Yoshua's Character Storage Mark VII

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Old, retrieved Arena character.

Low-Mid Powered

Ananze

Prior Tier: 4-5.
Name: Ananze.
Gender: Male.
Species: Arachno-serpent.
The round backside is present from a spiders body, however there is a long serpentine body with 8 limbs on it. Each of the 8 limbs end in small claw-like hairs which are incredibly good for grasping onto things in order to climb. Of course they can also rip into flesh pretty easily as they are more like thin claws than actual hairs.

The serpentine body is connected to a flattened oval with 10 eyes. 8 are positioned in a nearly full circle around the sides of the head with 2 eyes on top of the head. The mandibles are position at the front and bottom of the head and are longer than normal. Within the grasp of the mandibles in the 'inner' mouth are glands that create a deadly corrosive acid. This acid can be spit from Ananze's mouth or injected into those he grasps close to him with his mandibles. He is a fairly large Aracho and is about 10 feet long, 2 feet tall(at the back) and 3 feet wide. The furthest back part of his body is armored more heavily then the rest of him so it can act as a weak flail towards smaller or softer enemies.

Personality: Taunting, annoying and possessing a deadly calculative mind, Ananze uses his environment to his advantage. He prefers isolation and like most of his race he is strictly territorial and a bit very uncaring when he kills. Others are simply food, whether they can think consciously or not is not to his concern or worry.

Natural Abilities: Acid spit and injection, Speed, Maneuverability(due to length), Adept climber and jumper due to length of the legs, Can weave webs(sticky or non-sticky). Resilient.

Magical Affinity: Sight and Energy.
Magic-Net Sight: He is able to see energies once they have touched his web or threads once and can find you using this sense at any point afterwards. However if one washes themselves clean he will need to apply more web to snare you and see again. He can see along all of his nets so if you are as near as 2 yards on the net he can see you. He also possesses the base magic abilities and can send his acids along the threads which are usually surrounded by clear magical energy. He can change the energy type so to make the threads sticky, non stick, or rough at will.

Weaknesses: Can be easily crushed by blunt force. His normal sight is fairly weak and he can only see up to 3 yards from any eye at once. If he focuses his sight to one eye he can see up to 20 yards(this does not effect Net Sight so he can see that from nearly any distance). Cutting weapons easily pierce him and his only way to block them would be the hooked claws on the ends of each of his 8 limbs. His back end is very vulnerable to attack but he does have a pair of his limbs back there near it to help protect it. If his nets are cut it temporarily hampers his sight for a few moments making an opening.

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Old retrieved Arena character.

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Vii-e, Muroy:

Prior Tier: 2-4.
Name: Vii-e, Muroy.
Alias: Bee-line.
Age: 7.
Gender: Male.
Race: Human.

Magic Classification: Wind.
Magic Ability-Air Shift: With his limited affinity to wind Vii-e can shift his trajectory and the course of his body or his weapon by subtle and oddly complex movements of the wind surrounding himself and his lance. He uses this quite often, to the extent that it feels the ability is much more intuitive than actually controlled by his conscious mind. In theory that is mostly correct, however occasionally he does use the ‘Air Shift’ to send small and very thin ‘blades’ of wind at his opponent/ or even a target of sorts. The reason the wind so readily adapts to his whims is because of a small, nameless wind sprite that is always in its energy form, meaning you can’t usually see it.

Classification: Warrior.
Height: 4’3.
Weight: SLightly above average for his height.

Personality:
Like his fighting style, Vii-e’s personality is easily malleable and adaptable to actions taken by those around him. Strangely, despite his lower level of thought, his actions on the emotional playing field seem objective and played out. Everything he says and does feels calculated in some bizarre and utterly strange way.

In the ways of his own preferences, Vii-e enjoys many things. Specifically he likes food, battle, and annoying people. Both in and out of combat, Vii-e tends to be annoyingly complex and deceivingly simple at the same time. Though everything he says is usually not observed down a couple levels of meaning, it could be if one had the time to think. He absolutely loves nearly anything baked and if he has free time he can usually be found somewhere off in a field of a forest enjoying the peacefulness of nature.

Appearance:

Pale blond hair that is almost a shade of brown due to its diluted dullness. The hair is flattened and rounded downwards around his head. His bangs go around his eyes hanging down a good inch or two the longest of them reaching the middle of his cheeks. He possesses bright, almost glowing, green eyes that always seem to contain a mischievous look in them no matter his own mood. He has a bit of a baby face and is often either called cute or made fun of for this.

With soft features and a toned, but very limited, musculature, Vii-e is not really all that intimidating or even impressive to look at. This works to his advantage and he uses the façade of weakness to let himself appear even more harmless than he truly is. He wears a blue and fairly thin vest with a double layer of light aluminum chainmail concealed beneath it. He keeps his lance on his back and does not wear the pack in his ref pic.

Fighting Style: Natural lithe, fast, and agile, Vii-e is a boy who is incredibly hard to catch. Speeding around at the knee’s of his foes and using his incredible athletic and almost monkey-like agility to flit through the air and along obstacles and the ground itself he moves about. His movements are seemingly random in nature when in truth they are just simple reactions. He is neither primarily defensive nor offensive but rather alternates in reaction to situations.

He tends not to plan things out because of his higher level thought process not having set in too well due to his age. He however moves in such a way that his next move is seldom seen by even the most tactically adept opponents. His movements can neither be described as straight forwards or graceful but he seems to just have a smooth type of movement.

Weaknesses: Brute force, larger opponents, people faster than him. Powerful strategists, Fire and water users, and of course powerful piercing attacks. Getting hit is also a little bad for him. Long range users with high speed.

Nature: Wind, Nature(animals and plant life).
Natural abilities: Speed, Unpredictability, Simply complex. He is Adaptable. Skilled at super close to mid range combat. Enclosed Space fighting.

Weapon: Lance.

Learned skills: Agility. Pole arm-play. Mind play. Magic.

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Taraatsu, Akine - The Soul Thief

General Data

Name: Taraatsu, Akine.
Nickname/Alias: The Soul Thief.
Gender: Male.
Age: 38.
Age Appearance: 30.
Sexuality: Heterosexual.

Village: N/A.
Birthplace: Konohagakure.

Organization: N/A.
Clan/Kekkei Genkai: Taraatsu/Anoyogan.
A now dead bloodline, Akine is the last member of the Taraatsu clan, which was formerly a rather small time clan in Konohagakure before Akine murdered his father, relatives, and a number of innocents.

Rank: S rank criminal.
Position: Missing-nin.
Chakra Nature: Yin, Yang, Fire, and Water.

Additional Appearance Details: Akine is a lanky individual, standing at 5'11 and weighing in a paltry 180 or so pounds. He doesn't carry much on his person aside from his sword and shinobi tools.

History: Revealed Icly. Just know that he has been a terror to the shinobi world for over 18 years now.

Personality: A sociopath by virtue of his father's abusive and brutal training, Akine is predictable only in his violence, though not so in his execution of such. He is what one might call a chronic murderer, having become addicted to the rush he gets from inflicting pain on anyone, and nearly everyone, he comes into contact with. He is easily provoked, but not easily angered, only tending towards anger if he is looked down upon—this not to be confused with being underestimated, which he finds to be exceptionally hilarious. Bringing us to his skewed, and exceptionally pervasive, sense of humor, Akine is a thrill seeker who tends to cover his abominable actions with an almost feral grin. All in all, Akine is the type of person that one should avoid at all costs, as few fates are worse than what he would prefer to inflict upon you.

Theme: John Debney - End Of Days.

Equipment Data

Base Weapons & Items:
X explosive tags.
X smoke bombs.
X kunai
X shuriken
X wire

Specialized Weapons & Items:

Name of Weapon: Gōyokuna-sai(_{強欲な-際} 'Rapacious-edge').

Description: An infamous weapon Gōyokuna-sai has existed for around two-hundred years and is surrounded by bloody myths. It is said that the weapon was forged by a man who went by the name Muramasa. It is one of many weapons that he forged in his day, but it is certainly one of the more notable ones. Having taken the lives of many a man, woman, and child, Gōyokuna-sai is a weapon that one might think possesses a mind of its own. Its dark influence capable of tainting the spirit of even the purest of men, it has gained its name due to the fact that anyone killed by its edge, or within a 40 meter radius can be trapped within it forever. As such the blade can be thought of as a repository of souls, thus revealing the reason for its corruptive influence as those who wield it are subconsciously exposed to the countless voices of the suffering damned trapped therein.

One of its most notable traits, Gōyokuna-sai, upon chakra being channeled through it, will begin to form purplish crystals within the small holes of the blade. The chakra will build up within these crystalline forms for 1 minute before gradually beginning to leak over the surface of the blade, bathing it in a sickly purple light. The released chakra is a manifestation of the torment of the souls that dwell within the blade, and as such causes similar torment to any who make contact with it. While actually incapable of harming anyone without the influence of a true chakra affinity, this purple fire causes immense mental anguish to anyone, except for the user, coming into contact with it for any period of time longer than 3 seconds. The fire is composed primarily of yin chakra and so its pain inducing effects can be likened to an A rank genjutsu that is activated via the sense of touch.

Appearance

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Name of Item: Pain pills and Adrenaline.

Description: A series of pills that largely numb pain and cause a significant boost in adrenaline thus allowing the user to fight for an additional 5 minutes per pill. Taking more than 4 pills within a 48 hour period will cause a heart attack or stroke. Akine carries 30 of these pills and resupplies them every so often.

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Name of Weapon: Snare Kunai.

Description: Effectively normal kunai with sealing paper wrapped around the handle, Snare kunai have a set of seals written on the tag on the handle. This seal links the kunai to the user's chakra allowing them to preform jutsu within the bounds of the kunai or from the kunai themselves.

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Name of Weapon: Koibito(_可憐 'Sweetheart').

Description: Their name a reminder of better days, the Koibito are a series of wicked daggers infused with the souls of Akine's loved ones. There are eight blades in total and in addition to having some rather wicked techniques tied to them, they double as a unique form of snare kunai. While they can be utilized to create an area of effect genjutsu just like snare kunai, the Koibito can additionally trap people in genjutsu once they have wounded them, specifically if they are stabbed into someone or made to cut their flesh, and are then held within it. Despite their bizarre shape, the daggers can be thrown with great precision, something that tends to astound his many enemies before they are promptly cut down.

Due to the tortured souls of Akine's loved ones, in addition to his own chakra, which he has sealed within them the Koibito will send those who become trapped in their genjutsu to a hellish world unique to each blade.

One blade is linked to Akine's first, and only lover. The genjutsu tied to it causes heart wrenching despair tied to the loss of the person that one cares about most.

There is a blade linked to Akine's Father, and as such is tied to a genjutsu that involves the torture of those who the afflicted considers family.

Another of the blades is linked to Akine's once best friend, and so those struck by it are subjected to the tormented screams, and begging wails of their closest friends.

The fourth of the blades is tied to every one of Akine's allies, which he has betrayed. This dagger creates an illusion depicting a scenario in which one's allies betray or forsake them for a variety of reasons.

The fifth dagger, in which resides some of his twin's essence, mixed with his own chakra. Those wounded by the blade experience an intense self-loathing always caused by illusionary failures, all of which are based on the fears of their mind's own making.

The sixth dagger is linked to the soul which, so far, was subjected to as much pain and suffering as was possible before his death. As such the genjutsu associated with being wounded by the weapon is one which, the longer it goes on, convinces the victim that they wish to die, as the influence of the poor soul seeps into their mind.

The seventh dagger is linked to the souls of a mother, father, and their youngest child, which have been twisted into a one. The result is a genjutsu that can, with prolonged exposure create Thanatophobia(the fear of death) in the afflicted. During the genjutsu, the person's perception of death is warped, making it appear as a looming barely avoidable presence. As such, people are almost universally compelled to run from it. However, in truth the only way to conquer it is to do exactly the opposite.

Finally, the eighth dagger has no soul sealed within it. Instead, it is linked to his sword and his own body. Those who are wounded by it are subjected to a mind numbing instinctual terror, and an anguish that is not their own, but is nonetheless overwhelming. This dagger is black, unlike the others, and is seldom used for combat.

Appearance

Combat Data

Special Traits
Kenjutsu and supplementary Taijutsu.
Low durability, high pain tolerance.
Use of Ninjutsu and genjutsu.
Creative, but not strategic.
Akine is a Jack of Trades.
Decent Chakra control.
Fast, but not strong.
Large chakra pool.
Average tactics.
Dextrous.
Clever.

Kekkei Genkai

Name of Kekkei Genkai:
Anoyogan('Other World Eye').

Clan:
Goryoue.

Description:
One of the last of its kind the Anoyogan is the once existence Kekkei genkai of the now long gone Goryoue clan. Its legacy having lived on in the form of two separate doujutsu in two clans that split from the original bloodline. Now brought back together in one body via gene splicing, the Anoyogan is a doujutsu that allows the user to visualize the spirit and its many aspects through the amplification of the inheritor's yin chakra in all its forms. On the other hand,the user's yang chakra is partially melded with their yin allowing them to create apparitions that are partialy illusionary and partially material. This additionally tends to enhance the possessor's mind, either overwhelming it with information, or making them exceptionally intelligent...or both.

Moving on to its overall capabilities, the Anoyogan is a constantly active doujutsu, which can detect and observe souls of all kinds. This allows the user to differentiate between individuals with exceptional precision as well as track them via anything or anyone they have associated as long as they remain within the bounds of the material or spiritual realms. As such individuals who have been resurrected or bound by the dead demon seal cannot be detected by this kekkei genkai.

It should be noted that living souls shine brighter than those of the spirit realm. Natural energy is plainly visible to the Anoyogan and the user is additionally capable of guiding any spirits via a series of techniques. Due to their constant view of souls, genjutsu are easily pierced by this Kekkei genkai unless they compensate for their perceptual abilities. Their amplified yin chakra allows exceptionally strong genjutsu especially due to its ability to delve into the past of those whom the inheritor looks upon.

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Techniques:

Canon Jutsu All Academy jutsu.

Jibakugan(Self-Bondage Eye)
Chakra Ghost Technique
Genjutsu: Hanasaka(Illusion Technique: Flower hill)
Genjutsu: Hanabira Tōhi(Illusion Technique: Flower Petal Escape)
Magen: Kokoni Arazu no Jutsu(Demonic Illusion: False Surroundings Technique)
Magen: Narakumi no Jutsu(Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique)
Magen: Nijū Kokoni Arazu no Jutsu (Demonic Illusion: Double False Surroundings Technique)
Mōrō Genjutsu(Hazy Illusion Technique)
Suiton: Hahonryū(Water Release: Tearing Torrent)
Suirō no Jutsu(Water Prison Technique)
Suiton: Suiten hōfutsu
Kirigakure no Jutsu(Hiding in Mist Technique)
Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu (Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique)
Katon: Hibashiri(Fire Release: Running Fire)
Katon: Hi-inpei no jutsu(Fire Release: Hiding in Fire Technique)
Katon: Hōsenka no Jutsu(Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique)
Katon: Hōsenka Tsumabeni(Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Flower Nail Crimson)

Reika no Jutsu(Spirit Transformation Technique): A technique that Akine was told existed and taught by his father, Akine is unskilled in its use and is still mastering this. As such he can only travel within visual range when disembodied.

Custom Jutsu

Name of Technique: Tamashī no kessatsu(_魂の結紮 'Ligation of souls').
Type of Jutsu: Kekkei ninjutsu.
Rank: B-S.
Range: 100 meter radius.
Nature Type: Yin and Yang.
Handseals: N/A.
Description: A guidance technique, Tamashī no kessatsu allows an inheritor of the Anoyogan to guide and manipulate souls unbound by physical vessels. So as to make these spirits more useful, the inheritor may imbue into them their own chakra, so that they may carry it in the form of jutsu, effectively making the spirits, or their own chakra, a vessel. The applications of this technique are, as such, quite numerous.

Weakness: Their eyes, destroy them and they lose this ability. Additionally, the technique requires focus and chakra to maintain, more focus than chakra. Its drain is a small constant amount, or a solid amount that allows for the given spirits to be utilized for a set amount of time.

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Name of Technique: Kenzen'na karada to kenkō kokoro(_{健全な身体と健康心} 'Sound mind with sound body').
Type of Jutsu: Kekkei ninjutsu/Shape-manipulation.
Rank: B-A.
Range: 100 meter radius.
Nature Type: Yin and yang.
Handseals: 3.
Description: The utilization of the initial handseal accesses the spirit body, or spirit bodies, that the user wishes to effect, whereas the second handseal dictates the form, and the third causes the solidification. Essentially, this technique allows the user to alter the shape of spirits under their sway, thus allowing them to create constructs by giving them the shape of an idea with yin chakra and solidifying them with yang chakra. The constructs can usually be dispersed by a technique of equal or greater rank. Conversely they can be countered due to structural weaknesses. A spirit that appears to be destroyed by another technique is in actuality sent back to the Pure world, thus ousting them from the user's control.

Weakness: Seen above.

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Name of Technique: Sōshō no nankaina karada(_{創傷の難解な体} 'Wounding of the esoteric body').
Type of Jutsu: Kekkei ninjutsu.
Rank: S.
Range: 15 meter radius.
Nature Type: Yin and yang.
Handseals: 10.
Description: By channeling yin chakra filled with negative intention and killing intent into a spirit under the sway of Tamashī no kessatsu and then giving those intentions tangible effects with yang chakra, Akine can send a spirit through a person in a variety of shapes so as to deal damage directly to an individual's chakra system. Notably, if all tenketsu are destroyed, the technique can actually be utilized to extract a person's soul from their body due to it no longer being tethered to such.

Weakness: Well, you know, dodge or block it with chakra based shields/techniques.

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Name of Technique: Enkakushi(_遠隔視 'Remote Viewing').
Type of Jutsu: Kekkei ninjutsu/Sensory.
Rank: A.
Range: N/A.
Nature Type: Yin and yang.
Handseals: 3.
Description: Infusing a spirit under his control with yin and yang chakra, with a focus on yin, Akine links its perception to his own allowing him to see, hear, smell, feel, and even taste through the spirit. Additionally, as he is using the spirit's senses, he can faintly detect chakra, though he will have difficulty discerning one person's chakra from another. At least, he would if the spirit was incapable of also seeing the souls of the living--not to mention the dead.

Weakness: Not terribly useful in combat as it dulls his normally much sharper perceptual capabilities as he must close his eyes to access the perception of the spirit, or spirits he has utilized this technique on. Additionally he can only use this technique on a maximum of three spirits at once though it is not particularly chakra taxing.

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Name of Technique: Kinō-hō(_帰納法 'Induction').
Type of Jutsu: Kekkei-ningenjutsu.
Rank: D-S.
Range: 10 meter radius (max).
Nature Type: Yin.
Handseals: 6.
Description: Weaving the necessary handseals, the inheritor exudes a mist of yin chakra so fine that it becomes too thin to be visible upon release. This programmed yin chakra can induce genjutsu if breathed in, but its purpose is far more dangerous as a holder of the Anoyogan is capable of not only perceiving through it, but also guiding the chakra straight to a person. In addition to this, the chakra can be focused into a maximum of three seperate points wherein the genjutsu-inducing effects of the Anoyogan will be active. The act of focusing the chakra is however, quite visible as it causes a purple glow to pervade the area in which the effect is present.

Weakness: The glow is visible. The technique's use can be detected by anything that allows an individual to detect chakra.

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Name of Technique: Jinkō no sekai(_{人工の世界} 'Artificial world').
Type of Jutsu: Kekkei-genjutsu.
Rank: A-S.
Range: N/A.
Nature Type: Yin.
Handseals: 8-10.
Description: Only useable once Kinō-hō is successful, this technique allows the user to mold a unique world from a mixture of the victim's subconscious and the user's conscious ideas. While this world will initially resemble how the victim perceives the real world, it will gradually change around them if left be. This form of the technique does not limit the victim's movement however, if the user intentionally imposes elements into the illusion that too drastically effect the victim's psyche, the victim will be rendered paralyzed till the technique's cessation or the removal of the drastic elements slowly over time. This illusion, at its strongest, is so powerful that it can actually last even once the user has ceased to focus on it, becoming almost like a parasite as it saps miniscule amounts of chakra from the host, amounts that very gradually rise over time. The resulting decline in the victim's health tends to take years to majorly incapacitate them, and slightly longer for it to result in their death. However, due to the long-term nature of the jutsu, its victims often come to develop a form of extreme paranoia and hallucination almost congruent with the effects of paranoid schizophrenia. However, the long term effects of this technique can be dictated by the user, allowing them to vary greatly between victims.

Lastly, it should be noted that the user can continuously create drastic differences between reality and the user's perceived reality, but must remain stationary whilst doing so. Additionally, these drastic changes are more likely to break the victim's forced suspension of disbelief.

Weakness: If you don't see them, then I really can't help you.

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Name of Technique: Jinkō no kangae(_{人工の考え} 'Artificial thought').
Type of Jutsu: Kekkei-genjutsu.
Rank: C-A.
Range: N/A.
Nature Type: Yin.
Handseals: 4-8.
Description: The twin to Jinkō no sekai, this technique also requires that Kinō-hō is utilized successfully. Once this prerequisite is met, Jinkō no kangae can be utilized as long as the victim does not become aware it is in effect. While the thoughts and ideas created by this technique can continue to persist within the victim's mind after they become aware, they no longer feel the need to follow through with them and they gradually become more immune to the technique's effect. As such, those who have broken the influence of this technique before gain a greater awareness of it and thus resistance to it. Essentially, this technique allows the user to input thoughts, emotions, and ideas into the victim through making them highly suggestible. This technique is often utilized alongside Jinkō no sekai and vice versa so as to reinforce the effects of both. The effects of this technique, as with its twin, can be extremely long lasting, but in the case of Jinkō no kangae the reason is due to the fact that the technique can alter how the victim thinks.

Weakness: Complex ideas, emotions, or thoughts are far more difficult to impress upon the victim and it takes a master of the technique to make the thoughts sound like the internal voice of the victim in question. Akine is not a master of this technique.

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Shiso Amaguya – The Swimming Feline

General Data

Name: Shiso Amaguya.
Nickname/Alias: The Swimming Feline.
Gender: Female.
Age: 20.
Age Appearance: 20.
Sexuality: Bicurious.

Village: Sunagakure.
Birthplace: Sunagakure.

Organization: N/A.
Clan: Amaguya.

Rank: B rank.
Position: Team leader.
Chakra Nature: Water and Wind.

Additional Appearance Details: Shiso stands at 5'8 and weighs [EXPUNGED] giving her a toned athletic build. Rather than a forehead protector to denote her allegience, Shiso's ever present hat bears Sunagakure's symbol. The symbol is located where the “X's” are seen.

History: Shiso is proud of herself and her family is too, despite her strange habits, and she is a pretty well liked individual. Even since she graduated with top marks and perfect grades she has bettered herself continually. Gleaning knowledge of the medical world and then item creation she has allowed herself a rather broad range of masteries in a wide range of subjects. When she became a chuunin this all began to culiminate into one badass femme fatale. As a chuunin she became largely known for her specialty in suiton and abilities to just come out of bloomin' nowhere to take out her enemy with a series of precise jabs, dodges, and then restraints of water. As she became older and more mature her blunders became less and less and her skill became more and more solidifying her position as a jounin at only 19. She's been one since and has 2 years of experience under her belt. She is incredibly excited to begin teaching her team this year!

Personality: Shiso is clever, tricksy, slippery, fun, flirtatious, and loves life. She is not out for the greet power or the glory, but rather to have a good time, teach, and help those around her. She is a bit mischievous and when I say that I actually mean that she is incredibly so. Despite being a jounin she has a bit of a childish streak and is incredibly playful, which tends to remind people of the feline part of her alias. On the other hand, in terms of her living in Sunagakure, she is a very strange individual as she is one of the few that uses water-based techniques despite living in the middle of the desert. In this way she loves to stand out a bit and make her presence known. She is a tad showy when not in battle, though otherwise she can be an incredibly dangerous opponent. Despite her rather 'adult' tendencies and incredible flirtatiousness she has a strong fondness for children and secretly kinda wants to be a mommy one day.

She is incredibly loyal and even more protective of anyone who is lucky enough to get into the fold, take that anyway you want. She is kind, understanding, sympathetic, but she knows when things are serious and treats them as such if needed. Her more serious side is the side that very few people see and if they do see it, it is likely in battle when an opponent is truly frightening. This is what her fear has been turned into and she is said to have a near mastery of it. She can also be seen to be a secretly cruel individual when it comes to battle and it is a largely argued topic as to whether she is a sadist or not. In all truth though this trait is more related to mental trickery than anything and it is not actually something she truly enjoys, thus meaning she is indeed NOT what the rumors might pan her out to be.

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Equipment Data

Base Weapons & Items:
X shuriken.
X kunai.
X explosive tags.
X smoke bombs.
X senbon.
2 med kits

Specialized Weapons & Items:

Name of Weapon or Item: Hi-oni enjintō(_{火鬼円刃刀} 'Flame demon scalpel')

Description: Carrying six of these huge scalpels, these weapons she can easily channel chakra through for surgery (as they can grow smaller as they usually are so she can carry them) or combat. The reason these are called Hiakkitou instead of jutsu scalpels is because when flame chakra is channeled through them they burn a blackish red and emit super condensed flames. When this is done it tends to be rather chakra taxing so she stays away from using that function too much.

Appearance

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Name of Weapon or Item: Neko no Tsume(_猫の爪 'Cat's claw').

Description: This clever contraption looks much like the melody arm but instead has two functions, it's primary function is the primary chamber which goes straight through it with one end opening aimed forwards and the other backwards. The secondary chambers are located above and inches away and only go several inches in and then angle inwards into one path that goes down and in a ring around the main chamber and continues in a line to the user's arm. The last specific appearance is the surface of this which is riddled with large sculpted dents that appear to be shaped to hold shuriken.

The primary chamber is utilized by summoning kunai from the Kuchiyose: Raika kenka seals inside the dents, and into the primary chamber. Once this is done the user channels wind chakra into the primary chamber, this forms pressure which causes the shuriken to be hurled through the chamber and out the front. The surface of this item can hold up to 10 shuriken and it can rapid fire these at high speed, this is specified in her custom jutsu.

Combat Data

Special Traits
How fast, strong, or durable are you?
How large is your chakra pool?
What types of jutsu are you best at?
Do you have good chakra control?
Do you possess any weaknesses/limitations?

Having started off as a medical nin in her younger days, Shiso has an incredibly adept knowledge of human anatomy and studies it most every day. As a new jounin and someone who has devoted their time to medical ninjutsu, taijutsu, and some minor normal ninjutsu Shiso has yet to master or even fully utilize her wind affinity.

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Techniques:

Canon Jutsu

Kuchiyose: Raikō Kenka(Summoning: Lightning Flash Blade Creation)
Shōsen Jutsu(Mystical Palm Technique)
Hien(Flying Swallow)
Suiton: Suijinheki(Water Release: Water Encampment Wall)
Kawarimi no Jutsu(Body Replacement Technique)
Jūken(Gentle Fist)

Shunshin no Jutsu(Body Flicker Technique): Applicable only for travel. Non combat.

Chakra Enhanced Strength: She knows the theories behind this jutsu and has modified it to suit, see custom jutsu for details.

Nan no Kaizō(Soft Physique Modification): Though she is not capable of via normal application, she has used the theory and skill she possesses to modify this jutsu to her case, seen in custom jutsu.

Kanchi no Jutsu(Chakra Sensing Technique): See custom jutsu for modifications.

Custom Jutsu

Name of Technique: Eisei no seido(_{衛生の精度} 'Medical Precision').
Type of Jutsu: Sensory ninjutsu.
Rank: A
Range: 40 meters.
Nature Type: N/A.
Handseals: 0-3.
Description: A technique built upon the foundations of medical ninjutsu, gentle fist, and the chakra sensing technique, Eisei no seido has two applications. The first of these allows Shiso to focus her senses on up to three people, thus allowing her to see the cross sections of their chakra system. On the other end she can use this technique to give her a general sense of who is nearby and what direction they are moving in.

Weakness: The former application of this technique is rather mentally taxing and as such Shiso is unable to use complicated ninjutsu during its use. In order to switch between the two modes Shiso must shift her focus, which tends to take roughly 3 seconds.

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Name of Technique: Chakra Enhanced Speed.
Type of Jutsu: Nintaijutsu.
Rank: B-S [-B-].
Range: Personal.
Nature Type: N/A.
Handseals: N/A.
Description: Possible due to Shiso's exceptional chakra control, this technique is a derivative of Chakra Enhanced Strength, wherein the user channels chakra throughout the body so as to amplify their nervous system and muscle reaction. This, as a result, allows the user to move at incredible speeds, making them far faster than your average shinobi. The technique is, at its best, capable of accelerating the user to the same speeds as the combination of the Body Flicker Technique and Lightning Release Armor. At its slowest the technique is still fast enough, upon initially accelerating, for the user to briefly disappear from sight. However, after this point the user leaves a continuous blur as well as a small amount of vapor.

Weakness: Shiso is incapable of utilizing this technique at its best at current time. Additionally, this technique, even at its lowest levels, causes a measure of strain on the body. Without the use of Haijo no enryo, Shiso can only use it for 3 minutes before it begins to damage her body. With the aforementioned technique however, she can maintain it for up to 20 minutes.

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Name of Technique: Haijo no enryo(_{排除の遠慮} 'Removal of Restraint').
Type of Jutsu: Nintaijutsu.
Rank: C-B.
Range: Personal.
Nature Type: Water and yang.
Handseals: 3.
Description: A technique that only need be activated once, Haijo no enryo is a derivative of Nan no kaizo, and effectively increases the user's durability, flexibility, and muscle elasticity. This is achieved by essentially utilizing the principles of chakra flow and Nan no kaizo. The user becomes far more resistant to blunt force, but retains a weakness to bladed or piercing weaponry.

Weakness: This technique, once activated, takes a very small amount of chakra continuously. Its other weaknesses have already been outlined.

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Name of Technique: Kaze naikatei(_風内火艇 'Wind Launch').
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu.
Rank: D-A [D].
Range: Personal.
Nature Type: Wind.
Handseals: 0.
Description: This technique allows the user to release a precision blast of pressurized air. At its lowest rank the blast will only move small objects, and will have essentially no damaging effect on a person unless it is used at point blank. The highest form of this technique releases a blast of pressurized wind in a small area, which is strong enough to send most shinobi flying or blast small holes through armor and people at point blank.

Weakness: Chakra cost becomes higher as the rank goes up. Additionally, the technique can only be utilized from the hands and feet.

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Name of Technique: Tsume no Jutsu(_爪の術 'Claw Technique').
Type of Jutsu: Medical ninjutsu/Nintaijutsu.
Rank: C.
Range: Personal.
Nature Type: N/A.
Handseals: 2.
Description: Working off of similar principles to Hien, the Tsume no Jutsu uses Chakra Flow through an object or a portion of the user's body to create multiple blades of chakra, usually in the form of scalpels or talons.

Weakness: Handsigns cannot be executed while this technique is active on the user's hands. Requires continuous focus and a small amount of chakra to maintain.

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Name of Technique: Muryō no Ryūsui(_{無料の流水} 'Free Flowing Water').
Type of Jutsu: Shape-manipulation ninjutsu.
Rank: C.
Range: 12 meters.
Nature Type: Water.
Handseals: 6.
Description: A dual application technique, Muryō no Ryūsui either allows the user to manipulate water in contact with their body or suffused with their chakra, or it exudes water from the pores into a stream that they can utilize to move in combat. This secondary application tends to form as a sort of “tail,” which surrounds their legs. However, it is possible for it to alter its shape due to the technique's first application.

Weakness: The shape-manipulation of this technique is not precise, meaning that the user could only slam the water into someone for damage. As such it is primarily a defensive or supplementary technique. The amount of chakra the techniques is average for a C rank technique.

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Name of Technique: Suiton – Nagare Shōgekiha(_{水遁 - 流れ衝撃波} 'Water Release – Flow Shockwave').
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu.
Rank: B-A.
Range: 9-18 meters.
Nature Type: Water.
Handseals: 8.
Description: Requiring that the user first continuously build chakra up for two minutes first, this technique is then activated via the 8 handseals. Once these prerequisites are met a powerful wave of water is released in 360 degrees from the user's body. The technique, during the “charging phase,” also gathers moisture from the air, and as such once the water settles it creates a 9 meter deep pool.

Weakness: Taxing on the user's chakra and requires preperation to utilize. This preperation means that the user cannot use any complicated ninjutsu without interrupting this technique's formation.

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Name of Technique: Araumi Chikadō(_{荒海地下道} 'Riptide Tunnels').
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu.
Rank: A.
Range: 15 meters.
Nature Type: Water.
Handseals: 12.
Description: Either exuding water release chakra or utilizing already present water, the user creates high pressure “tunnels,” of swirling water. Requiring incredible levels of chakra control, this technique allows the user to manipulate the movement and shape of these streams of water to utilize either for incredibly high speed movement or as weapons. Shiso can only utilize up to six of these 1 meter diameter streams and doing so requires 1/4th of her total chakra pool. If focused into a bladed format, the amount of pressure and the current of the water would allow the streams to cut through steel, though not if it is chakra enhanced. The streams of water are somewhat similar to Suiton: Suidan no Jutsu.

Weakness: Incredibly high chakra cost. Requires too much focus to utilize other ninjutsu while in effect.

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Name of Technique: Kaijin no ibuki(_{怪人の息吹} 'Sea God's breath').
Type of Jutsu: Supplementary Ninjutsu.
Rank: C.
Range: Personal.
Nature Type: Water and wind.
Handseals: 1.
Description: By exuding tiny amounts of wind chakra with an attractive effect to oxygen and utilizing it alongside water chakra, the user is capable of extracting oxygen from water so as to breath within it.

Seizin

Name: Seizin.
Alias: The Copy Cat.
Species: Ninja Cat.
Size: Small.
Appearance
Unique Traits: Like all ninja cats, Seizin is capable of speech, can stand on his hind legs, is exceptionally agile and is quite fast. He possesses above average intelligence, in comparison to humans, not cats and has the water affinity just like his master. He does not have nearly as much chakra as a human.
History: He has spent most of his life with Shiso, though his basic training was in a mysterious underground cat base...don't ask.
Jutsu: Seizin is capable of “mimicking,” non elemental non KG/Hiden techniques as well as Suiton techniques. However, he cannot do this immediately and as such must spend time learning the techniques “copied,” to his memory. Seizin is capable of several of Shiso's B rank techniques, and all of her C rank ones, excluding any relating to Wind release as he does not have another affinity.

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Tsūretsu, Shinmyōko - Futashika Arashi

General Data

Name: Tsūretsu(Bitter), Shinmyōko(Meek child).
Nickname/Alias: Futashika arashi(The Uncertain storm)/ Inmyō; Ōko; Tsuu; Retsu.
Gender: Female.
Age: 26.
Age Appearance: 19.
Sexuality: Heterosexual.

Village: Kirigakure.
Birthplace: Kirigakure.

Organization: The Peacekeepers.
Clan/Kekkei Genkai: Tsūretsu/Fuhon'i jun'nō.

Rank: B rank.
Position: TBA.
Chakra Nature: Wind+water+fire(Netsuton).

Additional Appearance Details: Wearing her head protector as a belt, Shinmyōko stands at 5'2 and weighs a bit above average for her height.

History: Born, raised, and trained in Kirigakure, Shinmyōko had a lot of trouble in her earlier years. Always having been a bit timid, she was often protected by her parents and eventually it came to become something of a weakness. Despite her efforts she always found the use of jutsu a difficult task, especially ninjutsu. Still with rigorous training and discipline, as despite being timid she was quite responsible, she managed to learn even some of the more advanced jutsu of her clan. She however, did not prefer these techniques and only learned them to please her family and her clan. So, as she grew up, becoming a genin worthy of the chuunin exams, she found a passion of her own, though she kept it a secret.

Eventually, when the exams began and reached the arena, her style was revealed. Taijutsu augmented by her clan's powerful Kekkei Tōta, better known as nintaijutsu, or in her case kekkei nintaijutsu. Actually failing her first exams, but impressing her father and mother alike, they helped her train harder and helped her begin to blossom as a person as well, to become more than the timid little girl that people saw on the outside. Coming of age was hard for her, others made fun of her --particularly the more well-endowed girls-- for her lacking physique, and her confidence lowered.

However, when it again came to the exams and she was matched against one of them, they soon found out who was superior. Her match began in silence, the two kunoichi stalking each other with narrowed eyes. Shinmyōko just kept eye contact until her opponent finally rushed her, preforming handseals and sending an eruption of flame in her direction. There were only moments to spare, and in those moments she burst through the flames, unhindered by their raging heat, and struck the girl with 6 successive strikes, fists augmented by cold and hot alike, driving her away in one final strike where she slammed into the wall with great force. The girl had to be carried off, but she was merely unconscious and her wounds would not be severe, despite her strong dislike Shinmyōko had shown restraint and it was this that gained her rank.

From there on her confidence grew, but she was still a bit more quiet spoken and withdrawn then the rest. Something different began to happen though, she as approached by others, she began to make friends. This brought joy into her life and her skills only improved, eventually allowing her to accomplish much in her youth, even elevating her to jounin rank for splendid performance and leadership. She has been a jounin for two years now and would be settling into her position if Kirigakure had not erupted into civil war around the same time she became a jounin.

Personality: Shinmyōko is a bit quiet and reserved, but she is overall a fairly happy woman who either wears a smile or a serious expression. She is often seen to be somewhat happy, with a subtle smile on her face despite the seriousness in her eyes. She is rather vulnerable emotionally, but she has many friends and is confident in her own abilities. One could call her strong as despite her shortcomings, as she is no genius, she has persevered to better herself over the 26 years of her life. Overall she is a rather determined, loyal, and caring individual with an eye for talent and a strong sense of justice.

Theme: Two Steps From Hell - Winter Spell.

Equipment

Base Weapons & Items:
X explosive tags.
X smoke bombs.
X flash tags.
X kunai
X wire

Combat Data

Special Traits
Resistant to both heat and/or cold.
Above average chakra control.
Low resistance to genjutsu.
Skilled in nintaijutsu.
No skill in genjutsu.
Average Durability.
Large chakra pool.
Physically strong.
High Stamina.
Fairly quick.
Flexible.
Agile.

Name of Kekkei Tōta: Fuhon'i jun'nō(_{不本意順応} 'Unwilling Acclimation').

Clan: Tsūretsu.

Description: A genetically locked Kekkei Tōta attributed to members of the Tsūretsu clan, this advanced elemental affinity allows its users to manipulate Netsuton(_熱遁 'Heat release'), which is created via the combination of wind, water, and fire. This elemental affinity, as its name implies, manipulates thermal energy. This allows even the average inheritor to shift materials, though primarily water, through the three states of matter commonly found on earth--whereas advanced users can create plasma as well. Due to their affinity suffusing their body to an extent, members of the Tsūretsu clan gain a resistance to both heat and the lackthereof, eventually making them highly resistant to ice and fire affinity techniques. It should be noted that Netsuton is offensively weak to the lightning affinity whereas the strongest defense against it is earth affinity chakra.

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Techniques:

Canon Jutsu

Suirō no Jutsu(Water Prison Technique): Only useful for containment, or defense, after battle(s).

Suiton: Suiten Hōfutsu(Water Release: Water-Heavens Convergence): Linked to her KT.

Suiton: Mizu Kamikiri(Water Release: Rising Water Slicer): 10 yard max range.

Hyōton: Tsubame Fubuki(Ice Release: Swallow Snow storm)
Shinkū Taikyoku(Wind Release: Vacuum Great Sphere)
Katon: Hibashiri(Fire Release: Running Fire)
Kaze no Yaiba(Blade of Wind)

*Hyōton Techniques do not require preexisting Ice.

Custom Jutsu

Name of Technique: Netsuton: Zōkyō(_{熱遁: 増強} 'Heat Release: Augmentation').
Type of Jutsu: Supplementary Kekkei Ninjutsu.
Rank: C-A. {B}.
Range: N/A.
Nature Type: Netsuton.
Handseals: 12.
Description: By preforming the 12 handseals of this technique, the user's Kekkei Tōta becomes active in all jutsu used thereafter thus allowing them to control the heat and pressure systems of said techniques with varying levels of ease. Mastery of this technique allows the user to actually create weaker versions of particular jutsu and used clever tricks to amplify their strength rather than utilize an inherently stronger jutsu on command. The trade off for this is that these smaller jutsu will take more time to form and gain strength due to the increased complexity.

Weakness: This technique takes a constant, but very small, drain on the user's chakra proportional to the amount and strength of the jutsu used.

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Name of Technique: Natsu·fuyu no tensō(_{夏·冬の転送} 'Summer-winter Transfer').
Type of Jutsu: Kekkei Nintaijutsu.
Rank: A.
Range: N/A.
Nature Type: Netsuton.
Handseals: 7.
Description: By manipulating the pressure, and thus heat, systems of air in front of and behind the user, a stream of air is created which follows their movements. This air stream's direction --via temperature and pressure-- alters by the will and bodily movements of the user. This means that if the user is running towards an enemy with this active, it will create a strong breeze to push them at an increased pace towards their target. This gives something of a supplementary attack as the air behind the user is particularly hot and the air in front of them is rather frigid. This technique can speed someone up about as much as 1-2 times.

Weakness: While this technique is in use no techniques above C rank can be activated due to the focus required. The chakra cost for this technique is moderate, but constant meaning the longer it is active the more chakra is taken to supply it. Useable for up to 8 minutes with a cool-down time of 4.

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Name of Technique: Gokkan no kōgake(_{極寒の甲掛け} 'Frigid Gauntlet').
Type of Jutsu: Kekkei nintaijutsu.
Rank: C.
Range: N/A.
Nature Type: Netsuton: Hyōton.
Handseals: 3.
Description: One of two techniques, Gokkan no kōgake uses the inheritor's netsuton to form a gauntlet of intense cold around one, or both, hands. There is a layer of protective chakra around the hands and forearms to defend from the possibility of frostbite or the like. The cold is intense enough to cause burnsor intense damage to exposed tissues. This thus augments the user's hits with either a cold wave upon contact, or it simply causes increased damage. Articles of clothing or armor can and likely will be damaged by this technique. The air around the technique can be seen to ripple with a light bluish glow but has no otherwise telltale signs.

Weakness: Can only be maintained for a maximum of 2 minutes. Useable for up to 6 strikes after which the jutsu will disperse in a wave of chill. Weak to fire affinity techniques, but also good at serving as a slight defense against them. Takes a set amount of chakra and then remains active for that amount of time. Cannot be used without access to her arms/hands.

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Name of Technique: Yakitsuku kōgake(_{焼き付く甲掛け} 'Scorch Gauntlet').
Type of Jutsu: Kekkei nintaijutsu.
Rank: C.
Range: N/A.
Nature Type: Netsuton: Katon.
Handseals: 3.
Description: One of two techniques, Yakitsuku kōgake uses the inheritor's netsuton to form a gauntlet of intense heat around one, or both, hands. There is a layer of protective chakra around the hands and forearms to defend from the dangerous heat. The air around the technique can be seen to ripple with a reddish glow but has no otherwise telltale signs. The heat is strong enough to cause 2nd or 3rd degree burns on contact, but if the hand is held on an opponent it can carbonize the flesh due to the increased focus of doing this. The user can fire off up to 2 heat-waves which can only cause 1st degree burns but also serve as a buffering wind. Materials that are more conducive to heat will be more easily damaged by this technique.

Weakness: Can only be maintained for a maximum of 2 minutes. Useable for up to 6 strikes after which the jutsu will disperse in a wave of heat. Weak to ice, water, and lightning affinity techniques, but serves as a slight defense against water and ice. Takes a set amount of chakra and then remains active for that amount of time. Cannot be used without access to her arms/hands.

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Name of Technique: Netsuton: Kao no Hayate(_{熱遁: 顔の疾風} 'Heat Release: Visage tempest').
Type of Jutsu: Kekkei Nintaijutsu.
Rank: A.
Range: N/A.
Nature Type: Netsuton.
Handseals: 10.
Description: By exuding physicalized Netsuton chakra, the user programs it with the jutsu's 10 handseals after which the chakra forms a cloak of heat/cold potential with a similar shape to the kyuubi's 1-tail cloak. This cloak shields the user from both intense hot and cold thus allowing them to charge right through most non-piercing water, ice, or fire techniques. All strikes become augmented with both hot and cold as first a wave of heat is sent off followed by a wave of more intense cold. The heat can nearly cause 1st degree burns, but it is the cold that is dangerous as the heat prepares the body for more of itself only for it to be struck with what amounts to a gaseous wave of ice, or rather frigid air. This can actually freeze clothing completely and cause it to shatter or melt if heat or movement occurs. This cold, if continued exposure is allowed, will cause frostbite and then severe frostbite if one is not careful. Coming into direct physical contact with the cloak causes overexposure within a space of 6 seconds. Overexposure is when the cells are exposed to near simultaneous intense heat and cold which causes them to lose their ability to reproduce, and increases the rate that the exposed cells die at. This effect however does not spread, but should an entire limb be enveloped within the cloak's chakra it should simply be amputated due to the high probability of chakra poisoning. The user's speed is amplified similarly to Natsu·fuyu no tensō.

Weakness: This technique is incredibly weak against lightning and will only last for up to 4 minutes max with 1 use per battle per half a day. This technique takes about 2/3rds of her chakra stores despite the short amount of time that it lasts. This technique, after it falls, stops the user from utilizing techniques above D rank for 1-2 minutes. Causes immense physical strain, thus after its deactivation the user's nerves are incredibly sensitive to stimuli, particularly through the sense of touch. Decreased agility, flexibility, and strength after use. No other jutsu can be activated during its use.

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Name of Technique: Netsuton: Taiki no sai kōsei(_{熱遁: 大気の再校正} 'Heat Release: Atmospheric re-calibration').
Type of Jutsu: Kekkei ninjutsu.
Rank: B-S. {B}
Range: 15 yard radial hemisphere.
Nature Type: Netsuton.
Handseals: 14.
Description: This technique is executed by pushing Netsuton chakra from the body and into an amorphous cloud of moisture or by spreading this moisture out over a radius. Once this is done the user can apply their advanced shape manipulation to the cloud/area allowing it to shift shape, attack, defend, at their whim. 6 seconds of contact with this chakra causes overexposure, as explained in the previous technique.

Weakness: This technique requires essentially all of the user's chakra besides the base amount needed to think correctly, remain conscious, and use for limited dodging and the guiding of their now externalized chakra. This technique remains active for 5 minutes after which the user is too drained to move. Her lower mastery of this technique makes it less powerful and disallows her from creating complex pressure/heat patterns and shapes from and within the cloud.

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Kōkina, Shūrei - Yūyami Miko

General Data

Name: Kōkina(Exalted), Shūrei(Graceful).
Nickname/Alias: Yūyami Miko(Twilight Priestess); Mujitsu no Kakumau(Shield to the Innocent)/ Rei.
Gender: Female.
Age: 26.
Age Appearance: 26.
Sexuality: Bisexual.

Village: Kirigakure.
Birthplace: Kirigakure.

Organization: Chishio no Kiri(The Mist's Blood).
Clan/Kekkei Genkai: Kōkina/Jōdo no sasayaki.

Rank: A rank.
Position: Leader of the Chishio no Kiri.
Chakra Nature: Fire*, Wind*, Lightning*, Earth*, Water*, and Onmyouton.
*_{Cannot use individually}

Additional Appearance Details

Clothes Ref

Standing at 5'7 and weighing average for her height, Shūrei is what one would call well endowed, possessing wide hips, full lips and a generous set of assets she is quite the woman. Still, she's not all glamor as there are whitish lines of scar tissue along her arms, which she often keeps covered with long sleeves. She has an air of convidence about her, which is complimented by her often empathetic smile and very light laugh lines. Her eyes are a light almost ghostly blue, which shine gently in most lights, her silver hair often framing the rest of her face as it grows darker towards the tips. She tends to emit a faint glow.

History:

Was raised in Kirigakure during wartime. Did not participate in the war.

Took refuge in Kyokujitsu no Tochi after her mother's assassination.

Met Kei and befriended the younger shinobi.

Hear's
Kōkina, Himeyuri (younger sister) [Status, formerly alive]

Personality: A largely caring woman, Shūrei is a compassionate person, seeking to make those she cares for in any capacity as well off as possible. Having learned the importance of empathy from both her mother and Kekkei genkai, Shūrei is something of a mother figure to those younger to herself, once including her sister, Himeyuri. However her deep compassion is contradicted by a certain fierce protectiveness, which borders on the unnecessary and oppressive. She is not the type of person whom you slight, then walk away unscathed from. In this way her passion for the things and people she cares for is quite evident. However, perhaps more prominent is her self control, which weaves itself within all of the facets of her personality, allowing her to control even her fierce passion should she need to. In this way she has the makings of a leader, though whether she can harness these traits is another question entirely.

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Equipment

Base Weapons & Items:
X explosive tags.
X smoke bombs.
X kunai
X shuriken
X wire

Specialized Weapons & Items:

Name of Weapon or Item: Nisō byōtō(_尼僧病棟 'Priestesses ward').

Description: Appearing to be an implement for melee combat, this weapon is in actuality used for warding off assaults and facilitating jutsu in a rather particular manner. Notably, the four blades at the head of this weapon are capable of detaching from its form and being chakratically controlled due to the item being infused with both the user's chakra and a small collective of spiritual entities. The blades from Nisō byōtō cannot move any further than 4 meters from the staff. The staff itself is the primary conduit, though jutsu can be transferred to each of the detached blades with a slight delay in activation due to them being spiritually linked. The bottom of the staff is capable of extending a 1.5 foot long spike, which can anchor it into the ground. The staff is 4.5 feet tall.

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Name of Weapon or Item: Reikon chōchin(_霊魂提灯 'Soul lanterns').

Description: With a daimeter of 3 inches, these small hollow spheres are composed of chakra conductive materials and each contain a cluster of eight hitodama in their center. This causes the spheres to emit a soft glow. This light is capable of purifying negative energies such as emotions, killing intent, or poisons, but it only extends two feet from a given sphere before becoming too faint to have any noticeable effect. These spheres are utilized for storing spirits gathered by Shūrei's kekkei genkai and additionally to expose her own chakra, essentially making them capable of storing jutsu within them. Generally, unless stated otherwise, the [name] will only contained purified chakra, which has a soothing effect on both the mind and body and will slowly heal spiritual, chakratic, or physical wounds over time. Like the blades of Nisō byōtō, these spheres are capable of being telekinetically moved within 8 meters of the user. Shūrei carries 18 of these spheres.

Combat Data

Special Traits
While not frail perse, Shūrei is not more durable, strong, or fast than the average shinobi. If anything she is significantly weaker in all three categories. However, she is exceptionally intelligent and has an intuitive understanding of chakra, and thus jutsu, to a degree that she can decypher most techniques after witnessing them twice. It should be noted that while she has an intuitive understanding of chakra, that she has also studied and experimented with it extensively enough to be considered a master in its workings.

Due to her Kekkei genkai she is amazing at reading and understanding people as her bloodline affords her a greater level of empathy than your average human.

Shūrei is considered a genius in strategy and tactics.
Easily sensed barring special circumstances.
Unable to use normal ninjutsu*
Incredible chakra control.
Average taijutsu ability.
Large chakra pool.
Subpar genjutsu.
Potent chakra.

*_{Excludes jutsu that only require yin and/or yang to utilize.}

Name of Kekkei Genkai: Jōdo no sasayaki(_{浄土のささやき} 'Whispers of the Pure Land').

Clan: Kōkina.

Description: Turning its inheritor into a spiritual beacon, the Jōdo no sasayaki imparts a less material nature to an individual's being, effectively amplifying their soul's “size,” and “density,” in a manner. As a result their chakra pool is always large and their chakra more spiritually potent than is normal. This causes them to attract errant spirits, such as hitodama, to themselves and take them into a small eight meter field around their person, which often affords them a ghostly, almost celestial glow. This affinity for the pure land gives a Shūrei, as the sole inheritor, a natural ability to detect the emotions of others in addition to their chakra through how their soul interacts with their physical and energetic form. Perhaps most notable of this Kekkei genkai's traits however, is the user's ability to utilize these spirits to mould their elemental chakra together and then utilize ninjutsu, which they would otherwise be incapable of.

*Currently, Shūrei is the first individual to possess this Kekkei genkai due to it being a hybridized bloodline limit created by the pairing of her mother, Kōkina, Kitoku and her father, Taraatsu, Nukumi's Kekkei genkai.

*It should be noted that they can only mix two individual sets of elemental affinities together, excluding the yin and/or yang affinities.

*While incapable of seeing her own soul, Shūrei can in fact detect the status of her chakra and related systems.

*Their aura is bound to their chakra system, making absorption of the energy which makes it up difficult.

Genso no honshitsu

Translating as the Elemental Essences, the below detail how the combination of elements with yin and yang alter the effects and traits of the given elements when specifically referring to Shūrei's Kekkei genkai. However, when put simply, her elements take on a more literal or spiritual aspect depending on whether she infuses them with yin or yang. What is meant by literal is that the elements become amplified, but simultaneously lose and "symbolic," traits that they would otherwise possess. In the other end are the spiritual elements, which become less related to what we view as their natural state and more a series of concepts, which can be utilized in a variety of ways. It should be noted that while Shūrei is capable of infusing a given element with both affinities, this will more or less just amplify the element from its normal state without altering its normal traits all that much. Yang affinity causes a given element, with few exceptions, to be incapable of being moulded with another affinity.

Raiton(Lightning Release): Normally a manifestation of electrical energies or a magnification of speed, the Raiton element, when influenced by Shūrei's yin affinity becomes capable of binding two usually seperate things together as well as amplifying the speed of other things. This affinity is also related to conduction, allowing Shūrei to send attacks infused with it through conductive materials with greater ease.

On the other end of the spectrum is the Raiton affinity combined with yang, which effectively amplifies its normal effects by increasing the density of plasma contained within a given “beam,” allowing attacks with it to burn through many substances with greater ease. The lightning however loses its conductivity completely becoming unable to travel through other substances aside from transfering its heat energy.

Fuuton(Wind Release): A manifestation of air currents and precision, Fuuton chakra, when influenced by the yin affinity, becomes an amplifier of just that, precision. Additionally anything infused or combined with it gains an incredible cutting power, but loses a great deal of weight. This can greatly reduce the force behind attacks with this affinity within them, but allows them to pierce things with greater ease despite such. Yin influenced Fuuton is also responsible for the aspect of pressure.

When influenced by yang chakra, Fuuton chakra becomes incredibly pressurized, making it volatile, but without decreasing the precision and cutting power imparted to it. This naturally increases the speed at which the chakra moves.

Suiton(Water Release): Fluidity manifested, Suiton chakra's domain is that of versatility and patient change. Abilities including it are capable of wearing away at other substances due to water's tendency for erosion. The chakra can also impart the effected techniques with a flowing quality, which allows things to more easily change course or resist the forces of other variables.

Yang influenced Suiton chakra is one of the few Genso no honshitsu able to blend with its kin, allowing it to become ice or moisture in the air or even to become highly pressurized, which can facilitate a great deal. In this state Suiton chakra is very impressionable, not possessing many strengths of its own, but instead being greatly strengthened by the traits of other affinities.

Doton(Earth Release): Imparting the traits of solidity and durability, yin influence Doton amplifies both the physical state of chakra, but also how compact it is, revealing its ability to influence density. As with many yin influenced affinities, it is not terribly strong on its own, but is incredibly useful when combined with other affinities.

When influenced by yang chakra, Doton chakra becomes excessively difficult to damage in addition to becoming much heavier than normal. This makes it useful for defense, but little else.

Katon(Fire Release): Containing the contradictory concepts of merging and disruption, Katon chakra's yin state is especially capable of tearing things apart or merging them together, making it an exceptional intermediary affinity. Additionally, it can impart heat or cold to things allowing a variety of possibilities.

Katon's yang capabilities on the other hand are practically all destructive in nature as the heat it contains is increase, in addition to how well that heat can transfer into other things. Katon chakra in yang state is another of the few, which can be combined with other affinities.

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Onmyōton(Yin-yang Release): Affinities imparted with both yin and yang gain a mixture of their yin and yang traits, but become less specialized overall. This chakra on its own is capable of a myriad of things. One must simply consider non-elemental ninjutsu (and genjutsu for that matter) to understand the possible breadth of its capabilities. Nonetheless, it should be noted that Shūrei's knowledge is the limiter. This is the only affinity that Shūrei can utilize without hitodama. However, while using it without hitodama, all hitodama powered abilities, aside from her Kekkei genkai's base traits, are lowered in power/versatility.

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Kanchi no Jutsu(Sensing Technique)*
Negative Emotions Sensing*

*Work in tangent with one another to create her custom technique, Shin'en kyōkan.

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Name of Technique: Oimawasu no tamashī(_{追い回すの魂} 'Shepherding of souls').
Type of Jutsu: Kekkei shape-manipulation ninjutsu.
Rank: C-S.
Range: 8 meters.
Nature Type: Variable.
Handseals: Variable or N/A.
Description: One of the basic techniques tied to the Shūrei's kekkei genkai, Oimawasu no tamashi facilitates the use of practically all of Shūrei's ninjutsu by allowing her to infuse their chakra into errant spirits, such as hitodama, and guide them with said chakra. However,this ability is only fully effective within Shūrei's field wherein she can alter the trajectory of the hitodama, which leave behind trails of potent chakra as they travel. When the hitodama and the energy alloted to them are directed to exit the field Shūrei can assign a single pathwayof movement to a single hitodama or group of hitodama. Each hitodama, or hitodama group is capable of following a seperate path.

Weakness: Limited range of control. The Hitodama/spirits have little effect on their lonesome, though enough of them striking someone can cause physical force or make the moulding of chakra more difficult. Each alteration of direction, including gradual turns rather than sudden angular alterations in trajectory, requires a single handseal. This doesn't sound like much, but it builds up.

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Name of Technique: Reiteki shōjun (_霊的照準 'Spiritual alignment').
Type of Jutsu: Kekkei ninjutsu.
Rank: A.
Range: 8 meters.
Nature Type: Variable.
Handseals: Variable.
Description: While the handseals change depending on the element applied, this technique essentially works by the principles of Chakra Flow, while building off of Oimawasu no tamashī so as to charge spirits within the inheritor's eight meter field with elemental chakra.

Weakness: A single hitodama can be aligned with a maximum of two elements at a time and a total of four affinities total can be used at once, not including yin and/or yang. Each element utilized requires a single handseal, this includes yin and/or yang.

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Name of Technique: Shin'en kyōkan(_深遠共感 'Profound Empathy').
Type of Jutsu: Kekkei ninjutsu/Sensory ninjutsu.
Rank: C-S.
Range: 8 meters to 1 mile.
Nature Type: N/A.
Handseals: N/A.
Description: The primary radius extending out from her form eight meters, Shūrei's sensory capabilities are strongest here. Within said radius she is capable of detecting people's emotions in addition to her surrounds to a level of detail reminscent of Kagura Shingan(Mind's Eye of the Kagura). This is achieved by way of her ability to both feel and visualize the interactions of transcendent energies with the mortal world, thus allowing her to observe the emotions and energetic movements of those around her with incredible clarity. This manifests itself as a poweful empathetic bond to those to whom she is continually exposed and a weaker one to those she merely passes, though her understanding is only marginally less pronounced in the latter case. As one moves outside of the 8 meter radius the precision of her sensory abilities swiftly declines till she is only capable of detecting individual chakra signatures and soul status. At this point she is incapable of judging emotions or mind state at all, but can tell one's chakra level, their distance from her positon, and their general health via her ability to tell how attached to their chakra the individual's soul is. This ability allows Shūrei to hear the voices of hitodama within 1/3rd of its total range. This gives her a general sense of what is going on within a space of roughly 530 meters. This sense is however not exact, meaning that while she gets a general sense of things, it is not going to be entirely accurate. Additionally, this ability must be tapped into, unlike the rest of the technique which is largely passive.

Weakness: While Shūrei cannot shut this ability off, meaning it will always take up some of her attention, she is capable of toning it down to a more manageable degree. However, due to its intuitive nature, the field will naturally intensify if directed killing intend appears within her field of perception, this is a defense mechanism begotten from her failure to notice the danger to her mother's life.

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Senju-Tetsukuzu, Kentari - Title

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Name: Senju-Tetsukuzu(Iron Vine), Kentari.
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Gender: Male.
Age: 35.
Age Appearance: 28.
Sexuality: Heterosexual.

Village: N/A.
Birthplace: Land of the Rising Sun - Forest of Death.

Organization: N/A.
Clan/Kekkei Genkai: Tetsukuzu/Shizen no megumare-noroi .

Rank: A-S rank.
Position: N/A.
Chakra Nature: Earth, Water, Lightning, Fire, and Kiseiton*

Additional Appearance Details: Kentari stands at 6 feet and weighing in a bit above average due to his musculature, Kentari possess a toned body wrought from years of survival and training. His eyes are hazel, but are typically a mixture of honey yellows, or golds, and greens.

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Name of Summon: Sentō Fujittai(_負実体 'Foremost Negitive Entity').


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Can alter its size. Add minimum and maximum size and if its size change alters its mass/weight at all.

Can infect others with its chakra, creating miniature forms of itself by shedding energy. These can eventually become full grown Fujittai by feeding off their host's negative emotions and eventually chakra, thus killing them and assimilating the darker aspects of their personality, not to mention their intelligence.

Is composed of killing intent and negative emotions imprinted upon chakra and was manifested into being from Kentari. Is bonded to Kentari via chakra rather than fuinjutsu. Due to their bond, Kentari and Senfu (the nickname given to it by Kentari) can influence one another's chakra so as to coexist, rather than Senfu simply feeding off of Kentari. This affords Kentari a unique chakra affinity that can poison the chakra and minds of others either to create more Fujittai or merely to harm them without doing so as he can control the process.

Kiseiton(_寄生遁 'Parasitic Release').

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Kentari is physically robust.
Skilled in Nin and taijutsu.
Incredible chakra control.
Large chakra pool*
Swift and strong.

*Kentari's chakra pool is just above average due to Sentō Fujittai.

Name of Kekkei Genkai: Shizen no megumare-noroi(_{自然の恵まれ-呪い} 'Nature's blessed-curse').

Clan: Tetsukuzu.

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Hypostasis is a latin word.

XCasele Meriadth – Hypostasis

Biographical Info

Name: XCasele Meriadth.
Nickname/Alias: Hypostasis.
Gender: Female.
Age: Unknown.
Age Appearance: 25.
Race: Veriphate.

Character Tier: Mid Powered/Intermediate.
Character Type: Critical Character and/or Active Multiverse Participant.
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Tsukiumare, Hiakarui – Jin'yoku no Hato

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Zume Tatasuko - The Gentle Maw

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Location: Atop Sōkyoku Hill

"Mukō Kōkei-sha,” the smooth voice proclaimed from behind him. In the same moment, Hiakarui leaned forwards, one foot sliding in that direction, and twisted his body to the left hard. The sound of metal hitting metal could be heard as the tip of the captain's sheath met the blade of his adversary, knocking it away. His hand already on the sheath, Hiakarui pulled it backwards even as he drew his blade out, his right foot, which had slid forwards, pushing him in the same direction.

He began to spin on his heel, but his eyes narrowed then, as he felt, rather than saw, a strike near his form.

Shunpo.

Hiakarui vanished, reappearing several meters from where he'd been, blade drawn before his form, eyes worried, stance taken. "Zume?” He queried, sounding more than a little confused. He had been right in his presumption, as only one man had such a striking zanpakuto.

The black orb which Zume now stood within seemed to warp and shift ever so slightly as a thin strand of the material returned to the sphere. The captain did not respond, instead he took a single step forwards and as he did, Hiakarui's stance lost all sense of restraint. It was right to, for not a moment after, Zume had vanished, the orb divvying itself into thin strands of black material that shot forth in an attempt to pin Hiakarui from all sides 'cept one. He moved forwards, spun on his heel, and lowered his body down and as he did a blade slid through the air where he had just been. He pushed towards the man that had once been his fellow captain, and slashed upwards at him, his other foot striking ground, allowing him to turn as Zume vanished. Akarui had already spun, striking away the strands of void with his blade till they passed over him, then circled back to where Zume stood, gathering together once more.

"I...hate to do this, Zume, but...you have forced my hand,” he said, his tone hesitant and sad. Zume smiled, but made no move to strike.

Warily, Hiakarui brought his blade horizontally before his form and ran his palm above the sword, "Set adrift the Moon's shadow. Impose upon the Sun...” and as the words left his mouth, his reiatsu was released. With its release the two circles were manifested behind him, and in response to their formation he finished the chant, "...Nisshoku kōshin(日蝕行進 'Eclipse Procession').”

With Hiakarui's blade released, Zume raised his own, slid into a stance, a smile upon his lips, before he pushed forth and was shot towards Hiakarui in a blur of movement. The captain managed to bring his blade up in preparation for the strike, only to realize it had been a feint. Thus, he lunged upwards instead, and again he felt a blade pass through the air in which he had just existed.

He spun, mid air, propelling himself with tiny thrusts of his reiatsu, till suddenly he was a like a human top, blade whirling about his form. It was then that Zume struck, but not from one direction, no, from all of them. The void closed in on the captain, but as it tried to envelop him, the man's blade continually struck it away.

His foot touched earth, and as it did his spin ceased and he brought his blade up. Zume's own struck it and before he could withdraw, Hiakarui slipped his blade to the side, slamming its hilt into Zume's zanpakuto. It careened to the side and as it did, Hiakarui's blade moved again, his manipulation of the weapon seamless and terrifying as the flat of the blade aligned against Zume's and then flicked to the side, pushing it the opposite direction. Finishing the maneuver, Akarui sliced downwards diagonally, parallel of Zume's katana, thus slicing through the man's clothes and drawing a light bloody line on his chest and wrist before he could flash step to gain distance.

This time however, Akarui was ready for it, and followed with the same movements, exiting the flashstep in the same moment that Zume did, his foot sliding against the ground, and his blade slicing up through the air where it nicked Zume's robes, drawing a tiny line through them. Nearly falling for the trap, Zume moved to strike at Akarui's exposed chest, only for him to retaliate, slamming the butt of his zanpakuto down into the edge of Zume's blade, reversing the grip of his hand in the same breath, and dashing forwards and at Zume's side, attempting to cut him as he passed.

Zume was already gone, having used flashstep once more.

The shadow grew steadily as time went by.

With Zume's retreat, Hiakarui whirled his blade about his form, spun once as if he were about to strike thin air, and then vanished, the air warping where he had been. Before the shinigami even reappeared, Zume drew his blade before him, and the void immediately responded, curling forwards into a shield. Barely a moment after, a condensed blade of air slammed into the shield, drawing a two inch deep line in the three inch thick formation.

It wouldn't be enough, "Sora no atemi(空の当て身 'Empty strike'),” the voice came after the blade had already hit. No, it wasn't a blade, it was a shell of air, only after that had passed did the blade strike void, slicing clear through the shield. Zume's smile had disappeared.

Taking a step back, Zume avoided Hiakarui's blade, the void responding to his mental commands and rushing forwards to engulf the captain. Too late. Zume glanced to his side as a blade grazed it, never truly touching, before it was thrown aside, and Zume slashed once, sending a wave of void slamming into Hiakarui before he could even recover. Giving no time for response, Zume whipped his hand upwards through the air, sending his adversary flying in that direction, trails of void just behind him.

He used shunpo, arriving just above where Hiakarui was about to be, and sliced downwards through the air. The captain still managed to block, turning mid air, striking the blade away, then pushing off of the void itself to dodge. Turning once more in the air, Hiakarui blocked the oncoming wave of void, even as Zume struck from his side, thrusting his blade forwards in an attempt to pierce him through. To counter, Hiakarui brought his sheath out from his sash and struck Zume's blade forwards, giving him enough time to place his foot on the zanpakuto and lunge upwards into the air with a single leap.

He spun his body horizontally midair, slashing eight times in two seconds, a blade shell corresponding with each swift movement. Zume responded in kind, the void striking each shell in its center, and blasting the air in every direction on a plane, dispersing the blades. Whirling, Zume blocked a strike from the appearing Hiakarui, his eyes already darting to his left, head turning back, as void appeared to block the shell that had just sliced clean through eight feet of voidal material to reach Zume. It seemed his adversary had layered several of the blades so as to pierce right through one after another.

The void that had blocked was insufficient, even as its polarity slowed the blade, for it pierced through and nearly hit him in the back. "Danku,” he stated as he pushed his blade forwards against Akarui's. The somber man's eyes widened slightly, he knew Zume wasn't stronger than him, how was he pushing him back!? Zume's eyes flashed as he suddenly retreated, tiny needles of void flying from where they'd been stored behind the edge of his blade. They then struck Hiakarui and pierced his arms, traveling clear through. The shinigami grunted, gritting his teeth from the pain before pushing forwards again to pursue. The pain had already vanished.

Not at all surprised, Zume continued to retreat...right into where Hiakarui reappeared. Having predicted the movement, Zume's now reverse grip blade slipped behind him, parallel to his back, to block Hiakarui's. However, without stance to stabilize him, the hit threw him forwards. Before Hiakarui could shunpo again, the void closed in around Zume, and formed hundreds of spikes, some tiny and needle-like, and others full blown spires, formed from the surface of the void. Hiakarui landed on the ground instead, where he stayed, watching Zume land as well, the void redistributing into tiny thin blades, which all began to whiz around Zume at frightening velocity.

Eyes unfocusing, Hiakarui watched the tiny blades as they weaved about Zume's body, drawing various patterns in the air before shifting to a new set entirely. Troublesome, was a word that well described the tactic. His eyes flickering down, Hiakarui noted that the shadow had progressed only 2.5 meters of distance. It had only been two minutes and thirty seconds and things were getting more and more difficult as time went on. It seemed with each exchange, no matter how small, Zume gained more ground, his offensive and defensive movements becoming increasingly effective even as his counterattacks grew closer to striking a deadly blow on his opponent.

While Hiakarui had heard much of Zume's prowess in combat, and seen him once or twice against a passing hollow or arrancar, this was something else altogether. This was what people talked about. This was why people respected the man.

He was frightening.

Grip tightening on his blade, Hiakarui began to weigh his options. There weren't many.

"How long do you think it will take, Hiakarui,” Zume asked rhetorically, a smile on his lips,
"...before I fully figure you out, and your head rolls at my feet.” The smile grew. Hiakarui's brow creased, this wasn't good.

"Worried, Tsukiumare-taichou?” Zume asked. He offered no reply. After several moments Zume sighed, "If you're going to act like a mute, why not just die now. It will save us both the time. Particularly me, I have better things to do. More important things.” At this Hiakarui had had enough, "Very well, Tatasuko-san, but I find you will come to regret your decision,” there was an edge to his words.

Zume raised an eyebrow, "Why, I haven't the faintest idea why you'd think such a thing.”

Hiakarui's frown only deepened as he opened his mouth and spoke, "Bankai.” The circles behind him collapsed, the shadow expanding fully over their breadth in seconds. Zume attempted to raise the void to strike him, but the eruption of reiatsu that spread outwards from Akarui's form was too much, it drove the void back, keeping it at arm's length. "How annoying,” Zume growled.

As if to increase his annoyance, Hiakarui emerged from the fierce light of his bankai, two blades in hand, and a circle with black center and white edges behind him. From his form emanated a gray light, touched only by color where it met with his blades, each which was wreathed in its own hue: One gold and the other a subtle blue, like moonlight and the rays of the sun.

Hiakarui's expression was serious, but then a smile turned the edges of his lips upwards, his eyes lit up, and he spoke, his voice brimming with enthusiasm, "...Ten no sōretsu(_天の葬列 'Celestial cortege')!” He stepped forwards and then he was in front of Zume, having bypassed his defenses completely to drive his blade forwards at the captain. Zume's eyes widened, as he slipped his blade against his enemy's, and angled it, striking away the second attack before jumping back, a portion of the void breaking away to slam into Hiakarui head on.

He took the blow, arms mirroring one another, elbows pointed outwards, the edges of each blade facing one another as he slammed them together, causing a shockwave to disperse the void in his vicinity—it didn't close in again. Slightly shocked, Zume changed tactics, drawing the void around his form in a thin layer, and letting it release thousands of tiny smoke-like wisps with even the most minute of movements.

Hiakarui closed in, striking once from below, his second blade lagging behind, ready to take advantage of any opening, block any attack. Zume was quick to respond, blade in his left hand, reverse grip, slicing through the air to strike Hiakarui's own blade away, even as the second one thrust forwards. Zume sidestepped, striking the blade with the pommel of his own and then driving the tip backwards at Hiakarui's chest. The shinigami's grin remained as the sword abruptly stopped moving, its tip a mere inch from his flesh. He struck again, slashing with both blades at once to strike Zume down, he retreated. What the hell was that, the Knight of Void pondered, eyes narrowed behind the shroud of void.

Hiakarui began to close in again, but before he could Zume made his decision. "Mon no musei Tsuuro(Gate of Silent Passage),” he stated, activating the device immediately as he did so. Having vanished completely from Hiakarui's perception, he tilted his head to the side, a curious smirk on his face. "Well that's certainly strange, Tatasuko-san, disappearing like that. You'd think one couldn't do such a thing.”

Without preemble, a torrent of reiryoku slammed into Hiakarui's back, sending him flying forwards. Where had it come from.

Zume struck from the front, driving his now changed blade towards the captain's chest. Hiakarui's grin widened as he caught the blade with his own, slipping it past his side and stepping closer. “Sentō o sendan(尖塔をせん 'Shearing spires'),” Zume said in response, his body slipping aside to avoid Hiakarui's and using the newly gained leverage to slice his blade into the shinigami's side. Hiakarui managed to shunpo away, though the damage remained.

However he hadn't avoided the whole attack, for a white lance-like spire of reiryoku had already closed the distance. Attempting to hit it away, Hiakarui batted at it with his blade, only for the spire to erupt into a tremendous blast.

Zume didn't wait for it to let up, reappearing above and behind his opponent, the void piercing through the curtain of white to attack Hiakarui. The captain emerged just as he'd predicted, jumping back and upwards right into his field of attack.

Zume struck.

There was no time to dodge as Zume's blade pierced Hiakarui's flesh, puncturing through the other side of his abdomen. He had barely managed to slip to the side, thus forcing Zume to avoid his vitals. Lunging forwards, Hiakarui braved sliding forwards on the blade to remove himself from it. Zume tried to strike, but the blade would not move, the reiatsu surrounding his enemy stopping it in its tracks.

Hiakarui, having removed himself from the blade, had already reversed the grip of the sunlit blade and stabbed it backwards even as Zume vanished. He took a step back, shifted his body weight, and then swept his blade out before him, the moonlit blade ready to parry any oncoming blows.

A wave of light swept out from the sunlit blade, nearly striking Zume's void, before the moonlit blade was suddenly swung, followed by the sunlit blade once more. Zume's eyes narrowed as he noted the movement of reiryoku. Then the reishi blades slammed into Zume's void, piercing through it. Before it could recompose to fill the gap, the golden glow impeded it, followed by Hiakarui himself. “Wha-” Hiakarui's blades slammed together and immediately there was no void between the two captains.

The blue-garbed captain thrust his zanpakuto forwards at Zume's chest, but the former captain's look of surprise suddenly vanished as three layers of orange reiryoku were pierced, only for the blade to stop at that point. “Danku,” he stated, his hazel eyes gazing coldly into Hiakarui's own blue ones.

The shinigami hadn't even paused as his blade stopped, no, following up the blade was torn into two, both slashing out to each side, one seeming to curve back close at inhuman speed. A wave of intense heat swept over Zume and he gritted his teeth, protected only by the press of his own reiryoku.

The moment his eyes closed he saw it, all laid out around him. A wave of reiryoku, it was the golden glow, formatted as heat, but with no force. He could feel it burning his reiatsu away even as it began to retract towards Hiakarui's blade.

The moonlit blade struck out, slashing the last Danku barrier where it would have struck Zume's chest, if the man had still been there.

Eyes darting to one side, Hiakarui jumped backwards into a flip, gliding right over Zume as the man slashed. Wrong move. Zume's void slashed at the man, but he leveraged his body with his blades slapping several away before slamming them into one, pushing Zume hard towards the ground. He had managed to send the man flying, but he would hardly let up.

Landing, Hiakarui used shunpo, moving into a fall just over Zume's form, where his grin was present, his arm already sweeping downwards with the moonlit blade to strike. Zume's own zanpakuto raised to block, it managed to, but was struck from his grasp.

Or was it.

A second blade emerged from the weapon, gripped by Zume's hand in the same moment that it lost purchase of the first. He swept it up, striking Hiakarui's arm, then focusing his reiatsu and slamming himself sideways and out of the way as the second blade came down. He spun midair, his void grasping the second blade and bringing it back around behind Hiakarui in a surprise assault.

Zume whirled his blade once, white reiryoku forming between its twin edges, and slashed, “Kagayaki o senkai(輝きを旋回 'Whirling resplendence').” A disk of white reiryoku spun forth from his blade, aimed where Hiakarui was falling even as his other blade stabbed at the man's back. He could only dodge one direction: right.

Zume vanished, and the void split, its tendrils hardening at their tips and stabbing to the right of Hiakarui. He was pinned...yet he did not falter for a moment. Spinning, both blades altering their angle and orientation as he dodged to the right, and so it was that a whirling column of burning light appeared to wrap itself around him even as moonlight did the same, though it appeared more solid. He appeared as a swirling cone of gold and blue light as his form cut and burned through the void, evading every strike through the sheer intensity of the maneuver. He emerged on the other side only to meet Zume's blade stabbing for his head. His grin still present, Hiakarui ducked down, struck up viciously with the sunlit blade, slamming the zanpakuto upwards, while his other arm brought the moonlit blade across Zume's chest, drawing a gash through his flesh even as the captain retreated.

His grin widening, Hiakarui shunpo'd forwards, but not to close the distance, instead he shunpo'd only a single meter, foot stopping him, body spinning to generate momentum, before both blades whipped forth, slicing the air. A wave of intertwined heat and moonlight swept forth and Zume's void only just regathered to shield him from it, though it was sheared and burned in the process.

The dark clad knight's feet struck ground and he slid back, glancing upwards to his opponent. Their eyes met and they could not have been more different. One was emptiness and chill, focus, analysis, and darkness while other was a brilliant light, drowning out all distractions with his mere presence. Imperious, intimidating, indomitable. He was movement and he was energy, where Zume was everything but.

Polar opposites.

“I didn't expect this,” Zume called across the distance between them, he was met only with a wider grin. His eyes narrowed, but he matched the smile with his own, “I did not expect to be so disappointed.” Hiakarui tilted his head, a glint of mischief in his eyes before he vanished. Zume reacted immediately, whirling his blade and casting the disk downwards in the same moment that he condensed the void on the surface of his flesh.

Just as Hiakarui appeared an explosion of resplendent white reiryoku tore out from the ground in a pillar that engulfed them both, but affected only one. And yet, Hiakarui, through the reiryoku, trudged, emerging on one side whilst Zume allowed the energy to carry him into the sky like a geyser where he whirled his blades and swept them in a circle around him. Hiakarui's grin was gone, and there was only fiery anger in his eyes as they found Zume.

The knight grinned, “Good, now perhaps you'll stop acting like this is some game.” Hiakarui moved, Zume moved faster, ducking down below a strike, shunpoing above it, slapping the blade down before he turned, knowing the shinigami would dodge.

He did.

Zume retaliated, lunging forwards even as he twisted his body and slashed, releasing another disk of reiryoku directly at his adversary's chest from point blank range.

It hit.

Once again Hiakarui was engulfed in white energy, the blast briefly removing his connection to his Zanpakuto. Zume took the moment of respite to retreat and plan.

Looking at the situation he decided that there was only one way to deal with Hiakarui. His eyes narrowed and he spoke, “Ake mukō no uta(明け無効の歌 'Song of the dawning void').” As he said the words his voidal sphere split into eight smaller spheres, which began rotating around his person, each different distances from him, except one, which he drew inwards and expanded in size, surrounding himself with it. The grey reiryoku that remained began to slowly feed into the spheres and he took a stance, drawing in a deep breath.

He needed five minutes....

As the thought completed, Hiakarui recovered from the blast, his clothes singed, skin burned slightly, though he was otherwise unmarred. His eyes pierced the knight as he glared down at the man, eyes wide, face largely without emotion. He was all focus, all action. Zume acted first.

Pushing forth he altered the shape of the void that encapsulated him, spreading it out in wispy tendrils as he had before and so it was that one tendril felt Hiakarui's approach, allowing Zume to reverse his direction, stepping out of the path of the man's thrusting blade. However, it appeared he was not the only one who had adapted, as he still found small cuts forming as he dodged, as if he had been hit. He would have closed his eyes, but doing so would have meant being struck as Hiakarui's body blurred and a wave of heat struck him. Zume grit his teeth as the wave burned him, but rather than retreat he pressed forwards, and Hiakarui took his first step back. Zume smiled and the orbs of void that rotated his person shot a barrage of spikes at the man from behind.

Hiakarui however did not turn, instead Zume felt a wave of oppressive force spread from the man and in that instant all was still, the needles of void shattered, the wisps were crushed, and Zume could not move. The captain's grin grew just as Zume realized that he had fallen for a trap.

He felt the blade pierce his side even as he used the void's polarity to force himself out of the way, but Hiakarui didn't stop, swiping with the burning blade, to slash Zume as he tried to move. Zume turned his body in response, using the void to maneuver within the mire of dense reiatsu. As he did so two of the spheres closed the distance and offset the next strike of Hiakarui's sword.

Zume slashed and so it was that as they both shunpo'd away they had matching gashes in their chests. Yet only one of them had a smile on his face, and it was not Zume. “Are you having fun yet Zume?” Hiakarui asked.

Zume scowled and spit some blood onto the ground beside him. Hiakarui chose that moment to close the distance and Zume wasn't ready. First there were the blades, air passing over both shoulders, not striking him, then the heat struck, burning at the void which surrounded him.

Finally their owner appeared, but he didn't strike even as Zume raised his blade to defend. Only after seeing the action did Hiakarui's moonlit blade press forth, its point aimed at the center of the blade. It struck, and as it did Zume's blade slid off. However there it caught on something else, a phantom blade, and as it did Zume swept his other blade before him, driving Hiakarui back even as the man spun. Zume met his spin, stopping the momentum as he appeared behind Hiakarui.

The clash caused sparks, and the follow up had them both sliding back, the force of their blows strong enough to make both blades sing—though Zume's sung louder. Only 30 seconds had passed.

This wasn't working. Hiakarui began walking towards him, smile unwavering, gaze a piercing, burning flame. Zume felt a shiver go through him.

He had met his match it seemed.

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A Patchwork World

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Introduction

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<sub>A world which is to be brought into being by the great minds of many, Patchwork is a RP project wherein a group sets out to make a world. However, rather than craft a world and place it into the fold, the intent is instead to allow a space for this creation whilst also experiencing this fledgling verse as it manifests. As such certain guidelines must be established, lest it be chaos which results from collaboration, rather than a harmonic world, though surely not one bereft of conflict in its myriad forms.

This is to be a roleplay wherein a world is brought to bear by the inhabitants who dwell within it, whomever they may be. Its genres will be listed below, as well as some core themes as they are considered and finalized.

Central to this RP's mechanics will be a series of systems namely the Lore, Tier, Time, and Accountability systems--The LATs System, for short.

Join, feel free to express interest here in the OOC, though you will have to go through the Accountability system before joining in on the fun.

Regardless, welcome! Let your stay be a long one.</sub>

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Thematics

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Science Fiction
Modern Fantasy
High Fantasy
Dark Fantasy

The above genres are likely to be central to Patchwork, though it is hard to say what other sorts of things will find their place in this fledgling world as it grows from its infancy as an idea to adulthood as a fully realized verse. Who knows what might happen.

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LATS

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As mentioned earlier, LATS is a series of systems which will be utilized as guidelines for various elements of the RP. Specifically LATS will be utilized to organize (L)ore, player (A)ccountability, power (T)ier, and (S)etting. These will be addressed in order, starting with the Lore. Onwards!

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_Lore

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In short the Lore system will be a system to organize the submission of lore so as not to simply throw elements into the world that would not properly fit into whatever established framework it will come to possess. The first step is the concept stage, wherein an individual will approach one of the loremasters(GMs) with their ideas for the world, regardless of its nature. A conversation will be had and questions will be asked to further clarify said ideas. After this, the player will be directed to utilize a Lore Sheet in the interest of documenting their ideas in an organized fashion. This sheet is first sent to the GM for review. Once given the okay, it is posted in the OOC where any other parties may view it.

While players may comment and make known their opinion on the lore entry, and such will be considered before final review (followed by integration, revision, or dismissal of the entry in question) ultimately the decision is left to the Loremasters--though constructive criticism, questions, and general discourse are appreciated and encouraged.

To review, the steps are as follows:

1.) Lore idea is presented to the Loremasters(GMs), discussed, then given the go ahead (or not).
2.) Lore Sheet is reviewed by the Loremasters(GMs). Entry is approved, denied, or revised.
3.) Lore Sheet is presented in the OOC for player reactions and feedback.
4.) Entry is reviewed once more by the Loremasters(GMs).
5.) Entry is finalized, then integrated into Patchwork's Lore Thread if applicable.

Lore Sheets

Once you been cleared to fill out a sheet, contact the Loremasters. Conversely, we will give you a sheet upon approving a concept.

The categories are as follows:

Locations
Flora and Fauna
Sentient Races
Realms
Organizations
Magics
History
Deities and Primordial Forces
Religions and Cults
Technology

Lore Post Denotation

In the spirit of organization, below are detailed a series of tags which should be utilized when denoting lore while in character that one wishes such to be defined. The idea is to allow for small and subtle pieces of lore to be created or alluded to by Exploration-type players whilst in character, thus giving prompts to those who would world build to flesh out and give further depth to a given situation and the world at large.

The tags are as follows:

[GM] GameMaster. Tags used to denote that the GM team should define something.
[A1] Anyone. A tag to denote that any player can define the lore in question.
[COM] Community. A tag to denote that the player would like to collaborate with others.
[IP] Personal: A tag denoting that the player will define the lore.

At the end of an in character post in which a player mentions lore that has yet to be defined a hider must be created. Within this hider any undefined terms and potential lore should be mentioned and labeled with their appropriate tags.

Examples

As Denaria crept through what the stranger had called Calethane's Respite, she noted the strange glow that emanated from a series of holes in the cavern's ceiling. Perhaps they were some sort of exotic plant that lived in the cave.

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Deeper within Calethane's Respite, Denaria found herself staring down into a chasm whose bottom she could not see. Yet, while she knew not its depth, she did know that whatever one might find at the bottom of the chasm was a beast of terrible vastness for twas from the chasm that a deep hum resounded, interrupted only by the shuddering breaths of something. Yet, she found herself far more disturbed by the shifting of the walls that surrounded her, which appeared as if covered by some sort of writhing mass. Whether it was an energy or a living thing she did not know and frankly had no wish to discover.

With this thought in mind she turned her back to the scene and began her trek back. Hopefully it would be as uneventful as her way in had been.

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[IP] Calethane's Respite.
[A1] Exotic plant.
[GM] Beast.
[COM] Writhing mass.

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_{Player Accountability}

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A relatively simple system so as to keep account of characters as well as the quality of lore, the Accountability system is twofold. Its first important duty is related to those who wish to join. In essence, one must simply present interest in the OOC, at which point they will be contacted by the GMs and requested to fill out the a Player Profile, found below.

Player Profile

[hider=INSERT USERNAME HERE'S Profile][u][b]Nicknames:[/b][/u] (Optional, but enjoyable :P)
[u][b]RP Timeline:[/b][/u] (How long have you been RPing)
[u][b]Preferred Pronouns:[/b][/u] (Optional)
[u][b]Preferred Genres:[/b][/u] (What sorts of RPs and literature do you prefer to read, create, and write in?)
[u][b]Participation Type:[/b][/u] Essentially, there are four types of participation. These include the following:
[i][u][b]Lore Creation(1):[/b][/u][/i] A type describing an individual who wishes to assist in the creation of lore to flesh out the world.
[i][u][b]World Exploration(2):[/b][/u][/i] A type categorizing an individual who wants to write characters experiencing the world.
[i][u][b]Organization(3):[/b][/u][/i] A type categorizing an individual who is willing to assist in the organization of lore and, perhaps, plot. This category is off limits at the beginning, but may open up, or be a reward for continued participation.
[i][u][b]Unbound:[/b][/u][/i] A category including two or more of the above categories. If one falls into this category, list the relevant numbers next to it in parentheses.

[u][b]Roleplay Sample:[/b][/u] (At least two paragraphs. Mind grammar, punctuation and spelling. Typos are alright, as long as they are not glaring and/or consistent)[/hider]

Once the Player Profile is filled out, reviewed and acceptance is given, the player may move to the second portion of the Accountability system. Unlike the first portion of the system, the second is not strictly necessary unless one wishes to participate in World Explanation, as described in the Player Profile. However, if one does and thus wishes to enter a character to explore the verse, they must contact the Loremasters via PM so as to submit a character concept.

Essentially a Character Concept is a paragraph or more description of a character, outlining their history, equipment, and abilities (as well as any particularly noteworthy personality traits). This is to prevent Mary sues/Gary Stus, maintain player accountability, and most importantly to stimulate interactions between characters. How, one might ask, well this is due to the fact that once the CC is accepted it is posted in the character thread by the player in question. This allows other players to see the sheet and decide if they would be interested in interacting.

It should be noted that while we do not strictly require any sort of full character sheet, they are nonetheless appreciated as additional effort put into a Character Concept allows us to ascertain more of the character's nature and thus perhaps facilitate plot where wanted or necessary.

Additionally, it should be noted that should one submit a fully fledged character sheet, it will be graded as such.

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_Tiers

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While this system is still a work in progress and will be expanded on, one really must only take away a few things in regards to understanding it. Namely that the Tier system is to properly categorize a given character's strengths and weaknesses from a combat perspective. While currently we have simply devised the base form of what we have termed the "General Tier System," it should be noted that later on categories will be created to further assist in the accurate gauging of a given character's abilities.

No character, at current time, may start out stronger than T5 in regards to combat capability.

The Tier System can be found below:
Link

When the system is updated, it will be an announcement in the OOC.

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_Setting

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Our final stop, Setting is less a system and more a method with which to keep track of characters and interactions ICly. This "system's" core purpose is to allow players to have their characters be in essentially any given location and within any given time period--though the time period is somewhat limited, thus bringing me to our next point.

While I will endorse using linear time, I am going to allow what I call Semi-liquid time, wherein a given timeframe is open, allowing players to post anywhere within that time frame so long as the general time stamp is in their post as according to the rules of the setting system.

Setting System

While within the same city as other player characters, all posts may be made within a 3 day period ICly. This means that one could post anywhere between Monday and Tuesday on a general calendar. One must date their posts so that characters who are not working within the same timeline do not interact across time in a paradoxical fashion. When beyond a distance of several hundred miles, say on another continent, in another realm, or in several days travel (via horseback, not car) distance from another character, your may be within a week's period, rather than just 3 days of a given realm's beginning timeframe. Flashbacks are a unique instance in this regard, as past a week backwards in time, any event may be played out.

Time Denotation

Now, perhaps just as important as understanding the timeframes wherein one may post, is how one denotes their time and location in a post.

The minimal format is as follows:

[center][u][b]Character Name[/b][/u]
[i]Realm--Continent--Vicinity(city, town, landmark)[/i]
Day/time of day(midday, night, midnight, evening, morning, etc)[/center]

Additionally make sure that it is noted if a post is a flashback, by titling it with "Flashback," above the character name. You may add additional things such as alias and you may even denote that your character is moving from one location to another. If someone is moving from the ghettos of a city, to the upper class district, feel free to specify this, it is helpful for other players to find you. Movement from one location to another is denoted by an arrow [-->] with the starting location on the left side and the destination on the right.

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_{Interest Check
The Patch Tome}

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Gael, Verens Estrada

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His real name is unknown to the public.

Gender:

Male.

Appearance:

Of relatively average build for a teenage boy of 19, Gael stands at 5'6 and weighs roughly 175 lbs. When not out in the guise of Scour, Gael wears blue contacts. His eyes, as such, tend to take on a purple coloration due to the light pink and purple blending with the contacts. He carries around sunglasses as well and never wears the shirt with the 'eye emblem' on it.

Cape Alias:

Nightfall.

This name is one he's given himself. However, should the PRT name him something else he is unlikely to correct them. After all, this name alludes to the true nature of his ability, which is something that most are unlikely to fully grasp.

Affiliation:

Villain/Criminal.

Biography:

Growing up in a broken family, Gael quickly came to know the manipulative and unhealthy side of humanity. Even as a young child he watched his mother and father fight and bicker, sometimes striking one another. At first it was frightening, but as time went on he grew used to their dispositions and learned to deal with them. While some children might cower or run, Gael learned to manipulate his parents to get what he wanted and as he grew older this began to extend to others around him. However while he could manipulate his peers and his parents, school authorities served to be...less accepting of his behavior and so, one day in highschool and at the age of 16 his parents, James and Sarah received a call from one of their son's teachers.

All was well when his parents came to school to pick the boy up and bring him home, but upon leaving the building and arriving back home the two practically went ballistic on Gael, with his mother screaming at him and his father eventually growing so angry with his lack of response, punching him hard enough to knock him off his feet.

So unaccustomed to people retaliating to him was Gael that he hit a low point. He felt tears run down his face as he glared back up at his father, his head still reeling. The man glowered right back at him and, gritting his teeth, kicked Gael in the stomach. By now his mother began yelling at James, calling the punishment overboard, but Gael had long become deaf to them. A feeling of weakness and inexplicable anger built up in him till it rose to a peak and then suddenly it was as if everything went cold.

As his parents argued, the adolescent rose to his feet behind them, his face bruised and stomach aching from his father's blows. However, a small grin was on his face as he stared at his parents argue and then outright begin striking one another. Noticing his son's grin, James ceased the struggle with his wife and approached his son yelling at him, “Do you think this is funny!? You could have been expelled. After all your mom and I do for you, you pull some shit like this and then have the gall to grin at me like that!” His father raised his fist when Gael did not respond, but never went through with the strike as before he could it would seem as if all the color in the man's face would drain away at which point he crumpled down to his knees.

Afraid, Gael's mother went to the man, pleading with him to explain what was wrong. All the while Gael smirked down at them smugly. He wasn't sure how he had done it, but he knew it was his fault that his father had lost all his will to fight just then. The same happened to his mother as she looked up at him, tears in her eyes. Immediately a look of terror entered her eyes as she saw the eerie glow of her son's eyes and the strange lines of light that had spread from them. She tried to push herself away from him, which incited a small chuckle from Gael before he raised his hand, knowing what to do by instinct alone, and immediately his mother collapsed, unconscious.
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In the days following the event, Gael's parents wouldn't even look at him, but due to the influence of his ability, had no will to contact anyone for help. Using this to his advantage he continued to highschool eventually graduating only a year later as he excelled far beyond his peers.

Applying with scholarship and financial aid to a rather prestigious college in Chicago, Gael convinced his largely subservient parents to move, and so they did. This puts us in the present time where merely using his abilities on “mundanes,” has grown boring to him.

As such he's begun going on outings, mainly at night, to stir up trouble in hope of attracting local do-gooders so he can break them too. He's not sure where he's going, but if it's anything like the last year or so, then it can only be more fun and to Gael that's really all that matters. Even if his idea of fun is...skewed.

Personality:

In short Gael is a manipulative, egocentric personality with narcissistic tendencies and a relatively small capacity for empathy. He uses people to achieve his ends, he's two faced and he lies more easily than he tells the truth. One might call him a social chameleon and they'd be right in saying as such, because it is often that he either blends in or instead chooses to use his charisma to create his own clique. Still, Gael is not all bad, as few are, and is rather a damaged boy with a lot of very bad habits and a closed heart.

Rather than face his flaws and insecurities he has long since locked them away, instead retaliating with a cold anger when questioned or confronted about how he treats people. He is stubborn, indignant and, well, arrogant not to mention he has a superiority complex. Overall he's what most would consider a toxic personality and really, they're right. Nonetheless, if perhaps he got some help for his issues he could improve. Until then he's only going to get worse and his rapidly growing intellect is going to make his decline into the darker end of the moral spectrum hell for everyone around him.

Residence:

Gael lives in his parent's house in the suburbs of Chicago.

Parental status:

While his Mother and Father are both alive, they are essentially puppets to him, set on a sort of autopilot which allows them to appear fairly normal to others.

Costume:

He tends to wear a black hoodie with a matching T-shirt beneath. On the shirt is a stylistic drawing of an eye. He wears black jeans and no mask. Instead his hoodie or his ability often obscures his identity. Gael carries his cellphone, which he's had jury rigged and set up with 20 lock screens unless he turns that setting off. He wears a pair of gloves so his fingerprints are never left behind. Additionally he carries a bottle of pepper spray.

Power:

Gael's ability focuses around an invisible aura, which he can utilize to siphon psychic energy, mentally draining humans and weakening the powers of parahumans before affecting their mind as well. This energy, once obtained, is assimilated by Gael by way of a secondary nervous system which stores and allocates his additional mental capacity. Personality traits are retained within psychic energy causing Gael's mind to be more of a hivemind than a normal human one. Aside from this is Gael's capacity to harness psychic energy he has gathered and focus it to attack the minds of others, penetrating their thoughts and weakening them. Conversely he might bolster or enhance communication with teammates should he use his power more constructively. Nonetheless, perhaps the most dangerous aspect of his ability is the result of prolonged exposure as over time one's suggestibility to Gael is increased while the capacity for conscious thought and decision making is decreased. While indeed a frightening prospect, this is something that would take days, weeks, or even months to achieve at best with the longest being years.

While the above details the majority of his ability's manifestation, Gael's perception was also effected by his trigger event, from that day on allowing him to see both his own aura and those of others. He can do this either with his eyes or by making contact with his aura. However doing so with just his aura will only notify him of an individual's mental state, whereas his eyes will tell him whether an individual is human or parahuman. A smoother aura is indicative of a more stable psyche whereas a rougher or scattered aura indicate an unstable or less stable one. Parahumans, in addition to possessing an aura texture also have colored auras while normal humans are perceived as gray scale. Brighter colors denote non-physical abilities, the brighter the color the more potent the ability while darker colors indicate more physical abilities. Neutral colors are somewhere in between the two or are abilities that cannot be clearly defined by either category. The color, aside from its brightness, seems to indicate the nature of the person more than it does the nature of their ability.

Notes: Gael's abilities can be subverted by the occasional Stranger-type ability. Being aware of his ability, its effect on you, or being averse to him in general makes you more resistant to his influence. Individuals with Thinker or Trump abilities are most resistant to him, with some Thinkers perhaps being entirely immune. However, power nullification does not work on him once you enter his field of influence—though it does make one more resistant to him. Gael is capable of siphoning psychic energy via direct physical contact, this method is the most efficient and as such drains people faster.

Power range:

Gael's ability, while possessing a relatively large area of effect, does not have a conventional range. Instead his area of influence, when unaltered, is a sphere with a 10 meter radius. Gael can redistribute the volume of these sphere thus altering its shape and allowing him to extend his range up to roughly 2.6 miles if he were to condense it into a single hyper-thin string.

Power safeguards:

While Gael's ability does not guard him against much it does make him largely immune to abilities that would seek to influence the mind. Additionally it gives him some measure of resistance to Trump abilities. Beyond this Gael's ability only makes him truly immune to two things, these being sensory overload and psychological breakdowns. This is largely due to the nature of his trigger event.

PRT ranking:

Thinker: 7.
Master: 5.
Shaker: 4.
Striker: 4.
Trump: 3.

Weapons:

Gael carries a light, but durable baton that can extend and retract. Its minimum size is roughly 1.5 feet, while its max length when extended is 6 feet. The end of the baton has a sharp point and the baton will lock in place when opened unless pressure is applied on the handle.

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Evelyn Chambers

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Real name is unknown.

Gender:

Female.

Appearance:

Cape Alias:

Tülpa.

Affiliation:

The Wards.

Biography:

Personality:

Residence:

Parental status:

Costume:

Power:

Power range:

Power safeguards:

PRT ranking:

SOLOKOLOS

Weapons:

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Raythe

[:- BASIC INFORMATION -:]
Name: Raytheon, S(eth). Abelli.
Nicknames: Ray; Raythe.
Gender: Male.
Age: 27.

[:- AGENT DOSSIER -:]
Team Titles: Psychosoma.
Official Titles: The Minimalist;
Position: Asylum.
Specialty: Hybrid.
Asylum Code: DCLXXVI(676).

Equipment:

“Rigged”

Its base form that of eight spheres, Rigged is perhaps Raythe's most complex piece of equipment, not to mention his second heaviest despite its diminutive size as the sphere is entirely capable of fitting on the palm of one's hand. While appearing almost as if it were just a toy, the seams of the sphere hint at its multifaceted nature. For while its stored form is a sphere, often found tossed between hands or hidden in a small holster kept beneath his coat, Rigged is in truth an incredibly complex set of mechanisms, which allow the sphere to alters it shape and function between many things so long as it has the proper components for such. The metallic substance it is composed of is hyper durable, its melting point being exceptionally high. Any electrical energy which strikes it is pulled into its core. It pulls forth static electricity to keep itself charged. Its various forms are activated by way of specific pressure being applied in patterns across the surface of the orb, making it difficult to utilize without proper training.

While many of Rigged's forms are simple tools that Raythe might need on a mission, there are several notable forms that ought be mentioned. They are detailed below.

• Pistol—Looks the same as the Wily Rangers, though it functions normally. Its ammo is variable.
• Lighter—Can be adjusted to release more or less fire.
• Crowbar—Or any form of rod.
• Folding round shield.
• Bladed weaponry
• Miniature fan.
• Lockpick.
• Tazer.

Last and least known of Rigged's capabilities is one of magnetic ability as when combined with Maestro's magnetic field, Rigged can separate itself into many 3 inch diameter circular plates with sharp edges. These can be controlled within Maestro's area of influence, allowing them to be moved about. Additionally, since Rigged is wirelessly linked to Seer, these tiny plates of durable metal can be directed by its micro chip at the sacrifice of roughly 20% of its camera system. This effectively creates an automated defense. It should be noted that all of these plates can link together and be used as flexible armor.

Rigged weighs 80 lbs total, while each sphere is 10 lbs on its own.

Seer

Consisting of two pairs of glasses, one depicted in his appearance and the more notable of the two depicted below. The first pair of sunglasses, when deactivated, are tinted so darkly that one could not see through their lenses. However, upon being flipped on, which occurs when the “arms,” of the glasses touch Raythe's ears and take a small tissue sample. Upon verifying their wearer their lenses shift their purpose, revealing a set of double mirrors where the black lenses were. The black lens effect is achieved by way of a thin film and a weak adhesive. This adhesive is heated lightly upon activation and the film is drawn into the frame of the glasses. Once active, Raythe can see through the glasses whereas anyone looking upon them sees merely a reflection. This pair additionally has several mirrors positioned strategically on the “arms,” and rim of the glasses, allowing him a sort of additional bit of peripheral vision. These sunglasses, while serving minimal purpose, are in fact a homage to Ethan Baine.

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Utilized primarily in combat and once Raythe begins to take a mission seriously, at which point he will don these sunglasses. Upon being donned they will lock to his head, the “arms” which encompass his ears expanded outwards over them and activating a series of headphones. Tiny microphones and cameras are installed upon the arms of the sunglasses and throughout Raythe's overcoat and suit. These pick up sounds, and allow him to filter through them, silencing some and amplifying others.

The cameras on the other hand are tied to the glasses of Seer, which project a holographic screen within the entire field of view of their wearer. These screens interface with a pair of colorless contacts on Raythe's eyes. With this only information that is required, dictated by a small computer in the glasses and throughout his clothes and commands relayed from the implanted contacts—which cannot be taken off. This allows Raythe, though only with Seer donned, to swiftly sift through audio and video information from many angles. While used primarily for tracking, he can narrow the focus of Seer, allowing him to track up to 5 human-sized targets with incredible accuracy.

Since the cameras can zoom he can also so at least twenty times further than he could with unaided eyes. The screens will focus and blur according to the direction his eyes are facing and how they are focusing on things. However, the cameras do not have any other settings due to the limitations of the processing chip. It should be noted that Seer is connected to a series of micro-speakers, which just like the cameras and microphones are positioned throughout his clothes. This allows it to mimic any sound taken into it or mix sounds together to emit from any number of these speakers.

Seer is composed of dense plastics and durable nano-weave to help disperse force over their surfaces. This makes them exceptionally durable. The lenses themselves are effectively dense “bullet proof” plastic. This defends the wearers eyes from several bullets as long as they remain below .50 calibers. Seer is magnetically shielded, but can be fried by directly applied electrical input.

Maestro

A series of seven metallic rods with sharpened ends and the capability to fold, so as to become flat, Maestro is concealed by slipping 6 of the rods into the primary rod. The primary rod's entire form is silver, rather than black and it tapers to one end. However, when it is to be used, Maestro is overturned and its ornate handle splits open in two directions with the application of pressure in select areas. In response each rod hidden therein is extracted—this can be done individually or sequentially. As each rod slips out of its casing it unfolds and, as its end meets the top of the shaft within which it is stored, Anti-alchemy substance in addition to trace amounts of mercury and a fair deal of iron in liquid state, all of which is pressurized to an extreme degree so as to fill the hollow of the rod in question. This occurs for each rod in addition to them being electrically charged, the engines and static absorbers within their forms activating.

Once removed the rods emit their own electromagnetic field, which can be manipulated via the application of pressure on the “cane,” which also remains charged, in addition to possessing its own store of the aforementioned substance. Like all the rods, the main rod has a series of slots, which can open and close to intake or expel Ax3. The substances within the rods, due to being electrically charged, can be manipulated by the field cast by the rods and, furthermore, can be heated within the rods and expelled in a liquid or gaseous form in the case of Ax3.

Additionally, it should be noted that if planted into the ground, the rods are capable of focusing their EM field into the area designated by their arrangement. Separately, each rod projects a 10 meter EM field. This includes the “cane,” but unlike the other rods, Maestro's core is capable of exerting influence over its electromagnetic field directly. This is done, once more, via the application of pressure on the handle.

These traits, overall, make Maestro a rather versatile tool—if somewhat weighty due to the three aforementioned substance contained within it. The amounts are as follow: 117 fluid ounces of Ax3, 76.7 fluid ounces of mercury and 67.6 fluid ounces of iron. This results in Maestro, in its concealed state, weighing precisely 141 lbs. In its active form, Maestro's weight is divvied between its 7 rods making each weigh approximately 20 lbs. The question thus remains, how is Maestro easily carried and wielded when concealed as a cane? Simply put, its magnetic field acts upon it and is manipulated by pressure applied to the handle, as per the usual. This means that Maestro appears to act as a normal cane in Raythe's hands, but in those of any other becomes a nigh useless implement.

>7 lbs of Ax3. 67.6 lbs of mercury. 50 lbs of iron.
>Maestro total weight: 140 lbs.
Each rod weighs 20 lbs.

Maestro's components are linked wirelessly both to each other—so as to transmit commands to modify their EM field(s)—and to the rest of Raythe's equipment. Maestro is composed of an alchemically modified material, which acts more or less the same as a metal, but is about as easy to damage as diamond while being as durable as titanium.

Alchemy Specialization:

Transitive Alchemy

Alchemic Styles: Vocem; Motem.
Description: A specialization considered particularly rare, Transitive Alchemy focuses on the changeable nature of one's surroundings, thus allowing those with affinity to it to alter just how mutable their surroundings truly are. The reason for its rarity is simple in that few people are drawn to the idea of change itself, whereas most use it in some manner—revealing that Transitive Alchemy is an alchemy which mixes itself with all others. When honed, this specialization, while not nearly as straightforwards in the manner that it influences the world around its user, allows its wielder to increase or decrease just how mutable their surroundings are. Again, unlike most alch-specs, Transitive alchemy works only within a specific area of influence. Rather than simply cast alchemy to change a particular object in their surroundings, the wielder of this specialization casts a wide field and then orients and focuses that field to achieve their desired result(s).

>When utilizing a level 3 cast, Raythe's area of influence is sphere with a radius of 10 meters.
>When utilizing a level 3 cast, Raythe is incapable of affecting living things directly with his alch spec.

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Appearance

NOTE: Raythe stands at 5'9 and weighs 180 lbs without his equipment. With his equipment he weighs roughly 400 lbs.

Personality

A man who lives to pursue the eternal muse, Raythe considers himself an artist made eternal critic. He is a connoisseur of the world's unrealized masterpiece, the dance of consciousness and the bodies who follow and bend to its will. He sees nature as a canvas upon which those who take action paint, but the process is twofold he knows. Nature shapes its children, but its children grow to shape it in turn. It is all a cycle and so what moves may be moved and all is susceptible to the forces of reality.

It is with this mindset that Raythe faces the world, his mind ready to mold it and those within it as is needed. To him there are no solid things only slowly shifting ideas taken form. As such it is easy for him to justify essentially anything to himself as the world is impermanent, why can beliefs and morals not be as such as well?

Knowing these things makes Raythe's rather bizarre behavior at least somewhat more easy to comprehend as to many he is an eccentric enigma bouncing from one end of the personality spectrum to the other as if bound by nothing and no one. The reality is he is something of a perfectionist with an extreme attention to detail and a vast amount of rather particular preferences. While this is often hidden beneath a practiced mask of confidence and stability, Raythe is more often than not frantically attempting to justify the imperfections of the world around him.

History: To be revealed.

Additional Information

Fluent in sign language, Latin, french, Italian and English. Raythe has an incredible ability to learn as he has an innate understanding of patterns and how to discern them. He also has skill in Spanish though he is better at understanding it than he is at speaking it.

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_{"It is my last conscious breath which shall sunder your being, demon! Let history remember that. Let him know that were it not for you, he would know my fury!"}

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N A M E / A L I A S

Lyrsaeyn Dryeir – Beacon of the Lost.

A G E O F L E G E N D

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M Y T H O L O G Y

_{As told from the Journals of Orthun Raith:}

“Born among the once petty folk of Evaeryn, the larger of two islands off the southern coast of Evaeryn, Lyrsaeyn's story is one of tragedy. Loved only by his poor urchin parents, the young child was kept secret from the townsfolk so that the family, though poor and miserly, might live a peaceful life. It was not to be so, for at the age of seven their secret was discovered and so was revealed to the Islanders the blindness of the child. First he was cast into the forests, made to survive in the wilds of the town.

"Lost and alone for days Lyrsaeyn wandered among the trees, yet no beast attacked him and even what plants could have harmed him, did not. So it was that a month later the young, frightened child emerged from the forest...but alas he was changed. His blind eyes could see and his awakened sight was frightening to the villagers, as his eyes shone a haunting light, full of an intensity which pierced the soul itself. So he was chained and brought to knee before the city's leader and the execution whom he controlled.

"Yet, when his form they sought to kill, the winds rose, the woods shrieked, and the earth trembled—sky shrouded in malicious clouds. Thunder and lightning descended upon the village and so, as the blade swung through the air, it was struck, the executioner felled, and the blade struck through the air, where it pierced the leader's heart.

"Then, as if nothing at all had transpired, the sky was clear and the marketplace of the city...calm. The folk of Evaeryn looked at one another, and then to the boy with terror and awe in their eyes and so...they allowed him stay in the village for five more years. Still, as nothing further occurred in this time, the Islanders grew restless, forgetting the results before, and so sent him into Evaeryn's forests once more, bidding him farewell and warning him never to return.

"So the boy wandered among the wilderness, now more aware of his circumstances...and the world around him. He came to feel comfortable among the forests of the land, but the island, with its vile memories, made him restless. So it was that he came to Evaeryn's coast, and as if waiting for him, was a fishing boat. Allowed on board, the boy was delivered to the mainland, South of Heartlands.

"His path taking him through towns and forests, Lyrsaeyn brought peace to wherever he went, as spirits were called to him...and away from those whom they tormented. With time they became a burden and so, hearing of the Wisemen of Orthus' Isle, the young man made way to the smaller of the southern islands: The Isle of Orthus.

"Twas here, in the forests of the temple islands that the Wisemen taught him the ways of the Invoker, showing him the path he was to tread. It is said that he stayed for two years, before the winds of fate called him away.

"There were no winds. No, only the words of a hooded stranger come in the dead of night. To him the stranger spoke these words, 'To the Heartlands go, scion of mind and spirit both. Your life, while a burden to you, is one of just purpose. For in the Heart of these lands there slumbers a beast, and only by your hand and that of two others, can it be slain. Without one the others fail. Do not fail.' The man, it is said, turned and began to walk away. If the young man replied history does not remember his words.

"Nonetheless, given purpose by the enigmatic stranger, Lyrsaeyn bid the Wisemen farewell, and set sail, then made way to the Heartlands on foot. However, granted greater power and understanding of the world, Lyrsaeyn became a saviour to the people—or so many would like to think.

"Often untold by storytellers and minstrels both, there are those few who tell the story of Lyr's wretched trek. For while much good was wrought in his wake, the world is a balance, and so—though I regret speak it—evil was wrought as well. Though most benefited from his passing, there were those unlucky few who drew the mage's ire, and to them and all who were near came depravity of a sort not seen since his passing.

"Villages left with not a conscious soul, minds torn from their bodies while others still are haunted to this day, the taint of rage and fury in the errant spirits of old. Still, perhaps the outcome was worth the cost.

"However, with the fateful meeting of Lyrsaeyn and Sarynia, the storm calmed and so the beginnings of the Triumvirate were made. Then as news of blood spilled on the soil of Evaeryn reached his ears Lyrsaeyn, pulled by fate, made his way to the island where the third of the Triumvirate came to know the other two.

“Retracing his steps, Lrysaeyn made his way back to the Island of Evaeryn, a place which had brought little but despair to his life. So it was that he caught a boat to its shores and upon arriving discovered the people of the island in a sorry state. Everyone of them, women and children included, had been slaughtered—they had been judged unworthy, some say.

Twas on that island that the Triumvirate united, though little is known as to exactly why. From there, the trio made their way northwest.

It was there, in the Heartlands, that the Triumvirate's Legend truly began."

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"When the Restless March was completed, the three Trials of Mind, Body, and Soul overcome, the time came for the Triumvirate of eld to set their sights upon the Elysian Plains and meet the destiny that the Prince of the Void had laid out for them. Few records manage to recount precisely what it was that was fought, referring to it only as a great evil, but the true name of the scourge of the realm that they faced was Lazarus, the Undying.

As little literature survived Lazarus' various onslaughts, and history is written in the glory-emboldened eyes of those who did manage to drive the abomination into slumber, the truth of what Lazarus was or could do is lost, even to we Fates. Lazarus possessed unnatural durability, to the point that it simply could not be killed by normal means or normal men, and only with great sacrifices was it pushed to the brink of dormancy that it hovered upon before it set to consume all things. We believe that Lazarus corrupted and twisted the natural cycle of life to its own benefit, drawing strength from the untimely demise of those around it to extend its own time in this world. Perhaps, initially, it was no more than a nuisance but the continued reaping of helpless souls eventually rendered it beyond death until the Triumvirate arrived. Even now we do not know if this explanation is true, as none of the Triumvirate survived the encounter (with the exception of Lyr, whose mind was broken and thus was of no use)."

When the Triumvirate completed their respective Trials, they each marched upon the resting grounds of the abomination Lazarus and sought to vanquish it for all of eternity. In order to weaken the creature, Dormeria raised a veritable army of the dead whose vitality and souls had long been spent to wear Lazarus down, sacrificing much of her own life force to do so. Lyr shattered Lazarus' mind, bringing his own to the very edge of madness, and grappled with the creature long enough for Sarynia to perform the ritual to bind its soul within a mortal vessel that it might be slain. Lyr was the first to sacrifice himself, utterly breaking his own mind to temporarily render Lazarus vulnerable to the psychic and spiritual onslaught of Sarynia. While Sarynia bound the creature's essence, Dormeria prepared the ritual to bind the demon within her body and then die, killing them both in the process.

Dormeria's Trial of Body had taken its toll, and continued reliance upon Ukenagasu had left her with too little of her own inherent life force to bind Lazarus within herself for long enough to kill it. With no alternative, Dormeria bound the Undying within Sarynia's body and shortly thereafter breathed her last breath, crumbling to ash as she did so. Though strong of body and soul, Sarynia's mind could only contend with Lazarus for as long as Lyr's power weakened it, and Sarynia forfeited her soul to destroy Lazarus' - with no soul, Sarynia and Lazarus both expired within moments.

As only the three witnessed the battle, the stories that are told are all the world has to go by, with different cultures each celebrating a particular member of the Triumvirate and lording them above all others - some venerate Sarynia as an all-benevolent martyr betrated by Dormeria, some laud Lyr as the hero who outsmarted an undying demon, and some idolise Dormeria as the very essence of power and sacrifice. The only thing these various legends have in common is that they speak of the total eradication of Lazarus - and naught has been heard of the demon since.” - Historian Clorissa Thossarian, First Fate of the Order of the Skyward Eye.

A P P E A R A N C E

Standing at 5'9, slim form covered by cloak, hood, and the garments of a traveler, Lyrsaeyn has about him an air of mystery. His steps silent and his presence subtle, this mage is a man who keeps to himself. Often shaven despite his travels, Lyrsae does his best not to garner the attention of those around him, but despite his largely unassuming appearance, it is often that the lithe man finds others approaching him.

His form fairly athletic in musculature, features sharp and handsome, perhaps Lyr's most striking physical asset are his eyes. Shining from dark blue at the edges to a light cyan as they near their centers, Lyr's eyes have a subtle glow to them that, in the dim, clearly shine. Furthermore, should one catch the mage using his magic, this subtle glow shifts to a blinding ethereal fire. This is accompanied by the whispers, screams, and songs of any number of spirits as they whirl about him, bound to his being.

Lyrsaeyn's full traveling garb consists of many billowing layers, meant to insulate him from cold, but be loose enough to protect from heat. With the outer cloaks being largely waterproof from the oils of various plants and animals, Lyr's clothes serve him well in his travels.

A B I L I T I E S & E Q U I P M E N T

V A E N Y R -- L Y S A E A, G A T E W A Y S T O M E R I D I A N
A pair of rings, one crafted of the Merkstave's Dark and the other of the Heaven's light, Vaenyr and Lysaea were gifts from the God Orthus granted to Lyrsaeyn and Sarynia before their fateful battle against Lazarus, the Undying. While the rings appear to be polar opposites, the two are in truth twins in disguise. Possessing identical abilities, Vaenyr and Lysaea are capable of transmitting the boons of one upon another, thus transmitting certain protective properties between the wearers.

While the rings can be worn and utilized by anyone, they are strongest when worn by the two they were created to unify. When worn by these two the effects are as follow.

Lysaea, the ring which was worn by Lyrsaeyn, grants its wearer Sarynia's protection, thus shielding the mage greatly from outside influences, which would otherwise pull on the soul and affect the mind. This primarily works upon negative or harmful influences meaning that Raelia, one of Lyrsaeyn's other Artifacts, would be unaffected by his wearing Lysaea. In fact, the two empower one another for reasons that only the two heroes know.

On the otherhand, Vaenyr, Sarynia's ring, grants its wearer heightened spiritual awareness, thus amplifying one's natural perception as well as allowing them to view emotions and impressions as Lyrsaeyn does.

Last among the abilities of the two rings is their ability to allow their wearers an awareness of eachother's mental and emotional state. While this does not make them capable of reading one another's minds, it does make it easier for them to work together and for either to know whether their counterpart is alive and well.

While the rings may be worn by anyone they are partial to their owners meaning that should another wear one of the rings, the owners—whether wearing a ring or not—will be capable of tracking down whomever has dared steal the Artifacts. Should both rings ever be taken from their true wielders they attract one another and bring misfortune to their wearers in addition to the boons of one another's protection. Should the rings ever go unworn they will begin to release a sound beyond the perception of most men, allowing them to be located only by the spiritually or magically aware.

R A E L I A, C H A R M O F T H E S I R E N
While it is said that Lyr bound the soul of a great magus into the amulet, the truth of the matter is far different. In truth, the Charm of the Siren was given to him by Sarynia Bael as a gift to sooth his pain and sharpen his focus. This reveals the Artifact's ability to bring a form of peace, infusing them with a dangerously disarming calm as the voice of the being held within, like a siren, sings its wearer into paradise. At least, this would be its effect should another without the blessing of its owner wear it. Instead, when worn by those with the blessing of its owner the Charm of the Siren diffuses stress, soothes the soul, and increases the focus of the wearer. In Lyrsaeyn's case, the amulet also serves to amplify his focus almost twenty-fold, thus increasing his range and potency phenomenally. This is largely due to the resonance which takes place between Lyrsaeyn and the Amulet's soul. How the amulet came to be inhabited by this soul is a detail lost to time, but perhaps, with his Resurrection, the mystery can be unraveled. Perhaps.

A R L A Y R E, W E L L O F S O U L S
An artifact of immense power, the Well of Souls is a longsword and sheath, the first more plain than the second. The longsword, which has been glimsped by many, but remembered by few due to its nature possesses a host of complex inscriptions upon its form written in an unknown tongue. The longer the blade is exposed, the more these runes shift and shimmer upon the blade's surface. In regards to its sheath, which the longsword should have never been drawn from, it is ornately gilded with materials resembling silver, gold, and obsidian. The last of these three constantly shifts its location and arrangement when the blade is sheathed. It is said that this material is the essence of the Merkstave made stone, but such things are impossible to confirm.

What is not difficult to realize however are the devastating consequences of drawing the Artifact. In fact, so great is the power of the drawn blade, Arlayre, that since the loss of its sheath during the slaying of Lazarus, The Undying, the weapon has been placed upon the Altar of Souls in the center of the temple on the Isle of Orthus where it remains to this day. Since its relocation to the Isle, none, but the priests of Orthus have been capable of coming within twenty miles of its shore without being entrapped by the tool's insidious influence. This influence is such that it draws those with spirit, be they dead or living, to its form—culling their reason and sense of self. As a result those affected by the cursed blade often die of exposure, dehydration, or starvation—whichever comes first—due to the mindless urge to become one with its form. For the living, death binds the soul to the object while the spirits of the dead are bound the moment they enter its sway.

As a result the Isle of Orthus has come to be known as the Bedlam of Souls and none who have so foolishly sailed the waters which surround it, let alone walked upon its shores, have left since the blade was relocated to it 30,000 years ago.

While the origins of Arlayre have never been confirmed, it is likely that, due to its immense power, it was not crafted by the hands of any mortal man, but was instead given as a gift to Lyr by Orthus himself.

It should be known that while the blade may appear powerful when unsheathed, it is useless without its sheath as it cannot even be carried into any populated location unless it has first been sheathed. Additionally, the Well of Souls is not without its disadvantages, the most notable of which is the fact that while the unsheathed blade may have nigh undisputable power, this power is essentially useless to someone even so skilled as Lyrsaeyn. In fact, it is only with the sheath that the power can be contained within the blade, allowing its wielder to contain the spiritual power which has gathered to the blade over the millenia that it has been unsheathed. Still, even with its sheath the power's influence is not entirely curbed for its wielder. In fact, the very nature of Arlayre practically assures that the blade may only be partially unsheathed unless its wielder wishes to sacrifice themselves in one final attempt at victory.

While more rumor than fact, it is said that the strength of one's consciousness, and thus mind and will, dictate how strongly the Well of Souls will influence any given person. So it is seen that the weaker the will or lower the power, the less ability to resist one possesses. It is said that the ability of the Priests of Orthus to resist the blade's infernal power is evidence of this. However, it is just as true that no one has seen a living member of the isle's priests since the blade made the temple its home.

Who knows what is fact or fiction now?

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V A L E ' S I N S I G H T
Born into a world of indistinct colors and shapes, Lyrsaeyn was said to be almost blind to the physical world, and this holds true. Rather than view the material layer of Ansus like most mortal men, Lyrsaeyn was born with the ability to perceive both the spiritual energies around him as well as the realms of Heaven and Merkstave. This makes him abundantly aware of the subtle energies of magic, the emotions, and the mind in particular. However, while he can sense those with powerful magics or strong minds, Lyr cannot intrude into the minds of the living in any direct sense. Instead, the mage can pick up on the emotions projected between people, allowing him to tell how someone is feeling and gain impressions as to their basic intentions or mind state. Still, this is not to say that he can ordain the intricate details of one's mind, nor the reason for one's emotions any better than most men—though the ability does allow him to largely circumvent his inability to read body language or facial expressions due to the blurry nature of his physical sight.

While this ability is primarily tied to his vision, over the course of his life it progressed further, tying itself into all of his senses, allowing him to better discern energies through the use of taste, touch, smell, and even sound. This as such allows him to hear the voices of the dead or disembodied as well as feel the whispers of consciousness which remain woven into the very fabric of Ansus itself.

Perhaps least known of his perceptual abilities is related to his awareness of the Heavens and Merkstave respectively. Once his awareness of the former allowed him a unique connection to what became his patron god, Orthus, Prince of the Void. Unfortunately, with the death of the gods, the Heavens are largely empty now and so it is that the Merkstave writhes while its counterpart remain earily quiet. Nonetheless, this ability may serve some purpose in the conflicts to come, after all, the future is a strange and nebulous thing and one can never be too prepared.

I N V O C A T I O N
A magic art which few in the lands of Ansus have ever taken to and even fewer have mastered, Invocation is the power to call upon and manipulate spirits or beings from either the Merkstave, or perhaps for the most favored of the gods, the Heavens themselves. For Lyrsaeyn, this allowed him, via his Mind aspect, to tap into the energies inherent to the spirit, namely the emotions and consciousness itself. By tapping into these forces Lyrsaeyn is capable of manipulating, purifying, and otherwise influencing the spirit and its energies—known commonly as thoughts, emotions, and lifeforce. A wielder of this magic is first and foremost capable of affecting change to the spirit by imposing their will and their emotion upon them.

In the case of the living, Lyrsaeyn is only capable of emitting emotional or thought-form suggestions, which can influence one's natural actions only if their own will and emotion does not overpower the suggestion—as it so often does. However, unlike the minds of living men, the consciousness of a spirit is often weaker as it fades away and is integrated with the fabrics of Ansus. Due to Lyr's unique perception he is even capable, unlike any after or before him, of drawing spiritual energy, which has been integrated with Ansus, out and moulding it into a physical force, which he may wield to his own devices. More often than not this energy is utilized to impart greater tangibility to the spirits which he so frequently used as his tool in the world.

It is said that with this power, Lyrsaeyn could sunder even the minds of immortal beasts, but storytellers do love their drama do they not?

B I N D I NG
An advanced form of Invocation, Binding is an art, which Lyr is said to have created himself, thus being the first Bound Mage in history. In essence, an Invoker can call upon the energies at their disposal and weave them into the bonds which hold an errant spirit to the physical world via their life's attachments. Once this is done the Mage imposes their will upon the bond, which the spirit's attachments have crafted and shifts the focus of said bonds. For Lyr, the Beacon of the Lost, this ability was utilized to bind errant spirits to his own, giving him greater influence, and ultimately complete control over both their energies and consciousness as a whole.

This art comes with great boons, allowing a bound mage to utilize the spirit to do their bidding, act as envoy for them, and supply them with its mental and spiritual energies thus empowering them in the process. However, binding or utilizing the energies of another is not an act which comes without a price—a fact which Lyrsaeyn was acutely aware of. When consuming the psychic or spiritual energies of a spirit bound to oneself, the user becomes reliant on these energies over time in addition to their own psyche becoming weaker and weaker over time. Additionally, should a malignant spirit or force be bound to something or someone that force will feed on their consciousness regardless to whether or not they feed on its energies, thus causing them to gradually lose their sanity. This incidentally makes it more likely for a Bound Mage to impart in the energies of these spirits to keep themselves sane.

This, as such, can turn its wielder into a form of psychic vampire, feeding off of the spiritual energies of other entities to maintain their own. In Lyr's case the Charm of the Siren was utilized, increasing his ability to resist the pull of the spirits bound to his person in addition to placating their lust for spiritual energies greatly. This alongside his proximity to Sarynia, the Soul's Bastion kept him sane and in relatively good mental health till the fateful battle against Lazarus.

A U R A
As a result of Lyrsaeyn's excessive use of Bound magic in his time, the man has become what one might call a spiritual Beacon. This is caused by a passive aura of psychic and spiritual energies, which flows from his form, created via his own energies mixing with those of Ansus, where they spread outwards. The resultant effect is an air which beckons people to come to him whether alive...or dead. The further away one is from him the weaker the effect, with few exceptions. The primary way in which this ability influences others is by causing an impulse to interact with Lyr, whether one knows who he is or not. However, this impulse is not specific and so the nature of that interaction is undefined. Furthermore, due to the sheer density of spiritual energy which became inherent to his being, Lyrsaeyn is a spiritual beacon, making him easily detectable by almost anyone with even a shred of magical sensitivity. While he can mask his exact location and suppress this energy greatly with the use of bound spirits, it is impossible for him to become wholly without presence. Perhaps this will remain a burden in this life as it was in the past...or maybe the world has changed.

Nonetheless, it is said that in life, it was this Aura which brought many a tragedy upon Lyrsaeyn. Though perhaps it brought him good fortune as well, since it is likely the very force which brought the Triumvirate together. Such things are hard to tell as in legend fact and fiction are blurred together making the truth quite the illusive thing indeed. Such is the nature of Myth.

R E N D I N G
A dark power discovered only due to the mind enhancing effects of Binding Lyr was capable of achieving heights unheard of by any before or after him. By this it is meant that he discovered that with sufficiently vast quantities of spiritual energy one is capable of damaging the soul or spiritual energy of others. Considered his most devastating ability, Rending came to be known particularly well among select communities south of the Heartlands, who were exposed to Lyrsaeyn's power before he had gained hold sufficient enough to contain it.

It is this power in its strongest form that served to slay the seemingly immortal Lazarus. In its most powerful form, Rending is capable of shattering the very bonds of soul and mind and forcibly integrating them into the world or the mage themselves. This spell, known as Mind Rend, is however immensely taxing not only in the energy required, but in the fact that it draws not only from the spiritual energies gathered by the user. No, instead, Mind Rend sacrifices both four times the energy density of the soul the mage wishes to affect, and a portion of the user's consciousness. It is for this reason that the use of Mind Rend upon Lazarus sundered Lyrsaeyn's mind as well, rendering him practically bereft of any mind at all, the rest of which he lost in the years that followed.

Due to its immense power and the sacrifices which are intrinisic to its use, Mind Rend is an ability not to be utilized lightly. Furthermore, the greater the power and psychic resistance or resilience of an individual the more energy it requires to use Mind Rend upon them. Lyrsaeyn, though legend tells not of it, firmly abhors this spell, despite being its creator.

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T H E M E : W A R D R U N A N A U D I R .

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Ilitasaiuni Netarin Vekaisirivirlaann

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Name: Ilitasaiuni Netarin Vekaesirivirlaann
Nicknames: Ilitas.

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Race: True Deigan.
Gender: Female.
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Social Standing: Outcast/Wanderer.
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Antare, Keikoku

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Summary: Idk....
Age: 16.
Rank: Genin.
Village Affiliation: Konohagakure.

Personal Information

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Additional Appearance Details: Standing at 5'6 and weighing average for her age, Keikoku was an early bloomer, possessing a filled out figure and fairly mature face despite her youth. She always wears a scarf around her neck regardless of the temperature or occasion.

Keikoku's Garb

Fame: N/A.

Personality: A young woman of fiery passion and calculated intelligence, Keikoku looks at the world through a harsh lens instilled by her growing up during wartime, or at least in the aftermath of such. She sees most people either as a means to her ends or as monsters wearing masks of kindness. As such she trusts few and enjoys the company of even fewer. However, she is an actress and a marvelous one at that, allowing her to appear pleased or even positively enamored with someone, or the opposite of such, to fool her way into the good graces of those around her. However, this is not her only skill as Keikoku is an incredibly intuitive woman, tending to prefer going with her gut rather than following the spirit of the rules. With this intuition she not only makes decisions, but analyzes people, allowing her to easily pick up on the various nuances that make every individual, well, unique.

Still, while Keikoku may seem like the perfect girl on the outside and a manipulative bitch on the level just below she is in fact quite vulnerable at her core. Her acting is just that, acting, and her analytical and often socially destructive nature is a defense mechanism to keep people from getting to close. This is apparent almost solely when she is away from prying eyes, but with her team, or outright alone where her suppressed kindness and fierce loyalty make themselves known. In truth she is a team player with a strong sense of justice and an even more indomitable will.

History: Her family new to the village, Keikoku was born to a place unfamiliar to her parents, though they were welcomed there nonetheless. She grew up amongst adults who spoke of seals and jutsu while she played with her toys. She was encouraged to follow in her parent's footsteps and when it came down to it she was happy to do so. After all from a very young age her eyes would always light up when her parents spoke of their craft. It was so intricate and pretty back then, though as she grew old enough to understand they became more than just pretty symbols and instead became intricate and beautiful, though in a totally different way. They were complex and figuring them out was a puzzle that she felt driven to complete.

So it was that she joined the academy and eventually, in a relatively normal amount of time, graduated. Nonetheless she excelled, looked up to by her peers or disliked because of her talents. There was bullying because of their jealousy, but eventually she adapted, finding that it was far easier to play their little mind games better than they could then to relent and endure their jeers and petty pranks. When she graduated she didn't really expect that much would change, but as the days went on and she trained with her team she grew close to the two...protective even though perhaps not as much as she should have been.

This lack of protectiveness and a stern voice was what, in her mind, landed her and Kicho in a dangerous situation when they went on their first mission despite their sensei asking them to do otherwise. Not only did they leave Kareha behind to do it, but they overestimated their skills, with Kicho deciding to rashly rush in. Captured and at the mercy of the more experienced shinobi, Kicho's eyes had pleaded for her help, but she could do nothing in fear that the man would hurt her friend.

If it weren't for Kareha perhaps the two of them would be dead...or worse, captured by the enemy. Luckily that wasn't how things had played out. Nonetheless, ever since that day Keikoku has never once let her own doubt get in the way of protecting her teammates be it from others or themselves. She has come to respect Kareha's cautious and quiet nature and to value Kicho's decisiveness and lack of hesitation despite their individual faults.

She does her best to excel where they do not in hopes that should the day come that they are in a dangerous situation as before that they will be ready—if not individually, then together.

Combat Information

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General Information

Combat Summary: Keikoku is a tempest of movement, utilizing her scarf, Arras as both a defensive and offensive implement to unleash potentially devastating fuinjutsu or disarm an unprepared opponent. While appearing fiery and erratic at first, one soon finds that Keikoku is a skilled tactician, and so one should never assume that she's thought any less than three steps ahead.

Skills:
D - Taijutsu(Including her scarf as a weapon/tool)
C - Fuinjutsu
C - Chakra Control
D - Ninjutsu

Weapon & Summoning List

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Standard Weapons:
80 Kunai.
20 Shuriken.
10 feet of wire.
150 chakra reactive tags.
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Unique Equipment:

Name: Arras.
Description: A scarf always worn on Keikoku's person, this cloth is of a unique make as it was sewn by its wearer's late mother, each thread having chakra integrated into its very fibers. As a result the fabric possesses the tensile strength of steel with the flexibility of cloth. Arras is very receptive to Keikoku's chakra, but will actively reject/repulse the chakra of others, even if it is weaved into ninjutsu. The scarf, upon Keikoku channeling chakra throughout the entirety of its length, will glow in areas, revealing a variety of seals.

While a considerably less important trait of Arras, the scarf is in fact capable of altering its color based on the user's ability to move their chakra through it in different patterns. Last of its physical properties is the fact that it is incredibly dense. This property is due to a seal storing the majority of its true length. As such it should be noted that the scarf can lengthen, shorten, or even widen as the user sees fit. One truly skilled in the art of chakra manipulation will find themselves able even to alter the scarf's shape.

Special Skills: While Keikoku has made a point of studying the vast amount of seals transcribed upon Arras' surface, she is unaware that the scarf also holds a trove of seals within its form. The item is in truth an heirloom which is built upon with each passing generation in her family line. Each seal on or within Arras cannot immediately be utilized by Keikoku as specific frequencies and patterns of chakra must be utilized to activate them the first time. This, naturally, requires incredibly fine chakra control and because of this Keikoku has yet to access even 1/100th of Arras's capabilities and like many before her, she may never grasp its true power. At current time, Keikoku has identified and been able to access eight seals.

Additionally it should be noted that Arras is just as capable of storing chakra, or being altered by it so as to become a more effective weapon. This reveals that it can also have additional seals placed upon or within it as it is very receptive of chakra to the extent that it can easily amplify the chakra control of its wielder as long as the chakra is within its form.

Jutsu List

Canon Jutsu

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Fūnyū no Jutsu(Enclosing Technique)
Shikoku Fūin(Finger Carving Seal)
Nunoshibari no Jutsu (Cloth Binding Technique)
Kuchiyose: Raiko Kenka(Summoning: Lightning Flash Blade Creation) - Applied to all her weapons and tools. Thus will allow her to recall them back to her person or into seals located on her person.

Fire Sealing Method - Though the fuuinjutsu is specified to fire she is capable of sealing other elemental jutsu. Each seal may only store one jutsu at a time.

Custom Jutsu

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Name of Technique: Fūin renketsu(_封印連結 'Seal Linking').
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu.
Rank: C.
Range: Contact.
Nature Type: N/A.
Description: Used in most barrier techniques this allows the user to link one seal to another and even transmit overlaid seals from between the links. Additionally the user can create an area-of-effect by linking 2 or more seals. This can also be used to link 2 seals with chakra within and thus make a path for things -like vibrations- to travel through. This seal is inscribed on her palms and the bottoms of her feet, allowing her to place them simply by making contact with an object and instigating a slight influx of chakra into the seal. The seal can be easily removed by damaging what it is on. She must make contact with either her body or her specialized tools to implement this seal onto a surface. The seal has the normal weakness of typical fūinjutsu.

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Name of Technique: Fuinjutsu: Tenkō(_{フイン術: 転向} 'Sealing Technique: Switch').
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu.
Rank: D.
Range: Contact.
Nature Type: N/A.
Handseals: 3.
Description: This technique is a small set of interlaid lines and circles that can be applied to any of the user's fuinjutsu. Effectively, this allows the user to activate or deactivated a fuinjutsu's effect by preforming 3 hand seals. This is often utilized in tangent with the fire sealing method techniques and has the effect of allowing the user to release the jutsu from the scroll or otherwise object.

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Name: Hirukigō(_蛭記号 'Leech-symbol').
Type: Fūinjutsu.
Rank: B.
Range: Contact.
Hand Signs: 5.
Description: A seal stored within Arras, Hirukigō, once activated will continuously pull chakra from any available source unless blocked by another seal. While this makes it incredibly useful to sap chakra from enemies it also comes with the unfortunate side effect of draining the user's chakra when they are of insufficient skill to properly control the technique or do not possess a seal to block this process. As such, Hirukigō is only useable, at current time, through Arras, which acts as a filter to the potentially dangerous technique.

>As a result of this Hirukigō is weaker, drawing only a negligible amount of chakra.

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Name: Surikomi no Jutsu(_{刷り込みの術} 'Imprinting technique').
Type: Ninjutsu; Fūinjutsu.
Rank: C.
Range:
Hand Signs: 0-5.
Description: A technique allowing a seal user to imprint chakra onto an object in such a format that a seal can be created on the given surface or in a prefabricated way wherein a seal is automatically placed upon the use of the technique, Surikomi no Jutsu is held within Keikoku's scarf first and foremost, though she does have a pair of leather gloves that allow her to achieve the same results.

This technique requires 8 seconds of focus when the user possesses chakra control or fūinjutsu talent of equivalent rank. For each rank higher than the technique's own the user may subtract 2 seconds of prep time due to the increase in skill. Should even a small sliver of foreign chakra be channeled through the imprinted chakra before it manifests as a seal the technique is disrupted. The handseals required for the technique decrease as skill increases. Full mastery allows an individual to shed the limitation of handseals entirely.

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Name: Mahi hyōshō(_麻痺表象 'Paralysis emblem').
Type: Fūinjutsu.
Rank: D.
Range: Contact.
Hand Signs: 1.
Description: An exceptionally simple seal, Mahi hyōshō causes whatever chakra is in contact with it to stop moving into new locations. As such the chakra in a person's body can properly circulate, but cannot be removed from their chakra network and their physical body is similarly unable to move as their chakra system is essentially locked in the space it is occupying upon the application of the seal.

While a less common use of the technique, a skilled shinobi could potentially use this technique to counter some forms of ninjutsu or use it to establish defenses of a sort. It is thought that this technique was, and perhaps still is, essential to the creation of barriers. While considered a D rank technique due to its miniscule chakra drain on the user, the technique is effective even on higher level techniques all the way up to B rank. Nonetheless should the seal have no remaining medium or should it be disrupted by a sudden and skillful spike of chakra it can, and likely will, break.

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Name: Dōtai gyōretsu(_導体行列 'Circuit matrix').
Type: Ninjutsu; Fūinjutsu.
Rank: C.
Range: Contact.
Hand Signs: N/A.
Description: A bizarre technique designed to create specific channels or pathways of chakra in a body or object, Dōtai gyōretsu requires intense chakra control. With it a skilled individual may create chakra pathways inside of their body that can be utilized for different purposes or cause a variety of effects. A master of the technique can layer fuinjutsu upon this technique applying specific traits and properties to chakra that moves through the 'circuits' created by the technique. Currently Keikoku is not skilled enough in the techniques use to do this. However, the technique acts as an amplifier to her already fairly impressive chakra control as well as a tool of sorts.

The technique has been displayed to speed up, slow down, and divert the flow of chakra in various mediums. When utilized the technique creates a series of lines and interwoven symbols on the surface of the affected person or item. Any property or effect that the user is already capable of causing with their chakra can be achieved via this method and/or amplified by such.

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Fennec

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Concept: A man hailing from the continent of Nymia, Fennec is a cunning man, veiled in magics and held by the will of Haramon. His last name lost via karmic sacrifice, Fennec has no family and thus no legacy to speak of. He is lost, but not so much as to be unable to find himself once more. A curious man he seeks out the city of Olias where all things seem to hide. While his power is perhaps not so great as some, he is nonetheless formidable in his own ways, possessing the ability to perceive as much as Haramon would, though tempered by his humanity of course as no mortal may truly possess the capabilities of a god's incarnation in earnest.

While possessing little overt power, Fennec is capable of subtly pulling on the strings of energy that connect everyone, particularly those that link him to others. He has picked up a variety of tricks in his time and cut deals with many. As such he has come to find it easy to hide himself from the attention of most by manipulating people's connections to his person and sometimes through using glamours he has acquired in certain bargains in his past. Still, should he be truly pressed to defend himself one would be quite surprised to find him capable of at least minor magics of the fourth Order(tier), though his domain is often of the third.

While a seemingly small detail, it should be noted that Fennec is essentially incapable of lying. It should however be known that lies of omission are, in this respect, not lies, though sarcasm is counted as such. Because of this Fennec must strive to tell only truth, at least in some fashion. After all, should his words become lies his agency and magical abilities will suffer, drained by his desecration of Haramon's Will and its trappings. Promises and oaths, because of this, hold particular power making them either a boon when fulfilled or a terribly bane if betrayed or broken.

Fennec is accompanied by his familiar, Elephel, which more often than not takes the form of a firefly, hiding either in his robes, or in plain sight. The familiar's true form is that of a form of Fae known as a Scéal-rugadh, or Storyborn in the common tongue. The familiar is bound to Fennec just as he as bound to it, the two share a connection for the duration of Fennec's life, empowering one another in the meantime.

Equipment: While not possessing much in the regard of armor or weaponry, Fennec carries a great deal in the way of magical ingredients and supplies. Anything from salt to the ground up bones of a sick goat could be found somewhere within the confines of his robes. Additionally despite his lack of true armor, Fennec's clothes have been reinforced with a variety of rune-based enchantments. As an example his robes are not permeable to water and are fire proof, though excessive heat is still something their owner must avoid. Fennec's boots are fire and water proof as well as being uncannily silent. Last among their capabilities is the small bladed tip located in the bottom of the toe of each boot. These are normally retracted unless Fennec requires their use. The heel of his boots also possess this small downwards facing retractable blades. Each blade is only half an inch in length, but is unnaturally sharp, capable of cutting through most materials.

Last, but most important of his possessions is a simple silver ring, which acts as his Implement--an item magically bound via ritual to a magic user to hone their power and amplify their abilities in a given area. Fennec's implement focuses his craft on the idea of connections first and foremost. For further bits of the symbolism that creates the focus of his art due to the item, look here for the substance and here for the item's significance.

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Topics to touch on in Patchwork

Contract Magic

Familiars

Implements

The Fae

Scéal-rugadh(Storyborn)

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Billy
--The Contract Mage--

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Concept: A man of good taste and specific purpose, Billy is a Contract mage bound by Haramon's Will twelve-fold, making him one of few who has become effectively immortal despite his human origins. Considered as a mediator of sorts by many, and perhaps the most favored of Haramon's Agents, Billy wields immense sway and a grasp over contract magic, mana's workings, and the complexities of Runes greater than most may ever achieve. It is said that he is bound to his word to such a degree and possesses a karmic sway so great that, so long as his words assert balance in a situation, they are almost certain to assert his will over those and that which is involved with them. However, his reputation does not just persist in the present, as none yet have been able to ascertain just how long Billy has been alive, leading society to think of him as the archetypal contract mage by whom they judge all others—hence his title. Yet, despite his power and notoriety, Billy is largely incapable of making any meaningful impact on the world in regards to “Right,” or “Wrong,” making him almost entirely unable to hold properties, establish long lasting relationships and connections, or carve out a place for himself in society. While merely speculation, it is said that this is, in some form, what Billy sacrificed for the power he wields.

Equipment: On his person, the eminent mage carries an athamé, several different forms of paper, held in a satchel, mana-infused chalk, mana-infused metal, and a series of vials with different liquids in them, many of them containing the blood from various races and great beasts. Beyond this he carries a device resembling a pen. This device is inscribed with runes upon the inner surfaces of its form. Additionally the pen is made partially of mana-infused metal, allowing it to take mana in and use spellcrafting to turn it into a sort of ink, which he uses for contracts.

Last among his notable pieces of equipment is his Implement, Familiar, and Demesne, which takes the form of a flat circular disk that fits comfortably in the palm of a human hand. The device's faces appear to be some bizarre mixture of a clock and a compass, but with far more “hands,” numbers, and symbols. The device is impossible for others to use without permission due both to it being Billy's familiar and due to it being his Demesne—the former of which is an angel by the name of Kailethoran.

The device is capable of telling the time normally, but can also tell him how long it will take him to arrive at a given destination as well as the rough direction of other contract mages or individuals who are in the act of forming contracts. It is impossible for the device to be unwillingly removed from his person in any permanent fashion and the item appears to be indestructible by any mortal means. While it possesses other uses, the object's primary function is in assisting Billy in locating individuals and contracts that require his attention, as well as arriving there in a timely fashion. The device, unknown to most, is also something of a weakness as it is his “anchor,” to Bayera meaning that if one devised a way to permanently remove it from his possession they would proceed to gain incredible levels of sway over his actions, or at least they would earn his fealty for a time. Nonetheless, this has yet to be done in any permanent capacity by either mortals or divine entity alike.