[center][B][U]Goro Sroda – "Rock Scribe Goro"[/U][/B][/center] [center][img]http://i.imgur.com/BByWhHa.jpg?1[/img][/center] [hider=General Data][B][U]Name: Goro Sroda[/U][/B] [I][U]Nickname/Alias:[/U][/I] Rock Scribe Goro [I][U]Gender:[/U][/I] Male [B][U]Age:[/U][/B] 24 [I][U]Age Appearance:[/U][/I] 20 [I][U]Sexuality:[/U][/I] Heterosexual [I][U]Birthplace:[/U][/I]Land of Earth [B][U]Organization:[/U][/B] N/A [B][U]Chakra Nature:[/U][/B] Earth, Wind [I][U]Additional Appearance Details:[/U][/I] Goro stands at 5’10” and weighs in at roughly 175lbs (79kg). Like the majority of his family, he has a mane of dark red hair almost dark enough to be considered maroon. Jagged, messy locks sit atop his pale face which is framed by a jawline beard of the same color. Goro has a blue formula tattoo running along his jawline though it is mostly hidden by his beard. His almond-shaped eyes are colored like tarnished brass, coppery with small flecks of green. His shoulders are broad, but not overly so, with his muscular forearms appearing prominent over his biceps. The muscular structure of his core is toned but not bulky. Several scrapes and calluses mar his forearms, knuckles, and palms. There are tattoo “formulas” covering his lower abdomen and the small of his back in the same blue tattoo ink that runs along his jaw and chin. Goro’s lower body is toned in much the same way as his core, but his thighs are particularly muscular. His appearance clearly shows great power in his taijutsu-essential muscles. Goro’s clothing consists of a dark blue shirt trimmed with white around the edges. The shirt has one long sleeve that covers his left arm to the wrist and fans out slightly, while his right arm is sleeveless and remains exposed save for the white bandages wrapped along its length. The shirt has a deep V neck that goes midway down his abdomen. Beneath his shirt are yet more bandages covering his lower abdomen and tattoos hidden there. A bright red sash belt splits his long shirt at the waist, with the tail of it reaching the back of his knees. Goro’s trousers appear to be made of a kind of woven mesh consisting of blackened leather and a dark blue cloth, going all the way down to his knees where they meet a pair of red, scale armored boots with dark gray plates running down to the front to the toe. A dark red satchel is tied securely to the small of his back, as well as the dark red kunai pouch on his right leg. [B][U]History:[/U][/B] Goro was born into a family dominated by a matriarch hierarchy, the numbers of which have dwindled down to scarcity. Being both the youngest and the only male of his siblings has made things difficult for Goro. His family was purged by rivals in The Land of Water and they fled to the Land of Earth. Goro was born after this purge and from a different father than his four older sisters. As such, he has been reviled as a mutt by his siblings. On top of everything else, he lacks the water affinity that the rest of his family boasts which has resulted in a difficult training process as a shinobi. Up until the age of 14 Goro only learned taijutsu from his non-Sroda father, a relative of the Nara clan. It was at this age that his father began teaching him about the research he conducted on chakra natures and the way chakra is expelled from the body and transformed. This is when Goro first learned about chakra formulas and glyphs, taking a particular interest in water jutsu since he still felt he lacked what the other members of his family had. With the aid of local Earth-style shinobi and his father, Goro began learning to utilize his own chakra natures of earth and wind. The result was a taijutsu-based fighting style that heavily incorporated the defensive properties of earth-based jutsu with a few wind-based techniques thrown in. On top of that, his father’s Formulaic Glyphs allowed him to briefly tap into water techniques when the need arose. When Goro turned 17, his father left him and the rest of his family. He only told Goro that he was leaving to help an old friend with his chakra research in The Land of Fire. He refused to let Goro come with him, telling him that it wouldn’t be a good idea because of the sensitive nature of the research and that there were some people who didn’t like his ideas and may try to harm them. For three years Goro lived with his family, taking the emotional and mental abuse that came with being a child born out of exile. His siblings made constant reminder of how he wasn’t purely Sroda and that the only way he could use water jutsu was by faking it with his fathers “bastard science experiments”. It was enough to make Goro go mad. And so at the age of 20, Goro set off on his own, uncertain of what he was looking for exactly; But wholly hoping in the back of his mind that he would bump into his father. He [I]had[/I] to find some way to become powerful enough that his family would acknowledge him. If he could find his father and his colleague in the Land of Fire, he knew they would have something or some way to attain the power he desired. Lacking both the water styles and the shadow manipulation of both parents, Goro knew he would one day find a way to surpass them all. It has been 4 years since he first set off and he’s met a few friends along the way, Isha and Yue, who he’s become rather close to. [B][U]Personality:[/U][/B] Goro maintains the brooding stoicism of his mother, while supplementing it with a social confidence bestowed upon him by his father. While in front of others, Goro is very open about his feelings but not the type to wear all his thoughts on his face, knowing when is the best time to hide his hand. Now and again he will slip up and become too brash, often saying something inappropriate or nonsensical. These moments often cause him great embarrassment though he doesn’t allow them to cause long-term distress. Due to the way he grew up, Goro often suffers from a sense of inadequacy and feels like he is being judged. This is the number one trigger for the brash moments previously mentioned. With that said, he’s confident in his skill at least to the point that he knows he can prove himself to those who look down on him. He definitely falls under the lawful neutral banner. [Url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBRDHoB0A8Q#t=12]Theme:[/url]The Outsider[/hider] [hider=Equipment Data] [B][U]Base Weapons & Items:[/U][/B] 2 smoke bombs 1 Kunai 4 weighted senbon 2 pots of metallic ink (about 4 oz ea) 2 rolls (3 feet each) of chakra reactive paper 3 ink brushes (small, med, large) 1 pouch rose-cured chewing tobacco 1 research journal [B][U]Specialized Weapons & Items:[/U][/B] [B]Name of Weapon or Item:[/B] Macuahuitl (Ma-ka-wheat'll) [B]Description:[/B]Essentially, it is a thick piece of hardwood with razor-sharp pieces of obsidian inserted into the edges. It is somewhat heavy and can be used for both blunt force when turned on its side or for chopping and hacking when turned on its edge. Goro’s is about one meter in length and weighs about 8.5 pounds. [img]http://i.imgur.com/ITmdBMm.jpg?1[/img][/hider] [hider=Combat Data] [B][U]Techniques:[/U][/B] [B]Canon Jutsu[/B] [url= http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Earth_Release_Armou] Earth Release Armor [/url]: Goro primarily uses this as a defensive method for tanking strikes and encasing the enemy’s limb or weapon in stone to open them up for an attack. Since it is very heavy, he usually remains stationary whilst using this technique. [url=http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Earth_Release:_Earth_Style_Wall]Earth Release: Earth Style Wall[/url]: Goro is only capable of making walls a short distance (no more than 3 meters) away and only a couple of feet thick. [url=http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Earth_Release:_Earth_Spear]Earth Release: Earth Spear[/url]: Goro has not mastered this jutsu and as such, can only harden his fingertips, knuckles, and palms for a brief time. [url=http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Earth_Release:_Earth_Corridor]Earth Release: earth Corridor[/url]: Goro has only mastered this jutsu to the point that he can encase himself and two other adults within the cavern interior, which is not particularly large. [url=http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Blade_of_Wind]Blade Of Wind[/url]: Goro uses this in place of most thrown weapons, though his wind blades are small; About the size of a standard shuriken. [B]Custom Jutsu[/B] [B]Name of Technique:[/B]Formulaic Glyph Mimicry [B]Type of Jutsu:[/B] Multipurpose ninjutsu. [B]Rank:[/B] Varies depending on jutsu being mimicked [B]Range:[/B] Close (touch) to far [B]Nature Type:[/B] Uses an Earth-based ink but can mimic others [B]Handseals:[/B] 3 Inu, Saru, Hitsuji (Of course, the formula has to be completed before the glyph can be activated) [B]Description:[/B] Using reactive chakra paper (used to identify affinities), Goro’s father has developed several formulas using a metallic ink that changes the way the chakra flows from one’s body. It changes the pathways the chakra travels by diverting it with the ink. Using small slips or even large ribbons of the paper, and a very complex and time consuming formula, the Goro can essentially mimic (but not perfect) the effects of most ninjutsu. The more complex and powerful the jutsu, however, the more complex and time consuming it is to write a formula for it, sometimes taking weeks or even months to replicate. One example of this would be writing a formula on several small squares of the paper before gluing them together into one “card”. The card could then be stuck onto the lips and allow anyone with the proper training to use one fireball jutsu, even if they weren’t capable of using it before due to lacking the chakra nature. The paper and the formula disintegrate at this point, making it a high risk jutsu if not used at the right time. [B]Weakness:[/B] The time it takes to prepare one jutsu can range from minutes to days or even weeks, making preparation long beforehand necessary. There is massive room for error if the formula is not perfect, which would produce no result or an undesired one. On top of that there is the loss of the entire jutsu if not used properly. If you miss with your attack then that’s it, the formula is gone. These factors make the jutsu sometimes impractical, difficult, as well as dangerous and tedious to use. This means that the jutsu is a powerful, fast, one-shot weapon that can be extremely hazardous if misused. On top of everything else, extensive study must be done to mimic a jutsu. Simply observing a new jutsu one or two times will not allow Goro to write a formula for it. He must either study how it is used or be taught as if he could use it himself. [B]Misc.:[/B] Goro fancies chewing tobacco, and as such, tends to carry some with him. It can mean a great deal of frustration for him if he runs out or is unable to obtain more. Not only that, but he finds spitting disgusting, which means if anyone’s around, he will tend to swallow the tobacco juice rather than spit and be rude. This makes for stomach aches now and then. Goro's nickname comes from the fact that he uses rock-based ninjutsu, and is constantly writing about his formulas in his journal (scribing). [/hider]