KIRIGAKURE, the aoyagi clan

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the aoyagi clan,

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Revered for their mastery over Lightning, Wind, Earth, and Yin Releases, which allows them to materialize and give tangible form to their chakra, thus allowing them to create tremors and shockwaves. The clan is noted for being very savage and battle-hungry, as they are known for their mastery over various styles Kenjutsu, their infallible combat instincts, and bloodlust.

[attr="class","nintales-subtitle"]CLAN MEMBER CHARACTERISTICS,

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One of the most notable features of the clan is their light hair colors, which range from shades of grey, white, to even blonde. However, the most distinguished characteristic of the Aoyagi Clan is their captivating eyes, which commonly exhibit dark hues, such as different shades of black, grey, or even navy. [break][break]

The intensity and depth of their eyes are often compared to the turbulent storm clouds, reflecting their battle-hungry nature and formidable combat abilities. When experiencing bloodlust during battle, their eyes may appear to "glow" or "illuminate," adding an intimidating aura to their already savage presence. [break][break]

In terms of physical build, Aoyagi Clan members tend to possess muscular frames, and very athletic builds: allowing them to display a combination of both strength and agility. Their bodies are noticeably resilient, with well-defined muscles that accentuate their athletic prowess. [break][break]

Their skin tends to have a smooth and almost porcelain-like quality, further enhancing their ethereal appearance. Additionally, many members of the Aoyagi Clan possess slender and graceful physiques despite their muscular builds. Their movements are often described as elegant and fluid, allowing them to navigate the battlefield with gracefully and with precision. This physical grace is believed to be a result of their extensive training in kenjutsu and their ability to channel their chakra into precise and controlled strikes. [break][break]

The creed or the Aoyagi emphasizes the need to be as fearsome and unyielding in the face of adversity, embodying the strength and unbreakable will of their ancestors.

[attr="class","nintales-subtitle"]THE AOYAGI CLAN IN MODERN DAY,

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The Aoyagi Clan, in modern times, maintains their reputation as skilled assassins known for their precision and tactical prowess. After generations of honing their abilities and specializing in the art of assassination, they’ve learned to employing a combination of covert tactics, chakra control and sensory-based skills, along with their refined kenjutsu techniques. [break][break]

The Aoyagi members are trained rigorously from an early age to develop their chakra control and assassination tactics. They have a deep understanding of the human anatomy and weak points, through meticulous training, they learn to execute swift and precise strikes, ensuring their targets are incapacitated or eliminated efficiently. The are militant and possess a demanding presence, which is reflected in their combat prowess and demeanor. [break][break]

Despite possessing the ability to create and control shockwaves, most members of the Aoyagi Clan excel at Ninjutsu, as well as Taijutsu, and Kenjutsu. The Aoyagi begin training at an early age, which is why they excel at combat. There are various rites of passage that are employed by the clan, and once completed, a clan member is accepted as an adult. [break][break]

The Aoyagi, despite their reputation, are notably one of the smaller clan that reside within Kirigakure. Their estate, which resides on the eastern most part of the village, is relatively large and upscale. However, it is surrounded by a barricade which is difficult to access unless given permission by a member of the clan. [break][break]

The members of the clan typically exhibit a keen intellect and strategic thinking, which is integral to their success as assassins. They meticulously plan their missions, gathering intelligence, studying their targets' habits and vulnerabilities, and identifying the most opportune moments to strike. This strategic approach, combined with their combat expertise, allows them to carry out their assassinations with efficiency. [break][break]

While the Aoyagi Clan excels in the art of assassination, they are also renowned for their exceptional kenjutsu skills. They are proficient in various sword techniques and have a deep understanding of the intricacies of swordplay and killing. Their chakra control and sensory skills further enhances their swordsmanship, allowing them to execute devastating and lethal strikes with their blades.

[attr="class","nintales-subtitle"]AOYAGI CLAN ABILITIES,

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This advanced kekkei tōta allows the user to combine their affinity over Lightning, Wind, Earth, and Yin Release to create, control, and manipulate devastating shockwaves of chakra. These shockwaves manifest as tangible forms that can be unleashed from the user's body, their weapon, or even the environment around them. The Shockwave Release exhibits the ability to cause significant blunt damage, capable of shattering structures and sending opponents flying with immense impact. Additionally, the user can infuse the shockwaves with disorienting, rippling properties, enabling them to internally damage the target and strike vital points.[break][break]

One notable aspect of Shockwave Release is its remarkable homing capabilities. The shockwaves can hone in on their intended targets, following their movements and adjusting their trajectory accordingly. This allows the user to effectively strike opponents even in evasive or fast-paced combat situations, making it a formidable ability in close, medium, and long-range engagements. The Aoyagi Clan's mastery over Shockwave Release is a testament to their exceptional chakra control. [break][break]


This ability is based on the ancient art of swordplay, which is one of the most transitional forms of combat used by the Aoyagi Clan. More specific to the clan, is their usage of Battōjutsu; which normally involves the quick and precise drawing of a sword and the execution of a single, devastating strike. However, as masters of Kenjutsu, the Aoyagi Clan has expanded upon the principles of Battōjutsu to such a degree that they are able to take this ability to the next level, allowing them to execute multiple strikes in rapid succession with incredible speed, agility, and accuracy.[break][break]


The execution of Sensor-Type capabilities can be utilized in myriad of methods with applications usually personified by the user. As a Sensor-Type the user is capable of detecting the presence of others, normally by sensing their chakra, or using specific sensory jutsu to locate an enemy. Through the kneading of their chakra, they are able to enter Sensory Mode, it is written that only shinobi classified as sensor-type can naturally feel chakra at discretion, indifferently of its magnitude, allowing them to detect signatures outside of the battlefield or identify individuals within their given range.

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Heightened Chakra Pool is an innate ability possessed by select members of the Aoyagi Clan, granting them an extraordinary and tremendously vast reserves of chakra when compared to what is considered normal. The Heightened Chakra Pools of the Aoyagi Clan members enables them to endure prolonged battles, and sustain their chakra-intensive abilities for extended periods.

The Aoyagi Clan members that possess Heightened chakra can exhibit the potential to hide their chakra signatures so they they cannot be tracked, or form by other Sensor-types. This phenomenon is attributed to the profound control and mastery the clan members exhibit over their vast chakra reserves.
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[attr="class","nintales-subtitle"]HIDEN JUTSU,

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Flying Dragon Slayer Style (居合術, Hiten Ryūkenshi-ryū): (C) [break]
(RANGE: SHORT-MED // DURATION: 3 // CD: 4) This is a specialized Battōjutsu combat style utilized within the main family of the Aoyagi Clan. Practitioners of Battōjutsu employ swift and fluid drawing techniques to unsheathe their swords with precision and speed, enabling them to strike their target(s) in quick succession before re-sheathing their sword. While still incorporating the principles of Battōjutsu, the Dragonslayer technique emphasizes the importance of timing and precision while exhibiting rapid, acrobatic, and/or agile movements.
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The practitioners assume dynamic stances, utilizing subtle gestures and body movements to maximize their awareness and agility. They rely on their heightened senses and reflexes to detect and exploit openings in their opponents' defenses, delivering swift and devastating strikes while maintaining an evasive and elusive style of combat.
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Flying Dragon Slayer Style: Deflecting Shadows (居合術・必殺技, Hiten Ryūkenshi-ryū・Hansha no Kage): (D) [break]
(RANGE: SHORT-MED// DURATION: 2 // CD: 2) This is a specialized Battōjutsu technique within the main family of the Aoyagi Clan. This technique focuses on parrying strikes and defending against weapons and ninjutsu. The practitioner employs swift and precise movements to intercept and redirect incoming attacks while expelling shockwaves. By carefully analyzing their opponent's movements and timing, they can anticipate and neutralize the trajectory of the attack, turning it aside or deflecting it away. Deflecting Shadows allows the practitioner to maintain control of the engagement and create openings for counterattacks.
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Flying Dragon Slayer Style: Whirling Tempest (居合術・必殺技, Hiten Ryūkenshi-ryū・Uzumaki Arashi): (C)
(RANGE: SHORT // DURATION: 1 // CD: 3) This is a specialized Battōjutsu technique within the main family of the Aoyagi Clan. This technique combines the practitioner's chakra control and swordsmanship skills to unleash a devastating whirlwind of horizontal slashing and vertical slicing attacks while dashing, after quickly drawing their sword. By channeling their chakra into their into their weapon via chakra flow, the user infuses each of their strikes with rotational energy and shockwaves while executing a flurry of up to four attacks. Each swing creates a swirling vortex of force, propelling shockwaves, allowing them to strike multiple opponents simultaneously or unleash a barrage of strikes upon a single target.
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Flying Dragon Slayer Style: Ten Deadly Strikes (居合術・必殺技, Hiten Ryūkenshi-ryū・Jū no Hissatsu-waza): (B)
(RANGE: SHORT // DURATION: 2 // CD: 4) This is a specialized Battōjutsu technique within the main family of the Aoyagi Clan. This Battōjutsu combines fast strikes, precision, and agility, embodying the essence of a person intent to kill. The Dragonslayer technique begins with the practitioner assuming a focused crouching stance, their body poised for swift and decisive action, and their hand on the hilt of their sword before dashing swiftly.
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The practitioner acts with split-second timing, quickly drawing their blade with great speed. In a blink of an eye, the multiple chakra blades seamlessly arcs through the air bombarding their target, at least ten times. This technique is normally used for striking singular targets and/or multiple targets with precision and efficiency. The Dragonslayer technique is designed to overwhelm adversaries with its sheer speed and relentless assault.
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Flying Dragon Slayer Style: Meditative Mind (居合術・必殺技, Hiten Ryūkenshi-ryū・Meisōteki Na Kokoro): (A)
(RANGE: SHORT-LONG // DURATION: 5 // CD: SINGLE USE) This is a specialized Battōjutsu pivotal technique within the main family of the Aoyagi Clan. This is a state of heightened awareness that endows the practitioners with augmented focus on the art of drawing and striking with a sword while adorning intense levels of focus and awareness also while engaging in combat, mostly for evasive or defensive maneuvers.  One of the essential aspects of Hiten Ryūkenshi-ryū is the development of a "meditative mind" or "meisōteki na kokoro". It focuses on the practitioners visual prowess and spatial perception enhancing its intake while kneading chakra to enter Sensor Mode.
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The aim of this technique is to achieve a state of mindfulness and presence in the moment, systematically boosting one’s awareness amply to perceive the world around them while Chakra Flow is used on the users eyes causing them to illuminate while sensing. The meditative mind is a skill that allows the caster to enter a state of consciousness where they achieve a deep level of focus and concentration. This allows the practitioner to see chakra signatures, detect illusions, and to read body language well enough to predict movements, if possible..
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Flying Dragon Slayer Style: Chakra Blade (居合術・必殺技, Hiten Ryūkenshi-ryū・Chakura no Yaiba): (C)
(RANGE: SHORT-MED // DURATION: 3 // CD: SINGLE USE)This is a specialized Battōjutsu technique within the main family of the Aoyagi Clan. This technique enables the user to channel their chakra through their sword for enhanced offensive capabilities. By infusing their blade with chakra, the practitioner amplifies its cutting power and grants it the ability to disrupt an opponent's chakra flow upon contact.
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The Chakra Blade technique synergizes with the Shōgekiton: Shindōken techniques, allowing the practitioner to release their shockwaves while using the shape transformation method. This technique also enables the user to create up to five tendrils or blades of condensed and sharp chakra that emit from the blade of the sword, providing additional versatility and range in their attacks while temporarily disorienting the target.

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[Shockwave Release・Surging Shuriken (衝撃遁・波状手裏剣, Shōgekiton・Hajō Shuriken): (C) [break]
(RANGE: SHORT-LONG // DURATION: 2 // CD: 3) This is an noice-level technique utilized by the Aoyagi Clan. This technique harnesses and shapes the users chakra, allowing them to manifest up to four surging shuriken. The user hurls the surging shuriken towards its intended destination, the chakra-infused weapon hurtles through the air with remarkable speed before emitting its shockwaves. However, instead of relying solely on physical impact, the Surging Shuriken possesses a unique ability to unleash powerful shockwaves upon reaching its intended target.

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Shockwave Release・Ripple Strike (衝撃遁・波紋打ち, Shōgekiton・Hamon Uchi): (D) [break]
(RANGE: SHORT-MED // DURATION: 1 // CD: 1) This is an noice-level technique utilized by the Aoyagi Clan. By focusing their chakra into their palms, practitioners can generate small shockwaves upon impact with their physical strikes, or with thrusts of their palms. These shockwaves can also be hurled like a projectile to deliver strikes from a distance and to potentially disorient opponents. While limited in power compared to advanced techniques, Ripple Strike serves as a stepping stone for harnessing the principles of Shockwave Release.

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Shockwave Release・Sonic Shield (衝撃遁・音速盾, Shōgekiton・Onsoku Tate): (C)[break]
(RANGE: SHORT // DURATION: 3 // CD: SINGLE USE) This is an noice-level technique utilized by the Aoyagi Clan. Sonic Shield is a defensive technique employed in fast-paced situations. By focusing their chakra into their palms or a handheld object, then spinning in a circular motion, users can create a protective barrier of shockwaves. While not as robust as the advanced defensive techniques of higher-level practitioners or experienced users, Sonic Shield provides a basic defense against moderate assaults, enabling novices to protect themselves during combat.

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Shockwave Release・Wave Dash (衝撃遁・波状ダッシュ, Shōgekiton・Hajō Dasshu): (D) [break]
(RANGE: SHORT // DURATION: 3 // CD: 3) This is an novice-level technique utilized by the Aoyagi Clan. Wave Dash is a mobility technique that utilizes Chakra Flow throughout the body to enhance speed and agility. Novice practitioners channel their chakra into their legs and feet, generating rapid shockwaves upon each step. These shockwaves propel them forward, granting them a burst of speed and enabling swift movements. By timing the release of shockwaves with their footwork, practitioners can perform agile maneuvers, evade attacks, and close the distance between themselves and their opponents more effectively.

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Shockwave Release: The Oscillating Fist・Fist of Fury: Blue (衝撃遁・振動拳 - 怒りの拳: 青, Shōgekiton: Shindōken・Ikari no Kobushi: Ao): (D)
(RANGE: SHORT // DURATION: 1 // CD: 2) This is an novice-level technique within the Aoyagi Clan's arsenal. By channeling chakra into their fists, the user manifests an illuminating blue aura. Each punch or kick generates shockwaves that ripple through the target upon impact. The shockwaves cause moderate blunt damage and internal disruption, disorienting opponents and impairing their ability to fight effectively. Two Strikes.
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Shockwave Release: The Oscillating Fist・Fist of Fury: Red (衝撃遁・振動拳・怒りの拳: 赤, Shōgekiton: Shindōken・Ikari no Kobushi: Aka): (C)
(RANGE: SHORT-MED // DURATION: 2 // CD: 4) This is an apprentice-level technique in the Aoyagi Clan's arsenal. The user's chakra-infused attacks create an intense red aura. The shockwaves unleashed possess heightened power and speed, resulting in increased blunt damage and internal trauma upon striking the target. The disorienting effects on opponents are amplified, making it even more challenging for them to maintain their balance and defend against subsequent attacks as the internal damaging and disorienting properties of the shockwaves are also amplified. Four strikes.

[attr="class","nintales-subtitle"]CURRENT CLAN MEMBERS,

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This is a custom clan created by MITSURUGI. Contact them on Discord or on-site (via DM or plotter) if you intend to create a member of the clan before applying.[break][break]

▶ CURRENT HEAD: yashiro-dono [break]

▶ MEMBER: aoyagi koto [break]
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