[@Raineh Daze]: Accepted. While I don't want everyone taking these kinds of contracts, the steep limitations make it balanced out and they're not unheard of even if they happen infrequently.

[@RoadkilBanana]: Declined, this is very flat and doesn't really elaborate on the abilities well enough at all. I don't get a sense of the potency of the fire manipulation or why it would be B-rank.

[@Aku the Samurai]: As noted by my decision to lower the ceiling for player characters, declined. I also don't think his abilities connect well to Orochi's mythology, being a bit more generically snakey. I feel like conceptually he might be served a bit better starting at a lower rank and working his way up.

[@Half Pint]: I know it wasn't directly mentioned in the OP, but by this point other countries do have their own contract academies even if the practice likely originated in Japan. You'd be better off going with someone who lived in Japan before making a contract, but originally came from elsewhere or is half-Japanese.