User blog comment:ShonenChicoBoy/Naruto: Santa's Evil Reign RP/@comment-26955547-20151120234123/@comment-18812574-20151121043213

Each participant can have two characters. If you have a Kage you can have a Jounin as a second character. However, if you don't have a Kage you can have a Jounin and a lower-ranked character. This may seem like an unfair advantage but the Kage will have their hands full, so it will be evened out.