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~Ferra Arkos~
"Give up? Have you met me?"
Nickname/Alias: N/A
Gender: Female
Age and date of birth: Born August 12th in the year 449, Ferra is 27 years old
Age Appearance: Late Twenties
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Parents:
Mother = Kami
Father = Tenzen
Grandparents:
Mother's Father = Ero
Mother's Mother = Ayana
Father's Mother = Nina
Father's Father = Kaede
Length and build: 1.75cm and athletic build
Weight: 148lbs
Favorite weather and season: Sun and Spring
Village: Amegakure
Birthplace: Amegakure
Organization: Amegakure Military
Clan/Bloodline: None
Rank: Jounin
Chakra Nature: Earth and Fire
Appearance:
Appearance #1: Mission Outfit
(Without the mask)
Appearance Option #2: Casual Outfit
Ferra has dark red hair, green eyes and a faint scar that she refuses to tell anyone the origin of and I wouldn't advise asking... The scar travels from her left temple to her upper lip. (As seen in the first picture) She also has two small triangle tattoos under her right eye with the thin ends pointing down..
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Personality:
To say Ferra is tenacious would be a dreadful understatement. Ever since she was a little girl, she had a fiery personality and a rebellious streak to boot. As she grew older, she learned to control her emotions, to a degree, and to follow authority. Despite that, she is still a fiery spirit at heart and relishes in the opportunity to let loose.
Around people she knows and trusts, Ferra is fun loving and outspoken. She loves playing pranks on people she considers close and is very active. She can be considered as more of a tomboy in the way that she does not hesitate to get dirty if the situation demands it. Ferra is fiercely protective over the ones she cares about and will not hesitate to fight to her last to keep them safe. For people she is not familar with, Ferra can come across as apathetic and rather blunt in many situations.
While she still has her problems with authority, Ferra becomes all business when the situation calls for it. She takes no nonsense on a mission and expects her team to do the same. Not one to watch her words, Ferra will speak her mind to anyone she feels needs to hear it. This has put her at odds with others who can find her blunt attitude off-putting and rude.
History:
While Ferra was born into a stable home, she did not know the turmoil that took place behind the facade of her happy, unified family until she was much older.
Her mother and father were both very young when they first fell madly in love. They met during their time in the academy and stayed close afterwards, their relationship growing from a strong friendship into something more. Kami's father, Ero, did not approve of their relationship however, and forbade the two from seeing each other. Ero was incredibly protective of his daughter, and believed that she was too young to be involved with somebody romantically. While his motives were mostly noble, Ero was also concerned that Tenzen was after the Arkos' hidden techniques. The paranoia mixed with his overprotectiveness caused Ero to keep a close eye on the two young lovers.
Despite this obstacle, Kami and Tenzen continued seeing each other behind her father's back, doing whatever they could to find time together. Ero's overprotectiveness had the unfortunate side effect of pushing his daughter into acting out more. Kami grew pregnant with Ferra when she was only 16 and both she and Tenzen panicked. Neither of them had prepared for this event and they had no idea how to tell their parents. Deciding that it would be best to hide the evidence of Kami's pregnancy for as long as they could, both of them began working more and more, trying to save up enough money so that they could move away from Kami's overbearing father and get married. They managed to keep things hidden for several months but the time came when Kami decided to step down from active service for fear of getting hurt or losing the child.
Ero grew suspicious when Kami stepped away from her life as a shinobi and he increased his watch on the girl. When it became impossible to hide the pregnancy any longer, Tenzen went to Ero in an attempt to gain the man's approval to marry Kami. Furious, Ero refused and forbade Tenzen from seeing his daughter again, threatening him more seriously to ensure that the teen would stay away this time. Keeping Kami on house arrest to ensure that she could not sneak off and see Tenzen, Ero decided that he and his wife would claim the child as their own so that it would not put a stain on Kami's name and ruin her future.
Realizing that he would also need to keep Tenzen quiet, Ero made a deal with him in order to ensure the teen's silence. Tenzen would be allowed to marry Kami and the two could live on their own in a house that Ero and his wife would pay for... Just as long as he swore to never claim the girl to be his own. Kami's father also demanded that the marriage could only take place once Kami had turned 18. He was worried that if the two were married before the child was born, word would get out and they would take the child as their own. At that point Ero feared that nothing but trouble would come of it.
Finding no other alternative, and not wishing to put a stain on Kami's name, or her future, Tenzen regretfully agreed. From that day forward, Tenzen spent much his time trying desperately to gain Ero's approval, hoping that maybe... just maybe, he would be able to change the man's opinion of him and one day he and Kami could finally call their child their own...
Ferra was born a few month's later and Ero and Ayana took the girl to raise her as their own. Tenzen and Kami were forced to watch from a distance as their child grew. They were occasionally allowed to visit and interact with Ferra, but Ero always kept a close watch to ensure they did not grow too close or tell the girl the truth about her origin.
While Ero was a strict father, he was also a very caring man and he and Ayana raised Ferra as best they could. As the girl grew older, it became clear that she had inherited her mother's slight rebellious streak. This streak was fuelled further by Ero growing stricter and more impatient as the rift between he and Kami grew. Ferra could sense the tension but did not understand why it was there. Wanting to make things feel right again, Ferra began doing whatever she could to try and make her 'father' happy again. Believing that Ero wanted her to be more like her older 'sister' Ferra began training herself to be a shinobi. She was small for her age and got made fun of by many of the larger kids for her diminuitive size and her unparalleled tenacity. It was that very tenacity that began getting Ferra into trouble. In her determination to succeed and grow stronger, the girl started to pick fights with some of the larger kids, hoping that the increased challenge would boost her own skills and reduce the time it would take her to become as strong as her 'sister' Kami.
Unfortunately, despite her scrappiness and fierce attitude, Ferra ended up on the receiving end of a beating far more than she was able to dish one out. One day, after a particularly humiliating beating, Ferra ran away for fear of Ero's reaction to her cuts and bruises. Making her way to her secret place, Ferra let her frustration get the best of her and she released her anger on a poor, innocent tree. Collapsing from exhaustion after she violently tore the tree limb from limb, Ferra was surprised by an unexpected visitor...
Tenzen had followed the girl and waited to let her get out her anger and frustration. Sitting with Ferra for awhile, Tenzen managed to calm her down and got her to explain her troubles. Learning of the bullying and the fights, Tenzen offered to train Ferrra. Surprised, the girl accepted his offer, and the two began meeting regularly to train. For Tenzen it was the only way he could spend more time with his daughter, even if he had to pretend to be her brother in-law. For Ferra, it was a way to get stronger as quickly as possible to stop those who doubted her and to make Ero proud and happy again.
Enrolling in the Academy at the age of eight, Ferra began to show progress, thanks in great part to the training with Tenzen. When she began showing signs of an affinity to her clan's hidden technique, Tenzen decided it was time to bring Kami in to help Ferra train. Under Kami's tutelage, Ferra began to show quite an aptitude for the hidden technique, implementing it into her fighting style in a unique way. Despite her progress as a shinobi, things never seemed to improve with Ero and that only pushed Ferra to try harder. Graduating the Academy at the age of 11, Ferra was placed on a team, something she at first thought would be a great experience... Unfortunately, Ferra did not find it easy to fit in with her teammates despite her best efforts. She was still small for her age and found it difficult to work in a team environment, being much more used to doing things on her own. Her frustration grew and Ferra began refusing to taking orders from her sensei, believing Kami and Tenzen to be far superior teachers.
Concerned by the girl's behaviour, Ferra's sensei went to Ero and Ayana to see if they could talk some sense into her. When Ero and Ayana confronted Ferra about it, she inadvertantly let it slip that she was training with Tenzen and Kami and that they had taught her more than her sensei ever could. In a rage, Ero forbade her from ever training with Kami and Tenzen again. Confused and angry, Ferra demanded to know why but Ero would not say, instead he grounded the girl, refusing to let her out of the house until she learned not to talk back. Sneaking out of her house the one time that Ero let his guard down, Ferra made her way to Kami and Tenzen's house. When she got there, she explained what happened and asked why Ero had forbidden her from training with them. After a long consideration, Kami and Tenzen decided to tell Ferra the truth.
Learning that Kami and Tenzen were her real parents, Ferra broke down. Running from their home, she eventually made her way back to Ero and Ayana's house, the place she had always considered home... Relieved that Ferra had returned, Ero confronted her and she told him that she knew about her real parents. Shocked into silence, Ero could not stop Ferra as she gathered her things and left for good.
Moving in with one of her few friends, Ferra stayed there until she made enough money to support herself. Her parents tried to reach her several times, trying to help, trying to fix what they had broken. Ferra refused to speak with them, too hurt to listen. Focusing on growing as a shinobi, Ferra became very quiet and her rebelious nature all but disappeared. The sudden change surprised and worried her sensei, but the fact that she was listening was enough to keep him from saying anything.
Unbeknownst to Ferra, Ero had grown quite ill after she left, stress and guilt beginning to wear him down. As his health deteriorated, her family tried to reach out to her and let her know, but Ferra continued to ignore all of their attempts to contact her, wanting nothing more than to be left alone. Her relationship with her teammates began to improve gradually and she found herself learning a lot from her sensei. When she turned 13, Ferra tried out for the Chuunin exams. Though she fought hard, Ferra lost her match and was not promoted to Chuunin rank.
Kami and Tenzen approached her after the match, letting her know that they had been watching, along with Ero and Ayana. They apologized and told her they were proud. Still angry, Ferra pushed past them, not ready to listen. When they told her that Ero was sick and not getting any better, she hesitated. Brushing it off as another trick to try and get her to talk to them, Ferra walked away, leaving her parents behind.
Ero passed away a week later.
When news got to Ferra, the young teen was in anguish. Her pain turned to anger, anger at the world, anger at Ero, at her parents... but most of all, anger towards herself. Ferra blamed herself for not going to see Ero before it was too late. She never had the chance to forgive him, and a part of her still didn't know whether or not she truly did... It took a long time before she was ready to talk to her family again. When she did, Ayana, Kami and Tenzen welcomed her with open arms, just happy to have her back.
Two years later, when she turned 15, Ferra took part in the Chuunin exams once more. This time, thanks to the training from her parents and her sensei, Ferra excelled. Winning her match, she was promoted to the rank of Chuunin and began to improve rapidly. Ferra gained a reputation for taking on difficult missions, her natural tenacity pushing her to find larger and harder challenges. She once tried out for the ANBU but was denied for several reasons. Ferra excelled as a fighter, but was never overly strong in stealth or reconnaissance missions. Her loyalty was unquestionable, but her tendency to leave destruction in her wake and her occasional issues with authority figures was not something the ANBU could accept.
It was around that time that she joined a Gotai team, using the competition as a way of getting out her frustrations and letting loose. The team she joined was known as the Flying Lemurs, an amateur team that had never really seen much success. Ferra quickly took to the sport, training long and hard to develop her skills. The effort paid off and she was able to lead the Flying Lemurs to their first tournament win. After that, she was named as the team captain. Under her leadership, the team gained quite a bit of fame and became one of the most successful Gotai teams in the country.
Her time as a captain of the Lemurs and her years spent working to hone her skills as a shinobi eventually succeeded in maturing her as she reached her 20's, Ferra was promoted to the rank of Jounin at the age of 22. She was not put in charge of a team for several years, the higher ups concerned that her independent nature would make it difficult for her to train a squad of fresh genin. While she had proven herself as a leader in Gotai, they felt she had a long way to go until she would be ready to lead actual shinobi. Working hard, Ferra proved herself over the next several years, never one to back down from a challenge. She earned herself a squad but never had a chance to meet them. Right before she would gather her team for the first time, Shoji's forces invaded.
During the occupation of Amegakure, Ferra found it very difficult to hold herself back from openly opposing the soldiers. The only thing that held her back was knowing she would cause more harm than good. Doing what she could to help fight from the shadows, Ferra resented Shoji for trying to take away the shinobi corps. She saw him as a hypocrite and saw the excuses he created to be the same as the excuses Ero had given for lying to her about being her father. When Shoji's forces were repelled, Ferra joined the forces taking the fight to his remaining soldiers. She wanted nothing more than to extinguish the lies of a corrupt man.
After the dust settled, Ferra went back to independent missions for quite some time. When she felt ready, Ferra approached the higher ups and requested a squad of her own. It took them some time to grant her wish but for once Ferra waited patiently. It was her turn to make a difference...
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Weapons/Items:
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Name of Weapon or Item: Spear and Shield
Description: The spear shortens or extends to form a short sword or spear. The shield is one handed, circular and has two indentations in the sides that allow Ferra to rest her weapon on and attack from behing the safety of the shield.
Appearance:
Shield:
Ferra also carries all of the standard shinobi tools and weapons.
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Skills/Abilities
*High Speed
*High Strength
*Excellent Taijutsu
*Masterfully Skilled with her sword/spear and shield
*Great Chakra Control
*Good Ninjutsu
*Great control of her clan's hidden techniques
*Non-existant Genjutsu (she prefers a more direct approach)
*Below Average Stealth
Special Traits
*High Willpower
*Average Chakra Pool
*Good Intelligence
Kekkei Genkai:
Name of Kekkei Genkai: None
Clan: N/A
Description: N/A
Clan Hidden: Polarity
Clan: Arkos
Description: Members of the Arkos clan are capable of manipulating the area around them and objects that they come in contact with by careful use of their chakra. This hidden technique cannot be used on people, due to the internal chakra system that would interfere with it. Many people believe that this technique is an advanced form of puppetry but it is in fact very different.
When a clan member inserts their chakra into an object, they are capable of manipulating it via polarity, attracting it or repelling it in whichever direction they need. To use the hidden technique effectively, one must have good chakra control. It does not require a lot of chakra to manipulate the objects, but there is a limit to how many objects can be manipulated at a time.
To some extent, clan members are able to manipulate the area around them, causing subtle shifts in the 'aura' around them that will attract or repel objects in the immediate vicinity. This aspect of the technique is less refined and there is much less control over it than through the touch method. A user is unable to control the specific direction that objects are repelled or attracted when using this method and, instead, their core will act as the focal point.
Jutsu:
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Shadow Clone Technique
Summoning Technique
Summoning: Lightning Flash Blade Creation
*All Academy Techniques
Name of Technique: Polar Shift
Type of Jutsu: Hidden (Ninjutsu)
Rank: A
Range: Short - Long
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A
Description: Ferra makes physical contact with an object, inserting her chakra into it. Once that is complete, she can manipulate the object's direction and velocity. She can choose how much to influence the object and it can vary from the slightest shift to a complete reversal of direction and/or velocity.
The most common form that Ferra uses this technique for is to manipulate her own spear/sword and shield. She can throw either weapon and have them return to her, or manipulate them in a fight to catch her opponent off guard.
Weakness: The further from Ferra the object moves, the harder it is to manipulate. If the object moves more than 30 meters away from her, she loses her connection with it and would need to make physical contact with it again to regain control. While she can end the connection at will, Ferra is only able to control up to five objects at once.
The connection also only lasts for a maximum of an hour depending on how much chakra she inserts upon initial connection.
Name of Technique: Shield Wall
Type of Jutsu: Hidden (Ninjutsu)
Rank: C
Range: Short
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A
Description: Flowing her chakra into her shield Ferra extends the coverage of her shield with a 'wall of chakra' that blocks incoming attacks. The wider the area Ferra wants covered, the more chakra she has to put into the technique. As a result, Ferra often crouches before employing this technique in order to minimize the area she needs to cover. This technique is quite powerful when it comes to blocking incoming attacks, be they from ninjutsu, weapons, etc., but it requires a constant flow of chakra to keep active which can drain Ferra quicker.
Weakness: This technique only protects her from attacks that are coming in front of her shield with a slight curve that protects her sides. Her back is still entirely exposed and an attack that comes from above or below would still be able to hit her. Takes a fair bit of chakra to keep active meaning that Ferra has to be rather conservative with this technique.
Name of Technique: Repulse
Type of Jutsu: Hidden (Ninjutsu)
Rank: B
Range: 10 feet
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A
Description: Focusing her chakra and releasing it in a burst, Ferra changes the polarity around her. Depending on how she releases the burst, she can stop or repel incoming projectiles. She can also do this to melee weapons provided she has enough time to react. The max range of this technique is 10 feet. She cannot affect anything outside of that range. If an object enters the range while she is using this technique, it will be repelled and sent flying in a random direction at a slightly reduced speed in comparison to how fast it was traveling towards her.
Weakness: This technique requires a lot of control in order to use as she is manipulating the area around her without physical contact. While this can be an effective technique for blocking incoming attacks, if Ferra chooses to repel any projectiles, they will be repelled in random directions. This means that anyone nearby her could potentially be at risk, including allies.
Name of Technique: Attract
Type of Jutsu: Hidden (Ninjutsu)
Rank: B
Range: 10 feet
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A
Description: The reverse of her 'repel technique.' When she focuses her chakra, she can change the polarity around her and 'attract' objects. While she cannot affect people, she can, to a small extent, affect the objects on their person. This means that she could theoretically pull someone towards her by their clothes, weapons, etc. That takes a large amount of concentration and chakra control however.
Weakness: This technique takes a lot of control and uses more chakra than the 'repel' technique as she has to send her chakra out and then pull it back towards herself, meaning she is using twice the amount. It also requires a great amount of control and is not nearly as precise as if she were to use the Polar Shift technique. She can also only affect objects within a 10 foot range.
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Name of Technique: Fists of Fire
Type of Jutsu: Nintaijutsu
Rank: C
Range: Self
Nature Type: Fire
Handseals: Rat, Ox, Dog
Description: Ferra surrounds her hands (and occasionally feet) with fire chakra to burn her opponents when she strikes them.
Weakness: Water can stop this relatively easy. Wind can spread the fire if she isn't careful and turn it back on her.
Name of Technique: Infuse (or the 'Magic Touch' as she calls it)
Type of Jutsu: Nintaijutsu
Rank: D
Range: Touch
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A
Description: During combat, Ferra will make contact with a piece of armour, a weapon, a shield, etc. of her opponent. When she does, she will infuse her chakra, allowing her to manipulate the object through the use of her polarity.
Weakness: She needs to touch an object for this to work. This also requires a lot of chakra control as she needs to release her chakra with precision for the infusion to work.
Name of Technique: Ragdoll
Type of Jutsu: Nintaijutsu
Rank: C
Range: Short (20 feet maximum)
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A
Description: Using a mixture of her polarity and natural taijutsu fighting skills, Ferra launches a vicious kick from below that sends her target flying upwards. Pulling them back down with her 'Attract' technique, she delivers another vicious series of kicks, culminating in one vicious side kick that sends the opponent flying in a direction she chooses (using her polarity again to add velocity)
Weakness: This is essentially a combo that blends a couple of styles/techniques. An opponent can dodge the technique with relative ease in the beginning though it gets progressively harder to dodge as she speeds up near the ending strikes.
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Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique
Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique
Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique
Fire Release: Running Fire
Fire Release: Flame Bullet
Name of Technique: Flame Weapons
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
Rank: D
Range: Self/Weapons (Touch)
Nature Type: Fire
Handseals: N/A
Description: Flowing her chakra into her weapons (or her shield), Ferra coats them in flames, allowing for more offensive strikes and keeping her opponents at bay.
Weakness: Water release can put these out with relative ease. The weapon attacks can be dodged and it takes chakra to maintain the flames.
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Earth Release: Double Suicide Decapitation Technique
Earth Release: Hiding Like a Mole Technique
Earth Release: Rock Pillar Spears
Earth Release: Quicksand
Earth Release: Rock Shelter
Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet
Earth Release: Earth Flow River
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Dynamic Entry
Burning Slap of Youth
Cloud-Style Crescent Moon Beheading
Name of Technique: Goodnight Kiss
Type of Jutsu: Taijutsu
Rank: E
Range: Short
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A
Description: Pulling her opponent in for what seems like a kiss, Ferra delivers a vicious headbutt, stunning the enemy.
Weakness: It's a headbutt...
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