Clan: Iki

Kekkei Genkai: Divine Sword Arts | Divine Light

Elements: /

Specialization:[Taijutsu | Bukijutsu] | Senjutsu

Location: Scattered

Clan History:

Storytellers. Orators. Keepers of ancient secrets. The Iki is an old clan, with older secrets. They are the keepers of an ancient library, one that recorded the history of man before the time of shinobi. Nowadays, the clan is little more than a family name but at a time in history, the Iki were revered.

The clan were infamous as shamans, priests and priestess of the old religions; men and women whose lives were inexplicably tied with the deities they worshiped. To the people around them, the Iki were strange folk, obsessed with what they believed were 'the spirits of the world'. Mythical creatures; dragons, dijinn's and aspects of the elements, just to name a few. The Iki worshiped them all, and in return were protected by these creatures.

As time passed, the old religions fell and the world of the Shinobi rose. The collective deities, knowing that they would have no place in the 'modern' world, gathered their followers for one last request. The Divine Court, as they were known, gave their followers one final decree; the members of the Iki clan were tasked with carrying on the legacy of the Divine Court. The Iki were to keep the stories of the of the Court alive through the ages; in return the Iki would forever be protected by them.

Each of the five basic element is represented by a guardian deity that the Iki worship, as well as two more to encompass the concepts of Yin and Yang:

Raijin, the Lord of Thunder, is represented as an old man carrying a staff. Ramuh typically appears as an old man with a large beard and mustache, balding and wearing flowing robes. Through him, the Iki have acquired the ability to channel Lightning through their weapons to attack.

Nai-no, the Giant of Earth, is represented as a colossal male that is adorned with tribal markings and tattoo, as well as gold jewelery around his neck, wrists, and ankles. Around his waist, Nai-no wears a loincloth. Through him, the Iki are able to channel the power of the land around them into attacks.

Watatsumi, the Lord of Seas, is represented as a gigantic, massive sea serpent that effortlessly controls water and rules all who dwell in the oceans. Through him, the Iki are able to channel the power of the seas and water into their attacks.

Kagutsuchi, the Djinn of Flame, is represented  as an impressive bipedal creature standing at ten feet tall. A mane of fire red hair frames his face, through which a set of twisted horns emerge, curved and pointed forward. Thick arms are attached to an even thicker chest, ending in clawed hands. Kagutsuchi's lower half is clothed in a simple 'pouch', leaving his legs bare, so to speak. His feet are clawed as well. Through him, the Iki are able to channel the power of Fire into their attacks.

Susanoo, the Master of Storms, is represented as a green-tinted man with claws and talons and wings protruding from his back. Though elegant of form and graceful in motion, the capricious and ruthless nature of this bloodthirsty being engenders mindless terror even amongst her devoted worshipers. Through him, the Iki are able to channel the power of wind into their attacks.

Izanagi, the Hallowed Father, is represented as a titanic dragon, said to be the father of the deities that the Iki worship and revere. Through him and his lover, life was breathed into the his greatest creation, mankind. The Iki view Bahamut in the same way that ninja view the concept of Yang Chakra, as energy that governs the vitality of a person.

Izanami, the Infernal Mother, is represented as a dragoniod woman with claws and talons and large chiropteran wings protruding from her back, said to be the mother of the deities that the Iki worship and revere. Through her and her lover, their greatest creation was shaped and imagined. The Iki view Tiamat in the same way that ninja view the concept of Yin Chakra; energy that governs the imagination, creating form out of nothingness.



But those of the Iki clan took this literally, They were angered that their Gods were cast aside by the rest of the world in favor of the teachings of Nishu and Ninjutsu. The elders of the clan declared that the followers of Ninshu were weak; there was to be War! In the name of the Divine Court, the followers of Ninsho and Ninjutsu were to be exterminated by the degree of their Gods.

It was at this point in time, the clan changed their purpose in life; rather than preserving the memories of their Gods, the Iki weaponized them. They called upon their gods, and bound them to their mortal bodies to grant themselves immense power – the ability to harmonize with their god's natural power in a heightened state of awareness. The clan transitioned themselves from humble orators and storytellers into warriors, armed with weapons that they believed to be filled with the power of their gods. Their goal was simple in the beginning; to prove their Gods – and by extension themselves –  worthy to exist. This gave birth to the strange, warped sense of philosophy within the clan, that of Sword Logic.


Armed with this new understanding of the world and themselves, the Iki set out into the world. Through their weapons, the Iki channeled the might and fury their forgotten gods, an ability they called Seiken, and began their campaign of destruction of the followers of Ninshu and Ninjutsu. They attacked everywhere they were able to, forcibly recruiting those they conquered into their cause by demonstrating the power of their gods. It was not long until the clan found the eyes of the world turned upon them, including those of the Rikudō Sennin. Upon hearing how the Iki wished to preserve the existence of their gods, he approached the elders of the clan to speak.


Through his words, the Rikudō Sennin was able to convince the Iki to abandon their campaign of destruction. He informed him that their mark on history was surely set, given all they had done. He revived the Iki's gods to them in their full glory, something the Iki were grateful for, but it came at a price – the Iki, once the harbingers of this world's End, were charged to protect it, to keep the world going along its natural course. The Iki agreed, and settled themselves as the watchful guardians of the world. Traveling to a location in what is now known in modern day as Hoshigakure, the Iki began to practice and spread the tales of their God's once more.


The clan settled into their lives within the village of Hoshigakure without much fuss. Before the clan decided to remain within, they request a meeting with the current Kage, during which they drew out a 'contract' of sorts with the Kage. So long as the Kage and his successors followed what the Iki believed to be 'The Path of Good' as dictated to them by the Rikudō Sennin, the clan will serve and follow the kage without question. However, the moment that the clan heads decide that the Kage is not following the path, the clan will terminate the contract and leave the village. At the current time, the Hoshikage agreed to the terms.

For years, the clan seemed to be at peace, until a certain event. With the discovery of the meteorite that led to awakening of the Mysterious Peacock Method, several of the clan members took this as a sign from the heavens that a new god had been chosen. In honor of the occasion, the Kishi began to devote themselves to this new god, worshiping his physical form through training themselves in the style of the Mysterious Peacock Method. However, with the discovery of the side effects of the training and the emergence of the chakra color mutation within the clan, the Iki clan became angry. They felt that they had been fooled by demons with the presence of the meteorite, and so they sought to leave Hoshigakure.

Upon finding out about this, the then current Hoshikage sought to keep the Iki clan, and prevent them from leaving. He attempted to turn the village upon themselves, using the other families that made up Hoshigakure as pawns to undermine the political and financial power of the Iki. The Iki did not care – they were once a clan of orators and storytellers. They came from nothing, and for them, so long as they continued to worship their gods, they would be happy.  In an attempt to strike a blow to demoralize the clan from leaving, the Hoshikage ordered that every Iki shrine be demolished in the span of a single night.



This attack against the Iki clan's shrines would not go unpunished. While the clan was furious as to the desecration of their shrines, they knew that the village as a whole was not to blame for the actions of the Hoshikage. Once more, they sent a messenger to the Hoshikage, informing him that they would be leaving village. Mustering his army of loyal ninja, the Hoshikage attempted to cut them off before they could actually vacate the village, only for the then head of the clan, Iki Mushin, to present himself to the Hoshikage with a warning to not attempt to stop them. When Mushin saw that the Kage would not heed his words, Mushin sacrificed himself to utilize a Kinjutsu to wipe the village of Hoshigakure off the map.

Gathering the remaining familiies of Hoshi, the Iki clan took them in and helped them pick up the pieces of their lives and move on from Hoshi. With the additional families added to their ranks, the clan scattered themselves in the larger ninja villages, preaching to the world about their gods...


Kekkei Genkai Description: The 'Divine Light' is merely a mutation of their body, that causes their chakra to manifest as white light. While this has no affect on how it performs in battle, many people view the usage of it as 'powers of the gods, manifesting in humans'. While normally, the white color of their chakra only affects their non-elemental techniques, there have been documented cases of higher ranked elemental techniques turning white. 

The combat abilities of the Iki clan is classified in two sections, that of Sword Logic and Seiken.

Sword Logic

• From a young age, the Iki are trained to fight with weapons, mastering them before they are allowed to begin their 'career' in anything else. As a result, Iki clan members are gifted with the Specialist SC. This MUST be 'balanced with the Foolhardy SC.
  
  

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  [b]Name:[/b] Specialist
[b]Type:[/b] Positive
[b]Description:[/b] This individual is naturally gifted with sub-specializations. They may start with two sub-specializations for both Taijutsu and Bukijutsu.

  
  
• Because of their extreme singular usage of weapons forged in their God's power, Iki clan members are awarded a 20% word count reduction when training jutsu that requires Bukijutsu or Taijutsu.
  

Seiken

• Seiken, or Divine Sword Arts, is the second aspect of the Iki clan's power. The Iki believe that their life force is what binds their Gods to them, and keeps them alive. In addition to this end, the clan uses weapons that have been forged in the power of their Gods. Each of the five basic element is represented by a guardian deity that the Iki worship, as well as two more to encompass the concepts of Yin and Yang.
  
  

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• Through the power of their devotion to their gods, Members of this clan are taught from a young age the principles of harnessing senjutsu to increase their prowess in fighting. [They are able to attain senjutsu at chuunin rank rather than spec jounin. All other specializations can be attained as per normal rules].
  

Drawbacks:

• Sword Logic is identified as fighting to prove that you are worthy to exist. To defeat and kill your enemy is to prove that you are stronger, that your existence is 'true'. You prove that you are stronger than everyone who has ever been defeated and killed by that enemy, rendering them as 'false'. To this end, Iki are required to take Foolhardy as a negative SC, but MUST 'balance' it with the Specialist SC.
  

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  [b]Name:[/b] Foolhardy 
[b]Type:[/b] Negative
[b]Description:[/b] This individual is incredibly overconfident in their abilities as a shinobi, to the point where they think it is almost impossible for them to lose against a foe. Because of this, shinobi with this special characteristic are unable to flee from a fight.

  
  
• Seiken
  
• Those of the Iki clan are sworn to worship two of their deities throughout their lives. They dedicate their powers to proving the existence of those two deities through their actions, benevolent or malicious. As a result, the Iki can only utilize two elements, and are incapable of learning a third or fourth at all.
  
  
• Because of their abilities to bind the life force of their deities into their own, members of the Iki have developed physical mutations based upon the deity that they worship[For example, if you worship Watatsumi, you're likely to develop gills and/or fins. Likewise, if you revere Susanoo, you'll develop wings or avian features]. With this change made to their bodies, they have become resistant to the power of modern medical ninjutsu. As a result, members are required to take a unique SC that details their mutation that does not require a drawback, as well as taking the Pharmacaphobia SC without a positive balance.
  
  

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  [b]Name:[/b] Physical Mutation
[b]Type:[/b] Unique 
[b]Description:[/b] This does not require a Negative SC. [Describe your mutation(s).]

  
  

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  [b]Name:[/b] Pharmacophobia
[b]Type:[/b] Negative
[b]Description:[/b] This individual's body is resistant to medical based techniques. All forms of medical ninjutsu suffer a -1 when used on or by this individual. This ONLY applies to POSITIVE HEALING EFFECTS, not offensive medical techniques.

  
  

Members:

• Iki, Mushin [Deceased]
  
  
• Iki, Luca [Current Clan Head]
  
  
• Iwamoto, Jacques
  

Kekkei Genkai Jutsu: Name: Wings of Light
Canon/Custom: Custom
Rank: A
Type: Supplementary
Element: /
Range: Self
Specialty: [Ninjutsu]
Duration: [Maintainable]
Cooldown: Duration + Two
Description: By concentrating their chakra, this jutsu manifests wings made of the Iki clan's signature white chakra upon the user's back. The purposes of this is to aid in defensive measures, such as blocking light projectile weaponry that have not been enhanced by chakra (kunai, shuriken, and senbon) and basic Taijutsu/Bukijutsu strikes (D -rank and below, where D is tier zero) as well as being able to 'turn aside' jutsu of E and D rank. In addition, The user is capable of powered flight when this jutsu is active, able to reach hieghts of 30 meters into the air and move at a speed of 20m/s. The wing span is roughly six and a half feet, with the outer most 'flight feathers' being approximately three-fourths the height of the clans-member.  [Alternatively, if the clans-member's physical mutation is that of wings, this jutsu will instead channel through those wings.]

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[b]Name:[/b] Wings of Light
[b]Canon/Custom:[/b] Custom
[b]Rank:[/b] A
[b]Type:[/b] Supplementary
[b]Element:[/b] /
[b]Range:[/b] Self
[b]Specialty:[/b] [Ninjutsu]
[b]Duration:[/b] [Maintainable]
[b]Cooldown:[/b] Duration + Two
[b]Description:[/b] By concentrating their chakra, this jutsu manifests wings made of the Iki clan's signature white chakra upon the user's back. The purposes of this is to aid in defensive measures, such as blocking light projectile weaponry that have not been enhanced by chakra  (kunai, shuriken, and senbon) and basic Taijutsu/Bukijutsu strikes (D -rank and below, where D is tier zero) as well as being able to 'turn aside' jutsu of E and D rank. In addition, The user is capable of powered flight when this jutsu is active, able to reach hieghts of 30 meters into the air and move at a speed of 20m/s. The wing span is roughly six and a half feet, with the outer most 'flight feathers' being approximately three-fourths the height of the clans-member.  [Alternatively, if the clans-member's physical mutation is that of wings, this jutsu will instead channel through those wings.]

Name: Light Shield
Canon/Custom: Custom
Rank: D-S
Type: Defensive
Element: /
Range: [Self
Specialty: Ninjutsu
Duration: [Maintainable]
Cooldown: [Duration + 2]
Description: This jutsu manifests a barrier of the Iki Clan's white chakra in front of the user. The barrier is normally the same height as the user, and twice the width. The barrier can only protect the clans-member from two attacks of equal rank to the user or below and/or one of one rank above; after which, the barrier is shattered. To perform this technique, the user most place their hands out before their body and release chakra from their palms. The chakra then flows together and condenses, forming out the shield.  Additionally, if multiple members of the clan use their shields together, the blocking power is increased by every clan member participating [If two clan members use thier barriers togetherm the strength is doubled, if three, tripled, ect].[/code]

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[b]Name:[/b] Light Shield
[b]Canon/Custom:[/b] Custom
[b]Rank:[/b] D-S
[b]Type:[/b] Defensive
[b]Element:[/b] /
[b]Range:[/b] [Self
[b]Specialty:[/b] Ninjutsu
[b]Duration:[/b] [Maintainable]
[b]Cooldown:[/b] [Duration + 2]
[b]Description:[/b] This jutsu manifests a barrier of the Iki Clan's white chakra in front of the user. The barrier is normally the same height as the user, and twice the width. The barrier can only protect the clans-member from two attacks of equal rank to the user or below and/or one of one rank above; after which, the barrier is shattered. To perform this technique, the user most place their hands out before their body and release chakra from their palms. The chakra then flows together and condenses, forming out the shield. Additionally, if multiple members of the clan use their shields together, the blocking power is increased by every clan member participating [If two clan members use thier barriers togetherm the strength is doubled, if three, tripled, ect].

Name: Wave of Light
Canon/Custom: Custom
Rank: C
Type: Offensive
Element: /
Range: 15m
Specialty: Ninjutsu
Duration: One Post
Cooldown: Five posts
Description: This is peculiar jutsu, as it can be performed several different ways by members of the Iki clan. By touching the ground after concentrating thier chakra, the user is able to release a wave of chakra that is directed towards the enemy so long as the target remains in the user's line of sight. The chakra travels underground, exploding upwards in tall columns that last for a second and are spaced three inches apart as it approaches the target; It moves at 20 meters per second. However, if one is unlucky enough to be caught in one of the explosions, they will be thrown upward roughly five feet [The height of the pillar] into the air from the concussive force of the explosion. The force of the explosion is enough to cause major eternal bruising, with a possibility of fracturing bones. (The jutsu has only moderate tracking. It will not twist over its own path to follow someone. In addition, hiding behind an object will not stop this jutsu. If the user knows that you are hiding behind an object, then they will direct this jutsu towards the object.)

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[b]Name:[/b] Wave of Light
[b]Canon/Custom:[/b] Custom
[b]Rank:[/b] C
[b]Type:[/b] Offensive
[b]Element:[/b] /
[b]Range:[/b] 15m
[b]Specialty:[/b] Ninjutsu
[b]Duration:[/b] One Post
[b]Cooldown:[/b] Five posts
[b]Description:[/b] This is peculiar jutsu, as it can be performed several different ways by members of the Iki clan. By touching the ground after concentrating thier chakra, the user is able to release a wave of chakra that is directed towards the enemy so long as the target remains in the user's line of sight. The chakra travels underground, exploding upwards in tall columns that last for a second and are spaced three inches apart as it approaches the target; It moves at 20 meters per second. However, if one is unlucky enough to be caught in one of the explosions, they will be thrown upward roughly five feet [The height of the pillar] into the air from the concussive force of the explosion. The force of the explosion is enough to cause major eternal bruising, with a possibility of fracturing bones. (The jutsu has only moderate tracking. It will not twist over its own path to follow someone. In addition, hiding behind an object will not stop this jutsu. If the user knows that you are hiding behind an object, then they will direct this jutsu towards the object.)

KKG

is fine

Drawbacks

give an example or two of mutations, not in write ups but what kind of things are commonplace?

Jutsu

please spoiler jutsu, its tidy :/

1/ reduce flight height please, also, if it can block C rank jutsu, it can probably block B rank items and attacks by reason, so, you can either tune that down to D rank jutsu for C rank attacks and items and keep the height, or drop the height and keep the defensive. This should be nin or tai.

2/ how much is the blocking power increased by, this needs to be ninjutsu.

3/ How does a jutsu know you're hiding? Better yet, how does it know your hiding but have low tracking if its able to alter to get you behind something but not turn? Also, this needs to be nin as well.

Edits made.

1) Tuned down the blocking power.

2) Removed the bit about blocking additional damage

3) The jutsu will turn towards as the victim can see that the target is hidden behind something, as the user is directing the jutsu's tracking. Remember, this jutsu is multiple pillars of light that erupt from beneath the ground. If someone is merely hidden behind something, for example a wall, then the jutsu will erupt in front of and behind the wall as it travels, potentially hitting the target.

Jutsu

3/ that's not really tracking as such, it just means that the jutsu has not really been inhibited by anything. but ok, just clear that up a tad and i think we're good on this clan

Edits made.

Hiya

Drawbacks:

"...members of the Iki have developed physical mutations based upon the deity that they worship"
I would like this bit moved to the KKG section. Also unless these mutations do not give any benefits whatsoever and are only for show, I would like a list of what mutations are to choose from and what abilities they grant. This is because the staff that do the characters shouldn't have to make judgement calls on these.


Jutsu:

Light Shield

"Additionally, if multiple members of the clan use their shields together, the blocking power is increased by every clan member participating."
I would like some numbers to go with this

Wave of Light

"major eternal bruising"
I know your clan is about gods but we don't want somebody to be bruised for the rest of eternity D;

Also how fast do the pillars rise out of the ground and how long do they stay there before dissipating?

No offense, but I would much rather to continue with Micheal modding this clan revamp for the sake of continuity.

As per Micheals request, the jutsu have been edited. I'm going to note here that the mutations afforded to the clansmen do not provide any bonuses unless the clan member apps a jutsu to take advantage of this [If your deity gives you wings, you cannot fly unless you channel your 'Wings of Light jutsu' through those wings].