Ujio Iwamura

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Ujio Iwamura, a samurai from the land of iron looking to make his name known in the world. He is an expert weapon user and quite adept at unarmed combat in the form of Aikido and Judo.

Background

 * Ujio was raised with his family as a little lordling until he was seven years of age, at that point it was evident that his capabilities laid within Kenjutsu and the samurai arts and not mercantil and court life like hsi family. Because of Ujio's unique traits he was considered to be rare as more than 90% of the time people in his clan were merchants and politicans, not warriors. Ujio's lord father had discussed this rarity with one of his oldest friends who in turn had decided to come visit their family estate to inspect the boy.


 * His name was Lord Amidamaru Hoji and he was the last known Tathagata master left alive. Evidently after seeing Ujio handle a sword and his capability with taijutsu and kenjustu he had decided to take him on as his disciple. This was rare as Amidamaru had never done that before, but in his old age and the fact that he was the last known Tathagata master alive he did not want his style to die like so many other arts had.


 * Amidamaru Hoji was born in kirigakure and was the personal Yojimbo for the water country’s Diamyo from the age of twenty to thirty five. In his seventy-six years of living he had fought almost every Kenjutsu style that was used or practiced in the land, and had in turn studied their history as well so that those styles would not die with their masters. Amidamaru Hoji was the only practitioner of the Tathagata that had mastered all six paths and the master moves until Ujio, to which Ujio mastered Gororyu (Raiton), Amidaryu (Fuuton), Suitoryu (Suiton), Gomuryu (Doton), Kairyu (Katon) and Buddahryu (Spiritual energy - Normal chakra) at the sacrifice of not being able to use ninjutsu.


 * When Ujio turned eighteen he was done with his training and Amidamaru had given him the inheritance weapon and master scroll for the Tathagata as he didn't want the Tathagata to die. He had entrusted him with making the Tathagata dominant once more. At that point Amidamaru was on his death bed and soon died two weeks after. With his death Ujio left and returned home to find that his parents were dead leaving only Ujio alive as the Iwamura clan heir. Appointing his mothers brother as the constable and septon of his clan, Ujio left Tetsu no Kuni shortly after arriving to further his body and mind.

Tathagata

 * The Tathagata is a sacred Nin-kenjutsu art that involves elemental infusion into a weapon to produce devestating effects. Most techniques rely upon Iado and cunning to preform and especially within the Amidaryu. The Tathagata is comprised of six paths.



The six paths

 * Amidaryu - The path of wind, users of Amidaryu tend to be speed based and are generally user of tetsai, gunbai, dual blades or kusarigama. A good mix of defensive and Offensive abilities.
 * Gororyu - The path of lightning, users of Gororyu tend to be fast and strong but no faster then Amidaryu practioners or stronger then Gomuryu users. They generally use Odaichi's, Nodaichi's, Yari, Yumi or Daiyumi. Strictly offensive in use with only a few defensive techniques.
 * Gomuryu - The earth path, users of Gomuryu tend to be very strong and use Warhammers, Kanobo, Chiriki and Satsumata. Strictly defensive in use with only a few defensive techs.
 * Suitoryu - The path of water, user of Suitoryu tend to be very acrobatic and flexible, flowing like water. They generally use staffs, short blades, whips  or whip swords. They are considered a support type, being able to heal allies and buff them.
 * Kairyu - The path of fire, Kairyu users tend to be very agressive and hot headed having explosive abilities when pushed to the edge. They generally use Katars and Cestus. Balanced both defensivly and offensivly.
 * Buddharyu - The path of enlightenment. Very few Tathagata users ever learn to wield the path of pure chakra use and those that do are generally clam and restrain themself constantly. Users of Buddharyu generally use only their fists. Techniques within the Buddharyu span from buffing to debuffing to offensive to defensive and several Kinjutsu as well. 

Appearence

 * Ujio has deep amber eyes that match in perfect resonance with his slightly faded balck hair ujio's body is kept in peak physical condition and showcases it by his moderate amount of muscle mass that is well toned and defined, giving him immense speed at the cost of strength. Ujio wears traidional samurai lordhip gear, which consits of his armor, family obi and hakama as well as a cape with his family crest upon its mid part, the tiger. Finally Ujio wears his hair in a tight ponytail positioned at the middle of teh back of his head. His armor is black with various shades of dark and light purple as well as gold for accentation upon it. 

Weapons

 * Ujio carries only a black with a gold cross guard elegant Jumonji yari that is capable of channeling and harnessing chakra although it does carry one secret, the Tathagata inheritance master the Masuta Buki which is a solid black round sheathed Kodaichi with a collapsable guard and rounded pitch black hilt and pummel. The blade is pure white in color and its sheathe and handle are screwed into the yari, masking its presnece as part of Ujio's yari's handle. If he is ever in a fight where he is pushed to drop Sojutsu and rely upon kenjutsu he will screw the sheathe off from his yari, channel fuuton chakra into it, drop into an Iaido stance and launch forth a flurry of arcing wind blades taht ahve devestating power.