color=maroon]✘[/color] [b]2 D Rank techniques[/b] 
[color=maroon]✘[/color] [b]N/A E Rank techniques[/b]
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[indent][color=darkseagreen]■[/color] C ʜ ᴜ ɴ ι ɴ ?

[indent][color=maroon]✘[/color] [b]1 A Rank techniques[/b] 
[color=maroon]✘[/color] [b]3 B Rank techniques[/b] 
[color=maroon]✘[/color] [b]3 C Rank techniques[/b] 
[color=maroon]✘[/color] [b]4 D Rank techniques[/b] 
[color=maroon]✘[/color] [b]N/A E Rank techniques[/b]
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[indent][color=darkseagreen]■[/color] J ᴏ ɴ ι ɴ ?
[sub]Never accepting submissions. If we need, we'll ask.[/sub]
[indent][color=maroon]✘[/color] [b]1 S Rank techniques[/b] 
[color=maroon]✘[/color] [b]3 A Rank techniques[/b] 
[color=maroon]✘[/color] [b]5 B Rank techniques[/b] 
[color=maroon]✘[/color] [b]N/A C Rank techniques[/b] 
[color=maroon]✘[/color] [b]N/A D Rank techniques[/b] 
[color=maroon]✘[/color] [b]N/A E Rank techniques[/b]
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[indent][color=darkseagreen]■[/color] K ᴀ ɢ ᴇ ?
[sub]Never accepting submissions. If we need, we'll ask.[/sub]
[indent][color=maroon]✘[/color] [b]N/A S Rank techniques[/b] 
[color=maroon]✘[/color] [b]N/A A Rank techniques[/b] 
[color=maroon]✘[/color] [b]N/A B Rank techniques[/b] 
[color=maroon]✘[/color] [b]N/A C Rank techniques[/b] 
[color=maroon]✘[/color] [b]N/A D Rank techniques[/b] 
[color=maroon]✘[/color] [b]N/A E Rank techniques[/b]


[sub][i]Note[/i]: Kage-level characters will not be judged on their jutsu lists or anything of the sort, they will be judged on identity: are they interesting, are they worthy of the kage-level stamp and do they serve a good, useful purpose? That's because once you reach jonin status, it becomes really quite easy to pass into kage-level areas, and beyond kage there are no ranks. That means the power levels within kage-level characters fluctuate heavily.[/sub][/indent][/indent][/hider]

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[indent][color=darkseagreen]■[/color] B ᴀ ɴ ɴ ᴇ ᴅ	L ι s ᴛ ?

[indent][b]General bans[/b] refer to [i]simply [b]not[/b] being allowed to have this jutsu on any character, [b]in or out of battle.[/b][/i]
[b]Combat bans[/b] refer to [i]bans for combat only, meaning they are [b]allowed outside of combat[/b].[/i]
[b]Limit jutsu[/b] refer to [i]jutsu that are allowed, in and out of combat, but [b]have limited usage[/b][/i].


[indent][color=maroon]✘[/color] [url=http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Flying_Thunder_God_Technique]Flying Thunder God Jutsu[/url] - general ban.
[color=maroon]✘[/color] [url=http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Body_Flicker_Technique]Body Flicker Technique[/url] - combat ban.
[color=maroon]✘[/color] [url=http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Body_Replacement_Technique]Body Replacement Technique[/url] - limit jutsu, 3 uses per battle.
[color=maroon]✘[/color] [url=http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Chimera_Technique]Chimera Technique[/url] - general ban.
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