Tailed Beasts

The **Tailed Beasts** (尾獣, **Bijū**), sometimes referred to as "**Chakra Monsters**" (チャクラのバケモノ, **Chakura no Bakemono**), are the nine titanic living forms of chakra created by the Sage of Six Paths out of the chakra from the Ten-Tails. They are differentiated by the number of tails they have, ranging from one to nine

## History

Long before the founding of the hidden villages, the Sage of Six Paths saved the world by sealing the Ten-Tails into his body, becoming its jinchūriki. Some time later, the Sage was inspired by his youngest son, Asura, to use his Creation of All Things ability to divide the Ten-Tails' chakra into nine living entities, what would become the tailed beasts. The Sage named the nine and explained to them that a link existed between them despite their separation. He also foretold of a day when they would be brought together again — though not as they were — and that at that time someone would emerge to show them what true power is. In the anime, it was shown that before his death, the Sage and his followers built temples in nine different regions of the world where the tailed beasts could live and be protected. The tailed beasts were originally created not only to prevent the Ten-Tails' resurrection, but also to maintain and balance peace.The first person to come close to their original usage was Hashirama Senju, who had captured several of the tailed beasts with his Wood Release, distributed the beasts amongst the new villages in order to stabilize the balance of power between them.

## Abilities

Tailed beasts are widely believed to be bestial in nature, incapable of the intelligence needed to fully utilize their immense strength. It is thought that only when sealed within humans are they able to benefit from the knowledge of their jinchūriki to use their powers effectively. Though this is not true of the divided tailed beasts, the Ten-Tails does make more wanton use of its powers, not focusing its abilities to the most advantageous end until sealed into a jinchūriki.

Each of the tailed beasts have their own unique abilities, but they all share the same core attributes: they have massive quantities of powerful chakra — coloured red — far greater than what most shinobi have, can easily transfer their chakra to whomever they choose, and can use the Tailed Beast Ball. Because the tailed beasts are pure chakra, they cannot permanently die; if they or their jinchūriki die, their chakra will re-form in time. In addition, if a large portion of a tailed beast's chakra is separated from it, that chakra becomes a separate, sentient copy of a tailed beast. However, if a tailed beast uses a life sacrificing power up such as Baryon Mode, it will have its physical form destroyed and die. In this case, the death of the tailed beast will not endanger the life of its jinchūriki. It is also pointed out that consuming the flesh of a tailed beast is usually deadly for anyone, unless the person is somehow descended from the Sage of Six Paths; in this case, the person will gain abilities similar to a jinchūriki.

Tailed beasts can communicate telepathically with one another and their jinchūriki, and possess several levels of consciousness. In the initial level, the beast appears to be in a habitat of sorts, typically imprisoned in some way by whatever fūinjutsu was used to seal them. The second level is where all the tailed beasts can convene and communicate with one another, free of any restrictions. Jinchūriki are also able to enter this level, but in order to do so, they must be completely linked with their tailed beasts. A freed tailed beast can continue communication with their former jinchūriki, even years after separating.

## The Tailed Beasts

The tailed beasts in order of their number of tails:

1. Shukaku
2. Matatabi
3. Isobu
4. Son Gokū
5. Kokuō
6. Saiken
7. Chōmei
8. Gyūki
9. Kurama
10. Ten-Tails

## Things To Note

* This article contains the list of all the tailed beasts, but only two (Kokuō & Son Gokū ) rightfully are in Land of Earth's possession.
* The Ten Tails will never be used in this version of Tsuchi No Kuni, as will either of the remaining 7 tailed beasts.

### Rules to becoming a Jinchūriki

○ You MUST be an Iwagakure shinobi

○ You must be an **ACTIVE** member in the group/village. No place holders will be accepted & inactive jinchūriki will be replaced.

○ You will **NOT** have auto-mastery over your Bijū. That must be earned through role playing.

○ You will not automatically know the true name of your Bijū and be on good terms with them. That is also earned or "unlocked" through role playing.

○Your character MUST be centered and themed around the Bijū and its respective powers and abilities, it is not meant to be used as a mere accessory.