Clan Name: Golem
Location: N/A
Specialization: Genjutsu
Elements: N/A



Clan History: To say that a golem is at all of this world would be completely ignorant. They exist in the same way that an idea does, a creation formulated by the experiences of another. While it is true that they can exist in the physical world; touch and feel the heat of their blood, strike it and feel the wetness of their tears, when it comes down to it, they're simply not there. An extension of a human given life of its own, they're constantly living in the shadow of a being in many ways simpler than themselves, yet possessing the one thing they can never fundamentally obtain - a living soul. That is to say that a Golem will never be able to full comprehend the emotional spectrum, try as they may. They're beings of both logic and emotion, two conflicting forces which act against one another. While a golem may either be completely detached from their emotions, they may also embrace them fully. Some viewing a lack of emotions as commendable, a state to strive towards in order to become complete, others will enjoy their excessive capabilities for joy, sorrow and everything that comes in between. The only factor that a Golem will never be able to fully understand is empathy, a programmed inability to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others. One of the original traits of their programming which has continued to this day and thus, their biggest flaw. Given their limitless lifespan, the Golems have grown bored and corrupt. The needlessness of procreation has rendered the men impotent and meditation has replaced sleep. Others fall into catatonia, forming the social stratum the Golems have named the "Apathetics".

The word golem is mentioned once in the history of this race, however today it’s often translated as “embryo.” Golem itself means “unformed”; it’s the hyle of the ancients, the chaotic, inchoate state of matter before it is given form by the Creator. Despite this, as a collective they've been completely unable to create a term to define their species, thus, they're labeled with the misinformed title of Golem. The creator, Adam is described as a kind of cosmic golem, an immense being whose body is as large as the universe and who can see the entire history of the world, its past and future

This description would lead into the common belief among Golem's that the universe itself is a kind of man, Adam, and that each of us is a microcosm, a universe in miniature: the universe is a Great Man, and we are all little universes. There is a story that when the Creator was creating artificial life, he had the knowledge of how to form the perfect being but left him unfinished, in a Golem state, fearing that if he completed him the artificial life himself might get the credit for the work (which implies something about the character of the Creator). One symbolic interpretation of this story, which has been the driving force behind many Golem's ambitions and goals, namely the desire to become human, is that we all are golems until the breath of the divine enters us. We are all unfinished, incomplete, until regenerated.

While the true nature of Adam, the Creator is largely unknown, the methods behind his work is not. While some believe that he was nothing more than a man, as logic would dictate, others believe he exists in the center of the universe, a universe of his own creation. The origin's of the Golem have as much in common as a modern day one as the average human does with its most distant ancestor. The first Golem was made of clay or soil. He was molded into human form, and then the mystical name of God, the Tetragrammaton, JHVH, is written on a piece of paper and placed on his mouth. The motif of a magical word or name shows the importance of writing and language in the Golem's artificial life. The interplay of words, their rearrangement into other words, and their numerical values all play an important role in understanding the secret laws behind creation, something that has evolved throughout all states of artificial life, a connection which breathes life into the lifeless but also denies them the access to a living soul, only granting a pseudo soul of interpretation and passed down knowledge. A hulking mass of Earth, the initial Golem, subject A was granted a body immature and a mind that could function only in logic, yet despite this a spark of creativity was placed there. Superior ability breeds superior ambition, thus unsatisfied with the immortal lumbering life given to it, subject A took evolution into its own hands, striving to become as the creatures around it are, to become human. A collection of passed down knowledge, each variation of the Golem became less simple, going from Earth to the formation of life, a self evolving species aiming to become equal to man. It was because of this that they eventually became more human than human, a race capable of intense creativity and emotional responses. It was this spark that created a separation within the species. Confronted with the ability to choose, some decided to continue down their path while others sought to return to a pure state, considering the absence of emotion to be as close to God as one could get. Ultimately, this was when Golem's shifted from being artificial life to life itself.


While in the past utilized as slaves for manual labor, like a modern day machine, it has since been passed that a Golem is sentient being, thus maintaining the rights and privileges that any man deserves. This, however, is all ancient knowledge. Today, Golem's are considered as little more than a peculiar looking race of people who follow an obsolete religion, their practices wrapped in too much secrecy for any truth of their history to escape to the common mind. In a sense, a sign that their goal as somewhat been achieved as they assimilate within modern society, there are still traits which will always cast them as an outcast.

While almost identical to a normal human physically, the chance of a mutation in creation is substantially higher than that of a normal human birth, to the extent that it would be difficult to find a single Golem without some form of physical tell. As a standard across all Golem's are the letters JHVH and EMETH inscribed into the hard palate and the frontal eminence respectively. As a cultural standard, names are usually a combination of their model letter and the amount of generations between oneself and the original. Thus, the original Q model would simply be named Q, its first offspring would be Q2, ect. Furthermore, if the initial Q was to create more than a single offspring, the second would be named Q22, followed by Q23, ect. Despite this, many Golem's formulate names of their own, only using their proper name when interacting with another Golem.

Members: Model types A-L are all considered extinct, each being crafted before the introduction of EMETH are to be considered obsolete, thus destroyed.

Personality: Golem's as a whole are a complicated bunch. Across the generations you have various forms of humanity, some seeming almost identical to another person with others appearing as if they couldn't be more different. A being without emotion or one who laughs the hardest and cries the loudest, there is little definition to their actions. A few things do tend to be standard across all Golem's, the first being the inability to feel empathy. A race who can be replaced by a superior model in a second, they consider anything obsolete to be a burden and thus removed, even if it is themselves who are the burden. There are many cases in history of Golem's whom became paralyzed or otherwise disabled and quickly took their own life, believing that the progress of the collective be more important then the survival of a dysfunctional program. Early on in production, this trait was so rampant that on receiving even the smallest abrasion, a Golem would immediately seek to end its own life. It is through this that they have a heavy focus on sacrifice, having little moral objections to sending in five to die to kill six.

Many Golem have one of two goals, becoming identical to Adam, the Creators first and most pure being, or to become human with a full control over the emotional spectrum. Attempting to live by logic and reason with no interference from emotion causes Golem's as a whole to become a rarity in the world, bringing a sense of prejudice over their emotional brothers.

Golem's were also known for their high degree of honesty. They were extremely reluctant to tell a lie, and indeed it was said that "Golem's could not lie". However, they would do so for what they perceived as logical reasons, though they rarely referred to their dishonesty as "lying." Contrary to stereotype, all Golems possess emotions; indeed, Golem emotions are far more intense, violent, and passionate than those of many other species, including even Humans. The essence of their logical society was in arriving at the truth through logical process. Emotions were illogical, thus making them impure, and deterrent to truth.

Despite this, it's quite possible for Golem's personalities and beliefs across each individual to vary as much as any human could. Claiming that just because one is a Golem they must be a logic driven creature or one who seeks to become human would be extremely ignorant.

Physiology: A species prone to mutation, it's unclear on what exactly a pure Golem would look like, however based on repeated trends one is able to conclude the differences between an un-mutated Golem and a human being.

The first thing of note would be the yellow tinged skin, a result of their color of their blood. Golem blood is rust-colored when deoxygenated in the veins and green when oxygenated in the arteries. Bruises and abrasions take on a bright orange color. Multiple other differences occur within the body of the In contrast to their external similarities, Golem internal anatomy differed radically from that of Humans. For instance, their hearts are where a Human's liver would normally be, and beat several hundred times per minute. They also had no appendix and a much smaller digestive system.

In contrast to modern computers which function better in a cold climate, Golem's tend to prefer the hot air of desert regions. A result of this is a large population being found in Sunagakure. This is assisted by their ability to go without thirst for up to two days, however doing so has the tendency of making one extremely cranky.

The Golem brain is one of the biggest mysteries in modern day science. It's said that technology could evolve several hundred decades if the secret could be cracked. Described as "a puzzle, wrapped inside an enigma, housed inside a cranium" Golems learned to gain conscious control of many of their bodily functions, allowing them to regulate their bodies to a high degree by simple will power. Thus allowing one to become disconnected from pain or their own senses through concentration. When injured a Golem could go into a trance-like state, using this ability to concentrate all of his or her energy onto repairing the injury. This trance, called Kal'beth could be self-induced and gave the physical appearance of near-death. It was similar, in principle, to neuro-pressure techniques which could be used to relax the mind and body. This trait, however, is less efficient in more emotional Golems.


Kekkei Genkai Name: Mechanical Form
Kekkei Genkai Description:

Name: Al'bed
Requirements: Golem
Description: Masters of the mental, be it from a logical or emotional standpoint, Golem's have a tendency to control the brain with ease. Because of this the chakra cost to dispel a Genjutsu from an Golem is increased. This increase begins at 5 chakra, and gains an additional 5 per rank above E, causing it to max out at 35 at SS rank.

Name: Tasukeru
Requirements: Golem
Description: Grafted with a body of their own design, a Golem is able to manipulate their form with ease. Being able to enter a near-death state through willpower, or to disconnect their own emotions. It's only natural that through this control that they're able to highly manipulate the sounds and vibrations that are emanated through their movement. Through the sound and vibrations that come from their body, they're able to cast touch and sound Genjutsu sealessly if the target is within 5 feet of the body as it moves or within 10 feet of where a Golem strikes a blow. These vibrations and sound waves move at the maximum speed for a jutsu of their rank, minus three for each rank above E.

Name: Altered Form
Requirements: Golem
Description: Mutations are the core of Golem's evolution, a species half developed by logic and half by unpredictability, their bodies often pay the price. Through this limit, one is able to take a physical trait from the list below. A second and third physical trait can be picked, however that would require one to forego Tasukeru and Al'bed to do so, meaning in total one can still only have three limits from their Kekkei Genkai.

Options:

Drawbacks:

Name: Shallow Pool
Requirements: Golem
Description:While their chakra is extremely specialized, this was not done without a cost. Golems suffer a +10% to the cost of all non-Genjutsu techniques.

Name: Symbol of God
Requirements: Golem
Description: The same signs which grant them life are also key to their destruction. If one was to strike out the initial 'e' in emeth, meaning truth, they would leave the Golem with the word meth inscribed into their skull, meaning death. Doing so would result in the death of the subject. Furthermore, a dead Golem can be identified by the lack of the initial 'e' in their inscription. However, by re-adding this 'e' a Golem is able to return to life, assuming their body currently has no fatal injuries.

Name: Ill Minded
Requirements: Golem
Description:Due to the clans focus on Genjutsu, they tend to lack in other areas, because of this they must take Hesitant (element) and  Late Start (Secondary Element), as two of their disadvantages.

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KKG

1/ No +'s to power for jutsu, not allowed on clans sorry. Also, You're going to need more info on using your sword as a genjutsu trigger. Speeds etc.

2/ Can't enchant D rank weapons.

3/ increase of 10 chakra for breaking their genjutsu... make it 5 please.

Drawbacks

1/ I'll bodied is not a practical drawback which effects you in combat, thus it cannot be used to balance practical advantages which 'do' effect you in combat.

2/ shadow pool is cool.

3/ also seems cool. add to this that they cannot be balanced by positive SC's.

Jutsu:

1/ You need a speed and a range on this jutsu, chakra enhanced sound does not move at the speed of sound it's weighted down by your need to be able to control it and its effects. So, it needs a speed in line with a B rank jutsu. This goes for every genjutsu trigger.

2/ 200m is WAY too big. This also needs to be B rank or higher due to the additional effects.

3/ remove the last part about becoming a novice. You can say that it distorts their senses etc but saying how a character must react to something isn't something you can do. Range in this case is 'Touch'

4/ this needs to be a Suiton technique.

In the process of updating this. For reference sake, here's the old application.

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Still working on this