Fifty years have passed in the Naruto world. Things have moved on, and the Council of Shadows, the alliance formed by the Kage of the five great nations, still holds power over most of the land. They still do not agree completely nor trust each other, and so to fix this a newly discovered island has been turned into a shinobi land, Kisetsu no Kuni, or Land of Seasons, and each land will be sending their genin there for the chuunin exams. It has also been decided that a neutral person, a very skilled samurai from the Land of Iron, which has never taken up any side in any of the Great Wars, will be apointed the title of Jikankage, or Time Shadow. He will be the proctor for the exams.

As this is a fairly new Land there isn't much there. Because of the exams there are four small villages, one for each seasons slice. These villages all have ports for the ships carrying the genin, and are like any other small village. From these the genin are taken to the lands hidden village, Hattatsugakure, or the Village of Hidden Growth, located in the spring section of the island. It is here that the first stage of the exams, the written portion took place, and it is from here that the genin are lead to the second stage, the survival test. The genin teams have been spread out along a chain link fence, which surrounds the center of the islands, where all four seasonal areas come together. It is here that the test shall be held because through out the test each team will ahve to venture through the different seasonal areas, dealing with that particular type of terrain and weather. As per usual, they will each have one of two scrolls, Heaven and Earth, and must possess one of each to enter the tower at the center of the Land of Seasons, where the final part of the exam will take place.

As mentioned earlier, each area of the Land has it's own season, and there for it's own weather and terrain. Here is a lsit of each.
Summer Area- this area has hot, dry weather with very few cool breezes. It rains very little, and when it does the shower doesn't last for very long. The terrain is dry, rocky, sandy, and dangerous. There are cliffs and revines to deal with, as well as random deserts with untold lengths, not to mention the wildlife, things like coyotes and poisonous snakes and such. However, here in the summer area, fire based jutsu have double their usual strength.

Fall Area- here there are cool breezes which blow often, and the leaves are always falling. While it may be warm enough during the days, it gets cold at night, and finding food here is tough because any fruit has usually fallen to thr gound already and begun to rot, and not many animals come out. There are forests and fields here, but the leaves all over the gound make being sneaky hard, plus it is easy to be seen when moving through the forests because the lack of leaves and color makes spotting you all the easier.

Winter Area- it seems to snow constantly here, and it's always very cold. sometimes there are blizzards or hail storms, and sometimes it will actually rain, but it'll be more like shush. There are mountains here, lots of them, as well as caves and tunnels. If you're lucky you may find a long tunnel system that'll keep you out of the col, if not, well, there are always the lucky ones who can find caves to crawl into. As for food, it's hard to find, but there's always water, even if you do have to melt snow and ice to get it. The animals here are feirce, but there are very few.

Spring Area- it's always the perfect temperature here, and usually warm as well, but the showers that come and go are completely unpredictable. There are new plants and animals everywhere, but that isn't always a good thing. with a variety of animals some may try to eat you, not to mention all the bugs. There are flowers and plenty of fruit and vegitables to eat, but there is also poison ivy and poisonous foods growing everywhere. You have to be cautious of everything here.

Our story takes place just before the second part of the exam begins. Everyone and their teams will be lined up and waitng at one of the gates, in one of the seaonal areas. The meat of the roleplay is getting to the tower. Secrets will come to light, there are, as always secret motives behind everything, and death is always an option.

Need to Know
Genin can be from any land, not just the Great Five. You can be from an established clan or group or make up your own. I'm looking for new sorts of characters and jutsu here. Just remember, there are no more Uchiha, Sauske and Madara/Tobi were the last two, and they're both dead now.
As far as the tailed beasts are concerned, don't bother with them. Just don't.
When you make your character, list your home Land and Village in the history, and list at least 6 jutsu in the Equipment section. You can have more, and all basic skills are assumed known, but I want at least six listed, and at least 3 need to be uniqu to your charcter.
Also, you can have a higher ranked character not taking part in the exams, but if you do you must list this in History as well

Before the rp actually starts we'll pick teams. Obviously it'll start with people from the same lands, but besides that we'll have to decide. I want at least 2 full teams, 3 would be better though. You can have more than one character, but you need one main character. If there aren't enough for a full team then toss away MPCs can be used. Meaning that your charcter and 2 NPCs will start out, but then they or you get seperated then meet up again at the tower, just to the exams can go on like they're supposed to.

If there are any questions, PM me. We'll figure out teams in the OOC section, then do intro posts, then the exams will begin.