Name : Orochi
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Location
In a compound near the harbor of the Hidden Mist, where the snakes of the Orochi listen into many of the conversations in the harbor.
Village
Hidden Mist Village
Traits
All members born to this clan are born with a high taxing dojutsu, which must be sealed when they are born, making them become blind. There are many who marry into the clan who do no have this. The dojutsu as a trait is extremely dominating among those born into the clan.
All members are taught to rely on other senses, giving them a wide variety of sensing techniques naturally which they have to use just to get around the house. Most members have sensitive hearing as a result.
Many of the members of the clan tend to be cynical, and depressed about what could have been with their abilities in the past.
As a whole, they are extremely proud, and dislike being looked down on.
History
A prominent sealing clan in the Mist, the Orochi clan was never afraid of conflict, and had a penchant for choicing the winning side in a conflict, always placing themselves on whatever battlefield they believed would win.
The Orochi clan was led by 8 heads, who inturn controlled part of the clan, and the only thing they could agree on was winning glory in battle. Only in times of war was the clan peaceful towards eachother, and even then, each branch head wanted to outdo the other branches.
They have historically bragged about their abilities, and always went seeking to prove themselves as valuable to the Mizukage. During the hieght of the war with the Leaf during the 2nd kages's reign, the Orochi clan continued to brag of it's successes, until the Leaf started to beat them back. Desperate from being on the losing side, the Orochi clan meditated what to do. The Hyuga, the uchiha, the Moto, and at times the allied Nimatsu all were big hinderences who could see through their seals and their surprises, and all these clans had something in common, a dojutsu. Nobody hated the dojutsus of the Leaf more than the Orochi clan, and that hatred turned to envy. One clan especially they hated, the Uchiha.
The Orochi clan decided it was not going to let the Leaf flaunt itself in any aspect, that the Mist would crush the Leaf in every single aspect. Without consulting with the Mizukage, they took a drastic step. They would create their own dojutsu, more powerful than the Leafs'.
Researching how to do this, one of the largest Heads, led by a man named Hebi, schemed how to get it, and at the same time usurp total control over the broken clan. He proposed a way to take the chakra from every member of the clan, and condense it into their eyes, changing their chakra system, and forcing their eyes to adapt and change, to use much more chakra than normal, to creat a Dojutsu, one capable of paralyzing on sight. He promised this to each clan head if they would just have all the branches of the Orochi clan join their chakra together for one moment, he would bless the clan with this power.
Hebi, however, was a snake, and left out some very crucial details. He planned on using ALL of the chakra of the other heads of the clan, and many of it's members to have enough chakra to effect only a small few, to sacrifice them to gain great power among those that survived.. He promised them great power, and he succeeded beyond his imagination. The dojutsu created in the eyes of the survivors of his ritual all had great power, too great for them to control. Half the clan died from chakra overusage that first day, including the man who had schemed it all, Hebi. The snake of eight heads had eaten itself, not one of the eight heads was left, and all survivors, no matter what branch, were forced to assimilate.
In desperation and fear, the surviving members of the clan sealed away their eyes, hoping that future generations of the Orochi clan would make up for their folly. However, the loss of life among the clan did not stop. They soon found their children to be afflicted with their curse as well, many babies dying before they could figure out to seal their eyes as well.
The Mizukage was furious about the loss of one his strongest families, anyone alive was now completely worthless, and couldn't be counted on in the war.
The only thing that saved the surviving members of the Orochi clan from being massacred was the well timed signing of the treaty with the Leaf, which drew away attention from them. Still, the Mizukage did not forget completely, and a few years later, sent several ninja to kill all ninja close to Hebi, all the ones in his branch. The entire branch was massacred, leaving remenants of the other seven who would be looked at as worthless and traitorous for the next few decades.
The clan was a fraction of it's former size, and it took many years for it to once again to be called a clan. The clan did not die out though, and adapted. They found ways around their blindness, most members becoming adapt at Silent Killing. They learned how to compensate for their blindness, and in recent years began to rise again in the Mist as a formidable clan.
Members
Riku Orochi -Ganryu's character
Yamata & Kushinada Orochi- Riku's parents. Kushinada is famous for the range of her hearing.
Techniques
Name of Kekkei Genkai: Eyes of the Gorgon
Description: A failed Dojutsu, crafted by, and still cursing the members of the Orochi clan. The dojutsu paralyzes those that meet its gaze with a powerful genjutsu, but consumed more chakra than any member of the clan could manage, so all members of the clan have their eyes sealed away, creating a clan full of blind shinobi. Riku currently has a limit of only 5 seconds having it disrupted before it completely drains him of chakra. The record is 1 minute. Reckless use can easily kill the bearer
Enhanced Hearing- Members of this clan use hearing instead of sight to 'see' the area around them with their echolocation technique. This allows them to click their tongue and listen for echoes to get an image of the shape of things around them.
Silent Killing Technique- Members of this clan already have enhanced hearing, using it to great advantage in a fight.
Traditions
Clan Branches-
At one point, the Orochi clan was divided into 8 clan branches, each branch was led by a clan head. The strongest of these was the Hebi Branch. The branches were murderous to eachother, and had a pedigree mentality about them. However, the clan was humbled by their fall from grace, and the 7 remaining branches merged together, and laxed any rules on marriage. The members of the clan still keep a family line, but no longer are exclusively one branch. The eight branches are:
* Hebi
* Mamushi (Viper)
* Garagarahebi (rattlesnake)
* Kobura (Cobra)
* Paison (Python)
* Umihebi (Sea Snake)
* Manba (Mamba)
* Kassōhebi(Glding snake)
Games-
Members of this clan play games together often to try and train their senses, as a fun gathering. They gather every weekend to do this. However, despite being a 'fun' event, as per normal with the clan, they take this very seriously. They often invite outsiders to compete in them, as it gives them a chance to show being blind is hardly a handicap.
The most popular game is referred to as Hidden Snakes. It is a combination of tag and hide and go seek. The members of the game quickly disappear at the start of the game, and must find the other members. Touching other members, or tagging them with an object get them out. They cannot injure eachother. Members cannot stay in the same place for more than 30 seconds. Last member standing wins. It takes stealth and speed to win. Kushinada is known as queen of the game, though she generally sits out.
Relations with other clans/organizations
Rival clan with:
The Ina Clan- Having a long history with the Ina clan, the Orochi clan constantly ses them as a hinderance, due to them starting out at similiar sizes. It was always said if an Orochi was to be at 100 ninja, and lose to an Ina, they were not an Orochi. At the Orochi's clans weakest, the Ina clan were smug at their nemesis's fall, but now the clan is rising again, it is the Orochi clan smug at the position the Ina clan is now in.
