Category:Summonings

Summons are valuable creatures, tools, or even celestial objects that enhance a ninja's battle style. Ranging from the ordinary to the extraordinary, summons have become important in the ninja world, since the use of one can quickly turn an outnumbered shinobi into a mass murderering machine.

Animals are some of the most common summons, since they are living, breathing things with their own chakra supply. Often times, their use in battle can be considered an extra person at times, particularly when the summoner has good relations with the summons. They tend to sign contracts by species, but there are variations, including private contracts and possessed contracts. Toads, wolves, dragons, falcons... The list is near endless!

Tools are considered summons when they are requiring a summoning technique to bring forth into battle. Rarely are tools considered summons, however, as most shinobi just keep them on their person. A ninja swordsman's sword would fall under this.

Objects range from statues to gates, and often times are used to change the entire battlefield's tide. These wide ranged objects are just below animals in the summon section frequency, since their wide variety allows more than a few variations. While they serve as tools, their higher calling and capacity make them far more versatile than ordinary ninja tools, and usually have a much higher chakra cost. The Rinnegan's Demonic statue is a key example of this.