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[B][U]Name:[/U][/B] Soria Senju-Tetsukuzu.
[I][U]Nickname/Alias:[/U][/I] Soria of the Forest.
[I][U]Gender:[/U][/I] Male.
[B][U]Age:[/U][/B] 32.
[U][I]Age Appearance:[/I][/U] 27.
[U][I]Sexuality:[/I][/U] Heterosexual.

[B][U]Village:[/U][/B] Kyokujitsugakure.
[U][I]Birthplace:[/I][/U] Land of Fire - Forest of Death.

[U][I]Organization:[/I][/U] N/A.

[B][U]Clan/Kekkei Genkai:[/U][/B] Senju-Tetsukuzu/Mokuton – Shizen no megumare-noroi

[B][U]Rank:[/U][/B] S ranked nin.

[B][U]Chakra Nature:[/U][/B]
Yang, Natural, and Mokuton[Augmented]. Soria is incapable of using Water and Earth individually/directly.

[U][I]Other Appearance Details:[/I][/U]
Soria's eyes are a light soft almost navy green, likened to gray somewhat often, and described as serene and expressive. He stands at the height of 5'10 with a fairly lean muscular build and a toned weight suitable to one fit for his height.

[B][U]Personality:[/U][/B] By the guiding hands of nature and fate's subtle chorus he has come to be as he is now, a man of understanding, calm, and rationale. Unswayed by the seductions of darker forces Soria has, for the moment, decided to tread quite purely through the path of light. With a kindness gilding his heart and a serenity dwelling in his emerald eyes he moves through life, assisting those who might need it, and trudging through the obstacles presented him by nature's hand. In essence he is much like his element of habit. Roots strong enough to pierce and weed their way through stone, conquering all opposition; branches ambitious enough to reach into the sky and grasp at all in their breadth; and leaves expansive enough to shade his loved ones, those whom he cares deeply and would die for. Yet, there is one aspect to his nature that is rather disharmonic to the rest, and this is the seed of anger and hatred bottled deep in his core. With so many of his dearest friends and family gone -brothers slaughtered by an unknown foe, father died at the hands of who knows, and mother who met an end from the birth of his little sister- it would be difficult to be unaffected. In this way, deep beneath the surface of his calm is a beast so horrible that it might devour him whole if left unchecked. However, this anger and intense hatred is saved only for those who provoke him or are a true threat to all that he loves, for he is not one easily manipulated, and he is far from naive. So, in the end, it is only time that will reveal the finality of his existence. Time and the sway of nature over his being, and a powerful sway it is.

[B][I]History:[/I][/B] 
Soria is an individual who has been tested ever so often in his life with each successive trial being more difficult than the next, and each trumped respectively. Born to a family already with 2 siblings, Soria grew up the baby brother under his elder siblings Kentari and Kishibu. Often made fun of by his brothers for his love of nature, he was the most prominent in adapting as his Kekkei genkai took root at an accelerated rate to his brothers. Being rather diminutive in his size as a youth he did not inspire much but more ridicule as he and his brothers grew and shifted their competitions to more meaningful areas. They began experimenting in the areas of ninjutsu, tutored mostly by their father, except for Soria. Having grown tired and angry at the ridicule he received from his brothers, he would often go to his mother's garden. His dearest mother, Reisei Tetsukuzu, would comfort him, her youngest and dearest child, for many years and teach him her ways and skills, skills that she had not even taught Kishibu, the eldest among them.

His tutelage under Reisei continued even through the months of her 4th pregnancy, the one that would bear her the most precious of her children: Haruka, her only daughter. Feeling incredibly happy at his realization, Soria ran to the garden a few days after, only to be met by his father, Moriyama Senju, with a sad look and words of sympathy. Soria had never seen his daddy so distraught. Yet, even while he was told of the tragedy, of his mother's death, he noticed that neither of his elder siblings were present. Even as tears ran down his cheeks, he could not help but feel the betrayal of their absence. This was the first seed of anger in his heart. Growing ever faster he tended, and still does to this day, the garden of his deceased mother, using the abilities granted him by his heritage and her kind lessons to assure its survival. The days passed and yet still his brothers did not return, even his father had left him now, traveling alone, unable to bear the memories of his dead wife's home. It hurt and the seeds of betrayal sprouted anew, and he further withdrew into himself. His only solace was his garden, and the small child that had been left in his care, for not even her father would watch over the child who had killed his beloved. For a time Soria had thought the same, but, seeing the neediness and loneliness in the baby's tiny eyes he understood he could not let her die.

Years passed and she continued to grow. He could no longer manage her, restrict her, and protect her on his own, or so he felt. He sent out a message, she needed her family, they would have to come back. For the first time, his relatives heeded his call and so came his brothers. His father never arrived and Soria took him for a traitor and a coward. Kentari, the kinder of his elder brothers, began to take a liking to their little sister, playing with her often and teaching her small and harmless jutsu. Afterall she did have the talent.

It was in this time when Soria bid his brothers ado and departed their home, his home, for the first time. The world was in turmoil, war, and chaos. Yet in the horrible symphony of death and destruction he found a light, another garden, and a girl. Her name was Shinsei, and she was a girl who had been given a heinous blessing disguised in the face of a curse, the power over life and death. She was a sad girl and he couldn't help himself, he approached her, and guided her deadly hands with no fear of her power. He helped her tend to the garden, with a smile, and he took a liking to her. A liking that he decided to mention too late. Bandits attacked the compound and he was drawn into the fray. In an attempt to assure Shinsei's safety he threw down a bomb of smoke and quickly pulled himself and the bandits beneath the earth, the strength of his vines far surpassing their own human limits. As the smoke cleared, they were all gone.

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War and pain,
battles and strain,
loss and gain,
again and again.

It all went on, the years that followed were some of his hardest. They were the last years of his brother's lives, and the ending of his tragedies. After a time serving under his father Moriyama, he beseeched the man that he be allowed leave. He had to make sure that his mother's home had gone unharmed. Finally allowed to go he set off, only to arrive far too late. For while he had been gone dealing with the scuffles of clans and village skirmishes, his closest family members had been slaughtered....

The blood of his kin, of both his brothers, soaked the compound and he found their mangled bodies at the edges of the garden. The flowers now bloomed a crimson, dark in its color, and it was in this moment of tears and anger that he heard a voice, Kentari's voice "k-keep her safe b-brother. We...I, she is special." These were his brother's last words, last words that he would never forget. Yet, as he wept before the fire as it spread, burning at the garden he had done so much to protect and nurture, Haruka pulled at his clothes and extricated him from the inferno as he stared blankly into space. Why was he forced to lose so much? As if to ascertain the hopelessness, they were attacked on their travels back to the Senju compound. Mysterious shinobi and their kunoichi counter parts assailed them, evidently targeting Haruka. Soria was done, he would never again lose another of his loved ones and so at the risk of his life and humanity, he exerted the full extent of his control over the forces naturally present in their surroundings...

The result?

Pandemonium.

Exhausted and bloody, he was dragged, Haruka using whatever little strength she could, towards the closest safe haven she could figure. It was a miracle really, what saved them that was, for out of the forest emerged one final kunoichi: Shinsei. The same girl he had gifted those gloves so many years ago, seven to be exact. It filled him with a familiar sensation and a kind of joy, she had survived, and she had grown up to surpass the sadness he had once seen so strongly in her eyes. Not only that, but as the years continued to pass and the two of them grew closer, his dearest sister, Ruka-chan along side him all the while. Finally marrying, Soria soon received word of his father's state, he had departed this mortal coil, he was the successor.

Returning to what little family he had left, Soria would travel to Uzushiogakure where his grandfather served as Uzukage. He, his wife, and his younger sister thusly settled there, with Soria becoming an integral part of the village rather quickly, and Shinsei remaining in their small sanctuary home with Haruka when she was not on missions. In this time he and Shinsei had been wedded and though she could bare him no children she treated Haruka like her own daughter. Since then he has been filled with the ambition to understand the intricacies of nature and master the power untapped in their roots.

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[B][U]Base Weapons & Items:[/U][/B]

X shuriken.
X kunai.
X explosive tags.
X smoke bombs.

Additionally Soria carries several pouches at his waist, each of which contains one hundred or so seeds. There are exactly six pouches. Plants grown from these seeds will naturally be infused with Soria's chakra. However, Soria must utilize a set sum of chakra per seed to cause it to grow at its accelerated rate.
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[B][U]Special Traits[/U][/B]
Extremely knowledgeable in botany, natural chakra, and nature
He lacks proficiency in strength, speed, and agility
Knows only the very basics of Tai and Kenjutsu
Keen understanding of the human body
Rather vulnerable to most genjutsu
Enhanced chakra regeneration
Large Chakra Reserves
Effective at mid-range
Genius level intellect
Powerful Life Force
Incredibly durable
Skilled in Tactics

Kekkei Genkai:

Name of Kekkei Genkai:
Mokuton - Shizen no megumare-noroi (木遁 - 自然の恵まれ-呪い 'Wood release - Nature's blessed-curse')

Clan:
Senju/Tetsukuzu.
Description:
With the forbidden union of Soria's father, Moriyama Senju, and his blessed mother, Reisei Tetsukuzu, this Kekkei genkai was born. With the blood of the Senju giving its life and synchronicity with the natural world and the Tetsukuzu's nature of understanding and connection with their surroundings a new mutation in the Senju genome occurred birthing forth a unique form of the Mokuton. Rather than simply empower the bodies and merge the water and earth affinities, the Shizen no megumare-noroi causes the inheritor's body and genetics to become excessively malleable. In Soria's case, and formerly in the case of Kishibu his now sadly passed on eldest brother, it causes his mokuton nature to quite literally take root in his body. Due to the prolonged interactions with his affinity and his extensive training, his Mokuton has become less just a chakratic affinity and more a part of his being. He is something of a combination of flora and human DNA at this point, though primarily he IS in fact human. This causes Soria to have a much more attuned sense of his surroundings and actually allows him to use both created and natural vegetation to his greater advantage. While he is certainly no sensory ninja, the flora that share a symbiotic bond with his body have allowed him to better understand the forces which keep both human and plant-life around. This has caused him to have an innate understanding of both water and earth as well as a unique appreciation for the sun and its fiery light.

Thus throughout his life his body has become a unique mixture of flora and human allowing him some rather unique traits. First of all Soria, while unable to do so at a notable speed, is capable of absorbing natural energy through the plant life around him. Secondly Soria is capable of passively regenerating with the tax of his chakra and the amount of useable chakra, both natural and otherwise. In the category of a tertiary ability Soria has gained the capability to modify plant DNA on the fly. However, this tertiary capability has required rigorous training and effort for him to master and fully utilize, and, in particular, it is the ability that makes his brand of Mokuton so unique. After all, he rarely uses the 'tree' based mokuton, rather preferring to utilize the surrounding flora to his advantage. This is, in essence, his kekkei genkai, though there is one final detail to express. Simply that it is a double edged sword as his secondary ability essentially means that with every wound he progressively loses more of his humanity, gradually becoming more and more plant-like. A dark secret indeed, one that he has kept to himself above all else, in fact only his siblings knew of the curse, only his siblings...and 3 of them are dead.

[B][U]Techniques:[/U][/B]

[B]Canon Jutsu[/B]
[I]All basic and academy level techniques.[/I]

[url=http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Wood_Release:_Cutting_Technique]Mokuton: Sashiki no Jutsu(Wood Release: Cutting Technique)[/url]
[url=http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Wood_Release:_Four-Pillar_Prison_Technique]Mokuton: Shichūrō no Jutsu(Wood Release: Four-Pillar Prison Technique)[/url]
[url=http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Wood_Release:_Transformation]Mokuton: Henge(Wood Release: Transformation)[/url]
[url=http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Wood_Release:_Wood_Locking_Wall]Mokuton: Mokujōheki(Wood Release: Wood Locking Wall)[/url]
[url=http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Wood_Release:_Great_Forest_Technique]Mokuton: Daijurin no Jutsu(Wood Release: Great Forest Technique)[/url]

[B]Custom Jutsu[/B]

[B]Name of Technique:[/B] Shurei onjin - Shinzui ten no Utsuri([I]种类恩人- 真髄転の移[/I] 'Kind patron - Transference of essence').
[B]Type of Jutsu:[/B] Kekkei ninjutsu.
[B]Rank:[/B] B
[B]Range:[/B] Direct or indirect contact.
[B]Nature Type:[/B] Yang; Natural; Mokuton.
[B]Handseals:[/B] 3.
[B]Description:[/B] By studying his wife's jutsu, Hakei Saisei, Soria has engineered a technique that allows him to utilize his nature chakra and natural affinity for mokuton and yang to infuse dying organisms with additional life energy. However, while Shinsei's technique can also transfer and take energy, this technique cannot and only allows him to infuse flora with life. He can also utilize this technique to infuse elemental ninjutsu with strength, or to infuse naturally occurring elements with it utilizing the Shizen-kai no zōkyō.

[B]Weakness:[/B] Direct or indirect contact must be made with the subject that Soria wishes to effect. This can only be applied via his plants or his physical body.

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[B]Name of Technique:[/B] Shizen-kai no zōkyō([I]自然界の増強[/I] 'Augmentation of the Natural Realm').
[B]Type of Jutsu:[/B] Kekkei ninjutsu.
[B]Rank:[/B] A
[B]Range:[/B] Direct contact; Indirect contact; Within 6 yards.
[B]Nature Type:[/B] Natural.
[B]Handseals:[/B] 3.
[B]Description:[/B] By utilizing Shurei onjin - Shinzui ten no Utsuri, Soria is capable of infusing notably inanimate entities with what amounts to life. This is a rather taxing technique when used in this fashion however, this is not its only use. Generally, Soria uses this technique to amplify both his own mokuton jutsu and surrounding flora for a unique effect. When applied to surrounding flora it will amplify their growth and evolutionary potential greatly and strengthen the defense and structure of the plant(s). This causes the plants within a 6 yard radius, or subjected to his direct or indirect contact to become at least twice as resistant to normal weaknesses, such as fire (C rank resistance). When applied to his mokuton jutsu it amplifies their resistance even further due to their already augmented form via his unique chakra affinities, thus they become more resistant to B rank and below fire jutsu, though they can still be damaged if the jutsu is potent enough. Additionally they gain a natural resistance to being cut causing even steel blades to have trouble cutting through in a single fell swoop.

[B]Weakness:[/B] Limited range. Augmenting surrounding flora is more taxing than augmenting his mokuton jutsu. Chakra cost is dependent on how many jutsu are amplified and the rank of said jutsu, or simply by the sheer amount of plant-life surrounding Soria within a 6 yard radius. Augmenting inanimate entities is twice as difficult and takes intense focus.

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[B]Name of Technique:[/B] Chō shizen no shinka([I]超自然の進化[/I] 'Supernatural evolution').
[B]Type of Jutsu:[/B] Kekkei ninjutsu.
[B]Rank:[/B] C.
[B]Range:[/B] N/A.
[B]Nature Type:[/B] Natural; Yang.
[B]Handseals:[/B] N/A.
[B]Description:[/B] By utilizing already established connections with the plants under his control including ones formed from his jutsu directly, Soria will activate or modify portions of their DNA respectively and alter the plant's evolutionary probabilities. Simultaneously he will cause plants to cross pollinate despite the type of plant and thus cause them to share or take on processes of their neighbors upon dropping seeds. In essence this technique speeds up the growth cycle of the particular plants and allows Soria to also alter and activate dormant strands of DNA to his own purposes.

[B]Weakness:[/B] Despite the processes of the plants being much quicker than normal, the technique still takes time to so greatly modify their nature and purpose. Depending on the complexity of the changes to the given organism, this jutsu will take anywhere from 30 seconds to 5 minutes. This techniques takes a constant, but negligible drain on Soria's chakra.

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[B]Name of Technique:[/B] Shizen niku no dōka([I]自然肉の同化[/I] 'Assimilation of the Natural flesh').
[B]Type of Jutsu:[/B] Kekkei ninjutsu.
[B]Rank:[/B] A.
[B]Range:[/B] N/A.
[B]Nature Type:[/B] Yang; Natural; Mokuton – Shizen no megumare-noroi
[B]Handseals:[/B] 6.
[B]Description:[/B] By utilizing his own flesh and unique DNA sequence, Soria propagates his symbiotic cells and either splits them off from his body or further amplifyies their growth speed with yang while regulating their purpose and balance with natural energy and the Mokuton - Shizen no megumare-noroi. This propagation and purposing of cells takes two turns which each chain into their own unique technique. The cells created from this technique are especially vulnerable until entered into their completed forms.

[B]Weakness:[/B] Chakra and focus intensive.

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[B]Name of Technique:[/B] Kyōsei([I]共生[/I] 'Symbiosis').
[B]Type of Jutsu:[/B] Kekkei ninjutsu.
[B]Rank:[/B] S.
[B]Range:[/B] Direct or Indirect contact.
[B]Nature Type:[/B] Yang; Natural; Mokuton - Shizen no megumare-noroi.
[B]Handseals:[/B] 2.
[B]Description:[/B] By utilizing Shizen niku no dōka and keeping the propagating flesh either on himself or implementing it with another individual, he can replace and regrow limbs or body parts entirely. This technique is an extremely advanced healing technique and cannot be used in battle. However, he can utilize the application of this and split a portion of the propagated flesh from his body, using it to track or mark targets as long as the symbiotic cells remain attached.

[B]Weakness:[/B] Not useable in battle. Takes time to adapt the cells to other individuals for use in healing. Incredibly chakra intensive. Relies on the use of Shizen nku no dōka. Additionally, direct or indirect contact is required.

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[B]Name of Technique:[/B] Mori no ko([I]森の子[/I] 'Child of the Forest').
[B]Type of Jutsu:[/B] Kekkei ninjutsu.
[B]Rank:[/B] S.
[B]Range:[/B] N/A.
[B]Nature Type:[/B] Yang; Natural; Mokuton - Shizen no megumare-noroi.
[B]Handseals:[/B] 4.
[B]Description:[/B] By first utilizing Shizen niku no dōka, Soria then splits up to two portions of it from his body and purposes the cells with a format almost identical to his own. The cells will propagate and alter their purposes, forming vines of mixed symbiotic cells until they weave together and form up to two clones. This jutsu is unique in that, if coupled with a slight use of Kyōsei to extract cells from another individual, it can create what amounts to an almost exact physical copy of either the user or designated individual. These clones are capable of utilizing all of Soria's jutsu with the exclusion of Shurei onjin - Shinzui ten no Utsuri. The thing that makes these clones so special is they acquire the ability to merge with other flora seamlessly, either to imbue their life force and partial sentience, to hide, or for another purpose, such as traveling between the connections of flora much like [url=http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Mayfly]Kagerō[/url], though detectable and only with the sacrifice of all other jutsu while in use. Additionally these clones cannot be dispersed, an aspect worked in by Soria's studies of the Moku bunshin no jutsu. Additionally, due to the Mori no ko's strange nature, any damage done to the clone will appear the same as if you had damaged the actual Soria. The only notable difference between Mori no ko and Soria himself is their lack of totally independent sentience and the fact that the chakra system of any given Mori no ko is not nearly as complex as the chakra system of a living being, this is their only derivative and thus they essentially trick all dōjutsu with the sole exclusion of the byakugan. It should be noted that when material from a Mori no ko gets on someone, it can be tracked or tapped into by Soria in much the same was that Kyōsei can be used.

[B]Weakness:[/B] The clones are limited to two at any given time, Soria can only create 8 of these, in total, before becoming totally exhausted regardless of his extensive chakra pool and natural energy. While they cannot be dispersed, Mori no ko can be damaged like any other being and can and will become crippled or die from extensive wounds. A single clone takes a whole 20 seconds to fully form and become useable making them especially vulnerable until fully formed.

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[B]Name of Technique:[/B] Genshi-ko no taihai([I]原始子の退廃[/I] 'Decadence of the Primal Child').
[B]Type of Jutsu:[/B] Kekkei ninjutsu.
[B]Rank:[/B] S+
[B]Range:[/B] N/A.
[B]Nature Type:[/B] Yang; Natural; Mokuton - Shizen no megumare-noroi.
[B]Handseals:[/B] 10.
[B]Description:[/B] Soria's best hidden, most advanced, and darkest jutsu, the Genshi-ko no taihai is a well guarded secret. Created through something of an accident and an attempt to vent the seed of hatred in his core, Soria utilized Shizen niku no dōka and the result was this unnaturally jet-black seed. Beginning to grow at a rate far out of Soria's control, the seed parasitically sapped his chakra almost to the point of death, even robbing him of a few years of his life in the process. Having barely managed to cut the flow of the seed, Soria found that its presence latched on to the secret garden of his laboratory and began to drain the life force of the surrounding flora as well. He quickly suppressed and cut its link once more, but not before it had accumulated an absolutely astonishing amount of chakra that he could not risk extracting without danger to his life and those of the surrounding individuals and nature itself.

Bottom-line, the Genshi-ko no taihai is an extreme parasitic life form of unknown intelligence and filled with the blackness of Soria's hate and anger. To keep it as isolated from its surroundings, Soria has actually designed part of his internal body to house the Genshi-ko no taihai safely. This area of his body cuts off the seed from growth and the rest of Soria's body, becoming the literal seed of hate and anger inside of him. Incidentally, Soria can, at the risk of himself, draw upon the massive chakra within the seed by temporarily allowing it to cannibalize on his negative emotions and degrade his life force at an exceptional rate. The only individual who knows anything regarding the Genshi-ko no taihai is his wife, Shinsei, and it should be noted that should he ever have to use this technique and its corresponding evil for longer than even a minute, he would be consumed and the consequences would be impossible to predict.

[B]Weakness:[/B] Listed in the jutsu itself. This allows an extremely limited, 30 yard hemisphere negative emotions sensing ability –the ability can only sense very strong killing intent, hatred, and anger.
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