The Story
From the events we know, it's been a century. Danzo had his time as Hokage, taking on an assistant - a very young boy named Chikao Yamashita; thought to be a genius at the age of 5 what with his ability to advice the former with certain decisions. Despite the negative claims from most of Konoha, Danzo did an apparently fine job of ruling the village. The sixth died to a hypocrite funeral due to battle, shortly after losing his other eye.
The next one to step on the grand Kage chair was Kakashi Hatake, who had been long awaited by the people. A Sannin at that time, his reputation had gone unmatched and the Leaf were at a peak point in superiority over the other hidden villages. However the alliance with the Sand was beginning to break due to envy and the recession going on there. Desperation eventually made the wielder of the lightning blade give in to pressure - committing suicide at age 85.
Saddened for the loss, a third age Naruto took the throne, though not as happy as he thought he'd be after such an achievement. Reigning the next 30 years, at which point an assassination squad of unknown precedence took care of him as a target. Prior to the next Hokage's pick, a band of seemingly random, and mostly foreign shinobi, came forth: pre-teens hoping to overthrow the system and subvert the Leaf into a peaceful village, one not focused on fighting.
Ten years past these events, the ninth Hokage comes around: an old Chikao Yamashita. He'd been spying on the two Kages after Danzo, gaining whatever information he could use. Now? Now he eats away at the Leaf village from the inside, making laws at random and forcing out rules to 'keep the place at ease.' Soon enough, a rebellion exploded, the first few ninjas to rebel were dubbed missing-nin and to be executed by the ANBU, but when the majority of Konoha took to arms, it was uncontainable.
Just as the rebellion picked up force, under their cover, came the birth of Akatsuki once more. Lead by the next sage of the six paths, naming himself 'Peace', his influence with Chikao is unknown but thought to be existent. Their goal is to dominate the world using a similar plan as the former organization, resorting to this due to their previous attempt at making peace failing (these are the pre-teens from before Chikao.)
FAQ/Changes
So... *Chirp, chirp* You're a ninja that's in Konoha (be it a villager or not), trying to kill the Hokage and then end the war with the Sand.
May I be a canon? They're all dead, as are their children and likely grandchildren but if you must kill the originality behind a character, by all means, be a descendant. You'd best have a logical reason to be an Uchiha, though.
Custom jutsu? Sure, no elements not introduced in either anime or manga, though. You may however use a combination element through kekken genkai.
Why the Japaneses names for everything? Personally, I'm an avid manga reader and titles, along with certain names are left as is; so long as your point gets across you may use the anime name.
I made a character and wasn't accepted! Chances are we're either full or your character was deemed too powerful or otherwise unrealistic - you'll be given a chance to join if it's the latter, but will be told on what you should correct or edit out completely.
May I play an Akatsuki/Sand member? Nope, they're all NPCs - you may however, play one as an NPC, keep in mind they're likely to die.
Changes:
- The Hokage is obviously no longer Tsunade/Danzo; it's Chikao.
- The Akatsuki is still made of 10 members and the outfit is the same. Naturally the members have changed.
- Teams no longer need to be 4-man cells and may be lower or higher in number; they may be lead by units starting from Genin.
- The academy now rushes students out so soon as they learn the three basic jutsu, so anything previously taught such as stealth, tai/genjutsu and weapon usage is ignored.
Rules
Regarding players:
- Be dedicated to the game!
- If you must post a leaf (haha) of absence, do so in the OOC and tell us when you'll be back
- Be respectful to fellow players and follow the rest of the rules
- You're allowed more than one character if you can keep up
- You may also have NPCs at your disposal given a profile for recurring and none for single appearance NPCs
Regarding characters:
- No godmodding/powerplaying
- Limit your swearing to something logical according to the character and situation
- No smut, zero, nada. Keep it to PMs, please.
- Being offensive? You're at war, it makes sense - if another player asks you to tone it down however, you'll do it.
Regarding staff:
- The staff is TrueLovesFirstKiss as GM. Anybody else doing the following should be pointed and laughed at.
- The rights of a GM are:
* Changing the rules, adding or taking off some
* Getting players to edit posts accordingly to the story (a player may ask so as well if you've accidentally done something that doesn't go with the player's character, such as saying you pulled their hair when they're bald)
* Time skipping with prior announcement and review
* These may be changed in the future
Character Skeleton
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[b]Name:[/b] (American order, first name then the last)
[b]Age:[/b] (Varying according to rank, keep in minds things aren't quite the same regarding it, you may be an older Genin due to lack of exams or a younger Chunin due to desperation.)
[b]Gender:[/b] (For those of you with ambiguous names.)
[b]Appearance:[/b] (Descriptions only.)
[b]Personality:[/b] (A vague idea to give you some guidelines when writing, don't take it too seriously.)
[b]Equipment:[/b] (Carrying several wind shuriken, swords and giant scrolls will slow you down big time. Any custom weapons require a physical description and its abilities listed.)
[b]Jutsu:[/b] (A few you constantly use is the most optimal choice. State its level, E-S; name; mechanics, that is chakra cost and how it works, along with other limitations. [url=http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Special:BrowseData/Jutsu]Here[/url] is a nice list and Wiki on Naruto.)
[b]Kekken genkai:[/b] (If applicable, name it and explain its mechanics as you did with the jutsu, along with any jutsu/technique for this specific kekken genkai.)
[b]Bio:[/b] (Keep it short and sweet, just an idea behind your character.)