Board Thread:Rebirth: Story Time/@comment-24602092-20141028203722

NOTICE

Due to community request, I will be revamping the Land of Craters Arc and associating myself with the operators for the time being to push the plot forward and provide enough information to get as many involved with the Fanon Canon Arc on a whole. Since this is the founding Arc that has been requested for awhile now, it will be a strong basis for the future of the Fanon Canon. Treat it appropriately and you will be treated appropriately in turn. All questions will be answered if possible, and all plot/goals will be voiced throughout the course of this forum post, so keep checking on this page for any updates that may occur throughout the course of the Arcs duration.

Any comments and feedback are encouraged, and any criticism will be noted. In the end, the course of this plot will be as fluid as possible, while staying true to the set points and end goal of the Arc itself.

PLOT SUMMARY

A small land known as the Land of Craters has completely died. The hidden The Land of Craters was a prospering shinobi nation, and was very rich in resources that the nation would often trade with other lands. Because it was heavily involved in trade, multiple shinobi villages and nations were allies with them, but because of their prospering shinobi life-style other nations found them as threats and opted not to ally with them. However, some nations were neutral and simply didn’t bother with them. With the following allied nations, this is a huge blow to your trade as the land of craters were very rich with resources.

To the enemies of the Land of Craters, the odds are in your favor for the other nations have lost a very good ally. To the neutral nations, it doesn’t affect you much at all. However, the mystery about all how a nation was wiped out in a single night without any signs of struggles is very strange. The same thing that happened to them can happen to you. Regardless, what you decide to do about the matter whether you ignore it or get involved can come around to bite you in the butt. Who has done it? The world is unsure. Whether it is a village, black crown, another shinobi organization, etc is unknown which is the dangers. The very village that has done it, could be right next to you. The organization that has murdered the village, could be in your presence. It’s up to you guys to find out.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION


 * Villages

For the Villages, presently, treat the association with the Land of Craters as a generic fill in. If you are an enemy of the village, presume that your village has had bad political and trade ties with the village, and you presently have no association with them. Safely assume that if you are an enemy of the village, that you would likely send a group to investigate the cause of it's destruction, if nothing more then to establish a cause, and potentially take any valuable spoils you can.

If you are an ally, presume that your village had strong trade ties and political goals with the resourceful village, and that the loss of said ally will strike you in your village's wallet. You, as a village, will feel some pain on a personal or financial level and the sudden disappearance of the village will not go unattended - you will be sending a group of shinobi to investigate the cause of disappearance and search for an probable enemies that may have caused this: Opposing village, Black Crown, or otherwise.

If you are neutral, to investigate or not, that is up to you. Your play in this Arc can be largely ignored, or it can become paramount varying on your actions. All you know is that certain villages had odds with this village, and may have wanted it removed, and others valued the village as an ally. You however, have no personal qualms, only that the eradication of a village overnight is making you uneasy. Send a group of shinobi and investigators at your own discretion.


 * Villages Extra

If you are wishing to add additional information as to why your village would be allied, enemies, neutral, or otherwise impersonally or personally involved, please comment in the section below and we can discuss further. Once a valid reason has been reached by you and me, we will tag it on the forum itself so we know where you stand and why during the remainder of the Arc.

Treat the outcome of the Arc as canon, your village will have consequences and benefits varying on what occurs throughout the remainder of the story line. If involved, or not.


 * Resources/Cause to Investigate

The village has a paramount amount of resources, and it's former relations with other villages and it's own shinobi forces are the only thing that has kept it safe during these hard times. These resources could prove... valuable to those that wish to recover them, or 'recover' them. These resources include...


 * Minerals: Several mines that were in the village lead deep underground, hollowed out earth that reaches it's empty roots into valuable lodes are scattered about in the land. Many of the entrances have since been destroyed however, and many of the tunnels of the mines have caved in, or severely shaken. The minerals could prove invaluable to those wishing to take what is left within, stronger weapons or armor for the village.


 * Armories: All still intact they house all types of basic shinobi gear that can be looted and returned for housing. No cost for a boon of weapons, what's to lose?


 * Scroll Vault: Still intact, though the identity of the Scroll Vault itself is kept hidden from the public and prying eyes, hidden amid the remainder of the ruins. All sorts of valuable information is held in this vault, from basic jutsu, to potential information on other villages. All that's known is that the Scroll Vault could still very well be intact, and what's inside could prove invaluable to you. Village, or otherwise.


 * Kinjutsu Project: While both allies and enemies heard of this, only the higher ups were ever even given a glimpse of what the Kinjutsu itself was or the side effects there of. All that was ever heard, was that the Kinjutsu would give any army an incredible edge that would make them undefeated when placed against those that didn't. It could still presently be in the village, anywhere...


 * Kinjutsu Additional Info: The Kinjutsu side effects and actual powers are not known by any person, and any that knew of it died in the eradication of the village. The Kinjutsu's power is godlike for a reason, as it links anyone that uses it, allowing them all to safely share sensory information without any apparent risk while it is in use. This shared sensory, while also keeping theirs intact, could allow squadrons, and armies to link and in cooperation with each other, accomplish anything. The negative side effect is that prolonged use of the Kinjutsu, (which we will call: Daruma) causes episodes in which the individual will suffer from surges of memories, their own, false, or otherwise. These episodes will get to a point to where a person will question their identity, become manic, and eventually go insane. The problem with the episodes is that they are not chakra based, and are deeply rooted in the brain, meaning no easy solution is in the near future.

Any additional reasons as to why a village would investigate can be recommend in the comments, though try for the most part to figure out a real cause as to why your village would be personally sending it's squad/people to sift through the wreckage and find a proper cause. The cause of destruction should be the primary reason, while the other secondary reasons as I mentioned above be just that: secondary.


 * Notable Landmarks/Features:
 * Craters, all kinds, varying from small to large. One central crater took a large chunk of the village with it, leaving nothing in it's wake. And if one looked close enough from the heavens, one would see that the entire outline of the land itself, was cratered. What could have caused this...?


 * Standing Ruins, all kinds, from the capital itself, to rural and urban areas that surround the village. Armories, mines, the scroll vault somewhere inside. Tattered flags of the village hauntingly loom over the ruins still standing. Feel free to add improv, just keep it basic in your descriptions. (EX: You see a series of ruins, a building caved in, or a house with a kitchen, the kitchen still having food placed on the table)


 * All watchtowers are toppled to the ground.


 * Forests, all life seems intact, excluding places where strange activity seemed to occur. The only apparent pattern is that any alteration to the flora took shape in a similar 'crater' shape. All fauna seemingly vanished, the eerie sound of little else but the wind is heard, and even then, the wind refuses to utter even a hush.


 * There lies a single river that flows through the village to the northern outskirts, the river had a series of fisheries and even a fishing market, though it is largely abandoned. It was the primary source of trade inflow and outflow in the northern half of the Land.


 * Haunting images of life being snuffed out in an instant is evident even in the areas where craters aren't seen. Ruins and still standing areas of the village that are seemingly untouched show signs of no resistance. Toys, a small ball in the middle of the road that kids used to play with, rolling with the wind when it chooses to blow, kitchens still showing signs of families cooking their meals, papers billowing about.


 * Residual chakra/souls of lives taken away, all these voices are in suffering, whether choosing to be silent or not, they lay hushed and dormant. Ripped from their lives too soon. No chakra seems to be special, only there seems to be a lot of white noise from the recent dead - and if peered into, comes out as buzz of static.

THE CAUSE, NO ONE KNOWS

Simple enough, the cause of the destruction of the entire village, and the oddities found within, is from one individual: Kokushi no Naraku, which will have all aspects of his kit/person approved by Operators for sake of the arc/plot no jutsu.

His reasoning is simple, the village teeming with life. A village that houses so many philosophies that oppose his own came into contact with him, any village could have been struck, but this one met his path first. It was destroyed in a night. 