Tousen Ishiki[Jounin Update]

Name: Tousen Ishiki
Nickname/Alias: N/A
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Rank: A rank/Jounin
Village: Sunagakure

Skill Specialty:
-Main: Genjutsu
-Sub: Kenjutsu

Elemental Affinity: N/A

Special Characteristics: Ironically, though Tosen was born into a clan that has dominion over senses, he himself suffered from an affliction that made him go blind at the age of 10. Being blind warrants him immunity from genjutsu that require he see some visual cue to activate. His cool calm nature also prevents him from being shocked, panicked or overwhelmed in the event that he is caught in an illusion. He also uses his fathers blade as a memento and has sense learned to manipulate illusion/genjtusu based handsigns with a single hand in his own unique style

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Tousen w/Ishiki Mask

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Personality: As of now, Tousen is a character with very black and white ideals and values. Having lost his ability to see and then lost his parents, Tousen found himself in a world of darkness. He has sense come up form this depression and is now thankful for his loss of sight. Now he believes that literal sight distracts the mind from the details that are really important, and that real sight can only be accomplished when blinded to such distraction. He believes in right and wrong but only bothers to enforce his beliefs should someone go against his ideals; even if they are infact wrong, if it doesn't impact with Tousen's ideals then he will most likely not do anything.

Tousen is for the most part quite; not wasting words and hardly ever speaking in battle. He would most likely not speak to anyone unless spoken to or with news of real important. Because of this, he may seem cold, distant and detached, but when speaking to him, you will quickly learn that he is a spiritual man, who believes in fate and karma; that everything happens for a reason, and that in a world blinded by the darkness of life, sparks of hope can be seen. He most always speaks in metaphors, and usually uses the idea of 'darkness' 'being blind' as metaphors for ignorance.

In battle, Tousen uses all of the information to his advantage before moving. He hardly wastes motion and won't attack, dodge, etc., unless it is absolutely necessarily, as he believes that action is a privileged that should only be used with cause and purpose. He is always in control of his emotions, and has not yet shown an instance that his impulses have overcome his purposes. In some instances, however, instinct will dictate his movement, but in most instances only in co-ordinance of muscle memory as evidence to his heavy training to make up for his more obvious weaknesses.

With that said, Tousen is also a very curious individual, silently observing and taking in new things and objects in as many ways as he can without disturbing its natural state of being. In this way, he can experience the world through the "unbias eyes of the creator". Not only that, but he can also better tell exactly what something is by observing it on many different levels... Tousen is a deep, complex character that has faced many hardships in his short life, but still has hope for himself and the future that only comes with the naive inexperience of youth.

Personality Trait's: The Dichotomy of Sight and Blindness; Justice Through Order

Catch Phrase: N/A



Clan Name: Ishiki Clan

Kekkei Genkai: Those of the Ishiki clan are considered masters of manipulating the senses. Not only do they have dominion over their own sense, but they also have additional senses that make them masters of 'sight'. They also have many ways of protecting these valuable senses from harm. These come in 'tiers' in which they can be trained, giving them great potencial in each individual sense. Every member of the clan starts out with the 'Tier 1' version of each sense and can then develop further by training them as if they were jutsu. Tier 2 can be unlocked with 300words of training and Tier3 unlocked with 600words training. Genin can only accomplish tier 2 no matter the amount of training done. To keep track of training, the links are to be posted in ones signature.

Each member has 8 "skill points" every time they train a sense one of their skill points is used. If there are no longer skill points, then one can no longer train any other sense as their mental capacity would be considered full. In this way, a single individual cannot reach tier three in each sense.

Basic Senses-

Sight-

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Smell-

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Touch-

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Taste-

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Hearing-

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Ishiki Senses-

Chakra-

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Electromagnetic-

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Secret Clan Jutsu:


Name: Ishiki Art: Sensory Safeguard
Rank: C
Type: Genjutsu
Element: N/A
Description: This is a supplementary technique to those in the Ishiki clan that takes place in the brain. It is possible to cast it upon ones self or as a buff to a single target/ally. This technique prevents any one sense from being overwhelmed mentally and physically if need be, by allocating chakra as a buffer to prevent damage. For example, if one was hypersensitive in one sense in particular, that sense could not be taken advantage of to be damaged; with that said, ones normal senses can not be overloaded by external sources. Any physical damage that would result from such a thing would be counteracted with chakra automatically - for example, chakra strengthening the ear drum to prevent damage to it.

History: The Ishiki clan is one of particular interest for two reasons. First of all, though Suna-bound, they refuse to take place in any of the villages activities. They instead train their shinobi themselves in very specific arts that they claim to make them better then the generic shinobi. This is difficult for the hidden village to handle, because there is no easy way of forcing them to comply to the villages demands. As a result, they live in a very stressful and strained harmony, in which the clansmen happily deny their requests, and the village begrudgingly gives up. This was until the military might of Sunagakure was reinfroced with a host of powerful shinobi with very unique abilities. At one time, the clansmen of the Ishiki clan were about ready to go to war with these shinobi in order to declare authority one way or the other, however, fighting was averted by diplomatic efforts, and the Ishiki clan reluctantly became active members of Sunagakure.

By active members, I mean they were accounted for. They continued to stay far from the hidden village and train their own shinobi, the only difference was that they now had to answer to a higher authority then themselves. When the great shinobi wars began, the clan was being forced to fight for sunagakure. The clansmen didn't want to, and thus denied the request, breaking the treaty and thus the bond between the clan and Sunagakure. Soon after, sunagakure launched an attack on the clan. The clan itself was defeated, as the military might during war time was great enough to subdue the clan on home turf. Many were taken into custody, many were simply slain. Many, however, had escaped and were hunted as missing-nin. There were many members of the clan that willingly gave themselves up, and their judgement was lenient. They were allowed to remain inside of Sunagakure for as long as they complied with the ideals of the original treaty. While this was hard to swallow, many did so for their own sake, or for the sake of their fallen clan.

Today, many member of the clan, and the surname still exist, however are no longer as strong as they one were collectively. A slight grudge was born in which a secret hatred for sunagakure was born. However, survival was more important than any grudge, and thus the clan has kept a low profile so that it could nurse its wounds. Over the generations, this grudge has slowly been lost in the ideals of a new era, but the history of the clan is still taught as a way of passing down the memories and pride of the clan. Most refuse to use the KKG for the sake of sunagakure and hoard its abilities; thus using the Ishiki techniques are forbidden for use but still taught.

Items/Weapons:

Name: The White Noise ~
Appearance:
Rank: E-B
Special Abilities: The white noise is an evolving blade that has many stages of use and must go through each to reach the next. As th user grows more powerful, their blade will also gain more abilities;
E- Form form of the blade while it is sheathed, it has no abilities while in the sheathe as it is considered sealed.
D- When removed from the blade it will be considered D-ranked, and a normal katana. One must use the 'release' Upon the blade itself to gain C-ranked status.
C- The C-ranked form, when the blade is released, gives is C-ranked strength and causes a subtle vibration from the blade, releasing a tone into the of sound that cannot be heard by humans, but will certainly be heard by most things with above human, or animal leveling hearing.
B- One must release the blade once with a B-ranked kai technique to gain the B-ranked form. The Blade will amplify the originally unheard tone given off by the vibration to a high pitch cry that can deafen anyone within 10meters of the blade upon releasing. The cry lasts for a single post and knocks out the opponents hearing for a five posts. The blade gains B-ranked strength and continues the unheard tone continues after the cry of the release.
A- The next stage requires an A-rank release to unlock. It will release a howl of sound that resounds outward for almost all things to hear; like a siren that lasts a single post. All things that can hear the howl of the blade will be unable to use chakra in their immediate next post. The blade gains A-ranked strength and continues the unheard tone continues after the cry of the release.
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Origin: The blade was originally the blade of Tousen's father. It was made originally with 'gears'; stages in which the blades abilities would change depending on the amount of chakra charged through it. It was a primitive blade at the beginning, but used forced vibrations to generate sound and thus cast genjutsu via the blade. The blade was later modified to be more specific and require a 'release' via seals using genjutsu release so that only those that new the secret of the blade could unlock its abilities. The ideal was the same and justly so; thus only a genjutsu user could master the blade. The father then implanted various abilities to mark each release form, giving it even more variability, however, retired before finishing the blade. He gave the blade to his first son; whom knew the secrets of the blade as taught by his father, however didn't use kenjutsu as his specialty and thus could only use the blade for its abilities, not actually wield it. He passed it on to his brother as a memento of their father, and gave him the task of completing the blade.

Background Information

Tousen was born into a strong and stable family. His father was a hard working entrepreneur of a man that worked hard to provide for his family. He had a optimistic view of the world though it was weighted down by the experience of many decades of life, thus frustrating him. Many of these frustrations were spoken about freely in the family environment and designated as 'family only' talk. He was also surrounded with the history and culture of his clan; his father being in his 50s, he heard alot of stories of the past and their struggle. However, he was also raised in a somewhat sheltered environment where he was taught to see the good in everything. His father was struggling with a heart condition that was a result of repeated exposure to deadly poisons; all of which he had survived with the help of his mother, whom was a medical ninja. Both of them were retired shinobi; neither of them active members of Sunagakure. At the age of 5; Tousen was diagnosed with an optic disease. It was said that this was a result of that same poison, that had an effect on his development during his mothers pregnancy. As a result he was slowly going blind. There was no way of treating this conditions but steriod shots that would strengthen his ability to combat the effects, but even those were expensive and temporary; there was no way, short of an eye transplant, that he could keep him from losing his sight. It wasn't even his sight he was losing, but his brains ability to relay information from his eyes via the optic nerve. Even if his eyes were perfectly fine, his brain would get no information from them.

Unfortunately, his father passed away due to his complications when he was only 8 years old. It was discovered that he hadn't taken the required medication for many months and as a result passed away from the lingering effects of the poisons that traced his blood. Upon autopsy, it was discovered that more then 40 types of poisonous substances had been introduced to his blood stream, and that it was a miracle he had survived this long. This was because his wifes love was translated in medical care of medical ninjutsu. He was living on her love, and because he slipped away, she too fell into something of a depression. 30+ years of marriage, love and care to be followed by his premature death was enough to do that to anyone. As a result, they were unable to train their son, Tousen, according to the customs of the Ishiki clan. She thus enrolled him into the sungakure ninja academy at the age of eight, while he still had his eye sight. However, his already blurry sight was only worsening with time, and would prove to be a chore in his training. He thus had to work twice as hard just to keep up with the others; this work would pay off in the long run but for a young child, it seemed to come too soon.

At the age of ten, only two months after successfully passing the academy. His mothers depression was effecting her health, and she had to make many trips to the hospital. It was another two months that his mother died. She was by all medical standards a healthy women. There was nothing physically wrong with her, it was just described as a case where she had lost the will to live. The blind Tousen was taken back by the experience; ten years old blind and without parents, he was overwhelmed and alone in darkness. His brother, who was a large margin older then him(11years older infact), had an apartment on his own in sunagakure. He thus moved in with his brother, forcing himself to make the best of his situation and continue working as a shinobi. Thankfully, his clans abilities left him very well equipped to be blind, and it was even in some situations an advantage. He trained hard, and his brother, whom had gone through the training of the Ishiki clan, taught him as much as he could, including the forbidden technique collections. He trained hard to make his weaknesses strengths; saying that his duty as a shinobi was the only thing that he had to hang on to. His brother gave him the White Noise, a blade that his father used and passed on to himself. He hadn't mastered it himself but could use it efficiently and was willing to train his little brother in its use as well.

However, his inability to see slowly changed and shaped the way he saw the world. Yes, he was still naive and sheltered at heart, and the darkness still enveloped his life form his traumatic experiences as a child, but as he grew, he learned, and as he learned, he was able to come to grips with these problems by taking in answers and closure from the world around him. He was unbias. The prejudice and grudges of an old era seemed to slip away as his understanding of the world grew. Not only the world, but everything the world had to offer. He experienced everything in new ways; like a child, curious and adventurous. It was this insight, this understanding that only came from unbias, blind eyes that he could recover from the depression that enveloped him. At the age of 16, he entered the chunnin exams for the first time, and was able to pass; being the second of his clans history to do so, his first being his brother (the clan didn't take part in shinobi actions and were all considered genin by ranking standards, even if they were much stronger). His brother argued that he could even be made a Jounin with his level of skill.

At the age of 17, currently, he still lives with his 28 year old brother in Sunagakure. Since becoming a chunnin himself, they got a double apartment and thus had much more space. Their bond as brothers is strong still and in spite of the rocky past of the clan, Tousen Ishiki considers himself a proud Suna shinobi and agent of order and peace.
His Chunnin years were somewhat brief, his brother was injured for quite some time in the line of battle and ended up retiring as a result. All the while he was lobbying for his brother to become a Jounin. His brother made Tousen his priority; finally taking the time to teach and train his brother more completely and efficiently, along with revealing and teaching him more of his families and clans history. In many ways, what he was learning was an extension of what his father had started to teach him before he had passed away. It was a very interesting bonding time for the two considering they were the only known members of the clan at the time and the only family that each other had. This made him very curious; especially the Ishiki only technology that had been long lost. He gained an interest in Archeology as a result and began using his missions as not only a reason to be active in the village as a Chunnin but also to explore hidden and lost Ishiki ruins in order to look for artifacts. One time, returning from a Moon country mission he made a detour through the mountainous region in order to continue his search. This was the first Ishiki ruin in which he discovered not only a site but a single artifact. He returned home with this artifact with high hopes, but was shocked to find his home town in chaos. Sunagakure had apparently been attacked while he was away and as a result not only was the Administration building destroyed but many shinobi were shaken and broken to the point of insanity. It seemed as though chaos was an inevitable event that was triggered through a single stimulus; like a domino effect. In this instance, Tousen had a decision to make; though it was one long predetermined. He decided that he would, as an agent of order, bring Sunagakure back into stabilization; or at least do his part. He took the artifact to his brother and asked him to look over it. Leaving it with him, he trained and researched until it was complete. It turned out to be a Mask that the Ishiki wore to increase their strength at the cost of their most potent tool; their senses. Tousen then went through the final training with his brother, and learned many new techniques. It was only then that Sunagakure awarded Tousen Jounin status so that they would have more authority to handle their time of crisis. It wasn't how he wanted to accomplish Jounin, but it was better then nothing, and he was still thankful. To enforce his ninja way, Tousen decided to use all of his tools as a shinobi to protect Sunagakure as an agent of Order's Justice.

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Academy/Common Tech

Name: Bunshin no Jutsu - Clone Technique
Rank: E
Type: Ninjutsu
Element: N/A
Description: Bunshin no Jutsu is a Ninjutsu technique which every ninja learns at the Ninja Academy. The Bunshin technique creates a copy of the ninja without substance. The copy resembles the ninja in every way. This clone can function as a distraction or as means to confuse one's opponent. As soon the Bunshin gets attacked or comes into contact with an opponent, it will disperse

Name: Henge no Jutsu - Transformation Technique
Rank: E
Type: Ninjutsu
Element: N/A
Description: Henge no Jutsu is a ninjutsu technique which every ninja learns at the Ninja Academy. Henge allows the ninja to transform themselves into any person or object. This allows the ninja to move with stealth or to trick their opponents

Name: Kawarimi no Jutsu - Change of Body Stance Technique
Rank: E
Type: Ninjutsu
Element: N/A
Description: Kawarimi no Jutsu is a basic Ninjutsu technique. When in danger the ninja will quickly substitute themself with another nearby object. This can be a block of wood or even another person. This allows the ninja to quickly flee and hide while the original object takes the brunt of their opponents attack.

Name: Suimen Hokou no Waza - Act of Water Surface Walking
Rank: E
Type: N/A
Element: N/A
Description: A variation on the Kinobori no Waza (Act of Tree Climbing), the art of water surface walking allows a ninja to walk on water as if it was a solid surface. Focusing an even amount of chakra out of the soles of their feet, they can balance themselves on the very surface of the water

Name: Kinobori no Waza - Act of Tree Climbing
Rank: E
Type: N/A
Element: N/A
Description: Kinobori no Waza, the art of tree climbing serves a dual purpose. Taking part in Kinobori Shugyou (Tree Climbing Training) helps a ninja learn how to focus their chakra. It also teaches the ninja how to run up trees and walk on vertical walls. The training helps the ninja learn how to focus just the right amount of chakra to a particular part of their body. The amount needed to climb is small but it must be precise. The feet are regarded as the hardest location to master chakra focusing. So by gaining the art of this skill, the ninja will have any jutsu available (theoretically) because they will be able to focus their chakra as needed

Name: Explosion Tag: Activate
Rank: E
Type: Ninjutsu
Element: N/A
Description: The user will activate an explosion tag. Normally, the tag will be placed by them, so they know where it is and can easily activate it.

Name: Nawanuke no Jutsu - Escaping Skill
Rank: E
Type: Ninjutsu
Element: N/A
Description: A very basic technique that allows a ninja to escape from rope binds.

Name:Kai - Release
Rank: D
Type: Ninjutsu
Element: N/A
Description: Kai is a Ninjutsu technique which allows the ninja to avoid the effects of a Genjutsu illusion. After forming the needed handseals, the Genjutsu technique will not affect the ninja. The ninja can also use the technique on another individual who was unable to avoid the attack. After forming the needed hand seals, the ninja touches the one affected to end the affect of the spell.

Name: Shunshin no Jutsu - Body Flicker Technique
Rank: D
Element: N/A
Description: Shunshin no Jutsu is a basic Ninjutsu technique. The ninja will appear and disappear in an instant, allowing them to retreat or attack suddenly. To facilitate the movement the ninja will often use nearby elements such as mist, sand or leaves to mask their appearance or disappearance.

Improvised Technique

-Improvised technqiues are Kenjutsu combinations that are a result of known techniques being used in certain orders to gain certain effects. Any improvised techniques must be gained in active RP, not trained. All Improvised techniques will be included bellow:

Name: Ishiki Mask - White Disappear
Appearance: A blank white mask that covers the entire face like a fencing mask. (Kenjutsu Excessory)

Rank: A
Special Abilities: The Ishiki mask is a form of fencing mask and is thus exclusive to the Kenjutsu art. It is made even more exclusives in its effect as the one wearing the Ishiki mask will lose their sense of sight, smell, taste and hearing. These senses will be locked in an unusable, unmanipulatable state until the Ishiki mask is removed. However, all mental and physical energy that was needed by those senses is channeled to ones own chakra reserves, their speed and strength; increasing each by 40%.

Not only does one gain this physical boost, but the front of the mask acts like a breathing mask, allowing one to breathe in almost any environment. Finally, the breathing device itself is funneled up and back through the lining of the mask as if it were hollow. The result of so many reverberation within the mask itself cause ones voice to emit a infrasound wave upon talking. This wave passes through physical matter and is not heard by the human ear alone. Thus, as one speakes, this infrasound waves can be focused, giving one the ability to use genjutsu or illusions simply by stating the name of the illusion within hearing distance of the opponent.

Origin: The Ishiki mask was an 'ancient' technology, lost in a ruin of the old Ishiki clan. It was one of many technologies created by the Ishiki clan that were considered hidden gems and arts of genius at the time. To keep them secret they were however for the most part destroyed during the destruction the Ishiki clan. A single mask was covered by Tousen upon his voyages in between missions, he took it home with him, where his brother; the only other known living Ishiki blood member, discovered its use. He then gave refurbished it and its powers, giving it back to Tousen after training him in it's use.

Hello Flash, I'm assuming you have permission for Chuunin, I thought it was closed.

I was approved for it in the second character application, so I'd assume so.

To cool for the site format?....xD

Nice character, well balanced.

Approved.

Jounin Update Complete-
-History Extended to include Chunnin days
-Kenjutsu and Genjutsu extended, training included.
-'Ishiki Mask' included, Kenjutsu accessory, included in history AND training how it was gained.
-All additions placed toward the bottom, 'Chunnin' changed to 'Jounin'