Kesshuu Clan [Complete]

Age : 37 Posts : 14

Clan Name: Kesshuu (血秋)

Clan Location: Kumogakure

Clan Traits:

The Kesshuu clan has a natural affinity for fuuinjutsu, as well as a unique talent for blood-based fuuinjutsu, known as ketsuinjutsu (血印術) or "blood seal techniques." Unlike most ninja, however, the Kesshuu have no natural chakra affinity, only being capable of manipulating the basic yin and yang elements. They also specialize in the use of flexible weapons, especially the nine-section whip, AKA chain whip.

They have a tendency toward a sadistic personality as a result of the use of their opponents' blood in many of their techniques, and almost invariably have pale skin and black hair.

Kekkei Genkai:

Much like Koori and Senjuu clans, the Kesshuu can mix two chakra elements together to create an advanced element. How they differ, however, is that their only natural chakra affinity is yin and yang manipulation - they have neither primary nor secondary elemental natures of their own accord. Their kekkei genkai, however, also gives them the ability to interact in unique ways with blood - by performing a hiden fuuinjutsu with another person's blood as the ink, they can absorb that person's chakra affinity into their own bodies, though they cannot absorb more than two chakra affinities at once. It is only once they have actually absorbed two different kinds of chakra that they can actually combine them. This technique also only absorbs the primary chakra type of a person, and not the secondary. To serve as an example, a Kesshuu who wishes to use the ice element would first have to find the blood of a person whose main element is water, as well as a person whose main element is wind, and must absorb them in that order. Absorbing the element of someone who is naturally ice-natured would only count as water, since wind is a secondary for ice-natured ninja.

Note, however, that obtaining the ice element does NOT give the nin the ability to use ice jutsu they haven't learned. They either have to learn the techniques somewhere, or create their own. Otherwise they are limited to basic manipulation and/or shaping of the element. (i.e., the above mentioned Kesshuu would have the ice element, but would not be capable of any of the Koori's techniques unless a Koori had taught them. They would, however, still be able to freeze water into ice and change its shape.)

Secret Clan Jutsu:

First, I'll make a few notes regarding the Kesshuu's ketsuin (blood seals). Many of these seals are meant to be drawn directly on an enemy during combat, and are very complex. During combat, the time it takes to draw a seal on an opponent and the length of time the seal lasts before it breaks of its own accord are a function of the jutsu's rank, as follows:

Rank	Draw time	Duration
E	1 post	2 posts
D	2 posts	4 posts
C	3 posts	6 posts
B	4 posts	8 posts
A	5 posts	10 posts
S	6 posts	12 posts

Drawing a seal on a consenting or immobile (unconscious, paralyzed, etc) opponent will always take only one post, but the duration doesn't change. All of the ketsuin drawn on a person, whether it's an opponent, an ally, or the ninja him/herself, follow the same duration conventions as above. ketsuin drawn on weapons, the ground, or any other object will last until they are broken.

If a ketsuin is drawn on clothing, the seal will bleed through to the target's skin, and the effects will remain even if the article of clothing it was drawn on is removed.

Because these techniques rely on traces of chakra within the blood used to draw the seals, blood must be used while chakra still exists in it. Chakra dissipates from spilled blood over time, so for every 3 hours that have passed since the blood was initially spilled, the duration during which the element can be used by the nin is reduced by 1 post.

Name: Tracking Blood Seal (血追討封印/tsuitou ketsuin)
Type: Fuuinjutsu
Rank: D
Element: None
Description: Using a particular enemy's blood, the nin draws a seal on one of his or her ranged weapons. Once the seal has been activated, the weapon will actively track the enemy whose blood was used, as if they were homing missiles.

Name: Five Senses Blood Sealing Technique (五感血印術/gokan ketsuinjutsu)
Type: Fuuinjutsu
Rank: C
Element: None
Description: By drawing a complex ketsuin on the enemy, any one of the enemy's senses may be completely sealed away, making them unable to see, hear, taste, smell, or feel anything, depending on the particular seal that was used. Sealing multiple senses requires multiple seals.

Name: Five Elements Absorption Blood Seal (五行吸引血印/gogyou kyuuin ketsuin)
Type: Fuuinjutsu
Rank: C
Element: None
Description: Drawing a seal on their own body in another person's blood allows them to absorb the elemental affinity of the person whose blood is used, making it the user's new chakra affinity. Only the primary element will be absorbed; for the user to gain a secondary affinity, the seal must be overlaid by a second Blood Element Absorption Seal. The primary element of the blood used for the second seal becomes the user's new secondary element. No more than two seals may be used; any further seals added above those two will have no effect.

Name: Chakra Blood Sealing Technique (チャクラ血印術/chakura ketsuinjutsu)
Type: Fuuinjutsu
Rank: B
Element: None
Description: After drawing a complex ketsuin on the enemy, the enemy's chakra is sealed inside them, leaving them unable to perform any techniques that use chakra.

Name: Body Paralysis Blood Sealing Technique (体麻痺血印術/karada mahi ketsuinjutsu)
Type: Fuuinjutsu
Rank: B
Element: None
Description: After drawing a complex ketsuin on one of the enemy's limbs, the limb becomes completely paralyzed, as if shackled down by a 1,000 pound weight. Each limb sealed decreases drawing time for other seals by 1/4 of the original requirement; once all four limbs have been sealed, the target is considered immobile.

Name: Reality Blood Seal Barrier (現実血印結界/genjitsu ketsuin kekkai)
Type: Fuuinjutsu
Rank: S
Element: None
Description: The user of this technique first creates a circle with his or her blood, after which he or she makes a very complex seal in the center of the circle. The circle may be as large as desired, so long as the nin has enough blood to draw it, but larger circles mean greater bloodloss, and so they will lead to the ninja drawing the seal being weakened, unless he or she uses someone else's blood for it. Even outside of combat, this seal by itself takes at least two posts to draw, in addition to the posts required to draw the circle, which vary depending on the size of the circle, taking about one post for every meter of diameter. The seal in the center of the circle designates a set of rules that govern the area within the circle, with more rules making a more complex seal, and each extra rule adding one post to the out-of-combat draw time and two posts to the in-combat draw time. The seal may, however, be drawn on the nin's own body, so long as the nin is standing in the center of the circle when it is activated.

The rules in the seal may be of two types: restrictions and perceptions. Examples of restrictions could be "No violence," "No ninjutsu," or "No speaking." Examples of perceptions could be "Left is right, right is left" (which acts in a manner similar to genjutsu to reverse the brain's perceptions of right and left, making attempts to move right lead them left and attempts to use their right arm move the left one) and "time moves at half speed" (which affects their perception of time such that everything seems to move at half speed, but does NOT speed up the body accordingly). The rules in the seal apply to EVERYONE within the circle, including the nin who made the seal, and are absolute. Any attempt to break a rule will fail as if physically impossible, with an equal and opposite force being applied to the rulebreaker in cases where any force has been applied.

As a note, the Blood Reality Seal Barrier cannot take conditionals or target individuals. A rule such as "Kakashi cannot use ninjutsu" isn't possible. Any rule set down affects every ninja within the barrier equally.

History:

I will make a symbol later, but I want to get this up ASAP right now so I can meet the deadline.

The Kesshuu clan started out as a clan of medical ninja, and a very respected one among the Kumo. Their techniques were well-known throughout the ninja world, but even more than that, they were known for their research. The Kesshuu were among the first to truly study Chakra, and much of what we know today about the subject is thanks entirely to the efforts of ancient Kesshuu medics.

The Kesshuu were fascinated by Chakra - particularly by the elemental natures that differentiated the chakra types. What made these different chakras behave as they did? Why did they grant control over one element or the other? Why did some ninja have one, and others, another? And why did some - including the Kesshuu - have the ability to manipulate two of them at once? These questions were asked time and time again by Kesshuu researchers. Countless experiments were performed - not all of them legal or humane - until, eventually, one of the Kesshuu hit a breakthrough: Kesshuu Itoe, head of the Kesshuu clan at the time, discovered that small amounts of chakra were present in every ninja's blood, and that, even separated from its source, this chakra retained its elemental nature.

Being the inquisitive and scientific folk that they were, the Kesshuu followed this trail as far as it could. With this new knowledge, more experiments began - this time, not on other ninja, but on each other. The Kesshuu had found something important; there had to be a way to use this! And, indeed, there was...

Three generations after Itoe's discovery, a procedure was developed. Through careful genetic manipulation - made possible by the unique combination the Kesshuu possessed of wind and earth chakras - they were able to change their chakra into a moldable, changeable substance that could assume the same nature as any chakra it touched. The Kesshuu had succeeded where others had failed - they had broken the barrier between the chakra elements! Simply by touching another ninja, they could change their chakra's element. Unfortunately, however, the moment they released their contact with the other ninja, their chakra reverted to its original state, making the usefulness of the technique incredibly limited. But this did not deter the Kesshuu; after all, they weren't fighters, they were scientists. A discovery didn't have to be practical to be important!

However, as the Kesshuu would soon discover, this change to their genetics turned out to be much worse than they had thought. The mutation had a horrible side-effect for the Kesshuu children: not only did they lose their phasing element chakra, they lost all elemental affinity entirely. Without a chakra nature, the Kesshuu were left a broken clan, their techniques limited to only the most basic, non-elemental techniques. The Kesshuu were in trouble; they had to find a way to restore their elemental affinities if they wanted to continue in the ninja world.

Of course, the first thought was to reverse the changes, but this turned out to be more difficult than they had imagined. After countless failed attempts to return the Kesshuu to their original state, the scientists finally had to sigh and admit that the damage was permanent. Without their phasing element, there was simply nothing they could do.

It was at this point, however, that one of the Kesshuu had a revalation: Ninja left trace chakra in their blood. If the Kesshuu could find a way to seal that chakra within themselves, their chakra would be able to sustain an elemental nature without direct contact with another shinobi. Thus, the ketsuin were born.

As time went by, the kesshuu found countless applications for the ketsuin: by sealing or releasing the chakra within a ninja's blood, they could enhance the effects of any fuuinjutsu, enabling them to reach levels of impact that ink-based fuuinjutsu simply couldn't reach, although the medium was not as long-lasting or stable as traditional ink, and the seals didn't last long before getting too weak to be sustainable and breaking. It wasn't long before the Kesshuu found themselves on the front lines, using their unique abilities in the first and second Great Shinobi World Wars. Before long, the Kesshuu had almost forgotten about their history as medical ninja altogether.

Time went by. Generations went into further generations. Eventually, the Kesshuu medical techniques disappeared, lost forever to history when the Kesshuu section of Kumogakure was burned down during the Fourth Great Shinobi War. Not that any of them cared, of course; the Kesshuu hadn't practiced medical ninjutsu in decades. Their ketsuin had sent them to the front lines, and the constant need for their opponents' blood to fuel their techniques had driven them into sadism. They no longer cared to help others - not when they drew so much satisfaction from hurting them. They gained a reputation for their cruelty in battle and their tendency to brutally slaughter their enemies, leaving the battleground a bloody mess, earning themselves the name "The Butchers of Kumogakure."

Clan Details: I may be willing to allow someone else into the clan. I'll take it on a case-by-case basis. PM required.

Age : 30 Posts : 1701

Herm. It's a very well made clan. But any clan that has the ability to have any of the 5 elements, even at seperate times exists in a very gray area.

"whereas melee weapons will simply act to slightly adjust the wielder's aim to correct for evasion on the part of the target."

I could see this being God modded.

Name: Five Senses Blood Sealing Technique
The seal for this would have to be very complex, so I doubt you could use it in battle

In fact, quite a few of these require drawing seals on the enemy. Unless you got them motionless, this won't be an effective tactic.

Bloodline immitation is always a no, please remove

Hmm, for your S rank seal, You should find more realistic forms of punishments. For instance, if they try and throw a punch, they'll get hit by a force equal to the punch they threw.

Age : 37 Posts : 14

I understand that this is a grey area and will require deliberation, but I will stress the fact that, until they get blood of a particular element, they have absolutely no element of their own and can't use any elemental jutsus, even at Jounin level where elemental jutsus that don't match your element can normally be learned. They've lost the ability to manipulate any element at all without the aid of the seals. I'm hoping this will counterbalance their ability to use all five at separate times.

The melee weapons adjustment would be very slight, they couldn't move more than two or three inches, but I have no problem removing that, either.

The drawing of seals on the enemy during combat is the clan's specialty; without that, the whole clan is almost useless, but the complexity of that is the reason for the seal drawing rules listed above. The idea is that they draw the seal one stroke at a time, disguising it as attacks, so that the combination of several attacks leads to a seal being drawn over the course of several minutes of combat. This is also the reason for the chain whip as their choice of weapon - they use it as a very large brush to decorate their enemies.

Removing the bloodline imitation's no big deal. I had a feeling that one would get declined, but I figured it couldn't hurt to put it forward anyway.

I'll adjust the S-rank as you suggested.

Edit: Also, the 24-hour rule on blood for use in the seals prevents me from being able to carry around vials of blood to change my chakra at will; I have to get the blood during or just before battle from either an enemy or an ally.

Age : 30 Posts : 1701

Hmm, How about this, you can only gain 1 element from each blood sample, and you must take another if you wish for their second element?

Hmm, I have a bit of a problem with the drawing seals on enemies thing. But I suppose as long as it isn't god modded, it's okay. That said, I'll be on the lookout for abuse.

other than that..you should be good

Age : 37 Posts : 14

Quote :: Hmm, How about this, you can only gain 1 element from each blood sample, and you must take another if you wish for their second element?

I did already say that. ^^;

Quote :: This technique also only absorbs the primary chakra type of a person, and not the secondary. To serve as an example, a Kesshuu who wishes to use the ice element would first have to find the blood of a person whose main element is water, as well as a person whose main element is wind, and must absorb them in that order. Absorbing the element of someone who is naturally ice-natured would only count as water, since wind is a secondary for ice-natured ninja.

I'm a pretty experienced RPer and an admin in another RP place, so I personally trust myself not to godmode with it (not that that really means much to you, I'm sure ^^; )... so feel free to be on the lookout, because I have nothing to hide Smile

If need be, we can up the time requirement to make sure it's as unabusable as possible

Thanks a lot, Patty! I'll go get started on my character application now.

Age : 30 Posts : 1701

Alrighty, I trust you =D

approved. Wink