|The Stranger's Profiling|Name: "V"
Gender: Male
Age: 37
Rank: Jounin/Weaponry Corps Leader (S)
Clan/Bloodline: N/A
Current/Old Village: Kumogakure
Birthplace: Kumogakure
Element(s): Lightning
Strengths: Occasional bouts of physics or jutsu creativity, looking for details and lack of details
Weaknesses: Posts will probably not be very long since I'm still technically getting back to the RP game, although I guess that depends on the length of the posts of the people I'm RPing with. Timing/pacing isn't that good.
Hard to get pass genjutsu once I've been affected. Also have trouble against those of the more higher echelon bloodlines.
|The Questioned|Ethnicity: Japanese
Religion: N/A
Sexuality: Straight
Height and Weight: 6'1", 143 lbs
Appearance:
(Imagine him as a little older, with a mustache, and some facial hair around the chin).
V has spiky black hair that covers a bit of his eyelashes, which emphasizes his bright blue eyes when spotted. He has rather long eyebrows. He has a firm, rough, and attractive face with a peach skin coloring. He has a noticeable mustache, not thick but definitely growing to be. He has many specks of hair around his chin area, even if a beard or even a goatee won't be coming out any time soon. It looks like a decent aftershave. His mouth is just about an average-size for someone in their 30s, but it's usually flattened out into a neutral lip-line that gives off a sense of hostility and calm at the same time as V's eyes glares, or curved into a light, sinister smile reminiscient of the devilish. But his face is not important.... or maybe it is to some.
V wears a black ninja outfit. It has a hood, a wide turtleneck, and is made of light leather material. It is garbed with black salamander scales for added protection against attacks. He has arm and shin-guards on him, a thin vest attached to the outfit through two bands of lightweight metal. The vest contains his scrolls. His outfit also consists of a black ninja leggings, with two pouches on each hip, carrying his weaponry, such as kunai, assortment of shurikens, different types of bombs, and battle strings. He wears dark green shoes that firmly fit in with his feet, adept for comfort and speed. At times, he may wear the typical black ninja mouth covering that is stereotypical of the shinobi. V wears a white-shirt within him. V stands at six feet and one inches (he seems rather tall if you look at his legs) and has a rather athletic build, obviously fit for hand to hand combat and has notable muscular physique, accumulated from his extensive Taijutsu training. He has a strong, durable, and well-proportioned body to boast. Attached to his back are his two black steel swords through the bands of metal.
And alas comes the mask. V has crafted a peculiar mask that he often wears. It's a "
Borderlands" mask. It's made of a special white ivory and has brown marks all over it. The marks vageuly make out the letter W, although it's a lot more curved. There are stitches on the marks. There are two bright holes (the eyesockets) and in between these holes is a thin frame that projects a bright blue coloring, hence the glowing blue spectral eyes that seems to emanate from the mask. This is in accordance with V's own eye color. The bright spectral eye light emphasizes the menacing symbol behind the mask. For the mouth-piece is a dual fan-like breathing hole. This design distorts V's voice gravely, giving him a very raspy, gruff, and menacing vocal of a powerful pitch. The mask fits well on V's face and covers it up. It's a mask of solid durability. V can see very well inside the mask, despite it having a little more obstruction over his sightline. It does make his field of vision more blue-ish. Still, through the frames between the holes, he can actually see the things within his sight more clearly compared to without the mask. He does not like to wear the mask in combat against an opponent he knows can wound him.
All this combined gives V the appearance of a freakish menace, which isn't exactly the kind of aura he's hoping to give off, but does portray himself to be a hostile assassin. Overall, he looks creepy with the mask on but when unmasked, he doesn't look that bad.
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Personality: V is a ruthless and resourceful individual. He is not above playing dirty, and he is very daring and to an extent, extreme. He typically employs crafty and cheap tactics, ones often frown upon by people. he may even perform a sneak attack behind someone out of the blue if he has enough evidence to suspect someone of a hefty crime. However, it should be noted that he does have his code of honor; for how he perceives himself no matter how low he goes is important to him. V is a very provocative man, both in provoking and being provoked. He is very hostile; untrustworthy of others and suspicious of those who sneak and slither around, including those of high authority, reputation, and record. He goes by his gut feeling, and when it's strong, he'll express his opinion of others in a cruel way or rage on them. Unless his life would be at risk if he says it. His gut feeling doesn't mean that he doesn't trust someone, for it could also mean that he doesn't like someone. Those whom he doesn't like or trust are often rejected, ignored, or mocked by him in some way. Hinted by his isolated nature, he doesn't open up to anyone outside of his family.
V is stoic, kinda insensitive, and tends to talk and ramble on a lot when he's angered, provoked, or on the verge of killing someone right in front of him. V's distrust of others is reflected in his voice and way of speaking, which gives off a strong provocation to those it's directed to. He's barely patient, and does not like his time wasted when he's busy trying to do something else. He's well aware that there are those who question him on why on earth his name is a mononymous letter. He does not like that. He was given the name early in his childhood, but had grown on it, liked it, and decided to refer himself as "V" from then on. He does not care about his birth name, if he even remembers what it was. And even if he does, he only allows his parents to call him by his real name. Otherwise, the offender would earn V's scorn.
Despite his many shortcomings though, V is very passionate about the ninja war of life and prizes all assassin ninjas. He's loyal to Kumogakure and friendly to the villagers, so long as they respect him and he finds them decent. He gives people chances to impress him or earn his respect. He gives a great amount of respect to the Raikage, unlike others who have to grow on him. However, like the others, those of higher authorities have to maintain that respect. Once that hold is lost, V will follow his own means, rules, and decisions. He is a battle-hardened, well-seasoned soldier. He likes to take command and take control of the situation strategically and tactically. Although he prefers negotiations over war, he really doesn't care which one is chosen at the end so long as Kumo gets the most benefit, and that choice would most likely end with war. V is actually not arrogant, and is well aware of his limitations and weaknesses and is not afraid to admit them. He's a bit cocky, though, and he stresses self-reliance and independence, preferring to do things himself (but not exactly by himself) rather than others taking the lead for him. He does not like to be made out as a coward, but he does have some fears in the world. Heavily driven and a madman intent on murdering all of his enemies, that is the man behind the mask, "V".
|Inside the Character|Usual Weapons:x2 black steel katanas
kunai
shuriken
exploding tags
flash bombs
smoke bombs
summoning/sealing scrolls
Kohaku no Johei
x50 feet of wire
Alignment: Lawful Evil or Chaotic Neutral
Likes:- Negotiations/Business Deals
-Carrying out secret missions at night time.
- Screwing around with people, particularly while his mask is on
- Looking at maps; studying geography and geopolitics and all
- sword training
Dislikes:
- Most people he comes across outside of Kumogakure
- Gambling/drinking
- The gutless
- all of the other villages except for Kirigakure
- being called something other than his "name"
Goals: Protect Kumogakure; perhaps become the Raikage someday.
Improvement: Would like to improve Kumogakure, also would like to influence the world perception of what "war" is, always would like to improve one's self without getting too bogged down by versatility.
History: Born as Kenshiro under the Valkus clan, a clan of elite swordsman that lives in the Land of Lightning. He adopted the code name "V" to protect his identity as the clan kinda works for the government. He started training with a blade at the age of 5. Started kenjutsu training and learned the clan's sword style, which is proclaimed to be one of the strongest sword styles in all of the world. Tutored by his father in Raiton Ninjutsu, taijutsu, kenjutsu, and overall how to fight. He has some stealth and assassination training, as his clan believed early education on the true arts of the ninja are the best. He had trained with his katana for several years with the goal to be one of the greatest swordsman in history. His sensei, a foremost Kenjutsu specialist, hammered into him the skill of the legendary Seven Swords Dance that was a signature technique of the reknown Killer Bee, the Eight Tails Jinchuriki of generations ago.
V was a sullen and quiet boy who was friendly towards those who show him friendship. he didn't have any strong motives or ideals, and in fact didn't really had any powerful ideas about being a ninja other than that his parents forced him into it for the sake of the clan. V had some natural talent as he discovered while training and learning jutsus - as he was able to properly utilize several techniques at a young age. He wasn't a genius, though, just someone who's ninja capability was "accelerated".
At this time, he conversed a lot with his father and mother (his mother in particular) about how his day had been and about his "feelings". After some missions and a good amount of skill and jutsus acquired, V went on to the Chunin Exams at the age of 12. He did rather well on the first part of the exam but failed on the Forest of Death when he got his foot stuck on a trap. V was brutally scolded for his incompetence. On his second try, he passed through the Forest of Death, but lost to an opponent on the one on one battles. Now V, under pressure from his family, poured in his full effort into developing his ninjutsu, taijutsu, and kenjutsu prowess. He was able to utilize a B-rank Raiton technique that would be valuable to him on his third try on the Chunin Exams - approaching 14 years old now.
On the fourth exam, V stepped up his A game when he brilliantly used hit and run blitz attacks under a 20-second smoke screen to wound and confuse his enemies. Just when the smoke was about to let up, he set up a clone with its back turned towards the enemy. His enemy, under pressure, immediately attacked the clone, whereas the real V performed a sneak attack on the enemy's attack with his katana, incapicitating him.
On the fourth exam, he faced against another Kenjutsu expert. This, however, was due to V's advantage, because he had superior mastery over the Kenjutsu art. Pulling out his Seven Swords Dance, he quickly overwhelmed the enemy with his unpredictability and stabbed him all over the place. This move earned the admiration and approval of the Raikage who was proctoring the exam.
V was promoted to Chunin.
The handful of friends that he has congratulated him on his rank-up. His family proud that he's no longer a kid shinobi, took him to the biggest festival in the history of Kumogakure - a leisure V has never had the pleasure of. There, he saw thousands of citizens- shinobi and civilians alike, gathered together and having fun in their cultural entertainment. This instilled into V a strong sense of Kumo pride and honor, and, when wondering why people would go to great lengths to protect Kumo, he emphasized with those people at that moment and some of their influence rubbed on V. The desire to protect the village began to sprout; although it was weak, it was V's first motivation as a ninja. V dwelved into more complex and advanced Kenjutsu techniques and styles, but also practiced his swordplay on superior swordsmen in Kumogakure as part of him building experience. He focused a lot on Taijutsu, for he believed that his base stats needed a lot of work. His father had him run a bodybuilding and weightlifting course for about 2 months before V met a wandering Taijutsu master from Konohagakure, living in one of the towns near Kumogakure. Now that he has higher expectations, V cannot afford to fall behind all of the Chunin that graduated a year ago. He seeked power, and that desire for power also created greed inside V. He caught word that the wanderer had access to a secret power that can rival that of the Kage's. Of course, V thought of it as hyperbole at first. When he met the wanderer, named Kisaki Hijura, he found out about the Eight Gates technique. He was swiftly kicked out.
V gave up, but then a war between Kumogakure and Amegakure started. And with the growing power of Amegakure, Kumogakure didn't have much edges. V begged to Kisaki to teach him the Hachimon, for the sake of his village. Kisaki refused to teach him anything, but decided to teach V a lesson that would cripple him for the rest of his life. He gave V the scroll and basic information necessary to unlock the first half of the gates of Hachimon, and then left V to himself. He expected V to fail miserably in trying to master the Hachimon, and that the overwhelming energy would break the bones and fiber in his body, so that he'd never be able to fight as a ninja ever again. Of course, V had an intellect far beyond what Kisaki had known.
Knowing that unlocking all of the body's energy would destroy him, he decided that he would have to build up his endurance and stamina first in order to handle the energy of the Hachimon. He did 100 push-ups, sit-ups, squats, and 1km running. Every. single. day. All in 8 months. Alas, he developed a strong enough body physique to handle the Hachimon. Through a series of exercises, deep meditation, he was able to unlock the first gate, and then the second gate in a week. After use, his body only felt moderately worn. A few days later, he went up to the third gate, which placed great stress on his body. He waited another week for his body to recover, when he unlocked the fourth gate. By using the gated powers for one to two minutes, and leaving days worth of intervals between each use, his body was able to adapt to the power of the Hachimon, and each time his will and determination strengthened.
V entered the war and dominated the battlefield with his refined Kenjutsu and Hachimon-enhanced Taijutsu. He pretty much blitzed every single Ame Chunin that he faced in close quarters combat. On one night raid, when he hadn't fully recovered from broken bones, V was ambushed by a series of Chunin and was nearly killed had it not been for his sensei who saved his life. He was hospitalized for ten days. After he woke up, that near-death experience traumatized V. He began to realize how bad war is, and wondered about things like greed, ambition, evil, sin, and killing. Battle-hardened, V saw how pointless this whole thing was. Amegakure harbored a greater hatred for Kumo than the other way around. That hatred was the main cause of Ame's overwhelming strength at the time. He approached Kisaki again, who was shocked to see V still alive. After telling Kisaki his experience, Kisaki realized that V, who was able to learn and subugate the gates on his own, was worthy of being his successor. Under his guidance, V w/ six gates learned to pump out the Morning Peacock, a super-fast punching attack. After the sixth gate, V had to undergo extreme physical exercises with severe body strain to be able to survive the Seventh gate. When he did unlock the Seventh gate, he had to go through some trials and errors to shoot out the Afternoon Tiger. Finally, what was left was for Kisaki to teach him how to handle the power of the higher-echelon gates for more than a few minutes and how to recover as fast as possible from the side effects. He trained under Kisaki for nearly 5 years to be able to learn the Hachimon. By then the war had ended with Kumogakure's victory.
V, now 20, had mastered the Eight Gates. But on the question of the final and Eighth Gate, Kisaki was unable to tell him how to survive the Death gate. those who use it will inevitably die. He did not know how long it can be used or what immeasurable pain it felt like, but he did see another Hachimon user use it in front of his eyes. Kisaki told V that it felt like he was in the presence of a Jinchuriki. The air was dark and it felt like it strangled him under the chakra-crushing presence. It was a truly a power that surpassed that of a Kage's.
V returned to active mission duty in Kumogakure.
He continued to master Kenjutsu and several styles of Taijutsu when he developed his Dragon's Veins technique, which enabled him to manipulate the gates that regulate chakra flow. With several newfound powers and capabilities, V went on many missions. On his first S-rank mission, which he worked for months to get, V successfully assassinated the fake brother of the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning, who was suspected of trying to kill the Daimyo. He faced an Uchiha, one of the deadliest clans in the history of the Shinobi World. Luckily, V paid attention during his Academy classes. Knowing that the Sharingan had the ability to predict based on perception, he deduced that speed is a factor to bypass that capability. He went all out on the third gate to try to blitz the Uchiha. Although the Uchiha was overwhelmed, it did not stop him from tagging V with his Katon attacks. V decided to use a "lobster cage" method. He threw his katanas infused with raiton chakra overhead, then blindsided him with a flash bomb hidden within his mouth. The katanas came down on the Uchiha, impaling him through the head. V proceeded to assasinate the fake brother.
Upon hearing V's success, he was promoted to Jounin at the age of 25. The Raikage recognized V's value in the village, and inducted him into the Weaponry Corps.
Another war broke out between Kumogakure and another village, and V stepped in as a commander of a Jounin platoon. Having had studied tactical and strategic warfare for awhile plus learning from the mistakes made from the previous war, he kept his men protected and prepped as they carried out their mission. The war lasted for a mere two years as V's supercautionary and very cheap methods enabled his team to complete their missions in the best way possible and without any member dying. During the war, V's personality changed drastically. Unlike the V in the last war, he understood that war was a necessary thing. The world is a competitive survival game, and war is how humans survive and civilizations become greater. Without things like war or hatred, there'd be little competition, little progress, and no one would survive. Hatred is a natural human instinct, and therefore war is a natural human occurrence. To try to suppress this hatred instead of channeling it efficiently is the same as giving up on one's natural humanity. And what would one be if they stop being a human? To V, war is evil, but natural and needed in humans. He accepted what he was doing was right for him and his beloved Kumogakure.
Afterwards, he returned to the village as a war hero. He mastered all of the Kenjutsu styles that he knows, including the clan's secret sword style. He took possession of the Kohaku no Johei, and became a corp leader (remained so for nearly 11 years). In addition, he made a summoning contract with the "Salamanders". He also adopted black steel katanas, said to be the most indestructible steel in the world.
After his little revelation, V donned a mask and dwelved into more underground, underworldly actions. He disappeared for a year to expand his skillset. When he returned, he got a seat within the village's council and watched as the next Raikage took reign. His desire to protect Kumogakure grew stronger. Always suspicious of others, V became a very hostile and perhaps even a cruel man. He was a ruthless ninja who'd say what was on his mind, what he thought about others, and did not like conversing with people who had no business with. He isolated himself, yet his reputation for hostility expanded among the shinobi masses.
That is the man known as V.
Things obtained from history:Not exactly sure what this pertains to, but I'm gonna guess:
~ Kohaku no Johei
~ The Eight Gates
RP Sample:Teru was already sitting on the balcon right next to the Hokage's office the moment Hiro came in. He had heard and witnessed the tremendous fiery of power that erupted from the front gate. From an angle, there was no doubt about it. Kumogakure made the first, decisive move. An offense. Damn it! I knew this would fuckin' happen... Teru had suspicions about the alliance from the very beginning. So they really were planning on betraying them. Teru was not a killer, but today made him want to kill. He hopped to the Hokage's office right when Hiro entered. "You were too slow, Lord Hokage," he blatantly spitted out. "The enemy made the first move. I'm going to stop this before anymore of our people die". He noticed hiro and glared at him "Hiro Toriyama, come with me! We're going to silence this bunch of godforsaken ragtags."
Teru sped towards the war zone, which, unfortunately, was right at the village gate. He saw some ANBU tagging along the way. "Lord Teru, the enemy just blasted down the gates and liquidated dozens of our men, including a few ANBU Black Ops. Such tyranny.... is this how those Kumo bastards do things?" Teru pondered that as well and calmed down a bit. After all, getting worked up before he has even met the enemy will cloud him. There was an uneasy feeling in his stomach. Clearly, the ninja that were about to enter the village are stong. "Guys, back off right now. Let me handle this," he said. "Lord Teru, they must not be allowed to take a single step into this village! We have to hold them back. Actually, we're counting on you, sir. As one of the three Sannin, you're the only one who can take them on." With that statement, Teru's morale skyrocketed. He would not let his village, one where he is loved and has worked hard all these years to nourish, to be bombarded like they were just fodder. These people that the village had given their trust to... Teru should have advised the Hokage to cancel the alliance and raise caution against Kumogakure from the very beginning. If Teru were to make it out of this alive, he would make sure that he was at the front, spearheading the counterattack invasion force on Kumogakure. But none of that matters now. He had a job to do. "You got that right." "Speed Demon" Teru is back in action.
With the Sharingan, the pride and power of his clan turned on, he could see the bubbles coming at him from a mile away. From the chakra he was perceiving, he could tell that they were not normal. They were elementally produced. They were just floating around. What kind of children's games were the Kumo nin playing at? Time to pop the bubble. As if they were a blockade, blocking and ready to shoot down the ships that were coming their way. Well, not unless those ships have some cannons and rockets of their own. Teru threw out 10 shurikens at a fairly slow speed. But they were all enhanced with some of his fire chakra. "Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique!" Those 10 shurikens became 50, all spread out in a vast area, like the bubbles themselves. Then, he blew out a large wind gale from his mouth. "Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!" He moved his mouth around to cover all of the shurikens that he threw out, just as they were 10 meters away from the space between each bubble. The wind chakra ignited the fire chakra on each shuriken, turning the flame on the shuriken white-hot, and just a feet before they reached the bubbles, explosions from each shuriken sparked out, unleashing a chain of fiery bombings that not only blew out the bubble, but also evaporated them completely. A cloud of steam replaced the field of bubbles, and obstructed everything. There were now molten goops of metal on the ground, 30 meters from where the gate was. But luckily no one stood in the way. After the steam cleared up, Teru would disappear.
Running stealthily along the side of the border that was facing inside the village, Teru knew he had to conserve his chakra. He could not afford to consume too much energy before he actually battled. But at least he neutralized the threat the Kumo ninja had posed earlier. There, he saw Taiyo Takka screaming at someone. Must be the enemy. Teru knew where they were. Now keeping his approach very quiet, Teru took out four kunai knives, placed exploding tags on each of them, walked over to the edge of the border facing outside the village, and rained them down on the two ninja that were standing just outside of the gate, right on their heads.... A warning shot.
The battle and carnage has begun. 
Wed Aug 07, 2013 4:48 pm
