[quote=@MMGiru] - Regarding Kumo origins, I realize you're correct. It was sort of like an artifact from an earlier version of his history, that I tried to fit into the new idea. It could potentially add some intrigue when I don't have anything going on with him, but really, a mercantile family does that anyway, plus the interest in his dad. Instead, I like your idea for a Gobi family who traded with Kumo before those relations died out. I'll keep the Shikawa name and darker skin. [/quote] That sounds like a great idea. They might technically be the same family that have branched off at some point, half lives in Kumo and half in Gobi. Konan's jutsus. Morphing or folding paper... Whatever the technical term may be I saw your technique as kind of a first step in that direction. I don't know if that was your intention or not, but that's where my mind went. I look forward to seeing what you come up with for the other stuff.