Enshoku Clan -- Hi no Kuni [HJ]

Clan name: Enshoku
Country of Origin: Land of Iron [Tetsu no Kuni]
Hidden Village: Hi no Kuni
Chakra Nature:

APPEARANCE | The Enshoku clan is known for their pale skin and dark colored hair. Though, sometimes they have warm colors like red and orange though. They tend to have graceful and elegant builds. As for hair color, it ranges. But it needs to be a dark shade of color. From dark red, to dark navy blue, to black and brown. The genetics in this family is odd. The build of the family tend to be..well short. Don't underestimate them because they are slightly shorter then average. They do have a clan emblem. However, that is only during events or around their territory. Sometimes it is worn on clothing as well. Their traditional emblem takes form of two crossed red crimson dragon. Another note is that tend to wear traditional kimonos/traditional appeal and carry swords.

DESCRIPTION | The Enshoku has a unique way of their philosophy and morals. They are taught to keep a respect of the elderly and upper ranked officials and people but not to the extent of following them blindly. They are taught a rare trait among ninja: honor, dignity, respect, and code. Each member has their unique code, but they follow certain guidelines. They are also taught a unique philosophy: Hold Nothing. This philosophy means not to hold the things that make on strays to their path. Whether it be revenge, desires, negative feelings, and more. This also means to never hold back when it comes to it or when the call demands it. One of the Enshoku's first ancestors, was believe it or not, was from a samurai background. So they got some samurai traits from her.

Training for the Members of the Clan is essential. When one shows signs of potential in the arts of ninja, they are given a choice: join a group or remain a regular civilian. Those with ninja potential or part of the upper/main branch must beginning training at a certain time. This is to control their abilities. First, the clan is taught book smarts. Then they began practical stuff along with the basics in other fields. After that, the member is either picked by a group or tries to join a group that fits him/her. It is either try or give up most of the time, due to their strict and harsh trainings. However, they recently began softer but still firm training methods.

The Enshoku has 5 Branches, counting the Honorary/Adopted and Exile. Unlike the Hyuuga, most of the branches are treated equal, except the Exile. The first two branches just have more voice/say in clan manners. However, you can rise from the lower ranks to the higher branches through hard work and dedication. This is their way of life: they earn and do things on their own effort.

The Branches are -----
Main Branch::
The main family of the clan is the direct decedents of the past leaders. The clan leader is selected from here. They got more freedom and able to do more things the average Enshoku can’t do, but they are still bound by clan rules. They are very few in number.

Upper Branch::
The second most influential part of the clan. They are most common in the upper council and the Guardians. They tend to be not as strong as the main family, but there are some cases where they are [read: Position Holders].

Common Branch::
The most common and numerous, not the strongest, but the largest in numbers. They are present in the lower council, the Lower Court, and sometime [but rarely] the Eight Guardians and the Upper Court.

Honorary/Adopted Branch::
The people not related in the clan, but adopted into the clan.They are considered good friends and allies. They are taught the techniques that can be learned and taught some of their skills.

EXILE::
The trash of the clan. They are stripped of their status, their possessions, and kicked out. If blood member does crimes repeatedly, they are stripped of their jutsus. Rarely get back their powers and if they do, they are much weaker. Hard to get out of this rank.

Also, the clan itself got organizations and groups inside it. There are 4 Groups in total. The first is the advisers. They can be compared to being the hands and feet of the leader, they spread orders and advise the leader. They are selected by the Leader through nominations from the Councils.

There are FOUR Spots in the advisers. Because of this, they are known by two titles: the Four Winds and the Four Sacred Beasts. They aren’t just book smart. They are considered some of the best of the clan. Then there are the Guardians. The bodyguards and elite fighters of the Enshoku clan. They act as a mixture of the ANBU/Hunter-Nin of the clan. The Guardians is selected by the Clan Leader and his/her advisers.

Usually, not ALL the positions are filled. The most common number is EIGHT spots at a time, sometimes more and sometimes less. These positions are not permanent, if a new leader comes… A Enshoku might be reappointed or not. Also, if they break the laws and/or betray the clan they are stripped of their title and status. Finally, there are the Upper and Lower Councils. Both are civil councils - But the Upper Council is the powerful and influential. These two councils make laws and propose stuff to the clan leader. One is just clan matters [Lower] and one is village and international matters also [Upper].

HISTORY
One, there was a family of peasants in the land that would become known as Tetsu no Kuni.
This family had five children, each with different appearances and personality along with views. Enshoku, Ensui, Kazama, Daichi, and Raiden. The founder of the Enshoku clan was their namesake, Enshoku. Enshoku was a woman with dark reddish brown hair and amber eyes. She had a warm and cheerful personality and gentle heart, despite her poor background. She was also the eldest of the five. He also had a courageous and loyal to her kin. Though she usually picker with Raiden and Daichi. She got best along with Kazama, the oldest male child.

One day, some bandits attacked the village. Enshoku was currently gathering firewood in the forest. She escaped by running away and jumping into a river. The river drifted him to a remote shrine in the later to become Hi no Kuni. There, she was found by a young male her age. This young man was more like a ninja priest. For he was also a skilled warrior.

She was taken in the family and taught the ways of combat. It discovered that she had an usual affinity with Fire. Fire didn't burn them, though she can still hurt. This is especially true to her own flames. As she got older, as she slept, she dreamt of another being. This being was a women with black hair and eyes that flickered like flames. In this dreams, she saw vivid visions, of her powers. It was shown she could manipulate fire as it was simply moving her hand in the air. she also demonstrated the ability to manipulate unique styles that seemed to connected to fire. These styles were ash/smoke, combustion, heat, and light.

Over the years, she gained 3 of the four. However, Light seemed to be super difficult, for she couldn;t seem to unlock it. She first obtained Heat. It seemed natural and rather easy to control and tame. You shouldn't underestimated heat. For using one of her most awe filling techniques vaporized a flood and wave of water heading towards the village. This took a lot of energy though.

The next was smoke/ash. At first, it seemed pretty useless. However, she discovered she could harden ash into solid substance and manipulate/control the smoke/ash it as long as it was in the limits of ash/smoke, he can manipulate it.

Over the years, she befriended the boy that found her and dragged her out of the river. His name? Was Entei. It suited him, for his hair was a deep red and his eyes were emerald green. He was skilled at making weapons and even made her a sword that worked with her Katon and unique styles. He also taught her swordplay and Fuinjutsu.

The last she obtained was combustion. This was rather difficult, for it seemed to have a mind of it's own. However, she managed to grasp it on it's own and soon developed the ability to produce the ability to combust objects and even make them explode through rapid combustion. She was like able to create fireworks with this ability, this caused the children in the village to be very amused by this ability.

She gained the abilities and skills of the man in her visions and dreams. However, it was still to a lesser degree and skill. As if that woman wasn't an average human. She also stilled unable to do light, much to her frusteration.

Then oneday, a vile monster/creature attacked the village. Seeing he and the members of the shine were the only power to defend the village from this level of threat, he headed to fight the monster. The monster was a large red and black colored wolf. It had horns on it's head and 8 eyes. It also had monsterous fangs and was the size of an elephant.

This wolf managed to defeat most of them, but it seemed it was as it was playing. As if it was just having fun and it seemed to be more amused to destroying the surroundings then killing people. When Entei was about to get hit by a very damaging blow, Enshoku jumped infront of him. Suddenly, she heard a voice. As if asking him if he had something to protect, something with all her might? She immediately shouted at the voice she did and visions of the villagers and especially the young man she was trying to save appeared in her mind. She then began shouting it wasn't the time, for she was low on energy and was very tired.

A low chuckle was heard, and then the voice said it will grant her wish. She then the voice chuckle, it sounded like bells chinging, that Enshoku had spirit and that the voice liked that. With that said, the voice faded and she was brought back to reality. She felt her strength seemingly return to her and even more then before. When she snapped open, her eyes were gold with tints of red and orange, like the women from her visions and dreams. Instantly, she preform handseals, as if she always done this jutsu, but never before did she before. This jutsu have 5 seals, with three being a weird handseal that the folks around her never seen before.

With that done, a wall of light appeared between then and bounce the attack back at the monsterous wolf. The fact his attack was stopped and halted, along with being sent back to him, stunned the creature. He was also dizzy from the counter attack. Again, she did handseals. This time this jutsu had 10, and 3 being the weird handseal. A dragon made of light appeared and roar and then blasted the monsterous wolf with a blast of radiance. This caused the monster to be vaporized and fade to dust, leaving only it's fangs. The battle was won, and with that, Enshoku fainted as if she lost all her energy.

Eventually, Enshoku married Entei a few months later...and they had many children. Eventually, the children's decendants decided to start a clan, called the Enshoku. This was to name after their ancestral grandmother.

It was later discovered that the ancestor's siblings was alive and well. They too developed odd abilities and founded clans. The resprective clans were in the the four main elemental countries, with them latering joining their respective Shinobi Villages. The Enshoku will then be the last to join a village, the village Hidden in Leaves. There, they joined between the second and third shinobi war. After they settled in, they quickly became known as a weapon making and fuinjutsu expert clan, along with their Hijutsu.

Before they joined Konohagakure, they had a few clan allies. One of them was the Uzumaki clan of Uzu no Kuni. When that village was destroyed, they looked frantically for them. However, they couldn't find any Uzumaki. To this day they vow, if they find a true amd friendly Uzumaki, they will aid them.

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