XC - Because you and Effort were interested I went ahead and closed the thread for new players. If you no longer wish to play, I'll open it back up. But right now I've got all my players.
Effort has brought up some points that I feel must be addressed.
Fights in the arena can happen. I would like mostly NPCs because the fights are to the death - unless you have a plot twist in mind and then I'd like to hear about it before it happens so I can determine yay or nay. Also, they need to be realistic. I don't mind a little exaggeration, but they really need to be as realistic as possible. I want to see the battle, and I want it to take a few hits from each person.
I will be having a battle start the story, with two NPCs, I think, so you will probably get a feel for what I mean there.
Fights can break out within the school, but they are more like scrimmages. Killing someone from your own school is dishonorable, and punishable by death. Please don't do that, unless you are seriously ready to leave the roleplay.
I don't care which characters, but the main families needs to have a romance between them. They will need to fight it at first, because they are rivals and they are from violent schools. The other students need to make it a little difficult, if possible, for the two to get involved. But, that doesn't have to come up right away. I just want you to keep this in mind and I don't want to ignore it.
Hopefully my character will be up this evening, if I get motivated. XC, Effort - I look forward to seeing your characters. Effort is taking the remaining Kazegami position, so if you're okay with Sakuramori, XC, that's what is open. Or I can move to the Sakuramori side and you can be on the Kazegami.
One note about the schools. I said Sakuramori is merciful. That doesn't make them good. They do still kill their opponents at times, but they are a little more empathetic. Kazegami students don't always kill without empathy. Some of them only kill because they fear the family and dishonoring them. You can avoid the arena, if you want.
I think that's all that information I needed to add.... If I think of more I'll let you know.