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Skall- The Skinwalker

Skall gave a purposely lazy glance with one eye from beneath his hat. With a bit of a grunt, he leaned forward slightly and took a small flask of his own personal sake from the small of his back. From beneath the tattered dust cloth his hand rose, holding the incendiary liquid out to the drunkard. Before the man would be given the container of alcohol, however, Skall would have an answer.

"Whatchu mean 'they', pal?" The words were slurred heavily and a light huff of a sigh was added to the end. The potential for some kind of ambush was wholly possible, but it made Skall's stomach churn slightly at the thought of them walking into something far worse than a few shinobi with a grudge.

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Skall - The Skinwalker

It was with a small amount of reverence that Skall stood just outside the village of Gobi. There was always an odd mixture of spiritually sound peace before blood was she en masse. Sitting upon a blanket laid out upon the sand, the young assassin watched as a figure or two moved about the village. His presence was subtle: a dust cloak wrapped around his shoulders and a conical straw hat atop his head as he pretended to hunch over in a drunken stupor, empty sake bottles laid out before him.

And so Skall waited quietly, hoping that his father would remain unharmed without him at arm's length. It was difficult to watch other shinobi remain close at hand in the brotherhood of clanship whilst he drifted on the outer edges of Uemura's world. Edges that were usually crusting with dried blood. But that is where he was told to be, and so he remained.

The toxins that remained on his person were of precious value for the moment with the clan's stores pillaged. He would have to use them sparingly if at all, instead relying more on his weaponry and, if occasion warranted it, his hazy red gift.

Letting out a mock hiccup, Skall's eyes darted to movement on the horizon. His eyes were well adjusted to the dark though not capable of seeing through it in its entirety. Either the rest of his clan were arriving soon, or he had drank a little too much of the sake. It was necessary to pull off the role of a drunkard, if only for the sake of the scent of his breath should a passerby interact with him.

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Yup, still here. Sekitan is still working on a post and I'm still trying to get around to writing up another for Skall.

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Skall Monzaemon Clan Meeting Hall - Night

As the ranks of the Monzaemon swelled in the meeting hall, none would know that Skall was among them. His face lightened with makeup and his clothing entirely neutral, he took on the persona of one of the low ranking ninja that had died some days ago. Although not killed by Skall, he had been the only one to witness the death of the sluggish and undisciplined shinobi with an indifference that practically incriminated him. It was through the eyes of these nobodies that Skall lived in the open, as none here save for the clan heads knew of his existence let alone his face. Skall moved through the room a half-step at a time, never moving with enough purpose that anyone would acknowledge him. Sure, there was a glance here and there and even moments where someone would wholly make eye contact with him but there was never an exchange of words. He was like a grain of sand in the desert, a coyote hiding in the ranks of wolves. The purpose of this meeting was already known to Skall. There was little that happened within these walls that he didn't know about at least through whispers. Direct orders from Uemura would prevent him from acting on anything as of yet and he would instead choose to ghost through the room and sniff around, absorbing rumor and whisper as a sponge. Skall's unique place in the clan, that of a Kabuki branch member controlled solely by the head of the Bunraku, meant he heard things from both sides and knew most secrets of the general populace. What he did with the knowledge was solely at Uemura's discretion however, and Skall would not present information to his surrogate father unless relevant to the man's interests or needs. For now, he wandered through the clan hall in an entirely uninteresting way.

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PM your CS to Yosh. Then if he approves it, fill out a sheet for the bingo book (format can be found on the first page) and PM that to him as well and he will put it in the bingo book. This is also when you can finally post your CS in the character bin.

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As soon as my first character's comrades have completed their CS's, we will compile our info and get it to you.

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I lurk every few hours. I'll be around.

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Skall – The Skinwalker

General Data

Name: Skall Nickname/Alias: The Skinwalker Gender: Male Age: ? Age Appearance: 25 Sexuality: Bisexual Birthplace: ? (Even Skall’s not sure) Organization: Clan Monzaemon Clan Position: Head Assassin Chakra Nature: Lightning, Fire Additional Appearance Details: Skall is moderately slim, with a wiry layer of muscle covering his boney frame. He weighs around 130 lbs. (58.9 kg) and stands at 5’6” in height. He hast jet black hair that flows freely and light brown eyes. When not being inconspicuous he wears his coyote mask and headdress, with a pair of reddish-brown hide leggins, various pouches, and goes barefoot. Each arm is adorned with several strips of leather wrapped around his forearms all the way down to the wrist, a white and black feather hanging from the left stripl. However, since he is almost always working, he disguises himself in whatever he can find. Whether it’s the rags of a drunken beggar or the armor of a samurai; His appearance changes drastically and frequently. He is not foreign to using face paint or makeups to change his skin tone either. There are numerous descriptions that he is known for, though very few get it correct. He has essentially mastered the art of non-genjutsu disguise. History: Skall was found aimlessly wandering the desert by Uemura Monzaemon, barking and growling at anyone who came near him. He was, for all intents and purposes, feral. The only thing that lay in the path behind him were corpses of bandits rogue shinobi who had tried to rob or harm the youth. When the mad boy attacked him, a battle between Skall and Uemura’s ensued. Aside from his agility and ferocious nature, one trait led Uemura to spare the feral boy. When cornered, Skall performed a strange jutsu and released a cloud of red gas from his skin that burned his lungs and eyes but did not kill him. Unaware of Uemura’s true power, this only resulted in causing the boy to go into seizures and pass out. It became clear that the cause for the child’s madness was his own strange power and his inability to attack someone with it without harming himself. Somehow he had managed to survive poisoning himself time and time again. Uemura took the child in and began to raise him. His throat and lungs were permanently damaged, resulting in a gravelly and almost unearthly voice when the child spoke. Regardless of this, Skall was educated, trained and raised as a Monzaemon and felt a deep love for his surrogate father, willing to do anything for him. He took up the use of chakra threads but never showed any real interest in puppets, preferring to use them as tools instead. Extensive training led him to control and safely use his gift so that he no longer poisoned himself with it. Skall has been at the beck and call of Uemura (and to a lesser extent his brother) ever since, slaying those who stood in his way and performing any task deemed too violent or vile by anyone else. The only thing Skall remembers about before his time in the desert was that he had a family who dressed just like him, and a memory of his mother crying in pain. Personality: Skall’s psyche is fractured and extremely fragile. He often shifts between calm, melancholy, and enraged. His mood swings are usually caused by bad memories or failing at a task set by his surrogate father. With that said, there is a sort of curiosity and an eerie sense of innocence when he’s not foaming at the mouth with blood. Theme:Ki:Theory

Equipment Data

Base Weapons & Items: 4 Smoke Bombs 4 Pepperdust Smoke Bombs (irritates target’s eyes and nose) 1 Gourd of Sake (approximately 16 oz) 1 Vial of anti-toxin 1 Chemist’s satchel (contains only the ingredients to make his poison and incendiary mixtures for his weapons) Specialized Weapons & Items: Name of Weapon or Item: Hypodermic Javelins Description:Hollow metal javelins that are designed to penetrate flesh and deliver a lethal liquid payload into the body of the enemy. Skall has three variants: Poisonous, incendiary (fiery explosive), and regular. The regular javelins come in two sizes: Standard and compact. Standards are about 2.5 feet in length, while the compact size is only about 8 inches in length. Osira uses these javelins in conjunction with his chakra threads to hurl them great distances using the tension in his threads like an atlatl. They can also be used for close range but are only good for blocking and stabbing since they have no edge. The javelins have two pressure-sensitive triggers on either side that are depressed as the javelin enters the target. This triggers the spring-loaded mechanism inside and either a) releases the poison within or b) combines two volatile liquids that cause a small, fiery burst capable of igniting enemies.

Combat Data

Techniques: Canon Jutsu Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique: Used primarily for simple fireballs. Fire Release: Running Fire: Used primarily to create distance and “chase” enemies into a desired position. Shadow Clone Technique: Osira is only capable of making one additional clone without hindering his abilities. Custom Jutsu Name of Technique: Lightning Release: Reluctant Coil Rank: B Range: Nature Type: Lightning Handseals: Two. Tori, Mi (plus the time it takes to form a chakra thread) Description: Skall creates a chakra thread attached to something small like a kunai, shuriken, or compact javelin and runs a conducts a current through the length of the thread, wielding it like a whip. The item it is attached is meant to act like a weight rather than a weapon, as a chakra thread almost entirely formed of lightning is very difficult to control. This technique can also be used by wrapping the chakra thread around something or someone and then quickly converting the thread back and forth. This is Skall’s favored means of collecting information and a brutal form of torture. Weakness: The thread can be broken like any other and outright dissipates if it touches something grounded or resistant to electricity. Aside from that, the name itself implies how difficult it is to make the “whip” do what you want it to. Naturally this ability drains chakra at a steady pace while being used. Custom Jutsu Name of Technique: Sacred Art: Ozone Release (Fire+Lightning) Rank: S Range: Medium to long (moving very slowly) Handseals: Six. I, Uma, Ushi, Uma, Tori, Tatsu Description: By concentrating and essentially superheating lightning chakra and then kneading fire chakra within his body, Skall can release the hidden technique that has caused those underestimating him to fall time and time again. After performing the required handseals, Skall inhales deeply and holds his breath before a cloud of pure ozone slowly erupts from his pores and rises, forming into a barely-visible, faint-red bubble in front of him. Once he releases his breath, the bubble moves forward at a steady pace (roughly a meter per second but faster if the wind carries it). If the bubble hits its target, it will erupt into a cloud of ozone gas. If inhaled, ozone is capable of causing great pain when breathing and inflaming the airways and lungs. This lack of oxygen can cause fainting, temporary paralysis and even death if inhaled in great enough quantities. The burning sensation within the throat and windpipe are enough to bring someone to their knees. If there is no wind and Skall does not push the bubble forward with his breath, the bubble can remain for several minutes before dissipating, acting as a trap. Since the gas is not a poison, there is no remedy to cure it. It can only be prevented by holding one’s breath or filtering the air. Weakness: This technique is not only extremely slow to initiate, but also moves at a very slow and steady pace once used. Between the time it takes to weave handseals, focus and knead chakra, and release and form the bubble, an enemy could be long gone. On top of that, it is very susceptible to wind and can be blown away by both wind jutsu and natural wind conditions. If punctured, the bubble erupts into a cloud regardless of where it is. Skall is not immune to this technique. Nobody that breathes oxygen is, though his mask would prevent immediate inhalation and give a half second or so to react. The unpredictable nature of a natural gas makes it difficult to incorporate this into any techniques other than this most basic one.

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Anybody want to be a Nara? or have relations with Shikako?

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My character's father is a Nara. Yosh was talking about using him as part of a backstory, but we could still be distantly related.

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Goro Sroda – "Rock Scribe Goro"

General Data

Name: Goro Sroda Nickname/Alias: Rock Scribe Goro Gender: Male Age: 24 Age Appearance: 20 Sexuality: Heterosexual Birthplace:Land of Earth Organization: N/A Chakra Nature: Earth, Wind Additional Appearance Details: 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. History: 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 had 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. Personality: 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. Theme:The Outsider

Equipment Data

Base Weapons & Items: 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 Specialized Weapons & Items: Name of Weapon or Item: Macuahuitl (Ma-ka-wheat'll) Description: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.

Combat Data

Techniques: Canon Jutsu Earth Release Armor: 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. Earth Release: Earth Style Wall: Goro is only capable of making walls a short distance (no more than 3 meters) away and only a couple of feet thick. Earth Release: Earth Spear: Goro has not mastered this jutsu and as such, can only harden his fingertips, knuckles, and palms for a brief time. Earth Release: earth Corridor: 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. Blade Of Wind: Goro uses this in place of most thrown weapons, though his wind blades are small; About the size of a standard shuriken. Custom Jutsu Name of Technique:Formulaic Glyph Mimicry Type of Jutsu: Multipurpose ninjutsu. Rank: Varies depending on jutsu being mimicked Range: Close (touch) to far Nature Type: Uses an Earth-based ink but can mimic others Handseals: 3 Inu, Saru, Hitsuji (Of course, the formula has to be completed before the glyph can be activated) Description: 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. Weakness: 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. Misc.: 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).