Seiryu (Bloodline)

## The Book of Water

The Seiryu Clan are one of the five noble houses of Zaishin. This clan's lineage are famous for their Breath of Water Style that is only passed on within the clan. By mastering their breathing using their secret training, they have learned to master their own bodies. The clan possessed a natural affinity to water and several of their bloodline are known to have keen noses, able to smell even the faintest of scents. It is important for the clan members to control their emotions, however, as without temperance they can rage like the worst kind of storms.

## Seiryu Traits

* Clan Members have a genetic affinity to the water element.
* Clan Members have a keen sense of smell which can give them insight to the direction of a target's location within the topic.
* Clan members gain stat increases in the same manner as any standard Taijutsu or Bukijutsu.
* Water based techniques may be used in the same manner as Mystic Hero allows. If the user is of Mystic Hero discipline, the user's Water/Buki Korabo is decreased to once every two posts.
* Clan member's speed and agility are increased by [1] while under water.
* Clan Members must have Lineage or loyalty to Zaishin upon creation. Loyalty may be shifted post creation.
* All techniques cause tiered Drench Status.

## Bloodline Attributes

**▱▰▱ Book of Water |** The user's complex sword strikes from styles as well as basic combat complex sword strikes can expel a thin five foot blade of water per rank of the technique that follows the path of the physical blade. In addition, the user gains access to 4 ninjutsu slots to be used for the Water Element only.

**▱▰▱ Gift of Perception |** The clan's naturally keen sense of smell is not always the gift granted to the clansmen. Occasionally, the clan members are gifted a different sense to be heightened, multiplying the natural abilities of that sense by ten. This allows hearing to pick up on even muscle contractions and friction inside the body. Smell now gives away gender, body rank, class and killing intent as well as it's previous tells. Sight grants visibility to micro-movements of muscle groups, sight spanning the entire topic within a straight line. Genjutsu effecting the heightened sense are able to be detected upon being casted, causing one tier less in mental stress.

**▱▰▱ Second Current |** The user is able to pick up the Tetsunami Ryu Bukijutsu for no cost to their slots. Techniques of both Tetsunami Ryu and the clan techniques have the range of their water's reach increased by 5 feet per rank but does not effect the strength of the technique when interacting with other techniques.

## Seiryu Form Style

### Stage One

▰ Total Concentration: Water Breathing [ Sō Nōdo: Mizu Kokyū ] | Rank E | Training

The Seiryu clan's ability to master water is only one side of their coin, in addition, each clansman has learned to control their breathing perfectly with this training. This controlled breathing allows the user to fortify their mental capacity and delay the effects of physical pain for a a single post. This does not have any effect on status or poisons.

▰ Line of Interval [ Kankaku no Sen ] | Rank X | Spiritual

As a result of grueling training, those of the clan are able to visualize a thread tied to the end of their sword to a target that is within eye sight. This visualization of the thread allows the user to clearly depict the most effective way internally to strike the target. For each rank applied, the user's strength and speed are increased by [1] for their next offensive action. This technique requires no hand signs, nor activation but requires chakra be paid. This technique may only be applied once per post.

▰ First Form: Water Surface Slash [ Ichi no Kata: Minamo Giri ] | Rank X | Complex

The user preforms a horizontal slash, releasing a thin blade of water from their weapon that travels ten feet per rank of the technique. The entire cutting edge of the water has the ability to be manipulated by the turning of the blade for no additional activation and slash from the opposite direction. This secondary slash is executed at one rank below the original use of the technique and still has a required resource cost.

### Stage Two

▰ Second Form: Water Wheel [ Ni no kata: Mizu Guruma ]| Rank X | Complex

The user inhales sharply, expelling chakra from their blade as they preform a complete front or back flip, releasing a thin blade of water along their weapon's path that slices through defensive techniques as though they were one rank lower in strength.

▰ Second Form Modified: Horizontal Water Wheel [ Ni no Kata Kai: Yoko Mizu Guruma ]| Rank X | Complex

A defensive variation where the user counters an incoming attack, using their chakra infused blade to strike the side of the incoming attack. As their blade makes contact, the back of the katana exudes a powerful blast of water that propels the user's blade and throws the opponents attack aside. The user continues to preform a complete rotation, striking at an exposed opponent with a mighty horizontal sword stroke that floods the area five feet per rank of the technique. When defending against the counter strike, the opponent does not consume an activation.

▰ Third Form: Dance of the Rapid Current [ San no Kata: Ryūryū Mai ] | Rank X | Complex

The user channels chakra into their weapon, causing it to generate a powerful stream of water that follows the user's blade motions. The user is able to generate a continuous blade attack that appears as a dance while the user slashes to meet several attacks that are targeting the user or his allies within five feet per rank of the technique. This attack is able to have its resources paid equal times to the attacks it is moving to counter. Each of these must be used at or below the initial rank of the technique and requires no additional activation to interact with the several techniques. The last stroke of this technique may be used offensively. This user's agility is increased by [1] per rank of the technique.

### Stage Three

▰ Fourth Form: Striking Tide [ Shi no Kata: Uchishio ]| Rank X | Complex

The user channels chakra into their blade, leaping towards their opponent upt to five feet per rank and delivering a horizontal slash that carries a thin sharp blade of water with it's stroke. This water expands ten feet beyond the sword strike's slash for each rank applied to it, being treated as a spiritual technique when calculating impact with another technique. The water unleashed from this technique remains on the field, saturating a one foot wide area of water along the path that it traveled.

▰ Fifth Form: The Merciful Rain of a Dry Day [ Go no Kata: Kanten no Jiu ] | Rank C-S | Complex

A technique where the user vanishes from sight, utilizing a shushin movement in the process. Reappearing behind the target, the preform a slash at the back of the target's knee or ankle in order to bring them to their knees. In the same instance, the user wheels their blade around and hoists it over their head. If the first strike was successful the user's strike aimed to slash at the back of the neck will go undefended. As their blade falls on the back of the target's neck, water begins to fall from the sky for one post per rank of this technique.

▰ Water Release: Water Cloak Technique [ Suiton: Mizugaito no Jutsu ] | Rank C | Spiritual

The user forms a hand sign, bringing water from the surrounding area to create a thin veil of water that encases their blade. This thin veil reflects light from the area which the user's chakra manipulates to erase the weapon's physical location from sight. Requires an E rank upkeep per post after it's initial use. When using clan techniques, the reflected light applies to the water created in this manner.

### Stage Four

▰ Sixth Form: Twisting Whirlpool [ Roku no Kata: Nejire Uzu ] | Rank X | Complex

The user twists their body as they slash their blade in a spiral around their body. This slash generates a vortex of water around the user that expands outward, slashing through anything within a five foot radius per rank of the technique. If used underwater, this slashing vortex expands ten feet per rank of the technique.

▰ Seventh Form: Piercing Rain Drop [ Shichi no Kata: Hageshī Uteki ] | Rank X | Complex

The user concentrates, imbuing their blade with chakra as they thrust forward standing up to ten feet away from the target per rank. Water is released from the tip of the sword, creating a thing veil of water that acts as barrier between the sword and the target. The thin veil ripples from the center of the user's sword, sending a razor thin jet of water at the target to pierce them and continue along it's path. Defensive techniques are treated as one rank lower while all armors and weapons interacting with the attack are degraded one rank before interacting with the damage of the user's attack.

### Stage Five

**▰ Seventh Form Modified: Piercing Rain Drop Curve [ Shichi no Kata Kuzure: Hageshī Uteki Kyokusen ] | Rank X | Complex**

The user concentrates, imbuing their blade with chakra as they thrust forward, standing up to ten feet away from a target per rank. Upon extending the blade, water is released from the tip to create a thin veil of water acting as a barrier between the sword and the target. The thin veil ripples from the center of the user's sword as well as nine other ripples along the veil. Each ripple then generates a piercing stream of water that travels rapidly towards the target, surrounding them and seeking to pierce them from all sides. Alternatively, the water may be used to seek out individual targets by dividing the rank of the technique equally among the streams. This technique carries the same offensive properties as it's parent variant.

**▰ Eighth Form: Waterfall Jar [ Hachi no Kata: Taki Toki ] | Rank X | Complex**

The user leaps above the opponent and crashed down upon them, their blade channeling water which causes the decent of the user to look like a raging waterfall as the user brings the blade down with force. The waterfall effects an area five feet around the user per rank of the technique with it's initial impact, then the water generated by the attack floods a ten foot area per rank for one post per rank of the technique applied. The user's strength is increased by [1] per rank of the technique.

**▰ Sixth Form Modified: Twisting Whirlpool [ Roku no Kata Kuzure: Nejire Uzu ]| Rank X | Simple**

The user replicates the footing used during the execution of the original Sixth Form. By doing so they gain a [1] point increase to agility for the next executed technique, allowing them to move in a rotating, evasive manner before delivering the next technique.

### Stage Six

**▰ Ninth Form: Water Splash [ Ku no Kata: Mizushibuki ] | Rank S | Complex**

The user explodes forward, charging the target with a [2] point increase to speed. The user's explosive movement is augmented by the creation of ten foot waves that wash over the area with each step taken over a fifty foot distance. The user vanishes from sight just before delivering a beheading horizontal slash, leaving them behind their target. The waves created by the user's foot steps collectively gather and create a fifty foot wave that crashes into the target, flooding the area in a body of water measuring twenty feet in depth.

**▰ Ninth Form Modified: Water Splash Chaos [ Ku no Kata Kuzure: Mizushibuki Konton ] | Rank S+ | Complex**

The user explodes forward, charging the target with a [4] point increase to speed. The user's explosive movement is augmented by the creation of ten foot waves that wash over the area with each step taken over a seventy five foot distance. Unlike it's prior form, the Chaos variant does not require solid ground, nor water to tread upon. The user's footsteps may take place mid air or anywhere that is required to move to a target. This allows the user to follow even the most evasive foe and those in flight. The user vanishes from sight just before delivering a beheading horizontal slash, leaving them behind their target. The waves created by the user's foot steps collectively gather, following the user in any direction they had taken to create a one hundred and fifty foot wave that crashes into the target, flooding the area in a body of water measuring fifty feet in depth.

**▰ Tenth Form: Dragon of Change [ Ju no Kata: Henka no Ryuu ] | Rank S+ | Complex**

A technique closely resembling the third form. The user channels chakra into their weapon, causing it to generate a powerful stream of water that follows the user's blade motions. The user is able to generate a continuous blade attack that appears as a winding Japanese style dragon that follows the user's actions. Unlike the style's third form, this technique is purely offensive. For every post following the first one it is used, the technique requires one additional activation of each target to block a single sword stroke while the user is allowed to attack a target three times but only with this technique, consuming all the user's activations and requiring an A ranked upkeep. Should the user encounter a defense that exceeds the chakra rank and potency of this technique, the technique is broken and ends immediately.