Clan Name: Sarutobi
Location: Konohagakure no Kato
Specialization: Ninjutsu
Elements: Katon



Clan History:
The Sarutobi clan is an influential clan from Konohagakure. As one of the original staple clans of Konohagakure no Kato, they have been along longer than most, nearly as long as the Senju and the Uchiha. It has produced several notable members who have held positions of high authority, such as Hokage, or membership in the Twelve Guardian Ninja. All known members have also been observed devotees of the Will of Fire, a drive to protect the thing that is most important to them, the future of the village. They have many prominent members who played a key role in the history of the village of Konohagakure no Kato, including the third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, also known as the God of Shinobi. Sasuke Sarutobi, the father of Hiruzen Sarutobi, was such a well known and well loved shinobi that many others named their children after him, including the infamous Sasuke Uchiha.


The most revered and well known member of the Sarutobi clan was Hiruzen Sarutobi, who studied under Hashirama Senju, the first Hokage. His skill with ninjutsu was considered to be unparalleled and he would become extremely famous around the world. He would then serve in the First Shinobi World War in a team under the second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, along with several other prolific shinobi from the village. During a mission during the war, they were being pursued by Kumogakure's Kinkaku Force, who were someone that someone would need to distract and sacrifice themselves to so that the rest of their team could get away. Hiruzen volunteered to sacrifice himself, thinking that he was the most likely person to be able to survive. He asked his best friend Danzo Shimura to look after the rest of their group, but Tobirama ultimately decided that he himself would be the distraction and that Hiruzen would be named the Third Hokage. He would later famously train the group known as the Sannin, who would all become world famous shinobi. He would then lead Konoha through the second and third shinobi world wars, and was famously known for having ended the third world war when he signed a peace treaty with Iwagakure. He would eventually step down as Hokage, passing it onto the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze, and after the death of Minato he would become the first Hokage to take the office twice. When Orochimaru, one of the Sannin, came back to attack Konoha, Hiruzen would sacrifice himself by using the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, which would sacrifice his own soul as well as disabling his opponent. He died a hero to the leaf, and a legend to all of the other villages across the world, everyone having heard the tales of his heroics and his craft.


After his passing, the Sarutobi clan would strive to continue to live up to his legacy. His son Asuma Sarutobi would go on to train the Ino Shika Cho squad, helping to create one of the village's greatest ever tacticians in Shikamaru Nara. He would sacrifice his own life in order to save theirs and ensure that the future of the village would live on through them. After him, more Narutobi would continue to step up to the plate with defending the village, training hard in order to continue to make sure that Konohagakure no Kato would continue to live on and be protected, and that the Will of Fire would be alive and well in the future of Konoha. They were always people who worked to protect the village, achieving high positions within areas of the village such as the ANBU black ops and other aspects. Many would become teachers in order to spread what they knew to the future generations of the village, and their name would continue to grow in reputation and prestige as one of the pillars of the village.


Members of the Sarutobi Clan would end up focusing greatly on their mastery of the Katon element, bringing more threat behind the Will of Fire and taking it to a literal sense. They were masters of fire and were also proficient in the mastery of Ninjutsu. The proficiency of Hiruzen Sarutobi was something that lived on in every Sarutobi member after him, and it was drilled into them at a young age, causing them to work extra hard in order to live up to the legacy passed down to them by the God of Shinobi. They would often be seen at the tops of academy classes, or training extra hard to master different techniques. Many members of the clan over the years were considered to be prodigies, people with immense skill and dedication to their craft. They were well respected and revered for their hard work and dedication to the village and for sacrificing more than any other in their protection of Konoha and its people, and in their drive to see that the future of the village was always looking up.


To this day the influence of the Sarutobi clan is still felt in the village. They are still active members of the society, and are well known for being great leaders, having produced ANBU Captains and even great legends in the shinobi world once more. They continue to strive to ensure that the Will of Fire lives on through them, through their future generations of the Sarutobi, and throughout all of the village of Konoha. They are teachers, squad leaders, division leaders and even idols to the people in their community, always holding a position close to the Hokage, generally as a protector or an advisor. They are also powerhouse shinobi, training at all times to be the best that Konoha has to offer and achieving that goal quite often. They push themselves with their training more than any other, and are revered worldwide for it. Nobody in the shinobi world doesn't know of the Sarutobi clan, for its past members or for the current members out in the world making a difference every day, and bettering the name of Konohagakure no Kato.
Members:


Kekkei Genkai Name: The Will of Fire
Kekkei Genkai Description:
The Sarutobi Clan are one of the first clans to have joined Konohagakure after the first shinobi ninja war and had risen to the highest ranks as authoritative figures within Konohagakure during their many generations of devoted service to the country. Though there is little remarkable to behold on the surface of the clan, they are well known for being able to master advanced techniques and elements beyond the scope of normal ninja, especially with their Katon Hijutsu techniques, both learning and applying them quickly and efficiently, making the Sarutobi one of the most prodigious clans among the ranks of Konohagakure.

• Gods of Shinobi: Members of the Sarutobi clan have the ability to extend past the barriers of the normal ninja, taking to their teachings and elemental natures with a spark of flair which is seldom seen in the ninja world. Thus, Members of the Sarutobi clan are able to learn their fourth spec, and element up to A rank and use Ninjutsu techniques a rank higher than they would normally be able to.
  
  
  
• Practitioners of the Will of Fire: Members of the Sarutobi Clan have all known to be strong believers in the Force of Flame. Believing that friendship and love are the bonds that will inevitably bring peace and happiness to the ninja world. As such, Sarutobi clan members are able to begin with the 'Strong Willed' Special characteristic without needing to balance it with an additional negative Special Characteristic.
  
  
  
• Prodigy: Sarutobi clan members are well known to be experts in all forms of chakra manipulation across the board, learning and adapting at an advanced rate with little deficiency to make up for their aptitude, receiving a 10% word count reduction for training any of their jutsu.
  

Drawbacks:

• Long sighted: As many Sarutobi prefer to fight from afar, be it with their many ninjutsu techniques or with a weapon. Although the Sarutobi are masters of strategy and technique, this leads them to becoming hard pressed and vulnerable in the faced paced nature of extreme close quarters combat. Close combat scenarios limit the Sarutobis ability to strategize and keep to their strengths, receiving a penalty of -2 tiers of perception against taijutsu strikes and techniques within striking distance of them.
  
  
  
• Fundamentalists: Sarutobi Clan members, while being notably familiar with all elements and specializations, there are many techniques throughout the ninja world which escapes their understanding and ability to utilize. This void of knowledge and familiarity, creates an ingrained weakness toward these bizarre natures. Advanced element natures such as Kekkei Genkai and Kekkei Tota deal an additional rank of damage to Sarutobi clan members.
  
  
  
• Keepers of Tradition: Members of the Sarutobi Clan must begin with Ninjutsu as either their primary or secondary specialization, as well as Katon as their primary or secondary element.
  

I believe that we are overdue for an update, so hopefully this is good~

Edited my clan to bring it into accordance with the new clan template.