Hey guys. This is slightly in progress still but here ya go:

My Hider [+]

Theme [+]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBie-xdbLeM&feature=youtu.be

Name: Yasuke Kure
Nickname: “Grendel”
Age: 22
Type of Voice/Voice Actor: Phil LaMarr
Handedness: Right-Handed
Village/Country: Land of Iron
Birth Sign: Pisces

Likes: Archaic Texts on Human Anatomy. The sheer bite of a winter breeze. Being alone. Original Soundtracks. Honesty

Dislikes: The heat. Sweating. Crowds. People that mistake being the loudest for being right. Owing debts. Eye contact. Unnecessary violence. Himself. Authority.

Economic Status/Behavior: Middle class. Being a physician fills the pockets, and provides for his needs.

Your First Goal Seeking Objective:
Finding the man who slaughtered his family and bringing him to justice.(Killing the son of a bitch in the most gruesome way imaginable. It wouldn’t be right if he didn't suffer. Grendel dies. End of discussion.)
*Yasuke seeks to uncover the identity of his family’s murder. In doing so, he experiences revelations about his mysterious past(10 post character arc. Reward: 20+ Strength & 1 B Rank Technique)

Personality traits, favorite sayings, habits:

Voila, balance. It’s the greatest trick man could ever dare attempt. Life & Death. The dual sided coin dancing on the tips of equilibrium. To live among the perished. When I took upon that Hipocratic oath I became obligated to partake in the balancing of scales. The bridge between two worlds.

Tormented. Unable to connect with the outside world. Yasuke suffers from social anxiety disorder, delusions and paranoia. He struggles opening up to other people. Withdrawn, Yasuke often withholds his true opinions of the world, in fear of rejection. He’s lived life holding in suppressed anger, mainly towards the society he’s unable to participate in. Though intelligent and renowned for his medical expertise, he’s incapable of regulating intense emotions and is susceptible to explosive outbursts of rage. He self medicates with morphine, using his prowess in medical ninjutsu to derive suboxone-like drugs to help with withdrawals.

Yasuke suffers from dissociative identity disorder. His first personality, Butcher Brown, exists to play the role of a protetor. In actuality, Grendel, the mysterious figure he believes slaughtered his family, is a delusion fabricated by his subconscious mind.. The Grendel construct is a monstrous manifestation of Yasuke’s suppressed rage, but itself is only a veil shielding him from hidden psychological trauma.

Healing others has always been an effective outlet for him; and the only thing aside from his drug use that has brought him any joy.

Brief History:

“The truth, in it’s unabrigged naked glory. Here, lies the truth, and what will appear when the foggy mist clears way.

The demilitarization of shinobi ended centuries of warring, but did not change a thing for the followers of bushido. Instead, the samurai of the Land of Iron evolved. Through the generations leading up to the decline of the shinobi, certain noble samurai families rose to power in the Land of Iron. They cultivated outside resources, deriving principles from the ninjutsu of the shinobi to rapidly develop centuries of kenjutsu that had decayed and become obsolete. The kenjutsu of the samurai had failed to challenge the might of the five shinobi countries. However, even with the rapid rise of the samurai clans like the noble Kure drunk on ambition, began to experiment with forbidden practices rivaling the kinjutsu of shinobi in infamy. Generations of Kure began to flirt with the unspeakable Gu ritual, forcing blood siblings in the main branch to commit awful tragedies.

Yasuke belonged to the 5th generation of Kure living under a new regime of brutality. The middle child among 5 other pure blood Kure, Yasuke was the black sheep. Though clearly talented in the Kure family’s fearsome kenjutsu, Jaiantopansā-ryu, his heart was committed to medicine. He sought to forsake his claim to the Kure main house and become a physician. Even as he blitzed through his medical training at the young age of 18 and obtained his medical license he was convinced his efforts could overcome generations of bloody tradition.
They took him on the night of his graduation. Kidnapped, Yasuke was thrust into a crypt underneath the Kure mansion. He awoke to find his siblings with him. Threatened with horrid atrocities rivaling death, they were ordered to fight to the death, Only one would make it to see the morning sun. Burying their tears the sons and daughters of the Kure tightly grasped the hilt of their blades. Something in Yasuke snapped that night. A monstrosity unlike any the Kure had seen in previous blood emerged from the gentle Yasuke.
Nonetheless, the Kure had obtained their Grendel. Yasuke was perhaps the greatest product to be made from the sacred Gu ritual. The Land of Iron’s daimyo was elated. For, the Kure clan held a special bond with the daimyo of the land, one that spanned centuries. It was the Kure main house’s duty to provide the daimyo with a new blade every generation. One created through the corrosive act of Gu. Utilizing forbidden genjutsu, the Kure brainwash the winner of the Gu rituals into becoming human weapons for the daimyo.
As the daimyo’s blade Kure spent four years carrying out assassinations, and protecting the daimyo’s family. His mind was frequently wiped to prevent him from resisting control. However,one day everything changed. The Kure main house’s weapon program went to a halt, and it’s greatest monstrosity was nowhere to be found.
Freed from the Kure’s hold, a confused and fragmented Yasuke roams the land. He is guided by a Butcher Brown “B.B.” , a construct created in his mind from the memory of his sister. With fake memories and B.B by his side he roams the countryside on a fantastical quest to slay the beast, Grendel.

Butcher Brown “B.B”

“A veritable force of nature”
Name: Butcher Brown(Goes by B.B)
Type of Voice/Voice Actor: Cree Summer
Personality: A symptom of Yasuke’s D.I.D. The personality construct, Butcher Brown, is loosely derived from his dead sister. Unlike the passive Yasuke, she’s violent, charismatic, intelligent, but emotionally manipulative.

Grendel

“Beauty behind the madness. AHAAHAHAHAHAH”
Type of Voice/Voice Actor: Masakazu Morita

Perks:
Jaiantopansā-ryu “Giant Panther Style”
The kenjutsu of the Kure clan was forged for the purpose of combating ninjutsu. Jaiantopansa-ryu techniques are divided into five forms based on respective elements(Lightning/Thunder, Fire, Wind,Water, & Earth. Each Kata is specialized in a category, speed, strength, evasion & defense.

Jutsu List: 4 D-rank, 2 C-rank, 1 B-rank

D-Rank [+]

Koschucho “Kicked Leap in the Void"[Taijutsu-Supplementary]
Channeling chakra through his feet and then igniting it explosively into a short burst, Yasuke accelerates mid-air by kicking his heels and rushing forward. Designed to combat the body flicker technique of shinobi, Koschucho allows one to close distances in an instant.

Heavenly Palm [ Ninjutsu-Support]
Concentrating healing chakra into his palms Yasuke restores conditions including: superficial-medium lacerations, bruising, and gashes.

Mugen no Kiba “Infinite Fang Tooth” [Kenjutsu-Offense]
Yasuke imbues his blade with chakra allowing it to take shape. Once in range he follows through with a swift downward slash, extending his weapon’s range at the final moment.(Extends attack range by 3 feet).

Buddah’s Gentle Embrace [Ninjutsu-Quality Enhancement-Support]
Physical augmentation of inorganic material. Yasuke overflows an object with chakra, quickly analyzing its properties so that he may enhance their durability. Normally used by the Kure clan to clad their scabbards in chakra during defensive situations. Requires precise chakra control.

C-Rank [+]

Ikazuchi Kata:Second Mode: Shidensen “Purple Lightning Flash”[Kenjutsu-Offense]
The user falls down, generating a sprint with his feet in order to dash forward, then combining the force of gravity from the fall with his own physical strength, creating an incredibly fast acceleration. As he moves, the user slashes his opponent with his sword from below, usually from an undefended spot.

Kure Clan Esoteric Art:Itami ghetto no tojikome “Pain Gate Entrapment”
The culmination of nearly a century of research, Pain Gate Entrapment uses principles similar to the Eight Gates. With the Pain Gate positioned in the spinal cord, manipulation of the neural connections in this point enables the user to temporarily halt pain responses. Enables anesthetization from pain for 3 posts, concluding with a painful rebound response.

B-Ranks [+]

Ikazuchi Kata: First Mode Shomei-shin no katachi “ True Lightning God Form
Yasuke’s variant of the Ikazuchi Kata’s first mode. The user wraps their body in a layer of lightning chakra to increase their physical capabilities, more lightning resulting in added increases. Additionally, the lightning chakra stimulates the user’s nervous system, heightening their speed and reaction time. For 5 posts, all of Yasuke’s general kenjutsu and physical techniques increase.

Stats:

You have 525 points to allocate to these stats

Strength: 100
Dexterity: 80
Perception: 80
Chakra Control: 100
Charisma: 80
Proficiency: 85

I like that it's organized, but I guess I rather have it more like how I used to do it.

I think my template turned out pretty slick, but all I did was essentially make two rows, I guess.

Either way, I really enjoy how vast the coding here is. I'm gonna keep working on to expand on it.

My shifts are early this weekend so I might be able to start rolling as soon as it starts. This heat kills all my productivity though.

Edit: let's test it out.

D-Rank Jutsu
Ookyuu Shochi: First Aid...............................	By channeling his chakra through a person’s blood, Hotaru is capable of healing minor bleeding injuries caused by cuts, gashes or rips. It does not extend to blunt sourced injuries like broken bones.	Ninjutsu Neutral Support
Saki no Togatta: Pointy End...............................	After piercing an enemy with his sword, a water imprint of the Kinryuu is left behind once Hotaru removes the blade. After doing this in quick succession, he can dismiss all the water to leave the enemy bleeding profusely.	Kenjutsu Suiton Offense
Nami no Kyuuden: Palace of Waves...............................	Hotaru can gather enough water around him or someone/something he wishes to protect and stop any form of physical attack aimed at it. If the attacker has more strength than him, it cannot be stopped but will, at least, be slowed down.	Ninjutsu Suiton Defense
Ouji no Ha: Prince’s Blade...............................	A horizontal slice performed with the Kinryuu, its blade infused with Hotaru’s chakra. Powerful enough to knock its target back.	Kenjutsu Neutral Offense

What do you think? Does that make it easier to read information? Not sure what's up with the ugly ass space between the table and the upper normal text, I swear I have all the code already glued to it.
This is such a goddamn pain though...I'll leave it be if anyone wants to copy and paste the code to use it, but I'm not gonna change my own template. I like it enough as is. I'm probably going to end up changing everything halfway into the rp anyway.

My Hider [+]

Name: Iori Kure
Nickname: Squalo
Age: 22
Type of Voice/Voice Actor: Sahr Ngaujah
Handedness: Left-Handed
Birth Sign: Libra
Village/Country: Land of Iron
Likes/Interests: Appearances. Plays, preferably tragedies. World history,better to know your enemy, his father, grandfather, and progenitors. Their culture. Military. Cuisine. There’s power in knowing. Maps. Ramen. Human nature & its clash with modern science. The pheromones given off by prey nearing death. It’s rather intoxicating,

Dislikes: Messiness. Complacency. Dull stories.

Economic Status/Behavior: Your First Goal Seeking Objective: Upper middle class. Whatever his salary as Rear Admiral cannot afford he compensates for using political connections.

Personality traits, favorite sayings, habits:
“To put an end to the facade of peace afflicting the world, and see the return of the warring eras of the past. That makes for a better story than this nonsense of “peace”, doesn’t it?

Decisive & cunning. Duplicitous. Iori is manipulative, carefully disguising a sadistic persona under the guise of pacifism. The smell of blood pulls him into the mood of a fight. Intelligent, he’s confident in his ability to mask his true intentions. Despite being cautious, Iori’s underlying sadistic urges sometimes complicate his plans. A man of many illusions and faces. No one ever knows what he is truly thinking.

Brief History:

The man who let Grendel loose. In becoming a breaker of chains, he sent his clansmen to their deaths”
Grendel was the name of this grim demon
Haunting the marches, marauding round the heath
And the desolate fens; he had dwelt for a time
-Beowulf, Seamus Heaney Translation

When he saw that his infamy had risen to such a point that he was given the moniker, Squalo, Iori was amused. At least his enemies were literate. Among the Kure clan, not a single soul understood how the young Iori obtained his position. It was not that there was doubt in his competency as Rear Admiral of the Land of Iron. Subordinates praised him for his intelligence, commended his grace and charm. Yet, when questioned further, no one could account for his true origins.

Iori, a member of the Kure branch house, lacked the monstrous strength common among members of the main house. That is not to say that he was ever considered weak. No one has been able to accurately gauge his strength, nor describe his technique. His entire life, a majority of fights concluded in his opponents forfeit or withdrawal, overwhelmed by his massive battle aura. Whispers in the hall of the Kure palace illustrate the man as a bloodthirsty shark, free from the fear of predation.. And, that is such tales of his infamy have remained as nothing more than whispers.

When the Kure family head, Demali, adopted an outsider into the family, Yasuke found a saving grace from the new prospect. The two became fast friends as Iori assimilated into one of the branch family houses. Yasuke, as the middle child, struggled to find his footing in society. Iori, with effortless grace, commanded attention and respect unlike the clumsy Yasuke, too socially awkward to partake in the clan’s official affairs.

Demali took special interest in Iori and would eventually mold him into becoming a respected right hand. Notably, when he waived Iori’s branding ceremony, powerful fuinjutsu that removed a person’s ability to speak and disclose pertinent information. This was the Kure’s way of preserving the secrecy behind the Gu ritual, keeping generations of human weapon programing in the shadows. Few in the clan were afforded such privileges, and never without a price. Iori paid that price and many more with an indulgent smile, he had no qualms about dancing with the devil so long that it benefited him.

Worming his way into the daimyo’s cabinet, securing Rear Admiral at the age of 18, Iori’s rise in the bureaucracy in the Land of Iron mirrored the tenancy of child soldiers from the Warring Age. He had it all, set for life, and yet dreadfully bored. Before, he satisfied his needs with games. Convincing Yasuke that he could gain independence from the main house with his honest efforts, and then accompanying him in his training in medical ninjutsu. The pleasure of Yasuke’s impending torment satiated his thirst for a while but it wasn’t enough. None of it would be enough.

And so, he would create his own monster. Freeing Yasuke from the clan’s hold on his psyche was like the feeling one gets as a child, setting up fireworks for the first time. The rush of death swarms your chest as you wait for that inevitable explosion. When he realized that his monster had suffered from warped, distorted memories and delusions he crept with joy. Tragedy. Tragedy. Tragedy. Iori believed himself to be a poet. And, a poet pays his toll in suffering. His whole life he felt robbed, stolen from a time long ago. He wished to have been born in that ancient era of heroes and villains, of war and death. Iori would author his own tragedy,

Perks:
“A man whose blade rob’s its opponent of their hold on the world. “

“The illusory blade”.Iori style:Jaiantopansā-ryu “Giant Panther Style”[1.5]
The kenjutsu of the Kure clan was forged for the purpose of combating ninjutsu. Jaiantopansa-ryu techniques are divided into five forms based on respective elements(Lightning/Thunder, Fire, Wind,Water, & Earth. Each Kata is specialized in a category, speed, strength, evasion & defense.

A skilled illusionist, Iori employs efficient bursts of genjutsu prowess in combination with the kenjutsu of the Kure. His variant of Jaiantopansā-ryu uses genjutsu to disrupt the chakra flow of an opponent’s nervous system. A pair of bells hang from his blade’s kashira(butt-cap), also decorated by bright purple ribbons. These sensory props enhance his illusory swordplay as he works to disrupt the opponent’s senses.

Suiton Release[1.5]
The user's affinity in nature release lies in water, enabling him control over bodies of water and emission of water through his own chakra reserves.

Jutsu List: 4 D-rank, 2 C-rank, 1 B-rank

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D-Ranks [+]

D-RANKS:
Koschucho “Kicked Leap in the Void"[Taijutsu-Supplementary]
Channeling chakra through his feet and then igniting it explosively into a short burst, Yasuke accelerates mid-air by kicking his heels and rushing forward. Designed to combat the body flicker technique of shinobi, Koschucho allows one to close distances in an instant.

Buddah’s Gentle Embrace [Ninjutsu-Quality Enhancement-Support]
Physical augmentation of inorganic material. Iori overflows an object with chakra, quickly analyzing its properties so that he may enhance their durability. Normally used by the Kure clan to clad their scabbards in chakra during defensive situations. Requires precise chakra control.

Osoroshī shin no kōkei “Terrifying True Sight” [Genjutsu]
Iori lets out a horrifying killing intent. Employing psychological principles and genjutsu, Iori’s killing intent paralyzes the opponent momentarily, projecting an image of their gruesome death. Highly effective against if an opponent is already afraid of the user. [Stall’s an opponent’s advance for half of a post].

Suiton: Hiding in the Mist Technique: Silent Hill [Suiton: Ninjutsu: Genjutsu]
Iori’s variant of the Hidden Mist Jutsu. The user fills the air with mist, dissipating chakra infused drops of water, controlling its thickness with chakra. The mists eventually thicken to cloud an opponent’s vision. Mist forms in 1 post if created using surrounding water. Activation time of 2 sports if exhaled from the user's mouth. Pick thickness is able to obscure dojutsu enhanced vision.
While concealed in the mist Iori casts his genjutsu. Enemies that demonstrate strong emotional reactions such as fear, in response to his jutsu, will experience haunting visual and auditory hallucinations. Mist duration: 3 posts. Consumes a third of Iori’s current reserves if used to maximum duration.

C-Ranks [+]

C-RANKS:
Mikazuchi Kata 1st Form: Genkirin: “Imperial Wrath” [Kenjutsu]

Iori attacks with a seemingly ordinary slash from above, only for Nagamaki to quickly switch into twin wazikashi, enabling him to change the direction of a slash at the last moment, shattering through the enemy guard.

Hiding in the Surface Technique[Ninjutsu-Supplementary]
Hand Seals: [Ram]
Through this technique the user can phrase through their surroundings, allowing swift evasion of incoming attacks. Also allows the user to travel undetected.

B-Ranks [+]

B-RANKS:
Tanryuu Hibaku “Rushing Rapids, Cascading Waterfall”[Kenjutsu-Ninjutsu-Offense/Defense]

A dual form technique employing an offensive two stage acceleration and a defensive decoy counter attack.
[Form 1: Rushing Rapids] Beginning with a “false” attack delivered with the right arm to build up energy. This doesn’t truly connect as the user withdraws their sword back to the left, hiding it from the enemy’s sight with imperceptible movements. Then the user attacks for real with his left hand, leading a destructive wave of water behind his slash.

[Form 2: Cascading Waterfall] Beginning with a feint executed with the right arm,. Should Iori be overwhelmed in speed and unable to follow through with his attack, he disappears from view as he is replaced by a water clone. The opponent’s strike is taken by his water clone, allowing Iori to appear from an unguarded area to deliver a decisive wave of water hidden behind his sword slash.

Stats:

You have 525 points to allocate to these stats

Strength: 75
Dexterity: 80
Perception: 100
Chakra Control: 100
Charisma: 90
Proficiency: 80

I was expecting a Village Hidden in Wakanda.

<Snipped quote by KarmicNomad>

Make it happen.

Also. We have a new title. I confess I don't understand what this new one means. The vocab is unfamiliar to me.

Liking the cast so far. When this project was just coming off the ground a bunch of us shared initial designs for our OCs. I was expecting a Village Hidden in Wakanda with all the black characters initially presented lol. Excited to see this take off. I barely have a story idea prepared but it'll be fun working on the fly with ya'll.